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Well, now that I finally have Internet back, I figured I would get a good post in before things got really busy this weekend. Since my last post, I have moved, started a new job and this Saturday will be my last day at my job of 3 1/2 years. Sad face. But, as with everything else, all good things must come to an end.
So, my first day at GE – well, my first two days. They were fairly uneventful. I did a lot of safety training – A LOT! The other CO-OP, Rana, took me on a tour of the plant. She said it was like the blind leading the blind because she had only been there a week. It was really interesting, though. I've never been in an industry setting, much less a union setting. There is definitely a very unique culture. The vast majority of employees have been working there for 30 years or so, and then a small percentage were hired within the last two years. It's just a very different vibe from the two sets of employees. On Tuesday, I got to see the production of black lights. Apparently GE only produces them once a year, and I was lucky enough to be there. It's really awesome. I'll try and take some pictures, but I'm not sure that would fly, because of proprietary information, etc, but I'll see what I can do. For now, I do have a picture of my 50 minute drive to Bucyrus on my first day. It's a nice drive, and very scenic, but very long.
I know, not safe to take pictures while driving, but at least I stopped. I figured there was no one coming either direction so it was ok.
Next week should be more exciting. I'll get into the training of how to set up job postings and manage them, and schedule people for interviews and do phone interviews, etc.
I also moved into my new apartment over the weekend. Again, more pictures to come, but I do have pictures of my new bed and dresser. 🙂 It's a great apartment. Internet was installed yesterday, I finally have my mailbox keys, and even though we're next to a train track, it's very quiet. We can't even hear the next door dog barking all of the time. I feel like he barks at his shadow. Oh well. Once we have more stuff unpacked, I'll take pictures and post them.
In wedding world, my bachelorette party is this weekend, on Sunday. Should be fun. My sister is planning it. It's weird to think my wedding is >>9!!!!<< days away! That's crazy. Mostly everything is done, just small stuff now. We met with the DJ and our caterer to confirm everything, the honeymoon hotel is confirmed, and we should be set. Now we just have to make a list of everything we need to remember for the honeymoon so that we don't forget something important…like a camera.
Tonight is our MHR 854 final. Thank goodness. I'm worn out due to having to remember everything at once, and it will be so much better to be able to be done with this school year. So far the grades that have come in are looking pretty good – no final grades yet, but an A- on the 854 project, a B+ on the 856 final, and who knows about 865. I'll just be glad to be done with this quarter. It's been rough.
For now, I'm off to study and get lunch. A shout out to Rob Chabot, the fearless leader of the My Fisher Grad Life Bloggers. He sent me a really nice email, and I am officially signed up to continue blogging through the summer and next school year. So, be on the lookout for more shenanigans being broadcast to the world.
Congratulations to everyone who is graduating this weekend. Be safe on senior crawl tonight!


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Billy Corgan Asks California Pizza Kitchen to Stop Cheese Suppliers From Mutilating Calves
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan is the latest to lend his celebrity to a PETA cause, urging the California Pizza Kitchen chain to stop using cheese suppliers that employ the barbaric practice of dehorning their calves.
Corgan, who has previously participated in PETA's Kentucky Fried Cruelty and Free Mali campaigns, has studied up on the methods used by viewing PETA's investigative video showcasing the cheese suppliers' procedures. His comments read as follows:
I have viewed the photos and watched PETA's investigative video of these procedures, and I was appalled to see young calves who struggled and writhed in pain as searing hot irons burned their heads. The industry has noted that the burns are so severe that they may damage the underlying bone. Other practices, which include using caustic chemicals to eat away at the horn-bud flesh via a chemical burn, are no better. … I strongly urge you to take immediate action to stop this unspeakable barbarism by requiring your suppliers to phase out dehorning.
PETA suggests that farmers could get around these methods by simply breeding naturally hornless or "polled" cattle. They note that several other companies have already taken steps to eliminate dehorning and they urge California Pizza Kitchen to follow suit.
Those interested in backing Corgan and PETA's desire to stop the dehorning process are urged to contact the company to let their feelings be known. For information on how to contact California Pizza Kitchen on the matter, click here.

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Looking for someone to hit with (singles players only). It's been a while since I played regularly, but a 4.5 - 5.0 player would be a good match.
I travel a lot but when I'm in SRQ (usually two weeks at a time) my schedule is pretty flexible.
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I'm a 4.0, but if you wanna practice against lefties, let me know.
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## Update 1 ; just never version of compat-wireless
## Update 2; new version of compat-wireless (3.5-3)
Anyway, for start make sure that you have all build-essentials and headers for you current kernel, which is 3.2 for latest UP4.
We will compile compat wireless from kernel 3.5 (so this is update of wireless stack too), this version worked for me and it is just fine.
1) Download compat-wireless
Use your favorite browser and http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat- ... sn.tar.bz2 / save it wherever you want.
Or simple
2) Now extract the archive
3) Open terminal in compat-wireless directory:tar jxvf compat-wireless-*tar.bz2
3) Download needed patches:cd compat-wireless-*
4) Apply the patch:
5) Compile/Installpatch -p1 < mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch
Now, easiest way is to reboot.make clean
sudo make install
Enjoy working aircrack-ng/updated wifi drivers.
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Harmony Grove advances in state tournament
The Harmony Grove Lady Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat Perryville 4-2 in the first round of the 3A State Tournament at Prescott High School Friday afternoon.
In the seventh, Morgan Ramsey reached on a one-out walk and with two outs senior Kaylee Allen hit a line drive up the middle to move Ramsey to third. Macy Coffee walked to load the bases and two runs would score on a hit by Stephanie Parins.
Molly White gave Harmony Grove a two-run lead when she single home Coffee.
"It was an excellent game," coach Sammi Massey said. "Everybody had a great attitude and had great spirits. Our seniors played a huge role and everybody was focus and ready to play.
"It was very fun to watch."
Perryville scored their two runs in the fifth. Parins pitched all seven innings, allowing just five hits with seven strikeouts and one walk.
"She pitched an excellent game," Massey said. "She played a great game but it really was a total team effort. I'm really proud of my seniors, espcially Kaylle who it got it started with a hit."
Harmony Grove scored their first run of the game in the fourth inning, Tori Simmons reached on a RBI walk. Coffee reached on an error to begin the inning, followed by a walk to Parins and a second error that allowed White to reach first.
Allen was 1-4, Coffee was 1-3, Parins was 2-3 and White was 1-4. Aliyah Kennedy was 1-3.
"Perryville had a very good pitcher so our hits were far and few between," Massey said. "But we got them when we needed them."
Laura Britt had nine putouts for Harmony Grove, including a double play.
"She really stood out defensively," Massey said.
The Lady Cardinals will play host-team Prescott today at noon after the Lady Curly Wolves beat Corning 4-0 in the first round.


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With common factors such as traffic, crowds, noise, grime, and crime, cities are generally not perceived as oases of calm.
But what makes one city more stressful to live in than the next? In order to gauge the stress of residents in American cities, data cruncher Sperling's Best Places considered the 50 largest metropolitan areas (which includes suburbs). The team considered the following factors: divorce rate, commute times, unemployment, violent crime, property crime, suicides, alcohol consumption, mental health, sleep troubles, and the annual amount of cloudy days.
There wasn't a lot of variance in several categories. For alcohol consumption per month, each of the top 10 cities ranged from 8.7 to 14 drinks per month; for days per month with poor mental health, the metro areas ranged from 2.9 to 4.3; and for days per month of poor sleep, the range was 6.9 to 8.2.
The data behind this list does not paint a cheery picture. The Sunshine State, in particular, seems much less sunny — dismal, even. What follows are the 10 metropolitan areas that fared the worst using the above criteria.
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The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will extend its bond-buying program, Operation Twist, through the end of the year – a move experts say could have far-reaching implications for investors.
Citing slower household spending, weaker job growth and lower inflation, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank would continue the program, started last August, which involves selling shorter-dated bonds that mature in less than three years and using the proceeds to buy longer-dated Treasury bonds. In the first round of the program, which was scheduled to end this month, the Fed sold $400 billion of short-term bonds; it will sell another $267 billion in bonds this time around.
Experts say the strategy, which is meant to encourage more borrowing by lowering long-term rates, could have a ripple effect across the markets, affecting everything from bonds to stocks – even gold. In the short term, quantitative easing programs tend to boost investor confidence, leading to a rally in stocks. Longer-term, experts say the program could lower bond yields for corporate bonds and Treasurys. "There are a lot of areas that their policy tends to impact," says Brian Jacobsen, chief portfolio strategist for Wells Fargo Funds Management.
To be sure, the Fed has swayed markets less and less with each round of quantitative easing, analysts say, meaning the effects of this program could be muted. For instance, while Treasury yields rose following the announcement of QE1, QE2 and Operation Twist, the increase diminished with each round, says Anthony Valeri, a fixed income strategist for LPL Financial. Some other forces, like investors' concerns over the European debt crisis, may have a larger impact on bond and stock markets, advisers say.
That said, experts say investors should expect some market movements. Here are a few of the likely consequences for investors, and the strategies experts say may be warranted.
Equity markets tend to rally during periods of quantitative easing, but the boost may be short-lived, says George Kiraly, an adviser with LodeStar Advisory Group in Short Hills, N.J. That's especially the case if investors believe the Fed's efforts aren't enough to substantially help the economy, he says. Indeed, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped about 90 points immediately following today's announcement but bounced back in afternoon trading.
Precious metals like gold tend to pop following quantitative easing from the Fed since bond-buying programs can lead to higher inflation expectations. But advisers say investors hoping to take advantage of this potential boost should tread carefully. Kiraly only recommends buying gold if it tops $1,640 an ounce. Because gold has been trading in a range between $1,500 and $1,640 an ounce (today it's near $1,620), if it breaks above that range, it could be a sign of upward momentum for the yellow metal, he says.
High yield bonds
Unlike Treasurys, stocks and gold, high-yield bonds don't normally get an immediate boost when the Fed starts a bond-purchasing program. Corporate bond yields actually increased – and prices dropped– following the start of QE2 and Operation Twist, a sign that investors viewed the bonds as riskier, says Valeri. But over the intermediate to long term, those corporate bond yields came down after QE1, QE2 and QE3 as investors gained confidence in the economy and became more comfortable taking on risk and prices rose.


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For most collegiate sports there are hours and hours spent scouting the opposition. The way they play, their weaknesses, their strengths, everything under the sun is broken down through film.
That's not the case when it comes to cross country.
"We know that our sport is different because there are so many unknown elements with weather, the type of surface, the amount of hills and on and on," VCU Director of Cross Country Nicole Cook said. "The only thing we know is how far we are running and it's up to us to put our best effort forward every time we toe the line. It's so much about the mental aspect for our student-athletes."
"I like the way our student-athletes have approached this season," Cook said. "We have really focused on this championship meet and because of that we might not have had the big personal bests we had last year, but I think we are more prepared to have our best results at the exact time we need to and that's this weekend."
The Rams will send nine men and five women to Atlanta this weekend. The top five runners from each school will account for the point scoring and ultimately determine the championship.
William & Mary has won 11 straight CAA Championships, while James Madison took home last year's title on the women's side.
"The thing I try to stress to our athletes is that it doesn't matter what school you're coming from, it's ultimately up to you to decide how much you're willing to push yourself on that given day," Cook said. "It doesn't matter if you're a walk on or a star senior, it's all about mentally pushing yourself every step of the way."
Cook will be leaning on five seniors, three men and two women, to lead by example when they take to the trails this weekend.
Axel Mostrag, Tyler Simmons and John Vial all finished in the top-40 at last year's championship meet as the Rams finished fourth, just two points out of third-place.
"Those three guys are big for us, they've been there and know what it takes at these championship meets," Cook said. "We really need them to set the tone from the start."
O n the women's side, the second-year coach will look for Nicole Walters and Heather DelaCruz to lead the Black & Gold, who finished ninth at last year's championship meet.
"Nicole and Heather are the same way, they've been around and know how to be successful at these championship meets, so it'll be huge for them to set the tone for our team," Cook said.
The Rams will be focused on the mental side as the course, Nash Farm Battlefield Park, is a relative unknown for many CAA squads.
"It's not a rare occurrence in our sport that we're not exactly sure what to expect as far as a course layout," Cook said. "We've been told it's pretty hilly, but that's a relative term, so we're just going to do everything we can to prepare for all conditions."
Ultimately, Cook is looking for one thing from her athletes this weekend.
"There's only one thing I ask of my runners every time out and that's to give their absolute best effort," she said. "Running is so much about passion and pushing yourself, so when they go out and give it all they have, that's all I can ask for."


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Monetary easing by the Federal Reserve may not have led to inflation in the U.S. yet, but it continues to divide opinion. Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff hit back at economist Paul Krugman on Thursday after the Nobel Laureate derided him in a New York Times column.
Schiff, a self-confessed "monetary hawk" and critic of the policy, went on the offensive after Krugman dug up an interview Schiff had on Fox News in 2009.
"If we don't reverse course, if we continue to stimulate, then we will end up with hyperinflation and it will be like Zimbabwe," Schiff said on the "Glenn Beck Show."
Krugman, took aim at Schiff and other "Austrian/Ron Paul types" in his Times blog back in December.
"Since we did indeed triple the monetary base with nothing much happening to inflation, the right lesson to draw is that their model is all wrong," he said, but added that an inflation could still jump.
(Read More: Bernanke 'Bigger Threat' Than 'Fiscal Cliff': Schiff)
The Federal Reserve announced in December that it would buy $45 billion in additional Treasurys every month, on top of the $40 billion a month in mortgage-backed securities has already committed to, taking the total size of its QE (quantitative easing) program to $85 billion a month. This stimulus has divided economists in the U.S. with fears that the tactics will cause inflation.
Schiff, in an editorial for his Euro Pacific website, countered Krugman's argument by stating that the Consumer Price Index — the figure used to measure inflation — might not be giving the full picture. To see a video on this topic go here.
"There is plenty of evidence to suggest that the CPI is essentially meaningless as it woefully under reports rising prices," he said.
(Read More: Bernanke's 'Ruinous' QE Will Lead to Rapid Inflation: SocGen's Albert Edwards)
He cited the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) Newspaper and Magazine Index which he said showed the price of magazines from 1999 to 2002 increased by 37.1 percent.
"But a perusal of the cover prices of the 10 most popular newspapers and magazines (The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Time, Sports Illustrated, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, People, NY Times, USA Today, and the LA Times) over the same time frame showed an average cover price increase of 131.5 percent (3.5 times faster than the BLS' stats)," he said. "This is not even in the same ballpark."
And that's not all. Schiff had similar concerns over the Health Insurance Index, also part of CPI, and pointed the finger at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"If the inaccuracy of these two components were consistent with the rest of the CPI's components, inflation could now be reported in double-digits!" He said.
(Read More: Krugman Isn't (Quite) Right About Austrian Economics)
Schiff continues to highlight that the formula for CPI has changed over the years, making it even more inaccurate, but added that U.S. trade deficits and foreign central bank dollar accumulation mean that much of the printed money in QE winds up in foreign bank vaults, not shopping centers.
"As foreign consumer goods flow in, and dollars flow out, a lid is kept on domestic prices," he said.
Foreign countries investing in US. debt means that inflation is effectively exported. Those countries recycle their surpluses into U.S. Treasuries, according to Schiff, as seen by the current low bond yields of under 2 percent.
China remains the largest holder of U.S. government debt, although Japan ramped up its investment during 2012. Over the year, Japan's pace of buying accelerated with its treasury holdings rising from $907 billion to $1.121 trillion, the Financial Times reported.
"When the flows reverse, bond prices will fall, yields will climb, and a tidal wave of dollars will wash up on American shores, drowning consumers in a sea of inflation," Schiff said.


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COLLEGE STATION – The Big 12's athletic directors are supposed to meet today in continued discussions about the Longhorn Network. Texas A&M, leading the charge against the LHN, has made itself clear through president R. Bowen Loftin and athletic director Bill Byrne.
The Aggies are opposed to the LHN airing a Big 12 football game, and they're especially opposed to the LHN airing high school games. Should the ESPN-owned LHN press forward with plans to do both – and right now the Big 12 has put those plans on hold – I expect the Aggies to announce they're bolting the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference.
Less than two weeks ago, Loftin described the Big 12 as being in a state of "uncertainty" thanks to the intentions of the LHN. A reporter from the Bryan-College Station Eagle, a reporter from KBTX-TV and I were present for the interview following a closed-door session by the A&M regents. Since then Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe has tried twisting Loftin's words to say the A&M president meant the Longhorn Network was in a state of uncertainty – not the league.
Beebe's Twist didn't work, and let's be clear: Loftin was talking about the league. He repeated it several times to the three of us. Loftin also was clearly upset that what he described as a much-discussed idea of equality among league members from the June Big 12 board meetings wasn't coming to fruition.
"We left that meeting feeling very good about ourselves … that we'd had a major step forward to achieve stability in the conference, and to really move forward solidly into the future, with a more unified view of where we were going than before," Loftin said.
Then, the Longhorn Network's announced plans for a Big 12 football game (UT vs. a TBD opponent) and airing high school games were "troubling" to that idea, Loftin said.
In the same interview, Loftin also said, "The Big 12 is not a bad place to be. It's a good place to be right now. We have a lot of good things going on here in terms of success across a number of sports, not just football. … The Big 12 has great potential to be a very successful conference in the long term if we can work through these kinds of issues."
Byrne has said the same things, and if the LHN announces it won't show Big 12 football games and high school games, I imagine things will settle and the Big 12 will live on for the time being. If not, the Aggies are fully prepared to say Bye Bye Big 12, Hello SEC – all thanks to a television network.
And, because of that, I know plenty of SEC-loving Aggies who are crossing their fingers the Longhorn Network presses on with its plans.


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John claims to have one original set with lots of trouble-free miles, but there is a box full of discarded broken fenders down in the garage, and I remember a few rides where he finished with half a fender strapped to the bike or hanging out of a pocket. I also recall a recent snowy Saturday that he spent hacking up a broken one to use to patch and reinforce a cracked one! [Editor's note: Do not ride trails with metal mudguards. They do not like sticks and branches!]
|My belt-drive fixie Seven with SKS longboards and room for 32mm tires!
Still I was tempted by the metal fender offerings from PDW, since they are so rock solid and @the_wilcox gave them a thumbs up in the durability department.
Sadly PDW's original full metal fender was designed for 700C X 23mm tires, which may be fine for the perfectly smooth paved roads of the Pacific Northwest, but our New England roads are laced with frost-heaves and are more potholes than pavement these days and I've just grown to appreciate the comfort of wider tires.
Besides the only bike I have with skinny 23mm wide tires is also my only fender-free bike. Regular readers may recall this same tire size limitation was my main complaint with the SKS raceblade longs.
BTW, I will say that while the raceblade longs won't work for me due to that max 23 mm tire width, many of my friends (who ride with those skinny tires) have found them to be just the ticket for their bikes with tight clearances. And honestly I'm grateful that they have them!
|Crud Roadracers with mudflap made from high-tech packing tape!
Readers of my previous blog entries on fenders may also remember that I've been using the super lightweight Roadracer Fenders from Crud on my coupled Seven. They are reasonably effective and come apart nicely for packing. But I, and more importantly my riding companions, longed for something with better coverage. After breaking my back last fall, I also decided I really wanted fatter tires so I had the back end of my coupled and geared Seven modified to take a tire like the Grand Bois Cypres (nominal 700CX30 - but measures closer to 32) with a fender.
My belted/fixie Seven already had this clearance, and sports the wide SKS Longboards with a Cypres tire on the back. I was just about to put those same fenders on the newly rebuilt geared bike, when I noticed that PDW had released a new wider version of their metal fenders, the Full Metal Fenders - City, which at 45 mm wide, are designed to work with 700C tires up to 38mm. I asked our local shops about getting a set, and Harris Cyclery was able to get them for us.
We had to do a slight modification to get the front fender to work with my fork. The original narrower fenders have cut outs on the sides to accommodate a narrow fork crown and to allow for the QR on a caliper brake. The wider model does not have this cut out by default, so we had to do a bit of tweaking. We have found that the Tektro 539 brake has a more fender-friendly shape than the Shimano 57mm reach brake that I had used previously, so we made that swap.
Both front and rear fender come with safety quick releases for the stays. The stays slide into the QR and are secured with a tiny hex key. The fenders come complete with nice mudflaps, and in relatively short order my new-ish bike was ready for a proper fender test.
We've had plenty of snow in the last few weeks, and the roads are covered in sand and salt. Since mounting them, I'd managed to get out a few times on dry-ish roads, and the fenders felt solid and kept grit off my bike and backside.
Then last weekend, the temperature soared to over 50F. That, combined with thunderstorms the day before, snow clogged storm drains, and the snow-melt canal - 2 foot high snow banks on each side of the road - made riding on the road more like riding in a shallow river at times. Puddles were more like small lakes, hiding craters that could swallow a small car.
This was a day made for fat tires and fenders! And it was time to test them both...
|A rare dry section of road and no muddy wet stripe up my backside!
|More typical of the road conditions on Saturday!
At one point an oncoming cyclist offered a greeting of "It's sure a messy day!" But John and I just shared a private chuckle that we hadn't noticed and how clean we were thanks to our be-fendered machines.
I'll also point out that the front of me is clean too, because my riding companion also had good fenders!
Remember friends don't let friends spray friends! Spring is fender season! Let's be dry out there!
|Another dry bit of pavement
The verdict so far. Awesome. I'll report back in a year about the longevity. In the meantime, I'm hoping they will make a wide 650B model that we can put on the tandem! hint, hint
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Granata named COO at First County Bank
Robert Granata has replaced Katherine Harris as president and chief operating officer of First County Bank, following Harris' retirement on June 30.
The move is part of a long-planned succession strategy structured to manage the transition smoothly as Harris leaves after nearly 30 years with the bank.
"I'm very honored and humbled to take this role," Granata said. "It's all about the people, about building relationships, both internally and externally for the organization. That's the pillar of what much of First County is all about."
In his new role, Granata will manage daily operations at the bank, weigh in on short and long-term planning and ensure compliance with regulations, among other duties. His responsibilities will include oversight, through division and department heads, of retail and business banking, marketing, loan and deposit operations, human resources and risk/compliance management, according to the bank.
Granata, a Trumbull resident, has been with First County Bank since 2007. Last April, he was promoted to executive vice president, chief credit and risk officer at the bank. He has spent 27 years in financial services.
The transition was planned as far back as 2005, and Granata has had a personal coach to groom him for the post. His performance over the years has been evaluated by peers, managers and direct reports, but the ultimate decision was made by First County Bank's management and board, said Reyno Giallongo, chairman and CEO of First County Bank.
"We want to signal to the market, to our employees and to our customers that we've sticking to our strategy," Giallongo said. "As a community bank, continuity is very important."
He added: "Bob has been readying himself for this seat for quite a few years now. Working internally always gives us a better opportunity to know the person really well."
First County Bank is headquartered in Stamford and has nearly 160 years of experience as an independent mutual bank in the community. It has branches in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Westport and Norwalk.


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Farmingdale State - 92, Purchase - 75
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Senior guard Christine Daley (Elmont, N.Y./Elmont) and sophomore guard Kimberly Blakney (Brooklyn, N.Y./Benjamin Banneker) led the Rams with 18 points each in a 92-75 conference victory over Purchase College tonight in Farmingdale, N.Y. Farmingdale improves to 5-2, 3-0 in the Skyline, while Purchase fell to 3-3, 1-1 with the loss.
Senior guard Dankery Perez (New York, N.Y./Manhattan Center) finished with 11 points, nine assists and six steals. Sophomore guard Tiffara Steward (Elmont, N.Y./Sewanhaka) scored 12 points, had three steals and three assists.
For Purchase, junior forward Jennifer Danio (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peters) had a game-high 30 points and 10 boards. Freshman guard Amanda Capone (Southold, N.Y./Southold) had 13 points, while junior guard Jennifer Ciardulli (Centereach, N.Y./Centereach) had 10 points.
The Rams will now play at Old Westbury on Saturday, December 8th at 2:00 p.m.


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Here's the roundup of all the wonderful vegan Mexican recipes you sent for the It's a Vegan World- Mexican event. For some weird reason I lost all the copy I had originally written on this post, but luckily I didn't lose your entries. Here they are, in all their delicious glory:
Suganya's black bean tortilla soup
Uma Ramesh's vegetable enchiladas
Varsha's banana cocoa soy smoothie
Yasmeen's soy chunks empanadas
My tortitas des alubias y papa
Refried beans with chipotle chilis
Mexican rice with chili-garlic potatoes
Mushroom and green pepper quesadillas
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Collecting stories, voicemails, pictures and playlists from around the world, Yve Blake is asking 5 year olds to 95 year olds for tales in which their past selves play the lead.
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text: Monday, August 08, 2011 APTA PowerPoint Provides Information for Individuals at Risk for Falls A new APTA PowerPoint presentation, developed by member experts, is a resource APTA members can use for live educational sessions in their communities for older adults or other individuals who may be at risk for falls. September 23, the first day of fall, is Fall Prevention Awareness Day, and the ideal time to schedule a presentation for a group in your community. Login and access the PowerPoint presentation at: www.apta.org/BalanceFalls/. Find other resources for Falls Prevention Awareness Day on the National Council on Aging's Center for Healthy Aging Web site. Comments Great power point for education of a variety of populations... Posted by Nancy Clark -> >LRcE on 8/15/2011 1:56 PM


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My tugboat man brought back some treasures and cool marlinspike seamanship projects he worked on while he
abandoned me was away for two months.
What do you think of the captain's welcome home signs?
This picture frame is huge–2 ft. x 3ft.
This is a close-up view of his masterful work.
My mariner found a float in the harbor and crafted a delicate netting in black.
And then we worked together to make it into a lamp! The base is a piece of driftwood. The captain's making some fancy knotwork to embellish the shade.
Princess Rosebud was spoiled with a necklace from a craft fair somewhere near where Santa lives.
He fashioned a pretty little handmade tray with copper tubing sides and handles and filled it with shells and driftwood!
We had welcome home festive cocktails of cranberry juice and vodka with a fresh cranberry in our antique champagne glasses.
And yummy ginger cookies…
Our Downton Abbey-inspired dinner table.
His mess, which has since been cleaned up!
Now he has a new project–when he's not surfing– refinishing a rowboat and making it seaworthy.
Such is the life of a tugboat captain's wife! I'm a happy girl, that's for sure!
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(ENS) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has proposed sweeping changes to the Endangered Species Act, releasing a plan to give federal agencies the authority to decide without expert consultation whether their activities could harm endangered and threatened species. Administration officials contend the proposal will make the law easier to implement, but critics say the plan would undermine federal protection of imperiled plants and animals.
Announced Monday by the head of the U.S. Interior Department, the proposed changes would relax the current requirement that federal agencies consult with federal wildlife experts to ensure activities they undertake or approve -- such as logging, mining and road construction -- do not adversely affect listed species.
Thousands of such consultations occur each year, but the administration argues they are not worth the hassle.
"The existing regulations create unnecessary conflicts and delays," said U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, who told reporters the proposal aims to bring the Endangered Species Act "into the 21st century."
Under the proposed revisions, federal agencies would be permitted to bypass the consultation process if they believe the action in question would cause little harm to listed species. If an agency chooses to skip consultation, it would be responsible for any subsequent harm caused to the species in question.
The plan also imposes new deadlines on federal wildlife agencies to respond to a request for consultation, requiring a response within 60 days. If they fail to respond within that timeframe, the project in question may proceed without their analysis.
"The proposed regulations will continue to protect species while focusing the consultation process on those federal actions where potential impacts can be linked to the action and the risks are reasonably certain to occur," Kempthorne said. "The result should be a process that is less time-consuming and a more effective use of our resources."
The proposal is in part driven by the administration's concern about the potential use of the Endangered Species Act to force limits on greenhouse gas emissions. In May, the Interior chief reluctantly listed the polar bear as threatened, citing evidence that global warming is melting Arctic sea ice and putting the ice-dependent bears at risk.
Such a listing could force federal agencies to consider the impact of greenhouse gas emissions of their activities on polar bear habitat, something the Bush administration opposes. When announcing the polar bear decision, Kempthorne suggested he would take steps to ensure that concern is eliminated -- something the new proposal addresses.
"It is not possible to draw a link between greenhouse gas emissions and distant observations of impacts on species," Kempthorne told reporters Monday, adding that concerns about global warming should be tackled by new national legislation and international agreements.
Dale Hall, director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, called the proposal a "positive step forward."
The existing consultation requirements were developed more than 20 years ago, he said, and federal agencies now have far more expertise to determine whether their activities imperil listed species.
The proposal would "reduce ambiguity, improve consistency, and narrow interpretive differences," Hall explained.
Environmentalists and congressional Democrats are far from convinced.
"With these changes, the Bush administration threatens to undo more than 30 years of progress," said John Kostyack, a senior official with the National Wildlife Federation, one of the nation's largest environmental groups.
Kostyack and other critics contend federal agencies do not have the expertise to assess the impacts of their activities on endangered species -- and little interest in ensuring species are protected.
"These changes take unbiased, professional wildlife biologists out of the equation and put decisions in the hands of political appointees," he said.
Top Democrats offered similar reactions.
The proposal "gives federal agencies an unacceptable degree of discretion to decide whether or not to comply with the Endangered Species Act," said Representative Nick Rahall, a West Virginia Democrat and chair of the House Natural Resources Committee.
The new plan is part of a larger effort by the Bush administration and some Republicans in Congress to overhaul the Endangered Species Act, which they contend is in dire need of reform.
But to date their attempts to revise the law have failed. A federal court struck down a 2004 Bush administration rule that sought to expedite approval of pesticides by revising the consultation process, and a Republican-led House bill reforming the law died in the Senate in 2005.
And last year the Bush administration became embroiled in controversy over alleged political meddling with Endangered Species Act decisions, forcing the resignation of top Interior Department official Julie MacDonald and the review of several endangered species decisions she made.
Critics say the administration has little interest in enforcing the law and is keen to relax endangered species protections in a bid to please homebuilders as well as mining and logging interests.
The new plan "repeats and includes all of the disdain for science and political trumping of expertise that has characterized previous Bush administration efforts to dismantle fundamental environmental laws," said Sierra Club President Carl Pope.
Kempthorne said such opposition to the plan was hardly surprising.
"There will always be criticism any time you suggest changes to the Endangered Species Act," he told reporters.
The public will have 30 days to comment on the proposal. The Interior Department will publish a notice of the plan in the Federal Register either late this week or early next week, says DOI spokesman Frank Quinby. Information on how to submit comments will be included in that notice.
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Some would say, Now is not the time to talk about race in politics. America is divided and needs to be united. Alice Pattersons book demonstrates that now is the time to discuss what has divided us and how to bring transformation to our nation. Race is at the forefront of our nation. Many people think they have heard too much. But do they have answers?
This book is an invitation to step into the Grand Canyon of all breaches in Americathe division between Black evangelicals who are mostly Democrats and White Evangelicals who are mostly Republicans. It will lead you through Alices personal discovery about racismthe personal and corporate kinds, as well as the overt and the unconscious.
In this book you will find reconciliation and racial healing in an unlikely placethe political arena. Is God interested in politics? Does He want you to get involved? Can ordinary citizens have real power instead of just influence? Can we empower evil powers without even realizing it? Is tolerance a virtue or a sin? All the answers and more are found in Bridging the Racial and Political Divide.
This book will help you to understand how to bring change on the:
Alice poses a sobering question: Why are Black and White evangelicals, who agree theologically, so divided by race, especially in politics? This book is devoted to providing the answer, not only to the causes of the divide but, most importantly, to show how to bridge it so that Gods presence and power can be brought into the political arena to make this world a better place.
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Author, Anointed for Business and Transformation
In this book, my good friend, Alice Patterson, the granddaughter of a deceased Ku Klux Klan member, presents a thorough, incisive, serious, and compelling story about how God dealt with her concerning racism. Alice tells the heartfelt story of the principles she learned, the evil structures she discovered, and reveals the God-given strategies to dismantle the structures. This book touches on race relations, politics, hidden Black history, and most of all, repentance and reconciliation. A wealth of information can be learned from this rich and interesting study.
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No where in this country among the 568 tribes of Indians have we ever had a document as clear as Bridging the Racial and Political Divide. Ive wondered for many years if any book would hit the streets with so vital information of bringing back true reconciliation of the truth that could heal the wounds of my people. Ive found such a book in the pages of this vital document.
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When God looked and sought for someone to stand in Americas political gap, we are so fortunate that He found Alice Patterson! There isnt a person in America that understands race, politics and Gods heart for reconciliation like Alice does. As you read this book, the scriptures will come alive, and Gods love and desire for unity will invade your heart. Unto that end, this book is part of Gods history of faithfulness through an incredible intercessor. For many of you, this book will be a watershed moment that will mark you for life.
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Hilkiah Ministries, Fort Worth, Texas
Author, Created for Influence; Co author, History Makers
Alice Patterson is a brave woman. She lives and ministers for God in the government arena, and she has learned well how to influence the political machine for righteousness. In this book she has taken the bold and courageous step of exposing pernicious racism in our nation and in our churches. This is a penetrating, provoking, and practical book that all who have a hope for reforming our society in our times must read and absorb!
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At last, a book that uncovers the spiritual realities of how politics works. Alice Patterson provides principles for healing the racial and political divides that we must address for real change in America.
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James Harden scored a career-high 46 points and Jeremy Lin added 29 as the Houston Rockets mounted a furious fourth-quarter comeback for a 122-119 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.
Houston was down by 14 points with about seven minutes left. The Rockets used a 21-4 run to erase the deficit and take a 114-111 lead with 1:46 remaining. Harden stepped back under heavy pressure from Serge Ibaka to sink a 3 to tie it, before Lin connected on one seconds later to give the Rockets their first lead of the second half.
Harden made a bucket before Ibaka made two free throws. Then came another 3 by Lin to extend the lead to 119-113.
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NEW YORK -- The contingent of players from Nippon Professional Baseball continues to grace the Yankees' lineup. And right now, the Bombers need them more than ever.
Hiroki Kuroda won his first game in exactly a month, 4-3, against the Pirates on Sunday in the opener of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, and Masahiro Tanaka will try to continue his own phenomenal personal winning streak against the Cubs on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.View Full Game Coverage
NEW YORK -- The contingent of players from Nippon Professional Baseball continues to grace the Yankees' lineup. And right now, the Bombers need them more than ever.
Hiroki Kuroda won his first game in exactly a month, 4-3, against the Pirates on Sunday in the opener of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, and Masahiro Tanaka will try to continue his own phenomenal personal winning streak against the Cubs on Tuesday at Wrigley Field.View Full Game Coverage
Even the aging Ichiro Suzuki was back in the starting lineup in Sunday's Game 2 against the Pirates, and with a single, he now has 2,763 hits in his pursuit of 3,000 in the Major Leagues. Ichiro had been sidelined this week because of a stiff back.
The trio includes an almost certain Hall of Famer, the most highly pursued Japanese pitcher in history and a veteran right-hander who has now won 71 big league games in seven seasons with the Dodgers and Yanks. It has created a tremendous support system for the 25-year-old Tanaka.
"Obviously, it's a big help to have two of the best players in the history of Japanese baseball around," Tanaka said on Sunday after the Yankees split the doubleheader, losing the second game, 5-3. "Their presence means a great deal to me."
The Yankees spent $175 million to sign Tanaka this past January. The record seven-year deal included a $20 million posting fee paid to the Rakuten Golden Eagles, Tanaka's former NPB club. He is 6-0 for the Yanks and 34-0 in regular-season games on both continents since losing his last one on Aug. 19, 2012.
That streak will come to an end at some point, but the Yankees are hoping it doesn't happen at Wrigley.
"I don't think about it," Tanaka said. "The record I have is something that I had in Japan. That's something different from what I have over here, so that's how I look at it."
Putting the Tanaka deal into perspective, in 2001, the Mariners paid what was then a record $13.25 million posting fee to the Orix BlueWave for Ichiro and then signed him to a three-year, $14 million contract. He's currently earning $6.5 million on the back end of a two-year, $13 million deal he signed in 2012 with the Yankees.
Kuroda, as a full-fledged free agent, signed a three-year, $35.3 million contract in 2007 with the Dodgers, and re-signed with the Yanks this past Dec. 7 for $16 million.
Tanaka is earning $20 million this season, making it a total of $42.5 million on the 2014 books for the three stars.
The trio comes to the ballpark and travels with three separate interpreters. They are rarely seen interacting in the clubhouse. Kuroda, though, said he talks often with Tanaka about pitching.
"We're both starting pitchers, so we spend a lot of time talking in the dugout and stuff," Kuroda said.
And Ichiro?
"If he's available on the bench, we also talk about different stuff," Kuroda said. "I ask him about hitters' psychology in certain situations, and that's a good learning experience for me."
For his part, though, Ichiro says there is little interaction.
"They are pitchers," he said. "If they were outfielders, it might be different."
Ichiro is dealing with his own situation. Even before the nagging injury, Ichiro's playing time had been limited this season, considering the number of high-paid, big-name outfielders the Yanks have on the roster. He's batting .356, but he's had 21 hits in only 59 at-bats this year. At that rate, Ichiro won't reach 3,000 hits until he's in his mid-40s, if at all. He's 40 now.
A lefty hitter, if the back holds up, Ichiro is sure to see more time at least against right-handed pitchers with Carlos Beltran on the disabled list because of a bone spur in his right elbow. Beltran, a switch-hitter, is scheduled to see Dr. James Andrews on Tuesday for a second opinion. If the decision is made to have surgery, Beltran could be out for as long as two months. He had 128 at-bats in 33 games before he went out.
That should give Ichiro ample time to play.
"We'll go day by day with him," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Hopefully, when he wakes up, he'll feel good. I don't believe he has a chronic back issue, but whenever a guy has one, you have to wonder how he's going to feel the next day. We'll find out and see where we are Tuesday."
When asked about the injury, Ichiro tapped the back of his head and said he's trying to forget about it.
"I felt good enough to play today," he said. "That means I should be good enough to play [on Tuesday].
To be sure right now, considering all the injuries to starting pitchers, Tanaka and Kuroda are the veteran foundation of the Yanks' rotation. Michael Pineda, who is on the DL with a right shoulder injury, threw a bullpen session on Sunday. The news on CC Sabathia wasn't particularly positive. He returned to the ballpark on Sunday after having a cortisone/stem cell injection in his degenerative right knee and even Girardi wasn't optimistic.
"How does he move forward from here? It's going to be more than a 15-day DL, I can tell you that," Girardi said about Sabathia, who would have been eligible for activation on May 26. "When will we get him back? I don't think anybody really knows, because this is something that isn't done very often."
That leaves the high-flying Tanaka, the 39-year-old Kuroda and a cast of underlings. Kuroda struggled through six innings on Sunday, almost giving back a 4-1 lead before leaving the game for a bevy of relievers, who preserved his third win of the season and first since April 12. In his start before that Monday against the Mets, Kuroda did blow a 4-1 lead before being yanked from what turned out to be a 9-7 loss.
Kuroda said his inconsistency could be attributed to the fact that his "mechanics and command may not be as good as last year."
But he's healthy, and right now, Kuroda and Tanaka are what the Yankees have.
"They're the last line of defense, and right now, they're the veterans of the group in a sense," Girardi said. "Even though Tanaka is a rookie, he still has been a starter for a while in his career and knows what he needs to do. I was pleased with Kuroda's performance. We got four runs early and made it hold up."
Barry M. Bloom is national reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Boomskie on Baseball. Follow @boomskie on Twitter.


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I have 2 ideas for comics, one of them I already know for a fact I'm going to do. But the other one is just a small story I made up when I got bored at work. I'm going to post a summary, tell me what you think.
Characters:2 rogues, 1 mage and later on 1 priest.
When it starts off a paladin is looking for the 2 rogues, who are always joking around about everything, and even play off of each others words. The paladin is accompanied by 2 mages, they kill one, kill the paladin and then the other mage joins their party simply because "he is bored". So, they go looking for the mages friend, who is a priest.
Through out the entire story the rogues talk about "past experiences" and go into alot of humourus flash backs. For instance, when they talk about why they cant be seen by warlocks...
"Yea, the last warlock we were with uh....exploded....yeah, that sorta explains what happened"
"Well, I'll say this. The stains are still in my....oh wait, I'm wearing black."
They also talk about their old master and how he was the one who made there cloaks (Cloaks being =Cloak of Shadows).
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Genres : Adult Contemporary / Praise/Wrshp
Sounds Like : Casting Crowns, Third Day, FFH, Chris Tomlin
Influences : Jesus, Chris Tomlin, Casting Crowns, Third Day
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Doug Hallock says:
Love this music, love this style!
brotherdaniel says:
love your music, thanks for sharing
ellen bowers says:
your music is so inspiring and uplifting. there is a young man about 16 from trenton who is dying of cancer in the hospital at KC. Your son "I will Sing" keeps going thru my mind, Im so sorry that Justin and his mother Bobbie are going thru all of this pain. Please keep them in your prayers. GOD bless you all and thank you.
Bobby Liightner says:
Great time talking with you and knocked out by your talent truly a blessing to me and others may God bless you in all things
Tanya Johnson says:
Just heard about your music at Church today. You are coming to Elmdale,Kansas in May. I will be there to hear you sing. I love any Christian groups. I'm inspired by the music. I will be trying to get others to come and listin tothe music. Hallilujah! Praise God!
Ronald Wilcox says:
I live in Riverside, Mo. when I seen 9th hour for the first time and I love there music. It has gotten me closer to God everytime I listen to this albume. I want more thanks
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Is the event in Joplin this Sat. June 18 still being held in Joplin?
Hey you guys, "Killing Time" is a great song! I like your sound, a lot. Great lead vocal, and awesome female harmony vocal. She reminds me of the Castings Crowns harmony vocal.
mike barragan says:
where can i get ( perfect timing ) cd...at i live in independence mo. and i play in a praise band called ( ROCK NOT SAND )...
perfect timing..that song is so good its hits home..i play in a praise band and that song would get alot of people to wake up!!!!
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David, the new CD is coming. Check out the title track. Special thanks to Paul Jackson Jr., and Chuck Loeb for playing on, "We 3 Stringz." It's on the fan faves as well. Drew
James says:
Thanks for playing tonight at the Freedom Rally First Baptist Raytown! I really appreciate the autographed CD. I hope God blesses you in everything you do! Stay in the zone!
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David, This is Chris Tracy from a while back. Chris and Theresa. In case which chris it is. Just wanted to shout out to tell ya everything is well. God bless you and Smithville surounding peeps! E mail me personally, please? firstname.lastname@example.com. god bless!! Music sounds great!
Phillip Martin says:
My wife and I are looking for a Christian event for New Years Eve, and I was unable to find any information about the Worship Service at Shawnee Park Christian Church. Can you confirm the event for New Years?In Him Phillip Martin
Brandon says:
Just downloaded the album! Sounds great. You all will keep me some company on trip to KC. Look forward to catching up.
Tim Gunning says:
Dave I picked up your groups first CD a few years ago when we met at some training in South Georgia. Its become one of my favorite. Can't wait for the new one. Keep up the good work. Sorry I'm in Orlando and won't be able to attend the new CD release in person, but I will be there in spirit. Have a Merry Christmas!!
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I llike it....looking forward to meeting you at the concert friday....don't leave until I get there hahaha, Last Place pllays last...
Taylor Jordan says:
"In the Ninth Hour". What a powerful praise song testifying to the power and might of God! I love it!
Angelyn "Angel" Lollar says:
I have bought 3 CD's and have given them away. I need to buy another one!! I have a hard time deciding my favorite song because they all peirce the heart. If I had to pick one that I really like it would be Life Abundant. Since 9-11-01 I see on the clock, microwave, watch, etc about 5 times a week 10:10 AM and 10:10 PM. I think that God is wanting me to pray John 10:10. The theif comes to kill, steal, and destroy but Jesus has come to give us life and life more ABUNDANTLY! In ALL areas of our life. God bless you all! I also like 9th Hour. Dee Dee has such a beautiful voice!Angel Lollar
Sheena Fletchall says:
I enjoyed your songs at the concert at the New Hampton, Missouri Christian School last night (Saturday, April 4, 2009) it was very wonderful!!! I enjoy LOTS of Christian music!!!!


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Design a logo for a green portal website that will pull together green resources, information, leaders, calendars, green maps, and more for Austin, TX.
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A logo in two versions: a stacked version and a banner version.
The Austin EcoNetwork has been a listserv for nearly 6 years and is now being turned into a comprehensive website; we need a fresh, exciting look for the site.
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A few days ago here in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi woman broke the law and in the process saved the life of her husband. What crime could she have possibly committed that actually saved her husband's life? She drove a car. She drove a car 120 km to get her incapacitated diabetic husband to a hospital.
One year ago, another young Saudi woman, 15-year-old Malak Al-Mutairi, was hailed as a hero when she saved the lives of several family members and eight other people as unusually heavy rains caused severe flooding in the city of Jeddah. How did she do it? She drove her family's Jeep to tow disabled vehicles to safety, rescuing people in cars that had been trapped by the floodwaters. But in doing so, she broke the law.
Earlier this year when my husband had heart surgery and couldn't drive, I wrote about the severe handicap placed on my family because of the restrictions placed on me which prevent me from driving here.
I have also written about how it's a daily occurrence to see young boys who aren't even tall enough to see over the steering wheel or reach the brake pedal driving cars here, and no one seems to have a problem with it. It's also no problem for men to drive with babies sitting in their laps and small children jumping around in the moving car - nobody is buckled in. Yet, ask Saudi men why women shouldn't drive here, and most of them will inevitably say it's for the woman's safety. Safety? What a crock! Then why does Saudi Arabia have the highest traffic accident death toll in the world? Could it be because only MEN drive here? Safety, my A$$!
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world that bans women from operating motor vehicles. Since there are no public busses that women are allowed to ride either, what this law means is that in order to get around, the women of Saudi Arabia are forced to pay for a driver or to take taxis driven by strange men. Since most Saudi men must work and those who don't work don't really want to chauffeur around the women of the family to all the places they need to go, thousands and thousands of foreign men are brought into the country to drive women around - women who are perfectly capable of driving themselves but are prevented from doing so by the misogynistic law of the land.
Although the issue of women not driving here is not contrary to Islam, the reasons given for why this ban is in effect almost always point back to Islam. However, all other Islamic nations in the world allow women to drive! I'll never forget the words of Saudi Cleric Dr. Abd Al-Aziz Al-Fawzan when he said that the push for women to drive in Saudi Arabia was really a Western conspiracy to corrupt Saudi society, and then he threw in how Western men just simply rape any woman they desire, like it's a normal common occurrence.
Some women want to drive so badly that they will go to extremes to try to do so, from dressing up as men to particpating in reckless high speed races, like many young men here do - sometimes with disastrous results.
A campaign called "We the Women" was begun to promote the case for women driving in Saudi Arabia by a young Saudi woman working on her post-graduate degree in the US. The concept is simple. Promoting open dialogue about the driving issue by encouraging women to print off a blank bubble with the "We the Women" logo on it and write their feelings about not being allowed to drive in their own words, such as "I don't like the back seat" or "Driving shouldn't even be an issue" or "Driving isn't against my religion." Then they are to post it in a public place - shop windows, utility poles, restaurants in hopes of promoting dialogue.
Back in 1990 when the Saudi government finally put a law in the books prohibiting women from driving (prior to this women were denied the right to drive, however there was no actual law on the books), women who drove cars were described as "portents of evil." (What I don't get is why WOMEN driving are considered "portents of evil," while men behind the wheel are not.) At the time, the Saudi Minister of the Interior was quoted as saying, "Women's driving of cars contradicts the sound Islamic attitude of the Saudi citizen, who is jealous about his sacred ideals."
Jealousy? Whatever! These excuses for preventing women from driving here are so feeble it's laughable. Except I'm not laughing. While there are some Saudi men who are secure in their manhood and would like to see women given the right to drive, the truth is that most Saudi men just want to control women here - and letting women drive would give women too much freedom. But putting women in the position of having to break the law in order to save lives? That's just sick and wrong. And until the law is changed or done away with altogether, it just makes Saudi Arabia appear very backward in the eyes of the rest of the world - not that KSA has ever been concerned too much with that image...


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President Barack Obama said he will sign into law the bill undoing tax increases for more than 99 percent of households as Republicans vowed to fight him for spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. Manufacturing in the U.S. probably expanded in December, showing the industry is stabilizing after reaching a three-year low, economists said before a report. "It's an immediate positive and a short-term relief that they got the deal through," Binay Chandgothia, a Hong Kong based portfolio manager at Principal Global Investors, which oversees more than $250 billion in assets worldwide, said in a phone interview. "The sustainability will depend on what comes out ultimately and how things shape up with the debt ceiling debate. There will now be protracted political negotiations." Bipartisan Vote The House of Representatives' 257-167 bipartisan vote breaks a yearlong impasse over how to head off $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts that would have started taking effect yesterday. The S&P 500 jumped 1.7 percent on Dec. 31, the biggest end- of-year gain since 1974, in anticipation of a budget deal. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index rose to 50.4 in December from the previous month's 49.5, which was the lowest since July 2009, according to the median forecast of 68 economists surveyed by Bloomberg before a report at 10 a.m. in New York. A reading of 50 marks the dividing line between expansion and contraction. The U.S. measure isn't the grand bargain on deficit reduction lawmakers wanted when they created the tax-and- spending deadlines over the past three years. While avoiding most of the immediate pain, it is only one step toward curbing the federal deficit -- an issue that will return with a February fight over raising the $16.4 trillion debt limit. 'Fair Share' "The deficit needs to be reduced in a way that's balanced," Obama said at the White House. He said he wants top earners and corporations to pay even more and that Congress must raise the debt ceiling. "Everyone pays their fair share. Everyone does their part," he said. All 19 industry groups in the Stoxx 600 advanced during the year's first trading session. The European benchmark jumped 14 percent last year, the biggest increase since 2009. Rio Tinto Group led a rally in mining companies today, rising 5.8 percent. Porsche SE and Volkswagen AG climbed more than 4.3 percent to pace gains in automakers. Euro-area manufacturing output contracted more than initially estimated in December, adding to signs a recession in the currency bloc may extend as leaders struggle to tackle the sovereign-debt crisis. A gauge of manufacturing in the 17-nation euro area fell to 46.1 from 46.2 in November, London-based Markit Economics said. That's below an initial estimate of 46.3 on Dec. 14. A reading below 50 indicates contraction. Default Swaps The cost of insuring against default on European bank debt dropped, with the Markit iTraxx Financial index of credit- default swaps linked to 25 banks and insurers falling 16 basis points to 126, the lowest since May 4. The MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan Index gained 2.1 percent, the highest since August 2011. Equity markets in Japan and mainland China are closed today and tomorrow for public holidays. Developing-nation stocks rose the most since September, with the MSCI Emerging Markets Index adding 2 percent and the MSCI BRIC Index of the largest emerging markets 2.6 percent higher, more than 20 percent from last year's low and poised to close in a bull market. Copper advanced as much as 3.2 percent to $8,850 a metric ton, the highest since October. Oil in New York climbed 1.8 percent to $93.47 a barrel. A Chinese manufacturing gauge showed a third month of expansion yesterday. The Purchasing Managers' Index was 50.6 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said. That compares with the 51.0 median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of analysts and 50.6 in November. A reading above 50 indicates expansion. Balanced Growth China will "step up efforts to promote strong, sustainable and balanced growth in the world economy," President Hu Jintao said in a New Year's Eve address broadcast on state media. China achieved stable economic development in 2012 and will seek to do the same this year while making restructuring of its growth model a focus, he said. The dollar weakened against 14 of its 16 major peers. It slid to 16-month lows of $1.6302 per British pound and 1,063.57 Korean won, and reached the weakest level since October 2011 versus both the Swedish krona and Norwegian krone. The U.S. currency tumbled to $1.3263 per euro. Weaker Yen The yen also slid as investors sought higher-yielding assets and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his intention to weaken the nation's currency. Japan's currency dropped to as low as 87.33 per dollar, a level unseen since July 29, 2010, before trading at 87.13. Treasury 10-year note yields climbed eight basis points to 1.84 percent, the highest since October. The yield on similar- maturity German debt jumped more than 11 basis points to 1.43 percent, the biggest increase since Sept. 14, while Britain's 10-year rate climbed 14 basis points to 1.96 percent, also the largest advance since Sept. 14. The world's leading economies will have $220 billion less sovereign debt to refinance in 2013, cutting supply after every major government bond market rallied for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis. The amount of bills, notes and bonds coming due for the Group of Seven nations plus Brazil, Russia, India and China will drop to $7.38 trillion from $7.60 trillion in 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Japan, the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and Brazil will see a decline, while the U.S., Canada, Russia, India and China will face an increase. --With assistance from Claudia Carpenter, Paul Dobson and Andrew Rummer in London and Chua Baizhen in Singapore. Editor: Michael P. Regan Back to news


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Smith's hat trick leads U.S. past Finland
Helsinki, Finland – Craig Smith recorded a hat trick to support a strong effort between the pipes from John Gibson as the United States rolled to a 4-1 victory over Finland in Group H action of the 2013 World Hockey Championships.
Gibson stopped 31-of-32 shots to help Team USA rebound from Tuesday's 5-3 loss to Russia, with Stephen Gionta netting the Americans' other goal.
Smith's second tally of the day, a one-timer off a Paul Stastny feed on the power play, snapped a 1-1 tie 3:22 into the third period. Gionta scored just over nine minutes later to give the U.S. a two-goal advantage, with Smith finishing off the hat trick with an empty-net marker with 42 seconds remaining.
Jarno Koskiranta gave Finland a 1-0 lead with just under six minutes elapsed in the contest, but Team USA drew even when Smith re-directed a shot from David Moss into the net with 2:24 left in the opening frame.
The win moved the U.S. into a first-place tie with Russia in the Group H standings with nine points, though the still-unbeaten Russians have played one fewer game thus far during the preliminary round.
The loss, Finland's first in four games for the tournament, dropped the Fins one point behind the Americans and Russians in third place.
Elsewhere in the Group H bracket, Germany picked up its first win of the event with a 2-0 shutout of Austria in Helsinki.
In other Wednesday results, Switzerland remained unbeaten and atop the Group S bracket with a 7-1 rout of Slovenia in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swiss, who upset Canada in a shootout on Sunday, have now prevailed three times in regulation and once in overtime over their first four outings.
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Sunday Supper: Pork Tenderloin Cordon Bleu with Mushroom-Mustard Cream Sauce
Cooking projects for people who'd like nothing more than to spend a sunday afternoon surrounded by the wonderful aromas of the kitchen.
Editor's note: Each Saturday afternoon we bring you a Sunday Supper recipe. Why on Saturday? So you have time to shop and prepare for tomorrow.
Pork tenderloin is a vehicle for great flavors—in this case a cordon bleu-inspired filling of ham, Swiss, and creamy coarse mustard.
The trick to this recipe is making sure the breading properly adheres and stays put. Dredge the meat at each stage, taking care to shake off excess flour, egg, and breadcrumbs before advancing to the next step. When searing the meat, don't turn it too soon or your breading will stick to the bottom of the pan.
The piquant pan sauce, in my mind, is the perfect accompaniment. If you want to cut back on potency, add 1/4 cup of low-sodium chicken stock along with the wine, and reduce the mustard in the sauce to 1 tablespoon.
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