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Later this month, the United Kingdom's ruling Labour Party will hold its yearly conference, and will take up the issue of national identification cards through the British Identity Act 2006. The ID cards are a link to a National Identity Register (NIR), or national database, and is collectively called "The National Identity Scheme." According to the British Passport and Identity Service Web site, "The National Identity Scheme is an easy-to-use and extremely secure system of personal identification for adults living in the UK. Its cornerstone is the introduction of national ID cards for all UK residents over the age of 16." But the registry and cards have many British people worried about privacy, security and identity theft.
Technology and Security
The cards -- compulsory for British citizens -- will link to the NIR. The registry will include 49 pieces of personal information on every person, with the option to add more required information. Names, addresses, phone numbers, former residences and national insurance and passport numbers will be accompanied by biometric information including fingerprints, facial and iris scans.
The scheme was created, in part, to make it extremely difficult for terrorists to create false IDs. Each card/account will include security information -- such as a personal identification number (PIN), a password and/or personal questions and answers to validate the identity of the card holder and thwart unauthorized attempts to access personal information. Such security measures are not new; most people who have an e-mail address from a Web site (Webmail) such as Hotmail or Yahoo! Mail are familiar with these security protocols.
The primary function of the cards is identification. Each card will have a photo of the owner, so it can be used much as driver's licenses are in the United States. But in addition to use as a picture ID, the cards can be scanned, linking to the accompanying account in the NIR. The Identity Verification Service will allow banks, doctors, Royal Mail (Post Office), video/DVD renters, universities, and retailers of all kinds to verify the identity of the cardholder, as well as have access, in varying degrees, to personal information. The Home Office believes many other organizations will use the service, but any who wish to will have to be accredited.
The Home Office expects the increased security of the scheme will make identity theft much more difficult, especially with the inclusion of biometric data, and will act as a deterrent. But opponents believe that the use of one single card/number used at every ID check, and accessed by millions, will lead to problems similar to the situation the United States is having with Social Security Numbers and identity theft.
Another reason for the scheme, which Prime Minister Tony Blair brought up in an August press conference, is the approximately 430,000 illegal immigrants in Britain. Blair told the press that "if you want to track illegal migration and organized crime... you have got to have identity cards. Any other solution simply will not work." This is why all foreign nationals, including European Union members, who are in the UK for three months or more will also have to apply for an ID card. Then cards will be checked using the Identity Verification Service to verify the work/immigration status of a potential employee.
Totalitarianism Shift
Many have called the implementation of national ID


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Keeping Up With The Kardashians: Sisters To Launch Own Credit CardOctober 30, 2010 12:00:41 by Allyson Wells
Keeping up with the Kardashians stars and sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloe Kardashian have no shortage of business opportunities. They just revealed that they are going to launch their own prepaid credit card. Now fans can shop with their favorite reality star sisters! The Kardashian sisters are teaming up with Mobile Resource Card to launch a prepaid Mastercard on November 10.
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America's Next Top Model: Esther's Thoughts On The ShowOctober 30, 2010 11:30:27 by Allyson Wells
The last two episodes of America's Next Top Model found 18-year-old Esther Petrack in the bottom two. Tyra Banks referred to Esther as her curvy sister, and gave Esther the unfortunate news that after a disastrous commercial photo shoot and lackluster runway show with Zac Posen, she was eliminated. Esther made quite an impression on her model competitors for being a Modern Orthodox Jewish model who practiced eating kosher. Esther recently spoke out on her experience with the show, Tyra Banks, and what it felt like to observe different religious practices while trying to be a model.
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Dancing With The Stars: Maksim Chmerkovskiy Has A New GirlfriendOctober 30, 2010 11:00:59 by Lisa Princ
Pro dancer, Maksim Chmerkovskiy of Dancing With The Stars on ABC is not only busy topping the scoreboard each week, but he is also going to be opening a dance studio with fellow pro Tony Dovolani. But that's not all that is keeping him busy these days, sorry ladies but it is now being reporting that our Ukrainian eye candy has a new girlfriend as well. Keep reading for all the details!
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The Real Housewives Of Atlanta: Kim Zolciak Rumored To Be PregnantOctober 30, 2010 10:00:36 by Allyson Wells
The Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak is reportedly pregnant and not sure who the father is. Kim's former girlfriend DJ Tracy Young is asserting that Kim is pregnant with her third child.
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The Bachelor-Travis Stork Says He Would Not Do The Show AgainOctober 30, 2010 08:00:15 by Allyson Wells
Former Bachelor star Dr. Travis Stork, and now star of the The Doctors, discovered Brad Womack is returning as The Bachelor. While Travis is totally comfortable appearing on television as a doctor, he says he would never return as The Bachelor.
Topics: ABC Reality TV Shows, The Bachelor | No Comments »
The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills: Camille Grammer Claims Kelsey Grammer Pushed Her To Do ShowOctober 29, 2010 03:00:14 by Allyson Wells
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille Grammer's divorce with Kelsey Grammer is getting uglier. Camille has found fame on the show, but is now insisting that Kelsey encouraged her to do the show only to cover up his alleged infidelity.
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The Biggest Loser: Jillian Michaels Fitness TipsOctober 29, 2010 02:00:50 by Lisa Princ
Would you like to workout and exercise like the contestants of The Biggest Loser on NBC do? Now is your chance as trainer Jillian Michaels has a new fitness game coming out this November and she recently shared her top ten fitness tips from the game. Keep reading for all the details!
Topics: NBC Reality TV Shows, The Biggest Loser | No Comments »
America's Got Talent: Nick Cannon And Mariah Carey Confirm PregnancyOctober 29, 2010 01:00:09 by Allyson Wells
America's Got Talent Host Nick Cannon and wife Mariah Carey have officially confirmed that they are expecting a baby. Mariah said on Thursday's edition of the "Today" show as part of a preview of a three-part "Access Hollywood" interview, "Yes, we are pregnant. This is true."
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Live To Dance: Paula Abdul's New Show Gets Premiere DateOctober 29, 2010 11:00:43 by Allyson Wells
 CBS has announced that Paula Abdul's new reality series, Live to Dance, will premiere on Tuesday January 4. The series premiere will begin with its own special two hour episode and then move to its regular time slot at 8 pm on Wednesdays beginning on January 5. The series will be broadcast live on Wednesdays starting January 12.
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Top Chef: Just Desserts: Halloween Treat Ideas From Dannielle KyrillosOctober 29, 2010 10:00:14 by Lori Wilson
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text: Our Verdict Awards 2012 Product of the Year - Radios. Best internet radio £150+ For Authoritative sound well-designed interface loads of ways to get content Against Some interface buttons might prove small for the sausage-fingered Reviewed on 12th October 2012 The original Revo AXiS wowed us last year – and picked up an Award into the bargain – thanks to its huge feature list, great performance and classy design. The new XS clearly has a lot to live up to… New for this Revo Axis XS version is an updated design, the ability to stream content via Bluetooth, a side-mounted USB port for charging your device (be it iOS or Android) and a remote (the original's was an optional extra). You still get the first Axis's features too, of course: FM, DAB/DAB+, Last.fm, network streaming, iPod dock and an internet radio tuner. There's also the obligatory clock-radio functionality. Revo Axis XS: Sound qualityAs with the original, we've no complaints with the XS's sound. Like its predecessor, it's punchy for its size, keeps a firm hand on midrange and ensures that treble frequencies never become hard or unruly. It's a mono design, though, so don't expect a huge soundstage. The touchscreen interface, meanwhile, is cracking. It's logical and provides plenty of info. More after the break The XS really is a pleasure to use. Feature-packed and displaying a fine facility with sound, we really can't recommend it enough. MORE: Best DAB digital radios See all our radio reviews Follow whathifi.com on Twitter Join whathifi.com on Facebook Related News Pure Highway brings DAB radio and Spotify Connect to the car Wed, 02 Mar 2016, 11:41am Imagination Tech confirms Pure radio business up for sale Mon, 08 Feb 2016, 05:31pm Pure radio business set to be sold Mon, 25 Jan 2016, 11:33am Listeners complain about changes to BBC internet radio streaming Tue, 10 Nov 2015, 05:31pm 14 best deals on What Hi-Fi? Awards winners Fri, 30 Oct 2015, 02:37pm AXiS XS Hi-Fi Radios Revo


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Our staff work around Washington state and into southern British Columbia, including two main offices in Bellingham and Seattle. Conservation Northwest field staff and contractors also live in Olympia, Twisp, Omak, Orient, Vancouver and Whistler, working throughout Washington and British Columbia.
Our staff work around Washington state and into southern British Columbia, including two main offices in Bellingham and Seattle.
Conservation Northwest field staff and contractors also live in Olympia, Twisp, Omak, Orient, Vancouver and Whistler, working throughout Washington and British Columbia.
- Use our online form to contact a staff member.
- For media inquiries, please visit our Press Room or contact chase (at) conservationnw.org.
- Visit our Contact us page for more options.
- Learn about our staff and contractors working on the Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative, mountain caribou recovery and other conservation efforts in British Columbia.
The Conservation Northwest team at our September 2015 staff retreat. Photo: Paul Bannick
Jeff Baierlein, Development and Communications Director
206.675.9747 x 204, jeff (at) conservationnw.org
Jeff brings to Conservation Northwest 26 years of experience with environmental and wilderness organizations. His background is in nonprofit leadership, fundraising, education and advocacy, including serving as Executive Director of the Hoh River Trust; connecting, protecting and restoring wildlife habitat on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. He also led wilderness-based programs as Executive Director with both Outward Bound and the Boojum Institute. Jeff has served on the Washington State Governor's Task Force on Environmental Education and on several nonprofit boards. He has undergraduate degrees in Environmental Education and Human Development from Prescott College and a Master's of Science in Management from Antioch University.
Paul Bannick, Major Gifts Director
206.675.9747 x 202, pbannick (at) conservationnw.org
Paul heads up our major gifts program out of Seattle. Paul has worked in major gifts since 2001. Before that, he worked for 15 years in the high tech field, helping grow Aldus into the top force in desktop publishing, then later working with Adobe and Microsoft. An accomplished naturalist and winner of national and international photography awards, Paul has a passion for nature. His first book, The Owl and The Woodpecker, features the natural history of all 41 species of North American owls and woodpeckers and their roles as keystone and indicator species.
Natalie Doerr, Foundation Relations Manager
206.675.9747 x 206, ndoerr (at) conservationnw.org
Natalie loves to combine her passions for biology and writing, so she was thrilled to join Conservation Northwest to manage the team's grant writing and foundation relations efforts. Natalie has a Ph.D. in behavioral ecology and a BA in English literature. She previously worked as a grant writer for an orthopedic research group in Seattle. She has published many scientific articles on wildlife, and her research on bowerbirds has been featured in National Geographic, Science Daily, and BBC One Planet. She lives in Redmond and enjoys cooking, gardening, and filming her husband's skateboarding exploits.
Mitch Friedman, Executive Director
360.671.9950 x 113, mitch (at) conservationnw.org
Mitch Friedman never held the same job for longer than a few months prior to founding Conservation Northwest. He has served as Executive Director since 1989. He has a degree in zoology from the University of Washington and is the father of two. His biography makes for good reading!
Nina Gruber, Auction Coordinator
206.675.9747 x 207, nina (at) conservationnw.org
Nina is a desert child whose love for the land grew in the fertile Sonoran Desert. By working on urban and rural farms, trekking through diverse landscapes, and eating her way across cultures, Nina has landed in Seattle to combine all her favorite activities. Building on her interdisciplinary degree from NYU focused on our relationship with our land as expressed by food and environmentalism, Nina was previously our Special Events Intern working on our 2015 auction. She is now planning our 2016 Hope for a Wild Future Auction and Dinner. She hopes to continue to celebrate our connection with the wild lands of the Pacific Northwest through events and fundraising.
Chase Gunnell, Deputy Communications Director
206.675.9747 x 209, chase (at) conservationnw.org
Chase got his start in communications as a reporter and student leader at Washington State University. After college, he coordinated media and outreach events for a statewide political campaign, worked on corporate accounts for Starbucks Coffee Company, and spent several years as a public affairs consultant at Cocker Fennessy in Seattle, where he worked with many Northwest tribes and as a lobbyist in Olympia. Chase grew up hiking, mountaineering, and hunting in Washington's wild places, and can often be found fishing on a Northwest river with his bird dog, Gillian. In his spare time, Chase is an active volunteer on salmon and steelhead conservation issues.
Aleah Jaeger, Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project Coordinator and Membership Associate
206.675.9747 x 201, aleah (at) conservationnw.org
Aleah received her bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and Sociology from Whitman College. A Eugene native with a lifelong passion for wildlife conservation, she grew up backpacking, mountain climbing with her dad, kayaking and biking in the San Juan Islands, and cross country skiing at Mount Bachelor. She interned with Conservation Northwest and worked as a contractor for the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition before taking on her current role coordinating the Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project. She is thrilled to be working with, and learning from, the Conservation Northwest staff once again. In her free time, she can be found hiking, tirelessly looking for orcas, attempting to play guitar, and practicing French.
Jay Kehne, Conservation Associate, Range Rider Pilot Project manager
509.470.1767, jkehne (at) conservationnw.org
Jay joined Conservation Northwest after a 31-year career with the USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service where he put his wildlife biology and soils degrees to work providing conservation assistance to farmers, ranchers, and landowners in eastern Washington. He served for many years as resource conservation and development coordinator for Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties. Jay lives in Omak with his wonderful wife Rita and two children on six acres overlooking the Okanogan River. He loves to ski, backpack, hike, hunt, raise a big garden, hobby farm, cook, and meet, talk, and share ideas with all kinds of folks.
Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate
Alaina received her undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies at Gonzaga University and has since crossed the Cascades to live in the rain. She grew up backpacking, hanging out in the backwoods of her family's property in Northeast Washington, and enduring lessons from her dad on native plant species (but has since come to deeply appreciate botany). Alaina is excited to combine her love of the written word and her passion for wild things in her work. In her free time she can be found reading, exploring the Pacific Northwest hiking scene, or attempting to knit a wearable pair of socks.
Juhi LaFuente, Membership Assistant
Juhi works as a membership assistant in the Bellingham Office. She currently attends WWU pursuing a BS in Marine Ecology from Huxley College of the Environment. Throughout high school Juhi was highly involved at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. The knowledge she gained and the interactions she had through volunteering influenced her decision to major in marine ecology. With her degree she would like to continue to help educate and inspire people to care about the ocean. In her free time, Juhi enjoys spending as much time outdoors as possible. She loves backpacking and tidepooling on the Olympic Peninsula.
Joel Litwin, Web contractor
Joel is a web consultant who came to us after years of working in marketing and sales for the Oceanic Society in San Francisco and Northern Lights Expeditions in Bellingham. He now works for Airporter Shuttle. A former mountain climber, Joel was attracted to the heavily glaciated North Cascades, though he now prefers less life-threatening pursuits. An accomplished professional percussionist, he has played with many groups, including the LA-based Latin band, Incendio.
Jenni Minier, Grizzly Bear Outreach Coordinator
Jenni's passion for the being in the mountains is both an asset and detriment to her work at Conservation Northwest. When she's not tied to the computer or on the phone, you will find her in the North Cascades, trying to squeeze three day trips into two -- always on the look out for elusive North Cacades wildlife. She's a skier and a climber and is determined to share her enthusiasm and appreciation for wildlife and the outdoors with others. Jenni is a graduate of Western Washington University with a BS in Environmental Science and an MS in Geography with a focus on Transboundary Natural Resource Management. Jenni works on contract as our Grizzly Bear Outreach Coordinator.
Erin Moore, Publications contractor
Erin has worked 30 years in publishing, including at the Northwest Passage newspaper in Seattle in the mid-'80s and as communication specialist at Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance in the '90s. She has a master's in forest ecology from the University of Washington, researching forest soils, tree roots, and fungi. She edits, designs, gardens, and prunes professionally. She supports our newsletter as a contractor.
Pat Roberts, Fiscal Manager360.671.9950 x 119, proberts (at) conservationnw.org
Pat grew up surrounded by the scenic wildness of northeast Minnesota. Lured by a photo of Bellingham Bay and Mt. Baker featured on the catalog cover, she enrolled at Western Washington University in 1970. According to Pat, you can take the girl out of Minnesota, but you can't take Minnesota out of the girl - though she certainly doesn't miss swatting mosquitoes or enduring below zero temperatures! An accountant with 25 years experience, she served as fiscal manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters before coming to work for Conservation Northwest. On free weekends you will find her relaxing at her Lake Samish home or out in the woods with her husband, Mike.
Joe Scott, International Programs Director360.671.9950 x 111, jscott (at) conservationnw.org
Joe graduated with a BS in finance from Boston College. Joe has been with Conservation Northwest since 1998 and has managed our British Columbia program for the entirety of his tenure. His work embraces endangered species including mountain caribou and grizzly bears. A coalition effort he helped spearhead, the Mountain Caribou Project, successfully gained a mountain caribou recovery plan from the BC government, protecting more than 5 million acres of caribou habitat in BC's Columbia Mountains. Joe now leads our trans-boundary grizzly bear recovery efforts in the North Cascades and southwestern BC, working closely with the Sta'at'imc First Nations and other conservation partners.
Julia Spencer, Development and Membership Manager
360.671.9950 x 110, julia (at) conservationnw.org
Growing up on the Olympic Peninsula surrounded by the Olympic Mountains, the ocean, and the incredible rain forests left a strong impression on Julia and a passion for protecting wild landscapes. It may explain the plant jungle she's created in her office, too! Her interest in protecting our environment led her to gain a BA in environmental policy from Huxley College of the Environment at WWU. Prior to Conservation Northwest she worked at the state legislature and Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association. For fun, she helps organize the Subdued Stringband Jamboree music festival each August just outside of Bellingham.
Paula Swedeen, Carnivore Policy Lead
Paula Sweeden is Conservation Northwest's part-time, contracted Carnivore Policy Lead working out of Olympia. She represents us on wildlife policy issues at the state capitol and beyond, including wolf conservation, Canada lynx, grizzly, fisher, wolverine, cougars, and other forest carnivores. Paula has worked on habitat conservation issues around the Pacific Northwest for 24 years and even served on Conservation Northwest's board in the early '90s. She worked for 12 years as a wildlife biologist and endangered species policy analyst with WDFW and DNR, and now serves on Washington's Forest Practices Board and the citizen Wolf Advisory Board. Her recent work involves creating markets and ecosystem service payments to incentivize better habitat conditions on private lands where the regulatory reach is limited. Paula has a B.S. in Biology from Indiana University, a Masters of Environmental Studies and Political Science from Western Washington University, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis on Ecological Economics from the Union Institute.
Jen Watkins, Conservation Associate, I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition coordinator206.675.9747 x 203, jen (at) conservationnw.org
Jen began working with Conservation Northwest in 2001 as part of the outreach team for The Cascades Conservation Partnership. She continues to work on connectivity issues in the Central Cascades with the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition and with our national forests program on the Okanogan-Wenatchee and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forests. Jen graduated from the University of Washington's College of Forest Resources and has a strong interest in community collaborations and wildlife connectivity.
Dave Werntz, Science and Conservation Director360.319.9949, dwerntz (at) conservationnw.org
Dave is a forest ecologist long involved in Pacific Northwest conservation efforts. Originally introduced to wilderness in the northern Great Lakes region, Dave quickly recognized the global importance of large wild landscapes and their remnant populations of lynx, grizzly, and wolf in Washington's Cascade Mountains. He is also an expert at calling spotted owls.
George Wooten, Conservation Associate, Okanogan Forest field staff509.997.6010, gwooten (at) conservationnw.org
George came to Twisp, Washington, to discover wild nature, only to find it being systematically dismantled by resource extraction. With a background in botany, computers and chemistry, George worked for 10 years with the Okanogan National Forest on grizzly bear habitat evaluation, research natural areas protection, and timber sale evaluations for wildlife habitat. After fighting in the 1994 fires, George left the agency to work as a consultant on projects including roadless mapping, wetlands delineation, surveys for legal challenges to unsound developments, K-12 teacher education, and wildfire behavior mapping. He also teaches local community college courses in computer applications and botany.
Abbey, Twisp hospitality coordinator
Before moving to Twisp with her humans, Abbey had been helping out in the Bellingham office since she was eight weeks old. The staff rely on Abbey for relaxation, fun, and her warm, affectionate greetings. Abbey especially enjoys Conservation Northwest field trips and hikes, and is an expert at tracking, wilderness exploration, edible grass identification, and sniffing for voles and other small rodents.
Lucy, Office friend
Friendly Boston terrier Lucy spends a lot of her time inside the Seattle office and outside in the Cascades! She has more energy than all the rest of us put together, and reminds us regularly that directed action can be very fruitful.
Gillian, Chief birdwatcher
Often found in our Seattle office on Tuesdays and Fridays, Gillian has a keen eye for anything with wings and an appetite for elk scat. She loves assisting with our Gold Creek habitat restoration parties and is skilled at digging holes for native plants and shrubs. Gillian also enjoys bushwhacking into the backcountry to help check wildlife monitoring cameras, though she believes we're wasting wolverine lure by not letting her roll in it.
In addition to our full- and part-time staff, we employ contractors, scientists, foresters and field technicians to further our work for a wilder Northwest.


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During the past several weeks, the professional and volunteer leaders of the Allied Jewish Federation have been meeting with their counterparts at Jewish organizations and institutions across the community to assess the impact of the economy on the Denver-Boulder Jewish community.
The impact is significant. Revenues and charitable contributions are declining while requests for assistance and the costs of doing business are increasing.
At a recent meeting of the federation's coordinating council, it approved a seven-point economic response plan:
• Demonstrating empathy for those in-need, for their community partners whose resources are not sufficient to meet the rapidly growing needs of the community, and for the donors who may be unable to maintain their past levels of giving.
• Creating an economic relief fund that would offer additional financial resources to communal organizations providing social safety net and other vital assistance to those unable to meet their basic needs.
• Delaying the Jewish Colorado Tomorrow capital and endowment campaign for up to a year to enable the participating agencies — and their donors — to focus their efforts on meeting the more immediate, increased needs created by the economic downturn.
An exception will be in Boulder, whose community will continue to raise funds to build a new JCC because its current facility is no longer able to meet the community's needs.
• Encouraging people who are able give to make the federation's flagship fund a priority when they make their gifts to the community's 2009 annual campaign.
It is the flagship fund that enables federation and local communal agencies to provide social safety net and other vital assistance during "normal" times, and serves as a foundation to provide increased assistance during more challenging times like these.
• Working with communal agencies and synagogues to provide volunteer opportunities, offering people the chance to make a difference in the community. This will serve as an effective antidote to the feelings of helplessness and hopelessness that can sometimes set in during times of emotional and financial distress.
• Increasing operational efficiency by reducing the federation's full time headcount by 15% through consolidating and outsourcing jobs, eliminating non-essential programs and travel, and by engaging community partners in discussions to create additional efficiencies where appropriate.
• Reassuring the community that the federation is responding to this situation by communicating the plan.
Federation President and CEO Doug Seserman said, "The current economic environment is a situation unlike anything any of us — or the world — has experienced in our lifetimes.
"For more than 60 years, the work of federation has been to help provide social safety net and other vital assistance here in Colorado, in Israel, and around the world –– in good times, and in bad.
"Though the challenges our community is presented with are great — perhaps greater than they have ever been — the federation is trying hard to provide the leadership and resources necessary to mobilize a coordinated communal response, and to help ensure that our community's needs are met until this situation is resolved."


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Owing to the weather, the March of Dimes has postponed tomorrow's March for Babies event and rescheduled it for Saturday, May 8th. Please call them at 797 6771 if you have any questions. You can continue to fundraise and if you need them to pick up any money, give them a call.
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text: Seniors need foster homes, too Posted on Jun 19 , 2013 by Sharon, shelter outreach coordinator Print Home > Blog > Foster Pets > Seniors need foster homes, too Tags: foster cat, senior pets Recently, I went to a class at an animal shelter and I wound up coming home with 2 foster cats. While the seniors have always struck me more than any other age, these two were a special case. Their names are Pye and Kimby, and they have lived together for the last 14 years. Pye is 14 and Kimby is 16. Sadly, their owner passed away in March and his family had no option other than surrendering the cats to the shelter. The had been doing well, until Pye's eating slowed noticeably and it was clear he was depressed and was shutting down. Once I heard this and realized the grim outlook, I offered to foster them both right away. Pye is shy, so I held him for his photo The good news is that after a week and a half of fluids and of hand-feeding fresh fish cooked especially for him (I think maybe he milked this longer than necessary), Pye was back to his old self. He is now off fluids and eating plenty of canned and dry food.Pye is warming up to me nicely, and Kimby is taking her own time getting there. They will both remain with me until – er, IF – they find a permanent home. You can see their Petfinder profile here Kimby stays pretty quiet, spending time primarily in the master bedroom and the bathroom. The rewards of fostering any animal can be extremely heartwarming. There are so many animals out there in need of a foster home. You can choose from kittens, puppies, adults, adolescents, and seniors. You can follow this link for numerous articles regarding cat fostering, and this article regarding the importance of foster homes for cats. Are you more of a dog person? We have many articles on that, too! Share this Article: Print


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10 Persistent Myths About Smoking
Have you bought into these smoking myths? Experts set the record straight.
By David Freeman
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Smoking in America is down -- but not out. Today, 20% of U.S. adults are smokers, compared to 45% in 1965, when smoking was at its peak. But even at the current level of tobacco use, an estimated 440,000 Americans per year lose their lives to lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, or other smoking-related illnesses. On average, smokers die 14 years before nonsmokers, and half of all smokers who don't quit are killed by their habit.
People start smoking for many reasons. Many continue to puff away because they buy into certain persistent myths about tobacco use. Here are 10 of those myths, and the truth about each.
Myth: My other healthy habits may make up for my smoking.
Some smokers justify their habit by insisting that proper nutrition and lots of exercise are enough to keep them healthy. Not so.
"Research shows that eating a healthy diet and exercising don't reduce the health risks associated with smoking," says Ann M. Malarcher, PhD, senior scientific advisor in the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. "Smoking affects every organ system in the body, and thinking that you're going to find the perfect lifestyle to counteract the effects of smoking is just not realistic."


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Too many threads on this site consist of people generalizing the effects of hair loss, people's reaction to hair loss etc. Nobody on here can say with authority how ''bald men are perceived by humanity'' or how balding ''dooms'' us. For starters, these are all delusional and biased ideas as they come entirely from bald/ balding men who have joined this forum.
This is a great place to look for options or vent about how hair loss has impacted YOUR life, but to say people are 'wrong' for thinking hair loss isn't the end of the world, or to dictate how hard it will be to get good looking girls once you lose your hair is ridiculous. One man's life can be ruined by baldness, whilst another can be barely affected. It doesn't make either one a better person, or a less delusional person, they're just simply different people.
So stop blaming ''society'' (the most sickeningly overused word on this forum) for perceiving you as a monster, in fact, f**k society. The only thing that matters (cheesy I know) is how you feel about your situation. If society suddenly became completely tolerant and understanding towards balding- would you then immediately be fine with your hair loss? Probably not.


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Perdition just a vote away
Wielding everything but tambourines and axes, a parade of witnesses Tuesday warned the state Senate Law & Justice Committee that private-sector sales of alcoholic beverages will lead the commonwealth to perdition, even as most of them urged the state government to keep on selling the dangerous stuff to citizens.
The committee conducted a hearing on the House-passed bill that gradually would convert the state wine and spirits retail and wholesale monopoly into a free-market system, with the state government licensing and regulating the industry and enforcing relevant laws.
According to many witnesses, allowing private sector merchants rather than government clerks to sell wine and spirts will lead to increases in alcoholism, divorce, poverty, unemployment, crime, out-of-wedlock births, car crashes, teen drinking, teen pregnancy and mental illness.
That scenario holds that Pennsylvania, which as the most heavily controlled system, should be an island of sobriety and virtue in a national sea of alcohol-induced social chaos. Yet it isn't.
To be sure, alcohol is powerful stuff. It contributes to all of the ills, in every state, that the various witnesses described. But it is a stretch to attach those problems to the point of sale rather than to the host of societal factors that determine consumption and abuse. And the product's dangerous nature raises further questions about the state government selling it.
Even with its controlled system, Pennsylvania is around the middle of the statistical pack for adverse consequences of alcohol consumption, including factors such as arrests, drunken driving, underage consumption and so on.
Many witnesses focused on the potential impact of privatization on underage drinking. Yet most underage drinkers choose beer, followed by hard cider or sweet malt-based drinks, rather than wine or spirits. If the state's involvement in booze sales really were a matter of public safety, the commonwealth would have to be the only vendor of beer.
Privatization opponents contend that a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report on alcohol is a warning against conversion. But the CDC also has reported that Pennsylvania, under state control, has a higher rate of alcohol-attributable deaths than five of six surrounding states, while Mothers Against Drunk Driving rates the state 35th in DUI safety, worse than all surrounding states but Delaware.
The House-passed bill is a poor one, primarily because it panders to some private interests. But he privatization concept is sound. The Senate should pass a better bill of its own.
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The hubs are all mine, baby. Apparently Jame Carney rode them, too. Hope he wasn't too hard on them.
The hubs are all mine, baby. Apparently Jame Carney rode them, too. Hope he wasn't too hard on them.
nice score. have fun on them!
*****. that acution's over? i forgot to bid.
oh, wait, that's more than i was willing to pay. carry on.
Way too much...Originally Posted by baxtefer
how much did the damn things go for?
200 and some change
that doesn't seem too bad at all.
for used hubs of dubious condition, lacking track nuts?
considering I can get a set at my LBS for $300 CAD, that's expensive.
i guess you're right....
and they don't even come with axle nuts for the front.Originally Posted by raygunner
nice buy. i was watching those.
if what the seller said was true and the hubs are ridden by a pro, then those hubs must've gone through quite a bit of abuse. I bid on those, but didn't want them that badly.
Shouldn't this be under the CL/Ebay thread?
"Oh, I see. Running away, eh? You yellow bastard. Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off."
I'm just wondering how "discolobster" in Hurst, Texas got a hold of Jame Carney's hubs? The same discolobster that is selling a broken ipod mini with no hardware.
edit: I changed my mind, that guy has some nice *****
Dsicolobster is Josh Kerkohf. It's no wonder he has nice stuff for sale. (If anybody thinks posting his name is not cool, tell me and I'll get rid of this post - I'm not sure if his real name is in his ebay account somewhere, but it doesnt seem like a big secret. I hope I'm not being insensitive to his privacy.)
Yeah, getting the dura ace front nuts will be easy thanks to friends in nice bike shops. I'm certainly happy with the purchase. I didn't intend to top 170 or so but I got the itchy ebay finger. No regrets.


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Last month Forrester published a report on the group travel market titled "How Travel eBusiness Can Better Serve The Small Leisure Group Segment." Here's their summary:
"Forty-six percent of US online leisure travelers are group travelers — those who have taken at least one group trip with others outside their immediate household. While the travel industry has focused the majority of its group booking strategies and technologies on groups of 10 or more travelers, a very important group has been underserved and ignored: the small group market. Thirty percent of group trips are composed of small groups of five to nine travelers. Small group travelers are more likely to research and book travel online when compared with larger groups of 10 or more travelers, making them a very attractive online audience."
You can get your copy at Forrester.com.
Looking for more information on the group travel market? Check out:
A recent study from Orbitz.
This summary of PhoCusWright's 2007 Groups & Meetings report.
Some early TripHub data posted way back in 2006.


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Western, TWE execute development agreement for TransWest Express Transmission Project
A major milestone for the TransWest Express Transmission Project was reached Friday as the Western Area Power Administration and TransWest Express LLC announced an agreement to fund the project's $50 million development phase.
The TWE Project development phase will determine the feasibility of constructing and operating a 725-mile, 600-kilovolt, direct current transmission line that would facilitate renewable energy delivery from Wyoming to the southwestern United States. The project would interconnect with the existing transmission grid near Rawlins, Wyo., and the Marketplace Hub, near Las Vegas, Nev.
Western's Transmission Infrastructure Program will use its U.S. Treasury borrowing authority under the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act amendement to the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to fund 50 percent of the development phase. TWE , LLC will fund the other $25 million.
The press release in its entirety can be read in Western's online Newsroom.
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May 11, 2013
Day One ResultsDay Two Heat Sheets
Through the first day of competition at the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships, the UCLA men's and women's squads currently sit in first (53.5 pts.) and third place (33 pts.), respectively. The Bruins earned one event victory and picked up points from many strong performances at USC's Cromwell Field and Katherine B. Loker Stadium.
Junior captain Mike Woepse led the way for all Bruins Saturday, claiming the Pac-12 men's pole vault title in a season-best effort 5.46m/17-11. This is the first conference title for Woepse, who has previously finished third (2012) and 13th (2011). Woepse passed on all heights until his previous season-best, 5.16m/16-11, and cruised through his first two heights without a miss. He missed on his first attempt at 5.46m, but was able to clear the bar on his second attempt to secure the conference title. Click here to see a clip of Woepse's winning vault.
Other key final performances included second place finishes from Kylie Price (long jump) and Nicholas Scarvelis (shot put), and third place results from Ida Storm (hammer), Michael Perry (long jump) and Derek Eager (javelin).
UCLA Track & Field also had a very successful day on the track, qualifying athletes in all but four running events. Below is a recap of all of the events from Day One.
The 2013 Pac-12 Tack & Field Championships resume tomorrow, Sunday, May 12, at 9 am PT with the men's hammer throw. Running event finals kick off with the women's 4x100m relay final at 1 pm PT. For live results, please click here.
Track Events
Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final - No entries.
Women's 10,000m Final - UCLA scored six points in the event. Senior Katja Goldring finished fourth (35.50.42, five team points) and sophomore Bronte Golick placed eighth (36.28.54, one team point).
Women's 4 X 100m Relay (qual.) - The decision was made to scratch the qualifying races for the men's and women's 4x100m relays. All teams will advance to tomorrow's finals.
Women's 1500m (qual.) - In Heat One, junior Rachel Butler finished 11th (4:33.94) and in heat two, senior Sarah Toberty also placed 11th (4:35.62) and both runners did not advance to Sunday's final.
Women's 100m Hurdles (qual.) - The Bruins qualified two runners to Sunday's final, sophomore No. 1 seed Trinity Wilson. Buchanan won heat three (13.03, w-1.7, second-best qualifying mark) and in Heat Two, Wilson placed second (personal-best 13.40, w-3.6, No. 5 qualifying mark). In Heat One, sophomore Kimberly Conner finished sixth (personal legal best 14.16, w-1.8) and did not advance to Sunday's final. At last weekend's conference multi-event championships at USC, Conner placed sixth (personal-best 5,165 points) in the heptathlon to earn the Bruins three team points.
Women's 400m (qual.) - UCLA did not advance a runner to Sunday's final but both UCLA runners ran personal-bests in the prelims. In Heat One sophomore Ally Courtnall finished third (54.18) and sophomore Katherine Reid placed sixth (55.86).
Women's 100m (qual.) - UCLA advanced three runners, sophomores Trinity Wilson (Heat Two, sixth-place, personal-best 12.06, w1.1).
Women's 800m (qual.) - The Bruins qualified one runner for Sunday's final, senior Danielle Low who placed fifth in Heat One (2:09.80, No.7 overall qualifier). Junior Tiffany LaMar ran in Heat Two and finished seventh (2:33.56).
Women's 400m Hurdles (qual.) - Senior Laurie Femmel also ran in the first heat, finishing fifth (1:02.97) and will not advance to tomorrow's final.
Women's 200m (qual.) - The Bruins did not qualify anyone for Sunday's final. In Heat One, senior Kelly Rhines was fifth (personal-best 24.07, w1.2).
Men's 4x100m Relay (qual.) - The decision was made to scratch the qualifying races for the men's and women's 4x100m relays. All teams will advance to tomorrow's finals.
Men's 1,500m (qual.) - In Heat One of the men's 1,500m qualifiers, junior transfer Daniel Herrera finished in sixth place. (3:49.61). Herrera got off to a strong start, and led for the race's first 700m, but could not sustain his lead through the home stretch. He did not qualify for Sunday's championship race.
Men's 100mH (qual.) - In the midst of the men's pole vault competition, senior Dominic Giovannoni took to the track for the 100m hurdles qualifiers. Following a restart, Giovannoni ran a lifetime best 14.40 (-1.6w) to finish second in Heat Two. Through all three heats, his time is fifth overall, putting him in position to qualify for tomorrow's final.
Men's 400m (qual.) - Freshman Tyler Brown ran a personal-best 47.54 in Heat Two of the men's 400m dash Saturday in a third place effort. Two heats later, sophomore Pete Lauderdale ran 47.27 to finish third overall in Heat Four. Although neither Bruin was able to win his heat to secure an automatic bid to the finals, Lauderdale's result is sufficient to make him the seventh athlete to qualify for the event final.
Men's 100m (qual.) - Senior captain Yusef Merriweather took fourth place in Heat One of the event's qualifiers with a wind-aided time of 10.42. Merriweather's result puts him in the ninth spot overall, one short of a qualifying position.
Men's 800m (qual.) - Freshmen Alexander Monsivaiz and Nick Hartle shined Saturday in the men's 800m qualifier, each claiming first place in their respective heats. In Heat One, Monsivaiz ran 1:50.16 on his way to an automatic qualifying result. In Heat Two, Hartle battled back in the last 100m to overtake Oregon's Boru Guyota, posting a winning time of 1:49.09. This mark is a lifetime best for Hartle, who improved one full second upon his previous PR set just last week at the Oxy Invite. Both advance to tomorrow's final.
Men's Steeplechase Final - Senior captain David McDonald had a very strong performance in the men's steeplechase, picking up three points for the UCLA men in a sixth place finish (8:55.28; lifetime best).
Men's 400mH (qual.) - In Heat Two of the men's 400m hurdles, freshman Jarrett Gonzales finished in fourth place (53.01; lifetime best). Although Gonzales was unable to capture an automatic bid (only the heat winners are guaranteed for this event), his performance has earned him the eighth and final qualifying spot in tomorrow's final.
Men's 200m (qual.) - The sprinting duo of Yusef Merriweather took to the track for the second time today in the qualifying races for the men's 200m event. Max Dyce claimed a spot in tomorrow's final with a winning performance in Heat Three (20.85), qualifying just behind Trojan duo Aaron Brown (20.47) and Bryshon Nellum (20.63). In Heat One, Merriweather ran to a third place finish (21.32), good enough for tenth overall.
Men's 10,000m Final - In the final event of the day, redshirt sophomore Dustin Fay (30:04.87) and redshirt freshman Sergey Sushchikh (30:30.39) finished tenth and twelfth, respectively.
Field Events
Women's Hammer Throw Final - Junior school record holder (223-3) Ida Storm finished third (65.72m/215-7, fifth attempt), to pickup six team points for the Bruins.
Women's Long Jump Final - The Bruins scored eight points with sophomore Kylie Price placing second, jumping a wind-aided personal-best 6.55m/21-6.00 (w2.9) and the winner, Arizona State's Christabel Nettey (6.68m/21-11.00, 1.9w) setting a stadium record. Sophomore Faith Anumba finished 10th (personal-best 5.97m/19-7, 1.0w).
Women's High Jump Final - UCLA scored two points in the high jump as freshman Caroline Gyllenbern finished seventh, with a leap of 5-8.75 (1.75m). Also competing for the Bruins were junior Mariah Gibson (10th-place, 1.75m/5-8.75), sophomore Zibby Boyer (12th-place, 1.70m/5-7) and junior Tatum Souza (19th-place tie, 1.65m/5-5). At last weekend's Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships at USC, Souza earned eight team points for the Bruins by placing second (personal-best 5,624 points, No. 7 UCLA all-time) in the heptathlon. In the women's high jump Arizona's Brigetta Barrett won the event and set the collegiate record, with a mark of 1.99m/6-6.25, besting UCLA's Amy Acuff's mark of 1.98m/6-6, set at the 1995 Pac-10 Championships.
Women's Javelin Final - No entries.
Women's Shot Put Final - In preliminary competition, junior Tatum Souza, competing in her third event of the day, had a mark 12.18m/39-11.50 and did not advance to the final.
Men's Pole Vault Final - Junior captain Mike Woepse claimed the men's pole vault title Saturday, clearing a season-best 5.46m/17-11. Woepse was one of three Bruin men to earn points in this event, as Dominic Giovannoni (5.06m/16-7.25) and Mark Sakioka (J5.06m/16-7.25; season best) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Men's Shot Put Final - The Bruin men claimed 12 points in the men's shot put, courtesy of big performances from two athletes both making their Pac-12 Championships debuts. Redshirt freshman Nicholas Scarvelis added eight points to the Bruins overall team score with a second-place finish (17.88m/58-8), and redshirt junior Julian Wruck contributed four points of his own in a fifth-place effort (17.01m/55-9.75;personal best). Senior Nigel Davies finished ninth overall (16.83m/55-2.75; season best).
Men's Long Jump Final - Junior Blake Selig also saw action in today's long jump event (6.82m/22-4.5w), but was unable to advance to the finals.
Men's Javelin Final - In the men's final field event of the day, redshirt sophomore Derek Eager led the Bruins with a third place finish (66.14m/217-0) in the men's javelin throw. This marks the second of back-to-back third place finishes at the Pac-12 Championships for Eager. Teammates Marcus Nilsson (58.01m/190-4) and Carlo Valdes (57.84m/189-9) finished 15th and 17th, respectively.
Women's Team Scoring (through eight events)
1. Arizona, 60 points
2. Arizona State, 45 points
3. UCLA, 33 points
4. Stanford, 32 points
5. Oregon, 30.50 poitns
6. Colorado, 27 points
7. Washington State, 23 points
7. Washington, 23 points
9. California, 20.50 points
10. USC, 9 points
11. Oregon State, 6 points
12. Utah, 3 points
Men's Team Scoring (through seven events)
1. UCLA, 53.50 points
2. Oregon, 49.50 points
3. Washington, 37 points
4. Colorado, 34 points
5. Arizona State, 29 points
6. California, 22 points
7. Stanford, 14 points
8. Arizona, 12 points
8. USC, 12 points
10. Washington State, 10 points


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Arsenal's transfer policies are confusing. At least, they are to me. In recent seasons we have seen how Arsenal have allowed some of the best players in football walk out their door because they are not prepared to break their wage structure, or because they are more concerned with maintaining profit margins than winning trophies.
Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy and most recently Robin Van Persie are some of the big names that The Gunners have let slip into the open arms of rivals in the Premier League or overseas (in the case of Fabregas).
Today's story is another baffling one. Carlos Vela, 23, could be returning to north London. After purchasing Vela in 2005 he was loaned out by Arsenal 2 seasons in a row due to work permit issues. Vela played well for Arsenal from 2008 to 2011 but was again loaned out, this time to West Brom in January 2011.
He spent last season again on loan to Real Sociedad and managed to secure a permanent contract at the Spanish side this summer.
After such an up and down few years, yo-yoing between countries and clubs, one would have thought Vela might seek a certain level of balance in his career. A move back to Arsenal seems highly unlikely after finally finding a permanent home in Spain.
This rumour has likely surfaced due to the current situation with contract rebel Theo Walcott. Walcott will have plenty of suitors when his contract expires and he would be sorely missed at Arsenal. If the powers that be at Arsenal cannot pull their finger out and put a pen in his hand, there will surely be a gap to fill in Arsenal's squad.
Having been passed around like a peace pipe by Arsenal since his arrival I would be flabbergasted if a) Arsenal saw Vela as a replacement for Theo Walcott and b) He would even open an email from Arsene Wenger, let alone more contract talks.
Wenger shuld buy a better players not some one like Vela.
I dont know about this being crap. if u go onto the premier league website and look up players there are a number of players who we are led to believe that have left the club. yet according the site they are listed as active players. its a strange one as it appears to be very up to date with regards to players that have arrived but not of those that have supposedly departed.
Arsenal FC board truely lacks ambition.How much will it cost the board to keep a proven player like Theo?Why not sell the surplus to requirement players instead of TW14 to balance the so called book.AWenger must do everything within his power to see that Walcott stays.Gunners for life.
We need walcott to extend his contract not vela that we hv already 4get
I think there are better things to write about. This to me is one of those making news crabs…
dis most be a child play,we need quality players not vela type,if wenger knew he was good why all the loans and later the permenent transfer
Vela destroyed Valencia last week. Just saying, every Real Sociedad attack goes trhough Vela.


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Got to share somewhere, sorry it is the 50+ forum, but, seems that at 70+ some things are wearing out or need repair, and where else might I find such sympathetic ears? .
I did not sleep much again last night due to severe continuing pain just above my ankles. In the past several months I have had so many different kinds of complaints, hurts, pains, etc., I have lost count.
I have been doing a variety of physical therapy for a long time now. Currently, I am working with a chiropractor who has previous extensive experience as a sports trainer. I was also working with a physical therapist, who I canceled last week due to her seeming lack of understanding of my problem and a diagnosis that just did not seem to fit with the chiro's diagnosis and the symptoms. She claimed I had an extremely tight hip capsule, but the chiro put me through all the hip capsule tests, and I passed with flying colors.
I have had some improvement, however, but still have extreme pain when I walk, having to bend over to be able to reduce the pain, and when I am trying to sleep. Ended up sleeping in three different places last night trying to find something comfortable. Vicodin does not seem to help a bit. I am also taking Soma and Celebrex and Tylenol. Can't take Ibuprofen because of aspirin therapy.
I went to see my DO this week - of course, he is pissed off that I saw a chiropractor. He diagnosed ITBS and prescribed stretching exercises, which my chiro reinforced with additional exercises.
Yesterday, I mentioned shin splints as a possibility to the chiro, and suggested that we use electro stim therapy on my calves, which actually did reduce the pain a lot for a bit. However, it always comes back. He tested me for shin splints and agreed they may be a possibility, along with some possible stress fractures. I am using a TENS unit at home - first time last night.
I went through a bicycle refit a couple of months ago - and of course, I wonder if the refit has anything to do with this. My chiro wants me to ride one of my other bikes for a bit to see if that makes any difference.
Interestingly, the only thing I can do without pain is ride my bicycle!! But, I wonder if the riding is part of the problem.
This is all overlayed by my diagnosis in November of spondolythesis and stenosis at L-4; L-5. I don't know whether or not any of this is related to the spondolythesis or stenosis. I saw a physiatrist a few months ago who said that most everyone my age has the same thing and to go ride my bike. The Physcial Therapist said it was so common that they don't pay much attention to it, they just treat symptoms.
I am scheduled to see another neurosurgeon Monday, to get a further opinion regarding the spondo and stenosis.
Well, I don't really expect any response. I don't quite know what anyone would say. I am using heat, strengthening, ice, TENS, stretching, and anything else I can think of. But, thanks for listening one more time.
Think I will go for a bike ride on the old clunker!!


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I have SVN installed and working fine through svnserver. I set it up as defaults and everything was fine until we discovered some problems with permissions.
To get round these we ran up svnserver again with default parameters - again all fine but now no one can commit 8^(
OK - opened up the permissions setting anon-access = write - GREAT ! now they can all commit but I've lost the author in the logs 8^((
So. Changed the conf to include the following :
store-auth-creds = yes
store-passwords = yes
anon-access = read
auth-access = write
password-db = password
realm = Retail2
The password file contains :
rtopshzs = fred
I have restarted svnserver, removed local .subversion directories to no avail - no one has access or is even ASKED for username/password.
Can someone PLEASE tell me what I am missing here.
We don't really want to set up apache ( i have no idea howto apart from anything else ) and we have no need for any tighter security. Just want multii-user access with an author on the commit


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Data-Intensive Analytics
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ADMIRE offers a strategy and distributed architecture to assist data analysis experts in making sense of the increasingly large and complex world of digital data.
Separation of concerns
ADMIRE identifies three types of data user:
- Domain experts who hold the business perspective for a given data-intensive problem. They need answers to domain-specific questions without having to invest significant effort in development.
- Data analysis experts specialise in extracting information from data. They devise the strategies to answer the domain experts' questions.
- DIDC experts (data-intensive distributed computing experts) understand the best ways of harnessing computing resources to build data-intensive processing platforms.
ADMIRE separates the concerns of these users, providing familar tools to the domain experts, a standard canonical approach to describing data-intensive processes for the data analysis experts, and a comprehensive and efficient enactement framework for the DIDC experts.
In this way, ADMIRE divides the challenge of designing and implementing any large-scale data analysis process into three - nearly independent - parts:
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Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed Are Officially Dating! (VIDEO)
Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder and Twilight's Nikki Reed may have been spotted canoodling over the weekend at an adorable farmer's market, but now Us Weekly is breaking all our hearts by confirming that these two are officially going steady.
"Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder are dating," a source confirms to the site, also confirming that the two were spotted together on a dinner date last week in the San Fernando Valley and grabbing another bite at Kiwami in Studio City on July 15. This is, of course, in addition to their jogging adventure and expedition to the Studio City Farmer's Market this weekend on July 19 and 20. These two couldn't keep their hands off each other!
The 35-year-old actor and his 26-year-old girlfriend have been pretty adorable together so far. And given the fact that they apparently run in the same circles and know what it's like to play vamps, we think they have a shot at making it.
Both Ian and Nikki are coming off of long-term relationships, with Ian coming off a romance with co-star Nina Dobrev and Nikki bouncing back from the end of her two-year marriage to American Idol alum Paul McDonald. We're glad these two have found love again!


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The Scotch on the Rocks 2010 Experience
Scotch on the Rocks is over for another year, as usual the Fuzzy Orange team did a great job on a tight budget (although I suspect a fair amount of the budget went on the free bar!). Tickets this year started at just £58.75 for a 2 day conference which really is amazing value and I have no idea how they managed to put on an event of this scale with prices like that.
Day 1, saw some great speakers, I kicked off with Ben Nadel's "Mastering the CF Application Framework". The presentation was like sitting through one of Ben's blog posts! Ben's ability to really investigate an subject is excellent and he did a great job, especially as he was the opening presenter. There were several nuggets of information I learnt.
Next up was Gert Franz on Railo. I'm really impressed with what the Railo guys are doing and some of the features planned are awesome, the clustering capabilities in particular grabbed my attention. Gert actually started the presentation wearing a bow tie, which was soon discarded!
At this point the free bar opened and I can't remember anything else... (only joking)
After lunch I went to Mike Brunt's presentation on "Measuring Performance Improvements in CF Apps With Effective N-Tier Caching". As it happens due to a Windows update which broke Mike's PC (every presenters nightmare!) he couldn't demonstrate how severs respond under load testing. It is a measure of Mike's amazing knowledge and experience that he was still able to give a great talk on building scalable solutions although he was unable to deliver the demo he'd planned.
The next presentation I went to was "the Art of Emotional Design: A Story of pleasure, joy and delight". Aral Balkan is a great presenter, in fact it was more of a performance than a talk and as you'd expect the slides were very slickly put together.
The final session of the day was Ray Camden on ColdFusion Builder. I've recently started using CF Builder as my main IDE so was keen to see what tips I could pick up. Ray mostly focused on how you would build extensions which was interesting and his tip about creating an extension to debug your extensions was a great idea which I'll definitely use if/when I get round to playing with building my own extensions.
A slightly chaotic Raffle and Awards Ceremony concluded the scheduled events for the day. I was really shocked to receive a Community Award - thanks to anyone who voted for me!
I was lucky enough to be invited to grab a bite to eat with Peter Bell, Luis Majano, Ben Nadel, Marcos Placona & Martin Jones at a nearby restaurant. The Railo team and Greg Franklin also joined us, unfortunately they had to sit on a separate table so I didn't get a chance to chat with them.
Day 2 kicked off with Luis Majano on ColdBox 3. ColdBox 3 is my framework of choice so I was really looking forward to seeing which features I wasn't aware of (as Coldbox 3 is not currently an official release); Luis didn't disappoint! The modules feature is something that grabbed my attention and also the CF Builder extension which I can see will really speed up development.
After a short break I went to Ray's second presentation of SOTR which had something to do with Unicorns! This was actually more of a "birds of a feather" session on AJAX which Ray chaired rather than a full blown presentation. Hats off to Ray for trying this as it could've resulted with a room full of developers sat in silence, but Ray did a good job of prompting the conversations.
My next session was "HQL to SQL" by a newbie to the conference circuit, namely me! Considering the caliber of the other speakers I hope I did OK. Due to a short mic cable I ended up resorting to "shadow puppets" to point at the code I was talking about on the projector screen. The presentation did get a bit bogged down in the simpler examples, due to answering questions, so I ended up skipping a few examples of the more interesting HQL capabilities at the end which was a shame but hopefully everyone learnt something and didn't sit there wishing they'd gone to the other track. Any feedback is welcome :)
A lie down in a darkened room to recover was shortly followed by Mark Drew's talk about Railo's caching & clustering capabilities. Mark's presentation did involve a bit of "which desktop am I looking for", but he's such a good presenter that he delivered an interesting and entertaining talk which was a good addendum to Gert's Railo talk the previous day.
Peter Bell was up next. I've seen Peter present before and he always talks with enthusiasm and attention to detail. I've read up on the pomodoro technique in the past but it was interesting to hear Peter talking about it; he said that adopting the technique has made a bigger difference to his productivity than anything else - that's quite a recommendation! Peter also talked about learning keyboard shortcuts where possible (which is something I subscribe to), nut he took it one stage further by saying that if you haven't got a pre-defined shortcut, then get some macro software and create your own.
The final session of SOTR 2010 was Advanced ORM by Terry Ryan. I enjoyed this talk and thankfully Terry didn't contradict anything I'd said in my presentation! Whilst there weren't any code examples I thought he did a good job of talking about various advanced topics such as Inheritance transactions and even a bit of HQL.
Andy Allen the wrapped up the conference with a sneak preview of SOTR 2011 (which is amazingly organised!), which will be back in Edinburgh. Whilst I think the fuzzyorange guys have done a great job of putting on an event for the last 2 years in difficult economic times, it will be great to get back to a proper conference setting and Edinburgh is one of my favourite cities.
I got to meet a lot of great people, some I knew from the blogsphere / twitterverse (wow - that sounds like marketer speak!) and some whom I didn't. There were a few people I've met online that I didn't get to catch up with which was a shame. I'd also like to mention Big Mad Kev, for his efforts in raising funds for Aaron West, although I didn't actually know why he demanded money off me for a badge until later!
So another great SOTR has ended, but we've already got the next one to look forward to :)
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Dear friend,
It's been 246 days since we first met. We've had a lot of ups and downs, some laughs and tears, and general good times. But I think we both know what's going to be at the end of this letter. We used to be close friends. Well, I guess. You used to be my close friend and you used to like me more than that. I guess with your attitude the past few weeks it's the only real reason you kept me close.
I wanted to start out by apologising for my attitude during those months where I was stressing out to the max. You were there for me, maybe only for your own gain, but you were a shoulder to cry on. online, it was easy to talk to you and tell you how i was feeling, but in person I felt suffocated. You would constantly tell me how you felt, and I couldn't cope because I did not feel the same way. So I tried to drive you away physically, usually by hitting or punching you. It was wrong of me and I know it. But I did say that I did not feel the same and you wouldn't really listen. We're both at fault here.
Next I would like to let you know that I'm done being your friend. I know I was annoying during the day of the party, and that you're jealous because I'm with someone else, but pushing me out and treating me like dirt because of it is inexcusable and I will not stand for being treated like dirt anymore, those days are over. I will still be nice to you, as I have to be and because I do understand your position, but I will not trust you with anything personal anymore. If you cannot be happy for me then you really need to grow up.
Lastly, I hope that you find happiness in your life. Just because I'm done being your friend does not mean I have to be stupid and child-like, and I do believe you deserve happiness as do all people.
So this is it. This is our goodbye.
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Wow. Sadder than I thought it would be.
Unfortunately such things are included in our simulation of life.
Unfortunately such things are included in our simulation of life.
It is sad, but unfortunately it happens. And we have to know when to let go of people when they start poisoning our lives.


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62 consuls from the Barcelona Consular Corps were hosted this afternoon by President Sandro Rosell and the Board of Directors at the Camp Nou's Sala París
President Sandro Rosell thanked the assembly for "helping us extend the Barça feeling to your lands and for and for telling people who we are and what we represent"
This Monday afternoon the Board of Directors, led by president Sandro Rosell, hosted the Barcelona Consular Crops at the Camp Nou. The Barcelona Consular Crops represents countries from America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The meeting started with a group photo at the base of the grandstand of the stadium. Immediately after, the Board and the 62 consuls went to the Camp Nou's Sala París for the official meal between the delegates and the Board members. FC Barcelona's institutional vice president, Carles Vilarrubí, was the designated Board member to welcome the attendees to the stadium.
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During the meeting President Sandro Rosell thanked the Consular Crops for their attendance and he explained that FC Barcelona's objective "is to increase the ties with the countries that are represented in Barcelona, especially with those that have special bonds with the Club, through the Foundation; countries that have some of their citizens playing for the team." Rosell also stated that "our desire is to deepen ties with our followers around the world and make them active participants in how we do things and who we are. We are aware that Club is a strong ambassador for Catalonia to the world and we have the responsibility of a country on our shoulders." The president reiterated his gratitude to the consuls for "helping us extend the Barça feeling to your lands and for telling people who we are and what we represent."
The Dean of the Consul Corps and Consul General of the United States to Barcelona, Greggory Crouch, also addressed the assembly. The Consul General highlighted the convening power of FC Barcelona: "I've never seen so many Barcelona consuls gathered together in the same place." Mr. Crouch went on to praise the values that the Club promotes around the world.


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Salisbury's Unrealized 'War'
By Chris Dohse
Copyright 2001 Chris Dohse
NEW YORK -- I came to Dana Salisbury's
"Stone's War (Against Loneliness and Human Separations from the Natural World)"
on Friday night with high expectations. A "site-specific multidisciplinary production"
housed in the Brooklyn complex of the Old American Can Factory and presented in
association with Dancing in the Streets and XO:Projects Inc, for this project
Salisbury had gathered a collection of veteran choreographers and performers whose
work I'd previously admired. A previous production co-directed by Salisbury and
awarded a Bessie was among my favorite performance experiences of the past few
years. Perhaps too much was therefore anticipated. Or perhaps handicapped by its
overtly profound motifs, "Stone's War," while containing moments of delight, wonder
and horror, eluded success.
Among the delights: After grouping
in a lounge behind the ticket table, the audience trouped through a series of
garage-like spaces up several stairs to an expanse of rooftop. Interiors and exteriors
promised a singular, brooding entertainment, with lunging shadows, echoing sounds,
unexpected confinements and vistas. Greeting us on the roof was Ariane Anthony
in a rag bag costume, hatted. Anthony spoke a sort of creation myth with themes
of separation and loneliness, adopting the postures of her various characters,
accompanied by a serendipitous wind and gibbous moon. Storytelling is well suited
to Anthony's naturally whimsical quality. We all donned conehead hats and became
a swamp of primordial shrubbery for her.
One of the wonders: Christopher Caines's
muscular choreographic phrases set to the ethereal sounds of the Cerddorion Vocal
Ensemble under the cramped ceiling of a loft's corner room. A text taken by Caines
from Salisbury's source material, Gerald Vizenor's novel "Dead Voices," was projected
on the ceiling's beams. The singers dialed cell phones. Dancer Christopher Woodrell
had painted his toenails. As if ripped from all our thoughts, "War or Peace"
in bold face, hovering above us, swam out of focus for there was so much delirious
dancing to be watched.
Two horrors: An orb-shaped basket
(created by Kyle McCarthy, Paul Rice, Kerry Coutu and Markus Maurette) opening
its middle to display a cat's asshole. Deke Weaver's distorted visage projected
on a garage door. Later, Weaver's sneering, oily charm as the "Exterminator."
DD Dorvillier's self-involved solo
rambling made a limp finale. The parking lot itself cast a more haunting spell.
Severally, the evening's fragments formed no meaningful whole. Neither Salisbury's
intention nor Vizenor's narrative became clear until a post-show subway reading
of the program. Then there was a moment of "Aha!" But in this solitary imagination,
the "new communities" described in Salisbury's artistic statement remained conceptual
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Oh my...
poor man's flatland bmx
I can't help but think that a video will soon surface of hipsters trying to skid from inside the frame triangle (is there a name for that triangle?) with their legs on the bars.
That tourist chick is pretty impressive.
that was a crazy vid..
I'm impressed
impressive indeed
Referring to the original post: It seems strange to me that people like this don't compete in the Olympics or something.
I dunno man, the Olympic Flatland Freestyle Beach Cruiser event is pretty competitive.
schooled all ya'll mother**ckers
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Rob Butera(rbutera at gatech.edu)
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Laboratory for Neuroengineering
Office: Whitaker 3104
Telephone: 404-894-2935
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2012
- Jefferson Science Fellow, US Dept. of State (2008-9)
- Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (2008)
- Vice President for Finance, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2011-2014)
- Elected two-term member of AdCom (Board of Directors), IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2006-2010)
- Deputy Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (2007-2010)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering (2010-12)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Theoretical Biology (2007-present)
- Faculty Director, Grand Challenges Living Learning Community (2012-13)
- Faculty Director of Graduate Studies, Georgia Tech (2009-11)
- Director, Bioengineering Graduate Program, Georgia Tech (2005-8)
- NSF CAREER Award Recipient (2004)
- James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Scientist Award
- Licensed Professional Engineer (registered in Georgia)
- Research actively supported by multiple grants from NSF, NIH, and private foundations
- Panelist and Grant Reviewer for NIH and NSF (areas of Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Graduate Education, International Activities, Computational Biology, Respiratory Biology)
- Article reviewer for all major Neuroscience, Computational Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Neural Engineering journals, as well as some Physics and Mathematics journals.
The research in my lab ranges from neuroengineering to computational neuroscience. We utilize techniques including intracellular electrophysiology, extracellular electrophysiology, computational modeling, and real-time computing applied to conduct many of these experiments. Specific active research areas include:
- Neuromodulation of peripheral nerve activity. We study how kHz electrical AC stimuli block conduction in peripheral nerve, and how in certain circumstances this electrical block can be selective (i.e. only block specific fibers)
- Synchronization properties of neurons. We investigate how the biophysical properties of individual neurons relate to the ability of neurons to synchronize the timing of the firing of their action potentials to other neurons. The synchronization of neuron action potential firing underlies a range of neurological processes from information representation in sensory systems to motor pattern generation underlying repetitive processes such as breathing and walking.
- Real-time computing methods for electrophysiology experiments. Our lab develops open source software (http://www.rtxi.org) that allow real-time computer simulations to interact with ongoing experiments. In general, the system is designed to solve large sets of differential equations in real-time, which maintaining time-locking with external inputs from experiments and generating outputs back to those same experiments. This closed-loop paradigm is called the "dynamic clamp" in neuroscience, but this approach can be applied to many other types of experiments as well.
- BEE (co-op, with highest honors), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 1991.
- MSEE, Rice University, Houston, TX 1994.
- Ph.D., Rice University, Houston, TX 1996.
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 1996-1999.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WXIA) - Police in Sacramento arrested a man wearing a sombrero and a single boxing glove after he jumped on the hood of a police car, yelled and then ran away.
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According to the Sacramento Bee, police said 55-year-old Jesse James Thomas hopped on the hood of a Sacramento police car, yelled his own name, hopped down and ran off.
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