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July 11, 2013
By Congresswoman
Karen Bass
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors deserves a great deal of credit for establishing a citizen's blue ribbon commission to study the county's child welfare agency. The commission will be charged with reviewing past attempts at reforms and proposing new recommendations by the end of this year.
Chairman Mark Ridley Thomas put it best when he noted child welfare in Los Angeles County needs a fresh set of eyes, which is why he led the Board of Supervisors in creating this commission to rebuild the public's trust.
The Chairman understands this time must be different. We cannot allow ourselves to fall into a common cycle of initial outrage over a senseless loss of life only to end with marginal efforts taken to make sure these tragedies don't happen again.
We all know how it starts. A youth loses their life to neglect or abuse. The pubic becomes outraged and demand reforms. Commissions are announced to study the problem but the recommendations unfortunately don't always translate into successful policy to address the challenges confronting the system.
Meanwhile the public loses faith that government can solve problems. The most recent case to start the cycle again is the death of 8 year old Gabriel Fernandez. Gabriel died after being tortured by his mother and her boyfriend even though officials had conducted six prior child abuse investigations into Gabriel's family.
The public is rightly outraged at this loss of young life and horrified that our system to protect the most vulnerable children failed.
But despite the challenges that exist, many around the nation look to immolate areas of the Los Angeles County system. Serving as Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth has provided an opportunity to travel the nation with a bipartisan group of Congressmen and women studying other child welfare systems.
Around the nation we bring together stakeholders both inside and outside of government to examine current trends and identify areas where the federal government can enhance successful practices at the local level.
Other state and local leaders have praised Los Angeles County for its efforts to provide early assessments to families in need of mental health, substance abuse or domestic violence services. They've also taken note of the county's focus on foster youth transitioning into adulthood.
Many observers here in the county would find it ironic that Los Angeles County is seen as a model to some given the challenges we are confronting. But this serves as a reminder that reforming a bureaucracy as large and complex as the child welfare system can be complicated.
It also poses the question: How do you fix obvious needs for improvements and expand areas that appear to be making progress?
Chairman Ridley-Thomas was wise in leading the creation of this new commission. It can be a sound vehicle for finding the right balance between identifying and strengthening current weaknesses while figuring out the best path forward in expanding some of the areas where we have seen success.
It's a tall order, especially for a county as large as Los Angeles County but this commission can be successful if we seize the moment in the midst of a horrific tragedy.
Reform minded commissioners with extensive backgrounds in child welfare policy can move past bureaucratic obstacles and ensure this commission achieves success where others did not, provided they are given the power and resources to be effective. A similar approach was taken to previous notable commissions used to study jail violence and could also pay dividends for identifying weaknesses in the child welfare system.
Just as others around the nation have looked to Los Angeles County as a model for what works well, they will also be watching to see how we address recent challenges. The commission can send a strong signal that when faced with a tragedy it's important to find the right balance between being responsive to public outcry but responsible in making sure that programs that work are preserved.
That's the best way to protect our youth and Chairman Ridley-Thomas seems to understand this well. He should be commended for his leadership in moving quickly to address such an enormous challenge.
Congresswoman Karen Bass represents California's 37th Congressional District and serves as Founder of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth in the House of Representatives.


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Editor's note on March 16: During this report, we say that Gina Haspel ran a black site prison in Thailand where al-Qaida suspect Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded. She did run that site for a time after the Sept. 11 attacks, but as ProPublica has now acknowledged in a retraction of its reporting, she was not there when Zubaydah was waterboarded.
President Trump has nominated Gina Haspel, a 33-year veteran of the CIA, to lead the agency. Before she can begin that role, she must first be approved by the Senate.
President Trump's firing of his secretary of state has set off some dominoes in the administration. He's nominated Mike Pompeo, currently the director of the CIA, to step in at State, which means Trump needs a new CIA chief. And for that, he's tapped Gina Haspel. Gina Haspel is currently the deputy director of the CIA. If the Senate confirms her, she would be the first woman to take the agency's top job.
Our colleague Mary Louise Kelly has done some reporting about her, and so I have her on the line with me from Russia, where she's on a reporting trip. Hello, Mary Louise.
MARY LOUISE KELLY, BYLINE: Hi, Sarah, greetings from Moscow.
MCCAMMON: So tell us more about Gina Haspel.
KELLY: Well, the main thing to know about Gina Haspel is she is a spy's spy. She spent three-plus decades on the clandestine side of operations for the CIA, multiple tours as chief of station. We know that she's in her early 60s. And beyond that, there's a lot we don't know. She has almost no public profile. This is a woman who only had her cover lifted last year to take on that No. 2 job at the agency. She was undercover the entire time under that.
She does not give interviews. I know because I have asked repeatedly for one. So it will be interesting if she is confirmed to see - I mean, she's not a political player in Washington. And that becomes relevant in terms of how much influence she would exert outside the CIA. You know, will she have pull with the White House the way that her predecessor, Mike Pompeo, has?
MCCAMMON: Well, Mary Louise, one thing we do know from your reporting - I understand she had some involvement in a pretty dark chapter of the CIA's history. What can you tell us about that?
KELLY: Yes. I mean, you're referring to the CIA's interrogation and detention program that was set up after 9/11. And Gina Haspel - she helped lead it. She ran the black site prison in Thailand where al-Qaida suspect Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded. He was waterboarded 83 times. That is obviously controversial in and of itself. And then there's this layer of controversy because those sessions were videotaped. The waterboarding was videotaped. And those tapes were destroyed in 2005. And the person who wrote the cable ordering that those tapes be destroyed was Gina Haspel.
This has raised huge questions among Senate and House Intelligence Committee members. I have interviewed a bunch of people who raised those questions, also people who defend Haspel, say she was following orders - lawful orders from her boss, from CIA lawyers. One of her key defenders is John Bennett, who was the former head of the CIA Clandestine Service. And he gave me his first on-the-record interview to defend Haspel and her actions. Here's a taste of what he told me.
JOHN BENNETT: I don't know anybody who joins CIA to run an interrogation program. But in the aftermath of 9/11, Gina Haspel and other colleagues stepped up to do what is frankly a dirty job because they were repeatedly assured that it was not only legal but necessary for the safety of the country. And they did it, and Gina did it because they felt it was their duty.
KELLY: So John Bennett speaking there last year when Gina Haspel was up for deputy director of the CIA. But that is a view that you will hear from a lot of CIA veterans defending her as saying she was doing her job.
MCCAMMON: Mary Louise, as you know, director of the CIA is a position that requires Senate confirmation. What are the odds that Gina Haspel will be confirmed?
KELLY: Oh, well, it's going to be one heck of a confirmation hearing because Gina Haspel has never been publicly questioned about any of this. The deputy director job doesn't need Senate confirmation, so we never heard her questioned publicly about this.
MCCAMMON: And what about inside the agency? Would she be a popular choice for CIA director?
KELLY: Oh, they will be cheering inside the agency. This is one of their own, somebody who knows the espionage business inside out. And that was the resounding chorus you heard when she was nominated for the No. 2 job - was, this is someone who will get the CIA back to their core business of spying and who knows how to do that.
MCCAMMON: That's our colleague Mary Louise Kelly speaking to us from Russia. Thank you.
KELLY: You're very welcome. Thanks, Sarah.
[POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: During this report,we say that Gina Haspel ran a black site prison in Thailand where al-Qaida suspect Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded. She did run that site for a time after the Sept. 11 attacks, but as ProPublica has now acknowledged in a retraction of its reporting, she was not there when Zubaydah was waterboarded.] Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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Not Soyummi
Today I'm bringing you a so/so favorite (they can't all be winners, right). I'm always on the lookout for vegan goodies when I travel to various cities. Well, I found this in NYC and then I saw them closer to home as well. In NYC I tried the Soyummi Foods Tapioca Pudding. I was drawn in to the nice packaging, and the promise of yummy pudding.
The tapioca flavor was actually ok, not blow me away amazing, but good.
Now for a not so favorite, the chocolate flavor I found closer to home that was the big turn off. All the ingredients seemed like it would make a decent chocolate pudding, but what it made was a clumpy, slightly oily, not chocolatey tasting pudding cup that I actually ended up throwing out after a few bites. I think that says a lot, I never throw away that stuff. I usually suffer through it, never to buy again. So, I can recommend trying the Tapioca, but I would stay far away from the chocolate, far, far away.


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Overview of Hostel
BARRACO #55 is a cultural incubator and hostel at the same time in Complexo do Alemão, one of the biggest favelas (low income area) of Rio de Janeiro.
It's a house where travelling artists and culturally interested people can exchange culture and knowledge with locals in order to get to know the
We are located in Complexo do Alemo, a favela, and although now safe it is still a stigmatized area, and taxi drivers usually don't like going up. Instead, you can take a taxi to 'Praa de Inhauma' (officially known as Praa 24 de Outubro but not called that by the locals) and from there, a 'Kombi' (VW mini van) up. From Praa de Inhauma, just follow the public transport instructions from the city centre below.
Of course, you can always ask a taxi driver if they do go up to Complexo do Alemo, as for some that is no problem, but please don't let them scare you: Taxi drivers spread really negative information about the favelas and warn tourists not to go there because it's supposed to be too dangerous! This is NOT the case. Since the pacification project in Rio it is now safe for tourists to enter the favela. Furthermore, if you stay with us, you will be treated nicely and respectfully, as the community knows about our work!
A taxi during the day should be around 40 Reais. Be sure to take a taxi from the DEPARTURE FLOOR (on the second floor of the airport) and NOT from the arrivals floor as they will charge you double there!
From the AIRPORT: Barraco #55 is relatively close to Galeao / Tom Jobim airport and by bus it will generally take you about 20 mins to get here. Outside the second floor of the airport, take the nibus 915, or a 'Kombi' (a white mini bus) to 'Bonsuceso'. At the final stop, you can take the Teleferico (cable car) up to the station of 'Itarar'. When you get out of the Teleferico station, ahead and slightly to the left you will see a street leading up from the station. Take this street ('Rua da Assembleia') and walk up for about 5 minutes, until you see a small square overlooking the city on your left hand side and a pillar with 'Barraco #55' painted on it on your right. Take the small alley on the right hand side, and on your left you will see a door marked '19 Fundos'.
From the CITY CENTER: Take metro line 2 to 'Inhauma', and transfer to a Kombi (a white mini bus - they leave from the gas station at the Inhama Square, a 4 minute walk from the metro exit) to 'Alvorada'. Ask the driver to drop you off at the 'Igreja da Assembleia da Alvorada'. They will drop you off in front of a small white church complex. You will see a pillar with 'Barraco #55' painted on it. Take the small alley and on your left you will see a door marked '19 Fundos'. You have arrived..
Located near
Rua da Assembleia #19 Fundos 21001020 Nova Brasilia Complexo do Alemo, Rio de Jareiro Barraco #55 is located at Rua da Assembleia, one of the main streets of Alvorada, where you can find basically everything that you need, including some local bars to have a beer. Furthermore the penultimate station of the 'cable car' or 'Teleferico' is located closeby and will show you a magnificent view of Complexo from above. We're located nearby the Metro (25min to city centre).
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Back To "Back To The '50s"
How One Car Guy Spent His Summer Vacation
What would a veteran automotive journalist do on his summer vacation?
I can't speak for others in this profession, but I spent mine doing—what else?—looking at cars. That, and seeing family and friends again at the 40th annual "Back To The '50s" Weekend, at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds just north of St. Paul.
And I managed to see more than a few Mopars while there, too.
After getting my writing assignments for the November issue of Mopar Muscle—as well as for the third issue of Mopar NOW—completed, it was time to load up BAD COP and head north from Tampa to Minnesota. Fortunately, the major construction areas that had plagued previous driving trips that way were largely gone. Unfortunately, it rained much of the way north, so I needed to keep both hands on the wheel while driving through a series of downpours, which precluded any behind-the-wheelpicture taking. (Fortunately, that saved you from having to look at images of blurred-out Blandmobiles.)
This year marked the 40th anniversary of Back To The '50s, a show that got its start with the movie American Graffiti. Back in '73, when it was in its initial big-screen run, American Graffiti played at a theatre on University Avenue in St. Paul, then the Twin Cities' premiere cruising zone for car people. (University Avenue is also where lots of new-car dealers once resided, before moves to bigger facilities in the suburbs began in the '60s.) One weekend, thanks to members of the Minnesota Street Rod Association (MSRA), those who took in a Saturday night showing of American Graffiti found themselves leaving the theatre when the feature ended—only to walk into the movie once they stepped outside, as the MSRA's members and friends were cruising their 1962-earlier rides up and down the avenue (and had parked along both sides of it).
It went so well that, when someone said, "Let's do this again!" MSRA staged their first big "Back To The '50s" show the next year, in a huge parking lot next to a Montgomery Ward's on University. That show went so well that they had it again the next yearand again the next yearand eventually, it outgrew the Ward's parking lot and moved to the nearby Minnesota State Fairgrounds. At first, Back To The '50s only used a small part of the 300-acre fairgrounds, but over the years, as the show has grown, it now fills the entire fairgrounds, and is the largest 3-day show of its kind in the world!
To say the show needs the room is an understatement, as this year's count of participating vehicles broke the 12,000 mark. 12,033 1964-earlier cars and trucks took part in 2013's"Back To The '50s" weekend a new record!
This year, the "Great Race" (sponsored by a rival publisher from Vermont, best known for "The Big Brown Wish Book") started at Back To The '50s, before it merrily meandered along various side roads and two-lane highways from St. Paul to Mobile, Alabama. Yes, there were Mopars in the field—many of them "historic" brands, such as Hudson, along with some later-model Dodges, as 1969 was the year cut-off for this year's Great Race. Corky Coker was on hand as master of ceremonies for the Great Race's start near the fairgrounds' front gate, and Wayne Carini (of TV's Chasing Classic Cars) was on hand as starter. This was Wayne's first trip to Back To The '50s, and it's fair to say that it won't be his last!
Back To The 50s is not just a huge, fairground-filling show—it's also an all-volunteer show, produced by the membership of the MSRA. That membership includes lots of Twin Cities-area and Minnesota-based clubs, along with an under-25 group of young rodders called the Ignitors. They had their own show-within-the-show, and they were the recipient of a big box of new Meguiar's products (including their new metal polishes and their DA Power System, that attaches to any corded drill) from yours truly, which they've put to good use!
The weather proved to be an adventure in itself. Forecasts called for increasing chances of rain on Friday, which came to pass around 7 p.m. (local time), as many show-goers and participants had headed out for the evening. A line of severe thunderstorms swept into the Twin Cities from the west, causing lots of flooding and uprooted trees, especially in Minneapolis and its western 'burbs. At the State Fairgrounds, MSRA members helped vendors and others with large tents and shelters secure them before the worst of the weather hit, which prevented them from getting blown down and onto show rides, or into other displays.
When the first of the severe-weather warnings hit that evening, I was finishing dinner with friends in St. Paul's West End, and BAD COP and I were soon headed—flat-out--through St. Paul, across the Mississippi River, through Dakota and Goodhue Counties back to my Mom's place in Red Wing, where I stayed that weekend. Thanks to BAD COP's modified Hemi, I was able to outrun the storm, and reach Red Wing before the heavy rains and winds hit there. (Thanks also to BAD COP's traction control, and my knowing the roads I was on like the back of my hand, having driven them zillions of times over the past 35 or so years!)
On Saturday, the fairgrounds were in great shape (and ready for the Great Race's start), and the place was packed.
Interested in making Back To The '50s part of your show and roadtrip travels in 2014? Start with a visit to the MSRA's website (www.msra.com), which will not only have the latest news about the event, but you'll also be able to register for it online through there, starting after the first of the year.


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Below is a transcript of an interview that I recently conducted with Guy Kawasaki. It was great to hear his fascinating perspective on the state of the news business — and to learn more about his latest projects. If you haven't checked out Alltop yet, I strongly encourage that you do.
This article was first published on NowPublic.com
NowPublic recently had the chance to catch up with Guy Kawasaki, a leading venture capitalist with Garage Technology Ventures, former Apple evangelist, and a highly respected web entrepreneur and blogger.
We spoke to Kawasaki about his most recent ventures, Alltop.com – a single page, news aggregation site, Truemors.com – a citizen journalism-styled, news sharing and storytelling site, and his thoughts on the future of news
NowPublic: Can you give us a bit of background of what motivated you to create Alltop?
Kawasaki: First, philosophically, there's so much great information on the web, but it's very hard for most people to find it. Google finds ten million matches for every topic. RSS is a big help, but only if you understand what RSS is, how to use it, and where to find the feeds. Also, there is the initial problem of finding sites and blogs that are worth aggregating at all. So we do all of this for people and provide an "online magazine rack" for people. Second, we noticed how much traffic popurls was sending Truemors, so we figured there must be something to aggregations. Theoretically, once we have topics set up, all we need to do is make sure the servers are running. How cool is that?
NP: What other new categories are you working on?
Kawasaki: We're adding four to five topics a week. Since Books and Art, we've added Crafts, Beauty, China, and Virtual. At some point we could have every topic in the universe, but then we'd just be another Google. Which, come to think of it, wouldn't be so bad.
NP: Who do you bring in to help determine which sites will be aggregated for each category?
Kawasaki: The story of how we pick topics and what goes into topics is very interesting. I'm not a big believer in the wisdom of crowds. However, within crowds there's usually a handful of people who really live and breath a topic and want to share their knowledge. The single best way I have found to tap these folks is Twitter. I get suggestions for new topics all the time on Twitter. We implement most of them. In fact, the people who suggest topics usually already have a great list of feeds. Without Twitter, Alltop would not be nearly what it is today. I dare say that I get more value out of Twitter than anyone on the planet.
NP: Are you personally a fan of highly-customizable feed readers and websites?
Kawasaki: I'm not. High levels of personalization and customization is for the uppermost 1% of the Internet. The state of the art of RSS feeds is much too troublesome for most people. With customizable feed readers and websites, you can do almost everything we do for you with Alltop. The issue is whether it's worth the trouble for most people to find a feed reader or customizable site, find the sites and blogs that interest you, find the feeds of those sites and blogs, and then set up the feed reader or customizable site.
NP: How do see the relationship evolving between "curated" (editorialized) and automated content?
Kawasaki: There is no right and wrong or good and bad. There's only what works for you. We are closer to Mahalo and Wikipedia in that the selection of topics and feeds within a topic are highly subjective, unautomated, and not crowd sourced. Our topics and feeds are "crafted" not automated. In your terms, Alltop is the automation of curation. Or, you can think of Alltop as the anti-social media site. Your contributors might find topics like Science.alltop.com and Design.alltop.com excellent sources for stories for NowPublic because we are checking hundreds of sources every ten minutes. Many of these sources are far off the beaten path, and their stories should reach more people.
NP: With Truemors, which is an open access, news sharing, and storytelling site, what has your experience been like working with participatory media (so-called 'citizen journalism')?
Kawasaki: Truemors was wide open, but it's not anymore. We found that a handful of "truemorists" that we know and gave accounts to yields a much higher quality selection of news. Anyone can still post, but if you're not a truemorist, the posting is held until someone on our side approves it manually. Truemors is effectively trying to "curate" news from hundreds of sources and provide "NPR for your eyes" in the sense of eclectic human interest news.
NP: You've also enabled the public to be able to post stories to Truemors in a variety of ways. People can phone, text, or email stories, but they can also add breaking news updates through the "Twitter News Network". What kind of impact are microblogging applications, like Twitter, having on news?
Kawasaki: When the dust settled, the posting method that worked is via the web. Very few people used any of the cool methods we were so proud of. And now with truemorists holding the keys, it's virtually exclusively web postings other than the Twitter News Network. Having said this with regard to Truemors specifically, Twitter can have an enormous impact on news. One particularly good example is Newmediajim who is an NBC cameraman who's flying around with the president on Air Force One.
NP: By opening up more and more distribution channels for content, we're faced with an increasingly overwhelming onslaught of information. How do you personally navigate this ocean of infinite choice?
Kawasaki: Here's a funny story. I use NetNewswire to keep track of all the feeds in Alltop. At one point, I had more than 3,000 feeds; these feeds generated 20,000 stories per day. Now I get my news from several Alltop topics like Mac.alltop.com and Socialmedia.alltop.com as well as paper pubs like the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury, and Wall Street Journal.
NP: In the world of social media, there has been a web 2.0 trend toward "hyperlocal" and "hyperpersonal" news, how do you see Alltop and Truemors fitting into that spectrum?
Kawasaki: I suppose at some point Alltop and Truemors can get hyperlocal. Right now, the closest that we come to this is China.alltop.com which isn't that local, I guess. But it will come down to the numbers: Is a hyperlocal topic so local that no one wants to advertise on it. Or, if we're lucky, maybe because it's hyperlocal, advertisers will find it attractive. All of this is TBD.
NP: Do you see a future beyond advertising and sponsored content for Web 2.0 companies?
Kawasaki: Just like other Web 2.0 companies, we're making it up as we go combined with a large dose of wishful thinking. Alas, in my most hallucinatory fantasies, I see selling "sponsored feed" positions at the top of Alltop topics ala Google's sponsored links. Now that would be something.
NP: And finally, in the spirit of your "top ten" keynote format, what do you see as being the top ten biggest changes and challenges ahead in how we consume news and information?
Kawasaki: You're kidding me, right? I just answered ten questions, and now you're asking one question that needs ten answers. Do you think I only give press interviews all day long?


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Topics discussed include: education and career in astronomy.
Early life in California, undergraduate work at Caltech (1947-51), graduate work at Caltech in physics and astronomy, including work at Mt Wilson-Palomar (1951-54), Accounts of Palomar sky survey (1953-56) and work on galaxies Impressions of instructors, among them Rubble, Zwicky, Baade, Minkowski Abell joined UCLA astronomy department in 1956 and describes its history, faculty, and expansion Discussion of Abell's professional interest in popularization of astronomy since 1960's (textbook, BBC-Open University work, campaign against astrology, summer science program) and technical work on su
Abt discusses his childhood and youth in Germany and then the United States; his student days at Northwestern University and his graduate work at Caltech; use of the Mt.
Family background, early life in Brooklyn and Detroit, high school; undergraduate studies at University of Michigan, switch from mathematics to physics. Graduate work at Michigan, 1931-1933; thesis research combines quantum mechanics and infrared spectroscopy. Difficulty finding academic job during Depression; works for Lowell Observatory while at Michigan, 1933-1936; devises long-path absorption cell, research in infrared spectrum of earth's atmosphere. Joins faculty of Johns Hopkins University (Gerhard Dietz), 1935-1936. To Lowell Observatory (Roger Lowell Putnam, V. M. Slipher, E. C.
A short interview centering on training at Leiden; recollections of teachers -- Oort, van de Hulst, Osterhoff; growth of Dutch radio astronomy; present state of astronomy in Holland.
Interview centers around experiences as a child on Mount Hamilton (Lick Observatory) just after the turn of the century; schooling on Mount Hamilton; father's observing with 36-inch refractor; Lick public observing nights; general life on Mount Haiilton; Mrs Phoebe Hearst's support for private schooling; father's recollections about Lick astronomers; World War I.
Interview centers around experiences as a child on Mount Hamilton (Lick Observatory) just after the turn of the century; father's scientific life (Robert Grant Aitken) and personal life; the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; Halley's Comet, 1910; contact with the families of astronomers; W.W. Campbell; H.D. Curtis; experiences in World War I; Mrs. Aitken's astronomical training
Mildred Allen was born in Massachusetts in 1894, the elder of two daughters of an MIT professor of civil engineering who had met her mother while working in New Mexico. She graduated from Vassar College in 1916 with training in mathematics and physics. Her Ph.D. in physics (1922) was granted by Clark University where she studied with A. G. Webster, but her thesis research was one at MIT. She taught at Mt. Holyoke, Wellesley and Oberlin Colleges during the 1920s and early 30s, as well as studying further at the University of Chicago and Yale.
Childhood; early interest in science (astronomy). Member of Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1928. Special student at University of California at Berkeley, 1931, with Donald H. Menzel's help. Regular student from 1932; comments on teachers and fellow students at Berkeley Student Observatory. Summer assistantship at Lick Observatory (Nicholas Mayall, Arthur B. Wyse), life at Lick Observatory.


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AVONDALE, Ariz. � At the end of the AdvoCare 500, no one was particularly happy: not the winner, Kevin Harvick, nor his owner, Richard Childress; nor the sixth-place finisher, Brad Keselowski , who closed in on the Sprint Cup championship.
The penultimate race of a long season ended in mayhem, with mechanics throwing punches and drivers hurling invective. It looked as if roller derby had conjured up a superspeedway series.
AVONDALE, Ariz. � At the end of the AdvoCare 500, no one was particularly happy: not the winner, Kevin Harvick, nor his owner, Richard Childress; nor the sixth-place finisher, Brad Keselowski , who closed in on the Sprint Cup championship.
The penultimate race of a long season ended in mayhem, with mechanics throwing punches and drivers hurling invective. It looked as if roller derby had conjured up a superspeedway series.
A four-time champion, Jeff Gordon, wrecked his car and then lingered just to take out Clint Bowyer � and, by extension, several others � for the heck of it.
Bowyer said, �It�s pretty embarrassing for a four-time champion and one of the best this sport�s ever seen to act like that. It�s just completely ridiculous.�
Gordon, seldom cast in the role of villain before, sounded like Clint Eastwood.
Referring to NASCAR officials, who had the responsibility of sorting through the biggest mess outside the halls of Congress, Gordon said, �They�ve got to do what they�ve got to do, and I guess I had to do what I had to do.�
The race was rife with vigilante justice, as if there could really be such a thing.
The crews representing Gordon and Bowyer engaged in a full-scale donnybrook � or was it a brouhaha? � in the garage, and then, just to put a crescendo on the anarchy, Harvick barely maintained control of his Chevy as the entire field stormed through what was almost unanimously described as an oil slick that led to the finish.
Much of the field didn�t get through it. A lap earlier, Danica Patrick�s Chevy had spun out. No yellow flag waved. By the time she had managed to get her car turned around to limp across the finish line, a lap behind, a huge crash consumed the front straight. It literally caught up with her car. Three cars hit it, but the most fierce contact came from Paul Menard�s Chevy, lifting Patrick�s car off the ground.
Everyone walked away and Patrick called it �a nice, exciting finish for the fans.�
Once upon a time, a victory by Kyle Busch seemed a foregone conclusion, but after leading 237 laps, or three quarters of the race, he lost the edge to Harvick for the final 15.
Martin Truex Jr. was an early casualty, completing only 10 laps before engine woes sent his Toyota to the garage. Meanwhile, the Gibbs Toyotas established a stable foothold at the front, with Busch leading Hamlin up to the first caution flag, on lap 16, owing to Mike Bliss�s spin in turn four.
�It gave us some warning,� said Truex of his engine. �It started � laying down� on the second lap.�
The situation remained stable � Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne � right up to the second slowdown, for David Gilliland�s turn-two shunt, at lap 51.
Mark Martin�s two-tire crew chief gave him the lead for almost two turns when racing resumed. Busch again pulled away. Meanwhile, title contenders Keselowski and Jimmie Johnson were keeping a wary eye on each other from 12th and 13th.
Eventually someone did wrest the lead from Busch; naturally, it was teammate Hamlin. A Menard pass even relegated Busch to third at lap 121, shortly before a round of pit stops. Keselowski was seventh, Johnson 10th.
Not much changed over the next 50 laps. Busch regained control. Keselowski rose to second. Hamlin dropped back a bit. Johnson found himself running sixth.
Busch and Keselowski engaged in a torrid duel beginning at about lap 225, with the Dodge driver repeatedly pulling alongside Busch�s Toyota but never clearing it until lap 233.
It wasn�t the only lead Keselowski took. Johnson�s Chevy cracked the wall in turn four at lap 235, and repairs � the right-front tire apparently blew � required a side trip to the garage.
Johnson returned to the track on lap 273, coincidentally after a yellow flag waved for David Ragan�s crash between turns three and four.
A suddenly conservative Keselowski pitted while most others were passing up fresh rubber and fell to eighth place in the exchange. Tony Stewart crashed off turn two at lap 281.
Keselowski narrowly avoided the Gordon-Bowyer fracas, and his Dodge took a glancing blow on the final straight, but survival was enough for a sixth-place finish � behind Harvick , Hamlin, Busch and Ryan Newman (backwards) � and an imposing 20-point edge over Johnson entering the final Chase race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The points leader and champion apparent stormed into the media center on a tangent of his own.
�I spent a whole week being bashed by half a dozen drivers about racing hard at Texas and how I�m out of control and have a death wish,� Keselowski said. �Then I see (bull) like that. That�s (bull), and it just (ticks) me off.
�It�s just (expletive) ridiculous, and they should be ashamed. It�s embarrassing.�
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ABS-CBN has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming afternoon series Moon of Desire starring Meg Imperial, JC de Vera, Ellen Adarna, Dominic Roque and newbie Miko Raval.
Moon of Desire centers on Ayla, a young lady with hypertrichosis but a secret will make her this beautiful and sexy woman who will be desired by many. The Kapamilya afternoon teleserye is directed by FM Reyes and will premiere on ABS-CBN Kapamilya Gold this March 31.
Watch the teaser trailer of Moon of Desire below featuring its lead star Meg Imperial with JC, Ellen, Dominic and Miko.
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WWE Tag Team Champion Roman Reigns joined Doug Mortman and Dave Lagreca on SiriusXM's Busted Open. You can hear Busted Open on Sports Zone; Sirius 92, XM 208 and on the app.
Going against the Rhodes family:
Not only with the rich tradition in my family but our group we have a lot of pride in what we do, we worked hard this whole year to set a standard and for guys like Cody (Rhodes) and Dustin (Rhodes) being Goldust. Cody ran his mouth when he shouldn't and things happened. He got fired but on the flip side its crazy because Goldust got the opportunity and now they get a second chance so unfortunately there second chance is running head to head against the Shield and that's a problem for everybody so I wouldn't be surprised if this Sunday at Battleground, it will be renamed the Rhodes retirement party.
The rise to the main stage:
It's been a great opportunity. You put with me with a couple guys like Seth (Rollins) and Dean (Ambrose) and it just worked. They have so much experience coming in, they wrestled all over the country and parts of the world in independent promotions so to bring that kind of attitude and that kind of experience and being paired with a guy like me, I more like a thoroughbred and a natural and I don't need too much experience, you can explain on what I might run into and I'll have a plan for it. I didn't need much time to set up to the occasion but it definitely helps when you have guys that have been doing it later then you. Seth and Dean have been wrestling longer then me but they are the same type of pedigree and they have the same kind of attitude, there alpha males, we want to rule the world as crazy as that sounds and that's the type of attitude that we bring. We bow down to no man.
Imaging the future:
Right now, we are building the foundation. We are just laying down the building blocks but the special stuff, that's going too happened in a couple years. What we are doing now is really cool, it's been exciting but there's so much to do in the future, there's so many ways to spin things, there's so much competition like when the Shield breaks up then when competition bumped up a hundred percent because the type of guys that myself, Dean and Seth are, we are going to bring it to each other like we don't know each other and like we are pure enemies and that's how competitive we are as a group and then you make as individuals, it's going to get worse. It's been a special year and it's still coming and if you're into it now, just wait and keep watching.
The plan after going undrafted in the NFL, going to the CFL and going to Florida:
Going into the draft, I knew what I did. I saw my body of work as a defensive tackle. I know if I had the opportunity to get into a camp, going through OTA's, do a full summer, be there for a full day of camp and go through all of the pre-season games, I knew that I was a good enough football player and teammate to make a team, I could had made the team better but I didn't get that opportunity for certain reasons so I did take the chance to go up to Canada and prolong my football career but it just didn't work. At that point, I was just kind of beat up and when it was over and just ready to move on. Before I played football, there was a point in my life where I wanted to wrestle. Then it became that I wanted to play football and if I don't want to do that, I'll wrestle. So it's always been those two and now all I want to do is wrestle. That's it! That's all I want to do.
The youth movement in the WWE:
I'll say out with the old and in with the new. We are hungry; we are trying to do it. You get your chance, do your thing and expect a younger line to come after your pride and that's what I'm doing. We are looking to take over the whole territory. We want to be the king of the mountain; you can look at it as harsh and be like: "Hell Yeah. Competition, we are going to get better" and if you don't look at it like that then you might want to buy my shirt. But then again, you don't have to buy my shirt, you don't have to be a fan, I'll spear you if you don't like me, if you like me, if you love me, if you hate me, anybody can catch a spear.
Growing up with a rich family legacy:
It's funny there's a lot of fans that were fans through the attitude era, the Monday Night Wars but for me, I'm only watching WWE, I'm not watching WCW. None of my family wrestlers over there so it made me a very specific fan and I've only been into the one company and I was right because our company won but it was a very interesting childhood when you have that many males in your family that are superstars and successful and they did there things, they were making towns, they were all over the world, we literally have ten men in my family that have seen the entire world, it's a very blessed feeling. I'm from a very prestigious family and my goal is to not only to represent it but to push it, push the level and raise the bar of what this family can do.
Any fan incidents with their introductions:
Actually somebody smacked the heck out of my arm the other night as I was coming down. It's one of those deals where I get it, we are extremely pumped that the fans are excited to see us and they are part of the entrance and they get to feel us up close, it not like: "I'm like this guy" when you're in the first row and you are watching the ring, you are fifteen feet away where you can't really get a feel for a guy unless he is walking right past you and you can touch him so guy was a little too touchy and he really smacked my arm and the back of neck and he was just pumped and maybe had a little too much to drink or something, I don't know but it was just a little too much but it did piss me off for a split second because I'm on the edge anyway when I'm going out there and I'm ready to take anyone out at that point.
Talking about the Susan G. Komen Foundation in the WWE:
It's one of the strongest things as a company that we are able to do to team up with Susan G. Komen to fight breast cancer if there is anything in the world that a man could do is trying to help women and trying to create a healthier woman for this world because without them, we are done, man. It's a great opportunity for the WWE to help and to push the Susan G. Komen in the right direction. We touch so many lives across the world so many billions of people know about us so to have the opportunity to push the Susan G. Komen foundation out to our fans is a great opportunity.
Coming full circle with Dusty Rhodes:
Anyone that has a relationship with Dusty (Rhodes) knows he's a crazy character, man. He's a good dude, he is one of the best of all time, he has helped all of us tremendously with his experience with his knowledge and he's teaching but that doesn't change the fact that I am going to beat the ever living crap out of his kids, it's going to be "hard times". We have a good understanding of the "American Dream" and we are thankful for him but its business as usual and what's best for business is the Rhodes retirement party this Sunday at Battleground. It's going down.
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That is, all 5 that she plays on the CW's Ringer, which is back for more thrills and spills (SMG overboard!) Tuesdays at 9/8 c, starting tonight. Let's take a look at all five:
Bridget: Recovering addict, witness to murder, on the run.
Siobhan: Bridget's identical twin sister — filthy rich, pampered and married to a hot man — who disappears overboard during a boat trip.
Bridget as Siobhan: SMG playing SMG, the less-successful twin pretending to be the other one (yes, she has to make out with hot husband). Someone tries to kill her.
Young Bridget: A stripper with disheveled hair.
Young Siobhan: A woman who casually suggests murdering people then laughs it off when whomever she's with gives her the "girl, you crazy" look.
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Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, right? Unless you're the crew from Apollo 13, no one is ever remembered for getting "almost there."
Still, almost-history is a funny thing. Take away the penalty-kick heroics by Nick Rimando in last year's Eastern Conference final, and perhaps make sure someone paid their electric bill in LA during last year's Western final, and we might have been talking about the Chicago Fire or Houston Dynamo defending their MLS Cup title this fall.
Fast-forward 11 months and we're staring at a postseason without either of last year's losing conference finalists. In the history of MLS, that's only happened once before, in 2003, when neither Columbus nor Colorado booked a return trip to the playoffs after falling at the last hurdle before MLS Cup the prior season.
But that was nowhere near as dramatic as the fall of Chicago and Houston. Their almost-glory aside, these teams have been, for all intents and purposes, the standard-bearers of recent success in MLS.
Now, for the second time in the 13-year-old club's history, the Fire aren't in the playoffs. Neither are the Dynamo, snapping a 10-year streak for the franchise (dating back to their former incarnation in San Jose).
[inline_node:319021]And that isn't almost strange. That's downright weird.
Pro sports are littered with stories of fallen powerhouses. That thin line between glory and lean years is what bookends dynasties. Just ask the New York Yankees of the 1980s or the Chicago Bulls of the 2000s – heck, even this year's D.C. United.
But it's rarely as dramatic as perennial contenders both crashing back to earth at the same time. Chicago and Houston are both suffering, but for vastly different philosophies.
"Change" has been a dirty word in Houston. Dominic Kinnear has built one of the most successful systems in MLS by sticking to the same basic principals: classic 4-4-2 play, minimizing star power while maximizing team contribution and replacing departed players from within.
That approach has produced a Supporters' Shield (in San Jose in '05) and back-to-back MLS Cups immediately upon the franchise's move to Houston. More so, a level of consistency and stability that many teams envied.
This season, things finally stopped bouncing Kinnear's way. Wade Barrett's retirement probably hurt the team more than anyone is willing to admit. Meanwhile, Geoff Cameron, the next "next big thing," who stepped up for yet more departed stars like Ricardo Clark and Stuart Holden, missed 18 games through all competitions with a PCL tear.
Injury problems devastated other parts of the roster, too, in unprecedented ways. Major contributors Brian Ching, Brad Davis, and Pat Onstad all missed large stretches. And the defense broke down at key moments. Houston have given up 11 goals in the final 15 minutes of games this season, including a record four game-winning goals in stoppage time.
"That's taken some valuable points from us and given some valuable points to someone else," Kinnear told MLSsoccer.com. "That has hurt us."
Momentum has also been a killer. The Dynamo haven't won back-to-back games all season long and Kinnear regrets the fact that his team hasn't experienced that feeling of getting on a roll. With a fully healthy roster and a fresh start, Kinnear believes his squad wouldn't be sitting at home this postseason.
"If we were just starting the season, we wouldn't have same record," he said. "It's just been a year in which the mistakes we've made, we've been 100 percent punished for. There's enough quality in that locker room."
In Chicago, it's been a very different story. Houston at least have won two MLS Cups in recent years; for the Fire, last year's painful exit marked the third consecutive time Chicago had been knocked out in the Eastern Conference final.
[inline_node:316522]That wasn't good enough in Bridgeview, and the Fire decided it was time to make changes. Big changes. Until this past offseason, Chicago were also known for stability. Sure, the head coaches changed frequently after Bob Bradley left in 2003 – but through it all, most of the coaching staff remained the same, as did the roster.
But that wasn't getting the Fire over the final hurdle. The hiring of Carlos de los Cobos in January reflected an enormous philosophical change in the club's direction. For the first time in team history, the reins were entrusted to an MLS outsider who brought in new ideas and fresh perspective on how to run a team.
And Chicago struggled. They've played some pretty soccer over stretches and there have been moments of brilliance, but the up-tempo style de los Cobos wanted, coupled with a wave of change, was too much for the team to handle.
Whether you agree or disagree with the Fire's change in direction, it's hard to fault the organization for deciding to overhaul. Big changes often take time before they start bearing fruit.
The Fire's longtime veterans admit it's been a difficult season of adjustments – "It's been a rough year," Brian McBride diplomatically told MLSsoccer.com – and those struggles have been hard to swallow given the team's history of success.
"Honestly, there's talent on this team," Fire original C.J. Brown told MLSsoccer.com. "And I say there is a lot of individual talent. If you take that individual talent and jell it as a team – which I know that Carlos is trying to do right now – if we can get that to happen, this club is going to be right back on top again."
It's funny – missing the playoffs for the first time in a long time isn't the worst thing in the world for Houston and Chicago. In fact, it's a chance for them to look objectively at what went wrong, and how to fix it.
For their fans, however, it's a bitter pill to swallow when your team is thisclose and then takes a step backward. Houston and Chicago know this. They won't be down for long.
Jonah Freedman is the managing editor of MLSsoccer.com. "The Throw-In" appears every Thursday.


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Does anyone know of a internet TV feed for this game? Can't see it out here in Cali.
Does anyone know of a internet TV feed for this game? Can't see it out here in Cali.
Lets roll!
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Timmons was a 1st round draft pick and sometimes we might forget that becuz of all the success Wood has had and how T missed most of last year with the injury but he's got plenty of power and explosiveness so if Wood can't go this should be a good test for him.
Don't forget you stream the game live right here on SA. Just click on the Listen Live button at the top of the page.
Our streaming radio is straight from the Steelers Radio Network as well, it's the only way to listen to the Steelers. Bill, Tunch, & Wolf are the best!
I think we have that link for the streaming video as well but if not I'll add it.
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POLITICO White House reporter Jennifer Epstein, Congress reporter Jake Sherman and deputy White House editor Rebecca Sinderbrand join White House reporter Reid J. Epstein to discuss the president's push for college-cost reform, the latest developments in the 2016 presidential race, Bradley Manning's decision, and more. Past episodes at politico.com/podcast.
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This week's topics:
President Obama's trip to New York and Pennsylvania touting a college student loan program (starts at 2:32)
The looming fights over the debt ceiling and government shutdown this fall, and what role his proposals might play (starts at 4:47)
Why California's immigration politics are different from other states' (starts at 7:40)
The NSA collected emails for three years that had nothing to do with terrorism. What is the adminstration's plan for getting ahead of these stories? (starts at 12:00)
Will members of Congress do anything about it? (starts at 15:08)
Ted Cruz threatens a goverment shutdown over Obamacare funding (starts at 17:07)
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A GLITTERING night planned by pop princess Kylie Minogue will lead New Year's Eve celebrations throughout Australia.
And the famous Sydney fireworks that are shown around the world are promising not to disappoint.
As creative ambassador for Sydney's event, Minogue developed the event's theme "embrace" and chose its colour scheme and soundtrack.
"I love the concept of embrace – it can mean so many different things, and I'm looking forward to embracing new possibilities for the next year," Minogue told reporters.
She will be honoured with a one-of-a-kind sparkling musical-note firework.
The semiquaver will be one of 100,000 individual pyrotechnic creations this year, including brand-new koala, octopus and hand images up in lights.
"What we aim to do (each year) is to make it the best one – for people to go away and say 'that was the best display I've ever seen'," fireworks director Fortunato Foti said.
For those cities that don't have Kylie, there will still be celebrations with families, friends, champagne and fireworks.
Most capital cities are hosting two lots of fireworks – one around 9pm for families and another at midnight.
Melbourne's skyline will be lit up like never before as New Year's Eve fireworks are launched from building tops across the city.
The City of Melbourne is expecting more than half a million people to flock to the city to welcome in 2013, with three official live sites featuring entertainment at Flagstaff Gardens, Treasury Gardens and Docklands.
At midnight, fireworks will be launched from 22 sites across the city – 18 from buildings.
"So the message is, if you can see the city skyline, then you will see the fireworks on New Year's Eve," Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said.
Fireworks will light up Brisbane's CBD with Southbank Parklands the place to be.
On the Gold Coast, organisers of the Surfers Paradise New Year's Eve celebrations are hoping a superhero theme will bring a more family-friendly crowd.
Children are being invited to dress up as their favourite superhero before attending one of the biggest fireworks shows in the state, with more than 10,000 fireworks to be released from Surfers Paradise beach.
Adelaide is also going for family-friendly events with thousands expected to gather at the venues – Elder Park in the city and at seaside Glenelg.
Organisers will keep drinkers separate from other partygoers at Elder Park.
A heatwave in Perth is likely to continue with 40C forecast for New Year's Eve before dropping to 36C on New Year's Day.
However, that's not expected to keep people away from the festivities.
Events include the City of Perth's free outdoor New Year's Eve Northbridge party.
And Hobart will get a chance to show off its newfound hipness to thousands in town for the Sydney to Hobart yacht race and Tasmania's biggest event, The Taste Festival near Salamanca Place.
Proving Tasmania is the world's new avant-garde capital, American rockers The Flaming Lips will give up their annual Freakout New Year's Eve gig in the US to bring in 2013 at The Falls Festival east of Hobart.
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What you might ask?? Let me go to the very beginning, actually not that far back. I belong to the Oakmont Genealogy Study Group, in Oakmont PA. The second Tuesday of every month we meet and have a discussion and sometimes have a presentation.
Most Tuesdays someone will donate some item related to Genealogy. Things that perhaps were on sale or purchased at a garage sale or thrift shop. It keeps the cost down that way. Sometimes it might be a tote bag or folders etc.
Today I won a Readers Digest Publication entitled OUR FAMILY ARCHIVE It is a tool for creating a Digital FAmily Scrapbook. It comes complete with a CD that provides the tools needed to make the scrapbook from all your special stuff.
My initial impression was "What am I going to do with this" has been replaced with "Maybe I will just do this" I suppose I have to hurry because I have 5 siblings and a certain Holiday is around the corner.
Before I promote it charms and usefulness I will have to work on the project.


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John Pilger on Empire: war and propaganda
In the New Statesman. It ends: 'I think Orwell got it right in this passage from Nineteen Eighty-Four, a tale of the ultimate empire:
"And in the general hardening of outlook that set in . . . practices which had been long abandoned - imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions . . . and the deportation of whole populations - not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive".'
For further discussion of the American Empire, check out Doug Nesbitt's review of John Rees's Imperialism and Resistance.
On the latest from Lebanon, see Lebanon Updates as well as here, which quotes Dante: 'The darkest places in Hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.'
Professor Paul Rogers, of Bradford University, meanwhile has written a detailed discussion of British sea power: A 21st century question, which looks at Britain's attempt to play its role in this 'New World Order'.
Finally, those interested in Cuba's past and present might be interested in Chris Harman's article in the latest ISJ, as well as Louis Proyect's comments on Sam Farber.
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Johnny Brenda's - Sly Fox Standard Ale and PBC Newbold IPA
London Grill – Victory Hop Devil
700 Club – Cricket Hill Col. Blide's Bitter and Yards ESA
Memphis Taproom - Victory Uncle Teddy's Bitter
Nodding Head -
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McMenamins - Yards ESA
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Monk's - Cantillon Monk's Cafe Kriek
Kite and Key - Founders Backwoods Bastard
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Hulmeville Inn - Sly Fox Phoenix Pale Ale with Bear Republic Racer 5 on deck. Also there will be a firkin of Yards IPA (dry-hopped) on Tues. July 28th.
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Facebook, after being the focus of public outcry against showing a graphic video depicting a beheading, has decided the clip should be blocked from viewers.
The social network decided to remove the postings late Tuesday after allowing the video to show up to make a statement about human rights violations, according to the San Jose Mercury News. In a previous story on Press:Here, Facebook said that it wanted users to view the gory videos to "condemn" them. It said it also planned to stop any sharing based on "sadistic pleasure."
The decision proved problematic for the tech company when users began condemning their decision to show the graphic clip.
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"Every step along the way, Facebook is making a series of judgments about the appropriateness of content for its audience," Eric Goldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University, told the Mercury New. "There is no way for Facebook to make all of its users completely happy about its editorial choices."
The controversy was made more confusing by users because Facebook has been at the forefront of censoring nudity, including photos of breastfeeding, while allowing sites that seem to celebrate rape or violence against women. Facebook's Terms of Service don't allow threatening posts, sexually explicit content, hate speech or graphic or gratuitous violence.
The video in question is of a masked man beheading a woman, reportedly drug smugglers in Mexico that first appeared last May before being taken down. Since then, Facebook allowed it to be shown seemingly as a way to educate viewers. After the recent controversy, however, Facebook has done an about-face and decided to take versions of the video down again.
Facebook said in a statement late Tuesday that after consideration, the content "improperly and irresponsibly glorifies violence. For this reason, we have removed it." It vowed to take a more "holistic look" at the context of graphic violence, too, and add suitable warnings.
Despite the decision, Facebook's first amendment bellwether is arbitrary at best. It seems OK with all kinds of violence, including sites that advocate or joke about violence against women, but even photos depicting breastfeeding or artistic nudity are considered taboo. Perhaps one day it may consider a photo of graphic violence more offensive than a photo of Michelangelo's David.


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Pet Dangers
As the weather gets colder, we seek out ways to keep ourselves warm – like wearing more clothing and turning up our heat. But what do our pets do? Dogs and cats, both indoor and outdoor, will also look for ways to stay warm and cozy. Sometimes, they will inadvertently get themselves into a dangerous situation in an attempt to warm up.
• Pets with indoor access may choose to sit on a heat vent, curl up next to a fireplace, or snuggle under the blankets. Occasionally, a cat or small dog may try another heat source – a clothes dryer. Pets are quick to pick up on the source of warm laundry and can feel the warmth radiating from the machine itself. Every year, many pets are seriously injured or even die after accidentally getting locked in a dryer that then begins to heat and spin. The heat and tumbling action of a dryer is much too strong and fast for a pet to overcome, and left inside, it will result in a fatality.
• Cats are particularly prone to dryer-related accidents because of their attraction to small spaces to hide, elevated perches and their natural curiosity. To keep your pet safe this fall and winter, we suggest the following:
1. Educate the members of your household that may use the dryer. Awareness is often enough to catch a hiding pet in a dryer before it gets started.
2. Keep access to the dryer limited to when clothes are being transferred in and out of the dryer. Otherwise, keep the door latched closed.
3. Before each cycle, feel around inside the dryer to make sure Fluffy didn't sneak inside when you weren't looking.
4. Provide accessible alternatives for your cat or dog to warm up, such as extra blankets.
5. Never encourage a pet to get in a dryer, even if you are supervising. Your pet will think it is a suitable place to go and may become extremely interested in exploring it during other times as well.
If your pet does accidentally spend ANY amount of time inside a dryer, call your veterinarian and take him or her to be evaluated immediately. Injuries can include head trauma/concussions, hyperthermia, organ trauma, burns, and fractures. Even if your pet seems fine, a veterinarian will be able to detect subtle signs of injury and provide the care your pet needs. As is true with most injuries and illnesses, early intervention often means cheaper and more effective treatment.


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Your daily entertainment briefing with a fondue recipe, new episode of "Glee" and news on Justin Bieber's new haircut.
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1 cup dry white wine
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 pound gouda cheese, rind trimmed, chopped
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg
1 pinch cayenne pepper
Mix wine and lemon juice over medium heat. Toss cheese and cornstarch. When wine boils, slowly add the cheese, whisking continually until melted and smooth.
Season with nutmeg and cayenne. Serve warm, on a warming tray or in a slow cooker with chunks of torn rye bread and/or boiled potatoes.
On TV: 'Glee' on Fox, 8 p.m. EST; 7 p.m. CST
A new episode of "Glee" airs tonight called "Blame it on the Alcohol." McKinley students learn lessons about underage drinking while Mr. Schuester and Coach Beiste have some fun.
Trending topic: Justin Bieber cuts his hair
After tweeting about the possibility of getting a new hairdo, TMZ.com reported that Justin Bieber did, in fact, get a new haircut just before shooting his new music video, "That Should Be Me," with Rascal Flatts. A little shorter and a little scruffier, Bieber said his cut is "kinda of a more mature look."
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superclass-table inheritance strategy results in
a single table containing records for two or more different classes
in an inheritance hierarchy. Similarly, using the
new-table strategy to create joined subclass tables
results in the superclass table holding records for superclass
instances as well as for the superclass state of subclass instances.
When selecting data, JDOR needs a way to differentiate a row
representing an object of one class from a row representing an object
of another. That is the job of the
mapping element.
discriminator element is nested within the
inheritance element. The least-derived mapped
class in an inheritance hierarchy defines the discriminator. In other
words, the first
new-table class in a hierarchy
declares the discriminator strategy and column;
superclasses do not declare a discriminator at all, and all
subclasses of the first
new-table class can only
declare a discriminator value. The
element has the following attributes:
strategy: The discriminator strategy.
JDOR recognizes several standard strategies, which we detail
in the following sections. Vendors may also define their own
proprietary strategies.
Kodo defines the
value: A discriminator value for this class.
This attribute is used with the
discriminator strategy; see
Section 15.9.2, "value-map".
column: The column that holds the
discriminator value. As you will see, not all discriminator
strategies require a column. As with the
datastore-identity element, you can use a nested
column element in lieu of the
column attribute.
class-name discriminator strategy
writes the name of the class each row represents to the
discriminator column, indicated by the
attribute/element. Aside from its ease-of-use, the main
advantage of this strategy is that a good JDOR implementation can
calculate all of the subclasses of a given persistent type
solely by querying the discriminator column. This means that you
do not have to point the implementation at a manually-maintained
list of persistent classes. It can be bothersome to keep such a
list properly synchronized with a rapidly-changing object model
during development, or to deploy with a full list of classes in
a J2EE environment where multiple sub-applications share a single
On the other hand, storing class names in the database couples your
data to your Java object model. In many projects, the persistent
data will last far longer than your object mode; perhaps even longer
than the Java language itself! For these projects, consider the
value-map strategy.
value-map strategy is like the
class-name strategy, except that a designated
symbolic value is written to the discriminator column instead of
the class name. This means the JDOR implementation cannot determine
a type's subclasses by querying the discriminator column alone, but
it has the advantage of keeping your database independent of your
object model.
To use the
value-map strategy, the least-derived
mapped class declares the discriminator column, and all concrete
classes in the hierarchy (least-derived class included) use the
discriminator element's
attribute to assign themselves a symbolic value. This value will
be inserted into the discriminator column for rows representing
instances of the class. In fact, the discriminator strategy
automatically defaults to
value-map whenever
value attribute is defined; you do not need
to specify the
strategy attribute as well.
Setting the discriminator strategy to
indicates that there is no discriminator column. This is illegal
for hierarchies using
inheritance, but is valid in other circumstances:
Base classes that you will never extend do not need a discriminator.
Subclasses of a
subclass-table type
do not need a discriminator, unless they themselves have
additional subclasses.
A vertical hierarchy that uses joined
subclass tables via the
inheritance strategy does not require a discriminator
column, if your database supports outer
joins. An outer join is a join in which the
related record does not have to exist. When reading an
object, the JDOR implementation can outer join to all
possible subclass tables and use the presence or absence of
a matching row in each table to calculate the class of the
instance. Obviously, this is not a very efficient strategy
for large hierarchies; for these we recommend using
a column-based strategy such as
We can now translate our newfound knowledge of JDOR discriminators into concrete JDOR mappings. We first extend our diagram with discriminator columns:
Next, we present the updated mapping document. There are several things to notice in this revised version:
We have removed explicit inheritance strategy declarations for classes using the default strategy.
Article, and
use the
none discriminator strategy
because we do not plan on subclassing them.
Author uses the
strategy; perhaps we plan on selling our
application framework to other developers, and we want them
to be able to add new subclasses of
Contract is abstract and is not a
mapped class (it uses
inheritance), and therefore it has no discriminator.
Its two subclasses
Subscription and
LineItem, however, are each the
least-derived mapped classes in the hierarchy, and so they
each declare a discriminator. Note that though they are
sibling classes, they can each use a different discriminator
mapping because their superclass is unmapped.
Subscription's discriminator
strategy automatically defaults to
because we define the
attribute. Under the
value-map strategy,
we must also define a unique discriminator value for every
concrete subclass of
Discriminator columns default to type
and its subclasses use numeric discriminator values;
therefore, when we map
discriminator column we use a nested
element rather than the
attribute. The nested element allows us to tell the JDOR
implementation the proper
jdbc-type of
the column.
Example 15.9. Discriminator Mapping
<?xml version="1.0"?> <orm> <package name="org.mag"> <sequence name="ArticleSeq" datastore-sequence="ART_SEQ"/> <class name="Magazine" table="MAG"> <inheritance> <discriminator strategy="none"/> </inheritance> <field name="isbn"> <column name="ISBN" jdbc-type="char" length="15"/> </field> <field name="title" column="TITLE"/> ... </class> <class name="Article" table="ART"> <inheritance> <discriminator strategy="none"/> </inheritance> <field name="id" column="ID"/> ... </class> </package> <package name="org.mag.pub"> <sequence name="AuthorSeq" factory-class="Author$SequenceFactory"/> <class name="Company" table="COMP"> <datastore-identity column="CID" strategy="autoassign"/> <inheritance> <discriminator strategy="none"/> </inheritance> ... </class> <class name="Author" table="AUTH"> <datastore-identity sequence="AuthorSeq"> <column name="AID" sql-type="INTEGER64"/> </datastore-identity> <inheritance> <discriminator column="CLS" strategy="class-name"/> </inheritance> ... </class> </package> <package name="org.mag.subscribe"> <sequence name="ContractSeq" strategy="transactional"/> <class name="Contract"> <inheritance strategy="subclass-table"/> ... </class> <class name="Subscription" table="CNTRCT.SUB"> <inheritance> <discriminator value="1"> <column name="TYPE" jdbc-type="tinyint"/> </discriminator> </inheritance> <field name="Contract.id" column="ID"/> ... </class> <class name="LifetimeSubscription"> <inheritance> <discriminator value="2"/> </inheritance> ... </class> <class name="TrialSubscription" table="CNTRCT.TRIAL_SUB"> <inheritance strategy="new-table"> <join column="ID"/> <discriminator value="3"/> </inheritance> ... </class> <class name="Subscription$LineItem" table="CNTRCT.LINE_ITEM"> <inheritance> <discriminator strategy="none"/> </inheritance> <field name="Contract.id" column="ID"/> ... </class> </package> </orm>


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CLAYTON — When officials at the Thousand Islands Performing Arts Fund were planning the summer 2013 season for the Clayton Opera House, some good-natured debate broke out.
"Each year, the shows seem to be getting bigger with more national names," said TIPAF Executive Director Joseph M. Gleason. "There was some debate whether we wanted to continue that or stick with smaller shows and more of them."
A compromise was struck.
"It was, 'Yes, we want more entertainment, but let's continue to do the big names too,'" said Mr. Gleason. "So we have more big names this year than ever before."
The 11-act series opens June 20 and runs through Aug. 20. Shows range from Broadway legend Ben Vereen to the Clayton Community Band, which is the opera house's resident ensemble.
"It's an ambitious season," Mr. Gleason said. "It's about a 25 percent increase in budget over last year."
The lineup:
June 20: Comedian Rob Schneider
Mr. Schneider, a veteran of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," has starred in dozens of movies including "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo," "The Hot Chick" and "Grownups."
Tickets are $55, $45 and $40.
July 3: Joe Wiegand as Teddy Roosevelt
Mr. Wiegand has entertained audiences nationwide with his tribute to President Theodore Roosevelt. He shares stories of adventure, humor and inspiration ranging from bear hunts to adventures about the Panama Canal.
Tickets are $25.
July 11: The Kingston Trio
This pioneering folk group emerged from San Francisco's North Beach club scene in 1957. It was one of the first groups to bring folk music into the mainstream. Hits include "Tom Dooley," "Lemon Tree" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" The trio has kept its original name but with different members over the years. The current lineup is Bill Zorn, George Grove and Rick Dougherty.
Tickets are $55, $45 and $40.
July 17: TBA
An act has been tentatively scheduled but performers wish to announce the Clayton appearance when the band releases its overall tour schedule.
July 20: Ben Vereen
Mr. Vereen, a Tony award winner and Broadway legend, will bring his "Steppin' Out" tour to the Clayton Opera House. The show travels through Mr. Vereen's stage and television career while also paying tribute to the work of Frank Sinatra and his longtime friend and mentor, Sammy Davis Jr.
Tickets are $65, $55 and $50.
July 27: Dr. Delos M. Cosgrove
Watertown native Dr. Delos M. "Toby" Cosgrove III is a world-renowned expert in the field of heart-valve repair. He also is president and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic. His July 27 talk will benefit the opera house. Its title: "A Health Care System for the 21st Century: What Walmart, Zumba and the Performing Arts Have in Common."
Tickets are $25.
Aug. 14: Christopher O'Riley
As host of National Public Radio's "From the Top," Mr. O'Riley is known for his eloquent musings on music and popular culture. Joining him will be one of last year's winners of the 1000 Islands International Piano Competition. This will be Mr. O'Riley's second visit to the north country in two years. He appeared at SUNY Potsdam last April.
Tickets are $50, $40 and $35.
Aug. 15: Magician/illusionist Mike Super
Mr. Super was voted America's "Favorite Mystifier" in 2007 on NBC's "Phenomenon." He also appeared at the opera house two years ago. For the past two years, he has been named entertainer of the year by the International Magicians Society.
Tickets are $50, $40 and $35.
Aug. 22: Jefferson Starship
This band has undergone several changes since it was formed in the 1970s, evolving from its predecessor, Jefferson Airplane. Its current lineup includes band founders Paul Kantner and David Freiberg. Hits include "Miracles," "Count on Me," "Jane," "Layin' It on the Line" and "Be My Lady."
Tickets are $60, $50 and $45.
Aug. 28: Satisfaction A Rolling Stones tribute
Satisfaction is America's top tribute band to the Rolling Stones, offering faithful renditions of the "bad boys of the British invasion."
Tickets are $45, $34 and $30.
Clayton Community Band
The resident ensemble of the opera house will perform at 7 p.m. May 7, July 2, Aug. 20, Oct. 8 and Dec. 3. Under the direction of Gloria Hvizdos Musser, the band was formed in the summer of 2004 in memory of her late husband, Willard I. Musser. All of its members and conductor are volunteers. Its concerts raise money for various causes.
-Chris Brock, Watertown Daily Times staff writer


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