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BROOKSVILLE, Maine — Voters here made their town the fifth in Hancock County to pass a local food sovereignty ordinance that thumbs its nose at state and federal regulations for direct-to-consumer sales of prepared foods and farm products.
In a referendum election on March 4, residents voted 112-64 to approve the "Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance," which states that producers or processors of local foods are "exempt from licensure and inspection," so long as the food is sold directly by the producer to a consumer.
The ordinance also makes it "unlawful for any law or regulation adopted by the state or federal government to interfere with the rights organized by this ordinance."
The state contends that such ordinances hold no legal weight, but that hasn't stopped residents of Sedgwick, Penobscot, Blue Hill and Trenton from passing the same local rules. Food sovereignty ordinances also have been passed in Hope, Plymouth, Livermore and Appleton.
In an interview, Kaylene Waindle, special assistant to the attorney general, said the state has a legitimate and legal interest in overseeing the safety of food being sold to consumers, and that state laws about food safety, inspection and licensing pre-empt local ordinances.
Much like individual states passing marijuana laws that fly in the face of the federal government's stance on cannabis, the dispute over who controls local food regulation seems destined for court.
At least until that happens, one Brooksville farmer said she'll consider Brooksville's new rule the law of the land.
"Until this ordinance is stricken in a court of proper authority, or the citizens decide to rescind the ordinance, this stands as the law in this town," Deborah Evans, owner of Bagaduce Farm and one of the ordinance's supporters, said on Monday.
Evans raises pigs and sells pork products directly to consumers through private sales and at farmers markets. She also sells lard, produced in her home kitchen without the supervision of a state inspector, which is required by state law for the sale of meat products. The state considers lard a meat product, but Evans disagrees.
All the state regulation in the world can't guarantee food safety, Evans said. She said she's been rendering lard and selling it to friends and family for quite some time, and that Brooksville's ordinance will embolden her to "push the envelope" even more, she said.
"On my lard, I'm going to change the label to say, 'I proudly make this lard in my home kitchen without federal or state guidelines or permissions," she said. "If [a customer] asks why, I'll say, 'Because we have an ordinance in Brooksville.' It's a point of pride."
State Rep. Ralph Chapman, D-Brooksville, has said there are several bills being crafted in Augusta that would seek to implement the local food sovereignty rules for direct-to-consumer sales at the state level. If that happened, there would no longer be a conflict between state and local rules.
If, before then, the state makes a legal move to invalidate Brooksville's assertion of autonomy, the ordinance requires the town to hold public meetings to decide whether to fight the state in court or take other actions, including acquiescing to state control.
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1. Have a conversation about when it's OK and not OK to use the phone for talking, texting, apps and other functions. This should include both time and place. Talk about rules for cell phone use during dinner, at social events and in public places like movie theaters and restaurants.
2. Consider having a centralized resting place for the phones to charge up while family members are sleeping. There are lots of reasons why phones shouldn't be used or sending out audible alerts after bedtime. Just because your phone may also be an alarm clock doesn't mean it necessarily should be sitting on your or your kids' nightstand.
3. Talk about the polite use of the phone, such as not talking in a loud voice (people think it's necessary but it usually isn't) and not talking or texting in a way that will disturb others or violate your privacy.
4. Never text, send email, use apps or configure the phone's GPS while driving, riding a bicycle or on a skateboard. There have even been "texting while walking" accidents, so be sure that you don't hurt yourself and others.
5. Kids need to know that phones can cost a lot of money to replace (sometimes far more than the subsidized price you might have bought it for). Be careful around water and be gentle with the screen. Consider getting insurance to cover loss and damage.
6. Consider software that not only provides some security but also helps avoid loss. Products like Apple's free "Find my iPhone" and Lookout.com's free security app for Android can send a loud alert if the phone is missing, can wipe the phone's data if it's lost or stolen and can actually show you — on a map — where the phone is as long as the phone is on and the battery is not dead. Because these apps can locate the phone, they can also locate the family member.
7. Be sure that all family members understand the appropriate use of the phone's camera. Avoid taking and sharing pictures that may be inappropriate or that could embarrass you or get you into trouble. And consider other people's privacy when taking and pictures of those around you.
8. Be careful about any apps you download and install. While most apps are fine, there are some that pose security and privacy risks. Read the reviews and make sure that the app is from a legitimate source.
9. Make sure that anything you post using social networking apps or websites is appropriate. And be aware that smartphones have web browsers so whatever rules apply to Internet use at home should also apply to browsing on smartphones.
10. Make sure all family members understand the cost of using their phone. That includes any charges for calls, text and data as well as the purchasing and use of apps and in-app purchases.
And parents, one more thing: What you do is more important than what you say so be sure to be a good role model and don't let your kids see you violating these rules.

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Both in the commercial and public sector, some employees want the freedom to use their own devices to perform their work. Employees have a comfort level with their own devices that they think leads to higher productivity. Many employers and some government agencies are obliging, as they realize benefits such as cost savings.
But there are significant security and productivity concerns with BYOD (bring your own device) programs. For example, do devices have sufficient security features to protect against hacking, or block access to data if they are lost or stolen? Can all employees efficiently connect with other devices such as meeting room displays and printers, if they each have different connectors? How can IT support such a broad range of devices in the event users experience technical issues?
Answering such questions without introducing more complexity is not easy. Therefore selecting and provisioning a set of devices that your employees can choose from is a good middle ground; employees get choice, and organizations can ensure more consistent standards around data security and productivity.
Offer Employees a Choice of Company-Owned Devices
All end user devices should be company-owned and managed by IT under a program where you offer employees a choice of devices. In this way, not only do users get choice, but your organization still benefits from the enhanced security features and common productivity standards found in business-grade devices like ThinkPad and ThinkCentre.
- Consider business-grade devices with the highest level of build quality, support services, security features and connectivity options. For example, access prioritized tech support and on-site servicing. Or achieve the highest security standards with hardware-based fingerprint readers which are much harder to hack.
- Audit job roles in your organization to get user input on preferred device types. Today there are many types of device available, each with their own advantages for different worker roles. Gain user buy-in ahead of time to ease the transition to your new program.
- Look for devices with Intel® Active Management Technology, which enables IT managers to discover, repair and help protect networked computing assets. They can also remotely erase all the data on a device which has been lost or stolen.
- Simplify PC deployment with a solution like Advanced Deployment Services. This is a customizable self-install wizard that enables final configuration steps to be performed by your end users instead of a technician. Whether joining a domain, installing software, setting up printers or migrating data, you can empower your end users to self-serve and reduce the burden on IT admins.
- Use Windows 10 Pro security features to help protect data in the event of a human error or if a device is lost or stolen. For example, Windows Information Protection helps prevent unauthorized or accidental sharing of institutional information and allows you to remotely delete data from a lost or stolen device. BitLocker data encryption, supported by many ThinkPad and ThinkCentre devices, will encrypt all data on a device, ensuring it cannot be accessed by unauthorized users.


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Someone had an idea about how the Harry Potter books should have ended and it's fantastic. And when I say fantastic I mean this is truly, objectively what Harry Potter's final fate should have been in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and J.K. Rowling screwed it up. Call your editor, J,K. You have some work to do.
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The December 15 release of The Last Jedi not boozy enough for you? You're in luck: Star Wars is getting a pop-up bar. But don't expect a spirited cantina where travelers guzzle libations, swap deviant stories, and only occasionally shoot each other. Almost entirely black and bathed in the menacing glow of red neon, this pop-up is a tribute to the Dark Side. Fittingly, it is called the Dark Side Bar. It seems like the kind of place you wouldn't dare raise your voice too high while inside for fear of angering...something. Cheery!
Not that it's all doom and gloom. The Dark Side Bar will offer themed DJ nights, "alien speed dating" (good luck), and an intergalactic burlesque show, according to Food & Wine. There are also custom cocktails—including Red Force, Blue Force, the Imperial, the Dark Side, the Galaxy, and the Mindtrick—that look intensely futuristic, and food options with similarly on-the-nose names.
The Dark Side Bar will have three locations: in New York, Washington, D.C., and Hollywood. Spaces can be reserved ahead of time for $33 (includes two custom cocktails), and walk-ins are allowed. All three locations will close up shop after the New Year. Costumes are not required, but we recommend wearing one—you know, to fully embrace the Dark Side and all that.
Sarah Rense is the Lifestyle Editor at Esquire, where she covers tech, food, drinks, home, and more.


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I have a friend who, when trying to relax or when stressed about things, will run over Los Angeles Rams scores in his mind. I tend to do the same thing with Kansas City Royals blunders. It comforts me. Whenever I think of Desi Relaford just falling off of first base, as if he had been tipped by drunk college kids, or Ken Harvey getting hit in the back by an outfield throw or the team batting out of order with the first batter of the game (yes, that happened) — I feel better about these Royals.
They have started the most pivotal baseball season in Kansas City in more than 20 years. I really do fear that they might not be up to it.
But, hey, you know, there was this one time the Royals started a non-prospect from Class AA in Yankee Stadium because, well, I still don't know exactly why they did that.
And I am comforted — because at least they're not going back to that.
There are so many things that worry me about this year's Royals team. The Plexiglas effect worries me — this is the proposition that teams that take big steps forward one year tend to give back many of the gains the next. The Royals won 86 games last season, a 14-game improvement and the most they won in a season since 1989. It just feels like they'll fall a bit closer to earth.
The bullpen worries me — not because I think the bullpen will be bad (I expect it to be good) but because I don't believe it can be as good as last year. You almost cannot overstate how dominant the Royals bullpen was in 2014. The league hit just .217 against that bullpen last year. The bullpen had an insane 2.55 ERA and the pitchers struck out 9.5 batters per nine innings, they were dominant in every possible way. And bullpens tend to be variable, mercurial … it probably won't be that good this year. And, right away, Game 1, the bullpen blows a lead
Manager Ned Yost worries me. Yost's often curious managerial decisions don't bother me as much as his labored explanations for them — his exposition on why he did not have closer supreme Greg Holland start the ninth inning of a tie game against Detroit Monday but did bring Holland inning once the Tigers threatened to score was typically baffling. People will always argue about how much a manager means to a team's success, but it has been 30 years since the Royals had a manager (Dick Howser) with any winning success as a manager before taking the job. I was actually daydreaming the other day about the Royals hiring Dusty Baker to be their manager — that's probably not a good sign.
Jason Vargas and Norichka Aoki and Omar Infante worry me. I know a lot of smart people liked the Royals acquiring these veteran players — or at least didn't mind it too much — but I keep going back in my mind to the astonishing Royals' history of signing 30-something "professional players" and then watching them unhappily plod and toil and lose lots of games.
Eric Hosmer and Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain worry me. The Royals have had one of the game's best minor-league system for years and they just have so much trouble with the seemingly simple process of having player come up and simply become a star without a lot of angst and failure and confusion. Other teams have players who just, blammo, are good players. I see it happen — Evan Longoria and Mike Trout and Ryan Braun and Troy Tulowitzki and Manny Machado and Jose Fernandez and Tim Lincecum and Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander. Heck, it even happened for ex-Royal Wil Myers. I mean it DOES happen.
But it rarely seems to happen for the Royals. Hosmer and Moustakas were the can't-miss stars of their system (well, with Myers). Hosmer's three-year career has already been a soap opera. Moustakas has 1,500 plate appearances in the big league and an 85 OPS+. Will they be good players? We still don't know.
And so, I like to think back. I like to reminisce. I like to remember the time that a Royals outfielder climbed the center field wall to steal a home run only to watch the ball land on the warning track and bounce over his head.
I like to think about the time two Royals outfielders settled under a fly ball, looked at each other, and then started jogging happily toward the dugout … only to forget to actually catch the ball. It plopped down joyfully behind them.
I like to think of the time a Royals player lost a ball in the sun and explained afterward that he wasn't wearing sunglasses because his prescription sunglasses had not arrived yet. Or another time a Royals player wasn't wearing sunglasses, lost a ball in the sun and got hit in the face with it … on the plane ride home, it was noted, he WAS wearing sunglasses to cover up the shiner.
There was the time a pitcher was released in the middle of the game so he wouldn't have to answer media questions about how terrible he had been. There was the time a Royals manager met with reporters in a hotel lobby after a game and was told, much to his surprise, that he had been fired. There was the time a pitcher was so ticked off at himself that he angrily threw his the ball in to his glove again and again kind of like that pitcher at the end of 'Bad News Bears" only to have a base runner steal third while moped.
There was the time a pitcher complained that he was not getting enough no-decisions.
There was the time a Royals general manager considered hiring an artist — an actual painter artist — to draw some of his players so that they could use the artwork as scouting tools. There was the time the Royals tried out a professional softball player and talked about signing him despite the somewhat obvious drawback that he was balking on every pitch.
I like to remember that the Royals once had a manager who guaranteed the Royals would win the division in May of a season where they lost 104 games. The Royals were once on the brink of being sold to a man who walked around town wearing a suit and Royals cap, who had a meeting with the radio guy and told him to start using one of those egg timers so he would know when to give the score, who then held a meeting with the manager to tell him to stop letting batters swing at the first pitch.
I like to remember that the Royals once announced that the players would not be wearing Negro League uniforms on Negro Leagues Day because, you know, uniforms are expensive.
The Royals once blew a huge ninth inning lead with a spectacular series of blunders capped by a dropped fly ball — this last boo boo led announcer Denny Matthews to make the classic call: "Annnnnnnnnnd he dropped it. Yes he did."
The Royals once had the future best player in baseball — the 47th best player of all time according to one recent ranking — play high school AND junior college ball in town, and they did not draft him either time.
The Royals once looked at a draft board featuring Tim Lincecum, Evan Longroria, Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer (who went to school down the road at Missouri) and with the first overall pick took Luke Hochevar, an independent league player who had refused to sign with a team the year before.
The Royals once canceled their annual banquet to save a few bucks, once had a pitcher throw a baseball, no joke, 10 feet over a catcher's head even though he was standing about 40 feet away at the time, once had an outfielder kick the ball back into the infield, once had a batter go so long without a walk that when he finally got one the fireworks went off — these are all true. The Royals once decided the best way to keep young players like Johnny Damon was to buy them a house in Kansas City (apparently on the theory that they might never figure out that houses can be sold).
The Royals once put a talented and young left-hander into his first big league game on Opening Day at Yankee Stadium with runners on first and second with Jorge Posada at the plate. The Royals either didn't know or did not believe the numbers that showed Posada was a BETTER HITTER against lefties. After that three-run homer, the kid pitcher — a great guy named Tony Cogan who I still hear from now and again — was kind of ruined.
There are so many more … but, see, already I feel better. With all the worries, the Royals are not that team anymore. The problems they have are adult problems, real baseball problems, the sort of things that other teams must deal with. The Royals have very good baseball players. Alex Gordon is a brilliant defensive outfielder and an above average hitter. Billy Butler is a professional hitter who will get on base and offer doubles and occasional home run power. Salvador Perez is one of my favorite players in baseball, an exception to the general rule about young Royals players — he's a brilliant young defensive catcher along the lines of a young Yadi Molina and a developing offensive player along the lines of, well, a young Yadi Molina.
Hosmer, for all my concerns above, is someone I still believe will develop into one of the really good hitters in the game.
That bullpen is still loaded with amazing arms and stuff.
Young Yordano Ventura physically resembles Pedro Martinez and he has a 102-mph fastball. James Shields is a pro's pro. Again, even with my concerns, the Royals have five starters with a chance to be league average, and that's actually very valuable.
And, in the end, the Royals don't need miracles to win. They just need some players to live up to their billing, they need a few breaks, they need some development and they could use some luck — aren't the Royals due for some luck? They absolutely could make the postseason this year.
And so, what the heck, I'm picking them to do so, despite my concerns (and Michael Schur's logical skepticism). I'm picking them to win the American League Central. But then, I always do — every year as columnist for the Kansas City Star, I would pick the Royals to win the division. It was part joke, part silliness, part insane optimism, part naive hope. I always thought that's what Opening Day should be about. I'm picking the Royals to win the American League Central. Why? Because: It's time.


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Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore and an influential figure in the early days of personal computing and video games, passes away Sunday at the age of 83.
Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore International and former CEO of Atari International, died on Sunday at the age of 83. He was surrounded by family at the time of his passing, according to Forbes.
Famous for saying that computers should be built "for masses, not the classes," Tramiel played an important role in the early days of personal computing and video gaming, as his company introduced a line of powerful but affordable home computers, including the popular Commodore 64. The latter became the best-selling home computer of all time, with an estimated 20 to 30 million units sold, though Tramiel wasn't one to brag. In fact, he was most content when not in the spotlight.
In an interview with CNET in 2007, Tramiel said, "I'm quite happy if people do not know me." However, it's hard not to know a man whose contributions and life story are so unforgettable.
Born in Lodz, Poland on December 13, 1928, Tramiel's family was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp shortly after Germany's invasion of Poland during World War II. While his mother remained at Auschwitz, Tramiel and his father were later moved to the Ahlem labor camp near Hanover, where he remained until he was rescued by American forces in April 1945.
Tramiel then emigrated to the United States in November 1947 and learned to fix typewriters during his stint with the Army, which led to him opening a office machinery repair shop in the Bronx in 1953 called the Commodore Portable Typewriter.
Soon, the company, which went public in 1962, went from building typewriters to calculators and finally to computers, starting with the Commodore PET in 1977 and then peaking with the best-selling Commodore 64, which debuted in January 1982.
Two years later, Tramiel resigned from Commodore, and took a brief break from the computing industry. However, he returned in July 1984 when he bought the consumer division of Atari, which was going through tough times as a result of the video game crash of 1983. Tramiel remained at Atari till 1996 and oversaw a number of products, including the Atari ST, before selling the company to the JTS Corporation.
As much as Tramiel had an impact on the computing industry and personal technology, it appears he also had a direct impact on the people who worked for him. Bil Herd, who was employed by Commodore from 1983 to 1986, told CNET he traveled all the way across the country to see his former boss one more time for the 25th anniversary of the Commodore 64. Of his time at the company, Herd said, "You learned not to give excuses. You learned to just get it done."
A sentiment that was echoed by Tramiel at the same event. "The computer business today is different than it was in 1975," said Tramiel. "In some ways it's good, and in some ways it's bad. But the important part is that we all work hard to bring it to the way it is, and people say, 'How can you live without a computer?' which is wonderful."
Tramiel is survived by his wife Helen, three sons Gary, Sam, and Leonard, and their extended families.
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Positivity is needed above all else when confronting the challenges of life. Not the tired cliché of boundless optimism with no basis in reality, but a conviction that the things we can't change won't hurt as much and that we have more control over those that can than we first thought. A loved one might find herself struggling to be optimistic in the face of such hardship – you can reach out though and stir something within her through an inspirational gift for women, a serenity prayer necklace imprinted with the prayer of clarity and guidance.
Although the prayer is the necklace's central theme, made with only pure gold that has undergone out revolutionary process which allows the shaping of eternal, refined and amazingly intricate imprints, the necklace is a great gift for her in terms of style too, which can empower her to keep on keeping on. From the beautiful border made with the same precision and pure gold as the prayer, through its dainty CZ jewel and to the gold-filled chain that shimmers around her neck, this serenity prayer jewelry is a delight to look at.
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Home-MIlled Flour vs. Store-Bought Flour Rye Bread
My Nutrimill arrived this week as did my organic white wheat and rye grains. In addition our son decided to pay us an extended visit. The timing is perfect. I have an unbiased taste taster on site. I'll try to get some photos posted over the next several days to show just what my process looks like and the results.
I had a loaf of rye bread made with Hodgson Mill all natural rye flour and Harvest King Gold Medal Unbleached White Flour on hand to serve as a baseline for comparisons. Yesterday we milled our flour from organic hard wheat and rye grains. I used my new Nutrimill and milled the flour very fine. I milled enough flour to start making a loaf the same day and another loaf 24 hours later to see if a short aging period would make any difference. There was an immediate difference noted between the Hodgson Mill rye flour and the Nutrimill rye flour. The flour milled with the Nutrimill was noticeably finer and lighter in color. As the wheat flours were completely different (organic whole wheat flour vs. unbleached white flour) any comparison would be meaningless. Perhaps I should give my recipe here just so that we all know what I'm working with:
No-Knead Rye Bread
5 c. white flour
3 c. rye flour
1-1/3 c. rye flakes (toast @350°F. for 10-12 min.)
3 Tbs. caraway seeds
3 Tbs. gluten
1 Tbs. salt
1-1/2 tsp. dry yeast
4 Tbs. vegetable oil
4 Tbs. honey
4-1/4 c. spring water
1 Tbs. butter
Corn meal, as needed
Mix the dry ingredients first in a 12" bowl. Add the liquid ingredients in the order listed and mix them thoroughly with a large spatula. Cover the bowl with plastic and set it aside in a warm area for 12-18 hours (preferably 18 hours, but in a pinch a few hours less will work - you'll be able to tell by the appearance of lots of small gas bubbles on the surface of the dough when it is ready). With a large spatula mix in additional wheat flour until the batter releases from the spatula fairly easy (I use a silicone spatula gathering it from the bottom, perimeter of the bowl and pulling it up and over into the center). This should take less than 5 minutes at the very most. Transfer the dough into a 10" bowl, cover and set aside for a 15 minute rest (during which time you can wash and dry the 12" bowl and apply a thin coat of butter to it). Coat the inside of the 12" bowl with corn meal. At the end of the 15 minute rest mix the dough again with the spatula adding a small amount of wheat flour as needed. The dough is then transferred to the 12" bowl, corn meal sprinkled on top, covered and set aside for 2 hours during which time you can coat lightly the inside of the Dutch oven with vegetable oil. At approximately one hour and 35 minutes of the last rising session start to preheat the oven to 450°F. with the Dutch oven inside. When the oven and dough are ready remove the Dutch oven from the oven, take off the lid and carefully transfer the dough from the 12" bowl into the Dutch oven. Use a wide plastic egg flipper to help break the fall of the dough into the Dutch oven so that it just does a slow roll into it. Put the cover on and place the Dutch oven in the oven for 30 minutes. At the end of 30 minutes remove the Dutch oven lid, close the oven door and give it another 35 minutes or so of baking time. Then test the internal temperature with your thermometer. Depending upon the gods and how they feel that particular day I find that it takes 35-40 minutes of uncovered baking time for the internal temperature to reach 200°F..
The baking vessel is a 7 qt., Lodge, cast iron, Dutch oven. I should mention at this point that the use of the cast iron Dutch oven produces a thick, even crust on the bread top, sides and bottom. Fortunately we happen to enjoy a good, thick crust on bread which is why I use this vessel.
This afternoon we baked our first loaf of rye bread with our home-milled organic flour. There was a noticeable difference in the color of the dough. It was not as dark a shade of gray. Quite frankly it just looked better - a more appetizing color. When the loaf was baked the crust was more of a golden brown color vs. plain dark brown - considerably more pleasing to the eye. The height and the porosity of the loaves appears to be about equal. Then came the taste and chew tests. The baseline bread is very chewy and has a stonger robust flavor. The home-milled flour bread chews easier, but still has a nice chew to it. It has a tendency to fall apart in the mouth, something that I don't care for. It does have a more delicate flavor. When toasted the baseline bread takes twice as long to brown as does the home-milled flour bread when our toaster is set on the highest setting. Store bought bread takes even less time to toast. The home-milled flour bread toast has a crispier crust and "cleaner" chew to it. The flavors are much the same as described previously for the plain breads. My taste tester pronounced enthusiastically upon his first bite of the bread that the home-milled-flour bread was better than the baseline bread made with "factory" flours. Again, I hasten to add that it's a matter of personal taste too. I should add that a new bottle of caraway seeds was used for the home-milled flour bread. This may account for the not-as-strong flavor of this loaf. It still has plenty of flavor, but the caraway flavor is milder.
I noticed that the dough made with the store-bought flour rose faster, but on that day the room temperature was a couple of degress warmer than today. I gave both batches the same amount of rising times. The dough made with the store-bought flour deflated more upon transfer into the Dutch oven. The resulting loaves of bread were within an eighth of an inch or so of each other in height with the store-bought flour loaf being perhaps the higher of the two - it's a very close call.
Now comes the question about comparing the home-milled flour to the store-bought flour when making the dough. I need to redesign the above recipe so that weights are used rather than volumes for the flours. The reason for this need became very obvious when I was mixing the home-milled flour dough using volume measurements. It was finer and made for a wetter dough initially. With the store-bought flour I needed to add only about 1/4 cup or less of flour for the rest and second rise mixings. With the home-milled flour I needed to add 3/4 cup plus, a significant difference. The finer flour takes up more volume as is evidenced by the initial wetness of the dough. Using weight measurements should help equalize everything.
That's about it for today. More to come, later... Comments? Always welcomed...


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Seven Year Itch (reprinted from the Ventura Reporter Article)
(Reprinted from the Ventura Reporter Article, photos added by Eric Harrington)
Seventh year itch
Is the 9/11 Truth Movement a paranoid cult, the product of a frightening new world — or something to be taken far more seriously?
By Matthew Singer 09/11/2008
It is a cliché, echoed in exploitation recently at the Republican National Convention, but it is also a truism: We all remember where we were that morning, at that moment, and what was going through our heads. Eric Harrington wasn't doing anything particularly noteworthy. He was sitting in his office in Ventura County, watching television, when a news report interrupted to show him the image of a gaping, smoking hole in one of the World Trade Center towers. "At first I thought,
'What a lousy pilot. What a drag,' " he recalls. Then the second plane hit, and the country's collective consciousness shifted. This isn't an accident; it's an attack. By whom? No one was sure right then, and it wasn't even of much concern at that instant. That would be a question for the coming hours, days, weeks, months.
Seven years later, Harrington still isn't sure what the real answer is.
He thought he knew: terrorists, Islamo-fascists, al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, the Axis of Evil — the names and phrases tossed out in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, comprising the amorphous body popularly thought of as the greatest threat to American liberty in the new millennium. Harrington bought it, more or less — until someone e-mailed him a picture of the hole in the side of the Pentagon. Supposedly one of the only photographs taken of the building before
its roof collapsed, the charred cavity appeared to be only about 18 feet wide and roughly one story tall. A chilling revelation hit him: There was no way a 757 could have produced that little damage. It was the first crack in what he had accepted as the truth, and it didn't take long for the entire apparatus to shatter.
"When one little piece proves to be incorrect or a fallacy," Harrington says, "the whole thing starts to unravel."
Although many of its proponents consider the label dismissive, the events of 9/11 have become the basis for the preeminent conspiracy theory of the Internet Age. A Google search for "9/11 conspiracy" generates over 8 million results, and a scan through the sites reveals plots and analysis ranging from the wildly outrageous to the thoroughly plausible. There is no single alternative narrative proposed by the so-called 9/11 Truth Movement, but the unifying idea is that the "official" story of what happened that day — the version proposed by the Bush administration, disseminated through the media and confirmed by the 9/11 Commission, that 19 Muslim extremists armed with box cutters managed to hijack four commercial airliners — is false, riddled with omissions, distortions and scientific impossibilities, and thus, forces within the United States government must have had some degree of complicity in the attacks. It was, they claim, a "false flag operation," devised as a means of justifying the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and possibly beyond; in other words, "an inside job."
In and of itself, this seems to be the province of the same paranoid cult that believes the world is controlled by a race of lizard men, that the moon landing was a hoax and the country's political elite are members of a quasi-satanic secret society. And certainly, there are those extreme elements within the 9/11 Truth community, those who insist the Twin Towers were eviscerated by lasers, that the video and photos of planes striking the buildings were doctored, that the alleged passengers are all part of the scheme.
But then there are people like Harrington. An energy efficiency analyst with a bachelor's degree in physics, he prides himself on rational thought. His criticism of the official story disregards the comparatively loonier theories (which he suggests could be the products of purposeful disinformation) and centers mostly on the way the towers fell, how the collapse could not have occurred in the manner proposed by the commission report without defying Newtonian law. He says an independent test conducted on scraps of metal recovered from Ground Zero indicated the presence of thermate, a high-temperature explosive, giving credence to one of the primary theories of the 9/11 Truth crowd: that the World Trade Center was brought down by a controlled demolition, prepared in the days before Sept. 11. And while he concedes this alone does not prove internal involvement, he says there is enough cumulative evidence to open a new investigation.
"I consider myself a highly objective person, with strong opinions based on observations, not based on belief, and I'm willing to change them at any time," Harrington says. "But I don't put anything out of the realm of possibility with human beings, particularly in quests for power, and I think history would support this view."
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
The spread of the 9/11 Truth Movement from the margins of the Internet into the culture at large has spurred several articles and books debunking its main tenets, which in turn has inspired debunkings of the debunkings, creating a complex web of arguments, counterarguments and counter-counterarguments that can be exhausting to sift through. Whether or not there is any legitimacy to their suspicions, the fact remains that an increasing number of citizens are aligning with the movement, and not all of them qualify as nutcases, crazies or mad tinfoil-hatters. (A growing number, in fact, identify themselves as educated professionals: spinoff groups include 9/11 Scholars for Truth, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth and the Scientific Panel for the Investigation of 9/11.) Here in Ventura, decent-sized crowds have gathered for 9/11 Truth film screenings and speaking engagements by some of the movement's leading voices. Last year, a poll conducted by
Zogby International — and sponsored by 911truth.org — found 45 percent of Americans want a congressional probe into the Bush administration regarding Sept. 11, meaning that, at the very least, a lot of people feel they are not being given the full truth in regard to the greatest mass murder in the nation's history.
"This is not a fringe phenomenon," says Robert Goldberg, author of Enemies Within: The Culture of Conspiracy in Modern America. "A large number of Americans are touched by insecurity and a lack of confidence [in the government]. This is beyond the idea of the fringe."
At the same time, it is nothing new, either. Conspiracy theories existed long before the World Trade Center was reduced to a smoldering pile of rubble, of course. Every cataclysmic event seems to spawn a few. For example, there are those who maintain President Roosevelt had advance knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and allowed it to happen, to stir support for the United States' entry into World War II. (READ the book "Friendly Fire" by Lynn Picknett – Eric ) and then there is the mother of all modern conspiracist mythology, the Kennedy assassination.
It would seem, however, that by occurring post-Internet and with a wealth of videotaped footage to be picked apart, 9/11 would be a different kind of conspiracy, a distinctly 21st century phenomenon. But according to those who have studied conspiratorial thought, it is really just the next link in a chain of mistrust in American institutions that began eroding with the murders of John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and continued through the Vietnam War, Watergate,
Iran-Contra and the scandals of the Clinton years. Even the poll results aren't unprecedented.
"I'm not totally convinced the support and interest in conspiracy theories is demonstrably greater than it was in the 1960s and '70s," says Mark Fenster, author of Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture, adding that a 1966 Harris poll held two years after the release of the Warren Commission's investigation into the JFK shooting showed 60 percent of the country believed Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone — and that was back when all they had to go on was the grainy 8 mm Zapruder film. "Loose Change [the viral documentary purporting the U.S. government orchestrated Sept. 11] is the more professional, high-tech version of the things conspiracy theorists in the Kennedy era were depending upon."
In terms of its construction, 9/11 also follows a line similar as the conspiracy theories of the past. It proposes that there is an exclusive cabal of shadowy figures, plotting in secret to consolidate their wealth, influence and power, and using human lives as pawns to achieve nefarious goals. It erases the shades of gray that color post-9/11 America — the ambiguity of who we are supposedly fighting, of who our enemies are — and replaces them with clearly defined villains, ones we are already naturally skeptical of because they are in positions of authority. It is, in some ways, a coping mechanism.
"The conspiracy theory approach is that there are a small number of powerful people, and if we dispose of them, the world will be a better place," Fenster says. "It's less scary than thinking there are amorphous groups of people out there that we keep on pissing off, who have the resources and guile to pull off something like 9/11 and there's nothing to stop them. But if terrorism is bullshit and we get rid of the conspiracy, we can live in peace and harmony."
"In order to get to that place, that narrative economy, they have to have incredibly complicated theories," he continues. "At its core is something simple and basic, but to get there requires enormous leaps of logic."
But Harrington argues that it is not a leap to imagine a government would orchestrate such a tragedy, if those running it had convinced themselves that the end would ultimately justify the means. "I think people, when they look at this, jump to the conclusion that if it was a conspiracy, it was done by intentionally evil guys who are doing this to personally control the world and its resources. I don't know if that's necessarily true," he says. "I suspect most of the people involved, if it was an inside job, had a twisted view that 9/11 was necessary to preserve America's interests and power in the world. I guess it depends on if you believe we in the U.S. deserve to maintain our standard of living at the expense of the rest of the world."
Harrington says those who ghettoize the 9/11 Truth community to the realm of wackos and crackpots — such as his father, whom he describes as a "dyed-in-the-wool liberal" — are reacting on their own psychological impulses, something that has little to do with dispassionate, unprejudiced observation of the evidence.
"There is a very pervasive mindset where people form an idea of what they believe to be reality," he says, "and if they encounter anything that doesn't fit into that framework, they get really angry about it."
That is, however, a street that runs both ways. It is a trend in the 9/11 Truth Movement to lash out against its critics, tagging them as traitors or members of the brainwashed masses. Fenster has been called a "crypto-fascist" for implying that 9/11 conspiracy theories are a figment of a larger sociological construct; comedian and political commentator Bill Maher, an outspoken opponent of the regime currently occupying the White House, had an episode of his HBO program Real Time interrupted by 9/11 Truth advocates; even Noam Chomsky, for decades a fierce voice of dissent against U.S. foreign policy, has been disparaged for not endorsing the "inside job" hypothesis.
It is not surprising to discover that for some, the tendency toward disbelief is as much a natural mode of being as believing what is generally thought to be the truth, especially considering that the government has historically advanced its own brand of conspiracy theories. During the Cold War, according to those in Washington, there was no such thing as complexity or perspective when evaluating the conflict — communism was the enemy, plain and simple. In the early 1990s, Hillary Clinton often spoke of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" against her and her husband. And in the seven years since 9/11, the sitting president has promoted the notion that there is no room for moral ambiguity in the "War on Terror," that it is "us versus them," that we know who we're fighting and they can be defeated, and when that happens, "we can live in peace and harmony."
"President Bush followed the conspiracist script," Goldberg says. "He said the world is divided into good and bad, right and wrong. 'We're fighting an Axis of Evil, the evildoers.' What does that sound like?"
Discovering the boogeymen
Lee Harrison, on the other hand, wasn't born with an innate sense of skepticism. Curiosity, maybe, but she is definitely not someone predisposed to adopting conspiracy theories. Soft-spoken, the Moorpark woman displays none of the rhetorical bluster of many of those in the 9/11 Truth Movement — which is probably why she doesn't consider herself part of any supposed "movement." "I'm not a joiner," she says. But she agrees that from the research she has done, it appears the federal government may have had a hand in the attacks.
She first read about the discrepancies in the official story through interviews published in the Reporter with the likes of Dr. David Ray Griffin, a retired professor, theologian and author of several books on the alleged conspiracy, and began to look into the accusations for herself. Like Harrington, she was initially struck by the pictures from the Pentagon. (There is a split within the 9/11 Truth Movement over whether it was actually a missile that hit the building, and the lack of clear footage of the attack has only exacerbated that argument.) And she was particularly intrigued by the implosion of World Trade Center 7 — 9/11 Truth's "grassy knoll" — hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers, which went unexplained until recently, when an investigation concluded that uncontrolled fires caused the destruction of a critical support column in the building. (Conspiracy theorists have reacted to this report with raised eyebrows).
"I didn't go looking for boogeymen by any means," Harrison says, "but I started seeing a lot of things that are disturbing."
Harrison is, to a certain degree, an anomaly. If you are going to subscribe to the theories of 9/11 Truth, chances are you're going to be shouting them from the street corners, or at least have a Web site. She says she will discuss the issue with her friends, but usually only those open-minded enough to take the possibility seriously. It is more of a personal matter for her. It shows, perhaps, how deeply the idea is seeping into popular culture. And, real or imagined, that can be a good thing for the country — an extreme measure of checks and balances.
"There is a culture of secrecy in the federal government," Goldberg says. "Whenever they have a secret or have a rumor, it's propped up on secret-making machinery. We have been led in a series of cover-ups from the 1960s on up to Iraq that have left us leery and weary of our leaders. That's why these counter-authorities are so important. They say, 'I have nothing to gain, I'm putting myself out there for you, because I'm a patriot.' "
Fact, fiction, or a combination of both?
911truth.org: The online epicenter of the movement, featuring a wealth of conspiratorial analysis, as well as links to various grassroots organizations now spread throughout the country.
911blogger.com: One of the more popular 9/11 Truth Web sites, keeping up with related news from "alternative" media sources.
conspireality.wordpress.com: Ventura County local Eric Harrington's blog with essays related to the main tenets of the 9/11 Truth framework.
(Dont forget, the editor of this series for Popular Mechnics is the Nephew of Michael Chertoff, Head of Homeland Security. Conflict of interest? – Eric)
Popular Mechanics' Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Perhaps the most thorough deconstruction of the 9/11 conspiracy theories, which was expanded into a book (Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts, Hearst, 2006) and sparked a rebuttal by professor and theologian David Ray Griffin (Debunking 9/11 Debunking: An Answer to Popular Mechanics and Other Defenders of the Official Conspiracy Theory, Olive Branch Press, 2007). Available online at http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/1227842.html.
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"New York is very serious about fashion; that doesn't fly here," says Kristen Lee, co-owner of the L.A. boutique TenOverSix. "Our aesthetic is artistic, eclectic, and, most importantly, fun." To that end, Lee and her partner Brady Cunningham have designed their own label of Technicolor accessories and grunge-inspired coats for fall. Adding to their roster of designers such as Rachel Comey and Charles Anastase, the friends have created round-toed pumps, totes, envelope clutches, and weekend bags in quilted leather splashed with irregular stripes of house paint. "We started off without the paint, but we decided to add a little humor to the ones we sell in the shop," Lee says. They've also collaborated on pop-art pins made of acrylic and wood with furniture designer and artist Steven Shein. Born of their mutual adoration for Vivienne Westwood, the capelike coats are designed by Cunningham, who worked on the collection just before her wedding to actor Jason Schwartzman this past summer. They're also offering made-to-order versions of the four styles, including a choice of vintage fabrics and whimsical detachable hoods. "I wore a prototype in New York, and I was mobbed all day by people asking where it came from," Lee says. We're predicting a similar frenzy on the West Coast.
Lee and Cunningham's Guide to L.A.
1. The Cheese Store of Silverlake: "They have artisanal cheese and local wines—and you can taste everything and get great recommendations from the staff. It's our first stop when we're having a dinner party."
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2. Book Soup: "A cult favorite in L.A. for its hard-to-find titles and knowledgeable staff. That's why we are so pleased they're opening a concession in TenOverSix!"
3. Amoeba Music: "The L.A. independent music original. The people-watching is as good as the music."
4. Shima sushi: "This is the best sushi outside of Japan (can we say that?). It's very California in that everything is healthy, and the extra-thick nori in the hand rolls and freshly made wasabi are a serious treat. Even the decor is wabi-sabi perfection."
5. The Urban Pet: "We're all a bit obsessed with our pets, so we go here for fantastic gear for our Frenchies, mixes, and hairless cats."
6. Joan's on Third: "A French press and buttery croissant for breakfast, and we're suddenly not in L.A.!"
7. The Tower Bar: "This bar is so glamorous, dark, and sexy. Drinks here take you to another Hollywood era."
8. Hollywood Bowl: "Sitting in the mountainy open-air amphitheater, listening to a favorite band, we suddenly miss New York a little less...."
9. The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theater: "Where we go for documentaries and art films curated by the most serious cinephiles."
10. The Museum of Jurassic Technology: "The strange installations here help us see something beautiful—like an animal or a flower—through a scientific lens."
11. Coppola Wines: "The Rosso table wine is our go-to for everyday. It's a great price and delicious."
12. Luxe City Guides: "The L.A. edition (edited by our co-owner Joe Cole) is the best for visitors."
13. The Charlie: "We're living here at the moment. Charlie Chaplin once stayed here; now it's been converted into a hotel."


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Just in case there was any doubt that they're still together…
Ryan Gosling has been working on his directorial debut How To Catch A Monster in Detroit. They wrapped last week. He and Eva were still there as of Monday. Fans creeped a few photos of them having lunch and also browsing around a bookstore.
They were also seen outside their hotel talking to a couple. I feel like that might be his mother.
Anyway, we approach the two year anniversary of them hooking up. So if they can't make up stories about them breaking up, they'll just make up stories about them getting engaged. And, since Eva was seen playing with a baby at Starbucks, that'll probably be thrown in there too. What, has she changed her mind?
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Did you know your dog's diet and nutrition may play a critical role in brain function and behavior?
If you've ever felt lazy after eating a big meal, or hyperactive following a sugary treat, then you have an idea of how what we eat can affect our behavior. The same applies to dogs. In fact, scientists now believe it's possible to change the neurological and physical aspects of a dog's brain, thus directly affecting his behavior and intelligence, through nutrition.
Good nutrition vital to puppies
The best evidence that nutrition may play a critical role in brain function and behavior comes from studies conducted at the University of Toronto by a team of researchers and behavioral neurologist, Norton Milgram. These studies showed that gross development of the canine brain is extremely rapid during the first four weeks after birth, then slows considerably until the pup reaches adulthood. "Inclusion of fish oil rich in Omega 3 fatty acids in maternal foods has been shown to increase learning ability and ERG-assessed retinal function in growing puppies," says Dr. Milgram. Feeding fish oil rich in DHA improves how quickly a puppy responds to training, and also enhances his cognitive development.
Linolenic (Omega 3) and linoleic (Omega 6) fatty acids play an important part in a dog's diet. Dogs require both, but fat sources differ greatly in their concentrated amounts of Omegas 3 and 6. Both continue to be a major focus of study when it comes to behavior and nutrition. Omega 3 is found in high levels in fish oils. It is also found in flaxseed, wheat germ, canola and soybean oils.
These studies are part of a growing consensus among researchers that nutrition plays an important role in brain health. "For the first year of a dog's life, balanced nutrition is vital," says Dr. Stanley Coren, Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. "Without balanced nutrition the nerve cells of a dog's brain will not mature properly; and the brain will be smaller in volume and weight and not function as well. Poorly nourished dogs act less intelligently throughout the rest of their lives. A dog's brain and behavior is shaped to some degree by events in the womb. When the puppy is ten days of age, we can easily count the number of neural connections (synapses) that a single cell in the cortex has with other cells in the brain since there will only be a few hundred. By the time the puppy reaches 35 days of age, the number of connections for each neuron in the brain will have multiplied to around 12,000."
Although most dog lovers have no control over the nutrition of their dogs' parents, the diet during the fi rst year of a puppy's life is most important.
Negative effects of poor quality diets
"Commercial pet foods don't contain some things we wish they did: adequate quantities and qualities of proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals, as well as the more intangible qualities unique to live, fresh foods," says veterinarian Dr. Richard Pitcairn. "Secondly, they contain other things we wish they didn't: slaughterhouse wastes, toxic products from spoiled foodstuffs, non-nutritive fillers, heavy metal contaminants, sugar, pesticides and herbicides, drug residues, artificial colors, flavors and preservatives and bacteria and fungi contaminants. All processed pet foods…are missing something that seems to me to be the most important 'nutrient' of all. This key ingredient is practically ignored by nutritional scientists, but we can sense when it's there. It is a quality found only in freshly grown, uncooked whole foods: life energy!"
"Artificial ingredients are often highly antagonistic and can actually contribute to an animal's mental and emotional imbalance," adds Andi Brown, director of Halo and author of The Whole Pet Diet. "Some additives can be so detrimental that they can actually have the same effect on an animal as hallucinogenic drugs have on people. According to Best Friends Animal Society, the most common reason animals are put down by vets or turned into shelters is because of unruly behavior." Andi recommends adding minerals and vitamins, especially the full complex of B vitamins, to a dog's food to help with behavior problems.
A head for health
Major nutrients in a healthy, balanced diet for dogs include protein, fats, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins and minerals and water. A well fed dog needs to eat a variety of foods to get a good range and balance of vitamins and minerals.
• Choosing premium brands of dog food made with high quality, easily digestible ingredients is an excellent starting point for ensuring your dog is getting adequate nourishment for his brain as well as his body.
• It's also a good idea to switch to healthier treats and supplement foods with cooked sweet potatoes, pumpkin, carrots and green beans. All these provide your dog with extra nutrients.
• Other human foods that can be shared safely with your dog are lean meats, cooked vegetables and fresh fruits (with the exception of grapes). As long as they do not make up the bulk of your dog's diet, and you're not feeding table scraps that contain too much fat, these are nutritious additions and add variety to the diet.
• Holistic health practitioners firmly believe root vegetables provide important healing properties. They also maintain these vegetables provide stabilizing energy that focuses the brain and strengthens the will.
• "Seafood is loaded with protein, minerals, and enzymes when fresh and also has lots of collagen," says Andi. "Spirulina and chlorella are a more concentrated source of chlorophylls than any other food. Both of these algae help reduce inflammation and are also rich in essential fatty acids."
"Whether your dog is young or old, adequate nutrition and mental stimulation will keep his brain functioning at its peak, and allow him to develop and keep a high level of fluid intelligence," says Dr. Coren.
Cognitive function in older dogs
Together with Dr. Carl Cotman, a neurochemist at the Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia at the University of California at Irvine, Dr. Milgram and his team studied old dogs as models of human aging. Both agreed that "oxidative damage is a key feature in the aged brains of animals and people, and that the brains of individuals with Alzheimer's disease show greater damage." Dr. Cotman suggests that the use of antioxidant supplements like vitamins E and C might "improve cognitive decline" in people as well as animals, since older dogs develop the same pathological changes in their brains as older people.
Carotenoids such as beta carotene, combined with certain minerals such as selenium, fatty acids DHA and EPA, carnitine and alpha lipoic acid were found to prevent formations of amyloids in older dogs. Dr. Milgram's research team combined a diet rich in these nutrients with "cognitive enrichment", and concluded that it slowed down or partially "reversed" brain decline in dogs.


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(CNN) – Anyone hoping to see President Barack Obama launch into this year's dance fad will have to keep waiting.
When the commander-in-chief met Korean pop star PSY at Sunday's "Christmas in Washington" charity concert, the pair exchanged a handshake and a greeting – but not a boogie.
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PSY, who performed his hit "Gangnam Style" wearing festive red sequins, has been at the center of controversy this week after video surfaced of him spouting anti-American lyrics in 2004.
The lyrics of the song, titled "Dear America," were written by the South Korean rock band N.E.X.T., and PSY was one of three performers rapping out the lyrics on stage.
CNN was able to translate the lyrics as saying," Kill those f–ing Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives and those who ordered them to torture," and going on to say, "Kill them all slowly and painfully," as well as "daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers."
In an apology, PSY said his performance had been emotionally charged and was a response to events in the war in Iraq.
"I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world," he said in a statement.
He said the song "was part of a deeply emotional reaction to the war in Iraq and the killing of two Korean schoolgirls that was part of the overall anti-war sentiment shared by others around the world at that time."
The girls were struck and killed by a U.S. military vehicle.
PSY continued: "While I'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self, I've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate and I'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted. I will forever be sorry for any pain I have caused by those words."
The concert Sunday also featured Motown legend Diana Ross and Broadway singer Megan Hilty. The event raised money for the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, and airs on CNN's sister station TNT Saturday, December 21 at 8 p.m. ET.
In short remarks at the end of the concert, Obama mentioned Ross, as well as the event's host Conan O'Brien, but did not refer to PSY by name. He said the concert was a "chance to get in the Christmas spirit; to spread some joy and sing along with artists who have much better voices than we do."
Unlike republican TPs, at least PSY had the decency to apologize for spewing hate.
Instead of speaking out about what PSY said ,we should be speaking out about our government that is still torturing an killing people in Guantanamo . In a country that is based upon justice and rights for all, how can we sit by as people are waterboard and held in prisons for over ten years and are denied their right to trail. It has been over ten years since 911. Sadam Hussein has been tried and executed, but none of these people have been tried could it be because the charges against them are just as false as the lies of weapons of mass destruction. Why else would they not be tried by now unless the only evidence against them are the same CIA lies. This is what you should be ashame of, not a singer who spoke the truth about us. Why haven't we closed down Guantanamo?
So, I washed my comment down and GOPers still want to argue their "I'm in the right – your in the wrong" points. Whatever. CNN got what it wanted by posting the article.
"washed my comment down" that got to me Lynda because when I find myself doing that I just don't post.
Ever notice how we are all kept in our respective "boxes" on this site? I guess it is CNN's way to 'keep the Party going' so to speak.
I went off topic. I know what you mean with these rightwing nutjobs.. Like I posted last week, we seem to have better luck getting through to them with disdain and derision because they sure block out the truth.
May be I am not understanding very well. I am a veteran from the US Army. Can't find a jod despite the fact that I have a graduate degree. I downgraded to accept even a G5 level job. one of my applications was accepted, I received a welcome letter from the agency. the next step was to check my background, it is been more than 5 months i do not know what is wrong, I have an acticve secret clearance. As a veteran to have a small governnent job I am blocked without any reason, in the name of background check, and I know deep that my background is very clean. But this guy get the invitation to sing in front of our Commender in Chief without background chec.. I signed for him not to be accepted to perform and i was shocked to find out that he did. i really do not know what to say any more. help me America
Dominican mama 4 Obama
Like I posted last week, we seem to have better luck getting through to them with disdain and derision because they sure block out the truth.
Not sure if you'll get this message today but I agree. I like to coin it amused contempt. They amuse me by tickling my "contempt bone". Nothing more, nothing less.


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"When does the Wimbledon Open start?" my nine-year-old asked, dressed like Andy Roddick's Mini-me: cap with rounded bill, collared shirt and matching shorts."It's just called 'Wimbledon' and it starts next week," I answered.
"Yeah!" he shouted and rushed out of the room, presumably to go find his tennis racquet.
Yeah, indeed. Because if I teach my son all about tennis now, I'll have someone to play tennis with on summer evenings a few years from now. And he'll have a sport he can play long after his last at bat, his final jump shot and his concluding soccer final.
When I was my son's age, my parents made me take tennis lessons. I assumed it was because they wanted me to love tennis as much as they did. But back then, I'd rather practice bicycle kicks with my brother and a soccer ball than work on my volleys at the tennis net. Still, I took lessons, if only to appease my parents.
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Now, however, I understand the real reason they had signed me up for tennis lessons: When I finished school, it would become increasingly difficult to find 21 other people to play soccer with at any given time. And now that I'm in my forties, a bicycle kick -- when you jump up parallel to the ground and pump your legs to kick the ball -- is a sure way to end up in physical therapy.
When I picked tennis back up about 10 years ago, I was grateful to my parents for cutting down my learning curve. After years of watching Wimbledon with them, I knew how to keep score, even in a tie breaker. Thanks to the lessons they made sure I had taken, I could hit a darn good two-handed, cross-court backhand, and my serve wasn't entirely useless. It wasn't long before I'd graduated out of the beginners' ranks and moved up to challenge women who'd been playing tennis for years. And the best part? I'd have to find just one other person to play with, not 21.
This weekend, I was on the court again when my nine-year-old asked me to take him out to hit some tennis balls. We worked on his swing (which, at first, was more of a slice), and where to stand on the court so I can't plop the ball behind him while he angrily kicks at the clay more like John McEnroe's Mini-me than Andy Roddick's. This weekend, he learned a little, I exercised a little and together, we had a lot of fun.
"You're going to take tennis lessons two weeks from now," I announced, and he cheered.
"Maybe I can play like Roddick some day," he smiled.
After he made his pronouncement for the future, I listened to our tennis teacher coaching his teenaged son, a nationally ranked player, on the next court. I didn't understand much of what he was saying, as it was mostly in Russian, but I knew that they'd been on the court for several hours and it didn't look like either one of them was having much fun. I also knew that if my son wanted to play like Andy Roddick some day, he'd have to start playing tennis every day, all day long for the next few years, like his teacher's son. Or, more likely, he missed his chance for tennis greatness back in kindergarten.
"Then we'll just have to come back again and hit this week, won't we?" I answered, and he cheered again. When we finished playing, we swept the clay courts, refilled our water bottles and left for home.
"Would you like to go to the U.S. Open at the end of the summer?" I asked.
"Yeah!" he shouted, adjusting his cap as we headed down the stone path to my car, until we could no longer hear Russian.
Wimbledon starts next week, but tennis has already begun in our house.


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Beijing, China (CNN) -- Disasters usually bring out the best and the worst in people.
At Beijing Language and Culture University this week, it's the best.
Japanese and Chinese students gathered on campus during lunch break to raise cash donations for Japan's quake and tsunami survivors.
"We know the situation in Japan is terrible right now, so we hope that our activities can help the Japanese victims," said Chinese organizer Jing Yao, a junior aspiring to be Mandarin language teacher. "We want them to know that there are many people who care about them here in China."
Countless people across the globe are opening their hearts and wallets to help the Japanese, but the Chinese offer of help carries an extra weight.
China was one of the first to send a rescue team, a 15-member crew many of whom are now scouring disaster areas in Sendai searching for survivors.
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China has also flown millions of dollars in relief to Japan. "China is also a country prone to earthquake disasters, and we fully empathize with how they feel now," said Premier Wen Jiabao. "When China was hit with the massive Wenchuan earthquake, the Japanese government sent a rescue team and also offered rescue supplies." China is ready to give more, as Japan needs it, he added.
China has been hit with two massive earthquakes in the past three years.
In May 2008, an 8.0-magnitude quake devastated Wenchuan in Sichuan province, leaving over 80,000 people dead or missing. In April last year, another major quake, followed by a mudslide, left more than 2,200 people dead in northwestern Qinghai province.
Just last week, a 5.8-magnitude quake shook southwestern Yunnan province. It killed at least 25 people, injured 250 others and destroyed many houses.
"We are still dealing with the aftermath of that quake, but it will not stand in our way to give aid to Japan," said an official in Beijing, who declined to be identified because he is not authorized to talk about the subject. "We genuinely sympathize with the Japanese people no matter what some netizens say," he said, referring to China's active online community that has not always been unanimous in supporting the aid effort.
At his school in Beijing, Japanese exchange student Makoto Hachiya appreciates the Chinese gestures of sympathy.
"Of course we are very moved and thankful for the support from our Chinese classmates," said Hachiya, a sophomore studying Mandarin, whose family lives near the quake's epicenter. "It shows how friendly and good the China-Japan relationship can be."
Still, anti-Japanese sentiment runs deep among some Chinese.
On social networking sites, some bloggers were sarcastically "congratulating" Japan on the earthquake. Others have called the quake "baoying" (karma) for Japan's occupation of China during World War II. Their numbers may be few, but their voices echo deep-seated animosity.
The Chinese suffered miserably under Japan's wartime occupation from 1931 to 1945. Millions of lives were lost.
Nearly 70 years after the war ended, memories of Japan's war atrocities continue to bedevil the relations.
Even movies can reopen raw wounds.
I remember a controversy in the late 1990s when a big-budget movie, "Pride, the Fateful Moment," opened in Tokyo. The film, about wartime general Hideki Tojo, infuriated Japan critics in China because it claimed that Tojo was not so bad after all.
The movie also implied that the Nanjing Massacre, a killing spree by Japan's imperial army, may not have happened at all. China condemned the movie as an attempt to "whitewash Japanese wartime aggression."
Other irritants fester: the revision of Japan's history books, Japanese officials' visits to ancient shrines honoring wartime heroes, trade issues and territorial conflicts.
The two neighbors have a running dispute over a group of islands known as Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan. At stake in the conflicting claims: national pride and potentially lucrative natural gas drilling rights in waters around them.
Six months ago, the simmering territorial dispute erupted when Japanese patrol officers arrested the captain and crew of a Chinese fishing boat near the islands.
Meantime, at least, Japan's current woes are giving China a chance to show its soft side.
"It's a very important opportunity for China to make a statement in favor of the long-term values of cooperation and humane treatment of your neighbors," said David Kelly, professor at the University of Technology Sydney.
Students at Beijing Language and Culture University say their charity campaign is more important than the amount they collected because it transcended politics.
"There are many things in politics and diplomacy that China and Japan don't see eye-to-eye on, but because of this humanitarian situation and people's willingness to help, we're coming together and improving our relationship in a friendly way," said Hachiya of Japan.


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Film shows parents how to spot autism
It took months for Aimee and John Mury to get their daughter Eliza diagnosed as autistic, and the experience left Aimee Mury frustrated. Rather than get angry, she wanted to do something to help other parents of autistic children.
She came up with the idea of putting together something to show on YouTube, and asked her neighbor Zadi Zokou, a filmmaker, if he could help her do so. Zokou said he could do even better. The final product of their collaboration, a film called "Eliza, My Songbird," debuts at Morse Institute Library in Natick on Sunday.
The Murys had heard of autism, but they said, like many people, they did not know what it really looked like.
"I thought she had a speech delay, like my son," Aimee Mury said.
When Eliza, now 5, was not speaking at age 20 months, her mother became concerned and asked for help finding out what was wrong. An expert came to observe Eliza, and after an evaluation, the Murys were told she had a speech delay.
After a few months, however, nothing changed.
She said the autism may have gone undiagnosed even longer if not for some people who attend Beacon Community Church, where John is pastor.
"Some people at the church who are occupational therapists who work with kids with Asperger's - which is a mild form of autism - both looked at Eliza and said there are definitely signs (of autism)," John Mury said.
After the autism diagnosis was confirmed, Aimee Mury said she looked back at the reports from the first observations of her daughter and the signs were clear, she just had not known what to look for.
"I went through a huge learning experience, at (Eliza's) expense," Aimee Mury said. "I said I can stay angry, or I can teach people by showing them what we went through."
The Murys have lived next to the Zokous for several years. Zokou learned about filmmaking in his native Ivory Coast, where he started as an actor and later became a screenwriter and filmmaker.
He left the country when there was some political unrest.
Zokou works at Neiman Marcus so he has a regular paycheck, but he said his love is making films. He made one film about the difficulty of riding bicycles in Natick, as part of a project for a course he took at Mass. College of Art.
He took on the autism project and ended up with a 30-minute film aimed at educating parents on how to look for the signs.
"The focus is education," Zokou said. "Everybody needs to know about autism."
Eliza did not show the signs that many people expect to see. "She was not hyperactive or spinning in the corner," Aimee Mury said.
Also, some autistic people do not like being touched. Eliza will seek out contact. She does not understand social boundaries, however.
"She will walk up to strangers at the mall and sit on their laps," John Mury said.
Some of the other signs of autism they spotted in Eliza's behavior, include:
- She would not respond to her name.
- She would not show her parents things, such as her toys.
- She would not notice people entering or leaving a room.
- She would not point to things, or understand when people point to something.
Zokou said he is thankful for the help of the Murys and others.
"Many people have this issue, but they hold it in," Zokou said. "(Aimee) has the courage to share her story and share how she's living."
He also got a lot of help from people at Natick Pegasus, the local cable access channel. They gave him tips about what equipment to buy, how to use the equipment and they assisted with the editing.
Zokou plans to focus on autism for his next two films. First he'd like to follow Eliza, to show the progress she has made. Then, he would like to return to Africa and do a film about autism in his country or a neighboring one.
"Eliza, My Songbird" will be shown Sunday at Morse Institute Library, 14 East Central St., Natick, at an event sponsored by the Autism Alliance of MetroWest. The event begins at 3 p.m. and is free to the public. After the film, a discussion will be held.
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Calling it a "watershed" shift on gold, Dennis Gartman, the founder of The Gartman Letter, told CNBC his sentiment on the precious metal has changed from bearish to bullish.
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"Having been bearish of gold for a long period of time, given the level of skepticism that has incurred, given the changes in the open interest in the futures markets, and perhaps I'm wrong—golly, it wouldn't be the first time that I have been wrong and it certainly won't be the last—but having been bearish of gold for a long period of time, I thought perhaps it was wise to step up and be a buyer," Gartman said on "Squawk Box."
Gartman said he's not a "gold bug," though. He views the yellow metal as just another currency, affected by cross rates, meaning the currency exchange rate between two currencies.


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Now that summer is in full swing, it's the perfect time to find unique items for displaying treasured family photos. Photography is my passion, so pictures of my children are an essential part of my home décor. Family and friends enjoy looking at the photos and the images are a continual reminder to my children of how much we love them.
Estate sales, antique shows, and flea markets are full of pieces that you can display in your home. Combining a passion for photos with unique vintage finds can lead to meaningful, one-of-a-kind photo displays that your guests will admire.
When searching for your next vintage treasure, think about how it can be repurposed and used to display photos. Don't forget that antiques can also be used creatively in photo shoots. Eclectic flea markets are the perfect creative fuel for inspiring a photo session or DIY project, because they are filled with vibrant colors, a myriad of shapes and textures and a palpable creative energy. There are unlimited ways to use vintage treasures both in your photographs and your home. Here, three ways that I show off family photos in my home.
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Antique Flower Frog Photo Hangers
Old metal flower frogs have always caught my eye and I wanted to do something creative with them. I hang them against a hallway wall to display photos with a vintage vibe at home.
Metal flower frogs
Enlarged, mounted photos
Nails or screws
Jute twine
Old clothespins
3M Command Strips (or wall mount adhesive tape for hanging pictures)
1. Print photos mounted on a sturdy back like matboard or styrene at the size you desire. I used 8x12 prints on styrene.
2. Acquire one or more metal flower frogs and hang on wall using a nail or screw.
3. Measure how far you'd like your photo to hang and cut the twine accordingly.
4. Feed twine through bottom of flower frog. Put each end of the twine through the center of a clothespin, tie a knot and trim the extra twine.
5. Hang the mounted prints from the clothespins, then secure the prints to the wall using removable wall adhesive tape (like 3M Command Strips).
Vintage Washboard Frames
Vintage washboards make perfect frames. I saw these at a flea market and knew immediately that I had to have them. I planned a photo shoot at a historic site with a mid-1800s home that was the perfect backdrop for creating my own "old" photo. I used the washboard, an old metal bucket and a vintage dress in a scene I created with my daughter. Then, I used that photo, plus more from that shoot and the washboards to create the perfect wall art for my laundry room.
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3M Command Strips (or wall mount adhesive tape for hanging pictures)
Picture hangers or nails
1. Plan your wall display and measure the sizes of prints you need. Print the photos on a sturdy matboard or styrene backing. Square prints worked perfectly for my washboards.
2. Attach the mounted photos to the washboard using a strong adhesive like 3M Command Strips and then hang the washboards on the wall.
Antique Bicycle Wheel Photo Display
I was wandering around an outdoor antique show when I saw an amazing bicycle wheel that I was told was at least 100 years old. The weathered wood frame and aged metal spokes create a beautiful shape that looks striking on my wall. I clip snapshots to the frame for an easy photo display. The project is inexpensive and the photos can be updated easily. During the holidays I showcase photo cards from dear friends.
Printed 4x6 or square photos
Nail or screw
Old clothespins
1. Determine where you want your wheel to hang. Drill a long screw into the wall (preferably a stud) and hang the wheel on the screw.
2. Use old clothespins to affix photos to the wheel. Swap the photos as often as desired. Easy!
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