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I'm in a little competition with the wives of my husband's co-workers … except nobody knows it but me.
His co-workers from Mexico like to give my husband, the only Salvadoran among them, a hard time. The ribbing is out of affection, but sometimes my husband, (who they've nicknamed "Pupusa"), tells me the stories and I feel an instinctive need to help him look good the next day.
My husband says a lot of the silliness and teasing happens at lunch time. First they made fun of him because his banana is always smaller than their bananas, (and yes, while they are talking about fruit, they're also implying what you think they are.) … I offered to send a plantain in my husband's lunch box, but he declined.
Then his co-workers noted that he eats rice almost every day, so when my husband tried to grow a beard and mustache, they called him "Fu Manchu" because it made him look more Asian with his ojos chinos. (He later shaved, but he always ends up doing that.)
None of this bothers my husband, who comes from a family of people that like to "joke hard" as he says. The only thing he has mentioned that bothers me, is that the other guys bring such good food for lunch all the time. They bring seafood, beef, chicken, homemade salsa, tortillas, frijoles, caldos … always something different, always an entire meal worthy of la última cena.
I really can't compete with the other wives. We can't afford to buy the ingredients to make such varied banquets within the same week, (his co-workers's families live together and share expenses as well as a dinner table.)
Nevertheless, each week I try to make something new and worthy of envy. Last night it was "Arroz a la Tumbada", a regional dish from the co-workers home of Veracruz, Mexico. Take that, co-workers-wives-who-don't- know-me-very-well-and-have-no-idea-a-random-gringa-is-jealous-of-you.


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Sunday, June 2, we began a sermon series based on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Many people are afflicted by some form of addiction. Even more people are affected by friends or family members who are addicts. But everyone can identify with the human dilemmas and themes of the 12 Steps.
Bill Wilson, the co-founder of AA, emphasized that the 12 Steps are not a religion, but a philosophy. Learning about and utilizing them is therefore not an alternative to Christianity, but a lens through which we might see and recognize Christian truths.
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Red snapper catches are great
Red snapper are in the news for the numbers of fish being caught, and the fact that a Texas judge has snubbed the National Marine Fisheries Service. That, in turn, has lengthened the recreational snapper fishing season.
"A federal judge in Brownsville has ruled in favor of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in a joint lawsuit brought by both agencies challenging an emergency regulation enacted by the federal National Marine Fisheries Service," says Mike Cox with TPWD. "The ruling means that the 2013 recreational red snapper fishing season in federal waters off the Texas coast will be longer than it would have been under the emergency rule."
Meanwhile, anglers fishing out of Sabine and Galveston report that catches of red snapper are better than ever. For example, Beaumont's Dr. Curtis Thorpe made a run out of Sabine this past weekend and caught snapper to 26 pounds.
"We fished in about 236 feet of water and caught easy limits of huge snapper," says Thorpe. "We were using live baits and jigs. You can't believe how many snapper are out there. It's incredible."
Patrick Lemire with Williams Party Boats out of Galveston reports that they are catching limits of big snapper on just about every trip out. Nederland angler Harold Portier made a run with Williams and caught a red snapper limit to 14 pounds. Beaumont's Steve Saur made a recent trip out with Williams Party Boats and caught a red snapper limit to 12 pounds on Carolina rigged Spanish sardines.
This past weekend, Capt. Johnny Williams took out 81 fishermen on a 12 hour trip. They fished 55 miles south of Galveston in about 125 feet of water. Three stops were made, and they caught about 100 red snapper at the first one and 50 at the second and completed the boat's limit for the day, totaling 158. Most of those snapper weighed 12 to 18 pounds and were caught on bottom with cut squid and whole Spanish sardines.
In short, snapper fishing off the Texas coast is as good as anybody has ever experienced, and thanks to the recent ruling by a Texas judge, we'll have a few extra days to fish in federal waters off the Texas coast.
"The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission is relieved the court has invalidated a rule that was arbitrarily unfair to Texas anglers, coastal communities and businesses," said T. Dan Friedkin of Houston, TPW Commission chairman. "At the same time, we remain committed to a cooperative regional management approach to support the existing Gulf plan for the continued recovery of red snapper."
Friedkin also praised Judge Andrew Hanen for his careful study of the issues and his acceleration of a final decision before the rule could be enforced to shorten snapper fishing in federal waters off Texas.
"Texas Parks and Wildlife supports a move toward science-based regional management for red snapper stocks that acknowledges differences between various regions of the Gulf, and we plan to advocate that position in future Gulf council meetings," said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director.
Feb. 8, over the strong objections of state agency representatives from Louisiana, Texas and Florida, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted to implement an emergency rule that would have shortened the recreational red snapper fishing season in federal waters off the Texas, Louisiana, and Florida coasts, while extending the seasons in federal waters off the Alabama and Mississippi coasts.
Just weeks later, on April 18, the Gulf council voted 8 to 7 to overturn the emergency rule, in effect reversing the Feb. 8 vote. However, NMFS declined to rescind the original emergency rule as requested by the April 18 vote.
"As published in the federal register on March 25, the emergency rule would empower the NMFS southeast regional administrator to reduce the red snapper season in federal waters off Texas, Louisiana and Florida since those states had set seasons in state waters that were different than the seasons in federal waters," says Cox. "In Texas, federal waters begin nine nautical miles from the state's coast and extend 200 nautical miles."
The joint lawsuit alleged that there was no emergency to justify the proposed rule. The last stock assessment indicates red snapper recovery remains on track. The two states also alleged that the emergency rule violates the federal policy of cooperative federalism by improperly attempting to regulate the red snapper season in state waters. The lawsuit also alleged that the emergency rule violated federal law by discriminating against anglers in Texas, Louisiana and Florida
"Judge Hanen's opinion found the federal agency exceeded its authority under federal law when it declared an emergency instead of following the required normal procedures for providing public notice and seeking comment, including comments from fishermen," says Cox. "The court also found the rule did not enhance red snapper conservation, but instead redistributed fishing opportunity from anglers in Texas, Louisiana and Florida to anglers based in Alabama and Mississippi. Judge Hanen held that such redistribution discriminated against anglers in states with fishing seasons that do not match the federal season and rewarded those living in states that do, in violation of federal law."
TPWD estimates that the originally projected 27-day season would generate at least $28 million from recreational fishermen in Texas, while a 12-day season would cut that figure by at least $16 million in lost retail sales in Texas. For Louisiana, reducing a 45-day season to a nine-day season could result in an estimated decline in economic value of approximately $8 million to recreational anglers in that state.
"It will now be necessary for the NMFS to implement Gulf-wide seasons in accordance with the court's decision," says Cox. "The NMFS had estimated that ... the season would have been approximately 22 days.


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2012 Holy Cross Track & Field Home Meet Information
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January 3, 2012: Holy Cross New Year's Field Day
April 18-19, 2012: Holy Cross Decathlon & Heptathlon
April 21, 2012: Holy Cross vs. AIC, Bryant, Central Connecticut, Colgate, Hartford, Maine, Massachusetts & Stonehill
April 24, 2012: Holy Cross vs. New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Worcester State (men only)
Holy Cross New Year's Field Day
January 3, 2012
Site: Holy Cross Field House
Event Fees:
$10.00: 1 event
$15.00: 2 or more events
(cash only please- registration the day of competition)
Registration: Begins at 3:00 PM
Make event payment at the registration table then proceed to your event area for final check in when called. USATF membership applications will be available for those athletes who need current USATF membership status. Collegiate athletes do not need current USATF membership to compete but are encouraged to have a membership for the year. Contact the USATFNE office for details on membership
Competition Open to: male and female collegiate, open and masters athletes
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Event Schedule:
Women's Weight Throw
Followed by Men's Weight Throw
Followed by Women's Shot Put
Followed by Men's Shot Put
Men's Long Jump
Followed by Women's Long Jump
Followed by Men's Triple jump
Followed by Women's Triple Jump
Women's Pole Vault
Followed by Men's Pole Vault
Parking: All vehicles must be parked in the Hogan Center Parking Lot
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Holy Cross Decathlon & Heptathlon
(always Wed/Thurs one full week before Penn Relays)
April 18, 2012
Men's Decathlon First Day
Events: 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m
Women's Heptathlon First Day
Events: 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m
April 19, 2012
Men's Decathlon Second Day
Events: 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1500m
Women's Heptathlon Second Day
Events: long jump, javelin, 800m
* The facility features the ability to run the dash and hurdles in both directions to take advantage of wind conditions.
* Additionally we will use two pits in both the high jump and pole vault to avoid unnecessary delays.
* Two Mondo javelin runways requiring short spikes.
Men: Holy Cross vs. AIC, Bryant, Central Connecticut, Colgate, Hartford, Maine & Stonehill
Women: Holy Cross vs. Bryant, Central Connecticut, Hartford, Maine, Massachusetts & Stonehill
April 21, 2012
Field Events:
Men's Hammer Followed by Women's Hammer
Women's Shot Followed by Men's Shot Put
Women's Pole Vault Followed by Men's Pole Vault
Women's Long Jump Followed by Men's Long Jump
Women's High Jump followed by Men's High Jump
1:45 PM (approx / 30 min after Hammer):
Men's Discus Followed by Women's Discus
1:45 PM (approx / 30 min after Long Jump):
Women's Triple Jump followed by Men's Triple Jump
1:45 PM (approx / 30 min after Shot Put):
Women's Javelin followed by Men's Javelin
Running Events (Women before men in all running events):
11:30 AM: National Anthem
11:45 AM: 3000m Steeplechase
12:25 PM: 400m Relay
12:40 PM: 1500m Run Sections on Time
1:20 PM: 100m Hurdles Finals
1:35 PM: 110m Hurdles Finals
1:45 PM: 400m Sections on Time
2:15 PM: 100m Dash Finals
2:35 PM: 800m Sections on Time
3:05 PM: 400m Hurdles Sections on Time
3:30 PM: 200m Sections on Time
4:00 PM: 5000m Sections on Time
4:45 PM: 1600m Relay
Holy Cross vs. New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Worcester State (men only)
April 24, 2012
Field Events:
Pole Vault
Long Jump
4:30 PM (approx):
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4:30 PM (approx):
Discus (follows Hammer)
4:30 PM (approx):
High Jump (follows Pole Vault)
4:30 PM (approx):
Triple Jump (follows Long Jump)
Running Events:
3:45 PM: 3000m Steeplechase
4:00 PM: 400m Relay
4:10 PM: 1500m Run Sections on Time
4:20 PM: 110m Hurdles Finals
4:30 PM: 400m Sections on Time
4:40 PM: 100m Dash Finals
4:50 PM: 800m Sections on Time
5:00 PM: 400m Hurdles Sections on Time
5:10 PM: 200m Sections on Time
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Santa Cruz Water customers must use less indoors or cut irrigation
By J.M. Brown, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/11/14
SANTA CRUZ -- For many Santa Cruz water customers, who are among the lowest consumers in California, drought-driven rationing set to go into effect May 1 won't require drastically cutting indoor use as long as they're willing to forgo lawns and gardens.
The Water Department asks customers to use no more than 60 gallons total per person per day, which is below the 58 gallons used indoors on average in Santa Cruz, according to city figures. But, on average, 25 percent of overall consumption in single-family homes happens outdoors.
As the window for winter rain closes in coming weeks, that means the city's 92,000 customers face a stark choice: Sharply reduce irrigation or slash indoor use.
Single-family customers will receive a daily allotment of 249 gallons per household for indoor and outdoor use, according to the city's rationing plan. Multi-family residential customers, such as those living in apartment complexes, will receive between 124 to 174 gallons per day depending on the size of the property.
The city has based the allotments on the assumption there are four or fewer persons per single-family household and two to three people in each multi-family residential unit. Customers from both categories can apply for more water if their households are larger.
Conservation manager Toby Goddard said the overall aim to cut system demand 25 percent doesn't mean customers who are already efficient users will be cut more deeply. Allotments are set across the board based on customer type.
"This system doesn't punish those who have conserved," Goddard said.
Scott Barnes, a nearly 30-year resident who rents a single-family home, said his average use is below the allotment. But, he still intends to help out but taking shorter showers, flushing the toilet less and buying more bottled water for him and his two cats.
"Hopefully this will not last that long," he said.
The philosophy behind the rationing amounts, Goddard said, is to protect health and safety first while also balancing the need to support jobs and the economy.
Large landscape users will be hit the hardest, receiving two-thirds less water during the emergency declared by the City Council on Feb. 25. The city's two golf courses will receive about half their usual allotment.
Businesses will not be rationed unless conditions worsen, but the 200 largest commercial users, those who consume more than 1 million gallons annually, will undergo audits and be asked to draft a conservation plan.
UC Santa Cruz, the city's single largest customer, has agreed to cut its use 25 percent. Spokesman Jim Burns said a university working group is examining how different sectors, from housing to dining and recreation, can cut use and how to report consumption levels regularly to different divisions.
"We recognize we have to do our part," he said.
However, it is single-family residential customers who comprise the city's largest overall use at about 60 percent.
Toilets make up about a quarter of consumption in the home, while clothes washers account for 22 percent and showers represent 17 percent, according to city figures. Leaks make up about as much as faucets, at 14 percent and 16 percent, respectively.
Therefore, fixing leaks and installing high-efficiency toilets and clothes washers are the biggest steps customers can take to reduce use, as well as getting shower heads that use 2 gallons per minute or less. Customers also may install "laundry-to-landscaping" gray water systems that use discarded laundry water for outdoor use or rip out lawns in favor of drought-tolerant landscaping or turf.
Meanwhile, Goddard encouraged customers to closely watch their water bills, which will be sent monthly, as opposed to every other month, to help customers better track their average use. Other than reading their meters, water bills will be the first notification customers get when they have exceeded their allotment.
The first 10 percent of use over the rationed amount will cost $25 per unit, which is equal to 748 gallons. Each unit more than 10 percent of the allotment will cost customers $50.
Customers can apply for exceptions and appeal fines, and the city also is designing a class, similar to traffic school, in which customers can have penalties repealed through education.
As of Monday, water supply conditions continue to be critical with no rain forecast this week.
The San Lorenzo River, the city's primary source, is flowing at 14 percent of its long-term average. Seasonal rainfall, while far better after February storms, is still only at 40 percent. Loch Lomond Reservoir, which the city relies on heavily in summer, is about two-thirds full.
Follow Sentinel reporter J.M. Brown at Twitter.com/jmbrownreports
TOILETS: High-efficiency toilets use 1.28 gallons per flush. Older models use up to 5 gallons.
LAUNDRY: High-efficiency clothes washers use 15 gallons per load.
SHOWERS: Shower heads with high-efficiency fixtures use 2 gallons per minute.
DISHWASHERS: One cycle can use 6-10 gallons.
BATHROOM SINK: Sinks with high-efficiency fixtures use 1.5 gallons per minute.
DETAILS: For information about the rationing program, visit www.cityofsantacruz.com/drought.
SOURCE: Santa Cruz Water Department


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You want mediocrity. You are happy with it. I get it. But this isn't about Rex's performance. In fact it isn't about who the coach is at all. It's about derping or being serious about building a team not capped at conference championships.
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This isn't about Rex or his performance, but if you want him back you look stupid, even though it is not about him or his performance. Got it.
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VoiCeS stands for Volunteers as Chesapeake Stewards. CBF created the VoiCeS program in 2004 as a way to reach out to local volunteers and their communities and create a deeper understanding of the Bay and the efforts to restore it. VoiCeS is CBF's most in-depth adult education program available to its members and the public.
In this professionally taught course, participants learn about the Chesapeake Bay watershed, its benefits and its issues, and what volunteers can do to help restore it. The course meets weekly on Mondays for six weeks, beginning on October 9th. It also includes one Saturday field trip and preparation for any advocacy or volunteer projects to be undertaken by participants after the course.
Registration is required. Deadline to register is October 1, 2017.
There is a materials fee of $35 per person.
Participants are expected to attend at least five of the six classroom sessions, as well as the field trip. This course is open to all Marylanders.
Last year's course sold out, so get on board now for a deep-dive exploration of Chesapeake Bay!


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Carnation Café
Sep 27, 2011 | Add Your Review
Located in Main Street, USA Disneyland
If you are like my family, half of the fun of Disneyland is trying out all of the restaurants at the park. There are so many to choose from and it's my goal to share each and every one with you! If you are wondering "Where should I eat at Disneyland, CA?" …..then I can help:)
Today I am sharing our breakfast and lunch dining experience at Carnation Cafe located smack dab in the middle of Main Street. This is a great place for breakfast or lunch if you are a people watcher because you know how Main Street is…..always hopping with activity 🙂 You can't miss the festive red and white striped umbrellas covering each table.
The view from inside the restaurant. It's an outside dining experience where you sit under cute red and white striped umbrellas and sit on red cushioned cafe style chairs. I appreciated the crayons the servers brought the kids to keep them busy before their food arrived. Click HERE to see the entire Breakfast Menu.
For breakfast, the boys ordered the oh so fun Mickey Waffles with a side of fruit. They were crispy on the outside and soft inside. Great choice for the kids for sure.
I ordered the Croissant Eggs Benedict that comes with breakfast potatoes and fruit. I would definitely order this again. In fact, the boys ate half of mine, they loved it too 🙂
My husband ordered the very famous Cinnamon Roll French Toast. It comes with cream cheese frosting (oh my gosh!), fruit and bacon. This is a very "sweet" meal. I LOVED it, but would be more inclined to order it for a late breakfast or even dessert. It was really good.
This is more like it…..lathered with cream cheese frosting 🙂
It was a chilly cloudy day when we went for breakfast, so we shared a mug of hot chocolate. It was slurped in about 30 seconds. Great hot chocolate.
Here's the lunch menu posted outside. You'll find lunch favorites such as sandwiches, soups, pot pies, meatloaf and salads at Carnation Cafe along with a handful of tempting desserts.
Here's a peek of the lunch menu you get handed when you sit down. Choices, choices 🙂 Click HERE to see the entire lunch menu.
Here you have the Smoked Turkey Sandwich on Pretzel Bread with a side of Loaded Baked Potato Soup. The soup was the star of the show here. It was thick and full of my favorite baked potato toppings. I would definitely order this soup again. The sandwich was good, but I kept going back for the soup.
A closer look of that fabulous Loaded Baked Potato Soup. This is a must order.
Here's the Cafe' Steak Melt that came recommended by our server. It was really good. I loved the cheddar roll and dipping the sandwich into a side of A-1 Sauce. We chose a side of potato salad which was creamy and nicely seasoned.
Here is the Croissant Chicken Club Sandwich with a side salad. The sandwich was probably my favorite sandwich that we ordered. The croissant was buttery soft, the chicken breast was nice and moist and you can't go wrong with cheddar and bacon. I would recommend ordering this one.
Kids menu with lots of kids favorites…mac and cheese, peanut butter and jelly which you can design into your own perfect sandwich and of course a hot dog.
Our youngest ordered the mac and cheese and a side of fruit. He had it eaten in minutes. Thumbs up from him 🙂
Our oldest ordered the hot diggity dog with a side of fruit and carrots. I've seen better hot dogs in my days, but my son didn't seem to mind it at all slathered with ketchup 🙂
You know we are all about the desserts. Lots to choose from. Wishing we would have ordered one of everything to try them all.
We went with this very small dessert…..The Matterhorn Sundae, Lol! Four scoops of ice cream, caramel, strawberry sauce, hot fudge, whipped cream, Micky sprinkles and a cherry. Yikes!
Word to the wise…eat quickly, this baby melts fast.
Ready, set, go!
See what I mean about the melting, Lol!
This is hard work 🙂
Happy boys.
Well, between the 4 of us, we did some damage on this sucker. I give the Matterhorn Sundae a perfect 10 for presentation and fun.
Have a magical….and Delicious day!
Be sure to share your experience of Carnation Cafe and tell us your thoughts on things you've ordered, loved and not so loved 🙂
Disclosure: We are in no way associated or sponsored by Disneyland. Just a family who enjoys visiting the parks and giving you are honest reviews.
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I was wondering from reading the menu what on earth a baked potato soup was so I'm very glad that you took a picture, it looks like so much fun! Your boys definitely look like they're enjoying that dessert too 🙂
The The Matterhorn Sundae…I think that's the cutest ice cream sundae ever! And I love that your boys are SO INTO it. That's what being a kid is all about: Disney, ice cream sundaes, and having fun!
FUN! I want to go to Disneyland with you guys some time!! Lucky family 🙂
Oh my goodness – that sundae looks like so much fun!!
your boys are just too cute!
I love Carnation Cafe, though we usually go for breakfast. The croissant eggs benedict is awesome, and so is the Mickey waffle. Food is almost my favorite part of Disneyland!
I had to come back to this post for a third time today to stare at the soup. 😉
We loved Carnation Cafe! My daughter ordered the PB&J Platter!! It was great! She got two pieces of bread, peanut butter, grape jelly, raisins, chocolate chips, and marshamellows. OH, and I think bananas! It was a fun meal! We were there on a hot day and I loved the umbrellas for shade. Also, the chef came out and walked around asking people how they liked their meal! I would definitely recommend a reservation at busy times.
So love these Disney posts. I usually end up not having enough energy to go back to Main Street to eat lunch. On a similar note, any coffee places not on Main Street you could recommend would be greatly appreciated.
Again this is great! Thank you!
Great Review – my wife and i go to Dl every year – this year we did the Disneyland Half Marathon! – We love carnation – and sometimes call it Oscar's – after the long time chef at the carnation – and they are expanding it – taking over the Blue Ribbon Bakery inside area………great review – the Chicken Cross Sand is my Fav – my wife loves Oscar's Chef salad…thanks again,,,see you on mainstreet!
I had the Three Cheese Veggie sandwich once when I was pregnant and let me tell you… I still crave that sandwich. I don't know if it would be as good now but back then I was always craving cucumbers and the pretzel bread it comes on… AWESOME! We rarely eat here when we go but it sounds like we need to try it again!
Wowzers, now THAT's a sundae!
I am going to enjoy your Disneyland posts. I sooooo love that place! If I lived in southern CA I would either have a job there OR a season pass. I grew up being able to see the fireworks from my front porch. 😀
So yummy. Thank you for the great pics and descriptions. A must stop for my family when we visit Mickey in October.
Since I'm not LDS, I love the specialty coffee drinks there.
Oh how I miss Disneyland! I've been dozens of times but I don't think I have ever eaten at The Carnation Cafe. Well, if that's not an excuse to go I don't know what is! 😉
Loaded baked potato soup = WOW!!! It's a freezing cold, rainy, thunder storming night in Melbourne, I would have liked nothing more than to eat this for dinner!!
I LOVE their breakfast potatoes with the croissant sandwich! And Oscar would come around and talk to everybody, he is the cutest old man! Although he had been working there for 50+ years and was getting on in years when I last went 5 years ago so he may not be there anymore … but I told him how much I loved the potatoes and he came out and gave me detailed instructions of how to make them, of course they were still better there but I thought it was so nice for him to take the time to do that. Thanks for your disney posts, I miss it so much and it makes me feel like I'm there (a little bit ;))
Oh these dishes look so yummy! I've never had lunch (or dinner) there but I've always wanted to try. To date I've only had breakfast there. It really is a great place to have breakfast and people watch.
I love your disneyland posts. I'm taking kids there halloween, Cant wait. I hearde plaza inn has some good chicken dinners.
I went here once and it was a 15min wait, not too bad and the food was delish. The second time Yikes!! We waited one hour in line and then just gave up. This was on a Friday. The unfriendly hostess informed me that they take reservations and next I should try that. I don't think I will. But if you'd like to try their yummy soups, look into their reservation system.
Have to say, you make the most beautifull pictures. Truly inspiring as is your website! I can learn alot from it!
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Making Sense Of Jennifer Rubin's Iran "Engagement" Rhetoric
In what seems like her thousandth post attacking President Obama's policy toward Iran, Romney surrogate and Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin illustrates — yet again — her ignorance of the nuclear standoff with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Rubin, like so many other misinformed commentators on the president's foreign policy, relies on the claim — frequently made by Romney and other GOP contenders — that "the administration wasted almost two years on 'engagement.'"
Unfortunately, the facts don't back up Rubin's claim. Aside from the late-2009 effort at trying to get Iran to export its enriched uranium to a regional ally, there has been little momentum to engage the Iranian government at all, let alone offer Iran a face-saving path out of the impasse.
As one government official told Trita Parsi, the administration's diplomatic outreach amounted to "a single roll of the dice," meaning that the we tried diplomacy, didn't get the result we were hoping for, and decided to pursue sanctions instead. When Brazil and Turkey were able to secure a deal with Iran that resembled the deal the U.S. was trying to make, the administration rebuffed Ankara and Brasilia and went ahead with stinging U.N. sanctions and, later, unilateral sanctions. (Parsi's new book, titled A Single Roll of the Dice, tracks the Obama administration's efforts at diplomacy with Iran.)
Rubin complains that Obama's engagement, which again, hasn't occurred in any serious and sustained way post-2009, allowed the Iranians to continue their nuclear program unabated. She believes what he should have done from the get-go was implement strong and crippling sanctions.
But she seems more interested in bashing the president than in making a coherent argument one way or another. Rubin relies on Josh Block, a former spokesman for AIPAC, and John Bolton, the former U.N. ambassador under the Bush administration, to buttress what she believes is a really good argument against the president's strategy. Unfortunately, her two sources contradict each other on the effectiveness of sanctions.
Block says that, "if people in Europe and elsewhere want to avoid kinetic action," they should "put their money where their mouth is." In other words, we need more, tougher, tighter sanctions on the Iranians. To Block, the fact that sanctions have yet to yield results is evidence that more are needed immediately.
Bolton, who believes the president "just doesn't care about national security issues," and advocates for a destabilizing Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, tells Rubin that "focusing on sanctions simply provides the comforting illusion of stopping or slowing Iran's nuclear-weapons program, without actually changing the end result." For Bolton, sanctions will not work and are of no use. Fire up the engines and let the bombs drop.
Reality, of course, is far more complex.
The Obama administration's diplomatic outreach with everyone but Iran has isolated the regime in Tehran, and has been far more effective at creating an international consensus against the Iranian government than the Bush administration. However, sanctions have not produced the outcome of pressuring the Iranians to end their program because, as Iran expert Valy Nasr reminds us, "Iran will not drop its nuclear ambitions unless it feels secure in the region." So yes, sanctions have isolated Iran, but that same isolation is precisely why the Iranians feel they need a powerful deterrent.
The last paragraph of her post gives us tremendous insight into the sort of information Rubin chooses to ignore about a subject that she insists is more important than anything else. She writes:
In any event, the president — having dismissed a robust policy of regime change, repeatedly talked down the prospect of military action, tolerated Iran's killing of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, taken no action in response to Iran's attempted assassination of a Saudi diplomat on U.S. soil and signaled by withdrawal from Iraq and a rush to the exits in Afghanistan our willingness to cede ground to our foes — now faces an Iranian regime that is emboldened and on the verge of acquiring a nuclear weapons capability. He will soon be confronted with the choice: military action (by Israel or the United States) or acceptance of Iran as a nuclear power, something he said he would never do. It's a Hobson's choice, largely of his own making due to his unserious and delusional foreign policy.
Rubin ignore some very important facts:
1) Current and former military leaders have warned that a strike on Iran would jeopardize our interests throughout the Middle East, most importantly American military personnel;
2) Even hawks like Max Boot admit that military strikes would at best delay the nuclear program by a few years;
3) The Bush administration ignored a serious Iranian proposal to negotiate back in 2003;
4) There is widespread agreement that Iran has not yet made the decision to build a nuclear weapon;
5) Sanctions have thus far hurt ordinary Iranian people while enriching the government by raising global oil prices;
6) And the Iraq war — which conservatives like Romney, Rubin, and Bolton all supported — increased Iran's influence in Iraq.
That's just a start. But don't tell Rubin. She has a presidential campaign to win.


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UNGEI Dakar Declaration on Accelerating Girls' Education and Gender Equality
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Dakar Declaration on Accelerating Girls Education and Gender Equality
We the participants of the United Nations Girls Education Initiative global conference Engendering Empowerment: Education and Equality, assembled in Dakar in May 2010, call for urgent action in support of girls rights to education, gender equality and empowerment opportunities.
The rights of girls and women are guaranteed by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Discrimination in Education and the Beijing Platform for Action.
In Jomtien in 1990, we established the Education for All Framework; in Dakar in 2000, we strongly endorsed the need for targets for education, especially for girls.
Since then, there has been considerable progress: about 22 million more girls enrolled in primary schools from 1999 to 2007, and gender gaps in primary school enrolments have narrowed in many countries.
Despite the progress that has been made, poor quality of education, extreme poverty, structural inequality and violence against girls continue to jeopardize the achievement of the education- and gender-related Education for All and Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Powerless and poor girls make up the most disadvantaged group in education. Achieving equity in education will entail putting in place a rights-based empowerment framework that will target the most vulnerable and transform power hierarchies in learning spaces, communities and policy structures in order to give poor and vulnerable girls a voice and ensure that their right to quality education is sustained.
Gender equity is at the centre of transformative, quality education. Attention to the physical, social and academic aspects of multiple learning environments is necessary to enhance opportunities, especially for adolescent girls, and to move beyond basic education. Recognition of teachers as professionals, supported by gender-responsive curricula, is likewise key to ensuring gender equality.
Because poverty is both structural and multidimensional and has differential impacts on girls and women, interventions for girls education must cover multiple sectors. Education policies, strategies, plans and budgets must all be gender-responsive.
Gender-based violence remains an obstacle to the full achievement of girls rights to education. We call for effective strategies and for enforcement of legislation and policies to ensure safe and secure learning environments for girls. Protective and innovative learning opportunities must also be created for children and young women affected by HIV and AIDS and for those in armed conflict and emergency situations.
We envision a world in which a special initiative for girls education is no longer needed a world in which all girls and boys are empowered through quality education to realize their full potential and contribute to transforming their societies, so that gender equality becomes a reality.
Dakar, Senegal, 20 May 2010


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This feature should have been implemented in 8i when the FORALL got introduced, but as we say in the Netherlands (literally translated): better late than never.
I missed the Alex's article on the AMIS technology blog when it got posted, but fortunately Alex brought it to my and others attention again on Oracle's SQL and PL/SQL Discussion Forum.
It is not mentioned in the documentation yet, so it was a lucky discovery indeed. However, Bryn Llewellyn, PL/SQL's product manager, has already filed a documentation bug. You can read about that here.


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Cough cough, I'm feeling pretty sick
I need a fix and I need it right quick!
She said she'll do a home visit if I wanna
Call you over girl, we could play doctor
[Verse 1]
Ha, she finna put me in a clinic
Filling my prescription, I know I'm getting in it
Didn't even finish now I'm pushing on the call button
Novocain, now I'm feeling like I'm on something
(Hey!) Won't you take me to my room?
222, White Room with the view
Light blue tunic, but I'm tuning into you
I'm too foolish? I'm fooling with you
Tripping on my IV, I'm embarrassed
Speechless like a mime in Paris
She's laughing at my hysterics
Mirror Mirror, know that I'm the fairest
3rd floor ER, I know where the party at
You the only one who knowing where my heart be at
My heart racing, I'm running from this heart attack
You arresting my cardiac
[Hook X2]
Cough cough, I'm feeling pretty sick
I need my fix and I need it right quick!
She said she'll do a home visit if I wanna
Call you over girl, we could play doctor
[Verse 2]
Now things getting stressful
Next door be a dude who's mental
Talking that mess, like he think he got a chance
Little did he guess that I'm her man
Ha, I want her with me
Calling her to me, 'cause I got 'Water on my Knee'
She fixed my 'Broken Heart,' I could tell from the start
That I fell for her hard, as I felt on the scars
I got 'Spare Ribs' all up in the 'Bread Basket'
My 'Wrenched Ankle' has just started cracking
The 'Charley Horse' made it worse as I sat and
The verse is reason why this 'Writer is Cramping'
But you know I stay lamping
'Cause I'm on, plugged in and I'm amping
D batteries for this Lite Brite love
And the way she go down make my nose light up, hey
[Hook x2]
[Verse 3]
They're asking you for my condition
"His heart beats in a syncopated rhythm
He hasn't spoken, and I knew that Sunday
I think his blood is pumping with this boom bap drum bass
And the sample's in his veins
Get the stethoscope from the tray
In his chest I hear the 'Season Of The Witch'
The record's in his brain, and that's the reason that he spit
Hook him up, he needs more fluid"
Packed the bag full of Hip-Hop music
Indie and Punk, Heavy Metal and Funk
Jazz and Electro that bumps in his trunk
Egyptian Love, got him on the Nile raving
Coltrane, Bad Brains, and Miles Davis
She dropped me, I never fully recovered
After finding out this music is my only true lover
Hey girl, what's Gucci?
[Hook x2]
Often those hospitalized live through the vitality of their nurses. This is such a tale, of going after that one girl who happens to be a nurse.
The song opens up with a sample of Cream's "White Room," which is where a majority of the song takes place.
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What makes our food choices sustainable? Sustainability is a long-term goal. Modern factory-farm-style American agriculture has produced high crop yields, but at what cost?
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By eating sustainably we can have a huge impact on the environment. Small farms that produce a wide variety of crops allow for greater biodiversity than do massive monocultures. By buying locally, we lessen the environmental costs associated with the transportation of food — costs such as increased air pollution, the use of fossil fuels, and damage to roadways and the oceans. Refrigeration of food that needs to be transported a long way uses energy and can involve the use of ozone-depleting gases that ultimately affect the whole planet. Excess packaging and processing of our foods also creates a strain on the environment.
Eating a plant based diet has a much lower impact than a high protein, meat diet. When choosing fish and meat know your sources. If it was farmed, was it raised with an appropriate vegetarian diet and according to environmentally sound methods? If wild, where was it caught? How was it caught? Should it be caught, or protected because the species is threatened? Does it have a high by catch percentage that adversely impacts other marine animals? Similarly, we need to ask questions about where our meat comes from and how the animals were raised and slaughtered. Livestock needs to be humanely treated, fed the purest natural feeds (with no animal by products or waste), never given growth hormones or antibiotics, and raised on land cared for as a sustainable resource.
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- Cook seasonally; do not buy fruits and vegetables out of season.
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- Ask how the fish you buy is caught, either by using sustainable practices or by practices damaging to the environment, and whether it is wild or farm raised.
- Learn which fish species are endangered from over fishing.
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What rules are using for these tank-mech match ups? As Valadaar points out the rules for the old school battletech favored the mechs, the battletech rules that I am familiar also made tanks much more prone to damage to their drive systems. Do you not the like the Omni mech system employed by the clans?
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Today marks the fortieth anniversary of Pope Paul VI's promulgation of the encyclical Humane Vitae, which reaffirmed the constant teaching of the Church over two millennia. What is sad is that the document rarely gets discussed on its own merits. It is usually employed by those arguing against the spectre of creeping papal infallibility, which, according to such arguments, began at Vatican I and was reinforced, that is, strengthened by the Second Vatican Council, particularly in number twenty-five of Lumen Gentium.
It is important to put aside all such juridical arguments and to seek the truth in order to make a judgment about how to live. I do not have the time or energy to do this at present. I have written on this topic (see Marriage and the Gift of Life: Some Diaconal Observations) and preached on it several times. To that end, there is a very good article available for free on the First Things website, by Mary Eberstat, entitled The Vindication of Humane Vitae, which is well worth your time. In her article she ignores all the secondary issues and gets to the heart of the matter. It does not matter, for example, that Pope Paul rejected the recommendation of the majority of the Papal Commission, set up by his predecessor, Bl. John XXIII. What matters is fidelity to the truth, which is fidelity to the Lord. That issue is dealt with in number six:
"However, the conclusions arrived at by the commission could not be considered by Us as definitive and absolutely certain, dispensing Us from the duty of examining personally this serious question. This was all the more necessary because, within the commission itself, there was not complete agreement concerning the moral norms to be proposed, and especially because certain approaches and criteria for a solution to this question had emerged which were at variance with the moral doctrine on marriage constantly taught by the magisterium of the Church."To wit: it is one thing to recommend that the church alter its teaching in the light of human advancement, as with, say, usury. It is a another thing entirely to make a recommendation that is at odds with the natural, that is, the moral law, which is inscribed in nature and, if we seek to be discerning, on our hearts. The fact that we can deny comatose people food while making their passing comfortable and that many people are in favor of doing this does not make it right. In other words, just because technology enables us to do something does not mean that we ought to do it. Such an anti-ethic is yet another human attempt to play God, which is the original sin.
What caused the whole discussion to begin was the introduction of the birth control pill in 1960. What was unique about this method at the time was that it dispensed with the need for blocking methods, like condoms, or withdrawal prior to ejaculation, both of which are immoral. In other words, by using the Pill the act could be completed without the risk of pregnancy. What was not known, even in 1968, is that the so-called Pill often and unpredictably acts as an abortifacient. In other words, it does not always prevent conception, but sometimes causes a very early term abortion after conception, an outcome not under the control of the user. So, apart from the question about the morality of contraception, which constitutes the heart of the matter, at least as regards the Pill, there are other grave issues at stake. All this before getting to the long-term health effects that use of the Pill cause in women who employ this method of contraception.
Humanae Vitae, oddly enough, is a very progressive document, not a reactionary one. It does far more than reiterate the ban on artificial contraception, or respond to new arguments in favor of reversing the constant teaching of the church. Again, it is not a matter of pointing to issues on which the church's position has evolved and changed, like on slavery, usury, the death penalty, etc. Rather, it is a question about this particular issue on a matter that gets right at what it means to be human. Sexuality is qualitatively different from charging interest on a loan, or the other issues, which have to be understood in the context of the times. To wit: the purpose of sex touches directly the question of our humanity.
"The question of human procreation, like every other question which touches human life, involves more than the limited aspects specific to such disciplines as biology, psychology, demography or sociology. It is the whole man and the whole mission to which he is called that must be considered: both its natural, earthly aspects and its supernatural, eternal aspects" (par. 7).Humanae Vitae recognizes that in addition to having a procreative dimension, sexual intercourse also has a unitive dimension (HV par. 12). In other words, there is a value for married couples to engage such intimate relations, not completely divorced from but in addition to having children. The separation of sex from procreation is the most disastrous consequence of the contraceptive mindset. Sex has become recreation, not procreation. Pregnancy is now what goes wrong when engaging in sex. This is borderline insanity, that is, a denial of reality.
It is also important to note, especially for those of us who practice Natural Family Planning, which is not the rhythm method, that it is not merely an acceptable form of contraception. In marriage vows, we promise to receive children lovingly from God. We do not promise to accept every possible child we are physically capable of having, nor any set number of children. Nonetheless, as St. Thomas teaches us, love is profuse. Anyway, the church does not oppose birth control, that is, the number and spacing of children. The constant tradition of the church opposes contraception, which is not to be conflated and identified with birth control. Once again it becomes, to a certain extent, another case of ends and means. To wit: we always adhere to the principle that ends do not justify means; we may never do evil that good may come of it.
In number ten Humane Vitae teaches that husbands and wives need to arrive at a "full awareness of their obligations in the matter of responsible parenthood, which today, rightly enough, is much insisted upon, but which at the same time should be rightly understood". Therefore, taking into account the "physical, economic, psychological and social conditions, responsible parenthood is exercised by those who prudently and generously decide to have more children, and by those who, for serious reasons and with due respect to moral precepts, decide not to have additional children for either a certain or an indefinite period of time" (underlining mine). "From this it follows," Pope Paul wrote, "that they are not free to act as they choose in the service of transmitting life, as if it were wholly up to them to decide what is the right course to follow. On the contrary, they are bound to ensure that what they do corresponds to the will of God the Creator. The very nature of marriage and its use makes His will clear, while the constant teaching of the Church spells it out" (HV 10).
If you find yourself feeling recoiling from and being challenged by this teaching, it is important to note what Pope John Paul II wrote regarding the church's missionary activity: "The Church proposes; she imposes nothing. She respects individuals and cultures, and she honors the sanctuary of conscience" (Redemptoris Missio par. 39). I would note that Giussani's criterion applies here, too, what corresponds to your heart, what leads you to destiny? Both of these precepts are predicated on consciences properly formed, that is, a sincere desire to be happy, to reach our destination, to fulfill the end for which we are created and redeemed, which is not self-gratification that leads to isolation and emptiness that ultimately results in desolation. In other words, do not desecrate the sanctuary of conscience by "using freedom as a pretext for evil" (1 Pet. 2,16).
The church also teaches that the best birth control is self-control. Self-control is in short supply in our country these days and not just with regard to sex.
"In preserving intact the whole moral law of marriage, the Church is convinced that she is contributing to the creation of a truly human civilization. She urges man not to betray his personal responsibilities by putting all his faith in technical expedients. In this way she defends the dignity of husband and wife"(HV par. 18).Pope Paul also pointed to the societal consequences of the widespread use of contraceptives, this is the focus of Eberstat's article:
1) Marital infidelity will increase
2) There will be a general lowering of moral standards that will profoundly influence young people
3) Women will be reduced and objectified
4) Governments will coercively impose the use of these technical means
I find these predictions more than fulfilled. One of the worst afflictions in the U.S. and the West generally is confusion about the nature and purpose of sex, this is as true for married couples as it is for single people. This confusion goes to the heart of who we are and who we are made to be. It is an impediment, an obstacle, to destiny. These four predictions are truly prophetic and not because Paul VI accurately predicted the future. Anybody with half a brain could deduce the results of the widepread and encouraged use of easily obtainable and easy-to-use contraceptives. However, it takes a prophet to remind us that when we prefer anything to God, like sexual pleasure, that thing becomes for us a god and this is idolatry. It is the role of the prophet to denounce false gods. The prophetic nature of HV, therefore, lies in Pope Paul VI's courage, which he demonstrated frequently, as with Populorum Progresso, in the face of hostility, to speak the truth to power in love. In this he truly demonstrated heroic virtue and for this reason, in my mind, he is blessed. HV does not mark the low ebb of his pontificate, but its high point, thus demonstrating that worldy success is not a Gospel category.
I encourage you to read both HV and Eberstat.


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Ed Bajorek is a bottom-line guy. So it wasn't the feel-good aspects that prompted him to spend serious money for a rooftop solar installation at his appliance and cabinet shop.
"I look at everything long-term," said Bajorek, owner of K&N Builder Sales. "I suspect in the winter, we won't have any electric bill. Now is the time to do it, because business is good right now."
Wind continues to dominate the discussion of renewable energy in Texas, reaching 32.6 million megawatt- hours in 2012, more than in any other state.
Solar power makes up just a sliver of the renewable power flowing to the Texas electric grid, but it had the largest rate of growth last year, increasing by 265 percent to 133,642 megawatt- hours, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. That count only includes commercial-scale solar installations, not the rooftop solar panels installed for residential use.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said last month that he expects solar energy to be "a lot bigger than most people think, sooner than they think."
And an analysis by the NPD Group predicts demand for solar photovoltaic panels in the U.S. will grow by 20 percent this year.
Demand is greatest in California, Arizona, New Jersey and North Carolina. But Texas ranked No. 9 in the nation for solar growth in 2012, according to a study by GTM Research.
No local incentives in Houston
The wide skies of Texas provide plenty of raw material for solar energy, but the state offers none of the tax breaks or other incentives credited with spurring growth elsewhere.
City-owned utilities in San Antonio and Austin offer rebates, as does at least one company operating in the North Texas utility market. No rebates are available in the Houston area.
There is a 30 percent federal tax break.
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But Bajorek said that wasn't a major factor in taking the $117,000 plunge to install solar panels atop his business.
"If I get some money back next year, good," he said. "But what it's going to cost me now, that's all I care about."
He expects when the installation is complete, it will cover most of his electric costs and prove an especially good deal if electric rates rise.
Wind energy jumped ahead of solar in Texas partly because it's easier to do large installations for utility projects, said Jennifer Ronk, senior research scientist at the Houston Advanced Research Center. "It's more cost-competitive at that large utility scale."
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But even in Texas, there are a few larger solar projects, including the Webberville Solar Farm in Manor, a 35-megawatt project with a long-term contract to sell energy to Austin's city-owned utility.
Large solar projects, along with the wind projects that are far more common here, qualify for the federal Production Tax Credit, renewed as part of last-minute negotiations in Congress to avert the Jan. 1 tax increases and spending cuts known as the fiscal cliff.
Critics say the credit gives renewables an unfair advantage over conventional forms of electric generation. It provides a 2.2-cent tax break for every kilowatt-hour of energy produced during the first 10 years of operation.
"That discourages people from building new (generating) plants because, whenever the wind blows, they get kicked off the grid," said Josiah Neeley, a policy analyst for the Texas Public Policy Foundation. "They're not getting the tax credit, so they can't compete with the (renewable energy) prices."
"If wind or solar can compete on the open market, and people want to do that, that's fine," he said. "They just shouldn't be getting subsidies from the government."
'The fuel is free'
Solar has remained mostly a residential phenomenon in Texas, despite a few large commercial projects, including the Ikea store on Interstate 10 near West Loop 610in Houston, which last year installed 3,388 rooftop solar panels.
CenterPoint Energy spokeswoman Leticia Lowe said 92 percent of its customers with a renewable energy installation are residential.
Jimmy and Barbara Hemphill are using complementary electric technologies and design for the house they are building in Humble.
Nationwide: Solar installations surging in 2013
It will have geothermal air conditioning and heating and is situated on the lot so the solar panels are best positioned to catch the sun's rays. Windows and sliding doors on the north and south sides of the house can be opened to the breeze when humidity is low.
The windows are double-paned, and the walls are heavily insulated.
Because the house is new, Jimmy Hemphill said, they don't know how much of their electric use the 26 solar panels will provide; they can add more if needed.
"Our goal would be to end up net zero, where we don't buy any electricity," he said.
Hemphill said the system cost $24,390. How long it takes to pay for itself will depend, in part, on the price of electricity.
Cal Morton, an executive at Texas Solar Outfitters, said that sort of thinking is drawing more people to solar.
"It's not a tree-hugging enterprise," he said. "It's people who know we have a limited electric grid capacity. With solar, you're pre-paying your electric bill for 30 years, and you're locking in that cost, because the fuel is free."
Most panels are guaranteed for 25 years, but Morton said they often last longer.
Up-front costs
Tree-hugger or not, the up-front cost has been a deterrent for many people, and solar's largest gains have been in San Antonio and Austin, where city-owned utility systems offer rebates to customers who install solar panels. Oncor, an electric transmission and distribution company in North Texas, also has an incentive program.
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The theory is that people who generate their own electricity can offset the need to build more expensive generating plants.
No Houston-area companies offer rebates, although some utilities let customers sell back electricity generated by rooftop panels.
Morton said a residential system can cost $12,000 to $50,000 before the federal tax break.
Helen Brauner, senior vice president for marketing and strategic planning at Green Mountain Energy, said the average solar array on a Texas home is about 5 kilowatts — enough to cover roughly half the household's energy needs. A system that size typically costs $12,000 to $15,000, she said.
Brauner said many Green Mountain customers are drawn to solar as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
But Morton said the financial arguments are a lure for others.
"When I was a stockbroker, the challenge was getting consistent returns off the stock market," he said, referring to his previous career. "With this, I just need the sun to rise."


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Looking back in time to when the universe was in its formative youth, the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured these revealing images of two galaxy clusters.
The image at left (this image) shows mature galaxies in a massive cluster that existed when the cosmos was 5 billion years old. The cluster, called RDCS 1252.9-2927, is as massive as 300 trillion suns and is the most massive known cluster for its epoch. The Hubble image reveals the core of the cluster and is part of a much larger mosaic of the entire cluster. Dominating the core are a pair of large, reddish elliptical galaxies [near center of image]. Their red color indicates an older population of stars. Most of the stars are at least 1 billion years old. The two galaxies appear to be interacting and may eventually merge to form a larger galaxy that is comparable to the brightest galaxies seen in present-day clusters.
The red galaxies surrounding the central pair are also cluster members. The cluster probably contains many thousands of galaxies, but only about 50 can be seen in this image. The full Hubble mosaic reveals several hundred cluster members. Many of the other galaxies in the image, including several of the blue galaxies, are foreground galaxies. The color-composite image was assembled from observations taken between May and June 2002 by the ACS Wide Field Camera.
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NORTHRIDGE >> The fire chief woke with a start before dawn on Jan. 17, 1994, just like any other Angeleno tossed from his bed by the 6.7-magnitude Northridge Earthquake.
But Battalion Chief Larry Schneider, wedged on the floor between his cot and the wall at the new Fire Station 28 in Porter Ranch, kept his cool. Like dozens of shaken firefighters under his command, he was ready to respond to widespread havoc.
To overcome the initial shock. To emerge from the rubble of once-tidy firehouses. To quickly respond to the eerie chaos. Without power. Without fully working radios. And without enough water or men to quell the blanket of fires bursting across the San Fernando Valley.
"Everything failed," recalled Schneider, 86, of Torrance, who retired from the Los Angeles Fire Department six years ago after 63 years of firefighting experience. "I never saw anything like it.
"When I looked over the Valley, it was dark, without power. And dust was rising, almost like a fog. And there were transformers shorting and exploding across the Valley. Then we started seeing the fires, red glows in the sky. To the east of us, the whole sky was red."
The Northridge Earthquake rocked the Los Angeles region at 4:31 a.m. with the most violent ground motion ever recorded under any city in North America, according to geologists, and ultimately the most expensive at $20 billion. Freeways crumpled. Homes, storefronts and shopping malls collapsed. Hospitals stood crippled. Trains derailed, spewing toxic chemicals.
Nearly 800 fires were reported across Los Angeles. And those were just the ones called in.
As the dust settled, 57 residents lay dead, while more than 9,000 lay trapped or injured in the debris.
All that Battalion 15 Chief Schneider knew was that he and 50 firefighters on duty at nine fire stations from Canoga Park to Northridge would swing into earthquake emergency mode.
That meant leaving their stations, radioing in their status and then responding to the most critical emergencies while canvassing each and every neighborhood, street by street.
But the same quake that just damaged some 58,000 homes and businesses had also turned firehouses upside down — cutting power, jamming doors and leaving firetrucks temporarily trapped inside.
At Fire Station 70 in Reseda, the jolt was so violent that each firefighter "bunked out" of their beds, just before a hail of bricks rained down on their mattresses. Walls cracked, plaster fell and floors buckled, while firefighters saw two engines and a ladder truck "hop" across the floor.
At Fire Station 8 in Northridge, the shock was so severe a cast-iron six-burner Wolf stove was flip-flopped, its gas line broken, in the middle of the kitchen.
At each station, darkness prevailed amid powerful aftershocks as firefighters struggled to open fire engine doors by hand, while some stations seemed on the verge of collapse.
"It was the most violent ever recorded in history, that's why it was so sharp," said Schneider of the quake that is the strongest ground motion ever recorded. "It literally knocked people down."
The challenge for L.A. firefighters was to stymie a post-earthquake inferno like those that had once obliterated San Francisco and Tokyo, and to identify which fallen buildings contained trapped residents.
For Schneider, who had lived through the 1933 Long Beach, 1941 Torrance-Gardena and 1971 Sylmar quakes, it meant sending what few firefighters he had to where they might save the most lives. And to battle blazes without water pressure because of busted mains.
On Balboa Boulevard, a 20-inch gas feeder main exploded, spewing flames 100 feet into the air atop a geyser shot from a blown 56-inch water main. "A guy in a pickup truck drove in the hole igniting the gas," he said. "There was so much heat, it ignited five houses on either side."
If a recently installed oil line beneath Balboa had ruptured, the chief worried it could have launched a downhill river of burning, flaming crude past two hospitals, two medical buildings and into a supermarket parking lot across from Fire Station 87. It didn't.
On Reseda Boulevard, the three-story Northridge Meadows apartments pancaked atop its parking garage below, killing 16. It was some intrepid firemen from Station 70 who initially tunneled deep into collapsed bedrooms, crawling on their hands and knees to rescue seven more crying out for help.
On Tampa Avenue, a three-story Bullocks at the Northridge Fashion Center buckled. Nearby, a parking garage trapped a morning street sweeper beneath three floors of crushed concrete. Firefighters were able to free Salvador Pena, a married father of five — who suffered crushed legs and a partially dislocated spine — and get him airlifted to UCLA Medical Center.
Atop a soaring Highway 14 interchange where it sheared off onto Interstate 5, firefighters scaled a mountain of broken concrete rubble to rescue a woman, seven months pregnant, from her crushed car. A county fire helicopter whisked her to a working hospital.
Meanwhile, a four-story Kaiser Permanente medical clinic collapsed, fire raged through a Cal State Northridge science lab, and a 24-car Southern Pacific freight train derailed, spewing 2,000 gallons of sulfuric acid.
Across the northwest Valley, more than four dozen Battalion 15 firefighters scrambled to respond to some 60 major fires and fallen buildings at businesses, schools, condominiums, apartments, homes and mobile home parks, where many seniors lay immobilized by the temblor. Grass fires also threatened to engulf more homes, with winds gusting up to 25 mph.
Under normal circumstances, each incident would call for a greater-alarm response. But Valley firefighters could only wait for help to dribble in from across the region.
Not since the Bel-Air-Brentwood blaze burned nearly 500 high-priced homes in 1961 had Schneider seen such widespread devastation.
After escaping the firehouse, Schneider worked to piece together radio fragments from his 13 rattled companies, then restore communications with fire headquarters. It was hours before he knew his battalion lay at the heart of the earthquake epicenter, in Reseda.
With firefighter Sandy Johnston at the wheel, they drove through dark streets to incident after incident, past rows of collapsed buildings, dodging downed power lines, bridges and debris, then skirting emerging crowds of dazed residents.
"People running in the street," recalled the 6-foot-1-inch battalion chief, who holds the record of the longest serving in the department. "People driving without lights on. People going crazy. My main concern was getting hit."
With few resources, he had to choose which incidents to respond to that could save the most life and property. Emergencies such as the train derailment and the CSUN fire, however, didn't immediately threaten residents and would have to wait, he said.
"Sometimes, it required great courage and strong discipline to drive past burning and/or collapsed buildings and frantic citizens demanding their attention," he said in a report written days after the earthquake.
By 8 a.m., he set up a command post at Nordhoff Street and Reseda Boulevard, at a supermarket parking lot devoid of power lines where helicopters could land. By noon, he and his 50 men were exhausted.
By then, seven battalion chiefs, eight trucks and 33 engine companies and other units were flooded into the district to render aid. His son, Capt. Larry S. Schneider, was aboard one of them.
By nightfall, they had rescued hundreds of residents, treated 1,100 more and beat back a potential urban earthquake firestorm, without sufficient pressurized water, by employing swimming pools, water trucks and from helicopters dropping water.
"The biggest challenge was keeping the firemen from being killed or injured from further collapse of buildings, fires and downed parking structures," said Schneider, from a home office festooned with fire photos and commemorations. "We were drastically short of manpower.
"It was important to show leadership, to stay in contact, to convey accurate information and encourage them. Without it, pretty much the whole San Fernando Valley would have gone down the drain."


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The top story lines to watch in baseball this season:Go big or go home
The free-spending Los Angeles Dodgers were knocked off in the National League championship series last season by St. Louis, falling short of their World Series goal. They remain all in, including a $215 million contract extension for ace Clayton Kershaw, and coming up empty again will not be looked upon kindly by management, especially with the team�s $230 million payroll.All eyes on Seattle
The Mariners made the biggest splash in the offseason by stealing second baseman Robinson Cano from the Yankees with a 10-year, $240 million contract. They also added former Brewers slugger Corey Hart and Marlins castoff Logan Morrison. Still, the rest of their lineup is questionable and ace �King� Felix Hernandez isn�t getting any younger. They�ll need everything to go right to contend.The Cardinals way
St. Louis had the look of a budding dynasty in making it to the 2013 World Series. The Cardinals seem to crank out hard-throwing pitching prospects at will, with Michael Wacha earning the headlines down the stretch and into the postseason. With that kind of pitching and an offense built around reliable role players, this team has staying power.The Price is right
The Rays resisted trading free-agent-to-be David Price, instead hoping to make one last run with him. If things don�t work out, they should be able to land a king�s ransom for him before the trade deadline in July. Working from a familiar script, they will use their usual mix of unheralded position players and manager Joe Maddon�s mad genius to again compete with heavyweights Boston and New York.One and done?
The Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a record 20-year run of sub-.500 records in 2013 and made it to the playoffs as a wild-card team, led by NL MVP Andrew McCutchen. But the Pirates frustrated their fans by staying mostly quiet over the winter while losing veteran right-hander A.J. Burnett to free agency. Was last year simply a fleeting return to glory?Yankee makeover
New York did what it does best in the offseason � spend money. The Yankees used big-bucks contracts to add center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury from the rival Red Sox, right fielder Carlos Beltran, catcher Brian McCann and, for good measure, Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka. Throw in a healthy Mark Teixeira at first base, a final season from Derek Jeter and a resurgent CC Sabathia, and it could be a big year at Yankee Stadium.Rangers, Tigers swap stars
After consecutive postseason disappointments, the Tigers turned the page on former Brewers slugger Prince Fielder by trading him to the Rangers for second baseman Ian Kinsler. That allowed Detroit to move AL MVP Miguel Cabrera back to first base and become a little more multidimensional with Kinsler at second. Texas, meanwhile, will pair Fielder with free agent Shin-Soo Choo to give itself plenty of left-handed pop in a ballpark that is well-suited for them.Braves� building blocks
The Atlanta Braves spent the off-season giving contract extensions to everyone but the night watchman. They also announced plans to move to a new palace in the �burbs. Injuries picked apart their pitching staff, however, and they will try to regroup behind budding ace Julio Teheran.Rallying Royals
Kansas City has been trying to position itself for a playoff run. With an offseason trade for legitimate leadoff hitter Norichika Aoki, the hope is the lineup will be balanced enough to contend. The Royals lost stud starter Ervin Santana to free agency, so James Shields and the AL�s best closer in 2013, Greg Holland, must carry their staff.Aimless Angels
Free agency hasn�t worked out so well for the Angels the past few years. They signed sluggers Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton to huge-money deals only to see both struggle with injury and inconsistency. If those two can come back and produce, they would team with mega-talent Mike Trout to form a fearsome middle of the lineup. Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson are solid atop the starting rotation, and youngster Tyler Skaggs could be a key piece to round it out.Wrigley birthday party
The Cubs will spend as much time as possible celebrating the 100th birthday of Wrigley Field, but at some point they need to put a representative team on the field. They have built a dazzling array of prospects by gutting previous rosters, but after consecutive 100-loss seasons, long-suffering fans want something to raise a beer to other than the Friendly Confines.The Nationals debt
No team was more disappointing in 2013 than the Washington Nationals, who went from playoff team to also-ran in the last year under manager Davey Johnson. When you have young stars such as Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper, expectations present the kind of pressure to which local resident Barack Obama can relate.Hope in Houston?
The Astros enter 2014 with the smallest payroll in the major leagues, and it�s not even close � even the miserly Marlins are $15 million ahead of them at this point. But, credit to them, they�re sticking to a slow, methodical rebuild, and at some point the belief is the short-term pain will be worth the long-term gain. The question is, will what remains of their fan base continue to support the team through these tough times?Under the magnifying glass
No player will be more-scrutinized than Milwaukee�s Ryan Braun, who ended a year and a half of lying about his involvement with performance-enhancing drugs by accepting a season-ending, 65-game suspension in 2013. Braun put himself in this no-win position: If he falters, critics will say he can�t play clean. If he plays great, they will say he must still be cheating. Tough row to hoe.


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For most people, an ocean voyage is a time for a little R&R. But for a young Indian physicist, it was a time for C&C -- contemplation and calculation. He pondered the fates of stars, and realized that they won't all end their lives in the same way. His work earned him a Nobel Prize.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was born 100 years ago this week in British India. After earning his degree in physics, he was invited to pursue a doctorate at Cambridge University. It was during the two-and-a-half week trip to England, in 1930, that he contemplated the fates of stars.
Stars like the Sun die by casting their outer layers into space, leaving only their cores, known as white dwarfs. These objects are thousands of times denser than normal matter -- so dense that most of the star's mass is packed into a ball the size of Earth.
Chandra calculated that there's a weight limit for white dwarfs: around one-and-a-half times the mass of the Sun. Anything heavier must either collapse further or explode.
But one of England's leading astronomers considered the idea absurd. He turned most other astronomers against Chandra's ideas. So the young physicist left England and took a job at the University of Chicago, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Chandrasekhar pursued many areas of research during his career. But in 1983, he received the Nobel Prize for his work on the evolution of stars -- work that began with a boat ride more than five decades earlier.
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Today we'll just be taking a quick look at the current iteration of stats, caps and rating conversions.
There are a fair bit of numbers leading up to the final conclusions to this post so if you're averse to finding out why and how things work the way they do, you can scroll down to the bottom to the bolded caps listed for a quick look at what sort of numbers you should be striving for.
So for starters, here are the raw numbers when it comes to the ratings and how they convert to real world stats:
176.71 Dodge rating = 1% dodge
176.71 Parry rating = 1% parry
179.3 Mastery rating = 1 mastery skill
120.1 Hit rating = 1% hit
30.03 Expertise = 1 expertise skill
1 Stamina = (approximately) 17 HP
Out of this batch of ratings and skills, there are two in the list that you don't really have to pay much attention to and those are Stamina and Mastery. That's not to say that you do'nt need them, but more that since they don't exactly have an effective cap, you can just add as much as you can to these two without worrying about coming to it's effective cap (yet).
The first two stats that you're going to want to cap as soon as possible are your Hit and Expertise stats. The cap for hit with regards to special attacks is 8% so 960 hit rating and the cap for expertise is 26 expertise skill which is about 780 expertise rating.
These are your primary threat stats and you'll want to STOP stacking more of hit and expertise after those points because after that, they'll only affect a much smaller portion of your threat and damage which makes it not as worth stacking more at the expense of your other stats.
We finally come to your dodge and parry stats and it's important to realize just two things with regards to them. The first is that it's not really feasible at the moment to hit the 100% cap on these, or even together so your goal is to get them as high as reasonably possible.
The second is that due to the nature of your talents, you'll want to favor parry over dodge but you can't take this to extremes. Because both dodge and parry begin to lose effectiveness the more you have of it, it behooves you to try keep the two of them as even as possible, giving your parry rating a bit heavier importance.
So finally, in summary, as you gear up, this is the order of stats that you're going to want:
Expertise rating to 780
Hit rating to 960
While these are the stats you need and the order you need them in, a little bit of common sense goes a long way. It doesn't do you any good to have all of the hit expertise ratings you need when you sacrifice all of your defensive stats to do it.
Prefer one stat to another but don't focus on it to the exclusion of all else. Keep your stats growth fairly equal across the board and you'll be much more pleased with the results.


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Former US cycling star Floyd Landis has been handed a suspended 12-month prison sentence by a French court for his part in an alleged plot to steal documents from the country's national anti-doping laboratory (LNDD) using Trojan malware.
The fact that the sentence has been suspended is actually good news for a man whose career turned into one of the most troubled in recent cycling history after he tested positive for testosterone during the 2006 Tour de France.
The suspended sentence means that a French arrest warrant, issued for the cyclist in January 2010, will probably now be dropped.
Alleged co-conspirator, Landis's former coach Arnie Baker, was also given a 12-month suspended sentence although the man accused of carrying out the Trojan attack on their behalf, computer consultant Alain Quiros, was sentenced to six months in prison with a 4,000 euro fine.
Just to add an extra twist, the company Quiros worked for, Kargus Consultants, which has separately been accused of creating malware to hack a variety of organisations in France, including environmental campaigners Greenpeace on behalf of energy company EDF.
Landis's attempts to clear his name appear to be at the centre of allegations regarding the spying, with the cyclist using allegedly stolen documents to help mount a defence against the doping charges in the years after 2006.
After years protesting innocence, in 2010 the rider admitted he had taken banned substances and went on to allege that other riders did the same while he rode for the legendary US Postal cycling team built around Lance Armstrong.
Cyclists testing positive for doping has become almost routine in recent years but Landis was always an unusual case, having become the first rider in history to be stripped of a Tour de France winner's title for such an offence.
Both Landis and Baker have continued to deny the Trojan accusations.


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