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When Jose was three, he watched his father tie a rope around his mother's neck and attach it to the back of a Ford F-150. His father then drove off, dragging his mother behind and leaving Jose alone on the sidewalk in front of the family's house. Jose's mother spent two weeks in the hospital after that, where doctors had to wire-scrub her entire back to remove the asphalt and remaining skin before conducting elaborate reconstructive surgery. She still has the scars. Then Jose's father was sent to prison for seventeen years for murdering a man, and it was just Jose and his mom.
Not for long, though. His mother soon had two more boys, and when Jose was seven, she moved them all into the house of a man named Brad. Brad abused Jose's mother, too, screaming at her and hitting her, once even knocking out some of her teeth. He abused Jose as well, throwing stuff at him and hitting him with a belt whenever he squabbled with his little brothers. Jose would escape and wander the streets. Finally, a bowling alley where he showed up a few times begging for food called social services. Jose was eight years old.
"They came to my mom's restaurant," Jose recalls. "Then they asked her where my brothers were. She told them, and they collected all three of us and took us to a facility in Adams County."
Lost and Found
And so began Jose's life in the system, a seemingly never-ending trek from foster home to group home to detention and residential-treatment facilities. Since 1998, Jose has lived in more than twenty places.
"I'm a runner," he says with a grin. "Always have been. I get sick and tired of being told what to do, and I'll want to see my family, so I'll just run."
But not every new placement was a result of Jose's tendency to flee. There was the home in Aurora that gave him up after his grandmother died and he started talking suicide. There was the foster family in Centennial who moved away and couldn't afford to take him. There were the houses where he was abused. And then there were all the places he ran from just to run, a short-lived series of residences stretching from Boulder to Colorado Springs, some of them rehabilitative, others placements with normal families. And every time Jose ran, it was another strike in his file, strikes that tended to magnify other charges, like when he got busted for selling weed at the fountain behind the Museum of Nature & Science in May 2005, and the cops discovered that he had an outstanding warrant for running.
Soon after that, his mother's rights to her son were terminated legally because she'd neglected her boys, and Jose wound up at the Aspen Living Center, an independent-living program. While there, he attended Westminster High School, where he played varsity defensive tackle. But he got into a gang fight during the season and had to quit the football team and move to another facility. He ran again and was picked up for a drunken altercation on a #31 bus. After Jose bounced between a few more placements, Jose's parole officer sent him to Lost and Found, a Christian youth residential-treatment facility. Jose has been living at Lost and Found's facility, in Morrison, just past Tiny Town, since the beginning of the year. He's never tried to run. "The first few months I felt the urges, but I don't feel that way anymore," he says.
One reason is that Lost and Found gives him occasional weekend passes to visit cousins or his brother living in a Denver foster home. But another big reason is that at Lost and Found, Jose has learned to think before he acts. He tries to remember what his grandma told him: to walk away from trouble, to make better choices, to live a better life than some of his family, to turn out different.
"If all goes according to plan, I'll be getting out of here in July or August and be able to go back to school again," Jose says. "I worry about falling back into some of my old traps, but I think I can walk away from that. I'm able to talk to people now. I can be more open about certain things. I feel like I have things to look forward to. Basically, I feel like I'm just now learning how to be a normal kid."
Before, he never got the chance. "In Jose's case, he's been shuffled around the system so long, every time he got moved, he would get all stirred up and become volatile," explains Terry Rogers, Lost and Found's residential director. "And a lot of the moves were not his fault. One program closed on him, his mom abandoned him; half the things that happened to this kid are not of his doing. We've been helping him get some clarity on that. There are still pieces of his behavior that he needs to look at, but he's understanding that he is not to blame for everything. That's where a lot of his hope is coming from. He's seeing that he doesn't just have to be a victim of the system, that he can actually get out of it."
The eight-acre Lost and Found facility in Morrison currently houses eighteen boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. They spend their days taking specialized, Colorado Department of Education-approved classes, doing chores, going to counseling, playing baseball and basketball, and occasionally indulging in some good-behavior-earned free time, which recently consisted of watching Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Some are sent there through the Colorado Department of Human Services and assorted counties' social services departments, some through the Colorado Department of Youth Corrections, others through direct, private referrals. And they come with every sort of problem imaginable — from the Montbello gangbanger neglected by his parents who wound up selling crack and butterfly knives, to the well-to-do white kid whose first memory is of being sexually abused by his neighbor, and who then repeated the behavior a few years later and was quickly labeled a sex offender. Though generally reluctant to participate in treatment at first, with time and patience, most of the kids at Lost and Found come to view it as a way to break the cycle.
"We provide a therapeutic, healing community where kids can learn to interact with other kids appropriately, often for the first time in their lives," Rogers says. "By living in a healthy community where there are adult mentors and role models, they can learn in a different way. We have a highly trained staff, but it's not rocket science; it's just about learning healthy relationships."
Rogers says that Lost and Found's motto — "Hope, healing, a place to grow" — pretty well sums up what goes on there. But unlike the hundreds of kids who have passed through the program since it started 27 years ago, Lost and Found itself is having trouble finding a place to grow. Last year the nonprofit leased a 115-acre former Christian campground in Evergreen, where it wants to move both its Morrison boys' facility and a girls' facility that's now in Arvada. But some very vocal residents of Clear Creek County insist that the property is no place for the program — or the kids who've found a home at Lost and Found.
Harl Hargett, executive director of Lost and Found, views his work as God's calling. "Hargett, a former 'hippie' and drug addict, had emerged from the 70-80s culture via the power of the Holy Spirit at age 30," the program's website explains. "On fire and looking for a way to minister (by the hand of God), Harl met the Board President of Lost and Found, Inc., who convinced him to 'come up and see Bob's hope for teens.'" Bob was Bob Lynch, a former alcoholic turned Christian who'd been called to establish a place where drug-addicted teenagers could turn their lives around. Lynch's vision started with a few houses in Denver in the late 1970s, but soon expanded to the Morrison facility when it came on the market in 1979. The next year, Lynch was working on converting a geodesic dome on the property into a house for girls when he slipped and fell. He died from injuries sustained in the accident, and Hargett carried on Lynch's vision.
"I came on board at the time to try and see if the ministry could be salvaged after Bob's death," Hargett says. "I've been here ever since."
In the 27 years that Hargett has been with Lost and Found, the organization has expanded from a modest center for a handful of troubled teens to a full-fledged nonprofit with 160 employees and two facilities catering to the needs of more than thirty children. Lost and Found offers a family-counseling center, a child-placement agency, an independent-living program and a slew of other services.
"They're a great group," says Skip Barber, executive director of the Colorado Association of Family and Children's Agencies. "They're a quality treatment organization, and they have had great leadership over the past twenty-something years. I think they strive for the best interest of the kids and are constantly expanding the program to meet the needs of the population they've been working with."
But while those needs continue to grow, Lost and Found's budget has not.
Back in 1994, the Colorado Department of Human Services began accessing Medicaid to help pay for residential psychiatric treatment for kids in the custody of local social-service agencies. Medicaid covered about half the total cost of this care from '94 until the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services began to raise some questions about the practice in 2005.
"Initially, no one was certain what it was they were fishing for," Barber remembers. "We thought they were suggesting that we make some minor modifications to the program."
But instead, the Medicaid investigation determined that for eleven years, Colorado had been improperly billing for services that should not be covered by Medicaid funds at all, and ordered that all referrals to facilities such as Lost and Found cease.
"Our response was that we've been doing this for a dozen years — why now?" says Barber. "CMS's response was that they never looked that closely at it and that it was probably never legal in the first place. They decided they were changing the rules, and that was pretty much that. It sent a shock wave through the community."
Since July 2006, when the Medicaid money was officially shut off, there has been a 15 percent decline in youth residential-treatment placements in Colorado. Several facilities, including Family Pathways in Idaho Springs and Wingshadow in Fort Collins, have been forced to close their doors, and the ones that have stayed open have had to drastically cut expenditures while looking for alternative sources of funding.
In June 2005, when the writing was already scribbled clearly on the wall, Hargett started working on a plan to ensure Lost and Found's survival. He would combine the boys' and girls' facilities into one property, then take advantage of "economies of scale" while growing that single facility. When a Lost and Found board member told Hargett that the Singing River Ranch, a sprawling campground at the end of Upper Bear Creek Road in Evergreen, might be available, Hargett jumped at the opportunity. Glen West, the owner of the property, liked what Lost and Found was doing and agreed to a three-year, interest-free lease, with the ultimate goal of Lost and Found buying the property for a total of $3,680,000.
"We always wanted to sell it to another Christian ministry so that it would continue to be used as we had," says West. "We checked out Lost and Found and found that they were a good organization. So I was happy to lease the property to them."
For Lost and Found, the Singing River Ranch deal seemed too good to be true. And as they quickly learned at a community meeting announcing their new facility, it was.
The back mud room/office of Kevin and Mary Semcken's mountain home off Upper Bear Creek Road serves as the unofficial headquarters for www.stoplostandfound.com, a site promoted by two yellow-and-blue signs along the entrance to the property where the Semckens have lived for five years. A few steps away from a living room with stunning views of snowcapped peaks, a desk holds stacks and stacks of papers: photocopies of legal documents, wastewater discharge permits, letters from Clear Creek County residents and officials voicing their disapproval of Lost and Found's proposed move to Singing River Ranch. Mary Semcken estimates that she spends up to six hours a day working to stop Lost and Found from becoming her neighbor.
"The first public notice that came out, I went to my mailbox, and I opened up a letter from the county saying that there was going to be a hearing at Singing River Ranch, and I couldn't believe it," she remembers. "They said they wanted to put in a school, a church, housing — and it's three generations of housing, because they wanted to put in a daycare center, because a lot of these kids have kids — and they wanted to house the kids' parents, coming-and-going dysfunctional families up and down the creek...The whole town went nuts."
Hargett acknowledges that his initial plans for the new facility may have been a bit elaborate, since the county's zoning and planning commission encouraged Lost and Found to include everything it might ever do with the property. But he didn't have time to explain that before the whole town went nuts.
Last June, Lost and Found scheduled an open house at Singing River Ranch for what Hargett viewed as a meet-and-greet for the neighboring community. But the real greeting was outside the property. "At the turnoff of the main Upper Bear Creek Road to Singing River," he remembers, "there were a bunch of little kids holding signs saying things like 'Stop Lost and Found, They're Going to Kill Us,' 'Let Us Live' and 'Don't Let Rapists Into the Neighborhood.' There had to be five or six really ugly, potent signs. We drove through that and got to the meeting, which started out reasonably cordial but quickly turned real vehement."
Some residents made inflammatory comments about how Lost and Found had kids who'd commit rape, torture animals and set things on fire, Hargett says. Others lambasted West for dealing with a commercial entity, albeit a non-profit one. Hargett remembers feeling outgunned, having not expected such a vehement response.
The Semckens have a very different memory of that meeting. They say that Hargett and Rogers waltzed into Singing River Ranch like they owned the place, and told the neighbors there was no way they could be stopped. "When they first met everybody, they said, 'We want to let you know this is what we are doing,'" Kevin Semcken remembers. "And they said, 'We have taken litigation all the way to the Supreme Court in the past and won.' Almost as a warning not to challenge them."
Mary Semcken was particularly alarmed by Hargett's statements. "You just can't come in and say, 'I'm putting my treatment facility here. I'm a meth addict; I don't think right,'" she says. "Which is what I think about him, that he has a thinking problem. And I think that Terry Rogers, who stood up there and said, 'You know, when I was young, I came back here to camp, and I loved it so much, and I can't wait to get back here,' it's B.S. He's going to be living there. He's going to be retiring there. This is him setting himself up on his retirement plan."
A few days after the meeting, a co-worker told Hargett about www.stoplostandfound.com.
"A bunch of us developed that website to share with each other all of this information," Mary Semcken explains. "It's critically important to us that we communicate the facts, the documents, the rulings. It's a way for all of the concerned residents to stay up to speed."
Hargett objected to some of the material on the site, particularly the descriptions of the types of children housed at Lost and Found, and he asked the Semckens to remove it. When they refused, he sued them for slander. "Defendant's specific intent in these publications on his web site it to promote hysteria in the community of Upper Bear Creek," the complaint reads. "Convincing the neighborhood that plaintiff will bring crime, 'fire, death, blood or gore' to the Upper Bear Creek community."
But the Semckens stand by their site. "Google 'attachment disorder' and watch how many times 'blood' and 'gore' come up," says Kevin Semcken.
"When we were served with the papers, we took them to several attorney groups," Mary Semcken continues. Those lawyers told her that the suit was what's known as a SLAPP suit, a tool to silence critics, and "a smokescreen for the real issue," she says, "which is the easement."
Legal access to Singing River Ranch is through a private easement, and that easement is owned by the Semckens. When Clear Creek County granted the easement to the property in 1923, it was for "ingress and egress for farm/ranching activities and for residential use." Although Lost and Found's use isn't a match, neither was West's campground, nor the campground that was there for thirty years before that. But the easement wasn't the only problem. The property is also zoned Mountain Residential-1 usage, which technically means that only one residence is allowed. The Singing River Ranch camp predated the county's zoning regulations.
"It's my understanding that the camp has been there since before the adoption of our county zoning regulations in 1964," explains Fred Rollenhagen, planning director for Clear Creek County. "We would have called it legal non-conforming use; it was allowed to just continue as it always has."
For Lost and Found to operate there, though, it would have to get the property rezoned. "We had no idea that the zoning issue was going to get so complicated," Hargett says. "We knew that the property had been used for a Christian camp and that it had a legal non-conforming on it already. Our assumption was that would give us operating power to go right to work, and then we would go to zoning and get it zoned to speed. Obviously, that was not the case."
In November, the Clear Creek County Board of Commissioners voted not to extend the legal non-conforming use of the property, which meant that any future uses proposed for Singing River Ranch would have to conform to mountain residential regulations. Lost and Found immediately appealed the decision.
That appeal is still pending, but the litigation continues to fly. Last September, attorneys for a handful of Clear Creek County residents, including the Semckens, filed a complaint against Lost and Found, citing misuse of the easement, the zoning dispute and Lost and Found's disregard for county zoning requirements. While that case is still pending, a hearing on the slander suit is scheduled for this month.
"What these people are trying to do is to make us out to be the bad guys by saying we are against the kids, we are against religion," explains Kevin Semcken. "What we are against is putting anything in place that is not allowed to be there. The location right there is not right for Lost and Found's purposes. It's a dead-end; it's an area where there are mountain lions; it's a fire hazard; they would pollute Upper Bear Creek. There are so many issues going on, and the county just couldn't support them back there; we couldn't support the police protection, we couldn't support the ambulatory care. Should the residents be concerned about the kids? The answer is no. You shouldn't be concerned about the kids if the proper infrastructure is in place to take care of them, to keep them from lighting fires, to keep them from running away. But it's not."
But a different kind of concern about the kids runs through the stack of court documents devoted to this case.
"I did not build my house here in the middle of this quiet, beautiful land so that someone could move in troubled kids and families. I am afraid," reads one letter from a neighbor.
"The entire population of 'troubled youths' could be at my home via a very short hike," begins another. "Do I now need to put bars on my doors and windows? Do I need to have a loaded handguns in my home to protect my life and property? These junior criminals could burn down our forest (and possibly our homes) in a heartbeat. A blackened forest would demolish the value of our homes. Do my neighbors (who are even closer to the proposed facility) with small children need to worry about sexual predators lurking a short distance away?"
Don Krueger, the sheriff of Clear Creek County, weighed in with his own letter to the Clear Creek County Planning Commission: "When I first heard of the proposal, I contacted the Law Enforcement Agencies where this company's other facilities are located and was quite alarmed at the call volume requiring law enforcement response. When I asked officials from these agencies for advice, they stated, 'Don't let it reside in your jurisdiction.' Aside from the above, it is obvious that that location is too far from any emergency response personnel. We are concerned that in the area specified, most of the year weather could be life-threatening to those that choose to leave the facility without permission, and with nowhere else to go, we feel this will result in burglary, home invasion or vehicle theft issue on those occasions due to the fact there is nowhere else to go...Clear Creek County already has similar facilities with in its boundaries and we do not feel it is anyone's best interest to turn Clear Creek County into a penal colony."
But having the Morrison facility hasn't been a problem for Jefferson County, says Dale Wizieck, deputy with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, who serves as the liaison between Lost and Found and the neighbors. "As far as the call load from Lost and Found, it was no different than any other resident in the area," he says. "Just like any other resident, sometimes we would have a week where there were a lot of calls, sometimes we wouldn't hear from them for a month or two."
In the fifteen years that he's monitored the area, Wizieck continues, he can't recall a single occurrence that spilled out into the neighborhood around Lost and Found. All of the calls involved incidents at the facility — a facility much closer to neighboring residences than the Clear Creek County facility would be.
"The kids at Lost and Found are very well monitored," he says. "I can imagine people's apprehension — anybody would be apprehensive — but I don't see them as being a threat or a danger to any community in which they are placed."
"Lost and Found has functioned responsibly and safely as the finest neighbor the community could want," adds Larry Hobbs, who has lived down the road from the Morrison facility since it opened and is now Lost and Found's attorney. "My kids rode the school bus with them before they had their own school. They have been in my home, they have cut wood in my forest, they have shoveled snow for me. They have been very helpful, and they would do that for anybody. A 27-year record of good citizenship ought to amount to enough to put the fear and hatred in Upper Bear Creek to rest, but they pay no attention to that."
The cost of the litigation with neighbors is bleeding Lost and Found's budget. And there are other legal drains, too. Harry Elder, a real-estate developer in Evergreen, has filed suit, claiming that he'd entered into an agreement that would make him the next-in-line owner of the property should Lost and Found fail to receive its rezoning, and that the time has come to make good on that deal.
While that action is pending, Lost and Found can't raise money for its project. "It renders the property completely unmarketable — for any financing or donations, too — until the suit is resolved, because the property is in dispute," explains Hobbs.
"We're paying the lease for the property at Singing River while not being able to use the facility," says Hargett. "Meanwhile, we're running the Turkey Creek facility, we're running the Arvada facility, we've got the Medicaid cutbacks hanging over our heads still, I've got a balloon payment due to Glen West in December, and I can't even finance a campaign, because no one wants to touch us right now because of all our legal problems."
And that includes Clear Creek County officials. Last November, Lost and Found asked the county health department to inspect the property so that the program could get a state license to operate a residential child-care facility there, but the county refused.
"The health inspection related to a residential child-care facility application," explains Bob Loeffler, attorney for Clear Creek County. "If it were zoned for such a thing right now, we would go inspect it. But it's not zoned for such a thing, so we will not. This is not a dispute; it's simply not zoned right. We would do the same thing with another facility not zoned correctly."
Because Clear Creek would not do the inspection, the Colorado Department of Human Services took the unusual step of conducting the inspection itself. "I have never experienced it with a zoning dispute before," says Dana Andrews, licensing administrator for the department's Division of Child Care. "It's unusual to me, but in a small county, sometimes everything in the government is interconnected."
Until it hears back on its zoning appeal, Lost and Found is lost. Hargett has tinkered and re-tinkered with the zoning application, fine-tuning it to deal with the ever-surfacing concerns of the neighbors — everything from elk migration patterns to flood plain studies. But no matter what he does, he worries that it will not be enough.
In its rezoning deliberations, the Board of County Commissioners is charged with considering how well a proposed facility will fit within the surrounding community, and judging from the past year, there's no way to smooth the rough edges of this controversy.
"The only way they can build a facility back there like that, in an area for homes, is to widen the road and get the intended use of that easement changed," says Kevin Semcken. "And they can't do that without our approval, and I have made it clear that I will never give that approval, and it's not because of Lost and Found. I've had people call me and say they want a drama camp back there, a fishing camp back there, and I have told everybody the same thing: It is not safe to have large groups back there. It's not what it was designed for."
"The traffic studies we've conducted show that we are going to actually reduce traffic, not increase traffic, from how it was used over the last forty years," counters Terry Rogers. "You're talking about a facility that was used as a campground licensed for up to 220 people, and we're trying to bring in around forty residents plus staff. We are reducing the usage of that land. And I know the problem is that it is zoned residential, but what better place to put a youth residential facility than an area that is zoned for residences?"
"The human social bonds that grounds like Singing River have — that serenity, that tranquility, the babbling water, the wildlife — it's an atmosphere that calms those kinds of troubled spirits," Hargett adds. "For the community to say this isn't the right place is a reversal of realities. What I wish more than anything is that the community could understand that our kids are the same as their kids, and they are not trash that's just supposed to be dumped in a heap somewhere else."
After graduating from Lost and Found on May 25, seventeen-year-old Austin joined the Colorado Range Riders Youth Corps. He's earning $275 a week as "the earth's janitor," he says, fixing trails and cleaning up recreational areas in eastern Colorado.
"I'm pretty sure I'll be busy with this job, and I'm pretty sure I'll be happy at this," Austin says. "One thing I didn't do before is keep myself out of situations where I could relapse. I'd put myself in situations where I would test myself, go to a party where people would be drinking or smoking weed, and I'd try to stay sober. It would work for a while, but not for long. I always was like, 'Man, I have to stay sober the rest of my life, that is such a long time,' instead of like AA says: Take it one day at a time. I think I'm going to try it that way this time, use my parents as support a lot more and try and find some positive friends instead of falling back into old paths."
A less than ideal home life and the death of a close friend were enough to unleash Austin's addictive personality as he voraciously consumed everything from weed to coke to meth. He had dates in courtrooms and detention facilities around the state, racking up charges that ranged from stealing (and crashing) his dad's Mercedes to pulling a gun on a kid at a Castle Rock skatepark. When he was on the run, he would sleep in tunnels and steal from cars to support his habit. Occasionally he'd return to his parents' place in Castle Rock, then Kiowa, call his parole officer and try to turn his life around.
"In my life, I've always been torn by two impulses," he says. "To right my life and to fuck it up on drugs. I've been fully ready to change so many times, but addiction is just an ongoing battle. No matter how bad I want to stop, no matter how much I tell myself I want to stop, I just don't do it."
But both Austin and Lost and Found administrators think this time could be different.
"Austin's another one of those kids that always made good progress," Rogers says. "But he never had the after-care that was needed to follow up on the progress that was made, so he would slip back into it. He came in hopeless in that sense, that he had done things like this and that it was never going to work. The key for Austin is going to be to follow up with him. We're willing to meet with kids as long as they want to, and we're going to see Austin through this next transition."
Austin has already gone through several profound changes. As a kid he'd watched American History X and been intrigued by the neo-Nazi lifestyle, and even though he had friends who were black, he started hanging out with kids who were racist. "And then once I went to jail and got out, I went back to the old friends who were racist, and it seemed like they were right about everything," he says. "Because in jail, you go in there, and the black dudes and the Hispanic dudes, they're always talking shit to you, trying to beat you up, punk you for something, and you just come to believe that their society is messed up. I'm from the suburbs; I wasn't used to stuff like that. But once I went to jail and they had their gangs that would team up against us, the only thing I could do to protect myself would be to find my own little clique to fight back — and that was always white kids who were racist, or just pretending to be racist for protection."
At Lost and Found, he met up with another white student who'd bounced through the system most of his life, and they got in trouble for drawing swastikas. But eventually, through close group therapy and interactions with students from diverse backgrounds, Austin started to open up. And then came an epiphany.
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"We were in a van with some black kids in this program, heading to some outing, and they were listening to rap," Austin recalls. "And they were banging their heads up and down, and I'm real into metal, and I realized those guys were doing exactly what I do when I listen to music. Maybe not as intensely, but the same thing. And it was simple like that. Then they listened to some of my music and were like, 'This is all right.' And it just helped me to get to know someone from a different race as an actual person. There's a lot of people in this world, and you shouldn't judge them just off their skin color."
Nor should you judge them from their background, Austin says, adding that he can't believe that the Clear Creek neighbors think the kids at Lost and Found would be a real threat. "If anyone goes AWOL from here," he points out, "their priority is not to stop and fuck with any of the neighbors, but to go as far and as fast they can."
Because for most, the real priority is to get their lives together. "I just wish they would get to know us a bit," Austin says. "Find out who we really are. A lot of us here are focused on making our lives better. I'm sick of being in the system, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get better. I want a normal life, I want a family and a house and a car. I don't want to be a fuckup my whole life, and I'm working as hard as I can on fixing that. I just think that before they shun us, they should try to figure out what we're all about."


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It is remarkable that an industry essentially less than a half-century old could capture the attention of the American wine-buying public to the degree that California has. Powerful consumer interest in California wine is driven by two major factors. The more obvious reason is that California's best wines, which come from grapes grown in a benign climate featuring endless sunshine, very warm summer days, and generally dry harvests, and wonderfully fruity, full, and satisfying, and rarely too austere or tannic to be enjoyed from day one.
California is blessed with an extraordinary range of soils and microclimates, allowing for the successful cultivation of many varieties. In at least three out of four years, the best sites produce healthy, ripe fruits that are the envy of European producers in more marginal climates. The other reason Americans buy so much California wine is that California is the home team. Clearly, a high percentage of domestic wine drinkers are more comfortable buying American wines (and not just wines of California) than imports. Then, too, foreign bottles are generally identified by place name, rather than by the more familiar varieties that American wine drinkers have come to know and enjoy.
Moreover, in much of North America, outside the top 15 or 20 largest metropolitan markets, consumers have limited access to imported wines even if they wanted to buy them.
For many, Napa Valley is California wine, and Cabernet is king in Napa Valley. Meanwhile, the Burgundy varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir have gravitated to cooler areas, generally closer to the Pacific, such as the western stretches of Sonoma County, the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, and the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez valleys within Santa Barbara County. Syrah vines have yielded interesting wines in a range of styles all over the state, in regions as disparate as Mendocino County, the Sonoma coast, Carneros, Paso Robles, and Santa Maria Valley. Very good Zinfandel similarly comes from multiple growing areas, although to date the age-of-vines variable has been almost as important as geography. Zinfandel, though its roots are in Europe, is a true California original and the only California wine imitated abroad. It's also a variety of which there are still significant plantings of very old vines, in some cases dating back to the end of the 19th century.
While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit.
In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape withstand more extreme climatic conditions. The climatic conditions in the Northern Rhone are especially conducive to the growth of the grapes, for they require heat to attain full ripeness. Still, even slight overripeness can cause the grape to lose its varietal character. In the Northern Rhone, Syrahs are all oak aged for some period of time. While historically, this aging has occurred in large, old oak casks, small oak barrels like those used in Bordeaux and Burgundy are currently gaining in popularity. Wines from the top appellations, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, will have the most pronounced oak character.
But these wines can be shockingly expensive; collectors know that they have the alcohol, tannin and concentration to age for years, and the price reflects this awareness. The most famous producers in Hermitage are Chapoutier and Chave. In Côte Rôtie (where many of the wines are actually co-fermented with a small amount of the white grape Viognier), look for Guigal and Jasmin.
Retreating a little bit on the price spectrum, the appellations of Cornas, St. Joseph and Crozes-Hermitage produce high-quality wines, albeit with less body, tannin, and intensity from the top appellations. In Cornas, look to Auguste Clape. For St. Joseph, Chapoutier and Jaboulet are especially reliable. The top producers from Hermitage also have a presence in Crozes-Hermitage, but also look for wines from Alain Graillot.
Syrah retains a presence farther down the Rhone Valley, but in the southern Rhone, the Syrah tends to be more opulent, and less structured. Here it does not stand on its own and is frequently blended with other Rhone varieties like Grenache and Mourvedre, most notably in the appellation of Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Similarly, it retains a key place as a key blending grape in wines from Coteaux de Languedoc.
In California vineyards, as part of the general rise in plantings of Rhone varietals, the presence of Syrah has dramatically increased in the last fifteen years. The problem is that these wines are often made with less finesse in California than in France. In too many cases, we find wines that are just too much-- too much sugar, too much alcohol, too much extraction. But looking carefully for more restrained examples can yield great dividends. The Central Coast has a number of winemakers that show discipline and keep the intensity of their wines in check; consider Jaffurs Wine Cellars, Beckmen Vineyards, and Qupe.
In Australia, where the variety is known as Shiraz, the greatest examples come from the Barossa Valley. Here, the vines were first planted in the mid-1800s, and some old vines continue to produce fruit for terrifically concentrated wines. As a general trend, Barossa Shiraz will be richer, and show more stewed-fruit flavors than Syrah from the Rhone. Similarly powerful Shiraz also comes from McLaren Vale. Two Hands makes terrifically concentrated bottlings from both regions, and Penfolds is another reliable producer of burly Shiraz. While Australia's reputation rests on intense, concentrated Shiraz, more understated examples come from Hunter Valley and the Heathcote region, including wines from the producer Heathcote II.
Syrah pairs well with red meats, spicy pizzas, and and other savory meat dishes. These dishes provide an excellent complement to the peppery flavors and heft of the wine.
2006 had 12 regions scored 95 or above. Germany got the highest score, with a 98.
Other regions that scored 95 points or higher were Barolo (Piedmont), Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany), Tuscany, Bolgheri (Tuscany), Chianti Classico (Tuscany), Barbaresco (Piedmont), Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (Germany), Napa, Piedmont (Italy), Ribera del Duero (Rioja), and Sonoma.
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I am looking for the proper Sangha to donate on regular basis.
And it doesn't have to be the one that I can physically attend (I live in Los Angeles and deeply disappointed by the Sanghas that I attended so far).
The last donation I made was for the Abhayagiri in Northern California and that was money well spent.
(I have confidence in the Thai Forest tradition that they are very serious)
I just want to donate to the Sangha which is absolutely dead serious about practicing the genuine Dhamma.
Again, location doesn't matter since I probably cannot visit there anyway.
Recommend me the Sangha that has your confidence that they are dead serious about practicing genuine Dhamma.


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I just returned from National Institute of Health where I am doing the TIL trial. My check up was great!! No new growth and some small shrinkage overall in my lungs and liver. The docs and scientists are excited with my results, not as much as I am though!! It has been 7 months since I have completed the treatment. I have had no further treatments or chemo of any kind and am still going in the right direction. I hope and pray that my healing continues and that the scientists can find a cure for all of us!!!! Working hard to do my part and thinking of all of you daily!!! Melinda


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You can make foil packet dinners with a grill.
If you are camping though, you'll want to get your campfire going at least an hour before cooking time. That's because you need a very hot bed of red coals to cook this meal.
Be sure to start with a lot of wood to generate enough coals.
Peel carrots and potatoes. Cut them up very small.
Cut the meat in small pieces as well. If cutting chicken, do not mix that with other ingredients and carefully sterilize the cutting board with boiling water.
Cut up tomatoes, onions and peppers. Slice the butter.
Rip aluminum foil into large squares.
Giving everyone their own choice for this meal is part of the reason why it works great for family and group camping.
At the end, if there are leftovers, you can put the remaining ingredients in stand-alone foil dinner packets. These can then be available for people who are still hungry, or the cooked ingredients can be easily used in a breakfast. Cooked potatoes for example make great hash browns or omelet ingredients.
Once each person has chosen their ingredients, put a few slices of butter and some salt into their packet.
You don't want the foil to split half way through cooking and lose half your meal. Sometimes kids get so excited when choosing their ingredients, that the packet gets too full. If this happens, split the meal into two packets.
Then people will know which dinner is their own custom choices. See how creative people can get with their foil dinner shapes!
A cooking tripod ensures the best cooking experience, but if you don't have one, be sure to get a nice bed of coals prepared before laying your packets on to cook.
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One in five women will experience pelvic instability during pregnancy. A condition that causes pain around the joints of the pelvis, it can occur at any of the three pelvic joints: pubic symphysis at the front of the pelvis or the left and right sacroiliac joints at the back. The pain can make walking and taking part in everyday activities difficult.
A hormone called relaxin softens the ligaments around the joints of the pelvis during pregnancy. This is to assist with the process of childbirth and doesn't usually cause discomfort. However, for some women the joints of the pelvis loosen too much, which results in the pelvis becoming unstable or out of alignment.
While relaxin and ligament softening are the root cause of pelvic instability, there are also a combination of different factors that can have an affect:
Every woman's experience of pelvic instability will be different, although these are common symptoms:
Symptoms of pelvic instability can be mild, moderate or severe, depending on the woman and the number of factors affecting it. It can improve, stay the same or progress as the pregnancy progresses, starting as early as the first trimester or sometimes after the baby is born.
Pelvic instability should be be recognised and managed as early as possible in your pregnancy to help recovery and reduce the pain. If you think you may have pelvic instability, try resting for a few days. If the pain and discomfort doesn't change, book an appointment with your GP, who should refer you to a physiotherapist. An experienced physiotherapist will be able to assess whether you are suffering from pelvic instability, and imaging tests can be used as diagnosis, especially after the pregnancy.
This article was written by Jo Bounds for Kidspot, Australia's best pregnancy resource. Sources include the Pelvic Instability Association.


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MySQL 5.5.21
MySQL Community Edition to darmowa wersja najbardziej popularnej bazy danej o otwartym kodzie źródłowym, która jest wspierana przez aktywną społeczność programistów i entuzjastów.
Oto niektóre z funkcji MySQL:
- Partycjonowanie w celu podwyższenia wydajności i zarządzanie bardzo dużymi bazami danych
- Replikacja wierszowa/hybrydowa w celu zwiększenia bezpieczeństwa replikacji
- Moduł planowania zadań do tworzenia i uruchamiania zadań związanych z bazą danych
- Obsługa XPath
- Dynamiczny dziennik ogólny/wolnych zapytań
- Narzędzie testujące wydajność/obciążenie (mysqlslap)
- Ulepszone wyszukiwanie pełnotekstowe (szybsze, nowe szablony programistów)
- Ulepszony mechanizm archiwizacji (lepsza kompresja, więcej funkcji)
- Ulepszona identyfikacja sesji użytkownika i problemów SQL
- Ulepszona wbudowana biblioteka MySQL (libmysqld)
- Dodatkowe obiekty INFORMATION_SCHEMA
- Szybsze operacje importowania danych (równoległe ładowanie pliku)
- Moduł ACID Transactions do tworzenia niezawodnych i bezpiecznych zasadniczych aplikacji biznesowych
- Zapisane procedury podwyższające wydajność programistów
- Wyzwalacze wymuszające skomplikowane zasady biznesowe na poziomie bazy danych
- Sprawdzanie jakości ochrony poufnych danych
- Schemat informacji zapewniający łatwy dostęp do dodatkowych danych
- Architektura integrowalnego mechanizmu magazynowania dla maksymalnej elastyczności
- Mechanizm magazynowania archiwów dla danych historycznych i audytorskich
# Functionality Added or Changed
* A new CMake option, MYSQL_PROJECT_NAME, can be set on Windows or Mac OS X to be used in the project name.
# Bugs Fixed
* Performance: InnoDB Storage Engine: Memory allocation for InnoDB tables was reorganized to reduce the memory overhead for large numbers of tables or partitions, avoiding situations where the "resident set size" could grow regardless of FLUSH TABLES statements. The problem was most evident for tables with large row size. Some of the memory that was formerly allocated for every open table is now allocated only when the table is modified for the first time.
* Incompatible Change: An earlier change (in MySQL 5.1.62 and 5.5.21) was found to modify date-handling behavior in General Availability-status series (MySQL 5.1 and 5.5). This change has been reverted. The change was that several functions became more strict when passed a DATE() function value as their argument, thus they rejected incomplete dates with a day part of zero. These functions were affected: CONVERT_TZ(), DATE_ADD(), DATE_SUB(), DAYOFYEAR(), LAST_DAY(), TIMESTAMPDIFF(), TO_DAYS(), TO_SECONDS(), WEEK(), WEEKDAY(), WEEKOFYEAR(), YEARWEEK(). The previous behavior has been restored.
* InnoDB Storage Engine: A Valgrind error was fixed in the function os_aio_init().
* InnoDB Storage Engine: The server could crash when creating an InnoDB temporary table under Linux, if the $TMPDIR setting points to a tmpfs filesystem and innodb_use_native_aio is enabled, as it is by default in MySQL 5.5.4 and higher. The entry in the error log looked like: 101123 2:10:59 InnoDB: Operating system error number 22 in a file operation. InnoDB: Error number 22 means 'Invalid argument'. The crash occurred because asynchronous I/O is not supported on tmpfs in some Linux kernel versions. The workaround was to turn off the innodb_use_native_aio setting or use a different temporary directory. The fix causes InnoDB to turn off the innodb_use_native_aio setting automatically if it detects that the temporary file directory does not support asynchronous I/O.
* InnoDB Storage Engine: References to C preprocessor symbols and macros HAVE_purify, UNIV_INIT_MEM_TO_ZERO, and UNIV_SET_MEM_TO_ZERO were removed from the InnoDB source code. They were only used in debug builds instrumented for Valgrind. They are replaced by calls to the UNIV_MEM_INVALID() macro.
* InnoDB Storage Engine: The MySQL server could halt with an assertion error: InnoDB: Failing assertion: page_get_n_recs(page) > 1 Subsequent restarts could fail with the same error. The error occurred during a purge operation involving the InnoDB change buffer. The workaround was to set the configuration option innodb_change_buffering=inserts.
* InnoDB Storage Engine: With 1024 concurrent InnoDB transactions running concurrently and the innodb_file_per_table setting enabled, a CREATE TABLE operation for an InnoDB table could fail. The .ibd file from the failed CREATE TABLE was left behind, preventing the table from being created later, after the load had dropped. The fix adds error handling to delete the erroneous .ibd file. This error was less likely to occur in MySQL 5.5 and 5.6, because raising the number of InnoDB undo slots increased the number of simultaneous transactions needed to trigger the bug, from 1K to 128K.
* Replication: Executing mysqlbinlog with the --start-position=N option, where N was equal either to 0 or to a value greater than the length of the dump file, caused it to crash. This issue was introduced in MySQL 5.5.18 by the fix for Bug #32228 and Bug #11747416.
* Replication: On Windows replication slave hosts, STOP SLAVE took an excessive length of time to complete when the master was down.
* A query that used an index on a CHAR column referenced in a BETWEEN clause could return invalid results.
* Expressions that compared a BIGINT column with any non-integer constant were performed using integers rather than decimal or float values, with the result that the constant could be truncated. This could lead to any such comparison that used <, >, <=, >=, =, !=/<>, IN, or BETWEEN yielding false positive or negative results.
* When the optimizer performed conversion of DECIMAL values while evaluating range conditions, it could produce incorrect results.
* When running mysqldump with both the --single-transaction and --flush-logs options, the flushing of the log performed an implicit COMMIT (see Section 12.3.3, "Statements That Cause an Implicit Commit"), causing more than one transaction to be used and thus breaking consistency.
* It was possible in the event of successive failures for mysqld_safe to restart quickly enough to consume excessive amounts of CPU. Now, on systems that support the sleep and date system utilities, mysqld_safe checks to see whether it has restarted more than 5 times in the current second, and if so, waits 1 second before attempting another restart.
* When used with the --xml option, mysqldump --routines failed to dump any stored routines, triggers, or events.
* It was possible on replication slaves where FEDERATED tables were in use to get timeouts on long-running operations, such as Error 1160 Got an error writing communication packets. The FEDERATED tables did not need to be replicated for the issue to occur.
* If an attempt to initiate a statement failed, the issue could not be reported to the client because it was not prepared to receive any error messages prior to the execution of any statement. Since the user could not execute any queries, they were simply disconnected without providing a clear error. After the fix for this issue, the client is prepared for an error as soon as it attempts to initiate a statement, so that the error can be reported prior to disconnecting the user.
* Using myisamchk with the sort recover method to repair a table having fixed-width row format could cause the row pointer size to be reduced, effectively resulting in a smaller maximum data file size.
* On Windows, the server incorrectly constructed the full path name of the plugin binary for INSTALL PLUGIN and CREATE FUNCTION ... SONAME.
* The stored routine cache was subject to a small memory leak that over time or with many routines being used could result in out-of-memory errors.


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The End of Summer (1961) is Yasujiro Ozu's second to last film.
Here are some thoughts on the film from a brilliant essay by Michael Koresky, which accompanies the Criterion DVD of The End of Summer: "to develop the script for what would be his penultimate film, The End of Summer (1961), Yasujiro Ozu and coscreenwriter Kogo Noda retreated to the warm climes of Tateshina, in Nagano. Between February and April of 1961, according to Ozu, the two men enjoyed lovely spring weather every day and, with no guests to call on them, were able to get drunk and boisterous whenever they wanted to, which was often. This rowdy, carefree attitude seems to have informed the end result: like Late Autumn (1960), which depicted its three middle-aged male characters as older versions of the playful schoolboys of his earlier films, The End of Summer again paints the father figure as regressing to a youthful state—much to the chagrin of his three daughters.
Yet here, the disappearing patriarch represents something even grander: the decline of a traditional way of life for a family. While attempting to find a suitable husband for the youngest of its three daughters, Noriko, as well as, tangentially, for her widowed sister, Akiko, the Kohayagawa clan is also struggling to run its faltering sake brewing company, which has survived generations. (Akiko and Noriko are played by Setsuko Hara and Yoko Tsukasa, who had so movingly portrayed mother and daughter in Late Autumn.) The family faces hardships both emotional and financial when the impish father, Manbei (Ganjiro Nakamura), begins to behave in an increasingly erratic way, taking off in the middle of the working day to reunite with his former mistress. When he becomes ill, the future of the business and the family unit is thrown into question, and the possibility of selling out to a larger corporate interest becomes an attractive prospect for the children.
It's quite obvious, from its buoyant, almost romantic-comic, opening to its funereal ending, that The End of Summer is primarily concerned with the younger Kohayagawas—with what happens when the children take over from their parents, with the pain of letting go versus the possibility of moving on. There's such a fine, elegantly drawn line between hope and sadness in The End of Summer, between the celebratory and the benedictory, that even as the film ends on disturbing images of smoke wafting from the top of a crematorium and crows perched ominously on gravestones, there remains the distinct sense of life drifting forward ("It's the cycle of nature," remarks a peasant woman, watching the ashes pour from the chimney stack).
The anecdote that supplied the main inspiration for the film also speaks of a balance between the comic and the painful—the true tale of an acquaintance of Ozu's whose father suddenly rose from bed, hale and hearty, the morning after he had suffered a serious heart attack. Such a moment occurs in The End of Summer, although this instance of humorous resurrection remains tinged with the inevitability of death. Retrospectively, it seems a poignantly fitting attitude, both anxious and accepting, for a man who was coming to the close of his life."


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Actor, Comedian. Born Jacob Cohen, a native of Long Island, New York, he was fortunate to have two starts in the show business industry. His first was in the 1940s appearing in the "Borscht Belt" resorts in the Catskill Mountains of New York state where he wrote jokes, was a singing waiter and did a stand up act under the name of Jack Roy. He struggled until he decided to leave the business to earn a stable living as aluminum siding salesman and a house painter. He would later return in the 1960s at age 40 as Rodney Dangerfield, and his stand up act took off with various television appearances and comedy albums. The man who was famous for his signature phrase "I can't get no respect," he opened up the self-named comedy club "Dangerfield's" in New York City, New York, where he helped the careers of notable comics such as Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Roseanne Barr, Jeff Foxworthy, Tim Allen and Sam Kinison. His movie career was as varied as his comedy act, making his acting debut in the 1971 movie "The Projectionist." He would later appear in such movies as "Caddyshack," "Easy Money," "Back to School," "Ladybugs," "Moving," "The Scout," and "Meet Wally Sparks." He took a rare turn at dramatic acting in 1994 that drew positive reviews in "Natural Born Killers" as the abusive father. Over the years, he never lost a blunt and sarcastic appeal for his brand of humor. He was a regular when Johnny Carson hosted "The Tonight Show" and would appear frequently on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.' One of his last appearances was in August 2004, just days before his hospitalization for heart valve replacement, on the television show, 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.'
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So, I would never think dr. Javle would even thinking could have a transplant. My question is---we don't really know if I have lymph nodes involved. Will they do it if I do?
Let's say I do have nodes involved...and they do the transplant. What will happen after as far as the nodes go? Will there be a way to treat them? Oh I'm sure I will have a ton more questions as time goes on.
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In Torrington demolition of historic Kelly Transit building begins
Published 12:00 am, Friday, December 7, 2012
TORRINGTON >> Demolition work began Friday on the Kelly Transit Co. property and the old warehouses which have stood since the beginning of the 20th century.
The mission-style building, on the National Register of Historic Places, was still standing into the evening, but the red brick building alongside it met its demise earlier in the day. The demolition comes as no surprise; the group owning the property declared in September it couldn't reach an agreement with the Torrington Historic Preservation Trust regarding repairs to the building.
A statement in September said the building had fallen into disrepair and faced "significant environmental contamination."
"The main reason for demolition of the structure is due to hazardous material contamination throughout the site and specifically around the foundation of the building," the announcement states. "Unfortunately, in order to properly remediate the site, a substantial portion of the foundation and the interior floor need to be excavated. Although this type of remediation is possible, the owners believe it is not economically realistic to save the structure.
"No one is willing to make that investment," the release said regarding the expensive repairs.
Built in 1912 by the Torrington Building Company, the Kelley building formerly hosted horse-drawn freight wagons and trucks. Now, the property will see the same demise as the Torrington train station, which sat across the dirt lot from the building, before being torn down in early 2011.
Around the same time of the train station's demolition, talks between Realtors and members of the trust began, hoping to find an alternative to demolition. One thought included piecing-down the building and moving it -- like the Harwinton House, which sits in storage -- but was determined to be too expensive.
It's unclear when the demolition will finish.
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An exhibition of abstract drawings by Northeast Ohio artist Erik Neff opens Friday, June 24, with a public reception from 6 to 9 p.m. in the spotlight gallery space at Heights Arts in Cleveland Heights.
Working on a variety of surfaces such as plaster, wood, paper and slate, Erik creates a dialogue between the marks and shapes of an image through a "back and forth" process of scraping, gouging and applying pigments. His drawings will be on view through August 6.


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Two highway construction workers with tenuous grasps on the rules of the English language but remarkable abilities to inspire ferocious emotion were the final two "Survivors." But the one who lied the most and the best was the one who claimed the title, and the million-dollar prize.
Since he was incapable of crossing a balance beam during the very first challenge, viewers thought Chris Daugherty would surely be the first "Survivor: Vanuatu" contestant to be voted off. Instead, he ultimately outlasted 17 other players and easily won the game, on Sunday night's finale.
Although this outcome was , the finale did keep us guessing, and this time it wasn't just because of Mark Burnett's skillful, manipulative editing. The confrontation between the jury and the final two during last tribal council proved emotional. At one point it seemed like everyone was crying, even tough-guy Sarge and even-keeled Chad.
What did Chris and Twila do to inspire such passion, such hatred, such animosity? How did they outplay the more attractive, albeit clownishly dressed jury? Why did the jury overwhelmingly vote for the person who was less-than-honest throughout the game? What was with Jeff Probst's machete-hacking, parachuting, motorcycle-riding cavalcade through the jungles of Vanuatu, L.A., and CBS Studio City?
Rewarding the liarsThe last one aside, ousted contestant Julie answered those questions during the reunion, telling us that, during the game, "human nature took over." Oh, did it ever. And what did we learn about human nature?
Liars win and losers reward the liars.
Of course, having just finished an election cycle, most of the United States of America knows this well. We like to be lied to.
We want to feel good regardless of the veracity of the statements that are making us feel that way, and we believe in fiction when it's more appealing than nonfiction. From an early age, we learn that lies take precedent over truth when it comes to interaction with others. We lie and say that someone looks good even if they don't; we're told "good job" even when we fail. We always want to be removed from the ugly truths; we want our reality filtered.
It's no wonder that reality television is so appealing — and it's also not a surprise that it's so condemned, because it's a revealing, harsh reflection of the way our world works. Real things get edited into palatable, entertaining things, and we consume them with fervor. And of course, we don't want to admit any part of that.
That childhood lesson clearly impacted at least three members of the jury, all of whom expressed teary regret over the trust they placed in Chris, and then turned around and voted for him despite (or because of) the fact that he lied to them yet again. The jury forgave Chris when he said what they wanted to hear. Twila refused to do that, and it cost her the game.
Both Chris and Twila lied on their way to those final two fireside chats. Twila's biggest lie was ultimately more damning than anything Chris said — she literally swore on her son's life. Chris ended up in the final two by constantly course-correcting; he adjusted his game play based upon the present situation, and made the best move available to him.
Fail to adjust and get your torch snuffed
Though viewers rarely see it, this is the only real way to play "Survivor"; those who fail to adjust their expectations based upon changing circumstances ultimately get voted out. Still, in Chris' desperation as the last remaining man, he told a number of smaller, quieter, emptier lies, but ones that still impacted those around him. He twice betrayed Eliza, although smartly, as each of those decisions moved him closer to the final two. Each time she believed him. He lied to Julie after having a heartfelt discussion in which he confessed his brotherly affection for her and reaffirmed his friendship. Although they'd known each other for, quite literally, only days, Julie bought it, and then he voted her out without even flinching.
This set viewers up for some dramatic final tribal council confrontations. Instead, we had emotional clashes, ones that showed how impossible it must be to separate yourself from the game you are playing. When the pawns are real people and not plastic pieces on a cardboard surface, everything changes. Except it doesn't, really; we're still the same flawed human beings, ones that don't like to look in mirrors that show clear reflections. We prefer mirrors that are cloudy or gauze-covered.
In a passionate final speech, Twila told the jury, "People kill for less than what we're playing for right now. … And ["Survivor"] actually turned me into someone I don't like. … It wasn't the game I intended to play, it was the game that ended up playing me."
Although she apologized and asked for forgiveness, Twila still was telling the jury what they didn't want to hear: that the game somehow revealed a truth about all of them, that they all played in a way they didn't really want to. Voting for Twila would be tantamount to admitting that, on some level, they were just as guilty as she was of playing ruthlessly.
And everyone on that jury played ruthlessly. The men, Sarge and Chad, allied with others to vote off the younger men who were physical threats, even though Sarge admitted later that many of the younger men had stronger characters than the flabby old ones.
The women united arbitrarily, based solely upon their sex, and systematically eliminated men — until they started to turn on one another.
Thus, Chris, the one survivor that was able to lie the best, pulled ahead and became the sole survivor, winning easily with five of the seven jury votes. Most of those votes came from the women he disparaged routinely in interviews and betrayed during the game. Twila's problem was that she was genuine, and that genuineness, although the source of some thoroughly satisfying one-liners, was exceptionally irritating to her tribemates, and frequently to viewers.
Twila also refused to apologize for who she is and what she did, whereas Chris instantly kowtowed and gave transparent but effective answers, the ones his interrogators wanted to hear. He did what he did throughout the entire game, and the jury bought it once again. And ultimately, so did we.
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Infiniti QX50 Brake Rotor Replacement Cost
How Much Does a Brake Rotor Replacement Cost?
Brake Rotor Replacement Service and Cost
Most modern passenger vehicles use disc brake systems on all four wheels. Brake rotors are the final part of the braking system, and use friction created by the brake pads to slow or stop the vehicle.
As the term "disc brake" implies, the brake rotor is shaped like a disc. This disc rotates with the vehicle's wheel until the brake pads squeeze the rotor from both sides to create braking force. The brake rotor transmits this braking force directly to the wheels, and causes the vehicle to slow down.
Brake rotors are mainly maintenance free, but when they have been subjected to abnormally hard use, the heat they absorb can cause the metal to turn blue, and cracking to occur. When this occurs, customers often specify they have lost braking power, or the vehicle's brakes are making noise. There may be no symptoms at all related to changing the brake rotors, since it is recommended to change brake rotors on most modern vehicles when performing a standard brake service.
It is not safe to operate any vehicle with any braking problem. If there is any sign that the brakes are not performing as originally intended, the vehicle should immediately be placed out of service and repaired. If the rotors are being replaced as part of routine maintenance, with no symptoms noticed, the vehicle can safely be driven to a repair shop.
Brake rotors are typically replaced as part of a standard brake service, so the average serviceable lifespan depends on driving style, and operating conditions. The manufacturer recommended maintenance schedule for each vehicle may be different, and the owner's manual will contain this information.
Brake Rotor Replacement Repair Information
Trained technicians have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of brake rotors through their careers and training. The signs they look for when disc brakes are suspected of failure are deep grooves, stress fractures, and a blue color indicating the brake rotor has exceeded the allowable heat range. If any of these conditions exist, the technician will recommend replacement, or machining if appropriate.
To replace a brake rotor, the wheel, brake caliper, and a retaining screw must be removed from the vehicle. The replacement rotor is installed by sliding onto the hub and bearing assembly, and cleaned before installing the brake caliper and brake pads. Wheel nuts, also called lug nuts, must be tightened to the manufacturer specification.
When replacing a brake rotor, it is important to replace the corresponding rotor on the other side of the vehicle. This will ensure the braking power is even and predictable. Brake pads show wear patterns after many times of grinding into the old brake rotor, and must be replaced to avoid brake noise, uneven braking pressure, and unpredictable braking performance.
Some brake rotors are mounted onto the wheel bearings, and those bearings should be repacked with grease or replaced when the rotor is removed. Any grease or automotive fluid besides water on the brake rotor will instantly contaminate the brake pad, necessitating replacement of the pads. To avoid this, the new rotors should be cleaned with brake parts cleaner prior to installation of the brake pads and caliper.
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Gattis, Pagnozzi vying for final spot on roster
LAKELAND, Fla. -- When the Braves announced Jose Constanza was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday morning, they essentially guaranteed Jordan Schafer will begin the season as their fifth outfielder.
Four of the five available bench spots on the Opening Day roster will be filled by Schafer, outfielder Reed Johnson, infielder Ramiro Pena and either Chris Johnson or Juan Francisco, who will begin the season platooning at third base.
The last spot will go to either Evan Gattis, who is ranked the club's No. 16 prospect by MLB.com, or Matt Pagnozzi, both of whom are bidding to serve as the backup catcher until Brian McCann returns from offseason right shoulder surgery.
"Everybody on the team is pretty much set," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "Now the battle is, 'Who do you take behind the plate to complement [Gerald] Laird?'"
Gattis appears to be the overwhelming favorite, as he has hit .358 (19-for-53) with five doubles and five home runs in 22 Grapefruit League games. Pagnozzi has hit .310 (9-for-29) with a double and a triple while playing in 14 games.
If the Braves want to simply go with the better defensive option and allow Gattis to play in an everyday role at Triple-A Gwinnett, they could make the surprising decision to go with Pagnozzi.
But with McCann slated to miss most of April, the Braves could gain more value from Gattis' potent bat by allowing him to share the catcher's position with Laird, who has cautiously returned from a left calf strain he suffered on March 2. Laird returned to the lineup on Tuesday for the first time since March 16.
Gattis mishandled a couple of low pitches Mike Minor threw in the first inning of Monday's loss to the Mets, but over the past month, the powerful catcher has decreased many of the concerns surrounding his defensive ability behind the plate.
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The headquarters for the Celebration is in San Antonio, Texas as was the original routing effort in the 1920s. The organization's site can be found at OldSpanishTrailCentennial
The site contains a huge amount of information on the OST, including original routing maps. I found the original alignment between Houston and San Antonio to be quite interesting as I live just about 2 miles South of part of that route and have traveled part of the original portions some of which is now designated as U.S. 90A and some of which is now county roads having been decommissioned with alignment changes.
In the very near future I'll begin posting details and photos of both the original alignments (where they can be found) as well as the present alignment between Houston, Texas and Seguin, Texas. This will represent adding some 90 miles of what is now U.S. 90A to the project I had described as from Columbus, Texas to Seguin, Texas.
Stay Tuned..........
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Bentonville, Ark. -- As holiday shoppers prepared to battle crowds on Thanksgiving weekend, Wal-Mart workers and supports geared up to protest at stores nationwide, openly criticizing the retailers' wages, benefits and treatment of employees.
Nine people were arrested in Paramount, Calif., including three Walmart employees, for blocking a busy street. About 1,000 people protested there.
In Lakewood, Colo., according to multiple reports, dozens of protestors picketed without any incidents. There was little sign that the union-backed OUR Walmart group's expected 1,000 protests actually took place. Wal-Mart said that approximately 50 employees participated in protests on Thursday and even fewer took part on Friday.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said that it was the best Black Friday the retailer has had.


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Jamie Maynard: A Kass act
Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday throughout September and October, Jamie Maynard will provide his three best bets.
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Alex Hammond covers a smorgasbord of topics in her latest blog including a positive word for George Scott's Mill Reef hope James Garfield.
Thursday's racing preview
Anita Chambers previews Thursday's racing and fancies Forest Ranger to strike on the first day of Ayr's Western Meeting.
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Our best bets
Check out all of our available betting tips and previews of the forthcoming sporting action.
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The solar thermal power plant at Sanlucar la Mayor outside Seville, Spain. It is the first commercial solar thermal power plant in the world and can provide electricity for up to 6,000 homes.
The power plant uses solar concentrating devices with mirrors to catch the sun's heat, focusing it onto tubes filled with liquid. The heat from the tubes boils water to produce steam to drive turbines that generate electricity. This technology is currently cheaper than photovoltaic cells and the hot liquid can be stored to make electricity after sunset.
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Trowbridge company Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Solutions has moved into its new purpose-built £7 million office campus and specialist Vehicle Preparation Centre on the White Horse Business Park.
The company moved into Hakuba House, which translates directly from the Japanese for white horse, on May 27, after construction work finished ahead of schedule just under a year after it started. Hakuba House is the very first building that Hitachi Capital, a global corporation, owns the freehold for anywhere in the world.
The commercial vehicle funding and management specialist currently employs over 140 staff members who manage almost 30,000 vehicles. The previous premises, situated in Canal Road, Trowbridge, housed the business for 13 years and were originally designed for just 30 staff, managing 717 vehicles.
Managing director Jon Lawes said: "It was becoming clear that we had outgrown our previous buildings and it was time to find more suitable premises that would allow us to continue to meet the growing and diverse needs of our customers.
"In 2011 we made the decision to undertake the search for a new site that would not only allow us to support the future needs of our customers, but would also provide a fantastic working environment for our employees.
"We are delighted that we have now finally succeeded in moving into our new building on the White Horse Business Park."
Designed by Nash Part-nership, a Bath based firm of architects, and delivered by Midas Construction, the new building is visually attractive in a modern style, yet sympathetic and sensitive to the environment.
The new office campus includes a wide range of green features, focusing on reducing C02 emissions by 28 per cent above Building Regulations standards, as well as successfully achieving the BREEAM 'Very Good' Standard.
To find out more about Hakuba House, log on to the company's website at www. hccvs.co.uk/hakubahouse


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The Safety and Effectiveness of 524W91
This study has been completed.
Glaxo Wellcome
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First received: November 2, 1999
Last updated: June 23, 2005
Last verified: April 1996
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To assess the safety and pharmacokinetics of single oral doses of 524W91 administered in HIV-infected patients. To determine the effects of food on bioavailability of 524W91.
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|Drug: Emtricitabine
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|A Phase I, Randomized, Single-Dose, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacokinetics of 524W91
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Patients are randomized to receive six single escalating doses of 524W91 or placebo, with each dose separated by at least a 6-day washout interval. In the time between 2 of the doses, the effect of food on pharmacokinetics will be investigated, with one dose administered in conjunction with a high-fat meal and one dose administered in a fasted state.
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Patients must have:
- Documented HIV infection.
- CD4 count >= 200 cells/mm3.
- No active opportunistic infection.
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Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms or conditions are excluded:
- Malignancy or other condition that would confound study assessment or interfere with ability to complete the study.
- Malabsorption syndrome or other gastrointestinal dysfunction that might interfere with gastrointestinal absorption.
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Excluded on the day of each dose:
- Antiretrovirals.
- Any prescription or over-the-counter medication.
- Alcoholic beverages.
- Coffee, tea, and other xanthine-containing beverages and foods.
Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:
History of hepatitis, pancreatitis, or cardiomyopathy within the past 5 years.
Prior Medication:
- Antiretrovirals within 24 hours prior to each dose.
- Any prescription or over-the-counter medications within 48 hours prior to each dose.
- Alcoholic beverages within 48 hours prior to each dose. Current alcohol or illicit drug use that may affect patient compliance.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00002335
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS-Related Complex
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HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
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Politicians' responses to the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy have most prominently resulted in a push for gun control legislation, but the shootings have also given impetus to a new conversation on mental health policies.
Among legislative proposals, Darrell Steinberg, the state Senate's top Democrat, is calling for the nation to adopt California's prevention and treatment model.
Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs, has also said she will reintroduce a bill written to fund therapy and other mental health care at schools.
Supporters of the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare" to both its defenders and detractors, say the law should help more Americans who could benefit from mental health care receive treatment.
But even if the law succeeds in increasing Americans' access to health insurance, it does not necessarily mean those newly insured who may benefit from mental health care will seek or be referred to treatment.
The prospect of the school shootings opening a new debates on mental health policies poses a quandary for those who want government to provide more access to mental health care.
On one hand, the potential for a mentally disturbed individual to commit yet another act of violence approaching the scale of the Sandy Hook or the 2009 Virginia Tech shootings may serve as a call to improve prevention and treatment programs.
On the other, however, conflating mental illness with violence may deter those who could benefit from treatment from receiving care.
"I think they should be asking, `Who do I know who may be showing even moderate signs of mental illness.' Not that they're going to be violent. Those are the rarest of the rare cases," said Rusty Selix, executive director of Mental Health Association in California.
Selix said he supports Steinberg's call for other states and Washington to duplicate this state's Mental Health Services Act.
California voters approved the measure in 2004 as Proposition 63, which Steinberg wrote. The measure levies a 1 percent tax on incomes greater than $1 million to fund housing, medication, therapy and other mental health programs.
Steinberg said in a telephone interview that he is not proposing Congress necessarily enact a similar tax increase on a national scale. He does, however, want the federal government to provide matching funds to states' mental health programs.
"I'm saying that the federal government, though it's budget process, once it resolves its fiscal cliff issues, it would be a small investment nationally," Steinberg said.
State provided programs, Steinberg said, would include prevention, education on the signs of mental illness and suicide prevention.
The term `fiscal cliff' refers to the automatic tax increases and spending cuts that are set to go into effect after the new year if Congress and President Obama fail to agree on an alternative plan to reduce the national deficit.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has warned that failure to reach a deal could lead to a minor recession during the first half of 2013.
Congress and the president have gone on vacation with that problem unresolved. There will be less than one week after the Christmas holiday for Obama and Congressional Republicans to negotiate a compromise.
The fiscal cliff is not the only money matter that may impact Steinberg's hope to see Prop. 63 replicated from coast to coast.
Earlier this year, the senator agreed to an audit of Prop. 63 programs following an Associated Press investigation that found tens of millions of dollars have been spent on general wellness programs for people who have not been diagnosed with mental illness.
Steinberg said the audit is still pending and expressed confidence that Prop. 63 programs have helped Californians receive vital treatment.
"We are helping tens of thousands of people effectively. More effectively than before," he said.
Steinberg wrote a letter to Vice President Joe Biden in which he wrote that if Congress were to appropriate a dollar-for-dollar match for states' mental health programs, the cost would be about $20 billion.
He also maintained that every dollar spent on Prop. 63 programs has saved 88 cents on criminal justice expenses and other health and housing costs.
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates roughly one quarter of American adults deal with some form of mental illness.
"Many eases are mild but 14% of the population suffers from moderate or severe mental illness, a near-totality of whom will never take an assault weapon to a public place and repeat … (the Newtown) travesty, for which we still grieve," Steinberg wrote.
Rep. Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, supports Steinberg's proposal and has introduced the Excellence in Mental Health Bill to make community mental health services eligible for Medicaid reimbursement.
Among Southland lawmakers, Napolitano said in a recent interview that she will reintroduce her Mental Health in Schools Act, which would provide grant funding for therapy and other mental health services in schools.
More broadly, Napolitano said Americans' perception of mental health care needs to change.
"You have got to de-stigmatize mental health services," she said. "They're afraid. They're scared of being called `crazy."'
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research estimates that as of 2014, roughly 500,000 Californians who currently lack health insurance may gain access to health coverage.
The center bases that prediction on the Affordable Care Act's requirement that certain insurance plans include mental health coverage as essential benefits. Those plans include Medi-Cal coverage and any provided via state-run health insurance exchanges.
But echoing the concerns of Selix and Napolitano, California Health Interview Survey director David Grant said access to care does not mean people will seek treatment.
"It's not a panacea," said Grant, who directs health surveys for UCLA. "Even when people do have health insurance and they do have problems, they don't get treatment."
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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