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OUTSPOKEN Olympic 400-metre runner John Steffensen is in Thailand where he is being trained for a possible shot at an Australian boxing title by former triple world champion Jeff Fenech.
While Steffensen said he was still to commit fully to the idea of boxing, Fenech told The Sun-Herald he believed the 31-year-old, who was the West Australian Golden Gloves champion as a teenager, appeared good enough to fight for the national title in his professional debut.
While he was being put through his paces in Bangkok, Athletics Australia picked a boardroom brawl with Steffensen by demanding a ''please explain'' for the accusations he levelled at the organisation during the London Olympic Games.
When teenager Steve Solomon was selected ahead of him to compete in the 400m, Steffensen declared racism existed in the sport, while he used his Twitter account to accuse Dallas O'Brien, AA's chief executive, of lying to him.
The Sun-Herald understands that Steffensen compiled a detailed letter through his lawyer to respond to AA's questions. The sport's board of directors will soon decide whether he needs to attend a tribunal hearing and face possible sanctions.
Steffensen remained unrepentant and said he'd simply illuminated problems in his sport. He insisted regardless of the outcome of his latest battle, officialdom would not end his career.
''My lawyer and I decided we won't let them beat us and we'll fight it hard,'' he said. ''They won't ever take my talent away and they can't take my ability to run away.''
Steffensen said he had struggled with AA's demand for him to name those people who had racially vilified him over the years. He'd formed friendships with some of the athletes who'd offended him with derogatory comments and feared shaming them in an open forum could destroy their reputations, if not their lives.
''A lot of the time there was no [official] avenue for me to complain to,'' he said. ''I had to sort it out myself and whether it was right or wrong, I fronted the person and educated them about the pain their comments caused me and others.
''When I mentioned racism at the Olympics, I vented my frustration of seven years' worth of asking my federation to do something. While there are some good people in AA, they aren't in positions of power and I [ultimately] lost all hope in depending on my federation [to act]. If you listen to what I said [in London] I said I'd been racially vilified on many teams before; whether it was another athlete calling me a black c--- or an official calling me a black c---, it happened. It should've been dealt with in 2008 or 2004 or 2003, but when I complained to the federation nothing was done.''
Steffensen believed he'd sacrificed a lot due to his anti-racism stance. ''I've sacrificed commercial opportunities because people don't want to hear what I talk about and while there's people who made a mockery about what I've said, I at least got the message out there,'' he said. ''But I've copped the loss in the hope it helps future generations.''
Fenech believes Steffensen could succeed in boxing. ''From what I've seen at training I think it's 100 per cent there,'' Fenech said. ''[World middleweight champion] Daniel Geale is a great kid and John is a lot like him, he has a lovely temperament and I respect him a lot. I honestly believe John could beat everybody in Australia.''
Steffensen, though, refused to talk himself up as a walk-up champion. ''Boxing takes a lot of dedication and I would not disrespect the fighters that work very hard by saying stuff,'' he said. ''However, if I was to give boxing my all, I believe I could do well.''
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Dina Eastwood is asking fans and the media not to criticize her estranged husband, Hollywood filmmaker Clint Eastwood.
Dina, 48, confirmed last week she and Clint, 83, had separated after 17 years of marriage. The couple have a 16-year-old daughter together.
"I don't like reading negative things about Clint," she tweeted Monday. "He is a wonderful, good natured, brilliant person. No matter what, I attest to that."
Clint has seven other children from previous relationships.

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MEXICO CITY, June 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's Attorney General is seeking to arrest three Banamex employees, including at least one senior employee, in connection with a fraud probe involving the Citigroup Mexican unit and oil services company Oceanografia, the attorney general said on Friday.
Citigroup has discovered some $565 million in loans linked to fraud at Banamex. In May, it fired 11 employees amid an internal review.
The investigation is focusing on how Oceanografia , a top service provider to state-run oil giant Pemex , was able to borrow hundreds of millions from Banamex using as collateral its own estimates of payments it was owed by Pemex.
"The bank employees who allowed this to happen broke the law," Attorney General Jesus Murillo told a special commission of Mexico's senators on Friday. "These are not second-class employees. At least in one case, one is or was a high-ranking employee."
There could also be more arrests to come from companies involved, Murillo said, adding, "And that is all I'm going to say, but there are more and there are more lines to the investigation." (Reporting by Elinor Comlay and Lizbeth Diaz; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)


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Former talk show host Montel Williams is one of medical marijuana's biggest proponents (he's also a patient), but his dreams of opening a Columbia Road NW dispensary seem to have been dashed by a nervous landlord.
According to a statement from Williams's PR team, the owner of the property located at 1815 Columbia Rd. NW (it's currently a Foot Action USA) backed out of the dispensary deal over concerns that it would be used for dispensing marijuana, which, despite local laws, is still illegal under federal law.
"Despite clear communications by the real estate professional representing the property owner regarding interest to enter into a lease agreement, in addition to weeks of discussions, exchanges of documents, and survey work, Abatin learned abruptly that the ownership would not in fact consummate a lease agreement because of concerns related to the status of medical marijuana under federal law," said the statement.
"Unfortunately, this deal became the victim of processes outside the control for Abatin. The short turnaround laid out in the D.C. regulations, a challenging regulatory environment for the property's ownership, and either a communication breakdown between the property owner and the real estate broker or unauthorized representations by the broker (based on the representations of the property owner), led the deal to collapse. In the coming days we will evaluate our options moving forward."
Williams — who runs a dispensary in Sacramento and recently had an application in Oakland ranked poorly by city officials — hoped to open the dispensary as a partner to a cultivation center he has planned for Ward 5. That location seems safe — at a recent meeting in Ward 5, the owner of the building spoke on Williams's behalf.
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The game that was shown to us lacked a lot of things that apparently are in the development version but not in what was shown to us. The weather system was one of them, which they claim is a dynamic system that is completely controllable by the designer to allow changing the weather based on the situation and emotions they want to player to undergo. Other things that were not in were NPCs, monsters, a range of weapons, spells and a working combat system. All of these things will be in the first chapter, though. What was already in was that there is no loading time in a chapter; the only loading time you will have in Arcania is when you start the game and when you go to a new chapter. Inside the chapter there are absolutely no loading times, not even when entering buildings or dungeons.
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Chris Hughes, the Facebook founder who went on to significantly lower salary to spearhead Barack Obama's online community during the campaign, will join the GMMB media consultancy as a strategic adviser.
GMMB is subsidiary of Fleishman-Hillard that focuses on left-leaning political advocacy and consulting, using PR, media buying & planning, interactive strategy, and design.
According to a text message from Hughes to Valleywag, he might have something interesting up his sleeve regarding part time gig sometime next week.
Valleywag's Owen Thomas makes an interesting point about Hughes' sexual orientation. What social networking does best, is aggregate and connect disparate groups of people who have common goals. While also capable of propagating misinformation quickly, the big numbers achieved on networks like Facebook can also overwhelm, and make messages cohesive–much needed in the complicated battle over same-sex marriage in California.


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Given his history, it's not surprising that Waylon Jennings has been a little confusing on the whole outlaw/rebel thing. This is, after all, the man who used to room with a pill-popping Johnny Cash, and popped his share of pills at the same time. (Though he and Cash, he insists, never gave each other drugs. They may have been on parallel roads to perdition, but they never provided fuel to anyone but themselves.) And this is also the man who, according to Nashville legend, walked into a studio when he'd been told by his label that his road band wasn't good enough to back him in a recording session and pulled out a gun. "Yeah, that's a true story," Jennings admits. "[I] said I would shoot the fingers off of anyone that played a pickup note -- and if anyone was still looking at the sheet music by the third time through, I'd kill them. That got their attention. After that, they let me use my own band."
While buddy Cash might have been seen as a stern preacher, and buddy Willie Nelson came off as a mild-mannered hippie with a wry side, Jennings always seemed a little dangerous. Part of that had to do with his appearance. He is not a small man, and his West Texas background has long shown in the lines of his face; suffice to say it is not a visage that would make someone feel relieved if it came out of the shadows in a dark alley. But part of that also had to do with his music. Even before 1976's Wanted: The Outlaws -- the first platinum release ever recorded in Nashville -- codified his image as a rough, tough fighter of the country music machine, Jennings' gruff voice and blunt lyrics had made him a symbol of resistance to all those for whom the word "countrypolitan" was an epithet.
So it's understandable that when Jennings' name is raised among some music fans, the suggestion is of a rebel who's constantly seeking change. A listen to his songs, though, shows something else: a rebel who refuses to change. That has never been more evident than on his latest release, Right for the Time, his first CD done for Houston's Justice Records. Take off the cover of Paul Simon's "The Boxer" (a moment of true weirdness) and perhaps the overly cute "Living Legends Part II" (in which he reels off comments on the current country music scene), and this could be an album from 20 or 30 years back. Imagine that: country's best known outlaw stripping himself bare to reveal a traditionalist. But then again, in an industry where "revolutions" and "new sounds" are a dime a dozen, perhaps the most rebellious thing anyone can do is discover what they're good at and stick to it, no matter what anyone else says. And that's exactly what Waylon Jennings has tried to do.
The cotton fields of Littlefield, Texas, are hundreds of miles from Waylon Jennings' Nashville office, but they are never far from his thoughts.
"It's been raining up here for three days with no end in sight," Jennings reports. "Sure wish I could send it to the folks back home that really need it, out in West Texas."
Jennings was raised in a family that valued both hard physical work and country music, and after having experienced both, Jennings opted for a career based on the lessons he learned from his parents in the latter.
"My mom was the one who first taught me guitar," he remembers. "She only knew about three chords that my dad had taught her, and she showed me. [My dad] played a lot of Jimmie Rodgers and Ernest Tubb songs when he could, but I don't remember him ever sitting down and teaching me any guitar. He was a hard worker, a laborer -- farming, driving trucks, working in a creamery. But sometimes he'd get home from work when I was still up and he'd play for a while -- sing 'Maple on the Hill' and things like that."
From the moment he first picked up a guitar to Right for the Time, Jennings' life has been remarkably eventful, even for a musician. At age 12, he was already performing over radio station KDOV, and he was still a teenager, with several years of playing both country and rockabilly around West Texas behind him, when he met Buddy Holly at a talent show in 1955. Though it's often been reported that Jennings was a member of the Crickets, the band he actually played bass for was Holly's post-Crickets big band that accompanied Holly on his final tour with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper. But before Jennings gave up his seat on the plane to the Big Bopper on "the day the music died," Holly had produced Jennings' first solo recording -- a cover of the oft-recorded "Jole Blon," which served as the national Acadian anthem through much of the 1950s.
Though his time with Holly might have suggested he'd follow the path of rock and roll, Jennings instead kept to his country roots, though not without difficulty. In the early '60s he moved to Phoenix, where he was discovered by Herb Alpert, who wanted to make him a folk singer. But Bobby Bare brought him to Nashville, where Chet Atkins signed him to RCA and started him along the path of standard country stardom. By the early '70s, though, he'd hooked up with producer/singer Tompall Glaser and started on his outlaw ways.
Being an outlaw was about more than drug binges and crash pads. The real issue, the idea that blew Nashville's mind, was creative and artistic control. Nashville regarded the way they did things as techniques carved in stone, and the ideas of the outlaws as heresy. Creative control was not something they gave up willingly. That's one reason why, on that fabled occasion when he was told his band couldn't cut it in the studio, Jennings opted to test Mao Zadong's assertion that power comes out of the barrel of a gun.
That West Texas approach to problem solving grabbed both the attention of Nashville and of John Lennon. "Lennon really liked that when he heard about it." Jennings says. "He wrote me this really nice letter I've still got at home that was just all over the place. Part of it was hand-written, part of it was typed. I got to meet him a couple of times after that. I was amazed at how much fun he was to be around."
What he didn't understand about Lennon was his relationship with Yoko Ono. "I never understood what he saw in her," Jennings admits. Of course, there's no more fertile field of country-song inspirations than love's curve balls. Any honky-tonk worthy of the name can supply a half-dozen relationships that make Lennon and Ono appear downright normal and stable. Even a happy, long-term involvement such as Jennings' marriage to Jessi Colter can provide enough grits of sand to produce a few pearls. The couple's first duet, 1971's "Suspicious Minds," remains both a beautiful song and a powerful commentary on dealing with jealousy. If it was a personal tale, it was obviously one they worked through.
"We have a wonderful marriage. I really don't like to go out without her," Jennings says.
The new Right for the Time features a Jennings/Colter duet that equals "Suspicious Minds." "Deep in the West," penned by Houston's Shake Russell, features the haunting, simple chorus, "Together we're one / Divided we're through," which radiates an overwhelming love. "When Jessi comes in on that song, it's just like when she comes in the bedroom in the morning and opens the curtains," says Jennings.
Sometimes, though, a country songwriter -- especially a happily married one -- has to look elsewhere for heartache. Two cuts on Right for the Time, "Kissing You Goodbye" and "Out of Jail," showcase Jennings' abilities to make a song out of an overheard remark. "Get your tongue out of my mouth / I'm kissing you goodbye" is a nifty hook Jennings borrowed from a friend's soon-to-be ex-wife, but the song's clincher is the "I-know-all-about-that-woman" sucker punch "If you ever tried to tell the truth / You'd choke yourself to death."
Even better is the chorus of "Out of Jail," which "Rainy Day in Georgia" composer Tony Joe White took from a golf partner and handed over to Jennings. "This guy had been complaining about his wife all through the game," Jennings recalls. "As they got ready to tee off on the last hole, the guy told Tony 'If I'd killed her when I met her, I'd be out of jail by now.' "
With that as its anchor, "Out of Jail" is as riotous as it is politically incorrect, and it was the freedom to record songs such as "Out of Jail" that convinced Jennings to sign with Justice after years of major-label hits and hassles. "I've always insisted on creative and artistic freedom," says Jennings. "That was something that [Justice owner] Randall [Jamail] didn't like giving me, but he gave it to me."
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The result of that surrender is a CD that is fresh, yet vintage, outlaw country. Right for the Time is not much of a departure from what Jennings has been doing since the Nixon era -- which is not a complaint. Gritty, original, honest country rings as true today as it did when Jennings forced Nashville to listen to reason at gunpoint.
After all these years, has Music City finally come around to accepting Jennings as one of its own?
"Hell, no. It pisses them off when I take my first breath every morning," says Jennings. "But I ain't ever gonna let up on 'em."
Waylon Jennings performs at 8 and 11 p.m. Friday, June 21, at Rockefeller's, 3620 Washington Avenue. Tickets are $30, $50 and $60. For info, call 869-8427.


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Tour de France 2013 ridden clean as no riders fail drugs test during cycling's showpiece
Cycling's governing body has revealed that no riders tested positive for doping in this year's Tour de France.
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) analysed 622 samples, including 203 taken from riders in training and 419 during the three-week race, which was won by Team Sky's Chris Froome.
Froome, like Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012, was the subject of persistent questioning about doping during the race, but UCI anti-doping manager Francesca Rossi said: "We tested him a lot."
A total of 443 blood samples and 179 urine samples were taken.
Rossi added: "We don't have any adverse finding from the Tour de France. We changed the strategy. We were unpredictable and the riders perceived we were unpredictable."
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Interesting. David Gregory of NBC News' Meet the Press was not so supportive of putting armed security in U.S. Schools to protect children – but apparently sends his own children to an elite, private and very secure school in Washington D.C.:
WEEKLY STANDARD: David Gregory mocked the NRA's Wayne LaPierre for proposing that armed guards be at every school in America. But the NBC host seems to have no problem with armed guards protecting his kids everyday where they attend school in Washington, D.C. . . . The NBC host would go on the rest of the segment to suggest that armed guards might not be effective in preventing mass murders at school. Which is perhaps an interesting theoretical argument.
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A graffiti artist who allegedly tagged a police car during a riot in Huntington Beach last month clicked the "like" button on the police department's Facebook page, triggering his arrest, police said Sunday.
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Huntington Beach police took to Facebook to trumpet the arrest of Luis Enrique Rodriguez, 18, of Anaheim.
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Three people have now been arrested in connection with the incident, in which thousands of people gathered in the streets following the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing. Large crowds failed to disperse and immediately got rowdy. Numerous fights broke out, windows were shattered, people tried to loot a bicycle store and portable toilets were upended.
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Rodriguez, "apparently proud of his actions, 'liked' the Huntington Beach Police Department's picture # 15 and shared it with his friends, which was noticed by numerous fans on our Facebook page and a series of tips led to his identification," police posted.


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Crudo on a Thursday: out of the foie gras, but not the sea bass
Look beyond the pisco sour and gin fizz
Barbarella Fokos 9:30 a.m., Nov. 19
Prices of downtown San Diego condos are plummeting even as more product gets ready to come on line, says an excellent story in the Feb. 9 issue of the Arizona Republic. The story urges Zonies to consider getting in at low prices (although current prices may well go much lower.) According to the article, there are 1,000 condos for sale in the 125-block downtown area, up from 700 a year ago. Foreclosures abound. Although construction has dropped sharply, and some condos are being converted to other uses, there are still 1,300 coming on line in two years. Some prices are down a good deal more than 30 percent. One condo two blocks from the ballpark is listed at $189,900, down from $289,900 at the end of September. One penthouse that sold for $2.1 million in 2004 is now on the market for $1.2 million. Understandably, the article doesn't touch on major problems for San Diego: 1. the Padres promised to build hotels whose transient occupancy taxes would pay down the ballpark debt. The Padres reneged and sold the land at a fat profit to condo builders, helping to create the vast overbuilding; 2 people walking in the ballpark district realize there are few people living there. The condos are owned by speculators, Zonies, Mexicans, Europeans, and Asians who are in San Diego for a short period during the year, and don't spend money at retail, thus not creating sales tax revenue. They also don't contribute to the local economy in other ways.
Does this mean that all those supposed revenues and benefits from downtown development "spurred" by the "generosity" of John Moores and the Padres have actually put the city at risk of a even more severe revenue collapse?
My, oh my.
So McGrory and Gwinn's machinations have backfired, dooming us to a spiral of debt?
The UT cheerleaders still, somehow, hope we'll get out of this?
Our "leaders" and media cheerleaders still mouth the words of optimism about our glorious future?
Oh, heck...
And we paid them how much to do this to us?
Well, at least there's the silver lining that affordable living will return to downtown.
Maybe I'm just being pessimistic today, but I don't see much good coming for San Diego any time soon. At least not unless we have some major, drastic changes.
(yet another sdblogger)
Response to post #1: Moores originally promised to build hotels, retailing establishments, office buildings, etc. That's what the people voted for in November of 1998. At the last minute, the council let him off the hook, and he sold ballpark district land to condo developers for enormous profits. Then the council's action was challenged in court, and the city said that if it didn't get a decision in its favor in a month, the team would leave. Of course, in a disgraceful judicial action, the city and Padres got their way. The result is the mess San Diego now has downtown. Best, Don Bauder
My timing is terrible...I have to wait until I'm 55 to transfer my Prop 13 taxbase into one of those sparkling condos...That's 3.5 more years. Don do you think I have a chance of getting a bargin in few more years?
Who wants to live downtown? It did not grow around an infrastructure like other, older large cities. It just popped up on speculation that people would buy - before the other guys got done building -. Bosa from Vancouver made a killing. It's so expensive to live and stay downtown. Where are the small eateries? Small grocers? Everything is a Gas lamp restaurant, chain or something expensive with prices geared toward conventioneers and tourists. There are no schools for married couples children. There really are few open spaces. The parking is terrible and expensive. People are already complaining about the train and trolley noise. The homeless situation has been made worse by the development that made them take to the streets when the low cost hotel/apartments were torn down. So now we have many more homeless or people living 8 to an apartment while so-called luxury condos sit empty. I home people watching the Chargers and their quest for a new stadium are watching this, because the dirty little secret is the ball park in-and-of-itself are primarily responsible for this mess. Maybe that's why the Chargers are shopping their show somewhere else, because San Diego can't afford another mess like Moores created with the Padres.
Not to worry. Moores is going to make up for reneging on the ballpark agreement by taking over all the area around the airport and developing that in the best interest of San Diegans everywhere. I believe him this time, I really do. just because his wife finally discovered he was growing horns after 40+ years is no reason for us to think he doesn't have our best interests at heart.
Response to post #3: In three and a half years, these condos may well be even cheaper than they are today. I fear this economy -- particularly the housing end -- is going to be sick for some time, despite the number of money the Fed will print and the federal government will pour into the economy. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #4: The problems you cite may be one reason why such a large percentage of those condo owners are out-of-towners who spend little time in San Diego. You can put up with these woes if you're only in San Diego for a couple of weeks a year. Another factor is that the infrastructure downtown is ancient. Some water and sewer pipes are more than 100 years old. I understand they have problems delivering water to higher floors of the high rises. Best, Don Bauder
Mortgage interest can go to 0% and it still will not help make homes affordable. When my parents bought their home in San Diego in the 70's, they paid $39,000 with a household income of $20,000. They tell me the multiplier was usually two and a half times income-to-mortgage ratio. Now obviously wages have gone up, but not 20X like the homes. Given a similar scenario today, my parents would be earning $400,000 to buy their $790,000 home. But their jobs today, one of which is basically gone offshore, would pay perhaps $80,000 combined income.
I think everyone is inheriting money from their parents or are spening more than 70% of their income on housing.
Where are people getting the money to live here, drive fancy gas guzzlers, eat out, travel, and so on? I can hardly pay my rent and I have a masters degree.
Response to post #5: Yes, I understand that through Steve Peace, Moores is making sure the airport expansion is a mess. He has big plans there. Best, Don Bauder
I know one thing, I doubt if I'll be able to retire. It's hard to save moeny for retirement AND a $100,000 down payment.
Response to post #8: Yes, the old rules of thumb have been thrown away. I can remember putting more than 30 percent down on a house. Today's mortgage woes -- and they are not just subprime -- are related to excessive consumer debt. It is beginning to unravel. People should use their rebate checks to pay down their loans. Best, Don Bauder
Response to DON on #12 I'm sending mine to the City Council - it'll be spent before it gets there... Best.
If the city council wants to be paid like other cities they need to bring us better government like other cities. Those crazy raises they want should go up for a vote because I don't think the majority of their constituents agree they're deserving of anythingthing like they're proposing. Whatever happened to public service? Half of them are already wealthy and they want to turn their elected positions into high paying careers with pensions after 5 years of service? No wonder this city is heading for bankruptcy.
Response to post #12: If you give your rebate to city council, it will be passed on to some corporate welfare mendicant, probably a developer, in no time. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #13: Most of the city council members are bad. The mayor and his entourage are worse. It's a dilemma, isn't it? Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #15: All the more reason why this year, of all years, we have to finally clean house in San Diego. Best, (yet another sdblogger)
Response to post #16: The fact that Scott Peters is considering a run for city attorney should alert San Diegans that the muck can hardly get deeper. Best, Don Bauder
Re: #17:
Well, muckraking is your job, Don.
I'm often tomato throwing and pontificating, and can't honestly say I know all the answers to our various problems in San Diego. Still...
I know enough to know we need change this year, and it's important enough to get serious about it. I'm far from alone.
Sometimes it helps to have a symbol for these kinds of movements.
The old broom symbol, while encouraging a "clean sweep", is dated.
What is our symbol?
Is it a blonde haired surfer chick riding a wave of reform?
Maybe a burly vaquero whose coarse but upright ways will knock some heads together?
Perhaps a reckless troop of troubadours and rabble-rousers blowing whistles and making a spectacle?
Or is it really the over-hassled and under-paid college educated mom who's grown very skeptical of what's going on who's willing to say no to the status quo?
It's fun and easy to jest at the expense of the political prostitutes and bufoons who infest us. I certainly enjoy doing it and won't stop.
Nevertheless, it's not enough to just lob killer tomatoes at the likes of highly paid Moores pawn Steve Peace, now is it? He deserves much more than mere ridicule, fun as it can be.
After all, because these hilarious fellows got behind closed doors and ripped us off, other things like, oh...fire protection got neglected.
It means real people, our neighbors and friends, died because of these jokers and their cute tricks. That's not a bit funny.
We have a responsibility to propose something different and much better than the oligarch dominated future envisioned for us. There's a time to have fun, and a time to be serious too.
What is it we really want San Diego?
How will we pay for it?
Who do we trust to deliver this, on time, where it's needed, on budget?
Most important, what are we willing to contribute.
Shouldn't we have voluntary training for how to protect your suburban house from falling embers when sheltering in place?
If we face a terrorist threat, where is the first aid training we should be offering all citizens?
Since the budget is too complicated for any one council member to understand, why not open it up to public comment. After all, with enough eyes, every error can be found.
Maybe we should start a wiki and start to build this vision together...Reader, could you install WikiMedia?
I think it's time to open up our own public institutions, these alleged public servants and their policies both, to just as much public commentary and dialogue as poor old Don Bauder manages to handle.
(yet another sdblogger)
Response to post #18: Alas, the big problem, as you outline, is how to pay for it. With the millions owed the pension system, how does the City repair the rotting infrastructure and avoid privatizing treasures such as Balboa Park? It's something to ponder. Best, Don Bauder


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Arno A. Penzias: Astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate
Jerry Bergman, Ph.D.
Northwest College
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From their observations made in 1964 and 1965, Dr. Arno A. Penzias and Dr. Robert Wilson of Bell Telephone Laboratories first discovered the now estimated 3 K background microwave radiation in the universe - one of the first and still one of the major lines of evidence in support of Big Bang cosmology. In the minds of many in the scientific community, this discovery supports the view that the universe created itself. Browne (1978) interviewed several of the world's leading physicists, astronomers and cosmologists. "A majority clearly shared the somewhat gloomy view of Dr. Steven Weinberg, a well-known [former] Harvard University particle physicist whose book about the origin of the universe, The First Three Minutes, appeared recently." In Weinberg's words, "The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.... The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy" (Weinberg, 1977).
Browne discovered in his research that some scientists shared "a contrasting view" to that of Weinberg. One of these scientists was Dr. Penzias himself, who, "despite the part his observations played in expanding the thinking of such physicists" as Dr. Weinberg, "believes that they are wrong in asserting that the universe is pointless" (Browne, 1978). The crux of the matter, as Penzias sees it, is that the empirical evidence actually argues for a created universe.
If the Universe hadn't always existed, science would be confronted by the need for an explanation of its existence. Since scientists prefer to operate in the belief that the universe must be meaningless - i.e., reality consists of nothing more than the sum of the world's tangible constituents - they cannot confront the idea of creation easily, or take it lightly. Well, I hope that we, as modern people, might be able to leave dogma aside and be willing to look at facts, at least the facts as we understand them today (Penzias, 1983, pp. 3-4).
Specifically, Penzias' research into cosmology has caused him to see "evidence of a plan of divine creation." He says that "the best data we have are exactly what I would have predicted, had I had nothing to go on but the five books of Moses, the Psalms, the Bible as a whole" (Browne, 1978). Penzias asks:
How could the everyday person take sides in this dispute? ... trying to fit dogma and fact into the same mind seems too difficult....wanting to hold on to the teaching of faith, but as a rational person wanting to keep a grasp on everyday facts - [one is] being pulled by two opposing "truths." One held that the universe was created out of nothing, while the other proclaimed the evident eternity of matter. The "dogma" of creation was thwarted by the "fact" of the eternal nature of matter .... This dogma comes from the intuitive belief of people (including the majority of physicists) who don't want to accept the observational evidence that the universe was created - despite the fact that the creation of the universe is supported by all the observable data astronomy has produced so far. As a result, the people who reject the data can arguably be described as having a "religious" belief .... These people regard themselves as objective scientists. The term "Big Bang" was coined in a pejorative spirit by one of these scientific opponents who hoped to replace the evolutionary universe idea with a steady state theory - one which said that the universe has always looked exactly as it looks now. More recently, this now-discredited attempt has been replaced by an oscillating universe theory, one in which the cosmos explodes and collapses throughout eternity. (Penzias, 1983, p. 3)
Unfortunately, Penzias has not published much on his theological views, but in his few interviews and papers on this topic, he has made his general views clear, as the following comment reveals.
I invite you to examine the snapshot provided by half a century's worth of astrophysical data and see what the pieces of the universe actually look like .... In order to achieve consistency with our observations we must ... assume not only creation of matter and energy out of nothing, but creation of space and time as well. Moreover, this creation must be very delicately balanced. The amount of energy given to the emerging matter must be enough to move it fast enough to escape the bonds of gravity, but not so fast that the particles lose all contact with each other. Enough of the initially-created matter must pull together under gravity to form galaxies, stars, and planetary systems which allow for life. Thus, the second "improbable" property of the early universe, almost as improbable as creation out of nothing, is an exquisitely delicate balance between matter and energy. Third - and this one puzzles scientists at least as much as the first two - somehow all these pieces, each without having any proper contact with the others, without having any way of communication, all must have appeared with the same balance between matter and energy at the same instant. (Penzias, 1992, p. 80, 82)
Penzias also argues that theology can tell us much about what we would expect the universe to be like. For example, he concludes that if it is open, expanding forever, the universe would be "precisely the universe that organized religion predicts." Specifically, he notes that
a theologian friend of mine ... told me once he could not conceive of Calvary happening twice. He said his faith as a Christian would be shaken if it could be proven to him that the universe, with its finite number of particles, could be reconstructed an infinite number of times. It would mean that every event - the creation of man ... everything - would be repeated again and again an infinite number of times, simply by random chance. That is the meaning of infinity. In other words, a closed universe would be [as] pointless as the throw of dice. But it seems to me that the data we have in hand right now clearly show that there is not nearly enough matter in the universe, not enough by a factor of three, for the universe to be able to fall back on itself ever again. (Browne, 1978)
Penzias recognizes that these views are uncommon in science. In his words, "very few winners of Nobel Prizes in science, and for that matter very few scientists generally, have been strong religious believers" (Browne, 1979). Penzias believes drawing conclusions in the faith-science area is compounded by the fact that:
As our sophistication increases, we habitually categorize the sum of experience, using names like "theology" and "astrophysics." But categorization leads to separation. In particular, our understanding of the world around us has grown along two parallel courses, based on largely separate portions of the entirety of human experience. (Penzias, 1992, p. 78)
He not only questions the wisdom of separating reality into artificial divisions such as science and theology, but concludes that doing so may impede a complete understanding of the universe:
...In ancient times, theology outweighed the barely-formed precursors of physical science. But physical knowledge soon began to grow in prestige as well as size. By the end of the middle ages, theology could no longer ignore science. The resulting dichotomy between tangible and intangible knowledge perplexed many of our own great scholars - none greater than Rambam himself ... [said:] "The foundation of our faith is the belief that God created the Universe from nothing; that time did not exist previously, but was created; for it depends on the motion of the sphere, and the sphere has been created" (1946). Maimonides' "dogmatic" position that the universe was created out of nothing conflicted with [contemporary] "empirical" data - data from none other than Aristotle himself - that matter was eternal. (Penzias, 1983, p. 1-2)
Although recognizing that some questions are outside of science, he nonetheless values asking questions in all areas, concluding that the ability to ask "good questions" rather than just the ability to learn, is the factor that "best distinguishes organisms that possess intelligence from those that do not" (Aleksander, 1989, p. 310). Good questions can also help to distinguish truth from lies:
In [Panzias'] 1989 book ... he compares the rigidly defined terrain of computer logic with the improvisational thinking of Sir Arthur Conan Doyles' Sherlock Holmes. Holmes, in Penzias' view, uses his intelligence to distinguish between the truth and lies presented as fact. This is what separates man from machine, Penzias notes, for no machinery exists today with the human ability for judgment or opinion. (Fleming, 1990, p. 28)
The Man Behind These Words
Penzias is not only a Nobel laureate, but has earned numerous other awards, such as honorary doctorates by Rutgers University (New York Times, 1975) and many other institutions. He was born in Munich, Germany in 1933. When he was four years old, his parents fled Nazi Germany, eventually arriving in Brooklyn, New York (Webber, 1980). His father was a Polish citizen and his mother was German. Once in America, Penzias attended Brooklyn Technical High School and City College of New York from which he graduated in 1954 (his alma mater later honored him with an honorary doctorate - New York Times, 1979). Penzias served in the U.S. Army Signal Corp., then pursued graduate studies in physics at Columbia University (Moritz, 1985).
His thesis was under Nobel Laureate Charles Townes and focused on the measurement of free hydrogen radio emissions from the Pegasus I cluster of galaxies (Webber, 1980). Penzias began his lengthy career at Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1961, where he has continued his research, taking advantage of the excellent radio astronomy facilities there (Lubkin, 1978). As Vice President in Charge of Research since December of 1981, he is still very involved in science advancements (Bernstein, 1984, p. 215). As of 1990, Bell Labs employed 22,900 workers, and had a budget of 2.9 billion dollars (Crease, 1991). Penzias explains how he became involved in the field of physics in the following words.
After about one semester ... [at the City College of New York] I was sick of chemistry. I had taken so much in high school .... It involved a lot of memorization of stuff that I already knew. I also took elementary physics, which was taught by a very nice teacher named Hardy. I went to see Professor Hardy and I asked him, "Can a physicist make a living?" ... He said that physicists think they can do anything that an engineer can do, and if they can do that they can at least make a living as engineers. I said, "Fine" and switched majors to physics. (Bernstein, 1984, p. 220)
Working with him at the Columbia Physics Department were Nobel Laureates I. I. Rabi, Polykarp Kusch, Tsung Dao Lee, and Charles Townes. Penzias says that he struggled to get through Columbia and sometimes managed only by receiving incompletes and taking the exams later. The problem was not Penzias' abilities - he was extremely bright and capable - but because the Columbia physics department was highly demanding. He recalls he was once given five questions on a test in an optics course, of which he was sure about none of the answers. When he looked around the room, it appeared that the rest of the students could do the exam, so he plunged in. Penzias ended up with a score of 54 - the second highest mark in the entire class. For his Ph.D. thesis with Professor Townes he built the world's second radiation detection radio telescope. This unit was designed to pick up the specific radio wavelength emitted by hydrogen atoms, namely 21 centimeters. Penzias also worked on developing a large radio antenna to help detect hydrogen in space - the gas then thought to be present in the space between the galaxies - in order to complete an intergalactic hydrogen catalog. He found that many critical published calculations were incorrect, and had to modify his equipment, but still finished the study with "disappointing results" (Moritz, 1985, p. 329). Nonetheless, the young student learned a great deal and earned his degree.
When Penzias joined Bell Laboratories, he was put on the antenna pointing committee to solve measurement errors that occurred because the steel antenna bends under gravity, wind load, and temperature changes. Nor were the antenna's gears perfect, and its foundation was not perfectly horizontal either. A committee was formed to solve the precision problem, and Penzias' solution was to place a second receiver in the antenna which could be pointed at a known natural source of radiation, such as the remnants of an exploded star (Bernstein, 1984, p. 225). Then, by comparing the radio telescope's data to the star's known position, the operator could tell how far off of calibration the instrument was. After Penzias marked success in this area, he began working with the horn antenna at Crawford Hill doing radioastronomy.
One reason Bell Telephone Company funded basic research was because it allowed the company to exchange information with other scientists, who would then reciprocate with information that Bell needed which was developed at other science labs. Penzias was researching the hydroxyl molecule (-OH) in outer space when Robert Wilson joined the Bell Laboratory team in 1963. Bell had at this time moved out of the satellite communication area, and so the horn antenna that was built to communicate with the ECHO and TELSTAR satellites became available for full time radioastronomy. The two scientists then proceeded to make numerous discoveries. For example, in 1970, along with Keith B. Jefferts, they discovered carbon monoxide in the Orion Nebula. Soon after this feat they discovered ethyl alcohol, hydrocyanic acid and scores of other molecules in space. In Penzias' words: "The millimeter portion of the spectrum is so rich that it is hard to take an antenna and point it at certain sources in the sky and not find new lines" (Bernstein, 1984, p. 227).
It was in 1978 that Penzias and Wilson were awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for their discovery of the 3K background radiation because of its perceived significance for Big Bang cosmological model (Hudson, 1978). Prior to this, Bell Lab's radio telescope unit, which was originally designed for satellite communication, was modified to help Wilson and Penzias measure the intensity of radio waves emitted by the gas halo which surrounds our galaxy. A major advantage of this unit was that it was more directionally sensitive than other units of the day. The two scientists were researching the intensity of radio waves emitted from this halo of gas at the Holmdel, New Jersey radio telescope when they made their best known discovery (Lubkin, 1978).
The discovery which, according to Gwynne (1978) "changed the face of modern cosmology" occurred while Penzias and Wilson were doing their routine communication research. They picked up a disconcerting background noise which persisted even after replacing the components which they felt could be producing the mysterious hiss. Since the background static interfered with their communications research, they were concerned to try to determine the cause, so as to eliminate it. Attempted solutions included cleaning pigeon droppings from their twenty-foot horn reflector antenna, as well as removing a pair of pigeons. However, the problem still persisted. They finally stumbled upon the idea that the noise was not interference, but that they were picking up a cosmic background noise. This is now generally interpreted to be what is left of the detectable echo of the Big Bang, which still permeates space.
Originally believed to be in the visible light area of the electromagnetic spectrum, the radiation has decayed to the microwave frequency and is now estimated at 2.73 K. When Penzias and Wilson discovered that the radio waves in the microwave frequency band were in fact emitted in every direction that they could measure, they began the research to find out why (Donovan, 1978). Researchers at Princeton, primarily Professors Robert H. Dicke and P.J.E. Peebles, first led them to the idea that this static may in fact be the first direct evidence of the Big Bang model. This model predicted that the universe emitted black body radiation at a temperature of about 5.0 above absolute zero, about twice that actually found (Webber, 1980). Penzias' thoughts on the Big Bang cosmology that his research was so important in establishing are reflected in these words:
...proposed modifications to the Big Bang theory such as the "bubble theory" ... have to do with hypotheses for how this universal perfection could have happened without violating our understanding of the laws of physics. The bubble theory is a mathematical attempt at getting around our third "improbable" observational fact. As of now, the attempt seems to have been unsuccessful, but the importance of the challenge suggests that scientists will continue to pursue such lines of attack.
Before concluding, I can't resist bringing up the "Missing Mass:" the difference between the amount of matter astronomers find in the Universe and the much larger amount needed to reverse the flight of the galaxies (and ultimately pull them back into a single condensed state). Naively, one might imagine hunting for matter as a kind of astronomical inventory, one in which the total climbs as overlooked nooks and crannies are examined ... [A]s astronomers "weigh" the sun by measuring the motion of the earth, we infer the mass of the universe from the motion of the galaxies themselves. Those motions point to a universe which will fly apart indefinitely - not one which will someday collapse to a point. Thus, observations also contradict the notion that our Big Bang is just one of an infinite series of such events. (Penzias, 1983, pp. 7-8)
Much is still not known about cosmology, and this is reflected in the many debates about the widely accepted, but still hotly disputed Big Bang model of cosmology (Odenwald and Fienberg, 1993; Lerner, 1991). And just what does all this lead up to? Penzias says:
In summary, therefore, astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, one with the very delicate balance needed to provide exactly the conditions required to permit life, and one which has an underlying (one might say "supernatural"), plan. Thus, the observations of modern science seem to lead to the same conclusions as centuries-old [creation beliefs].... At the same time, most of our modern scientific intuition seems to be more comfortable with the world as described by the science of yesterday. (Penzias, 1983, p. 7-8)
Although most famous for the discovery that is now most often used to support broad Big Bang cosmology, Penzias' greatest achievements are in other areas, primarily information technology. This is not unexpected, in view of the primacy of the "information argument" in the designed universe world view that he holds (Johnson, 1991). As head of the largest and most productive information technology research lab in the world - they publish around 3,000 papers a year - he has been a leader in the information revolution that has changed our world (Fleming, 1990; Penzias, 1989a; 1989b; Gilder, 1989). He also is active in his own research and continues to make contributions to radio-astronomy and related areas. That his discovery is not unequivocal evidence for the Big Bang, and can be interpreted in other ways, does not detract from his achievements. One alternative explanation is that the background radiation arises "from dust grains that have been heated by starlight" (Goldsmith, 1985). A major cause of microwave background radiation may also be from extremely distant quasars (Narlikar, 1981, 1991).
Scienctists have gathered an enormous amount of empirical data in their quest for an understanding cosmology and the universe as a whole. Science, by its very nature and through replication, is able to produce empirical data that is widely accepted as valid, but, unfortunately, the interpretations of this data often vary. Because this scientific data is frequently used by many individuals in order to support their atheistic world views, the views of eminent scientists such as Arnold Penzias are useful in helping others to evaluate common interpretations of data. This review of one aspect of Penzias' work, although he has written only briefly about this subject, provides much insight into other possible conclusions in the admittedly rapidly evolving, and currently highly debated, field of cosmology. It is also apparent that it is not uncommon for pronouncements about cosmology and origins made in the mass media, and even by scientists, to be premature, and at times irresponsible. The importance of one's world view often is of major importance in interpreting the data, and understanding this concern is paramount in evaluating the conclusions of researchers.
I wish to both acknowledge and thank Arno Penzias for his help in writing this paper, and for answering my many questions, both in writing and during our telephone conversations.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Venezuela's military tapped a leading businessman Friday to replace former leftist president Hugo Chavez, whose combative rule was ended by army commanders after a bloody repression of a huge street protest.
Pedro Carmona a figure straight from the economic elite Chavez had demonized during his three-year rule said he would hold legislative and presidential elections within a year to replace Chavez.
But Carmona's appointment was challenged by Venezuela's attorney general as unconstitutional, and several Latin American nations condemned Chavez's ouster Friday.
Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez said Chavez was still president because he had not, in fact, resigned but was forced out by the military. Carmona said the constitution calls for Chavez's resignation to be accepted by Congress.
In Costa Rica, leaders at the summit of the 19-nation Rio Group of Latin American countries condemned "the interruption of constitutional order" in Venezuela.
Mexican President Vicente Foz said his country would not recognize Venezuela's new goverment until new elections are held, though he said diplomatic relations continue.
There was no immediate response from the high command or Carmona, who was sworn in late Friday after his supporters issued a declaration accusing Chavez of violating democratic norms and human rights.
Chavez, who could face charges for the deaths of protesters, was being held in an army base after being taken from his palace before dawn. The former paratrooper's strong-arm drive to impose a "revolution" had polarized Venezuela, and his friendships with Cuba's Fidel Castro and Iraq's Saddam Hussein had angered the United States.
Carmona promised an end to anti-Chavez strikes that had severely cut oil production by Venezuela, the third biggest supplier to the United States and the world's fourth biggest oil exporter.
"Everyone will feel that there exists plenty of freedom, pluralism and respect for the state of law," the mild-mannered 60-year-old Carmona said. He urged Venezuelans to help him restore stability to the struggling economy.
Generals said Chavez, 47, was forced to resign by his military high command overnight after his civilian supporters opened fire on protesters in an 150,000-strong anti-Chavez march on Thursday.
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Alida Knobloch is a 3-year-old girl who must carry an oxygen tank at all times to keep breathing.
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Four Things That Are Stressing Women Out That They May Not Know About
There are some very obvious stress factors in your life everyday like kids, money and weight just to name a few.
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Somewhere along the way, February 28th was declared Public Sleeping Day. There is no record of what tired person made this so, but the fact is that it's a day. A day when you can go out and sleep in public, if you dare.
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Here's a challenge. Go to your favorite search engine and enter the terms "dog costume." Hit the search button. (That's the easy part.) Now, try to choose just a handful of the cutest photos of dogs in costumes. Can't do it, can you? It's impossible to choose a few of the cutest from the gazillions of adorable photos of dressed up dogs on the internet. It's like making 'Sophie's Choice,' except without all the Nazis.
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Chihuahua Dancing To DMX [Video]
Only a few thing on this planet makes me jealous and not having a dancing chihuahua is one of those things.
No matter how your day is going I guarantee this will put a smile of your face.
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According to Banfield Pet Hospital's list of the top 25 dog names of 2011, some timeless dog monikers, like "Ginger," "Sadie," "Coco" and "Max," are still very much in use. But other names on the list may be somewhat more unfamiliar.
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A dog in China has been trained by his owner to go to local stores with a shopping list and then bring groceries home. When he does get back, the pup is justly rewarded with tasty treats like sausages and ice cream. A dog who is cute and runs errands? Where do we get one of those? All ours does is sleep and watch Animal Planet.
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Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir Awakenings. It tells the true story of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, fictionalized as American Malcolm Sayer and portrayed by Robin Williams who, in 1969, discovers beneficial effects of the then-new drug L-Dopa. He administered it to catatonic patients who survived the 1917-28 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe (played by Robert De Niro) and the rest of the patients were awakened after decades of catatonic state and have to deal with a new life in a new time. Directed by Penny Marshall, the film was produced by Walter Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, who first encountered Sacks's book as undergraduates at Yale University and optioned it a few years later. Awakenings stars Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Ruth Nelson, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, and Max Von Sydow. The film features a non-speaking cameo from jazz legend Dexter Gordon (who died before the film's release) who appears as a patient and then-unknowns Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Vin Diesel, and Vincent Pastore play a doctor, neurochemist, hospital orderly and a psych-ward patient, respectively. In 1969, Dr.
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One of the most inspiring and haunting movies I've ever seen. The story and the messages resonate after more than 20 years. Williams and de Niro are both at the top of their games.May 28th, 2014 · Details
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In a display of subtle acting, his most subdued yet, Robin Williams is terrific as a painfully shy, retiring research physician who finds himself reluctantly practicing in a chronic hospital in 1969 in "Awakenings." Despite his terrific performance, however, Williams is no match for his co-star, Robert De Niro, as the patient who is the film's primary focus. It is a brilliant star turn and could well mark the actor's third Oscar after "The Godfather" and "Raging Bull." (Oscar-voters love stars who play handicapped characters, as two recent wins attest, Dustin Hoffman for "Rain Man" and Daniel Day-Lewis for "My Left Foot.") "Awakenings" is based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks' experiences as he found a series of unexplained similarities between patients at a chronic psychiatric hospital in the late '60s who were in a comalike state. Eventually, he discovered each suffered from enchephalitis lethargia, a sleeping sickness that swept the country during the 1920s, and proceeded to use an experimental drug called L-Dopa on them. The astonishing result was that the patients came back to life, if you will, some after many years of no outward physical or mental activity at all. Unfortunately, there were unexpected side effects that turned the brief period of joy to tragedy. But not without lessons learned. De Niro plays the first patient to whom Williams gives the drug, opening the door for what is to come. De Niro has been in his semiconscious state, unable to speak or do anything for himself, for 30 years. The film's centerpiece has him rediscovering life and trying to cope with having lost 30 years, in the process teaching those around him to resist taking their lives for granted. The film's message is simple enough and the story, scripted by Steven Zaillian from Sacks' book and directed by Penny Marshall ("Big"), quite straightforward, told a step at a time as we meet Williams' character, follow him through his awkward adjustment stages at the hospital and then see him perform literal miracles with his patients. And though the tragic repercussions are painstakingly re-created as the film winds down, the overall tone is upbeat and joyous, laced with liberal amounts of humor, and will likely have you leaving the theater ready to enjoy your life, no matter how difficult it may seem at times. De Niro and Williams, as mentioned, are knockouts, but others who also deliver great performances include Julie Kavner as Williams' nurse, John Heard as the insensitive head of the hospital and numerous character actors as patients, including Alice Drummond, Anne Meara and the late Dexter Gordon. "Awakenings" is a fabulous movie from beginning to end. Put this one on your must-see list. It is rated a soft PG-13 for a couple of profanities and some mild violence.January 11th, 1991 · Details
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I lived with my grandmother (that's abuela in Spanish) for most of my life — she was like a second mother to me. It seems like my grandma always had a remedy for any ailment I was facing. Some of them may seem silly, and maybe they were just old wives' tales (or old abuela tales) — but some of them actually work!
Below is a list I compiled of some "abuela remedies" from my own grandmother and the grandmothers of some of my friends.
- With summer coming up, you might be spending a lot of time outside and could risk getting stung by a bee. But fear not, rub some cut-up raw garlic on that sting, and you'll be fine!
- Did your toddler bump his head? Take a slice of potato and rub it where he bumped his head and no bump will appear. I have a friend who swears by this.
- Have a cough that's driving you crazy? Boil milk with 2 – 3 leaves of oregano and drink up.
- If anyone in your family gets a minor burn that doesn't break the skin put some white toothpaste on it… it will numb the pain and prevent blistering.
- Hiccups are annoying. But every abuela in Miami knows all you have to do to get rid of hiccups is use some spit to stick a string on your forehead… those hiccups will be gone in no time.
- For earaches, take a clove of garlic, wrap it in cotton, and warm it up in the microwave. Stick it in the ear, and soon the pain will be gone. I used to suffer from earaches as a child, and this always worked for me.
Disclaimer: None of our abuelas are medical doctors, so be sure to seek the advice of a medical professional before using any kind of treatment/remedy you read here or anywhere on the internet. This is just for fun.


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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will convene a panel of aviation, homeland security and law enforcement experts to determine whether Los Angeles International Airport is prone to terrorist attacks, officials said Thursday.
Before the end of the year, the independent panel will examine whether the airport's perimeter, terminals and roadway entrances are adequately protected, according to Michael Molina, the airport's deputy executive director of external affairs.
The team also will review how airport police officers are assigned and the overall command and control of the department, Molina said.
Summit Announced In Wake Of LAX Emergency Exit Violations: KNX 1070's Charles Feldman Reports
The review panel's composition is expected to be announced within the next two weeks.
Members of the panel likely will include advisers from Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport, who have already visited LAX, Molina told the City Council's Trade, Commerce and Tourism Committee.
"I thought it was time to possibly lay to rest some of these allegations and have a timely review and audit of our practices by an outside authority," Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who chairs the committee, was quoted by the Daily Breeze.
"I hope we don't go into this with any kind of political agendas," Hahn said. "This is really about the safety and security of the airport."
The study was ordered after the head of the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association alleged in July that LAX was "more vulnerable to terrorist attack than at any time since 9-11" due to budget and staffing cuts to the airport police department.
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Gallerie II celebrates 15th anniversary with Facebook giveaway
August 29, 2012,
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Gallerie II, a seasonal gifts, trim and decorative accessories manufacturer, will celebrate its 15th anniversary by giving away 15 prizes with a Facebook promotion.
On Sept. 18, Gallerie II will randomly select 15 of its Facebook fans to receive a pair of Gathered Traditions hand-painted, soft sculpt figures by artist Joe Spencer each. The snowmen figures, "Haley" and "Harvey", carry a suggested retail price of $650.
"Our customers have contributed to our success these past fifteen years and we wanted to express our gratitude to them with this special giveaway," said Cindi Steele, creative manager, Gallerie II.
Gallerie II, started in 1997, is a separate division of C&F Enterprises with an exclusive product line of holiday trim, seasonal gifts and decorative accessories.
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Retired NFL great Cunningham reaches deep in relating the loss of his young son and offering a story of radically trusting faith
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- High Employee Engagement firms have an ROI 19% higher than average and in Low Engagement organizations ROI was 44% below average? (Aon/Hewitt Assoc)
- In a worldwide study of 100,000 employees, 51% said they would sacrifice status and pay to have more meaningful work! (Kelly Global)
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You still need to narrow down your implementation however: if you want something to interact with, then try to make a brain class that responds to certain input automatically (as a start), and study AI.
If you want to simulate life, then bust out the medical encyclopedia and start reading. You'll need to polish up on your knowledge of how the human body works before you try anything smart. I would start by giving the "person" a stomach, heart, and lungs. Make sure it can go to the bathroom.