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Laurel Hill Master Plan Activities
On December 4, 2012, the Board of Supervisors approved a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to generally incorporate the recommendations of the Laurel Hill Adaptive Reuse Area Master Plan into the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan. The Board approved the Planning Commission and staff recommendation as shown in the Staff Report and Staff Report Addendum.
On September 13, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved the
Interim Agreement between Fairfax County and The Alexander
Company. The Interim Agreement authorized The Alexander Company to
commence with certain design, engineering, and zoning activities
and further determine the financial costs, and financial gap, of
the project.
On May 11, 2010, the Board of Supervisors approved the Laurel Hill Adaptive Reuse Area Master Plan and authorized County staff to begin negotiations with The Alexander Company on an interim development agreement. The Master Planning Process provided land use planning and design, financial analysis, and public outreach for the redevelopment of the approximately 80-acre County-owned Laurel Hill Adaptive Reuse Area, formerly part of the D.C. Department of Corrections' prison in Lorton.


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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger won't play again until a rib injury heals, lest the bone punctures his aorta and causes his death.
That's the word from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which revealed the rib injury Tuesday. Roethlisberger also is nursing a right shoulder sprain and will miss Sunday night's game against the Baltimore Ravens, according to various media reports.
The Steelers plan to start Byron Leftwich against the Ravens. It was not clear how long Roethlisberger would be out.
Roethlisberger was wearing a sling on Wednesday, the Post-Gazette reported. He told the newspaper both his injuries came on a play in Monday's 16-13 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. On that play in the third quarter, Roethlisberger was hit by Justin Houston and Tamba Hali.
The rib injury must heal and it was frightening.
"That's the more scary part because I guess if it goes in the wrong direction it could puncture the aorta," Roethlisberger told media members on Wednesday.
The rib injury is rare, even in a sport as physical as football. Reports say the only similar one was earlier this season to St. Louis Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola. Last weekend marked Amendola's first game back after missing four weeks.
One problem for Roethlisberger: He is not getting enough rest because the injuries force him to sleep in a chair. The injured rib is the top one that protects his aorta, according to the Pittsburgh News-Tribune.
Roethlisberger also said he didn't think his injuries would end his season. It also appears he will not need surgery.

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Crocs Cares' shoes designed to benefit people with diabetes will be distributed at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation's pow wow grounds today in South Dakota during a health fair.
The shoes donated by Crocs Cares are wider and aerated, providing comfort for swollen diabetic feet. The extra width of the shoes can also accommodate diabetic socks. Melissa Koester, manager of Crocs Cares, was on hand to assist with the distribution at Pine Ridge.
"Giving back has always been a priority for Crocs," Koester said, "Crocs has donated millions of shoes in developing countries, and with great partners like National Relief Charities, Crocs can provide shoes throughout the U.S."
The partnership between Crocs and National Relief Charities evolved around National Relief Charities' ongoing relationship with the reservations.
National Relief Charities serves immediate, critical needs and supports permanent solutions that improve quality of life for one quarter of a million Native Americans each year. A national nonprofit, National Relief Charities serves 65-plus reservations year-round in the northern Plains and Southwest. The Native American communities served by National Relief estimate that 30 percent to 50 percent of tribal members suffer from diabetes. National Relief Charities' goal is to support positive change and make a difference for Native American people.
American Indian/Alaska Native adults are more than twice as likely as their white counterparts to get diabetes, and twice as likely to die from it, according to U.S. Health and Human Services. The population's high risk of diabetes also increases their likelihood of suffering from health complications such as heart disease, hypertension, kidney disease, nervous system damage, gum disease, loss of limbs, and foot problems.


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Patient-Partner Stress Management Effects on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Symptoms and Neuroimmune Process
This study has been completed.
University of Miami
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Michael H. Antoni, University of Miami
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: July 23, 2012
Last updated: July 19, 2017
Last verified: July 2017
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to test the effects of a videotelephone-delivered patient-partner dual-focused cognitive behavioral stress management intervention on chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) symptoms and related psychosocial and neuroimmune processes in patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. Study tests the hypothesis that videophone-delivered patient-partner cognitive behavioral stress management (T-PP-CBSM) intervention improves patient CFS symptoms relative to a videophone-delivered patient-partner Health Information (PP-T- HI) condition.
|Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
|Behavioral: Patient-Partner Videotelephone-delivered Health Information (PP-T-HI) Behavioral: Patient-Partner Videotelephone-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management intervention (PP-T-CBSM)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Other
|Official Title:
|Patient-Partner Stress Management Effects on CFS Symptoms and Neuroimmune Process
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome FatigueU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Michael H. Antoni, University of Miami:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in CDC-based CFS symptoms (Total Frequency and Severity) [ Time Frame: baseline and 5 and 9 month post-intervention follow-up ]changes in a composite (severity and frequency) of chronic fatigue syndrome symptom measures
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Changes in Neuroimmune Functioning. [ Time Frame: baseline and 5 and 9 month post-intervention follow-up ]changes in salivary cortisol diurnal pattern and pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines
Other Outcome Measures:
- changes in psychosocial functioning [ Time Frame: baseline and 5 and 9 month post-intervention follow-up ]changes in psychosocial functioning (perceived stress, depressed mood, and social processes)
|Study Start Date:
|October 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|May 2017
|Primary Completion Date:
|May 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management
Behavioral: Patient-Partner Videotelephone-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management intervention (PP-T-CBSM)
Ten (10) 90-min sessions of T-PP-CBSM
|Active Comparator: Health Information
Behavioral: Patient-Partner Videotelephone-delivered Health Information (PP-T-HI)
Ten (10) 90-min sessions of Health Information delivered via videophones
Detailed Description:
The study tests the effects of a 10-week patient-partner focused videophone-delivered cognitive behavioral stress management intervention (T-PP-CBSM) intervention (relaxation, stress awareness, cognitive restructuring, coping skills training, interpersonal skills training) versus a time-attention-matched 10-week patient-partner based videophone-delivered health information (T-PP-HI) (health behavior education on nutrition, sleep and other factors) in men and women with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and their partners. The study evaluates the effects of T-PP-CBSM vs T-PP-HI on patient CFS symptoms, neuroimmune processes--diurnal cortisol regulation and immune regulation (pro-inflammatory:anti-inflammatory cytokine ratio ([IL-1β + IL-6 + TNF-α]:[IL-13 + IL-10])—and psychosocial functioning at 5 months and 9 months after intervention.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- men and women diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome
Exclusion Criteria:
- no partner
- prior psychiatric treatment for serious psychiatric disorder (e.g., psychosis, suicidality)
- co-morbidity or medical treatment affecting the immune system
- lack of fluency in English
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01650636
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01650636
|United States, Florida
|Department of Psychology University of Miami
|Coral Gables, Florida, United States, 33124
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Miami
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
More Information
Keywords provided by Michael H. Antoni, University of Miami:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Michael H. Antoni, Principle Investigator, University of Miami
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01650636 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01NS072599 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|July 23, 2012
|Last Updated:
|July 19, 2017
Keywords provided by Michael H. Antoni, University of Miami:
Videophone-delivered stress management intervention
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Neuroimmune processes
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
Pathologic Processes
Signs and Symptoms
Virus Diseases
Muscular Diseases
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
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Shaker Furniture conjures up images of traditional New England style tables, chairs and bedroom furniture designed way back in the late 1700s by members of the The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, otherwise known as the Shakers. It's really the only style of furniture that's widely agreed upon as quintessentially American and it's changed only in subtle ways over the last few hundred years.
Vermont furniture makers are perhaps the world's most diverse group of Shaker furniture makers. Most furniture coming out of Vermont reflects Shaker values in one way or another (highest quality craftsmanship, simple functional design, elegant straight lines, finely crafted joinery such as mortise and tenon and dovetails) but each furniture maker has a unique signature on their furniture.
We've been working with Copeland Furniture recently, as we've added their bedroom furniture, TV-Entertainment furniture and home office furniture to our website. It's interesting to see how they've evolved from building traditional Shaker Furniture (Sarah Collection) 30 years ago to ever increasingly modern furniture today. Their Berkeley collection is a fusion of Arts and Crafts, modern Japanese and Shaker style.
Check out these and other new collections and see how you like this modernization of Shaker style furniture. As far as I can see, the addition of Copeland furniture to our website gives Vermont Woods Studios the most expansive and diverse selection of high end Shaker style furniture on the Internet.
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A girl who is a bit like cilantro, some people love her to death and others get sick at the thought. Definitely a person who elicits a love or hate response from anyone with whom she interacts. Often times seen as a know-it-all she is full of uselss trivia but once in while has some very useful knowledge. On the social scene a Dalene will exhibit a fun, out going personality just to bring out others personalitys and go home to ponder on ther best ways to "crack" them. In relationships a Dalene will be extremely posessive, but loyal. She holds most people at arms length. Those that get to know her will see her as at beautiful person, inside and out, but first they have to get through her spiny shell. She is the best friend anyone could have. It would take all the forces of heaven and hell to keep her from what she has set her mind too, extremely determined.
"Wow, the Dalene in there is always answering questions, lets cheat off her" "That girl is so fun, but she always seem to have something devious on her mind, what a Dalene." "I met this girl, she is awesome, but she pulled a Dalene and tore up every single picture and letter from all my ex's..." "I have a friend who will do anything for me, a Dalene for sure.
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Proposals to concentrate the county's mineral production in our district could be on the rocks after an independent inspector refused to approve the plan.
Essex County Council (ECC) presented its replacement local minerals plan, which lists quarry sites up to 2029, at a public examination in November.
The draft plan will see 60 per cent of the county's gravel extraction take place in and around Braintree and Witham.
But independent inspector Brian Sims, who oversaw the public meetings, has informed ECC that changes must be made to the plan.
James Abbott, district councillor for Rivenhall and county councillor for Witham North, has been a vocal opponent of the plan.
He said: "We must wait to see what the problems are, but if it is something the local community said to the county council at an early stage, then serious questions will have to be asked."


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Folks looking for entertainment flood Royalton during its Platte River Day celebration, always held the first Saturday in August — Aug. 4 this year.
Sponsored by the Royalton Lions Club for 18 years, the day is filled with food and activities for everyone who attends.
The day begins at 8 a.m. with a 5K fun run.
At 10:30 a.m., a parade will wind through Royalton, followed by a unique auction at noon, exotic petting zoo program at 12:30 p.m. The zoo will be open for children to visit the animals from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m..
The ever-popular turtle races begin at 1 p.m. and a kids' tractor pull starts at 2 p.m. Firefighters will keep the crowds cool beginning at 3 p.m. and an old-fashioned egg toss begins at 5 p.m.
A local band will provide entertainment during a supper special served from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Lions food stand on Centre Street.
In the evening, a street dance featuring the band "Curto Mojo" will entertain crowds from 8 p.m. – midnight.
All day long, food and beverage booths will be open, while kids can enjoy games, inflatables, a petting zoo, Kinship cart rides and more.
For information on Platte River Day, call Royalton City Hall at (320) 584-5900 or Jerry Goedderz at (320) 584-5834.


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Smooches and Oliver – Human Society Pets of the Week!
Pets feel many of the same emotions as humans, though they may not show it in the same way. My husband has been out of town for work, and one of my cats is not happy about his absence. She's been wandering around the house looking for him, and she's been clinging to me more than usual. Not all pets have a favorite person to look forward to seeing, and that's where you come in.
The Humane Society shelters pets, gets them the care they need, gives them the love they're craving, and does their best to place them in permanent homes. Whether you're looking for a lazy dog who prefers a quiet walk to play, or a cat who chases toys, chances are the Humane Society will have your perfect match.
May I present our pets of the week. If you'd like to see them in person or get more information on these pets or any other pets that the Humane Society has, check them out online here or call 940-855-4941. They're located at 4360 Old Iowa Park Road in Wichita Falls.


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Godwin Igwebuike has been talking a lot with Boston College assistant coach Ben Sirmans and the Pickerington (Ohio) Pickerington North running back has received an offer from the Eagles.
The 5-foot-11, 185-pound prospect said he and his family are definitely excited about the offer - he also has one from Buffalo - and Igwebuike is hoping to take an unofficial visit to Chestnut Hill soon
"I talked to (Sirmans) maybe a week and a half before I got offered," Igwebuike said.
"That was the first time I talked to them. They watched my film and liked what he saw. He went back home and showed the other coaches and they liked what they saw from me.
"I talked to him a couple days ago, too, so I've been talking to them a lot. I'm planning on taking a visit up there. I'm open to anything right now. I've talked to my parents about them so there is interest."
Boston College and Buffalo have offered Igwebuike so far but that list could expand soon because many programs are showing interest.
He said Northwestern, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Michigan and Stanford are some of the teams getting more involved in his recruitment.
Many factors have helped in Igwebuike's recruitment including his teammate Jake Butt, a 2013 defensive end who already has double-digit offers.
"A lot of schools are showing interest," he said. "It's pretty good so far.
"My film had a lot to do with it. I have another big-time recruit as a teammate so that has brought a lot of coaches to my school and that has helped me get a lot of interest out there. My coach has helped me and coaches like what they see so that's helped me, too."
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Combined Behavioral/Pharmacological Therapy for Insomnia
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|Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
|Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Drug: zolpidem tartrate (Ambien) Drug: Placebo
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Combined Behavioral/Pharmacological Therapy for Insomnia
|Study Start Date:
|September 2001
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|August 2006
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Ambien
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Ambien
|Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Drug: zolpidem tartrate (Ambien)
Placebo Comparator: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Placebo
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Placebo
|Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Drug: Placebo
Active Comparator: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alone (no drug)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alone (no drug)
|Behavioral: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia
Detailed Description:
Long-term insomnia is a common and significant health problem. Two main treatments, pharmacotherapy and behavioral therapy, have been used to help people with insomnia. Because both treatments have advantages and disadvantages, a combination of these treatments may be a good way to treat insomnia.
During the first 2 weeks of the study, participants keep a sleep log, wear an actigraph (a device that resembles a wristwatch and records activity to help determine when participants are asleep or awake), and complete questionnaires.
Participants are then randomly assigned to receive 6 weeks of behavioral therapy plus zolpidem tartrate (Ambien), behavioral therapy plus placebo, or behavioral therapy alone. During treatment, participants return to the clinic once a week to turn in their sleep logs, download their actigraph, and complete questionnaires.
After 6 weeks, participants enter the post-treatment phase of the study, which lasts 2 weeks and is identical to the 2-week assessment at the beginning of the study.
After the post-treatment phase, participants enter the follow-up period and are contacted at 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year to complete another 2-week assessment with sleep logs, actigraphy, and questionnaires.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- be between 21 and 75 years of age
- have a mean total nocturnal wake time of > 60 min./night
- have a history of insomnia > 6 months
- have a history of one or more poor sleep hygiene practices such as taking 3 or more naps/week, varying bed times or wake times by > 2 hrs. from day to day, or routinely lying in bed awake for periods > 30 min
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnant women
- the terminally ill
- individuals with other medical conditions (e.g. chronic pain disorders, etc.) that compromise sleep
- individuals with major psychiatric diagnoses
- persons with hypnotic-dependent insomnia
- subjects on antidepressants or anxiolytics
- subjects with evidence of sleep apnea
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00044629
|United States, North Carolina
|Duke Sleep Disorders Center
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
|Responsible Party:
|Duke University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00044629 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01MH062119 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|September 3, 2002
|Last Updated:
|September 12, 2013
Keywords provided by Duke University:
Sleep Deprivation
Sleep Disorders
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic
Sleep Wake Disorders
Nervous System Diseases
Mental Disorders
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
GABA-A Receptor Agonists
GABA Agonists
GABA Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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Home marijuana grow may have started house fire
January 21, 2013
Electrical modifications to accommodate a small marijuana grow operation may have sparked a house fire early Sunday morning in South Lake Tahoe.
The fire was reported at 12:30 a.m. near the intersections of Carson and Armstrong avenues.
All three South Lake Tahoe Fire Department engines and both medic units responded and knocked the fire down quickly. No one was found inside.
Liberty Energy and Southwest Gas responded to secure the utilities and firefighters were able to shut down the water to the house.
A preliminary investigation showed multiple wiring modifications to power grow lights and fans. The burn patterns showed the source of the fire being near an electrical junction box. The investigation will be ongoing with fire investigators checking the fire scene.


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You may also want to subscribe to Cancer.Net Podcasts, so that new offerings are automatically downloaded to your personal computer as soon as they are available. To subscribe, copy-and-paste the link below into software that allows podcast subscriptions, such as iTunes or Juice.
In this podcast, we talk about follow-up care after cancer treatment.
In this podcast, Dr. Lidia Schapira discusses how to cope with some of the common challenges people with cancer face during the holidays.
In this podcast, we discuss vaccines and how they may prevent or treat certain types of cancer. We also talk about how cancer vaccines are being tested in clinical trials.
In this podcast, we discuss flu vaccination and other ways to lower your risk of getting the flu.
In this podcast, we discuss what you can expect if you are scheduled for a biopsy.
In this podcast, we discuss some of the news announced at the 2013 Quality Care Symposium.
The 2013 Top Five List in Oncology: What This Means for Patients, with ASCO CMO Richard Schilsky, MD
In this podcast, Dr. Richard Schilsky, an oncologist and the Chief Medical Officer of ASCO, provides an overview of ASCO's second Top Five List in Oncology, issued in October 2013.
In this podcast, Robert Miller and Kala Visvanathan discuss ASCO's recommendations on drugs to lower breast cancer risk.
In this podcast, we discuss how to understand a cancer research study.
The Role of Physician Assistants in Cancer Care, with Heather Hylton, MD, PA-C, and Todd Pickard, MMSc, PA-C
In this podcast, we discuss the role of Physician Assistants in cancer care. This podcast will be led by Heather Hylton and Todd Pickard.


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LCT's Platform Series Continues With David Hyde Pierce, Sigourney Weaver, Seth Numrich and More in January
Lincoln Center Theater's Platform Series, a forum for public discussion between Lincoln Center Theater artists and interested theatergoers, continues its 15th season with two pre-performance talks with actors from its two Current Productions - Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and Golden Boy.
Platform Series events take place in the early evening in the lobby of the Vivian Beaumont Theater (150 West 65th Street). Admission is free and open to all; however, seating in the lobby is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis only, beginning at a half hour before the talk. (Speakers and schedules are subject to change. Call 212-362-7600 to confirm on the day of the event.)
On Thursday, January 3 at 6 pm, the series continues with Kristine Nielsen, David Hyde Pierce and Sigourney Weaver, cast members of VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE.
On Thursday, January 10, at 5:30 pm, actors Seth Numrich and Tony Shalhoub discuss their roles in this 75th Anniversary production GOLDEN BOY. Please note the earlier start time.
In VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, playwright Christopher Durang takes characters and themes from Chekhov, pours them into a blender and mixes them up; the result is his latest play set in present day Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Vanya (David Hyde Pierce) and his stepsister Sonia (Kristine Nielsen) have lived their entire lives in their family's farmhouse. While they stayed home to take care of their ailing parents, their sister Masha (Sigourney Weaver) has been gallivanting around the world as a successful actress and movie star, leaving Vanya and Sonia to feel trapped and regretful. Their soothsayer/cleaning woman Cassandra (Shalita Grant) keeps warning them about terrible things in the future, which include a sudden visit from Masha and her twenty-something boy toy Spike (Billy Magnussen).
GOLDEN BOY is the story of Joe Bonaparte (Seth Numrich), a young, gifted violinist who is torn between pursuing a career in music, advocated by his father (Tony Shalhoub), and earning big money as a prize fighter.


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Cilantro Turkey Burgers (3 WW pts) & Sauteed Mushrooms (2 WW pts)
Hubby swears that a burger isn't a burger unless it's beef. That was his opinion until he ate this turkey burger. We love it and it's now one a staple on our menu! Thanks Joelen for the recipe!
We've also been on a big mushroom kick recently. I love to put sauteed mushrooms on anything!
Cilantro Turkey Burgers (from Joelen)
1 pound lean ground turkey
1 half large red onion
1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro (I used about a cup – we love Cilantro!)
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder (I used 2 cloves of garlic, minced)
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
olive oil
In a bowl, grate onion. This allows it to add moisture to the turkey and even cooking.
To the grated onion, add turkey, cilantro & spices.
Combine thoroughly without over handling.
Shape into 4 patties.
Heat up grill pan or grill. Add oil to lubricate grill pan/grill. Cook on grill pan/grill pan until juices run clear.
Recipe for Sauteed Mushrooms: HERE
I calculated the points as 3 per turkey burger, not counting the bun or anything else you put on it.
4 Responses to "Cilantro Turkey Burgers (3 WW pts) & Sauteed Mushrooms (2 WW pts)"
Yum! I lurve turkey burgers of all sorts. I'll love you forever if you put the WW points in the recipes too!
Sounds great! My hubby loves cilantro so I bet he'd love these. 🙂
Those look really good!!! Your Cincinnati board misses you girl! 🙂
Added the WW points just for you Dori 🙂
I miss the Nati, but Boston is great so it's mixed emotions!


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Plenty of my friends are looking
for one too. Find a pet to adopt.
I am up to date with shots, good with dogs, and good with cats.
You can meet and visit with many of our cats at the AARF House (311 Harvey St, Winston Salem) during our adoption fair hours. Go to www.aarfanimals.org for information about our adoption fair hours and adoption process.
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House trained • Spayed/Neutered • Current on vaccinations
Bryndon, a Winston-Salem Domestic Shorthair cat was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Domestic Shorthair for sale in Winston-Salem, or seeking a Domestic Shorthair cat from a breeder in Winston-Salem.


text: BOE wants Teach for America, but state law is roadblock By Amy Julia Harris October 2, 2012 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- To West Virginia Board of Education members, Teach for America seemed like a no-brainer.Throughout the state, there is a crippling shortage of teachers. Every year, some of the brightest college graduates leave West Virginia for opportunities elsewhere and there is a perpetual struggle to get young talent to join the teaching force.Given these factors, Teach for America, a competitive AmeriCorps-type teaching program that recruits top college graduates to teach in some of the most downtrodden school districts in the country for two years, sounded like a match made in heaven to members of the state school board."It's controversial, but this is an excellent program," board member Priscilla Haden said at a retreat in March.In behind-the-scenes talks, state Board of Education members say they support starting a Teach for America program, according to a voice recording obtained by the Gazette last week. But restrictive state laws have set up major legislative roadblocks to establishing the program in West Virginia, and teachers unions also oppose the program."If we had teachers in all the slots, then I can see why we would be picky about [Teach for America]," board member Gayle Manchin said at a meeting at Stonewall Resort in March, according to the voice recording. "But a lot of [teachers] sitting in those seats aren't qualified in their content area. [School boards] are just trying to put warm bodies into the seats. This is the stuff that drives you insane."Last year in West Virginia, there was a statewide shortage of 690 full-time teachers, according to state education data. About half of West Virginia's teaching force will be eligible to retire in the next decade, according to numbers from the American Federation of Teachers.Starting a Teach for America program to increase the supply of educators is a major recommendation of a $750,000 audit of the state's education system. The audit, released by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin in January, lays out a series of sweeping reforms from recruiting teachers to implementing energy savings, that could save the state $90 million a year. The state board has wrestled for months on how to respond to the politically charged audit. They have hedged on some reform issues like taking seniority out of the hiring process for teachers, according to the tape recording. But when it comes to TFA, board members were unequivocal in their support. Teach for America opened an Appalachia branch in April 2011, with 30 TFA members serving as first-year teachers in some of eastern Kentucky's highest-needs schools. TFA plans to bring 90 teachers to understaffed schools in the area in the next three years. But the program can't take off in West Virginia, where state law essentially boxes out the TFA program, according to Heather Deskins, general counsel for the state Department of Education.State law says that a new alternatively certified teacher must have 18 hours of higher education training and have a bachelor's degree in the subject area they want to teach, said Deskins. "There is still no viable alternative teacher pathway, and that's obviously a barrier to TFA," said Natalie Laukitis, TFA's director of regional communications. "That barrier is fairly concrete. Unfortunately there's been no real movement in West Virginia on that piece."During the last legislative session, state lawmakers passed two bills that aimed to ease requirements for people to join the teaching force, HB4010 and HB4122.Generally, both bills create the space for alternative licensure of teachers who receive a bachelor's degree in disciplines that align to teaching subjects. But while the new laws roll back some of the most arduous education requirements, they only offer a degree of flexibility. Someone who majors in chemistry in college would still be pigeonholed and only allowed to teach chemistry in public schools. Someone who majored in math but wants to teach English would be out of luck. In the voice recording, a state Department of Education aide admitted that current state law is "problematic because in cases of elementary education, there's no applicable bachelor's degree."Will Nash, executive director of the Appalachia branch of Teach for America, said in earlier interview that TFA prides itself on opening up the teaching profession to as many people as possible, but "the current legislation [in West Virginia] makes for a difficult climate to get new teachers to the state."He said West Virginia's two bill changes are steps in the right direction, but "we would love to see some specific language in this bill that would allow alternative certification based on a demonstration of subject mastery that would open opportunities for the diversity of our candidates (like those candidates who might not possess a BA/BS in a specific discipline but have the requisite knowledge to teach that subject area as proven by passage of a content knowledge test like the PRAXIS)."Manchin said she didn't know why the state was trying to change TFA if was expanding across the country."They've got a program that's working, why are we trying to fix it?" Manchin said in the recording. "It works in other states but they try to come to West Virginia and we're trying to fix it? You wouldn't bring program in the program in the first place if it wasn't working." Teach for America is controversial in education circles, with many teachers unions decrying the program as nothing more than a résumé-builder for recent college grads who don't have a love for teaching. Judy Hale, president of the state chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, said she wasn't sure if students in TFA entered the program for the right reasons."I'm not totally opposed to it, but they tend to be people who are building a resume and are here today and gone tomorrow," said Hale. "I'm not sure Teach for America is the best way to educate our kids."At its retreat in March, the state board agreed to endorse a law change that would eliminate the barriers to starting a Teach for America program in their final response to the education audit.Reach Amy Julia Harris at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-4814. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 'Report for America' pilot project begins in Appalachia 4 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan 5 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken UC Board of Trustees elects 7 new members Previous Story Economy to dominate crucial first debate for Obama, Romney Next Story


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I am currently studying John Ross Carters Dhammapada translation. In verse 89 which reads:
Whose mind is fully well cultivated in the factors of
Who, without clinging, delight in the rejection of grasping,
Lustrous ones, who have destroyed intoxicants,
They have, in (this) world, attained Nibaana.
In the line by line translation there is a note to the last verse:
They have, in (this) world, attained Nibbana
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In this world of khandas, and so forth, they have entered into Nibbana fully-that is, (1) "with substrata remaining" from the time of attaining Arahantship, on account of having exhausted the whirl of defilements; and (2) "without substrata remaining" at the cessation of the final (flicker of) thought, (at the end of life), on account of having exhausted the whirl of the khandas. Thus they have entered Nibbana fully by both (aspects of) Nibbana. The meaning is: (they are) gone to the state of undefinability like (the flame of) a lamp, without fuel.
In this note what does the word "substrata" refer to? I am hoping Venerable Dhammanado or someone well versed can shed some light on this for me. Thanks!


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We are GF, and this staff was very knowledgeable. Chef brought out our steaks and assured us everything was prepared as gluten free. Everyone was extremely nice. We look forward to going back.
Delayed review - was there a couple of weeks ago. All I can say is: YES PLEASE!! I have celiac disease. Firebirds not only has a gluten free menu, but they have: Great food (had a strawberry & spinach salad with shrimp) Great service Great treatment of special needs - A manager and wait staff walked my food out together to be sure it didn't get switched, glutened, etc. Thank you Firebirds for helping to keep my safe! Oh! And my non-gluten free friend had the exact same salad and loved it too.
Knowledgeable staff. Great service. Great food. I will be back.
I ordered food to go. They had a pretty decent size gluten free menu. They brought my food and explained it was all gluten free and handled correctly. The experience was wonderful, as well as the food!!
They have a separate gf menu. I had the sirloin vegetable kabobs. The manager brought it out and said the staff changed their gloves and cleaned the grill for my food. The steak was very tender and good. I also loved the golden Yukon mashed potatoes.
The food was amazing. I believe they they served my husband and I the best streak we have ever eaten. I was very impressed with the friendly service. Starting with the hostess, to our server, and the manager who checked on me because of my gluten allergy, the people were great. They offered a wide range of food on the gluten free menu and answered all questions that I had.
Food and service exceptional.
700 Old Hickory Blvd, Brentwood, TN 37027
My Celiac daughter ordered a steak. Waitress very well informed on Celiac & GF. Manager brought her food out first
180 Rte 35, Eatontown, NJ 07724
Just went here for the first time, and I was very happy I did!!! They have a separate gluten free menu. The staff was very attentive/knowledgeable!!! The chef even came over to the table and assured me that he would use separate cooking utensils. The best part was the food was delicious!!!
3435 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226
Great GF Menu! Multiple Salads, dressings, sides & meals to choose from!
5100 Spotsylvania Mall Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Very tasty food and excellent service.
6801 Northlake Mall Dr, Charlotte, NC 28078
Have been here a number of times and have never gotten sick. Gluten free menu has great options and they are careful. It's a regular place for me to go with my non-celiac family.
3920 Sharon Rd, Charlotte, NC 28211
Ordered GF ribs but they came with French fries all over the plate. Make sure you ask a lot of questions. Otherwise really good.
5100 Spotsylvania Mall Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Expensive but a nice GF option. They have a separate GF menu.
1215 Creekshire Way, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
Made my celiac child sick from GF pizza and he only ate bites. I tasted it and it was awful. Expensive and the worst restaurant pizza I have ever tasted.
6801 Northlake Mall Dr, Charlotte, NC 28078
Gluten Free menu has lots of options. Steak salad and ribs are great. Prices are high but we like Firebirds for special occasions because it has more gluten free dishes than most places.
7716 Rea Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277
Gluten free menu. Server was knowledgeable and reviewed their process of making sure that the manager and chef knew my needs (Celiac) as well. Had the mixed green salad and baked potato. Delicious.
5100 Spotsylvania Mall Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Went for the first time as a family, the food was lovely and the service excellent. Plenty of choices on the gf menu. My only sad moment was when I asked if they had gf dessert and they only had icecream and fruit, but definitely not a deal breaker.
8030 Renaissance Pkwy, Durham, NC 27713
Got glutened in Durham, No Carolina so won't go back there EVER... One star because I have to give a rating BEWARE!!
1562 North Mills Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803
Separate gf menu that includes steak. seafood and chicken. Numerous side items. Waiter was informed about gf.
6601 W 135th St, Overland Park, KS 66223
Great atmosphere, service and food. The manager came to the table to discuss my dietary needs and hand delivered my food.
2985 E Skyline Dr, Tucson, AZ 85718
The restaurant has a GF menu. I asked for help from the server to try to get a completely GF meal. I ordered a plain NY Strip steak and plain baked potato. I still got a minor reaction from the meal. Probably a cross contamination issue since the steak and potato were defiantly plain. I cannot recommend as safe.
17415 Chicago Cir, Omaha, NE 68118
Beware we found at least one item with gluten in it ( gluten beef broth)
1562 North Mills Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803
I was pretty unimpressed with both the service and the food. They do have a separate gluten free menu but it is mostly just salad and meat/fish entreès.
2665 Old Milton Pkwy, Alpharetta, GA 30004
Ate there last night. They have quite a large gluten free menu. Several salads, entrees and sides that are gluten free. I got the steak kabob with vegetables. It was delicious. I will definitely go back to try other options. Nice inside atmosphere and also outside seating.
17415 Chicago Cir, Omaha, NE 68118
Fabulous food, staff, and completely Celiac friendly. Never gotten sick here, I'd highly recommend it. The wait can be pretty long but it's a popular place and well worth it.
5075 Deerfield Blvd, Mason, OH 45040
Manager and server were both involved in helping me not only choose gluten free, but also to help with dairy and soy allergies. VERY knowledgeable. Would 100% recommend.
1025 Woodruff Rd, Greenville, SC 29607
Separate gluten free menu. Food is cooked on dedicated gluten free area. Waitress was very knowledgeable about gluten sensitivity. The on duty manager is responsible for bringing out the gluten free portion and assuring you that they handled it carefully. And the food is incredible!
1025 Woodruff Rd, Greenville, SC 29607
Has a gluten free menu and the server was very knowledgable. The quality of food was great without having to go downtown.
1225 Churchmans Rd, Newark, DE 19713
I had a great meal. The menu was good, and the staff was very knowledgeable and professional. I had no problems at all.
1225 Churchmans Rd, Newark, DE 19713
Pricy but such good food. They were very attentive about GF options, plenty to choose from (prob not for vegetarians though!). Prime rib was amazing.
680 Millcreek Mall, Erie, PA 16565
Amazing food, amazing atmosphere, amazing service. Always have great experiences here. Very good!
3435 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226
Gluten free menu and knowledgable staff. I had a minor flare up, which I think was due to cross-contamination.
6601 W 135th St, Overland Park, KS 66223
Sever was very knowledgable about celiac and which items will need to be swapped to make your dish GF. No GF buns or pasta, so you are pretty limited to the things that are Gluten Free as is.
700 Old Hickory Blvd, Brentwood, TN 37027
Full GF menu! Very attentive staff, very knowledgeable about Celiac/GF needs. Excellent food. Will definitely be back!
180 Rte 35, Eatontown, NJ 07724
In the past 2 months, my husband, son and I have eaten here 3 times. First 2 times I had the same meal (prime rib and loaded baked potato) and on NYE I had the filet, shrimp and loaded baked potato. The first two times, my stomach was bothering me the next morning. On NYE, I barely made it home before needing the facilities. I don't have the typical gut reaction to gluten, but having been GF for several years now, it must affect me differently. My son, also Celiac, had an upset tummy the next day all 3 times. Sad, because there's some delicious options, but I won't be returning.
10096 East 13th St N, Wichita, KS 67206
Wow! Loved the selection and the food is GREAT. No reaction, Woo Hoo!
440 S 68th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266
Gluten-free menu available upon request. Shared kitchen space but a nice size menu with multiple entrees and salads as well as kids options. Soups are only gluten-free on Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays which was kind of disappointing but I really appreciate the large menu selection and the good attitude of the staff to accommodate.
8030 Renaissance Pkwy, Durham, NC 27713
I had an excellent experience here. I checked the website before I went and they didn't have a GF menu posted so I called ahead and they assured me that they do have a written menu and are very careful. At time of posting this, I see that the menu is now posted. My server was very respectful and quickly brought me the GF menu and said she could have the manager answer any questions. She did not make me feel that I was asking a lot of her or the restaurant (which so many people do) to accommodate my diet. The manager personally delivers the food of anyone with dietary restrictions at Firebirds. The manager on duty at that time was very thorough in explaining all the precautions that had been taken and left me feeling very confident that my food was safe so I could have a relaxing evening out with my friends. The food was delicious and the GF selection is large. This is a great place for a date or for meeting up with a group where you can feel safe and you and your dining companions also have a ton of delicious options and cool ambiance. I definitely recommend it!
440 S 68th St, West Des Moines, IA 50266
Has GF menu. Be sure to ask server. http://west-des-moines.firebirdsrestaurants.com/menus/gluten-free/
5100 Spotsylvania Mall Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
the food was amazing and so was the service. Orrin was a great server and nade sure everything was gluten free. We are just passing threw but will be stopping here again in our travels.
8470 U.S. 64, Memphis, TN 38133
Firebird's has a wonderful gluten free menu! Their steaks and salads are excellent, and so is the dessert! I've been here several times and have never had a reaction to the food. We've always had such wonderful waiters, and everyone there has always been knowledge about gluten allergies. This is one of my favorite places!
7716 Rea Rd, Charlotte, NC 28277
Great staff members. My server was very understanding to my food allergies. The manager came out, gave me a gluten free menu and told me his recommendations. Enjoyed very much!
2985 E Skyline Dr, Tucson, AZ 85718
Enjoyed yet another fine GF experience at Firebirds! Can't complain about a thing but having to pick up the check...which you get what you pay for.
700 Old Hickory Blvd, Brentwood, TN 37027
The restaurant has a gluten free menu with prices on it, and they have several procedures in place to minimize risk of gluten contamination. First, the manager will come to the table and talk to you. He told us the only items on the gf menu are the ones that require no alterations, so I should ask about anything on the menu because sometimes accommodations can be made (e.g. Cesar Salad without croutons). The manager alerts the kitchen staff so any dishes will be made with fresh utensils and gloves. Finally, a manager or the chef will take the order to your table. That put my mind at ease.And the food was excellent! We had the seared Ahi tuna as an entree. They left off the spicy mustard, which contains flour, and gave us gf honey mustard instead. I ordered a very filling salad off the gf menu. I even ordered the flourless chocolate cake for dessert. You won't want to share, but you probably should!
2985 E Skyline Dr, Tucson, AZ 85718
Our server, Abby, was very knowledgeable about the GF menu, and easy to get a GF menu right away and had a decent variety of offerings. . Food was good. Wine is half price on Mondays. Very friendly staff.
5100 Spotsylvania Mall Dr, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Best steak in town. Good gluten free options and attentiveness to allergy issues.
6601 W 135th St, Overland Park, KS 66223
Great menu and very accommodating!
180 Rte 35, Eatontown, NJ 07724
Great GF menu. Staff and manager celiac knowledgable. Manager came over and told me they would change gloves in kitchen and make sure my dish was not cross contaminated. Food was delicious. They even have dessert.
5555 Youngstown Warren Rd, Niles, OH 44446
have gf menu. Have eaten here 3 times. good each time. No bread or pasta replacements, though.
8030 Renaissance Pkwy, Durham, NC 27713
Great service for people with not only gluten allergies but for multiple food allergies!! They were very knowledgeable, careful with the prep and made it feel like is was a pleasure to serve you as oppose to an inconvenience. Will definitely go back!
180 Rte 35, Eatontown, NJ 07724
Fantastic! Delicious meal. Gluten free salmon dish was out of this world. Staff well aware of Celiac. Will go again !
11448 Belvedere Vista Ln, Richmond, VA 23235
Have eaten here several times and have never had a reaction. I usually get the filet kebab and mashed potatoes. Watch out for their really crusty bread. Members of my family who are not Celiac love it but the crumbs go everywhere!
11800 W Broad St Ste 1068 Richmond, VA, 23233-7920
They understand the difference between celiac and just gluten free. The manager came out and talked to me. Not a huge GF menu but they really get it. I'd go back. Good food.
Village Market Pl, Morrisville, NC 27560
We enjoyed delicious GF ribs and two slices of GF chocolate cake the other night and it was all delicious. The ribs did not have a carolina style sauce on them (as I prefer) but were good nevertheless. The cake was very rich and two slices is plenty for four people. I picked up my food from the bar in quality serving trays and no one got sick. Very happy and will go again.
1562 North Mills Avenue, Orlando, FL 32803
This restaurant had an entire gluten free menu with many choices of food. There was a full range of options including Appetizers? Main courses, side dishes, sauces, and deserts that were guaranteed gluten free. Their flourless chocolate cake was killer!
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Shrimp and strawberry salad was very good! Waiter asked if it was alright to bring bread to the table for the non-celiacs. I like when they ask if it's okay. Ordered prime rib with mixed veges and it was very tasty. Dedicated gf menu. WARNING: address is correct, but the directions are incorrect. Brought us 15 min away from location and gps kept changing the address when entered.
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Zuckerberg to fundraise for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
Original post made on Jan 25, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 25, 2013, 9:50 AM
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a resident of Downtown North
on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:04 am
What's the point? Is anyone going to give donate money to Christie knowing that a billionaire likes him? Why doesn't Mark just gift Christie some money?
a resident of another community
on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:59 am
Boy, it is interesting to see the difference in the response from local folks between the disaster in New Orleans and the disasters in New York and New Jersey. Why do we hear nothing about fundraising for Sandy while things were really hopping for the other hurricane?
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jan 25, 2013 at 11:06 am
1. This post is about a campaign fundraiser, not Sandy relief.
2. with what data do you make the absurd claim "the difference in the response from local folks between the disaster in New Orleans and the disasters in New York and New Jersey." ?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Mark Zuck started getting weird when he decided he couldn't eat anything with a face unless he killed it himself.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 25, 2013 at 1:08 pm
Dear Sue Dremman,
Thanks for the article.
I have a suggestion for another time.
You wrote:
"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla. . . "
To me, this sounds as though Priscilla is simply incidental. I don't think that's the case.
I might have written the following:
"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and physician Priscilla Chan, who have been married since last year. . ."
Just an idea.
Or, you could put Dr. Chan's name first, and make her husband, Mark, the incidental one!
a resident of Menlo Park
on Jan 25, 2013 at 2:16 pm
The Republican party needs people like Christie, so it's not as alarming as if it was just another republican pol in the pockets of the extremists.
a resident of Midtown
on Jan 25, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Zuckerberg is just being normal with his sudden change in political parties of choice
Young and full of hope and wonderment = Democratic
More mature now and lots of money = republican.
At this fundraiser, I wonder if he will share some of his hand killed meats?
Kinda strange if he does ''Why yes governor I just killed that my self this morning''
Dont get me wrong I love meats I just prefer not to be able to put a face on what I eat.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:08 pm
Just another way to change to world (or buy political influence).
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 26, 2013 at 9:08 am
Mark Zuckerberg may be Internet smart, but he can be really dumb about a lot of other things. Hence his current nickname locally.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 26, 2013 at 9:30 am
Dr. Chan, unfortunately, is a nobody. This is only news because of who her husband is. Therefore the headline is correct. If her husband was also a nobody, this would have been no news.
It is not interesting to know about a doctor and her husband that nobody has heard of doing anything to help a republican.
a resident of Meadow Park
on Jan 29, 2013 at 12:28 am
Palo Alto is shifting fast from being liberal to being big business, lobby washington, sell off the farm to the chinese, right wing.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Jan 29, 2013 at 12:43 am
"Palo Alto is shifting fast from being liberal to being big business, ... right wing."
Basing that on what? All the republicans elected recently?
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Attacks killed three Iraqis and injured 15 on Monday, security officials said, while the American army said two US troops had been killed. A suicide car bomb went off Monday morning outside a police intelligence office in Baquba north of the Iraqi capital, killing a man and injuring 15 other people, a security official and a doctor said. According to AFP, the blast targeted the office, located in a central market, at about 11:00 am (0800 GMT), the security official said. Just before the suicide bomber blew up the car, attackers threw several hand grenades into the intelligence office.
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AUSTIN—Gov. Rick Perry has signed a proclamation making June 18-24 National Pollinator Week in Texas. This includes the Lone Star State in an international celebration recognizing bees, birds, bats, beetles and butterflies for their service to farmers and gardeners alike.
"The annual value of bee-pollinated crops to the U.S. economy is estimated at over $15 billion," says Michael Warriner, invertebrate biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. "In North America, most plant pollination is carried out by bees."
Roughly one third of all the food we eat is because of pollination that happened in a farmer's field, Warriner says. During a single day, a female bee may visit several hundred flowers, depositing pollen all along the way.
Bees are tremendously successful pollinators for two main reasons. Many people think that bees go from flower to flower to collect nectar for their hive and just so happen to be dusted with pollen but bees collect the pollen from the flower deliberately. Pollen is used as a food source not only for the bees themselves, but also for their young. The other reason is because bees tend to visit certain species of plant per trip, preventing cross pollination or pollen being wasted on a different species.
People are not the only species who are overwhelmingly impacted by the day-to-day life of bees pollinating. With producers such as plants, shrubs, grasses and trees being the lowest form of the food chain, they are a vital source of survival for most animals who consume those berries, nuts, fruits and vegetables. Native bee populations are vital to the ecosystems we are surrounded by today. The pollination service provided to U.S. agriculture by native bees has been estimated in excess of $3 billion annually.
"Bumblebees are among the most familiar native Texas bees," Warriner says. "Their black and yellow bodies are easy to recognize as they buzz from flower to flower. Like honeybees, bumblebees are social insects that live in colonies comprised of a queen and her daughter workers. Bumblebees, in particular, are more effective pollinators than honeybees of such crops as blueberries, eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes."
Although bumblebees are a crucial part of our ecosystem, they have been relatively unstudied until now, Warriner says. Recently, there has been a worrisome decline of bee species on several continents. The United Kingdom, being the first to report this decline, now has three species extinct. North America has been experiencing its own decline but researchers did not supply quantitative evidence until now.
Researchers from universities across the country have begun to study the cause and contributors of the decline and if it will continue. Some researchers came to find the decline was due to loss of optimal habitat for the bees. Other conclusions were the influx of commercial bumblebees onto wild colonies, pesticide use and competition with non-native bumblebees.
Warriner has also created a website where tips can be found on how to identify bumblebees as well as information on the nine species that occur in the state. Visit www.texasbumblebees.com to learn more about this endeavor and how you can help during Pollinator Week and beyond.
"Contributing to this process can be as simple as casually snapping images of bumblebees on flowers, recording the date and location, and submitting the image online," Warriner says. "There is a real need to evaluate the status of these insects in our state to assess how their populations are faring and if conservation actions are needed."


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According to the CHP, Ramon J. Severns, 37, of Santa Rosa, was driving a loaded moving truck, a 1997 GMC 6500, on Hwy 128 Dec. 4 when at about 1:12 p.m., he reported "being distracted by items in the vehicle," allowing it to drift to the right and leave the road.
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HOUSTON - Police are looking for a pair of crooks on the run after they robbed a cell phone store in southwest Houston on Thursday.
It happened at a cell phone store on Fondren Road near the Southwest Freeway.
Smartphones are commonly stolen by thieves because many of them know they can get as much as $90 a piece for every phone they sell on the street, which is what likely brought the pair to the store Thursday.
Investigators said once inside the store, the pair went over the counter and confronted the clerk, threatening to kill him and demanding cash.
Police said one of the crooks took whatever cash he could find in the register and then left everything else on the floor.
Later, while one of the crooks pushed the clerk into the backroom, officials said his partner stood lookout at the door. In the back of the store, police said the clerk was pistol whipped.
According to authorities, the robber then took the clerk's wallet and filled a bag with new cell phones. Police said the crooks were in and out in less than three minutes.
Officials said the clerk was taken to the hospital, checked for cuts and bruises, and was then released.
The robbers were careful to hide their faces. Police said they wore ski masks and gloves.
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Point to prove against Formby, says Lee
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9:00am Saturday 22nd February 2014
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LEE Duckworth admits there is more riding on this afternoon's head-to-head with Formby than a League Cup quarter finals place.
After defeats in their two previous meetings with the high-flying Squirrels this season, 1874 Northwich players have a point to prove – to their own supporters as much as their opponents – according to the assistant manager.
A 4-2 reverse in the Division One Challenge Cup last eight earlier this month remains fresh in the memory too.
"It's a big game," said Duckworth.
"One that's important in terms of assessing where we are ahead of resuming our league campaign, but also because we owe our fans – as well as [manager] Ian – a performance against them.
"We haven't done ourselves justice in both games this season, making a slow start each time.
"In fact, we probably can't do worse than how bad we were in those matches."
They meet again with Formby in ominous form, winning eight of nine matches in all competitions since the start of December.
It's a run of results that has propelled the Merseyside outfit above Northwich in the Division One standings as well as to the semi finals of the section's knockout competition.
And, while both clubs will point to promotion as their number one objective, Duckworth told the Guardian he feels a victory this time around could help kick-start his side's season.
He added: "I think they'd love to get one over on us again as it would probably give them an edge psychologically ahead of our remaining league game at the end of the season.
"A win for us could do the same to them though."
The hosts will be strengthened by the return of midfielder Lee Jones and wide man Daley Woods, both absent for Wednesday's loss to Tranmere Robers in the Cheshire FA Senior Cup.
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PowerPoint-presentatie TREE RING ARCHIVE OF HISTORICAL WOOD SAMPLES FROM SOUTH AND EAST GERMANY ('HISTRA') & INTEGRATION INTO THE INFORMATION SYSTEM 'PANGAEA' Friedrich, M.1,2,Bleyer, H.J.3, Hofmann, J.4, Rem mele S.1 1Institute of Botany, D-70059 Stuttgart, Germany; [email protected] 2 Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany 3 Ingenieurbüro Bleyer, D-72555 Metzingen, Germany 4 Jahrringlabor Hofmann, D-72622 Nürtingen, Germany http://uni-hohenheim.de/palaeobotanik/dendro/index2.htm http://www.pangaea.de The 'HISTRA'-Project: Inthis project,funded by the BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) we integrate existing tree ring data from historical buildings into the information system PANGAEA ( Publishing NetworkforGeoscientific & Environmental Data). At University of Hohenheim and associated private tree-ring laboratories 'Jahrringlabor Hofmann' and 'Ingenieurbüro Bleyer' about 50.000 datasets of tree ring width were produced in the last centuries for dating purposes. Tree-ring samples (12 mm cores/ beam sections) originatefrom southern, middle and eastern Germany. Wood species are mainly oak, silver fir,spruce and pine. The set oftree- ring width data cover the last millenium and give the possibility of spatially differentiation on a very small scale. These datasets, validated and geocodedin a searchable database will be available for scientific purposes and so can be used for wider climate and environmental research. Downloads of ring width data will be controlled by the laboratories by passing specific passwords. Fig. 1: Regional extension of dendrochronological data withinthe project. Institute of Botany, Hohenheim University (green), Ingenierbüro Bleyer (red), Jahrringlabor Hofmann (blue). The combination of all data of the three labs covers South Central Europe. Fig.3: Number oftree samples classifiedtotree species andlaboratory Fig.2: Temporal distribution ofthe dendrochronological dated wood, classifiedtotree species andlaborato


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A Conversation with Joy Behar & Susie Essman Set for STAGE 72, 2/14
Next month on Thursday, February 14 at 7PM spend an intimate evening with two of the funniest women in New York City (and on the planet) at A Conversation with Joy Behar & Susie Essman, a special Valentine's Day event taking place at STAGE 72 (158 West 72nd Street).
Comedians, actresses, authors and close friends since their budding standup days in the early 1980s, in this hilarious evening they'll share wisdom about love, life, comedy and more as they interview each other, no holds barred! Behar, a co-host of The View, and Essman, star of Curb Your Enthusiasm, are among today's most original, leading female comic talents on stage and on screen and this event is sure to provide for a laugh-out-loud and entertaining way to celebrate Valentine's Day.
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Quarterback is usually one of the first positions teams look to recruit in order to build the class around, but that isn't the way things turned out in 2013 for Oregon State. Kyle Kempt, the Massillon (Ohio) Washington quarterback didn't see his recruitment go as he had planned either. Now the Beavers and Kempt have found that things can work out, even if they started down differing paths in the beginning.
For the 6-foot-5, 200 pound Kempt, after having lots of early offers from the likes of Tennessee, Ole Miss, and West Virginia among others, he committed to Cincinnati and never looked back. That was until earlier this month when a coaching change with the Bearcats left Kempt high and dry looking for a new home.
He picked up offers from Toledo and Connecticut within the past week and hosted Oregon State offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf earlier in the week. Langsdorf took a copy of Kempt's senior film and invited him to make an official visit this weekend.
On Saturday night, Kempt received an offer from the Beavers and committed to Coach Riley.
"Coach Riley brought me into his office and we had a really long talk. He told me that he wanted me to be a Beaver and offered me a scholarship," Kempt said. "It feels awesome to be a Beaver, especially after the events that have happened so far this January."
Kempt is originally from Aloha, Oregon a suburb of Portland and it was quite a homecoming for him.
"I felt very familiar driving around Portland and brought back a lot of memories," Kempt said. "It was a great visit overall and my Mom and Dad came too. They are really excited for me."
Oregon State quarterback Sean Mannion acted as Kempt's host and he used the opportunity to find out exactly what it was like to be a student-athlete in Corvallis.
"I've already gone through the recruiting process so long ago that I knew what to look for this time around," he said. "Oregon State has great academics. The coaches are all great, the players are great and the people around the program really stood out to me. It is just a great atmosphere."
Academics were big for Kempt in selecting a program. He currently holds a 4.25 GPA and will be class valedictorian when he graduates this spring. He plans to study engineering at Oregon State and he was blown away by the program.
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NOTEWORTHY OPTIONS: Hydraulic aft platform ($28,476)
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saloon berth conversion ($1,553)
folding backrest on foredeck ($4,023)
air-conditioning ($14,398).
CONDITIONS DURING BOAT TESTAir temperature 91°F; humidity 66%; seas: 2-5 feet.
LOAD DURING BOAT TEST108 gal. fuel, 15 gal. water, 4 persons, 200 lb. gear.
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cockpit griddle and ice maker ($5,418)
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Volvo color engine display ($3,139)
Volvo joystick control ($18,739)
saloon berth conversion ($1,553)
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air-conditioning ($14,398).
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The entry-level Sunseeker Portofino 40 is designed with high-performance stern drives for fun in the sun.
The Mediterranean in August. I'm just not used to it. Classic vacation destinations at the peak of the season are usually out of bounds for working journalists, for the simple reason that they tend to be full of people actually on vacation. Travel writers use their imaginations, conjuring up the summer scenes their editors want out of unpromisingly windswept and chilly material. As for marine journalists—well, boatbuilders work to their clients' demanding schedules and the boat-show calendar, and we just have to fit in wherever we can. It's amazing how often this means testing new boats in November. Or February.
So to find oneself working in Mallorca in the middle of summer took a little getting used to, as Sunseeker decided to launch their most important new model for years in its natural habitat. Not for nothing are Sunseekers so called. The company practically invented the "Med boat," or at least democratized it, showing the way for thousands of British owners who flocked down there in the 1980s and '90s in search of the bikini-clad lifestyle promised in the boatbuilder's irresistible advertising. They were as good as their word—over the years the boats got bigger and better, the Brits got browner, and everyone, from the marina operators on the CÔte d'Azur to the low-cost airline operators, was happy.
Apart from choosing that seductive name, Sunseeker's best decision back in the early days was to hire Don Shead as their naval architect. The foremost British powerboat designer of his day, Shead based all his work on solid offshore racing experience. His curved windscreen was a stroke of genius, but his most important contribution was his version of the deep-V hull.
This is key to the whole idea of the "Med boat." Its detractors—who usually turn out never to have been in one—say that it's nothing but a glorified sunbathing platform, good for sitting in the marina and venturing out on fine days. That's only half right. You get a lot of fine days in the Med in the summer, with the sea at breakfast time as flat as an oil bath, but then the sun gets higher and the land heats up, and by the time you're having your long, lazy waterside lunch, the sea breeze is hitting its stride and the water is getting choppy. Really choppy. Unless you're content to plod home at six knots or wait until dusk, when things die down again, you need a boat that can cope—a good sea boat.
Of course you also need somewhere to cook, and snooze, and sunbathe, and Sunseeker knows all about that, too. The Portofino 40 is their smallest new model to be launched for some time—like many boatbuilders they were caught chasing money by the recession, and they now find themselves in the extraordinary position of having both a 40-footer and a 40-meter in their brochure. But ask any aficionado where the corporate DNA truly lies and he'll point to the Portofino.
Two cabins, one head, a comfortable lower saloon in which to escape the noonday heat, a big, shaded cockpit with lots of space for lounging around, twin stern drives, and 660 horsepower—no one knows more about this kind of boat than Sunseeker. The Portofino comes with a variety of interior finishes to choose from, four of them in-house designs and four from the studio of superyacht designer Ken Freivokh. Ours was a Freivokh boat, his "copper and slate" scheme—a pleasing mix of blue-gray and rich orangey fabrics, contrasting with neutral beige bulkheads in 'figured anigre' veneer—features cabinetry and floors in dark wenge, and counter tops in gray Avonite. Big glass panels in the saloon deckhead ensure that you have enough daylight down below to appreciate all the careful craftsmanship, augmented by large hull windows in every area of the lower accommodation.
The interior feels roomy enough to forget you're on a 40-footer, with a minimum headroom of 6 feet 3 inches and full-size berths. Sitting headroom of 33 inches over the berths in the mid-cabin is also pretty reasonable, and they can be slid together to form a double. There is a useful counter in here along the port side—as an option, it can be fitted out as a child's berth—while the side windows and the full-length mirror help to heighten the illusion that this surprisingly comfortable cabin is bigger than it is.
With its big sofa and folding dining table the saloon also feels pleasantly spacious, but the price of that has been to squeeze standing room in the forecabin, which consequently feels a little cramped. The galley, positioned by the main companionway, occupies a light and airy space, while the head compartment is also a good size, with access doors from both the saloon and forward cabin.
A huge sliding sunroof in the hardtop helps make the cockpit a versatile living space, as does the converting aft bench seat, which can be extended and joined to the sunbed to create one huge lounging area. The test boat's hydraulic tender/swim platform, with its 660-pound lifting capacity, is an optional extra; a fixed platform, in a choice of two sizes, is offered as a less expensive alternative.
There is more relaxation space on the foredeck, where raised seat backs can be fitted for added comfort. Getting up there would be a lot easier if Sunseeker had allowed a few degrees of tumblehome in the superstructure. Those vertical side windows severely limit your options as you make your way forward—so much so that even the navigation lights actually seem like they're in the way. I found you also have to take care descending the main companionway, where it's easy to bash your head on the top of the windscreen, especially as the oval-shaped steps demand that you pay attention to where you're putting your feet.
Having risen to a pristine Mediterranean morning, we took the Portofino out of Port Adriano and onto a glassy sea for an exhaustive set of speed and handling trials. This was the Mediterranean at its best: perfect conditions for a fast cruiser, and the Portofino did not disappoint. Close on 35 knots, tight, crisp handling, and fairly rapid acceleration—25 knots in about as many seconds—make for a fulfilling driver's boat. The torque of the Volvo Penta D6s was impressive, keeping the 40's 11 tons poised and on the plane in the tightest of turns. I couldn't fault the package—and with the bigger 400s installed the Portofino would be even more of a blast.
Pretty soon we were out beyond Andratx and round the back of the steep limestone cliffs of Dragonera, and it was lunchtime already. At a popular local spot in Saint Elm we anchored off and enjoyed our paella while watching the comings and goings. It was August, after all, and the place was packed. Motoryachts and sailboats of all sizes were crammed into every corner of the anchorage, tenders crossed back and forth in the bay, and kids splashed in the restaurant's pool.
A cooling breeze across the shaded terrace was welcome. It was hot. The wind had started to pick up late in the morning, drawn in off the sea by rising thermals in the mountains, and by the time lunch was over it was still a beautiful bright day, but blowing hard—Force 5, maybe 6. Once clear of the bay we had 5-foot seas, steep and short, and a 15-mile trip back to the marina.
That morning, the helm ergonomics had seemed fine. But standing up to deal with these conditions they weren't as good. Just when I needed real control, the throttles were too far away, in my opinion. Ultra-quick steering and finger-light electronic engine levers, such a delight in flat weather, were suddenly an issue. The Portofino is no pared-down, Don Shead raceboat—our insatiable need for air-conditioning, bigger cabins, generators, headroom, and all the other trappings of modern boating saw to that long ago. She's beamy, full-bowed, and has just 19 degrees of midships deadrise, and needed to be driven properly in those foul conditions, by someone who knew the boat a lot better than I did.
At 12 to 14 knots it was a long and tiring trip back. Then, finally, as we rounded the Philippe Starck-designed seawall and once more gained the shelter of Port Adriano, the breeze dropped away, and it was instantly another perfect summer's evening. Nice. But I kind of miss testing boats in November, or even February—the weather's better.
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Hi, I'm Thomas Hunt Morgan. In 1904, I started the "Fly" lab at Columbia University to study genetic variations. Many of the important discoveries of genetics and chromosomal inheritance came out of my lab through research using fruit flies. It all started when we found our first useful fruit fly mutation. Flies normally have red eyes but in January, 1910, we found a male with white eyes. We immediately crossed this male with a "wild type" female with red eyes. All the offspring of the first generation were red-eyed! We next crossed males and females from the first generation to each other. The white-eye trait reappeared in the expected 3:1 Mendelian ratio for a recessive trait. However, only the males had white eyes. This suggested that the white-eye trait is carried on the X chromosome. A Punnett square predicts the same results. I used a small "w" for the recessive white and a large "R" for the dominant red. Drosophila mutants are named according to the phenotype of the mutations. Crossing white-eyed males and red-eyed females from the second generation produced equal numbers of offspring with each eye color. Males have white eyes when they inherit the mutant gene on the X chromosome from their mother. Females only show the trait if they inherit mutant genes on both X chromosomes. I called this phenomenon "sex-limited" inheritance, but it became known as "sex-linked" or "X-linked." Within several years, we found more than 80 different mutations in fruit flies. Here are some of the flies from our fly library. I'm a wild type "normal" fly. I have red eyes, a brown body and regular size wings. I'm the famous white eye mutant. I'm a mutant for body color. I have a yellow body. I'm a mutant for wing size. I have miniature wings. I'm a double mutant. I have white eyes and a yellow body. I'm a double mutant. I have white eyes and miniature wings. I'm a double mutant. I have a yellow body and miniature wings. I'm a triple mutant.I have white eyes, a yellow body and miniature wings. Let's bring them all back so that we can compare. I became convinced that these little animals could show us the physical basis of heredity. So began my conversion from an experimental evolutionist to a geneticist.
Thomas Morgan first used milk bottles to grow his fly cultures. And yes, he did get the bottles from his milkman.
Although Mendel had no trouble finding pea plants with lots of different traits, it took a while for Morgan to find a fly with a different trait. Why?