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WASHINGTON >> President Barack Obama gained ground Tuesday in his drive for congressional backing of a military strike against Syria, winning critical support from House Speaker John Boehner while administration officials agreed to explicitly rule out the use of U.S. combat troops in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack.
The leader of House Republicans, Boehner emerged from a meeting at the White House and said the United States has "enemies around the world that need to understand that we're not going to tolerate this type of behavior. We also have allies around the world and allies in the region who also need to know that America will be there and stand up when it's necessary."
Boehner spoke as lawmakers in both parties called for changes in the president's requested legislation, rewriting it to restrict the type and duration of any military action that would be authorized, possibly including a ban on U.S. combat forces on the ground.
"There's no problem in our having the language that has zero capacity for American troops on the ground," said Secretary of State John Kerry, one of three senior officials to make the case for military intervention at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.
"President Obama is not asking America to go to war," Kerry said in a strongly worded opening statement. He added, "This is not the time for armchair isolationism. This is not the time to be spectators to slaughter."
Obama said earlier in the day he was open to revisions in the relatively broad request the White House made over the weekend. He expressed confidence Congress would respond to his call for support and said Assad's action "poses a serious national security threat to the United States and to the region."
The administration says 1,429 died from the attack on Aug. 21 in a Damascus suburb. Casualty estimates by other groups are far lower, and Assad's government blames the episode on rebels who have been seeking to overthrow his government in a civil war that began over two years ago. A United Nations inspection team is awaiting lab results on tissue and soil samples it collected while in the country before completing a closely watched report.
The president met top lawmakers at the White House before embarking on an overseas trip to Sweden and Russia, leaving the principal lobbying at home for the next few days to Vice President Joe Biden and other members of his administration.
Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sat shoulder-to-shoulder at the Senate committee hearing while, a few hundred miles away, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged caution. He said any punitive action against Syria could unleash more turmoil and bloodshed, and he advised that such strikes would be legal only in self-defense under the U.N. Charter or if approved by the organization's Security Council. Russia and China have repeatedly used their veto power in the council to block action against Assad.
In the Middle East, Israel and the U.S. conducted a joint missile test over the Mediterranean in a display of military might in the region.
Obama set the fast-paced events in motion on Saturday, when he unexpectedly stepped back from ordering a military strike under his own authority and announced he would seek congressional approval.
Recent presidents have all claimed the authority to undertake limited military action without congressional backing. Some have followed up with such action.
Obama said he, too, believes he has that authority, and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said during the day that even Congress' refusal to authorize the president wouldn't negate the power of the commander in chief.
Still, the president also has stated that the United States will be stronger if lawmakers grant their support. But neither Obama nor his aides has been willing to state what options would be left to him should Congress reject his call.
As Obama has often noted, the country is weary of war after more than a decade of combat deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq, and there is residual skepticism a decade after Bush administration claims went unproven that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. Additionally, a spate of polls indicates the public opposes a military strike against Syria, by a margin of 59-36 percent if the United States acts unilaterally, according to a new Washington Post-ABC survey, and a narrower 46-51 if allies take part.
Among major allies, only France has publicly offered to join the United States in a strike, although President Francois Hollande says he will await Congress' decision. The British House of Commons rejected a military strike last week.
Yet the president's decision to seek congressional approval presents lawmakers with a challenge, as well.
Even some of Obama's sternest critics in Congress expressed strong concerns about the repercussions of a failure to act.
House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, R-Va., said after Tuesday's White House meeting that a failure to respond to the use of chemical weapons "only increases the likelihood of future WMD (weapons of mass destruction) use by the regime, transfer to Hezbollah, or acquisition by al-Qaida."
America's largest pro-Israel organization, AIPAC, also announced its support for legislation to authorize a military strike.
Apart from the meeting with Obama, the White House provided closed-door briefings for members of Congress.
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said after attending one session that administration officials told lawmakers that the targets the military had identified last week were still present, despite the highly public discussion of a possible attack. "Seems strange to see some targets still available several weeks later," Flake said, adding that he was "still listening" to the administration's lobbying.
Dempsey addressed the same point later in the day. "Time works both ways," he told the Senate panel. He said the United States has significant intelligence about Assad's actions, and "we continue to refine our targets."
Others were firmly opposed. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma said on Fox News, "It may sound real easy when people like Secretary Kerry say that 'it is going to be quick and we're going to go in, we're going to send a few cruise missiles, wash our hands and go home.' It doesn't work that way. This could be a war in the Middle East, it's serious."
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has close ties to tea party groups, said he probably would vote against authorizing Obama to use force. But he said it also wouldn't be helpful to amend the resolution in a way that constrains the president too much to execute military action, if authorized.
Democrats, too, were divided, although it appeared the administration's biggest concern was winning support among deeply conservative Republicans who have battled with the president on issue after issue since winning control of the House three years ago.
The United States maintains a significant military force in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The U.S. Navy released one of the warships that had been in the region, leaving four destroyers armed with cruise missiles, the USS Stout, USS Gravely, USS Ramage and USS Barry. Also in the area was an amphibious warship, the USS San Antonio, with about 300 Marines aboard.
In addition, there are two aircraft carriers in the region — the USS Nimitz strike group, which is in the southern Red Sea, and the USS Harry S Truman, which is in the Arabian Sea.
While announcing his support for military action and urging fellow Republicans to come to the same conclusion, Boehner firmly put the burden of rounding up votes on the administration
Shortly after Boehner left the White House after the meeting, his spokesman Michael Steel said, "Everyone understands that it is an uphill battle to pass a resolution, and the speaker expects the White House to provide answers to members' questions and take the lead on any whipping effort."
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was noncommittal about Obama's request. "While we are learning more about his plans, Congress and our constituents would all benefit from knowing more about what it is he thinks needs to be done — and can be accomplished — in Syria and the region," McConnell said in a statement.
Obama's trip this week includes stops in Stockholm and then St. Petersburg, Russia, where he will be attending the Group of 20 economic summit.
Associated Press writers Julie Pace, Josh Lederman, Donna Cassata, Alan Fram, Jennifer C. Kerr and Lolita Baldor contributed to this story.


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HAMPTON — Two things permeated the air at Towle Farm on Wednesday: the sweet, pungent smell of hot, brewing beer, and unbridled joy.
HAMPTON — Two things permeated the air at Towle Farm on Wednesday: the sweet, pungent smell of hot, brewing beer, and unbridled joy.
Wednesday was a production day at Smuttynose Brewing Co.'s recently completed brewing headquarters on its new $24 million campus located on the western side of Hampton. Company officials gave tours of the facility while taking in the excitement surrounding the completion of a major project that has gone through many permutations since it first started in 2007.
"This is really where we were meant to be all along," said company President Peter Egelston. "It took us a while to get here, but (we're) fortunate because this is where we were meant to be all along."
Smuttynose, which had been located in Portsmouth since opening in 1994, first began searching for a new home in 2007. A number of locations were considered in and around the Seacoast area, but Egelston and company officials fell in love with Towle Farm because of its character, rustic structures and potential.
The company purchased the land off Route 27 in 2008, although the construction of the new brewing facility and the work to turn the existing 19th century home on the property into a restaurant didn't begin until 2012.
This Saturday, the brewing facility — but not the restaurant, which will be finished later this year — will be open to the public for the first time, and company officials say it's "exciting" to finally show it off.
"With any big project, you can get stressed because you can get busy (while dealing with issues that pop up), but you've got to take a step back because you're opening a new brewery," said Smuttynose spokesman J.T. Thompson. "You have to take a step back and enjoy how lucky we are to be able to do that, especially on a project like this that is so fun."
Four IPAs were being brewed Wednesday, and Egelston and Unitil officials took much enjoyment out of showing a small group of guests various portions of the process as well as the facility's many energy-saving features.
Egelston said Smuttynose is on a "journey" to "become a more sustainable company" through new equipment that allows it to save electricity as well as get more product out of energy-draining raw materials like its malted barley.
The facility also recaptures and reuses displaced heat and it utilizes "solar tubes" to bring in natural light, the latter of which allows it to use less energy on lighting for the production floor and other portions of the building.
A number of other energy-conscious initiatives are being used in the new facility, which also has LED fixtures instead of traditional fluorescent lights. Carol Valianti, Unitil's vice president of communications, said Smuttynose's conservation efforts are "innovative" because combined they save 11 million kilowatt hours over the lifetime of the equipment.
She said that amount of energy could power 1,500 homes for a year, which she said is "the equivalent of the town of Hampton Falls."
"The number of energy-efficient (parts of the plant) from a geek's perspective is really cool," said Tim Noonis, Unitil's senior business development executive.
Egelston said Smuttynose still has "a long way to go" in its conservation efforts, which will also eventually include capturing methane gas from the facility's wastewater in order to convert it into energy.
Egelston said it's important to actually make these measures pay off rather than just talk about the benefits of conservation.
"We don't want to get any credit for good intentions," Egelston said.
The new facility will double Smuttynose's annual brewing capacity, from 30,000 barrels to between 60,000 and 65,000 barrels.
The campus' 95-seat restaurant is slated to open in late summer or early fall, and Smuttynose hopes to eventually have the ability to grow ingredients on the premises as well as host events in a historic pre-Civil War barn that was already on the property.
Smuttynose's new Towle Farm home will be open to the public and for brewery tours between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday.
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New York City soda makers and restaurants say they will face daunting logistical hurdles such as needing to retool manufacturing, change distribution systems and introducing new plastic cups if city's ban on large-size sweet drinks upheld in court
December 5, 2012
(Thomson Reuters)
– Soda makers and restaurants say they will face daunting logistical hurdles such as needing to retool manufacturing, change distribution systems and even introduce new plastic cups if New York's ban on large-size sweet drinks in food outlets survives a legal challenge.
The ban, the first of its kind in the nation, is due to take effect in March and would prohibit sugary soft drinks larger than 16 ounces (473 ml) from being sold in restaurants, movie theaters and food carts while still permitting their sale in stores that do not prepare food, such as convenience stores.
Last week lawyers for plaintiffs in the beverage and restaurant industries asked the judge overseeing the case, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Shirley Kornreich, to move up oral arguments from January to an earlier date.
Some businesses will need as many as three months to "retool" their operations if forced to comply with the regulation, the lawyers said in a letter to Kornreich, who could rule on whether to move up arguments at any time.
The city is not opposing the request, in part because the plaintiffs have said they will seek an injunction to delay implementation of the law if the litigation is not finished quickly.
"It's simply in everyone's interest to get this resolved sooner rather than later," said Gabriel Taussig, a city attorney.
The ban presents a host of potential logistical challenges, from altering factory machinery to changing distribution systems, said Caroline Starke, a spokeswoman for the plaintiffs.
In some cases, like that of fast-food chain Subway, which offers fountain drinks in a 21-ounce (621-ml) size, businesses may be forced to manufacture entirely new sizes of plastic cups.
In other cases, like that of Honest Tea, products may not currently be available in certain sizes. For example, a 500-ml (16.9-oz) bottle of Honest Tea's Honey Green Tea is just a shade more than 16 ounces.
That extra 0.9 ounce could pose a major problem for Honest Tea and its parent company, The Coca-Cola Co., if the ban is upheld.
"What we're hoping to avoid is prolonged uncertainty for the affected businesses," Starke said.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has promoted the ban as a way of reducing obesity among city residents. The beverage and restaurant industries have decried it as a restriction on personal freedom.
The lawsuit, filed in October, claims the Bloomberg-appointed health board overstepped its authority in passing the regulation without the city council's approval. It also argues the ban is arbitrary, since it only affects certain types of drinks and businesses.
(Editing by Daniel Trotta and Cynthia Osterman)
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What: I'm a Collections Access Officer in the Collections Department at RCAHMS
How did you get here?
A BA in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University in Canada, museum volunteering, one plane ticket, two years at the British Geological Survey, and then an opportunity to work in heritage at RCAHMS, I've been here since 2006.
What are you working on today?
As a member of the Collections Department at RCAHMS, I help look after the archive of photographs, drawings, maps and manuscripts while also assisting with research enquiries in our public search room. Today I'm cataloguing, rehousing and creating a collections hierarchy for the personal notebooks, papers, correspondence and aerial photographs of the pioneering aerial archaeologist, geologist and Romanist J. Kenneth St Joseph of Cambridge University. He was instrumental in establishing Cambridge University's Collection of Aerial Photographs (CUCAP) and in 1973 became Professor of Air Photographic Studies. His work has transformed our knowledge of the early history of Scotland through the identification of sites visible only from the air. He wrote and lectured widely on the subject of aerial photography and archaeology, his particular interest being in Roman Britain. The collections work that I am undertaking will assist in making the archive more accessible to researchers through our online catalogue Canmore.
Further information, photographs and drawings on these sites can be found on our online database Canmore: Ulston Moor and Inchtuthil
Published books available in our search room by JK St Joseph include Roman Britain from the Air (with S S Frere) (1983) and The Uses of Air Photography (1977). Roman Camps in Scotland (2011) by our very own Dr Rebecca Jones also refers to the JK St Joseph archive and the notebooks held at RCAHMS.
What did university not teach you?
Anything about architecture – it is a subject I have had to learn about from research enquiries, by cataloguing architectural drawings and from working with knowledgeable colleagues.
Surprising part of your job?
Working with collections material can be quite physical, so clothing needs to be practical (you are unlikely to find us in dainty dresses or heels) and it helps if you're good with heights. I've become very adept at pushing buttons on doors and elevators with my elbow and paper cuts can be a common occupational hazard.


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Design and features
The SoloPro looks like a gigantic brick with rounded corners. It's as heavy as you'd expect, given the design; it's about 10 times the weight of the Seagate GoFlex Desk. That said, it doesn't look half bad.
|Drive type
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|Connector options
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|Available capacities
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The drive ships with nothing but a power cable and a USB 3.0 cable. Our test unit was painted with regular black paint, but a version using heat-resistant paint is available for an extra $20.
The reason the drive is so big and heavy is because of the multiple layers of protective material that keeps the internal hard drive safe from extreme heat (up to 1,550 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes). The drive is also able to survive water submersion up to 10 feet for three days.
Though we didn't have the resources to test the drive against these extreme conditions, IoSafe has shown us demonstrations. The most recent demo was at CES 2010, where it ran a similar drive, the Solo SSD, through a series of extreme tests. After the barrage of tests, the data that was stored on the drive was easily retrieved.
Despite the large size, the SoloPro is a single-volume external hard drive. This means it doesn't support any RAID configurations (such as RAID 1, which safeguards the data against a single-drive failure). So although the data could survive extreme conditions, it might be lost if the internal hard drive dies from defects, mechanical problems, or just general wear and tear over time. Users are not able to replace the internal hard drive on their own. Once the chassis is opened, IoSafe no longer guarantees the effectiveness of the SoloPro's protection.
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University of Antarctica
|University of Antarctica
Penguinas, Glacius-Lacti, quod Frigus Beernum
|Penguins, Ice Cream, and Frozen Beer
|School type
|Expeditionary University
|Dr. Freeze, J.D. (2009 - Present)
|Ice Harbor, Ichigan, Antarctica
|3176 acres, including the arboretum or "Ice box" and honorary James Cook Corpus Glacialis Areni "frozen corpse arena"
|41,042 Undergraduates (Some dead, others in natural state of cryopreservation)
4 Graduates
|$7.1 billion (George W. Bush & U.S. Tax Payers)
- Instructors: 432 (Active), 738 (Rendered inoperative), 2,489 (Dead), 219 (MIA), 3 (Wandered into mysterious cave)
- 518 Staff: (There's one over there)
|"Quackers" – Homicidal penguin in tuxedo with harpoon gun
The University of Antarctica, Antarctica (U of A, U of AA, AAA, or simply "Thankgodshelter", as it is referred to by visitors) was founded in 2008 about 120 miles south-west of the northern maritime coast of the Antarctic Ocean. U of AA is globally recognized for maintaining the ironic status of being both the continent's newest and oldest university.
Initially, the U of AA intended to focus exclusively upon the studies of dentistry, music therapy, and agriculture due to its thriving local demand, but the school has since then changed its disciplines and concentrations towards hunting and gathering, medicine, ice sculpting, and hockey.
The Antarctic Board of Education recently awarded U of AA as a pioneering Iceship campus towards filling the gap between the continent's absent primary educational system and the commercial empire that is expected to thrive in the continent sometime this millennium or the next.
The Antarctic Constitution of 1850 called for the creation of an "agricultural school." However, it was not until the alleged discovery of permafrost in the 20th century which prompted Ichigan Provincial Governor Kinsley S. Humbug to deny the allegation and sign (several years later on January 4, 1991) a bill establishing the Continent's first Puritan agricultural school: the Purified Agricultural College of the Extraterritorial Land of Ichigan. Classes began on January 5, 1991 with two buildings (tents), five faculty members (scientists), and 18 students. All died in a matter of minutes due to an air conditioner malfunction.
On January 6, 2008 the deaths were discovered and a funeral was held for the fallen students and faculty — now regarded as heroes for some reason despite their tendency to cry and overall timid demeanor during life, in the newly founded quadrangle (which pretentiously witty students dubbed the "Frostangle"). During the ceremony, more students and faculty members perished at the tongue of icy winds. Initially regarded as an "act of God," this was later properly diagnosed as hypothermia.
In light of its self-proclaimed "Extensive History" and "Piety," the board formed a university, the University of Antarctica, to generate more recognition and thereby expand its best/worst rankings and the student body of the institution. The board somehow managed to secure this status before even deciding on instituting a secular orientation.
The University then changed calendars from Georgian to Antarctican in 2007 when it realized that the sun sometimes doesn't stay "up" as long as it ought to, while other times it stays "down" longer than it ought to. But it reverted to the Julian system in 2012 when the school astrologist and proctologist went mad predicting a doomsday scenario and advised the board and council to reset all of the calendars and prescribed enemas all around. Later that year, the board, shocked to discover that Julius Caesar had been dead for 2000 years, questioned keeping his timekeeping system alive. Consequently, the academic calendar is now binary, with Polar Sunmesters during the summer and Polar Nightmesters during the winter.
U of AA simultaneously maintains the record for Antarctica as the largest university and smallest university in the country and continent. U of AA also has the most diversified student population in the country/continent, best party school, best suicide rate, dorms like dungeons, dorms like dragons, dragons like dorms - literally winning the best and worst award for every superlative in the Princeton Book of Merits/Demerits.
Despite being in a status of establishment for only six months, the University of Antarctica has secured every major "best" and "worst" award in the Princeton Review. U of AA has also secured the most Best/Worst awards for a single university in the world as well as accomplishing these feats in the promptest manner, recorded on a Timex watch which now resides in the Princeton National Archives clocked at 0.05 seconds.
USNews identified U of AA as "a tumultuous feat of record-breaking precedence surmounted by a victimized body of overly-promoted madcaps."
Residential Life[edit]
The University of Antarctica has the largest campus housing system in Antarctica and the five thousand four hundred nineteenth largest campus housing system in the World. The residence halls are organized into three distinct groups: the Frost Campus, the Glacier Area (between Frost Campus and the University of Antarctica Chamber of Dentistry) and the Ice Campus. The Mortuary and Cryochambers are by far the most populated residential dwellings; but to the university's disdain, do not count towards the essential breathing student body. The University board is trying to expound upon the American Educational Standards Board's divergent reasoning as to why semi-living and dead students should not count towards the aggregate student populous; U of AA's incentive for carry out this argument being to qualify for additional IMF funding.
The largest "living" residency hall has a capacity of 1,277 students, while the smallest accommodates 31 residents. The largest "semi-living" or "dead" residency hall, Cryochamber 2, has a capacity of 15,061 students stacked vertically and 20,908 students stacked horizontally. Cryochamber 2 is currently facing a capacity crisis but it is expected to damper off once Cryochamber 3 is constructed. A majority of upper-division and sane students live in off-campus igloos, ice palaces, and foreign research laboratories with the largest concentrations in the Western and Southern Campus areas. The higher cost of living in Ice Harbor, Ichigan has prompted some students to commute by residing in nearby communities such as Punta Arenas and Sydney.
"I can't feel my fucking balls!"
Besides hockey, the far more entertaining and acclaimed competition is a historically revered Arctic quasi-sport in which students dip their testicles into fishing holes until they retract totally inside the body; this event is accompanied by shouting the name of the quasi-sport in a loud (and very high) voice. The student who reaches this climax first is the victor. The contest was discontinued in March of 2008 when a contestant's test of the water attracted a killer whale.
The school once had a baseball team, until the first batter of the 1996 season was beaned by John "Lil" Wayne's legendary 112 mph fastball. On his deathbed, he claimed he never saw the pitch, surely because the white baseball blended perfectly into the ice and snow that covered the entire stadium. It was the first and last pitch the baseball program ever experienced.
This activity inspired a future Jack Ass stunt and is widely considered by incompetent people as being a healthy activity and recreational Arctic sport not unlike ice swimming. Oprah Winfrey had played this game on the University's inception day whilst she sang the fight song as her entrance anthem in preference over the more traditional Hail to the Chief during her night class interim from January through February 2008.
Besides dying, U of AA students have taken up a plethora of abominable hobbies to keep them occupied whilst freezing in between classes. During the winter months, which have yet to be experienced, a great number of the Frost Campus student residence plan on taking up staying inside and keeping warm. During the summer months, snowboarding and ice fishing were the most popular activities of the Frost Campus while the more snobbish Ice Campus took up water skiing and ice croquette.
For a brief while after the students appeared to be co-existing amiably, they eventually began partitioning the dormitories and cryogenic chambers declaring which entities had more control over the available food and propane resources. These quarrels were typically resolved by a game of "I can't feel my fucking balls" until the intrinsic mentality of sectarian war began to settle in. Three weeks after the food and electricity ran out, students turned their attention to more primitive recreational hobbies such as forming pagan religions, killing each another, and hockey.
Fight song[edit]
The University of Antarctica's fight song, God, I'm Fucking Cold, was written by Coldplay in 2008 following a last-minute hockey victory over a group of penguins that clinched the league championship by secretly turning up the arena's A/C from "Winnipeg" to "Fucking Cold". The song was declared by the late John Philip Sousa as "The greatest college fight song written, last week." The anthem enunciates many of the university's internationally regarded statuses, such as being the "only champions of the South" and "bestial violators of penguins". At the time, U of AA was involved in the geographic "Northern Conference", which would later become the Big One Conference. Although mainly chanted at sporting events, the fight song can be heard at other extra-curricular activities that U of AA partakes in such as the "falling over dead freezing" competition, the "get naked and say: I can't feel my fucking balls/vulva" contest, and the 397 day-a-year competitive eating event "Ice Harbor Slots snow eating contest" which still continues today.
Official Mascot[edit]
One of the most notable tidbits, or rather caveats, about the University of Antarctica is the horrifying legend of an insane mascot bird known only as Quackers, a 2'7" tuxedo-wearing homicidal emperor penguin that ran amok on campus many years ago and fatally shot 47 people in less than 5 minutes with a harpoon gun and a single harpoon. Since his reign of terror, the mascot is now purported to be the infamous demonic idol "Homojoker", which incidentally is the re-incarnate of Heath Ledger and the arch nemesis in Ghostbusters III, which was summoned by faculty and students of the school's religious studies department during Pagan Worship Day and the subsequent séances that followed on campus grounds. The lore is now well kept in the spirit of the university as a ghost tale told around late-night marshmallow roasting political debates on Antarctic politics of the Glacier Area dormitory recreational SlipSlide Fjord.
The second attack ocurred during one of these colloquies, which ended abruptly on March 14th 2008 when Quackers appeared during the climax of the tale and skewered 17 students and the story-teller with his harpoon whilst quacking uncontrollably. It could be that the ill-fated student body of "The Purified Agricultural College of the Extraterritorial Land of Ichigan" were never killed by an air-conditioner malfunction but were, in fact, slain by the homicidal penguin. This was alleged in 2007 when Campus Security re-evaluated the site of the murders and discovered that what they once believed was an incongruent running-track, is actually a 50 foot-long 600 foot-wide trail of blood. It spells the name of "Quackers" when viewed from orbit.
Quackers is also suspected of flaying the original president of the University of Antarctica, and Dean of Present Unwrapping, Anti-Santa, Ph.D., from 2008-2009; however, the orthodox belief is that he was eaten by killer whale while dipping his testicles into the school's Ice Pond Memorial.
Notable Alumni[edit]
U of AA has over four living graduates and is considered to be an astonishing feat by humanitarians and sensible doctors. In addition to the late U.S. Nobel Prize Winner, Herald Nash, the university has produced zero Rhodes scholars, zero Olympic gold medalists, and zero and a half Special Olympic medalists (the Amazing Torso-less Spiderman "Schwidiclegrubenster" and one Vanilla Ice, M.B.A.). Several potential astronauts are also alumni including the all-UAA Apollo 42 that has yet to launch or be legitimately announced into existence. Ice Cube is also a noteworthy alumni but he has yet to show up class; how he graduated remains one of the least pondered questions of the collegiate world.
Of the arts and theatrics, there is Jack Nicholson whom spent a death defying term on the grounds of what-would-become U of AA campus in 1980; Steve McQueen, whom many refer to as being "cool" undoubtedly earned his attributes from his three week tenure as the deceased Dean of Necrophilia; and most notably Some Guy who finished his term living and graduated living, an accomplishment noteworthy of the utmost regard as well as the "pillar of ice" award which is an handsome block of ice given to all surviving students on their day of graduation. Some Guy reportedly drowned to death due to the "pillar of ice" melting in his sleeping bag upon returning to more favorable climates.
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William 'Mo' Cowan 'honored, humbled' by Senate appointment
Patrick picks former chief of staff to fill Kerry's seat
Gov. Deval Patrick Wednesday named William "Mo" Cowan, his former chief-of-staff, to temporarily fill John Kerry's Senate seat.
"Mo's service on the front lines in our efforts to manage through the worst economy in 80 years and build a better, stronger commonwealth for the next generation has earned him the respect and admiration of people throughout government," Patrick said.
Cowan currently serves as a senior adviser to Patrick and is the former president of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association.
"I am honored and humbled by this appointment today," Cowan said. "I pledge to you and the people of Massachusetts that during this interim period. I will work as hard as humanly possible to perform my duties with the needs and aspirations of our state's citizens foremost in mind."
Cowan said he had the full support of his wife and two young sons and thanked his mother, who raised him as a single parent after his father died.
"My mother told me, 'Days like today are possible.' I want to thank my mom from the bottom of my heart for given me the foundation that led to today," Cowan said.
Cowan is the first African-American Massachusetts senator since Sen. Edward Brooke, who served from 1967 to 1979.
"I am proud to be standing before you today to follow in Sen. Brooke's footsteps. The reason I am standing here today is not because I am an African-American, but because the governor has confidence in the job I can do," Cowan said.
Kerry was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to be the nation's next secretary of state.
Meanwhile, politicians are lining up for a longer turn in the Senate seat, which will be decided during a special election on June 25.
Citing GOP officials, The Associated Press reported that Republican Scott Brown will join the field next week. Sources said Brown has not finalized his plans, but was "leaning strongly toward" another Senate bid. However, a Brown spokesman said the report was "incorrect."
The only announced candidate is U.S. Rep. Edward Markey, the longest serving member of the state's all-Democratic congressional delegation.
Rep. Stephen Lynch plans to announce Thursday that he is running for the seat. He is scheduled to make the announcement first in Springfield, then in Boston.
In his resignation letter, Kerry spoke about his "great gratitude to the people of Massachusetts for the privilege of serving them for 28 years."
His resignation takes effect at 4 p.m. Friday.
From 1997 to 2009, Cowan practiced civil litigation as an associate and later a partner in the Boston office of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC and as a special assistant district attorney in the Office of the Middlesex County District Attorney.
Cowan is a graduate of Duke University and Northeastern University School of Law and lives in Stoughton.
Cowan will become senator Friday at 4 p.m. when Kerry's resignation takes effect.
Cowan won't be able to vote or debate on the floor of the US Senate until he is officially sworn in. That is expected to take place sometime early next week.


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Jose G. Centeno (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 1996) coauthored, with R. T. Anderson, "A preliminary comparison of verb tense production in Spanish speakers with expressive restrictions" in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 25 (2011); and, with A. I. Ansaldo, "Aphasia in multilingual populations" in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders, ed. I. Papathanasiou, P. Coppens, and C. Potagas (Jones and Bartlett, 2013). Dr. Centeno serves as department chair and associate professor in communication sciences and disorders at St. John's University.
Hia Datta (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 2010) coauthored, with V. Shafer and Y. H. Yu, "The development of English vowel perception in monolingual and bilingual infants: Neurophysiological correlates" in Journal of Phonetics (2011). doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2012-11.010. Dr. Datta is assistant professor of speech–language pathology at Molloy College.
Michele B. Emmer (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 2000) coauthored, with Shlomo Silman (Prof., Brooklyn, Audiology, Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences), Instrumentation in Audiology and Hearing Science: Theory and Practice (Plural Publishing, 2012). Dr. Emmer is department chair and professor of speech communication arts and sciences at Brooklyn College and serves on the audiology faculty at the GC.
Mira Goral (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 2001) coauthored two papers and a book chapter: with M. Clark-Cotton et al., "The contribution of set switching and working memory to sentence processing in older adults," Experimental Aging Research 37 (2011); with J. Rosas et al., "Effects of language proficiency and language of the environment on aphasia therapy in a multilingual," Journal of Neurolinguistics (2011); and with Loraine K. Obler (Dist. Prof., GC, Linguistics, Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences) et al., "Language changes associated with aging" in Clinical Neurology of Aging, ed.M. Albert and J. Knoefel, 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press, 2011). Dr. Goral is professor of speech–language–hearing sciences at Lehman College and serves on the audiology faculty at the GC.
Gail Gurland (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 1979), with Klara Marton (Prof., Brooklyn, Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences), coauthored "Assessment of language disorders in school-age children" in A Guide to Clinical Assessment and Professional Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology, ed. C. Stein-Rubin and R. L. Fabus (Delmar Publishers, 2012). Dr. Gurland serves as professor and director of speech-language pathology and audiology at Brooklyn College.
Peggy F. Jacobson (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 2002) authored "The effects of language impairment on the use of direct object pronouns and verb inflections in heritage Spanish speakers: A look at attrition, incomplete acquisition and maintenance" in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 15 (January 2012). doi:10.1017/S1366728911000484. Dr. Jacobson is associate professor of communication sciences and disorders at St. John's University.
Liat L. Kishon-Rabin (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 1990) coauthored, with O. Segal, "Listening preference for child directed speech versus nonspeech stimuli in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired infants after cochlear implantation" in Ear and Hearing 32 (June 2011). Dr. Kishon-Rabin serves in the department of communication disorders, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
Margaret Korczak (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 1996) coauthored, with J. Smart, R. Delgado, T. M. Strobel, and C. Bradford, "Auditory steady-state responses: A tutorial for audiologists" in Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 23 (2012). Dr. Korczak is associate professor of audiology at Towson University, where she also teaches Au.D. students.
Franzo F. Law II (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 2011), now serving as a postdoctoral fellow in communicative disorders at University of Wisconsin–Madison, coauthored with C. Castelluccio de Diesbach, Mira Goral (Assoc. Prof., Lehman, Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences), and Erika S. Levy, "Stronger accent following a stroke—the case of a trilingual with aphasia" in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 25 (2011).
Sandra Levey (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 1999) coauthored, with T. Levey and B. J. Fligor, "Noise exposure estimates of urban MP3 player users" in Journal of Speech–Language–Hearing Research 54 (2011). Dr. Levey is associate professor of speech–language–hearing sciences at Lehman College.
Erika S. Levy (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 2004) coauthored three articles: with Mira Goral (Assoc. Prof., Lehman, Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences), C. Castelluccio de Diesbach, and F. F. Law II, "Stronger accent following a stroke—the case of a trilingual with aphasia" in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 25 (2011); with C. J. Crowley, "Policies and practices regarding students with accents in speech-language pathology training programs" in Communication Disorders Quarterly 32 (2011); and, also with C. J. Crowley, "Beliefs regarding the impact of accent within speech-language pathology practice areas" in Communication Disorders Quarterly (online May 21, 2012). doi: 10.1177/1525740112446851. Dr. Levy is an assistant professor and director of the speech production and perception laboratory, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Klara Marton (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 1998) published three articles: "Interaction between flexible cognition and language comprehension in children with and without language impairment" in Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, ed. K. L. Meinken (Nova Science, 2011); with L. Campanelli and L. Farkas, "Grammatical sensitivity and working memory in children with language impairment" in Acta Linguistica Hungarica 58: 4 (2011); and, with R. G. Schwartz, "Articulatory and phonological disorders" in Human Communication Disorders: An Introduction, ed. N. B. Anderson and G. H. Shames (Allyn and Bacon, 2011). Dr. Marton is professor of speech communication arts and sciences at Brooklyn College, and serves as executive officer of the doctoral program in speech–language–hearing sciences at the GC.
Yael Neumann-Werth (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 2007) coauthored, with E. S. Levy (see above) and Loraine K. Obler (Dist. Prof., GC, Linguistics, Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences), "Hemispheric processing of vocal emblem sounds," Neurocase (2012). doi: 10.1080/13554794.2012.667122. Dr. Neumann-Werth serves as assistant professor of linguistics and communication disorders at Queens College.
Valeriy S. Shafiro (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 2004) coauthored, with E. S. Levy (see above) et al., "Perceptual confusion of American English vowels and consonants by native English and native Arabic bilinguals" in Language and Speech (online May 17, 2012). doi: 10.1177/0023830912442925. Shafiro is an associate professor of communication disorders and sciences, College of Health Sciences, Rush University, Chicago.
Emily A. Tobey (Speech–Language–Hearing Sciences, 1981) coauthored, with K. A. Buckley, "Cross-modal plasticity and speech perception in pre- and postlingually deaf cochlear implants users" in Ear and Hearing 32 (February 2011). Dr. Tobey currently serves as associate provost and Nelle C. Johnston Chair in Early Childhood Disorders at the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas.
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The Lark Tavern in Albany will be serving a Valentine's dinner for two for $60, including a three-course meal and a bottle of champagne, on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 14 and 15. The meal includes soup or salad, lobster ravioli or filet mignon, and tiramisu or raspberry cheesecake. The regular menu will also be available.
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Phones and tablets can work wonders, but they can't do everything. Sometimes you need the PC you left behind in the office, whether it's to retrieve a document, review an old email, or even run a program.
That's the beauty of remote-access apps: They pipe your PC's screen straight to your phone or tablet, thus affording you the same control as if you were sitting right at the keyboard.
The newly updated LogMeIn iOS app offers free remote access to your PCs. The key word there is "free" -- LogMeIn used to charge $29.99 for its Ignition app, which effectively did the same thing. (Alas, Ignition remains the only LogMeIn option for Android users; the free version hasn't made its way to that platform yet.)
I've been a LogMeIn fan for years, first using it on my laptop to access my desktop while traveling, then tapping it (literally) on my iPhone and iPad.
But it was hard to justify that $30 pricetag, especially when lots of competing remote-access apps were offering similar features for considerably less -- or free. (I'm thinking in particular of TeamViewer, which I still consider a top choice -- particularly for Android users. It's a freebie.)
LogMeIn for iOS provides remote access to and control of an unlimited number of PCs and Macs (which must be running some version of LogMeIn, natch -- including LogMeIn Free).
It works with multiple-monitor setups and can even wake a "sleeping" PC thanks to Wake-on-LAN support.
If you've never tried this kind of remote control, I can't recommend it highly enough; it's a great way to access files, look up information, and even shut down a PC you accidentally left running.
Granted, there tends to be a lot of zooming and scrolling involved, especially if you're using an iPhone, but it's not so unwieldy that you can't get a few key tasks accomplished.
LogMeIn also provides a killer solution for remote troubleshooting, great if you're the IT guy (or gal) for a group of non-tech-savvy field workers.
Instead of slow, frustrating "go here, click that" phone conversations, you get full access to the user's desktop, where you can work your fix-it magic just as though you were sitting in front of it.
The latest version of the app includes a particularly important update: Bluetooth keyboard support. That's especially helpful for those using an iPad as a laptop replacement. And the app's Cloud Bank integration, which links your LogMeIn account to various cloud services, now supports Box and SkyDrive.
I'm not going to say LogMeIn is the single best solution for remote PC access and control via your iPhone or iPad, but it's definitely a good one -- especially now that it's free. It's one of those apps you may not need often, but when you do, you'll praise your favorite deity it's there.


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Data Fusion: Concepts and Ideas
Book details
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and idea of multisensor data fusion.
It is an extensively revised second edition of the author's successful book: "Multi-Sensor Data Fusion:
An Introduction" which was originally published by Springer-Verlag in 2007.
The main changes in the new book are:
New Material: Apart from one new chapter there are approximately 30 new sections, 50 new examples and 100 new references. At the same time, material which is out-of-date has been eliminated and the remaining text has been rewritten for added clarity. Altogether, the new book is nearly 70 pages
longer than the original book.
Matlab code: Where appropriate we have given details of Matlab code which may be downloaded from the worldwide web. In a few places, where such code is not readily available, we have included Matlab code in the body of the text.
Layout. The layout and typography has been revised. Examples and Matlab code now appear on a gray background for easy identification and advancd material is marked with an asterisk.
The book is intended to be self-contained. No previous knowledge of multi-sensor data fusion is assumed, although some familarity with the basic tools of linear algebra, calculus and simple probability is recommended.
Although conceptually simple, the study of mult-sensor data fusion presents challenges that are unique within the education of the electrical engineer or computer scientist. To become competent in the field the student must become familiar with tools taken from a wide range of diverse subjects
including: neural networks, signal processing, statistical estimation, tracking algorithms, computer vision and control theory. All too often, the student views multi-sensor data fusion as a miscellaneous assortment of different processes which bear no relationship to each other. In contrast, in this book the processes are unified by using a common statistical framework. As a consequence, the underlying pattern of relationships that exists between the different methodologies is made evident.
The book is illustrated with many real-life examples taken from a diverse range of applications and contains an extensive list of modern references.
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Bridget Weston, CEO
Bridget Weston is the CEO of the SCORE Association, where she provides executive leadership and works directly and collaboratively with the Board of Directors to establish the vision and direction of SCORE. In her 10 years with the organization, she has developed an in-depth understanding of the needs and challenges of our volunteers and has established significant relationships on the Hill. Through her unwavering commitment and passion for SCORE's success, Ms. Weston motivates, directs and provides guidance to SCORE's staff, its 300+ chapters and over 10,000 volunteers.
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SKyTeach graduates Shelby Overstreet of Crestwood and Amanda Cook of Worthville were awarded first place in the student course exposition poster competition for "Fireworks: An Explosive Way to Teach Chemical Reactions in Using Project-Based Instruction." SKyTeach student Dagan Conatser of Albany was awarded first place in the student research division for "Defining a Math Person." The students were mentored by Dr. Jennifer Cribbs, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education for the SKyTeach program.
Other SKyTeach students who presented posters at the May 21-23 conference were Shelby Fisher of Scottsville, who presented a course exposition poster titled "Chili Today or Hot Tamale: Engineering a Solar Oven" and Madison Moore of Brownsville, who presented in the course exposition category with a poster titled "Challenging Students to Rise Above the Content: A 5E Lesson on Cellular Respiration and Fermentation." Both students were mentored by SKyTeach Co-Directors Dr. Les L. Pesterfield and Dr. Martha M. Day. Other SKyTeach faculty in attendance was Master Teachers Catherine Poteet from WKU-Glasgow and Catherine Rogier from WKU-Owensboro).
The UTeach Institute was established in response to national concerns about the quality of K-12 education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and growing interest in UTeach, the innovative teacher preparation program started in 1997 at The University of Texas at Austin.
WKU was selected as one of the first 12 UTeach replication sites in the U.S. in 2007. Currently, 34 universities are implementing UTeach programs. Faculty and staff at these universities represent a national community of experts focused on strengthening secondary STEM teacher preparation.
WKU's SKyTeach program is the only UTeach replication program in the state of Kentucky. The SKyTeach program has graduated more than 100 middle and secondary mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and earth/space science teachers since the program's inception.
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If Lindsey Vonn wasn't blond and pretty, would she get any coverage at all? Really, NBC would have us believe she's the second coming and is trying to set us up for a Lake Placid-like Miracle on Ice.
Half the figure skaters don't look old enough to drive. The speed skaters' outfits are so form-fitting they leave little to the imagination.
NBC and CNBC are covering different events. Yay! Too bad they are both being produced by NBC.
Bob Costas shouldn't dye his hair; or maybe he just needs a better rug on top.
Canadian coverage (CTV) puts NBC's coverage to shame. If only CTV was high-def.
The altitude in Mexico City; the heat in Atlanta; and now, the rain in Vancouver. Aren't there metrics that the Olympic site selection committee should use to eliminate venues not conducive to the sports being run?
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Some of you are new readers, some are friends, family and colleagues. I've been writing about my Breast Cancer journey for nearly two years now. Thinking that my Breast Cancer babbling was a finite thing. I mean, Schwartz (see Cast of Characters) calculated my recurrence chance at eight percent. I've always been at the top of my class, so perhaps I should've seen it coming. After being diagnosed with Stage II, high-grade, infiltrating, ductal cell carcinoma on Dec. 4, 2007, I tested positive for the BRCA1 genetic anomaly. Aka, I had one of the "Breast Cancer genes" that statistically indicated that at 32 years old, doing anything short of a bilateral mastectomy and chemo, the Cancer would likely come back fast and furious. After dumping El Schmucko—the negligent surgeon who performed a lumpectomy and before the biopsy results informed Mom and Dana that it was "nothing,"—and the first, dour-verging-on-bitchy oncologist we consulted with, I went on Sloan-Kettering's Web site. I scrolled through the masthead of its breast oncologists.
At the very top of the list is Dr. Larry Norton, the Anna Wintour of Breast Cancer, I knew I had to get in to see him; my family and friends were hopeful I'd get the mastectomy and do the chemo. Prophylactically. I think I went through the five stages of grief in about two weeks. I've always been an overachiever. An impatient one at that. After the initial, 'I'm-single-I don't-want-my-fucking-breasts-cut-off" stage, I began to come around. 'Oh, fuck it,' I thought, 'I hate my saggy, 34C stretch-marked boobs anyway.' My family and I put out our feelers—we needed to get in to see Norton ASAP. Within a day or two, I was in. There is no doubt in my mind—no doubt whatsoever—that being extremely well-connected was an integral part of my wellness. I make no bones about it—I'm just lucky that way.
The four of us piled in to Norton's office in the winter of 2008. Mom, Dad and Brother, who handed me a sacred red string from some holy place in India. I'd only seen dad cry once in my life; at his father's funeral nearly 20 years ago. I sat down across from Norton, still wearing my gloves while paging through a magazine.
"Why are you wearing your gloves?" he asked.
"Germs. I'm a germaphobe. And all these 'please wash your hands signs are freaking me out even more."
"You don't need to worry about germs on things like paper," he said bemusedly. "It's mainly surfaces that absorb human heat—metal, glass," etc.
"Ha! See why I don't ride the subway," I gloated to Brother, finally vindicated.
In that hour consult, Norton elucidated all the muck and jargon that other doctors had thrown at us. This man knew his shit. There's indeed a reason he's been at the top of the masthead for years. There's a reason why his patients go on to donate billions to the Sloan Breast Center. Yes, billions. His patient list—a Jewish Social Register; The Forbes List.
I asked him the question I always ask doctors—to penetrate their AMA guard and force them to see me as Stephanie Green, not patient number whatever.
"If I were your daughter, what would you tell me to do?"
"I would tell you that the safest option would be to have the mastectomy and the chemo."
"Okay then. Done. Let's lop 'em off and put 'em back on. Who is the best oncologist in Miami?"
"I trained Michael Schwartz [at Sloan]." Schwartz's name had also come up in our research.
"Done. He's my guy."
We headed to Bergdorf's and the jeweler.
After I got back to Miami Beach, I was never alone for one minute of any of my treatments, consults or procedures. My family came down in planned out rotations. Mom and Dana at nearly every chemo, Dad when he didn't have a trial or something going on, Brother flying in from NY for the mastectomy and what would turn out to be my worst chemo treatment. After seeing Schwartz and gathering my "team," I gutted my insides. Had "jet fuel," as Dr. Laura calls it, pumped into my system for four months, Herceptin infusions for one year, had inflatable balloons inside my hollow chest for months, had aureolas and nipples constructed from a skin graft by Rosenbaum, lost all my hair—in short engaged in every possible Breast Cancer treatment as a safeguard against a potential, deadly recurrence.
Cut to 20 months later. Hair back thick and gorge as ever, assisted by Oribe and Momotaro. My oncological gyno, McHottie, aka Jacob Tangir, felt an enlarged node on my neck. On October 5, mom, Lynn and I were back in Schwartz's office. I could read his face instantly—he'd only ever given me good news.
"It's a malignancy. The Cancer is back."
Last night, I was sitting on my couch replaying that day in my head and I started cackling with laughter. There we were again, in Schwartz's office, mom and Lynn in their matching Jimmy Choos (unplanned), me on three Xannies and Schwartz. And as soon as he said It Was Back: three high-maintenance women hysterically bawling, his head swiveling from one to the other. Any other man would've run for the hills. Man, poor guy. But Schwartz knew us; he could take the three coiffed, bejeweled (in our every day jewelry) women throwing an emotional hissy.
"But—eight percent! You said eight percent. I don't understand. Are you surprised?" I think it was the only time I'd ever harbored any resentful-esque feelings toward one of my docs.
But Schwartz was pretty fucking shocked. He'd reached out to Norton after palpating the enlarged node, before Mesko had even shot me with the biopsy gun. Hell, I've never been 'normal,' why should Cancer be any different? After the PET scan, he was relieved to tell us that it had only come back in the neck nodes and the nodes behind my sternum. Yup, behind our sternums lurk potentially deadly nodes. Fun! Immediately I was started on oral chemo. Eleven horse pills a day with minimal side-effects and no hair loss. I never wanted to wear my $4k, couture wig by Ralf again (holy shit, forgot to include Ralf in the cast of characters. Raphael Mollica, couture wig-maker to the stars and the A-list Cancer Patients. Apprenticed under Vidal, saw Doris Duke every week of her life.) But now I had Oribe. Nobody was fucking with my Oribe.
After another agonizing month of waiting, this time to see whether the Chemo Cocktail was working, Mom arrived on Friday for our 1 p.m. appointment with Schwartz. When she walked into my apartment, after her typical bat-out-of-hell-drive from Jax—'wake up at 5 a.m. be to Steph's by 11 if I go, 90 mph and have a good book on CD,—the first thing I noticed were her shoes. I'm very superstitious. She was wearing the cursed Choos.
"Take those shoes off!" I screeched and retreated from her like she had the H1N1. "Take them off! You can't wear those!"
"What, why? What's wrong they match?!"
"Those are the shoes you and Lynn were wearing when I was re-diagnosed! Hurry, take them off!"
"Okay, okay! I need some sandals or flats then!"
I ran into my closet and projectile vomited a pair of gold brocade Manolo flats.
"Those don't match!"
I didn't feel like having the old 'gold is a neutral' argument with her—I had my own Talismen-guided wardrobe to consider.
I threw black and white Jack Rogers out at her.
"Ok, well, you're going to be introduced to Jack Rogers Mom. Seventy-five bucks, available in every color combo under the sun and comfortable."
The Wiccan Health Spell candle I'd received from my friend at the New York Post was burning, I'd said the chant, and had my Talismen on. Hermès cuff Mom and Dad bought me on the post-It Hasn't Spread Bal Harbour jaunt; dress worn at Cunty's birth; holy red string from India; pendant from India that circulated the Subcontinent with both Michael and Hemley; an Indian ring from Hemley; and mom's black patent Louboutins. Which really held no spiritual value except for the fact that they are the only Louboutins that have ever fit my wide, chubby feet.
I briefly thought about taking off my Tank watch, for Acupuncturist had taken it off the night before so as not to inhibit my Chi, but I didn't quite go that far. You have to draw the line around crazy at some point.
Off we went to the hospital, again. I barely let mom speak because she's so Pollyanna that I see nearly everything she says a jinx with regards to the Cancer. Christ, I was on two Xannies and still hopped up like a Meth head. Blood work was drawn. I asked to see Schwartz stat, so that I could film what he said, as mom's note-taking skills were not that of a trained journalist. He determined that the cocktail seemed to be doing its job—the CBC showed that my body was tolerating the Xeloda and Tykerb well. I was slightly disconcerted that the CA 15-3 tumor-marking blood work was not ready. That's always been the guague of whether treatment is working. Yet, as your body's levels of whatever spike when you start chemo, that test won't be accurate for another month. However, he felt the lump and liked the way it felt. Ooh la la! He took out a tape measure. Ha! The only reason I hadn't done that is because I couldn't find mine. He took a Bic and drew a circle around the lump. It'd shrunk by .4 cm in a month. Sweet.
"Ah, medical technology. I love it."
I was used to this blend of high and low culture in medicine. Rosenbaum had used the remnants of a roll of surgical tape to trace the size of my aureolas he would create. They turned out perfectly. Genetic vaccines, PARP inhibitors, new and improved Breast Cancer drugs developing at warp speed—and tape measures.
It was once again, "the best news we could hope for."
Shit, I started writing this as an intro to the transcription of my check-up interview with Schwartz and it's turned into this 1,500 word essay. Oy. Haven't even checked email or changed out of my PJs. But I've already taken nine horse pills!
I'll transcribe the tape later. I suppose I should start my Saturday.


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This post might be a little longer, but I think it will be worth your time. I have two points to make about blog posts of so-called discernmentalists (emphasis on the 'mental' part). Before I make the two points about two different blogs, I would like to take a little time to lay out what I believe to be eleven very important aspects of the work we do here at ODM. You might call these the 'Ten Commandments' of judgmentalism discernment, but since there are actually eleven, and since we do not mock the word of God by making silly metaphors like this, I'll just say it is eleven very important rules of judgmentalism discernment. Here they are:
- I think the most important aspect is to keep as many people out of heaven as possible. We don't want heaven too crowded as that might make it difficult for those of us who truly deserve to be there because we follow the rules. (This will be demonstrated in part 2 of this post.)
- I think in order to do this we must constantly be alerting you to the myriads of false teachers that are nothing more than wolves in sheep's clothing. We take this very, very seriously.
- It is also import to nullify any silly notions that we are saved by grace and not by keeping rules. To do this, we continually add new rules to the Scripture and judge discern those who break them.
- It is most important that we keep tabs on the church and identify all sinners, while carefully maintaining our own sinlessness, because, clearly, the Lord does not have enough time to 'Annanias and Sapphira' the unworthy. We thank God constantly that we are not like the sinners in the church.
- It is important that we keep the real Enemy of the church happy and his home populated by running down anyone who wears the name 'Christian' in a way we discern is not Christian at all. The Bible was written for us to do this very thing.
- To protect heaven's purity from all fake Christians. (This is similar to number 1, but also different.)
- Most significantly, we want to continue pointing out to the real world why hate is a necessary theological construct in the church. If we do not have a proper theology of hate how will the world ever know who the real disciples of Jesus are.
- We want to protect the church from all sinners who might ruin it for us. The church is not a hospital for sinners, but rather a museum for dusty relics to be admired by passers by.
- We want to solidify our power base so that we might control what all people think about Scripture, the church, Jesus, and how to administer 'justice' in the world. We are the determiners of what is right and true worship. There must be no imagination, no contemplation, no change in the church. We should reflect a Puritan system of worship and sing hymns alone written by dead people who are only too aware of our current cultural situations.
- To protect unbelievers from anything that smacks of Jesus. Seriously, we don't really want people to be saved by the Gospel, but brainwashed by 'gospel.'
- We hope to continue doing 'our father's' bidding. (With apologies to CS Lewis and Screwtape.)
Now, to be sure, there are other objectives that we have and this is really just a preliminary list. I'm sure others have done a better job of articulating our Mission Statement. If I have failed, I will gladly renounce my membership in the church.
Finally, two last points. One point of warning and another of praise.
First, the warning. I am sick of the fake discernmentalist over at Slice. She constantly tries to convince us of her holiestness and righteousnessism, but we are not so convinced. Here is the latest travesty of this debacle of a discernment blog. All you have to do is look at her 'blogroll' and you will see a link to another blog called 'Always Ready' which purports to:
It is my desire to fulfill the great charge of this passage by addressing theological errors directly from the Scriptures, as well as by posting edifying material for those who desire to grow in knowledge of the truth. This I will do with God's help and to his greater glory.
The problem is this: The author of Always Ready posted a poem the other day by noted Roman Catholic by birth converted to Anglicanism P*** Poet John Donne. That's right. John Donne may have written much 'religious' poetry in his later years, but his early years are marked by a clear involvement in the underground world of P***. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:
Donne's early career was also notable for his erotic poetry, especially his elegies, in which he employed unconventional metaphors, such as a flea biting two lovers being equated to sex.[7] In Elegy XIX, "To His Mistress Going to Bed," he poetically undressed his mistress and compared the act of fondling to the exploration of America. In Elegy XVIII he compared the gap between his lover's breasts to the Hellespont.[7] Donne did not publish these poems, although he did allow them to circulate widely in manuscript form.[7]
We fail to see how this sort of poetry is going to 'edify' anyone, let alone Christians. I think all of us can see clearly that Slice of Laodicea is pandering to the world of p*** by advocating a link to 'Always Ready.' We are at a loss to know how anyone can be ready when they are so brazenly involved in advocating p***. Here is an example of Donne's writing from Elegy XIX. Notice first how he writes about his 'mistress' and second how he makes reference to 'Mahomet's Paradise.' I guess we can safely say that perhaps Slice is also, along with Always, advocating Islam:
A heaven like Mahomet's Paradise; and though
Ill spirits walk in white, we easily know
By this these Angels from an evil sprite:
They set out hairs, but these the flesh upright.
License my roving hands, and let them go
Behind before, above, between, below.
All of us, then, have much here to be concerned about when it comes to Slice and Always. You have again been warned.
Second, we have a word of praise. In keeping with our first stated purpose above, we have nothing but praise for Lighthouse Trails Research. If you are lucky enough to get on the front page after clicking that link (they are so busy that sometimes the Internet is jammed up from the traffic) you will see on their front page that NO ONE is going to heaven except the blessed administrators of Lighthouse Trails Research and a few who write books for them to make a profit from. This makes us happy. We are glad that they, along with us of course, will someday enjoy the Father's bounty. We are glad that they are exposing the world, including non-Christians, to the dangers of so many different fake Christians and Bibles. We are glad they are warning us about the Eugene Peterson's, Rick Warren's, and Bill Hybels among others. Oh, and we are especially grateful for this page which warns us of all the dangerous 'Christian' organizations like Christianity Today, Focus on the Family, and more. Also, if you belong to any of the following denominations, you may as well forget about heaven: American Baptist, Church of the Brethren, ELCA, PCUSA, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and more. Also, if you are reading David Jeremiah, Chuck Swindoll, David Seamands (that heretic Dan Goldfinch wrote a review praising a book by Seamands), Brother Lawrence, Henri Nouwen, Eugene Peterson, Rick Warren among others–your salvation is in danger, and we are glad.
I can only speak for myself, but I am fairly certain that Dr Spurgeon and I Todyaso will agree: Gladly there will be more room in heaven for us without the millions represented by these denominations being there. Thanks Dombrowski's for keeping them out for us.
We say a hardy Thank You to Lighthouse Trails Research for saving the Lord time on judgment day by discerning now, in the present, all who are bound to hell. This will free up the Lord's hands and give Him more time to pat on the back those of us who are really laboring for the Kingdom. These folks are my new heros (but only just because I don't want to be accused of idol worship): David and Deboroah Dombrowski! Three cheers for them!
I know this is a long post, and I applaud you for sticking it out with me. I encourage you to leave congratulatory remarks praising the Dombrowski's for their fearlessness in the face of the obvious persecution they must be facing here in America for publishing some very important works by noted and remarkable authors. And we here at ODM reject any notions that they are running down other authors and publishing houses and ministries and para-church organizations and churches and preachers, etc., in order to make their own books more attractive and a bigger profit for their own for-profit publishing company. There is no way on the planet that these two upstanding disciples would ever sink to such levels of depravity in order to make a buck.
So, to sum up: Slice promotes a blog that promotes p***, Lighthouse Trails Research is simply going above the call of duty keeping heaven free from delinquent and poser Christians, and there are at least eleven rules governing the work that we, and most, ODM's do.
Thank you and remember: If you are a in Laodicea, we are struggling for you. We do not want you to be left behind. Please join our crusade to convert all Emergents, Purposians, Contemplatives, Liberal Democrats to a more wholesome, whiter, more Republican version of the Faith once Delivered. And remember, we are struggling for you.
PS–I have conveniently written P*** as such to prevent those of you with filters from not seeing this post. That's how much we care. Too bad Ingrid doesn't care that much.
PPS–I am sorry if I have offended you by publishing an excerpt from Donne's p*** poetry. If I have offended anyone–well, tough. That's the price you have to pay to know the truth!


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Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore[1] is a National Park in the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America.
Cape Cod National Seashore stretches over 43,500 acres (176 km²) of dunes, ponds, woods and almost 40 miles (64 km) of Atlantic shoreline. It is located on Cape Cod, principally in the towns of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham, but also covers some shoreline in Orleans and Chatham.
Cape Cod is relatively young geologically at 18,000 years or so. American Indians began using the land at least 9,000 years ago.
In 1620, The Pilgrims, a group of English Separatists seeking to establish a settlement in Virginia were forced to land here. They sent out three separate expeditions to see what the area had to offer. During these discoveries they found their first fresh water, took some Indian corn, and almost had a battle (called the First Encounter) with some Native Americans. Cape Cod had many good features, but after a month of searching, it was decided to finally settle in Plymouth.
In 1902 Guglielmo Marconi built one of two North American wireless stations at South Wellfleet. On January 18, 1903 the first public two-way communication (in Morse Code) between Europe and America occurred through this station. The station was closed in 1917 and scrapped in 1920, with the communication station being relocated to Chatham. Cable stations were later established in North Eastham and Orleans.
Seashore history also includes shipwrecks and lifesaving. Two lighthouses (Highland or "Cape Cod" and Nauset) have been moved to keep them from toppling down eroding cliffs.
The Cape Cod National Seashore was created on August 7th, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy.
The park includes beaches, high cliff dunes, sand spits, tidal flats, salt marshes, and soft-bottom benthos. Inland there are kettle ponds, vernal pools, sphagnum bogs, and swamps. Vegetation includes pitch pine and scrub oak forests, heathlands, dunes, and sandplain grasslands.
Flora and fauna[edit]
As a result of almost total deforestation by settlers between 1650 and 1900, globally rare heathland habitats have resulted here. Bayberry and beach plum are common.
Twenty-five federally-protected species occur in the park. The Seashore is a significant site for the piping plover, with roughly 5% of the entire Atlantic coast population nesting here. Cape Cod National Seashore also supports 32 species that are rare or endangered in the state of Massachusetts. Some of these, such as the common tern, are conspicuous. Much less visible is the spadefoot toad which spends most its life buried in the sand, emerging only on warm nights with torrential rainfall.
Spring is generally cool and damp with temperatures of 40°F-60°F (4°-15°C). Summer brings temperatures in the 70s and 80s°F (20-30°C), and cool nights. Autumn is drier than spring with similar temperatures. Winter is milder than inland, but dampness and wind chill can make winter days bitter cold. Temperatures range between 30°F and 40°F (-1° to 4°C) in mid-winter, but intervals of below 0°F (-18°C) as well as milder temperatures are also possible.
Get in[edit]
By car[edit]
Route 6 is the main Cape Cod "highway". All areas have signs from this road. From Boston travel south on Interstate 93 and Route 3 to the Sagamore Bridge where Route 6 begins.
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Self-guided walking trails[edit]
The Seashore has eleven self-guided trails. Individual self-guiding trail folders are available at some trailheads. Many have picnic areas.
All have paved parking, showers and rest rooms (seasonal if not at open visitor center), changing rooms, drinking water, water quality testing, and lifeguards (late June through Labor Day). Coast Guard in Eastham and Herring Cove in Provincetown, are handicapped accessible and have wheelchairs capable of traveling over sand. Parking lots are open from 6AM to midnight, daily, year-round.
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The park has no restaurant services. However, you can go into the towns and find any food you could think of.
Drink[edit][add listing]
Glass containers are prohibited on the beaches.
Sleep[edit][add listing]
The Seashore itself offers no individual lodging, however all Cape Cod towns have lodging. Hostels are available in Eastham and Truro. See individual town articles for hotels/motels/bed and breakfasts.
The Seashore offers no camping. Some campgrounds are nearby to, or surrounded by, Seashore lands. See listings in individual towns.
Beach Camping[edit]
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Get out[edit]
Other areas of Cape Cod are also popular destinations. Next try Boston, Providence, RI or Newport, RI.


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A Strong and Dedicated Voice for the Protection of Lake George
The FUND for Lake George initiated the Lake George Waterkeeper program in 2002 to address declining trends in water quality from such threats as poor land use and development practices and inconsistent enforcement. The Lake George Waterkeeper is the 85th organization licensed by the Waterkeeper Alliance, a national entity that provides communities with the tools to advocate for their right to clean water and the wise and equitable use of water resources. The success of the Waterkeeper model is its "bottom up" approach – each Waterkeeper is responsible for being the spokesperson for their particular watershed and determining the best approaches for protection.
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