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This recipe is an interesting variation of the typical hummus. Jewish women are always trying to dream up ways for the family to eat more vegetables. Serve with crudites or whole wheat Pita chips when entertaining, or serve this healthy new side dish with a Shabbat lunch…
Makes 4 cups
- 1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 can (19.5 ounces) chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
- 1/4 cup tahini
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- Whole-wheat pita and crudites such as red pepper and broccoli
- Set a steamer basket in a large pot. Fill with enough water to come just below basket; bring to a boil. Add potatoes; reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a food processor.
- Combine chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, oil, cumin, and garlic in the food processor. Puree, about 1 minute; thin with water if necessary. Season with salt and pepper and let cool; refrigerate, in an airtight container, up to 1 week. Serve with pita and crudites.
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Ahhhh. The weather has begun to shift from the humid blast furnace that is August to the cooler, less humid days of September. The kids are back in school and bright yellow school buses flit across the county once again.
The Orioles are winding down their regular season while the Ravens are getting their regular season under way. And all of Baltimore is all abuzz with talk of possible post-season baseball for the first time in more than a decade.
These are all welcome changes, especially if you're an Orioles fan! Change happens every day. Most of us welcome the change in seasons and look forward to those early signs of the incoming season like the clear, cool nights which reveal the planets, stars and galaxies in all their glory.
Some change is fascinating to witness. ENIAC, commonly thought of as the first modern computer was built in 1944. It was larger than an 18 wheeler, weighed more than 17 Chevy Camaros, and consumed more than 140,000 watts of electricity to execute up to 5,000 instructions per second.
In 1989 the popular 486 microprocessor was built on a tiny piece of silicon about the size of a dime and could execute up to 54,000,000 instructions per second. By contrast, today's smart phone places far greater computing power right in the palm of your hand. Now, that's change!
This is just one example of dramatic technological developments. Think of how those developments have changed your personal life. Think of the impact they've had on your business life. And, technology is only one of the drivers of change!
Many people agree that the pace of change is staggering and that adapting to the changing business climate is one of the crucial capabilities of any successful business leader. From a business standpoint, some changes are welcome and some are not so welcome, but the most successful among us recognize that change is inevitable and adapt their strategies and tactics accordingly.
As a business leader, how do you know if you're in tune with the pace of change in your industry? What adjustments should you be considering when it comes to your strategies, goals, and plans? How do you ensure that your planning process adequately accounts for changes in your industry? To what extent is change embraced rather than avoided? These are questions that you and your business coach can explore at length so that your path forward is not only clearer but directly relevant to your situation. If you don't have a business coach, here are three reasons you should.


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PLAINFIELD � At 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in the Plainfield High School auditorium, members of the marching band warmed up their instruments and excitedly prepared for the day�s event.
Band director Kaycie Howard focused the group on performing their �A Night at the Ballet Russe� showpiece in front of approximately 300 visiting eighth graders who were taking their seats in the auditorium.
The students, from surrounding middle schools, were there to learn about what the high school offered academically and in extracurricular activities, such as the marching band.
Principal James Worth introduced the band. A soothing alto saxophone, played by sophomore August Edwards, broke the silence and with a loud boom of the drums music vibrated off the walls.
It was the same arrangement that earned the band first place at the USBands New England State Championship on Saturday. And the concert for the eighth graders was a celebration of that win.
�Winning was surprising,� Howard said.
It also showed how far the band has come in a short time. Just four years ago, the band had just 18 members, and they had never been to a state competition. Howard said it took three years to add instruments and students, but after �recruiting and developing and acquiring skills� she was slowly able to add competitions to the curriculum.
Drum Major Keith Sheeley, a 17-year-old senior, has been there from the beginning.
�Our prior director wasn�t too great,� Sheeley said. �Howard came to us as a symbol of hope. Our beacon of light.�
Sheeley described the band before Howard�s tenure as �independent thinkers.: But Howard introduced the idea of �equality and stressing a family atmosphere,� he said.
That new approach and a lot of hard work led to them winning first place.
The band traveled as far as New Jersey over five weeks competing in competitions playing scores of Igor Stravinsky�s three ballets; �Firebird�, �Petrushka� and �Right of Spring�. After each performance they were scored and ranked among other bands.
Going into the last competition they were rated second, but were pronounced the victors after scoring 86 points, more than half-a- point more than their biggest contenders, East Haven High School.
Sheeley said it was the �perfect way to end� the band�s season and his last year in high school.
�I will never, never forget it,� he said. �It was a John Elway moment for me personally. It showed all the effort of all four years.�


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FT214: "The far left has been and always will be an aristocratic-thinking, privilege-seeking people." —Old Pithy
Fundamental Truth
Lawyers make a lot of Money without Contributing anything Tangible to Society
An attorney was sitting in his office late one night when Satan appeared before him. Satan said, "I have a proposition for you. You can win every case you try for the rest of your life. Your clients will adore you, your colleagues will stand in awe of you and you will make embarrassing sums of money. All I want in exchange is your soul, your wife's soul, your children's souls, the souls of your parents, grandparents, parents-in-law, the souls of all your friends and law partners." The lawyer thought about this for a moment then asked, "So, what's the catch?"
That's funny, isn't it? Lawyers. Ambulance chasers. The butt of so many jokes. Why? Well, some will say they deserve it. Because they do chase ambulances. And will pass out their business cards if they're on a sinking ship. Because sinking ships are good for lawsuits. And lawyers love to sue. For they can make a lot of money without contributing anything tangible to society. All they do is get between two parties when large sums of money change hands. And put a portion of that money into their pockets. That's how they earn their living. Taking money away from others. They're parasites. Just to get rich. And the big tort lawyers (those who sue people and businesses) get really rich. Allowing them to live very privileged lives.
Take a class action lawsuit. Where they bring a lot of wronged people together to sue a large corporation. The old David and Goliath thing. A little person can never take on a big corporation. But a whole class of them can. When represented by a tort lawyer. Who liken themselves as heroes of the little guy. Taking the big corporation on to make them pay for all the horrible things they've done to their clients. But who do they really help? Let's say they win a judgment from a big corporation of $250,000,000. That's a lot of money. From that sum they take their cut. Let's say 50%. Leaving $125 million for the people the corporation wronged. That's a lot of money. So the people won, too, right? Not really. For there are a lot of people represented in these class actions. Let's say 5 million in our example. So if you divide the $125 million by 5 million that comes to $25 per person. So, again, who did the lawyers really help? The lawyers. Which is why there are so many lawyer jokes.
In the Private Sector if you want to spend Half of your Life Retired you have to Pay for It
Lawyers vote Democrat. Because they like being privileged people. They don't want the laws changing that allow them to get so rich when money exchanges hands. Which is why they donate heavily to the Democrat Party. And don't donate to the Republicans. Who complain about the high costs of frivolous lawsuits to businesses in an overly litigious society. It's so bad that a footnote in the financial statements of a corporation about a lawsuit is not that big of a deal. Why? Because so many corporations are sued that investors are more surprised to see one that isn't being sued. This is why Republicans want tort reform. And pass 'loser-pays' into law. Like many other countries have. Where the loser in court pays for the attorney fees for the side that wins. Which would greatly cut down on frivolous lawsuits. And cut the costs businesses incur from these frivolous lawsuits that they pass on to their customers. So the lawyers donate to Democrats. To prevent any tort reform that would change the easy way lawyers have of getting rich.
It's the world's oldest profession. Screwing people for money. But lawyers aren't the only ones seeking privilege. There are a lot of others, too. Interestingly, they, too, support the Democrat Party. Such as the United Autoworkers. They donate heavily to the Democrat Party to keep labor laws favorable to unions. To make it more difficult for their nonunion competition. And to use the power of government to force people to pay may for a union-made car. Allowing their union members to live better lives than those outside of the UAW. And when even that doesn't allow General Motors to pay its bills when selling a record number of cars the UAW goes to government for a bailout of their woefully underfunded pension fund. So their union members can continue to have a more generous retirement at an earlier age than those outside of the UAW.
Teacher unions seek privilege, too. You hear a lot about how the teachers don't earn that much. But then again, they don't work that much. Getting 3 months off in the summer. So you can't compare their wages to people who don't get the 3 summer months off. But for teachers it's not so much about the paycheck. It's the benefits. Very generous health insurance coverage. And pensions. Which have gone the way of the dodo in the private sector. Because people are just living too long into retirement. When they first set up these pensions people were dying in their sixties. The actuaries never saw people living into their eighties as common. So in the private sector if you want to spend half of your life retired you have to pay for it. And you work as long as necessary to fund the retirement you want. The union pensions just can't work these days as they once did. Which is why teacher unions like the United Autoworkers and lawyers support the Democrat Party. They want to keep their privileged lives.
The Wealth Transfers of the Welfare State give Democrats Money and Privilege
Of course privilege is nothing new to the Democrat Party. They have long stood for privilege. Even now. As the Democrats provide themselves all kinds of exceptions from the Affordable Care Act. For more expensive and lower quality health insurance is good for the masses. But not for the privileged elite. Or their special friends who support them so generously with campaign donations. Congress has had a history of exempting themselves from the laws they pass for us. It took the Republican winning of the House in the 1994 midterm elections to change that. The first Republican-controlled House since 1952 required Congress to be held to the same laws as the rest of us. A bitter pill for Democrats to swallow. For their feelings of privilege go way back.
The Democrat Party can trace its pedigree back to Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party. The party of the slave-owning planter elite. Who from day one fought for their privilege starting with the Three-Fifths Compromise. To give them a greater say in the new national government than their voting population allowed. The planter elite's South turned into an Old World aristocracy. With great manors for the landed aristocracy. And vast lands worked by slaves. Very similar to feudalism in the Old World. And something they fought hard to keep. Their privilege. The Southern Democrats used the power of the national government (such as the Fugitive Slave Act) to interfere with state laws in the North. To protect their feudalism by keeping slavery legal as long as they could while the north was industrializing and modernizing. With paid laborers. When they lost control of the House due to the growing population in the North they turned to war. Saying that the national government was interfering with state laws in the South. And getting poor southern farmers who owned no slaves to fight and die so the southern aristocracy could live on.
When the Southern Democrats lost the American Civil War they scrambled to maintain their privilege. They unleashed a terror on the freed slaves and Republicans with the KKK. The Democrats then wrote Jim Crowe Laws. Separate but equal. Government-enforced racial segregation. During debate of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Democrat and former Exalted Cyclops of the KKK Robert Byrd filibustered for 14 hours. To keep the South segregated. With power and privilege in a new aristocracy. Centered not on land but political power and cronyism. Even becoming the party for blacks as ironic as that is. Trading government programs for votes. And destroying the black family in the process. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) replaced black fathers with government. And moved single mothers and their children into housing projects that became infested with drugs and crime. But this large (and failed) welfare state transferred a lot of wealth to the Democrats. Giving them money and privilege. That they can use to maintain their power. By taking care of those who take care of them. Lawyers, the UAW, teacher unions and other privilege seekers. For nothing has changed on the left. They have been and always will be an aristocratic-thinking, privilege-seeking people who want to live better than the rest of us. While we pay for their privileged lives.
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Diomedea epomophora (royal albatross)
Royal Albatross, Diomedea epomophora. Note the hooked bill is made up of several plates. The nostrils are two unfused tubes, separated by the culmen (the central ridge of the bill).
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Volcanic soils yield new clues about the emergence of powerful chiefdoms in Hawaii
Remnants of long-abandoned sweet potato fields – including trails and earthen walls once used as windbreaks – are still visible on the southwest flank of Kohala Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. Polynesian settlers conducted intensive farming on the 25-square-mile site from about 1400 to 1800 A.D.
When the first Europeans arrived in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, they found a thriving, complex society organized into chiefdoms whose economies were based primarily on farming.
On the islands of Kaua'i, O'ahu and Moloka'i, the principal crop was taro -- a starchy plant grown in irrigated wetlands where the supply of water was usually abundant.
But on Maui and the Big Island of Hawai'i, the main staple was the sweet potato -- a more labor-intensive crop planted in relatively dry fields where success depended on adequate seasonal rainfall. Some anthropologists say that, by the late 1700s, sweet potato production had reached its maximum capacity. As a result, the chiefdoms on Maui and Hawai'i began aggressively coveting the taro ponds that flourished on other islands. Pressure to find new sources of food may be one reason why Kamehameha, chief of the island of Hawai'i, launched an invasion in 1795 that culminated in his eventual conquest of the entire island chain.
But one question has long troubled anthropologists, ecologists and historians alike: Why was large-scale sweet potato farming confined to just a few areas of Maui and Hawai'i? After all, the Polynesians first arrived in the Hawaiian archipelago around 800 A.D., so they had hundreds of years to develop potato fields throughout the islands.
The answer, according to an international research team, may lie in the soil. Writing in the June 11 edition of the journal Science, the researchers conclude that relatively recent volcanic eruptions on Maui and the island of Hawai'i produced a handful of sites with soil nutritionally rich enough to raise large quantities of sweet potatoes. What's remarkable, say the authors, is that early Polynesian settlers found these fertile farmlands, which were originally covered by thick tropical forest, and successfully exploited them for hundreds of years.
"The public perception of the early Polynesians focuses on their greatness as navigators - and they were the greatest navigators of their era," said Peter Vitousek, a professor of biological sciences at Stanford University and lead author of the Science study. "But another way they were equally great was that they were fantastic farmers. They were able to develop and sustain intensive agricultural systems in tropical environments that are very difficult to farm."
Volcanic history
The idea that volcanoes played a crucial role in early Hawaiian agriculture should come as no surprise. After all, the Hawaiian archipelago is actually a chain of volcanoes that has been forming for more than 30 million years.
The volcanic islands are created when the Pacific tectonic plate slowly passes over a region of hot magma located deep in the Earth's mantle. As a result, the islands get progressively younger as you move from west to east. Kaua'i, in the western end of the chain, emerged some 4.7 million years ago, followed by O'ahu, Moloka'i, Maui and the newest island, Hawai'i, where the magma hotspot continues to produce lava from Kilauea Volcano.
Spectacular rainfall
In the Science study, Vitousek and his co-authors focused on Kohala - a comparatively young volcano on the northwest tip of the island of Hawai'i. Early Polynesians created a vast agricultural complex on the volcano's southwest flank, where they raised sweet potatoes and other dryland crops. Remnants of long-abandoned fields - including rows of earthen walls once used as windbreaks - are still visible on the 25-square-mile site, most of which is now on private ranchland.
Kohala's last eruption occurred about 150,000 years ago - long before the Polynesians arrived. "Human settlement and farming in the region began [around] 1200 to 1300 A.D, and the most intensive farming probably took place in 1400 to 1800 A.D," the authors wrote.
Standing nearly 5,400 feet above sea level, Kohala Volcano is a place of extremes, experiencing "what may be the most spectacular rainfall gradient on Earth," according to the authors, with annual precipitation on the southwest flank ranging from about 180 inches near the summit to just seven inches near sea level - a distance of less than nine miles.
One of the most puzzling aspects of Kohala agriculture is that, for almost 600 years, intensive sweet potato farming was confined to a narrow, diagonal strip of land about 10 miles long and 2.5 miles wide. This fertile region, which stretched from sea level to an altitude of 3,000 feet, only covered a fraction of the volcano's total surface.
Violent geology
Sweet potatoes do best with at least 20 inches of rainfall a year and at elevations below 3,000 feet. Although such conditions exist on all of the Hawaiian Islands, evidence of large-scale sweet potato farming has only been found on Kohala and a half-dozen other regions of Hawai'i and Maui. This fact led researchers to suspect that there was something in the soil of these young volcanic islands that made them conducive to sweet potato cultivation.
Kohala's recent geological history offered several tantalizing clues. The volcano was built 150,000 to 400,000 years ago by a series of violent eruptions that spewed out rock rich in phosphorus, calcium and other minerals essential for plant growth. To find out if large concentrations of these nutrients were present in the narrow agricultural system, Vitousek and his colleagues decided to analyze the soil in and around Kohala's abandoned fields.
"We collected soil samples every 200 meters [600 feet] - from well above the agricultural system to well below it," Vitousek explained. "It turns out that, within the boundaries of the system, phosphorus levels are high, but above and below the system, the levels are low."
The researchers also measured the concentration of several chemical bases in the soil - calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium. "We found that base conditions were moderately high within the agricultural system, but very low in the higher elevations above it," Vitousek said.
According to the researchers, these results provide strong evidence that the early inhabitants of Kohala had discovered a "sweet spot" of high soil fertility - a swath of land, rich in phosphorus and bases, which received enough precipitation to harvest vast quantities of sweet potatoes.
That rare combination of rainfall and fertile soil did not exist on Kaua'i, O'ahu and Moloka'i, however. According to the research team, the soils on those ancient islands had lost their nutrients through weathering and other factors - thus precluding the development of large-scale sweet potato farming.
The research team also dug beneath the earthen walls, which the Hawaiians used as windbreaks, and collected samples of virgin soil that had never been farmed. "We found higher phosphorus levels under the walls than in the abandoned fields," Vitousek said. "This suggests that the amount of phosphorus originally in the soil may have been depleted by agriculture and/or subsequent ranching."
Agricultural collapse
"Clearly, the Hawaiians were pushing agriculture to its limits," said Patrick V. Kirch, a professor of anthropology at the University of California-Berkeley and co-author of the Science study. "We can see that the fields on Hawai'i were getting smaller and smaller, and that there was no place for them to expand geographically."
According to Vitousek, the shortage of arable land probably played a role in the rise of aggressive chiefdoms on Maui and Hawai'i in the 18th century.
"The Hawaiian Islands had a true class system led by chiefs who enjoyed elite privileges," Kirch noted. "To maintain the social order at the level they were accustomed to, the chiefs had to go into a mode of aggressive action. It's interesting that the really aggressive chiefdoms came from the highly intensified dryland systems on Maui and Hawai'i, where per capita yields were declining. They probably looked up the chain of islands toward Moloka'i and O'ahu and said, 'I'd love to get hold of those taro paddies.'"
By the early 1800s, just a few decades after European contact, the remarkable agricultural system that once prospered on Maui and Hawai'i had collapsed. Most historians blame its demise on the introduction of human diseases, which caused a drastic crash in the Hawaiian population. As a result, there were no longer enough people to work the labor-intensive fields, and as the population fell, the demand for sweet potatoes also declined.
The successes and failures of the early Polynesians offer important lessons for tropical forest management today, according to Vitousek.
"Just as land influenced Polynesian societies, Polynesian societies influenced land," he wrote. "Those societies faced the challenge of making a transition from intensive, exploitative use of their island's obviously limited resources, to more sustainable use of those resources. We ourselves now face the challenge of global transition to sustainability; can we learn from societies that succeeded or failed on smaller worlds?"
Other coauthors of the Science study are Shripad Tuljapurkar, professor of biological sciences at Stanford; T.N. Ladefoged of the University of Auckland; O. A. Chadwick and A.S. Hartshorn of the University of California-Santa Barbara; M.W. Graves of the University of Hawai'i-Manoa; and S.C. Hotchkiss of the University of Wisconsin. The research was supported by a Biocomplexity in the Environment grant from the National Science Foundation.


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It kicked off a few weeks ago, with a few steps back since then. But with today getting close to 20 degrees, it's on.
Spring in Amsterdam is an explosion of smiles, skirts, sloops and (some) sun. Every cafe terrace is packed, with chairs and tables crammed onto every possible inch of canalside territory.
Things bloom here early, beginning in March, and many gardens and public parks already have flowers out in full. The trees are still a bit shy, but they are getting bolder each week.
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I want to share some more tips and more realistic data and rules scenarios.
- Netbeans: If you run the java file (Run File)with the sample code instead of running the whole application, the resources and NOT rebuild, means any changes made to the rules would not be reflected. So rither Cleand and Build or run the application then resources are rebuild automatically.
- Threads: In the first sample we did not use a separate thread to fire the rules. If you update or insert facts after the initial ksession.fireAllRules() you will not see any output from the engine, only if you call it again. I recommend the thread approach with ksession.fireUntilHalt()as shown in the last tutorial.
- Container: A simple java application might be good enough for the first steps, but more realistic is the execution in a web application running in a container. I will post a separate tutorial how to run the rule engine inside a singleton EJB on Glassfish.
Rule samples and code snippets: Managing Flights and Times
The previous samples with message instances are not close to anything realistic, so I create a little airport scenario. It wont be able to run an airport's operations but gives an idea. I skip the basic initialization etc. We will use the pseudo clock.
- We operate an airport with arriving and departing flights.
- Our simplified data model
Flights with attributes: Flightnumber, airlinecode, aircrafttype, origin, destination, number of pax. + internal primary key
Flight times with attributes: Timestamp, type. + foreign key to Flights
- Arriving flights usually have this or similar sequence of events: Scheduled Time (STOA) – Estimated (ETOA) – Landed/Touchdown (LAND) – OnBlock Time (ONBL)
(in real operations you will have more events, also from different sources)
- Rule 1: Alert me if the ETOA (often coming from automated interfaces like ATC or IATA Telex messages from the origin airport of the flight) is more than 30min after scheduled arrival time STOA (maybe to inform public at the airport)
- Rule 2: Alert me if the time between LAND and ONBL is more than 5min.
- The rule does not make much operational sense, because you want to warn someone that the aircraft is still not at the position after minutes on the ground, means it is still taxiing and you want to inform the ground crew about it
Rule 2b: Alert me if there is no ONBL 5min after the LAND event.
- The Flight class
public class Flight { private String flightKey; private String flightNumber; private String airline2lc; private String origin; private String destination; ... more attributes, getter-setter etc. }
- The Flight Time class
public class FlightTime { private Date flighttime; private long flighttimestamp; private String type; private String flightkey; ... constructor,getter-setter etc. }
- For the simple comparison of times (Rule 1 and 2) we can ignore the session clock and use this simple rule
rule "RULE 5" when time1:FlightTime(key:flightkey,type=='STOA') from entry-point entryone time2:FlightTime(flightkey == key, type=='ETOA', this after[ 30m ] time1) from entry-point entryone then System.out.println("More than 30min between STOA and ETOA: " + time1.getFlightkey() ); end
Insert facts (flight times), rules get fired by the separate thread (see previous sample)
.. entrypoint1.insert(new FlightTime(new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy HH:mm").parse("03/08/12 12:00"), "STOA", "1")); entrypoint1.insert(new FlightTime(new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy HH:mm").parse("03/08/12 12:40"), "ETOA", "1")); ..
- For Rule 2b we need to use the session clock
rule "RULE 6" when time1:FlightTime(key:flightkey,type=='LAND') from entry-point entryone not ( FlightTime(flightkey == key, type=='ONBL', this after[ 0,5m ] time1) from entry-point entryone ) then System.out.println("Missing ONBL after 5min LAND: " + time1.getFlightkey() ); System.out.println("Session Time at rule trigger: " + (drools.getWorkingMemory().getSessionClock().getCurrentTime())/60000); end
Note: We cant use the separate thread like previously, but we must fire ksession.fireAllRules(); everytime we advance the clock !
SessionPseudoClock clock = ksession.getSessionClock(); clock.advanceTime(2, TimeUnit.MINUTES); entryPoint1.insert(new FlightTime((clock.getCurrentTime()), "LAND", "1")); clock.advanceTime(10, TimeUnit.MINUTES); ksession.fireAllRules(); ..
- Run with Rule 2b
- Challenge for now: The engine looks at the timestamp of fact insertion, so I cant backdate my timestamps, which would be necessary if you get delayed updates from an interface.
Eg. at 02:00 you get LAND with timestamp 01:00 you would expect the rule to be triggered at 06:00 (01:00 + 5min) but it gets triggered at 07:00
Will explore Fusion further to cover this situation.


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There is nothing like a fresh delicious chocolate chip cookie. This is why I make the batter and freeze them raw. I can pull them out and just bake before serving.
Kosher Ingredients: 2 cups cake meal
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2 sticks margarine
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 package (12 oz) chocolate chips
Combine dry ingredients, cake meal, baking soda and salt
Melt margarine in microwave, cream with sugars add eggs and vanilla
Add in dry mixture then chips
Shape into balls and flatten a little (these cookies will remain the same shape after baking )
May freeze at this point
Bake 350 (preheated oven) for 10-12 min do not over bake
Lisa Bailey
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DENVER (AP) — Corey Dickerson hit Atlanta catcher Gerald Laird with his backswing and tempers quickly flared, setting off a tense sequence and leading to several ejections Thursday as the Colorado Rockies beat the Braves 10-3.
The Rockies led 8-3 in the eighth inning when Dickerson knocked off Laird's facemask with his swing "" Dickerson said it was an accident.
Laird was down for several minutes before walking off and being replaced by Evan Gattis. With his next pitch, Atlanta reliever David Carpenter hit Dickerson in the thigh and was ejected.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss bolted from the dugout and began yelling at Carpenter, as well as in the general direction of Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez.
Weiss was held back by plate umpire Jordan Baker before being ejected. When he returned to the dugout, Weiss smashed a bat against the wall.
In the ninth, Rockies reliever Nick Masset hit Gattis in the hip with a pitch. Both Masset and Rockies bench coach Tom Runnells were immediately tossed.
Jhoulys Chacin (1-4) pitched seven scoreless innings. Ervin Santana (5-3) took the loss.
CHICAGO (AP) — Max Scherzer tossed a three-hitter in his first career complete game, and Victor Martinez hit his 16th homer to lead Detroit.
Scherzer (8-2) was back in his 2013 Cy Young form, striking out eight and walking three while outdueling Chicago starter Chris Sale (5-1). Only three times did the White Sox have men in scoring position.
Sale was nearly as sharp as Scherzer. He struck out 10 "" all swinging "" to match a season high and allowed five hits in seven innings.
Martinez hit a solo shot into the left field bullpen to lead off the fifth and Miguel Cabrera drove in two runs for Detroit. Bryan Holiday drove in an insurance run in the ninth.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tim Hudson threw seven strong innings and left with a major league-best 1.81 ERA as the San Francisco Giants avoided a four-game sweep and beat Washington.
Michael Morse got three hits and scored twice for the Giants, who had a five-game winning streak before Washington came to town. The Nationals have lost just twice in 10 games.
Hudson (7-2) allowed one unearned run and six hits. The Giants are 7-0 in games he has started at home.
Blake Treinen (0-3) remained winless at the major league level despite a 2.08 ERA.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Todd Frazier hit a two-run homer off Zack Greinke, who lost his perfect record at Great American Ball Park, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Los Angeles Dodgers for a split of their four-game series.
The Reds won the last two games to finish a 5-5 homestand that left them stuck closer to the bottom of the NL Central than the top.
Alfredo Simon (9-3) gave up seven singles in eight innings, joining the Cardinals' Adam Wainwright as the NL's nine-game winners.
Greinke (8-3) had been 4-0 in five games at Great American.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pinch-hitter Reid Brignac lined a tiebreaking, two-run double in the sixth inning, John Mayberry Jr. hit a three-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat San Diego in a steady rain to complete a three-game sweep.
Brignac, whose three-run homer in the ninth gave the Phillies a 3-0 victory a night earlier, hit a drive off Dale Thayer for a 4-2 lead.
Mayberry connected an inning later off Alex Torres. Making a spot start for Ryan Howard, Mayberry also doubled twice.
Kyle Kendrick (2-6) allowed one earned run in six innings.
Eric Stults (2-8) allowed four runs and eight hits in five-plus innings.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kevin Gausman gave up one run over six innings and Delmon Young homered for Baltimore.
Nick Markakis had two hits and an RBI for the Orioles, who moved within 3 1-2 games of first-place Toronto in the AL East.
Gausman (2-1) allowed five hits, walked three and struck out three in his second consecutive solid outing.
Zach Britton worked the ninth for his sixth save.
Buehrle (10-3) yielded four runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings to lose his second straight start following a six-game winning streak. The left-hander allowed three runs or fewer in 12 of his previous 13 starts.
Toronto has lost three straight and five of six.
BREWERS 5, METS 1, 13 innings
NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathan Lucroy hit a tiebreaking homer in a four-run 13th inning for Milwaukee in a game that had an unusual rain delay that lasted all of 3 minutes.
Aramis Ramirez homered and finished with three hits for the Brewers (40-27) who completed a 5-3 road trip with their 10th victory in 15 games overall, matching a season high at 13 games above .500.
The Mets stranded seven runners from the ninth through the 11th and blew a bases-loaded opportunity with a chance to win. They lost for the eighth time in nine games and fell a season-worst eight games under .500 at 29-37.
Ryan Braun opened the 13th with an infield single off Carlos Torres (2-4). Lucroy drove an 0-1 pitch to left field for his fifth home run. Mark Reynolds added an RBI single and Rickie Weeks was hit by Dana Eveland's pitch with the bases loaded.
Zach Duke (4-0) tossed a perfect inning and Francisco Rodriguez finished in a non-save situation.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen had two doubles and two RBIs to help Pittsburgh beat Chicago.
Russell Martin also doubled twice for the Pirates and rookie Gregory Polanco got a hit in the third straight game since his call-up. Edinson Volquez (4-5) pitched seven effective innings to win for the third time in his last five starts.
McCutchen, the reigning National League MVP, broke it open with a two-run double in the fifth off Jeff Samardzija (2-6). McCutchen is batting .428 (18 of 42) with 15 extra-base hits in June.
Luis Valbuena had two doubles for the Cubs, who went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position to fall for the fourth time in five games.
ASTROS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4, 10 innings
HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Carter homered leading off the bottom of the 10th inning for Houston.
Carter, who homered twice on Wednesday, hit his 13th homer of the season into the Crawford Boxes in left field off J.J. Putz (1-1).
Miguel Montero tied it at 4-4 in the ninth with a home run on the first pitch by closer Chad Qualls.
Carlos Corporan had a two-run home run and Jon Singleton homered and drove in two runs for the Astros, who have won six of their last eight games.
Tony Sipp (1-0) struck out one in a scoreless 10th for the win.
Singleton drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning and broke a 1-all tie with his solo shot in the third. Corporan extended Houston's lead to 4-1 with his home run in the fourth.
Chris Owings hit a solo homer to get Arizona within 4-3 in the seventh inning.
SEATTLE (AP) — Derek Jeter had a memorable final regular season appearance in Seattle with three hits, two runs scored and two RBIs, and New York completed its first three-game sweep of the season.
Jeter was honored by the Mariners before the start of the series, then helped jump start the Yankees. Jeter had a singles in his first two at-bats off Seattle starter Roenis Elias (5-5), then greeted reliever Dominic Leone with a two-run single in the fourth that gave the Yankees a 6-1 lead.
Jeter finished the series with seven hits.
Jacoby Ellsbury hit a two-run homer in the first inning to extend his hitting streak to 16 games and gave starter Chase Whitley (2-0) an early lead.
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University Advancement today announced a significant gift to the CWU Foundation that will help fund a total renovation of the Central Washington University tennis courts. It is one of the first gifts in recent history that will initiate a capital project at Central. The gift, from the children of a former Central mathematics professor, will create the "Fred and Valerie Lister Tennis Facility."
Fred Lister taught at Central from 1968 until his retirement in 1988. He was an acknowledged tennis fan both as a player and spectator. He died in 2012. His wife, Valerie, was known for her artistic talent and her involvement in local civic-oriented organizations. She took up tennis when she was in her 50s, and enjoyed commercial art classes at Central. She passed away in 2009.
Two of their three children, Russ Lister, from Everett, and Anne Perry, from Bow, are CWU alumni who played tennis for Ellensburg High School and Central during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Another son, Jim Lister, also played tennis at Ellensburg High School in the 1980s. He now lives in Richmond, Virginia.
"My dad was fanatical about tennis, and he got us playing as kids in Ellensburg in the 1970s. I have good memories of that time," recalls Russ, who earned his bachelor of science in mathematics in 1983. "This seemed like a way to give back to the community that was good for me but especially for my mom and dad. If they were around, I think they would think it's a great idea."
Anne adds, "After Dad passed away last year we were thinking of using some of the proceeds from the estate to benefit the Ellensburg community and leave a legacy in honor of our mom and dad. Russ and I had noticed that many of the local tennis courts were in terrible shape. To us, there seemed to be a huge community need, so this seemed like a good fit." Anne received her bachelor of science in biology from Central in 1981.
Design work is now underway on the new facility, which is adjacent to Nicholson Pavilion. The current outdoor courts were first opened in 1961, the same year Central Washington College of Education became Central Washington State College. Over the past half-century, they've been subject to surface cracking because the underlying foundation is giving way, requiring frequent repair and patching with cement.
The new courts will have an acrylic finish layer, to provide a vibrant color, which is approved by the United States Tennis Association (USTA). And, the courts will be lighted, allowing for nighttime use. The facility will also feature new fencing and gates, improved drainage, movable bleachers, practice boards, and competitor benches. The outside of the courts will also be revamped and will include accessible walkways and improved viewing areas.
The total cost is estimated at about $950,000 dollars. Other project funding will come from CWU capital preservation money, University Recreation, and additional support from the university's Services and Activities fees. A USTA grant is also being sought. Construction will begin in August and should be completed in September.
"There are already several users of this facility," says Andy Fields, CWU recreation director. "The Physical Education, School and Public Health academic department, our tennis sport club, intramurals, Central students and Ellensburg community members, and the high school even brings over some students as well. This is a great collaborative effort that will be a win-win for everybody."
Following the phased-remodeling and renovation of Nicholson Pavilion, this will be the second project in a proposed revitalization of CWU's athletic facilities.
"There are several projects being suggested that would further improve our student-athlete experience, be better for fans, and offer more and enhanced recreational opportunities for all Central students," says Dennis Francois, CWU athletic director. "We're very appreciative of this donation that's allowing this renovation to move ahead."
Robert Lowery, CWU Public Affairs, 509-963-1487, email@example.com
June 27, 2013
Photo: Members of the school's tennis team on the Central tennis courts when they were first opened in 1961.
Dear Central Washington University Alumni, Parents, and Friends, Despite the current challengImportant Message From Interim Vice President Rick Paradis
Dear friends of Central Washington University, These are unprecedented times an2020 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Announced
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Anyone knows more about this new residential tower? Are they going to built on the old Hard Rock Cafe building? Buying the air rights, this one can be tall.
Extell buys 57th Street air rights for tower
By Tom Acitelli
February 8, 2006
The Art Students League of New York has sold 135,000 square feet of air rights at 213 West 57th Street to Extell Development Corporation for an undisclosed sum. The sale transfers development rights to the old Hard Rock Café building adjoining the league's building to the west. Extell will use the air rights to develop a high-rise residential tower, according to a release from Colliers ABR, which brokered the sale for the league.
Copyright © 2003-2005 The Real Deal.
Anyone knows more about this new residential tower? Are they going to built on the old Hard Rock Cafe building? Buying the air rights, this one can be tall.
There have been a few stories about this. The plan is to tear down the Hard Rock building and one behind it on 58th Street and build a new condo. I doubt that it would be more than 40 stories, but who knows?
Nevertheless, the Hard Rock building is empty except for some Broadway dance company which Extell had tried to buy out and relocate them and when that failed, Extell tried to evict them.
Thanks for the info Londonlawyer... anyway here is an article that will aswer my own question aswell...
Originally Posted by krulltime
Extell buys air-rights from Art Students League on West 57th Street
The Extell Development Group has acquired about 140,000-square feet of unused air rights from the Art Students League at 215 West 57th Street.
Ira Goldberg, executive director of the league, told CityRealty.com today that the proceeds from the sale will be used to support its programs. He said he was "not at liberty" to say what the purchase price was of the air-rights.
Criag Evans and Nicola Heryet, both senior managing directors of Colliers ABR, represented the league in the transaction. Mr. Evans told CityRealty.com today that "the negotiations required sensitivity to the unique light and air requirements of the Art Students League," adding that "we were happy to negotiate a sale that addressed the concerns of the League while allowing Extell to move forward with the development in the area."
Extell controls the former Hard Rock building just to the west of the League and property extending through the block to 58th Street. The Hard Rock Café was founded in London in 1971 and was located in the base of the 12-story building at 225 West 57th Street where its entrance canopy was a late 1950's black Cadillac converting with rotating wheels. Hard Rock recently relocated to the former Paramount Theater space at 1501 Broadway.
The league's building is an individually designated official city landmark rich in the city's cultural and artistic history.
It was completed in 1892 and designed by Henry Jane Hardenbergh, who would become the architect a few years later of the nearby Plaza Hotel.
In their great book, "New York 1900, Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915" (Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1983), Robert A. M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin and John Massengale provided the following commentary about the building:
"The tendency in the Composite Era to monumentalize individual institutions extended even to the more modest fine art, historical and learned societies which had hitherto been content to carry on their proceedings in unassuming quarters that were frequently built for other purposes. In 1890, at the dawn of the Composite Era, the American Fine Arts Society held a competition for a new building…Atypically, the society was newly founded (1899) and building its first headquarters. Typically, however, its construction was made possible by a process of consolidation whereby a number of other organizations, including the Architectural League of New York (founded in 1881) and the Art Students League (founded 1875) agreed to share its galleries, studios and classrooms. During the Composite Era, the Fine Arts Society became the scene of virtually every important exhibition of art and architecture held in the city. The annual exhibitions of the Architectural League held there were major events for the profession and the public at large….The entries for the Fine Arts Society competition reflected the transitional state of American architecture in 1890. The winning scheme by Henry J. Hardenbergh, in association with John C. Jacobson and Walter C. Hunting, managed to bride the two eras. Completed in 1892, it was a stately French Renaissance palace with three central panels dedicated to art, architecture and sculpture. The glazed and densely ornamented panels contrasted with largely blank end bays visually buttressing the façade, while a red-tile gable roof above the projecting cornice paralleled the façade and furthered its aura of imposing domesticity."
The air-rights will likely enable Extell to erect a very tall, mid-block, condominium tower on the site of the former Hard Rock building.
Copyright © 1994-2006 CITY REALTY.
I wonder what they mean by "very tall". 40 stories?
According to the B'Way Dance Company's website, it is moving to another location and will leave Gershon's building on Dec. 17th. Therefore, demolition should start in a few months.
According to a mailing I received this week from St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, Extell has also purchased the unused development rights from the St. Thomas Choir School on West 58th Street - at $185 per square foot, for a total of $2,217,040 plus conveyance taxes. The deal closed on November 16.
I wonder how tall this will be since Gershon has purchased the air rights of many nearby buildings. I assume that he'll want it reasonably tall to ensure that as many units as possible have park views.
Viacom lease, HIP sale are Deals-of-the-Year
A 500,000-square foot lease that kept the world's second largest entertainment conglomerate in New York and saved 2,500 jobs for the city, and the sale of a converted school that will probably return to a "former life" as an office building when its tenant's current lease expires, were recognized as 1994's top commercial brokerage transactions by the Real Estate Board of New York at its Annual Sales Brokers Party.
Scott L. Gottlieb, Michael R. Laginestra and Martin Turchin of Edward S. Gordon Company won the Henry Hart Rice Achievement Award for the Most Ingenious Deal of the Year. They shared this prize for negotiating the Viacom International/Paramount Group lease at 1633 Broadway. These brokers had to conduct nine separate transactions, as well as arrange for a package of city benefits, to consummate the deal.
The father-and-son team of Joseph A. Grotto and Joseph A. Grotto, Jr. of J. Grotto & Associates won the Robert T. Lawrence Memorial Award for the sale of an 80,000 square-foot building at 220 West 58th Street, now occupied by the Board of Education. To make the sale, these brokers had to find a tenant for the property and succeed in laying the groundwork to make future site development feasible.
Viacom International assigned the prize-winning Edward S. Gordon brokers to help consolidate the conglomerate's operations and achieve major savings in business occupancy costs. The corporation's executives sought these economies because the heavy debt Viacom assumed in acquiring Paramount decreased the price of its stock just as the company was planning a subsequent merger with Blockbuster Entertainment.
At this point, the restructured Viacom, its rank enlarged by the Paramount acquisition, occupied space in six Midtown locations. The company was inclined to place most of its operations in two of these buildings, and deploy as many as 2,500 workers to a nearly vacant 450,000 square-foot facility it owned in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. The site across the Hudson River offered economies that even the most favorably priced Manhattan location under consideration couldn't approach, but senior managers worried about coordinating corporate activities over the 20-mile distance between these two sites.
A Viacom subsidiary, Showtime Networks, was located on several non-contiguous, asbestos-laden floors spread over two elevator banks at 1633 Broadway. This fast-growing cable television company's space was covered by four leases directly from the owner and two subleases from an accounting firm whose tenancy was scheduled to expire in 1998. Messrs. Gottlieb, Laginestra and Turchin decided that 1633 Broadway might be the solution to Viacom's consolidation problem if a sufficient number of contiguous floors could be assembled for the conglomerate's use.
Achieving that goal involved a set of complex transactions that included negotiating a rent mutually acceptable to Viacom and the owner for vacant floors in the building, restructuring Showtime's leases, prevailing on the accounting firm to accelerate its transfer to new headquarters (which also involved obtaining the owner's consent), speeding up the schedule for the workletter and the asbestos abatement on floors to be occupied by Showtime and on the floors the cable company would vacate to accommodate a new tenant, and convincing the owner to grant Viacom expansion options even if the existing tenants wanted to renew.
The Edward S. Gordon Company brokers also figured out a way to create additional space for Viacom in 1515 Broadway through relocation and sublet arrangements, and struck a deal for city benefits that eliminated the conglomerate's motivation to transfer 2,500 of its workers to Englewood. In sum, the many transactions successfully carried out by Gottlieb, Laginestra and Turchin kept a total of 4,500 jobs in Manhattan. The long-term $300 million lease for Viacom and the Paramount Group to occupy 500,000 square feet at 1633 Broadway was signed on December 20, 1994.
Joseph Grotto and Joseph Grotto, Jr. had to negotiate one lease on-site and another off-site, as well as reach accords with owners of surrounding properties to make the sale of 220 West 58th Street possible. These brokers promised Devon Properties, interim owner of this building, that they would sell it. Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) owned the building prior to selling it to Devon as part of its new lease agreement for space at 7 West 34th Street, another Devon holding.
In 1989, the brokers secured an exclusive agency to represent HIP in its purchase or lease of new headquarters space with a planned simultaneous sale of the building it occupied at 220 West 58th street. These efforts culminated in 1991 when HIP signed a 20-year lease at 7 West 34th Street.
The price for 220 West 58th Street's initial sale to Devon, as set by the brokers, was high at $18 million, which was broken down as $6 million of extra free rent at 7 West 34th Street and a $12 million purchase price for HIP's former headquarters. As its new headquarters were being prepared for occupancy, HIP had a one-year option to sell 220 West 58th Street to a party other than Devon for more than $12 million and pocket the difference, as well as the $6 million in free rent.
During that year, the building for sale was shown 45 times. Of course, the market in 1991-92 was one of the worst in memory and the Midtown vacancy rate reached 18 percent. In a buyer's market, few wanted an older office property. A group of foreign investors, however, expressed an interest in purchasing, but only if a tenant could be found.
In an exceptional burst of good fortune, Paul Davidson of Newmark Real Estate Services, representing the Board of Education, looked at the property and advised that the Board might be interested. The Grottos and Davidson arranged for a 15-year modified net lease with the Board of Education, which approved an expenditure of about $7 million to renovate the building and convert it to small high schools. Up to 500 students can use this facility, known as Landmark High School and the Coalition School for Change.
Although the foreign investment group still found 220 West 58th Street appealing, its enthusiasm was tempered because a once-empty building, which had presented a leasing challenge, was now tied up for 15 years. The Grottos, based on a careful analysis of the zoning, emphasized the property's potential for the future. The closing took place on November 10, 1994, toward the end of the year in which the Federal Reserve raised the Short Term Federal Funds rate six times. This perilous climate for financing required the brokers to also keep moving along what became an all-cash purchase.
The transaction kept 220 West 58th Street on the tax rolls, protected future development of a key Midtown site by placing the parcel in strong ownership, and enabled the city to accommodate two high schools at an attractive rent.
Prior to this year's award ceremony, Turchin had won both the Most Ingenious Deal and Lawrence prizes. Grotto, Sr. had also won the Most Ingenious Deal award on a previous occasion. The Grottos are the first father-and-son team to be recognized with one of these prizes for brokerage achievement.
The judges for this year's competition were Joseph Philip Forte, Esq., Partner and Chairman of the Real Estate Department of Thacher Proffitt & Wood; William Frentz, Vice President, Real Estate Investments, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; Lloyd Goldman, President, BLDG Management Company; Peter Hausberg, President, Eastern Consolidated Properties and Chair of the Sales Brokers Committee; and James L. Houlihan, Partner, Houlihan-Parnes.
The Henry Hart Rice Achievement Award was presented by REBNY Chairperson Bernard H. Mendik. The Robert T. Lawrence Memorial Award was given by Aaron Gural, Honorary Lifetime Chairperson of the Real Estate Board.
What does this old article have to do with this site?
I had inquired somewhere else if the dump occupied by Landmark HS was owned by the city or if it was owned by a third-party and leased to the Bd. of Ed. This article demonstrates the latter, and propertyshark.com indicates that Extell bought this site which is directly behind the Hard Rock. This stretch of 58th Street has been forlorn for some time, but it will be rejuvenated when Extell razes 225 West 58th and Clarett razes dilapidated properties on the other side of 58th.
Furthermore, east of this site, on the block between 6th and 7th, Extell has begun razing the disgusting parking garage across the street from the NYAC's rear entrance. 58th street, therefore, is the beneficiary of new projects on CPS and on 57th Street.
Can I assume that you are referring to 220 CPS?
This building is hardly "dilapidated" ...
Undersized for the allowable zoning on its lot? Yes.
Well maintained? A bit rough around the edges, but according to DOB it has minimal violations (one sign that things are in good working order).
The prettiest girl in town? Nope, just an old fashioned white brick thang (but not nearly as bad as the few POS just to the west on W. 58th).
btw: DOB also shows that the New Building Application filed by SLCE for this site (41 stories / 507' / 79 units) was DISAPPROVED on 2.01.07 (and that three other - but related - New Building Appications were DISAPPROVED around that same time)
^That sounds like the site of a new Cesar Pelli residential tower.
Did they move all of the residents of 220 out already?
I was referring to the buildings on 58th that Clarett owns.
Nonetheless, for its location 220 is also garbage. If it was located on 1st or 2nd Aves., it would be acceptable since that area (my former neighborhood) is grungy. However, such a prime location on CPS merits an icon.


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Last night, I went to Madison Square Garden for the first time since I caught the circus there at age four, and one thing was immediately clear—Ranger fans love Sean Avery.
The crowd was barely awake until they called his name for the starting lineup and they gave up their first of many rousing cheers for him that night. The hated New Jersey Devils were in town, led by Avery's favorite foil Martin Brodeur, and the sellout crowd was looking for blood. They didn't get it, but it didn't really matter, because the game is definitely more interesting with the villain on the ice.
Of course, everyone who isn't a Ranger fan hates Sean Avery's guts. Almost immediately, you could see the frustration building among the Devils players. Several of them tried desperately to take shots at Avery throughout the game—including Brodeur, but that was mostly because he was standing on the goalie's leg pads during a first-period power play. Avery refused to take the bait, which of course frustrated them even more. He delivered a monster check on Johnny Oduya late in the game, but even after David Clarkson threw him to the ice—twice—he wouldn't drop his stick and gloves. I guess those anger management classes are working.
I understand that you can't really have a guy publicly insulting the virtue of famous female actresses, but it really is a shame the NHL wants to handcuff this guy and turn him into another anonymous NHL forward. The home crowd loves him, opposing crowds have a reason to show up and hate him, and he's a pretty good player. He's not the best, by any stretch, but he may be the best at what he does ... and he's certainly the most interesting player in the league. Outside of goalie Henrik Lundquist (who pitched an impressive shutout), no one else was getting chants and ovations from the home crowd last night. Avery makes every game he is in more fun—and he makes the Rangers better—so what's more important than that?
A Fuller Portrait of Sean Avery vs. the Devils [Slap Shot - NY Times]
Recap: Devils @ Rangers - 03/30/2009 [NHL.com]


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Contact Name: Suzy Bohnert or Peggy Abrahamson
Phone Number: (202) 693-4665 or x7909
Release Number: 09-0372-BOS
WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor today certified for release $29,270,446 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the state of Connecticut. Connecticut qualified for the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by allowing workers to use their more recent earnings to qualify for benefits. Connecticut's approved application will be posted at the department's Employment and Training Administration Web site at http://www.doleta.gov/recovery.
"By helping workers who have entered the workforce recently, Connecticut's UI program better meets the needs of the 21st century labor force," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "Especially now, when jobs are harder to find, it is essential that those out of work through no fault of their own receive the benefits they deserve."
The Connecticut Department of Labor can use the funds to pay unemployment benefits or, if appropriated by the legislature, for administering its unemployment insurance program or delivering employment services.
"Unemployment insurance serves as a lifeline to the residents in our state who have lost their jobs as a result of the current national economic downturn," said Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell. "Connecticut's commitment to help these families is unwavering and comprehensive, and the stimulus funding is an important part of our overall network of support programs."
The Recovery Act made a total of $7 billion available in UI modernization incentive payments to states that include certain eligibility provisions in their UI programs. Each state can qualify for a share of those funds by showing that its law includes those provisions. To date, Connecticut, New Jersey and South Dakota each have been certified by the Labor Department to receive a share of the funds.


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After a decade of blistering growth, global commodity prices have generally been declining since 2012, and the financial sector has begun withdrawing its sizable investments from commodities markets, according to a new economic report by Washington, D.C.,-based Worldwatch Institute.
However, the independent research organization's report finds agricultural goods have fared better than most other commodity classes.
Though commodities traded on public exchanges saw a combined 6 percent decrease in prices during 2012, agriculture — helped by limited supplies due to a severe drought — energy and precious metals were the exceptions, making price gains, according to the report.
"If the drought hadn't hit, I think agricultural prices would have been maintained or in line with other commodities and dropped a little bit," Konold said, acknowledging population growth and increasing variability in weather could help buffer agriculture from future sharp declines.
Prior to 2002, Konold explained, commodities were demanded primarily by developed nations, and prices were in a gradual decline. Konold said that's when developing economies in countries such as China, Brazil and Russia began entering the fray, with insufficient capital expenditures in equipment and production capacity constraining supply.
Commodity prices surged by an average of 9.5 percent per year over the next decade and investment poured in, a phenomena the report describes as the Commodity Supercycle. The exception to the rapid growth was 2008-2009, when the start of the recession hurt prices of the major commodity classes, except precious metals.
Global investment in commodities, which totaled $10 billion at the start of the 2000s, increased to $460 billion by the end of 2012.
Konold believes demand for commodities cooled in 2012 because the largest developing nation, China, took steps to curb inflation after years of record-setting growth largely driven by a construction boom.
Furthermore, large investment banks that turned to commodities for safe harbor during the recession have begun pulling out their money to balance their portfolios as the economy has improved. This year, through the end of April, commodities lost $63 billion in investment.
"So far in 2013, we're seeing a continued slow-down of commodity prices and a continued exodus of finance," Konold said. "It will be interesting to watch if that reduction continues and at what pace. That will give us an idea of if it's a full-on mass exodus or if prices will stable out, and this is the modern commodities market."
University of Idaho Extension economist Paul Patterson noted the Chinese "can't produce enough of their own food, so they're still the majority player in agricultural commodities."
Prices of major agricultural commodities are declining this year, and economists were predicting declines in 2012, prior to the drought. Rather than a broader trend, Patterson believes the fundamentals of supply and demand have affected agricultural prices.
Patterson agrees investment banks will continue pulling funding from agriculture and other commodity classes to invest in stocks and other options in an improving economy.
But he insists that's not necessarily a bad trend, provided that the money is taken out gradually so the market has time to adjust. Patterson believes over-investment in commodities tended to drive "high prices higher and low prices lower," and the volatility increased market risk.


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Anti-gay flyers violated Saskatchewan human rights code: Supreme Court
The Canadian Press and Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press February 27, 2013 4:25 am
OTTAWA – A Saskatchewan anti-gay crusader says he'll ignore a Supreme Court of Canada ruling that he violated human-rights rules when he distributed pamphlets denouncing homosexuals.
In a 6-0 decision Wednesday, the high court found two of the four flyers distributed by William Whatcott violated Saskatchewan's Human Rights Code.
Those flyers referred to gay men as sodomites and pedophiles.
But the court struck down some language in the provincial code, clearing Whatcott of any wrongdoing in connection with two other flyers.
Whatcott dismissed the ruling, insisting he won't stop distributing material expressing his religious views.
"I believe God has called me to speak on these moral issues," Whatcott told The Canadian Press.
"So looking at it from that perspective. I'll likely put out another flyer articulating the Judeo-Christian viewpoint on homosexuality in my usual blunt and forthright manner."
Whatcott also referred to the high court justices as socialists "who've butchered our law, or our tradition of free speech."
"I'm not going to pay a lot of attention to it. I view this ruling as rubbish and I think that our seven Supreme Court justices are a disgrace."
Whatcott produced and distributed leaflets in 2000 and 2001 that contained inflammatory statements about gay men, prompting complaints to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.
A tribunal ruled that Whatcott violated the province's human rights code — but that finding was overturned by the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.
The commission appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that Whatcott's flyers essentially asserted that gays and lesbians are less than human, exposing them to discrimination.
The high court agreed with respect to two of the flyers, saying they constituted hate-speech under the code.
"The tribunal's conclusions with respect to (the two flyers) were reasonable," Justice Marshall Rothstein wrote on behalf of the court.
"Passages of (the flyers) combine many of the hallmarks of hatred identified in the case law."
The vilifying and derogatory representations used in the flyers created a "tone" of hatred against homosexuals, said Rothstein.
"It delegitimizes homosexuals by referring to them as filthy or dirty sex addicts and by comparing them to pedophiles, a traditionally reviled group in society," he wrote.
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission chief David Arnot applauded the ruling and thanked the complainants for coming forward "with courage in what was absolutely a sea of hatred to stand up for their rights."
"It is necessary to sanction hate speech in our society and the court has been very, very clear," Arnot said.
However, in its ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court struck down a portion of the Saskatchewan charter.
It found that language in the code which defines hate literature as something that "ridicules, belittles or otherwise affronts the dignity of any person" is unconstitutional.
The ruling could have implications for other provinces with similar language in their human rights codes.
Arnot dismissed the ruling as minor, noting that the phraseology rejected by the court hasn't been applied in Saskatchewan in nearly two decades.
The tribunal originally ordered Whatcott to pay the four complainants a total of $17,500.
The Supreme Court decision means he'll have to pay one complainant $2,500 and another $5,000.
Several groups that intervened in the case expressed hope that the decision will help to clarify the hate speech laws.
"It reaffirms the case law as we have understood it for the last 25 years," said Mark Freiman of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
"It reaffirms that there is a very high standard in order for communication to qualify as hatred."
But another group, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said hate-speech provisions still need to be updated to reduce or eliminate abuse.
"Canada's hate speech protections need significant overhaul in terms of both content and process to ensure a proper balance between freedom of speech and protection from hate," centre chair David Koschitzky said in a statement.
"The Jewish community of Canada understands all too well the corrosive impact of hate speech on vulnerable minorities."
The ruling provides a clearer and more narrow definition of hate speech, said the group Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.
But the organization expressed continued concern that human rights tribunals hold the ability to restrict free speech.
The Canadian Constitution Foundation denounced the ruling, saying it slams the door shut on free speech.
"The Supreme Court missed an excellent opportunity to rein in the power of various human rights commissions and tribunals to censor the expression of unpopular beliefs and opinions," said foundation director Chris Schafer.
"Free expression is the lifeblood of democracies and all forms of expression, especially the offensive kind, needs to be protected."
John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, was also disappointed with the decision, even though he disagreed with Whatcott's opinions.
"I think (Whatcott) was dead wrong," Carpay told CJWW radio in Saskatoon.
"(But) I think the way to counter his speech is by fellow citizens explaining why it's wrong and repudiating it, rather than running to big brother government and launching a state prosecution."


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(Santa Ana)—Veterans returning to college face unique challenges. They find themselves feeling marginalized and uncertain as they adjust to civilian and college life. For many Santa Ana College veteran students, who are utilizing their veteran benefits to access higher education, the Veterans Resource Center (VRC) becomes their new home base. There are currently 835 veterans enrolled in classes at Santa Ana College.
To raise funds to provide needed services for these returning veterans, Santa Ana College is hosting a Soldiers to Scholars Wine Tasting on Thursday, December 5 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Santora Building, 207 N. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701.
"When I first got to Santa Ana College, I had some trouble," said 29-year-old Adriana Gibson. "I had a hard time getting used to people not dealing with matters with a sense of urgency. The Veterans Resource Center is a sanctuary for the veterans like me on campus."
Gibson, a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, was deployed twice to Iraq in 2006 and 2007 and once to Afghanistan in 2011. She is a single mother of a six-year-old boy and three-year-old girl. After she left the military, she returned to Santa Ana and decided to enroll in college. She had no job and accessing her G.I. Bill benefits was not easy. For two weeks, she lived in her car with her children until she had the money for a small apartment.
Although being a female Marine was a challenge, entering civilian life and college has been more difficult. At least in the military, she knew her fellow Marines had her back. "It was a family. I could trust everyone." She talks about how difficult sitting in class with teens, who do not act respectfully, can be. She also says she does not like to study in the library as being in a large building with lots of people can be trying for her. She prefers to study in the VRC where she feels much more comfortable and safer.
She says it means a lot to be able to share war stories with these men and women who understand her situation. In 2007, she was injured in Iraq while working on a security detail. In the VRC, she feels the support of her fellow veterans. To ensure that more support is available through the VRC, Gibson agreed to become president of the Veterans Club.
Gibson, who is majoring in psychology to transfer to complete a bachelor's degree, master's degree and maybe even a doctorate, hopes to become a marriage and family counselor and help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down and enhancements to the G.I. Bill, colleges and universities are expecting a surge in veteran enrollment unseen since World War II. The Post-9/11 G.I. Bill has been the largest increase in educational benefits for veterans since the 1940s.
"When I first came to SAC, it was really difficult knowing how to sign up for classes and access my G.I. Bill benefits," said Gibson. "I came to the VRC and they walked me through the process step by step."
According to the Center for American Progress report, Easing the Transition from Combat to Classroom, some strategies work to keep veterans in school. They include specialized orientation programs, helping veterans connect with one another, training faculty and staff on challenges veterans face and offering more counseling and financial aid.
The college's Veteran Resource Center (VRC) provides the following services:
Other programs and services available to veterans through the VRC include: priority registration, accommodations for veterans with disabilities, distance learning, Board of Governors fee waivers, in-state tuition waivers, access to the college's child development centers, work study/campus job opportunities, and health and wellness services. The 'Drop Zone,' a collaboration between SAC and the County of Orange Health Care Agency, provides transitional counseling and support through individual and group programs, case management, and access to local services that help veterans as they begin their new lives after military service.
The Soldiers to Scholars event will include live music, Spanish wine and tapas, and complimentary non-alcoholic beverages. Reservations are available for $100 per person; corporate sponsorships range from $1,000 to $10,000. The event is sponsored by Bank of the West Commercial Banking. For more information, contact (714)564-6095 or visit www.soldiers2scholars.org.
About Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana College (SAC), which will turn 100 years old in 2015, serves about 18,000 students each semester at its main campus in Santa Ana. The college prepares students for transfer to four-year institutions, provides invaluable workforce training, and customized training for business and industry. In addition, another 10,000 students are served through the college's School of Continuing Education located at Centennial Education Center. Ranked as one of the nation's top two-year colleges awarding associate degrees to Latino and Asian students, the college is also recognized throughout the state for its comprehensive workforce training programs for nurses, firefighters, law enforcement and other medical personnel. SAC is one of two comprehensive colleges under the auspices of the Rancho Santiago Community College District. Visit www.sac.edu to learn more.
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after sex, poor memory, confusion, nausea, weakness, body low vision is difficult to remember the words weak muscles ...
From a doctor specialising in MHTR + methylation...."Niacin speeds up COMT which is one reason why it also may be useful. If one speeds up COMT, then things like dopamine and epinephrine get broken down faster. Niacin also is a sponge for methyl groups, namely SAMe, because SAMe is required to metabolize niacin." COMT is Catechol-O-Methyltransferase enzyme.I know this goes against a number of us who feel we are low in dopamine. I can understand why our body is flooded with it during sex/arousal, but why if it is not broken down properly it would it make up feel days later like we are low in it.
May be POIS is a genetic disease like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnitine_palmitoyltransferase_II_deficiency#Diagnosis
Quote from: gabin on 25/12/2012 12:16:27May be POIS is a genetic disease like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnitine_palmitoyltransferase_II_deficiency#DiagnosisPerhaps it is but it's not Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase deficiency as if it was, I'd have CC instead of AA at http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Rs28936673One of the benefits of getting your genes tested is you can rule out a lot of genetic diseases. I think POIS sufferers have a mast cell disorder brought about by methylation problems, probably low levels of BH4 / tetrahydrobiopterin. Also those with MAO A deficiency may have higher levels of serotonin, reduced levels of oxytocin and, hence, higher levels of prolactin following an orgasm. All without having an actual tumour causing the prolactinaemia. Read http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14514683This is interesting too. http://www.autismcoach.com/Articles.asp?ID=262and http://circres.ahajournals.org/content/101/8/752.full
As i read in Dr's Waldinger announcement he said that when the semen is in the testis there is no problem and only after an ejaculation the symptoms began.In my case things are slightly different..Yes i have the POIS symptoms after an O (mostly mental symptoms) but the weird thing is that there is no symptom after an nocturnal emission..I dont get it..Nocturnal emission is an ejaculation right ? So why there are no symptoms after this
Quote from: chris 18 on 27/12/2012 13:05:14As i read in Dr's Waldinger announcement he said that when the semen is in the testis there is no problem and only after an ejaculation the symptoms began.In my case things are slightly different..Yes i have the POIS symptoms after an O (mostly mental symptoms) but the weird thing is that there is no symptom after an nocturnal emission..I dont get it..Nocturnal emission is an ejaculation right ? So why there are no symptoms after thisHi chris 18. Nocturnal emissions caused less symptoms for me because they occurred during sleep which is a healing time. Perhaps this is what is happening in your case as well.About niacin, it is true that many of our members have benefited from this vitamin including myself. Most of the discussion about it has been at our main forum at poiscenter.com. Here is one post that partly describes our usage of niacin for POIS: newbielink:http://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=75.msg692#msg692 [nonactive]There is a specific protocol you must follow if you want to use niacin for POIS. The first step is buying the right kind (nicotinic acid) and making sure that it is not the "no-flush" type. Also make sure it is not niacinamide or slow-release. We have had the greatest benefit with the flush type so you will want to have the niacin flush, which is a hot-itchy feeling in your skin and your skin will turn reddish for a short period. It's safest to start with 50mg if you are concerned about this flush. Most of our members need about 200mg to get the flush. You should take the dose about an hour before orgasm and wait for the flush to happen about half an hour later and orgasm as the flush is beginning to die off or just after it goes away. If you can't get a flush with 200mg then you will need to fast for about 5 hours prior to dosage to make sure you take it on an empty stomach. After your niacin arrives immediately wrap it in plastic or something air-tight or else it will become less effective - For instance I didn't wrap mine up even though I always closed the bottle and after a few months I now need 500mg to flush where as originally I only needed 200mg. Taking it more often will cause tolerance and probably make it less effective as well, but I've only taken it a few times over the past year so I haven't had that problem.Taking niacin after an orgasm usually doesn't help much for us. So you will want to take it before an orgasm as I described above.Here is a post that summarized each individual member's experience with niacin (Recorded are 21 positive experiences and 6 negative): newbielink:http://poiscenter.com/forums/index.php?topic=235.msg2958#msg2958 [nonactive]The flush is considered completely safe and you can google "niacin flush" to verify this. There is a slight concern of liver damage, but doctors sometimes prescribe up to 1,000mg of niacin daily for short periods to lower cholesterol so I'm sure that taking 200-400mg once a week would be completely fine.
A few of us have gotten our DNA analyzed. In fact, there have been three of us in total so far- kurtosis, nomore2013, and me. CertainlyPOIS is also submitting his saliva for testing soon. There's a lot of benefit to have this testing done, but the main benefit is to eventually have enough data (sample size of 10-20 of us) for a researcher to examine and make inferences with some degree of confidence. Ultimately, the goal is for this researcher to locate specific mutations that we all have in common that could explain pois. With just 3 samples right now we've identified some similarities of certain defects and other issues, but 3 is obviously not enough to draw any conclusions. With some more samples we can get a better picture of all this and try to figure out what it means.The testing costs btwn $120 and $180 after shipping costs of the saliva sample to the lab. If you think you might be interested in having your dna analyzed and contributing to this project, please shoot me a pm and I can give you some more details. Thanks guys.


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Lawmakers Push Freedom Arms as Wyoming's State Gun
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — While the recent school massacre in Connecticut has reignited the national debate on gun control, some Wyoming lawmakers are pushing to designate a powerful revolver made by a homegrown gun company as the official state firearm.
A bill pending for the legislative session that starts in early January would name the Freedom Arms Model 83 revolver as Wyoming's official state gun. The high-end revolvers are made in the Western Wyoming town of Freedom.
Glenrock Republican Rep. Richard Cannady is the bill's main sponsor and runs a company that deals in shooting supplies.
Cannady says the Freedom Arms revolvers are high quality guns intended for big game hunting and protection against bears. He says they're not the sort of gun that people typically use for committing crimes.


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