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In the last few weeks, the Facebook team has rolled out a number of changes to the way the site works. The many changes to the user experience (like the new "ticker" and the increase in character limits on posts) have been widely covered and discussed elsewhere.
A much more significant change that is not getting as much attention is the complete removal of "Like" gates on commenting. To be clear: this means Facebook users can now comment on ANY Page without having first Liked the Page.
Why is this significant?
In the past, the act of clicking "Like" acted as a useful psychological gate. People with an axe to grind might be disinclined to publicly say they "like" a brand or organization just to be able to post a nasty comment on the Page. That (admittedly paper-thin) barrier has now gone.
More importantly, the act of "liking" created a relationship, of sorts, between the fan and the organization Page. This gave the Page two valuable things. It allowed the Page administrator to track all kinds of meaningful analytics about the behaviour of the Page's fans. Secondly, by becoming a Page fan, users were willingly "subscribing" to see status updates from that brand or organization's Page appear in the news stream on their own Facebook Pages.
As Josh Constine of the blog Inside Facebook puts it:
"By previously reserving the right to comment to those who had Liked a Page, participation in a conversation was a value exchange. Users got to share their opinions, and Pages got to reach those users through the news feed and appear on their profile."
That value exchange is now gone.
Facebook have already made compensatory changes to their "Insights" analytics system, adding more granularity to the way Page admins can track interactions on their Pages.
This may help pacify Pages admins who view Facebook primarily as a measureable advertising and promotion channel. It seems almost as though the trade-off logic is: "you don't get to have a relationship with everyone who comments on your Page any more, but in return we'll give you more manageable data about how engaging your content is".
From the perspective of anyone with a Public Relations mindset, however, the fall of the "Like gate" has some serious ramifications.
The Impact on PR
As Page walls are now entirely open to the public, we can expect the monitoring burden for Pages to increase considerably over time. To quote Josh Constine again:
"A brand experiencing a public relations crisis could see thousands or even millions of users descend on its Page to leave complaints or insults without gaining any new fans."
The message for all of us involved in administering, monitoring and managing Page communities within Facebook is: diligence.
Issues can erupt at any time. The simple barrier that previously helped throttle the volume and velocity of comments on pages is gone. This heralds a ripe new opportunity for spammers, malcontents, and trolls. It also throws open a door for people with genuine concerns and complaints, removing that psychological barrier.
What should you do?
Now is the time to take a close look at your Facebook Page policies and processes and tighten things up BEFORE some seemingly innocuous post escalates into a full-blown crisis, played out in full view of the Facebook public.
Four things:
- Review and, if needed, revise your Facebook comment moderation policy. Think of this as insurance. It's important to publicly state some "rules of engagement" as a permanent link on your Page, reserving the right to delete comments and, if necessary, ban certain users if they post offensive, defamatory, or otherwise inappropriate comments;
- Take a close look at your monitoring and comment triage protocols. Are they robust enough to manage an increased comment flow? Is your process for review, escalation and response approval sufficiently streamlined and efficient? What are your provisions for off-hours and weekend monitoring?
- Review staff training. Do the frontline teams charged with monitoring your Facebook Pages understand their responsibilities? Are they empowered to encourage healthy, positive debate within your Facebook community? Do they know when to escalate issues, when to step out of the discussion, and where to go to find answers?
- Look to your crisis plans. What will you do if your Page gets overrun by angry commenters or spam bots? Will you switch to real-time monitoring and response, switch off commenting, or even shut down your entire Page?


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Vanguard Gives Back at Devereux
Thank you to all of our wonderful Vanguard volunteers!
In recent months, Devereux had the opportunity to host several volunteers from The Vanguard Group, an investment management company headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with a long history of community involvement. Each Vanguard volunteer displayed a wonderful sense of commitment, energy and community spirit.
On September 27th, separate teams of volunteers joined Devereux staff to coordinate the Fall Festivals at both the Devereux Pennsylvania Adult Services and CIDDS programs. These delightful festivals are an annual tradition, and anticipated every year by individuals served by Devereux, their families and staff. At CIDDS nearly 200 boys and girls played games to win prizes, jumped on the moon bounce, enjoyed face painting, and ate popcorn and water ice. At Adult Services, the festival's theme this year was "Devereux Reaches around the World." The global theme highlighted eight countries using costumes, music, and ethnic foods. Everyone had a great time going from booth to booth sampling the various cultural offerings, and dancing with the Philly Phanatic. Both of the festivals were well attended and enjoyed by all.
In the late summer Devereux and Vanguard University's emerging leaders partnered to launch the first Devereux Pennsylvania skill–based volunteer project initiative, with a focus on the creation of a leadership development program for all Devereux Pennsylvania staff. The Devereux/Vanguard team consisted of eight staff from Devereux and six from Vanguard, with a completion time frame of eight weeks. The Vanguard group grasped some of the complexities of Devereux through discussions on our mission and vision, interviews with center leaders and tours of the three PA campuses. In addition, they did literature reviews, conducted a gap analysis, reviewed best practices, and utilized the Vanguard University faculty for guidance and consultation. The outcomes of this project were the creation of a three-tier structure for a Devereux PA Leadership Development program, leadership competencies and behavioral definition for each competency, and the framework for a talent identification system. Vanguard also extended the offer for future involvement and resources, including courses and adjunct faculty from Vanguard University. Devereux is committed to implementing the Leadership Development program in 2014.
Devereux extends a hearty thank you to all of our wonderful Vanguard volunteers!
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A new, exponentially larger space in Ashland's Tolman Creek Plaza is allowing the owners of Mystic Treats to bring their creative pizzas to a wider audience. It also represents their optimism for their all-vegetarian menu, expanded with burgers, dogs and fries.
Hoping to acquaint my husband with Erika and Michael Lowe's brand of pizza for the past year, I thought I'd found the perfect occasion while hanging out with friends, one of whom is dairy- and soy-free. Mystic Treats is among the valley's few pizzerias to offer vegan "cheese" that's also soy- and tree nut-free, and it makes perhaps the only credible gluten-free crust in the area.
We didn't go so far as to order gluten-free, but we did request the cheese substitute on one of Mystic Treats' most popular pies, the Zorba, a classic combination of spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, Kalamata olives and roasted garlic. The pizza's other half was slated for the Lowes' rendition of Hawaiian pizza with house-smoked salmon, minus its usual feta, mozzarella and cheddar.
An 18-inch pizza, regardless of toppings, costs $23. A 12-inch costs $17, and an 8-inch goes for $10.
I'm always one to crave dishes that push the boundaries of any food genre. At Mystic Treats, that was the Dungeness crab-topped pizza sauced with cranberry-horseradish puree. This is one pie, however, that's better in concept than practice.
While the aroma of crab was palpable, the protein was hard to pinpoint. Pricing the Goin' Coastal the same as its other pies apparently requires Mystic Treats to go light on the shellfish, no doubt among its most costly ingredients. While the single-cost strategy seems smart in some cases, customers inclined to order seafood typically are happy to pay more for it.
The pizza may have redeemed itself had we tasted more horseradish, which our friend favors. But that flavor didn't stand out from the slightly sweet cranberry or generous portion of cheese.
Plenty evident was the Zorba's roasted garlic. And the vegan "cheese" mimicked feta in texture if not entirely in flavor.
The dairy substitute was less successful on the Hawaiian, which proved a bit too spicy for the 3-year-old at our table. I recalled the paprika-infused oil as savory rather than hot and regretted the suggestion for a more sensitive palate. I did suspect, however, that fat in the original version's cheese would have tempered the tingle.
I didn't doubt my recommendation of the SO Oregon, nor would I have approved of it without the Gorgonzola. The Lowes, I still believe, hit on the perfect combination of blue cheese, pears and hazelnuts featured in so many local restaurant dishes but never, to my knowledge, as a pizza, sauced with fig puree no less.
Its sweet notes offset by pungent cheese, the SO Oregon plays almost like dessert, making for a fine final slice. I only wish the pears were presented in larger chunks or wedges.
Minor missteps aside, Mystic Treats' pizza roster merits more sampling. The potato pizza with creme fraiche, chives, cheddar and dill-infused oil is one I'd return for. And the spaghetti pie, like Mystic Treats' macaroni-and-cheese-topped pizza, is the stuff of guilty pleasures with classic marinara to complement the noodles, ricotta and green olives.
I also appreciate the Lowes' house-made variations on the typical vegetarian burger ($6.85). Their patties use a variety of beans, including garbanzo, black and edamame, as well as soy protein. I'd order the Piking burger, an edamame patty with green onion and almonds, topped with grilled pineapple and wasabi aioli. Mystic Treats offers sweet-potato fries, chili-cheese fries and seasoned fries in addition to regular spuds ($2.25 to $4.85).
Less compelling are the vegetarian hot dogs ($4.85), also made in house from tofu. Detroit transplants, via Portland and the Oregon Coast, the Lowes dedicated one dog to their hometown, as well as New York, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, Louisville and even Frankfurt, Germany.
Truly aspiring to full-service restaurant, open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, Mystic Treats also serves a soup of the day ($3.25 and $5.25) and vegetarian chili with cornbread ($4.25 and $6.25), six salads from $3.75 to $12.75, side orders of a few kinds of bread and a variety of pastries and confections. Sodas are house-made, and craft beers include a few surprises, such as a watermelon beer that was almost light as air with a refreshing hint of fruitiness.
— Sarah Lemon
Mystic Treats in Ashland
A new, exponentially larger space in Ashland's Tolman Creek Plaza is allowing the owners of Mystic Treats to bring their creative pizzas to a wider audience. It also represents their optimism for their all-vegetarian menu, expanded with burgers, dogs and fries.


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My Tuol Tumpoung Fish CrawlNovember 7, 2012
For a lover of fish life is good here in Cambodia where you really don't have to go far for a good fish supper (or fish breakfast…fish lunch….fish snack ….fish cheese). Fish are literally everywhere. Even the walls in the classroom where I teach have fish posters on them and half my students have exercise books covered with fish species charts.
During my first month here I remember my motodop stopping at traffic lights next to a man on a moto with about 800 kilos of spring onions on the back and a dozen frantic catfish in the basket on the front. One fish got itself in such a flap it catapulted right out of the basket. The lights were about to change so I hopped off my moto, picked up the fish from the road and plopped it back in the basket as the man nodded gratefully. Yes, here in Cambodia we are literally surrounded by fish.
Which, for me personally, is a very good thing.
My favourite food memories involve fish and seafood. The Sunday sardine festival in Calella in the Costa Brava where I lived whilst I was waitressing for the summer was pretty unforgettable….turn up, pay nothing, fill a plastic cup with rioja, grab a fresh bbq'd sardine and a hunk of bread with olive oil and find yourself a place on the sea wall to enjoy with the locals.
Back home in Essex the place for seafood and celebration, where I enjoyed my leaving meal before I came to Cambodia and where I will gather friends and family for a pre wedding feast next year is The Company Shed in Mersey, where you turn up with a baguette and a few bottles of wine and pick your seafood platter from a delicious array of freshly caught mussels, prawns, oysters, razor clams. I am looking forward to Makara trying razor clams; I reckon he'll love them.
There are a few good cooks in my family-my little brother is the master of moussaka whereas my older brother holds the record for the best fish pie, the only Western food I have yet to find in Cambodia, which I think it is better suited to a cold autumn day after a long walk, and washed down with a cloudy cider anyway. That's one dish Makara won't appreciate: when I cooked mashed potatoes for him once he was actually physically sick – he's definitely no spud man.
Just as Makara enjoys watching my face contort when I taste prohok, I also can't wait to introduce him to such British delights as jellied eels and potted shrimp and maybe I'll even test out my childhood fish favourite on him – a fish finger sandwich with plenty of tomato sauce. And of course I can't wait for us to go for a wonderful windy sea side stroll and eat fish and chips out of newspaper: cliché I know, but it has to be done. So much more fish excitement to come!
In the meantime, as a fish lover living opposite Tuol Tumpoung market, here are my favourite local fish and seafood dishes suppers.
BBQ Mackerel on the Corner (See top photo)
Of course Cambodia's version of fish and chips is fish and rice, but I see no need for rice where this fish take-out is concerned. A one legged man gets his BBQ going around 5.30pm and around 6 is surrounded by people pausing their drive home to choose their mackerel.
For between 3-5 dollars depending on size you get an absolutely beautiful fresh BBQ mackerel with shiny, crispy skin and deliciously smoky white flesh. You also get a massive bag of crunchy lettuce, cabbage and cucumber with holy basil and a few baggies of a really delicious tangy green sauce made with tomatoes, fish sauce chili.
It's the Tuol Tumpoung version of a crunchy battered cod with tartar sauce and mushy peas (and also much healthier!) The mackerel is best devoured wrapped in lettuce and dunked in the sauce and is, like most South East Asian food, a perfect accompaniment to a cold beer.
BBQ Seafood and Ray
I was pleasantly surprised by Tuol Tumpoung market's recent addition of a couple of fresh seafood stalls. As the DVD shops close their stalls the plastic chairs and metal tables are laid out in front and the BBQ is lit around 5.30, so by 6pm it makes a very good Tuol Tumpoung tapas stop before a night out.
I order a couple of beers in plastic ups with ice and straws and a few little plates of squid, prawns and for 5000 riel a pretty tasty BBQ ray. This is served with the usual sides of fish sauce and fresh chili, lime pepper dip, sweet chili sauce or tangy green sauce, and sundown can be happily wiled away ordering more and more plates of little orange plastic plates of expertly barbecued seafood and fish.
Crispy Fried Fish and Pickles
Coming in at the cheapest fish supper-buy a couple of bags of pickled ginger vegetables and/or pickled bok choy with chili and a crispy fried river fish from the lady who sets up her stall just in time for my 5.30 finish and knows my order so well that she bags it up when she sees me coming: perfect for those evenings when you are knackered and want to do no more than pull a couple of dollars out of your pocket and collapse in a hammock with a bowl of fish, rice and pickles.
For beer gatherings, we get a spread of this fish as well as a few bbq beef skewers with papaya salad and there is our local surf and turf feast for under $5.
Sour Soup with Catfish and Banana Flower
Just down the road on st.155 opposite the Open Arms salon is my favourite hang bai- no English menus so you need to ask for what you want in Khmer or go with Khmer friends. Serving lunch and dinner they have all the typical local soups and stir fries cooked to order and everything that I have eaten there has been superb.
My favourite dish at the moment is a sour soup with fresh catfish and banana flour served steaming and lip-smackingly light and fragrant. My second favourite dish -one that I have tried and failed so many times to recreate at home- is their fried fish with ginger and soybean which is just absolutely fantastic.
The Best Fish and Chips in Phnom Penh
OK, so I have to leave Tuol Tumpoung for this one, but especially on those stormy days when the temperature drops a little and it's time for a taste of home I need go no further than The Empire on 130, where local fish is fried in beer batter served with chunky chips and tartar sauce which hits the spot perfectly, especially washed down with a Magner's cider on ice.
Yet another reason why I love Cambodia -I can feast on fish and seafood for breakfast, lunch and dinner perfectly cheaply and I could probably spend the next twenty years here and still not have tried all the local fish dishes on offer. A happy future of fish feasting awaits.
Anna Spencer
7 Responses to My Tuol Tumpoung Fish Crawl
having eaten bbq mackerel the way you described it before, my mouth waters while reading your piece. have you tried it w/ roasted garlic tamarind sauce yet? it's so delicious! that's it! bbq fish w/ tamarind sauce for me for dinner tonight. thank you for another excellent piece.
You really hit it home for me with this article. My mother makes the best crispy fried fish with ginger and soybean. It's rare to find this dish in the resturants in the States.
Hi Peter,
Yep, it's on the corner opposite the street food stalls- the strip of 163 that has all the pharmacies in a row. Enjoy!
Phnom Penh being located at the butthole end of the Mekong River has me extremely concerned as to the quality/toxicity of river fish in Cambodia. A quick look at a map shows the Mekong meandering through thousands of miles of unregulated industry and agricultural lands. All that run-off ends up in the river and in your fish. Love me some fish, but I'll stick with ocean varieties for now.
Hi Anna, another fun read. I know this place well, close to my house.
By the way, I sent u a friend message on FB (my ID: sophiavimol) but have yet to see your acceptance. I was meaning to seek your advice on a private separate matter if you don't mind.
Hi CanDo,
Sorry, must have missed your request. Bit late maybe now but request again and I'll look out for it.


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Rail service to eastern Kentucky
The Kentucky Union Railway Company of Lexington, Kentucky, had no qualms about "blowing it's own horn." In 1883, they published a book that was full of fabulous reasons that readers should invest in their company. Naturally enough, the book's title was The Kentucky Union Railway Company.
Eastern Kentucky was ripe for exploitation, the book claimed. If a railroad was built from Lexington, Kentucky, through Powell, Wolfe, Breathitt, Perry, and Letcher counties, to Abingdon, Virginia, great profits would be enjoyed. Trains would bring the coal and lumber of eastern Kentucky and western Virginia to Lexington where it would be used or shipped to the world via connecting rail lines.
Sometimes, the book's enthusiasm amuses me. The following is quoted from page 38, where the writers turn their attention to Kentucky's climate:
The climate is very mild and salubrious. The mean annual temperature ranges in different parts of the State from 50° to 55° Fahrenheit... Cattle remain upon pasture during the entire winter with but little additional food, and there is seldom a day, winter or summer, when a man may not perform a full day's work in the open air.
Physical Development of Men and Animals
The healthfulness of the climate is attested by the low death rate and by the strength and vigor of the population.
The tabulated measurements of United States volunteers during the Civil War show that the soldiers born in Kentucky and Tennessee exceeded all others in height, weight, circumference of head, circumference of chest, and ratio of weight to stature.
The speed and endurance of the Kentucky horse and the superior development of all kinds of domestic animals are well known.
Both man and beast may have thrived in Kentucky, but the Kentucky Union Railway Company did not. Building the railroad through the mountains of eastern Kentucky proved to be more expensive, difficult, and time-consuming than they had anticipated.
By 1894, Kentucky Union had gone into foreclosure. The railbed was constructed from Lexington, KY, to Jackson, KY, and there it ended at about half of its intended length. It became the property of the Lexington & Eastern Railway, and ultimately part of the L & N's Eastern Kentucky Division. During World War II, part of the line was torn out and melted down for weapon production. You can read more of the history in The Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1850-1963 by Kincaid A. Herr.
Drag Abingdon to the lower right corner, repeat the motion, and you'll see Lexington at upper left. Jackson, where the Kentucky Union Railway ended, is about half-way between Lexington and Abingdon.


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Currently the harpist at the Broadway show "Wicked," Laura has performed with the New York City Ballet, American Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (Dominican Republic), the Spoleto Festivals in Charleston, S.C. and Spoleto, Italy, Opera North (N.H.), and the New World Symphony, among others. She also founded Gotham Harp Publishing in 2012.
As a soloist, Laura has performed with the OMNI Ensemble in Brooklyn, Waterbury Symphony (CT), and with the Borromeo String Quartet at the prestigious chamber music series Concerti di Mezzogiorno in Spoleto. She was featured at the American Harp Society's 2012 & 2016 Conferences (New York City & Atlanta), performing and giving a master class on her transcriptions for harp of J.S. Bach's Lute Suites. Laura also gave a lecture-recital on this topic at the World Harp Congress in Prague, Czech Republic, in 1999 and at the World Harp Congress in Sydney, Australia in the summer of 2014. Her critical performance editions of Bach's music for the harp are available for purchase from Gotham Harp Publishing.
Laura has recorded Morton Feldman's Coptic Light with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony, and is featured on the Grammy award-winning cast recording of Wicked. Laura also performed on Barbra Streisand's Grammy-nominated recording Live in Concert 2006 and Ms. Streisand's DVD The Concerts 2009. Laura can also be heard on Jewel's Christmas album, Let it Snow, Steven Soderbergh's movie The Informant!, starring Matt Damon, and on Broadway-star Stephanie J. Block's solo recording This Place I Know. She can also be heard on the Broadway Cast Recordings of "Wicked" and "Hamilton."
Laura has perfomed with Andrea Bocelli and has toured extensively in the U.S. and abroad, with Barbra Streisand, the German orchestra Philharmonia Hungarica, the New York City Opera, and with three Broadway shows.
A passionate lover of opera, Laura has had the pleasure of playing in productions of Lucia di Lammermoor, Tosca, Carmen, Wozzeck, Gotterdammerung, Dialogue of the Carmelites (Poulenc), Curlew River (Britten), Rosenkavalier, Salome, Elektra, Cunning Little Vixen (Janacek,) Tales of Hoffman, The Dwarf (Zemlinsky), La Traviata, The Nose (Shostakovich), The Merry Widow, Hansel and Gretel, Il Trittico (Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, Il Tabarro), Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky), Madama Butterfly and Mark Adamo's 1998 opera, Little Women.
A graduate of Queens College (CUNY), Yale, and the University of Michigan, Laura holds four degrees, three in harp performance and one in music theory. She has studied with Lynne Aspnes, Nancy Allen, Gloria Agostini, Susan Jolles, Mary Brigid Roman, and Elisa Dickon.


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Joe McQuaid's Publisher's Notebook: Many pay final respects to 'Dewey' O'NeilBy JOE McQUAID
New Hampshire Union Leader Publisher
January 13. 2013 11:39PM
The line was nearly out the door at Lambert's on Elm Street last Sunday as the many friends of "Dewey" O'Neil and his family paid their respects.
His given name was Hugh O'Neil, Jr., and his dad was longtime editor of the Union Leader. (Uncle D. Frank O'Neil was longtime State House Bureau Chief for us.) To differentiate between father and son, the son was "Dewey."
To me, he was one of the big kids who went to Bishop Bradley High with my big brother. And his mom and my mom were best buddies, although there was that one time when we were out together at Lamy's Tavern in Hampton. (The O'Neils had a cottage in the area and Dewey and brother Tommy were short-order cooks in town.) My parents got into an argument, tossed us younger ones into the car, and headed back to Candia.
I think it was along about Epping when my mother asked my father, "What about Hugh and Kay?" We had driven them to the restaurant. Apparently they got back to their cottage on shank's mare.
It probably took them less time than it took to go through the line at Dewey's wake.
Mayor Ted Gatsas was there and he predicted, within a few minutes, just how long it would take - two hours, 45 minutes.
The mayor goes to a lot of wakes. I told him he should write up "Teddy's Tips to Wakes and Funerals." He'd make a fortune.
I also found out in line that the White Horse Tavern used to stand at the corner of Meetinghouse Road and Route 3 in Bedford before the beltline came through and that the tavern, then a private residence, had a ballroom upstairs. And that John Palazzi, whose construction firm was building the road, put in a special underpass so neighborhood kids could still access a favorite fishing and skating pond on the other side of the highway.
The O'Neil family, meanwhile, had done something that I suspect will catch on quickly, if it hasn't already.
They had a video camera and lights set up in one room. While people waited in the long line, they were urged to tape their memories of Dewey so that his children and grandchildren will have a permanent keepsake.
The pictures and memorabilia on display were enough for me. They included a Western Union telegram notifying his parents that Dewey, a U.S. Marine, had been wounded in Vietnam. And there was a photo of Hughie, the proud father, pinning a Purple Heart on his equally proud son. Dewey earned two of those.
But my favorite was a full-page Sunday magazine photo display. It featured a very young Dewey O'Neil and showed how he nursed his reading habit by checking out books from Manchester's Carpenter Memorial Library. The librarian at the time was Fran Wiggin, who remains hale and hearty in Bedford.
Dewey was a huge supporter of Easter Seals of New Hampshire, just as his dad had been of the Union Leader Santa Fund. They would kick me if I didn't urge donations in their memories to those two fine funds.
Write to Joe McQuaid at email@example.com.


text: Stuart A. Gabriel is Director of the Ziman Center for Real Estate at UCLA and is Arden Realty Chair and Professor of Finance at UCLA Anderson School of Management. His research focuses on topics of real estate finance and economics, housing and mortgage markets, urban and regional economics, and macroeconomics. He previously served on the economics staff of the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C. and as a Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Professor Gabriel has published 75 articles in economics and finance journals and serves on the editorial boards of seven academic journals. His recent research has focused on issues of housing and the financial crisis, including assessment of integration and contagion in US housing markets, Google search behavior as an indicator of housing distress, GSE crowd out in secondary mortgage markets, and the effects of CDO market implosion on mortgage pricing. Professor Gabriel is the recipient of a number of awards for research and teaching excellence. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature and has provided policy advice to elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. Dr. Gabriel is a past President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and a Fellow of the Homer Hoyt Institute for Advanced Real Estate Studies. Professor Gabriel serves on the Boards of Directors of KBS REITs and is a consultant to numerous corporate and governmental entities. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.


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Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, announced today that Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna, has officially joined the Advisory Board of Bishops for the organization. "Priests for Life, as a recognized private Association of the Faithful that is both national and international in scope, is not under the auspices of any one diocese," Fr. Frank explained. "The priests assigned to our ministry belong to a variety of dioceses and religious congregations, and the programs we operate function in dozens of countries, the latest of which is Austria, where Cardinal Schönborn has enthusiastically welcomed our apostolate."
The Advisory Board of Bishops has functioned, since the start of Priests for Life, as a resource for the organization to facilitate communication with the bishops around the world and to be a sounding board for advice and encouragement.


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Looks to Build Momentum After Lehigh Victory
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Spring competition will kick into full gear this weekend for the Yale women's golf team, which will compete at the Mar. 17-18 C&F Bank Intercollegiate, hosted by William & Mary.
They enter this 28-team tournament—a crowded and highly competitive field that includes Ivy League rivals Columbia and Penn—on the heels of victory at the Mar. 11 Lehigh Palm Beach Invitational at the Lost Tree Golf Course, Jupiter, Fla. There, the Bulldogs beat out Lehigh and Richmond.
As part of that result, sophomore Marika Liu and junior Seo Hee Moon tied for second individually. And sophomore Shreya Ghei and junior Sun Gyoung Park were not far behind, finishing in sixth and eighth place, respectively.
The Yale team will look to build on its earlier performance at the C&F Bank Intercollegiate. Golfers will have to contend with the River Course at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va., the same course that hosts the LPGA Kingsmill Championship each year. The course plays at par-71 and runs just over 6,000 yards.
Golfers will tee off starting at 7:45 a.m. Sunday and competition will continue with tee times beginning at 7:45 a.m. Monday.
Report filed by James Lu '14, Yale Sports Publicity.


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Goat cheese, such as Montrachet, has a soft, creamy texture and a slightly tangy flavor. If you prefer, you can use other cheeses in this recipe, such as feta or Romano.
Fill a large pot 3/4 full with water and bring to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until al dente (tender), 10 to 12 minutes, or according to the package directions. Drain the pasta thoroughly. Set aside.
In a pot fitted with a steamer basket, bring 1 inch of water to a boil. Add the asparagus. Cover and steam until tender-crisp, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Spray a large nonstick frying pan with cooking spray. Add the chicken and garlic and saute over medium-high heat. Cook until the chicken is golden brown, about 5 to 7 minutes. Add the tomatoes, including their juice, basil or oregano and simmer 1 minute more.
In a large bowl, add the cooked pasta, steamed asparagus, chicken mixture and goat cheese. Toss gently to mix evenly.
To serve, divide the pasta mixture between 2 plates. Sprinkle each serving with 1/2 tablespoon Parmesan cheese. Serve immediately.
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February 11. 2014 10:49PM
Nashua aldermen feel out of the loop on branding contracts
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
— City officials voiced frustration on Tuesday over the city's ongoing branding campaign and whether contracts should have been written differently or reviewed further by aldermen.
A budget of about $105,000 was created for the branding initiative, with about half of the project being paid by the city and the other half being funded with contributions from the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce.
Some aldermen said this week, however, they were dumbfounded to learn that a contract with one consultant ended abruptly and a second consultant was hired without the aldermanic Finance Committee reviewing an amended contract.
Although two organizations, North Star Destination Strategies of Tennessee and MESH Interactive Agency of Nashua, were both hired to implement a new brand, logo and tagline for the city, the contract with North Star was concluded early after a creative roadblock stalled the project from moving forward, said Tom Galligani, economic development director.
With $18,000 remaining on the North Star contract, MESH took over the project for $9,500 — a savings of about $8,500 for the city.
Despite the savings, some aldermen argued the newly amended contract with MESH should have gone back to the aldermanic Finance Committee for authorization.
Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said there is a $10,000 threshold to introduce contracts to the Finance Committee. In light of the situation, Alderman-at-Large James Donchess said that threshold should be removed, and that any contract originally approved by the committee and subsequently amended should have a second viewing by the committee.
"Clearly, that was an evasion of the finance committee," said Alderman Ken Siegel, who argued that city codes require a schedule of performance dates to be included in all contracts, which he said didn't take place in the branding agreements.
Galligani acknowledged that different leverages — legal and ethical — are sometimes used to move projects forward and save taxpayers money. Lozeau echoed those comments, saying that sometimes there are timing concerns with presenting contracts to the Finance Committee.
"I am getting pretty fed up with the 'we hide things' perspective," said Lozeau, noting there have been multiple updates on the branding initiative presented to aldermen since the efforts began.
At the end of the day, there is a great brand for the city, said Chris Williams, president of the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce.
"There have been multiple delays," he said, adding now is really the time to become productive and take this project to the finish line.
Although the city brand, logo and tagline — Dare To Begin — were launched last fall, there are still some separate initiatives expected to be finished next month, including a new Nashua destination website, updates to the city website, templates for branding materials and more.


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Neighborly Advice
A warm, calm color palette creates a relaxed retreat for Rosanna Scotto
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She can sauté a sea bass like Mario Batali and grill a politician like Barbara Walters, has two terrific kids and an adoring husband. Then there's that high-profile job, a beautiful Manhattan apartment, and three -- count 'em, three -- Emmys. Yet talking to her is like catching up with your best friend. (OK, maybe an exceptionally glamorous best friend.)
New Yorkers need no introduction to Rosanna Scotto. They've had the pleasure of watching her coanchor their local Fox 5 News for the past 22 years -- a very long run in the fickle world of television.
Design: Eric Cohler, Tony Klein, Eric Cohler Design, 95 Fifth Ave., Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10003; 212/737-8600, ericcohler.com.
Photography: John Bessler
Produced by Jenny Bradley
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Somehow she seems to be here, there, and everywhere. Consider a typical Rosanna day: get the kids up and out, emcee a charity luncheon, prepare dinner, broadcast the early news, serve dinner, broadcast the evening news, and maybe along the way pop in to play hostess at Fresco by Scotto, the Manhattan restaurant run by her mother, sister, and brother. "Customers are always surprised to have me show them to their table," she says with her easy laugh.
"Rosanna is a bundle of energy," says her friend and interior designer Eric Cohler, who -- along with designer Tony Klein -- helped her redo the three-bedroom apartment she shares with her husband, Louis Ruggiero, and teenage son and daughter.
"She has a personality that could light up Pittsburgh," Cohler says. "But the nightly news is not always pleasant, so I wanted her apartment to be a relaxed retreat from her workaday world."
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Rosanna -- sitting here with her husband, Louis Ruggiero -- says she discovered Cohler (who was a neighbor in her East Side high-rise) when she noticed his door ajar and couldn't resist a peek inside. It had the same layout as her apartment but the similarities ended there. "I thought, this is it, this is what I want my home to look like. But then I had to pretend I wasn't being nosy," she adds with a smile. After a decorous delay, she ambushed him in the building lobby and begged for help. "We weren't using most of the apartment before," says Rosanna. "We were all kind of squashed in the kitchen every day."
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Cohler and Klein created a more open floor plan by combining the living and dining rooms, carving out a TV room/library at one end that can be closed off by pocket doors, and then bathing the whole place in a warm, calm color palette. "Nothing stuffy, not too many antiques, nothing over the top. And my kids don't have to worry if they spill soda," says Rosanna -- "though please let it be Sprite if they do!"
The painting over the living room sofa was lent to Rosanna by her dad for her first apartment, and she still hasn't given it back. New pocket doors divide the living room from the library.
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The living room's cozy reading corner.
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Two different styles -- black leather chairs and Deco slipper chairs -- keep things casual at the dining table.
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Oak trim was installed throughout the living space and right into Rosanna's pride and joy, her new kitchen. "Eric nearly fell over when I told him that I make dinner every day," says Rosanna. "He said, 'You mean you really cook?'" Assured that she did, Cohler and Klein remade the kitchen into a bright space open to the rest of the apartment so whoever's cooking can still be part of the party.
The floor plan accommodates many cooks -- "my daughter, who gives directions; my son, who loves to help; and my husband, who likes to eat," laughs Rosanna.
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A snappy polka dot-upholstered bench behind the table is a kitchen space-saver.
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The master bedroom is a "complete retreat," says interior designer Eric Cohler. Walls and headboard, both covered in chocolate- brown fabric, blend together, and custom demilune bedside cabinets with shagreen inserts and mercury-glass tops add to the "ahhhh" factor.
The way she keeps sane, Rosanna says, is, "I put family first, end of story. Work is work, and home is mommy. Even my Emmys stay at the office."
If Rosanna gets home from delivering the 10 o'clock news and finds her family already asleep, she says she'll often just sit for a few minutes looking out at the city that unfolds beyond her 30th-floor windows, a panorama of lights stretching from Yankee Stadium to Brooklyn to the Empire State Building. "I sit here and say thank you," says Rosanna. "I'm so blessed."


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Rexburg Idaho Family History Center
- 1 Center Contacts and Hours
- 2 Classes and Training
- 3 Events
- 4 Upcoming Events
- 5 Center Resources
- 6 Center Services
Center Contacts and Hours
Location & Map:
The Rexburg FamilySearch Center is located at 29 West 1st North, Rexburg, Idaho. It is west of the Rexburg Tabernacle and south of the Rexburg branch of the Madison County Library.
(208) 656-3273
Hours of Operation:
- Sunday: 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Monday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Tuesday: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Wednesday: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Thursday: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
- Friday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Saturday: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Usual Closures:
- Closed on major holidays
- Closed on General Conference weekends
- Closed on Madison School District snow days
Specific Closure Dates Through the End of 2013:
April 6-7 for General Conference
- May 25-27 for Memorial Day
- July 4-7 for Independence Day Weekend
- August 22 for Cleaning
- August 31-September 2 for Labor Day Weekend
- October 5-6 for General Conference
- Closed beginning at 12:00 pm on November 27 through December 1 for Thanksgiving
- Closed December 22- Janurary 2 for Christmas Holidays
Classes and Training
Please sign up at our website for classes. Click here to register at the Rexburg FamilySearch Center website.
If you have questions about registering you can call: (208) 656- 3273
2013 Class Handouts
Click below to access handouts for classes from previous months:
Handouts for January 2013 Classes
Handouts for February 2013 Classes
April 2013 Classes
For information about April 2013 Classes, please click here to go to the Rexburg FamilySearch Center website.
Classes for Ward Youth Groups
Tuesday YM/YW Night
Tuesday, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. "YOUth, the Plan, and Family History. This activity focuses on the Prophet's goals for Youth. Youth groups up to 40 can be accommodated. Extra Feature: Youth will prepare a family Home Evening activity that will raise the roof! Call to reserve facilities. Youth leaders need to attend 1 hr. training session before event.
"Youth Conference in the Spirit World"
On Saturdays from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. The youth will begin to understand the work OF the dead in the Spirit World and the work FOR the dead here in mortality. The youth will learn many skills, including finding and submitting names to the temple. 40 youth and 8 adults can be accommodated. Wards need to call to make a reservation.
Prospective Missionary Class
Announcing "Family History in the Mission Field" for perspective missionaries (17 years and older) and missionaries with their call. Learn how to use Family History in the Mission Field. Two months of training with practice.
1st Month: Wednesdays, 7 – 9 p.m. Attend four, two-hour training sessions to learn how to do family history and prepare names for temple ordinances using Family Tree and research with Family Search.
2nd Month: Serve as a Family Search Consultant for 4 two-hour shifts during the month at a time of your choosing. Help patrons with their family history as if you were in the mission field!
Bishop's approval required. Call 656-3273 to reserve a seat.
Sunday Classes for Ward Groups
Ward Consultants: Schedule your ward group for a productive session at the Rexburg Family Search Center. Bring groups as large as 40-45.
Topics to Learn: Half of the group will gather in the Training Room for video presentations on Family Tree and Family Search. The other half will gather into the Computer Room for a hands-on activity with Family Tree. The groups will trade places half way through your session.
Who Teaches: You as the Ward Family History Consultant will teach the class in the Computer Room or be teamed up with a Family Search Consultant who is on duty to assist. The video presentation in the Training Room can be done by one of your ward members with five minutes of coaching.
Or your choice of topics: If you want to teach another topic, be our guest. You might teach about Indexing, Ancestry.com research tips, Descendant Research, etc. If you want a specialist to help teach your group, please contact the Family Search Directors to check on this option.
Times: 4:30 – 6:00 PM or 6:00 – 7:30 PM.
Reserve a Session by calling 656-3273.
Classes for Young Adults
Thursdays: 7 - 9 p.m. Fast-Track for Young Adult family history consultants, priesthood leaders, and all other interested Young Adults. Become trained in Family Tree, Family Search, and Temple Name Submission! Plan on attending 2-3 evenings to get the full-meal deal! Laptops with WiFi interface required.
Registration is now open for the first Bi-Annual Rexburg FamilySearch Center Family History Conference. Please see the information below and click on the link to register.
Upcoming Events
The first bi-annual Rexburg FamilySearch Center Family History Conference
March 9, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Classes will be offered on a variety of topics that will inspire your efforts in family history and teach you methods of research, preservation and sharing.
Lunch break from noon to 1:00 p.m. Bring a sack lunch or walk to one of several nearby restaurants.
A vendor's hall will exhibit some of the latest in family history resources and products available for purchase at the conference. Visit the exhibit hall between classes or during the lunch break.
Click the following link to learn more and register for the conference:
Rexburg FamilySearch Center Family History Conference Website
Center Resources
- Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
- Books: Hundreds of books and a collection family history magazines are available to read in the Rexburg FamilySearch Center. Personal and family histories, research guides, "how-to" books, maps and gazeteers, etc.
- Family History Library Catalog: This center has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
Databases and Software
- FHC Portal: This center has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the center to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.
- The American Ancestors website is a subscription site available for free at the Rexburg FamilySearch Center.
- Dozens of links to genealogical websites are available on most computers in the Computer Room.
- RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, Ancestral Quest, and PAF genealogical database software are installed on all computers at the Rexburg FamilySearch Center.
Hardware and Equipment
- Wi-Fi throughout the building
- Twenty-four computers in the Computer Room, several more throughout the Center
- Several printers (many in color)
- A microfilm reader-printer
- Two flatbed scanners (to scan photographs, slides, photo negatives and documents, and save them to a removable drive or to an Internet storage account, like Dropbox)
- Two microfilm readers
- Two microfiche readers
- Audio transfer equipment and software (to save audio cassette tapes to digital format)
- Video transfer equipment and software (to save video tapes to digital format)
Center Services
Photocopying and printing from computers is available for genealogical purposes only. The charge is five cents per copy for black and white and twenty-five cents per copy for color copies.
Staff Research Specialties
The Rexburg FamilySearch Center is staffed by volunteers from the community. These volunteers possess a wide array of skills and knowledge in all areas of genealogical research. Visitors to the center may receive assistance in genealogical research, technology usage, ways to share your research, etc., from various staff members.
Resources in the Local Area
BYU-Idaho has a Family History Center with extended hours on some days. See their blog at: byu-idaho-fhc.blogspot.com/


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Esquire has brought together some of our favourite designers and our most art-throb artists for the Singular Suit Project which opens at Somerset House on July 31st.
Patrick Grant from Savile Row tailors Norton & Sons teamed up with one of our favourite artists, Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller to produce a US-style boilersuit which accumulates patches as mementoes of the wearer's life. Richard James' sheer tailored suit takes inspiration from Spencer Tunick's mass nude photographs and just so happens to be bang on trend. Newly appointed Dunhill Director Kim Jones worked with Terence Koh on an-all white suit, with mixed-media embellishments which cracks and ages as it's worn.
The full feature will appear in a special hardback edition of Esquire's September issue out on Aug 6, in the meantime check out our thumbnail gallery featuring a selection of the designs.


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2 of the schools I'm applying to do not require any LoRs. I'm applying to 1 school that requires 2. My question is, how many should I get. Should I bother with getting evaluations also? I currently work at a law firm, would it be to forward of me to submit a LoR from one of the attorneys I work for?


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Federal legislation allows U.S. Attorneys to enhance the penalty for crimes committed by gang members. A growing number of states have passed or are considering passing similar enhanced prosecution legislation. In practice, it is challenging to prove that an offender is a member of a gang or that the crime benefits the gang; therefore, it can be difficult to bring enhancement to bear on prosecuting criminal activity.
California, which leads the nation in the trend to enhance prosecution, describes the process this way: "any person who is convicted of a felony committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang, with the specific intent to promote, further, or assist in any criminal conduct by gang members, shall, upon conviction of that felony, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony," become subject to additional terms, enumerated in the code.[1] Guidance is provided under the California code for persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses.
Read more on state and municipal legislation and code related to gangs.
In many instances, prosecution of gang crime at the federal level relies on codes that are specific to the crime involved. Other statutes may be brought to bear - for example, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute or various conspiracy statutes.[2]
There is a federal statute specific to gangs: "Criminal Street Gangs" 18 U.S.C. § 521. This statute holds that "the sentence of a person convicted of an offense described in subsection (c) [subsection enumerates offenses] shall be increased by up to 10 years if the offense is committed under the circumstances described in subsection (d)."[3] Read 18 U.S.C. § 521.
Next section: Research and Evaluation Projects on Gangs.
[note 1] California Street Terrorism Enforcement and Prevention Act. California Penal Code § 186.22(f). [link to pdf]
[note 2] Examples of conspiracy statutes brought to bear in gang prosecution include, but are not limited to 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 21 U.S.C. § 846. "Conspiracy" is an agreement to commit a crime; some conspiracy statutes require overt acts while others do not. The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute, or RICO, is 18 U.S.C. § 1961-68.
[note 3] Criminal Street Gangs. U.S. Code Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 26, Section 521. Retrieved December 7, 2010.
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Explore Rome
Rome has long been known as the 'Eternal City' as it was thought that no matter how many empires rose and fell, Rome would always remain standing. And remain standing it has - remarkably well. With ancient Roman sites at every turn, the city is a living breathing history lesson in the most exciting sense.


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No. 20 Huskies lose 53-24 to Sun Devils
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Washington forced Arizona State into a quick punt on its first possession and methodically marched down the field for a touchdown right after that.
Then it got ugly.
No one could block, no one could tackle and the game quickly got out of hand, sending the 20th-ranked Huskies to their third straight loss.
"That was embarrassing," Washington coach Steve Sarkisian said after his team's 53-24 loss to the Sun Devils on Saturday.
It sure was.
Facing a team that has had trouble stopping the run the past two seasons, Washington never was able give Bishop Sankey any running room.
The nation's leading rusher at 150 yards per game coming in, he found the running lanes clogged with Arizona State defenders and was repeatedly hit in the backfield by the Sun Devils, finishing with 22 yards on 13 carries. Washington ended up with minus-5 yards on 25 carries, matching the second-fewest ASU has allowed since 1996.
It wasn't just the running game.
Arizona State knocked around Huskies quarterback Keith Price and finished with 12 tackles for loss, including seven sacks against a team that had allowed 12 in its first six games combined. The nation's eighth-best offense entering the game, Washington finished with 212 total yards — 314 below its average.
"We weren't good enough, we weren't well enough coached, we didn't perform well enough and we weren't physical enough, nearly physical enough, against a good football team," Sarkisian said
Arizona State's offense was just as overwhelming.
The Huskies (4-3, 1-3) were worried about Taylor Kelly's legs as much as his arm and Arizona State's quarterback still hurt them with both. He threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 84 yards and two more scores.
Marion Grice did what he does best, scoring three touchdowns — that's 18 already this season — while running for 161 yards on 22 carries. The nation's leading scorer had two touchdown runs in the fourth quarter and had a spectacular TD catch that triggered Arizona State's 26-point second quarter.
Zane Gonzalez kicked four field goals, extending his streak to 11 straight, and Arizona State racked up 585 yards while scoring its most points ever against the Huskies.
"Man, what an impressive performance; it might be the most impressive performance that we've had as a team since I've been here," Arizona State coach Todd Graham said. "We've got a heck of a football team and I love watching them. Man, it's exciting to watch."
Not for the Huskies.
They appeared to be in good shape at the start, moving 60 yards in 11 plays for a 1-yard touchdown run by Sankey on its opening possession.
It was almost all Arizona State after that.
After settling for Gonzalez's first field goal in the first quarter, Grice opened the second with a highlight-reel touchdown, pulling down a one-handed, 15-yard pass while falling along the sideline. Gonzalez followed with two more field goals, Kelly scored on a 1-yard dive and the Sun Devils put together a quick-hitting drive in the final minute of the first half, capped by a 14-yard touchdown pass to Chris Coyle that put them up 29-7.
Good as Arizona State's offense was, its D was even better.
The Sun Devils clogged up all running lanes against Sankey, meeting him with multiple tacklers often before he even reached the line of scrimmage. He had 11 yards on nine carries at halftime.
Price didn't do much to offset the Huskies' ground struggles, getting several passes swatted down early and repeatedly overthrowing receivers while facing constant pressure.
Washington had 74 total yards on 36 plays and went three-and-out six times in the first half after doing it nine times in the first six games combined.
"We obviously had a great first drive,'" Sarkisian said. "I felt we could've moved the ball better than we did today, that's for sure."
The Huskies finally showed some life to start the second half with Kevin Smith catching a pass from Price over the middle and turning it into a 70-yard touchdown.
Turned out to be just a blip in the Sun Devils' runaway.
Arizona State answered with an 11-play, 77-yard scoring drive, capped by a spinning 1-yard touchdown run by Kelly. Grice followed with a 1-yard scoring run and another from 14 yards out to give Arizona State a 53-24 lead.
"We beat a really good football team," Graham said. "We dominated a really good football team tonight."


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...let me recommend that you move testing PK Sharpener Pro a notch or two higher. It is a very easy program to use "out of the box", and like everything takes some experimentation to learn to use well; but this is rewarding. The amount of work normally ranges between one and three automated actions that happen quickly, at the beginning, part way through processing and then just before printing. Read Michael's review of this software and you'll get a good idea, but better still download it and try it. PK Sharpener does not add grain, but you would want to do your grain reduction before sharpening, because there is no point sharpening the grain you would prefer to get rid of in the first place. The Capture Sharpeners (for film) have a smoothing layer, which has a default opacity of 33%. When you pump the image to 50% magnification on your monitor (to avoid aliasing) you'll get a clear idea of whether to reduce or increase the smoothing effect (anyhow quite subtle). Since each PK effect is contained on layers with masks, it is non-destructive and allows you to manage sharpening effects either globally, or with a paint brush - selectively.
in fact right now I should have my car in the repair shop looking at the muffler, but here I am dialoguing on L-L.
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Community Needs Assessment Process
At Mills-Peninsula, the first step we take toward improving the health of our community is to identify and assess the community's unmet health needs. To do this, we conduct a thorough community health needs assessment once every three years, working in collaboration with other health care providers, public health departments and a variety of community organizations.
Gathering Information about Community Needs
Community health needs assessments are a productive and meaningful way to engage the community in our strategic community benefit planning process. We collect a wide range of information that helps inform our needs assessments, including:
- Qualitative data, such as focus groups, interviews and telephone surveys.
- Quantitative data, such as demographics and rates of chronic diseases.
- Input from persons who represent the broad interests of the community, such as public health experts.
We asked Professional Research Consultants (PRC) to conduct the assessment on behalf of The Healthy Community Collaborative of San Mateo County.
PRC held a community leader/key stakeholder focus group, and interviewed 1,724 randomly selected San Mateo County residents. We also examined key health status indicators and quality of life measurements. Examples of health status indicators included years of potential life lost; infant mortality; mortality rates by causes such as cancer and cardiovascular disease; hospitalizations due to various causes; maternal and child health such as low birth weight, childhood immunization rates, and childhood obesity; and incidence and prevalence of communicable diseases.
Based on this needs assessment, we focused our community benefit efforts on the following areas:
- Support for older adults
- Screening and education for underserved African-American, Asian, Hispanic and Pacific Islander populations
- Support for safety net clinics providing outpatient care for people who have no insurance
- Support for local non-profit organizations that help bridge the gap in health services for the underserved


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4th annual Colorado Urban Winefest presented by Alpine Bank
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News from the Field ...
February 2008
Disease Presentations Available
Stephanie English, MPH
ISDH Field Epidemiologist, District 6
To increase the capability to respond to disease outbreaks, the Indiana State Department of Health Surveillance and Investigation Division (SID) is developing several cross-training strategies. To ensure subject matter experts are available for assistance during an outbreak, the SID has paired the nine District field epidemiologists with the disease epidemiologists located in the central office in Indianapolis to provide cross-training in education on reportable communicable diseases. This teamwork has produced many benefits, including the development of training materials. PowerPoint presentations have been created for specific diseases, and the District field epidemiologists are available to provide counties throughout Indiana with educational presentations. (Eight presentations were provided in 2007.)
Disease presentations include:
Meningococcal meningitis
Meningitis 101
PHESS (syndromic surveillance)
Viral hepatitis A-E
The SID will continue to develop presentations during 2008. The goal is to develop educational materials for every reportable communicable disease and to ensure that all nine District field epidemiologists are cross-trained.
If you would like to host a presentation in your area, please contact your District field epidemiologist to schedule a date.


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WASHINGTON Lisa Jackson said she will step down as head of the Environmental Protection Agency after four years during which she oversaw the first efforts to curb carbon- dioxide emissions to combat global-warming risks.
"I will leave the EPA confident the ship is sailing in the right direction," Jackson, 50, said Thursday in a statement released by the agency.
Her plan is to leave after the president's State of the Union speech next month.
Under Jackson the EPA negotiated fuel-efficiency standards with automakers and set the first-ever rules for mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants.
"Over the last four years, Lisa Jackson has shown an unwavering commitment to the health of our families and our children," President Barack Obama said in a statement. "Under her leadership, the EPA has taken sensible and important steps to protect the air we breathe and the water we drink."
Health and environmental groups have praised Jackson for taking up rules that were delayed or weakened under the previous administration, while Republicans in Congress complained that the EPA's efforts were choking off the still-struggling U.S. economy.


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William Hoysradt: The NSA is doing the job we need it to doBY WILLIAM HOYSRADT
June 23. 2013 3:43PM
Now that the secret collection of telephone records by the National Security Agency (NSA) has been revealed, there are expressions of fear and outrage that the government will use the information against its own citizens in an unconstitutional manner. Some fear is justified because any power and authority can be abused, but we must understand the history of what the NSA does and why it does it. Hasty, uninformed decisions could cripple a vital element of our national defense against a cruel and unmerciful enemy.
In the United States before World War II, spying was viewed as unnecessary and was barely provided any support or funding. It was contrary to the isolationist attitude of the country at that time. At the beginning of World War II, with Poland and France overrun by Nazi Germany and England fighting for its life, ample resources were finally provided for spying and code breaking.
There are numerous history books that describe the value of communications intelligence to the war effort. I am not exaggerating to say that the intelligence received from the code breakers gave the Allies a decisive edge by providing invaluable knowledge. Decoded messages specifically led to the defeat of the German U-boat wolf packs in the North Atlantic and put our forces in position to destroy the Japanese aircraft carriers at Midway, both pivotal victories early in the war.
World War II became the Cold War almost immediately after 1945 and the advantages of communications intelligence were far too important to let go because we faced an even more powerful adversary. The NSA consolidated these specialized spying efforts and operated almost invisibly and under the highest levels of security. It provided valuable information about the Soviet Union's military capabilities and intentions and had a key role in preventing a nuclear war.
Fast forward to Sept. 11, 2001. We now have an enemy that is neither a nation with conventional infrastructure nor a military with clearly identified channels of communication. The dilemma to our nation's defenders is that this enemy uses the technology we developed and the communication infrastructure of our own country to coordinate attacks against us. They use the cell phone, the Internet, our communications satellites and our fiber-optic cables to relay orders, coordinate planning, spread propaganda and instruct would-be terrorists. These internal and external enemies depend on their messages being concealed within the massive volume of communications from all over the world.
The NSA effort is obviously one step (probably one of many other steps) to see through that mass of data and ferret out the enemy communications. It is supervised by a select group of our own elected representatives and members of the judicial branch in a manner consistent with the way secret defense operations have been supervised since World War II.
It is appropriate for citizens to ask if such unprecedented actions are necessary. If the answer is affirmative, it is then appropriate to ask if more protections can be added to prevent abusive use of the information collected. However, the NSA cannot make complete public disclosure of its operations without losing the ability to perform its mission. Our elected representatives in Washington, D.C., are the ones responsible to find answers to the questions and perform oversight of the operations.
Protecting an idealized level of our constitutional rights is a noble goal. Yet we must face the reality that all the rights in the world are of no benefit to those who die in a terrorist attack. I, for one, am glad that the NSA is doing the job it was intended to do.
William Hoysradt of Hooksett was a U.S. Army infantry officer from 1971-1977.


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Small Cap Specialists Issues Research Reports on Small-Caps Showing Growth Potential in the Marijuana Periphery Sector
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I'm going to give you a quick little treatment to try that my friend Alicia discovered on her own (and I've tried independently to find that it does often work, sometimes in under 24 hours), and then I'll give you my own personal favorite method that I've found to be even more effective (though it can take a couple days, at most, to work) plus how to prevent almost all future cold sore outbreaks. Here's the remedy she came up with on how to get rid of a cold sore by the next morning, in her own words:
"I woke up and my cold sore was already open, but this is what I did to have it gone by the next morning…I melted an entire ice cube on my sore, even tho it's a little painful at first..Then dab the sore to dry it and put rubbing alcohol on immediately after with a Q-tip..I did this once every 30 min. to an hour, and by the next morning, you couldn't see a thing!"
She used rubbing alcohol, I've heard that Benzyl alcohol is actually more effective (though difficult to find), and I've found Witch Hazel to be excellent for this purpose, personally. Also, I'd also recommending take plenty of Vitamin C to help boost your immune system along with Vitamin B-12 and Lysine, both of which have been shown to reduce the duration of an outbreak.
Ice really helps with the pain and irritation, but I also personally think that it slows down the development of the cold sore because lowering the temperature slows down the virus (you know how cold temperatures slow down an organism's metabolism, which is why they lower the body temperatures of people who have had a heart attack so they have longer to work? same principle). Also, I'd recommend that you use a damp washcloth and soap to keep the cold sore clean and dry at all times (wash every two hours), just remember to use a new washcloth each time (the old ones are contaminated and need to go to the laundry straight away). If you want to see the best home remedy I've ever tried, I highly recommend you have a look at this:
How the cold sore virus replicates and how to stop it
This is going to go into a bit of detail, there's going to be a bit of science and some medical terms, but if you'll stick with me til the end you'll really have an excellent understanding of how this nasty little virus works and how a few simple tweaks in what you eat (most importantly: what to stop eating) and maybe a special supplement you probably haven't heard of before (don't worry, I'm not selling it and it's not expensive) can not only eliminate your cold sore in a day or two but also prevent them from every coming back again. Let's get started…
What causes a cold sore?
A cold sore is an outward symptom of an outbreak of the Herpes Simplex Virus (usually Type 1, aka "HSV-1″, although HSV-2 can cause oral herpes) usually due to a decreased in immune function, a very common cause of which is exposure to cold weather hence the name "cold sore". To the left you will see the culprit: that's HSV-1 magnified 169,000 times by scanning electron microscope–growl at it or flip it the bird if it makes you feel better
The herpes virus remains dormant in the sensory nerve cells of your face until an outbreak, and no, sorry, there's no cure: once you've been infected, you've got it for life. It's almost always going to be the type 1 strain (HSV-1) of herpes that causes oral cold sores, however cases of HSV-2 causing them have been documented, so it's possible, although rare. However, 1 in 6 cases of genital herpes are causes by HSV-1 (genital herpes is usually associated with HSV-2), so that's somewhat more likely, although the old axiom that if it's above the waist it's HSV-1 and if it's below the waist it's HSV-2 does still generally hold true.
How Did I Originally Get Infected? Or: WHY GRANDMA WHY?!?!
Studies have shown that, the vast majority of the time, oral herpes is transmitted most commonly in someone's youth when they are kissed by a relative who's infected and suffering from an active cold sore outbreak–yeah, that sucks. This is especially likely if you started getting cold sores when you were a small child, which would mean that you were infected when you were very young and therefore most likely acquired it from close contact with an infected relative suffering from an active outbreak. If you acquired it later in life then something else is probably the cause, most likely that you acquired it from an intimate partner through physical contact i.e. kissing someone with a cold sore.
Cold Sore Treatments, Medications, and Remedies
There's a great variety of treatments that myself and my friends have tried over the years: most of us originally went the prescription-combined-with-OTC (over-the-counter) route where we were prescribed something like Acyclovir or Valacyclovir and then used an OTC cream like Abreva. Over the years we've found (myself included) that the best those can do is to shave 1 maybe 2 days off of an outbreak, and that's about it. We've found, through trial-and-error between us over the years, that there are more effective remedies you can put together in your kitchen. Not only that, but there are preventative measures that you can take which will often prevent a cold sore outbreak altogether from happening again, ever, from supplements like l-lysine and Vitamin B-12 to minor but hugely effective little diet changes like avoiding vinegar at certain times because it lowers your blood pH levels and creates an environment much more favorable to the virus replicating and wreaking havoc on your face.
pH Levels, Oxygen, and Stopping the Virus Cold in Its Tracks
The Herpes Simplex Type I virus that causes your cold sores has a very narrow pH range that its environment must be within for it to be able to live and reproduce (by the way, pH is just how acidic or basic something is–acids have a low pH and bases, such as lye, have a high pH) your body's own pH range can easily sway into this territory from time to time due to a number of factors, the most common causes of which are stress, decreased immune function, certain foods, lack of sleep, and excess sunlight–now, where have you seen these factors mentioned before? Probably in an article you read about the most common triggers for cold sores, right? Even if you haven't read about it I'm sure you already know it anyway because you almost certainly would have noticed it: your cold sores tend to occur when you're stressed out, when your immune system is down (this most commonly occurs when you're ill or when it's very cold out), when your diet changes (usually in an unhealthy way, such as the addition of junk food you weren't eating before), when you're not getting enough sleep, etc., right?
The reason for this is that when you allow these things to happen to you, you're creating an environment that is the most favorable for the virus to reproduce and live in (it's when the virus starts suddenly massively reproducing that you get cold sores) by altering your normal pH level for the worse and making it very difficult for your immune system to keep the virus at bay, which it does most of the time, which is why you don't have cold sores most of the time–your immune system is doing it's job, it's only when you make it difficult for it to do its job that problems start to pop up. So, essentially, if you can get your pH level back to normal then the cold sores vanish (this is a bit of an oversimplification, but I just don't have the room here to explain the whole process). Plus, if you just follow a couple simple guidelines concerning diet and cheap, over-the-counter supplements, you can possibly prevent them from ever coming back, or at least make them very rare (most people who follow the program described below will go several years between cold sores, which is usually a huge improvement for them). Now, how do you do that?
My friend Derek, after a couple years of experimentation (primarily on himself! he suffered horribly from cold sores for years) and some consultation with several doctors and herbal specialists, came up with a program he shared with me a couple years back that took some things we already knew about how to get rid of cold sores (taking l-lysine, avoiding stress and too much sunlight, yada yada) to a whole other level, I mean I was just completely blown away, what he originally showed me was a multi-page, super-detailed program he came up with that utilized a few small (as in they won't inconvenience you) adjustments in diet that make a big difference primarily involving what not to eat, along with a combination of several herbal supplements (one is l-lysine, but the dosage is different from what you'd normally take since you're combining it with other supplements) including a new one I'd never heard of called "cat's claw" that came from some weird tree bark in the Peruvian rain forest, plus a couple others that, when combined, have a very powerful and immediate effect on your body's pH level and can quickly bring the Herpes virus to a dead halt, but they have to be combined just right in the correct dosages, plus your diet has to be right because if you're eating any of the several things that can throw off your pH level then it might not work. He's currently put together a fantastic 84-page report you can get here (it's pretty easy reading, you can get through it in a couple hours, no worries) that I highly recommend you check out, just listen to what the guy has to say, he knows what he's doing believe me. I wish I could just give the whole thing to you here, but it's 84 pages long and there's just no way I can fit that into a blog post, plus he won't let me due to copyright issues (I asked already, in fact I had to be careful about how much I gave away to you here about his method!).
I just can't tell you how much of a difference this has made in my life, I used to suffer from cold sores nearly every other month, it was horrible: cold outside? cold sore. hot outside? cold sore. job-related stress? cold sore. the flu? cold sore bonus, yay! have trouble sleeping? cold sore. I haven't had one in nearly 3 1/2 years now, and it all started when I first got that e-mail from Derek detailing something he spent years testing and researching and months writing the rough draft. At the time I had a terrible outbreak, two on my mouth and one just on the edge of my nostril, and they were gone in 48 hours, never to return. I follow his simple guidelines about not eating certain foods when I'm especially susceptible to cold sores (I'm stressed, not getting enough sleep, feeling a little under the weather, etc.) and I always take my daily supplements (3 little pills, which are good for you and have multiple other benefits, plus they're cheap as dirt from my local drug store). If I feel a cold sore coming on, that familiar little tingle, I up the dosage to the level he recommends for when you actually have a cold sore (quite a bit higher than the normal dosage you use to prevent them) and then the tingle goes away and I never see a cold sore pop up, works every time. Again, just for your own benefit I'd recommend you check out his site and see what he has to say, it'll take 5 minutes, that's it: go here to learn how to eliminate cold sores in just a day or two and keep them from coming back ever again.


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Deus Ex (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
£38, www.game.co.uk
Wield your cybernetic enhancements in a shower of explosions and mayhem or take the stealthy route and deal out death from the shadows in this long awaited prequel – either option results in a glorious mix of action, adventure, puzzle solving and role-play. Check out our review here before biting the bullet, although this is a no-brainer if we've ever seen one.
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition (Xbox 360, PS3)
£10/1200 MS points, www.marketplace.xbox.com
Few fighting games featured a learning curve as steep as the third iteration in the Street Fighter series but its quality as an exceptionally frantic and skilled button masher is still present in this modern-day arcade update. Capcom has ensured that the online experience is a lag-free affair so there are no excuses for pathetic performances.
Tropico 4 (Xbox 360, PC)
£40, www.play.com
For most of us, the chance to run our very own tropical island government is about as slim as Bill Gates being the next CEO of Apple. Tropico 4 hopes to offer mere mortals a chance to grab the reigns of an island paradise that awaits your tyrannical/benevolent dictatorship. Whether you rule with an iron fist or embrace your subjects in diplomacy is entirely up to you.
Age of Empires Online (PC)
£free, www.ageofempiresonline.com
Age of Empires Online is an updated version of the classic real-time strategy game that pits you against ancient civilisations in a bid to conquer the continents with your mighty armies. This shiny new adaptation is free to download and play, although be wary of micro-transactions full of extra civilisations and items which can stealthily empty your coffers.
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Was hoping to get thoughts/opinions on this whole debate.
In my opinion, a dog bite is a dog bite, regardless of the size of the dog!!! Just because a 3# dog can't do as much damage as a 50# dog does NOT negate the fact that the dog has bit someone! It's overwhelming in the clinic the number of small dogs we need to muzzle versus large dogs... I can count on one hand the number of large breed dogs we need to muzzle versus the countless number of small breed dogs... Just because one dog's bite won't do as much damage as another dog's bite shouldn't excuse the fact that the dog bit someone.
Now, I may not agree with everything put against the owners, ie the million dollar insurance policy is a bit harsh, but I do agree with the notion that the owners absolutely should take full responsibility for the dog biting someone!!! If that means muzzling a 3# dog... then so be it!


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January 25. 2014 9:50AM
New Boston couple arrested after police struggle
GOFFSTOWN — A New Boston couple was arrested after struggling with police Saturday, authorities said.
Sandra McDougall, 21, was charged with two counts of assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and obstructing government administration.
Edgardo Molina, 25, was charged with three counts of assault on a police officer and resisting arrest.
Both were held at the Hillsborough House of Correction in lieu of $10,000 cash bail each. They will be arraigned Monday in 9th Circuit Court, Goffstown District.
Police said they stopped a motor vehicle on Elm Street near Paige Hill Road for a minor vehicle infraction. Police said it became apparent that Molina, the passenger, was trying to conceal alleged contraband. As the officer confronted Molina, Molina assaulted the officer, authorities said.
The officer temporarily detained the man in handcuffs before he was assaulted by McDougall, authorities said. After a struggle with the New Boston couple, the officer deployed pepper spray to gain compliance and was later helped by a passing motorist and backup officers, police said.