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It may not be an extreme sport, but political payback is a well-established tradition in Sacramento.
We saw another reminder of that this week with two-term Assemblyman Brian Nestande, R-Palm Desert.
Just a day after Nestande broke ranks with his fellow Republicans and cast a vote for Democratic Speaker John Perez's AB 1500, a bill that raises corporate taxes to pay for college scholarships, Nestande stepped down from his post as Republican Caucus Chair.
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Did he jump, or was he pushed? No matter. The end result was the same. As Nestande told the Sacramento Bee's Jim Sanders: " I understood the ramifications when I took the vote."
Nestande's fatalistic walk on the political plank would have been shared by the other non-Democrat who voted for the bill, San Diego's Nathan Fletcher -- except that Fletcher bolted the GOP and became an independent earlier this year during his failed run for mayor of San Diego.
What's interesting about this is that most political disagreements are handled behind closed doors in Sacramento. But when a lawmaker breaks ranks publicly, there's a well-known history of political retribution.
In 1994, Assemblyman Paul Horcher, R-Diamon Bar, famously shocked the GOP with his surprise vote to retain Willie Brown as Assembly Speaker. Condemned as a turncoat, he was recalled from office the following spring.
In 2007, Senate President pro Tem Don Perata locked three lawmakers out of their offices to express displeasure for a meeting they held to discuss electing more moderates.
In 2008, Assemblywoman Nicole Parra, D-Hanford, was booted not just from her office, but from the Capitol building altogether for casting a budget vote that angered Speaker Karen Bass.
And in 2009, six Republican legislators endured scathing criticism for voting for a package of temporary taxes. One of them, Senate Republican Leader Dave Cogdill of Modesto was deposed in an overnight coup.
There are other means of punishment, such as assignment of office and garage space. In fact, there is an actual "doghouse" at the Capitol. No, not the one that Gov. Jerry Brown's dog, Sutter, occupies. It's a 391 square foot office on the fifth floor that frequently is assigned to a lawmaker who has displeased leadership.
As for Brian Nestande? Although only in office three years, he is no neophyte. His father, Bruce Nestande, was an aide to Gov. Ronald Reagan, then served in both the Assembly and on the Orange County Board of Supervisors.
So he knew what was coming when he cast a vote that Assembly Democrats loved.
Author Kevin Riggs, an Emmy-winning former TV reporter in Sacramento, is Senior Vice President at Randle Communications.
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Looking for a vacation? Laura Geller "Escape to the Tropics" Pictures and Swatches **PIC HEAVY**11:08 AM
Are you ready for a vacation? I know I am! Between tons of snow, and then tons of rain, I could really use a little sunshine in my life right about now! Well, Laura Geller has come to the rescue. A few months back (I think in December), she had a TSV on QVC, called "Escape to the Tropics". This set contained all new colors (except for the foundation), all of which are absolutely gorgeous. The packaging is too!
The collection comes with a foundation Balance 'n Brighten (I picked Fair), a Blush 'n Brighten in Tropic Hues, a Dream Creams Lip Color pallet in Tropical Hues, a Baked Eye Dreams eyeshadow set in Sunset Horizon, I-care eyeliner in Purple Paradise, a retractable lip brush and a double ended eyeshadow brush.
Like I said earlier, the packaging is absolutely stunning on this. It's an embossed gold packaging that looks so elegant! I'm not sure the picture does it justice, but you get the gist of the packaging in the pictures below.
First up, Balance 'n Brighten in Fair. This was the lightest shade available until now - they just released a Porcelain, which I ordered in her most recent TSV: Vanilla Nudes, which should be arriving any day now. Fair has swirls fair, bronze and golden correcting pigments. This is a baked foundation, but once applied ends up some creamy on the skin. It isn't cakey in the least - my only complaint is this shade will only work for me in the summer, so I am keeping my fingers crossed for the new Porcelain shade.
The Blush 'n Brighten in Tropical Hues is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S! I'm a bit biased towards her blushes, though. There isn't one I don't like - they all blend so beautifully together to create a beautiful flush on the cheeks. This particular shade swirls apricot, pink and gold (mine is mostly pink, but you can see the other shades in the first picture). Don't get scared, though - you won't look like a Barbie doll in this color - the golds and apricots blend together to create a perfect warm/pink on the skin. It reminds me of a pinkier version of Apricot Berry.
Let me just say, I know a lot of you out there love the MAC MSF blushes...well if you do, you NEED to try out Laura Geller's. These are even more beautiful, blend effortlessly, and come in two types (Sugared = shimmery and Sugar Free = matte). What's better than that? It's the best of both worlds!
The Baked Eye Dreams are a bit of a different presentation for Laura Geller. Typically she creates the baked shadows, reminiscent of the MAC MSF eyeshadows, but this time around she took a play out of her Dream Cream lip colors and created a similar eyeshadow pallet. This set contains four colors, all which coordinately beautifully together. To the far left is an ivory with hints of gold and peach. Next is a beautiful golden mauve, followed by a bright true gold shade, and last a deep plum/bronze to the right.
The texture on all of these is quite creamy. I find they are very well pigmented on their own, but I do like to use a primer with them, as I do with any of my eyeshadows.
The Dream Creams lip colors I expected the least out of, and turned out liking the most out of the entire set. Upon first impression, these looked like minimally pigmented glosses, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Not only are each very pigmented, and rich, but the staying power and moisturization was wonderful on each shade. The golden shimmer to the far left is beautiful on it's own, but manages to transform each color to the right when applied on top. If you purchase one item out of this set, I would have to suggest this pallet!
The Purple Paradise I-Care eyeliner is a beautiful rich plum shade. As with the other I-Care pencils, this is waterproof and can be worn on the waterline.
The swatches from the entire collection are above. I really love this set - it's warm but bright at the same time. Amazingly, I think these colors would look beautiful on anyone. As I mentioned above, I absolutely adore the Dream Creams lip colors - they are just gorgeous!
The price on QVC right now is $54.12 for the entire collection.
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The Children's After School Achievement (CASA) program at Hope College has been named one of five finalists statewide for the "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award" in the 2010 Governor's Service Award program.
The Children's After School Achievement (CASA) program at Hope College has been named one of five finalists statewide for the "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award" in the 2010 Governor's Service Award program.
Coordinated by the Michigan Community Service Commission, the Governor's Service Awards are given annually to individuals, businesses, and organizations to acknowledge their commitment to serving their communities through volunteerism.
A total of 40 finalists have been named in eight categories, selected from more than 130 individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations from across the state nominated for their commitment to volunteer service. One award recipient in each category will be announced during an awards celebration honoring all of the finalists on Thursday, June 24, at the Gem Theatre in Detroit, hosted by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and First Gentleman Daniel G. Mulhern.
The "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award" honors an extraordinary mentoring program or organization that provides high-quality mentoring with significant results for children in Michigan.
"We are deeply honored to have been named a finalist," said Fonda Green, executive director of CASA. "CASA is successful because of our many volunteers - including more than 175 Hope students each year - and friends in the community who give selflessly on behalf of the children with whom we work, and we appreciate that others recognize those efforts and the difference that they're making."
CASA, a community organization housed at Hope, provides academic and cultural enrichment for at-risk first- through fifth-grade students. The program, which runs year-round, is intended to improve the students' academic performance by providing the tools they need to succeed in school.
During the school year, the students meet after school twice per week in one-on-one sessions with volunteer tutors, most of whom are Hope students. During a six-week summer session, CASA runs five classes, each led by a certified teacher and assistant, four mornings a week. This year's summer session will begin on Monday, June 21, and feature the theme "Science Explosion: Our Future Comes to Life."
The academic-year and summer programs serve Holland and West Ottawa students. A total of 150 elementary-age students participated in CASA during the 2009-10 year.
Brian Davis, superintendent of the Holland Public Schools, singled out the mentoring relationships with Hope students and the program's campus location for particular praise, especially for children who might not have older siblings at home, or who might not otherwise have had a chance to experience a college or university.
"Being able to foster that kind of a relationship on a college campus has a very powerful impact on students," said Davis, who nominated CASA for the award. "It exposes children to higher education in a very positive way, and it provides great role models and great academic support as a result of that."
CASA was established in 1987 by Marge Rivera Bermann and Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP) and originally housed at FirstUnitedMethodistChurch. CASA moved to HopeCollege in 1989, and has its offices and summer classes in newly renovated Graves Hall and its school-year activities in classrooms in Lubbers Hall.
In addition to the "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award," the categories in the Governor's Service Award program are the "Governor George Romney Lifetime Achievement Award," the "Corporate Community Leader Award," the "Mentor of the Year" award, the "Outstanding Volunteer Program Award," the "Senior Volunteer of the Year Award," the "Volunteer of the Year" award and the "Youth Volunteer of the Year" award.
The other four finalists in the "Outstanding Mentoring Program Award" category are the Art of Leadership Foundation of Detroit; the Explore Mentor PLUS Program of Alma; The Henry Ford Youth Mentorship Program of Dearborn; and Lunch Buddies-Central Michigan University Volunteer Center of Mount Pleasant.


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The opportunities realities and challenges of organic farming in Boulder County will be reviewed in an April 5 workshop sponsored by the county Parks and Open Space Department.
Wednesday, March 26, is the deadline for registering for the free workshop — "Is Organic an Option for Me?" — which is set for 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 5 at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 3080 Center Green Drive, Boulder. People can get more information and register online at www.BoulderCountyOpenSpace.org/agriculture.
Representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture, the Colorado Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University will provide information that can assist people interested in certified organic production. Industry experts will answer questions and provide resources for both experienced and new farmers as well as other community members attending.
County officials said the workshop will include discussions about Colorado's larger agricultural economic landscape and how organic farming fits into Boulder County's agriculture industry. Boulder County commissioners have set a policy of having 20 percent of the cropland on county-owned open space certified as organic or in the process of transitioning into organic production by the year 2020.


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This post concludes my series of posts on Oracle OpenWorld 2011 conference. Here are some pictures from Wednesday and Thursday.
Despite the sad news about Steve Jobs, I had a great time at this conference. I learned a lot about what other IT vendors are doing, talked to dozens of IBM clients at the booth, and got to make some new friends that work in other parts of IBM.
(FTC Disclosure: I work for IBM. IBM and Apple are technology partners. I proudly own an Apple iPod, several Mac Mini computers and shares of stock in both IBM and Apple, Inc.)
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The Central Park Five: The Tortured Confessions behind the 'Wilding' Hoax-- Now playing at the Shattuck Cinema in Berkeley
If you think Bradley Manning is getting a bum rap (and he is), consider the case of the Central Park Five.
In 1989, five Black and Latino teenagers were tried as adults and convicted of a savage attack on a white female jogger in Central Park. While other horrific crimes were committed in Manhattan the same week, it was this single interracial crime that became the "crime of the century" as the nation became transfixed by a threatening new term for out-of-control teen violence -- "wilding."
The press derided the five young boys as a "teen wolf pack," "savage beasts," "mutants," "sociopaths." The vitriol was understandable. After all, the boys all signed written confessions and described their roles in the attack in a series of videotaped interviews.
There was only one problem. They were all completely innocent. (It was only after the boys had served 6- and 13-year prison sentences that Matias Reyes, a serial rapist, confessed to the crime.)
Boyhoods Interrupted
Leaping adroitly from the tube to the big screen, TV documentarian Ken Burns reveals a sordid story of police corruption, public betrayal and personal suffering targeting "the most endangered species in America – the young, black man."
This exceptional, nuanced and emotional documentary challenges the comforting assumption that we inhabit a "post-racial" America. Throughout this gripping, 119-minute film, Burns' respect for The Five is both palpable and profound. His on-camera interviews are compelling and emotional.
After a visual prelude of striking photographs that capture the grit and poverty of the Harlem of the '70s and '80s, Burns introduces the five – Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam. On screen, Salaam, Richardson and Santana are surprisingly wry, smart and articulate. Kevin, while not articulate, is emotionally exposed, frail and touching.
Throughout the film, the interviews with the men (now in their 30s) are intercut with photos and film clips when they were children, boys and, finally, criminal suspects served up on the evening news. What's missing is the void between their youth and the painful reality that is their legacy as wounded, struggling adults.
A Fateful Night in the Park
A crowd of around 25 teens headed to Central Park to hang out. It was just "guys horseplaying -- jumping on each others' backs, beating each other up. Just horseplaying." But at some point, a few of the teens started throwing rocks, harassing passersby and "beating up a homeless guy … really bad." After watching a man bashed in the head with a beer bottle, the boys decided to head home. "The only crime I committed that night was I hopped the turnstile," one man tells Burns.
Tears well up in his eyes at the memory of being tackled and manhandled by the cops who responded to the disturbance. "I'd never been arrested: Never had handcuffs on me."
The kids were expecting to be released after being booked on a charge of "illegal assembly" but, at 1:30AM, a woman was found in the park -- near death, partially disrobed and suffering from a skull fracture.
New charges filed.
Vengeance and the Specter of 'Wilding'
The attack provoked a media frenzy that inflamed the public, provoking both fear and anger. An NYPD official rushed to assure the press and the public: "We believe these five youths… were responsible."
He chose his words wisely: He did not "we have evidence to believe the boys were involved." In fact, there was no evidence. No signs of struggle, no DNA matches, nothing that even tied the five to the time or location of the incident.
So why did five young men confess (both in signed statements written in longhand and in videotaped interviews with investigators)? This is where The Central Park Five earns its stars.
Why Do Innocents Confess?
After listening to the candid recollections of The Five as they unburden themselves before Burns' camera, you'll never again accept a police confession at face value.
We now know the kids were subjected to 14-30 hours of stressful police interrogations complete with shouts, verbal threats and physical abuse that amounted to psychological torture. "There was no food, no drink, no sleep and I didn't know when it was going to end."
Eventually the cops told the terrified, exhausted boys: "Your friends have all confessed and named you." It was a lie but it had the desired effect. "I figured: they did it to me; I'll do it to them." "I made stuff up." Told they would be allowed to go home if they "told the truth," the boys struggled to make up stories. When their descriptions didn't match reality, the cops coached them to change their stories to be more "believable."
Turning away from the camera and cringing at the sexually explicit details of his "confession," one of the Five tells Burns: "A 14-year-old boy doesn't talk like this. I was crying. [The cop] said: 'Don't worry. You did good. Everything's gonna be alright. I said it 'cause they told me to so I could go home."
A Reign of Righteous Injustice
The boys were bullied; convinced not to demand their right to legal counsel and placed before a videocamera. Videotape rolled and their fates were sealed. As one of the many officials interviewed by Burns observes: "Confessions will trump DNA [and even] change witnesses testimony…."
Burns interviews the single juror who pointed out irreconcilable errors in the five different "confessions." After suffering the angry abuse of his fellow jurors, he finally decided to vote for conviction "just to get out of there."
The woman who had been attacked made an amazing recover. Even though she had no memory of the attack, the prosecution put her in the witness stand. When the young woman grabbed the witness stand to steady herself, it was clear there was no way these young men were going to be freed.
The prison experience was searing. "I had to grow up really fast." "I saw people dying over cigarettes." "Why me? I cursed God out a couple of times. My faith was gone."
The Aftermath of Stolen Lives
In one remarkable scene, Burns plays Mathias Reyes' confession tape for the Five. We watch a complexity of emotions play across their faces as they hear his words for the first time.
The public was finally informed that the DNA from the crime scene matched Reyes. Reyes describes details of the assault that no one else could have known. Nonetheless, after the acquittal of the five innocent men, the NYPD investigated itself and found no grounds for complaint. The fog of "institutional protectionism" continued to spread over Manhattan as prosecutors, the press and much of the public refused to accept the dismissal; refused even to accept the facts.
Left behind are five middle-aged men who lost their youth, were thrown into the lion's den of prison and now face damaged futures where "a huge gap of your life has been taken away from you."
In 2003, the Central Park Five filed a lawsuit against NYC but, as Burns informs us, "the lawsuit remains unresolved."


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Sunday, August 14, 2011
PLCB Spirits Selection Sucks...just like we always said it did
Nathan Lutchansky (PLCB Users Group blog) has the numbers, and it turns out we were right. Nathan got the numbers on how many different spirits the PLCB offers in a variety of categories (and actually different; not different sizes or gift packages of the same spirit), and compared it to four well-known destination stores: Astor, Binny's, Party Source, and BevMo. Take a look; it's an eye-opener.
The two most damning? Single malts: the PLCB offers a paltry 37, while the next smallest amount (BevMo) is 132, almost four times as many. The other? You won't believe it, but it's vodka. Add non-flavored and flavored together, and the PLCB offers 179, and we've often said they have too many...but in this group? They come in fourth out of five. They can't even do that right!
Hard numbers prove it: the selection at the PLCB sucks.
4 comments:
- Matthew Kayahara said...
I would love to see someone add the LCBO to that list. For all their touted "largest single wine and spirits buyer in the world" status, my gut feeling is that they wouldn't fare too well in such a comparison.
- August 16, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- hbgonlooker said...
LCBO has it all over the LCB with the talent they have and the approach they take is far superior than the LCB. But you are left with the issue of government monopoly.
- August 16, 2011 at 10:11 PM
You are telling us that the PLCb should abolished because Astor has a bigger selection? Who besides esoteric consumers cares/ The PLCB is owned by the people of Pennsylvania. When did you see Astor giving 500M to the state treasury? If some one wants to buy yet another single malt let him get it from Astor. I can still buy one in Snow Shoe, Tyrone, Houtzdale or Mt. Union at a store.
- November 27, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Lew Bryson said...
Who besides esoteric consumers cares[?]
The PLCB is owned by the people of Pennsylvania.
When did you see Astor giving 500M to the state treasury?
I can still buy one [single malt] in Snow Shoe, Tyrone, Houtzdale or Mt. Union at a store.
Classic, Greg, thanks. Let's have a look.
The "esoteric" consumer is forbidden by PA law to buy booze anywhere but PA. They have no legal options other than the PLCB. Plenty of folks down here in the SE corner find that annoying enough that they break that law on a regular basis, which costs the state millions every year. Way to go, PLCB.
If the PLCB is "owned" by the people of Pennsylvania, why do we have no say at all in how it's run? Because we don't: the PLCB has no citizen oversight, they regularly thumb their noses at both the Legislature and the Governor.
The PLCB doesn't "give" $500 million to the state, it remits it because it has to...and private liquor stores would be required to remit the same taxes that make up 3/4 of that $500 million; cut border bleed with privatization and better service and selection, and you may well make that up. The PLCB is having a harder and harder time coming up with the remainder, in case you haven't been following the news.
And your last "point"? A beautiful example of PLCB policy: if we don't have it, you don't need it. God, it's always Snow Shoe and Houtzdale. No one ever brings up that these stores are open part time and run at a loss. You want them to do better? Privatize, and allow beer distributors to sell liquor and wine. Problems solved.
Your overall point, by the way, is a straw man. The pathetic selection is only ONE of a number of reasons (collect them all) why the PLCB State Store System should be abolished. Thanks!
- November 27, 2011 at 9:32 AM


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Apartment Complex Orders Dog DNA Tests to Make Sure Owners Clean Poop
If you don't clean up after your dog, your pockets may suffer.
That's the message being sent from one apartment complex in Riverdale, New Jersey to dog owners who live there.
The Grande of Riverdale is instituting a new policy in which dog owners will have to get their pets' mouths swabbed for DNA, which can be used for testing when waste is found on the premises.
A letter sent to residents said the measure was being taken because of a "small percentage of residents who have not been doing their due diligence."
After samples are given, those owners who do not remove the fecal matter from the grounds will be fined $250 the first time, with the punishment going as high as $1,000.
Another complex in Massachusetts has already tried the DNA testing and the results have been noticeable – there's been a 90% cut in the amount of waste gone left behind.


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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, joined by his wife Ann and sons during a campaign appearance at the Temple for the Performing Arts , Tuesday Jan. 3, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa.(Rodney White/The Des Moines Register)
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In order to help protect patients, family members and health care workers from the spread of COVID-19, no visitors are allowed at any of Wake Forest Baptist Health's outpatient or inpatient facilities, except in certain situations.Learn moreMore COVID-19 Updates
These days, adults are concerned about the growing number of kids who are overweight, and guess what? Kids know it's a problem, too.
We conducted a KidsPoll and asked 1,168 boys and girls about the issue. More than half of them (52%) said too many kids are overweight. This is important because knowing there is a problem is the first step to getting answers to solve the problem.
Most people who are overweight have too much body fat. The person who is overweight weighs more than is healthy, considering age, height, and whether the person is a boy or a girl (boys generally weigh more).
The number of overweight kids has increased a lot over the last 30 years. In the United States, about 17% of kids ages 2 to 19 are overweight. That's bad news because being overweight can lead to health problems, like diabetes and heart disease.
Overweight kids also may get teased by other kids or feel sad about the way they look. Most kids (60%) who took the KidsPoll said it was harder for overweight kids to make friends.
When asked why some kids were overweight, many of the KidsPoll participants (54%) said it was because overweight kids didn't exercise enough or eat right. Others said that kids were overweight because fast food restaurants serve the wrong foods or because being overweight runs in the kid's family.
The poll also asked the kids some questions about themselves. Most of the group (78%) said they were either the right weight or underweight. The rest of the group thought they were overweight, with 4% of kids saying they were very overweight.
The poll results don't prove that 4% of the kids were very overweight, but it shows that 4% of the kids believed they were overweight and answered that way. On top of that, 54% of kids said they worried or stressed out about their weight, with more girls feeling this way. Of those who said they never worry about their weight, 59% were boys and 33% were girls.
Plenty of kids said they have tried to lose weight. Of those who had, here's how they said they tried to do it:
Eating healthy and exercising are usually the best ways to lose weight, and 73% of the kids knew that. If kids are worried about weight, experts suggest they think about where they should go for answers. The KidsPoll participants chose talking to a nurse or doctor as the best resource.
Here are the other ways kids said they could learn more about getting to a healthy weight:
It's great that kids are thinking about weight problems and the best way to solve them. It's like putting together a difficult puzzle. Understanding that there's a problem is one piece. Understanding what causes kids to be overweight is another. And knowing that eating healthy and exercising are the best strategies to fix the problem is a very important piece.
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Kucinich Wants New Hampshire Recount
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Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the most outspoken advocate in the Presidential field and in Congress for election integrity, paper-ballot elections, and campaign finance reform, has sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State asking for a recount of Tuesday's election because of "unexplained disparities between hand-counted ballots and machine-counted ballots."
"I am not making this request in the expectation that a recount will significantly affect the number of votes that were cast on my behalf," Kucinich stressed in a letter to Secretary of State William M. Gardner. But, "Serious and credible reports, allegations, and rumors have surfaced in the past few days…It is imperative that these questions be addressed in the interest of public confidence in the integrity of the election process and the election machinery – not just in New Hampshire, but in every other state that conducts a primary election."
He added, "Ever since the 2000 election – and even before – the American people have been losing faith in the belief that their votes were actually counted. This recount isn't about who won 39% of 36% or even 1%. It's about establishing whether 100% of the voters had 100% of their votes counted exactly the way they cast them."
Kucinich, who drew about 1.4% of the New Hampshire Democratic primary vote, wrote, "This is not about my candidacy or any other individual candidacy. It is about the integrity of the election process." No other Democratic candidate, he noted, has stepped forward to question or pursue the claims being made.
"New Hampshire is in the unique position to address – and, if so determined, rectify – these issues before they escalate into a massive, nationwide suspicion of the process by which Americans elect their President. Based on the controversies surrounding the Presidential elections in 2004 and 2000, New Hampshire is in a prime position to investigate possible irregularities and to issue findings for the benefit of the entire nation," Kucinich wrote in his letter.
"Without an official recount, the voters of New Hampshire and the rest of the nation will never know whether there are flaws in our electoral system that need to be identified and addressed at this relatively early point in the Presidential nominating process," said Kucinich, who is campaigning in Michigan this week in advance of next Tuesday's Presidential primary in that state.
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Outside the Lines Studio: A place outside the mainstream that fosters outsider art.
By Doug Holder
At a recent meeting of the Somerville Bagel Bards, I met with artist Anne Johnstone and Tufts University student Libby Schrobe. Both Johnstone and Schrobe are involved with the Outside the Lines Studio near the Tufts University campus. The studio is a sort of clubhouse serving people from Somerville and Medford area with mental disabilities. Schrobe, an intern at the studio said they offer classes in art, cooking, and other activities for members. The studio has hosted shows of various students' artwork at local coffeehouses like True Grounds in Ball Square, and others.
Johnstone a teacher at the studio, is an accomplished artist and she works with clients often using papier-mâché to create puppet characters. She also works with members through painting and creating structures with chicken wire, and other media.
Johnstone studied at Brown University, and U/Mass Boston. She has had her own exhibits at the Salem Art Association, the Ga Ga Gallery in Swampscott, Mass. and other venues. She has a space at the Mt. Vernon Street Studios in our town, and lives in the Davis Square area.
Schrobe, who has many duties at the studio, told me: "The studio gives folks a place to pass time in an interesting way—rather than just sitting around. It gives them a sense of accomplishment, self-esteem."
Schrobe said she is a clinical psychology major at Tufts, and often helps running the art classes.
Schrobe has many projects on the burner for the studio including an exhibit at the Tufts University Art Gallery, and a subsequent art auction.
Both Schrobe and Johnstone agree that there is a lot of raw talent among the artists they work with. This is yet another layer of talent that adds to our rich milieu in the Paris of New England.


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Established in 1970, I am a luthier specialising in high quality Selmer Maccaferri style guitars, as famously used by Django Reinhardt. I make Selmer style guitars in all the original configurations. i.e. 14 fret to body oval hole model with 670mm scale length, 12 fret to body oval hole model with 640mm scale length (the so-called "transitional" model), 12 fret to body D hole model (with or without the internal false back, sides, and reflector), with 640mm scale length, plus a 14 fret to body D hole model with 670mm scale length. This model was not produced by Selmer but has become popular in recent years.
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When you do good, others will follow. That's the story of Matt Dyer, adopted son of Roy and Glenda Dyer.
When you do good, others will follow.
That's the story of Matt Dyer, adopted son of Roy and Glenda Dyer.
Roy proudly tells the story, which began 22 years ago on a Wednesday night in Cleveland County.
�While working patrol, I stumbled across a girl I�d arrested several times. She was seven months pregnant,� Roy said.
Knowing the mother�s history and that she could not care for the child, he asked her what she would do. She said that she was going to give the baby away. Roy's reply was, �I�ll take him.�
The Dyers had just lost a son that February.
Roy asked the girl to come talk with him and his wife that Friday at their home. The next morning, he asked his wife if she would like to adopt. She said yes.
But that Friday, the mother never came. On Saturday, Roy called the house where she was staying and found that she had given birth to the baby the previous night and was in a Charlotte hospital.
The Dyers went to meet the mother at the hospital and, on Monday, returned home with their new son and the mother, who would stay with them for a few weeks.
�I went to the hospital and brought him home with us,� said Glenda.
Roy calls it �a plain, straight-out Romans 8:28 story,� referencing the Bible verse that says, �All things work together for good to them that love God.�
Glenda said she trusted God through a difficult time, knowing that somehow losing her son would turn into something good.
She was right.
In February, they had lost a son, but by May, they had another.
"It's a rescue story," she said. "He rescued us and we rescued him."
'We've had five and adopted five'
Adopting Matt led to a new life for the Dyer family.
Roy said it planted the seed of �what you can do for somebody else?� He said they had not considered adopting before then.
�He was number one that we adopted,� said Roy. A second adopted child followed.
�We got this little boy that was eight,� said Glenda. They also adopted his sister.
One Christmas Eve, they received a call that a newborn needed a family. They adopted her, too.
�Right now, we�re in the process of adopting an Asian girl,� said Glenda.
Altogether, they now have 10 children, many of whom have grown up and are married.
�We�ve had five and adopted five,� said Roy.
Adoption isn't difficult, he said.
�If you wanted to adopt tomorrow, within two months you can have (a child),� he said, �My niece took a set of twins. Our daughter adopted a little boy.�
The little boy happens to look just like Matt.
Roy said Matt learned about being adopted at a young age. When the animated film, �The Prince of Egypt,� came out in theaters, he took Matt to see it. The Biblical story resonated with Matt because Moses, the main character, was also adopted and God had a plan for Moses' life.
�He�s been at peace ever since then,� Roy said.
'It's about the child'
The Dyers said all the children they have adopted are from America.
�Why go overseas?� asked Glenda, when children here need homes.
Not only have the Dyers opened their home to five adopted children, they have also been foster parents to more than 30 children over the years. Now, they foster three teenagers.
All the children have similar stories, Roy said. Some had parents in jail. Some of them had parents who died. Three have lost their biological fathers over the past year.
�We have bad days, but the good outweighs the bad,� said Glenda.
She said she has been asked how they foster children they may have to give up and how they have adopted five.
�I�ve decided that it�s not about me; it�s about the child," she said.
�An outsider always thinks that you won�t love a child you didn�t have,� Roy said. But he said that just isn�t true, and after spending time with and bonding with a child, you love them.
'It almost feels like a calling to me'
This year, they are especially proud of that first child, Matt, who is now following in his father�s footsteps by entering law enforcement.
The Dyers said Matt never expressed much interest in being a police officer. As a child in elementary school, he won the Peacemaker Award in his class, for trying to solve disputes and helping people to get along, his mother said.
�We tried to tell him he�d be in law enforcement,� she said.
But like many teenagers, Matt had dreams of being a rock star. Later on, he considered being a social worker.
�But then I just tried to think, what suits my personality?� Matt said. His outgoing and friendly personality, he realized, fit well with law enforcement.
Last summer, he started the Basic Law Enforcement Training program at Cleveland Community College.
"I took everything in well in my classes," he said.
Out of the 13 trainees that began the course, seven graduated, including Matt. His graduation ceremony was Tuesday, and he hopes to begin his career soon.
" It almost feels like a calling to me. I�ve never been driven towards something as I am now," Matt said.
"And once he set his mind, doors started opening," said Roy.
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Episode 64 kicks off with Julia and Alma sitting on a couch, T-A-L-K-I-N-G. Julia is confused about her confusion regarding the decision she finally made. You know, the one in which she decided between Mariana and Armando by choosing them both.
Even though Julia starts off this whole conversation by announcing that Mariana and Armando ran her off the premises with pitchforks and torches, she's still asking Alma whether she thinks this whole threesome thing might work out. They decide the world is not quite ready yet for Julia's revolutionary, polyamourous desires.
Meanwhile, Mariana is also riding on Julia's choo-choo train of confusion except she's on the car marked "WTF" while Julia is perpetually in the one reserved for the Queen of Tergiversation.
Hernan helps by offering to share tales of threeway love from his days as a hippy.
He can't think of any and neither can I because I don't actually know any hippies.
The depth of Mariana's suffering is so deep and vast that Hernan shrugs helplessly and decides to help by leaving her to go buy sodas so that Mariana can suffer in peace.
Armando isn't suffering quite as deeply because this is the sort of stuff going around in his brain:
Except he's not really into the idea of a threesome with Mariana so he wakes up all distraught.


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If you are one of the few who follow us on Instagram, you may have noticed a few Miami pictures showing up in our feed this month. Before, all I ever knew of this city was terrible experiences at the airport en route to places further south, Crockett and Tubbs, and, of course, this:
I'm so glad I got past the pushed-up suit sleeves, Real Housewives from hell and David Caruso stereotypes. What a gorgeous city Miami is. We stayed in South Beach at this small-ish swanky joint, The Gale, and were surrounded by fun vintage photos in our room and crisp, shall we say "space-saving" design.
I just love the lettering and the art decor curves and details on this building, from the sign to those bars across the doors to the the terrazzo underfoot:
That marble on the walls is not marble though, it's some sort of brilliant faux painting:
Inside, the place is full of fun vintage photos from the era:
Up on the roof, there was a fabulous view of The Delano, one of the many art deco icons in South Beach:
Check out the way the facade folds, with the angled windows. The view the other way looked like this:
This level had this fabulous green wall. Yup, it was fake, but it looked great:
Even the graffiti in South Beach has it's own unique flavor:
And the James Hotel provided plenty of playful parrot and dolphin fun on its facade:
I'll share a few more photos with you in a post next week when I get them organized; there's more great art deco to share.
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This gorgeous and comfortable bed is the perfect choice for a pup who loves both comfort and style. You can have the best of both worlds with this fabulous Bowsers bed!
These overstuffed bolsters are amazingly comfortable. They come with zippered covers that are machine washable. you can ever put the cushions in the washing machine! The cushions are quite comfortable. They are made from high memory polyester that forms to the shape of your pooch making nap time even more comfortable.
The bolster must be hand washed to keep the shape. The cushions should also be tufted so the fabric doesn't clump.
The microvelvet covering makes it resilient to pet hair. This bed will repel the pet hair and dirt excreted by the moisture. Just vacuum or shake out the bed to remove the hair. But, if you do decide to wash it, the microvelvet gets softer every wash. This is the perfect bed for your pooch!


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For those of you out there who had Dallas-Colorado in the final of your MLS playoff pool bracket, we salute you.
All three of you.
That's no slight to FCD or the Rapids—both are worthy finalists who reached the title game with exciting and convincing wins this weekend. Dallas knocked off the Supporters' Shield winners and Colorado dispatched the team with the league's leading scorer.
But this championship-game matchup, between two teams that finished out of the playoffs just a year ago, was unexpected, to say the least.
Looking back, though, maybe it shouldn't have been.
Let's don the hindsight specs (certified 20/20) and take a glimpse.
Hoops against the Haters
Dallas were an elite team for most of the regular season. They put together a record-tying 19-game unbeaten streak, and they only lost four times all season. Yet they had more doubters than Bigfoot.
[inline_node:323338]It may have been all the ties (14). It may have been the unusually competitive field in the West, where both Real Salt Lake, the defending champs, and Los Angeles, the Supporters' Shield winners, topped them in the standings. It may have been Brek Shea's midsummer cornrows.
Whatever the reason, FC Dallas were not a fashionable choice—and they used that as motivation in their stunning 3-0 pasting of Los Angeles on Sunday night.
Dallas scored their first goal, by MVP candidate David Ferreira, against the run of play in the 26th minute. They seized momentum after that, and by the time young defender George John and speedy winger Marvin Chavez had found the net, FCD were firmly in control and LA were chasing the game.
Highlights: LA 0, Dallas 3
We've seen it time and again, in all sports: a contender doesn't get its due and uses that to gain a motivational edge that makes all the difference.
That, as much as anything, is why Dallas—and not LA or RSL—will play next Sunday. They were simply hungrier and had more of a chip on their shoulder.
There was a subplot, too, with an identical theme: the story of goalkeeper Kevin Hartman. Unwanted in Kansas City, the 35-year-old latched on with Dallas at the last minute and went on to play a pivotal role in their run to the title game—including on Sunday night, when he made six saves, several of the spectacular variety, to pave the way for FCD's triumph.
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Colorado may have been favored to win their conference final over eighth-seeded San Jose, but their title run still has a strong "nobody believed in us" element. Look for them to talk that up before next Sunday's final, where they'll undoubtedly be the underdog.
They downed San Jose 1-0 on Saturday, while controlling play for much of the game at a frosty Dicks Sporting Goods Park.
The goal came from an unlikely source, Rapids right back Kosuke Kimura—who had a superb game overall—and the Quakes complained it was a fluke. Kimura swung in a cross from the right flank that ended up bouncing into the net after Omar Cummings narrowly missed getting a touch on it.
Highlights: Colorado 1, San Jose 0
But Cummings was initially credited with the goal by TV announcers—and he effectively scored it: It was his attempt to play the ball that threw off Busch and allowed Kimura's cross to find the net.
And the goal wasn't the only difference between the teams: Cummings should have iced the game in the 65th minute, when he took a great through ball from Jeff Larentowicz, rounded Busch—and somehow hit the crossbar with his shot.
Colorado had threatened two minutes before that, as well, but Busch did well to save Pablo Mastroeni's shot from the top of the box. They also came close five minutes later, when Geovanni cleared Drew Moor's header off the line.
San Jose had a terrific season, and they battled on Saturday. But, narrow margin aside, this was a solid and deserved win for the Rapids, who proved to be the best team in the East bracket. They will now make their first appearance in the MLS Cup final since 1997.
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Here's another reason no one should have underestimated FC Dallas: 2010 MLS Coach of the Year Schellas Hyndman.
Hyndman led FCD to just six wins in his first 30 games with the team after taking over in 2008 following a 24-year career at Southern Methodist University. But the franchise stuck with him, allowing him to find the players and mold the team that he wanted, and they have been handsomely rewarded. Hyndman led Dallas into the playoffs for the first time since 2007, and has now guided them to their first-ever appearance in an MLS Cup.
Like his increasingly famous leather jacket, the man just gets better with time. His team is extremely organized, tough to break down, and playing with a lot of fight. They're going to be hard to handle at BMO.
Matt Pickens—and His Beard—Are Going to MLS Cup 2010
Here are the Top 5 nicknames for Pickens' beard we thought of while watching Colorado-San Jose:
[inline_node:303737]5. Weird Beard
4. The Chick Magnet
3. Billy Goat's Gruff
2. Li'l Rasputin
1. Rocky Mountain Hermit
Honorable mention:
The Crumb Catcher, Rapid Rejection, The Lost-A-Bet, The Lumberjack, The Schrute
Looking Ahead
Dallas' head-turning margin of victory over Landon Donovan, David Beckham & Co. certainly makes them the favorite heading into next week's title tilt, but anyone wagering on the game would do well to remember that these teams finished just four points apart in the Western Conference final standings.
Their goal differences (14 for Dallas, 12 for Colorado) were nearly identical, and they won the same number of games (12). They also tied both matches against one another this season.
Highlights: Colorado 1, Dallas 1
In other words, don't expect a lopsided score line (then again, we would've said the same thing before LA-Dallas).
The central midfield battle—between Colorado's Pablo Mastroeni and Jeff Larentowicz, and Dallas' trio of Daniel Hernandez, Dax McCarty and David Ferreira—will be fascinating to watch, and should go a long way to determining the winner.
Will Colorado adjust their formation to deal with FCD's five-man midfield?
Will Hyndman spring a lineup surprise (as he did on Sunday against LA, starting winger Atiba Harris as a lone striker up top)?
How will the Dallas back line handle Conor Casey and Cummings?
We'll get all the answers, along with a 2010 MLS champion, next Sunday night.


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When Congress doesn't fight over spending
Stopgap spending bill is expected to make it through both chambers this week.
So, Congress may actually not fight over spending levels this fall.
A stopgap bill, or continuing resolution to keep the government funded for six months, is expected make it through both chambers this week. The text of the bill is expected later Monday, and the House Rules Committee will discuss the CR on Wednesday.
My colleague Katy O'Donnell reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised no policy riders this go-around, and the CR raises current spending levels by $8 billion:
Rumors that defense authorization or the farm bill would be tacked onto the must-pass funding measure circulated last week, much to the chagrin of appropriators.
"It's hard for me to say definitively one way or the other" whether another bill would be attached, said House Appropriations GOP press secretary Jen Hing, "but my chairman has always said we need to do a clean CR."
Because leadership already set the CR at a $1.047 trillion rate, appropriators were given $8 billion in extra funds to allocate, a process they were still sorting through last week. Going into the weekend, leadership hadn't signed off on where the increases would go. The money could simply be divvied up formulaically to grant an across-the-board increase, or funding could go to targeted programs.National Journalhere


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|1kw Electric bicycle that I saw at the 2010 Tour de Tempe (battery up front, motor out back)
I'm torn.
On the one hand, I like electric bikes. They appear to represent a bridge between cars and bicycles, which could address some of the perceived disadvantages of both. I have a fantasy, second only to the "commuting in my Sinner Mango velomobile to my job with premier cosmologist Paul Davies" scenario, of replacing my car with an electric bike recharged from my rooftop solar array. An electric-assist Mango kind of combines these fantasies. Freedom from the car. Surgical disconnection of the oil companies from my bank account. Much lower operating costs. There are others, but those are the reasons that appeal to me.
On the other hand, "e-bikes" are not bicycles. Pedal your lazy ass to work/the store/the park/the coffee shop/the book store/the kids' school function/the art museum, dude, I would always be thinking/saying to myself, if I was being carried around by one. They are more like mopeds or motor scooters than bicycles, right? They are closer to those conversion cruisers I see and hear around that have gas engines bolted onto them, in many ways. You haven't been really annoyed until one of those things blasts past you at 30 mph on a non-motorized multi-use path. With an advertised top speed of 30+ mph, the same scenario is possible for an electric bike built around one of these kits (minus the leaf blower sound and smokey exhaust, granted). And for $2000+, which is what the conversion kit above will run you, there are many transportation alternatives out there. Plus whatever a rooftop solar array and storage batteries to recharge one would cost.
And, most challenging, I'm not sure where these things go. Where they fit. Kind of like monster electric Humvee golf carts, pocket bikes, Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, UTVs, and various other motorized wheeled conveyances (MWC). Different localities have made laws which govern the operations of these MWC, or in some cases, made them illegal to operate in some or all places. I attempted to compare the Tempe, Scottsdale, and Phoenix city codes on the matter, since those are the three cities I ride a bicycle in most often, and found more differences and questions than I could reasonably put in one blog post.
On the one hand, I feel that places like multi-use paths and bike paths are rightfully the domain of mammal-powered conveyances (MPC) only. On the other hand, as a bicyclist, I recognize that this might be a slippery slope argument or point of view. Most of the reasons that I might raise against some or all MWC using a certain type of road or path could be turned around and used against bicycles. The last thing I would want is the rising popularity of the e-bike to undercut the tenuous pedalhold that bicycles have established.
I think I will let that last sentence be my guide. Keeping in mind that I appreciate the advantages that the electric bicycle could offer, I will focus on the differences between them as members of the MWC class, compared to bicycles and the rest of the MPC class, and evaluate unfolding events in this light: as long as the rising popularity of e-bikes results in practices, laws, and infrastructure which recognize that they are MWC and not MPC, and does not impinge on the practices, laws, and infrastructure in place or planned in the future for MPC, I am OK with e-bikes. In fact, I will continue to keep my eyes on the technology and the price points in the market. You know, of 1kw conversion kits, rooftop solar arrays, and electric-assist Mangos, for that matter. The world's changing. It's one of the reasons I am so supportive of my older daughter's continued interest in learning more about horses and their upkeep. I'm keeping my transportation options open. Get up. Go ride.
|X-Treme Electric Cooler Scooter: Apparently allowed on bike paths in California, unless prohibited by local ordinance


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The Next Generation Helicopter for Safety and Observation Mission.
For Police missions, aerial utility, obeservation flights, surveys and filming, your operations will benefit from multi-attachment prepared flat-floor, a vertical reference window for an improved monitoring of the ground environment.
Making the best of the fast cruise speed of 260 km/h (140 knots) the mission will also benefit from the very long endurance and range.


text: We can't get enough of these tiny but impressive robot gymnasts who flip through the air and stick their landings. We're probably only seeing the one time it lands upright in about 100 attempts, but who cares? They're only going to get better and better. And one day the summer Olympics might actually be worth watching. Give that robot the wood medal. (Because it's not programmed to recognize the value of gold.) [YouTube via Automaton]


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Court documents are offering a glimpse into the life of a San Diego stripper in the middle of a celebrity marriage mess.
Michelle McGee, a tattoo model who works at Pure Platinum in Kearny Mesa, California has been named as the "other woman" in reports of marriage troubles between Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock and TV reality show star and motorcycle entrepreneur Jesse James. McGee claims to have had an 11-month affair with James. Speaking to "In Touch Weekly," McGee claimed that the affair began while Bullock was away in Georgia filming the "The Blind Side," a role for which she recently won a Best Actress Oscar.
According to court documents filed Friday by McGee's ex-husband Ronald Modica, McGee called Modica on Thursday, urging him "to pick up our child and 'protect' him because of a breaking storing [sic] between her and Sandra Bullock's husband, Jesse James." The court filing goes on to say that McGee had told Modica that she was afraid that the "paparazzi would harass our child."
Modica goes on to ask the judge for temporary and sole custody of their child until a court hearing on May 12. He said McGee told him she planned on hiding "out at an undisclosed location" after turning the child over to him.
The papers were not the first filed this year discussing custody of the now 5-year-old. In January, Modica filed a request for a child abduction prevention order, saying he believed McGee might take their child without his permission to another county or country, stating that "one of her boyfriend/producer [sic] lives there." When Modica is asked in the same document what reason he might have to believe McGee might take the child without his permission, he wrote that "she moves around a lot and takes [the child] with her without telling me; she has enrolled him in various schools without consulting me." Modica added that he did not believe McGee has strong ties to California and that her work as "a stripper and pornographic performer" and the fact that "she has no job per se" would make it easy for her to leave the state. Elsewhere on the court form, he checked boxes indicating that McGee has a history of domestic violence and child abuse.
In another document filed in January, Modica sought to modify their custody, stating that McGee had coffins in her living room, magnets on her refrigerator that spelled out "White Power" and had recently had a large swastika tattooed on her stomach. Modica also alleges in the same court filing that his ex was dating gang members and that there were pornographic shoots in her home and "live Web cam pornographic broadcasts from her home."
Modica states in the documents filed Friday that -- up until the James/McGee/Bullock news broke -- he and McGee had a very loose custody arrangement that was "off and on when [McGee] is in town ... [McGee] has our son on some weekends and takes him to school on Mondays. I [Modica] pick him up there and have him the balance of the time."
According to the interview McGee gave "In Touch Weekly," the whole affair began after she sent James a social-media friend request, hoping to be on his television show, and things escalated to the point where they had "intimate relations."
She went on to tell the magazine that she and James had sex "two or three times" the night they met (Bullock was away filming "The Blind Side," said McGee and from there a "serious relationship" began.
McGee and Bullock certainly couldn't look more opposite. While Bullock dazzled in old-Hollywood style on the red carpets during awards season, McGee sports a tattoo on her forehead that reads "Pray for us Sinners."
Court Docs Offer Look at Life of Stripper Caught in Scandal
Michelle McGee is caught up in Sandra Bullock-Jesse James marriage mess
Court documents are offering a glimpse into the life of a San Diego stripper in the middle of a celebrity marriage mess.


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The quotation below is liberally translated from the French from Muslim Immigration to France. You Won't Be Able to Say You didn't Know.
I didn't write it, only translated it, so I cannot provide sources for the data or indeed how they have been arrived at.
Although it's true that France is prohibited by law from collecting official statistics about its citizens' race or religion, it's possible to make estimates based on studies calculating the number of people in France originating from Muslim-majority countries.
Nevertheless, I think that the precise figures should be of less concern than what will become of France and indeed what is already happening there. There is no doubt that France is becoming progressively Islamised, and Muslims only need to be a 10-20 percent of a country's population (even less) to try to turn it into a sharia state, as it's evident by just looking at a map of the world.
Does this piece want to alarm people? Yes, it does.
In 1968 the French population was 49.7 million people. Muslims in France were 610,000 or 1.23% of the population.
In 1988 the French population was 56 million. Muslims in France were 2,000,000 or 3.6% of the population.
In 2009 the French population was 67 million. Muslims in France were 8,000,000 or 11.94%.
These are official figures, which are likely to underestimate the real number of Muslims.
France's Muslim population has been multiplying by at least 3.5 every 20 years since 1968.
If this growth is not stopped or reversed, in 2030 the French population is projected to be 70 million people, of whom 28 million will be Muslim, or 40% of the French population.
Therefore, at the current rate of immigration, in just 17 years nearly one in two people living in France will be Muslim. This is shocking for a country that has no Islamic tradition and had no Arab population as late as 1930.
So what will the situation in France look like 20 years from now, since Islam is a conquering religion that rejects any coexistence with other religions?


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Allah Taãla says in the Noble Qurãn, 'You are the best of nations sent to man. You command good and forbid evil and you believe in Allah'. (Aali Imraan). Allah Taãla states that one reason for this Ummah being titled as the best of Ummah, is the practice of commanding good and preventing evil'. http://www.answering-christianity.com/
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CLEVELAND: A former Ohio man�s dying wish was to have pierogi for his last meal � so a suburban Cleveland bakery famous for the ethnic delicacy made it happen.
Jess Hays, who lived in New Mexico, wanted the last solid food he ate to be the dumplings from Perla Homemade Delights in Parma. The family that owns the business heard about it and shipped them at their own expense.
The Plain Dealer newspaper (http://bit.ly/1dzqulV ) reports that Hays died Monday in Deming, N.M., at age 62, according to his wife. He had battled pancreatic cancer for 18 months.
The couple moved there seven years ago from Akron after both retired from the University of Akron.
People moved by the gesture have flocked to the bakery since the story came out last week.


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The elements of aroma
Heston Blumenthal is regarded as the pioneer of molecular cuisine. His five restaurants boast a total of six Michelin stars. The British chef doesn't see himself as an artist in the kitchen, even his manager puts it dryly but definitively: "Heston doesn't cook." No, Blumenthal is busy doing other things of a perhaps more elevated nature.
The more I read about you before our meeting, the less appropriate it seemed to describe you as a chef. So what are you?
No idea. I've spent years cooking, but there's so much more to food. It brings together the physics of cooking, the chemistry of aromas and the biology of metabolism. You can even use it to describe the history of humanity.
And what does the multi-sensory experience you're so interested in have to with that?
Evolution has equipped us with an alarm system: the ability to taste, hear and feel. We never experience things with just one of our senses at a time, they influence each other. A red strawberry, for instance, will always taste sweeter to us than a green one. Rock music makes you eat faster. Red wine tastes different depending on whether there are high frequencies or low tones in the background. Have you heard of the Bouba-Kiki experiment?
Test persons were shown a pointy shape and a bulbous shape and asked to classify them as either "kiki" or "bouba"…
Exactly, and a clear majority called the pointy shapes "kiki". We attribute sounds, colors and aromas to abstract concepts. Ask a child to draw "bitter". I tried this myself. Bitter is pinkish with a little bit of green in it, like oxidized copper. The sound "bitter" makes is chhhhrrghh. Or take the word "sharp". It sounds sharp, it tastes sharp, like acid, and I associate it with a high tone.
So you're saying that language is influenced by our perceptions?
There was an experiment done once in which a group of people were shown pictures of couples. They were asked to decide whether or not they were in a stable relationship. Everyone was seated for the experiment but half the group sat on chairs that wobbled a little bit. In the wobblers' estimation, the couples clearly had a less stable relationship than that attested by the people whose chairs didn't wobble. Connotations like that are simply part of us.
It's easy for you to understand because you're a synasthete, someone for whom a single sensory stimulus creates more perceptions than in other people …
Some synasthetes can taste tones or see smells, but I only associate letters with colors. A and T, for instance, are red. B, D and E are blue, whereas I see C and as being yellow. The word "table," however, has a red shimmer to it. The phenomenon of synesthesia has no evolutionary function, that's the difference. We all connect taste, sound, touch and sight inside us. Unfortunately, many people have barricaded themselves behind walls and shut out subtle impressions. But lots of things are taking place subconsciously.
Do you manipulate your guests?
The first time I saw the Bouba-Kiki experiment was on a BBC show, and I had no idea how much it would influence me later on. At our restaurant The Fat Duck, we serve a shrimp ice cream. Most people associate the word with something sweet, and they're disappointed when the ice cream tastes salty. So we called it "lobster foam" and most people liked it a lot better.
You consulted psychologists, graphologists and sociologists before opening The Fat Duck in September 2015. What was the outcome?
It's been proven, for instance, that people feel more confident sitting upright than they do when they're slouched. The shape of our chairs and the position people sit in is enough to influence how much they like our food. A pistachio in the shell tastes so much better than when it's handed to you shelled. That has nothing to do molecules, it has to do with the tiny bit of effort you exert in order to earn the pistachio.
Do you expect your guests to earn their own meal? After all, eating at your restaurant costs more than 300 euros.
There's that element at the Fat Duck, too. Just booking a table requires effort, which heightens one's anticipation.
To help you put on a good show, you even engaged the scriptwriter Lee Hall. What did he advise?
I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to make eating an experience, and together, Hall (the scriptwriter for Billy Elliot) and I analyzed fairy tales and plays, but many of the mechanisms were too abstract. Using lighting to awaken a dish to life works well, and we can operate every lamp in The Fat Duck individually to create everything from morning light to an evening mood.
The light changes the appearance as well as the taste?
Sure. Green lighting brings head notes to the fore, sharper aromas like jasmine or basil. Black olives or caramelized onions are more base notes.
You describe your concept as being multi-sensory. What other senses do you appeal to?
The handle of the spoon for "Counting Sheep" is covered in sheepskin and has baby powder sprinkled on it. When you raise the spoon to your mouth the smell enters your nose and reminds you of your childhood. We play the sound of the sea to accompany "The Seven Seas."
But doesn't every guest bring their own memories with them?
Aromas allow us to travel through time. The meal describes a day in a child's holiday – my holiday, my memories. But they also function as a catalyst for guests. Curiosity, adventure, surprise – I wanted it all to flow into the meal.
In his autobiography British comedian John Cleese writes that in England, the unspoken purpose of cooking is to at least make something that doesn't hurt you. Is Cleese spreading a cruel cliche about English food?
In Victorian times, Great Britain was a huge empire, and such an empire is perhaps not as interested in enjoyment as in expediency. In the 1970s, there was only one kind of pasta available in England, and you couldn't get olive oil at the supermarket, you had to go to a pharmacy.
Back to my first question – what are you?
I don't know, perhaps I'm just a big kid. And more curious than ever.
This story first appeared in Lufthansa Exclusive, the frequent traveller magazine. For more information about Lufthansa Miles & More offers, please click here.


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Hal Pilger's weekly St. Louis Cardinals baseball notebook
By HAL PILGER
One of the best and most consistent members of the St. Louis Cardinals bullpen this season has been veteran right-hander Russ Springer, 6-1 with a 2.79 earned run average for 48 1/3 innings over 59 appearances entering weekend action.
Springer, who will turn 39 on Nov. 7, is in his 15th major league season. He has brought additional maturity to a bullpen that's been solid most of the season despite questionable starting pitching, especially in the first half.
"He's done a really good job," manager Tony La Russa said during a recent radio interview on KTRS. "He's probably one of the best guys we have (for) bringing him in during an inning to stop the damage. And he's come out there for one inning so often and gotten a zero.
"The other thing about it, the veteran part of Springer and (Ryan) Franklin and Izzy (Jason Isringhausen) — and now with (Troy) Percival — has really made that a very good unit."
Said Springer, "I've managed to stay healthy this year, and Tony's really good about putting in guys in situations to succeed. With Izzy and Franklin and that group, I think success kind of feeds off each other.
"It's a lot easier to pitch when you know your role. I've been in bullpens before where the phone could ring in the fourth or the eighth, and there'd be six guys turn around and look to see if it's them. Here, 90 percent of the time I know when it's going to be me. There's some comfort in that, and it's easier to prepare.
"I like to pitch a lot, and it seems like the more I pitch, the better feel I have for it. As long as I can stay healthy and pitch a lot, I'm enjoying it."
n CARDS QUIZ: Who was the only Cardinals player to steal five bases in one game? Answer below.
n GUN SHOW: Cardinals catchers, paced by Yadier Molina, had just 46 stolen bases against them this season entering weekend action — the fewest in the National League. Coloardo was second at 61.
Molina threw out his 18th baserunner in 34 attempts (.529 success rate) during the first inning Wednesday night against the Marlins.
n MISSED CHANCE: A win over Florida on Thursday night would have given St. Louis its fourth series sweep of the season. The Cardinals have swept Pittsburgh twice and Milwaukee once, all three-game sets. However, Cards have been swept six times this season, including two-game sets by the Pirates and San Francisco Giants.
The Cards also missed a chance to reach the .500 mark on Thursday for the first time since April 16.
n STREAKS SNAPPED: First baseman Albert Pujols had his streak of hitting home runs in a career-best five straight games halted Thursday night, when his streak of seven consecutive games with at least one RBI also ended.
The five consecutive home runs in one full season matches the club record, last accomplished by Jim Edmonds during July 6-11, 2004. However, Mark McGwireE homered in six straight games over two seasons, from Sept. 27, 1997 to April 4, 1998.
Pujols has had RBIs in eight consecutive games twice, in 2001 and 2003. The team record of 10 consecutive games with at least one RBI was set by Bill White, Aug. 20-30, 1961.
Pujols' 14 home runs after the All-Star break entering the weekend led all major league players.
n TONY'S TENURE: La Russa moved into sole possession of third place on the all-time games managed list (4,409) after Tuesday's game. La Russa entered weekend play with 1,038 St. Louis managerial wins, just three wins shy of tying Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst (1,041) as the winningest manager all-time for St. Louis.
La Russa, who has managed the Cardinals since 1996, won his 1,000th game with St. Louis in an 8-1 victory over the Houston Astros on June 1.
n QUIZ ANSWER: The only Cardinals player to steal five bases in a game was outfielder Lonnie Smith, on Sept. 4, 1982.
n END QUOTE: First baseman Albert Pujols, on the subject of hitting home runs: "It's not a big deal, going deep. The big deal is that we are producing — getting on base, and everybody getting big hits. I think that's the main thing, and our focus is to try and make sure that we get good at-bats and make the other pitcher work."
Hal Pilger can be reached at 788-1548 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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1/2 lb ground meat (optional if you want meatless sauce)
1/2 onion - diced 3 tbl parsley
1 green pepper - diced 1 tbl oregano
3 cloves of garlic - minced 1 tsp basil
(1) 28 oz can tomato sauce (1) 32 oz can tomato puree
(1) 12 oz can tomato paste 1/2 cup red wine (optional)
Sauté onions, green peppers, garlic, & mushrooms in dutch oven pan. Add ground meat, brown. Pour off any grease (but not down the sink drain). Add the spices & cook several minutes.
Add the (3) cans of tomatoes and wine. Mix well and cook at least 10 minutes. Fill the empty cans with water and add to sauce.
Mix well. Cover and cook on low heat for a minimum of 3 hours.
We usually try to add a few links of hot sausage, or you can also use bulk hot sausage, to the pan while browning the meat.
The above amounts are estimated. Feel free to adjust as necessary. The longer you cook sauce the thicker it will get. If you are pressed for time, tilt the lid or use the splatter screen instead of lid so the sauce can get thick in an hour or so.
Mix approximately 3/4# ground meat, 2 heaping cups of seasoned bread crumbs, a small handful of grated cheese, a sprinkling of oregano, basil, & parsley, 1 egg.
Mix with hands till all combined. If it looks too dry add a few drops of water, if too wet add more bread crumbs.
Roll into balls, however big you want them.
I just drop them into the sauce to cook the full time the sauce cooks. You may quickly fry or bakes the meatball 10-15 min then adds them to the sauce.


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It's Valentine's Day, and what better way to indulge in the corporately-mandated romance than by getting blackout drunk with Johnny Depp, going slowly insane with Michael Shannon, and committing a hate crime against yourself by actually watching "Human Centipede 2"? See - you have options!
Take Shelter
Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain star in this story of a man whose nightmares convince him that a deadly storm is on the horizon, inspiring him to build a shelter in his backyard, as his friends and family start to worry he's gone mad. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
The Rum Diary
Johnny Depp again does his Hunter S. Thompson impersonation for this film based on the writer's book about an American journalist living in 1950s Puerto Rico who falls for the girlfriend of a dirty real estate developer. Read our theatrical review and watch the trailer
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
The sequel to the hit cop film from Brazil finds Rio's toughest cop caught in a crossfire of politics and family drama. Watch the trailer
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Filmmaker Robert Weide followed the legendary writer-director-actor for a year and a half to create an unprecedented look at the life of one of America's greatest movie makers. Watch the trailer
Tiny Furniture
Lena Dunham is the writer, director and star of this intimate and highly autobiographical portrait of a young woman's return to the nest following college, a film that won Best Narrative Feature at South by Southwest. Watch the trailer
Mozart's Sister
A speculative look at the life of the great composer's sibling, who was herself a musical prodigy, but was pushed to the shadows by her younger, freakishly talented brother. Watch the trailer
The Debt
Gila Almagor stars in this Israeli film (recently remade in America with Jessica Chastain and Sam Worthington), about a group of Mossad sent to 1960s Berlin to bring an ex-Nazi to justice, but 30 years later find themselves having to clean up the mess the left behind. Watch the trailer
The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence
Either you know about this or you don't. We recommend you not watch the trailer
All Things Fall Apart
50 Cent stars as a gifted college football player with a fatal disease in this film co-starring Ray Liotta and directed by Mario Van Peebles. Watch the trailer
The Interrupters
A documentary about three "violence interrupters" in Chicago who are now dedicated to preventing the type of violence they once took part in. Watch the trailer


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- ETP 3000 Foundations in Entrepreneurship
- ETP 3300 Franchise Management
- ETP 3400 Venture Management
- ETP 3500 Managing the Family Business
- ETP 3600 Building Stakeholder Relationships
- ETP 3700 Entrepreneurial Financial Management
- ETP 4200 International Entrepreneurship
- ETP 4400 Launching an Entrepreneurial Venture
- ETP 4500 Venture Planning
This course will provide a basic understanding of the entrepreneurial process. Students will examine entrepreneurship as a career. A comprehensive self-assessment will help the students to better understand their own personal aspirations, and assess their unique skills and competencies. Students will learn about opportunity assessment for new venture ideas. An overview of business plans will be presented.
Franchising is a major form of business ownership and a strategy for growing ventures. This course examines franchising from both the perspective of the entrepreneur as a franchisee and as a franchisor. Topics will include selecting a franchise, developing a franchised business model, and legal issues associated with the franchise relationship.
Entrepreneurs need to develop basic systems and processes for their businesses as they start-up and begin to grow. This course examines how entrepreneurs effectively develop control processes and human resource systems. There are a variety of legal issues that entrepreneurs face related to the launch and growth of their ventures. Students learn to apply these legal issues to new and growing ventures. Finally, students will explore how the entrepreneur begins the transformation from running the business alone to building a professionalized organization.
This course explores the unique personal, interpersonal issues, and business issues associated with the family-owned and managed firm. Topics include challenges and opportunities for family businesses, the dynamics of family interactions within the family business culture, conflict resolution, estate planning, and succession planning. This course requires significant participation of family members of the student's own family firm.
Attracting stakeholders and the resources they control is a fundamental task for any entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs must learn to effectively network to attract investors, partners, advisors, employees, customers, and suppliers. This course examines the process and actions that lead to effectively attracting key stakeholders and building sustained relationships with the over time. The ethical responsibilities associated with these stakeholder relationships will also be addressed throughout this course.
This course examines the process of financial forecasting for a new venture, effective financial management of an emerging business, sources of financing, bootstrapping, and exit planning.
This course provides students with an overview of key trends and developments in international commerce as it influences the entrepreneurial sector of the economy. The course familiarizes students with selected theories and concepts of international business and with the ways in which they affect entrepreneurial ventures. Students will work on projects that will examine the international dimensions of starting and growing an entrepreneurial venture.
Students will integrate experiences from either running or starting-up their own business ventures with the theory, concepts and models they are learning in their other entrepreneurship and business courses. The goal of the course is to assist students in implementing their businesses in a manner that is consistent with sound theory and values. The class is project based and uses a contract-learning model of evaluation.
This course will serve as the culminating experience for Entrepreneurship majors and minors and for Social Entrepreneurship majors. Students will participate in the development of a business plan for an actual venture they intend to start. If they do not intend to start a venture, students will be teamed up with those that have a legitimate idea for a new business. Students will examine the growth process and learn how to effectively manage the growth phase of a business.


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With so many things to do and spectacular places to see, choosing how you travel around New Zealand is as important as choosing where you want to go.
Your choice of transport will depend on how quickly you want to get from A to B. Use our travel calculator to work out travel times and distances.
Self-drive a rental car or motorhome on one of our recommended trips, or take a bus or coach if you want to let someone else do the driving.
For travel between New Zealand's islands, hop on a plane or ferry. Daily flights are available between domestic airports. Several passenger and vehicle ferries offer services between the North, South and other islands.
Before you set out on your New Zealand holiday, make sure you know what to expect. Driving in New Zealand may be different from what you're used to, from rules and etiquette to road conditions.
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Protect your network
Deploy with ease
Enterprise CDN is installed on shared or dedicated hardware as a virtual server and in conjuncture with firewalls, with included flexibility for multiple instances to support multiple ISPs or multiple offices.
Monitor performance
With the web-based portal, administrators are able to see viewership on each node and monitor performance across the network. New ECDN nodes can be added and configured within the central interface.
Route automatically
Each viewer pulls video content from the appropriate node, with built-in methodology to improve redundancy and reduce strain through multiple installations. This does not disrupt normal video delivery over a worldwide network for remote viewers.