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Helsingborg, Sweden IKEA said it would no longer offer plastic bags or paper bags in its U.S. stores, effective Oct. 1, 2008.
Last March, IKEA launched an initiative to charge customers 5? for each disposable plastic bag requested at checkout. About 92% of IKEA customers have since avoided plastic bags.
The program's success has inspired the company to stop offering plastic bags to customers.
Starting in October, customers can put purchases in bags brought from home or in one of the store's own reusable blue shopping bags, which sell for 59?.
IKEA U.K. has also had success with its bag-less program, having gone plastic-bag free in June 2007, while IKEA Australia stopped sales of all their plastic bags December 2007.


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How a straight guy decided the gay community deserves a Super Bowl party to rival the biggest mainstream events
ARNOLD WAYNE JONES | Life+Style Editor
Jason Hutchins has attended the last eight Super Bowls with his limo business, so he's had the opportunity to see a lot of successes — and failures — in how events centered around the big game are staged. So when he decided to put on a weekend of parties, he had some very specific ideas about how to do it right.
But one thing he hadn't seen enough of was huge parties targeting the gay community.
"There wasn't one, and I thought there needed to be," he says. "I felt it would be a good way to get the [gay] community involved in the Super Bowl without it being centered on the clubs. Or all about sports."
Maybe most straight guys wouldn't expect to see a gay sports-centered event, but Hutchins isn't most straight guys. He was sure that there are plenty of gay sports fans … and plenty more who would simply get caught up in the excitement of having the Super Bowl in their hometown and wanna party during Super Week.
Certainly Steve Kemble numbers himself among them. You might not expect Dallas' most flamboyant style maven to be a beer guzzling gridiron junkie. But you'd be wrong (well, OK, he probably sips more cosmotinis, but you get the idea).
"I come from a family of seven football coaches … then me!" he says with characteristic enthusiasm. "I told my dad, 'OK, I'm older now, you can tell me the truth: I'm adopted.' He said, 'No, you're one of us.' But I do love sports, so I guess that proves it."
It's also what made Kemble, the self-described "Hostess with the Mostest," a natural choice to emcee the event, manning the red carpet and introducing all the acts. And Kemble agrees that gay sports fans are an underserved market. After all, you can love touchdowns and upswept hair in equal parts.
"There are a lot of gay people who love sports, don't you think?" Kemble asks. "I probably go on ESPN once or twice a month now, and after the first time, this producer came up to me and said, 'That was a fabulous segment, but quit trying to butch it up. We want you gay — you play to that demographic. We have a lot of gay men and women who watch."
(Try to get the image of Kemble "butching it up" out of your head.)
Coordinating the concerts has been a staggering undertaking — one Hutchins has built up to over his years in the entertainment field.
"I started with small parties — 75 to 200 people, growing to 500 to 1,000," he says. But the weekend of the Super Bowl, he's throwing three parties, all on the field of the Cotton Bowl, and he expects 5,000 to 7,000 attendees for each of them. And only one is targeted to a niche community (which probably has the best line-up of any of the parties).
Hutchins has been thinking of the event ever since the Metroplex was announced as home of Super Bowl XLV, and has been devoted to it 24/7 since last March. He mirrored the event after the after-party at the Phoenix Super Bowl, which he deemed to best he'd attended. The field of the Cotton Bowl is being covered by a floor and covered in a climate controlled tent.
"The best parties are all tent parties," he says. And while he always wants live music, he says DJs are essential to keeping the attendees dancing.
Hutchins researched a lineup that would appeal to a wide spectrum of gay fans, as well as straight people who like to party with us. That necessarily included Hector Fonseca, the No. 1 gay DJ internationally last year, and Cazwell, whose infectious "Ice Cream" song became a sensation last summer. T.a.T.u. singer Lena Katina has also proven to be a popular choice. Then there are the more established groups.
"I'm so excited about seeing the Village People!" exclaims Kemble. "Didn't you have a fantasy about one of them? I love them all. And I love love love Lady Bunny! She is just amazing. I use her for parties all over the country."
You can even vote to put Kemble in a Village People costume.
Hutchins and Kemble both think, though, that the Thursday concert will attract people outside the gay community.
"I think we're gonna attract a huge demographic that draws everyone together," says Kemble. "That's one of the things that's so cool about Dallas — I think this event is gonna be great. Fair Park is gonna be abuzz — P. Diddy is having his party there, too, which makes it a hotbed of activity."
The all-inclusive Feb. 3 party runs from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m.; a portion of ticket sales and proceeds from the silent auction above the minimum bid benefit DIFFA. For tickets, visit XLVParty.com.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition Jan. 21, 2011.


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Last year we reviewed Seagate's FreeAgent Theater+ Media Player and generally liked what we saw, particularly the device's ability to play back most file formats. For 2010, Seagate has put out an updated version of that product that offers very similar features but has a more compact design and a built-in slot for the company's GoFlex external USB hard drives, which conveniently work with both Windows and Mac computers.
A USB media player allows you to view on your TV multimedia files that are stored on your computer, without much fuss. Of course, game consoles such as the PS3 and Xbox 360 offer similar functionality as part of their extensive repertoire (as do some Blu-ray players), but products like Seagate's FreeAgent GoFlex TV HD are targeting a more price-conscious consumer who doesn't want--or need--to deal with a full-fledged console.
Like the FreeAgent Theater+, this model offers a component video connection, HDMI with 1080p output (for easier hookup to an HDTV and higher maximum resolution), an Ethernet connection (for streaming digital media files over a network), and excellent file support (it reads a lot of files). Currently, this model comes in only a bare-bones "bring your own drive" version. The built-in slot will accommodate Seagate's standard GoFlex drives (320GB and 500GB), but models with capacities of 750GB and 1TB are physically larger, so you'll need to plug them (and non-Seagate drives) into the USB port.
Design and setup
Capacities aside, that integrated slot is actually one of the strong points of the Seagate media player, which now has a smaller footprint and isn't much bigger than a cable or DSL modem. The idea is that you connect your FreeAgent GoFlex drive to your computer, drag various image, music, and video files onto it, then slide it into the slot on the GoFlex TV HD, which remains connected to your TV (the drive does stick out a little from the front of the bay). Alternatively, Seagate includes some software that puts an easy-to-use interface on the transfer and file organization process that makes things easier for less tech-savvy folks.
As with all these types of USB media players, you can connect other storage devices, whether they be hard-drive-based or flash-memory-based (a thumbdrive) via a separate USB port (two USB ports are available--one on the back of the device and one on the side). In other words, virtually any USB storage will work, not just Seagate GoFlex drives, though you lose the ability to hide your drive if you don't go with the GoFlex brand (at 500GB and smaller, anyway). The FreeAgent GoFlex TV lets you connect your digital camera to that same USB port and view photos--and videos--straight off the camera. It's also worth noting that this model plays back video from Flip Video pocket camcorders.
Whatever content is on the attached USB drives or devices will show up in an onscreen menu system or graphical user interface that we found fairly easy to use, though it lacks the slick design we've come to expect from Apple or Microsoft media player devices. If there's a small knock against all these types of players, it's that it takes a little while for the unit to initially recognize and load all the media files. It's not a huge delay, but you're not looking at the same kind of zippiness you've probably come to expect from connecting a drive to your PC or laptop and having the files show up in a few seconds (so long as everything is connected via USB 2.0).
You have a couple of options for connecting the FreeAgent GoFlex TV to your TV. For the best quality--and to view HD-resolution video of 720p, 1080i, or 1080p--you need to go with component video (a breakout cable is included) or HDMI connection. If you've got an older, non-HD set, you can opt for a composite video connection (cable also included).
For digital audio, you'll want to stick with HDMI or use the optical digital output. Both let you run Dolby Digital surround sound (if it's available as part of your video file) from the black box to an AV receiver, home theater in a box, or TV. A small remote control is included that gives you DVD-like playback options for your videos with increments of 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, and 32x for forward/reverse and a slow-motion option.
Media playback and compatibility
Like the FreeAgent Theater HD+, this model supports playback of a wide variety of file formats. We loaded a variety of files--video, JPEG and PNG still images, and MP3 and WMA music--onto a 500GB FreeAgent GoFlex drive and a separate 8GB thumbdrive. The system had no problem identifying the files we had on both drives, and--except for one video file that had no sound--everything played back smoothly. That included at least four files that generally cause problems for most devices. Furthermore, video files in a variety of resolutions (including full 1080p) worked perfectly.
There's support for H.264 and AVC, which have become increasingly popular, as well as AAC audio, which is what you'll get from any iTunes purchase. (Note that current, DRM-free iTunes audio will play fine, but older, FairPlay-encoded iTunes files would first have to be upgraded to the newer, open format.) The previous model did a good job with images and the GoFlex TV also acquits itself well. It accesses even large files quickly and it has a nice selection of slideshow transitions (you can also play music in the background by putting MP3 files in the same folder as your slideshow images).
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Santa Fean Jeffrey Hockersmith spent three years waiting for a liver transplant, and gradually came to accept that he was going to die.
"Your organs start to fail—your liver first; your kidneys will go, heart, lungs," Hockersmith says. "At the end of that process, I wasn't comatose, but I sure wasn't doing anything. It was just so hard to even get up out of bed."
On Feb. 1, 2004, Hockersmith's intuition—and abysmal blood test scores—lead him to believe it was his last day on the planet. But that night, he received the long-awaited call. By the next day, while Hockersmith was being prepped for transplant surgery at a hospital in Omaha, Neb., his new liver, nestled in a picnic cooler, was being driven 180 miles from Kansas City, Mo., in the midst of a snow storm. Lying on the operating table, Hockersmith felt himself leave his body and observe the scene from the ceiling—altered states of consciousness caused by a buildup of toxins in the blood are a symptom of end-stage liver disease.
"I was looking down at this whole wasted husk of a body, and they said, 'Should we pronounce him?'" Hockersmith says.
Hepatitis C was Hockersmith's old liver's undoing. He believes he contracted the disease from either a bad blood transfusion or an unsanitary dentist. Although Hockersmith was symptom-free at the time of diagnosis, he says that his health deteriorated precipitously without warning.
"You can go along perfectly well—no symptoms, no limitations—and, all of a sudden, you're sick and you get sicker; my metaphor is a bowling ball rolling off a table," Hockersmith says. "Lost mental acuity—certainly, that's maybe the saddest thing; it does happen quite quickly…The physical symptoms are tolerable, but when you add them all together, it's quite difficult, and it really accelerates; that curve just takes off."
Hepatitis C virus is commonly mistaken as strictly a heroin junkies' malady that need not concern law-abiding citizens. The virus has never incited the public outcry caused by HIV, nor the sweeping changes in federal public-health policies that averted a potential HIV epidemic back in the early 1990s. But while incidence of HIV in New Mexico has never been high, the state leads the nation in deaths from chronic liver disease due to the deadly combination of HCV and alcoholism. Furthermore, the rate of HCV infection in the state's prisons is the highest reported by any state.
Now, a new antiviral treatment, which is expected to become available next month, has the potential to change the HCV landscape in New Mexico—but not without a dramatic shift in public attitudes and in treatment protocols in the HCV incubation tank known as the state prison system.
"I wish we could get [more advocacy and funding] going for hepatitis C," Dr. Sanjeev Arora, director of University of New Mexico's HCV treatment program, says. "It's needed; otherwise, huge numbers of deaths will occur."


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|Defeat Samoa Joe with Kurt Angle.
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Parked in their usual window seat at Uncle Vito's, just below the crest of Nob Hill, Marion and Vivian Brown chat up an adoring tourist from Phoenix and a businessman from New York City.
Photo: Mike Kepka
Scotty Grabell, aka Scotty Blue Bunny the freelance rabbit.
Photo: Mike Kepka
Dressed in a sasquatch suit, Leslie Hensley lurks about on the branches of a sprawling tree in the middle of Golden Gate Park.
Photo: Mike Kepka
Renée de la Prade plays a rare button accordion for tourists and commuters in front of the Ferry Building.
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The day after the real Britney Spears was scheduled to grace the Castro, Curtis Huber came to claim her lifeless wax body from the window front of an AIDS benefit shop called "Under One Roof."
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After running a zigzag course through the docks on Fisherman's Wharf and up and down the hills near Lombard Street, Norman Wheatley proudly lifts a cup of Full Sail with 90 of his closest buddies.
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Harry Denton lives only two or three blocks up the hill from his infamous Starlight room in the Sir Francis Drake Hotel.
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His name is Al. He goes to the Brainwash Cafe nearly every night for the free entertainment. But Albert Blais doesn't just watch -- he aims to become part of the experience.
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Casey Castille, dressed in an outfit she threw together with scraps of leather just before the show, loosened up her limbs on the dance floor during "The Caveman" theme night at the Hubba Hubba Revue.
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International Red, 59, who has spent the past 15 years honing his sales techniques on the streets of San Francisco, makes his rounds in the downtown area with a set of new watches.
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John Trujillo's broom stands still in front of Farley's Coffee, where he used to sweep every day for years until he passed away.
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Donald "Focuz" Harris sits in the back seat of the 1997 Geo he had been using as a base of operations since the fall of 2010.
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Anthony Caldwell and Anna, the 6-year-old green iguana he found on Craigslist, attract attention on their way to work at Maitri-Compassionate Care, a residential care facility for people living with AIDS.
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Once victory seems certain, Coral Flame throws her arms up after a wrestling match at "Go Deep," an all-women lube wrestling night sponsored by Dottie Lux's Red Hots on the first Thursday of the month at El Rio.
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Framed by his empty television set, Janor Hypercleets, aka Mr. TV, adjusts his tie, ready for prime time. The stage has been set. Hipsters on Valencia Street are the audience. Hypercleets is the producer, writer, actor and ticket seller for his own television show. He uses props, puppets and comedy to tell truths about society he claims only "The Fool" could be capable of.
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"I think we are all weird in our own way." —Mike Kepka
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Mike Kepka's photos have soul. From Scotty Grabell, a freelance bunny, to Renée de la Prade, a dancing, singing accordion player, the people he's chosen to profile in his weekly column "The City Exposed" at the San Francisco Chronicle give an honest and loving portrayal of the city.
"San Francisco is almost like the emerald city with all this mystique," says Kepka, who has been at the paper since 1999. "Around every corner there is a weirdo who's ripe for this kind of storytelling."
For Kepka, "weirdo" is an endearing term. Because, in a way, he's one himself.
"He's just as eccentric as any of the characters that he reports on," says Judy Walgren, the director of photography at the Chronicle.
Whether it's wearing ass-tight pink jeans and rabbit ears for his rock band's shows or his enthusiastic dancing, Kepka's not afraid to let it all hang out and insert himself into any number of crazy situations. He fits right in with his subjects on the street. He finds a way to humanize his subjects while exploring their unique styles. (Full disclosure, Kepka is a close friend of Wired's online director of photography, Jim Merithew)
"I always want to go beyond their surface weirdness and find out what makes them tick," he says.
Kepka has created a rich archive that delves into the city like no one has since the days of Herb Caen. While Kepka is adamant about not putting himself in the same category as the legendary columnist, it's difficult not to make the comparison.
"Mike loves people and he has the gift of gab," says Walgren. "People like to tell him more than they need to be telling him. Herb Caen probably had the same gift."
Not all of Kepka's stories are about strange characters. Often his subjects are just normal folks with normal lives. His talent lies in discovering the kernel that makes his subjects interesting and fits them into his larger narrative.
"Each little story is another piece of the clue to figuring out what San Francisco is," he says.
When he first developed the column, Kepka says he wanted to use it to create his own personal voice and niche at the paper. Too often, he says, newspaper photographers are looked at as hired help or the "service bureau" and aren't trusted as their own journalists.
"Most of the time you get assignments and are told what to do," he says. "But I was really looking for a little ownership."
He spent eight months developing a prototype before he launched "The City Exposed" and for a while it flew under the radar. He was allowed to pursue the project, but it was never a central feature of the paper.
That all changed when Walgren was hired. She immediately saw the potential of "Exposed" and pushed Kepka to expand. The column today still runs a photo and a short story in the Bay Area section of the Sunday paper, but online it has grown from four photos to a gallery of 10 to 15 images plus the story and a video that Kepka shoots and edits.
To his own surprise, Kepka says, the video is actually what he enjoys most. It adds a new layer to his storytelling and moves the audience one step closer into the hearts and minds of his subjects.
He's embraced video so completely that Walgren has taken him out of the daily rotation of photographers and made him the paper's unofficial multimedia guru, allowing him to pursue both short- and long-term projects.
She reserves him for larger multimedia stories like the baseball playoffs and the 40th anniversary of Chez Panisse, and has also asked him to shoot a longer-form documentary about the well-known Gold Dust Lounge, which is currently fighting an eviction notice.
"Kepka just drank [multimedia] like a fine bourbon," Walgren says. "I'm always trying to push people past their level of comfort and Mike seems to take punishment in stride whereas other people are definitely screaming."
Since becoming a blog, "The City Exposed" now features tidbits Kepka comes across as he's reporting, whether it's an iPhone photo from the field or a re-post from the archive. The concept and reach of the column continues to expand as he gains more and more traction with readers. Before the switch, the column used to get a few thousands hits each week online. In contrast, Kepka's most recent post racked up nearly 218,000 hits.
"I still get excited every day about meeting new people," he says. "And that's what makes me keep wanting to do the project."


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It's 1950, and it's a make or break weekend for Tyrone Purvis, the proprietor of the Honeydripper Lounge. Deep in debt, Tyrone is desperate to bring back the crowds that used to come to his place. He decides to lay off his long-time blues singer Bertha Mae and announces that he's hired a famous guitar player, Guitar Sam, for a one night only gig in order to save the club. Into town drifts Sonny Blake, a young man with nothing to his name but big dreams and the guitar case in his hand. Rejected by Tyrone when he applies to play at the Honeydripper, he is intercepted by the corrupt local Sheriff, arrested for vagrancy and rented out as an unpaid cotton picker to the highest bidder. But when Tyrone's ace-in-the-hole fails to materialize at the train station, his desperation leads him back to Sonny and the strange, wire-dangling object in his guitar case. The Honeydripper lounge is all set to play its part in rock 'n' roll history.
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Even in this electronic age of Twitter, Facebook, email and websites, my desk is still filled with white paper.
I think it's a disease in my business, but I still get regular mail.
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It was the 2000-01 Chico Business Outreach Program survey results.
Representatives of the Chico Chamber of Commerce and the city contacted 58 local businesses to get their thoughts about Chico.
First, let me reference last month's Chico Chamber summit. The top priority supported by 53 of the group's 60 individuals present was public safety.
I'm interpreting that to mean that public safety is a concern, and businesses were saying more needs to be done.
The 2000-01 survey was crafted a little differently, but public safety was still a big part of the discussion then as well.
Public safety was couched under the "public health and safety" question.
With "1" being "excellent," respondents gave fire protection in Chico "1.5," and police protection "1.8."
A different world, indeed. More than half of the businesses were experiencing increases in revenues, too, they admitted to survey takers.
Continuing along the priorities the chamber found in 2000-01, local businesses had issues with recruiting qualified employees, saying "required skills" and "ethics" were issues.
This year's summit also included concerns about business access to capital, which didn't seem to be a problem in 2000.
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We've heard that before — about a month ago, wasn't it?
Respondents in 2000 talked about experience with city departments; almost 30 percent had a good exchange, and nearly 26 percent didn't.
Air transportation was another issue, and back in 2000 three-quarters of the respondents flew out of Sacramento.
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A campaign to push a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license in Colorado is underway, and it could get introduced in the state legislature in less than 30 days.
Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, D-Commerce City, is considering sponsoring the bill known as Initiative 52 and has already begun reaching out to other states that have passed similar measures to learn what is working well and what is not.
"What I have heard resoundingly clear is that there is no harm in this legislation, only benefits, from a law enforcement perspective," Ulibarri said. "As a matter of public safety it's important for police to be able to identify suspects, victims and the public quickly. The system we have now doesn't facilitate that."
Colorado is one of a handful of states that may consider this year a change to stop requiring citizenship documents to obtain a driver's license. Other states that have introduced bills this year are California and Indiana.
Currently, Washington, New Mexico and Illinois allow undocumented immigrants to apply for a driver's license.
Some states including North Carolina and Connecticut, have announced they will soon start offering licenses to young undocumented immigrants who have already been granted deferred action status. But Colorado is not one of those states, said Ro Silva, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Revenue.
Colorado barred undocumented immigrants from obtaining a driver's license in 1999.
If introduced and then passed, the new law would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license by presenting a copy of state tax returns, a federal tax identification number and proof of identity from their country of residence. In addition, they would have to pass their driving tests and pay a fee as everybody else.
Those are already more requirements than other states have required for undocumented immigrants getting licenses.
"We're having a different conversation that focuses on doing the right things and doing them well," Ulibarri said. "We're making sure people are paying their taxes and identifying themselves correctly to law enforcement. We're trying to encourage people to do everything right."
In order to make Initiative 52 effective, the bill needs to go through a series of committees before it makes it to the Colorado Senate, where it would need a majority of the 35 votes. Then, it would require another majority of 65 votes in the House of Representatives.
Ignacio Ramirez, a volunteer with the Driver's Licenses for All committee, said that the impact of the Hispanic vote in the past presidential elections was a boost for pushing the new proposition now.
Ramirez also emphasized the economic benefit for the state, should the legislature change its anti-immigrant attitude towards undocumented drivers steering the wheel across Colorado roads.
Based on Hispanic Pew Center estimates of undocumented immigrants in Colorado, organizers say there are about 150,000 undocumented immigrants in Colorado that would qualify to apply for a driver's license.
At a fee of $50, which may be negotiable in legislative discussions, the state could bring in an extra $7.5 million into the economy, Ramirez said.
And that is just with fees for purchasing the license. More revenues would come in the form of car registrations, license plates, car sales and everything that comes with owning a car.
Ramirez said he believes the economy would also receive a boost with the change since undocumented immigrants would feel more comfortable driving into the mountains and contributing to the tourism in Colorado.
Both Ulibarri and Ramirez said they have started to see public support from people who identify with different political parties.
"If the federal level is any indication, we will see more bipartisan support," Ulibarri said.
Ramirez said they have support from immigrant rights groups, the Archdiocese of Denver, 60 other Christian and evangelical churches and from around 300 business owners.
Immigrant advocates have also heard support from police chiefs in the metro area, but are planning to sit down with associations soon to see if they can earn public support from the law enforcement community.
Public safety benefits could improve by ensuring that more people who are driving have passed a driver's test and actually know the rules of the road, Ramirez said.
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Welcome to the first 2013 edition of Sporting News' weekly Field of 68 projection. As in years past, this is a projection of what the NCAA Tournament selection committee would do based on what's happened so far this season.
Bubble watch
As colleague Mike DeCourcy pointed out after Kentucky lost at home to Texas A&M on Saturday—who would have predicted that in the preseason?—the Wildcats are in serious trouble despite loads of NBA talent. Their NCAA Tournament resume is pretty bleak right now. They played a very solid non-conference schedule (games against Duke, Louisville, Maryland, Notre Dame and Baylor), but only managed to beat Maryland. Look at it this way: According to the RPI numbers, Kentucky has the 64th-ranked non-conference SOS, and has just one win against a top 150 opponent; Quinnipiac, which is just 5-10 this season, has the 66th-ranked NCSOS and two top-150 wins. Obviously, there are other factors at play, but that's not a good comparison for the defending national champions. Kentucky, which was one of the last teams in the field this week, has plenty of work ahead to feel secure about a tournament bid.
The Linemakers: Scoring way down in college hoops this season
Toughest to seed: Miami (Fla.)
The Hurricanes have been hard to read this season because they've rarely been at full strength. They entered the season with rising expectations, but lost to Florida Gulf Coast without point guard Durand Scott in their second game of the year. Then, in the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii, they were crushed by Arizona—no shame in that—and lost in overtime to a good-not-great Indiana State squad. They didn't have big man Reggie Johnson (broken left thumb) for either of those games, and he's still out of the lineup. Which is why their 3-0 start to the ACC is so surprising—wins at North Carolina and Georgia Tech and a home win Sunday against Maryland. They're ranked fifth in the RPI and 19th in the kenpom.com ratings. In one of the rare games when they were at full strength, they beat Michigan State. Miami hosts Duke on Jan. 23; win that one and a seed in the 3-4 range is very possible.
Easiest to seed: Louisville
The only question was whether the Cardinals would be the first or second overall seed (it came down to Duke or Louisville). Louisville's only loss was to the Blue Devils in the Battle 4 Atlantis, when big man Gorgui Dieng was out with a wrist injury. The Cardinals don't have the same resume depth as Duke (see Injury issues below), but they were an absolute lock for a spot on the No. 1 seed line this week.
One-bid league spotlight
The injury to Lehigh's C.J. McCollum (broken foot) robbed us all of a fantastic race for the top seed in the Patriot League between his Mountain Hawks and Mike Muscala's Bucknell squad. Both teams are very capable of winning a couple of NCAA Tournament games this season—there's a chance McCollum could return in March—but both narrowly missed opportunities to claim non-conference wins that would have put them in the at-large conversation. Bucknell lost by two points at Missouri and Lehigh lost by four at VCU.
Injury issues
There is little question Duke owns the best tournament resume. Their list of conquests reads like a Top 25 poll; the Blue Devils own victories over Louisville, Minnesota, Ohio State, VCU, Kentucky and Temple, not to mention wins against solid mid-majors Santa Clara and Davidson. But senior big man Ryan Kelly is out with a foot injury, and on Monday's teleconference with reporters, coach Mike Krzyzewski termed it a "long-term" injury. If he's done for the year, the Blue Devils are a different team than the one that racked up those victories earlier this season. His versatility on both ends of the court—he's 6-11 but plays more like a small forward—was glaringly absent against N.C. State on Saturday. It's not a coincidence that Duke's first loss of the year happened while Kelly was on the sidelines with crutches.
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Note: Automatic bids, listed in parenthesis, are given to the team with the best conference record (through Sunday's games), with overall record used to break ties.
1. Louisville, Duke, Indiana (Big Ten), Kansas (Big 12)
2. Michigan, Arizona, Syracuse (Big East), Florida
3. Minnesota, Gonzaga, N.C. State (ACC), Michigan State
4. Ohio State, Missouri, San Diego State, Creighton (Missouri Valley)
5. Illinois, Butler (Atlantic 10), New Mexico (Mountain West), Miami (Fla.)
6. Notre Dame, UNLV, VCU, Cincinnati
7. UCLA (Pac-12), Kansas State, Wichita State, Oregon
8. Oklahoma State, Mississippi (SEC), Temple, Memphis (C-USA)
9. Marquette, Baylor, Georgetown, Colorado
10. Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, Saint Louis, Oklahoma
11. North Carolina, BYU (West Coast), Wyoming, Arizona State
12. Kentucky, Colorado State, Boise State, Maryland, Bucknell (Patriot), Middle Tennessee (Sun Belt)
13. Akron (MAC), Stephen F. Austin (Southland), Davidson (Southern), Utah State (WAC)
14. Harvard (Ivy), Stony Brook (America East), Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun), Iona (Metro Atlantic)
15. Wright State (Horizon), Long Beach State (Big West), Bryant (Northeast), Tennessee State (Ohio Valley),
16. Northeastern (Colonial), North Dakota State (Summit), Weber State (Big Sky), Charleston Southern (Big South), Norfolk State (Mid-Eastern), Southern (Southwestern)
Bubble boys (in alphabetical order): Belmont, Charlotte, Dayton, Florida State, Indiana State, Iowa, Massachusetts, Saint Joseph's, St. Mary's, Texas A&M
Conference breakdown
Seven Big East teams: 1. Louisville, 2. Syracuse, 6. Notre Dame, 6. Cincinnati, 9. Marquette, 9. Georgetown, 10. Pittsburgh
On the outside: Villanova, Rutgers, Seton Hall
Seven Big Ten teams: 1. Indiana, 2. Michigan, 3. Minnesota, 3. Michigan State, 4. Ohio State, 5. Illinois, 10. Wisconsin
On the outside: Purdue, Iowa, Northwestern
Six Mountain West teams: 4. San Diego State, 5. New Mexico, 6. UNLV, 11. Wyoming, 12. Colorado State, 12. Boise State
On the outside: Air Force
Five Big 12 teams: 1. Kansas, 7. Kansas State, 8. Oklahoma State, 9. Baylor, 11. Oklahoma
On the outside: Iowa State
Five Pac-12 teams:2. Arizona, 7. UCLA, 7. Oregon, 9. Colorado, 12. Arizona State
On the outside: California, Washington, Stanford
Five ACC teams: 1. Duke, 3. N.C. State, 5. Miami (Fla.), 11. North Carolina, 12. Maryland
On the outside: Florida State, Virginia, Clemson
Four Atlantic 10 teams: 5. Butler, 6. VCU, 8. Temple, 10. Saint Louis
On the outside: Charlotte, Dayton, Saint Joseph's, La Salle, Xavier
Four SEC teams: 2. Florida, 4. Missouri, 8. Mississippi, 12. Kentucky
On the outside: Texas A&M, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee
Two West Coast teams: 3. Gonzaga, 11. BYU
On the outside: St. Mary's, Santa Clara
Two Missouri Valley teams: 4. Creighton, 7. Wichita State
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With sadness in my heart, Trevor Bougill, one of the younger patient who had liver transplant at Mayo Clinic passed away in August this year. I was in touch with him thru emails for the past 6-8 months and I try my best to inform and comfort him. I began suspicious when no exchanged of email since the end of July when he asked me about different treatment plans that Dr. JAVLE will plan for him.
Below is the link , it was at the very end of the post when the author dedicated this writing to him, his friend, Trevor Bougill. He was only 25.
Trevor, may you rest in peace.
http://drumz4sale.blogspot.com/2012/08/ … hythm.html
This is a post dedicated to Trevor by the writer,you have to go all the way to the end to read the statement. But I hope from his family to confirm and tell us what happened for such a quick turn around so we can learn from him thru his short but memorable life and contribution to this disease.
God bless.


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CMV Retinitis Retreatment Trial
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To assess the safety and efficacy of three therapeutic regimens (foscarnet, ganciclovir, or the combination) for recurrent or persistent AIDS-related cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis.
Although therapy with foscarnet or ganciclovir halts retinitis progression in 90 percent of patients treated, relapses are common and may accelerate due to development of drug resistance, deteriorating immune function, or other factors. Treatment strategies currently being investigated include switching patients from one drug to the other or combining the two drugs.
|Cytomegalovirus Retinitis HIV Infections
|Drug: Foscarnet sodium Drug: Ganciclovir
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|CMV Retinitis Retreatment Trial
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 1995 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Although therapy with foscarnet or ganciclovir halts retinitis progression in 90 percent of patients treated, relapses are common and may accelerate due to development of drug resistance, deteriorating immune function, or other factors. Treatment strategies currently being investigated include switching patients from one drug to the other or combining the two drugs.
Patients are randomized to receive foscarnet, ganciclovir, or a combination of the two drugs (administered sequentially). Initially, patients undergo single or multiple cycles of induction therapy for 14 days followed by maintenance therapy. Patients in whom the retinitis continues to progress or who are intolerant of the initial treatment switch to the alternative drug for further cycles of induction and maintenance. Patients on the combination arm in whom retinitis continues to progress are given further cycles of the combination at an increased dose, or, if one drug is causing toxicity, are given further cycles with the alternative drug. Patients are followed monthly for 6 months and then every 3 months thereafter.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
- At least 28 days of prior foscarnet or ganciclovir.
Concurrent Medication:
- Antiretroviral therapy.
Patients must have:
- HIV infection or AIDS.
- Active CMV retinitis after 28 or more days of either foscarnet or ganciclovir therapy.
- At least one lesion with one-quarter disk area or more that can be photographed.
- Visual acuity of 3 or more letters on ETDRS chart (5/200 Snellen) in an affected eye.
Exclusion Criteria
Co-existing Condition:
Patients with the following symptoms and conditions are excluded:
- Media opacity severe enough to preclude visualization of both fundi.
- Retinal detachment not scheduled for surgical repair.
Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:
- History of intolerance to ganciclovir or foscarnet sufficient to contraindicate use.
- History of combination foscarnet/ganciclovir therapy.
Active drug or alcohol abuse sufficient to prevent compliance.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000766
|United States, California
|UCSD - Shiley Eye Ctr / SOCA
|La Jolla, California, United States, 920930946
|UCLA - Jules Stein Eye Institute / SOCA
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 900957003
|UCSF - San Francisco Gen Hosp
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
|United States, Illinois
|Northwestern Univ / SOCA
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
|United States, Maryland
|Johns Hopkins Hosp / SOCA
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 212879217
|United States, New York
|New York Univ Med Ctr / SOCA
|New York, New York, United States, 10016
|New York Hosp - Cornell Med Ctr / Sloan - Kettering / SOCA
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Mount Sinai Med Ctr / SOCA
|New York, New York, United States, 100296574
|United States, North Carolina
|Univ of North Carolina / SOCA
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 275997030
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000766 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|February 28, 2011
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Retinal Diseases
Eye Diseases
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Eye Infections, Viral
Eye Infections
Phosphonoacetic Acid
Ganciclovir triphosphate
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
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Since Geni made its much hyped and, in my opinion, misleading announcement Geni Pro Just Got A Whole Lot Better, I've taken a few days to write this post and have gone back and forth about whether such a post belongs here at GeneaBloggers or on my personal genealogy blog.
I've had an ongoing relationship with Geni over the past year (see Disclosure Statements for more information on my material connection with genealogy vendors and organizations) which has included producing a weekly podcast covering genealogy concepts and trends in the industry. That relationship began to feel personal – there seemed to be real engagement between me, the Geni staff and the genealogy community concerning collaboration and getting folks connected in the genealogy community. Based on this relationship, I thought expressing my opinion on Geni's recent decision to change its data access and business model would be better suited to my personal blog.
If you aren't yet aware of what those changes are, I invite you to read the original announcement here as well as posts from my genealogy colleagues (Genea-Musings, DearMYRTLE, Little Bytes of Life and WeTree are just a few).
So why the post at GeneaBloggers? Because I am more concerned about what Geni's move means for the genealogy industry and more importantly for the genealogy community.
Geni – Keep Rubbing That Magic Lamp
Here's my no-holds barred take on the situation, for what it's worth. Proceed at your own risk:
- My main concern is that I and many others have discussed the merits of collaborating to the point of encouraging not just uploading data but also interacting with other researchers. And now we have a genealogy vendor who has no qualms in restricting access to data uploaded under its freemium model by a variety of users, from the beginning family historian to the casual genealogist to the family keeper of history to the professional genealogist.
- Geni has set our community back by basically slapping its users in the face, especially those who have contributed data freely, and shaking them down for money. They also seem to be endorsing not just a "pay to play" scheme (which is valid in most cases), but have acted in a stealth manner by making this move seem to be an improvement.
- I've also been waiting for a response from Geni – more than the tepid individual response to comments that I've seen so far. I get no sense that Geni is retreating on this move. I don't think they care. I also get no sense that there was any foresight involved here. Is it required to run everything past the genealogy community, especially the bloggers and social media users who have the ability to cheerlead a product or a concept? No. There is no such requirement or duty. Would it be good business sense to do so? You betcha.
- Someone at Geni thinks that they are the smartest one in the room and must be surrounded by a lot of Yes people to try and put this one over on its users. You can polish a turd all you want, even spray paint it gold or take your Bedazzler to it. It's still a turd. And it still stinks.
- Every business has the right to run its business as it sees fit. And every business has the right to run itself into the ground. It's a free country and I wouldn't have it any other way.
- Geni would have done better to offer a new set of expanded features to its Pro members and as a way to entice other users to become Pro members. There are so many other ways – much better ways – that this could have gone down. But it didn't.
- Finally, I'm laughing at Geni's tag line under the logo: "everyone's related." Yes, but some people are more related than others (especially if you pony up money because that makes you a genealogy expert). I wonder if there is an underlying tagline that says "everyone's stupid?"
The Genealogy Community Is Not Stupid
I'll say it now and keep saying it: the genealogy community is not a bunch of rubes who fell off the turnip truck. We're smart. Ya think? Look at what we do and specialize in: research. We do our homework. We know how to think. We know how to analyze. We put 2 and 2 together and get 4 most of the time. As I've said: "My mother didn't raise any stupid children. There are however, two ugly ones but they're still at home."
The anger comes about in feeling duped. Will I try uploading my data to another site in the future? Probably. Will a Geni-type fiasco happen again? Probably which is sad. But perhaps this post and others will serve as a warning for others who feel they can court a community, use them and then take a sharp turn towards a business model which serves as a detriment to that community.
It All Comes Down To Relationships
As others have mentioned in similar posts about Geni's latest move, relationships are peculiar things but necessary. Relationships are learning experiences. Relationships bring meaning to our lives. Relationships are one of the ways in which we grow and are enabled to make decisions for ourselves. I just think that my relationship with Geni has served its purpose. I've learned and I'm moving on.
No Regrets
Do I regret working with Geni, providing podcast material or uploading my data? Not at all. I am not a man of regrets and I truly believe in the phrase "nothing ventured, nothing gained." I'm willing to take a chance on a new product or concept and explore it. I felt pretty confident that Geni was a good fit for our community to the point of listing it as a possible means of collaborating and sharing data with family and other researchers. I felt that the content I was writing and providing in podcasts and show notes was beneficial to the genealogy community as much as it was to Geni. And let's be honest, it helped with my own publicity – I'd be stupid not to admit that.
There will be no break down for me. No sobbing into my pillow, beating my head with clenched fists like Annette Benning in American Beauty, yelling "Stupid! stupid! stupid!" I'm better than that. We're better than that.
So What Now My Love?
Onward and upward. I'll try not to talk bitterly of my ex – Geni – and I wish them well. But I think that I have a duty to the community to call out business and consumer practices that I feel hurt us more than help us. I realize no one is perfect. No relationship is perfect. But I know we deserve better as a community.
And what do I still believe in? I still believe there is great merit in sharing your story, sharing your family's stories and sharing your genealogy research data. I also still believe there are people – both individuals, societies and companies – committed to letting you do so without taking advantage of you.
Disclosure: Please see Disclosure Statements for more information on my material connection with genealogy vendors and organizations.
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My friend Julie and I were discussing the funny things we do with our cell phone. You know, like the time she was talking to her coworker on the phone and sort of maybe rear-ended him in the process? Things like that.
How the time when I was helping my not-really-ready-to-potty-train 2 year old in the bathroom at the park and she saw my phone sticking out of my pocket and grabbed it…and oh yes… SPLASH! (For the record, that phone was done for. There was no attempt to resuscitate it. I didn't have it in me. Not after being in a public rest room toilet).
Or the time over the summer I kept trying to call my husband to tell him that a pr firm had emailed and wanted to put ME and a recipe of mine into a nationally published newspaper insert. Only he heard about 1 in every 20 words. My phone kept crackling. Things he thought I said: The kids peed on the newspaper, and I took their picture! I don't have a recipe for dinner! Can you even believe it?
Right. I'd totally be excited that the kids peed anywhere but where they are supposed to. Never mind that I'd not take a photo of that happening anyway?! Aside from my frustration at him not having a CLUE what I was going on and on about so excitedly, I was super annoyed that my phone kept crackling. I wasn't in a bad service area and normally had good service there, and I was trying to tell my husband. To say I was pouty is an understatement. My favorite part of it was when he knew I was excited, and was trying to respond enthusiastically to what he thought I was saying. Can you imagine my poor husband? "That's great! I'm excited for you honey, and I bet that picture of the kids peeing on the newspaper came out great. Maybe don't text it to me though. I'll see it when I'm at home."
Given my frustration and annoyance, I did call customer service, because that same week I had multiple issues with my service. As frequently happened, the call left me frustrated and annoyed. You know…how most of us feel when we hang up the phone. "I'm sorry you are frustrated." and that's kind of the end of it. Sigh. Sometimes I long for the olden days, when I started working at the mall, and customer service was required- if we didn't offer it to customers, we were out a job. It amazes me just how long it takes to get through all of the menus, to give your story to someone, and they realize hey! you need to talk to another department and hold on let me transfer you….and then guess what?! It's time!! Time to give your entire story AGAIN.
Sometimes, I confess, I push the wrong buttons. Just for fun. Just to see what happens. It's never as satisfying as I want it to be, having the phone ring over to new customers when I'm fully aware and know darn well that I'm existing. It's my own little way of rebelling, I suppose.
Surely, I am not alone. Surely more of you have funny stories to share?
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Trail RideLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
5 friends, ages 12, 15, 17, 18 and 19, went on a trail ride. Each was matched to a horse that suited their size, experience and personality. From the clues provided, determine each friend's first and last name, (two last names were Carey and Williams) their age, the name of the horse they rode, and what position they rode on the trail. Robin, Drew, and Phil are boys; Barbara and Bonnie are girls.
1. The 5 friends were Robin, Mr. Hunt, the 15 year old, Shamwow's rider and the boy who was first in the line.
2. Bedazzler's rider was younger than Miss McGraw, who was younger than Drew.
3. The horses were represented by: Phil, Steamboy, Mr. Walters, Barbara and the one that was 3rd in line.
4. The 5th rider was 2 years younger than Topsy Turvy's rider. On Robin's next birthday, he will be the same age as the girl who rode 2nd.
5. Carey, Bonnie and the 12 year old loved the ride! Gazelle's rider and the 4th rider did not!
AnswerBonnie McGraw, 15 , Steamboy, 5th
Robin Walters, 17, Topsy Turvy, 4th
Phil Williams, 12, Bedazzler, 1st
Drew Hunt, 19, Gazelle, 3rd
Barbara Carey, 18, Shamwow, 2nd
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The pomegranate, a fruit that has garnered headlines in recent years for its health benefits, is to be honored with its own festival.
The week-long first Madera Pomegranate Celebration & Festival is scheduled Oct. 29-Nov. 5, said Debi Bray, president and chief executive officer of the Madera District Chamber of Commerce, Madera.
Madera County is in the heart of California's San Joaquin Valley — stretching from the valley floor east into the Sierra Nevada Mountains and includes Yosemite National Park.
To lure tourists to the valley floor, the chamber created in 2010 a tourism alliance committee, which gave birth to the pomegranate festival, Bray said.
"We've been very pleasantly pleased with the number of sponsors who've come aboard," she said.
Sponsors include two Madera-based pomegranate grower-shippers, Stellar Distributing Inc. and Stiebs, Bray said.
The timing is perfect for the Madera County pomegranate deal, said Casey Hollnagel, salesman at Stellar Distributing.
"Because we're at the northern end of the growing region, we're kind of the last game in town," he said. "The cooler nights towards the latter part of deal give us good color and good size."
November is the peak pomegranate harvest period for Stellar, Hollnagel said.
Starting with a five kilometer run Oct. 29, events are scheduled daily through Nov. 5 at the Appellation California Wine Tasting & Visitors Center, Madera.
A National Pomegranate Recipe contest is under way with prizes for best recipe by a home cook, best recipe by a food professional and best pomegranate beverage/cocktail.
Contest details and entry forms are available at www.stiebs.com/contest.html.
Though 2011 will be the inaugural Madera Pomegranate Celebration & Festival, the word is apparently spreading through its website, www.pomegranatefestival.com.
"We already have participants coming from San Diego up to the Bay Area," Bray said.
Central California to hold pomegranate celebration
The pomegranate, a fruit that has garnered headlines in recent years for its health benefits, is to be honored with its own festival.


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Elizabeth "Jing" Lyman, the "first lady" of Stanford University from 1970 to 1980 and an activist in her own right, died Thursday, Nov. 21, at Channing House in Palo Alto after a two-and-a-half year illness. She was 88.
Lyman, wife of Stanford's seventh president Richard Lyman, who died last year, was a key player in launching the university's institute for gender research.
She was "a social network unto herself, long before the invention of computerized social networks," said the institute's founding director Myra Strober, a labor economist and retired professor of education.
"It's not too strong to say that if it were not for Jing, there would be no Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford."
She arrived at Stanford in 1958 with her husband, who had accepted a position teaching British history, and four young children, aged 1 to 8 years old. The family was bound up with Stanford's for more than 20 years, as Richard W. "Dick" Lyman rose through the professorial and administrative ranks.
As the university's "first lady" from 1970 to 1980, she was known for her ready smile, quick wit and warmth, and as a skilled and gracious campus hostess. Friends described her as energetic, ebullient, efficient and generous with her time.
In 1976, the New York Times said Lyman was "admired for the way she has carved out a position for herself" as the wife of a university president.
"She travels with her husband, is active in fundraising, gives speeches to alumni groups and speaks out on issues such as fair housing, volunteerism and equality of opportunity for women," the newspaper said.
Friends and family said Lyman was known for her knitting, which accompanied her everywhere, including meetings and sports events. At her 80th birthday party, people wore their own Jing-made sweaters.
The Lymans left Stanford in 1980 when Dick Lyman became president of the Rockefeller Foundation. They returned in 1988 — moving to downtown Palo Alto — when he was asked to develop a forum for interdisciplinary research on international issues, now known as the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Jing Lyman was born Elizabeth Schauffler in Philadelphia on Feb. 23, 1925. But for reasons her mother was never able to explain, she said "Ah, the Lady Jingly Jones" when she was presented with her daughter eight hours after her birth, Lyman said. It was the name of a character in an Edward Lear nonsense rhyme.
Lyman attended high school at the Putney School, a boarding school in Vermont. She met Dick Lyman at Swarthmore College, where she earned a bachelor's degree in English, with a minor in history, in 1947. The couple married that same year.
She battled a local discriminatory housing initiative in the early 1960s and later became a national figure in community development and women's economic empowerment.
Among the many groups she helped organize and sustain were Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing, Stanford Midpeninsula Urban Coalition, Women and Philanthropy in Washington, D.C. and the National Coalition for Women's Enterprise in New York.
She was a member of the Women of Silicon Valley Donor Circle of the Women's Foundation of California in San Francisco and a trustee and member of the executive committee of Enterprise Community Partners in Maryland.
Reflecting on her life's work in a 1998 interview with the Palo Alto Weekly, Lyman said she had the ability to "get people from different walks of life, perspectives, ethnicity and gender together to serve valid community purposes over the long term. I try to help others achieve a sense of mission and focus, and to create sound organizational structures, so they can hang in there even when things start to fall apart."
Lyman told the Weekly that everyone needs to belong to something bigger than themselves. "It's participation in something bigger than self that we find self," she said.
She is survived by her sons Christopher "Cricket" Lyman of Searsmont, Maine, Timothy Lyman of New Hartford, Conn.; daughters Jennifer P. Lyman of Washington, D.C., and the Rev. Holly Lyman Antolini of Cambridge, Mass.; and four grandchildren.
Memorial services are pending. In lieu of flowers, Jing Lyman requested that donations be made in her name to the Enterprise Community Partners, an affordable housing advocacy organization, or to the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford.


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Four propositions appear on Tuesday's ballot in the city of Dallas.
Proposition 1 would lift restrictions on the sale of beer and wine in convenience and grocery stores throughout the city. Proposition 2 would allow restaurants throughout the city to sell beer and wine without becoming private clubs.
Currently, restaurants in dry areas that want to sell alcohol must become private clubs. The owner of Vera Cruz in Bishop Arts said his board, made up of a group of his neighbors, meets three times a week to vote members in and out. He rents a storage unit just to store all the paperwork.
Kathy Jack, owner of Jack's Backyard, told Dallas Voice that since alcohol distributors aren't allowed to deliver to dry areas, her employees regularly have to pick up their alcohol.
Outside an early voting location in Oak Cliff last week, opponents of both propositions were campaigning.
"They do nothing but bring down our community," said Tyrone Rushing. "I don't want that in my community." He was specifically opposing Proposition 1.
"We are for a safer environment," Rhaneesh Dixon added.
The "No" vote is being coordinated by liquor stores that line the streets on the borders between wet and dry areas. They do not want the competition. If Oak Cliff residents could buy beer and wine at Tom Thumb on Hampton Road or Kroger at Wynnewood Village, they wouldn't cross the river to shop at the run-down liquor stores on Riverfront Boulevard.
If the propositions pass, opponents of beer and wine sales plan to seek an injunction. They claim the election that made Oak Cliff dry was a Justice of the Peace District 7 election. The current election is countywide. According to Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission code, JP district elections trump county elections and only a JP district election can repeal a JP district vote.
Propositions 3 and 4 are related to the sale of two parks by the city. For more on them, go here.