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British Retail Consortium (BRC) is a prestigious Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) benchmarked food safety system. It is "true third party" certification. BRC Global Standards are a leading safety and quality certification program for the food and beverage sector with certification issued through a worldwide network of accredited certification bodies. Developed by packaging and product safety experts in 1998, the BRC Global Standard is based on a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety management plan and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). The BRC Global Standard is divided into seven areas: Senior Management Commitment and Continual Improvement, The Food Safety Plan, Food Safety and Quality Management System, Site Standards, Product Control, Process Control, and Personnel. The BRC Food Safety system guarantees uniformity of quality, safety and operational criteria, and ensures that manufacturers fulfill their legal obligations and provide protection to the consumer. BRC Global Standards are commonly considered a fundamental requirement of food manufacturers for leading retailers in Europe and in North America.
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Fair Trade certification for Apparel and Linens is the first social, economic and environmental standard that directly benefits the farmers who grow the cotton and the workers who sew the garments. Garment workers all over the developing world face injustice when it comes to getting paid. Buyers constantly demand lower prices for goods and facility owners continue to comply with these demands by cutting costs. This means that workers endure severe, arbitrary pay cuts and sometimes receive no pay at all. The Fair Trade movement aims to eliminate situations like these by ensuring a fair price for products as well as additional sources of income to support workers. A powerful aspect of the Fair Trade Apparel and Linens program is the establishment of a Fair Trade premium for garment workers. This is an additional source of income that is earned for each Fair Trade garment sold, and can be worth up to 10 percent the cost of the product.
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2-day B-tier, second day is a grueling 27-hole round on a private course in the middle of nowhere (effectively). During the players' meeting the TD announces that there will be absolutely no smoking on the course. Not on the pads, not in an old firepit, not in a plane, not on a train (Sam I am). The land is his private property. We were threatened with a visit from the fire marshal and legal consequences if found smoking a cigarette.
This caused quite a stir amongst the smokers, who represent a decent proportion of DGers. Now, I'm not questioning the legality of this proclamation, but shouldn't the TD have to announce this kind of smoking ban well ahead of time so the smokers can have time to procure an alternate method of nicotine delivery should they need to do so? The nearest store to this guy's place is a healthy drive on about 10 miles of country backroads, so zipping to the store for a can of snuff was out of the question.
What do you guys think? Please try to refrain from any holier-than-thou anti-smoking bullshit. It's a perfectly legal (albeit stupid) habit. I'm more concerned about what type of information should be available to the competitors ahead of time.
What is the difference between this scenario and another where the TD announces that there will be NO RHFH THROWS ON THE COURSE. Anyone who is caught throwing right-handed sidearms will be kicked out of the tournament and have a nice little chat with the sheriff as well. This is another perfectly legal habit, but hey, it's private property and if you don't like it the get the F outta here.


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After taking a phone call that briefly diverts his attention, Nick Cave returns to the question of what continues to inspire his writing, which he does up to eight hours a day when home in Britain. ''What was I waffling on about?'' he says, a smile stretching across his face.
Cave knew precisely what he was waffling on about a few days before Christmas while back in Melbourne. He often returns at that time of year to the city where his old band, the Boys Next Door, which later became the Birthday Party, was formed with guitarist Mick Harvey. The Birthday Party's demise led to the formation of the Bad Seeds, which today releases its 15th studio album, Push the Sky Away.
The 30-year musical partnership between Cave and Harvey has come to an end, but more about that later. As Cave looked out over Fitzroy Street from the balcony of St Kilda's Prince of Wales Hotel, the 55-year-old was supremely relaxed and happy to be back where ''the sleaziness appealed to my teenage sensibilities'', before adding the popular seaside suburb ''feels quite different'' nowadays. ''I might be looking in the wrong places,'' he says, flashing another grin and chuckling.
Much has changed for Cave since the Bad Seeds released debut album From Her to Eternity in 1984 and soon after relocated from London to Berlin. The one constant has been Cave's prodigious output, also as a novelist, film composer and highly sought-after screenwriter. The Bad Seeds, however, are what he always comes back to and what most fuels him, regardless of whether it's in the studio or on stage.
''Most of the other stuff that comes my way - the film scores or film scripts - is people asking me to do things, but the Bad Seeds is not like that and Grinderman [his other band with Warren Ellis] isn't like that,'' he says.
''It's the records and the Bad Seeds in particular that I really do feel part of … going into the studio with the Bad Seeds is incredible, it's always an incredible experience. It was an incredible experience to go into the studio with Mick [Harvey] and an incredible experience without Mick.''
Unlike previous Bad Seeds albums, Push the Sky Away doesn't have any Harvey influences - the multi-instrumentalist opting to walk away after 2008's Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! to concentrate on other musical projects. His collaborative partnership with Cave, according to the singer, ultimately broke down.
''I'd been working with Mick for 30 years and 20 of those were a really successful collaboration,'' he says. ''That collaborative mechanism is not something that goes forever, it's something you do together that works and eventually it doesn't, and it's been mutually beneficial.''
These days when he's not ''alone at the piano'' at home in Britain's seaside town of Brighton, Cave is often collaborating with Dirty Three's Ellis in Grinderman.
''When we all play together [in the Bad Seeds] there's this big, congested juggernaut of sound and we just wanted to do something that was leaner and more in your face, so we formed Grinderman,'' Cave says.
''Even though this record doesn't sound anything like Grinderman, there's things we learnt from being in Grinderman that we've unconsciously taken on … a kind of leanness of sound [and] staying away from overdubs. This record very much revolves around the loops he [Ellis] comes up with and basically all the songs we wrote together, which is the first time I've collaborated so closely on the writing process with somebody.''
Recorded in a studio in the south of France over three weeks, Push the Sky Away again pushes the group - with Martyn Casey (bass), Jim Sclavunos (percussion) and Thomas Wydler (drums) - in new directions.
''We were in this situation where we didn't have a guitarist and thought, 'what if we just don't get anybody and see what happens', so there's guitar on this record, but not a lot. You take the guitar out and suddenly there's all this space within the song.
''Looking for something different is something the Bad Seeds have always done … you don't really know what the next record is going to be and on some level, if you're a Bad Seeds fan, you have to work out all over again if you still are a Bad Seeds fan when the next record comes out.''
Looking ahead to the upcoming tour, the man known for an obsession with religion, death and sex raises an eyebrow at the thought of prowling stages here and overseas. ''On tour you can't even imagine how you can get up on stage and do one of these shows,'' he says, referring to the band's energy .
''Going on stage with the Bad Seeds changes your chemistry and allows you to be this other thing - it reminds me of getting really shit-faced and doing something kind of stupid, but super-human at the same time.''
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September 2011
By Jay Gulledge
The risk of extreme weather is rising because of climate change. In the United States, long-term trends show an increasing number of heat waves and heavy downpours and longer, more destructive droughts and wildfires. Climate models simulate these same trends when scientists examine the effects of increases in global warming's main ingredient – greenhouse gases.
Risk is the best way to understand the link between climate change and extreme weather. Just as smoking and high cholesterol are risk factors for heart disease, natural cycles and global warming are risk factors for extreme weather. This year's weather impacts have been particularly severe because multiple risk factors are aligned: A long, intense La Nina – a temporary cool period in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that is associated with extreme temperatures, droughts, and flooding in other parts of the world – is occurring at the same time we are experiencing the warmest decade in at least 130 years. The big difference between these risk factors is that natural cycles come and go, whereas global warming increases over time as atmospheric greenhouse gases grow, constantly adding more weather risk to the climate system.
Escalating weather impacts are cutting deeply into the economy. The world's largest re-insurance company says the number of weather- and climate-related disasters worldwide more than doubled over the past 30 years. Economic losses attributable to weather variability run $485 billion annually. Several multi-billion-dollar events have occurred this year, including Texas' worst single-year drought, the Mississippi floods, and Hurricane Irene, which is expected to rank among the ten costliest hurricanes in U.S. history. As the weather becomes more volatile, economic risk will continue to grow.
As recent weather events teach us more and more about our vulnerabilities, the taxpayer-funded National Flood Insurance Program is already $18 billion in debt. Because most of the damage from Hurricane Irene is not privately insured, this financially-strapped program is under pressure once again. And the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is running out of money to respond to disasters, even as Congress bickers over how to refill the coffers.
Flood insurance is the federal government's second-largest fiscal liability after social security. Ignoring rising climate risk will only allow these hidden costs to suck up more taxpayer money. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to changes already under way bends down the risk curve, just as exercise and medical insurance lower health risks. If we don't take these steps, our children and grandchildren will inherit a more dangerous and costlier climate.
Jay Gulledge is the Senior Scientist and Director of the Science and Impacts Program at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.


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Arrest Made in Undercover Fish Buying Investigation
SEADRIFT, Texas — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens today arrested a Seadrift man on charges of commercial possession of over three times the possession limit of red drum, a Class A Misdemeanor. A warrant is outstanding for another Seadrift resident.
The charges come as the result of a two-year undercover investigation of complaints that some Calhoun County seafood buyers were purchasing fish from unlicensed fishermen and introducing them into the commercial market.
As a result of the investigation, a total of 177 violations were documented against individuals at five Calhoun County seafood wholesalers and one Victoria restaurant.
The covert investigation confirmed long-standing suspicions of illegal fish sales and commercial buying of red drum and spotted seatrout in the area.
The investigation spawned a second undercover operation in North Texas, which resulted in citations of individuals at more than 30 restaurants and businesses last week.
"All Calhoun County fish dealers purchasing directly from the commercial fisherman were approached in this investigation," said TPWD Capt. Rex Mayes. "Many of those buyers acted responsibly by turning away the covert officers. Others did not."
Violations involved spotted seatrout and flounder, in addition to red drum. The three species are mainstays for recreational anglers on the Texas coast.
"The sport fisherman is being exploited by buyers who are illegally marketing those species most sought," said Mayes.
Mayes said the illegal traffic in fin fish also hurts commercial fishermen and businesses that abide by the rules.
"When unlawful fish enter the market, it lowers the prices," he said. "Wholesalers and retailers who operate legally are unfairly disadvantaged."
Mayes said the buyers also failed to report catches to the state. Buyers who purchase aquatic products directly from commercial fishermen are required to maintain cash sales receipts and report sales to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
The harvest and economic data is required so that TPWD can better manage the fishery and maximize the economic benefit to the state.
"Unreported catches undermine the data that the Department depends on to regulate the industry," Mayes said.
TPWD's Special investigations Unit worked with prosecutors of the District Attorney's Offices in Calhoun and Victoria County to obtain evidence for the cases.
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One of our favorite ScrapbookSteals girls has done it again! If you've been paying attention to our Facebook fan page you've undoubtedly seen the darling pinwheels adorning so many of the scrapbook pages. Brittany Perry shows us step by step how to create one of these fantastic summer embellishments for your own paper crafting projects.
Pinwheels are everywhere! You can't look through a paper crafting magazine or website without seeing them. I think they are a great alternative to flowers—and totally something that can be used on boy and girl layouts and cards! I am so glad to have something else I can use on my boys pages other than stars & buttons. And they're SUPER easy and fast to make!
Step 1: Cut out a square of double sided paper. This one is 2.5"x2.5".
Step 2: Lightly draw diagonal lines from corner to corner on the square.
Step 3: From each corner, cut about 1/2 - 2/3 of the way toward the center of the square. You don't want to cut all the way, or it will make separate triangles, and you want them to all still be connected. If you want to ink the edges, the best time to do it is now, before you begin folding and gluing.
Step 4: Take one corner from each of the four new sections and fold it in so that it touches the center, and use adhesive to hold down the corner. I also used a foam square under each piece of folded paper, so that there would be some dimension and to help it hold better. Repeat with the same side/corner on each of the four sections.
Step 5: Finish off the center with a brad, button, or whatever else you like.
Thank you Brittany for another fantastic tutorial. Be sure to check in tomorrow for Mid Week Mojo and the announcement of the winners of the challenges from our online crop.
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Happy National Strawberry Shortcake Day! Now that is a holiday that we can get behind! Such a simple, light dessert- perfect for a hot day. Growing up, my mother would serve us strawberry shortcake for dinner on those really hot, sweltering nights. Is there sweeter music to a child's ears?
This summer classic uses our Gluten Free Vanilla Cake Mix to make cupcakes for the shortcake base. These are an easy treat to enjoy this weekend (perhaps for Father's Day?) that anyone, gluten free or otherwise, can enjoy.
Gluten Free Strawberry Shortcake
Contributed by: Carol Fenster
- 19 oz (3 cups) GF Vanilla Cake Mix
- 3 large Eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1/2 cup Water, at room temperature
- 4 cups fresh Strawberries, washed, stemmed and halved
- 1/4 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Whipped Cream
- 1 cup Heavy Cream, chilled
- 2 Tbsp superfine Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 325°F. Line standard 12-cup pan with paper liners; coat with cooking spray. Preheat cake batter as directed. Fill each liner with scant ¼ cup batter (about 3 tablespoons) or to within 1/2-inch of top of liner.
Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pan for 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Strawberries: Combine all ingredients in a bowl.
Whipped Cream: In a chilled bowl with chilled beaters, beat cream until soft peaks form. Add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Whisk in vanilla and serve immediately.
To Assemble: Cut each cupcake in half, horizontally, and place the bottom half on a serving plate. Spoon strawberries over each half, top with remaining half and spoon remaining strawberries and juice on top. Top with a dollop of whipped cream and serve immediately. Makes 12 shortcakes.


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Wacha under consideration to start Thursday
LOS ANGELES -- General manager John Mozeliak is scheduled to join the Cardinals on Monday in Kansas City, where he will meet with manager Mike Matheny and the coaching staff to determine who will take the now vacant spot in the rotation.
Though Matheny said that "everybody" is being considered, the legitimate list of candidates is dwindling because of how many roster moves the Cardinals have already had to make this month. Whoever the Cardinals call upon will pitch on Thursday, as that would have been John Gast's next turn in the rotation.
Among those being considered is highly-touted right-hander Michael Wacha, who continues to thrive in his first Triple-A season. Wacha is listed to start for Memphis on Monday, though the Cardinals could choose to keep him out of that game if they want to add him to the big league rotation.
Wacha, the Cardinals' top pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, is 4-0 with a 2.05 ERA in nine starts this season. He has struck out 34, while walking 15 in his first year in Triple-A. He is currently ranked as the organization's fourth-best prospect according to MLB.com.
If the Cardinals are not ready to push Wacha to the Majors, they could consider Memphis starter Maikel Cleto, who is already on the 40-man roster. Joe Kelly, who threw 62 pitches out of the bullpen for St. Louis on Saturday, has not been ruled out as a fill-in option.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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LIVERMORE — The driver of a car that slammed into the back of a big rig on Interstate 580 escaped the collision without injuries Tuesday.
Three lanes of traffic on the freeway were closed for about an hour but all lanes reopened about 6:20 p.m., said a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol Tuesday evening.
Preliminary reports show a Ford Taurus slammed into and slid under the back of the big rig about 5:25 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 580, west of Vasco Road, according to the CHP.
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The first time John Brown met his brother's new roommate, he was wary.
The man was young, unemployed. He was a stranger to the family.
So, Brown asked Christopher Wiggins to promise that everything would be OK.
The first time John Brown met his brother's new roommate, he was wary.
The man was young, unemployed. He was a stranger to the family.
So, Brown asked Christopher Wiggins to promise that everything would be OK.
On Friday, as Brown watched Wiggins be sent to prison for killing his brother, he said he never should have taken the man's word.
"I forgive Chris for what he did," he told 3rd District Judge Charlene Barlow. "But I will always miss my brother."
Wiggins, 24, pleaded guilty in January to second-degree felony manslaughter and first-degree felony aggravated burglary in the Oct. 15, 2011 killing of 47-year-old David Brown. Wiggins was originally charged with first-degree felony murder.
He was sentenced Friday to serve one to 15 years in prison for manslaughter and five years to life for aggravated burglary. The sentences will run consecutively.
Wiggins, who addressed the court before he was sentenced, apologized to John Brown and the rest of the victim's family. He said it was an accident, the result of an alcohol-fueled feud that went too far.
"Dave was my friend," he said, voice quavering. "I caused his death. I caused so much loss and grief for his family. I'm really sorry."
He said the two drank together, that things got out of hand. But the judge said Wiggins was excusing his behavior.
Before handing down the sentence, Barlow pointed to the steps Wiggins took in the moments before he killed Brown:
Upon learning he had been locked out of their house at 582 E. Carmel Drive (7400 South), he went around back, got a ladder, picked up a rake, broke into a second-story window and then attacked Brown with the rake handle before discarding it and continuing the beating with his hands.
When he was done, she said, Wiggins kicked Brown down the stairs of their split-level home, where police found his body. He was bloody and he wasn't breathing.
"In terms of the gravity of this offense, there is nothing more great than taking a life," Barlow said. "There is nothing anyone can do to restore that life."
According to testimony at a preliminary hearing, Wiggins told police that he and Brown had several ongoing disputes in the four months they were roommates.
Wiggins wanted the home cleaner when his daughter visited and was angry that Brown worked at an alcohol treatment program but drank at home. There were also back-and-forth allegations about stolen property.
About 50 CDs disappeared two days before Brown's death, according to testimony. Wiggins was furious.
Prosecutors said Wiggins tore off a part of his four-poster bead and threatened Brown with it. Brown, fearing for his life, sought a protective order from the court and changed the locks on their home.
That night, Wiggins came back looking for Brown.
He had been drinking all day, Wiggins told the court, he wasn't thinking. His anger took over.
As Brown lay unmoving at the base of the stairs, covered in his own blood, prosecutors said, Wiggins walked outside to smoke a cigarette. He did not call 911.
For John Brown, forgiveness has not been easy. In addition to feeling grief and loss, he said, he's felt betrayed by the man who gave him his word that everything would be fine.
But he perseveres, he said, because it's what his brother would want him to do.
"If you can't forgive somebody, you're not going to move on and live your life," he said. "My brother was an amazing man. He brought light into a room. ... Now we can finally bury him and be at peace."
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What do you call a drummer that breaks up with his girlfriend? Homeless.
What do Ginger Baker and black coffee have in common? They both suck without Cream.
How do you get a drummer off of your porch? Pay him 10 bucks for the pizza.
What do you call a drummer that breaks up with his girlfriend? Homeless.
What do Ginger Baker and black coffee have in common? They both suck without Cream.
How do you get a drummer off of your porch? Pay him 10 bucks for the pizza.
Drummer jokes are legion, but when you have great percussion, it is amazing how much better a band sounds in a live setting.
The Utah-born pop-rock band Imagine Dragons understands that concept completely.
That can help explain why frontman Dan Reynolds spent most of the night Friday banging on two large bass drums and a snare to accompany drummer Dan Platzman in a star-making, homecoming show at The Complex that already shows that the 2,800-capacity venue is too small for a band this good and appealing.
Make no mistake. Imagine Dragons has arena-sized ambitions and arena-sized anthems, and they delivered smashingly.
"There wouldn't be an Imagine Dragons if it wasn't for the support of Utah from the very beginning," Reynolds told the crowd early on in the sold-out, 90-minute show.
The stage was spartan, with a few abstract trees with thin branches that reached out to the heavens, so all eyes in the audience focused on the charismatic Reynolds and the man-sized bass drum that seemed as if it had walked away from the NCAA tournament a quarter-mile away to spend the night with someone who appreciated the power it contained. Reynolds, whose strong tenor is becoming increasingly more flexible as his range heightens, frequently held one hand on the mic and the other with a drumstick, matching the intensity and grand sound of the band's major-label debut "Night Visons," released last September.
From the opening thrust of "Round and Round," "Amsterdam" and "Tip Toe," the quartet (with a touring multi-instumentalist who manned the keys, guitar and mandolin) showed that despite the hip hop-influenced production that dominated "Night Visions," it was a tight-sounding band that didn't need studio trickery to sound big. It helps that Platzman, guitarist Wayne Sermon and bass player Ben McKee are all Berklee School of Music-educated, so when McKee played a bass solo, for example, it didn't sound forced or indulgent. It was musical. Imagine that. A solo that is musical.
While the rest of the band harmonizes with Reynolds superbly, lead vocals were shared by Reynolds and the adoring audience. With the vast majority of the set devoted to "Night Visions," the crowd sang along exuberantly and loudly; during "Demons," near the end of the set, the crowd dwarfed the singing of Reynolds.
Early on, the band showed that is wasn't especially dynamic, with every song boasting a huge chorus that bludgeons you over the head, as if it was an assault weapon in a knife fight. (That isn't necessarily a criticism.) But the most powerful moments of the night came two-thirds through the set, when the band played an epic version of its latest single "Radioactive" that any other band would have finished the evening with, with strobes flashing and a beautiful cacophony of sound crashing into the crowd. That was immediately followed by Reynolds backed only by Sermon on guitar in a song dedicated to their late Utah friend Tyler Robinson, a young fan of the band who was diagnosed with a rare and fast-growing cancer and died recently. The song, known alternately as "Starlight" and "Thirty Lives," began with Reynolds openly weeping and unable to begin the song, until the crowd started chanting "Tyler" over and over again. It wasn't until then that I was convinced that they, too, understood dynamics.
Highlights of the night were many, and I appreciated that an actual mandolin (and not a recording) was used for the penultimate song of the night, "It's Time," the biggest song to feature a mandolin since R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion."
The encore was "Nothing Left to Say," and early on, I thought the song was an odd way to end a fantastic evening of music. But again, I was surprised and my expectations were upended. Let's just say they turned an otherwise-average song on the album into a finale that showed that even in a crowded, cavernous space, Reynolds, pogoing up and down, and tugging on his shirt, was able to connect with the crowd.
And yes, there was nothing left to say, as Reynolds banged away on a drum.


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A fascinating look at a bizarre, forgotten epidemic from the national best-selling author of The American Plague.
In 1918, a world war raged, and a lethal strain of influenza circled the globe. In the midst of all this death, a bizarre disease appeared in Europe. Eventually known as encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness, it spread worldwide, leaving millions dead or locked in institutions. Then, in 1927, it disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived. Asleep, set in 1920s and '30s New York, follows a group of neurologists through hospitals and asylums as they try to solve this epidemic and treat its victims - who learned the worst fate was not dying of it, but surviving it.
©2011 Molly Caldwell Crosby (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Greedy, voracious reader since age five. After a number of eye injuries & surgeries, reading is hard. So now, I listen.
"Scary, and still unsolved, medical mystery"
This book about encephalitis lethargica is well researched and well written by a woman whose grandmother survived this disease, but mentally damaged. The book examines several case histories, including hers, in detail, to show the wide range of physical and behavioral symptoms that made this disease so baffling for doctors and difficult for families. Its victims, mostly young people, sickened suddenly and fell asleep, for weeks for months. Some woke eventually, some died. Some could function normally again; many suffered degrees of mental/emotional impairment; some displayed uncontrollable anger or became psychotic, suicidal, homicidal (this included small children), others remained 'frozen' like the ones Dr. Oliver Sacks found in a hospital decades after the last outbreak and wrote about in "Awakenings". During two early 20th century pandemic waves of this disease, medical researchers tried to figure out agent was causing it, how it was transmitted, how it might be cured. No luck. Was it linked to pandemic flu?
Rare, sporadic cases still occur. The author makes the point that we may be in terrible trouble if there is another pandemic flu, and another pandemic of encephalitis lethargica.
"Loved it"
I like how the author not only discusses the cases of encephalopathy lethargica but she discusses what is happening in history and the environment at the same time. The environment impacts us in so many ways. This is a great nonfiction book. Who knew JP Morgan's wife had this? Loved the descriptions of late 19th century early 20th century New York.
I ignore genre labels. Some of my favorite books are outside my genre comfort zone. Listening to audiobooks is still reading. Not theater.
"A great mixture of mystery and fact"
Fascinating look at a devastating illness I knew very little about. Beyond Oliver Sacks book and the movie based on the book, Awakenings, I knew nothing about the disease Encephalitis Lethargica, or sleepy sickness. After reading this book, I find it frightening that we don't know what causes it, how the epidemic started, what ended it, and that I didn't realize it still occurs today. The author did a great job of trying to explain the fascinating mysteries behind the disease, the steps that were taken to try and understand it and the devastating results it had, especially on the young. It is rare that a book keeps me up at night worrying. This one did. If you like medical mysteries, this one will fascinate you.
Christian Rummel is quickly moving up my favorite narrator list. He is great.
I'm Audible's first Editor-at-Large, the host of In Bed with Susie Bright -- and a longtime author, editor, journo, and bookworm. I listen to audio when I'm cooking, playing cards, knitting, going to bed, waking up, driving, and putting other people's kids to bed! My favorite audiobooks, ever, are: "True Grit" and "The Dog of the South."
"Anatomy of an Epidemic"
During the Great Flu epidemic of WWI, there was an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica —or "sleeping sickness"— that left its victims permanently disabled, a plague of catatonic lethargy. Some people were comatose for years-- and it could recur at any time.
What was it?
This medical-mystery drama, by award-winning reporter Molly Caldwell Crosby, follows the doctors, scientists, and patients of the time as they tried to solve the origins of this disease.
You may remember Oliver Sacks's "Awakenings" chronicled his work curing the sleeping sickness victim. But science has yet to find the cause of the epidemic, the "why?"
Crosby's book turns a corner in these "sleep" conversations that will have you wide awake to the most chilling prospects yet.
I am obsessed with learning. Either about history of society, epidemiology or spirituality. I would say I'm a seeker.
"Would definately recommend!"
One of the best
Rabies, ties to epidemiology
I thought it was fine.
A fascinating book. Definitely worth the read time. It taught me a lot of the history of disease and started me on a journey to a fascination with epidemiology. This is one of the most interesting diseases I have ever read about and this book did a great job of break that down. The stories meandered a little bit at some point but not book is perfect and a tiny bit a patience got me through certain books. I would recommend to anyone!
"A Fantastic and Bone Chilling Mystery"
I can say without equivocation that Christian Rummel's performance brought this book to a brilliant life. In any audio book the story may be of the greatest interest, but if the narration is lacking, then something is lost from the beginning. Asleep is one book that has it all. We have a powerfully entertaining mystery of non-fiction - those that make you hold your hand to your mouth after an audible gasp. Asleep is difficult to bookmark because you are always anticipating what awaits beyond the next page.
Medical histories are not for everyone, but if you can put away any preconceived notions, you will walk away from this one with a new-found appreciation for the subject matter.
"Fantastic book"
The details and the fascinating history that is given
The Great Pearl
Current times compared to previous history of flu
all of it
Great non-fiction with fascinating case history of the illness
"great book! learned alot!"
it was griping to listen too.. a fast listen if you will. such an interesting history, something that more people should remember!
"Slow burn"
I almost fell asleep listening to this book. It was slow and it, mostly, stayed that way. I kept waiting for something to just really grab my attention but it never seemed to happen. It's an ok listen but I think that maybe better editing might have made this topic live up to the title.
This is a fascinating and extremely well-written book about a rarely discussed disease. I would highly recommend it!
I expected a case history of a patient but this was more a belated history lesson
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2007 Friends of Trees Nominations Sought by March 31
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
March 8, 2007
2007 Friends of Trees Nominations Sought by March 31
The Fairfax County Tree Commission is seeking nominations for its 2007 Friends of Trees Awards by March 31. The award is presented to those individuals, schools, youth and adult organizations, civic organizations and other organizations that have volunteered their time and effort to preserve, protect or plant trees.
Project or program areas for nominations:
- Tree preservation actions – conservation advocacy, land or easement donations or appropriate tree care.
- Educational and outreach programs – publications, presentations and or interpretive services to the public regarding preservation, protection and planting of trees.
- Tree planting projects – seedling planting, riparian restoration plantings, heritage species planting, etc.
- Innovative maintenance programs – how to share the responsibility for long-term maintenance without traditional funding sources.
Individual nominations:
- An Outstanding Individual Friends of Trees Award may be given to individuals who display superior tree preservation and/or planting actions and leadership.
Nomination forms may be obtained by calling Urban Forest Management at 703-324-1770, TTY 711 or by e-mailing email@example.com.
Nomination guidelines include:
- Applicants must submit a written description of their project or program, its location, the planning involved, how problems were addressed and the results.
- Applicants should submit photographs or materials to illustrate the project.
- Project must have been completed in calendar year 2006 or, if a continuing project, have been started in 2006 and have an anticipated life of more than one year.
- Please limit applications to the form and a maximum of five additional pages, including photographs and illustrations (seven pages total).
- Mail completed forms to: Urban Forest Management, 12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 518, Fairfax, VA 22035-5503 by Saturday, March 31.
The awards will be presented to the recipients on Saturday, April 28, at the annual Fairfax County Earth Day/Arbor Day celebration.
The Fairfax County Tree Commission is a 15-member board appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Ten citizen members are nominated by the Board of Supervisors and one member each from the Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council; Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District; Fairfax County Park Authority; Virginia Cooperative Extension and Continuing Education; and Virginia Department of Forestry. The commission provides leadership in developing an understanding of the objectives and methods of tree conservation and assists Urban Forest Management in the development and maintenance of technical specifications and guidelines.
For more news and information, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news.


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SIX fire engines were called to tackle a fire at a derelict mill in Atherton.
Smoke was seen coming for the third floor of the six-storey mill in Gloucester Street at about 10pm last night.
Firefighters from Atherton and Hindley fire stations were sent to the scene and were joined shortly after by two crews from Bolton Central, one from Farnworth and one from Hyde.
The fire was caused by rubbish on the third floor and is thought to have been started deliberately.
Atherton crew manager Rob Macauley said: "The mill is right across the road from the fire station and as soon as we got the call and started to make our way there we could see black smoke coming from the window.
"We were struggling to gain access to the building through the gates and as we were trying to get in we heard over the radio that there could be someone inside.
"We saw flames coming from the window so due to the size of the building and the fact that someone could be trapped inside we immediately requested a further four fire engines to attend to make sure we had enough firefighters to stop the fire spreading and search the building."
Firefighters spent about three hours on the scene searching the mill and nobody was found.
Mr Macauley added: "It turned out to be smaller than we first thought and we managed to stop it spreading to the other side of the mill."


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The Inland Empire's legislative delegation is well-represented in committee assignments announced earlier this month. Several local members have been chosen for leadership positions on key panels.
"Our voice will be heard," said Assemblyman Mike Morrell, R-Rancho Cucamonga.
Assemblywoman Norma Torres, D-Chino, was chosen to chair the Housing and Development Committee.
Among Republicans, state Sen. Bill Emmerson of Rancho Cucamonga will be vice chairman of the Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and the Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee.
Morrell has also been selected vice chairman of two committees – Banking and Finance as well as Labor and Employment.
Assemblyman Curt Hagman, R-Chino Hills and Tim Donnelly, R-Hesperia, have been chosen to be vice chairmen of the Insurance Committee, and Elections and Redistricting Committee, respectively.
By being vice chairman of two committees dealing with business, Morrell said he would like to be able to support bills that may ease California's regulatory system.
"So many jobs are leaving California because we over-regulate," he said.
Local lawmakers' committee assignments:
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He also sits on the Government and Finance; Rules; and Human Services committees. Emmerson is also appointed to the following joint committees: Arts; Rules; Emergency Management; Legislative Budget; and Legislative Sunset Review. The Sunset Review Committee is responsible for examining government programs for waste, necessity and cost-effectiveness.
Huff is also a member of the following select committees: Alameda Corridor; Asian Pacific Islander Affairs; California Job Creation and Retention; California's Horse Racing Industry; Earthquake and Disaster Preparedness; Response and Recovery; Groundwater and Perchlorate Contamination; and High-Speed Rail.
Hagman is also the Republican Caucus' assistant floor leader, which means he is responsible for advocating for the minority party on legislative procedure.
Torres also chairs the Select Committee on 9-1-1 Service and is a member of these other select committees: Inland Empire Transportation Issues; California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs; Delinquency Prevention and Youth Development; Wine; Domestic Violence; Government Efficiency, Technology and Innovation; Community Resources Impacted by Re-Entry.
Torres also sits on the Joint Committee on Fairs, Allocation and Classification.


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People from all parts of the city visited the restaurants and businesses that make up the thriving Main and Market Street corridor on Dec. 7, during the Republic Bank First Friday Trolley Hop.
The monthly event is an art show, tourist attraction, street party and celebration of downtown Louisville that brings new visitors and new life to the Nulu area. The free event takes place on the first Friday of each month from 5 to 11 p.m., rain or shine.
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Doctor of Philosophy (2005), Educational Policy Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Master of Educational Sociology (1996), Department of Educational Foundations, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Bachelor of Education (1991), Department of Curriculum Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Certificate in Education (1980), Umtali Teachers College, Zimbabwe
Research Interests:
My research interest lies in educational and political developments in Zambia and Zimbabwe. I focus on how the economic meltdown and the political space in Zimbabwe have affected the effectiveness of the education system, and how the teaching profession is responding to these socio-political developments. The socio-political repression and the economic meltdown have created a refuge and immigrant Zimbabwean population both in Africa and in the West. Consequently, one of my interests is to explore how these immigrants have settled and integrated into their new societies, focusing on the challenges that they face and the coping strategies that they employ to overcome these challenges. In addition I also research on how the indigenous knowledge in Zimbabwe has been marginalized in the academic corridors and explore ways in which integration of indigenous knowledge and learning can enhance knowledge utilization in socio-economic development
Abdi, A.A.; Ellis, L. & Shizha, E. (in press). Citizenship Education and social development in Zambia. Information Age Publishing Inc.
Book Chapters
Abrokwaa, C., Ngoma, M.S. & Shizha, E. African Refugees: Challenges and Prospects of Resettlement Programs. In E. Mpofu (Ed.). Counselling people of African ancestry (Refereed) (July 2008).
Makwarimba, E., Stewart, M. , & Shizha, E. Challenges faced by immigrant seniors in Canada. In D. Durst (Ed.). Diversity in aging among immigrant seniors in Canada. (Refereed) (July 2008).
Stewart, M., Nsaliwa, C., Khalema, E., Spitzer, D., Makwarimba, E., Shizha, E., Jones, Z., & Makumbe, K. Senior immigrants support needs and preferences of support intervention programs. In D. Durst (Ed.). Diversity in aging among immigrant seniors in Canada. (Refereed) (February 2008).
Shizha, E. Chara chimwe hachitswanyi inda: Indigenizing science education in Zimbabwe. In D. Kapoor & S. Jordan (Eds.). Global contexts of PAR, education and social change. Palgrave Macmillan (Refereed) (April, 2008)
Shizha, E. (2008). Globalization and indigenous knowledge: An African postcolonial theoretical analysis, in S. Guo & A.A. Abdi (Eds.), Education and social development: Global issues and analysis. Rotterdam Holland: Sense Publishers.
Shizha, E. & Abdi, A.A. (2008). Globalization and adult education in the South, in D. Kapoor & A.A. Abdi (Eds.). Global perspectives on adult education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Shizha, E. (2006). Continuity or discontinuity in educational equity: Contradictions in structural adjustment programmes in Zimbabwe, in A. Abdi; K. Puplampu & G. J.S. Dei & A. Abdi (Eds.), African Education and Globalization: Critical Perspectives (pp. 187-210). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Shizha, E. (2005). Reclaiming our memories: The education dilemma in postcolonial African school curricula, in A. Abdi & A. Cleghorn (Eds.), Issues in African Education: Sociological Perspectives (pp. 65-83). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Shizha, E. & Abdi, E. (2005). Democratizing education in Zambia: Sociohistorical analyses, in A. Abdi & A. Cleghorn (Eds.), Issues in African Education:Sociological Perspectives (pp. 241- 258). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Shizha, E. (1998). Policies and projects promoting girls education in Zimbabwe, in Policies, Programmes and Projects for Education and Development in 12 Countries of Southern African Development Community (SADC). Harare, Southern African Research and Documentation Centre.
Refereed Journal Articles
Shizha, E. (2008). Indigenous? What indigenous knowledge? Beliefs and attitudes of rural primary school teachers towards indigenous knowledge in the science curriculum in Zimbabwe. The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 36
Shizha, E. (2007). Critical analysis of problems encountered in incorporating indigenous knowledge in science teaching by primary school teachers in Zimbabwe. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 53(3), 302-319.
Shizha, E. (2006). Legitimizing indigenous knowledge in Zimbabwe: A theoretical analysis of postcolonial school knowledge and its colonial legacy. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 1(1), 20-35.
Abdi, A.A., Shizha, E. & Bwalya, I. (2006). Recasting postcolonial citizenship through civic education: Critical perspectives on Zambia. International Education, 35(2), 47-64.
Abdi, Ali. A., Ellis, L. & Shizha, E. (2005). Democratic development and the role of citizenship education in Sub-Saharan Africa with a case focus of Zambia. International Education Journal, 6 (4), 454-466.
Shizha, E. (2000). The Development of masculinity in primary school boys in Zimbabwe: Possibilities for Deconstruction, Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research, 12(1), 1-24.
Shizha, E. & Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, O. (1999). Through the Zimbabwean eyes: A review of Hans M. Zells Publishing in Africa Journal of African Religion and Philosophy: Now and in the Next Millennium 1990s-3000CE, 53-54.
Shizha, E. (1998). Cost recovery and its implications for student teachers in government teacher education colleges in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research, 10(2), 154-173.
I grew up in Zimbabwe where I did my undergraduate and master's degree at the University of Zimbabwe. I grew up with a passion for teaching, which was the career open to most indigenous Zimbabweans during the Rhodesian colonial period. There were very few options for indigenous people who wanted to pursue highly regarded professions. Teachers in rural schools, where most of us grew up, were our role models. As a result, I have been a teacher all my career life having taught at elementary, high school, teacher training and university levels. I came to Canada in 2001 and settled in chilly Edmonton where I did my PhD. I find Ontario, Brantford in particular warmer than Edmonton, and I am happy to have been offered and accepted the job at Wilfrid Laurier and hope to grow with the university and to contribute to its development.
Additional Information
Current Project
I am currently a co-researcher on a research project on the social support needs of first time Sudanese and Zimbabwean immigrant mothers in Edmonton, Alberta. I am also co-authoring a book on current educational problems and challenges in Zimbabwe during the economic meltdown that has halted soci-economic development in Zimbabwe. I am also co-editing a book on indigenous knowledge and learning in Asia and Africa.


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Collins: Harvey 'not going to pitch this year'
NEW YORK -- Matt Harvey and Terry Collins seem to be on the same page, for now.
The Mets' injured ace and manager chatted Thursday to go over the last couple of days, as well as the organization's recently re-emphasized desire for Harvey to tone down the pace and aggressiveness of his Tommy John rehabilitation.
"I'm not worried about Matt," Collins said. "He's going to be fine. I know he's going to be fine. He's going to get through the process. He's not going to pitch this year. I'm settled with that. He's settled with that."
The bottom line of Harvey and Collins' conversation Thursday was simple: Be careful. The Mets don't want what happened to Jeremy Hefner -- another Tommy John patient who recently experienced a serious setback that might require another surgery -- happen to Harvey, who is too important to the organization to miss another year.
Collins tried to make that clear to the right-hander.
"You've got to understand, it's the big picture," Collins told Harvey. "And the big picture is 2015. So back off."
Harvey threw a 27-pitch bullpen Wednesday and told ESPN Radio in New York that he easily reached the low-to-mid 90s. All physical signs have been positive so far, so Collins understands it's hard for someone as competitive as Harvey to hold back.
The Mets would like him to anyway. The differing views have led to some frustration for the Mets this week.
"Unless I'm standing next to him, I can't control it," Collins said. "It's impossible. This guy will hire somebody to go throw on the side. That's just how he is. I've said, 'You've got to be smart about this. And by the way, stop doing radio shows during the ballgame telling everybody you're throwing 95. That isn't going to help us up here.'
"I just told him, 'You've got to take the big picture of things and you've got to be careful what you're doing and what you're saying, because you have to be here next year.'"
Tim Healey is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Oregon State launches Beaver cheese
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The Oregon State Beavers have had a lot to brag about lately, especially their football team.
Now they have something else to talke about: their very own cheese. Beaver Classic launched this past September after years of development.
First sold at home football games, the cheese is now available for sale online for $10 a wedge.
"It's got that really nutty, very buttery, kind of subtle flavor and pretty much anywhere you use swiss, you could use Beaver Classic," said OSU dairy student Parker Cooper.
The cheese is handmade by Oregon State dairy students like Cooper, who are paid for their work just like at a regular business.
"We're really involved in all aspects from getting the milk to packaging it and selling it," said Cooper.
Instructor Lisbeth Goddick said students are involved in the entire process from start to finish.
"The real idea was to provide the best possible training and education for our students," said Goddick.
Even the name of the cheese and the packaging artwork was all selected by students.
"The idea is everything has to be student driven," said Goddick. "So we had a competition for all the students on campus and it ended up being three students who came up with the winning design."
It takes about six months for the cheese to fully develop and be packaged like this. And students say it truly is a labor of love.
"We develop quite a relationship with the cheeses after washing them three times a week," said student Ally Cooper.
And she said even though some days are long, it's worth it.
"It's also really fun to sell it at the games and see all the customers get really excited about it."


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CVS, Rite Aid See Flu Shot Shortages Amid Demand Surge
CVS Caremark Corp. (CVS) and Rite Aid Corp. (RAD), two of the largest U.S. drugstore chains, said they are running short of influenza vaccines as an earlier and more severe flu season drives up demand from Michigan to New Jersey.
Requests for the shots at CVS are unprecedented for this time of year and the company is working to resupply its pharmacies and clinics, said Mike DeAngelis, a spokesman for the Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based chain, in an e-mail. Rite Aid is moving supply from location to location, said Ashley Flower, a spokeswoman for the Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based company.
This year's flu season started earlier than in past years with 47 states now experiencing widespread flu, and New York state and Boston declaring health emergencies. That has sent more people than usual to pharmacies and doctors' offices in search of the vaccine. While the Food and Drug Administration confirmed reports of spot shortages of vaccines, government officials said there isn't a widespread lack of supply.
"If you seek it out, you should be able to find it," Curtis Allen, a spokesman for the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said yesterday in a telephone interview. "There has been a lot of attention to the severity of the season and therefore people are seeking out the vaccine."
GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK), which makes a flu vaccine for the U.S. market, said that while some places might have low supply, it wasn't aware of any national shortage.
"It appears there's enough flu vaccine out there, it's just a matter of where it is," Rob Perry, a spokesman for the drugmaker, said yesterday in a telephone interview. The London- based company said it's shipping the last of its stock from its Marietta, Pennsylvania, facility.
300,000 Doses
AstraZeneca Plc (AZN)'s MedImmune unit said it filled all current orders from customers and has a backup supply at the ready. The Gaithersburg, Maryland-based unit makes FluMist, a vaccine administered through nasal inhalation. It sold $161 million of the product in 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
"We currently have more than 300,000 extra doses that could be shipped," Tor Constantino, a MedImmune spokesman, said in a telephone interview. The company hasn't received requests for its additional supply, he said.
In addition, MedImmune has 250,000 flu vaccine doses on hold for the U.S. Defense Department and the children's health program within Medicaid, the joint federal-state health plan for the poor. Those doses could be sold as well if the government doesn't need them, Constantino said.
Glaxo's Perry said his company doesn't have additional supplies to distribute and hasn't been contacted about producing more.
Vaccine makers produced 135 million doses of the immunization this year and had distributed 128.1 million as of Jan. 4, the CDC reported last week. At least 112 million people, 35 percent to 40 percent of those eligible, have gotten a flu shot this season, Michael Jhung, a CDC medical officer in the influenza division said last week.
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I am trying to id a string of Christmas Tree lights in the shape of picture books that I purchased new about 30 years ago at Brandeis in Lincoln, NE. I believe they are Italian but not positive. They are gorgeous and I have seen nothing anywhere like them and would love to have more of them. It is a string of books - picture attached. I have been trying to identify the originating manufacturer and country for many years - I thought they might be Silvestri from Italy but haven't been able to match.


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Lorenzo Herrera, a senior from San Diego, came to CU-Boulder with a definite objective and has not wavered from that purpose. Reflecting his intention to develop his leadership skills and to work on social action projects that help empower others, he designed his own personalized academic experience.
"I want to go out with a bang my senior year," declared Herrera, who is majoring in operations and information management.
When he was an incoming freshman, Herrera participated in the Business Leadership Program held each summer through the Leeds School of Business at CU-Boulder. The program provides top high school seniors and incoming CU-Boulder freshmen from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to compete in a marketing campaign and a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship to the business school. Since then Herrera has served as program counselor and this past summer he coordinated the entire program.
"Getting involved on campus is a great way to jump start your college career," said Herrera. "You get to interact with professors and business professionals and meet other students with similar interests."
Concerned about victims of wage theft in the community, Herrera helped establish the Boulder County Labor Justice Committee, a grassroots volunteer organization that helps individuals—many of whom are migrant workers—reclaim unpaid wages.
Last year he had an internship with a Denver startup company that makes mobile phone payment applications.
Herrera is currently serving as representative-at-large and treasurer of the University of Colorado Student Government.
One of Herrera's goals for his senior year is to help develop a summer leadership program for promising Chicano and Latino high school students that will focus on social issues in the community. Working with CU-Boulder administration, faculty and community members, they plan to launch the program next summer. A unique feature of the program is an interactive theatre performance to showcase what participants have learned.
As he refines his career goals, Herrera draws on the many resources available on campus, such as Student Outreach and Retention Center for Equity, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, and the Office of Diversity Affairs at the Leeds School of Business.
"The Office of Diversity Affairs has definitely had the most impact on my college career," said Herrera, "by providing me with a scholarship, peer mentors, and the opportunity to build relationships with many students I can relate to at the school of business."


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Nanda has it all—youth, money, good looks and a kittenish wife who fulfils his sexual and emotional needs. He also has the Buddha, a dispassionate man of immense insight and self-containment, for an older brother. When Nanda is made a reluctant recruit to the Buddha's order of monks, he is forced to confront his all-too-human enslavement to his erotic and romantic desires. Dating from the second century CE, Handsome Nanda portrays its hero's spiritual makeover with compassion, psychological profundity and great poetic skill.
Today I comprehend that men who leave behind their weeping sweethearts to practise asceticism—and those who have done so in the past, and those who will do so in the future—they are doing something very difficult indeed, and so it was in the past and will be in the future. There is no bond in the world, whether of wood, fibre or iron, as solid as this bond—teasing words and a face with fluttering eyes!
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What a difference a year can make in the world of Mother Nature.
In December 2011, Lake Lagunitas on the Mount Tamalpais watershed received one-quarter inch of rain.
This December, the Marin Municipal Water District recorded 16.74 inches, easily topping the 9.67-inch average for the month.
"We ended up way over the average," said Libby Pischel, water district spokeswoman.
While the rain was plentiful, the total did not come near the record for the month, set in 1955 when 34.53 inches fell.
But December's rains were significant enough to cause all seven of the district's reservoirs — Lake Lagunitas, Phoenix Lake, Nicasio, Bon Tempe, Alpine, Soulajule and Kent Lake — to spill by Dec. 28.
As of Monday, the reservoirs were at their 78,566 acre-foot capacity — 100 percent full. There are 325,851 gallons in an acre-foot. The average storage for this date is 73.5 percent or 58,501 acre-feet, meaning supplies stand at 136 percent of average. Those supplies are piped to about 190,000 residents from Sausalito to San Rafael.
Since July 1, the district has recorded 33.30 inches of rain at Lake Lagunitas. The average for this time of year is 18.85 inches.
The North Marin Water District — which has 60,000 customers in Novato and West Marin — reports its Stafford Lake reservoir is at 97 percent of capacity. It has recorded 16.41 inches of rain since July 1.
The rain totals will likely stay steady in the coming days. Aside from a slight chance of rain Thursday, the National Weather Service is predicting a sunny New Year's Day and beyond.
"It looks dry through early next week," said Will Pi, meteorologist with the weather service.
Temperatures will be cold Tuesday night, dipping below freezing in some valley areas. But temperatures should warm by Thursday, with daytime highs in the 60s.
"We will start getting winds out of the west, instead of north from Alaska," Pi said.
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Now that you've signed up for Train with Grain, you're probably ready to get started training or *hopefully* enhance your current training regimen. Your kit will arrive soon, if it hasn't already, and we'd like to draw your attention to one item in particular- Barney Butter.
The good folks over at Barney Butter were generous in donating a sample of Barney Butter for all of our triathletes and we can't thank them enough. I've tried a lot of different almond butters, but I am seriously in love with Barney Butter. Not only is it creamy and smooth like peanut butter, it's not gritty or too runny like some brands on the market. PLUS, I love love love the little squeeze packets that you can buy. I know it might seem silly to haul around packets of almond butter, but when I'm on the go and need a quick snack- I'd prefer to pull out a little almond butter than stop and try to find something edible on a fast food menu. They're also great for a pre-workout protein boost or a post-workout recovery snack.
We hope you enjoy your sample! If you can't find them locally, they have a great website and provided coupons for your first order in the kit (though if that's missing, let us know, they are small and I know some kits mistakenly did not get them). Might we suggest you also "like" them on Facebook? They are always posting good deals and great recipes.
BONUS FACTS: Barney Butter is a small company with values that we can get behind. Their facility is peanut-free and their product is gluten-free. Their slogan? Spread the Love! What more do you need?


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some people have been asking me "why?"
why not? i love the simple aesthetic of a properly carved ivory coast shell with the bottom ledge and 3 rings on the bottom. plus, the opportunity presented itself.
if the guinea carvers can pull it off with a nice dense piece of lenke in 14.5" outer diameter range, it'll be a keeper.
if not, it'll be for sale!!!
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Hendrick Medical Center was recently awarded the prestigious Pathway to Excellence® designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). For an organization to earn the Pathway to Excellence distinction, it must successfully undergo a thorough review process that documents foundational quality initiatives in creating a positive work environment.
"I am very pleased that we have once again been designated as a Pathway to Excellence organization," said Susie Cassle, assistant vice president at Hendrick Medical Center. "Frontline nurses are the foundation for outstanding patient care and exemplify the Hendrick mission."
The Pathway to Excellence designation is granted based on the confirmed presence of characteristics known as "The Pathway to Excellence Criteria." These initiatives must be present in the facility's practices, policies and culture. Nurses in the organization verify the presence of the criteria in the organization through participation in a completely confidential online survey.
"This recognition is not achieved through documentation alone," said Cassle. "It was confirmed by survey results from our frontline nurses validating the work environment based on their opinion."
As a Pathway to Excellence designated organization, Hendrick Medical Center is committed to nurses, to what nurses identify as important to their practice, and to valuing nurses' contributions in the workplace. This designation confirms to the community that nurses working at Hendrick know their efforts are supported.
Hendrick first received the distinction in 2007. Institutions are eligible to receive designation every three years.


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Rays trade catcher Vogt to Oakland
ST. PETERSBURG -- Tampa Bay traded catcher Stephen Vogt to Oakland for a player to be named later or cash.
Vogt, 28, has been optioned to Triple-A Sacramento. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, the A's designated right-handed pitcher Dan Otero for assignment.
Vogt saw his first Major League action over three stints with the Rays in 2012 and made the Opening Day roster. He appeared in 18 games, including four starts, and went 0-for-25. He has a .299 career Minor League average.
Bill Chastain 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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If the govt shuts down after midnight Friday, I have heard that the USPS will stop running as it is non-essential.
How would that effect netflix? I know must people use instant watch, but what about any DVD's we have out / ones we want to return
Would netflix simply work out a deal with another carrier like UPS or FedEx? Or would they just suspend mail delivery until something gets worked out.


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"Welcome to Morey's FEARS! Felix here, the boardwalk barker, and if you're looking for Morey's signature smiles…you're barking mad!"
Christmas is over, now it's time to get serious about Halloween… If you are tall, lanky, like to scare the crap out of people and want to be the star of Morey's FEARS, I might be looking for you. This is a seasonal Halloween position that includes but is not limited to some training in September and weekends in October. Contact me at email@example.com.
A little about the reality of being a mascot: Being a mascot was voted #4 on Cracked.com's "Silly Sounding Jobs That Are Way Harder Than You Think." While the job is fun, it's tiring and you have to keep your energy up at all times. There's a good chance you will be hot or cold and uncomfortable. You can't be shy even when there are scary teenagers surrounding you. As much as the guests are told not to touch or grab you, they will. Make up takes at least an hour for Felix. Red contacts are required.
Even with that reality there's nothing more fun then making people scream and runaway from you…trust me. I know.
Be part of the horror at the Shore like never before!
(And if you aren't into the scariness of Morey's FEARS but like the idea of being a mascot…there are always Sunny & Curley positions open all summer long.)
See you at Morey's FEARS,


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