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I know you've probably forgotten who I am since I haven't posted anything in a while. I've been
busy lazy. My bad. Here are some of the goings-on as of late...
1. Naomi is pulling herself up on furniture and walking around while holding onto the furniture and is just plain growing up too fast. She's as cute as can be with her chubby little cheeks and her chunky thighs. Though she does seem to be losing some of the pudge now that she's so mobile. The crease of her thighs used to go almost all the way around her thigh and now it doesn't. That makes me kind of sad.
2. Charlotte has started potty training! We started the training on Tuesday after the I stole the idea from Arin to set a timer, reward her for being dry and then reward her if she does her business on the potty (rewards have been in the form of a chocolate chip or a mini marshmallow). As long as I remember to set the timer and put her on the potty, she has done really well. She will go almost every time she is put on. But if we do not initiate putting her on, she has an accident. I think that since she can make herself go when she's on the toilet (or "tool-let" in her words), she knows what the urge to go feels like. She's only had one accident when we were out of the house, which was an accident of the worst kind because it involved poop. (Yup, I'm a mom, so I talk about poop.) She has had constipation issues for months. Maybe close to a year now. We've been to the doctor about it a couple times. Miralax is her friend. So with the constipation issues, when she feels the urge to go, she almost always tries to hold it in (which makes the constipation worse and it's a vicious cycle). So, the situation was her having had Miralax for three days, needing to go, but the only option was the "scary tool-let" in the bookstore. She has a fear of the big commercial toilets in stores and restaurants, even though I carry around a foldable potty seat that goes over the regular toilet. As soon as we walked into the store I took her to the bathroom because it had been an hour and a half or so since she last went. She saw the loud, scary toilets and magically didn't need to go anymore. And despite all her efforts of holding it in, she wasn't able to so I had the task of trying to get Charlotte cleaned up in the bathroom (thankfully it was a bookstore's bathroom and was about as clean of a restroom you can find in public) and trying to convince her to sit on the potty to finish her business, all the while holding a baby because I wouldn't dare set her down on that bathroom floor, no matter how clean it looked. It was a stressful, messy, stinky situation. It was not my favorite day of motherhood. And I will be sure to remind Charlotte about that one day when she has kids and is slowly being driven insane too.
3. We went to the pool this morning and Charlotte had a blast. She has such an imagination and it is really starting to show. She was "driving" around in her crab float. Jared directed the float over to the stairs and told her it was a drive thru window and told her she could order some food. She said, "No, let's go inside!" Jared asked where the inside was. She said it was the chairs on the other side of the pool. So they went and sat down at the chairs and she said, "We have to order!" She walked over to a different chair and pretended to talk to someone, picked up a tray, then went to sit by her daddy. He asked what it was and she told him, "A Chick-fil-A sandwich!" (We really should buy stock in the place.) Jared asked what they have to do before they ate and she told him, "Pray". He folded his hands to pray and she said, "No Daddy, you have to put your tray down!" He asked her where to put the tray and she told him it went behind him. So he put the tray down and prayed. When they finished eating Jared asked if she was ready to go. She told him, "Daddy, we have to put the trash away!" So she began to gather all the "trash" and throw it in the trash can (the corner of the pool). Then she hopped back in the crab and drove over to Mommy and Naomi :)
4. Naomi is waving, and it's pretty darned cute.
5. We're going to be in bed before 10:00 on a Saturday night. We're old foagies, I tell ya.
6. I'll post some pictures of the girls before too long, but not tonight. Because, after all, it is almost 10:00!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
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I know you've probably forgotten who I am since I haven't posted anything in a while. I've been
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Somewhere there's a tired joke about the Konami code waiting to be made for this awesome arcade-themed light switch plate. But we're going to take the high road here and just focus on why this is a must-have addition to your gaming room.
For starters, besides a controller, the only tool you need to know how to use for installation is a screwdriver. There's no wiring or soldering involved, and you don't even need to turn off the juice first.
You just pop off your old lame-ass light switch cover and screw this replacement back on. Moving the joystick up and down flicks the underlying switch off and on, and a set of AA battery-powered buttons make cheesy video game sound effects when pressed. What else could you possibly need for $30? A glowing Power-Up graphic when you turn the lights on? It's got that too. [ThinkGeek]


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It isn't often that I write book reviews (have I ever? – serious question), but it isn't often that a truly important book like Lierre Keith's The Vegetarian Myth pops up on my radar just begging for one.
You may remember it from a brief mention I gave back in September [1], or maybe from Dr. Eades' endorsement [2] of it. You may have even already read the book yourself [3]. If you haven't, read it. And if you have? Read it again or get one for a friend.
That goes double for vegans, vegetarians, or anyone on the cusp of adopting that lifestyle. If you fit the bill, especially if you're considering veganism/vegetarianism for moral reasons, drop what you're doing and run to the nearest bookstore to buy this book. It's incredibly well-written, and the author has a real knack for engaging prose, but that's not the main reason for my endorsement. The real draw is the dual (not dueling) narratives: the transformation of a physically broken moral vegetarian into a healthier moral meat eater; and the destructive force of industrial agriculture. The "Myth" in question is the widely-held notion that vegetarianism is the best thing for our health and for our planet. On the contrary, Keith asserts that a global shift toward vegetarianism would be the absolute worst move possible. It's vitally important. It's definitive. It's somewhat depressing, and it's brutally honest. It also might be the book that changes your life.
Lierre Keith is a former vegan/vegetarian who bowed out after twenty long years of poor health and paralyzing moral paradoxes. Her original goal was to explore the question, "Life or death?" as it pertained to food. She, like most vegetarians, assumed she had a choice between the two, that it was an either/or thing. Eating tofu and beans was life, while a burger represented death. Life didn't have to involve death – that was the weak way out, and the honorable (and difficult, and therefore meaningful) way to live was by avoiding animal products of all kinds. No blood on your hands or on your plate meant a clean moral slate.
Or so she thought. See, Keith began as a moral vegetarian. She never espoused the idea that meat was inherently unhealthy or physically damaging; she was simply a young kid who "cried for Iron Eyes Cody, longed… for an unmolested continent of rivers and marshes, birds and fish." We've all heard of kids who "turn vegetarian" when they find out their chicken nuggets once walked, clucked, and pecked. Well, Keith was that five year old who bemoaned the "asphalt inferno of suburban sprawl" as a harbinger of "the destruction of [her] planet." Hers was a deep-seated commitment to the preservation of all living things, not just the cute and fuzzy ones.
That expansive scope meant she looked at the big picture, and suffered for it. She never got to enjoy that oh-so-common smug vegetarian elitism, because she was too aware. Seeds were living things, too. They may not have had faces or doting mothers, but they were alive, and that meant they could die. Killing slugs in her garden was impossible, and deciding whether to supplement the soil with actual bone meal was excruciating. Unlike most of her peers, she knew that avoiding direct animal products didn't mean her hands were clean. They might not be dripping red, but living organisms died to make that head of lettuce possible. Fields were tilled and billions of microorganisms were destroyed, not to mention the mice, rabbits, and other wild animals whose environments are leveled to make way for industrial farming. And so whichever direction she went – home gardening, local produce, or grocery store goods – Keith was contributing directly and indirectly to death.
What's a moral vegetarian to do?
She briefly entertains studying with a mystic breatharian, hoping to (tongue-in-cheekily) learn to subsist purely on oxygen. She spends hours picking slugs from her garden and goes to relocate them. Nothing works. She keeps coming back to death.
"Let me live without harm to others. Let my life be possible without death." Keith realizes this vegetarian plea (which "borders on a prayer") is impossible to fulfill. She can't live and eat without something dying, and that's the whole point of it all. Death is necessary and natural. Circle of life, you know? Without death of some sort, life would get a whole lot worse.
Keith ultimately sets her sights on one of our favorite human "advancements" at the Apple: agriculture! Readers of MDA already know how agriculture altered our trajectory forever, but maybe not in such vivid detail. We focus on the lowered life expectancy, reduced bone density, compromised dental health, and the stooped, shrunken skeletons of our Neolithic ancestors, but Keith shows how grain agriculture actually destroys the land it touches. The Fertile Crescent, ground zero for grain development, used to be, well, fertile. It was verdant, lush, and teeming with life – including nomadic hunter gatherers. Paradise, you might even say. Animals grazed on perennial grasses, pooped out nutrients, and gradually those nutrients would work themselves back into the soil. It was a beautiful, natural life cycle that worked great for millennia. But once grains were grown and the land was irrigated, everything changed. Perennial renewable grasses became annual grains. Animals no longer grazed and replenished the soil. The top soil was robbed of nutrients and faded away. Irrigation meant crucial annual floods were disrupted or even halted. A massive monkey wrench was thrown into the system, and rather than coexisting as a complementary aspect of nature, man thus commenced the conflict with the natural world that rages to this very day.
And that's the crux of her argument – that modern industrial agriculture is wanton destruction. Grain-based, vegetarian agriculture is even worse, because it attempts to eliminate a crucial player in the normal life cycle of the planet. Animals, which provide manure, calcium, and other nutrients for the soil, have to be part of the equation. Whenever a culture turns to a grain-based agricultural system, these same problems arise. Annual grain crops killed the American prairie and, for the vegans out there, they kill the millions of animals, bugs, and birds that rely on specific ecosystems to survive. The vegan's soy burger has nary an animal part, but the machines that worked the soybean fields were greased with the blood of a thousand organisms. The vegetarian's wheat crops feed millions, but robs the land of nutrients and destroys the top soil necessary for life.
Primal readers won't be surprised by what they read. They may be horrified at the extent of the environmental damage caused by industrial agriculture, but they won't be surprised (given agriculture's poor track record with our health). Keith lays out an effective case against grains (and for a Primal-ish, low-carb, high-fat diet, believe it or not) on nutritive, moral, and economical grounds that's tough to refute. The nutritional information will come as second nature, but the sources are sound and the references are powerful.
There's more, far more, but I'd rather not spoil the entire thing. Just read it and rest assured that it's worth your time. The book is a must-read, and a great ally for anyone interested in promoting a healthy, sustainable, omnivorous future. Read this book and distribute it to your vegan friends.
Primal approved!
Check out excerpts on Google Books [4], read the first chapter here [5], or purchase the book here [6] or here [7].


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A thorough teardown of the Google Glass Explorer kit by two enthusiasts reveals tiny battery inside the wearable computing unit.
Star Simpson and Scott Torborg of Catwig.com have performed a thorough teardown of the Google Glass Explorer kit to see what lies in this modern marvel. The wearable computing piece was not too difficult to disassemble (the walk-through is 45 minutes long), and the team managed to put all the pieces back together to get a fully working kit again without much trouble. What's troubling is what they found inside.
Google Glass Quick Specs:
- TI OMAP 4430 Chipset
- 1 GB DRAM (Elpida)
- nHD (640 x 360) Display
- 5 MP Camera
- 16 GB Storage
- Synaptics Touch Controller
The images reveal various components such as the tinted shield, USB cable and a Drawstring soft case, but the most exciting part was the non-replaceable 570 mAh (2.1 Wh) single-cell Li-Po (lithium polymer) battery. Check out the gallery to see the innards of Google Glass.
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Dear Child of Mine,
I see you sitting there...tired, stressed, worn out and empty.
Another year has used you up.
You sometimes feel happy...and you sometimes feel helpless,
like a baby.
That's okay.
I know all about being a baby.
I was born one for you many years ago.
I know the ache you feel to be held and loved,
and that is why I came.
I knew you would be sitting there in the future,
praying and asking me to hold you...
and I am, dear one.
I am holding you.
Let me give you a special Christmas gift of love
as I breathe new life into the center of your soul.
Do you know that I think of you every moment of every day?
I watch you as you go through your day.
I watch you with the children I gave you and i know how badly
you feel when you get frustrated and lose your temper.
I forgive you, my child, just as you forgive your children when they make
a mistake.
I'm so proud of you and how you followed me when I asked.
Your sacrifices say that you love me.
I know all about sacrifices.
I left everything that was mine when I came from heaven.
I know how you feel when the Father asks so much of you.
Look at me, my child. You may feel beat up, but do you know that
you are still beautiful?
I see that smile.
Yes, you're still as beautiful as the day I created you.
I love who you are and I'm whispering your name.
Can you hear me?
Remember, my child, this is not your home.
You really belong here with me in heaven,
but I want you where you are now,
to love the friends and family I gave you.
Don't give up.
Don't despair.
Trust me.
I won't let you down.
Every promise I've made is true, and someday,
I'm coming back for you.
For now, rest in my love.
Tonight...and tomorrow when you wake up,
I'll be here watching over you.
I love you.
Merry Christmas..
And thank you for celebrating my birthday:)
(Merry Christmas, my friends!
i received a letter in my email this morning.
it was a devotional for homeschooling moms.
talk about a WINK from God!
it got me thinking how we ALL need a love letter like this,
especially those struggling right now.
so i re-wrote it...from me to you.)


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I was recently working on the backlog of Calvary Cemetery photos that I snapped last summer and fall. Sometimes while at the cemetery, I get so intent on making sure I get a decent shot (is the sun too high and casting shadows? are my batteries dying? how can I get the best contrast?) that I sometimes do not recognize that I've found someone I am related to. I then go through the photos weeks and months later after downloading them from my cameras and say to myself "holy Toledo–I think I'm related."
So, here are my latest discoveries. I found a "new" child of Michał Mruk and Margaretha Plenzler as well as a daughter of Joseph Erdman and Marianna Przybylski. Margaretha was a a sibling to my great-grandfather, Joseph Plenzler. She and Michał had emigrated to the US 1884. Marianna was a daughter of my great-grandparents, Andrezj and Francziska Rochowiak, and I had located her daughter Eleanor Jaroszewski.
When I did the original research on the Mruk family, I had located a manifest for the ship Rhaetia sailing from Hamburg that listed the Mruk family: Michał and Margaretha and children Tekla, Stanislaus, Kazmierz, Marianne, and a name written as Kath.a. I was unsure who this last child listed on the manifest was. I searched for a Katarzyna, Katherina, and other variants of the name Catherine or Katarzyna but had no luck. In the back of my mind, I thought the child died during or after the voyage as the 1900 census that enumerates the Mruk family indicates that of the marriage, 16 children were born and 9 were surviving. Below are the manifest and the 1900 census. (Click to open in a new browser window and enlarge.)
Looking at the scanned manifest, it appears as if "Kath.a." is struck off the manifest but it's difficult to tell if it was a deliberate edit or damage due to folding and age of the sheet. While that first indicated to me the possibility that the child did not survive the voyage, the data on the 1900 census really did not provide me with confirmation either way–if the child survived or died. She was not listed in the 1900 census for the Mruk family and I was unable to locate her in any census data that I reviewed within the Toledo area. "Kath.a." is indicated as having been born about 1880, so she was four years old at the time of the voyage per the manifest. In 1900, she was about 20 years old and of age to marry or perhaps obtain work as a domestic somewhere else.
The eldest Mruk child that I can verify is Tekla, born in 1873. Her parents were married in November 1866, so there is a span of about seven years without children. More on Tekla is here. But the 1900 census data is interesting to note that Margaretha reported that she had a total of 16 children with 9 surviving. This means that several children were born to the Mruks died in Poland prior to the Mruk family's emigration. I have been able to verify that two children, Joseph and Michael had died prior to the 1900 census. Michael had been born in Wiorek on 30 September 1881, baptized 02 October 1881. We also have a death date for him, note that the baptismal record from Wiorek has a cross in front of the record, this is a common indication used by priests that the child had died. Go to the second page of the record and notice that there is a note that says "obit. 12/7/82." So Michael died at about the age of 3 months. Joseph was born in Toledo on 3 March 1896 and died on 13 September 1896.
I had little else to work with for "Kath.a." until I had come across the gravestones for a Kathryn and George Staniszewski.
I looked at the dates of death on the stones and knew it would be a bit troublesome to verify the exact date of death because Ohio death certificates are only available from about 1903 through 1953 and past experience had told me that locating data within the Social Security death index has been spotty during the 1950s decade–often due to the fact that many elderly who died during that period likely had not obtained a Social Security Number. Additionally, I've noticed quite a few transcription errors with the Ohio death index on familysearch.org. So, I got lucky and found birth and marriage records for a Stanley Staniszewski whose parents were George Staniszewski and Kate Mruk. I thought immediately "Voila!" Stanley was born in 1903. I then located another child whose parents were George Staniszewski and Kate Mruk–this child was named John and he was born in 1902. So, digging into George a bit further, I learned via the 1910 census that he did not emigrate to the US until 1900. I suspect it would have been in the second half of the year 1900 because the census for 1900 was taken in June of that year and I was unable to locate a 1900 census that mentioned George.
I have not yet found a marriage record of George and Kate, but logic tells us that they would have married sometime between late 1900 to about early 1902.
Further investigation (all of about 10 minutes!) led me to Kate (Kathryn's) obituary and it confirms she was indeed a child of Michał and Margaretha as it provides names of her surviving brothers (Martin and Jack, also known as John Jacob) and sister (Praxeda, also known as Priscilla) Gurzynski. See the obituary below, published 12 October 1965.
Obituary transcription below:
Kathryn Staniszewski
Mrs. Kathryn Staniszewski, 86, of 2626 Midwood Ave., died yesterday in her home.
Born in Poland, Mrs. Staniszewski lived in Toledo most of her life. She was a member of the Polish National Alliance.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Clark; sons, John and Stanley, all of Toledo, and Walter, of Clackamas, Ore.; sister, Mrs. Priscilla Gurzynski, and brothers, Martin and Jack Mruk, all of Toledo, and one granddaughter.
Services will be Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in Gesu Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Sujkowski Mortuary.
The second discovery I made within my photo backlog was for Eleanor Erdman Jaroszewski. I knew she had married Conrad Jaroszewski but I did not realize I had found their grave until going through my photos. Conrad had been married prior to Eleanor, to a woman named Helen Sabiniewicz. Conrad and Helen had a son named Thadeus. The photo of the family grave plot is below.
Helen's parents, Jozef and Josephine, are on the opposite side of the stone. See below.


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5.0305 Village regulations—Penalties— Enforcement.
(a) The village council of each village may enact village regulations concerning the cleanliness of the village, planting of the lands, making and cleaning of roads, and any other matters of a strictly local nature.
(b) Regulations enacted by a village council may not take effect until they have been approved by the Department of Samoan Affairs and have been proclaimed publicly and posted in writing by the pulenuu.
(c) The village council shall provide in the regulations the penalty to be imposed upon persons found guilty of violating the regulations. Penalties shall be limited to reasonable village work not to exceed 25 hours, or fines of money or property not to exceed $25 in amount or value, or both.
(d) No village regulation may conflict with the Constitution or laws of the United States or with the Constitution or laws of American Samoa.
(e) Neither the pulenuu or the village council may inflict punishment upon any offender. Any offender shall be taken before the proper court, and tried and punished in accordance with the law.History: 1962, PL 7-28; 1969, PL 11-59.


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Some twenty years later, a brilliant young man joins the international communications team of the Blue House (Korea's White House). Lee Yoon Sung (Lee Min-ho) has but one mission in mind: to find and bring down the five men responsible for the murder of his father. To do so, he must hide his identity and fighting skills to infultrate the government. During his quest for revenge, however, he also enacts justice, and is given the nickname "City Hunter" by the populace, who knows only of a shadowy figure exposing corruption in their city. Torn between his surrogate father's drive for vengeance and the innocent girl he loves, Yoon Sung must fight to survive, and choose the path he will take.
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My options set for Password Expiration are checked to send reports to managers whose accounts expire 3 days or less.
I also have a check next to "Only report users with expiring accounts".
However, my Managers are getting this notice.
Netwrix Auditor for Active Directory
Password Expiration Report
No users with expiring accounts found.
Is there any way to turn off notifications if no accounts are found? I have one manager with just a few employees and it will more problematic to constantly send reports every day of no expiring accounts. They will simply ignore the emails and having the service enabled will be a determinant than being helpful.


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Spicy Tortilla Crisps with Queso Fundito from 'Salty Snacks'
When it comes to game-day snacks, there are few people who will turn down chips and cheese dip (I'm pretty sure all of these folks are vegan anyhow). Even my friends who scoff at the concept of queso are known to sneak bites of the gooey stuff when they think no one is looking. It's not too hard to make either snack from scratch, but homemade versions are rarely more exciting than Tostitos.
Enter Cynthia Nims's new cookbook Salty Snacks. She elevates chips and queso just enough to turn heads, while still keeping the dish oozy and comforting. Instead of frying the chips (which you could do, I suppose), she coats them with chipotle chile powder (and salt) before baking until crisp and golden. And the queso? It's got a blend of melted jack and cheddar cheeses as well as softened scallions for a bit of bite and color.
Why I picked this recipe: Melted cheese and chips just screams game-day food, am I right?
What worked: Chipotle chile powder-laced tortilla chips is pretty genius (and so is Nims's hint to use a fine mesh strainer to evenly coat the tortillas).
What didn't: The queso is basically just a hot pot of melted cheese, so it will begin to solidify pretty quickly if it isn't served in a thick, insulated bowl. Even without the proper serving bowl, though, the quickly coagulating queso still tastes awesome.
Suggested tweaks: If the melty cheese situation bugs you, it'd be pretty easy to adapt Nims's recipe to work with Kenji's cheese sauce method.
Reprinted with permission from Salty Snacks by Cynthia Nims. Copyright 2012. Published by Ten Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:serves 4 to 6
- Active time: 25 minutes
- Total time:35 to 40 minutes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 small corn tortillas (6 inches in diameter)
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon chile powder (such as chipotle or ancho)
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or flaky or coarse sea salt
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions, white and green portions
- 3/4 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 3/4 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Use 1 tablespoon of the olive oil to lightly brush the tops of the corn tortillas, then sprinkle the chile powder and salt evenly over them using small fine-mesh strainer. Starting at either the left or right edge of a tortilla, cut a vertical strip that's about 1 inch at its widest point, at a slight angle. Moving inward, cut another long strip at a similar angle in the opposite direction. Continue zigzagging across the tortilla cutting long triangular strips that alternate between the point being downward and upward. Repeat with the remaining tortillas. You should get about 8 strips per tortilla. Arrange the strips on a rimmed baking sheet.
Toast in the oven until just crisped, 10 to 12 minutes. Set aside to cool. The crisps can be made a day ahead and stored in an airtight container.
Shortly before serving, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a small, heavy skillet or pan, preferably cast iron, over medium heat. Add the green onions and cook, stirring often, until just tender but not browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the cheeses, a small handful at a time, stirring until each addition is almost fully melted before adding the next. When all the cheese has been added, continue cooking for a minute or two undisturbed so that the mixture gets nice and bubbly. Scatter the cilantro over the queso fundido and serve right away, with the tortilla crisps alongside.
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Photos of Boston suspects released
Authorities on Thursday released images of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings and called for the public's assistance in identifying them.
At a press conference, FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers unveiled photographs and video of the two suspects, whom he referred to as "Suspect 1" and "Suspect 2."
"Suspect One" is pictured wearing a dark hat and carrying a black backpack and "Suspect Two" is wearing a light baseball-style cap turned backwards and is carrying a pack. The video shows them walking one behind the other.
( PHOTOS: Boston Marathon bombing suspects)
Video showed the second suspect putting down his backpack shortly before the explosion, but there aren't details about what happened to the first suspect's backpack, DesLauriers said.
"The only one who was observed planting what we believe to be the device is Suspect No. 2 with the white cap," he said.
The suspects are considered to be "armed and extremely dangerous," DesLauriers said.
Their images are available online at FBI.gov.
"Within the last day or so, through that careful process, we initially developed a single person of interest," DesLauriers said. "Not knowing if the individual was acting alone or in concert with others, we obviously worked with extreme purpose to make that determination."
Working in conjunction with a variety of law enforcement partners, a second suspect emerged.
"Today, we're enlisting the public's help to identify the two suspects," he said, also adding in the briefing, "Though it may be difficult, the nation is counting on those with information to come forward and provide it to us."
( WATCH: Full video of FBI presser releasing suspect photos)
DesLauriers said the FBI-provided pictures are the only images that should be considered valid, a comment that comes in the wake of a slew of conflicting reports about possible suspects and whether they were in custody.
"At this time, these are the people of interest to the FBI," he said, when asked whether they were the "sole people of interest."
The release of the video and photographs came hours after President Barack Obama attended an interfaith service in Boston. The memorial service was designed to honor the victims of Monday's bombings, which killed three and injured close to 180 people.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's Boston mission: Reassure, rally)
"As you begin this long journey of recovery, your city is with you," Obama said in Boston. "Your commonwealth is with you. Your country is with you. We will all be with you as you learn to stand and walk, and yes, run again."
Earlier, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that there were people "the FBI would like to speak with."
"We have been collecting video from a variety of sources, as you might imagine, at the finish line at the Boston Marathon there's lots and lots of video," Napolitano said as she testified before the House Homeland Security Committee. "There is some video that has raised questions of those that the FBI would like to speak with. I wouldn't characterize them as 'suspects' under the technical term, but we need the public's help in locating those individuals."
She added that "the investigation is proceeding apace."
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Right now I can only tell you this: Ridge will not be dead or presumed dead. He will just not be in the picture. I don't want to do a presumed death because I don't want the story that follows to be all about Ridge. This will be a Brooke story. Ridge is a pivotal part of the show and he will be back in a matter of time...and probably not all that much time. I will continue writing for the character. I'm looking at this in two phases, really. There will be a period of time without Ridge, which is where some new, interesting avenues for Brooke will come into play. But at some point it will be necessary for Ridge to return to the show. Who will be playing the role at that point remains to be seen.
I might go a little younger but we'll be true to the age range that's been established. I do have people in mind in terms of a recast — some very interesting people.
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21 - 23 September 2011
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Steering Group on Environmental Assessments
At its meeting in October 2009, the Committee on Environmental Policy welcomed the proposal of the European Environment Agency (EEA) to assess various environmental assessments of relevance to the region and to present the results of such assessments to the ministers in Astana.
The Committee agreed to establish a Steering Group on Environmental Assessments (SGEA) to guide the preparation by EEA of the 'Europe's Environment Assessment of Assessments' (EEAoA) report for the Astana Conference. Building on lessons learned from the publication of four ad hoc Pan-European environment assessment reports for the previous Ministerial Conferences, the overall goal is to assess the regional needs, priorities and sustainable long-term mechanisms to keep the pan-European environment under continuous review. Concrete proposals to this effect will be submitted to the ministers in Astana, including recommendations on how to develop a shared environmental information system in the region.
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Third meeting of the Steering Group on Environmental Assess, Geneva, 23 May 2011, (salle XI)
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A new government campaign is encouraging smokers to get their doctors involved in their efforts to quit, noting that even "brief advice" from a health provider "significantly increases" the odds of successfully kicking the habit.
More than 13 percent of South L.A.'s adult population smokes, according to the L.A. County Department of Public Health. That's slightly more than the countywide rate, which as of November had sunk to its lowest level in at least 15 years.
The Talk With Your Doctor campaign, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is hoping to continue that trend of decline by encouraging smokers to enlist their doctors and other health providers as a means of support, emphasizing that it "more than doubles the odds" that smokers will successfully quit.
Dr. Tipu Khan, who practices family medicine at UMMA Community Clinic in South L.A., says the area's smoking rates are some of the highest he's seen in the areas he's practiced.
"We know very clearly from the evidence that the underserved population tends to be highly [overrepresented] when it comes to smoking," he said. That aligns with L.A. County's data, which found that those with the lowest incomes were the most likely to smoke.
"I think they are definitely driven to smoke with the stressors in their lives," said Khan of the disparity, noting that South L.A. is highly underserved. Another factor, he said, is the abundance of "predatory marketing" of tobacco products in settings like convenience stores, which for many folks in South L.A. double as grocery stores.
Khan said getting a doctor involved helps make smokers who want to quit feel as if they're not alone.
"I think it's the team aspect of approaching this – they're no longer on their own," he said. "We're just helping them connect to resources."
Because his patient population is largely low-income and underserved, "getting access to one-on-one counseling is difficult," said Khan. But he advises his patients to call 1-800-NO-BUTTS, which offers counseling over the phone, or to text IQUIT, which will send aspiring quitters encouragement and tips.
The CDC's ads began on Monday and will run through Sunday. The campaign, which has partnered with professional health organizations like the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians, also encourages health providers to make it a point to routinely ask their patients whether they smoke.


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I have been slacking with updating the blog as well as taking pictures of the boys to post on the blog. With the holidays coming I am hoping to take more pictures and post on the blog more regularly as well.
Sunday: We went to Bass Pro Shop at Arundel Mills to look around and see Poppy at work. While there the boys played with the various toys they had set up in Santa's workshop area. Then they got to sit on Santa's lap because there was no line. At Bass Pro you get a free picture!
On the way home both boys fell asleep. Ryder had put his Bass Pro sticker over his mouth before falling asleep. He tends to always put stickers over his mouth.
Monday: Ben headed to VA for the week for work early in the morning. The boys and I didn't really do much exciting. Once the boys were in bed I went through our Christmas decorations in the basement to see what we have for this year. I was exhausted because I had been awake since 4:30am when Ben's alarm went off, but unfortunately I was not able to sleep at all that night. I tossed and turned until about 5am.
Tuesday: I only slept for about 2 hours before the boys were awake and calling for me. Ryder went to school. Zak & I had to run a quick errand and then we went to Ryder's school because it was Education Week and parents were invited to visit the classrooms. Zak and I ended up staying for almost 2 hours, but he had a blast. I loved getting the chance to watch Ryder at school because he is so verbal and social while there unlike at home. I got to see him do many things he doesn't do at home! His teacher and I talked trying to figure out why he was doing so much better at school than at home. Ryder had a major meltdown at bedtime and it took a while for me to get him calmed down and asleep.
Wednesday: Ryder had school in the morning. My plan had been to go to the gym with Zak, but he was misbehaving so badly that I decided not to reward him by going to the gym. So instead we stayed home and cleaned. Zak helped me vacuum and do some other various cleaning around the house. After Ryder got home from school I actually got the boys to nap because I laid down with them. Once they woke up we did go to the gym for a bit. It felt really good working out because I had not been for a while due to illnesses and what not.
Thursday: The boys decided to wake up at 5am and start calling for me. I told them they could either lay in bed with me, get back in their bed, or play with their toys...they chose to stand in their rooms and cry. So we were up and ready for the day way too early. Ryder had school again and was in a very bad mood by the time the bus got here. All afternoon the boys were in such cranky moods so I was very happy when 7pm rolled around.
Friday: I was pretty much at my breaking point with the boys and Ben being away by this point. The boys were pretty cranky so we were all happy when Ben got home in the afternoon. Ben and I talked and decided we are going to make our own Thanksgiving dinner next week. I am hoping it all turns out good since I have never made a turkey before! In the early evening we took the boys to Rich & Laura's for a sleepover which they were very excited about.
Saturday: Ben and I went to see the new Harry Potter at the White Marsh IMAX at 9:15am. I was surprised when we got there 30 minutes early and the whole place was packed already. I think the movie was really good, but not the all-time best Harry Potter. I am now extremely excited for Part 2 which comes out in June 2011 though.
Today I made a trip to the grocery store and also went to the gym. The boys and Ben stayed home to play and watch some football. I did get a chance to take a few videos of the boys playing football with Ben. We have known for a while that Zak has a good arm on him for throwing. His YMCA coach has told me more than once how good of an arm Zak has and today Ben was the one who got to discover this as well. Zak was beating Ben up pretty bad with his throws!


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Dear readers, I am back to my blog after a long hiatus. I was away for about two months in India, worked on a shipbuilding project while continuing with my usual translation work, and was quite busy these past months. I submitted my last huge translation job just this week, and have decided to take time off from work and devote it stuff that I like: blogging, gardening, and swimming.
I received calls from several readers urging me to continue posting to the blog as they found the posts quite useful. Thanks for the feedback; I have also noted that the number of subscribers has remained almost constant at about 200 in these past six months in spite of my inactivity. Well, I'm back with new ideas, new tools to help you translate faster and quicker! I'm planning to write on translation memory tools in the near future, so keep checking this space!
1. Tool to find files in a flash
With the number of files in any PC exceeding 10,000 easily, you sometimes will have problems wondering where you have put that file. You do vaguely remember the name, but not where it resides in the hard disk -- and you need it quickly. Fear not; there's a small, wonderful little utility that will find it for you in a flash. I am utterly impressed at what it can do given its small size. Download Everything, with a size of only 334 kB and install it.
I suggest that the first time you use this application, insert the name of file that you already know exists (such as normal.dot, if you are using Office applications). It goes through your entire hard drive and indexes the files while searching for one file. The next time you enter a few characters of the file name in the search window, the files appear in a flash! The speed at which file names are retrieved is fairly surprising. Check it out. I wanted Clapton songs residing at various locations on my hard disk and they came up in a flash!
2. Defragging your hard disk
I try to keep my files defragged periodically, but it is difficult to do a certain set of tasks using a scheduler. Instead of using the built-in Windows Defrag utility, I decided to try out Smart Defrag, which works fine with a scheduler. It works continuously, automatically and quietly in the background, and is fairly easy to use.
I have scheduled it to defrag my C and D drives once in two weeks. Combined with the automatic defrag feature, this should be adequate to keep the hard drives defragmented at all times.
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Good Morning,
DOW futures are down about 50 points this morning. Last night the futures were down more than 130 at one point but came back to life in the morning hours, certainly NOT due to any wonderful economic news – purely a technical rally.
Fedex warned about lower shipment levels and was down almost 9% this morning. Sony announced they are going to layoff 10% of their world wide workforce, of the 16,000 about 8,000 will be in the U.S.. Wyndham Resorts also announced they are laying off about 4,000 workers, while Danaher Corp., a manufacturing company, is laying off about 1,700.
Manufacturing in Britain fell by three times what their "experts" were expecting and their home prices are falling faster than expected too.
Meanwhile, the automaker CEOs apologize, while at the same time beg, disgusting. No, as a taxpayer I don't want to own their stock, thanks Nancy.
So, like I said yesterday afternoon, from a technical perspective we are overbought in the very short term and thus I expect morning decline/sideways action to work off that condition a little before resuming the climb higher. How far will we sink before resuming? Hard to say, but there is support at SPX 900, 895, 880, and also at 875. If it were to get down below that range then my symmetry with wave 'a' theory is probably wrong. We'll see, the action overnight says that it wants to go higher but the weight of the overbought condition won't let it get too far ahead of itself. This is typical action following a strong advance. When things, anything, goes parabolic, the weight of it begins to exert pressure. If you look at wave 'a' which began on the 21st of November, you will see a parabolic move north which began to shallow out its climb and then finally collapsed. We are now in a little wave 'c' and it is looking symmetrical with 'a' and thus I expect roughly the same thing only not quite as strong as we are getting elevated to heights that the fundamentals simply do not support – despite what the people who have huge vested positions (cough – Bill Gross – cough) tell you.
If you look on the 30 minute SPX chart you can see that the neckline for the inverted H&S pattern (double red lines) is at about the 880 level as is upsloping support. Note also on this chart how both the fast and slow stochastic are overbought – that's the condition that needs time to work off.
So, we have many crosscurrents in play here: Buy signal on the weekly, approaching overbought on the daily, sitting up against the 50dma on the DOW getting close on the SPX, overbought stochastic in the time frames smaller than 60 minutes… the waves are overlapping and just like waves upon the ocean, cross currents produce chop. And chop is hard to trade, so I'm not going to try. I'm going to wait for the overbought condition to work off and then look for a long entry. Again, if I do enter into positions here it will be very small, or not at all as playing counter trend rallies can be hazardous to your account unless you are very quick.
And let me be clear - by long, I mean MAYBE to Thursday! Then I expect declines. Of what degree I am not certain, but I think the odds are now high that the inverted H&S pattern target up around 1,000 on the S&P will be fullfilled. But I wouldn't bet a lot on it!
I'll be publishing another article today titled, "Huh? Interest Bearing Fractional Reserve Money by Fiat. Doh!" I know, dry subject but crucial to understand if we're going to create a lasting system going forward. So, if you prefer a more jazzy title it is – a.k.a. "Alice Enters Wonderland by Going Down the Rabbit Hole!"
On that, have a good day and I'll update with anything significant, so check back often.
Futures coming down some more, now down 110 on the DOW.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Morning Update 12/9
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IMF Survey : Liberia Urged to Boost Capacity to Handle Resource Revenues
March 19, 2013
- Rising iron ore revenues could be joined by oil earnings in next decade
- May take years to advance natural resource revenue agenda effectively
- Liberia can learn from experience of other resource-rich countries
Liberia should act quickly to ensure that it has the capacity to manage rising revenues from its natural resources, speakers told a seminar in Monrovia.
Participants at the March 18 event heard that revenues from Liberia's increasing iron ore exports could be augmented by earnings from crude oil within the next decade, and that these new revenue streams would have to be managed by the West African nation's authorities.
The seminar "Managing Natural Resource Revenue in Liberia: Opportunities and Challenges Managing Resources for Sustained Economic Development" was organized by the IMF in collaboration with the International Growth Center and the Ministry of Finance.
The event brought together more than 100 participants including senior government policymakers, international experts in the field of natural resource management, legislators, private sector representatives, as well as development partners and civil society organizations.
Time to build capacity
"We recognize that over the next four or five years we will have more iron ore and we may well have oil coming on stream," Deputy Minister of Lands, Mines, and Energy Sam Russ told the seminar. "We have the time to build capacity. We have to start bringing in people with expertise to help us."
Deputy Finance Minister for Revenue James Kollie said Liberia's chosen resource revenue management regime should reflect the country's capacity to implement it. Kollie noted that Liberia had established a natural resource tax unit within the Finance Ministry, and was working with the IMF and others to train personnel.
Acting Finance Minister Sebastian Muah told the seminar Liberia was about to go down a path that the country had not traveled on before. "If we must do it right, we have to have all the relevant information, so our decisions are done properly," he said.
Muah stated it would take years to advance the agenda of managing natural resource revenue effectively. "We need resources, we need people, and we need all of these coming together to get us there."
Other countries' experience
The seminar also heard that Liberia can learn from a wealth of experience of other countries as it seeks to better manage the revenues from its abundant natural resources. Speakers at the event cited the track records of nearby and neighboring countries such as Ghana that had also adopted new policies to handle revenues from natural resources.
IMF mission chief for Liberia Catherine McAuliffe said natural resource revenues could bring to Liberia faster reconstruction, development, and poverty reduction, and could help the country's transition to a middle-income economy by 2030.
"With such abundant natural resource potential, Liberia is poised to receive significant foreign investment in its natural resources. However, there are also risks, unless resources are properly managed," McAuliffe said.
Spend or save
Several important decisions would need to be made ahead of large-scale resource flows coming on stream, including tax policy decisions on raising revenues through a variety of tax instruments, McAuliffe stated. Decisions would also need to be taken on managing resource revenues—that is, whether to spend or save for future generations—and through all this ensuring transparency.
Recurring themes from the seminar speakers included
â— The conversation on resource revenue management in Liberia is still at an early stage, with the possible start of oil production still several years in the future.
â— At this early stage, the emphasis should lie on engaging the public, framing expectations, and building constituencies to support the tasks ahead.
â— A resource revenue management strategy is inextricably linked to other broad issues in Liberia's development and should be embedded into overall economic management.
â— Other countries have track records in pursuing the different resource revenue management strategies—Liberia can learn from decades of experience in other places.
â— Part of revenue management means getting revenue in the first place by optimizing the taxation of resource extraction.
â— There are other sources of revenue besides oil—most notably iron ore—that could also fit into a resource revenue management strategy.
â— Capacity should be built to manage resource revenue and, more importantly, expenditure. The stakes are high enough for Liberia to import the needed capacity on a short-term basis, while setting up local bodies to shadow and eventually replace the contractors.
â— Rules, institutions, and transparency are vital for effective citizen monitoring and for the attraction and retention of profitable and responsible companies. These companies would pay taxes, employ Liberians, and ultimately be a source of prosperity long after the resources have been exhausted.


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AUSTRALIAN governments have increased their surveillance of citizens' internet usage over the past six months, according to new figures released by Google.
In the first six months of 2012, governments and their agencies made 523 requests to access Google users' data, including information contained in Gmail and YouTube accounts.
That was the ninth highest number of requests in the world over the same period, with the US recording the most (7969), India second with 2319 requests and Brazil third with 1566.
The figures, contained in Google's latest Transparency Report, show a steady rise in the number of requests for access from Australian governments since it first began publishing the data in July 2009.
Most of the requests in 2012 were from law enforcement agencies for use in criminal investigations, Google said.
See Google's Transparency Report for Australia here
The company complied with 64 per cent of the requests, a one per cent fall in compliance from the previous six months.
"The number of requests that we receive for user account information as part of criminal investigations has increased year on year,'' Google said in a blog posting.
"The increase isn't surprising, since each year we offer more products and services, and we have a larger number of users.''
Globally, there were 20,938 requests from governments to hand over data - a big rise on the 12,539 requests recorded in July 2009.
Australian governments also made 92 requests to remove items from Google websites, including YouTube and search engine results.
Most of the requests were made for ""privacy and security'' reasons, or over defamation and copyright issues.
A small number were removed for reasons of "government criticism''.
Google highlighted one instance where a state government, which it did not name, asked to remove a YouTube video of "statements made against police officers''.
Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has been asked to comment.
Originally published asOur leaders step up web surveillance