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Yee-haw. Tom Brands & company had pretty puffed-up chests after their 9-1 (39-3) win against the Sun Devils. So naturally, we do the only thing possible to one-up them.
I'm liking this team already- they seem like they're chomping at the bit to go maul every team they go up against. It's nice to see enthusiasm and skill merged so seamlessly.
True and Valiant
I also remember a game with Kansas when Cy (wore a huge suit then) went out to center field, squatted, and "pooped" a couple of chickens that had been dyed blue then chased them around.
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God I hope so, even if it's not the right thing to do, KF needs to do it.
Victory before honor.
It was GREAT to see them in action today. Man - they are good for being such a young team. 6 RS Freshmen - it was great.
BTW - this was the first time I was there to see the new video/scoreboard. It's pretty d&^n cool.
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The only things that would have added to the trip would have been a back entrance out of the cabin as it was awkward going right around but nothing major. Also an outer gate to close off the outside back from the hot tub so we could let our dog roam in that space with us, other than that it was perfect.
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very happy with the lodge, hottub and appliances, washer/dryer came in extremely useful, only dissapointment was one of the shower rooms smelled badly of damp as no window in there.
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This is my second year at Keilder and I'll return hopefully next year. The reception staff are first class, very helpful and friendly. The lodge is clean and comfortable, very important for me dog friendly. Loads of lovely walks. Kitchen was being refurbished while I was there which I was a bit disappointed about as was looking forward to eating there, again bar/ restaurant dog friendly. This year I upgraded for a hot tub, loved it and will do that again.
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Had a lovely time but hectic with the grown-up family and a baby.
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The accommodation had everything which was required.
My only complaint would be that the double bedroom felt a bit damp but apart from that it was really spacious and well equipped.
The only thing which bothered us were the midges but no one has control over them!!
Our kids wanted to learn to fish and since neither of us have the faintest idea, John, one of the Rangers showed them how to set up their rods etc and spent time showing them how to cast off.
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There was a new tub which the kids enjoyed but the external decked area was filthy. The cushions should be binned!!
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Lodge was very well equipped. Very comfortable.
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I am completely devastated with my partner of 5 years who suffers with PTSD. He is a Vietnam Vet and served for 30 months. I have read a great deal on PTSD and went through many valleys with him. I would like to know from other sufferers with this disease..do PTSD sufferers have major problems with 'trust' issues?
I ask this question due to the fact that he was to attend my son's wedding a week ago..and when I returned home from the hairdresser he had packed his bags and run away.....I am still in shock.
He won't answer his phone etc. and is full of anger..at 'what' I do not know..any suggestions for me? I need to know how to recover from this behaviour from him.............when a friend did manage to speak briefly to him..he stated he was ''miserable and did not want to talk'' and hung up on the person.
Any suggestions would be helpful..he was my whole life and now is gone.
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PTSD sufferers are all different and have different experiences and symptoms. You can't categorize us all and ask if we have trust issues. Some do and some don't. He may just need some time to deal with things and maybe you just don't understand well enough to help him.
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Thank you for taking the time to help explain matters to me..............IrisW
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Yes i have trust issues and i don,t alway feel safe . If i go hyper i can hear the tumblers in a lock as you put the key in it with shooting plugs in and through 2 closed door.
sometimes i do not want to be around anyone . I had my couson wedding 2 weeks ago and i was a wrick before it was over.I had a chemical drop and was in bed for the hole next day.
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Sometimes, if one's life has blown up, it can be very rough to be with people living normal happy lives. It hurts. Weird, I know. It's like the happy people take things for granted and are oblivious to the suffering in the world...
So something like attending a wedding can be very weird or it can be fine or it can be great or it can be awful.
I'd say the best you can do is just let this guy know that you care and you are ready to listen and to talk and to try and understand. That's the best. I hope it works out for you and for him.
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My most heart felt 'thanks' to Winndi and Janthina for helping me understand and cope better. I understand my man's need to live in ''solitary'' and know he doesn't like crowds or loud, un-expected noises. He is a ''loner'' by choice and I respect that and understand. How I wish we could have found this site together when he was still here living with me..such a shame...but I am most grateful for all and any sharing people choose to do here......we are here on this Earth to ''help'' one another..There is a wonderful book called: Nam Vet by Chuck Dean..who also has PTSD..it is a real eye-opener for those that suffer with PTSD and those that live with them...IrisW
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Noise can be bad I did not even fell safe at church. Any movement or noise and I was looking . When in a place that I don't no I have even keep my hand on my knife.
some have seen thing that we hope other never go through.The biggest fight and the darkest place in the world ,is in your mind. But God is there to .
there is also the problem with self esteam , and sometimes you feel like it is wrighten all over you . I was treated bad after my problem and did more damage then needed.
a soldier was tought not to talk about it are it would kill there carear. That may be why he does not say much are want you to talk to his DR. at the VA.
Tell him I said thank you for his service.
I saw one of my employees shot 16 times by the police.
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I can't tell you what all the symptoms of ptsd are. I've only just been diagnosed with it. But I can try and tell you how I feel.
I feel as if I move too fast, I will break. I don't want anyone in my home except my husband and I want him and only him. I become frightened if someone knocks at the door or if someone I didn't expect calls on the telephone. I feel alone and vulnerable and when I'm really upset, I have terrible nightmares. I'm not lonely by myself...I feel safer. I live in a gated community so that I can say no if someone wants to come here. At least I am forewarned when they do come.
When I have to go out, it takes every ounce of my energy and determination to make myself go out the door. I have panic attacks too...they make me feel as if I can't breathe. I can't be in a closed place and I need to sit with my back to a wall so I can see who comes into whereever I am. And when I return home I feel as if I want to put bars across the door so no one can come in and I sleep because in my bed, under my blankets I feel safer.
My husband knows now to invite anyone into our home and I know that isn't fair to him but I can't help it. But my children come sometimes and bring their friends and I want to run away. I don't know how to describe to my family the feelings of fear that I have and how invaded I feel when them come here...and yet I love my children and want to see them. I'm so confused. I don't want to harm anyone else but I can't fix me...so maybe leaving is the solution.
I hope this helps you understand...and maybe you could very gently go and see your mate and talk with him quietly. Don't yell, don't scream and don't frighten him. But understand that he is miserable and probably very lonely without you.
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So nice to hear from you Winndi..as I learn more as you share with me.
Sprytling your posting touched my heart so much and I feel for you. Its a hard thing to live with, PTSD, and it requires so much understanding of this for ''you'' as well as those dear and near to you.
You helped me so much realize how terrible things can be. I know my partner also feels ''safer'' living by himself..behind locked doors. He won't answer his phone..and I am in Canada and he, in the United States for medical help. But, the VA is so slow..not much progress has been made.
He always sleeps with the blankets ''over'' his head..as it makes him feel more secure. I am sure you know why he feels like this.
I am most grateful for your in-put here and wish you and all those that suffer with PTSD
to somehow cope and I wish I had a miracle for all of you.
PTSD is not an easy thing to live with..so..all I can add is: Be gentle with yourselves, for you are not alone.
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If it helps you, I have done this. It is not something against you, it is a way of making sure that some major breakdown does not happen in a public place or with tons of people around. Mostly, myself anyhow, I panick. Running away is part of it. You feel it coming so you pack it up and go. I am working with someone that gets some info on PTSD for West Virginia University it is mostly used on the vets coming back from Iraq and other past vets...it is a new process...You may want to encourage him to look into something like that...I will see if I can find out more info for you. They say it is a new technique and seems to be working...hang in there...he was just trying to save you from the humiliation he feels you will have if he has a major episode in that particular situation. I have a journal entry called Amped...trust me it can happen anytime to someone and mostly on occasions with a lot of people...for me anyhow...good luck hun *hugs*
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Thanks Michellegirl....I guess I did not realize the ''seriousness'' of crowds and how it might affect him. As we have been in crowds before, but never a wedding and it was my son's wedding..I think he felt ''insecure'' about going etc. And, yes..he panicked, the problem being..I cannot contact him..as he won't pick up his phone..nor answer his emails..so I must just sit and wait and hope he is okay.
Your posting gave me more valuable ''insight''..you folks are all so nice here, willing to share your own issues with PTSD..ty so much...........IrisW
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i arrived at the airport quite early and headed straight off to the counters . as usual , the flight was 100 % full in all three classes . i have called the BA main office in dubai a few days earlier to book for a window seat , but the stuipid lady booked me for an airsle seat . The lady at the counter told me to check at the gate .
i proceeded to the passport control and got there . from what i rememeber , the following flights were on the screen:
Alitalia to Milan (MD 11 , i think??)
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Kuwait airways to Kuwait. (A300-600)
Emirates to Manila (A310)
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Royal Jordanian to amman (A310)
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i spoke to my friend called MARCO on this forum .
to my surprise , all the flights to England with Emirates were delayed .
Emirates to Birmingham , Manchester and Heathrow were delayed .
i headed towords the gate , and ironically , The gate next to the BA flight was the Emirates (b777-300) to Heathrow -delayed for 2 hours. Boarding was on time . the staff then agreed to change my seat to a window seat . The aircraft was an old BA 777 with old colours .
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Wonkbook's Top 4 Stories: (1) Police problems and solutions in Ferguson; (2) Ebola crisis worse than thought?; (3) global economic woes may become ours; and (4) natural gas's potential environmental impacts in focus.
1. Top story: As tensions fade in Ferguson, what went wrong with the police and how to fix it
A sweeping series of changes by authorities in Ferguson. "Federal and state officials unveiled a sweeping response Thursday to violent clashes between police and protesters over the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, with Missouri taking over security operations from local police and authorities agreeing to accept Justice Department help in handling protests....Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. then announced a series of steps his department is taking, including a meeting held Thursday with civic leaders to calm tensions and an escalating civil rights probe in which federal investigators have already interviewed witnesses to the shooting." Wesley Lowery, Jerry Markon and Mark Berman in The Washington Post.
Primary source: The full text of President Obama's remarks. The Washington Post.
@morningmoneyben: 1) It's not obvious that Obama's physical presence in #Ferguson would help. 2.) He's very rarely fiery in these kinds of statements.
Timeline: The Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Mo. USA Today.
Mo. Gov. Nixon's decision to switch police forces appeared to pay off. "The decision by Governor Jay Nixon to place the Missouri State Highway Patrol in command in Ferguson appeared to have paid off. Nixon put Capt. Ron Johnson, a Ferguson native an African American, in charge on Thursday afternoon and said authorities would be taking a softer tone. About two hours later, Johnson was marching with a group of pastors and black youth. 'I am a black man with black sons,' Johnson told the marchers before they set off for a looted QuikTrip about a half mile away that had become a gathering point for protestors. He said his own son had been harassed by police." Rachel Lippmann and Tim Lloyd in St. Louis Public Radio.
Interactive: Where minority communities still have overwhelmingly white police. Emily Badger, Dan Keating and Kennedy Elliott in The Washington Post.
@WesleyLowery: Cpt. Johnson of Highway Patrol hugging residents as they pass during march. "I grew up here!" he notes. #ferguson
@ryanjreilly: Last night v. tonight in #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/CKp87niWjw
@JamilSmith: Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol walks along with the Ferguson march. Compare this to Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/Vtezu4MuHk
The Late Show with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. "The governor's spokesman stressed that Nixon has been deeply involved in responding to the restlessness in Ferguson in a variety of capacities all week....But in politics, nothing beats being there. The coverage in recent days has been dominated by images of heavily armed police complete with tanks, protesters dodging billowing smoke and tear gas and reports of journalists being arrested. There have been few counterbalancing images of a governor taking visible action to bring the situation under control. Other pols have also learned the lesson the hard way." Katie Glueck in Politico.
Fancy weapons, 9/11 and fear of crime turned local forces into small armies. "The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) may be an obscure agency within the Department of Defense, but through the 1033 program, which it oversees, it's one of the core enablers of American policing's excessive militarization. Beginning in 1990, Congress authorized the Pentagon to transfer its surplus property free of charge to federal, state, and local police departments to wage the war on drugs. In 1997, Congress expanded the purpose of the program to include counterterrorism in section 1033 of the defense authorization bill. In one single page of a 450-page law, Congress helped sow the seeds of today's warrior cops." Matthew Harwood in Mother Jones.
Primary source: Want an armored personnel carrier for your police force? Just fill out this one-page form. Christopher Ingraham in The Washington Post.
Explainer: 5 things you need to know about police militarization. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai in Mashable.
Don't count on Congress to end the program anytime soon. "Rep. John Conyers, the House Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, and two of his Democratic colleagues are asking committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte to convene hearings on the militarization of police forces. And Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia said Thursday he will introduce a bill that would limit the kinds of military equipment local police forces can acquire....Libertarian-leaning Republicans are joining the chorus as well....The response from congressional Republican leadership, however, has been measured or nonexistent....And the program...has well-placed defenders in Congess." Daniel Newhauser in National Journal.
Were police tactics over the top? Military veterans say yes. "For veterans of the wars that the Ferguson protests so closely resemble, the police response has appeared to be not only heavy-handed but out of step with the most effective ways for both law enforcement and military personnel to respond to demonstrations. 'You see the police are standing online with bulletproof vests and rifles pointed at peoples chests,' said Jason Fritz, a former Army officer and an international policing operations analyst. 'That's not controlling the crowd, that's intimidating them.'" Thomas Gibbons-Neff in The Washington Post.
Storify: Veterans on Ferguson. Kelsey D. Atherton in Popular Science.
Long read: After Ferguson, how should police respond to protests? Radley Balko in The Washington Post.
Why there wasn't police accountability — who was actually in charge? "You can't understand the police actions in Ferguson — and the size of the change Nixon's announcement represents — without understanding this: for the first several days of protests in Ferguson, there were several different agencies on the ground. And none of them were in charge. Prior to Thursday morning, there were at least four different police departments on the ground in Ferguson at any given time: the Ferguson police themselves, the St. Louis County police (where Ferguson is located), police from the City of St. Louis, and police from the Missouri Highway Patrol." Dara Lind in Vox.
@CBSAndrew: Breaking: @ACLU files first lawsuit in Michael Brown case, under Missouri's Sunshine Law, seeking police records. http://www.scribd.com/doc/236822966/2014-08-14-Sunshine-Petition
Rubber bullets, used in Ferguson, are unsafe, according to science. "The small body of research that has looked at the injuries they cause has routinely found a high number of serious injuries and a small number of deaths....The most recent research on rubber bullet injuries was published in 2010. In the journal Injury, French researchers examined six patients who were treated for rubber bullet related trauma since 2000 (rubber bullet guns are marketed to European Union citizens as self-defense weapons). The five patients lived, but all had 'severe facial injuries necessitating long-term hospitalization and two-to-three step surgical treatments.'" Sarah Kliff in Vox.
Interview: Tear gas is banned in international warfare — and in use in Ferguson, MO. Sarah Kliff in Vox.
Video: TV news crew tear-gassed in Ferguson. Alex Chancey in The Daily Beast.
Read this reporter's account of how police treated her and a colleague. "I had never witnessed police treat journalists like this in the four years I worked as a crime reporter in South Florida. Some officers have tried to keep me away from crime scenes, but never stopped me from covering a story altogether. It was also the first time I had ever felt afraid of a police officer. Flores and I felt far more afraid of them than we did of any protesters. What the Ferguson police have done to journalists and demonstrators brings up First Amendment issues, said John Watson, a lawyer and a media law professor at American University in Washington." Alexia Campbell and Reena Flores in National Journal.
Explainer: Here's a list of potentially unconstitutional things the police have done in Ferguson. Max Ehrenfreund in The Washington Post.
Social media didn't just report on the protests. It altered them. "People in Ferguson, Mo., didn't wait for news conferences, petitions or legal action to bring national attention to their streets after a police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teen. They snapped a photo. They used a hashtag. And, in the span of five days, their growing, stinging social media cloud of real-time updates shaped a raw public discourse about the teen, Michael Brown, race relations and police force in the USA. 'Because of social media, the police don't have control of this story,' said David Karpf, assistant professor of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University." Lindsay Deutsch and Jolie Lee in USA Today.
Charts: Watch Twitter explode, along with Ferguson. Brian Fung in The Washington Post.
@NiemanLab: Events in Ferguson underscore the importance of access to a free Internet http://nie.mn/VpE1Ef
Explainer: How Anonymous got it right and wrong in Ferguson. Andrea Peterson in The Washington Post.
Not only can you record the police. Maybe the police should record themselves. "Courts have held that, as a general rule, individuals have a right to record law enforcement officers carrying out their duties in public spaces....Many police stations have long recorded at least some of their officers' interactions with the public, most frequently through dashboard cameras that capture traffic stops....But there's also a growing movement in the United States to have on-duty officers use body cameras to record their interactions with the public." Andrea Peterson in The Washington Post.
Other legal reads:
Sentencing panel to weigh economic crime penalties. Associated Press.
NCAA says athletic departments must not interfere with sexual assault cases. Renee Schoof in McClatchy Newspapers.
PAUL: We must demilitarize the police. "Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies....When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury...we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands. Given these developments, it is almost impossible for many Americans not to feel like their government is targeting them. Given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them." Rand Paul in Time Magazine.
GREEN: Ferguson, Mo., is destroying public faith in government. "The biggest failure in this regard belongs to Missouri's governor, Jay Nixon, whose inexplicable absence from Ferguson and neglect of this mounting national crisis in his own backyard became so acute on Wednesday night that Twitter (TWTR) turned into a social media version of Where's Waldo? directed at locating him. Nixon's failure to take clear steps to ease the escalating tensions is a danger to everyone on the scene in Ferguson. But it's also doing a great deal to drain what little public faith remains in government." Joshua Green in Bloomberg Businessweek.
KLEIN: America's criminal justice system is racist. "There was a time when crime drove American politics. It was a top issue in 1984, and 1988, and 1992. The infamous Willie Horton ad was about race, but it was also about crime. The crack epidemic was ongoing, and murders were rising, and people were afraid. Washington's answer was cops, prisons and harsher sentencing rules. Today, the crack epidemic is over, the murder rate has fallen, and Americans feel much safer. But cops, prisons and sentencing rules are coming back as an issue. This time, though, they're not seen as the answer. This time they're the problem. There is no reason to be subtle on this point: the American criminal justice system is racist." Ezra Klein in Vox.
MacGILLIS: The disturbing trend toward secrecy in American policing. "I suspect two separate dynamics are at play. One is related to the same self-aggrandizement that has led local law enforcement agencies to load up on military-style heavy weaponry and armor—the more that local police view themselves as engaged in the grand project of "homeland security," the more they feel justified in mimicking the national security state's penchant for secrecy. The other dynamic is the withering of local journalism. The fewer reporters there are engaged in routine coverage of the cop beat, the more likely police are to start viewing requests for information as a rare and nettlesome importunity" Alec MacGillis in The New Republic.
GERSON: Ferguson and the paradox of American diversity. "The Brown killing, as part of a grim series of similar tragedies, has quickly become symbolic. As usual, the incident confirms people's existing ideological narratives. It shows a racism deeply rooted in U.S. legal structures. Or it demonstrates the opportunism of the media and the grievance industry. It is evidence of structural rot or of anti-police bias. It indicts the militarization of police forces or reveals the well-armed challenges they face. But many people I know who differ on these matters shared the same immediate, emotional reaction: The images of tear gas, rubber bullets and sniper rifles from Ferguson don't look like America." Michael Gerson in The Washington Post.
Top opinion
KRUGMAN: The forever slump. "Recovery is far from complete, and the wrong policies could still turn economic weakness into a more or less permanent depression. In fact, that's what seems to be happening in Europe as we speak. And the rest of us should learn from Europe's experience....The good news is that things don't look that dire in America....But all it would take is a few bad shocks and/or policy missteps to send us down the same path. The good news is that Janet Yellen, the Fed chairwoman, understands the danger; she has made it clear that she would rather take the chance of a temporary rise in the inflation rate than risk hitting the brakes too soon, the way the E.C.B. did in 2011." Paul Krugman in The New York Times.
LEVIN AND SALAM: The immigration middle ground. "The essential components of the recurring elite proposal are a path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants; more immigration by the highly skilled; and a guest-worker program, combined with other significant increases in immigration by less-skilled workers, to help employers hold down wages. In return, this proposal offers little more than the promise of finally enforcing laws that already exist regarding border security, visa controls, and employment-status verification....While populist critics deserve credit for opposing ideas that a growing number of Americans reject, their own failure to offer a compelling alternative is a key part of why we find ourselves at an impasse." Yuval Levin and Reihan Salam in National Review.
VINIK: Obama's executive authority isn't what he thinks it is. "President Obama has talked about his authority in similar terms, which suggests that he and his advisors are thinking along the same lines. But the concept of prosecutorial discretion is a lot more complicated — and its implications a lot less clear — than Obama and his allies make it sound. The president's power to set priorities over law enforcement has real limits. The further he stretches his authority, the louder conservatives will yell about his lawlessness, and the greater chance that they're correct." Danny Vinik in The New Republic.
BLINDER: The supply-side case for government redistribution. "Research by me and others decades ago found that, contrary to the common assumption, more inequality does not lead to less spending; and history has since given that finding an acid test. Regardless of how you measure it, income inequality has surged since about 1979. If rising inequality reduced spending, American consumers as a group would now be spending less of their aggregate income than they did then. In fact, they are spending more. In thinking about the effects of inequality on growth, we should look more at the supply side than the demand side." Alan S. Blinder in The Wall Street Journal.
FRIEDERSDORF: An opening for libertarians to be a serious force. "I'd make a more modest claim: that the abject failure of Democrats and Republicans...as well as the ambivalence people like them display to grave, widespread civil liberties violations, lawbreaking by government officials, and the power of the national-security state — has created an opening for libertarian-leaning independents to make gains with the public, if they can transcend the cult of personality that surrounds Ron Paul; avoid picking misguided, counterproductive battles like the one over raising the debt ceiling; and embrace a conception of liberty that isn't so narrowly focused on tax rates and property." Conor Friedersdorf in The Atlantic.
RODRIK: The perils of economic consensus. "Disagreements among economists are healthy. They reflect the fact that their discipline comprises a diverse collection of models, and that matching reality to model is an imperfect science with a lot of room for error. It is better for the public to be exposed to this uncertainty than for it to be lulled into a false sense of security based on the appearance of certain knowledge." Dani Rodrik in Project Syndicate.
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2. Is Africa's Ebola crisis worse than we thought?
WHO: Ebola threat in Africa far worse than thought. "While the WHO has said 1,069 people have died of 1,975 infected by the virus, 'staff at the outbreak sites see evidence that the number of reported cases and deaths vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak,' the agency said....'WHO is coordinating a massive scaling up of the international response, marshaling support from individual countries, disease control agencies, agencies within the United Nations system, and others,' the agency said....Aids groups such as Doctors Without Borders...have criticized the WHO and governments including the U.S. for failing to recognize the devastation being caused." Caroline Chen and Andrew Pollack in Bloomberg.
Desperate times yield desperate measures. "Governments there have revived a disease-fighting tactic not used in nearly a century: the 'cordon sanitaire,' in which a line is drawn around the infected area and no one is allowed out. Cordons, common in the medieval era of the Black Death, have not been seen since the border between Poland and Russia was closed in 1918 to stop typhus from spreading west. They have the potential to become brutal and inhumane. Centuries ago, in their most extreme form, everyone within the boundaries was left to die or survive, until the outbreak ended." Donald G. McNeil Jr. in The New York Times.
Health officials try to quell fears of Ebola spreading by air travel. But... " The World Health Organization on Thursday swiftly sought to quell fears that international air travel could become a conduit...emphasizing that such a risk was low....But in another sign of spreading international concern, the State Department announced that it had ordered family members of staff members at the United States Embassy in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to leave the country. Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman, said it had taken the step at the recommendation of the department's medical office 'out of an abundance of caution.'" Nick Cumming-Bruce in The New York Times.
Interview: Patient advocate Jeanine Thomas on what U.S. health care learn from the Ebola outbreak. Marshall Allen in ProPublica.
U.S. agencies are pumping money into drug development, manufacture. "Governments and drugmakers are scrambling to develop new treatments for the Ebola virus now that the World Health Organization (WHO) has eased restrictions on untested vaccines. The United States government is putting cash into experimental treatments, and on Tuesday, gave $4.1 million to the drugmaker BioCryst to advance its Ebola drug BCX4430, the company announced Wednesday. The North Carolina pharmaceutical company in 2013 had received a five-year, $22 million contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop the drug but is now being given extra funding to speed up trials." Ferdous Al-Faruque in The Hill.
Explainer: Scientists race to test Ebola vaccines in humans. Matthew Perrone and Lauran Neergaard in the Associated Press.
Here come the Ebola scammers, FDA warns. "The FDA is warning consumers today to be aware of supplements and other products sold online that are fraudulently marketed to treat or prevent Ebola virus infection. We currently have no agents — drug, dietary supplement, herbal supplement — that can either prevent Ebolavirus infection or shorten the course of the infection once it occurs. Of course, this hasn't stopped internet retailers from claiming that their products can be used against Ebola." David Kroll in Forbes.
How Liberian officials let Ebola spread to Nigeria. "42-year-old Patrick Sawyer was traveling to an economic conference as a representative of the Liberian Ministry of Finance even though the Liberian Ministry of Heath had instructed him not to travel because he might be infected with Ebola....Ministry of Health protocols called for Sawyer to be to be monitored daily for 21 days. But as an official with the Ministry of Finance, Sawyer went ahead with plans to attend an economic development conference in Nigeria. The man who authorized the trip, then-Deputy Minister for the Budget Sebastian Muah, at first said he had authorized the trip and excused the decision by pleading a lack of medical expertise." Michael Daly in The Daily Beast.
Ebola striking women more than men. "The rate of infection among women is outpacing that among men because women are the caregivers, nurses and cross-border traders, health officials report. Outbreaks are thought to originate through contact with infected forest animals, often making men who hunt for bushmeat or handle the meat the first targets of infection. But as an outbreak progresses, women tend to be disproportionately affected. Women account for 55 to 60 percent of the deceased in the current epidemic in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, according to UNICEF." Caelainn Hogan in The Washington Post.
Ebola survivors face stigma, and long recovery. "'Many of our neighbors won't come to our house now,' said Fudia Sesay, 49, of Sierra Leone, who was released from a treatment center last month. 'My friends don't visit, thinking that if they come near our house, they'll catch the virus.' The few who do talk to her, she said, are 'in denial,' believing Ebola doesn't exist....While only a few researchers have studied survivors from past outbreaks, their findings suggest that side effects ranging from lingering joint pain to eye swelling can continue for years...Along with possible physical ailments, survivors also face psychological after-effects" Silas Gbandia and Caroline Chen in Bloomberg.
Other health care reads:
Death of Robin Williams prompts grassroots conversation about mental health. Elahe Izadi in The Washington Post.
Health law spurs paperwork crunch as thousands who signed up must prove they're in U.S. legally. Louise Radnofsky in The Wall Street Journal.
Hospitals seek to help customers with Obamacare premiums. Julie Appleby in Kaiser Health News.
Long read: How agents hunt for fraud in troves of Medicare data. Christopher S. Stewart in The Wall Street Journal.
How to relax interlude: With a cat massage.
3. The world's economic woes could become ours again
Europe's Greater Depression. "It's been six-and-a-half years, and eurozone GDP is still 1.9 percent lower than it was before the Great Recession began. It 'only' took the U.S. economy seven years to get back to where it'd been before the Great Depression hit. But it's a little misleading to just call this a depression. It's worse than that. Europe is turning Japanese. The combination of zombie banks, a rapidly aging population and, most importantly, too-tight money have pushed it into a 'lowflationary' trap that makes it hard to grow, and is even harder to escape from. That's what happened to Japan in the 1990s, and now, 20 years later, its nominal GDP is actually smaller than it was then. Now, Europe isn't that far gone, but it's getting there." Matt O'Brien in The Washington Post.
Viewpoint: Time for an economic plan B in Europe. Desmond Lachman in AEIdeas.
Explainer: 5 things to know about the global economy right now. Daniel Altman in Foreign Policy.
Europe's woes could weigh on U.S. economy — again. "Troubles in the global economy have dogged the American economy since early in the recovery, with the Eurozone debt crisis, the so-called Arab Spring in the Middle East and the Japanese tsunami all swiping momentum from U.S. growth....Now warning signs are flashing again....The latest batch of disappointing news from East to West reinforces the view that global growth will be sluggish this year, and it increases the risk that economic problems overseas could weigh on the U.S. recovery. Foreign trade is expected to be a drag on U.S. growth — and things could get worse if geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East deepen. At best, it looks as if the American economy will have to go it alone." Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times.
Russia sanctions haven't even started to bite Europe yet. "The zero growth reported by statistics agency Eurostat on Thursday was cause for alarm throughout the 18-nation region, which is already bracing for the impact of sanctions imposed on and by Russia over Ukraine." Michelle Martin and Martin Santa in Reuters.
Americans are borrowing for cars, but not for homes. "Total outstanding household debt...sank $18 billion between April and June to $11.63 trillion, according to a report...by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It marked the first decline after three quarters of increase....Student-loan balances increased $7 billion, bringing the nation's student-loan tab to $1.12 trillion. Credit-card debt outstanding rose by $10 billion to $669 billion, slightly below year-ago levels. The trends suggest Americans continue to recover from the recession by paring existing debt and taking on new loans judiciously. Defaults are generally at low levels, with the share of Americans' debt that was seriously overdue falling to 4.5%, the lowest level since the start of 2008." Alan Zibel in The Wall Street Journal.
Other economic/financial reads:
Jobless claims up, but trend favors strong labor market. Lucia Mutikani in Reuters.
The lending program that bypasses the bankers. William D. Cohan in National Journal.
Lawmakers at odds over Export-Import Bank. James R. Carroll in The Courier-Journal.
Science interlude: In honor of Shark Week, why don't sharks have bones?
4. Natural gas faces new concerns about environmental impact
EPA comments renew industry debate on methane flaring. "Methane emissions from oil wells, as well as other parts of the oil and gas sector, are being considered by U.S. EPA for potential regulations under the Clean Air Act. The agency released a set of five white papers in April exploring equipment and processes where the industry could tighten nuts and bolts to tamp down on emissions....Companies including TransCanada Corp., Pioneer Natural Resources Co. and XTO Energy Inc. came out swinging against EPA's white papers in comments released last week. The papers were a key first step for the agency, which has been tasked by President Obama to explore regulating the sector to address climate change." Gayathri Vaidyanathan in ClimateWire.
A lot we don't know a lot about the effects on wildlife. "A decade into America's oil and gas boom, and scientists still know very little about how hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and shale development affect wildlife, according to a recent scientific study. The knowledge gap is particularly glaring when it comes to the ecosystem impacts of fracking fluid and wastewater spills. Scientists cannot yet begin to draw simple conclusions about drilling's effects on animals, plants and habitats because 'basic data is missing' on issues such as fracking fluid chemistry, and because of limited access to well sites, said Sara Souther, the study's lead author." Lisa Song in InsideClimate News.
Speaking of fracking-fluid chemistry... "As the U.S. fracking boom continues to expand...scientists, regulators and even the industry itself still do not know much about fracking's impact on human health or the environment. Study after study has highlighted the lack of toxicity information available on fracking fluid....Now a new study, presented Wednesday at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, says that out of 190 commonly used compounds, hardly any toxicity information is available for a whopping one-third of them. In addition, another eight fracking fluid compounds, the researchers found, are proved to be toxic to mammals." Zoë Schlanger in Newsweek.
Did drillers illegally use diesel fuels in fracturing activities? Group alleges it. "The report, published this week by the Environmental Integrity Project, found that between 2010 and July 2014 at least 351 wells were fracked by 33 different companies using diesel fuels without a permit. The Integrity Project, an environmental organization based in Washington, D.C., said it used the industry-backed database, FracFocus, to identify violations and to determine the records had been retroactively amended by the companies to erase the evidence....Energy In Depth, the communications and research arm of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, published a lengthy response." Naveena Sadasivam in ProPublica.
Drillers fracturing rock closer to water formations than thought — but unclear whether water pollution actually resulted. "Energy companies are fracking for oil and gas at far shallower depths than widely believed, sometimes through underground sources of drinking water, according to research released Tuesday by Stanford University scientists. Though researchers cautioned their study of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, employed at two Wyoming geological formations showed no direct evidence of water-supply contamination, their work is certain to roil the public health debate over the risks of the controversial oil and gas production process." Neela Banerjee in the Los Angeles Times.
Background reading: What the EPA really said about Wyoming's fracking pollution. Mike Soraghan in Greenwire.
Other energy/environmental reads:
Sawash in coal, U.S. imports even more. John W. Miller and Cassandra Sweet in The Wall Street Journal.
Rail oil tankers, victim of U.S. safety rules, also unwanted in Canada. Patrick Rucker and Nia Williams in Reuters.
Feds upend LNG export review plan. Jennifer A. Dlouhy in the Houston Chronicle.
Why opponents don't like EPA's carbon-emissions math. Zack Colman in the Washington Examiner.
A carbon levy to stop tax inversions? Eric Roston in Bloomberg.
Surprise interlude: Son surprises Mom with her dream car.
Wonkblog roundup
Europe's Greater Depression is worse than the 1930s. Matt O'Brien.
Here's a list of potentially unconstitutional things that police in Ferguson are doing. Max Ehrenfreund.
Wal-Mart wants to be your doctor. Jason Millman.
Want an armored personnel carrier for your police force? Just fill out this one-page form. Christopher Ingraham.
The Pentagon gave nearly half a billion dollars of military gear to local law enforcement last year. Christopher Ingraham.
Where minority communities still have overwhelmingly white police. Emily Badger, Dan Keating and Kennedy Elliott.
The data on white Americans' anxiety over Hispanic migration. Scott Clement.
Atlantic City is going bust if it can't break the gambling habit. Max Ehrenfreund.
Et Cetera
The court, not Congress, is President Obama's biggest obstacle. Ronald Brownstein in National Journal.
In rush to stem border crisis, some of America's refugees are facing big cuts in support. Tina Griego in The Washington Post.
Shoddy U.S. bridges and roads take toll on U.S. economy. Don Lee in the Los Angeles Times.
50 senators call for moratorium on Post Office closures. Humberto Sanchez in Roll Call.
Shrinking revenue spurs gas-tax alternatives. Elaine S. Povich in Pew Stateline.
Smaller banks see regulatory relief after elections. Emily Stephenson in Reuters.
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David Monn Plants Party Flag in Cheese
Artisanal Premium Cheese partners with a big-time event planner.
One of the best parties of the year in New York is the Costume Institute gala at the Met. But since you can't score an invitation to that, why not order a cheese plate from the guy who plans the gala? David Monn partnered with Artisanal Premium Cheese to start a fancy monthly cheese-subscription program. For $95, you'll get enough cheese to "entertain 4-6 people." They'd better be entertained, since that's either a whole lot of cheese, or the most expensive cheese you've ever served. If you're feeling festive, sign up for a year's worth of cheese for $1,000. The company claims Monn helped select the cheeses, but this smells strongly of one of those name-lending programs.


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May 24, 2016
Tallahassee, Florida--
More than 80,000 Americans give back to their communities through AmeriCorp's.
Sunday kicked off the beginning of AmeriCorp's Week. The week is dedicated to raising awareness of what the volunteers do and how they help the community. The AmeriCorp's tutor and mentor youth, clean parks, and run after-school programs.
Members of AmeriCorp's volunteer in a variety of ways. Sunday an art show at Lemoyne Art Center in Tallahassee started the week of events.
Jayme O' Rourke talked about the dedication the AmeriCorp's members have. She said this week helps to show that. She added, "To make the public aware about what AmeriCorp is doing to get out in our community and provide essential needs to people that are needing especially in this economic climate."
This week they will be hosting a food drive, and will be building ramps for the disabled.
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Real Housewives of New Jersey
Adorable Nicolas Laurita Flashback — With Singing! (VIDEO)
Don't blame us if you start to get hungry while watching this precious video of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jacqueline Laurita's son Nicholas singing his little heart out.
On January 22, Jacqueline posted a throwback video of Nick singing "Apples and Bananas" with his music therapist. "This is an older video flashback," Jac captions the video.
In the cute footage, which appears to have been originally posted in February 2013, Nick is lying on Jenn's legs as the two of them sing a duet of the song about someone who really likes fruit.
"Check out Nick as he sings with his music therapist 'Jammin Jenn,' with much less verbal prompting," reads the description of the video on YouTube. "Nick loves to sing, and melodies for him allow him to be able to sing more than just one word."
"Music, and the flow of a melody, helps Nick to just sing and not think about whether he's right or wrong," continues the description. "He's amazing!" No arguments here.
It's great to see this video footage of Nick, who's now four years old, as he does a great job of following along with the song. And earlier this week, Jacqueline posted a new video of Nick getting excited about seeing the snow.
Keep the heartwarming videos coming, Jac!
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Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget
Mr. Chairman, Congressman Ryan, and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to provide updated information about the federal governments responsibilities and liabilities under the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA). Since I testified on this topic in 2009, there have been a number of important developments. After signaling its intention to terminate a project to build a geologic repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain--the only site where such waste is authorized to be stored under current law--the Administration announced in January 2010 the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission to make recommendations on alternative means of storing, processing, and disposing of nuclear waste. In March, the Administration filed a motion with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to withdraw its license application to construct a permanent repository at Yucca Mountain. That motion was denied in June by a three-member NRC panel; the Administration has subsequently appealed that decision.
Despite those developments, the federal government remains responsible for permanently disposing of spent nuclear fuel generated by civilian facilities, and the owners of those facilities continue to pay fees for that service. Regardless of how the government meets that responsibility, that task will require a significant amount of federal spending over many decades.


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When a picture is worth 1,000 lives
National | Ultrasound technology introduces abortion-minded moms to their babies-and in many cases brings flesh-and-blood meaning to the "woman's right to choose"
Amber, 17, sits on a chair in an ultrasound room swinging sneaker-clad feet back and forth. Nearby, an embroidered pink quilt hangs on the wall proclaiming: "God's love always forgives." A door swings open and ultrasound nurse Kay Morton strides in, white lab coat fluttering.
"How are you doing?" asks Mrs. Morton, 50, smiling over multicolored reading glasses as she pages through the girl's medical file. The answer is sad: "My fiancé just passed away," says Amber, her hands trembling. Amber's boyfriend hanged himself two weeks before, and Amber found the body, dangling. Now she is faced with a crisis pregnancy, and is in the process of choosing whether to carry or abort her child. The Dallas Pregnancy Resource Center is offering a free sonogram to help Amber decide.
"OK, just lie back," Mrs. Morton says in a soothing voice, laying a white blanket across Amber's legs. Amber holds her cotton T-shirt in place and pulls down black overalls to reveal a slightly rounded belly. Mrs. Morton squeezes a bottle that spits clear, blue gel on Amber's stomach. "Oh!" laughs Amber: "That's cold!" The room grows dim, and the jittery high-school senior freezes as Mrs. Morton presses a handheld transducer into her abdomen. A few feet from Amber's wide eyes, an image jumps on a small computer screen.
"See that flickering spot?" Mrs. Morton asks, using a mouse to point a virtual arrow at a light that pulsates on-screen. "That's your baby's heartbeat." A huge grin spreads across Amber's face. Mrs. Morton clicks the mouse again and an electronic line appears that she uses to measure the tiny image from head to toe. "It looks like your baby's about seven weeks," she tells Amber. The girl nods slowly, eyes glued on the black-and-white monitor, her body stone-still. Mrs. Morton points out the baby's legs, arms, and the head; Amber clutches the top of her T-shirt, motionless.
Mrs. Morton types and two words appear on the screen: "HI, MOM!" The image shakes as Amber giggles. "Isn't it incredible that your baby already has developed brain waves, a heartbeat, and individual fingers?" Mrs. Morton asks. "When I was in college studying to be a nurse, I didn't believe in God. But when I studied the development of the embryo, that's when I said there must be a God. Isn't your baby amazing?" Amber nods, still staring at her sleeping child. Mrs. Morton prints a still shot from the sonogram while Amber wipes tears from her eyes. "I can't wait for my Mom to see this," she murmurs, fingering the photo. "Now it is real."
Amber chose to keep her unborn baby alive, and many more moms are making similar decisions as crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) and support organizations nationwide discover the power of ultrasound to affect hearts and minds. Heartbeat International, one of the largest national CPC organizations, recently surveyed 114 CPCs that use ultrasound. CPC directors reported that 60 to 90 percent of abortion-minded clients decide to keep their babies after seeing live pictures of them.
"Ultrasound connects a woman with reality-what she's actually carrying in the womb," said Tom Glessner, president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates. "It's no longer a 'condition' when the mother sees her moving child. A bonding takes place."
Ultrasound also helps other people in a pregnant woman's life see a problem pregnancy as a person. Often, women choose abortion because of unsupportive boyfriends or parents. So centers strongly encourage clients to return with doubting friends and family. Technicians nationwide relate stories of bored boyfriends who shuffle in with arms crossed, but later break down in tears or exclaim something like, "My son! That's my son!" Grandparents, too, point at the screen in shock, demanding, "Are you kidding me? Is that what's going on in her? Is that my granddaughter?"
The military first used ultrasound to locate submarines. But it wasn't until the early 1980s-at least a decade after Roe vs. Wade opened the abortion floodgates in 1973-that CPCs began using ultrasound in their clinics. At least 200 CPCs nationwide now provide the service, and others among the estimated 3,000 CPCs across the country are converting themselves into medical clinics that offer ultrasound and other diagnostic pregnancy-related services. CPC directors say medical clinics draw more clients-especially abortion-minded ones-than nonmedical counseling centers.
Too bad ultrasound is so expensive: A machine costs about $30,000. But some manufacturers offer discounts for pro-life organizations, cutting the price tag to around $18,000. Support supplies like gloves, gel, and film run around $1,000 annually, but medical professionals are the major cost. Some CPCs that can't afford to buy a machine or employ a technician are networking with other ultrasound clinics. Such links save lives: When a counselor at a non-CPC clinic senses that her client will choose abortion, she can call a local ultrasound-CPC for an emergency visit.
To broaden the reach of ultrasound, some sonographers independently contract services with local CPCs, toting their own machines from center to center. Some OB/GYN doctors also offer ultrasound services in their offices. Dr. Wendell Ashby has offered sonography in his Amarillo, Texas, office for the past nine years. "We are a visual society," he said. "[Mothers] can't handle their conscience saying, 'You're killing your baby.' When they see little arms and legs kicking and moving, a heart beating, a brain, stomach, bladder, spine, and babies sucking their thumbs, it's no longer just tissue. [These women] say they had no idea-they thought it was just a little tadpole in there."
Shari Richards believes it's never too early to detonate the tadpole myth. The founder of Sound Wave Images, an international ultrasound education group in West Bloomfield, Mich., has turned her attention to the next generation by developing an ultrasound video shown in over 5,000 classrooms worldwide. Schools using the ultrasound video as part of abstinence curricula report declines in teen pregnancy of up to 25 percent, Ms. Richards said.
After seeing the Sound Wave video, one student wrote, "I've always thought abortion was a choice each woman should make. But after seeing the babies, I know that abortion is wrong."


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Access Control of a Laser Environment
Warning Signs
Post signs and warning lights at all entries to Class 3 and 4 laser facilities. The signs must conform in size, color and wording with the current ANSI Standard.
Required warning lights may be any variety of visible indicator acceptable to the Radiation Protection Services. They may be designed as an interlock system to the laser area, in which case the laser would switch off when the door is opened; or they may be used to indicate when the laser is operating.
Warning signs shall be conspicuously displayed and shall include the following information in this order:
- Appropriate signal word ("Caution" or "Danger"):
- "Caution" is used for Class 2 and certain Class 3a laser.
- "Danger" is used for certain Class 3a lasers and Class 3b and 4 lasers.
- Special precautionary instructions or protective actions required by the reader.
- Laser hazard symbol (sunburst with tail).
- Type of laser or the emitted wavelength, pulse duration (if appropriate) and maximum output.
- Class of laser or laser system.
Protective Eyewear
Protective eyewear shall be worn whenever operational conditions may result in a potential eye hazard". Eyewear considerations should include:
- Adequate beam absorption or optical density
- Good visual transmission
- Damage visual transmission
- The necessity of side shields
- Whether prescription specifications are required in the laser filter, or whether a clip-on flip-down or "over" goggle style is preferred
Visitor accommodation in protective eyewear is required before entering a hazard zone during use of a laser.
Protective Barriers
A door interlock method must be approved by Radiation Protection Services. However, where safety latches or interlocks are not feasible or are inappropriate, for example during medical procedures, surgery, etc., the hazard zone shall:
- Be separated by a barrier
- Be marked by a visible or audible signal which is energized when the laser is on
- Be manned by authorized personnel who are adequately trained and provided with protective equipment upon entry into the zone


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Last entry? a year in review
A year in review: it has definitely been years of ups and downs, of highs and lows and many friends and memoires have been made. Coming into Wabash I thought I had already done most of my growing up already…little did I know that I still had a long way to go. Once I learned that important lesson—turns out I actually was a big fish in a small pond in high school. I began to soak up everything like a sponge; from learning from the seniors to bonding with the other freshman it has been one hell of a ride. Even learning the hard way with people this year has been beneficial, because sometimes that's the best way to learn a lesson.
As far as this summer goes I'm looking forward to going back. I'm mostly going to be working and traveling and training for next year, currently i'll be working at TNT fireworks. But I might possibly be doing a second job with admissions where I would make profiles on all the Cali kids at Wabash and make a pamphlet to boost recruitment in California.
All in all it looks like it will be a fun summer and I can't wait to see all my old friends. Golden state here I come.
In the words of the the great Notorious B.I.G. "im going going back back to Cali Cali" [me paraphrasing BIGGIE] so if a gotta chose a coast is gotta be the west, but that dont mean a kid cant rest in the midwest. three more years folks, one down three to go, damn the midwest is a fine place to visit.
This was my motivation for the entire year when those grueling nights were upon me.


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Proud Mitten, winner of 2013 Bell's Homebrew Competition, to be released this week
Proud Mitten, the winner of the 2013 Bell's Homebrew Competition, will be tapped for the general public at 2 p.m. on June 15 at the Eccentric Café in downtown Kalamazoo.
Dry hopped twice during fermentation, Proud Mitten straddles the line between an American Pale Ale and an IPA. Aromas of mango, pineapple and pine are very pronounced.
David Lyman, of Kalamazoo, (photo at right) created the recipe that uses Centennial, Citra and Simcoe hops as well as Michigan malt from the Bell's Farm in Shepherd, Michigan.
It was brewed at Bell's original brewery, located adjacent to the Café.
"Brewing with Zeke (Bell's Specialty Brewer) was an amazing experience. His knowledge on brewing science and practical brewing was something that I was looking forward to, and he didn't let me down. Zeke answered all my questions," Lyman said.
"I was dog tired at the end of the day, but one of the more memorable days of my life. I loved every minute of it," he said.
Coming in at 5.8 % and pouring a deep copper, Proud Mitten will also be available for those attending the American Homebrews Association Homebrew Conference in Grand Rapids on June 12 and 13.
It will also be poured during a special tasting as part of Kyle Hollingsworth's (of String Cheese Incident fame) Brewru Experience at this year's Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, Michigan and at a future Kalamazoo Growler's baseball game.
Held annually beginning in September, the Bell's Homebrew Competition is now entering its fifth year.
Homebrewers receive five gallons of Bell's wort for free to brew their entry. They are welcome to add their own malt, hops, spices and yeast. A panel of Bell's employees and other brewing industry members judge the entries that are submitted.
The next competition will kick-off on Sept. 13. The homebrewer who takes first place this year will have an additional unique and exciting opportunity. More details will be announced soon.
Bell's Planet Series, inspired by music of Gustav Holst, will debut in August
In the same tradition as our Batch and Wheat Series,' we are proud to announce The Planet Series.
It will feature seven different beers each inspired by a different piece of music from the composer Gustav Holst. Each beer will be limited and released both in six-packs and on draft according to the arrangement of Holst's composition across all areas we distribute to.
The first Planet beer will be released this August with each successive entry debuting about every two months after. The final beer is scheduled for release in July 2015.
"Our two most successful brands come from a couple of my great literary references. This time, I took inspiration from a great piece of music," said Larry Bell, Bell's President and Founder.
"This piece, being in seven movements, gives us a lot of freedom to innovate and create," he added.
Holst conceived the idea for "The Planets" in 1913 with the first complete performance occurring in 1920. Each movement of the suite is named after a different planet and its corresponding astrological character
The lineup:
"Mars, The Bringer of War" – Double IPA
"Venus, The Bringer of Peace" – A Blonde Ale brewed with honey, apricot, vanilla and cardamom
"Mercury, The Winged Messenger" – A Belgian Single
"Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity" – A malt forward Brown Ale
"Saturn, The Bringer of Old Age" – A Bourbon Barrel-aged Barleywine
"Uranus, The Magician" – Black Double IPA
"Neptune, The Mystic" – A beer inspired by Dr. Bell's Medicinal Stout, one of Larry Bell's homebrews that also helped inspire Eccentric Ale
More information will be released as it becomes available.
Tap list: 2014 Bru Fest proceeds help support Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan
The fourth annual Bru Fest will return to the Royal Oak Farmer's Market next week.
Proceeds will help benefit the Children's Leukemia Foundation of Michigan and we are proud to bring 22 different Bell's beers to help support such a great cause.
Bru Fest will take place on Saturday, June 14 from 7 p.m. to 11p.m.
General admission tickets are $39 and VIP tickets are $60. VIP tickets include early admission at 6 p.m., private beer tappings with exclusive food pairings, a larger sampling mug and more.
With each ticket purchase, attendees will receive 10 tokens for one half-pour of beer each and four tickets for burgers and wings. Additional tokens and tickets for beer and food can be purchased for just a $1 each.
Bagger Dave's and Buffalo Wild Wings will also be back as culinary partners.
If that wasn't enough, there will also be live music from Hype Syndicate.
Our tap list:
- Amber Ale
- Cherry Stout
- Expedition Stout
- Java Stout
- Kalamazoo Stout
- Lager Beer
- Midwestern Pale Ale
- Oarsman Ale
- Oberon
- Porter
- Quinannan Falls Special Lager
- Special Double Cream Stout
- Third Coast Beer
- Third Coast Old Ale
- Two Hearted Ale
- Wheat Love
- Oatmeal Stout
- Bull in a China Shop
- Roundhouse IRA
- Sweet Potato Stout
- Bourbon barrel aged Kalamazoo Stout
- Berry Ale
- Mercurial Belgian Style Ale
For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit brumichigan.com


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NEW DELHI: With a focus on building rural infrastructure, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his maiden budget said, "The Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission will be launched to deliver integrated project based infrastructure in the rural areas."
Jaitley said that this will also include development of economic activities and skill development. "The preferred mode of delivery would be through PPPs while using various scheme funds," he said.


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China Population 2016
China, officially the People's Republic of China, is comfortably the largest country in the world today. In January 2013, the Chinese Government released data confirming that the population of China was an impressive 1,354,040,000, although this does not include Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. As of September 2013, that number had grown even further to 1,360,720,000. The current 2015 estimate based on United Nations projections, is just over 1.4 billion.
India, the next largest country, has 120 million fewer people, for a population of 1.28 billion. The United States, the third largest country in the world, has a much smaller population of 323 million. Estimates show that India will pass China as the most populous nation in the world by 2025.
Unfortunately, there isn't a really simple answer to the question of how many people live in China. That's because it is a country of several different parts, not all of which is governed by Beijing.
To understand China's population and demographics, it helps to understand its government a bit. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is governed by the Communist Party with its seat of government in Beijing, which exercises jurisdiction over 5 autonomous regions, 22 provinces, 4 direct-controlled municipalities and 2 primarily self-governing special administrative regions (Macau and Hong Kong). The PRC also claims Taiwan, which is controlled by a separate political entity called the Republic of China (ROC) as its 23rd province. This makes population figures a bit confusing.
The figure quoted at the top of this article, for example, doesn't include the island of Taiwan, which the PRC claims as a part of China. Nor does it include the former British and Portugese colonies of Hong Kong and Macau, which are governed as special administrative regions.
China Population Density
As a whole, China has a population density of 139.6 people per square kilometer, or 363.3 people per square mile. This ranks 81st, despite the country itself being one of the largest in terms of size and the largest in terms of population.
The density figures change dramatically when you look at the largest urban areas, however. Shanghai, the largest city in the country and the world, has a population density of 3,700 people per square kilometer, or 9,700 people per square mile.
Surprisingly, none of China's cities make the list of the top 30 most densely populated cities in the world, most of which are in India, the Philippines, France and other countries. Macau, however, is the 36th most densely populated city with a density of 18,568 people per square kilometer (48,092 per square mile). Macau tops the list of sovereign states and dependent territories in terms of population density. Despite this tightly packed area, it still has the second highest life expectancy in the world and remains one of the few areas in Asia to receive a "very high Human Development Index" ranking.
China Demographics
Today, China is considered a middle-income country, and its rapid growth over the decades has pulled hundreds of millions of its citizens out of poverty. About 10% of the population in the country lives on $1 USD a day, compared to 64% just 35 years ago.
Although 56 different ethnic groups are officially recognized in China, 91.51% of Chinese are Han Chinese. Only one other group – Zhuang – has a larger than 1% share of the population. Other ethnic groups are growing at a higher rate than Han Chinese, but because of the massive dominance of Han Chinese, this is not expected to dramatically alter China's ethnic composition.
China is officially an atheist state, and doesn't survey its people on their religion. So, as you can imagine, no accurate figures are available. China's constitution guarantees freedom of religion, although any religious organization without official approval faces state persecution. A 2007 survey in the country found that about 31% of its citizens over 16 consider themselves religious.
Chinese culture and civilization has been influenced by many religious movements over the past 1,000 years, and Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism are considered the country's "Three Religions" based on their cultural and historical impact. China has also seen an interesting syncing of these three religions in the form of a folk religion that is common throughout the country.
About 2% of the population is Islamic, with a Christian population between 3.2% and 5%. Buddhism is practiced by 10 to 18% of Chinese residents while over 30% practice local folk religions.
China's Population History
China has had a rocky population history, littered with war, famine, and natural disasters. Five of the nine most deadly wars took place in China, killing an estimated total of over 123 million people. The most deadly was the Three Kingdom period (220AD - 280AD), where an estimated 40 million people died from war, famine, and disease. In 1850, a man named Hong Xiuquan led a rebellion to try to create the "Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping." By proclaiming himself to be the younger brother of Jesus, he grew his following to between 10,000 and 30,000 followers, and by late 1850 they controlled over a third of China. During the 15 years of the rebellion, an estimated 20-30 million people died, primarily due to plague and famine.
China's Growth Problems
The size of China's population has long been a hot political issue in China. After rapid population growth in the middle of the 20th century, the Chinese Government sought to limit population growth by introducting the famous 'one child policy.'
The scheme, which rewards couples that agree to have just one child with cash bonuses and better access to housing, has proved so successful that the birth rate of 1.4 children per woman has fallen below the replenishment rate of 2.1 children per woman that is needed to maintain the level of population. As a result, experts are now concerned that China's low birth rate, combined with its aging population, will damage it's future economic development.
The one child policy has been met with a great deal of resistance, particularly in rural areas. Families who breach this policy tend to lie on census polls, so the true population of China may be a bit skewed. This means that Chinese population statistics have become less reliable since the policy began in the 1970's.
Much of China's economic growth has been attributed to its abundant and cheap workforce, combined with its low social costs. With the number of young Chinese falling and the number of elderly Chinese increasing, it is not certain whether China's economy can continue to grow at the same rapid rate, and the Government is facing increasing calls to abandon its one child policy.
China also has an abnormal ratio of male to female births. Whereas in most countries more girls are born than boys, in China the reverse is true. Many suspect that this is because of a preference for boys among Chinese families. Whatever the reason, it is likely that this will impact on China's aging population as women continue to be seen as the primary caregivers within Chinese society.


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Top prize for pure athleticism goes to those who do Ironman
Baseball, football and basketball are considered the most popular American sports, but the top prize for pure athleticism must go to those phenomenal athletes who do the Ironman.
On June 23, my wife and I drove to Jameswell, New York to watch the Syracuse Ironman 70.3. Both of us, still very athletically active, returned to Pennsylvania convinced that nothing, absolutely nothing, compares to the performance of the men and women of Ironman.
Know this, the Syracuse event, a half Ironman, comprises three races: a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike, and a 13.1-mile run (the last of the three successive events). A full Ironman doubles all of these numbers.
Watching these splendid athletes, swimming in icy water wearing heavy wet suits, running in 90-degree heat, and biking on roads that were laced with almost 15 miles of uphill pavement really has no comparison in the sporting world to what we might call athletic endurance. Add to this particular race the perils of heavy rainfall, thunder and brief lightning and you get a better picture of what it requires to cross the finish line.
Cross the finish line they did in the hundreds, both frontrunners and the slower pacers smiling, fists raised in triumph, each knowing that what they accomplished that afternoon is something that even the best of the world's athletes could never achieve.
Surprising to my wife Karen and I was the large representation of women and teenagers in the race. Parents ourselves, we shouted with pride and relief when our son Paine, a Wyoming Valley West letterman and University of Pittsburgh sophomore came across the finish line looking fit as though he completed a walk in the park.
"Next time," he proclaimed defiantly, "full Ironman."
Parenting isn't easy.
Eli Fleisher
Harveys Lake
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Pioneer's HTS-LX70 is grabbing the attention of all the movies buffs that like quality sound to soothe their ears. This 5.1 home theater system adds excitement that was missing from the lounge room where there was everything aside from a good system. Although the system comes at a price of $1,800, any person with a craving for the best quality will not mind spending the amount to grab hold of this one. This system is definitely for the ones with space constraints and those who are not happy with an out-of-the-box home theater system. Featuring Dolby True HD, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-96/24, the home theater comes with DTS-ES Decoders and thirteen surround modes which are are built into the receiver. The touch screen remote allows complete control of the system, all you need to do is touch and the system comes to life creating concerto right in your living room. Next time you are on the edge of your seat with your pulse racing as you hear the bullet being fired, blame it on the system.
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BOSTON For the first time in state history, Massachusetts has elected a woman to the U.S. Senate. Democrat Elizabeth Warren defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown by a margin of 54 percent to 46 percent.
WBUR's political analysts, Democrat Dan Payne and Republican Todd Domke, joined Morning Edition Wednesday for a final look at the Senate race.


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Vice-President Biden was in town over the weekend to attend the wedding of Senator Max Baucus. It was nice to see a 757 sitting on the tarmac, since usually all we see here are CRJ200s and Q400s from Skywest and Horizon.
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My favorite line in cinema isn't in Casablanca or Goodfellas (NSFW: Goodfellas). It wasn't written by Paddy Chayefsky or Joel and Ethan Coen. The actor who spoke it is not Meryl Streep and the film never got a major theatrical release. It's the last line of a beautiful scene (one of many) in Guiseppe Tornatore's The Legend of 1900. A trumpet player is part of a long line of sad-sack job-seekers at the foot of a huge ocean-liner. He finally reaches the quartermaster who informs him that there's no place for him on this trip. Rather than take that at face-value, the musician lays into his horn. Like he's the Pied Piper, the quartermaster and many of the willing workers follow the music–hypnotized as he wails on that thing–finally finishing with a huge high haunting note that floats over the shipyard. Silence. Applause. The quartermaster asks in a booming voice: "What's that?†The trumpeter answers: "I dunno.†Then there's the following piece of brilliance:
"When you don't know what it is, it's Jazz!â€
This is an old (almost tired) concept, of course, and others have given a version of the same line, but in this scene at this moment in this movie —it's perfect. The same can be said of the movie as a whole. It's certainly been done. A brilliant man-boy that doesn't know where he belongs or how to take the first step to get to wherever he's going spends two film-hours ignoring advice and wringing his hands. Shakespeare wrote about that; so did the Greeks and Romans. Every Jim Carrey picture is a version of that same concept. But this one feels different.
This is a film where beautiful poetic visuals and unlikely-but-possible situations create a fable more than just tell a story. This film style, sometimes called Magical Realism, has never had a more able ambassador or produced a better film-maker than Guiseppe Tornatore. Cinema Paradiso is one of the most critically-beloved films of the last twenty years and A Pure Formality is a classic of foreign noir matched only by The Wages of Fear or some of the best films of Fritz Lang (or, more recently, Wim Wenders). 1900 marked Tornatore's English-Language debut—Paradiso is in Italian; Formality, French—but it loses none of the poetry of his earlier films. Pruitt Taylor Vince is the trumpet player and our narrator, telling us (and a semi-willing music store proprietor) the story of Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900, a piano-playing genius who was born on a cruiseliner and has never set foot on dry land. It's immediately clear that this is a capital-letter "Epic Storyâ€. Sweeping crane shots and the tactile presence of the 1920s bring to mind a lower-budget higher-concept Titanic, released just a year earlier.
1900 is the world's best piano-player. He's the reason rich and powerful people board "his" ship in the first place, but 1900 is more comfortable among the steerage folk, learning their music; incorporating it, bettering it. His legend reaches the ears of the famously diamond-toothed jazz great Jelly Roll Morton, who boards the ship only to challenge our hero to one of the great impromptu film art battles, reminiscent of this or this (but, you know, much better than those and with less Gregory Hines than this or this). One of these days I will write a long post thanking the powers that be for the middle-career renaissance that Clarence Williams III has engineered, but for now I'll just say that his Jelly Roll Morton is fantastic. Fire-breathing and proud, he's dynamic and unashamedly over-the-top as he begs and demands the adoration he deserves. The actor's grandfather was Clarence Williams (I've maybe never written a more obvious sentence). The elder Williams was a piano man and producer, an early jazz great and contemporary of Jelly Roll Morton in New Orleans. Whether that connection brought any special insight to the performance is probably unimportant; the brief appearance nearly steals the movie.
We're introduced to 1900 just after his birth and stay with him through all the pangs and pains of growth and aging. His whole world is a boat, but his adoptive father had a wide range of interests, so he's well-versed in horse-racing and has an adventurous streak. His mind is of a philosophical bent. The music serves as an outlet for his curiosity and wonder at the twists of the full human condition he sees as beyond his own reach.
More than the terrific work of the director/screenwriter and his stellar cast, what really sells The Legend of 1900 is the film's score. The composer is the legendary Ennio Morricone who began as a student of the trumpet before his partnership with classmate Sergio Leone led to a career that to date has included composition of original music for more than 500 film and television projects (including 14 projects with Guiseppe Tornatore, two due to be released this year). For 1900, Morricone achieves some of the best work in a career that produced some of the most recognizable music of the last century. The music is the real star of the movie. If it were a silent film with no dialogue cards, the music would make every moment of the action crystal-clear. In a surreal moment, even the script reflects this relationship. From beginnng to end, the music is our guide to The Legend of 1900. We're surrounded and overpowered, comforted and finally satisfied by the story it tells.
By the way, here's the whole dang thing. Get to it.
Today's Netflix bonus is the aforementioned Cinema Paradiso, a masterwork from the Writer/Director and Composer of The Legend of 1900. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film of 1988, it's a movie everyone should see. Some of the best films are clearly in love with movies and movie-making and this is one of the best of them. Get to it.Â


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