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Although not everyone with viral encephalitis exhibit symptoms, some people may develop symptoms that mimic the flu, including fatigue, weakness, aches in joints or muscles, fever and headache, according to Mayo Clinic. When encephalitis is more severe, seizures, muscle weakness, paralysis in areas of the body or face, loss of sensation, hallucinations, agitation and confusion can result. Other symptoms include loss of consciousness, trouble hearing or speaking, altered perception of smell and double vision.
Symptoms of encephalitis in young children and infants are slightly different. Symptoms to watch for include vomiting, nausea, body stiffness and irritability. Poor feeding or not remaining awake during feeding may also occur. Babies may cry inconsolably, and a bulge may be noticed in the fontanels of infants' skulls; these are the so-called "soft spots."
When severe symptoms are noticed, it is important that emergency care is sought immediately. Altered consciousness, fever and severe headache are particularly ominous signs that should be evaluated right away. Any symptoms in children or babies should also be treated as an emergency.
Although encephalitis' exact cause is not known, it is usually caused by a viral infection. Still, it can be caused by noninfectious inflammatory conditions and bacterial infections too, as noted by Mayo Clinic.


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Pelvic organ prolapse affects many women older than 50 years of age. Besides creating pelvic pressure, prolapse can lead to other pelvic-floor disorders such as urinary and fecal incontinence, and can affect sexual function.
"We found that the protein fibulin-5, which until now simply has been known to be important in generating elastic fibers, actually blocks the enzymes that degrade proteins that support the vaginal wall structure," said Doctor R. Ann Word, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology. "The elastic fibers do play a role, but it's also the enzymes that degrade the matrix that break down both collagen and elastin over time."
More than 225,000 inpatient surgical procedures for pelvic organ prolapse are performed each year in the U.S. at an estimated cost of more than $1 billion. But surgery alone is not always effective in the long run; nearly 30 percent of women report continued problems over a five-year follow-up period because the underlying problem of matrix support has not been corrected. There are no current therapies to prevent the progression of prolapse.
Age and vaginal delivery are the two most common risk factors for prolapse; injury to the vaginal wall may occur during childbirth but prolapse often doesn't occur until decades later. Obesity and menopause are also contributing factors.
"We still don't understand why patient A has a terrible delivery, with a large baby, but she never gets prolapse. And then we see patients who are 28 with no children, and they're already starting to have problems. So we know genetic and environmental factors contribute to this," Word said.
Using mice, researchers tested how fibulin-5, a protein that is essential for elastic fiber assembly, regulated the activity of matrix metalloprotease-9 (MMP-9), a group of enzymes that break down the matrix of collagen and elastic fibers, leading to a loss of the structural support of the vaginal wall.
Researchers used a fibulin-5 deficient rodent model and a new domain-specific mutant of fibulin-5 to demonstrate that fibulin-5-mediated elastogenesis (development of elastic fibers) is essential to support the pelvic organs. They also showed that prolapse of the vaginal wall requires an increase in MMP-9, but that fibulin-5 inhibits activation of this protease in a tissue-specific manner.
"Matrix assembly of the vaginal wall is a very complicated process," said Doctor Hiromi Yanagisawa, assistant professor of molecular biology. "We need to decode what is necessary in this process, but degrading enzymes are the main therapeutic focus."
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Hello again my sweet friends!
It's that time to Celebrate with these adorable and delightful Cupcake
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This whole collection looks so yummy that I just had to make these
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First up is this luscious pink and white swirled frosting with red and pink beads.
Yes, they are bugle beads from my beading. Thanks to Lee Cox for pointing that out.
And of course my favorite
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Yes, they are bugle beads from my beading. Thanks to Lee Cox for pointing that out.
And of course my favorite
flavored cupcake is CHOCOLATE. lol
Isn't this just the cutest card!!
And there's more to see :)
Yes, the top pulls out to display your greeting. How
clever is that! And to top it off, it has an easel stand (see pic below)
that displays it on your mantel or table. I love it!
You can make these darling cupcakes in any flavor or
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So fun and quick to make. As you can see, I couldn't
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I made this one without the top swirl and decorated it with
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Being a biographer means collecting a lot of stories, many of which never make their way into a book. In the case of Meredith Renwick, who worked with Dewey Robertson on his autobiography, Bang Your Head, there are oodles of tales from Dewey's friends and co-workers.
Following Robertson's death Thursday morning in Hamilton, after a lengthy battle with cancer over many years, Renwick opened up her treasure trove of stories to the SLAM! Wrestling readers.
* Dewey's mother, Ethel Robertson Vanderveken: "He told me he was body-building and all that, because he thought he was too thin. That seemed to be all right, and then when he started saying -- he just came home and said he was starting to wrestle. I didn't like it but there was nothing I could do about it. That was his choice, and of course he went to the States to wrestle. He was there ten years, and I didn't like that. I hardly heard from him at all."
* Dean Walker, an old friend: "My biggest recollection of Dewey in those days was that he was King of the Hill. Not an arrogant King of the Hill, but one of those guys who appeared to have everything. He was bouncing at a local club in Burlington, or Hamilton in those days, he and another fellow by the name of John Bell were bouncers, and it seemed like they never had a lot of trouble at that place. Nobody would take on either one of them, they were both pretty big boys. But he was pretty much in control of his life, very much so. And I think probably at the same time he was doing a little bit of wrestling, just for fun more than anything else."
* Johnny Evans would later become Reginald Love of the Love Brothers. He broke in about the same time as Dewey Robertson. He spoke on Dewey being Whipper Billy Watson's prot�g�: "He had great promise, there was everything there. Good body, good looks, he had everything. Trained by one of the top guys, and he'd work out at a gym in Hamilton, and I would be there the odd time. But he was living up near the Whipper or beside the Whipper, wherever the hell it was. He had the best guy in the business to be with. When you're in with the Whip, he was the top guy. A legend in his own time, and everything was there for [Dewey]"
* "Bullwhip" Danny Johnson, who followed in his father Bull Johnson's footsteps into pro wrestling, shared some recollections of Dewey in 2001. Johnson died in 2003. His dad helped train Dewey Robertson. Bullwhip remembered Dewey as a "good-looking young kid that was going to make a lot of money. Good body and a lot of potential. A good talker. In the right place, he could make a lot of money. ... I was only a kid, but I remember going out and doing all the postering. I remember Dewey's picture, Dewey's name on the card. He was an upcoming star."
Dewey owned two gyms in Burlington from 1973 to 1978.
* Kevin Hobbs was a fan who Dewey took under his wing. "The Athletic Club was the first gym. He closed that and moved a few blocks away and renamed it Dewey's Gym. But he didn't do anything for the wrestlers there. It was just basically a workout place, no ring ... He put on wrestling shows roughly every second Friday at the Athletic Club. He even did a bodybuilding exhibition one time."
* Referee Wayne Cashman (Wayne Cassibo), who died in 2001, learned to ref at the Athletic Club. Regular shows were held at the small facility. "He had a tough ring to work in too. It was just like working on the concrete floor," Cashman said. "There was no give in it hardly at all. There was none because the cross members of the ring were roof struts, from putting metal roofs on. And that's what the ring was made of."
* Ethel Robertson Vanderveken: "He did have Whipper Watson, that really helped him. And then he had a gym in Burlington, and if he'd stayed at that, he would have done wonderfully, even today. He had the first one around [here], almost."
* Ricky Johnson on Dewey: "How helpful he was, that's what I remember the most. How helpful he was because I was green, very nervous, and a lot of the guys -- Dewey was pretty well established then, so a lot of the guys back then, some of the older guys didn't want to help some of the younger guys, but Dewey always took time out to explain things and calm guys down, especially young nervous guys like I was back then. Ric Flair did the same thing, actually. Him and Ric were very good at that. He'd lead me through matches and tell me not to be nervous, and he was like a big brother to me, I guess."
* Jim Freedman, author of Drawing Heat: "You could get a lot of mileage out of how Dewey's own career really goes along with the history of wrestling. I think one of the angles I would take is Dewey as a Canadian. That's what I remember about him."
* Dale "Buddy" Roberts had the unique perspective of working against Dewey when Dale was a member of the Hollywood Blondes, and later when he was a Fabulous Freebird and Dewey was the Link. The babyface Dewey stands out for him. "To my surprise, him and Dennis Stamp teamed up and they were a great technical team. They weren�t just muscleheads, they had wrestling knowledge. My partner Jerry Brown, I was with the Hollywood Blondes before, and we were basically a wrestling team too and we gave the fans a real good hour-and-a-half match, which is very rare now. This was an our-and-a-half nonstop. That�s basically when I first met Dewey Robertson and to me, [he was] one of the best babyfaces in the business."
* Jason Robertson, Dewey's son, said that he really started to understand what his dad did for a living when he was about seven years old, and they were living in Burlington. "I thought it was pretty cool at the time. Going to watch my father wrestle was cool. I hated watching him lose when I was that age, not understanding the business. ... When he had big matches or lost a belt, against one of the big main-eventers that were in town, and he'd be going to Toronto to Maple Leaf Gardens, and if he lost the next day they'd make fun of me. �Your dad lost,' that kind of stuff."
* Roddy Piper, who knew Dewey when they both were in the Mid-Atlantic territory in the late '70s/early '80s: "He's a very kind, kind man...I would call him a frat brother or what I would consider someone I would stick up for. I rode with him, while I was in different territories. We would make many towns together, so he was a brother of the road. "
* Gene Lewis was the man behind The Mongol, the character that Dewey used as the basis for The Missing Link. He also worked as Cousin Luke in the WWF, among other names during his long career. "I came into World Class just in and out, I wasn't one of the main characters. At the time [World Class booker] Kenny [Mantell] was establishing his program with the Missing Link and with the special video he did, which in my mind is one of the best videos I've ever seen. You can take a character and build a video around him, but the Link's character fit with Dewey's personality, the truck and everything else, and how Dewey wrestled in the ring. As the Missing Link he wasn't Dewey Robertson anymore, he was the Link, which was a character he had to live 24 hours a day and it was big. People were really hot to see it. I don't know all the reasons why it didn't go further. Apparently Kenny had built Dewey to the point that he was one of the hottest characters on TV."
* Ricky Johnson: "You know it's funny, 'cause he went from this clean-cut all-Canadian guy into this guy who painted his face and cut his hair funny and he just changed. I guess that's the best way to describe him [as an all-Canadian guy], because that's what he was. Not that the Missing Link wasn't a great gimmick for him, it's the baggage that went along with being the Missing Link that was the problem for him."
* "Killer" Tim Brooks: "Dewey was just a good, clean-cut, all-American/all-Canadian, just a clean-cut good young babyface. Then I met him in Texas and he was the Link, a real involved gimmick and he was fantastic being the Link."
* Barry Darsow, who first met him in Mid-South on the road. "We made a lot of trips together. ... When he came to the territory, I ended up wrestling him. The first time I wrestled him was in Houston, Texas. He had a body that was unbelievable. At that time, I had just gotten done powerlifting and I was a pretty big guy too, but I wasn't ripped like he was. We just ended up talking, becoming friends, and going to the gym together.
"I've never seen a guy that was a machine like that before ... He could be up all night long. He could wrestle twice in a day, he could do it all, go to the gym, and just be unbelievable, non-stop."
* Mid-South / UWF promoter Bill Watts: "Dewey, to me, as Dewey Robertson was a high-class guy I was really proud of, to be working with our group, but it just didn't convert into money. And I can remember trying with him pretty hard because I was so impressed with him, but it just wasn't there as far as box office. But then as the Missing Link, it added some ingredient and I think he actually became that alter ego."
* Jason Robertson, Dewey's youngest son, wrestled as Jason Sterling. He was there for all the ups and downs, and makes special mention of his mother. "Gail -- it was all about Mom, she took care of all of us, did our laundry, drove us all the time. She may not have gotten back what she wanted, but she enjoyed the lifestyle, the nightlife, the nice people we met. She was our backbone, Dad's backbone, that's one of the reason Dad quit WWF, he needed her there."
* Dale "Buddy" Roberts on meeting the Link for the first time: "Here I am in the dressing room, and I�m one of the Freebirds now. And I�m sitting in the dressing room and I look across, and I see this guy looking at me and it looked to me like it was the Missing Link.
"And finally, I got up and walked over to him and I put my face to his face, I didn�t know if I should dare look at his eyes. Then he laughed and hugged me, and said �Buddy, it�s Dewey Robertson.� Two different people, totally. So I was totally shocked to find out it was Dewey Robertson. But I should have known because I could see the body was in just as good shape, if not better than he was five years before. Dewey Robertson and the Missing Link were ... is the same person, unbelievably. But what�s impressive about Dewey is how he could transform himself from one of the best-looking top wrestling babyfaces in the business to a total different person."
When Dewey returned to Canada broke and strung out at the end of the 1980s, he would wrestle occasionally but never got it out of his blood. His last match is believed to have been in May 2007, as The Missing Link. He was 68 years old at the time.
* Ethel Robertson Vanderveken: "I can't really see where he's going to wrestle again. He looks at the past all the time -- why? Why can't he get on with the future and let the past go? He was always in the limelight, and he still likes to be in the limelight. And the girls flocked around him, and he thought that was wonderful. I think he had a terrible life there that I don't know all about. I'm sure he did. I'm sure his wife knew. Well, I think he ran around with a lot of girls, which I wouldn't like, would you? I don't know whether all the wrestlers are like that. Well, of course, it's sports. I guess it's hard when you've been in the limelight."
* Rusty Davis, a childhood friend: "I kind of thought sometimes there were three different characters that I could see over the years. I know there were two, for sure, but not being a specialist in this ... there was Byron, which is how we knew him. Dewey came along a little later, the name. But I saw Byron growing up as a young man, [raising a] family and one of the top salesmen in Canada for Office Specialty.
"And as wrestling came in, he became known as Dewey, and outgoing, loud, kind of a showman, Very outgoing, you knew he was in the room, that's for sure.
"And then later on in life, when he came back, he was known as The Missing Link, and I didn't even recognize him when he came to my door. Because he was a slow-thinking, very dangerous-looking individual to me, he wasn't the Dewey I'd known. Obviously it had been from the drugs and alcohol, I would think. I'm not too sure whether it was an act or if it was from that, the drugs and alcohol.
"You never know who you were really talking to, when he did come back, of the three fellows. Sometimes I thought I was talking to Byron, he'd make sense. And then Dewey would be talking about something, and the Missing Link character would come back That's just my opinion, anyway."


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Jets win 'Snoopy Bowl,' whatever that means
It was a rare moment in the life of Rex Ryan. The Jets head coach didn't know what to say.
It was a rare moment in the life of Rex Ryan. The Jets head coach didn't know what to say.
With MetLife purchasing the naming rights to New Meadowlands Stadium last week, the Jets got the first win in "The House That Snoopy Built" on Monday night, a 17-3 preseason win over the Giants.
Termed the "MetLife Bowl," the insurance company presented the Jets a trophy with Snoopy in leatherhead gear, holding a football in a Heisman pose.
Ryan grinned awkwardly, trying to look poised as he held a trophy for a preseason win.
"This is awesome. I'll tell you what. This thing looks good, I'm glad we got it," Ryan said sheepishly before taking questions about his football team, now 2-1 in preseason.
The jokes flew, of course, from the media in the Twittersphere about how the win was worth its weight in Peanuts.
The Jets, despite a winning preseason record, aren't putting much stock into the wins and losses until Week 1 kicks off.
"You take the record the way it is," safety Jim Leonhard said. "You try to put strong quarters together."
But the simple fact that seven of the last 12 Super Bowl winners have at least three preseason victories underscores that a winning mentality can be built before the games matter. While defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson was concerned whether the Jets "were showing progress," a team looking to build on consecutive AFC title games must begin mastering their skills.
The process of fine-tuning happens when the stands are filled with polo shirts, so the Jets can begin winning when winter coats fill MetLife Stadium.
"Whenever you are playing for anything, you want to win, it doesn't matter what you're doing," linebacker Bart Scott said. "We want to make sure we win when it counts because later in the season, during that time, it is going to have implications on your postseason dreams."
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'"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to."
"I don't much care where –"
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go."'
Lewis Carroll. Alice in Wonderland.
"We are all faced throughout our lives with agonizing decisions. Moral choices. Some are on a grand scale. Most of these choices are on lesser points. But! We define ourselves by the choices we have made. We are in fact the sum total of our choices. Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to have been included in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love, that give meaning to the indifferent universe. And yet, most human beings seem to have the ability to keep trying, and even to find joy from simple things like their family, their work, and from the hope that future generations might understand more."
Woody Allen. Crimes and Misdemeanors.
"I say you know it's funny I think we were on the same boat back in 1694."
Indigo Girls. Shame on You. Shaming of the Sun.
Indigo Girls. Shame on You. Shaming of the Sun.
I have been vocal on political topics in my blog in the past so I hope you will forgive me for the addition of these thoughts on the current situation.
I recently called for a rewriting of the US Constitution, call it version 2.0, updated for the modern times we inhabit, free of rules designed for Eighteenth century Agrarian America. Maybe version 1.1 would be more appropriate terminology.
I've also complained bitterly (to Mr. Obama, no less) when I thought the US was enacting xenophobic laws under his watch: HR-158, the so-called "Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015", a law that allows profiling of our own citizens when crossing the border - based on national origin - if you are from a Middle Eastern country. Never mind that each of the countries in the Middle East is a mishmash of Moslems, Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Atheists, Baha'is, and the adherents of a dozen other belief systems. Never mind that the region encompasses everything from Turks to Arabs to Persians to Armenians to a dozen other ethnicities. We now have a law on our books that legally permits profiling them as they enter the country, coming back from an international trip. Never mind that they have lived in this country for their entire adult lives (or perhaps even born here). Never mind that they are, by and large, hard working tax paying law abiding citizens. How do we end up with such laws on our books?
Replace Middle East with Italy or Ireland or Japan or China or India or any one of a dozen other world regions over the past two hundred years and you are guaranteed to find similar experiences by each of those ethnicities. If they weren't profiled at the border, they were rounded up into internment camps, they were used as indentured labor to build the country's infrastructure (first the one in the physical world and now the one in the virtual world), they were shunned and ostracized as outsiders. But every one of those ethnicities is now broadly accepted in America and has found a way to not just integrate with, but also to change, the culture of America for the better.
The Middle Easterners and Mexicans being vilified and discriminated against today are a resilient bunch. They are already merging with the rest of American society at a faster pace than previous ethnicities. The Japanese had it worse. The Irish had it worse. The Chinese had it worse. The African Americans had it worse. The list goes on. No one said it would be easy. But it's the only way forward.
But, meanwhile, what has this extreme shift to the right done with American politics? Is it any wonder that the republicans were emboldened by how far they could push partisan politics after passing this bill? Is it any wonder that the same congress bold enough to pass xenophobic laws would have no trouble holding up the nomination of a Supreme Court justice for an entire year? We can complain about Donald Trump all we want, but the problem is bigger than Trump.
So, to all those of you out there that are feeling dazed and confused right now, walking around asking yourselves "What just happened?", "How did I misunderstand America so much?", I have only this to offer. I know it feels like half the country just experienced the biggest whiplash of their lives. I know it feels like you were rushing headlong to meet the future only to be brought to a screeching halt by the other half of the country. I know it feels like you were sucker punched. I know you feel like you are following Alice down the rabbit hole. I know you are afraid of a dozen catastrophic scenarios. I am, too, but I think we will be alright.
Many times in the past, we have swung to extremes of left and right. I admit this one is more bizarre than any of the ones in the past but I blame the media and the internet for that. Most of our presidents, including the founding fathers, had sordid personal lives. Yet they managed, by and large, to move us forward as a country. We just didn't have the Internet and Wikileaks and Facebook and Twitter yet so we didn't get as clear a view of their personal lives and thoughts as we do now. I bet the next election will be even more contentious. And every election after that, too.
Please don't read my comments above as any kind of an endorsement for Donald Trump. I abhor everything the man stands for. And I bet most other Americans do, too. But, by concentrating on Trump, we are missing the point. We are personifying our complaints about "the other side" and ignoring the issues behind the vote, the whiplash to our progressive ideals expressed by half of America. Even more importantly, we whitewash the fact that we allowed this to happen. We created this. We, the people. These are our representatives in congress. We elected them. Even after all the petulant behavior, we just voted most of them back into office again!
Much will be written about massive external influences on this election cycle (Russia, FBI, lobbyists, dark money, social media, fake news, etc). But, once again, we are missing the point. We are blaming others for what we, as a people, have created. And we are the only ones who can fix it.
This may all seem like too much doom and gloom but, to be honest, I'm actually optimistic about the future of America. We are moving in the right direction - in the long run. We have become a more inclusive country, we are more prosperous, crime is down, the better angels of our nature are winning the war. The government of the people, by the people, will eventually do the right thing. Over the long term. But, for that to happen, we the people have to engage. We have to get out of our cocoons and participate in the process. Not just the process of electing the president once every four years, but also the process of governing our country on a day to day basis.
This picture is by far the most optimistic one I have seen in this election cycle:
Just remember that. We will take this country, kicking and screaming, into the future. The next four years will hopefully only be a bump on the road to progress.
If you are not happy with what is going on, then please engage. Here are few concrete things you can do:
- Sign this petition to support the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. As far as I can tell, it is the simplest, most obvious, way to get rid of the electoral system. And it doesn't even require approval from the federal government. I'm tired of arguing about why we should continue to use a system that was designed over two hundred years ago to favor slave holding states. I don't care that it helps better representation for smaller states. That logic makes perfect sense for enforcing adequate representation in congress - not for picking the President! Either we are all equal in the voting process or we are not. We can't claim one but practice the other. It may have been convenient historically but is no longer warranted in this day and age.
- Understand how gerrymandering works and work to outlaw the practice.
- Get involved for the next round of elections for congress. The clock is already ticking.
Finally, a personal note. I have lived in this country and prospered for almost forty years. I have been a citizen for over thirty of those years. I admit to having largely ignored politics during most of that time. I was too busy working, raising a family, and whatever else it is that normal people do. Mea culpa!
I voted this time. For the first time in my life. It mattered this time.
I voted for Hillary. But my vote didn't matter. I live in overwhelmingly blue California.
Simultaneously, and perhaps fortuitously, I've also been reading several books on US history, about the creation of the republic, and about the founding fathers. Believe me. They were no saints, either. But they rose above their petty personal differences because they believed in an ideal. The ideal that the government of the people, by the people, is the only just form of government. In the long run, I believe, they have proven themselves correct.
I have already lived through a monarchy turned dictatorship, I've lived through anarchy (before fleeing a theocracy), and I've lived in a democracy. I bet you won't have much trouble figuring out which one I prefer, in the long run.
Yes, maybe Bernie would have won. Maybe he could have won. But that's beside the point. We, the people, didn't vote for him. Besides, the result would be exactly the same as what we have today. Just reverse the two halves of the population and their reactions. And he would have been totally blocked by a republican congress.
So, instead of complaining, let's engage in the political discussion. I know the most obvious reaction is to clam up and say "not my president", "not my congress", "not my government"; but, right now that is the worst thing we could possibly do. Yes, it will take time away from other precious objectives but I think it is required of us. If we are serious about this government by the people thing, anyway.


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Friday, December 30, 2011
Michigan Hockey
LISTEN LIVE to the GLI Championship between Michigan and Michigan State. Mike Lewandowski and Andrew Goddeeris on the cal
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Michigan vs. Boston College GLI Semi-Final
Join Adam Brewster and Mike Lewandowski LIVE from the Joe for Michigan vs. Boston College for a trip to the Great Lakes Invitational Final.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
LIVE: Michigan Basketball v. Alabama A&M
LISTEN LIVE at noon as Michigan takes on Alabama A&M at Crisler.
Jeff Turner and Eitan Neumark on the call.
Jeff Turner and Eitan Neumark on the call.
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Friday, December 9, 2011
LIVE: Michigan hockey v. FYS
LISTEN LIVE as Michigan takes on Little Brother at 7:35 at Yost. Michigan looks to get back on track in CCHA play and derail an upstart FYS squad.
Michael Lewandowski and Andrew Goddeeris on the call.
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Listen LIVE
Basketball v. Iowa State
12:00 pm Saturday, December 3rd 2011
Basketball v. Iowa State
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San Jose Tickets
Details of San Jose and the Ticket Luck value
San Jose
San Jose, a city at the southern end of San Francisco Bay in Santa Clara County, California, is one of the largest cities in population in the United States. This city boasts a huge number of high Technology companies.
This is why it is also known as the Capital of Silicon Valley. San Jose has a booming economy and it has the highest median household income in the nation.
San Jose has plenty to keep a family busy and entertained. From museums to zoos, parks, hiking trails, picnic spots, sports, and festivals, life in San Jose is always happening and eventful.
Area, Population Growth and Climate
The city of San Jose covers a land area of 443.4 sq km. Its metropolitan region encompasses all of Santa Clara County, with a land area of 3,344.2 sq km.
The population of the city of San Jose has grown at a remarkable rate in recent years. Newcomers are attracted to the city because of its climate and economic opportunities, and the city has placed highly on national rankings of the best places to live. The population of San Jose increased from 628,283 in 1980 to 894,943 in 2000. In 2004, its population was estimated at 904,522.
San Jose takes pride in the cultural and ethnic diversity of its population. The Residents speak more than 56 different languages. The census bureau shows that there are 33% white, 32.1% Hispanic, 28% Asian and 2.8% African-American of the total population. San Jose has a mild climate throughout the year. The sun shines here for 300 days per year.
Education and Culture
Metropolitan San Jose is one of the most highly educated areas in the country. San Jose State University is the oldest public university in the state with 30,000 students and 4,000 employees. According to a census, more than half of the adults living in Silicon Valley hold a college degree.
There are prominent museums in the city which display the work of artists, few feature the technological marvels from Silicon Valley and others exhibit Victorian buildings and Egyptian artifacts. San Jose has a rich selection of performing arts, where famous theatres promote drama, dance and ballets. The city has numerous community festivals throughout the year, many celebrating ethnic themes.
With the automobile being the primary means of transport, there is an option of sleek light rail cars which link downtown to businesses and attractions, making it easier to navigate to and from the downtown. The city boasts of three interstate highways, expressways and a Caltrain (commuter rail between San Francisco and Gilroy) The Norman Y.Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is just three miles from downtown San Jose.
The San Jose metropolitan area is an economic powerhouse. It is the single most important high-technology center in the United States, specializing in aerospace and computer technology. It is estimated that the region contains one-half of the leading venture capital firms in the world.
Among the nations largest companies in the San Jose metropolitan region are Intel, the world leader in making microprocessors and headquartered in Santa Clara; Apple Computer, maker of computer hardware and software, in Cupertino; Hewlett-Packard, manufacturer of diverse electronic equipment, in Palo Alto; and Sun Microsystems, computer developer, in Mountain View.
Other major employers include the missiles and space division of Lockheed Martin, International Business Machines (IBM), and National Semiconductor. The San Jose area also continues to be an important agricultural region. It produces fruits, nuts, vegetables, and cut flowers. The many wineries in the area produce wines sold worldwide.
The Experience of San Jose
San Jose provides excellent opportunities of entertainment for families with its famous museums, parks and festivals. There are hundreds of ways to explore nature in San Jose. Adventurous visitors can bungee jump, hike fiery craters, scuba dive with sharks, and kayak through fierce currents. After a day full of adventure, you can relax and enjoy the unique hotels available in every part of this beautiful country.
Arts and Entertainment
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum has the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts (including mummies), Nile-invoking gardens, and a funky style, 70-year-old planetarium, which holds shows for children. The San Jose Museum of Art features special exhibitions on modern masterworks, especially for families with young children.
The History Park offers a historical perspective on San Jose, through guided tours on restored buildings of the city. Ballet San Jose is the center for the Performing Arts. Various main stage productions are shown that provide entertainment to little children. In addition to this, many seasonal events and festivals take place all year round, making life in San Jose colorful.
Outdoor Activities
San Jose has many parks providing great outdoor activities such as hiking, riding, watching wildlife and going for picnics. The largest of the many parks inside San Jose is Alum Rock Park, where hiking trails take you to the mountain foothills.Kelley Park, is a famous family park focused on providing children with a creative play area.
Almaden Lake Park is popular for its swimming beach on a lake. Among the beautiful public gardens in the city are the Municipal Rose Garden, with about 3,500 rose plants; the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, which emphasizes the history of rose cultivation; and the Overfelt Gardens is popular for its Chinese Cultural Garden.
Sizzling Shopping and Dining
San Jose is a great place for smart shopping and offers many good standard cuisines. The San Jose Flea Market covers 120 acres and is the largest open-air flea market in America, famous for reasonable bargains.The Downtown Farmer's Market at San Pedro Square displays colourful fruits and vegetables and you can savour a huge variety of delicacies here.
Santana Row has broader appeal, with some 70 shops, dozens of restaurants, spas, and a chic hotel, blended with luxury residences, attracting young and hip crowd. San Jose's dining scene offers a wide variety of cusines. The Downtown boasts everything from innovative cusines to junk food.
The Sporting Life
Sports help bring a sense of pride and spirit to a city, and San Jose boasts some of the region's most successful football and hockey teams.San Jose is home to many major league sporting events, such as the Amgen Tour of California.
Growth and Innovation
San Jose continues its focus on growth and innovation. The airport is a key link to the world's leading center for innovation and technology.This is why ongoing development takes place for expanding the airport and making it accessible from the downtown.
San Jose Downtown boasts more than 100 software companies, and citywide there are 6,600 technology companies. The city's redevelopment agency helps San Jose maintain its lead, investing more than $19 million in the emerging technology companies.
A Re-energized Downtown
Downtown is lively and livable, and home to everyone. Significant investments have been made on development projects in the urban areas. San Joseans value the importance of technology and education. This is why continous effort is put in the development of these areas.
San Jose is a great place whether, youre making a business trip, or have come for a weekend or a long vacation, the lively energy of San Jose will give you a break away experience. With great weather, and a wide choice of activities from amusement parks to interactive museums, San Jose offers something for everyone in your family to cherish for a long time to come.
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I set about learning all I could about entering sweeps and contests, and what it took to become a winner! I was determined to be a big winner myself! I won many, many small contests, but also some big ones.
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Two rare envelopes sent by author Charlotte Bronte to her life-long friend are expected to fetch up to £1,200 when they go under the hammer. The handwritten envelopes were addressed to Ellen Nussey in Leeds and would have contained letters. Bronte and Ms Nussey met at Roe Head School, near Mirfield, in 1831 aged 14 and 13 and they wrote to each other until the author's death in 1855.Both envelopes are to be sold at an auction in Wiltshire on Saturday. Written in brown ink, the first envelope has a Penny Red stamp and postmarked "Leeds Jan 30 1849" and "Barnsley Keighley and Haworth" with the remains of a black seal. Measuring 10cm by 6cm (4in by 2.4in) it bears a black mourning band to the border. Similarly, the second 11cm by 6cm (4.3in by 2.4in) envelope is also written in brown ink with a Penny Red stamp. It is postmarked "Leeds MR 31 1846" on the front and "Bradford and Haworth" on the reverse. A small printed scrap "Attend to Time" on the reverse has been affixed by Bronte.
"Anything related to Charlotte is desirable but to have a pair of covers written by her to her closet friend offers an incredible opportunity to a collector or museum." The pair exchanged hundreds of letters during their friendship, 350 of those Bronte penned to Ms Nussey were used by Elizabeth Gaskell as the basis to write her 1857 biography The Life Of Charlotte Bronte. Bronte rejected a marriage proposal by Ms Nussey's brother, Henry. Her friend later went on to witness the author's wedding to her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. bbc/news/uk-england-leeds


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Experience the most vibrant,amazing yet unpredictable strip of land on earth.
JERUSALEM-the 50 sites you may overlook
In a historic and religious city like Jerusalem there is so much to see no matter how much you tour. When time is a limiting factor, even the most efficient tour guides have to compromise while deciding what to incorporate in the itinerary. Although it depends on the interest of the individual visitor as well, there is still a huge must-see-list in Jerusalem that cannot be avoided. At every stop so much information is thrown on a visitor that sometimes s/he tends to forget the details after leaving the place.
I remember when I first visited the Church of Holy Sepulcher, it appeared to me more like a small museum than a church. I was virtually clueless inside a dark and dull overcrowded massive complex of more than 25 chapels with several curious artifacts and antiques scattered under some dusky arches and dingy columns. It took me at least three visits with a proper map in hand to understand the Church complex. A normal visitor for instance would be satisfied with Golgotha, the 'Stone of Unction' and the 'Holy Sepulcher', but the oldest part of the complex, viz. the first century tombs inside the Syrian Orthodox Chapel could be easily missed.
In the upcoming posts I plan to upload 50 such sites from Jerusalem that I believe can be easily overlooked or go unnoticed by an average visitor. I am incorporating the following sites from my previous visits, again with no specific order of importance. I am sure that a serious traveler who loves history, traditions and the Bible has noticed or been to most of them.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
43) Remains of the Broad Wall or Hezekiah's Wall (8th Century BC), Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem. It was built by King Hezekiah of Judah (715-686 BC) to defend Jerusalem against the Assyrian King Sennacherib's (705-681) invasion in 701 BC. 'Broad Wall' is one of the few remnants of Jerusalem left from the First Temple Period. The wall appears in the Scripture in Nehemiah 3:8 and Isaiah 22:9-10. The width of the base of the wall is about 23 feet!
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
42) Greek Orthodox 'Monastery of the Cross', Nayot, Jerusalem. Legend has it the burial site of Adam's head from which grew the triplet tree (pine-cypress-cedar) that later supplied the wood to Christ's cross! The monastery has foundations from Byzantine era (5th century AD). See the legend explained in the first photograph.
Monastery of the Cross
Ancient mosiacs in the Church
Frescoes and paintings inside the Church (Originals from 13th Century)


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Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark opinion in the case of Florida v. Harris (2013), holding that an alert by a dog trained to detect drugs is valid and sufficient to establish probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of an automobile.
This issue was originally addressed by the Florida Supreme Court in Harris v. State (2011). In Harris, a Florida canine police officer conducted a traffic stop of the defendant's truck for having an expired tag. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer observed that the defendant was shaking, breathing rapidly, and could not sit still.
The officer requested the defendant consent to a search of the vehicle, but the defendant refused. The officer then deployed his drug-sniffing dog. The canine alerted to the door handle of the driver's side of the vehicle during a "free air sniff" of the exterior of the truck. Upon searching the vehicle the officer found various chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.
The defendant was charged with possession of the chemical pseudoephedrine with intent to use it to manufacture methamphetamine and filed a motion to suppress the evidence seized during the search of the vehicle. The trial court denied the motion to suppress and, on appeal, the appellate court affirmed.
The Florida Supreme Court later overturned the appellate court's decision opining, "[T]hat evidence that the dog has been trained and certified to detect narcotics, standing alone, is not sufficient to establish the dog's reliability for purposes of determining probable cause — especially since training and certification in this state are not standardized and thus each training and certification program may differ with no meaningful way to assess them."
In reversing the Florida Supreme Court's decision, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the state does not have to show that a drug dog is reliable, rather, the defense must prove that the canine is unreliable through expert testimony or other evidence challenging the training or methods used by police.
Writing for a unanimous Court, Justice Elena Kagan wrote: "Requiring the State to introduce comprehensive documentation of the dog's prior hits and misses in the field, and holding that absent field records will preclude a finding of probable cause no matter how much other proof the State offers, is the antithesis of a totality-of-the-circumstances approach."
The Supreme Court's decision in this case has significant implications for criminal defendants seeking to challenge warrantless vehicle searches based upon canine drug-sniffs. Although the Supreme Court has previously held that police may utilize drug dogs during traffic stops and also that police may search cars without a warrant when they have determined there is probable cause to do so, it has never before gone so far as to proclaim that a canine's alert alone is sufficient to establish probable cause to search.
The criminal defense attorneys of Brassel Alexander, LLC have extensive experience defending the Constitutional rights of individuals that have been charged with a crime. If you or someone you know has been charged with a crime in Maryland, contact the attorneys of Brassel Alexander, LLC today.


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Fuel Rebate Program
Move your aircraft to KEXX and take advantage of the Triad's most competitive fuel prices and a new fuel rebate program.
T-Hangars from $200/month
Corporate hangars (60 X 60) from $1100/month
Contact us for a complete proposal and tour
(336) 956-7774 or firstname.lastname@example.com
DAVIDSON COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY, (herein referred to as
"DCAA") is offering a fuel rebate program to aircraft owners who are tenants at its
1.Rebate program will be applicable to the actual purchase of fuel at the DCAA facility on a plane by plane basis not on purchases attributable on a fleet basis.
2.Location of the Aircraft: To be eligible, the aircraft must be housed in a DCAAlCounty Hangar. In addition, the plane should have been listed as a taxable asset of the owner in Davidson County for property tax purposes.
3. Terms and Conditions:
a) The discount fuel program will not apply to prepaid fuel. When the customer uses the prepaid fuel balance to purchase fuel, the amount of gallons purchased would then apply.
b) Fuel discount applies to fuel that is purchased from the FBO or that the aircraft owner/operator purchases and stores in the airport fuel farm and that the FBO pumps with an into plane fee.
c) Fuel discount applies to customers under a buyback fuel program or a contract fuel program with Shell.
d) Fuel discount is applied to a specific N # registration; however, if a customer operates a fleet of aircraft any gallons that are left over may be applied to the next smaller (weight) aircraft.
e) The gallons tracked apply to the calendar year and cannot be rolled over to the following year.
4. Rebate Calculation: The fuel consumption will be calculated and tracked by the DCAA fixed base operator and reported to DCAA by January 31, 2019 for determination of the fuel cost rebate pursuant to the follOwing provisions:
a) The rebate amount will be partially based on the tax value of the individual airplane. DCAA will offer a maximum rebate equal to .0030 of the tax value of the airplane. This is the maximum or cap that the aircraft owner can receive. (For example an airplane with a tax value of $2,000,000 could get a maximum rebate of $6,000 if it meets the highest level of volume criteria as described below).
b) Finally the percentage of the maximum amount of rebate received by the owner will be determined by the volume of fuel purchased from the fixed base operator at DCAA for the airplane. (Le. 12,000 gallons or more qualifies for 100% of the discount, 9000 gallons or more qualifies for 75% of the discount, 6000 gallons or more qualifies for 50% of the rebate and 3000 gallons or more qualifies for 25% of the discount).
c) The rebate will be paid to the Aircraft owner if he or she is current with on all property tax obligations to Lexington and Davidson County) on March 1, 2019.
5. Accounting Period and Payment Dates:
a) The accounting period for fuel purchases to determine the rebate will run from January 1,2018 to December 31,2018.
b.) DCAA will submit a statement of aircraft owners that qualify for the rebate to the COUNTY Finance Department and CITY Finance Department for payment by February 11, 2019 who will then forward DCAA the money to be distributed to the airplane owner.
6. Duration: The duration of this program is two (2) years from January 1, 2018; however, it will be reviewed by COUNTY and CITY in September 2019 to evaluate the success of the rebate program. DCAA will provide the report to the COUNTY and CITY. DCAA, pursuant to the direction of COUNTY and CITY, shall have the right to terminate or extend this program after two (2) years. If the program is terminated, the last rebate will be paid on March 1, 2020. Participants will be informed of termination of the program by November 30, 2019.
Full Rebate Program and Guidelines Below: (PDFs open in new tab)
Guidelines – Fuel Rebate Program 2017:2018


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Setting standards from the American SONGBOOK with memories of adult standards in the middle of the road music radio format. Many vocalists of the 1950's through 1970's on our radio stream...Popular vocal ballads, standards by SINATRA, COMO, FITZGERALD, TONY BENNETT, DORIS DAY, PEGGY LEE, DINAH SHORE, ANDY WILLIAMS, JACK JONES, JOHNNY MATHIS, RAY CONNIFF, STREISAND, NAT COLE, DAMONE, R CLOONEY, TORME, GORME, STEVE LAWRENCE, J LONDON, JO STAFFORD, CARPENTERS.
Ed Ames
The Ames Brothers were first signed on with Decca Records in 1948, but because of the Musician Union's ban, their records from Decca were never released. They signed on with another label, Coral Records, a subsidiary of Decca. They had their first major hit in the 1950s with the double-sided "Ragg Mopp" and "Sentimental Me." The Brothers joined RCA Victor records and continued to have success throughout the 50s with many hits like "It Only Hurts For a Little While," "You, You, You" and "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane." The brothers made appearances regularly on variety shows, and for a short period of time had their own 15 minute variety show in 1955. Ames recorded under the name "Eddie Ames" while still with the Ames Brothers, releasing the single "Bean Song (Which Way To Boston?)" in 1957. During the 1960s, Ames returned to singing, this time as a solo artist. He released his first RCA Victor chart single, "Try to Remember," in 1965. The song barely made the charts. A bigger success came in 1967 with "My Cup Runneth Over." The song was both a Pop hit and an Adult Contemporary hit. He had less success on the Pop charts soon after, and only had Adult Contemporary hits with "When the Snow Is On the Roses," "Time Time", "Pete Raids", and "Timeless Love". He did make the Pop Top Twenty one last time in his singing career with the song "Who Will Answer" in 1968. Ames's distinctive baritone is a regular radio presence during Christmas season, too, thanks to his version of "Do You Hear What I Hear?" Written originally in response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the song received its best-selling treatment from Bing Crosby in 1962, but Ames' version, recorded a few years later, is in frequent holiday rotation.
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History of Gavilan College
Gavilan College was originally established in 1919 as San Benito County Junior College. It operated under this title until 1963, when a new community college district was drawn that included both San Benito and southern Santa Clara Counties. Successful passage of a local bond in 1966 provided the needed funds to construct the present campus at Santa Teresa Boulevard in Gilroy.
The Gavilan Joint Community College District is comprised of 2,700 square miles encompassing southern Santa Clara and most of San Benito County.
In the spring of 1997, instructional sites were added in Hollister and Morgan Hill to augment offerings on the main campus.
With the passage of the Measure E facilities bond in 2004, Gavilan College is prepared to upgrade the existing campus, and prepare for the students of the future with permanent locations in Coyote Valley and San Benito County. The next few years will see improvements in institutional and classroom technology, expanded online services, and improvements in safety, accessibility, and lighting.


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Straight from their own Fingertips and in Loving Unity from this Keyboard..
Washington, DC - At 5:00 AM, ADAPT activists took over the plaza in front of the massive headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). ADAPT quickly set up tents and other structures to house activists for the remainder of the action. The action's focus is all about the need for accessible, affordable, integrated housing.
ADAPT simultaneously launched a website for the action, nicknamed Operation DUH. The website can be viewed at www.duhcity.org . ADAPT's Housing Platform can be viewed at:
To make this action as effective as possible, ADAPT needs your help! Contact your Congress person and tell the to endorse ADAPT's Housing platform! Let them know that people with disabilities face a housing crisis that forces hundreds of thousands into institutions or other dangerous living conditions. Tell them to meet with ADAPT at DUH City!
Also, contact the Presidential Campaigns! Tell Senator Obama and Senator McCain that they need to endorse ADAPT's housing platform and solve the housing crisis for people with disabilities.
Chris Hilderbrant
Rochester ADAPT
In reference to ADAPT's request for everyone to contact their Congress men and women, the following will help get you there:
- United States Senators :: In addition to both listing all U.S. Senators on this webpage along with a couple of options for narrowing our searches, Senate.gov additionally provides a search engine with a state drop down list at the top righthand corner of each page..
- Contact your U.S. State Representatives :: The U.S. House of Representatives website offers the aforementioned contact webpage along with this Member Listing by state.. They do not immediately appear to offer that same nifty quick reference search feature at the top of their own website.. They do, however, offer a clickable visual map of the United States which is a nice accessibility touch for those of us with cognitive disabilities..
Quickie Observation :: The Senate.gov website loaded fairly easily via my crappy Internet service provider.. The House.gov one, on the other hand, phew, not so much.. Need to work on that, Fellas.. People who don't have money Vote, too.. :wink:
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This application can generate playlist for RockBox from the Smart Playlists and Normal Playlist in a iPod.
This is not a problem when you are playing the playlist, because rockbox reads the metadata (ID3 tag) of the music files and shows the correct artist and song name. But when you are exploring the playlist content, you aren't able to know the real song names... the only thing you see is:
But that issue have a solution. There is a M3U Extended Format that stores the length of the song and the title and artist name. A description of Extended M3U can be found here.
iPod/iTunes to RockBox Playlist Converter creates the playlists in this extended format, but RockBox still needs to understand the M3U Extended Format and show the names correctly. Fortunately there is a patch made by Xinlu Huang that does exactly that. I hope that that patch be accepted soon and integrated in to the code of RockBox. The patch is FS#7652
Update 5th april 2009: Now you can download custom builds for Rockbox with the patch!!
The iPod must be connected before executing the program, because the first thing it does, is to try to detect an iPod connected.
Hope it can help you and if you use it i'll be glad to receive some feedback. If you want source code just mail me.
1.01 - 9 february 2008
- this characters : \ / | * ? < > " are not compatible with the filesystem, so now it's replaced by underscore (_) if is present in the playlist filename.
- Added a link to webpage.
- Initial release.


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Week 10 Journal Prompt
Many of our everyday choices and behaviors affect the livelihoods of people in the developing world, though we may not realize the connection. Consider whether you engage in any of the following behaviors/practices, then watch the video to understand how this activity is tied to development:
- Coffee drinking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYl69VstPw
- Buying jewelry with diamonds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eThlmx7w9r0
- Buying gold jewelry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbNAtWHhXq4
- Using (and then disposing of) digital devices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkpBcFDjk7Y
- Eating chocolate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD85fPzLUjo&playnext=1&list=PLOA_8QHMLBOFAQ8KZWLT2NI40NASFCAMA
- Buying some types of inexpensive clothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxppEs_z3Tg
(If you do not participate in any of these activities, let me know and I will help you identify one of your daily behaviors that is tied to livelihoods in developing countries.)
In your journal entry, post the video that you watched and then respond to these questions with 1–3 paragraphs per question (thus 4–12 paragraphs total):
1) Were you aware of the problems documented in the video?
2) Will you change your behavior as a result of the video? Why or why not?
3) As a society, how might we address the problems documented in the video?
4) How likely is it that, as a society, we will take the steps you identified in (3)? Note the factors which may facilitate or impede our efforts in addresses these problems.
Louie's Week 10 Journal Entry
The video I chose to watch was on the fire in the Bangladeshi clothing factory:
1.) Yes and no, I was only slightly aware of the problem presented in the video. Everyone often hears about the deplorable labor conditions in clothing sweat shops in parts of the world, especially in Asia. But the image that activists use the most to really stir people's emotions are small children sitting at looms for long hours each day. The side not mentioned as frequently, as shown in this video, are the adults who also rely on these cheap cloth manufacturing operations for their own livelihood. And because countries wish for foreign textile companies to come to their nations to open production facilities, they have to do things such as have lax safety codes to make it appear more desirable.
For instance, the fire codes in Bangladesh. When the fire alarms first went off, the managers told their workers to get back to work. That is, until fire swept through the building and hundreds were kept from escaping. From the older appearance of the outside of the building that was burned and the destruction the fire left on the inside, one can infer the building lacked a sprinkler system. Also mentioned by the news correspondent was that most of the fire exits in the building were blocked. I had no idea that such "race to the bottom" tactics existed to such a degree.
2.) Changing my behavior as a result of watching this video is definitely something I want to do, but is easier said than done. The bulk of the clothes I have purchased over the past few years have come from Goodwill and other various thrift shops, for the main reason that they are cheap and are being reused. Of course, at one point in time, most of these clothes I'm sure came from stores mentioned in the video that have at one point in time manufactured clothing in Bangladesh (Wal-mart, J.C. Penny). I have purchased a few "organic cotton", "made in the USA" t-shirts over the past few years, but those make up such a small percentage of my wardrobe they are hardly noteworthy.
Even though I already don't buy clothes from department stores such as though, it is for money reasons mostly, not entirely for ethical purposes. However after having seen this, a lot more thought will go into my future purposes. Namely my online ones. Most of the clothes I do purchase new come from online websites where they are on sale, and I'm sure a good majority of those also come from factories with conditions similar to the one featured in Bangladesh.
3.) As a society, there are many things we can do to address the problems presented in this video. Foremost, education of the general public is key. Most people I would think do not even consider where the clothes they are purchasing were produced, only if it looks good, is affordable, etc. An example of this is the Wake up Wal-mart campaign that often has television commercials about Wal-Mart obtaining a large percentage of their goods to sell in stores in countries like China. Also, to truly address the problem of textile and clothing manufacturing in developing nations, we have to take a step back and look at our values as a society. The uncomfortable topics, such as labor conditions in part of the world, we either put on the back burner or completely ignore because we feel we do not have the power to stop it. It is this heightened state of apathy that has led to such things going on for as long as they have, with not much being done. Our government by definition has to listen to the will of the people, but if the only people trying to usher in change are in the minority, things will never change.
4.) How likely is it that society will take the steps to change? Not very in my opinion if things continue as they have in recent decades. One major reason these clothes are cheap is the fact that they are produced in developing countries where the regulations on industry are less stringent in hopes more industry will propagate. If the public took a stance against such business practices, perhaps industry would be less motivated by money and move production back to developed nations to help bolster local economies. But I'm sure it'll be a cold day in Hell when a multi-billion corporation changes its practices to in fact make less money.
Another factor needed for the winds of change to blow is global cooperation. Whether it be sanctions for allowing such factory conditions in the first place, or even requiring companies to have some sort of honor code where if they know the factories their goods are being produced, they are required to pull out from said factories and move elsewhere. Of course, that would have great impacts on developing nations' economies who are only playing catch up to their western brethren, and the global community has to be a little understanding. One hundred some odd years ago, similar situations existed in the US and England as they were first beginning to industrialize.
Work Cited:
Global National, "The true cost of cheap clothing," uploaded November 28, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxppEs_z3Tg.
Robbie's Week 10 Journal Entry
Eating Chocolate
1) Were you aware of the problems documented in the video?
No, I wasn't aware of these problems! Thank you for this introduction to how chocolate is produced. I had no idea even that chocolate came from a tree.
2) Will you change your behavior as a result of the video? Why or why not?
Of course I'll be changing my behavior as a result of this video. It isn't that big a test for me as I don't have much of a sweet tooth but it's still something to aspire to. I'm a firm believer that with knowledge comes responsibility. Otherwise, what's the point of knowing these things about the world? I'm limited as an individual on what I'm able to accomplish. My best tool available to me is to vote with my dollar. It isn't going to save the world but I, as an individual, won't be participating in a system that exploits children.
3) As a society, how might we address the problems documented in the video?
There are a number of things that we can do as a society. Boycotting these superfluous calories until there is real change in the way that chocolate is produced is one way. Signing petitions and writing letters to the companies involved as well as our representatives in government, letting them know that this is an issue that we are interested in is another avenue.
Maybe even charter travel agencies to set up transportation and a work-study so that we, as first-worlders, can see and work the very same places where chocolate is produced. This will make it very real for the people that visit and work long hours in the hot sun - doing things that they wouldn't do so that they can buy the same product they consume perhaps on a daily basis. A first-hand experience has the biggest effect on people.
4) How likely is it that, as a society, we will take the steps you identified in (3)?
It is highly unlikely that any of those things will ever happen. It was fun to dabble in fantasy though. People do care about these issues. But do not care enough to do anything about these things. There's plenty of problems in their own neighborhood which they don't care enough to do anything about so why would they care enough to do something for people they will never meet an ocean away?
I'd say that there are thousands of factors and reasons (justifications) that impede society's ability to deal with these kinds of issues. I'm going to focus on what I feel is the root of the issue and that is the way that society determines esteem. There are two kinds of people in the world - those that determine that esteem is earned through what you can do for yourself and those that determine that esteem is earned through what you do for others.
The dominant way esteem is determined in the world today is how much you do for yourself. "Go and make something of yourself," we're told. Everyone is out for his or herself because very few others are out there looking out for that individual. We consider someone successful if they have a nice house, nice car, can go on extravagant vacations, and maybe they're philanthropic to some degree but, that last point is not required. I would say that Ayn Rand summed it up nicely when she called selfishness a virtue. And in a point of view from merely our society, one has to agree with her.
The flip side of this is building esteem through actions which benefit other individuals. I would have to say that this would closely be associated with tribalism or band-level people. An example to start this off would be how hunts are done by some tribes. Whomever makes the kill 'owns' the animal. But not in the sense that you and I 'own' something. They own it in the sense that it is their right to give it away. And it is that very 'right to give away' which separates the 'civilized' from the 'savages'. If they give away the choicest cuts of the animal they've killed, rather than keep it for their own consumption, they're held in high regard.
Another example that can be used is how people of the Adena culture right here in Ohio would leave elaborate, highly sought after items in the grave of someone that was important to them. Archaeologists used to believe that the person buried must have been rich since they were buried with so many items. But when archaeologists finally began talking to Native Americans still living on reservations and still practicing their same religions and burying their dead in the same way that archaeologists were finding in areas that those tribes used to live before being forcibly removed, they saw the bereaved leaving beautiful and expensive items in the grave for the individual who passed.
With those examples in mind, I hope it is easier to imagine what a world of difference a mere change in esteem can affect an entire society's mindset. Individuals work for what is best for the group because it is what works best for everyone since there is a real dependence upon the group for the survival of all. With focus on individual accomplishments at the expense of all others, you have the type of society we live in presently.
Lastly, I do not see any hope for this society to change its ways, voluntarily, prescriptively, or through any other means of choice. For the entire world to change its mindset collectively, reframing and re-meme-ing is something beyond the capacity of voluntary will. A system of education would have to be in place which would have to be holistic - what good is it being in a classroom, being taught about the right thing when every other medium you connect with tells one otherwise.
Kendall's Week 10 Journal Entry
Chocolate and the Kids
1. For this issue, I was actually not aware of this problem. I think it's one of those things where you take it for granted that it's readily available in stores. Every time I go to buy chocolate from a vending machine, I'm definitely not thinking about where the chocolate comes from. When I first saw this issue, I tried to think about problems that it could be, before I even watched the video, and this hardly occurred to me. Obviously I was naiive and just thought, "oh it's a well known candy so if there were any problems, it would be on my Twitter feed". But that's hardly the case, as the video suggests. 60 percent of the world's cocoa beans are found in those small, remote locations, so obviously big names of chocolate are going to be eating there. I wasn't aware of this problem, I'm aware that some kids in developing countries are often taken and forced into military service, but to force them to harvest cocoa was a complete shock. I think as an uninformed American, I just assumed that there were plenty of people over there who would love to work that so they can have money, but I was very wrong.
2. It's hard to say I can make a huge change that'll greatly affect my self esteem and make the world okay, but I don't know. I'm not a huge consumer of chocolate, I spend a few bucks every month on it when I'm snacking in between classes, so me not buying chocolate in protest would be kind of silly because it won't have an impact. What I can do is research. I may not be able to lead a huge protest to free these kids, but the very least I can/will do is look up the different companies I buy candy off of and see where there chocolate comes from. A well to do company of chocolate will certainly be aware of this issue, and will be very forthcoming if they are not involved in these types of trafficking situations. Becoming informed is the very least and the very most I can do at this stage in my life, as I have no resources to fight this and I already spend less money on chocolate but I think I owe it to those kids to at least, buy from companies that don't partake in this.
3. As a person, you almost want to say take the military and save the day by just raising hell over there and freeing these kids, but realistically the government cannot do that. First off the society should be informed. We see viral videos of trafficked kids in Kony's military, we need to expand that, then we need to see video of people going over there and doing something. We need options of what to do presented to us. Can I sign up for a task force or something? Can we investigate these chocolate companies, check their imports and question them extensively about it? I think the only way something gets done is for society to get mad. Public opinion these days is a major factor in agenda setting. This issue will probably never be on equal terms with top issues, but at the least we should massively inform society and let society be the cause of what happens next.
4. It is not likely that society will be informed, or presented with this issue, thus it is likely that nothing will be done about it. I think there are so many personal issues that the American public is dealing with that will seemingly trump this issue. It is hard for the public to be able to care about being informed, about a problem happening far away, if they're still worried if their checks will cover their own bills. I think the agenda on our hands right now is the biggest obstacle. There are so many domestic issues that it's hard for society to know this problem, much less fix it.
Will's Week 10 Journal Entry
The Magic Elixir
As soon as I saw that one option for this week was writing about coffee, I knew it had to be done. I am relatively new to the substance, but it is one of my very favorite things. I can count the days on one hand when I have come into EVST without that magical drink. I must say that I am a black, unsweetened coffee man, so there will be as little discussion about foamy drinks as possible. I am writing this introduction before watching the video, so now I'm a little nervous that drinking what my dad calls the "Magic Elixir" will seem cruel. We shall see.
1) Were you aware of the problems documented in the video?
I was actually aware of the growing movement towards fair trade practices in the coffee world, but I didn't know much about the conditions and volatility that existed before that. I found out about Fair Trade during my freshman year at Curry College, where the students put together a petition that the school not serve coffee in the cafeteria unless it was Fair Trade certified. Luckily, the school only has 1500 students, and things can get done quickly. The president made it a rule that all coffee served on campus must be certified as Fair Trade, and there was much rejoicing. I had heard of Fair Trade in passing, but that's when I wanted to learn more about it. I read a little about the issues in Colombia in unrelated situations, and I became pretty familiar with FARC and other groups, but the issues with the crop spraying were new to me.
2) Will you change your behavior as a result of the video? Why or why not?
2) Will you change your behavior as a result of the video? Why or why not?
I believe I will be more wary of where my coffee comes from, and I will always be looking for that little logo that means that the genuinely appreciative farmers around the world are getting their due. As a New Englander, I don't know if I can totally forego Dunkin' Donuts, but I certainly hope that they are (or will soon be) on the correct side of this discussion. It would be very easy to simply ignore where the Magic Elixir comes from, but this video really puts a face to the process of actually caring about the work.
3) As a society, how might we address the problems documented in the video?
3) As a society, how might we address the problems documented in the video?
Since Fair Trade is a good system that addresses a major problem in itself, incremental increases in the floor price would be beneficial to the farmers. As the price of a latte goes from $6 to $7.50, the price that Fair Trade does not dip below goes from $0.07 to $0.075, for example. Incentives for large coffee distributers to get on board with this would be a good idea as well. Also, avoiding places that do not have the seal of Fair Trade, and being willing to pay just a little bit more for the really good stuff would be important changes. Allowing more transparency as to the process of where a cup of coffee comes from would add unseen value for customers, and they may be more willing to change their approaches if they could see the face of a farmer.
4) How likely is it that, as a society, we will take the steps you identified in (3)? Note the factors which may facilitate or impede our efforts in addresses these problems.
4) How likely is it that, as a society, we will take the steps you identified in (3)? Note the factors which may facilitate or impede our efforts in addresses these problems.
As noted above, a problem in the way of total commitment to Fair Trade is the insatiable appetite for something cheaper. If a cup of coffee from Speedee is cheaper than Starbucks, more people will go for the monetary value as opposed to the societal value. Resistance to raising the pay floor would be another impediment, because companies are willing to pay a premium for the product, but as that premium goes up, that good will tends to diminish. As much as most people would like to see whole-hearted embrace of Fair Trade practices, it will be very hard to convince/educate the wider public who can't be bothered with something happening in Colombia, because it's not next door.
Coffee is a magical drink, and this video just affirmed its mystique to me. As much as I think that Starbucks is committing highway robbery when they charge me $1.25 to fill my Thermos, I can see where the extra money goes. In the developed world, an automated machine would shake the coffee tree and the "cherries" would fall out and get demolished and there would be many just lost in the process, but this is much more personal. I said in my preface that I was hoping I wouldn't feel horribly guilty about drinking coffee after watching the video, and I had the exact opposite feeling. Instead of being concerned about those extra pennies I pay at the register coming out of my wallet, I can rest assured that they are going to the proper place.


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Some friends of ours hosted a dog trial last weekend, it's the third year they've done it and the first that I made it to. I've never been to one so it was fun,went with Carol who has dabbled in sheep dog trials. Can see how a person would want to start doing it as I kept thinking "well Jill could do that" Of course she could at home but could she do it there? There will be two more in the area this summer so will try to go watch them too. Also a trainer I know is giving a clinic in LaGrande in June so may try to go that too. You can always learn something!
Gcreek, do you know or know of Richard Marten? Guess he's from Vanderhoof. I talked to him for a minute but didn't get to ask him if knew you.


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And the truck feels amazingly sharp on the road, based on a strong dynamic former ammunition. Some of the lightness of the foot is due to the actual lightness, with Chevrolet lifting about 450 pounds of Silverado compared to the finished truck, depending on the model. 88 lbs of frame and 88 lbs of body were removed, a reduction achieved with varying thickness of high strength steel and on certain aluminum panels. There is no hopper and bounce associated once driving an unopened pickup. Finally, Chevy's steering column is installed at the end of the driver, years after the corners slightly to the left. With a perfect fit for a vehicle of this size, the wheel responds smoothly and accurately to its introduction and feels a little heavier in the new Silverado driving mode. We felt that the speed of a 5.3 liter liter of Silverado was often slow when climbing a hill in a gorgeous part, but otherwise faded into the background.
In the foreground, the optional 2019 chevy silverado seats have a lot of lower back support and lateral support. A seat pad is a contact company, however. The rear seat is relatively flat and well padded as well, which means it may be uncomfortable on long journeys. But the ride comfort is excellent.
The new 2019 chevy silverado interior looks less like a redesign and looks like an update. The buttons were reorganized in an attractive way, but the four-wheel controls and terrain management were moved to the left of the wheel, where they felt less intuitive.
Even when driving on the winding mountain roads, it was easy to forget how big the truck was, both inside and outside. The width of the bed is seven inches wider than the model in the model last year, while the wheelbase in the cabin crew is 4 inches longer, and the total length of about 1.6 inches, and the truck 1.2 inches wider. There is also legroom over 2.5 inches in the rear seats, and a 2-inch lift elevator is available from the factory. Large volumes of internal storage include the usual center console compartment as well as rear seat bottom compartments and rear seats.
2019 chevy silverado will launch with a familiar array of engines, including a standard 28-horsepower 4.3-liter V-6 engine, coupled with a six-speed automatic transmission. Selectable transport cases are available, depending on the parts, some of which include the total payment mode. The V-8 features a 355-horsepower 5.3-liter engine with an eight-speed automatic transmission with a 6.2-liter V-8 engine for each engine and a 10-speed automatic transmission, a set of transmission sets. Innovation takes the form of a new dynamic fuel management system (DFM) from Chevy, available on both V-8s. Chevrolet and SUV customers will learn about the company's active fuel management, which allows the V-8 engines to operate with four cylinders only when the loads are light to save fuel. DFM takes the idea further, allowing any of the eight Silverado pots to work with a few cylinders, depending on the driver's request for torque. Following the launch this autumn, the new full-bodied 310-horsepower 2.7-liter 310-horsepower Silverado will come with a 3.0-liter diesel engine.
The Silverado 2019 will be available in eight parts, with V-8 models coming from the passenger compartment to many first car dealerships. Chevrolet has spent huge sums of money to develop new technology and manufacturing procedures for this truck, showing efforts. This truck is so manageable and useful that it can be a logical step from a medium-sized crossover, something that Chevrolet's bean chargers must carefully wear with the huge profit margins of full-size pickup trucks. The price of the Silverado 2019 starts at $ 33,695.
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We will be featuring tiny holiday projects every day until Christmas! This is the December 6 project. Check back tomorrow for another adorable idea.
One of the first things I do in December is get out all of our Christmas records so we can get into the holiday spirit with some of the Oldies. Why not print out and assemble some tiny dollhouse albums for your little holiday revelers?
We made our records out of a black vinyl folder, using a one-inch circle punch. Make a tiny hole in the center, add on a small circle label and you are all set. I include some blank records with the template so you can make your own. Simply find album art you want and shrink it down so that it fits in the box. Or draw your own covers!


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I came back from a shopping trip with a ton of veggies....it was a chilly, rainy day and I was in the mood for making soup.
After making the minestrone, I had a few leftover ingredients and started brainstorming what to do with them. I decided on sloppy joes....because (a) I bought some ground meat on sale, (b) it gave me a reason to try one of my spice blends and (c) I just love sloppy joes.
As seems to be the requirement for blog recipe posts, here is the requisite photo of ingredients:
ground meat (my package was just over a pound)
orange bell pepper (you could use any color)
tomato paste
can of crushed tomatoes (about 15 oz.)
dry red wine
worcestershire sauce
broth or stock (beef or veggie)
seasonings (more about that later)
A few things I've used in the past but weren't in this recipe...
My first step was to chop the veggies. This is always my favorite step. I have a crazy love for chopping. If I ever decide to take on a second job, it will probably be as a sous chef. :)
First, I chopped the onions. And took a break halfway to wipe the tears from my eyes (and take this picture). If you have any suggestion for how to cut an onion without tearing up, do share!
Next was the garlic. Which, if you read my last post, is another one of my loves.
I grated a few cloves. Don't forget to scrape the back of the grater!
For the bell pepper, I learned a new method of chopping it to waste less.
First, you chop off the top and bottom. Then you cut out the middle ribs/seeds. That way you can chop all of it without throwing away any of it with the stem/ribs!
After chopping the top and bottom, slice the middle section into thin strips. Turn these and dice to the desired size. I chopped mine pretty small for this recipe, to match the size of the onions.
Drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil in a pan, and add the ground meat.
Brown up the meat, and depending on what kind of meat you use, you may need to drain the extra fat.
I learned this great trick on Pinterest for draining fat with an easy clean up. Line a bowl with some foil, and pour the fat into the foil. Once it hardens, all you need to do is take the foil out and throw it away!
Add the chopped veggies to the meat, and saute up a little while (I added another drizzle of oil).
I buy my tomato paste in a tube when I know I won't be using an entire can. I just squirted about 2 tablespoons of tomato paste into the pan and stirred it up until it was fragrant.
Next, I poured about a half cup of dry red wine in the mixture and cooked it out for a minute.
Next, a little worcestershire sauce...
And then the spice mix. I started with a heaping teaspoon of it.
This mix has a ton of fantastic flavor: garlic salt, onion granules, minced garlic, chili powder, jalapeno powder, cilantro, cumin, lime powder, and tomato powder.
(I added another half teaspoon-full of it later....it needed an extra kick!)
Finally, to give it that "sloppy" consistency, I added a can of crushed tomatoes.
I also added about a cup of veggie broth I had leftover from last night's soup. To make sure I had every last bit out of the can of tomatoes, I "rinsed" out the can with the broth. No picture of this....sorry. I did take a picture of how sloppy it looked after all the ingredients were added:
Leave this simmering on the stove for as long as you want-- basically, until the consistency is what you want it to be. This is what mine looked like when I was ready to eat.
(Oh, and I did add a few squirts of mustard and ketchup at one point. I just couldn't resist adding a couple more ingredients!)
After toasting up a couple hamburger buns, I topped my bun with some sloppy goodness.
And just couldn't help myself.....a little shredded mozzarella was necessary.
Okay, not necessary. But a really, really good idea.
With a side of some lightly salted potato chips (love them more than the regular-salted ones!), my comfort-food fix for the day was complete.
Thanks again to Mom Colored Glasses for the giveaway, and to The Zesty Moose for the freebie!
I'm looking forward to trying out more new recipes with these fun spice mixes! :)