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A companion document describing the rationale for using ADFS and EC2 together is required pre-reading, and is available here.
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The document is organized in a series of scenarios, with each building on the ones before it. It is strongly recommended that the reader follow the document's instructions in the order they are presented. The scenarios covered are:
- Corporate application, accessed internally: Domain-joined Windows client (i.e. in the corporate office) accessing an Amazon EC2-hosted application operated by same company, using AD FS v1.1
- Corporate application, accessed from anywhere: External, not-domain-joined client (i.e. at the coffee shop) accessing the same EC2-hosted application, using AD FS v1.1 with an AD FS proxy. In addition to external (forms-based) authentication, the proxy also provides added security for the corporate federation server
- Service provider application: Domain-joined and external Windows clients accessing an EC2-hosted application operated by a service provider, using one AD FS v1.1 federation server for each organization (with the service provider's federation server hosted in EC2) and a federated trust between the parties
- Service provider application with added security: Same clients accessing same vendor-owned EC2-hosted application, but with an AD FS proxy deployed by the software vendor for security purposes.
- Corporate application, accessed internally (AD FS 2.0): Domain-joined Windows client accessing EC2-based application owned by same organization (same as Scenario 1), but using the currently-in-beta AD FS 2.0 as the federation server and the recently-released Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) .NET libraries on the web server.
- To reduce the overall computing requirements for this lab, AD FS federation servers are deployed on the same machines as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain controllers and Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) certificate authorities. This configuration presents security risks. In a production environment, it is advisable to deploy federation servers, domain controllers and certificate authorities on separate machines.
- This lab includes a fully-functional Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployment, using Active Directory Certificate Services. PKI is a critical foundational element to a production-ready federation deployment. Note that:
- This lab uses a single-tier certificate hierarchy. Note that a two-tier certificate hierarchy with an offline certificate authority (CA) responsible for the organization root certificate would be more secure, but is outside the scope of this lab.
- Also, this lab uses CA-issued certificates (chained to an internal root CA certificate) for SSL server authentication. This requires distribution of the root CA certificate to all clients that access those web servers, to avoid SSL-related errors. In a production deployment, it is preferable to use certificates that chain to a third-party root certificate (from Verisign, RSA, etc.) that is already present in Windows operating systems, since this alleviates the need to distribute root CA certificates.
- This lab also includes a fully-functional Domain Name Services (DNS) deployment, using Microsoft DNS Server. DNS is also a critical foundational element to a production-ready federation deployment. Note that:
- This lab uses fictional DNS domains, which Internet name servers resolve to the microsoft.com web site, breaking the lab functionality. Thus, the lab simulates resolution of external DNS names by using DNS forwarding from domain DNS instances to a hypothetical "Internet DNS" server that you run on one of the EC2-hosted web servers. While useful in the context of this lab, DNS forwarding is not a requirement of a functional federation deployment.
- To varying degrees, every scenario covered in this lab requires inbound Internet connectivity to the corporate federation servers, which will reside inside your organization's firewall. Before proceeding, make sure you have access to an external/internet IP address, with open ports 80 and 443 for Scenario 1, and port 443 only for Scenarios 2 through 5.
- This lab will require a total of three local computers. In this lab, Hyper-V virtualization technology in Windows Server 2008 was used to keep physical machine requirements down.
- To simplify the recording of important values you must type during configuration, please use the Important Values Worksheet.


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Provides ongoing oversight of the judicial branch program that manages renovations, facilities operations, maintenance, and real estate for trial courts throughout the state.
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Working Group (2005-2013)
Advisory Committee (2013-Current)
Key projects of this advisory body are outlined in the annual agenda.
Previous Meetings
The nine-member advisory committee is comprised of superior court judges and court executives, and reports directly to the Judicial Council. Members are appointed by the Chief Justice. The current membership is effective September 15, 2016.
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The purpose of the Trial Court Facility Modification Advisory Committee (TCFMAC) is to provide ongoing oversight of the judicial branch program that manages renovations, facilities operations, maintenance, and real estate for trial courts throughout the state. The TCFMAC will oversee the work of the Judicial Council staff in its management of court facilities statewide.
The TCFMAC will be a standing committee of the Judicial Council of California, charged with the following responsibilities concerning courthouse facilities:
Historical Information
The Trial Court Facility Modification Working Group was established by Judicial Council policy in 2005. The working group first met in April 2006 and operated under the Trial Court Facility Modifications Policy, adopted by the Judicial Council in 2005 and revised on July 27, 2012. The working group's primary oversight responsibilities included reviewing statewide facility modification requests and approving facility modification funding.
The working group's charge was formalized by the Judicial Council on December 14, 2012, and the working group was assigned additional oversight responsibility for the operations and maintenance of existing facilities, noncapital-related real estate transactions, energy management, and environmental management and sustainability. On April 25, 2013, the working group's status was elevated to that of advisory committee.
An alternative Court-Funded Facilities Request (CFRs) approval process was submitted and approved by the Judicial Council on August 23, 2013, requiring all CFRs to be reviewed and approved by the TCFMAC.
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First lady Michelle Obama will add star power to the release of the final rule for updated school nutrition standards.
The first lady will join Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Jan. 25 at an Alexandria, Va., elementary school to speak about the USDA's updated nutrition standards, according to the agency's Office of Communications.
The agency called the updated nutrition standards an important accomplishment of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act that become law last year and the first major change in nutrition standards in more than 15 years.
"The new standards make the same kinds of changes that many parents are already encouraging at home, including ensuring kids are offered fruits and vegetables every day of the week, substantially increasing offerings of whole grain-rich foods, offering only fat-free or low-fat milk varieties and making sure kids are getting proper portion sizes," according to the USDA.
Obama and Vilsack will visit the Parklawn Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. to have lunch with kids, with television food personality Rachael Ray on hand to serve food from an improved menu.


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Updated 9:20 pm, Friday, November 1, 2013
SAN ANTONIO — Two pedestrians were killed in separate accidents on Halloween night and early Friday.
San Antonio police responded to the 300 block of Frio City Road, near Pendleton, around 12:50 a.m. The driver of a Ford Focus was northbound on Frio City Road and was unable to avoid hitting Emmanuel Torres, 21, who was apparently in the street, police said.
The Bexar County medical examiner's office said Torres was pronounced dead at the scene just west of downtown.
Police said the driver of the Focus was not intoxicated, remained at the scene and was not charged.
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China will drive global demand, prices and profitability for soybeans as the country's population, per capita gross domestic product, affluence, urbanization and meat consumption continue to grow.
That was the consensus of Renault Quach of Dongling Grain & Oil Co., China, and Sterling Liddell, vice president for Rabo AgriFinance in remarks Nov. 15 at soybean profitability summits in Cedar Falls and Ames. More than 125 farmers attended the meetings sponsored by the Iowa Soybean Association and Rabo AgriFinance.
"China's population is nearly 1.3 billion and every year, it increases by more than 8 million people," says Quach. "As the population grows, so does the size of our cities and consumer appetite for protein. Can we grow enough soybeans and corn and produce enough protein domestically to meet this demand? The answer is 'no.'"
Expansion of meat and poultry production and consumption in the country isn't feasible, he says, without a continued 4-5 percent increase in industrial feed production. That will require the import of more raw commodities and that bodes well for soybean farmers in the United States and Brazil.
In 2011, feed production in China totaled 169 million metric tons (mmt), including more than 40 mmt of soymeal. The upward trend in feed output mirrors increases in meat production – from 80 mmt today to a projected 86 mmt by 2015.
"We need a lot of soybeans to be crushed to meet the needs of local markets," says Quach. "Yet China's soybean production remains relatively flat as profit margins for domestic growers remain slim and the most productive farmland is devoted to other uses."
Quach expects China to import more than 60 mmt of soybeans next year, a 3-4 mmt increase from this year. In comparison, Iowa's annual soybean production totals 13-15 mmt.
Liddell, who monitors global ag trends and markets including developments in China and South America, says the profitability of Iowa soybean farmers is closely tied to what happens in population centers far away from the state's productive soil.
"China, India and Indonesia alone represent 40 percent of the world population," he says. "Global population and consumption growth is tremendous yet yield improvements are not keeping pace."
Liddell urges soybean farmers to keep an eye on several critical moments during the next several months including the December stocks report, January's acreage adjustment and weather conditions in Brazil.
"Soybean prices are likely to respond positively if the December stocks report is lower than expected and we see downward adjustments in January's acreage report," he says. "These trends will take on added importance if Brazil encounters adverse weather conditions.
"Weather extremes have a bigger impact than ever before," Liddell adds. "Already there are some delays in planting in Brazil so further weather concerns certainly warrant attention."
Liddell says China has systematically changed how Iowa soybean farmers must operate as the country transitioned from a marginal to dominant soybean importer in less than a decade.
"Chinese policy dictates market price, not just for China, but what happens in the United States and around the globe," he says. "By understanding the fundamentals and realities in China, you can more effectively market your soybean crop and manage risk."


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Fall is fast approaching, and with the changing leaves comes a change in seasonal menus. Gen2 Ranges are an optimum tool for cooking this season as the weather changes from balmy to blustery, and culinary focus shifts from summery to soothing.
As those cool winds sweep in, so do fresh fall vegetables. Swap out the last of the summer zucchini for sweet potatoes, butternut squash, carrots, apples, cauliflower and of course, pumpkin. It seems that the coming of autumn means putting pumpkin in everything. Bake it in breads, cakes, pies, cookies; roast it for stuffings and sauces and soups; flavor lattes with it; even whip it in with butter. There are all sorts of unusual ways to incorporate fresh fall flavors into dishes.
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Daniele "Erratic" and PCM thank you for your clarification with respect to your and my own use of "erratic". I guess in a way I was conditioned by trying to understand PCM related events outside of IEDM. That is the reason for the removal of the 1Gbit PCM-MCP from the products list on Micron's web site, followed more recently (Dec 2013) by the removal of the smaller bit density serial PCM 128Mbit products. Plus the relegation of PCM by Micron from available product status to "promising memory technology" status; with yet another new PCM process now under development. Micron also state on their website "PCM is one of several emerging memory technologies that Micron is investing in".
In relation to crystallization I would also like to clarify a point with respect to my diagram. I showed the case for threshold voltage as a function of volume fraction of crystallites. That is the case where percolation effects come into play and there is a discontinuity in Vt when the first nano-bridge of crystallites links the two electrodes. For the SET situation where there is a large crystal nucleating site already available on which further crystal growth occurs during SET then the Vt = f(VolFrac) curve would I think have a more gentle slope. I discussed the common case where one the electrode is the large nucleating site earlier article in EETimes on data retention and the impact of crystal electrodes.
Daniele- In that case I would think the statistical variation in crystal growth that you mention would depend more on the morphology of the surface of the crystal nucleus after the previous reset operation. I would certainly be interested in your observations on that point and how any element separation with write/erase lifetime would effect the conclusion you draw in your paper.
Thanks for the overview. You have probably been misled by the word *erratic* in Paper 21.7, which you have quoted as an evidence of possible reliability issues affecting PCM technology. I am one of the authors of this work, which clearly states that there are no reliability concerns raised by erratic retention. Erratic retention in this work means that the crystallization time of a PCM cell changes randomly from cycle to cycle, within a narrow time range around the average time to failure. Erratic retention has no impact on the overall retention characteristic of the PCM array: for every cell showing faster crystallization in one cycle, there is another one showing slower crystallization and there are no single bits standing out of the array distribution. Most important, all experiments in the work have been carried out at high temperature, much higher than the typical operation of NVM, to collect data in a reasonable timeframe. Erratic retention, that can be detected only in a time-temperature transition range between consistent retention and consistent data loss, appears at longer times and/or higher temperatures than the product retention specifications. For any further discussion on the erratic retention phenomenon, please refer to our paper in the IEDM proceedings. I will be glad to answer any question.


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New England Law | Boston sponsored a full year of events in observance of our Centennial year. Except as noted, events were open to the public and free of charge. Click here for information on other projects and activities.
Portia Law School 1908-1938: Its Place in History
2:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Cherry Room
Professor C. Ronald Chester, New England Law | Boston, author of Unequal Access: Women Lawyers in a Changing America
- Professor Virginia Drachman, Tufts University
- Professor Nina A. Kohn, Syracuse University College of Law,
- Professor Mary Jane Mossman, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, director of the Institute for Feminist Legal Studies
New England Law Review
Symposium on the Jurisprudence of U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Cherry Room
Speakers included former clerks of Justice Ginsburg:
- Professor Hugh W. Baxter, Boston University School of Law
- Dean Paul Schiff Berman, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
- Professor Heather Elliott, University of Alabama School of Law
- Professor David G. Post, Temple University Beasley School of Law
- Professor Jay D. Wexler, Boston University School of Law
Law Day Banquet
6:00 p.m.
Boston Marriott Copley Place
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
A Panel Discussion
Featuring Chief Justices of State Supreme Courts
3:00 p.m. panel discussion
- Chief Justice Christine M. Durham, Utah Supreme Court
- Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Chief Justice Ruth V. McGregor, Arizona Supreme Court
- Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, Supreme Court of Georgia
Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling:
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4:00 p.m.
Cherry Room
- Pamela Berman, Partner, Adler, Pollock & Sheehan, Boston
- Christina Guerola Sarchio, Partner, Howrey LLP, New York, NY
- Andrew Bruck, Co-founder, Building a Better Legal Profession, Clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court
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Center for International Law and Policy Annual Conference
CEDAW & Its Optional Protocol
9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Marriott Courtyard Boston Hotel on Tremont Street.
Honored the 10th anniversary of the Optional Protocol of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
- Judge Sylvia Cartwright, Judge of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Cambodia
- Shanthi Dairiam, Director, International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific, Maylasia
- Professor Cornelius Flinterman, Leiden University, Netherlands
- Pramila Patten, Barrister, Mauritius
- Professor Silvia Pimentel, Catholic University of São Paulo Law School, Brazil
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PPG Industries has developed a water-based corrosion protection primer that is applied to aircraft metal parts using an electrocoating dipping process, eliminating the waste and environmental concerns linked to sprayed primers.
Kevin Brooks, global segment manager for OEM coatings at PPG, said priming today is done by workers with spray guns in paint booths, where only about 25% of the paint ends up on the part, leading to inefficient use of primer and environmental concerns with workers breathing the airborne chemicals used in the primer.
For parts that have complex recesses, Brooks said the hand spray process can lead to 4-5x the desired thickness of primer near the recess area to ensure full coverage.
Based on electrocoat technologies that have been used in the automobile industry for more than 40 years, PPG has developed its Aerocron primer for dipping applications, where coating thickness is tightly controlled to minimum levels across the entire part, cutting weight, and boosting coating utilisation to nearly 100%.
Electrocoating, or electrodeposition, uses electrical current to apply a coating to a conductive substrate submerged in a water-based paint bath. The process can be fully automated, said PPG.
Brooks said the primer has taken several years to develop, in part due to the requirement of aerospace aluminium alloys for lower cure temperatures compared to automotive alloys.
He said "several" OEMs in Europe and North America, as well as military customers, are evaluating or implementing electrocoat-application primer on small scale projects, eying the technology for their next generation primer needs.


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A 24-YEAR-OLD mum-of-two who set up a cannabis factory in the basement of her Brierley Hill home to clear a debt to a loan shark has been spared jail.
Stephanie Hodgetts was looking after 28 mature plants which would have provided £12,500 worth of the controlled drug if sold in street deals, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.
David Lees, prosecuting, said cops went to the house in Church Street on an unrelated matter and they found the plants together with equipment to encourage growth.
The electricity supply had also been diverted to provide power for the growing plants which would have provided 1.26 kilogrammes of cannabis.
Hodgetts admitted producing cannabis and was given a nine-month jail term suspended for 18 months and ordered to carry out 180 hours unpaid work in the community.
Judge Martin Walsh told her it was a serious offence because there were two children in the property, adding: "You were responsible for the cultivation of these plants for a third party.
"It was a relatively sophisticated operation and the motivation was clearly financial because of your debt to another party."
Simon Hanns, defending, said Hodgetts had clearly been under pressure to grow the plants and pass the cannabis on to others.
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Perhaps we all agreed to come here to help us grow spiritually.
Perhaps it doesn't matter what kind of suffering it is, as long as there is some suffering, it can help you grow spiritually.
Perhaps that is the role of government. To provide suffering.
What do you consider suffering and what do you consider spiritual? Just looking for context.
I'm here because I enjoy the debate, the expression of ideas, the challenge to understand and to verbalize my own thoughts. I'm not sure I consider that spiritual. I'm not sure suffering is required in order to grow. People who view their plight as one of suffering have adopted a victim mentality (if we are using suffering in the same context).
Every religion and/or spiritual path I know of, which is damn near every one of them, is about ending suffering in the long run. Christianity may seem to "value" suffering, ie "repenting for your sins", but eventually ends in no more suffering (Heaven) if you live a "good" life. Eastern spirituality more clearly proves the point, Buddhism is all about ending suffering, by escaping from the Karmic cycle, as does Hinduism, and Taoism.
"what do you consider suffering and what do you consider spiritual?"
I'm not 100% sure.
From the governments standpoint, the stealing, the murdering, causing shortages of resources, perhaps even the little things, like the long lines at government buildings. the pointless jobs.
as for spiritual, not sure again, but perhaps causing us to learn to love even greater, or more, learning to forgive. learning difficult lessons that require suffering.
I don't like the word "spiritual". Unless you're directly talking from some sort of mysticism or religious view then I find the world generally meaningless. I do think that suffering is needed for emotional and personal growth, however. With this said I find that society and life in general does a good enough job on its own in thoroughly messing people up.
I think when the OP said "come here" he meant here on Earth, as in the whole "we're incarnated in order to learn and grow" business.
I think that's kind of a meaningless idea but if you want to go with it, I know of LOTS of ways you can learn through suffering if that's what you'd like, without the need for a State to provide adversity for you.
"I know of LOTS of ways you can learn through suffering"
so, you agree? suffering helps us grow spiritually?
Of course it is possible to learn through suffering. It does not follow that it is the only way to learn, let alone that the experience of suffering is the reason for human existence. I'm highly skeptical of that particular belief.
"It does not follow that it is the only way to learn"
I agree. Although, perhaps it teaches pretty important lessons. I can't really understand any other reason why government should exist.
I've been trying to wrap my head around why government exists. This is the best I come up with.
Eh, government's a commodity that some people are willing to pay for. How do you explain half of what's out there on the market?
Please expand on what you mean by "spiritually."
I'm an agnostic, so I tend to lean on the argument that the universe is a cosmic accident, rather than the argument that states that Jesus is going to suck us up with his magical vaccum cleaner.
"I'm an agnostic, so I tend to lean on the argument that the universe is a cosmic accident, rather than the argument that states that Jesus is going to suck us up with his magical vaccum cleaner."
I don't want to try and convince you that a universal conciousness exist, or God exists or that we have souls that are immortal.
But by spiritually, I mean, perhaps our spirit, us, learns to love more, learns to forgive, learns to empathize more.
Ah, I see. And looking back at what I wrote, my words do come off to me as very nonsensical, so I apologize for that. But regarding what you are asking, then yes, I think libertarianism does indeed change the mindset of people by eliminating the dog-eat-dog mentality associated with the state and brings a broader desire for peace.
I think that Nicomachean Ethics basically said that if someone is not perfectly virtuous, then it follows that they take pleasure in something that is wrong, therefore, since the opposite of pleasure is pain, one must practice some pain that one can gain virtue. The practice of virtue should also be pleasurable and without pain.
The government can, I believe Aristotle would say, provide both pleasures and pains but not all of them. So I don't think the essential value of government is suffering, to the contrary something pleasurable would be the more likely use of the state.
"to the contrary something pleasurable would be the more likely use of the state."
I think most people here, would agree, that government causes suffering.
Government steals resources from people. Massive amounts of resources.
Government also murders people. Massive amounts of people. And poisons them.
Perhaps some of the pleasurable things you think government does, is really derived from the market; despite the interference it gets from government?
I think we can say that human life consists of learning through both joy and suffering. Whether it is absolutely necessary (i.e. even aliens must suffer in order to learn) is, I think, a metaphysical question we can't answer.
I'm working on an approach to spiritual growth based on the four cardinal virtues: fortitude, justice, prudence and temperance. I think one of the greatest threats to spiritual growth in the modern world is not the vices (polar opposites of the virtues) but what I would call tin virtues or counterfeit virtues. Instead of fortitude, we want certainty; instead of justice, we want legalism; instead of prudence, we want security; instead of temperance we want to be nannied. These counterfeit virtues are hollow substitutes that create a situation of infantile dependence on authorities and experts rather than mature, adult independence.
Clayton -
I generally take "government" as whatever body or bodies that specifically helps to make people better human beings. As such, the state's main goal is to please people since no one is fully good unless he feels pleasure doing what is good.
The problems of taxes and violence then, must be analyzed from the point of view of voluntariness since moral good is never unvoluntary.
"As such, the state's main goal is to please people"
i think we need a seperate thread to debate the role of government. Government steals and kills. I don't see those as pleasing attributes.
I never said the government was successful with its job, nor do I think that an ancap government is impossible, and to the extent that a government doesn't please people, it becomes less of a government and eventually no government.
But I will not derail the thread further.


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GRESHAM, Ore. - Parents were surprised to learn that a sex offender was refereeing children's games in the Portland area after he was convicted of having sex with a young teen.
Many parents think someone is doing background checks on the referees who work with their kids, but that's not always happening.
In January, Stanley Washington refereed 12-year-old girls at a tournament at Centennial High School, but a law enforcement officer in the audience spotted him and recognized him as a sex offender.
Washington pleaded guilty in 1993 to Rape Two with a girl under 14. He was 36 years old. He did not get jail time at first but ended up with violations and warrants for things like not doing his sex offender treatment and moving without re-registering.
They were violations that led to jail time in 2000, 2005 and 2009.
Now, he's off probation, and because he's not considered predatory, he is allowed to be around children.
But that's not enough for Marci Spanier, whose daughter was playing on one of the girls' teams. She is adamant that sex offenders shouldn't be refereeing children's games and she sees a risk with sex offenders in a position of control over children.
"Go down the hall - you've got a referee who is an authoritative figure - you know, (he could say) 'Hey, come here, let me give you a couple tips on your game.' It's not right," she said.
How did Washington end up on the court with kids? KATU News checked with the organization that hired him for the girls' tournament, Oregon Prep Basketball, an independent group running tournaments in Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Robby Fenk said he was looking for extra referees to cover games, and Washington called him to fill in.
He said he did not know Washington and did not know he was a sex offender. But Washington told him he had refereed around town in the past.
He'd worked for groups like HoopSource, Portland Basketball and the Portland Basketball Officials Association.
Fenk said he neither has the time nor the money to do background checks.
"That's all we can do. That's all everybody's going to do," he said. "And it's never going to change unless a law is implemented to us that we have to have background checks."
Some children's sports officials do go through checks.
"If it's any kind of sexual crime, then we don't want them around our kids," said Tom Welter, the executive director of the Oregon School Activities Association, certifying officials for high school sports in Oregon.
They do background checks every year and kick out people who don't pass.
"If the criminal conviction history check would not allow them to obtain a teaching license and teach in one of our member schools, we will not give them an officiating license to officiate," Welter said.
But elementary and middle school kids do not have an organization like OSAA and do not have that same protection. There is no law that requires groups doing kids sports to do criminal background checks.
Many groups do not, including HoopSource and Portland Basketball, and people like Stanley Washington can slip through.
"Anybody could get hooked up with anybody at any time," said Fenk. "I mean, you could be on probation, you could be a fugitive - if you're a basketball guy, and call any of our groups on some special weekends, you're going to be able to get referee jobs."
No one answered at the house where Washington has stayed. But he called KATU News. He said he was dating the girl he pleaded guilty to raping when he was 36 and she was under 14, and he said he was a 'victim of circumstances." He believes he's not dangerous, adding he needs to work and it's hard for people with his kind of record to find jobs.
Parents like Marci Spanier would like to see background checks and a law, if necessary, to keep sex offenders away from children's sports.
"If you're going to charge a few more dollars to keep our kids safe, it's worth it," she said. "Why take that risk? Why take that one chance that something could happen to a child and scar that child for life? It's not worth it."
If you are concerned about your kids' referees, you can ask the organization for their names and check to see if those referees are registered with the OSAA. If so, they've had a background check.
You can also look for the OSAA patch on the official's shirt with the current year.


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But kids...
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You fellers have a good evening.
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That's true. He may live forever.
But kids...
Take a lesson..
Never EVER shoot your bow with whittled arrows until you've had your morning whiskey.
You fellers have a good evening.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
my new boss frustrates the crap outta me....maybe he would be a welcome for Spicoli....
That sucks.
What is your boss doing (or not doing) that frustrates you?
Are you asking Geezer to take a dump with you?
That's really flocking weird man.
my previous boss - who is letting this new guy take over was easy going...he'd give the projects and would not bother me till i came back to him with a result...
this one - he gives a project...and then "babysits" me through out the whole project...checking in to see on a continous basis how the project is going and asking if the project is being worked on when its clearly obvious from my desk...he needs to meet mr. obvious
Is he a young guy hungry to make a name for himself, work hard, do well etc or is he a ball breaker trying to squeeze more production out of you/weed you out of the company (while making a name for himself) type guy?
If it's the first you should assign him 4 or 5 of your hotties to keep him out of your hair.
If it's the second... that sucks.
he is 35 - he doesn't come from the TV background...feels more like an army guy...and has this need to be a "big brother" as he seems to think that is the most efficient way of doing things...i actually had to sit down and create a friggin' schedule of what projects i'm doing and when they'll be done by...
he is already trying very hard to get in touch with the hotties - but he is very bad at it...ended up going after 4 or 5 girls who all hang out together...meaning they also talk a lot with each other...so no action for him...probably makes him a bit more strict in the office...meh
Sounds like you need to get him laid.
Once again, it is a glorious day outside.
If a guy had to lose his job for 3 months this would be the time.
Retirement would be better.
There has got to be a way to get rich in this market.
This has got to be time to buy.
I absolutely hate micromanagers.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
I just read an article where it talked about the guys who board up houses when they are foreclosed on are making a fortune right now. Who knew.....
Give me your money...you can trust me.
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
Spicoli told me never to give you more than $10.
This guy has no ground game
If I didn't have such strong, uh, "needs" I would seriously consider becoming a monk.
Girls are barking mad.
By monk you mean drunken bachelor who hunts all the time and has season tickets right?
Depending on what I'm hunting. Sitting in a tree stand all day aint for me.
But hunting at 2am at the local campus bar? Now that's my kind of sport.
For anyone wondering, I can prove that I am nowhere NEAR Indy today.....
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If there is no time for you to prepare a meal, or maybe you don't like your current Valentine all thatmuch, I have one word: Chocolate. Anything with chocolate in it, especially for men, hits the target. Chocolate chip cookies, while they may cause some highbrow cooks to yawn, is one of my most requested cookies to make. Everyone loves them! The best recipe I have found, and I have tried loads, is the Toll House cookie on the back of the package. The other one I make a lot is the chunky chocolate chip cookie from Cook's Illustrated. As a side note, I love everything about Cook's Illustrated. If you have not bought one of their magazines or cookbooks, you will be happy when you do. The cooks go through all the steps of a recipe and ferret out what makes it perfect so the recipe they post is pretty foolproof. They explain the reasons why some processes work better than others. I have yet to try a recipe that I did not like. While the publications do not have the colorful photography others do, they have adorable drawings, reminiscent of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. One of their cookbooks or a magazine given with a cake would be a great Valentine present!
If you want to up the wow factor, go for a beautiful chocolate tart in a heart-shaped tart pan. You can get these at Target, Michael's and Williams Sonoma. You can get heart-shaped everything really. You could make a heart-shaped cake as well, as those pans are all over the place.
Think about a chocolate mousse. While people think mousse is difficult, it is not. There are so many recipes. Some do not even use eggs, for you vegans out there. These mousses are frozen. Some use eggs and cream.
And then there is cr�me brulee. Enough said.
Q. How can I help dinner time to be less stressful?
A. A wonderful thing to do for your loved one or your family is to cook a meal and serve it with candlelight. When our boys were small, we often had dinner with candlelight. I felt that it calmed them down (OK, maybe only a little), and added a nice touch to the true family meal of the day. Take advantage of those younger years when the evenings are not yet given over to sports or rehearsals. Make the meals special. It is a very important time in the day when we transfer from our active hours to our quiet hours of study, reading and relaxing. It is a shame that many families neglect this meal, serving everyone something different, letting the kids text and/or watch TV. I always made one meal and that is what everyone ate. If someone really hated it, he could make his own turkey sandwich, but I was not going to make it. After all, I had already cooked! Some people have said to me, well then, little Susie won't eat unless it's pizza or chicken fingers. Really? Is this what you want going into your tiny child's body? Trust me, after a few nights of being hungry, she will eat what wonderful things you serve.
It is the perfect time to talk about your day. Everyone, even the parents should share and take turns listening to each other. It is a time to use a few manners as well. Teach them to put their napkins on their lap, which fork to use with what, and how to cut their own meat. This is not only important for you so dinner can be consumed with some grace, but important for them when they later go to other children's homes or are out on their own. Some interviews are conducted over lunch or dinner and you don't want your child's manners to be the thing that costs him his job. Seeing the big picture makes your effort worthwhile.
It is also a good time how to teach your kids how to set a proper table. Start young and lavish lots of praise. You cannot believe how many adults I have interviewed who cannot set a table. That is often one thing I have them do during an interview. It is an important part of my business and I think it is an important part of homemaking. Let them make a centerpiece, fold the napkins in unique ways, anything to make them aware that home keeping is not drudgery, but labors of love. Tables can be fun with cute napkins, placemats the kids design on and other things you crafty people dream up. I am not crafty, but the kids had their own placemats, a special glass or things like that. You can have different topics of conversation. When the boys were very argumentative that day (every day?) we might play a game saying three nice things about every one or about the person beside us.
Doing chores together is about "loving a house up," much like taking care of their dolls or repainting their trucks. Yes and try to get your spouse to see this too! I may have had just a little trouble with this part!
Laura Wilson, owner of La Dolce Vita in Roanoke, is a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef. She answers questions in The N-S every other Tuesday. Have a question for Laura? Submit it to firstname.lastname@example.com or call 461-8284. We'll pass on questions to Laura. This column is the personal opinion of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of The News-Sentinel.


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Amanda: And I'm Amanda. And we're here in the Crutchfield studio today to give you a quick look at Mirage's Nanosat speakers. We have the 5.1 Nanosat system here, but what we're going to talk about will cover all of the Nanosat speakers.
Chris: Right. I really love their modern design. They're really small and sleek, as you can see. And they have more of a contoured shape — not the big boxy speakers that you're used to from your childhood. They look really great in your room.
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Amanda: Now, to make your own Nanosat system or Nanosat Prestige system, there are a few different ways you can go about doing that. The first, of course, is the pre-matched Nanosat 5.1 system, which comes with a sub. You can also get a five-speaker Nanosat Prestige system, which doesn't come with a sub, so you'll definitely want to add one. And that's in black. Or, of course, you can also just build your own from the ground up.
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Maddon to be honored at Champions' Breakfast
ST. PETERSBURG -- Friday, Joe Maddon will be one of seven "champions" honored at the Brooks DeBartolo Champions' Breakfast at the Hilton Tampa Downtown from 7:30-9:30 a.m., featuring NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Maddon's wife, Jaye, will accept the honor on his behalf, since the Rays will be in Chicago to play the White Sox in a four-game weekend series.
Maddon was chosen from the areas of military, education, faith, social justice, community service and entrepreneurship.
Students at Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School researched individuals who stood out in each field as champions and stalwarts in the Tampa Bay community.
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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Knicks Sign Free Agent Bruno Sundov
NEW YORK, September 8, 2004 – New York Knickerbockers President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas announced today that center Bruno Sundov has been signed to a contract. As per club policy, terms of the deal are not announced.
Sundov, 7-2, 260-pounds, appeared in four games for the Cleveland Cavaliers and one for the Knicks during the 2003-04 season, averaging 2.2 points, 2.0 rebounds and 6.6 minutes. The six-year NBA veteran was signed to a 10-day contract on Jan. 21, 2004 by New York. In 81 career games, the Croatian-native has averaged 1.8 points and 1.2 rebounds for the Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, Cavaliers and Knicks.
"Bruno will add size and depth to our frontcourt," Thomas said. "I have monitored his progress throughout his career. We have seen his improvement and feel we are getting him at the right stage of his development."
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LAKEPORT -- The Lake County supervisors are set to consider three recommended budgets during their meeting Tuesday morning.
The discussion on the county budget is scheduled for 9:46 a.m. while conversations on the budgets for the Lake County Air Quality Management District and Lake County Housing Commission are calendared for 9:15 a.m. and 9:20 a.m., respectively.
The supervisors will also talk about a memorandum of understanding with the Deputy District Attorney's Association as well as proposed salaries and benefits for management employees and two confidential units as part of its non-timed agenda.
The regular Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting will convene at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Lake County Courthouse.
At 9:40 a.m., the BOS will receive a presentation on the performance report of a grant for business loans, micro-enterprise technical assistance and fa?ade improvement loans.
The supervisors will conduct two assessment appeal hearings, beginning at 10 a.m.
The 11-item list of non-timed business also includes discussions on the appointment of a new treasurer-tax collector, an amendment to an agreement for sediment sampling in Clear Lake and an application to the U.S. Army Donation Program for a helicopter to be placed at the Kelseyville County Park.
Other non-timed items include proposed letters of thanks to agencies that assisted in the mid-May search for Mikaela Lynch, a sheriff's office request to amend the policy restricting the purchase of bottled water for county offices and the recommended cancellation of reserves for the renovation of the sheriff's narcotics task force facility.


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During passionate lovemaking, according to the Kama Sutra, "Animal sounds may also be used like those of the cuckoo, the parrot, the dove, the green pigeon, the flamingo, the sparrow, the goose or even the bee."
Imitating the birds and the bees might arouse some people, but the suggestion assumes that one has already found a mate.
Fortunately, in this modern era, it is only too easy to use these same techniques as a means of attraction. Anyone who has recently attended a karaoke night knows what I'm talking about. There are several places in Santa Fe that are willing to regularly amplify the squawking of all those who need a stage on which to puff out their chest feathers.
The best spot, if not in terms of quality, at least in terms of entertainment value, used to be Applebee's. There was a glorious period of about a year and a half when Saturday Applebee's night coincided with Saturday karaoke night. The brave volunteers of that time weren't necessarily the most skilled singers, nor the most energetic, but they were certainly the most diverse—in other words, it wasn't all Journey and Johnny Cash.
Diversity goes a long way when it comes to both karaoke and finding a mate. But, devastatingly, Applebee's karaoke went the way of the dodo all too soon. According to a hostess, who preferred not to be named, the series ended almost two months ago, because "there were just too many...[long pause]...problems going on."
That still leaves Santa Feans eager to croon with two viable options: Cowgirl's long-running Monday night series, with host Michele Leidig, and Tiny's semi-institutional Saturday night series, with Nanci and Cyndy.
It isn't easy to choose between the two. People who go to karaoke on a Monday night tend to be either more professional or more desperate; at the same time, celebrities have been known to serenade the Cowgirl audience. Tiny's, on the other hand, offers the kind of oddly compelling-yet-repelling karaoke that one might expect to find in a Coen brothers film. To its credit, the event is held in a sort of perpetual twilight darkness, meaning there's less chance of being recognized by the audience.
Luckily, choosing between the two isn't necessary. Going twice a week doubles one's chances of attracting a mate, and to that end, a short perusing of the Kama Sutra before leaving the house isn't a bad idea.
The hallowed tome offers several pointers on how to make oneself more attractive. For instance, "if the bone of a peacock or of a hyena be covered with gold, and tied on the right hand, it makes a man lovely in the eyes of other people."
Obvious enough. And when appearing lovely just isn't enough, "Drinking milk, mixed with sugar, and having the testicle of a ram or a goat boiled in it, is productive of [sexual] vigor."
Also good advice, but it makes me wonder...maybe one of the problems the Applebee's hostess was so reluctant to elaborate upon was repeated demands for boiled ram's testicle sugar-milk.


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By a very long mile Jean-Michel Basquiat is the visual artist closest to my heart. Growing up a native New Yorker in the 70s and 80s his paintings and illustrations mean more to me personally than anything I've ever seen. If you don't know who he is you seriously owe it to yourself to watch the documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. Next, go right now and do an Google image search on his name to view some of his amazing work. Being a music based blog I thought I would share an album cover he did for Rammellzee and K-Rob. If anyone asks you which rap album is the most rare or which one would bring the most money at auction now you know.
""Beat Bop" is a hip hop single by American rappers Rammellzee and K-Rob, originally released in 1983 by record label Tartown. Initially distributed merely as a test pressing, it is notable for being the theme of hip hop culture documentary film Style Wars and having a cover designed by famed New York graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The result of a disagreement between Rammellzee and Basquiat, the track has been cited as having an influence on artists such as Beastie Boys and many modern experimental hip hop artists due to its chaotic, abstract sound, and, due to the rarity of its original pressing, has been called the Holy Grail of rap records." – Wikipedia
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Al Capellini, the former mayor of Deerfield Beach, is back in court trying to have his corruption charge thrown out.
Capellini and his lawyer, David Bogenschutz, have filed numerous motions to dismiss the case, which was filed in 2008 while Capellini was in office after serving 16 years as mayor. Bogenschutz argued late last week that Capellini's conduct -- voting to approve a development that was paying him -- may violated the state's ethics code, but it wasn't criminal.
Prosecutor Catherine Maus countered that Capellini had numerous conflicts of interests while serving as mayor and had filed more than 50 conflict of interest forms. She said the vote in the case crossed the line into criminal territory.
Bogenschutz and the former mayor will be back in court soon to argue five more motions. See the video to see Capellini and his lawyer, David Bogenschutz, in action.


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Recently we had the opportunity to sit down with Keith Koscak, a Car Specialist with Auctions America, to discuss the state of the Corvette secondary market. Koscak shared with us some of his expert insights on buying, selling, and—most important—enjoying collectible Corvettes in today's post-recession economy.
VETTE Magazine: Has the Corvette market recovered to its pre-2009 levels?
Keith Koscak: I certainly think it's picked up over the course of the last few years, especially for good-quality examples.
VM: Which Corvette models are currently performing strongest?
KK: Corvettes are pretty correlated to the overall market: High-horsepower cars, well-documented cars, survivors, and low-production examples do best.
When it comes to buying, our advice is to always buy the best example you can of the car you want. For example, if you want a '63, try to buy a fuelie.
VM: How do customs—including Vetterods, race cars, and highly modified late models—fit into the mix?
KK: Vetterods have been doing very well at auction lately. They're easier to drive than the originals. Some guys have one of each, with one built as the "modernized" version, for driving, and the other kept original, as an investment.
In terms of bidding, it's easier to predict what a stock car will bring. It's harder to speculate on customs, because you never know if someone will like the specific combination of paint, wheels, and such.
People are usually more likely to buy an original car as an investment, a Vetterod as a "personal" buy.
VM: Was the high price paid for a Corvette at Auctions America's Auburn (Indiana) event ($123,750 for a '63 fuelie coupe) pretty typical for a car of that year and level of rarity?
KK: It's definitely good money, and in keeping with a couple of split-window fuelies we've sold over the past year, which went for 100 to 130 thousand. It's at the upper end of the range.
VM: Would you expect to see a Corvette go for more than the $3.2 million recently paid for a '67 L88 (at Mecum Dallas)?
KK: That's a pretty special car, and a very strong price. Probably nothing outside of a Grand Sport or a Heritage Center car will top it.
I don't know that you'd have seen that figure three or four years ago, though it would definitely have been a seven-figure car.
VM: Can you recommend any "sleeper" models to someone who might be looking to buy a Corvette as an investment?
KK: It's extremely hard to do that. We always recommend that you buy what you like. That will most likely lead you to be more diligent in finding the right car for yourself. You might as well get something you can enjoy while you own it—not just a car you'll lock away in a garage.
VM: Aside from the Callaway and ZR-1 models, do you think the C4 will ever be considered an investment-quality car?
KK: I think they're fun drivers. Whether they'll ever turn out to be investment-quality, I don't know. Maybe a ZR-1 or Grand Sport, maybe a Pace Car—but it would have to low mileage, and you'd have to put it away for a while. Unlike with older Vettes, the high production numbers will work against their value.
VM: Do you expect to see C5 and, especially, C6 prices take a precipitous drop now that the '14 Stingray has officially hit the market?
KK: As is the case with any new model, it does affect the value. Guys want the latest and greatest.
We have seen pretty good results with the C6 ZR1s at auction: $77 to 80 thousand for '09 models with low miles, so they've held their value pretty well.
VM: What's your advice for someone who's looking to buy or sell at auction for the first time?
KK: Our Car Specialists are immersed in the hobby. We attend car shows, trade shows, and other [automotive] auctions all the time. We're all car people, and we're excited about helping you sell your car.
VM: Are any particular events better for selling Corvettes?
KK: We've seen very strong results for Corvettes in Lauderdale and at Auburn Fall. It all depends on the car, and where the seller is located. Shipping costs are always something to consider.
VM: Any final thoughts?
KK: One thing of note: We sold 49 Corvettes worth a total of $2.1 million—for an average of $44 thousand per Corvette—at Auburn. It was also our largest event to date, with 70 thousand in attendance.


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Can`t Ever Finish Anything
I have a lifelong problem. I can`t ever seem to finish anything. This has had a huge impact on my life. It has cost me jobs, my marriage, my graduate degree, all kinds of things. I leave everything half done. I don`t know why I do this. I wish I didn`t. Resolutions and will power don`t seem to help. I`m also terrible at organizing anything and my whole life seems to be just a jumble of unfinished projects and chaos. I have a good job now and I`m terrified that I will lose it as soon as anyone discovers how disorganized and "unfinished" all my paperwork is. I don`t mean or want to be this way. It just keeps happening. Is there a name for this problem, and what can I do to get over it?
Thank you for your question. There may be plenty of reasons contributing to your situation. Of course, it's natural to wonder about psychiatric reasons, but there is no single term or diagnosis that applies.
I do recommend talking to your primary care physician for a possible referral to a local psychiatrist for an evaluation. I am also gathering that procrastination plays a role. For that, I view your situation more line with time management.
A few years ago, I attended an highly engaging talk about this topic presented by Susan Johnson, MD in Iowa. I do recommend your looking at her web site and consider a consultation or possible coaching. Others have benefited greatly from her expertise. See: http://susanrjohnson.com/
I hope that this helps.
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College of Medicine
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If a person can live on forever in memory, Mary Elena Scott, Howard Kuljian and Gregory "Geddie" Kuljian will never truly be gone.
"They live on in our hearts and our memories," Arcata High School student Blaire Floyd said, voice trembling. "We are here today as a symbol of the way they lived, and how they continue to do so as long as we remember them."
Floyd was one of several friends and family members who spoke during Sunday's memorial service for the three family members who died during a Thanksgiving weekend stroll on Big Lagoon beach.
Hundreds of community members gathered in the Arcata High School gymnasium to pay their last respects to Mary Elena Scott, 57, and her husband Howard Kuljian, 54, who died Nov. 24 after being swept into the water near Orick. The couple's son, 16-year-old Arcata High School student Geddie Kuljian, who was also swept into the water, remains missing. Olivia Kuljian, who was with her parents and brother on the beach, was unhurt.
Although the gymnasium was packed -- with colleagues, lifelong friends, neighbors and fellow students overflowing the bleachers and chairs -- the audience fell silent as the family filed in and eulogies began.
Alternating between funny and thoughtful, Dan Kuljian, Howard Kuljian's brother, painted a picture of a tight-knit family with a great love for adventure and their community, surpassed only by their love for one another.
Carolyn Cook, a family friend and co-worker of Howard Kuljian at the Six Rivers National Forest, described a deeply devoted family man with a calm, gentle demeanor whose personality complimented his energetic, outgoing wife.
At the request of Olivia Kuljian, Iain MacDonald, Geddie Kuljian's English teacher, read aloud a poem Geddie Kuljian had written. Drawing tears from the crowd with the first lines, MacDonald read: "Today is my birthday. I am 100 years old. I am old enough to remember when I was young."
MacDonald said, while painfully bittersweet, the poem struck him as capturing the essence of his young student.
"Even in bittersweetness there is still sweetness. And in this sweetness you hear a young man clearly in love with life, who was clearly loved in life," he said. "He is loved today, as he will be loved tomorrow and all of the days to come."
As the speakers continued, some recounted funny memories, others spoke of the family's love for one another, and still others lamented the loss of three individuals who left a lasting and meaningful impression on so many. All of them offered their love and support to Olivia Kuljian.
Although she said she still feels disbelief over the death of her friend and colleague, Dr. Julie Ohnemus, who worked with Scott at the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project, said she finds comfort in the great love the family had for one another and those around them.
"What I know is that on that beach, every act by Mary and Howard and Geddie were made out of selfless love for each other," she said.
That love, Ohnemus said, was a defining characteristic of each as individuals and as a family. Addressing Olivia Kuljian, Ohnemus said she knew there was nothing that could be said or done to fill the void she must be feeling.
"But my greatest solace for you," she said, "is knowing that your inner self is composed of the Kuljian spirit and, if anyone can, you will move through this rite of passage honoring your mother, your father and brother."
Kaci Poor can be reached at 441-0504 or firstname.lastname@example.com
How to Help:
The community has set up an account for the family's daughter, Olivia Kuljian, who was with her parents and brother on the beach. The account is 182671 at Coast Central Credit Union, 2650 Harrison Ave., Eureka CA 95501. Donation checks for the fund should be made out to Olivia Kuljian and donations can be made at Coast Central Credit Union branch.


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How the Cardinals churn prospect after prospect into pro.
Every day until Opening Day, Baseball Prospectus authors will preview two teams—one from the AL, one from the NL—identifying strategies those teams employ to gain an advantage. Today: the final two teams! Sunday's Opening Night teams, the player development appliance of the Cardinals, and the job security of Cubs' executives. Read our wrap-up here.
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March 6, 2014 6:00 am
Wishcasting the Cubs' future.
You may think I have a bounce in my step because spring is on the way, but every sense available to me during this winter without end says you're wrong. You could argue it's because baseball is being played again in Arizona and Florida, but I'm not there to witness it, and even the densest cluster of pixels can't impersonate a warm breeze. No, it was Kris Bryant's first spring training at-bat that made me so giddy, the one that ended after nine pitches when the young third baseman blasted a towering drive to straight-away center. Before Bryant launched that ball into the mesosphere, I was the same skeptical Cubs fan I had always been, longing for but never truly expecting greatness. By the time it landed on the berm past the center field fence, however, I started to feel something I hadn't experienced in so long I nearly didn't recognize it: belief.
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February 2, 2014 10:00 pm
Which weak baseball arguments were bad enough to earn induction?
Your votes have been tabulated, and I'm pleased to announce that BP readers have bestowed the dubious honor of entry into the Hall of Famously Weak Arguments to these three deserving candidates:
January 28, 2014 6:00 am
Immortalizing more of the arguments that you'd most like to see die.
Last week I presented Part One of the list of 14 nominees for the "Hall of Famously Weak Arguments," a compendium of the most annoyingly wrong positions we sometimes hear baseball fans or commentators defend. The first seven nominees will be listed below without further comment from me; the final seven nominees are then listed, along with descriptions of when they're heard, why they're weak, and (in the interest of fairness) when they might be correct.
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January 21, 2014 6:00 am
Immortalizing the arguments that you'd most like to see die.
One of the enduring joys of baseball fandom is the ability to engage in spirited debates on baseball topics both great and small—award voting, lineup construction, in-game strategies, anything and everything that makes up the game we all love. Baseball fandom without arguments would be like baseball without keeping score—aesthetically pleasing, but devoid of the passion that makes it worth paying attention to.
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January 12, 2014 5:00 pm
Your opportunity to identify and enshrine the ridiculous baseball arguments that vex you the most.
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July 18, 2013 6:04 am
The recent times that teams were right and we were wrong.
Here at Baseball Prospectus, one of our main jobs is to have opinions on just about every move made by every organization ever. Over the years, as the analytics revolution has spread throughout baseball—a process that amateur and semi-pro sabermetricians can take some credit for—the percentage of ridiculously unwise decisions that we can get all snarky about has been significantly reduced. Still, we do occasionally criticize a move, and even less occasionally, our opinions turn out to be wrong.
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April 30, 2012 3:00 am
Reviewing a new documentary about the often agonizing July 2nd signing process for international amateur prospects.
During last year's Wisconsin Film Festival, I watched a documentary entitled Open Season, about the events surrounding the tragic shootings of eight deer hunters in northern Wisconsin by a trespassing Minnesotan. The film was reasonably well-made and even-handed, given that the shooter happened to be a Hmong refugee and the victims were white Midwesterners, facts that could have easily enabled a broad black-and-white narrative of culture clash and racism rather than the grey-scale collision of individuals in a moment of escalating conflict. Watching the film didn't teach me anything new about the shootings and subsequent trial, as both occurred near my hometown, two of the victims were related to me, and it was unlikely the filmmakers could learn and express as much about the events and the environment surrounding them as I already knew, having to some extent lived them.
February 6, 2012 8:38 pm
Voting results for The Hall Of Famously Weak Arguments are in.
The votes have been tabulated, and five nominees have been deemed worthy of enshrinement in the Hall of Famously Weak Arguments. Here they are in descending order of support:
January 25, 2012 9:00 am
Following up with eight more baseball arguments that often don't make sense.
Last week in this space, I unveiled the first seven nominees for the Hall of Famously Weak Baseball Arguments, my fictional museum of unsupportable or outdated baseball beliefs. Below you'll find those initial seven listed without further comment, along with the final eight. As before, I've essayed to describe the times and places where you'll hear these groaners, why I believe they're weak, and situations in which they may actually be correct.


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What has happened to it? Was it the Goodyear tire fiasco? The economy? The change from Sat to Sunday? The date change to July from Aug? Nascar jumped the shark?
Or is it just me being too busy to notice?... It just seems like the buzz is gone entirely this year. Crowds were obviously down last year. And things aren't looking good for this year from what I'm hearing. There's even speculation in some corners that the BY400's days might be numbered.
Hard to believe how quickly it's lost its luster without any great fissure to argue as the driving force.
Also, the BY400 is again the BY400. It no longer has a corporate sponsor (which was Allstate). I think Golden Corral has a TV sponsorship so on TV it will be something like "Golden Corral presents the Brickyard 400" or "The Brickyard 400 brought to you by Golden Corral". But those don't pay IMS anything.
Of course you'd think in a down economy they'd accept a much lower number for the rights to at least a 1 year sponsorship (so they'd have something for the bank as opposed to nothing (at least as far as naming rights go)... but I guess they consider that ultimately lowering the market value as opposed to holding out for larger dollar and longer term contracts.


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Torii set to visit Minnesota as division rival
MINNEAPOLIS -- Torii Hunter has long since gotten used to being a visiting player at Target Field. He played 12 games here as a member of the Angels.
That was different. When he came in those years, he was just on the other team. When he takes the field Monday afternoon, he'll be on the division rivals.
It might not be the same rivalry it was a few years ago, when the Twins were annual contenders and the Tigers were trying to get there, but the memories are still fresh. And now Hunter will be wearing the other jersey.
Hunter was already thinking about that before the Tigers left Spring Training.
"When I left for the AL West [for the Angels after the 2007 season], it was a different division," Hunter explained earlier. "We were fighting for a different cause out there on the West Coast. But here, when I was with the Twins, the Detroit Tigers were my nemesis. Those guys, we wanted to beat down. And now, I'm with the Tigers, and I'm going [there] to beat the whole team. That's the plan.
"But I still have respect for them. They taught me everything I know about the game of baseball. But at the same time, in between the lines, I've gotta eat."
It still might not be enough for Hunter to get booed here. He meant enough to the franchise and the city that team ties won't break that. But it'll still be difficult to imagine Minnesotans rooting for a Tiger.
Don't expect Hunter to be affected by the cold, either the reception or the weather.
"I've been in worse than that," Hunter said about the forecast high of 35 degrees. "If you play baseball long enough, you've played in some snow, freezing rain, crazy freezing winds. You know what's in store. You just make sure to prepare your mind for it and get it done."
In fact, Hunter pointed out, he played in terrible conditions in Detroit when he was with the Twins. Ten years ago Sunday, he opened the season at Comerica Park in 38-degree weather with 21-mph crosswinds, according to the box score from baseball-reference.com.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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CHIPPENHAM Town will hold a pitch inspection tomorrow morning ahead of their Calor League Premier Division clash with Arlesey Town.
Wet weather decimated the fixture list across the country last weekend, with the Bluebirds seeing their game against St Neots Town at Hardenhuish Park rained off.
Chairman Neil Blackmore admits that tomorrow night's meeting with Arlesey (kick-off 7.45pm) is in the lap of the gods.
"At 9am on Saturday there was approximately two inches of standing water in the lower goal-mouth and this ran up through the centre of the pitch, as far as the centre circle - both tram lines where officials run were under water," said Blackmore.
"The pitch does drain well but we do it need to stop raining for this to happen. Looking at the forecast, it seems to be luck of the draw where the showers will land, so let's hope not on Chippenham.
"We will have a pitch inspection late morning tomorrow."
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Every year around the holidays, my mom and I debate about what to call the orange to maroon roots that are baked, candied or otherwise cooked and served for dinner.
She likes to call the darker-fleshed varieties yams while reserving the term sweet potato for the lighter-colored ones.
I tell her that yams are a large, starchy African tuber and you can't buy them at King Soopers, the Kroger affiliate where she shops. All of the root vegetables she sees at the grocery store, regardless of what the signs say, are just different varieties of sweet potatoes.
And of all people, my mom should be cognizant of differences in varieties, strains and species and try to get the nomenclature correct since she's a scientist by training.
This is the same woman who consults textbooks to ensure the head lice and amoeba designs she's knitting into sweaters are anatomically correct.
But this mislabeling got me wondering. How were the darker-fleshed sweet potatoes renamed yams?
Among the varieties erroneously called yams are beauregard, covington, garnet, diane and orleans — all dark-colored roots that also are also referred to as moist-fleshed because of their baking qualities.
The lighter varieties, including bonita and o'henry, are referred to as dry-fleshed varieties.
Scientifically, all sweet potatoes belong to the morning glory family. Sweet potatoes technically are enlarged storage roots, whereas yams are tubers that belong to an entirely different family.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has acknowledged the differences and requires that any root sold in the U.S. that is labeled as "yam" be accompanied by "sweet potato."
Part of the blame — or credit — for this confusion can go to Julian Miller and his colleagues at Louisiana State University.
When the state's grower-packers began to market their sweet potatoes nationally in the 1930s, they chose to call the moist-flesh sweet potato coming out of Louisiana "yams" to distinguish them from other regions' sweet potatoes.
Strangely, you don't hear people ordering the latest fad, yam fries, in a restaurant. It's sweet potato fries. At a friend's house on Thanksgiving, someone had made a sweet potato pie, not a yam pie.
And it's the U.S. Sweet Potato Council, not the Yam Council.
But old habits are hard to break. So I have a feeling that despite true botanical differences, retailers and marketers will continue to call the dark-colored root a yam.
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Massaged Kale Salad
One of the shows that I enjoy watching is Next Food Network Star. I thought they sent Brad home too early, and I was really starting to like Tom towards the end. I wasn't surprised when Aarti won because I had seen it on Food Network Humor that FoodNetwork.com had leaked the winner. I decided to watch Aarti's first episode to see how it went. When I saw her make this massaged kale salad, I was intrigued. And, since kale is something I've never made at home, this recipe would help me get something done off my 30 by 30 list.
I'm sure I've had kale in entrees when eating out, but like I said, I have definitely never bought it or done anything with it at home. I grabbed a big bunch at the farmers market and gave this recipe a shot. Hubby said that his mom used to make kale when he was young and he never liked it, so he was a bit apprehensive about trying this salad.
I'm sure you're wondering how it was? It was delicious! Hubby said it was the best kale he'd ever had. The kale had a great flavor. It reminded me of a really hearty spinach flavor. The lemony vinagrette and the mango chunks provide a great brightness and sweetness to the salad.
AND, the best thing about this salad is that it keeps in the fridge! We had it the first night as a side dish with some Peppery Lemon Brown Sugar Salmon and the next day we both had some in our lunches. It didn't get super soggy like a dressed lettuce salad would.
Massaged Kale Salad
Yield: 4-6
1 bunch kale, stalks removed and discarded, leaves thinly sliced
1 lemon, juiced
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
Kosher salt
2 teaspoons honey
Freshly ground black pepper
1 mango, diced small
Small handful toasted pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
In large serving bowl, add the kale, half of lemon juice, a drizzle of oil and a little kosher salt. Massage until the kale starts to soften and wilt, 2 to 3 minutes. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk remaining lemon juice with the honey and lots of freshly ground black pepper. Stream in the 1/4 cup of oil while whisking until a dressing forms, and you like how it tastes.
Pour the dressing over the kale, and add the mango and pepitas. Toss and serve.
Recipe from Aarti Sequeira
11 Responses to "Massaged Kale Salad"
I'm so glad you posted this! Aarti's kale salad is on my list of dishes to make, and it's good to know that you guys enjoyed it.
I saw this on the first episode of Aarti Party and it looked so good to me! Kale is something I've also never worked with in our kitchen so I definitely want to give this recipe a try!
I love kale, and I was intrigued by this as well – I really want to try it now! Great picture!
I picked up all of the ingredients this morning to make the salad, and it is now sitting in my fridge waiting to be devoured for lunch. It's GREAT! Who knew raw kale could be so good?!
Kale is one of my favorite foods but I haven't had it raw yet. I am bookmarking this!
Wow sounds interesting! I'm very curious to try it myself. I love kale.
I saw this on Aarti Party too – looks good – glad you tried it!
I love kale and am on a new-found mango kick, so I'm sure this is absolutely wonderful 🙂
I don't know if I could get anyone in my family to try this, but it looks so interesting! I have never tried kale, but I would like to!
I made a massaged kale salad once but it was just "eh". I don't think I massaged enough. But I might have to try it again, and do it the right way, since you both loved it!
I LOVE massaged kale – love, love, love it. It tastes completely different than "regular" – not as "green" if that makes sense. 🙂
I also love the next food network star. I should check out Aarti's show since this recipe sounds like it's right up my alley. 🙂


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Topic: Awesome news!!! Update 8-24
Update 8-24
I had 4 different heart test today. I LOVE the Methodist hospital here in Houston. They treat patients with so much respect!! I think everything looked ok from what the people doing the tests said.
Tomorrow is chemo #21 @ md Anderson!
So we met with dr. Javle today to talk about my scans!!
Wow y'all!!
Here is some of the impression-
The previously seen numerous foci of increased FDG avidity within the liver on the pet of 5/21/2012 appeared to have resolved or markedly decreased.
Overall, findings would suggest improvement of disease
No nodal hhermetabolism is seen within the abdomen or pelvis.
Adrenal glands are unremarkable.
Here is what I don't understand--- again seen is a previously noted level II lymph node is 1.1 x 0.8 cm, previously 1.5 x 0.8 cm. FDG avidity that previously mapped directly to this node has been previously SUV maximum 2.3 is not definitely seen today. Overall, by morphological criteria, this lesion appears to have probably slightly decreased in size.
Now for the great news!!! Dr. Javle has sent my scans to a transplant team here in Houston!! We will meet with them tomorrow to see if I can start to process to get put on the list! Wow! I never thought we would get this far. I feel so blessed, and giving all the glory to God!
About the Y90, he said its just not worth it. Too many people have bad side effects, and it might not even work. So it's a no go! And I'm ok with that!
So what is everyone's thoughts on all this?!?!
Wife to Brian; Mommy to Carter (11) and Madison (8)
Liver transplant 7-9-2013