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Two major topics of conversation are burning up the Twittersphere these days: Miley Cyrus and the government shutdown. Both came together on Saturday night when Cyrus hosted "SNL" and starred in a racy video called "We Did Stop (the government)" where she plays a crotch-grabbing, tongue-wagging Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) alongside Taran Killam's white-leotard-wearing Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio).
Needless to say, the 20-year-old pop star's performance, which includes her licking an Abraham Lincoln doll and twerking with Boehner while singing a chorus riffing on her popular "We Can't Stop" tune, is generating a lot of buzz on the interwebs.
On Sunday morning the unlikely Google combo of "Miley Cyrus Michele Bachmann" pulled up more than 400,000 results. Twitter was also roaring with chatter on the video, much of it positive. It seems Cyrus' willingness to both mock herself and the GOP appealed to fans, many of whom were divided about her hugely controversial performance at the MTV Video Music Awards earlier this year.
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"Saturday Night Live's" Seth Meyers summed up the predominant feeling on Twitter by posting the video and writing, "Miley Cyrus was game and has game. Here she is as Michele Bachmann."
Other tweets were equally laudatory, with many people commenting on how hilarious it was, and some people asking if the GOP is going to try to find a way to tie Cyrus' performance to President Obama.
Conservative outlet the Blaze was taken aback, however, posting a warning: "EDITOR'S NOTE: This article contains mature content that may be offensive to some readers. Proceed with caution. -- Miley Cyrus performed a provocative rendition of her 'We Can't Stop' single last night."
The headline of the article the site linked to read, "Consider Carefully if You Should Watch the New (NSFW) Miley Cyrus SNL Sketch Featuring John Boehner and Michele Bachmann Doing Unspeakable Things."
Speaking of those things, many viewers will have a hard time shaking the image of an extremely gay Boehner character in a tiny white half-top emblazoned with the presidential seal straddling Uncle Sam while Cyrus' Bachmann stuffs dollar bills in his bearded mouth.
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A solid majority of Americans support President Obama's proposal in his most recent State of the Union to increase the minimum wage.
Some 71 percent of those surveyed said they supported raising the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour from $7.25, while 27 percent opposed it, according to a Gallup Poll released Wednesday.
The results attest to the popularity of Obama's plan, wrote Gallup's Lydia Saad in the poll's release.
"Raising the federal minimum wage is typically a crowd pleaser when it comes to policy prescriptions, and Obama's proposal…is not an exception," she wrote. "The 71 percent vs. 27 percent balance of U.S. public opinion in favor of passing it is convincing…"
The numbers seem overwhelming, but support for increasing the minimum wage has actually been higher, reaching as high as 83 percent in 2005.
"Americans' support for boosting the minimum wage may be a bit dampened by continued high unemployment, and could reflect public awareness of critics' argument that raising the minimum wage causes employers to cut back on workers," Saad wrote.
There was a large ideological split in the poll with 91 percent of Democrats supporting a wage increase, compared to 50 percent of Republicans.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republicans have said they oppose raising the minimum wage because they believe the hike would cut into job growth.
"Listen, when people are asking the question 'Where are the jobs?' why would we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people?" Boehner told reporters in February. "I've got 11 brothers and sisters on every rung of the economic ladder. I know about this issue as much as anybody in this town."
Boehner also voted against the 2006 bill to raise the minimum wage to its current level of $7.25 from $5.15.
Some Democrats, meanwhile, say Obama's proposal doesn't go far enough.
Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., proposed a bill Tuesday to set the minimum wage at $10.10 over three years and then index future increases to inflation. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on Republican House leadership Thursday to act on the legislation.
Obama's proposal is also slightly lower than his pledge as President-elect in 2008 to raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011, according to his team's transition website.
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Cereals, meat and animal derivatives (min 14% beef, min 2% meat juices), oils and fats, minerals, derivatives of vegetable origin, with antioxidant and colourant EC additives.
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Protein 18%
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The first ingredient in the food is unidentified cereals. This is a low quality ingredient and may be comprised of any range of grains, grain fractions and floor sweepings. Such a description gives the consumer no information whatsoever of the content and nutritional quality of the ingredients, and we note that this only occurs in the lowest quality products. We have no confidence at all that this product contains good quality grain. Moreover, the main ingredients in any dog food should not be grain/cereals, which are not a natural foodstuff for dogs. Foods intended for canines should be based on meat. The meat content of this product is likely to be as low as 4% of the total product.
The meat content of this food is byproducts. There is no identification of species, and this low quality ingredient could be anything. It is impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products and these are usually products that are of such low quality as to be rejected for use in the human food chain, or else are those parts that have so little value that they cannot be used elsewhere in either the human or pet food industries. Meat byproducts are defined as "clean parts, other than meat, derived from slaughtered mammals. It includes, but is not limited to, lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, livers, blood, bone, partially defatted low-temperature fatty tissue and stomachs and intestines freed of their contents. It does not include hair, horns, teeth and hooves". Note that this definition excludes actual meat. Likewise, there is no identification of the fat content of the food, which quite simply, could be anything. Plant derivatives are byproducts, being culls, potato peelings and other rejects of human food production.
The food has added minerals, but no information about these is given and it may contain synthetics. Likewise, the preservative is undisclosed and may be chemical preservatives such as ethoxyquin, BHT and BHA which are allowed in pet products but are banned or heavily regulated in human food due to the belief that they are carcinogenic. There is no place for artificial colourant in dog food, and these are linked to a number of adverse health and behaviour effects.
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A buggy I made for Pesgores army cause he can't think of any good vehicles. heres some pics.
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The resulting success has only reaffirmed UltraTech's desire to be a complete end-to-end
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The company has an installed capacity of 96.5 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) of grey cement. UltraTech Cement has 19 integrated plants, 1 clinkerisation plant, 25 grinding units and 7 bulk terminals. Its operations span across India, UAE, Bahrain, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. UltraTech Cement is also India's largest exporter of cement reaching out to meet the demand in countries around the Indian Ocean and the Middle East.
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She looks like she has a great sense of humor! You are too young to be that adorable little girl, Linda, so it must be your mother or an older sister or an aunt? Whoever she is, I hope she has a wonderful birthday!
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Alvarez bumped early as Marlins fall to Braves
MIAMI -- Regardless of all the struggles the Marlins have had in a transition season, they've always been able to count on their starting pitching. Suddenly, that has become a reason for concern.
Henderson Alvarez is the latest starter to be knocked out of a game early, as the right-hander gave up five runs in the fourth inning, and the Marlins were unable to recover.View Full Game Coverage
MIAMI -- Regardless of all the struggles the Marlins have had in a transition season, they've always been able to count on their starting pitching. Suddenly, that has become a reason for concern.
Henderson Alvarez is the latest starter to be knocked out of a game early, as the right-hander gave up five runs in the fourth inning, and the Marlins were unable to recover.View Full Game Coverage
Backed by a big inning, Kris Medlen limited the Marlins to two runs in 6 1/3 innings, and the Braves breezed to a 5-2 victory on Monday night at Marlins Park.
Evan Gattis delivered a two-run double in the fourth inning, while Justin Upton and Freddie Freeman each chipped in with doubles in the decisive frame.
"We're in a bad rut right now with our starting pitching," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "It seems like we're good the first time through the order, but the second time through the order, it seems like the wheels are coming off."
Chris Coghlan enjoyed a four-hit game, matching a career best now done seven times. Juan Pierre collected a pinch-hit double, giving him 2,212 career hits, which is tied with Joe Kuhel for 176th all-time. Next up for Pierre is Joe DiMaggio with 2,214 hits, which ranks 175th.
In the sixth inning, Miami catcher Jeff Mathis was replaced by Rob Brantly due to a bruised right thumb. Mathis' status is day to day.
For the third straight game, the Marlins starter didn't make it past four innings. Alvarez was lifted after allowing five runs on five hits and throwing a wild pitch in the fourth inning.
In a 9-2 loss to the Nationals on Saturday night, Nathan Eovaldi exited after three innings. Jacob Turner, in a 6-4 loss on Sunday afternoon, was replaced after four innings.
"That's three nights in a row where our starter couldn't get us through the fifth inning," Redmond said. "I guess the saving grace is we have a lot of arms down there in the bullpen. But we're giving up big numbers and taking ourselves out of the game early. The way our offensive has been, it's been tough to recover. I'm happy that we fought back. But that's a big number to overcome."
Atlanta snapped a four-game losing streak, while Miami has now dropped three in a row.
For three innings, it actually looked as though Alvarez was headed for a strong night. The Braves were held hitless through three innings, but everything changed an inning later.
"It's just the location of my pitches. They stayed up," Alvarez said in Spanish. "They made the adjustments, and those pitches got hit. Fastballs and sliders were both staying up."
Alvarez, who threw 27 pitches in the inning, struggled to put anyone away. Upton led off with a double, snapping an 0-for-18 drought. Four pitches later, Freeman doubled to left. Upton was held at third because he wasn't sure if Christian Yelich would make the catch.
Gattis opened the scoring with a two-run double down the third-base line. Brian McCann walked, and Chris Johnson floated an RBI single to right. The Braves had three runs before Alvarez registered an out.
Elliot Johnson delivered a run-scoring single, making it a four-run lead. The fifth run of the frame came while Jordan Schafer was batting, and Alvarez threw a wild pitch, bringing home Chris Johnson.
Brad Hand relieved Alvarez in the fifth inning, and tossed three scoreless innings.
For Alvarez, it was his second loss of the season to Atlanta.
"Early on, we weren't getting any production," Elliot Johnson said. "But it seemed like we were wearing him down. Guys were having good at-bats and putting together a lot of pitches every at-bat and making him work for the outs."
Physically, the right-hander feels fine. But the Marlins don't have many answers right now for a lack of quality starts.
"It's something that just happens," Alvarez said. "We're going through a tough stretch here, but that's just part of the game."
The Marlins bullpen stepped up as Hand, Dan Jennings and Chris Hatcher combined on five scoreless innings.
Miami got on the board in the seventh inning on Ed Lucas' two-run double, which scored Pierre and Adeiny Hechavarria, who singled.
Coghlan stayed hot with a hit in the inning.
"We talked about getting him in the lineup, and seeing what he can do," Redmond said. "He's done a great job. He's taking advantage of his opportunity. He's hitting. If you're hitting, you play. He's gotten in there, and he's done his job. He's got hits, and he's going to play."
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Let $X$ be a topological space, and let $\operatorname{CL}(X)$ be its hyperspace. That is, $\operatorname{CL}(X)$ is the set of closed subsets of $X$, equipped with the minimal topology so that the canonical map $$x \mapsto \overline{\{x\}}$$is a homeomorphism onto its image.
Typically, the base space is assumed to be Hausdorff (or at least $T_1$), so that the closure of a singleton is the singleton itself. However, the definition of a hyperspace is perfectly suitable when the space is not Hausdorff, and surely this comes in handy sometimes.
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Jenn Selke needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 61 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
I have a social network http://campstaff.ning.com/ and am using the art/colors that comes with the platform and I HATE IT!
A winning logo may even be a great use of the text "Camp Staff Network." This site is for college students and adults so nothing childish or cliparty.
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The Camp Staff Network (http://campstaff.ning.com/) is a social network for summer camp staff. They are 80% college student age. I would like a logo for this web site. The colors in the logo will also dictate the colors for the site. I do not want to keep that orange design that is there now.
The logo should convey cool, hip, but professional. Summer camp staff come from a range of types of camps so it is best to stay away from themes of tents, sports, trees, suns, etc. A winning logo may even be a great use of the text "Camp Staff Network"
The logo will be used in a banner - that is about 900X100 pixles. It woudl be great if the logo can scale and be used in banners as well as small icons.
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A boil water advisory is in effect for parts of Little Falls following a water main break on Thursday.
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Ketiketa (girl & boy in Nepali) is a French label creating clothes, bed linen and decorative accessories for children from newborn to 10 years old.
Ketiketa works with natural fabrics and materials in small-scale manufacturing promoting traditional techniques, working with carvers, independent printers, and small sewing workshops as well as socially motivated industries. In this way we ensure our high standards of quality together with ethical production principles.
Wool needs a little extra care when washing! However it is not a fibre like cotton, it repels dirt and is self cleaning and does not need to be washed as often as cotton. Ideally wash it as little as possible. Often hanging it outsides spraying it with a little mist for a day will freshen it up. It can be worn many times without washing and you can spot wash it if something has been spilled on it. It sounds strange but it works!
Care - Untreated wool brands: Engel, Selana and Cosilana are made of untreated merino wool which ideally needs hand washing. Wash very gently by hand in water that must stay the same cool temperature both for washing and rinsing. Changing temperature can shock the wool and shrink it. You should use a special soap for wool or shampoo. Stretch the wool into shape when wet, and pull lengthwise and lay flat to dry.
Many people, including us wash untreated wool on a gentle cold machine washing on a wool or hand wash program. This is at your own risk and you need to be sure your machine actually washes and rinses at the stated temperature, and it is very important to use a wool detergent! If you are planning to wash it in the machine it may shrink a bit length wise, to prevent this happening stretch it lengthwise when it comes out of the machine and perhaps buy a bigger size than otherwise. If you use the machine to spin items, the revolutions must be below 400.
Stretch the wool into shape when wet and dry flat. Never wring it! Especially wool fleece can be destroyed by wringing!
We recommend washing all wool fleece by hand, gentle, no rubbing, squeezing or wringing. lay it flat on a towel to dry. Again often spraying a little water mist on it and having it out will help it self clean.
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This Council provides senior Compensation & Benefits executives in the Asia-Pacific region a forum in which to share information, ideas, and create solutions to challenges facing companies doing business in the region. Discussion topics are chosen by members and typically focus on total remuneration of Asia-Pacific personnel, including local nationals, other nationals, as well as expatriates. The confidential nature of the group allows members the freedom to share openly and honestly with peers in other leading companies. And the group has the full support of and access to the vast global network and informational resources of The Conference Board.
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How nice to find fragments to piece together her origins :) I am curious, what did you wind up doing to conserve these pages further?ReplyDelete
Dawn, thanks for reading and taking the time to comment. The 'Extrait' was one of about a dozen documents which had been sealed in cellophane at some point (we think around 1910). I removed the cellophane and hydrated the documents to get the creases out. Everything was then put into acid free folders and the folders are stored in an acid free archival box at my cousin's home.ReplyDelete
Yes, Anne Marie was lovely! And even though the documents have seen better days, it's truly amazing that they still exist at all. What treasures they are!ReplyDeleteReplies
Jana, you know I agree! Thank you so much for commenting!Delete
I enjoyed this post immensely also. I'd like to know what you did to hydrate the papers? I also want to tell you that my husband's mother was a Wagner--from north Carolina, . I am the family tree keeper, and even thugh I have traced her line back to this family, I do not know where the earliest immigrant came from. We thought it was Germany,now of course I'm wondering if they might have come from Alsace Lorraine! Interesting. I fyou'd like to see his tree, just let me know. Henry WaggonerReplyDelete
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Susannah Waggoner
1703 – 1723
Elizabeth Waggoner
1712 – 1748
George Thomas Waggoner
1735 – 1807
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Helen, thank you so much for sharing this with me!! Believe me, I was very surprised when my "German" family turned out to be from this area. It's been one of the most interesting finds for me, personally, because I've always had a fascination with France and anything French. I'm not certain of the origin of this Wagner family; I'm trying to go back a generation only when I have the prior generation proved. It's a time consuming process, but it's really paid off. I've already found one line (at 4th great grandparents) that I had wrong. Anyway, I'll keep this information and do check out this area for your Waggoner family. Happy Hunting!Delete
Do you know that the index for births, weddings and deaths (Tables décennales from 1792 to 1952) is on line for Bliesbrucke on http://www.archivesnumerisees57.com/mdr/index.html ?ReplyDelete
It confirms the date of birth of Anne Marie Wagner and the date of marriage for her parents on the 4th of February 1836 (document 9NUM/8E94 pages 106 and 110). Good luck!Replies
Merci, merci! Je ne connaissais pas ces documents ont finalement été numérisé à ce que j'ai maintenant beaucoup de grands indices pour m'aider à poursuivre les recherches mon lignes Wagner et Hensgen (la mère d'Anne Marie). Et, quel beau blog que vous avez! Malheureusement, il ya beaucoup de gens ici manquantes sur votre blog génial parce qu'ils ne comprennent pas le français ... peut-être que nous pourrions collaborer à traduire nos blogs pour un public plus large? Juste une pensée ... a bientôt!Delete
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Something new to the blog is the tab at the top labelled "Cloudware Apps"… I plan to add online "cloud computing" applications; that, in my opinion, are creditable hosts for various online services. A pretty good listing has already been compiled. I encourage you to visit "Cloudware Apps".
You may have been wondering what is all this talk about cloud computing and cloudware applications. Here is my interpretation.
Cloud computing (or a cloudware application) is a hosted service (or software app) that is provided over the Internet. With the advent of Web 2.0, which is a reference to taking the internet to a higher level (the future), services are being enhanced in such a way that users need minimal expertise in managing and/or controlling the services (or software app). The services (or software app) are hosted on the internet and you take advantage of the hosted services, as a client, through the use of your browser or other application that is installed locally on your PC.
In a nutshell, it is a basically "client / server" based (on-demand) computing environment and the actual implementation of services in the "cloud" are transparent to the user. The software and your data (in many instances) are stored on servers on the internet. It is apparent to me that "cloud computing" is the future due to the number of cloudware apps being developed everyday. Many of the cloudware apps that I have experienced are as good as some of the software installed locally on my PC. For example, the "What's On My PC…" blog is an example of cloud computing. I access the WordPress.com services (as a client user), use the blogging app that they host, to draft or publish my blog articles. WordPress manages the infrastructure behind all of this. I do not need to be an expert in web page design. Our web based email services are another example of cloud computing.
An advantage of cloud computing is that you can access your cloudware apps and data from anywhere there is internet access or connectivity. A couple disadvantages is that if the cloudware application is critical to meeting an important need and your internet connection is lost, then you have no control; plus your data can be in the hands of others, which could be in business one day and out of business the next. This alone could lead to potential leaks of your identity and loss of personal data. I can see myself and my blogging partners writing blog articles in the future advising people to pick their cloud computing or cloudware apps wisely. If this trend continues, I may have to change the name of the blog from "What's On My PC…" TO "What's In My Cloud…".
If you are a "cloud geek", recommended reading is the articles reflected below:
4 Things You Need in a Cloud Computing Infrastructure – by DevCentral
Cloud Computing – Is Your Head In The Cloud Yet? – Tech Thoughts


text: It is widely known and accepted that the United States government systematically classifies as "secret" a massive number of documents each year. This very occurrence raises penetrating key questions about the viability or danger of the government's withholding of such information from the general public. With their documentary Secrecy, Peter Galison and Robb Moss weigh the pros and the cons of this phenomenon; they illustrate the ways in which non-disclosure can often serve as an asset (as in the case of a 1983 mass murder that could have been prevented via greater secrecy), including counterterrorist maneuvers. At the same time, Moss and Galison reflect at length on the dangers of this process -- the ways in which the obfuscation of public knowledge can slow or prevent transnational agreements, create paranoia, and lead to incredible violations of personal privacy. As such, the film meditates on that difficult gray area that lies sandwiched in between democracy and national safety, and asks where the rights of the general populace begin and end.


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UNAIDS Supplement Examines AIDS Epidemic Among People Age 50 and Older
November 6, 2013
"The shifting demographics of the AIDS epidemic demands a new focus to reach people aged 50 and over who are currently underserved by HIV services," UNAIDS said on Friday, the UN News Centre reports. "Out of the estimated global total of 35.3 million people living with HIV, an average 3.6 million are people aged 50 years or older, according to a new supplement [.pdf] to the 2013 UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic focused on the issue HIV and aging," the news service writes. "The supplement revealed that in high-income countries almost one-third of people living with HIV are 50 years or older," the news service notes, adding, "The majority of the population where the percentage of adults living with HIV is 50 years or older, is in low-and middle-income countries, however."
"The 'aging' of the HIV epidemic is due to three main factors: the success of antiretroviral therapy in prolonging the lives of people living with HIV, decreasing HIV incidence among younger adults shifting the disease burden to older ages, and that people aged 50 and above are engaging in risk taking behavior such as unprotected sex and injecting drug use which are leading to new HIV infections," according to the UN News Centre. "The supplement highlights that HIV prevention services, including HIV testing, tailored to the needs of people aged 50 and above, are essential and that these services should also reflect the needs of key populations in this age group," the news service adds (11/1).
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Tracy Morgan to GLAAD: "Parents Should Support and Love Their Kids No Matter What"
June 13, 2011
New York, N.Y. -- The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organization, today spoke with Tracy Morgan following anti-gay remarks made during a recent performance in Nashville, Tenn. He also spoke out in support of LGBT people, marriage equality and against anti-LGBT bullying on Global Grind.com.
During a call with GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios and members of GLAAD's staff today, Morgan committed to meet this week in New York City with LGBT youth from the Ali Forney Center who have been hurt or left homeless by parental rejection as well as family members who have lost children to anti-gay violence. Those he will meet include Elke Kennedy, the founder of Sean's Last Wish. Elke's son Sean was killed by anti-gay violence in 2007 at the age of 20 in South Carolina, when another man called him a f*ggot and punched him so hard it broke his facial bones and separated his brain from his brain stem. Since that day, Elke has traveled more than 140,000 miles to speak in states across the country about hate violence and bullying.
Morgan also committed to participate in GLAAD's upcoming 'Amplify Your Voice' PSA campaign to combat anti-LGBT bullying.
Morgan stated to GLAAD: "I know how bad bullying can hurt. I was bullied when I was a kid. I'm sorry for what I said. I didn't mean it. I never want to use my comedy to hurt anyone. My family knew what it was like to feel different. My brother was disabled, and I lost my father to AIDS in 1987. My dad wasn't gay but I also learned about homophobia then because of how people treated people who were sick with that. Parents should support and love their kids no matter what. Gay people deserve the same right to be happy in this country as everyone else. Our laws should support that. I hope that my fans gay, straight, whatever forgive, and I hope my family forgives me for this."
"Meeting with gay and transgender youth shunned by their parents and families who have lost loved ones to anti-gay violence is an important first step. These meetings will help Tracy better understand that no one should be treated differently or subjected to violence," said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios.
Russell Simmons also spoke out: "In the years that I have known Tracy, I've only ever known him to want to make people happy. This experience might be a blessing. The amount of pain he caused has resulted in a new sensitivity for him that he can now use to bridge communities. I'm proud to be a straight figure who spends time advocating for the community and for marriage equality. I'm happy to have another ally in Tracy. People like Tracy Morgan to speak out against homophobia, and I hope more leaders within the black community and everywhere speak out in support for marriage equality like he has."
Russell Simmons received the GLAAD Media Award this year for Excellence in Media.
GLAAD's upcoming 'Amplify Your Voice' PSA campaign will feature Russell Simmons, Rev. Al Sharpton, Kristin Chenoweth, Chaz Bono, Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Vinny Guadagnino and Tori Spelling, among others. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has partnered with GLAAD to produce the campaign, and NBCUniversal has pledged national airtime. Famed producer Jonathan Murray serves as creative director. On Friday, Barrios called for NBC to condemn anti-gay violence during an interview with CNN and via GLAADBlog.org. Barrios also addressed the dangers posed by jokes about anti-gay violence in an op-ed published on CNN.com.
After speaking with GLAAD, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt issued the following statement: "I speak for NBC and myself personally when I say we do not condone hate or violence of any kind and I am pleased to see Tracy Morgan apologizing for recent homophobic remarks in his standup appearance," Greenblatt said. "We will always recognize an artist's freedom to express him or herself, but not when reckless things are said no matter what the context. Unfortunately, Tracy's comments reflect negatively on both 30 Rock and NBC -- two very all-inclusive and diverse organizations -- and we have made it clear to him that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated."
Tina Fey also weighed in with TMZ.com: "The violent imagery of Tracy's rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the GLBT Community. It also doesn't line up with the Tracy Morgan I know, who is not a hateful man and is generally much too sleepy and self-centered to ever hurt another person. I hope for his sake that Tracy's apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian co-workers at '30 Rock,' without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheck from accounting to put in his pocket."
30 Rock received the GLAAD Media Award this year for Outstanding Television -- Individual Episode.
More information on Morgan's original remarks and the request to apologize from GLAAD, HRC, Truth Wins Out, bloggers and others are available here: http://glaadblog.org/2011/06/10/glaad-calls-on-nbc-to-condemn-tracy-morgan-tirade/. During that show, Morgan reportedly claimed that being gay is a choice, that being gay is something that kids learn from the media, and that victims of anti-gay bullying are simply 'whining.' Spectators also allege that Morgan went so far as to say that he would stab his own son if he turned out to be gay.
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A world-class mountain bike trail system could crisscross Prescott Park around Roxy Ann Peak in the near future.
The city of Medford has been working with the International Mountain Biking Association to develop a plan for 34 miles of trails that would be available to cyclists, hikers and horses.
"A lot of mountain bikers felt left out not having their own world-class trail system locally," said Mike Bronze, president of the Rogue Valley Mountain Biking Association. "More people now see the value in having the trail system here in Medford."
Ashland, the Applegate and Johns Peak outside Jacksonville all have trail systems that appeal to mountain bikers. For years, Roxy Ann has been eyed as a possible area, but the idea languished until Medford officials took another look at it about a year ago.
The city developed an $8,000 contract with the Trail Solutions team of the International Mountain Biking Association to design a conceptual plan for the system, which would feature trails ranging from very easy to extremely difficult.
Many trails would be geared toward mountain bikers specifically, offering switchbacks and other technical challenges. All the trails would be available for mixed use.
The park has about four miles of trails already, and an additional 30 miles would be created. Existing trails would be upgraded to limit erosion and improve their usefulness. Some existing trails would be rerouted to help with ongoing maintenance issues.
The estimate to build the trail system ranges from between $360,000 and $720,000, which could be partially paid for through grants.
Under the design proposal, the first phase of the project would involve 10 miles of new trails.
Trail Solutions recommends creating a new trailhead for the park farther up the 3,576-foot peak, with parking for 25 to 30 cars and a restroom.
Fencing and gates should be built on the west side of the park to prevent off-road vehicle use that has damaged roads and vegetation, Trail Solutions recommends.
Brian Sjothun, director of Medford Parks and Recreation, said his department has about $50,000 budgeted for the trail system, which will act as seed money. Work on some trails could begin within the next two years, depending on the city approval process, he said.
Sjothun said the city will partner with the Rogue Valley Mountain Biking Association to raise additional dollars and provide ongoing maintenance for the trails.
The design of the trail system was presented to the Medford Parks and Recreation Commission, which will continue to study the plan through September.
The drawings presented to the city show trails crisscrossing many areas of Prescott Park that are difficult to access now. Each trail is given a difficulty rating.
"It really is a biker's dream," Sjothun said.
Rich Hansen, chair of the Parks and Recreation Commission, said he was impressed with the design of the trail system.
He said it is the first comprehensive trail network plan he has seen locally.
"It's a brand-new subject for the Parks Commission," he said. "It's hard not to like it."
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How many times a day do you think Mariah Carey? Fifty? A thousand? It would be easier for me to count the moments when I'm not thinking about her. I can get lost in thought for hours at a time just reflecting on her mighty voice, the graceful and seemingly effortless way she moves up and down vocal registers, the spirit-renewing properties of her wail. But, crazy as it sounds, sometimes I'll be cleaning my room or eating some french fries and realize that I have forgotten, momentarily, how amazing Mariah Carey is. Just for a second. Then I'll remember "Vision of Love," and all will be right with the world once more.
This juggernaut of a song was the first track on Mariah's first album, released in 1990, as well as her first single. It's what announced the arrival of the natural-born diva (her mother was an opera singer) and Long Island native, then 20 years old, to the world. It won a Grammy for the best vocal performance by a woman, and deservedly so: The way Mariah's voice twirls its way through every word is a marvel. Her signature melisma—packing several notes into one syllable of text—has become a cultural touchstone, and has influenced countless divas in her wake: Beyoncé, Christina, Ariana, and me when I'm home alone, serenading my cats with my heinous vocalizing. Although this kind of expressive riffing wasn't really new at the time—it had been heard in gospel church choirs and in the mainstream hits of soul icons like Otis Redding and Gladys Knight for decades—the technique became ubiquitous in the pop world after Mariah and Whitney Huston started slaying everybody with their ferocious vocal gymnastics in the early '90s.
"Vision of Love" features one of the most incredible examples of melisma ever recorded. It's the song's coda, a moment that I will flawlessly transcribe for you right now: "and it was allllllooowahallllllllllllllllllhawuhuhoowhaohooohuooo that you turned out to beeeeeeeeeeyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeehuheeeuh yeah mmmhmm." The whole thing lasts roughly 24 stupefying seconds, and even in this day and age, when a similar kind of wahawho-ing is an inescapable part of every TV singing competition and most renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner," this final flourish is always astounding to my ear. Mariah's melisma is clear, strong, and confident. I hear passion in her riffing, not affectation. It's like she's swept up in the music, and, as a result, so am I.
Here, I've cued it up for you.
Mariah is also, of course, known for her five-octave vocal range and her ability to reach notes beyond the seventh octave. Honestly, I can't fully comprehend all of the implications of that biographical information because I'm not that familiar with music theory, but I do know that it basically translates to "this woman can sing really, really good and also really, really high." Although "Emotions," a single from her second album, is arguably the most sensational illustration of her range (almost to the point where you're like, "OK, Mariah. I get it. Your vocal cords are made of divine epithelial tissue and surely glisten with heavenly mucus. You win"), it's that singular high-note melisma in "Vision of Love" that gets me feeling emotions deeper than I ever dreamed of. The notes are perfectly and logically mixed into the song's climax and seem like a release of feeling—not just a demonstration of her talent. The moment has the power to move hearts, make household pets lose their shit (not because they're freaked out, but because they love it), and pushes the song over the top, transporting it from catchy and pretty to breathtaking.
Obviously, this is a love song, and if you have an unrequited crush or just an overwhelming desire for true romance, cue up "Vision of Love" and allow Mariah to give that pining some purpose. I've happily been with the same guy for eight years now, so the only real pining I do these days is for Wendy's half-pound cheeseburgers. But I also happen to be the former Countess d'One-Sided Infatuation, and I remember vividly and mortifyingly what it felt like to come home from school, collapse on my bed, and listen to some maudlin or soul-stirring ballad as I yearned in earnest. "Someday," "Dream Lover," "Emotions"—in middle school, Mariah provided the soundtrack to all of my anguish.
But "Vision of Love," with its wistful melody and ethereal vocals, is, hands down, THE BEST song for when you're lamenting the state of your love life and are either genuinely desolate or so wrapped up in your own melodrama that you've convinced yourself that you're genuinely desolate. "Prayed through the nights," she sings, "felt so alone, suffered from alienation, carried the weight on my own": the sentiment is painfully relatable. But this isn't some mopey dirge. "It took so long," she goes on, "till I believed somehow the one that I needed would find me eventually." These words are about hopes and dreams and how they sustain us when we're low. The song swells to greater and greater sonic and emotional heights as Mariah's tone dips, sometimes turns a little guttural, and then soars. It's invigorating. It's really the perfect choice for when you're alone in your bedroom, seeking catharsis through lip-syncing. "Vision of Love" on repeat helped me take the heartache of my star-crossed middle-school obsessions with David Duchovny and two trumpet players from the school band and, with my fists clenched, eyes closed, and head shaking, turn it into strength. That sounds like a joke, but I assure you, those crushes were deadly serious.
This said, I don't think that this song is necessarily about romantic love. Some people say it's about Mariah's relationship with God, which makes sense when you consider lines like "I'm so thankful that I received the answer that Heaven has sent down to me." But it could just as easily be about the deep soul connection you have with a best friend (in fact, one day I'll probably sing this song at my best friend Susie's wedding so that she remembers that I'm her true love, not some husband guy) or the unconditional adoration that a parent has for her kid (in the Mariah Carey fan fiction that I write in my mind, she belts out this song to dem babies). On the most essential level though, it's about visualizing something better for yourself and not giving up on that idea. Love is warmth, a feeling of intense positivity. So having a "vision of love" is like saying, "I know that I'm going to make it through whatever bullshit is weighing me down right now" and then letting that thought guide you through your problems. And for delivering that very simple but profound message, Mariah Carey and "Vision of Love" are literally the best thing ever. ♦


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YouTube Promotes Anonymity with Face-Blurring Tool
Amateur video of protests, violence and other news worldwide has become a staple of the Web. This exposure can be great for promoting a cause or revealing injustice. But it can also create problems for people appearing in these videos.
Law enforcement agencies, for example, have prosecuted people appearing in protest videos simply by analyzing faces and other clues in a piece of online footage.
YouTube, where most of these videos end up, isn't entirely comfortable with this loss of anonymity, especially when it's used to crack down on free speech. So the site recently introduced a tool that lets you automatically blur faces in footage you upload to the Web.
The site acknowledges that the new "Blur All Faces" feature isn't perfect. Sometimes it has difficulty picking out faces depending on camera angle, lighting, obstructions and video quality.
But preserving someone's anonymity online may help protect their privacy. That's a good thing, whether it's a video of a Wall Street protest or just footage of your kids playing in the backyard.
—Larry Greenemeier
[The above text is a transcript of this podcast.]


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by Tom Utescher
The lacrosse team from the New York Institute of Technology made the trip down from Manhattan to play at Chestnut Hill College's Victory Field last Saturday, but it was the host Griffins who looked like they were recovering from bus-lag in the opening phase of the contest.
The visiting Bears whipped in four straight goals during the first six minutes, and in the end they still owned a four-point advantage, returning up the Jersey Turnpike with a 10-6 victory and a record of 4-1 in the East Coast Conference and 9-2 overall. Ranked seventh in the major Division II national poll, NYIT received four goals and two assists from fleet freshman Brandon Gamblin and two goals from sophomore Bobby Calhoun.
Chestnut Hill, which slipped to 6-4 overall and leveled off at 3-3 in the ECC, got two goals apiece from juniors Craig Owen (one assist) and D.J. Klusaritz. Starting in goal and playing three-quarters of the game, junior Dakota Maurer made eight saves, and sophomore reliever Ryan Duffy picked up a pair of stops. The Griffins outshot their guests, 42-29, but Billy McGee, NYIT's 5'8" senior keeper, darted around in the mouth of the goal to accumulate 17 saves in the game.
Gamblin got the visitors on the board with 41 seconds elapsed, and he notched a second goal during his team's opening offensive, an outburst which made it 4-0 with 9:07 still to go in the first quarter. In two of its three previous games, Chestnut Hill had fallen behind the College of St. Rose 1-3 and Wheeling Jesuit University 1-4 in the early going.
"We're not starting games off very well, and when you do that against the good ECC teams it's very tough to come back from that," admitted Griffins head coach Brian Dougherty. "We can try changes in our pre-game warm-up and things like that, but I don't know of any magic cure other than the guys just getting themselves mentally ready to play."
The Griffins received a boon when the Bears' Justin Annunziato was sentenced to two full minutes in the box with a pair of non-releasable penalties. With a feed from sophomore Kevin Sonderschafer, Klusaritz got CHC on the board during the visitors' short-handed stretch, scoring with 4:13 to go in the first quarter. However, when the numbers evened out again Gamblin completed a hat trick for NYIT, making it 5-1 at the end of the opening round.
In the second quarter, neither club found the net while the teams were at full strength; each squad added a point in a man-up situation. A slashing call against CHC helped Gamblin reach his day's total of four goals, but on another strong shot soon afterwards, the Bears were denied as Maurer made a deft save at the upper left corner. With one of the visitors in the box, CHC's Owen notched his first goal with an assist from sophomore Mike Melnychenko, and the resulting 6-2 tally held up until halftime.
Over the initial 16 minutes of the second half (including the beginning of the fourth quarter), the New Yorkers spread the score to 9-3. After that, Chestnut Hill netted back-to-back goals for the only time in the game. This just wasn't the formula for a significant comeback attempt.
The second marker of the day by Klusaritz made it 9-4, then the Griffins got within four when the Bears turned the ball over on offense and CHC junior Junji Wiener carried the ball through the midfield and went on in to score with 4:07 remaining in the contest. The teams traded goals in the last two minutes to arrive at the 10-6 final.
After the first-quarter surge by the visitors, the Griffins had called a time-out, and Dougherty revealed "We made some changes defensively, putting guys in there to slow them down a bit. What kind of changed the game more than anything else was that they started fouling a lot [the Bears had 13 penalties to the Griffins' three], and that sort of got them out of that groove they were in at the beginning.
"I'm not happy with the way we started," he went on, "but once we got in that hole I was proud of the way the guys fought back and settled the game down, because it could've gotten really ugly. We can't just be satisfied with that, though. Nobody's out here just to hang around in games – we want to win."


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If Apple's recent $200 8GB iPhone price drop didn't cause enough fiasco, the arrival of a 3G empowered model by Christmas will have iRate iPhone fans carrying torches and pitchforks.
Forward Concepts analyst Will Strauss believes that backdoor licensing agreements between Apple and 3G hardware makers gives strong indication the fruity phone maker will drop a 3G model down our chimneys by December.
He goes on to say that such a device has been in development in Santa Steve's workshop for several months. In Strauss's estimation the time is ripe. Alright, I'll go along with that.
Got your blood boiling yet? No, well how about this: said 3G model will be destined to Europe...not the U.S. Merry Christmas.


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Vaginal yeast infection
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Vaginal yeast infection is an infection of the vagina. It is most commonly due to the fungus Candida albicans.
Alternative Names
Yeast infection - vagina; Vaginal candidiasis; Monilial vaginitis
Most women have a vaginal yeast infection at some time. Candida albicans is a common type of fungus. It is often found in small amounts in the vagina, mouth, digestive tract, and on the skin. Most of the time, it does not cause infection or symptoms.
Candida and the many other germs that normally live in the vagina keep each other in balance. However, sometimes the number of Candida increases, leading to a yeast infection.
This can happen if:
- You are taking antibiotics used to treat another infection. Antibiotics change the normal balance between germs in the vagina.
- You are pregnant
- You are obese
- You have diabetes
A yeast infection is not spread through sexual contact. However, some men will develop symptoms such as itching and a rash on the penis after having sexual contact with an infected partner.
Having many vaginal yeast infections may be a sign of other health problems. Other vaginal infections and discharges can be mistaken for a vaginal yeast infection.
Symptoms include:
- Abnormal vaginal discharge. Discharge can range from slightly watery, white discharge to thick, white, and chunky (like cottage cheese).
- Itching and burning of the vagina and labia
- Pain with intercourse
- Painful urination
- Redness and swelling of the skin just outside of the vagina (vulva)
Exams and Tests
You will have a pelvic exam. It may show:
- Swelling and redness of the skin of the vulva, in the vagina, and on the cervix
- Dry, white spots on the vaginal wall
- Cracks in the skin of the vulva.
A small amount of the vaginal discharge is examined using a microscope. This is called a wet mount and KOH test.
Sometimes, a culture is taken when the infection does not get better with treatment or comes back many times.
Your health care provider may order other tests to rule out other causes of your symptoms.
Medicines to treat vaginal yeast infections are available as creams, ointments, vaginal tablets or suppositories and oral tablets. Most can be bought without needing to see your provider.
Treating yourself at home is probably OK if:
- Your symptoms are mild and you do not have pelvic pain or a fever
- This is not your first yeast infection and you have not had many yeast infections in the past
- You are not pregnant
- You are not worried about other sexually transmitted infections from recent sexual contact
Medicines you can buy yourself to treat a vaginal yeast infection are:
- Miconazole
- Clotrimazole
- Tioconazole
- Butoconazole
When using these medicines:
- Read the packages carefully and use them as directed.
- You will need to take the medicine for 1 to 7 days, depending on which medicine you buy. (If you do not get repeated infections, a 1-day medicine might work for you.)
- Do not stop using these medicines early because your symptoms are better.
You doctor can also prescribe a pill that you only take by mouth once.
If your symptoms are worse or you get vaginal yeast infections often, you may need:
- Medicine for up to 14 days
- Clotrimazole vaginal suppository or fluconazole pill every week to prevent new infections
To help prevent and treat vaginal discharge:
- Keep your genital area clean and dry. Avoid soap and rinse with water only. Sitting in a warm, but not hot, bath may help your symptoms.
- Avoid douching. Although many women feel cleaner if they douche after their period or intercourse, it may worsen vaginal discharge. Douching removes healthy bacteria lining the vagina that protect against infection.
- Eat yogurt with live cultures or take Lactobacillus acidophilus tablets when you are on antibiotics. This may help to prevent a yeast infection.
- Use condoms to avoid catching or spreading other infections.
- Avoid using feminine hygiene sprays, fragrances, or powders in the genital area.
- Avoid wearing tight-fitting pants or shorts, which may cause irritation.
- Wear cotton underwear or cotton-crotch pantyhose. Avoid underwear made of silk or nylon, because they can increase sweating in the genital area, which leads to growth of more yeast.
- Keep your blood sugar level under good control if you have diabetes.
- Avoid wearing wet bathing suits or exercise clothing for long periods of time. Wash sweaty or wet clothes after each use.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Most of the time, symptoms go away completely with proper treatment.
Possible Complications
A lot of scratching may cause the skin to crack, making you more likely to get a skin infection.
Repeat infections that occur right after treatment, or a yeast infection that does not respond well to treatment, may be an early sign of diabetes or rarely, HIV.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your provider if:
- This is the first time that you have had symptoms of a vaginal yeast infection.
- You are not sure if you have a yeast infection.
- Your symptoms don't go away after using over-the-counter medicines.
- Your symptoms get worse.
- You develop other symptoms.
- You may have been exposed to an STD.
Eckert LO, Lentz GM. Infections of the lower genital tract. In: Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, Katz VL, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2012:chap 23.
Habif TP. Superficial fungal infections. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology. 6th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2016:chap 13.
Hoefgen HR, Merritt DF. Vulvovaginitis. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St Geme JW, Schor NF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 20th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:chap 549.
Kauffman CA. Candidiasis. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 25th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 338.


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Typically I am pretty good about owning up to my disasters. It's a whole nuther thing, however, to own up to them on a public blog. But I've decided, as a character-building exercise and to show that perfection is not the goal in this ongoing quest of mine for balance and bounty in the city, to fess up to some of my most spectacular flops. I hope you enjoy them and won't think less of my skillz.
Blackberry Rude (as opposed to "Cordial")
Last year I went crazy with the blackberry picking. I made jams and cobblers and stuck some in the freezer for fruity desserts at the holidays. And I still had about a half gallon of berries left, so I decide to steep them in some vodka and sugar with a few spices. I had visions of Anne of Green Gables and the delicious raspberry cordial she mistakenly served to her bosom friend, Diana, in a chapter titled "Diana is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results."
Tragic results indeed. Eight weeks later I strained the blackberries out of the liquid and bottled it all up. It was so pretty–dark reddish purple and clear in the jars. I was imagining creative cocktails, ice cream concoctions, and just some tasty sipping. What I got, however, was cough syrup. Ew. I think I just overdid it with the cloves. They overpower the flavor. I can't bring myself to dump it all out (that was good, expensive vodka), so let me know if you have a cold. I have a home remedy to share.
The Soap with Ugly Dead Things In It
I really should stay out of Michael's stores. I accidentally come home with all sorts of little fake crafty things that are unnatural and useless, such as the glycerin soap making kits, complete with blocks of glycerin and cute little plastic molds in the shapes of hearts and stars. It was supposed to be easy: melt the glycerin and pour it into the molds. But no. I had to make it a little more complicated by adding some herbs and essential oils.
Maybe my mistake was using fresh herbs. Because guess what? Glycerin soap does not preserve lavender, eucalyptus, and rosemary as fresh green, succulent leaves. No, the sprigs of lovely shrivel and turn brown, emanating dark, gooey halos suspended in the hardened soap. Best to leave the soapmaking to those who know what they are doing.
Persimmon Poo
When I gathered the persimmons from a nearby tree last fall, I had a vague idea in my head about persimmon butter. Finding nothing helpful in my home canning and preserving books, I googled around and learned, first off, that persimmons don't have enough acid to be canned without growing yourself a healthy crop of botulism. So I settled on freezer butter. And here is why googling can be bad for your health: I took a recipe here and a recipe there, made some substitutions, added some spices, took a few calculated risks and short cuts. Cooked it down, put it in jars, processed it, stuck it in the freezer.
The day I concocted this mess, my parents were visiting. I showed my father one of my jars of persimmon butter. My dad is typically a poker face, but when he peered into the jar, well, let's just say his look betrayed his skepticism. "That looks interesting," he said. A few weeks later I opened the freezer and pulled out a jar of "persimmon butter." Rather than the brilliant autumnal gold I was expecting, it had turned sort of brown–a bad sign I chose to ignore. I thawed the jar and opened it. The substance within had shrunk away from the sides of the jar and thawed into a dry, solid chunk of you-guessed-it.
Do Not Neglect The Cucumbers
Generally I am a successful cucumber grower. I make nice, fluffy, generous hills and enrich them with buckets of compost. I mulch deeply and water often. I make lots and lots of pickles. This year, I got cocky. My cucumbers, I told myself, would know what to do. So I made a few hills, stuck the seeds in, and proceeded to neglect them.
What I got was an infestation of squash bugs that chewed everything I had planted to a withered crisp. I saw the first few appear and instead of picking them off and dusting with diatomaceous earth, I decided my historically vigorous cukes would fight the good fight and win . . . simply by virtue of being my cukes. But no, the squash bugs won, and I got no cukes this year. Here is what they looked like. Try not to cry.
A few careless mistakes, a few risks gone bad, a few lessons learned. But there are no morals to be drawn here. Just laugh, please, and if you happen to figure out persimmon butter, please share your recipe.


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Can you believe it, New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, declared in a staff meeting his belief his team is capable of winning 90 games this season.
Manager Terry Collins told the players they should take it as a compliment.
It's interesting to wonder if Alderson really believes this, then what his patience level would be for Ike Davis and Ruben Tejada if they struggle as in previous years.
In addition to the issues with Davis and Tejada, the Mets have significant questions with their starting pitching, which won't include Matt Harvey. Also, the Mets have questions about their catcher, outfield and leadoff situation.
In addition this week:
* Davis (calves) and Lucas Duda (left hamstring) were sidelined. Tejada was also shelved with a strained hamstring.
* Pitching prospect Noah Syndergaard continued to impress with two scoreless innings Monday against the Braves.
* David Wright and Daniel Murphy, who sustained strained oblique muscles in previous camps, were held out of the first week of exhibition games. They played for the first time Friday.
* Curtis Granderson homered twice in an exhibition victory Tuesday over Houston.
* Relievers Vic Black and Gonzalez Germen struggled with control.
* Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, who underwent elbow surgery, said he is willing to talk with Matt Harvey about his rehab.
* Jenrry Mejia, competing for a spot in the rotation or in the bullpen, said his elbow is pain free.
* Jonathon Niese said he's not feeling pain in his left shoulder.
* Bartolo Colon and Bobby Parnell worked in an intrasquad game Thursday and were cleared to make their exhibition debut Monday.


text: Dwarf Retics are smaller growing snakes that originate from several different island localities, where they have adapted to harsher environments and the lack of large prey items. They have all the intelligence, good looks, and charm that the "mainland" Retics have, but in a much more manageable package. Pure blood Dwarf Retics attain adult sizes that vary depending on the exact local (we work with Selayers, selective Jampeas, Madus, Kalatoas, and a few others to keep our stock small), and are comparable to Carpet Pythons, and can be kept and bred in widely available caging and rack systems commonly used for much smaller species, such as smaller Boa Constrictors. When crossed into the Mainland varieties, they can be used to scale down the size of popular morphs, putting them within the grasp of any keepers capable of handling a mid sized constrictor. We use different localities with different morphs to bring out the best in each snake in terms of color and pattern.


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Enjoyed the podcast as is always the case. Thanks for making it happen! The best part is where you guys discovered the new question to add to the Berserk quiz
I was just kidding about adding a question to the quiz. There was a struggle to remember some names : Pepe, Fouquet and Lucie. I definitely couldn't remember, but it cracked me up a bit to hear you guys get stumped for a second.
Knights holding bridges are nothing new but Azan should be based on Benkei (his short stature is the biggest deviation from the "source"):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BenkeiYou constantly see variations on the theme in Japanese media. Yangus from Dragon Quest VIII is a famous example. Azan will die standing upright. You heard it here first .


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As a result of the current discussion how further global warming could be prevented or at least mitigated, the revival of nuclear power seems to be in everybody's - or at least in many politician's - mind. It it interesting to see that in many suggestions to mitigate global warming, the focus is put on the advantages of nuclear power generation, its disadvantages are rarely mentioned.
Below is a short summary of arguments for and against nuclear power plants.
According to the American Energy Information Administration (EIA) and to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the world-wide energy consumption will on average continue to increase by 2% per year.
A yearly increase by 2% leads to a doubling of the energy consumption every 35 years. This means the world-wide energy consumption is predicted to be twice as high in the year 2040 compared to today (2007).
By far the highest increase in world-wide energy consumption is predicted to be from all three fossil fuels: oil, coal and natural gas (see graph)! The renewable energies are predicted to grow as well, but much less than fossil energies. Nuclear energy is predicted to grow relatively moderate.
It is only possible to mitigate global warming if the world-wide consumption of fossil fuels can be drastically reduced in the next 10 to 15 years. There is simply no room for a scenario as it is predicted by the International Energy Agency IEA.
It is also obvious that no combination of alternative technologies can replace the current usage of fossil fuels. There is simply not enough non-fossil fuel available for this. In order to mitigate global warming, we have to use the available energy much more efficiently. But this won't be enough either: We will have to change our behaviour to reduce our personal energy consumption. We must change our current live style and seriously strive for a sustainable living .
Read on for details and background...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts a strong increase of the carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2030. Additionally, IEA investigated to which extent the above mentioned emissions of CO2 could be prevented if politics applied rigorous measures.
From all measures investigated, nuclear energy was found to have the least effect (only 10%). Almost 80% of the desired effects are due to increasing the energy efficiency.
This result is surprising, in particular if you think about how nuclear power is praised as solution to global warming by politicians like George W. Bush and Tony Blair. It seems like they would (again) head into the wrong direction.
Instead of talking about measures to increase the energy efficiency, which accounts for 80% of the effects, some politicians propagandize building nuclear power plants, which according to IEA can only account for 10% of the desired effects. Here the focus is clearly on the wrong subject!
The need for electricity has constantly risen world-wide over the last years. This is not only true for the so-called developing countries but also and in particular for all well-developed countries. In order to fulfil the demand, obviously additional power plants have to be built.
Which technology is best for generating electricity? This question certainly has to be answered on a case by case base. But it is very concerning that nuclear power plants more and more seem to be chosen as "the" technology of the future.
One of the few pros of nuclear power is the relatively low emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the major causes of global warming. For this reason, it has been proposed as "the" method to mitigate the effects of climate change. However a recent life cycle analysis showed that nuclear power produces 4 to 10 times higher CO2 emissions per kWh electricity than renewable energies.
World-wide, there are currently 435 nuclear power plants in operation and 28 under construction (January 2007). The chart on the right hand side shows the number of nuclear power plants in operation by country.
For countries with nuclear weapons, the bar is red, for countries without nuclear weapons, the bar is blue.
Interesting findings:
Therefore it appears to be quite doubtful that using nuclear power for civil purposes is independent from military applications. The graph above seems to rather indicate "the more nuclear power plants, the more likely nuclear weapons". Read on...
Nuclear phase-out means the discontinuation of usage of nuclear power for electrical energy production. Usually because of concerns about nuclear energy, existing plants are either shut down or not renewed after being retired.
Many European countries have decided to phase-out nuclear power, for details see further below. Under the umbrella of global warming, lobbying organizations of the atomic industry are putting high pressure on several governments to postpone the planned shut down of nuclear power stations or even to cancel the phase-out altogether. Their main argument is the relatively low CO2 emission of nuclear power compared to fossil fuels coal, oil and natural gas. However nuclear energy should rather be compared to sustainable energies and not to fossils.
The general pros and cons of nuclear power are discussed on a separate page. Here we concentrate on the pros and cons of nuclear phase-out.
This graph shows the nuclear power consumption per capita by country for the year 2003 in kg oil equivalents.
This graph will certainly change during the next 10 to 20 years because several countries decided not to replace retired nuclear power plants any more and to phase-out nuclear energy. In the European Union, 17 out of the 27 member countries do either have no nuclear power plants or have already decided to sooner or later stop using this technology (among them are Sweden and Germany). Switzerland is also quite unlikely to rebuild nuclear power plants since any new nuclear plant needed to get acceptance in a public vote.
Electricity from nuclear energy is considered to be economical and very cost effective, in particular compared to electricity from renewable energy sources like wind, water, sun, biomass or geothermal energy.
There are two main reasons for the relative low cost of nuclear power:
Nuclear proliferation is used to describe the spread of fissile material, weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not (yet) in posession of nuclear weapons. It is feared that the likelyhood of a nuclear warfare does increase with the number of nations with nuclear weapons.
Nuclear proliferation is related to the civil application of nuclear power in the following ways:
Finland's Olkiluoto nuclear power plant: The Olkiluoto construction project in Finland is rapidly becoming an example of all that can go wrong in economic terms with nuclear new build. It demonstrates the key problems of construction delays, cost overruns and hidden subsidies.
The dispute around enormous financial losses from the Finish Olkiluoto nuclear reactor project deepened yesterday, when the French nuclear giant Areva published its half-year results. Areva threatened to freeze construction if TVO does not submit to the company's demands of shouldering a share of the cost. The latest estimate of construction costs reached €5.5 billion, which compares to the price of 2.5 billion originally presented to Finnish public and politicians.
The main topic of this newsletter is the following question: Is nuclear power a global warming solution?
In addition, we summarize and link a number of texts about the potential and about the future of civil nuclear power applications.
Nuclear energy is a relatively small industry, but one with big problems. It covers just one-sixteenth of the world's primary energy consumption, a share set to decline over the coming decades.
The average age of operating commercial nuclear reactors is 23 years. This means that more power stations are being shut down than built. In 2007, world nuclear production fell by 1.8 % and the number of operating reactors was 439, five less than the historical peak of 2002.
Greenpeace has announced a new weblog about the downsides of the nuclear industry.The blog is called "Nuclear Reaction" - blogging the meltdown of the nuclear industry".
The About-Section says:
"Welcome to Nuclear Reaction, where we'll be recording for history the meltdown of that most over-rated, over-subsidised and over-confident of industries, the nuclear industry.
In July 2007, Oxford Research Group in London released a report about the future of civil nuclear power applications and about the threat of nuclear proliferation. It's title is "Too hot to handle?" A link to the full article is provided at the end of this text.
Here are the conclusions of the report:


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Team Gunning for a Winning Streak
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After a win at the St. Mary's Intersectional and not finishing outside of the top-3 in any regatta so far this season, the Yale women's sailing team has been bumped up from the No. 4 spot to the No. 2 spot in the national rankings. With this confidence booster, the Bulldogs are looking forward to racing in another big intersectional this upcoming weekend, the Dellenbaugh Trophy hosted by Brown University.
Last weekend the women had a weekend off from women's competition, but for most of the Yale women that does not mean they were not sailing. Team members were scattered along the east coast, as they are on most weekends, racing in various coed events from Boston all the way down to Norfolk, Va. The multitude of events that Yale enters each weekend allows its team to provide as many of its members as possible with continual, quality racing experience.
Two key members of the women's team, sophomore skipper Claire Dennis and sophomore crew Heather May, have recently been competing in coed team racing events more than usual; however, they will be back racing in A division at the Dellenbaugh Trophy this weekend. Their temporary absence from the women's scene was due to a need to fill the spot of an injured coed team member. That coed sailor and his crew are back now, though, and Dennis has expressed that she is very excited to return to racing with the women. That is not to say that Dennis and May's recent time spent team racing has not been valuable. In comparison to fleet racing, team racing regularly involves a fair bit more fine-tuned boat-handling, so the past few weekends have undoubtedly strengthened their skills in that department. Also, because team racing tends to require a more aggressive tactical mindset, Dennis and May might be pleased to find that such experience can be helpful on the starting line and in other boat-to-boat situations while fleet racing.
While Dennis and May will be racing in A division for the Bulldogs, sophomore skipper Emily Billing and junior crew Margot Benedict will be racing in B division. Billing and Benedict have had an especially strong season together thus far, and Billing is coming off of a second-place B division finish at the Ivy Championship last weekend.
While the weather on Thursday and Friday is supposed to get quite wet, forecasts say that the skies in Providence, R.I., are supposed to clear up just in time for the weekend's event. Forecasts are also calling for strong northwest winds ranging from 12 to 17 knots all weekend.
With good weather in the forecast and the team up in the rankings, it should be another exciting weekend of sailboat racing for the No. 2 Yale women's sailing team.
Report filed by Chris Segerblom '14, Yale Sports Publicity


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