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LAWRENCEVILLE - The courts may have to settle a dispute over a county land deal for the McGinnis Ferry extension - in more ways than one.District Attorney Danny Porter has threatened to go to the grand jury if county commissioners endorse a proposal today to buy 16 acres of land when only two are needed for the extension. But Commissioner Shirley Lasseter said she is considering rejecting the plan, which would send two lawsuits over the land back to court. The controversy centers around land east of Interstate 85 near North Brook Parkway, owned by Old Peachtree Partners LLC. Officials said managing member Ty Robinson backed out of a $1.1 million contract last year to sell 1.867 acres of right of way and 0.771 acres of easements. County officials sued over a breach of contract in April 2008, and officials began condemnation proceedings in April 2009 to move ahead on the extension. Funded by federal stimulus money, state officials are currently considering a bid to begin construction. In the meantime, county attorneys said officials tentatively agreed on a settlement to purchase 16 acres at a price of $5,265,975. Commissioners delayed a decision on the proposal in June, and residents questioned the larger land deal at a time when the county budget is being slashed to trim costs. Lasseter, who represents the area, said Monday she had not reached a final decision but was leaning toward voting no. "It's going to come down to whether it will cost more to go back to court" or to pay for more land, she said. "I think the most prudent way for the citizens is to give it an opportunity to go through the legal system," she said, adding that it would "allow the public to know we are looking into their best interest." Attorneys for the owners said the county should buy the entire tract because a sewer pipe to be installed on the land would cut off road access to 15 acres of the land. With Commissioner Bert Nasuti abstaining from the matter because of the involvement of his law partner and Commissioner Mike Beaudreau outspoken against the proposal, Lasseter's vote could mean the 16-acre settlement is denied. Chairman Charles Bannister declined to say whether he will support the proposal. He said he had heard from constituents, but said the land issues date back to a 2004 rezoning and is complicated. In June, when the 16-acre proposal first arose, Porter sent a letter commissioners saying he would present information to the grand jury if the purchase proceeded. More land deals could also be questioned, including a Satellite Boulevard park buy that became a 2008 political fight between Bannister and former Commissioner Lorraine Green and a Rabbit Hill Park expansion and a May purchase of land beside the Palm Creek park site, which was purchased for twice its appraised value. Also in question is land on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Sugar Hill, where commissioners approved the 2007 purchase days after a developer bought the property. The Daily Post was given an award by the Georgia Associated Press Association for an investigation into the matter. Porter said information had been given to prior grand juries on some of the cases, but the four together showed a pattern of questionable purchases, some for inflated prices, some for more land than necessary and some for parks that were not found in a county plan. "That all depends on what happens (today)," Porter said of the grand jury. The current grand jury term ends at the end of this month, and another body will take its place in September. "They can look at whether or not these are wise decisions."
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I am writing this for you. At least I am trying, but all my words fall flat. I have few words to say all that I wish.
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I wish I had listened more when you talked about how worried you were. The doubts you had.
I'm writing this, as I have written you so many times in recent months. The others I burned, and set the ashes on the wind...perhaps the smoke and the winds carried the words and thoughts to you. I have this hole in me right now, and at times it is filled by demons of doubt and rage.
I still look for you, at the end of the day. I glance at your 'place' when I watch tv, alone. Sometimes..I almost see your shadow.
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CPAC brought many interesting and informative sessions for attendees. One such session was a panel on vote fraud which included The Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky, John Fund, a senior editor for the American Spectator, and King Street Patriots President Catherine Engelbrecht. David Norcross, RNLA Chair, moderated the panel.
Norcross began the panel discussion by asking the audience, "Will there be fraud at the polls in 2012?" Without hesitation, he answered, "The answer is undoubtedly YES, but what are we going to do about it?" Norcross then gave some background information to attendees stating that Service Employees International Union (SEIU) would be a powerful force for potential fraud going into the 2012 elections. They are more organized, and have "deeper roots" than the ACORN organization. He also discussed a recent RNLA study on vote fraud convictions and stated how 46 out of 50 states since 2000 have had at least one prosecution for vote fraud. Norcross then turned the session to the panelists who each discussed different aspects of vote fraud in previous elections and potential fraud in the upcoming election.
Hans von Spakovsky began the discussion by explaining the connection that exists between ACORN and Project Vote. "They are basically interchangeable," he said. During his presentation he also spoke about how the Left insists that vote fraud doesn't exist and the measures to combat fraud by the Right are ways to suppress votes and disenfranchise voters. Spakovsky then quickly discussed how this thought process is untrue, citing the most recent example of vote fraud that took place in Troy, NY. von Spakovsky went on to explain how the Obama Department of Justice's Voting Section is politicized. Fund jumped in to state how this administration considers efforts to enforce election laws as disenfranchisement.
John Fund helped to gather the crowd's attention on the support for photo ID. In the simplest terms, large majorities "of every demographic group" in American support photo ID and voter integrity laws. In fact, Fund said photo ID laws are "supported more frequently by the general public than motherhood and apple pie." Because some people don't enjoy apple pie and others don't get along with their mother. He encouraged audience members to pressure law enforcement officials responsible for upholding existing laws.
Catherine Engelbrecht, who is also active with True the Vote, called on audience members to become more active in their home states to act as a counterbalance to fraudulent activities. She also said it was important to become active in urban areas where Republicans are too easily intimidated.
The session concluded with each of the three panelists giving their best tips for combating vote fraud. All three panelists agreed that photo ID is the simplest way to combat fraud and restore integrity. The panel ended with the final words "Leave no polling place unmanned and no polling list unchecked if you want to win this election in 2012."


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On May 15 a Ninth Circuit panel reversed the district court's approval of a class action settlement, holding that attorney's fees awarded in connection with a coupon for the class members must be tied to actual redemption of the coupons rather than the time the attorneys spent working toward the coupon settlement. (In re HP Inkjet Printer Litigation, No. 11-16097 (9th Cir. May 15, 2013) opinion available here.)
The decision (1) forecloses the use of a reasonable-hours-times-reasonable-rate method of calculating fees for the coupon part of a settlement and (2) prevents the award of fees as a portion of the coupon value until the value of actually-redeemed coupons is known. While this opinion only serves as governing precedent in Ninth Circuit federal courts, it may inform state court decisions on the subject of coupon settlements in class action cases.
The objectors are members of a class of people who bought printers from the Defendant between 2001 and 2010. In 2010 the parties agreed to a global settlement, with the Defendant (1) providing class members with $5 million in "e-credits" for the Defendant's products, (2) making additional disclosures to customers, (3) paying class notice and settlement administration costs, and (4) paying up to $2.9 million in attorneys' fees and expenses. The e-credits (which the Court deemed "a euphemism for coupons") would be awarded in $2-$6 amounts, and would expire, would not be transferable, would only be accepted at the Defendant's online store, and could not be used with other discounts or coupons. These are all variables that complicate the estimation of the actual value of the settlement to the class.
The district court approved the settlement, but estimated that the actual value of the whole settlement (coupons plus injunctive relief) to the class was approximately $1.5 million, so reduced the lodestar amount for the attorney's fees to $1.5 million, with costs of nearly $600,000. The lodestar method of calculating damages requires multiplying the number of hours reasonably worked by a reasonable hourly rate.
With respect to the Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA"), the Ninth Circuit majority and dissent "agree[d] that CAFA is poorly drafted," and both opinions delved at a granular level into the meaning of CAFA's text.
Section 1712(a)-(c) of CAFA governs the calculation of attorneys' fees in class action settlements that involve a coupon component (the text of CAFA is available here). Under section 1712(a), when a settlement provides for coupons, "any attorney's fee . . . that is attributable to the award of coupons shall be based on the value to class members of the coupons that are redeemed." The majority noted that, with CAFA, Congress specifically "intended to put an end to the 'inequities' that arise when class counsel receive attorneys' fees that are grossly disproportionate to the actual value of the coupon relief obtained for the class."
The Ninth Circuit majority explained that the district court must calculate (1) the part of the fees based on the coupon using actual redemption value and (2) the part of the fees for injunctive relief using the lodestar method of estimating payment based on the time plaintiff attorneys reasonably spent working on the case. The majority then reversed the district court, finding that it had failed to calculate the redemption value of the coupons, instead only using the lodestar method for coupon and injunctive relief.
The majority also noted that allowing for redemption of coupons before final approval of the settlement (and the attorneys' fees) would have alleviated part of the problem, because the redemption value of coupons actually used would be known. The Court did not address whether business modeling estimations of the actual coupon use would be sufficient to establish the actual dollar value of the coupons to the class.
Judge Berzon dissented, arguing that CAFA allows use of the lodestar method for the entire settlement, rather than only for the part resulting in non-coupon relief. Judge Berzon explained that, under her reading of CAFA, section "1712(a) regulates how a percentage-of-recovery fee should be calculated, if that method is used to award attorney's fees for a coupon settlement; it does not dictate whether a percentage-of-recovery method must be used." Judge Berzon wrote that section 1712(b), in turn, states that the lodestar method is to be used if attorneys' fees are not determined as "a portion of the recovery of the coupons." Finally, the dissent said that 1712(c) allowed for a blend of the percentage and lodestar approaches. Judge Berzon further reasoned that plaintiffs' counsel could not be expected to separate billing for their work on the coupon part of the settlement from their work on the injunctive relief. Additionally, district judges safeguard against the possibility of excessive fees based on hours for settlements with low value to the plaintiff class by reviewing the overall reasonableness of the fees and choosing which fee calculation method to apply, as appropriate.
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An early theme has emerged two games into the Vikings season: Players and coaches don't always agree on who goofed up. Whether it's a matter of wanting to keep things in-house, or protecting players or whatever, we seem to hear a few different explanations of breakdowns, depending on who is asked.
That was the case again Wednesday. This time, the discretion was over Christian Ponder's interception that turned into a Bears touchdown going the other way.
This isn't to suggest it's all a bunch of finger-pointing inside that locker - quite the opposite in this instance.
Ponder addressed the media Wednesday morning and said the pick was his fault.
"I got there probably a little too early," Ponder said. "They were in a blitz-zone, so they were probably expecting the ball to come out a little quicker and it did. [Cornerback Tim Jennings] made a great play on it. Next time, just try to throw it away or don't want to give them a chance to pick it and get some points."
But later in the afternoon, after watching film and practicing, receiver Greg Jennings said it wasn't Ponder's fault.
"After watching the film, I can't put the interception on him, it wasn't just him. It was a play that wasn't really executed well across the board. We addressed it. ... When a guy throws an interception, a guy who is pretty critical of himself, you want to let him know."
Greg Jennings later told the quarterback: "Christian that wasn't on you, that one's not you. We own that one."
So, it's a little strange that in defending Ponder, Jennings tacitly faulted receiver Jerome Simpson. But that's the way it goes, it had to be someone's mistake. And watching the play again on tape, Simpson ran a crummy route and then gave up on the play once Tim Jennings jumped the route.
But the receiver's larger point was that Ponder played considerably better in Sunday's second half than he did in week 1.
"I thought his play in the second half - even in the first half - was pretty good. We all have room to grow, but I thought he put us in position to be successful, put us in position to win the ballgame. We didn't do it. ... He shows resolve, he's very resilient. Any time you have a guy that can bounce back from a low game or a poor performance and play to the level that he was able to play on Sunday, it shows his resolve."
Given the comments out of the locker room following week one, I'm not yet sure what to make of this inverse version of the blame gam. It'd be nice if all explanations were consistent. I'm genuinely curious, readers: What do you make of it?


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352. Dickinson's Manuscript Publications
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1. "Gentlemen Don't Print: Byron's Influence on Emily Dickinson's Manuscript Practices," Melanie Hubbard, Univ. of Tampa
2. "Publication Unbound: Openness versus Closure in Dickinson's 'Sets,'" Fred D. White, Santa Clara Univ.
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U.S. Officials Worry About Fall Flu
WASHINGTON -- Top U.S. health officials said they are seeing some "encouraging" signs that the H1N1 flu virus doesn't appear to be causing severe illness in the U.S, but they said they remained concerned about this fall's influenza season.
Making the rounds on the Sunday morning talk shows, Richard Besser, the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, "the good news is each day we are learning a lot about this virus ... we are staring to see some encouraging signs."
But, he said on NBC's "Meet The Press," that the government will continue to be "aggressive" at trying to slow the spread of the virus. "With a new infectious disease you may only get one chance to get out in front of it."
Indeed, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on CBS's "Face The Nation" that the "danger is that could come back in the fall more virulent."
On Saturday the Canadian government reported a swine herd in Alberta tested positive for the virus who exposed to the virus from a Canadian farm worker recently returned from Mexico. The transmission of the same virus from humans to animals can allow the virus to reassert itself and potentially become more serious, Nancy Cox, the head of CDC's influenza division said in a briefing Sunday. Health officials stressed that humans can't get the H1N1 virus from eating pork products.
The number of confirmed cases of H1N1 flu in the U.S. has steadily risen the past several days and stood at 226 confirmed cases in 30 states, the CDC said Sunday. So far there's been one death in the U.S., a toddler who died in Texas but was from Mexico.
In a press briefing Sunday, Anne Schuchat interim deputy director for the CDC's science and public health program, said most other states are "continuing to work up cases."
She said 30 people have been hospitalized so far and that most cases have hit people younger than age 50. She noted that the normal seasonal influenza hospitalizes 200,000 Americans and contributes to 36,000 deaths each year. Ms. Schuchat said the CDC is trying to figure out if older Americans have some sort of immunity to the H1N1 virus from previous influenza pandemics such as one that hit in 1968.
Government officials have repeatedly stressed that Americans should take common sense measures like hand-washing, covering a cough and staying home when sick. The government has also recommended closing schools for 14 days, longer than the seven days previously recommended because young children can be contagious longer than adults.
Last week more than 430 schools had closed. Officials are targeting schools as a measure to slow the spread of H1N1 flu because studies have shown respiratory and other illnesses also spread faster in schools than workplaces and other public places. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the goal of such efforts is delay influenza transmission as much as possible until a new vaccine is ready this fall.
The CDC is growing the virus "seed" that would be used by vaccine makers to made a new vaccine that would likely be given in addition to the vaccine currently being made for the seasonal flu. However, it's not clear if enough vaccine for H1N1 flu would be ready by September for all who want the vaccine and it's likely the CDC will come up with recommendations about who should get the vaccine.
Ms. Schuchat said it's too early to predict how many vaccine doses would be produced and who would get it.
Earlier Sunday the World Health Organization said 18 countries have reported 898 cases of H1N1, or swine flu. The organization said the pandemic alert level remains at phase 5, because there's currently no evidence sustained person-to-person spread of the virus outside North America. Phase 6, which is WHO's highest alert level means there's community outbreaks in more than one region of the world.
In Mexico, where the flu outbreak is believed to have started, the WHO said there have been 506 confirmed cases of patients infected by the H1N1 flu in addition to 19 confirmed deaths. The H1N1 strain is a combination of pig, bird and human viruses that hadn't been previously seen in people.
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91 Grade - no ethanol
Ultra 94 - with ethanol
Notice the difference in RON number from 91 grade without ethanol (97.2) and the RON of Ultra 94 (101.5). The difference is 4.3 numbers. That is significantly more than the 3 numbers difference between 94 and 91 AKI labelled on the pump. That is why gasoline with ethanol can be the best performance fuel for today's cars.
That's comparing apples to oranges. I want to see straight 91 grade without ethanol compared to the same gasoline now with 10% ethanol added. I agree that the RON is going to increase but with 10% it's going to be slight. Matter of fact I don't even think the R+M/2 number on the pump even takes into account the added ethanol especially since it's added after the fact. Further, the intention for adding ethanol is not to boost octane, but to tell the public we have reduced our gasoline consumption by 10% with something produced in this country. Unfortunately in reality it doesn't work that way because of poorer mileage.
Here is what Ford has to say about E85 and remember that this is 85% ethanol and only 15% gasoline:
Want to add power to Ford's all-new 5.0-liter V-8 for the 2011 F-150 without making a single hardware or software change? Just burn E85 ethanol fuel.
360 horsepower (at 5,500 rpm) and 380 pounds-feet of torque (at 4,250 rpm) running on regular unleaded gasoline.
Burning E85 fuel boosts 5.0 engine power to 375 hp and 390 pounds-feet of torque, said Mike Harrison, Ford's program manager for V-8 engines.
Ethanol has a higher octane and heat-of-vaporization point than gasoline, meaning it combusts at a higher temperature and with greater force (higher compression) than gasoline, while also having a greater capacity to cool the fuel/air mix in the cylinder before combustion.
This inherent efficiency is what enables the 5.0 to produce more power while burning E85 instead of regular unleaded fuel.
There's a trade-off, though. Even though E85 combusts with greater force, it has less energy per gallon than regular unleaded gasoline, so fuel economy is worse when burning E85.
There's the reason straight ethanol is used as a racing fuel but at 10% in an engine designed for gasoline the benefit is less than zero.
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Volkswagen AG led gains in automakers after first-quarter profit beat analysts' estimates. Vinci SA paced building companies higher as sales topped forecasts. Cable & Wireless Worldwide Plc gained after agreeing to be bought by Vodafone Group Plc while Rhoen Klinikum surged after receiving an unsolicited takeover offer.
The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced 0.5 percent to 259.12 this week, extending last week's 1.7 percent rally. The measure has still lost 4.9 percent since its 2012 high in March amid renewed concerns that the euro-area is yet to contain its sovereign-debt crisis.
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The Stoxx 600 sank to a three-month low on April 23 after reports showed manufacturing contracted in the euro area and China, while French President Nicolas Sarkozy became the first incumbent since 1958 not to win the opening round of the nation's election. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte also offered to resign after struggling to clinch an austerity deal.
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User-Centric Identity in the Client-Side Revolution
Kim Cameron
Microsoft Chief Architect of Identity, Distinguished Engineer
- the stuff of poets and philosophers
Digital Identity
- Recognize us in different contexts
- foundation for personalization
- need to traverse silos
- need for contextual separation
- each person has mosaic of identities
Architectural problem
- internet was not designed with any way to know who you're connected to
- current identity: patchwork quilt of kludges
Identity metasystem - identity layer for internet
- across OS, vendors, industries, protocols, nations
- no vendor ownership
- identity options and choices
- allow user to see different aspects of digital life in holistic way
- promote understanding, control and privacy
- can we have a visual paradigm for understanding and selecting identity
that at least gives people parity with files?
- federation fabric does not mean uber-identity
Claims-based model
- abstraction layer for authentication, authorization, obtaining
info about users, devices and services
- claim: statement made by one subject about another
that is in doubt
email = email@example.com
age > 21
manager = John Doe
role = architect
- identity metasystem: open standards-based architecture
for exchange of claims under user control
- claims transformers that match impedance
- write to model, let infrastructure adapt to environment
CB access: classic triangle:
claims App
Provider Requires Claims
Reusable Identities
- make service available without high admin burden (off-load authen/author)
- app available to more than just employees
Identity Federation
- framework for building apps
- server - claims provider (integrated with directory or DB)
- infocard selector
federation client that puts users in control
handles home realm discovery
provides active security features
AD Federation Service
- Industry standards and protocols
- works with any other federation software or service
- supports info cards
- built into AD - present in 90% of middle/large corps
Example: Cloud Services
- Federation gateways as key part of their cloud backbone
- governments doing the same
- brokers access to cloud apps and dev services
- single federation relationship to access any service
- compliant with SAML, WS-Federation, WS-Trust, OpenID
Consumer space: OpenID
- Metasystem model
- big service providers supporting: Yahoo, AOL, Google, Windows Live
- Many small providers (e.g., universities)
- US Gov support
- widely available software for ISVs
- SEVERE security issues being worked on by industry
Minimal Disclosure Token (need-to-know system)
Identity Provider (has address, drivers license, DOB, ...)
Relying Party (prove you are over 21 and from WA)
USER (only send "over 21 == true" not DOB, address, drivers license, ...)
Laws of identity
- user control and consent
- minimal disclosure for a constrained use
- justifiable parties
- ...
freeing directory
- we need a directory metasystem that works in the cloud, in enterprises
and organizations and on devices
- shared architecture, data model and semantics, protocols, publication
- policy framework for config
- simple apis integrated with developer platforms
- app dev experience the same
- same user experience regardless of device
- directory must be insulated from its success
- directory shouldn't need to trust the apps that use it
need to support per-service shadow identity stores
New demands
- relationships and multiple identifiers
- cross directory federation and virtual teams
- multi tenant (mergers and acquisitions)
- partitioning (data and workload)
- extensible without disruption
- support RSS, REST, WS*, .NET, Win32...
- simplify common tasks
- complex query, polyarchy
- use ubiquitous tooling
claims naming
- claims transformers
- standards
- legal agreements are harder
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- safety recalls
- loyalty programs
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- supports versioning and testing new undeployed versions
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It works wonders for me when I feel a sore throat or cold coming on! I also take it for a few days if my office coworkers are sneezing and coughing! I am sending my daughter to college with a bottle of it! I was wondering if it is better in a powder form or a tablet form. Does it make a difference in effectiveness?
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Purple coneflower Purpurea Benefits
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)should be of particular interest during the cold and flu season when you are exposed to these illnesses on a regular basis. When used correctly it is the closest thing to a cure for the common cold.
Purple coneflower stimulates the overall activity of the cells responsible for fighting all kinds of infection. Unlike antibiotics, which directly attack bacteria, Purple coneflower makes our own immune cells more efficient at attacking bacteria, viruses and abnormal cells, including cancer cells. It increases the number and activity of immune system cells including anti-tumor cells, promotes T-cell activation, stimulates new tissue growth for wound healing and reduces inflammation in arthritis and inflammatory skin conditions.
The most consistently proven effect of Purple coneflower is in stimulating phagocytosis (the consumption of invading organisms by white blood cells and lymphocytes). Extracts of Purple coneflower can increase phagocytosis by 20-40%.
Purple coneflower also stimulates the production of interferon as well as other important products of the immune system, including "Tumor Necrosis Factor", which is important to the body's response against cancer.
Purple coneflower also inhibits an enzyme (hyaluronidase) secreted by bacteria to help them gain access to healthy cells. Research in the early 1950's showed that Purple coneflower could completely counteract the effect of this enzyme, helping to prevent infection when used to treat wounds.
Although Purple coneflower is usually used internally for the treatment of viruses and bacteria, it is now being used more and more for the treatment of external wounds. It also kills yeast and slows or stops the growth of bacteria and helps to stimulate the growth of new tissue. It combats inflammation too, further supporting its use in the treatment of wounds.
Purple coneflower Herb Notes / Side Effects
Latin Names
Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea angustifolia (Narrow-leaved purple coneflower), Echinacea pallida (pale purple coneflower.
Common Names
Purple Coneflower, American Coneflower, Black Samson, Comb Flower, Hedgehog, Indian Head, Rudbeckia, Sampson Head, Scurvy Root, Snakeroot
Antiseptic, Stimulates Immune System, mild antibiotic, bacteriostatic, anti-viral, anti-fungal.
Improves immune system where patient suffers chronic tiredness and is susceptible to minor infections. Colds, coughs and flu and other upper respiratory conditions, enlarged lymph glands, sore throat, urinary tract infections. Boils, acne, duodenal ulcers, flu, herpes, candida and persistent infections. As a mouthwash for sore throats tonsillitis, mouth ulcers and gum infections. Externally: Wounds, skin regeneration and skin infections, psoriasis, eczema and inflammatory skin conditions.
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my little brother had the whooping cough and we tried echinacea\elderberry syrup on him....it really helped to quiet his cough and we could always tell when we forgot his 'medication' ...thank God 4 natural things..... :) :)
Works wonders on me :)
I suffer from Cronic candida, and thanks to echinacea my life quality has very much improved, I love this plant, it also help me to make recovery amazingly soon from my herpes on my lip whenever it appears. This plant is a miracle!
i have used it successfuly for treatment of bursitis and gout attacks,very effective at clearing up these sorts of issues and much safer than other orthodox poisons
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There are some who think the final days of summer are bittersweet, but there are those who know they also can be some of the season's best days, especially for entertaining. With gardens at their most glorious height, they're a bounty of ingredients for simple summer meals and other pleasures.
The garden is also full of surprises for your outdoor bar. Whether you're squeezing fresh fruit juice or creating a fruity or savory cocktail, look to your patch of green as your very own ingredient market, offering endless ways to experiment.
"If you're in a garden environment, there is a variety of things that can be displayed and part of your at-home bar," says Charlotte Voisey, a New York City based mixologist for a premium vodka brand. "You can invite people to pick something from the garden for a drink, and make it an interactive party.
"Delicate fruits like berries are easy in drinks because they're easy to muddle, and they're best used if they can be kept chilled," says Voise, who also likes muddling herbs like mint, rosemary and basil in her drinks. [click here for recipe]
To keep it all fresh, the True Outdoor Refrigerator features an adjustable shelving system that allows the home "bar chef" to store prepared garnishes, syrups and juices for summer cocktails.
The modular system also allows for containers of bar staples such as the watermelon-based simple syrup Kathy Hubler of New York City has on hand for the Watermelon Shrub cocktail served in the Theater District restaurant where she heads the bar. Prepared in advance, Hubler says it can last all evening or weekend if properly stored.
Both bar pros recommend prepping garnishes in advance and storing them in the refrigerator with a damp paper towel, as fruit will quickly dry out and even oxidize. The flexible design of the True Outdoor Refrigerator accommodates storage tubs or plates as well as bottles of spirits that, when chilled, make a late-summer drink go down smooth as ice.
"If you're outside, and you want something cool and refreshing, chilling the spirit will make it more refreshing without diluting it," says Hubler.
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The La's
With their chimey guitars and hooky songwriting, Liverpool's The La's became one of the most influential one-hit-wonder bands of the 1990's. Although their early efforts stalled on the charts, the re-release of There She Goes in 1990 predicted the Britpop renaissance that was still years away. The fact that the band disappeared soon after, never issuing a sophomore effort, only enhances their reputation as unlikely pop heroes. Bassist John Power went on to form Cast in 1993..
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Mike Eliason of local Realtors' group gets statewide appointmentNovember 26th, 2012 by Rachel Pritchett
Mike Eliason, executive with the Kitsap County Association of Realtors, has been selected to take part in long-term strategic planning of the Washington Association of Realtors. In that work, he'll represent all executives of local Realtor associations across the state.
Eliason is in his 10th year as executive of the Kitsap group,
and recently received a three-year extension in that position.
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Buyers moving to the Big Island frequently ask our agents and our Relocation Coordinator about rainfall. Some buyers are looking for a consistently warm, dry, sunny climate. On the other hand, because many homeowners (especially in East Hawaii and those who live off-grid) rely on rainwater catchment tanks for their water supply, Big Island property buyers often need to clearly identify where there is consistently abundant rainfall. Farmers and ranchers also rely heavily on ample rainfall, a necessity to their agricultural endeavors.
The Hawaiian Islands present some interesting rainfall patterns due to topography, tradewinds and other factors. The resulting rainfall can be dramatically different from location to location, even over short distances. Here on the Big Island, tradewinds blow from the East-Northeast direction, resulting in abundant rainfall conditions on the windward slopes of the mountains. Leeward coastal areas receive significantly less rainfall. For those trying to determine what area would be most suitable, accurate rainfall maps are a helpful resource.
The University of Hawaii's Rainfall Atlas of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii's Geography Department has recently released the online version of the Rainfall Atlas of Hawaii – complete with an Interactive Map enabling users to pinpoint and zoom in on specific areas and corresponding data, as well as to identify patterns over larger areas. Maps showing annual rainfall totals are available as well as maps with monthly mean rainfall totals.
*The above map is for the month of October. Visit our Rainfall Map page to view the Mean Annual Rainfall map for the Island of Hawaii. To view and download more maps, visit the Rainfall Atlas of Hawaii's Downloads page.
Rainfall Mapping – Then and Now
Measuring and mapping of rainfall in the Hawaiian Islands began as far back as the 19th century. By the end of the century there were nearly 106 monitoring stations, and rainfall monitoring sites today number over 1200. It's important to note however, that despite the seemingly high number of rain gauges there are still large remote areas with no rainfall measurement. Expert methods of extrapolation are used in these areas to determine the best possible estimates.
Thanks very much to our own Blake Howell, R(S) for bringing this fantastic new website to our attention. This online information is an amazing resource to everyone living here in the islands, as well as to those off-island considering purchasing real estate or visiting here. Exploring it was particularly fun and interesting for me. Before moving to the Big Island, I spent several years as part of the US Navy's Meteorology and Oceanography Command, so I've witnessed the evolution of weather technology over the years and greatly appreciate the ability to view such detailed rainfall data for the Hawaiian Islands right from my desktop.
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A unique condominium resort located on one of the barrier islands on Florida's Gulf coast. They offer one-, two- and three-bedroom villas, all with a screened terrace facing the Gulf of Mexico. Villas feature living and dining areas, full kitchens, washer/dryer and a screened terrace with great views of the beach and brilliant sunsets. Amenities include four pools with hot tubs, 11 tennis courts, fitness center,a boutique for unique gifts, recreation rentals,Coconuts Island Cafe and the Rum Bay Restaurant & Bar. Choose to take a ride to the mainland in the water taxi to Leveroc'ks or book a sunset cruise.
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First Time Meditation Instruction.
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It was 1972. I had hitch-hiked, bused and snow-shoed to the Snow Lion Hotel at Jackson Hole, Wyoming for Trungpa Rinpoche's "Crazy Wisdom" seminar.
I had never met Trungpa and had never really meditated before, so I was surprised at how much sitting we did, supposedly meditating without instruction. Rinpoche's talks on Padmasambhava occurred every evening and there were usually discussion groups in the afternoon on the various themes such as spiritual materialism, devotion, non-conceptual wisdom and maha ati — a mode of Buddhist spiritual practice — but there wasn't any real meditation instruction, and these were the days before meditation instructors.
It seems Rinpoche felt we could relax in good posture and just be. And by implication we wondered if such simplicity was maha ati. We were, after all, young, fit and willing to sit, but at least in my case it seemed that my wandering mind didn't settle until I was relatively exhausted toward the end of each day. Then there actually was the feeling of just being without wandering.
On day three or so we also practiced Rinpoche's Sadhana of Mahamudra. This less than an hour-long sadhana seemed completely wild to me, as we visualized one fellow on a lion, another on an elephant and the main dude on a tiger! It was like a circus, except that one line remained hauntingly memorable in the days that followed — probably the same line that most people remember first: "Good and bad, happy and sad, all thoughts vanish into emptiness like the imprint of a bird in the sky."
Whether I was supposed to or not, I found myself contemplating the meaning. Just as a bird leaves no imprint in the sky, so all emotions and thoughts are indeed temporary, no matter how vivid they originally seem to be. Hmm.
And so we sat on, discussed and listened to Rinpoche at night. Rinpoche seemed to be a playful version of Padmasambhava himself, wearing cowboy shirts with suspenders and grinning like a Chicano bartender. Although his talks were largely incomprehensible to me, in the generous question and answer period that followed each talk, those who asked questions seemed to be following the themes well.
Somewhere in the course of the seminar, Rinpoche walked through the room where we were meditating
and said, "Notice the stop in the flow of karma."
That was it. That was my first meditation instruction.
In the years that followed, Rinpoche added technique, realizing that our actively conceptual and wandering minds needed a little help.
First came, "Put attention on the outbreath" or "Follow the outbreath".
A year later he added the labelling technique, and so it went.
But I have never forgotten the power of that first meditation instruction: "Notice the stop in the flow of karma."
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Thank you…it reminds me of a Dharma teacher in the UK who encouraged us to "Mind the Gap". On the London underground there are frequent announcements to "Mind the gap" between the trains and the platform. Many London souvenirs – mugs, T-shirts etc have this phrase and we were encouraged to use these reminders… : )
Beautiful. Well-written.
[…] series about Trunga Rinpoche's early teachings in Boulder; you can find last week's here. Photo: Comelia […]
Always great to hear "old stories" of Trungpa. Hard to imagine the "beginning days" and feel so grateful for older students persistence for breaking new ground…
Linda's reminiscences give a good flavor of that time and place. This is the second of them I have read, and they are very interesting.
Her article also represents how she and others were living in the present moment…nowness, going beyond hope and fear. No meditation instructions…just being.
[…] the meditation master Trungpa Rinpoche's early teachings in Boulder. Read the previous two, First Time Meditation Instruction and Trungpa Rinpoche's Initial Tonglen and Funeral Instructions. Photo: Johnny […]
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Magazine: Crater Lake called 'Best Ride' in Oregon
CRATER LAKE, Ore. -- Bicycling Magazine published the best bike ride each state has to offer, and a local scene won the title.
Officials chose the Crater Lake area as the best ride in Oregon.
The magazine recommends starting at Diamond Lake, powering up around the rim.
The article sites the changing elevations, the difference in scenery, and of course that crystal clear blue water as why it's Oregon's best ride.
One cyclist told the magazine that if he had one day left to live, he'd spend it riding around the rim at Crater Lake.


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I finally got around to buying a Verto 26 after finding it 30% off at my local outfitter. I purchased some mesh and used some silnylon to fashion the pockets. I can't take credit for the sewing though. My wife's grandmother is a seamstress and made short work of the project. I'm very happy with the results. Used it on an overnight this week and it performed flawlessly. One note though, ripping the side seams where the compression loops are was a pain! All of those bar tacks took 2 hours to remove but it was well worth it. Front Side After the trip.
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In this 1998 film, Jean-Claude Van Damme plays Frank Dux, an army soldier and martial arts expert who has been given the chance to fight in an underground competition where fighters are often broken or killed due to the no-holds barred competition. Is there a choice for his character? We at Break Studios know what we would do. With great fight choreography, this is a Jean-Claude classic.
"Double Impact"
What would you do if you were separated from your twin brother at the age of five in Hong Kong after your parents were killed by henchmen of an evil mobster? Clearly you would grow up as a marital artist in France, then return to Hong Kong to find your criminal brother and right past wrongs. Van Damme plays both brothers, bringing the film to a climactic showdown between the brothers and the villain who killed their father.
"Universal Soldier"
This movie recounts the struggles of two soldiers, Luc, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme and Andrew Scott, played by Dolph Lundgren, who are killed in combat in Vietnam, but reanimated by the government in hopes of creating the perfect soldier. Luc begins to have memories from Vietnam, and he stops following orders. The risk to him and a woman he begins to protect increases when the government turns against him. It's so tough to be reanimated that this film has sequels – plural.
"Time Cop"
Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a futuristic cop charged with busting people for illegal time travel. He faces his greatest challenge in the movie when a politician bent on changing history sets out to become the president. What to do when there's rampant time travel? Go back an hour and resubmit that report the boss was unhappy with or… become the president and take over the world.
Playing himself in this celebrated role, Jean-Claude Van Damme portrays a down-on-his luck actor who is trying to get custody of his daughter while facing financial woes and a lack of ongoing success. The film ratchets up when he apparently shoots out of his window at bystanders and police and television crews flock outside his apartment. With great dramatic acting and great action sequences, this is an amazing role for Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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BackTalk; Cholesterol Countdown on Sea, Land and Wheels
By RICH PRIOR
Published: June 20, 2004
I'm an Irish George Costanza. Single, bald and paunchy around the middle, past my prime for anything but a midlife crisis. In May I sat in my doctor's office; the tests were in. I flunked cholesterol. How could that be? I crammed wholesome food for an entire week.
Dr. Lopachin prescribed a cholesterol medication, but I insisted I could get my blood in shape with diet and exercise. So with only six weeks of training, just days after my 48th birthday, I'm ending my health problems by jumping into the Hudson River next Sunday for the 2004 New York City Triathlon.
The adrenaline hit when I found the triathlon Web site. Eighteen hundred athletes from 15 countries will swim 1.5 kilometers in the Hudson River, bike 40 kilometers up the Henry Hudson Parkway, then run 10 kilometers in Central Park. After a gut check, of my waist and fortitude, I registered and was in. Or was I in over my head?
World-class athletes with finish times under two hours -- and, presumably, cholesterol below 200 milligrams -- will compete in this race. I barely exercised all winter. Worse yet, I haven't swum since I graduated from tadpole to minnow at summer camp. Did I need to get shots for the funky Hudson River? And four years ago, the triathletes were nearly swept out to sea by a sudden squall.
My preparation began by researching the sport, as if I could study myself into shape. A new language of gearing strategy, sculling drills and anaerobic threshold was overwhelming. Up against a time crunch, I settled on a simple three-point plan:
1. Swim.
2. Don't drown.
3. Hang on and finish the race.
Let the games begin.
I found my sports watch buried beneath a mound of clothes in my living room. My bicycle was under there, too. Last summer I rode it only to Central Park to watch the female in-line skaters. Now I race over the George Washington Bridge and up the Palisades. To log swim time, I have pretended to consider gym memberships and scored free passes around town. I have alternated tough workouts with easier recovery days, but every stride, stroke or spin has felt hard. Two-a-day workouts have melted away my midsection and, hopefully, flushed out my arteries.
Twenty years ago I was a granola-crunching vegetarian, 10 years back an avid runner. What happened to that guy? Before my current health kick, I walked home from work ''for exercise,'' snagging two double cheeseburgers, a McChicken and fries before picking up Debbie, my regular Friday night date. Actually, I had a double date with two boxes of Little Debbie Swiss Miss Rolls. There was more sludge in the food than in the Hudson.
I'm kicking cholesterol old school, with an anti-South Beach, high-carbohydrate diet. Eating my vegetables, purging saturated fat and self-prescribing food-aceuticals: apples for pectin, oats for soluble fiber and grapefruit because my doorman Louis heard it helped. I'm chowing so much omega-3 packed salmon that on race day I may swim upriver to spawn. Needless to say, Little Debbie and I are through.
''You're going to swim in the Hudson River?'' my mother shrieked.
''Briscoe and Green fished a dead body out of there last week,'' my father announced. '' 'Law and Order' is ripped from the headlines, you know.''
Stress can elevate cholesterol, and worrying about this swim is giving me terminal agita. I'd rather drown than panic and need some 20-year-old lifeguard to rescue me. Three weeks ago I even had a panic attack in the shower, so I enrolled in a class with the swim guru Doug Stern. He's teaching me to streamline my body and to bend my elbows and, as a bonus, how to convert meters into miles. Turns out, the 1.5 kilometer swim isn't a half-mile, as I thought. It's nearly twice that. So I guess the bike leg is almost 25 miles and the finishing run is more than 6.
Co-workers bust my chops when they see me limping and munching on twigs and PowerBars: ''Hey, Richie Rich, next midlife crisis, just buy a sports car.'' Their jibes haven't affected me because I'm a zealous convert to this disciplined path. I already feel better with muscles threatening to show themselves and endorphins instead of plaque running through my veins.
Why passively take a daily medication when there's something I can do? Phen-fen and ephedra were supposed to be wonder drugs. No one knows what the long-term effects of Lipitor may be. Muscles may become mush. If eyes turn canary yellow, consult your doctor. Replacement liver not included.
An added benefit of long training sessions is time to think. On a solitary sunrise run, it occurred to me that triathlons are patterned after my youth. I pedaled my banana-seat bicycle to the park every summer day, swam in the town pool, then ran for hours on the basketball court. With all the demands of adult life, it's refreshing to keep one foot in the kiddie pool. Plus, I get to bike through the Henry Hudson tollbooth for free. Cool!
On race day, I'll stand quivering on a barge extending into the Hudson River at West 99th Street. The real athletes with broad chests and six-pack abs will be wearing skintight Speedos for reduced drag in the water. My six-pack flabs will hang over a baggy red bathing suit I haven't worn since spring break in college. With my white skin, I'll look more like a buoy than a torpedo that can knife through the Hudson's tricky currents.
Maybe the fat will help me do the dead man's float if I get tired. O.K., that's worth adding to my training plan:
4. Don't say ''Dead man.''
Photo: Rich Prior will compete in the New York City Triathlon next Sunday. (Photo by Librado Romero/The New York Times)


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The purpose of this Convention is to develop mutual understanding among the peoples of Europe and reciprocal appreciation of their cultural diversity, to safeguard European culture, to promote national contributions to Europe's common cultural heritage respecting the same fundamental values and to encourage in particular the study of the languages, history and civilisation of the Parties to the Convention. The Convention contributes to concerted action by encouraging cultural activities of European interest.
Non-member States of the Council of Europe which are Parties to the European Cultural Convention may also, without special invitation of the Committee of Ministers, become Parties to certain European treaties (1).
- European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (ETS No. 66);
- European Agreement on continued Payment of Scholarships to students studying abroad (ETS No. 69);
- European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches (ETS No. 120);
- European Convention on Transfrontier Television (ETS No. 132);
- Anti-Doping Convention (ETS No. 135);
- European Convention on the General Equivalence of Periods of University Study(ETS No. 138);
- European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (Revised) (ETS No. 143);
- European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Production (ETS No. 147);
- European Convention relating to questions on Copyright Law and Neighbouring Rights in the Framework of Transfrontier Broadcasting by Satellite (ETS No. 153);
- European Convention on the Promotion of a Transnational Long-Term Voluntary Service for Young People (ETS No. 175);
- European Convention on the Legal Protection of Services based on, or consisting of, Conditional Access (ETS No. 178);
- European Convention for the protection of the Audiovisual Heritage (ETS No. 183);
- Protocol to the European Convention on the protection of the Audiovisual Heritage, on the protection of Television Productions (ETS No. 184),
- Additional Protocol to the Anti-Doping Convention (ETS No. 188).