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Mount Soledad cross debated
Harold J. Cohn
If the cross on Mount Soledad is only a secular symbol to honor America's war dead, why is the cross, as well as the surrounding community, officially called Easter Cross? I first noticed this from the GPS system in my car that mentions some community names.
Kevin Andersen
Del Cerro
Who has that much anger about the Mount Soledad cross that they spend 20 years fighting to have it removed? If it is not true (the symbol of the cross), then why should they care, especially if it is meaningful to others and their families who have given their lives for our freedoms? It seems whether the people vote or not, it is meaningless because from one judge to another the overrulings and blocks continue.
Even if it is removed, the purpose and meaning of the Mount Soledad cross is still alive, and that is what should matter to believers everywhere. I cannot help but think that if people who are fighting this really don't believe in what it stands for, they would not be fighting it in the first place.
Diane Brite
San Diego
According to the Catholic News Agency, "The Mount Soledad Memorial Cross is unconstitutional because it conveys the message of 'state-endorsed religion.' " The ruling is the latest episode on the part of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to eradicate the Christian faith from the public square. It is fitting that the American Legion has called on the U.S. attorney general to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
The court declares that the decision was not "meant to undermine the importance of honoring our veterans." Most American veterans, including the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, would take exception to that statement. If anything, the ruling would suggest the opposite. The cross is not the "imprimatur of state-endorsed religion," as the 9th circuit contends. Americans have honored their war dead for generations without the interference of the courts. That the First Amendment should be interpreted to suggest that families do not have the right to honor their fallen troops as they choose is, to put it simply, preposterous. The 9th circuit has clearly overstepped its bounds and deserves to be held fully accountable.
Brian Stuckey
By what stretch of the imagination does the presence of a cross on a mountain amount to "a law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"?
Thomas E. Ponta
Chula Vista
In response to "Obama gets letter on Mount Soledad cross" (Local, Jan. 7): How much more money, which we don't have, is going to be spent on this? The Mount Soledad cross is a Christian symbol and does not represent the Jewish, Muslim and other religions of the veterans whose names appear on the war memorial.
I'm a firm believer in the cross and what the cross represents, but in this case it does not belong atop the war memorial, which is on federal property. Move it to private property, and in its place erect a flagpole and fly the American flag, which will honor all veterans.
Tom Tompkins
San Diego

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Does Nova Still Have a Spot in the Rotation?
Ivan Nova is ready to come off the disabled list—but it's not clear whether or not his rotation spot will be waiting for him. Nova has been in the rotation all year, but he struggled badly in August before he was placed on the DL with shoulder tightness.
"I can't wait to be back on the mound," Nova said. "It feels like two months for me. It's just been 15 to 20 days. It feels so weird."
It's possible Nova could be inserted in place of the struggling Freddy Garcia on Sunday, but Yankee manager Joe Girardi said that the Yankees haven't made any final choices on the fate of Nova or Garcia.
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December 2009
A longstanding vision in distributed systems is to build reliable systems from unreliable components. An enticing formulation of this vision is Byzantine Fault-Tolerant (BFT) state machine replication, in which a group of servers collectively act as a correct server even if some of the servers misbehave or malfunction in arbitrary ("Byzantine") ways. Despite this promise, practitioners hesitate to deploy BFT systems, at least partly because of the perception that BFT must impose high overheads. In this article, we present Zyzzyva, a protocol that uses speculation to reduce the cost of BFT replication. In Zyzzyva, replicas reply to a client's request without first running an expensive threephase commit protocol to agree on the order to process requests. Instead, they optimistically adopt the order proposed by a primary server, process the request, and reply immediately to the client. If the primary is faulty, replicas can become temporarily inconsistent with one another, but clients detect inconsistencies, help correct replicas converge on a single total ordering of requests, and only rely on responses that are consistent with this total order. This approach allows Zyzzyva to reduce replication overheads to near their theoretical minima and to achieve throughputs of tens of thousands of requests per second, making BFT replication practical for a broad range of demanding services.
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text: 000 FXUS64 KAMA 240653 AFDAMA Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Amarillo TX 153 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 .Update... Have reduced pops to 20 percent or less and have removed mention of severe. Severe Thunderstorm Watch 201 is cancelled for counties in the Texas Panhandle. Cockrell && .Prev Discussion... /Issued 1238 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016/ Update... Increased pops in eastern sections for remainder of tonight, with mention of severe thunderstorms across most of that area. Severe Thunderstorm Watch 201 in effect across eastern Texas Panhandle through 5 AM. Cockrell Aviation... No real changes from reasoning of six hours ago. Dryline has retreated into western stack of counties of the Panhandles. Thunderstorms expected to remain east of all terminals overnight. May see brief bout of stratus at KAMA by sunrise. Southeast and south surface winds will trend to southwest by 12z. Dryline expected to quickly mix eastward during the day on Tuesday, being positioned east of all terminals by 21z. All afternoon and evening thunderstorms expected to remain east of terminals. Apart from any brief stratus during the next few hours...VFR conditions expected to prevail next 24 hours. Cockrell Prev Discussion... /Issued 701 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016/ Update... Just transmitted an area extension to the Tornado Watch to include Ochiltree, Roberts, and Beaver counties. Recent radar trends have indicated intensification of convection in Roberts and Lipscomb counties. This is near the portion of the dryline that bends back to the northeast extending from near Borger, to just south of Perryton to near Slapout. This portion of the dryline is not retreating as quickly as further south and so the threat probably will not make it too far into Ochiltree and Beaver counties. Recent uptick in this convection may primarily be driven by moisture convergence along this segment of the dryline and perhaps very weak ascent from subtle shortwave passing to our north over the Central High Plains. Otherwise, thoughts from previous Mesoscale Discussion have not changed. BRB Prev Discussion... /Issued 643 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016/ Aviation... Any thunderstorms this evening expected to remain east of all terminals. Retreating dryline will cause surface winds to return to a southerly or southeasterly direction early this evening. Generally clear sky expected overnight with no visibility restrictions foreseen. Southwest surface winds resume early Tuesday with gusts in the 25 to 30 knot range by afternoon. Thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon expected to remain east of all terminals. VFR forecast continues next 24 hours. Cockrell Prev Discussion... /Issued 609 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016/ Mesoscale Update... Recently tweeted image NSSL sounding shows weak capping and implied small CIN from just south of Wellington. This fits trends in WV imagery of drying/subsidence and short term guidance of very subtle mid-level height rises. Typical diurnal cycle of the dryline from density differences of the two separate air masses has resulted in the onset of westward movement of the dryline. This is being augmented/enhanced just south of our forecast area near Silverton and Floydada, with recent westward acceleration of the fineline noted on radar over this area. Further north another echo has been observed on radar just west of Clarendon in an area of enhanced CU/TCU seen in visible satellite. This may be a result of maximized low-level moisture convergence along the dryline since this portion of the dryline is retreating very slowly relative to the rest of the dryline. This seems to be the most likely area for convection early this evening. Optimism on additional convection further north across the eastern Texas Panhandle is waning given the above stated trends. If a storm can sustain hail, wind and tornadoes remain a threat. BRB Prev Discussion... /Issued 448 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016/ Discussion... The primary challenge for this forecast will again be diurnal cycle of the dryline each day and thunderstorm potential. See previously issued mesoscale discussion for convective/severe potential this afternoon and evening. Additional updates will be sent based on observational trends and short term guidance. One additional short term concern is additional heavy rain in the eastern Texas Panhandle and we have decided to issue a small Flash Flood Watch for two counties to account for this. Many areas of Donley and Collingsworth counties received around 2 inches of rain and locally higher. Flash flooding occurred last evening and additional flash flooding may occur with any heavy rain producing thunderstorms. GPS precipitable water values from Childress site show marked decrease in values from this time yesterday, at least partially due to 0-2 km layer average trajectories from convectively overturned air mass to our southeast from overnight, and partially from veering aloft and drier mid-levels. Nevertheless, best estimates are 1-1.25 inch PWAT values which will be supportive of heavy rain. Bunkers storm motions for right-mover supercells is faster than yesterday but still relatively slow. No significant changes were needed to the previous forecast. The trough in the west will gradually move toward our area with mid- level flow gradually increase. Dryline should mix east again tomorrow afternoon and slow once it moves east of the caprock into deeper moisture. Ahead of the dryline MLCAPE values could rise to very high levels (~4,000+ J/KG) supporting severe thunderstorm potential. Mid-level flow of 25-30 knots particularly impressive low level backed south-southeasterly flow should yield 35-40 knots 0-6 km bulk shear, sufficient for storm organization and persistence. Flow near the equilibrium level should be stronger than previous days as upper jet seen on 1.5 PVU surface overspreads the region. This should lead to larger storm depth shear values which should favor supercells that are slightly less HP with greater potential for significant hail sizes (stronger anvil layer winds). Neutral to possibly slightly increasing mid-level heights is one potential negative and could at least keep activity isolated. We will watch trends and observational data as the time nears for possible perturbations aloft that may aid in convective development. Dryline should become more synoptically-active and mix far enough on Wednesday but could be barely in the eastern Panhandles Thursday for a threat of more thunderstorms. We will watch the trends of the guidance and make adjustments as this potential nears. If the main upper trough slows/deepens, there would be a better chances for more of the eastern Panhandles to be involved. Thunderstorms may be possible at least across the northern Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma Panhandle Friday until this upper trough moves east. Not much of a cold surge is expected in the wake of this trough and as another western CONUS trough deepens next weekend, low-level response should quickly bring better moisture back into the Panhandles and at least subtle lift should be sufficient for thunderstorms again by Sunday. Medium range guidance differs on timing of subtle shortwaves embedded within the larger trough so details are not clear at this time range but confidence is expected to increase later this week. BRB && .AMA Watches/Warnings/Advisories... TX...Flash Flood Watch until 4 AM CDT early this morning for the following zones: Collingsworth...Donley. 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Honey and Clover
One of the best and most charming graphic novels I have recently been reading is the shōjo manga Honey and Clover. Takemoto, Morita and Mayama are three young men attending art school in Tokyo, living together in a cheap apartment with paper-thin walls. When they're not thinking about food (meat in particular) or trying to get to class on time - they're usually thinking about girls. Takemoto's life turns upside down when he meets Hagu, a fairy-like and mysterious art prodigy in her first year at the college. Wacky and bizarre, but also dramatic (love triangles!) and even touching at times - I can't wait to read more of this series.
Honey and Clover was also adapted as a live action feature length film in Japan in 2006.


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Bernie Sanders Makes Hay With His Old-School Oratory Skills
Look at the Lobbyists Clinton and Wasserman Schultz Picked to Write the Democratic Party's Platform
Reinstated Lawsuit Could Bankrupt Bank of America and Other Major Banks
Rumors of a Coup Against DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Circulate on Capitol Hill
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High School Detention to a New Level
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E. J. Dionne $19.16
Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico
She's attracted international attention to her cause, and now she's bringing change to her native Burma, as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi led her political party, the National League for Democracy, to claim 40 of 45 parliamentary seats up for the vote in last weekend's by-elections.
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Washington is pleased with Burma. The military-backed government instituted a series of human rights reforms, including a cease-fire with ethnic rebels and the release of allegedly hundreds of political prisoners, that allows the U.S. to do business with the strategically situated Asian country with reduced criticism.
Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, Politicalcartoons.com
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Malaysian-born Michelle Yeoh is one of very few actors to have found onscreen success in her home base of Hong Kong as well as in Hollywood. But since she played the part of Burmese political crusader Aung San Suu Kyi in Luc Besson's ... (more)
Reports are streaming in that suggest Burmese military authorities have authorized the release of pro-democracy superstar Aung San Suu Kyi after a national election in the junta-led country. Suu Kyi has lived the past seven years under house arrest and 15 of the past 21 years in state-sponsored detention.
The polls may have closed in Burma after the military junta-ruled country hosted its first elections in 20 years, but those waiting for significant change may have to wait a bit longer: The country's main opposition party has boycotted the "democratic" contest.
As Burma approaches its first election in 20 years, a "distributed denial of service" attack has paralyzed Internet use within the country, knocking Burmese citizens from online communication in what analysts believe is an attempt by the ruling military dictatorship to restrict the flow of information.
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A split within the Burmese opposition has led to some members leaving the defunct National League for Democracy to create a new party, the National Democratic Force, after authorities abolished the NLD for failing to register according to the military regime's strict election laws.
AP / David Longstreath
As the military in Burma prepares to replace itself with a civilian government, as per new regulations in the country's 2008 constitution, the generals of the ruling junta are shedding their military ranks and—voilà!—transforming themselves into respectable civilian politicians.
The Motion Picture Academy has assembled an impressive slate of feature-length documentaries this year, from the inside story of the Pentagon Papers to an on-the-ground look at Burma's Saffron Uprising. Here are the trailers for all five extraordinary films.
While the U.S. is by far the world's largest arms supplier, Russia has reportedly signed a deal with Myanmar—against which many in the West have imposed sanctions—to provide the country formerly known as Burma with 20 MiG-29 fighter planes. For, you know, uh, defense.
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After a Kafkaesque series of house arrests, pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will have her day in court. The Supreme Court in Myanmar has finally agreed to hear an appeal against her most recent detention.
Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia negotiated his way into a meeting Saturday with Senior Gen. Than Shwe in Myanmar in which he secured a promise that detained American John Yettaw would be released and allowed to join him on a Bangkok-bound plane Sunday. Update
Sen. Jim Webb is the first senior U.S. official in more than 10 years to visit Burma, triggering speculation that the White House may be trying to nudge the authoritarian regime there into a "new era of engagement." The trip follows the recent ludicrous sentencing of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 18 more months of house arrest.
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Burma's military junta has kept Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for the majority of the last 20 years and it looks as if she isn't going anywhere. The sentence of the opposition leader was extended for the crime of being home—under house arrest—when an uninvited American came calling.
Critics and challengers of Naomi Klein's work had better take a close look at her latest book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," before launching their attacks. This is one writer whose research and documentation are so exhaustive that would-be detractors will not only find her analysis to be dauntingly watertight, even if they don't share her views about the unnatural disasters enabled by free-market capitalism, but they might also discover that some of her source material seems strangely familiar.
Transcript available here.
Critics and challengers of Naomi Klein's work had better take a close look at her latest book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," before launching their attacks.
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Americans apparently have a track record of opening their wallets to assist those in need after natural disasters at home and abroad. That was the case, at least, after the 2004 tsunami in Asia and Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. in 2005. But the picture looks different in the wake of the recent cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China, leaving international trend-watchers asking: What gives?
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After putting pressure on Burma's ruling military junta, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has traveled to Burma, where he is taking stock of the devastation left by Cyclone Nargis on May 2. Ban also met with Prime Minister Thein Sein, who told him that the storm-ravaged country is out of the relief phase and into reconstruction.
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More than two weeks have passed since Cyclone Nargis hit Burma, killing 78,000 people and leaving tens of thousands more unaccounted for. Now the U.N. is pushing Burma's ruling junta to cooperate with international aid efforts, sending an envoy with a message from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in hopes that a more personal approach will produce lifesaving results.
As the official death toll climbs in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, the Burmese government remains recalcitrant while survivors and aid workers continue to be frustrated by the slow movement of supplies to the country's worst-hit areas.
Earlier this week, Truthdig editors Robert and Peter Scheer stopped by the Michael Jackson radio show for a free-ranging discussion on politics, disaster in Burma and more.
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Chinese state media are reporting that more than 50,000 people could be found dead as a result of the 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Monday. That's substantially higher than earlier estimates. The government has already confirmed close to 20,000 deaths.
BBC reporter Paul Danahar had to go to great lengths in order to report from Burma. A secret identity was just one method for avoiding the military intelligence agents who scoured the country looking for the journalist who dared to report on the devastation of Cyclone Nargis, which struck May 3.
Tab, The Calgary Sun
May has already been a particularly brutal month for natural disasters, with the Burma cyclone, tornadoes in the U.S. and, most recently, the devastating earthquake in China, which seismologists say registered at magnitude 7.9. Rescue efforts near the epicenter have been hindered by rain and aftershocks, but with thousands still trapped in the wreckage every minute counts.
Agence France-Presse
The U.N. has announced it will resume aid to Burma after conflicts over how food and equipment were to be distributed grounded relief flights. Cyclone Nargis has killed at least 22,000 Burmese, and the ruling junta has been categorically criticized for its ineptitude in dealing with the disaster.
As more details of the devastation left by Cyclone Nargis in Burma emerge, it's becoming clear that the storm is one of the worst disasters in years. The Burmese government is being criticized for responding inadequately and too slowly to the crisis, and President Bush, himself no stranger to this kind of criticism, is calling on Burma's "military junta ... [to] allow our disaster assessment teams into the country" in order to help.
The Burmese government prepared for an influx of international aid Monday as the death toll from Saturday's cyclone passed 10,000, according to Foreign Minister Nyan Win. That number suggested a far greater disaster than the 351 deaths reported earlier that same day.
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Remember when the world turned its attention to Burma and promised to no longer ignore the suffering of the people there? Truthdig contributor Sarah Stillman sat down with Burmese democracy organizer Maung Maung to check in on the Saffron Revolution and the brave men and women who continue to resist oppression, whether anyone is watching or not.
If the combined power of thousands of Buddhist monks staging a nonviolent protest isn't enough to oust Burma's oppressive junta, one American hero (cue movie trailer voice-over) is coming to fight for democracy in a faraway land—or at least stick his nose in another nation's business.
Taking a page from Mahatma Gandhi, many Buddhist monks took to the streets in Burma in September in a showing of civil disobedience against the country's ruling regime. Now, their ranks are diminished as a result of the ensuing military crackdown, but, as one monk from Mandalay tells the BBC, their movement isn't over yet.
Despite a military crackdown that led to the death and capture of countless civilians, Buddhist monks are once again protesting in Burma, though in much smaller numbers than before. Still, human rights and democracy advocates consider it a promising development.
Burma's top military general has agreed to meet with imprisoned opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, provided she drops her "attitude" and meets other conditions. Meanwhile, the government says it has arrested 2,093 protesters and bystanders (Burmese law prohibits gatherings of five or more), while the BBC puts the figure closer to 10,000.
Burma's military government has intensified its crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, abducting people from their homes in the middle of the night. U.S. Embassy personnel have found some Buddhist monasteries completely deserted while others have been closed off by soldiers.
The barbarous military regime depends on revenue from the nation's gas reserves and partners such as Chevron to buy bullets for the guns it points at monks, a detail conveniently ignored by the Bush administration.
For decades Burma's ruling military junta has governed through terror, determined to meet dissent with intimidation, detention and murder. It is because of the military's particular cruelty that the story of the Buddhist monks of Burma is so compelling.
The British prime minister has warned that the number of dead in Burma is probably "far greater than is being reported so far." The world community has widely condemned the Burmese government's violent response to the thousands of protesters who've been flooding the streets of Yangon.
Riber Hansson, Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden
After a long and tense buildup over recent weeks, the standoff between Buddhist monks and security forces in Burma became violent on Wednesday, with differing reports bringing news of gunfire, deaths and mass arrests in the city of Yangon.
President Bush has weighed in on the massive protests in Burma (Myanmar), saying he will boost sanctions against the country's abusive military government. Meanwhile, thousands of Buddhist monks have defied government warnings and continue to demonstrate.
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An estimated 100,000 people marched through the streets of Yangon on Monday in an ongoing protest that has rapidly swelled from just dozens of people. Burma's notoriously inhumane military government has traditionally been quick to stanch dissent but has yet to seriously confront the demonstrators, who were led by roughly 20,000 Buddhist monks.
Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters have taken to the streets of Yangon (Rangoon) and elsewhere, as the biggest demonstration against Burma's brutal military government in nearly 20 years continues to gain momentum. (Updated)
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If she files for Chapter 7, this will discharge her obligation for the debt to the complex. It will then leave you as the only party liable for the debt. However, since you are not listed as a creditor at the time of the BK, you could sue her for 1/2 of any amount that you are forced to pay. As long as you sue after her BK case was closed, she couldn't claim you as a creditor and have your judgment discharged because she can only file BK every 7 years.
As I am not a BK expert, I will send this over to the BK experts to follow up to ensure that you receive the best answer possible.
No need to reply as it will only direct the question back to me. A BK Expert should chime in shortly.
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The botXXXXX XXXXXne is that if your roommate files for Chapter 7, and the case is a "no asset" bankruptcy, which means that there is nothing that any creditor could collect, regardless of whether or not they are named as a creditor in the bankruptcy petition, then you would be on the hook for the entire lease, and your former roommate would have no further liability.
You would not be able to sue your former roommate under any circumstances. Only if the roommate has assets that could have been used to pay a portion of your claim would you be able to sue, after being omitted from the bankruptcy petition.
Based on your likely circumstances, I'm betting that this is a "no asset" case, which means that unless you, too, intend to file bankruptcy, that you will be stuck with the entire lease.
Hope this helps.
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MÖTLEY CRÜE has decided to let the fans decide the band's setlist for this summer's tour via an online vote. According to CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx, a voting page will be placed at the group's official web site, Motley.com, on Monday, April 18. He says, "You wanted it, you got it, fuckers..."When asked about CRÜE and POISON's upcoming tour with NEW YORK DOLLS and why their two bands hadn't hit the road together before, Sixx said during a recent interview, "We were on separate paths. And MÖTLEY's thing had been we didn't wanna tour with any bands from the same era that we were about; we wanted to stay on our own. And me and Bret had talked and they'd been doing the same thing — [turns to Bret, who was also part of the interview] you've taken out a lot of the alternative and active rock bands as well. And the fans are the ones that really kind of demanded it and made MÖTLEY and the guys in POISON start to talk about it. And the [NEW YORK] DOLLS signed on, and we were, like, 'You know, this time right now, economically, it's so bad for touring and for fans and for bands. What can we do to make the ultimate fan experience?" All the hits, the show, they know all the music... And both bands put on just a killer show, and we're looking forward to it. So I'm glad we didn't do it [earlier]." In response to a question about whether there was any bad blood between CRÜE and POISON, POISON singer Bret Michaels said during a separate interview, "There may be some friendly competition but there is no bad blood at all on my part. Nikki and I have spoken several times on the phone recently and the conversations went great. Music is a universal language and I am extremely excited that this tour has come together as are the fans, they are truly going to see a great show. Honestly, I could care less about all the mudslinging, it gets nobody nowhere, and after all I have been through health wise in the last year, I am going to try to focus on what does matter which is the show, the fans, fun and personally throwing a hell of a backstage party."
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2 Parks near Cimarron, New Mexico
Eagle Nest, New Mexico 17.67 miles SW
Angel Fire, New Mexico 17.67 miles SW
Springer, New Mexico 25.31 miles SE
Cerro, New Mexico 25.89 miles NW
Guadalupita, New Mexico 29.97 miles S
Cimarron, New Mexico (map) | (575) 377-6271
Sites: 88 | Latest Rate: $10.00 | 2 Reviews
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Jun 2010 - $10.00
Was crowded as all State Parks are usually. The camp host was nice and showed us to our spot. We stayed 3 days and enjoyed this quiet, peaceful place, not too much noise. If you want to dry camp it is great. The phone service spotty, Wal-Mart phones won't work. In our spot we could not tune in Directv on account of the hills and trees, but some people could through the trees. Anyway a nice place to spend a couple of days. - firesafety552
Jul 2009 - $10.00
This park is best for anglers and hikers who don't mind dry camping. The scenery is majestic and the river is stocked with rainbow trout. Try to get a spot in Maverick Campground, which has shade and is next to the Gravel Pit Lakes fishing area. The other campgrounds (Ponderosa and Tolby) are just big parking lots. Wildlife is abundant: we saw skunk and a large bear which the ranger had to scare away. - amarillorvers
Cimarron, New Mexico (575) 376-2268
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May 2011 - $40.00
Overpriced for what you get. They recently canceled their cable TV so you can use either your rooftop antenna or satellite dish. Wi-Fi is a household router that works if there aren't more than 2 or 3 others connected. Gravel sites with old picnic tables and little else for amenities. They are right off the highway and convenient to Philmont Scout Ranch, but other than that they don' have much going for them other than friendly owners. - TX Camper
Sep 2009 - $25.00
Good for a night or two to learn about the area. Friendly owners. Life in Cimarron moves at a slower pace than the rest of the world so relax and enjoy the culture. - wilmsd


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Mess Hall, The
51 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
+61 3 9654 6800
I've been nursing a fever the last few days. And by nursing, I mean getting as much sleep as I can in between bouts of How To Make It In America (which, to me, is essentially just a poor man's version of Entourage, but with jeans), organising a birthday trip for my idiotic-but-better-looking half to Cairns and purchasing copious amounts of non-essential and will-probably-only-wear-once rubbish off karmaloop.com. Today, however, saw me become slightly more productive. After spending a good portion of the morning gleefully choosing subjects for next year (goodbye (and eff you) Monash LLB and hello Masters of Publishing and Communications at Melbourne uni!), I managed to haul my ass to my local GP to get a medical certificate for work and do a bout of grocery shopping. I bought an array of wonderful and healthy things such as salad greens, capsicums, nuts, organic full cream milk and cherries… and then celebrated my haul by treating myself to a fillet o'fish meal and a side of McBites at Maccas.
Oh dear.
So what did all that have to do with this post? Well, nothing, really. Then again, since when did this blog ever made any sense? … yeah, EXACTLY.
So anyway. The Mess Hall. Right.
Ugh, cropping fail.
It was time to catch up with Dave again for lunch and given that he works a block away from The Mess Hall and rates its no-fuss Northern Italian-inspired meals, we decided to go there. My boyfriend, Marty, also happened to be in town that weekend so we decided to do a three-person lunch. At one o'clock on a windy and cloudy Friday afternoon, we rocked up in time to see virtually no empty tables in the multi-level canteen. Luckily there was a spare table on the footpath for us so we could enjoy our lunch against the background of trees and a 'bukake of pollen' (oh, Marty…) swarming around us.
Our meals took a while to arrive – I remembered more than 30 minutes had passed between us ordering our food and our dishes arriving at our table because Dave kept anxiously looking at his watch as he had to return to work. Granted, it was a busy Friday lunchtime trade so I guess it was to be expected. But still. Anyway, Dave had ordered the orecchiette with pancetta, mushroom, broccoli, chilli and marsala ($20.50) the last time he ate here and highly recommended it, so that's what I ended up with. Orecchiette, in Italian, means 'small ears' and each little pasta piece was painstakingly cut into shape and twisted to form a lovely ear lobe-like shape that was perfectly al dente. The sauce itself was brilliant – the crispy, salty pieces of pancetta beautifully meshed well with the earthy wild mushrooms while the chilli provided a kick, and the marsala added a sweet edge to the dish. I can certainly see why this is a staple dish on the ever-changing menu.
Marty decided to go for a pasta with a richer sauce. The oxtail ragu originally came with penne ($19.50) but he decided to be difficult by requesting orecchiette instead of penne (presumably they charged an extra dollar for the swap, but I can't be too sure). The sauce in that pic looks a little shiny partly as a result of slow-cooking and the lovely gelatine oozing from the oxtail and into the ragu, and partly because my photo-taking skills leave much to be desired these days. Despite it, however, it was a fantastic dish. It was so wonderfully rich, tasty and intoxicating that Marty couldn't get enough of it – in fact, he insisted that we returned to The Mess Hall a couple of days later just so he could have this dish again. Yep, that good. It's a shame that this dish is only a seasonal dish – understandably so, it IS very rich – because I can still see Marty ordering it on a 40 degree day…
Dave decided to shy away from pasta this time. He ordered the pork belly with cauliflower couscous and pickled beetroot ($27.50). The pork may look a tad dry in the photo, but trust me when I say that it was one tender piece of fatty Babe with a tidy layer of crispy skin. The pickled beetroot pieces and the accompanying vinaigrette accentuated the sweetness of the juicy pork meat while the cauliflower couscous was hidden safely under the piece of pork (and subsequently, I didn't get a chance to try it). It was a decent dish, but given how good the two pasta dishes were, eating the pork belly was underwhelming (and unfairly so, I might add).
Even though the pork belly was more than filling enough, Dave also ordered a side of polenta chips with aioli ($9.50) to share between us. I'm can't remember what the boys thought of the polenta chips (from memory, it was Dave's first time eating them) but I thought those perfectly-formed Jenga blocks of polenta-y goodness were perfectly cooked – crunchy to begin with, but super-soft on the inside. Unfortunately, the three of us struggled to finish them off because we were too full but they would definitely be something we'd order should we return here for pre-dinner wines and nibbles or something.
Two days later, Marty and I were back. While Marty ordered his oxtail ragu again, I opted for a sausage pizza ($19.50). A crispy flat base housed a generous sprinkling of Italian pork sausages accompanied by broccoli, tomato, chilli and provolone cheese. I can't say that it was the best pizza I've ever had – the base lacked crunch, while the tomato-based sauce was weak. The combination of toppings seemed to blend well together, however, I felt that if they had used a better quality pork sausage (i.e. one with a bit more flavour), then the pizza would have tasted a LOT better. I should have made like Marty and ordered another pasta this time around but oh well, there's always next time…
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Don't know what's wrong w me these days, but I get peckish at 10pm even after a decent dinner. And the dishes here aren't helping. 😉 I am unlikely to dine here because I hardly enter the CBD, envy you, CBD workers!But… yes, shall still add it on my CBD feed wishlist. : )Reply
I adore the Mess Hall – i had my birthday party there! Love, Love. My last visit I had the corn fritters (breakfast menu) oh man, get your ass back there immediately for those. Next on my list. Ragu.Reply
Masters of Publishing in Melbourne?! That sounds like it could be… perfect. I may have to investigamate! 😀
P.S. Please hand over the polenta chips. STAT.Reply
Mmmmm pasta and polenta chips, beats exam food at home of rice and stirfrieds. Oh yes, Vincigrassi verdict? Good but strangely still a tad hungry compared to the veal tagliatelle we had a couple weeks ago. Plenty of that rich Lasagne taste yes, but friends and I wished it were slightly bigger? HahahhahaReply
MAN why haven't I had oxtail ragu before?!??! Sounds like a brilliant idea!! Have to try this now! Have only been to Mess Hall for coffee actually, really should stick around for lunch looks yummo. Glad to have read your review of the pizza cuz I'm normally a huge fan of pork sausage in pizzas but now that you described it that way, might give it a pass. Dodged a bullet there, phew! Will have to go for all those yummy MEATY dishes there MMMMReply
I need to head down there (or up) pronto! I walk pass it all the time when I used to gym across the road… but then have given up cos it's soooo far away!Reply
Ooooo Pork belly TICK….beetroot TICK…pickled beetrot TICK TICKReply


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Watch A Cello Band Perform The Game Of Thrones Theme Song
By Jessica Rawden 3 years ago
Many of us have already caught Sundays brand new episode of Game of Thrones, but if you are looking for a moment of musical genius to supplement your Sunday night, the cello rock band Break of Reality has put together a pretty interesting cover of the HBO series popular theme song.
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If you arent up on the Game of Thrones theme song, there are plenty of cover videos out there, including one from a bunch of street performers and even a heavy metal version of the track. Regardless, none of these compares to some of the features the series has offered to keep fans invested, including a Game of Thrones pop-up museum that is in the works for audiences, right now. Stay tuned for other cool Game of Thrones stuff from fans or the network in the coming weeks.
New episodes of the hit program air Sunday nights at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.


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I went to an extremely strict private school when I was a kid. Strict. Very strict. Boys-must-keep-their-hair-short-strict. Girls-can't-wear-dangly-earrings-strict. When gym class came around, we girls would huddle in the bathroom and change out of our below-the-kneecap skirts into white t-shirts and red culottes. In case you're unaware, this is what culottes look like.
That girl is so cute, but you know little hon-bun is in culotte hell right now. Not sure how she plays tennis with all of that material swathed around her legs.
Modesty was the name of the game at this school, which I am ALL for. Except, their plan of attack was missing a whole lot of logic. Culottes are supposed to resemble skirts, unlike form-fitting pants, which can accentuate buttocks and the ba-gine-y. I get that. Awesome. But what happens when you have a fleet of seventh grade girls running towards the jungle gym in their billowy culottes, and they climb to the top? They've got a skirt for each leg, and the culottes have now turned into a Ringling Bros. Circus Tent with floral print Hanes Her Way as the center attraction to an audience of pubescent boys, slack-jawed on the blacktop.
Really? Sweatpants wouldn't be the better option here?
One morning, when I was six years old, I started the day off just the same as I'd start any schoolday. Roll out of bed, go to the bathroom, brush my teeth, put on some undies, a shirt, a long jumper dress, socks with the lace and bow at the ankles, and black mary jane shoes. A bowl of Clusters (remember those?) and a glass of orange juice for breakfast. Mom puts a barrette in my hair and hands me lunch (or if I was lucky, lunch money – for a pizza slice, ice cream, and a chocolate milk), and I was out the door. Dad dropped me off early on his way to work.
I was part of the "Before School Care" crowd. For about thirty minutes before school started, all of the "early kids" played on the playground under the watchful eye of an adult – a teacher or a parent.
On this day, I had been hanging out on the swings, and was ready to climb up the slide when I saw everyone heading towards the school – meaning Before School Care was over, and school was getting ready to start. One slide down, and I'd walk in with the rest of my classmates. This was a fantastic slide. Steep, metal, rusty – a total death trap. I sat at the top of the slide and pushed off.
Slid. And suddenly stopped.
The hem of my dress had gotten snagged on a rusty bolt at the very top of the slide. I couldn't catch myself. I was halfway down the slide, with the bottom of my dress pulled up past my chin, naked legs flailing against the metal slide – willing my feet to climb back up.
But I couldn't. And here I was, enrolled at the School of All Things Amish, with my underwear on proud display. My skirt around my head, my arms completely useless. And I panicked.
What if someone SAW me on the playground like this? Worse yet, what if someone DIDN'T see me? I'd be stuck like this until recess, except I'd miss snack time and lunch and surely die of starvation before then.
I'd be a malnourished beacon of nudity, and my only hope would be that I passed out from hunger and the principal would pity me instead of kicking me out and sending me to public school. Kids join gangs in public school. Kids get beat up in public school. Kids expose their elbows in public school.
I kicked. I waved my arms about, reaching in vain for the hand holds at the top of the slide. I jerked my torso haphazardly, hoping my skirt would rip off the bolt and I would be free.
Nothing. Nothing worked.
And then I heard footsteps. A seventh grade boy walked up to the slide, mercifully ignored my ribbon trimmed undies, and yanked my skirt off the bolt. I silently slid down the slide, pulled my skirt back down over my knees, and ran inside the school.
I ate my pizza slice with a little more gratitude at lunch time, and gave that slide the side-eye for the rest of the week.


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Lake Norman moves closer to public-access swimming
CORNELIUS – Tourists and residents without lakefront property can rejoice.
Mecklenburg County Commissioner Karen Bentley expects Lake Norman's Ramsey Creek Park to offer public-access swimming by summer 2014. She pointed to $430,000 in the county's capital plan for the project.
"It is dependent on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but we believe that process will go smoothly," Bentley told business owners during a June 21 Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce program. "We have the funds to begin planning, have contractors (working), build a beach, and we'll have people in the water by then."
Bentley's announcement was a pleasant one for N.C. Sen. Jeff Tarte, who served as mayor of Cornelius.
"We've been at it for literally almost a decade," Tarte said, adding the process began when he served on the Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation Board. "It's a big deal. It's absolutely the right thing to do."
Tarte credited Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce President Bill Russell for building support for the project.
Russell said he's hoped for public-access swimming in the area since he took over as chamber president in 1997. He recalled encountering visitors asking where they could go swim.
"If you didn't have lakefront property or had friends who had it or had a boat, you couldn't enjoy it. It was economic discrimination," Russell said. "Lake Norman is the greatest liquid asset we have. We need to be able to showcase it and let folks who come here from other areas have access to it."
Russell said public-access swimming should also benefit the area from a business standpoint. The park's beach could be used as a tool to recruit companies whose employees are looking for lakefront leisure.
"There's no question businesses move here because we're close to Charlotte-Douglas (International Airport) and Charlotte as a whole, but we have the lake," Russell said. "You're seeing this explosion of growth in Huntersville, Cornelius, Mooresville and Davidson. The lake is driving that."?
Tarte cautions that traffic may be a concern associated with public-access swimming.
"Traffic is good, because it will pull people off the interstate and into Cornelius, which will be great for our local businesses," Tarte said. "We just have to make sure we have the road infrastructure in and around the park so people can get in and out without clogging things for our local residents. Nance Road and Catawba (Avenue) are going to be a zoo."


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April 30, 2010
Wabash & Global Health -- What Should We Do?
"I am here to represent my community and to tell you that we need help – we are asking for your mercy."
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April 16, 2010
A Wabash Meeting in Lima, Peru
I returned home from Peru about two weeks ago. My family and I are readjusting to life in the U.S. and the pace of life now that we're back in the middle of the various obligations from which we had temporarily escaped. I'm beginning to distill the experiences in Peru to forms which might be more easily digested by folks here on campus as well as others (more on that in a future post), but I wanted to share one of the enjoyable times we had with a Wabash alumnus during our last week in Lima.
We were fortunate enough to be able to connect with Joe Moore '06 and his fiancee, Juleen Rodakowski. Joe was a Biology major while a student at Wabash, then went to Chicago to teach in an inner-city school for two years through the Teach for America program. Joe and Juleen left the USA in September '09 to volunteer and couch-surf their way through Central and South America. Their story is a great one -- it would be impossible for me to try to summarize the experiences they've had over that time, so check out their blog if you want more: http://juleenjoeaventuras.blogspot.com/.
They were in Lima for a few weeks to volunteer at the Centro Ann Sullivan del Peru, a non-profit that serves individuals with a various developmental disabilities, in addition to helping their families. We were able to catch up with them for a day and to hear about some of their travels. It was a great time.
One really interesting and recent twist on this is that Joe has been willing to help out with what might evolve into a really interesting aspect of a global health project. Since Juleen returned to the States earlier this week and Joe has stayed on in Peru for a few more weeks, he volunteered to help out with some of the work that I investigated in Tarapoto, one of the rainforest cities in northern Peru that I had visited. He is currently working in Tarapoto with the NGO group at URKU and with Dra. Rosa Giove in attempt to gather some epidemiological data on parasitic infections that she has seen in her medical clinic He will visit the same indigenous community outside the town of Sisa that I had visited, and we hope that he'll be able to gather from them some information from having to do with their access to health care and their use of traditional medicines from the jungle.
It should prove to be a great experience for him and a great help from an alumnus on a budding project!
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March 25, 2010
The final days of work in Peru
Since returning from my rainforest trip to Tarapoto, it's been a time of mopping up some details, making final contacts with various people and holding discussions about possible future projects. I made a visit to Pamplona Alta, the poor zone on the edge of Lima that I've mentioned in the past. I went to this area with my colleague Jorge Cardenas and a group of young professionals who work on various development projects there. If you check out the picture album (link below), you'll see that this is a desperate area. Clean water availability is a problem, as well as any kind of sanitation system to speak of; many of the photos have shots of make-shift "latrines" near to homes, animals, etc.
To pursue projects in this area I met with leaders of Solidaridad en Marcha who would be able to help us coordinate transportation, etc. to work in Pamplona. It's possible to work in the polyclinic in San Juan de Miraflores (of which Pamplona is a part) and to participate in various projects in parasite control, clean water issues, etc.
It was nice for me to continue conversations with faculty members at the URP (Univ. Ricardo Palma) in Lima. Prof. Mercedes Gonzales de la Cruz is the Director of the Museum of Natural History and was very gracious in providing me with lab space, students to help with projects and support. She's a botanist -- ethnobotany, to be precise -- and is very interested in future collaboration both in Lima, in mountain areas and in the rainforest where many of the people use traditional medicines to combat different infections.
I visited Prof. Nieves Sandoval at the Univ. Nacional Mayor de San Marcos to discuss wetland research projects in which students could be involved. While there I was introduced to Prof. Amanda Chavez, another member of the Vet Faculty at UNMSM. Because a student of hers was beginning a research project on an important trematode parasite that infects many people in the mountain regions of Peru, they had numerous questions regarding patterns of infection that might be expected, the survivorship of the parasite in the external environment, and how to best collect, transport, and maintain the snail intermediate hosts in the laboratory.
We were able to take a fun family day-trip about 3 hours south of Lima to the area of Ica. This was an area that had gotten leveled by a 7.9 earthquake back in 2007. Along the coast is the Paracas National Reserve, including the Ballestras Islands (sometimes called the 'poor man's Galapagos'); we took a boat tour around these islands which are covered by seabirds, sea lions and lots and lots of guano! It was fun to learn about how the guano was harvested in the past and the interactions that has had with the seabird populations and the fishing there. After touring around the islands we visited the Reserve and the beautiful scenes of this desert as it abuts the ocean. We stopped off for some great (and fresh!) seafood at a small restaurant before heading back to Lima. It was a great trip to an amazing place, and a nice opportunity for us to get away from the pace of Lima.
Here's a link to a photo album with pics from these different places:
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March 19, 2010
Pictures of Tarapoto
In case you're interested in viewing more pictures from my trip to Tarapoto, here is the link to photos on Facebook:
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March 14, 2010
Worms in the Rainforest -- A Trip to Tarapoto
I just returned from my fourth and last "side trip" while we're here in Peru. This week I was in the city of Tarapoto, a rainforest city in the northern part of Peru. Tarapoto is a wonderful place -- nice weather, relatively quiet (population of city is about 64,000 with about 118,000 in the broader area), friendly people and an amazing environment. While in Tarapoto I visited with an NGO named URKU Estudios Amazonicos (www.urkuperu.org) which works in several indigenous communities in the area, investigating possible ways that Wabash students could learn about issues surrounding the parasitic / infectious disease problems which exist in this area.
Like many places in rainforest regions, many of the people who live here suffer from a variety of parasitic diseases. There is a very high level of helminth (worm) infections in the people and, like many of the rural places I've seen in Peru, anemia and malnutrition are real problems; a local physician told me that malnutrition rates are about 50%.
Visiting with this physician (Dra. Rosa Giove, who happens to also be the mother of the director of URKU!) was very interesting -- sitting in her office late one night she brought out the medical histories of folks she had seen just in the last few days (a stack about 2" high). She was explaining that many of the people carry Ascaris infections (this is a large roundworm parasite) in addition to pinworm and other problems. She was very open to the possibility of helping teach visiting students and having guys help to document some of these problems. Moreover, she has some good ideas for health campaigns that could be done in the area, including education materials that could be developed as students learn about the different levels of health issues.
In addition, she's also very active in using tradition medicines to treat her patients, in combination with more "advanced" drugs. There is a vast amount of ethnobotanical knowledge which is being lost from indigenous communities in this region. Many people use different plants to treat ailments and infections, including their parasite problems even though there is a realization that these treatments are insufficient in the face of the problems (more on this below).
Probably my most memorable experience of this trip was a visit to an indigenous community near the town of Sisa (called Kawana-Sisa). We traveled there by motorcycle with Carlos (Daniel) Vecco, the Director of URKU, who holds a special place in this community. There my colleague and I received an incredibly warm welcome. We met in an open-air meeting house where the president of the community (and of others, as well) officiated at a meeting of the community leaders. We were served a drink known as masato in half of a coconut shell as the leaders took turns speaking words of welcome and thanks to us for our visit. (By the way, masato is alcoholic and made from manioc, or yucca. The traditional way this was prepared was for the 'cook' to chew the manioc -- the saliva moved the process along and reportedly improved the taste. We were told by Daniel later in the day that our batch was a non-saliva one, so we'll just go with that.)
After the folks in the community welcomed us, they spoke passionately about how their health (and the health of their children) is their biggest concern. These people do not have ready-access to health care; the hospital is a considerable distance away and there is no medical clinic in their small town. They spoke of how the hospital will often not examine their children unless they are extremely ill and about the parasitic infections that they have (but about which they know relatively little). Because of this and other reasons, they typically treat themselves with natural products unless it's an emergency. For example, for one of their ailments they use something from a boa (yes, the snake) to treat themselves. Conveniently, they had about a 5-foot live boa on a leash on a tree behind one their houses. An interesting cultural experience, to be sure.
After the meeting we were presented with special gifts (that we wore with pride) before we were invited to eat a special meal that the leaders had prepared for us. We retired to one of the homes to eat juani, an ancestral meal made of manioc and fish (along with some more masato!). This was a special honor. Many of the kids and others were gathered around just to see what was going on, and one of the women who had helped prepare the meal stood nearby simply to fan away flies while we were eating with some of the other men. Afterwards we participated in "sobre mesa" -- a culturally-important time of conversation around the table following the meal. The men of the community continued to speak of some of their struggles and the difficulty they are currently having with a petroleum company that is trying to take over some of their land. URKU helps this community in part by offering some legal advice and some large context for them as the community leaders prepare for upcoming meetings.
From my perspective, involvement with this community would be an amazing experience for students. There is a great deal to be learned here -- from information about various diseases and infections to ethnobotany to the tension that isolated local communities have with the regional and national government here. Moreover, the relative impact that students and the College could have on this area is significant. The shared involvement of students, other faculty (both from Wabash and potentially other institutions) and alumni -- including physicians -- from Wabash could result in great things. There's much to work on and to think about here.
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March 07, 2010
Andean Adventure Part II -- Ayaviri
This past week was spent in the Puno region of southern Peru. Puno is the city adjacent to Lake Titicaca. I was fortunate to visit the Lake late in the trip and, as you might expect, it was beautiful. The visit there almost didn't happen -- a Peruvian colleague and I had heard that there was a strike along the road between the city of Juliaca (where we were staying in a hotel) and Puno, a distance of about 45 km. After getting varying reports, we were assured the road was open. Arriving in Puno was interesting, however, as we navigated around the clear evidence that there were some folks in Puno who clearly were not happy about something. Large and small rocks had been thrown across the road in several places, along with trash and broken glass. Much of it had been cleared earlier that day, apparently, but it was a good reminder of how quickly travel conditions can change.
Much of my time was spent in Ayaviri, a much smaller city / town about 100 km from Juliaca. Ayaviri is a bit over 13,000 feet and is about 275 km from the better-known city of Cuzco. Interestingly it's still possible to take a train from this area to Cuzco, despite the problems Cuzco and the region had with flooding about 1.5 months ago.
I was in Ayaviri to meet with Caritas-Ayaviri, an organization that does a great deal of community development work in about 3 districts in the Puno region -- districts that have some of the worst disease, malnutrition and anemia problems in the Andean zone. Among other things, Caritas works in large and small communities, focusing on education, various health issues (anemia, malnutrition, parasitic disease) in women and children, as well as trying to bolster the health care systems in the region. For example, because many of the people live in isolated regions, distances are sometimes a mystery. Thus, when folks make it to a local clinic (if one exists), it's often unclear to which hospital they should be sent. Most ambulances are covered pick-up trucks with a mattress in the back (but no medical equipment), and the level of technical training in highly variable.
There are several important parasitic diseases which impact the people in this vast region, but little baseline information exists on these infections. Moreover, a growing amount of evidence suggests that large-scale patterns of infection are changing quickly. One area of interest has to do with climate change. One of the trematode infections that is a major human health problem in the area (Fasciola hepatica) is truly an emerging infectious disease for the highlands of Peru, because the distribution of its snail intermediate host is shifting -- reports from the area point to the fact that host snails are showing up at altitudes where they've never been reported in the past. In any case, there are several opportunities for Wabash to participate in projects with Caritas in this area including education, basic diagnostic work, research, water projects.
I had the privilege of visiting one of the projects having to do with providing potable water for people in an isolated community. We traveled several hours in the mountains to reach the community, finally switching to a 4x4 truck to reach our final destination. What I saw was truly impressive and reinforced the impact that can be reaped from seemingly small changes.
In the mountains many of the people get and use water from the rivers. Even in isolated areas this water is not clean, in part because of the intersection of humans with animals, both wild and domestic (many of the people graze animals -- sheep, llama). As a result various parasitic and diarrheal diseases impact a large percentage of the population. In the project I visited, Caritas works to educate the community and then works to help them address the problems. Local committees are formed with Health Agents (and other officers) elected to run the program. Work projects build water collection stations and reservoirs that then serve the homes in the area. Members of the community oversee the chlorination and distribution of water as well as the construction of latrines, sinks, and showers outside the homes in the communities.
It's important to understand that these are areas in which homes lack electricity, running water or sanitation systems. Life is hard. Clean water means good health for people in these areas. To hear women in the community speak about how a sink with a faucet, along with an outhouse, means that their kids are not sick from infections and how that has changed their lives is a powerful experience.
My hope is that Wabash students will be able to learn about, and participate in, these kinds of systems in the larger context of global health. For me, this is one of the best ways that I could challenge students to act responsibly and live humanely.
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March 04, 2010
Investigating work in the Puno region of the Andes
I'm writing this from Ayaviri, a town of about 25000 people in the Puno region of southern Peru. Puno (city) is next to Lake Titicaca, the highest freshwater lake in the work and a place I hope to visit tomorrow. Yesterday we flew to Cuzco then continued on to Juliaca. We then drove about 100 km to Ayaviri. The town is relatively quiet and surrounded by beautiful rolling mountains; elevation here is about 3900 m (approx. 12,800 ft.), so we weren't exactly sprinting around town.
Last night I met for about 4 hours with an organization called Caritas-Ayaviri. This group has several ongoing projects involved with rural community development, particularly within 3 provinces surrounding Ayaviri; in fact, Ayaviri is included in one of those. They work closely with the Ministry of Health in Peru and were recently invited to expand some of their regional programs to the national level. That sounds good, but there are always "interesting" tensions with how the government allocates funds for this kind of work, etc. Shouldn't be surprising, I suppose, but it's one of the ways that politics and economics have an impact on the health issues; of course, this is not unique to Peru, but there are important cultural aspects to this.
Some of the issues addressed by Caritas-Ayaviri include work with the high levels of malnutrition in these mountain communities, the impact of anemia and diarrheal diseases on the mortality rate (particularly for expectant mothers and their small children), and accessibility to health care. Many of the "ambulances" here (of which there are only a few for the area) are just a covered pick-up truck with a mattress thrown in the back -- no medical equipment whatsoever. Local clinics struggle with the task of knowing the closest hospital to which to refer people, distances are sometimes a mystery, and the level of medical / technical training which exists in different areas is highly variable, to say the least.
Parasitic / infectious disease is a big problem here and one that contributes directly to the problems they have with anemia. Rates of malnutrition and anemia in children in many of the communities far exceed the averages for Peru (and even for the Puno region at large).
In thinking about a "global health program" I am sensitive to the issue of sustainability and whether bringing a group of college students to an area -- particularly for a short period of time -- is really any kind of help. In many ways it's easy to see how students can benefit; we can visit, learn, observe and experience a different culture for a time. In other words, the benefit is largely one-sided. What we can bring to the table is not as easy of an issue.
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With the mass roll-out of its newly-introduced "Open-Graph" protocol [1], Facebook has greatly extended its capability to collect personalized web traffic data by freeing the oh-so-tempting and easy to use "Like" button from the confines of your Wall to more than 50,000 of the most frequented sites (and growing) on the web. It will be interesting to see if Facebook's new features will pose any issues in how Google tracks web traffic, or if it has the potential to upset its page-ranking algorithms, and what Google might be planning to do about it…
In the recent write-up "Google's nightmare: Facebook 'Like' replaces links [2]", some interesting points are made that highlight how this new functionality challenges the search engine giant where the bread meets the butter.
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Yep, exactly. Unfortunately, because we're trying to be cutting edge with this show, stuff WILL change between an episode being published and new versions of the bits coming out
Yep, you'll need to include the JavaScript files. Just keep in mind that the ScriptManager control in ASP.NET WebForms was the one that was including the ASP.NET AJAX libraries for you, so once you aren't using it, you'll have to include the scripts manually.
AjaxRes.js is actually an artifact of the internal builds that I was using for the video If you grab the latest bits off of Codeplex, you won't need it.
Sounds like what you want it to use Dynamics as your data store/platform, and then place the Entity Framework over it so that you can program against its dynamic entities. If so, the guys over at ADX Studio (http://www.adxstudio.com/) are working on something that handles this very nicely.
I'll definitely be digging into the code much more moving forward. This episode was just an initial introduction to the high level changes coming. I'll make sure to provide plenty of good detail/usage examples
Thanks for the heads up bertnz. The ORM space certainly has lots of great options.
LINQ To SQL is getting quit a few improvements in the .NET 4 timeframe. You can see a pretty comprehensive list here: http://damieng.com/blog/2009/06/01/linq-to-sql-changes-in-net-40
As far as the Entity Framework being the preferred option for data access moving forward, yes, that is the case.
haha very well played
I would go with the unique string approach. Since part of the whole objective is to provide more meaningful URLs to end users, integer/guid identifiers don't really provide them any value. That doesn't mean that you won't still need to do something along the lines of "Products/1" in situations were that makes sense. You might have resources that don't legitimately have a unique value other than an ID. For SEO purposes having a descriptive value in the URL certainly helps as well. "Products/Cups" is capable of being spidered as a resource on "cups" whereas "Products/45" isn't. Will that make a huge difference? Maybe not, but every little bit helps
There is no need to get religious on either approach, it all just comes down to which approach serves the needs of your application the best. Since routing is so extensible, you should have fun building the sitemap you want. There is soooo much more to it then what I showed in this demo since this episode was meant only to show how routing and webforms can work together. General purpose routing has plenty of awesome little features.
I doubt there will be a 10-4 episode on ASP.NET Routing specifically since it isn't a feature in .NET Framework 4.0, but I could throw together some ad-hoc screencasts and plop them on my blog (http://www.lostintangent.com) or C9.
Keep these great questions coming guys, I seriously love the 10-4 community
That is one of the first questions that always comes up after seeing ASP.NET Routing As of right now the only way to configure your routes is through code. That said, I'm a firm believer that a good API is the perfect foundation for layering additional forms of expression (i.e. loading routes from a config file or DB). There are a couple prototypes floating around that pull your route definitions from config that I'd be more than happy to share with you.
As far as new rendering of controls, I'll deifnitely try to fit this in later episodes. Funny enough I actually showed off a very subtle change to the ListView control in this episode but I didn't call it out. You no longer have to have a PlaceHolderTemplate if your ItemTemplate's contents are truly seperate markup (i.e. not <li>'s within a <ul> for instance).
Feel free to email me (joncart at microsoft dot com) and I can share some additional info in the meantine.


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'£15k of cash for Volunteer Link transport schemes not claimed' (From This Is Wiltshire)
'£15k of cash for Volunteer Link transport schemes not claimed'
9:46am Monday 10th March 2014 in By Craig Jones
Volunteer Link transport schemes are failing to claim all the cash they are entitled to, says Wiltshire councillor John Thomson.
Last month, Wiltshire Council withdrew its 5p-per-mile support funding which was on offer to the region's 45 groups, which take the elderly to medical appointments and shopping, saving around £39,000 from their annual budget.
But Cllr Thomson, cabinet member for highways, said that last year £15,000 of the £45,000 available from the council for Link schemes was not claimed.
He said: "I hope the Link groups claim and the full amount will go to them this year.
"We are looking at making our region's area boards a more active part of supporting Link schemes and simplifying the funding system."
On Wednesday, representatives from Wiltshire's Links met to discuss how they will cope with the loss of the 5p-per-mile support.
Last year, Trowbridge's Link received £5,200 core funding from the council and an extra £2,500 for the 60,000 miles their volunteers travelled.
Doug Ross, Trowbridge Link chairman, said: "All Links are different, some don't need to claim because they get enough from their clients and we've been aware the council need to make cutbacks.
"We want to make sure Links survive and the ones in most need of funding get it."
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I find it incredible that John Thomson can suggest to Link Groups that they 'claim and get the full amount this year' given that Wilts Council have ALREADY decided to withdraw the 5p per mile support funding !?...
"Simplifying the funding system" should NOT be at the expense of the loss of Services to Residents and Communities.
If John Thomson really wanted Links to "survive", he and his Conservative colleagues would surely NOT have cut their Funding ?
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EconoMeter: Is GOP's budget plan the answer?
Lower tax rates, lower spending aimed at lower deficits, but at a cost
Q: Is the latest Republican plan to reform income tax rates and cut federal spending a credible way to reduce the deficit?
Panel's answer: Yes 2 No 6
Marney Cox, San Diego Association of Governments
Rather, the recent GOP blueprint from House Budget Chair Paul Ryan is designed to draw a sharp contract with the president's proposal, providing voters with a choice. Over a decade, Ryan's proposal would reduce federal spending by more than $5 trillion, whereas the president's would increase spending by $1.5 trillion; federal spending as a percent of GDP remains above 23 percent under the president's proposal and drops to 20 percent under Ryan's. Neither proposal balances the budget over the decade. Closer to home, San Diegans may like the GOP proposal to head off mandatory defense cuts of $55 billion by requiring six House committees to come up with savings.
Is the latest Republican plan to reform income tax rates and cut federal spending a credible way to reduce the deficit?
Yes 39% (47)
No 61% (73)
120 total votes.
Kelly Cunningham, National University Systems
Answer: YES
The plan begins to introduce a rationale course to address the nation's overwhelming and unsustainable deficit spending. A far better plan than President Obama's proposal of large tax increases and additional spending raising the national debt another $1 trillion a fourth consecutive year, or for that matter lack of any budget proposal from the Democratic controlled Senate in three years. Restructuring tax rates, changes in Medicare, and reining in discretionary domestic spending are movements in the right direction. Not addressing these issues will inevitably lead to debt problems requiring far more painful adjustments than anything in the Republican proposal.
Alan Gin, University of San Diego
Answer: NO
The plan reduces spending dramatically, but the impact is more severe in some areas than in others. By exempting defense expenditures from cuts in contravention of last year's budget deal, the burden of the spending cuts falls on domestic programs such as student loans, Medicaid, and Medicare. While purporting to reduce the deficit, the proposal at the same time would include tax cuts where a large portion of the benefits would go to those with high incomes. The tax and spending cuts would worsen in the income inequality in the country, which is already at its worst level since the 1920s.
James Hamilton, University of California San Diego
Answer: NO
I find it very frustrating that we do not have stronger centrist leaders in Washington. It should be clear to any objective observer that America needs both spending cuts and tax increases to restore fiscal balance. While I applaud the Republican effort to suggest ways to control the future growth of entitlement spending, I think it is irresponsible to package those with proposals for further cuts in tax rates. Both Democrats, in pretending that tax increases on the wealthy alone would fix the problem, and Republicans, who look for any excuse to cut taxes, are playing to the ignorance of their base rather than seriously addressing America's daunting fiscal challenges.
Gary London, The London Group Realty Advisors
Answer: NO
The Republicans want to cut taxes and not raise revenues. The Democrats want to raise revenues and not touch entitlements. Each wants to play in their own sandbox and not invite the other to play with them. Washington policy makers like to appear to act without actually addressing real budget problems with real solutions. We must re-legitimize compromise. A good budget probably requires a little (a lot) of give on both issues, as well as other matters such as the defense budget. I do like the idea of tax simplification, although I am not certain their proposed rates are right. One thing is certain -- continuing to taking on more debt is not the answer.


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OTRS-ITSM 2.0 Moves Further to ITIL
The IT Service management module of the Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) adopts another ITIL process in version 2.0: change management.
Up to now, the OTRS-ITSM software collection supported the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) processes incident management, problem management, service asset and configuration management (CMDB/CMS), request fulfillment management, knowledge management and service level management. In the new version 2.0, change management was also added. The ITSM module, which requires an OTRS installation, is available for download along with the other OTRS packages as an OPM file on the OTRS AG website.
OTRS is free software under the GNU Affero General Public License that stipulates that even service programs must provide their users open source even if they aren't specifically used on the desktop. Since 2007, OTRS has made its service management via ticketing available to firms that conform with ITIL.
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New Washington coach Chris Petersen has lured one Bellevue High School player away from a Pac-12 North rival.
Will another Bellevue star follow?
Shane Bowman, a 6-foot-4, 242-pound defensive end, announced Monday on Twitter his intentions to sign with Petersen and the Huskies, moments after backing off his long-standing commitment to attend Oregon State.
"I think it's a tremendous get for UW," Bellevue coach Butch Goncharoff said. "He's relentless. He's play hard every single snap … and he's one of the strongest kids we've ever had."
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Bowman's verbal commitment to UW comes three days after his Bellevue teammate, Budda Baker, announced that he was de-committing from Oregon and opening his recruitment again. Baker, The Seattle Times state player of the year, is expected to choose between UW and UCLA on the Feb. 5 national signing day.
"He's just trying to make sure," Goncharoff said of Baker. "He'll take his visits and then he'll figure out what's best for him and his family."
Bowman, rated as three-star recruit by Scout.com and 247sports.com, was a bit of a late bloomer in the recruiting circles. He accepted his first offer from a Pac-12 school, OSU, in July, but changed course after Petersen arrived at UW last month and offered Bowman a scholarship.
Bowman tweeted that the Beavers ultimately "were not the perfect fit for me."
Defensive tackle Greg Gaines, a three-star recruit from La Habra, Calif., committed on Sunday evening — becoming the third recruit to follow Petersen and flip his commitment from Boise State to UW.
Monday morning, kicker Tristan Vizcaino, a kicker out of La Verne, Calif., committed to the Huskies, switching from Washington State.
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Good morning everyone!
Some history, we have mixed environment of Dell Powerconnect 6248 switches and Cisco 3750 switches and a Cisco 6500 core for our Head office.
We have two VLANs 1 & 20 where 20 is used for our VoIP, therefore ports need to be configured to see both VLAN 1 & 20 so there were configured as trunk ports. However, because it is configured as a trunk port, PortFast will not be enabled.
The reason we are trying to trying to enable PortFast because STP is reporting topology changes in seconds! We want to clear up those entries in the logs to help resolve a VoIP issue where calls would intermittently drop.
Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!