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LONG BEACH — The Long Beach Unified School District won't renew Rosie the Riveter High School's charter because of concerns about the school's financial stability, officials decided Monday.
Rosie the Riveter, a small charter school with less than 50 students at 690 Studebaker Road, opened in fall 2007 with the goal of educating at-risk girls interested in the building and construction trades. The school closed in 2010 due to financial problems but was able to reopen for the 2011-2012 school year.
After reviewing the school's five-year charter, which was up for renewal this month, the Board of Education voted unanimously Monday not to renew it for another five-year term. School officials said they were concerned about the school's projected budget and funding sources.
Rosie the Riveter is largely funded through the Long Beach nonprofit group Women In Non-Traditional Employment Roles (WINTER), which reopened the school in 2011 with help from a federal grant. The grant, however, ends next year, leaving the school's future funding in question, according to an LBUSD report.
District officials also question WINTER's ability to continue funding the school due to the organizations own financial trouble, according to the report.
Board member Mary Stanton said Rosie the Riveter's program has been a worthwhile addition to the district and can hopefully continue on some level.
"It's been a wonderful program, but like many of the other charters, it got caught up in the financial issues," she said.
Rosie the Riveter is the latest casualty in a string struggling charter schools hit by low enrollment and massive state budget cuts.
School districts are responsible for approving and overseeing charter schools but aren't generally involved in the schools' day-to-day operations.
In February, Long Beach's Colegio New City charter high school, which celebrated its first graduating class last month, announced its plan to close this year due to low enrollment and funding troubles.
New City's K-8 charter school is now struggling to find funding and has been warned that it may lose its charter if it doesn't correct financial and academic deficiencies.
In April, Constellation Middle School, Long Beach's oldest charter school, was forced to close halfway through the school year after running out of funding.
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[Editor's note: Michele Suszek placed 21st in the World Mountain Running Championships on Sept. 11 in Albania.]
Behind the red velvet rope at the upscale Ultra Sheer Nightclub west of Denver, Michele Suszek is engaged in a training program like no other.
Indeed. For the past three years Suszek has juggled the seemingly incongruous lives of professional dancer by night/national-class runner by day, clocking 80 to 130 miles per week as she prepares for the Olympic trials marathon in Houston in January. After a 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. shift of gymnastic-style moves, she washes away the face glitter, peels off the fake eyelashes, and climbs into her blue Chevy truck for the hour drive to the rustic 500-square-foot mountain cabin she shares with her lab-mix Bo. There, she sleeps four to six hours before speed work or a tempo run and strength training. Then she showers, dolls up, and does it all over again.
"I know what people think," she says. "You just say the words 'professional dancer' and their mind goes right to the gutter. But people will think whatever they want to think of you. That's just the way it is. I certainly wouldn't have had the successes that I have had in life if I had listened to them."
Spend much time with Suszek and you quickly discover: This woman fits no stereotype.
By day, she wears not a stitch of make-up and keeps to herself across mile after solo mile. By night she dons lingerie, teases her blonde mane, and relishes in the attention from fans, male and female. "My favorite is when they ask, 'Do you work out?'" she says.
"She wasn't the girly type, playing with Barbies and doing her hair," says brother Nick, 30. "She'd go out and wrestle these guys and they would be just livid that a girl beat them up. She was extremely competitive."
She ran her first marathon--the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon--on a dare from her big brother, finishing in 3:40 despite the fact that she couldn't figure out how to get her gel open, ate nothing, and "barfed for four hours afterward." (It would be years before she ran another one.) Ultimately, she landed a track scholarship at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where she studied kinesiology and excelled at the 3,000m steeplechase.
"It felt like having an elephant on your chest," she says.
After undergoing surgery to repair her heart, and bidding farewell to a controlling high school sweetheart she now refers to as "ex-fiance No. 1," she borrowed $1,000 bucks from her brother and moved to Colorado, where she rediscovered marathons and tried her hand at yet another sport: professional bodybuilding.
MISS COLORADO TO THE OLYMPIC TRIALS Suszek had a banner year in 2008. At 123 pounds of sheer bulk on her petite 5-foot-2 frame, she was crowned Miss Fitness Colorado. The same year, she ran five marathons, including the U.S. Olympic trials, where she placed 60th in 2:45:16. She knew if she were to become a true contender in the running world, something had to give, and bodybuilding was an easy sacrifice. "If you put a bag over these chicks' heads, you often couldn't tell if she was male or female. I was not about to get that big," says Suszek, who has since slimmed down to a sleek 110. In 2009, after a heartbreaking showing at the Nashville Marathon (2:53), she picked up the May Running Times, with a story about former , who had been known to offer free coaching to young runners with promise. She called him up and moved to Frisco, Colo., on the spot to train with him. Two months later, she won the Rock 'n' Roll Seattle Marathon in 2:38:37, bringing home a PR, $4,000 and a renewed optimism about a future as a professional runner. "Mentally and physically, she has a lot of potential," says Knudson, who no longer coaches Suszek but has followed her career. "She has shown that she has the ability to improve a lot in a short period of time." While Suszek is a long shot to finish among the top three at the trials, Knudson doesn't think it's impossible. A formidable task, but possible, with one caveat, he says. "She needs to get the rest of her life stabilized. She needs to get out of go-go dancing." Suszek isn't so sure.
Clad in barely-there pink-lace shorts, a white halter top, and go-go boots, the striking blonde shimmies and churns atop a 3-foot speaker in the strobe-lit VIP room, as patrons at plush leather booths sip from $250 bottles of Patron, and look on. When Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" draws to a close, a smiling Suszek wipes a rag across her glistening forehead, takes a swig from a Go Fast energy drink, and steps down off the speaker to rotate to her next dance station.
"I give the girls a 10-minute break, but I don't usually take one," says Suszek, aka "Vegas," who serves as head dancer for the club's eight-member Dynamite Dolls. "I just like to keep moving."
As a high-school-wrestler-turned-college-steeplechase-star-turned-champion-body-builder-turned-national-class-marathoner, she took her time settling on a sport. And a drama-filled personal life--complete with two ex-fiances and a slew of health problems--has derailed her more than once. But at 28, with a sponsorship from Saucony and a spot on the U.S. team for September's world mountain running championship, she's focused and sees dance as an integral part of her training.
She's a person of strong faith, her walls adorned with crosses and Bible verses. Yet she's unapologetic about her moonlighting gig. (Her email signature even includes a photo of her bare, chiseled torso.)
A self-described "redneck," Suszek grew up on a farm in Alpena, Mich., where she shot her first deer at 7, learned to drive a snowmobile in elementary school, and delighted in beating the local boys on the wrestling mat.
Still, even as a little girl, she'd retreat to the living room and dance. Her running career got off to an inauspicious start when, during her first race, she passed out on the course from heat stroke and had to be hauled off in an ambulance. But she stuck with cross country, tumbling records throughout high school.
Then, one day, she went down on the track and didn't get up.
It turned out Suszek suffered from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a congenital heart defect that can lead to sudden death during strenuous exercise. She'd dodged a bullet.
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DANCING TO HER OWN BEAT Seated at her breakfast table in a rare moment when she's neither running nor dancing, Suszek rattles off a litany of things that she's already happily sacrificed for her sport: She's moved away from family, eschewed dairy and gluten (which, due to allergies, lead to too many bathroom breaks). And in 2010 she bid farewell to "ex-fiance No. 2." "I have to be extremely organized with my time and, yes, that can take away from relationships," she concedes, flatly. "I have become an absolute student of my sport." She has stuck to a Knudson-esque training program, focusing on quality over quantity. Instead of heading out for a long, slow 20-miler, she might instead do those 20 miles via a 3-hour series of intervals. And because she lives at a relatively high altitude, and runs trails, she does all her tempo runs on a 6 percent or less downhill grade, where she can stick to a 6-minute pace. "My weakness is my turnover, so it is important for me to focus on tempo runs and speed workouts as opposed to wasting my time on junk empty miles," Suszek says. Where does dance fit in? Before answering the question, Suszek makes a point of clarifying that she's a go-go dancer--not, as some headlines have declared, an exotic dancer. "I keep having to explain to my mom that I am not a stripper," she laughs. "Really, I wear fewer clothes when I'm running." She concedes that she may have to cut back as the January trials grow closer. But in reality, she makes a good living, earning enough dancing just three nights a week to pay her bills, and it's "great core training." More importantly, she loves it. "I just believe in living life to its fullest and dance is a passion of mine, right next to running," Suszek says. "This is a way I can live both dreams out and be happy with the gifts God has given me. If I'm meant to get to the Olympics, I'll get there."


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March 22, 2013— -- Former President Bill Clinton has spoken to both Ashley Judd and Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes about the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky, encouraging them both to take a hard look at the race.
ABC News has learned that Clinton encouraged Judd to enter the race and promised he would help her, according to several Kentucky political sources. That conversation happened sometime between the November election and President Barack Obama's second inauguration.
Earlier this month Clinton met with Grimes, who is also weighing a bid, after he spoke at an event for former Kentucky Sen. Wendell Ford in Owensboro, Ky., according to multiple political sources in the state. Clinton encouraged Grimes to consider taking on McConnell, adding as he did with Judd that he would support her. The conversation was described as "candid" and "frank" with Clinton saying "all options are available" to the 34-year-old secretary of state and that she has "unlimited potential." He did add that "bigger is always better," meaning that the Senate seat would be a better choice than running for the U.S. House in the sixth district or waging a gubernatorial bid in 2015. Both are options Grimes is said to be considering.
The same sources stressed that despite the time gap, Clinton wasn't choosing Grimes over Judd or changing allegiances, but that he expressed encouragement to both, believing it's unlikely that both would enter the race.
Although it is possible the two could be in the primary against each other.
News of Clinton's meeting with Grimes was first reported by Politico.
Matt McKenna, a spokesman for Clinton said, "President Clinton fully intends to support the Democratic nominee in this race."
The Clintons are longtime friends and allies of Grimes's father, Jerry Lundergan, a former state party chairman, and Grimes herself who became secretary of state in 2011 after beating her primary challenger who was backed by Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear. Allies of hers say she is considering this race, but has not made a decision. Jerry Lundergan was a strong supporter of Bill Clinton, but also of Hillary Clinton's presidential bid in 2008, and they remain close.
However, the Clintons are also close to Judd, who publicly backed Hillary Clinton over then Senator Obama in 2008 and even campaigned with Bill Clinton on behalf of Hillary in March 2008. Just days before the Texas primary, Clinton and Judd campaigned together standing in the back of a pickup truck at a private airport hangar in Abilene, Texas. She entertained the crowd, while Clinton was hours late due to a lightning storm.
Two camps are emerging in Kentucky about who would make the better candidate to take on McConnell.
Grimes supporters say Judd is just too politically risky with her liberal views and support of Obama in a conservative state. They say her public pronouncements against mountaintop removal mining, as well as her residency issue (her family goes back eight generations in the state, but she currently lives in Nashville) are all reasons she wouldn't stand a chance against McConnell. His supporters are quick to point out these issues as well.
Judd backers agree that while Grimes doesn't have any political baggage, she doesn't have the fundraising ability or star power to beat McConnell.
Both groups say they are being inundated by people who support both candidates and want to see them take McConnell on.
Dale Emmons, a longtime political operative and Grimes backer who helped her win in 2011, is part of the crowd who believes a Judd candidacy is too risky and means Democrats could lose power in the state House flipping it to the Republicans.
"Everybody wants to get him," Emmon said of McConnell. "If Grimes get this race, I think we get McConnell."
Emmon added that he is "not anti-Ashley Judd."
"We are all proud of Ashley Judd, a native daughter, and her success in the entertainment industry as well as her mother and sister," Emmons said. "But, let's get real about the stakes here. If something makes us lose additional seats [in the statehouse], we become a right-to-work state. We don't want that to happen."
McConnell is seen as the most vulnerable he has ever been. State polls show his popularity low and he has already run ads reaching out to women in the state.
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) is Judd's most vocal proponent in the state and in an interview said Grimes would also "be a strong opponent against Mitch McConnell," but "nobody brings to the table the unique assets that Ashley Judd does."
"There are a lot of Democrats right now who are expressing some concern about her candidacy and what I would say to them is, We've tried five conventional campaigns in a row against Mitch McConnell and been unsuccessful," Yarmuth said, adding that he called Grimes, but she had not called him back yet.
"I don't know of anyone she has ever told that she is interested in this race," Yarmuth said of Grimes. "If she is interested in it, she ought to tell somebody… but to the best of my knowledge she hasn't said anything to anyone."
A Kentucky Democratic source said Yarmuth is not the only elected Democratic official who has reached out to Grimes but hasn't gotten a call back.
In an example of the schism forming between the two camps, Emmons said it is Judd who's not reaching out to Kentucky Democrats, not the other way around.
"I'm mystified why she's not coming to Kentucky," Emmons said. "We haven't heard from her. Whoever is advising her is not from Kentucky. They are running this campaign with an aloof strategy."
Multiple sources have said neither Judd nor Grimes have reached out to each other.
Grimes backers say she is seriously considering entering the race and is waiting until the legislative session wraps up next week to make more concrete moves. In fact, Grimes said on Wednesday she was focused on the end of the session when she was asked about the potential race by reporters, according to the Associated Press. She did say that she has been getting encouragement to run against McConnell.
Grimes wouldn't answer questions about whether Bill Clinton had encouraged her run or other specific questions about the race simply answering: "My focus right now has been on the legislative session."
Grimes' office declined an interview with ABC News, citing the end of the legislative session. Judd's publicist said she is not doing interviews right now.


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text: Back Working with Your Diabetes Health Care Team If you have diabetes, you have plenty of company. The number of adults diagnosed with diabetes is increasing daily. You should also be keeping company with a number of health care providers, from your primary care doctor to your dentist, eye doctor, and foot doctor. Diabetes affects the body in many complex ways, and having a team to help you stay as healthy and vital as possible, for as long as possible, is critical. Yet no matter how much you depend on health care providers, you also have an important role as team leader. Developing a take-charge attitude can help you avoid some of the serious complications that can come with unmanaged diabetes. No one but you can stay on top of: Taking daily medications Planning healthy meals Controlling weight, blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol Getting regular exercise Keeping appointments for regular dental care, eye exams, and foot care Leading the team The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases suggests that when choosing your health care providers, you select health care professionals who are familiar with diabetes, its effects, and its treatments. Ask how many of their patients have diabetes, and what kind of training and experience they have with diabetes care. Man working with a diabetes educator Think of these professionals as respected, knowledgeable people who are partners in your care. Don't expect them to second-guess all your needs, or even to remember all the details of your care. They depend on you to tell them honestly how you feel and what concerns you have. Who should be on your team? It depends on your personal needs. Typically, patients with diabetes will see several, if not all, of the following health professionals. Primary care physician (PCP) This doctor coordinates all your health care needs, including your diabetes care. Because of the PCP's central role, take care in choosing someone who has treated many people with diabetes. The PCP may be a family practice doctor, internist, or other general practitioner. (Some people with diabetes use an endocrinologist as a PCP. An endocrinologist is a doctor who has special training in diabetes and related illnesses.) Your PCP may occasionally refer you to an eye doctor, foot doctor, heart doctor, or other specialist. Each time you see one of these other health care providers, be sure the test results and other information are sent to your PCP, so he or she can stay up to date when coordinating your care. Certified diabetes nurse educator This professional acts as a special partner to both you and your PCP, helping you put all your prescribed treatments into action. The nurse educator has special training in treating and caring for people with diabetes and will provide you with information about diabetes and teach you practical aspects of daily self-care. You'll receive instruction in everything from giving yourself insulin shots and checking your blood sugar to dealing with the symptoms of low blood sugar or insulin reactions. Eye doctor Diabetes can affect the blood vessels in the eyes and lead to blindness. Unfortunately, once the symptoms are apparent, the damage is usually irreversible. For this reason, the American Diabetes Association recommends that people with diabetes see their eye doctor—either an ophthalmologist or optometrist—at least once a year for preventive care. Choose an eye doctor with experience in identifying and treating diabetic eye disease. Podiatrist Uncontrolled diabetes may lead to poor blood flow, sores, and infections in the feet and lower legs. A podiatrist specializes in these areas of the body and can identify potential problems before they become more serious. Dentist Because of the increased risks for gum disease and oral infections that come with diabetes, plan to see your dentist twice a year for regular visits. Be sure your dentist knows you have diabetes. Registered dietitian (RD) An RD works with you to determine an appropriate meal plan for you, based on your weight goals, the mediations you take, and other factors. Even if you have had diabetes for a while, consider talking with an RD. As you age, your nutritional needs can change. Look for an RD who has training in and experience with diabetes. Social worker/psychologist/psychiatrist/marriage and family therapist Managing a chronic illness involves many physical, emotional, and economic challenges—not just for the person with diabetes, but also for your family. These professionals can help you and your family learn how to cope with the emotional issues and stress of living with diabetes.


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Irascible, demanding, bullying, and probably a genius, Charles Mingus cut himself a uniquely iconoclastic path through jazz in the middle of the 20th century, creating a legacy that became universally lauded only after he was no longer around to bug people. As a bassist, he knew few peers, blessed with a powerful tone and pulsating sense of rhythm, capable of elevating the instrument into the front line of a band. But had he been just a string player, few would know his name today. Rather, he was the greatest bass-playing leader/composer jazz has ever known, one who always kept his ears and fingers on the pulse, spirit, spontaneity, and ferocious expressive power of jazz.
Intensely ambitious yet often earthy in expression, simultaneously radical and deeply traditional, Mingus' music took elements from everything he had experienced -- from gospel and blues through New Orleans jazz, swing, bop, Latin music, modern classical music, even the jazz avant-garde. His touchstone was Duke Ellington, but Mingus took the sonic blend and harmonies of Ellingtonia much further, throwing in abrasive dissonances and abrupt changes in meter and tempo, introducing tremendously exhilarating accelerations that generated a momentum of their own. While his early works were written out in a classical fashion, by the mid-'50s, he had worked out a new way of getting his unconventional visions across, dictating the parts to his musicians while allowing plenty of room for the players' own musical personalities and ideas. He was also a formidable pianist, fully capable of taking that role in a group -- which he did in his 1961-62 bands, hiring another bassist to fill in for him.
Along the way, Mingus made a lot of enemies, causing sometimes violent confrontations on and off the bandstand. A big man physically, he used his bulk as a weapon of intimidation, and he was not above halting concerts to chew out inattentive audiences or errant sidemen, even cashiering a musician now and then on the spot. At one of his concerts in Philadelphia -- and a memorial to a dead colleague at that -- he broke up the show by slamming the piano lid down, nearly smashing his pianist's hands, and then punched trombonist Jimmy Knepper in the mouth. For a savage physical portrait of the emotions that seethed within him, check out the photo on the cover of Duke Ellington's Money Jungle; Mingus looks as if he is about to kill someone. But he could also be a gentle giant as his moods permitted, and that quality can be felt in some of his music.
Mingus felt the lash of racial prejudice very intensely -- which, combined with the frustrations of making it in the music business on his own terms, found its outlet in music. Indeed, some of his bizarre titles were political in nature, such as Fables of Faubus (referring to the Arkansas governor who tried to keep Little Rock schools segregated), "Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me" or "Remember Rockefeller at Attica." But he could also be wildly humorous, the most notorious example being "If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats" (later shortened to "Gunslinging Bird").
Born in a Nogales Army camp, Mingus was shortly thereafter taken to the Watts district of Los Angeles, where he grew up. The first music he heard was that of the church -- the only music his stepmother allowed around the house -- but one day, despite the threat of punishment, he tuned in Duke Ellington's "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" on his father's crystal set, his first exposure to jazz. He tried to learn the trombone at six and then the cello, but he became fed up with incompetent teachers and ended up on the double bass by the time he reached high school. His early teachers were Red Callender and an ex-New York Philharmonic bassist named Herman Rheinschagen, and he also studied composition with Lloyd Reese. A proto-third stream composition written by Mingus in 1940-41, "Half-Mast Inhibition" (recorded in 1960), reveals an extraordinary timbral imagination for a teenager.
As a bass prodigy, Mingus performed with Kid Ory in Barney Bigard's group in 1942 and went on the road with Louis Armstrong the following year. He would gravitate toward the R&B side of the road later in the '40s, working with the Lionel Hampton band in 1947-48, backing R&B and jazz performers, and leading ensembles in various idioms under the name Baron Von Mingus. He began to attract real national attention as a bassist for Red Norvo's trio with Tal Farlow in 1950-51, and after leaving that group, he moved to New York and began working with several stellar jazz performers, including Billy Taylor, Stan Getz and Art Tatum. He was the bassist in the famous 1953 Massey Hall concert in Toronto with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and Max Roach, and he briefly joined his idol Ellington, where he had the dubious distinction of being the only man Duke ever personally fired from his band.
Around this time, Mingus tried to make himself into a rallying point for the jazz community. He founded Debut Records in partnership with his then-wife Celia and Roach in 1952, seeing to it that the label recorded a wide variety of jazz from bebop to experimental music until its demise in 1957. Among Debut's most notable releases were the Massey Hall concert, an album by Miles Davis, and several Mingus sessions that traced the development of his ideas. He also contributed composed works to the Jazz Composers' Workshop from 1953 to 1955, and later in '55, he founded his own Jazz Workshop repertory group that found him moving away from strict notation toward his looser, dictated manner of composing.
By 1956, with the release of Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic), Mingus had clearly found himself as a composer and leader, creating pulsating, ever-shifting compendiums of jazz's past and present, feeling his way into the free jazz of the future. For the next decade, he would pour forth an extraordinary body of work for several labels, including key albums like The Clown, New Tijuana Moods, Mingus Ah Um, Blues and Roots and Oh Yeah; standards like "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," "Better Git It in Your Soul," "Haitian Fight Song" and "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting," and extended works like Meditations on Integration and Epitaph. Through ensembles ranging in size from a quartet to an 11-piece big band, a procession of noted sidemen like Eric Dolphy, Jackie McLean, J.R. Monterose, Jimmy Knepper, Roland Kirk, Booker Ervin, and John Handy would pass, with Mingus' commanding bass and volatile personality pushing his musicians further than some of them might have liked to go. The groups with the great Dolphy (heard live on Mingus at Antibes) in the early '60s might have been his most dynamic, and The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963), an extended ballet for big band that captures the anguished/joyful split Mingus personality in full, passionately wild cry -- may be his masterpiece.
However, Mingus' obsessive efforts to free himself from the economic hazards and larceny of the music business nearly undermined his sanity in the 1960s (indeed, some of the liner notes for The Black Saint album were written by his psychologist, Dr. Edmund Pollock). He tried to compete with the Newport festivals by organizing his own Jazz Artists Guild in 1960 that purported to give musicians more control over their work, but that collapsed with the by-now-routine rancor that accompanied so many Mingus ventures. A calamitous, self-presented New York Town Hall concert in 1962; another, shorter-lived recording venture, Charles Mingus Records, in 1964-65; the failure to find a publisher for his autobiography Beneath the Underdog, and other setbacks broke his bank account and ultimately his spirit. He quit music almost entirely from 1966 until 1969, resuming performances in June 1969 only because he desperately needed money.
Financial angels in the forms of a Guggenheim Fellowship in composition, the publication of Beneath the Underdog in 1971, and the purchase of his Debut masters by Fantasy boosted Mingus' spirits, and a new stimulating Columbia album Let My Children Hear Music thrust him back into public attention. By 1974, he had formed a new young quintet, anchored by his loyal drummer Dannie Richmond and featuring Jack Walrath, Don Pullen and George Adams, and more compositions came forth, including the massive, kaleidoscopic, Colombian-based "Cumbia and Jazz Fusion" that began its life as a film score.
Respect was growing, but time, alas, was running out, for in fall 1977, Mingus was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), and by the following year, he was unable to play the bass. Though confined to a wheelchair, he nevertheless carried on, leading recording sessions, and receiving honors at a White House concert on June 18, 1978. His last project was a collaboration, Mingus with folk-rock singer Joni Mitchell, who wrote lyrics to Mingus' music and included samples of Mingus' voice on the record.
Since his death, Mingus' importance and fame increased remarkably, thanks in large part to the determined efforts of Sue Mingus, his widow. A posthumous repertory group, Mingus Dynasty, was formed almost immediately after his death, and that concept was expanded in 1991 into the exciting Mingus Big Band, which has resurrected many of Mingus' most challenging scores. Epitaph was finally reconstructed, performed and recorded in 1989 to general acclaim, and several box sets of portions of Mingus' output have been issued by Rhino/Atlantic, Mosaic and Fantasy. Beyond re-creations, the Mingus influence can be heard on Branford Marsalis' early Scenes in the City album, and especially in the big band writing of his brother Wynton. The Mingus blend of wildly colorful eclecticism solidly rooted in jazz history should serve his legacy well in a future increasingly populated by young conservatives who want to pay their respects to tradition and try something different.
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I hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far!
One of the things that inspired me most in Florence was men's street style. Traveling in groups, they wore crisp white suits or pastel color separates. Taking notes from their simple yet elegant summer uniforms, I pulled out my white jersey blazer, cotton shorts, and paired it with a printed blouse. I absolutely adore the leopard spots turning into heart shapes on this top. It's so charming! This outfit helped me combat the heat and kept me comfortable as we strolled through the city center.
Thank you so much for reading!
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Top :: Zara blazer (similar here), Forever 21 top (back in stock!) (great styles here & here)
Bottom :: Zara (old) (similar here)
Shoes :: Alexander Wang
Bag :: Givenchy thanks to Luisa Via Roma!
Accessories :: Prada sunnies, J.Crew and David Yurman bracelets,
Gorjana rings, watch thanks to Michele!
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Information extracted from The Pictou Book, Stories of Our Past, written by George McLaren, published in 1954. Information provided by Kristen McKay Willard
At Loch Broom, Alexander Cameron, sr., aged 103, who came to Nova Scotia in 1773. He left to mourn an aged widow and eight children, 63 grand and 21 great-grandchildren. He named the settlement after his native place in Ross-shire, Scotland. Colonel Patriot, August 20, 1831.
At Loch Broom, Alexander Cameron, 67, a native of Loch Broom, Ross-shire, who came to the Province in 1773. Pictou Bee, December 2, 1835.
At East Branch East River, Mrs. Mary (Archibald) Chisholm, 90, Oct. 22, 1859, last female survivor of passengers on the ship Hector. Eastern Chronicle, January 26, 1860.
Mrs. Janet Forbes, 89, widow of the late John Forbes. Eastern Chronicle, April 18, 1853.
John Forbes died at Upper Settlement, East River, October 1st last. Aged 88. He arrived in New York in 1775 and was compelled to enlist in the 84th Regiment and was sent to Boston, where he served eight years before being disbanded in 1783. He and several others formed the settlement at East Branch East River where he lived for 61 years.
His grandson William (John's son) died the same day and was buried in the same grave. Eastern Chronicle, Feb 26, 1845.
Alexander Fraser Senior, 78 Hector passenger, died at Green Hill December 28, 1843. Eastern Chronicle.
At Middle River December 19, 1829 died Captain David Fraser 57, son of the late Alexander Fraser who was the first settler at that place and a Hector passenger. The deceased was the first born in that settlement. Colonial Patriot Jan. 9, 1830.
At East River, Hugh Fraser 86, one of the oldest settlers at that place. He came to Nova Scotia in 1773. He has left alive there at present, twelve of the Hector passengers, several of whom followed his funeral on foot to thecemetry (sic). Novascotian August 3, 1826.
Died at Middle River Point, Hugh Fraser, 92, a Hector passenger. Eastern Chronicle, Oct 24, 1861.
Death of Mrs. Jane Fraser, French River, 94, a Hector passenger. Eastern Chronicle Jan 17, 1856.
At Pictou Thomas Harris died aged 75. He came from Maryland in 1772. He was Deputy Sheriff of Pictou County for 22 years. Pictou Bee, April 6, 1836.
At Loch Broom, Elizabeth McCabe 92, widow of James McCabe, she was born at Halifax in 1758 and came to Pictou on the first direct ship from Halifax in 1782. 11 children, 66 great (sic) and 113 great-grandchildren survive. Acadian Recorder Nov. 23, 1850.
At East River, Jannet 76, spouse of William McKay. She was one of the first females who emigrated for Pictou and she resided there 43 years, leaving six children, 50 grand and 5 great-grandchildren. Acadian Recorder March 23, 1816.
At East River Nov. 22, Roderick McKay aged 84, last survivor of the ship Hector. He removed to Halifax in 1776 where he remained for 20 years, 15 as foreman blacksmith at H.M. Dockyard. He returned to his farm in 1796 and died there. Nova Scotian, Dec. 3, 1829.
Squire William McKay 97, died leaving 19 children, 98 grand and 14 great-grandchildren. He was one of the Highlanders who arrived in 1773. Colonial Patriot March 7, 1828.
At Pictou Colin McKenzie 108, one of the oldest settlers in this district. Nova Scotian Oct 12, 1825.
Kenneth McKenzie, aged 95, died at Pictou Island. He had served in the 78th Regiment and saw service in India in 1799. Eastern Chronicle Oct 4, 1855.
Thomas McKenzie, 95, came to the Province in 1784. Eastern Chronicle May 24, 1855.
Mrs. Jane James McLellan, 83, East River, left a large family. She was a passenger on the Hector. January 28, 1829.
William McLellan, 87, died at East River. Hector passenger. He was one of the first settlers on the West River. Colonial Patriot Feb 20, 1830.
Hector McQuarry, 88, Scotch Hill, came in 1791. He left 10 children, 67 grand and 28 great-grandchildren. Colonial Patriot March 14, 1828.
At Pictou Mrs. Margaret Munro 106, widow of the late Andrew Munro, who came to this country 80 years ago. Three children survive out of a family of eight. Pictou News Dec. 26, 1884.
Christopher J. Perin 80, native of Nova Scotia, one of the first settlers at River John. Pictou Bee Jan 6, 1836
Capt. Nathaniel Powell, 104, native of Wales. Mechanic & Farmer, Oct. 27, 1841.
John Rogers 67, who came to Nova Scotia from Maryland. He was the founder of Rogers Hill. Colonial Patriot April 2, 1831.
Death of Mrs. Jane Turnbull 97, one of the first East River settlers. Mechanic & Farmer Feb 3, 1841.Back to Home


text: It's that time of year where the world slows down for a bit and we are all reminded about the friends and family we love. Cast your mind back to middle school. Valentine's Day quickly coming up and you're at home with your SpongeBob cards writing every one of your classmates names on them making sure you spend a little extra time one for that special someone. You remember it being a hit and they loved your card! Fast forward to today, while that card was one for the brag folder, it's time to up the ante and really wow them.


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Widow of murdered Chilean folk singer asks for U.S. extradition
The widow of folk singer Victor Jara called on the U.S. government Wednesday to extradite a retired Chilean military official charged with murdering her husband during Chile's 1973 coup.
Pedro Barrientos Nunez now lives in Florida and has denied any role in Jara's killing, long remembered as one of the Chilean dictatorship's most brutal crimes.
Joan Turner Jara called the charges against Barrientos and seven other ex-military officers "a message of hope," not only that her husband's murder could be solved, but that many other families may find justice as well. More than 3,000 people were slain during the 1973-90 dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, and most of those crimes remain unsolved.
Investigating Judge Miguel Vazquez, who charged the men last week, has issued an arrest order for Barrientos and wants Chile's government to file a formal extradition request to the U.S. so that he faces trial along with the others.
Turner and her daughters, Manuela and Amanda, urged Chile's Supreme Court to formally request Barrientos' extradition from the United States.
The Jara family spoke next to a statue of Victor Jara inside the stadium where the folk singer and thousands of other leftists were detained during the first days of the coup.
Jara was a popular singer, theater director and university professor who was rounded up with his students and tortured inside Estadio Chile, which has since been renamed Estadio Victor Jara.
The hands he used to play guitar were smashed, his head was beaten and his body shot with at least 44 bullets as a warning to those who challenged Pinochet's authority.
But his wife, a British dancer, overcame the fear. For years she encouraged stadium survivors to provide testimony and evidence to the courts. Jara's body was exhumed for a proper autopsy in 2009, and last week the investigative judge announced charges against the eight former military officials.
The judge said last week that his main difficulty has been getting former military officers to talk.
The Jara family's lawyer, Nelson Caucoto, also complained about this Wednesday, saying that Chile's military still denies having any information about which officers were assigned to the stadium in September 1973.
But Caucoto added that many former prisoners and army conscripts did share their memories, including a former draftee named Jose Paredes, who was charged years ago with Jara's murder even though he denied firing the machine gun into the singer's body.
Paredes told The Associated Press in 2009 that he gave information on officers, and in the end the judge charged eight former lieutenants. Barrientos and Hugo Sanchez Marmonti are accused of murdering Jara. Charged as accomplices are Roberto Souper Onfray, Raul Jofre Gonzalez, Edwin Dimter Bianchi, Nelson Haase Mazzei, Ernesto Bethke Wulf and Jorge Eduardo Smith Gumucio.
Four of the six defendants living in Chile turned themselves in Wednesday, and were being held at a special prison for military personnel charged as human rights violators. When Marmonti was taken before the judge Wednesday, he firmly said "No" when reporters shouted questions asking if he was guilty.
Barrientos and Dimter have both been accused by human rights activists over the years of being "The Prince," a sadistic blond-haired officer who survivors said walked around with a whip in the stadium, taunting and torturing prisoners. Both men have denied this, and the judge has not released any information on that accusation.
Associated Press writers Michael Warren in Buenos Aires and Eva Vergara in Santiago contributed to this report.


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New books are a joy. From the silken touch of a perfect cover and the scent of pristine pages to the intrigue of a blurb, the experience of handling a new book can't be bettered. Books are my drug of choice: I am an addict.
I don't read new books exclusively. I can't afford to and in any case, I derive pleasure from rereading books from my collection. (And secondhand books shops are my version of Aladdin's cave.) There is, however, nothing as irresistible as the lush cover of a brand new book.
This year's crop includes some pre-publication proof copies. I remain grateful to the publishers/publicists who gifted them.
In first name alphabetical order these then are the books that most captivated me this year.
The Bird Tribunal – Agnes Ravatn (Orenda Books)
The Darkest Secret – Alex Marwood (Sphere)
In Her Wake – Amanda Jennings (Orenda Books)
The Little Red Chairs – Edna O'Brien (Faber & Faber)
The White Camellia – Juliet Greenwood (Honno Press)
Gardening with Deer – Kathy Miles (Cinnamon Press)
The Mountain In My Shoe – Louise Beech (Orenda Books)
This Must Be The Place – Maggie O'Farrell (Tinder Press)
Song of the Sea Maid – Rebecca Mascull (Hodder & Stoughton)
Tastes Like Fear – Sarah Hilary (Headline)
Where My Heart Used to Beat – Sebastian Faulks (Vintage)
The Unravelling – Thorne Moore (Honno Press)
Other new books I read in 2016 include a couple more brilliant proofs: See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt (Tinder Press) and Su Bristow's mesmerising Sealskin (Orenda Books), both due for release in 2017.
Thank you, dear authors for writing such an eclectic collection of juicy books. And equally, thank you publishers; not least the smaller presses who continue to produce stunning books in a hugely competitive market.


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Epidemiology and Pathogenesis:
Poor feed quality or decrease in feed intake, particularly during a period of high-energy requirement (eg, pregnancy, systemic disease), may result in hyperlipemia syndrome. Hyperlipemia is seen most commonly in ponies, miniature horses, and donkeys and less frequently in standard-size adult horses. Pathogenesis of hyperlipemia is complex, with a negative energy balance triggering excessive mobilization of fatty acids from adipose tissue, leading to increased hepatic triglyceride synthesis and secretion of very-low-density lipoproteins, concomitant hypertriglyceridemia, and fatty infiltration of the liver. The biochemical etiology of hyperlipemia is overproduction of triglyceride rather than failure of triglyceride catabolism.
Onset of disease is associated with stress, decreased feed intake, fat mobilization and deposition in the liver, and overproduction of triglycerides, which may be precipitated by insulin resistance. In ponies, hyperlipemia is usually a primary disease process associated with obesity, pregnancy, lactation, stress, or transportation. Hyperlipemia may develop secondary to any systemic disease that results in anorexia and a negative energy balance. Secondary hyperlipemia is more common than primary hyperlipemia in miniature breeds. Hyperlipemia secondary to a systemic disease can be seen in horses of any age and in any condition. Female, stressed, and obese donkeys are at highest risk of developing hyperlipemia regardless of pregnancy status. Hyperlipemia is most commonly seen in winter and spring.
Alpacas and llamas may develop hyperlipemia and ketonuria in late stages of gestation or secondary to disease states. Adult camelids and even young crias are susceptible to hepatic lipidosis during disease states.
Fatty liver disease is a complex metabolic disease seen primarily in dairy cattle. See Fatty Liver Disease of Cattle Fatty Liver Disease of Cattle Fatty liver disease is a disorder of highly productive dairy cows resulting from an excessive negative energy balance at the onset of lactation. Mobilization of large amounts of body fat reserves... read more .
In goats, hepatic lipidosis has been associated with cobalt deficiency. Histologic lesions are consistent with those characteristic of white liver disease in sheep.
Clinical Findings:
Signs of hyperlipemia are nonspecific and variable and may not relate to loss of liver function. They include lethargy, weakness, inappetence, decreased water intake, and diarrhea. Often, there is a history of prolonged anorexia, rapid weight loss, and previous obesity. Emaciation, ventral edema, colic, and trembling may be seen. Serum biochemical values and coagulation testing in miniature horses and ponies with hyperlipemia indicate that impaired hepatic function is common. Affected animals have grossly opalescent blood and lipemic plasma. The blood concentrations of all lipids are increased, especially triglycerides, nonesterified fatty acids, and very-low-density lipoproteins. Donkeys have higher plasma triglyceride concentrations than do other equids. Hypoglycemia is a common finding in ponies but not in miniature horses with hyperlipemia. Total bile acid concentration and BSP® clearance are often normal, but BSP clearance may be prolonged in some animals. Activated partial thromboplastin time and one-stage prothrombin time may be prolonged. AST and sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH) may be normal or increased. Increased creatinine, isosthenuria, and metabolic acidosis may develop secondary to renal disease. BUN and creatinine concentrations are variable. Anorexia can lead to hypokalemia. Animals may become neutropenic with increased band neutrophils. Concurrent pancreatitis has been reported.
Prolonged increase in serum triglyceride concentrations is associated with lipid accumulation in the liver, kidneys, myocardium, and skeletal muscles, impairing function of these organs. The liver and kidneys become friable, and death may result from acute hepatic rupture.
Alpacas and llamas may develop hyperlipemia and ketonuria in late stages of gestation, during lactation, or secondary to disease states. Nonspecific clinical signs include lethargy, anorexia, and recumbency. Hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia, increased SDH activity, metabolic acidosis, azotemia, and ketonuria may be seen. Secondary renal failure may develop. Camelids appear to be similar to both horses (hyperlipidemia) and cattle (ketosis) in their response to severe energy imbalance in late gestation. Hepatic lipidosis is the most common liver disease found in llamas and alpacas. Camelids of various ages and energy requirements are susceptible, and the pathogenesis is multifactorial. Common clinical findings include anorexia; weight loss; high concentrations of bile acids, nonesterified fatty acids, and β-hydroxybutyrate; high activities of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase or transferase (GGT) and AST; and hypoproteinemia.
The liver and kidneys are often pale, swollen, and friable with a greasy texture. Microscopically, there is variable fat deposition within the hepatocytes and epithelium of the bile ducts. The hepatic sinusoids may appear compressed and anemic with severe fatty infiltration. Gross and microscopic lesions of the primary disease process in ponies and horses may predominate.
Clinical diagnosis of hyperlipemia is often based on the signalment, history, clinical signs, and gross observation of a white to yellow discoloration of the plasma in equids. Plasma or serum triglyceride >500 mg/dL confirm the diagnosis. Cholesterol may be increased, indicating an increase in lipoprotein. Nonesterified fatty acids, very-low-density lipoproteins, and β-hydroxybutyrate (camelids) may also be increased. Laboratory evidence of hepatic dysfunction is supportive.
Correction of the underlying disease, IV fluids, and nutritional support are the most essential factors in treatment of hyperlipemia. Nutritional support reverses the negative energy balance, increases serum glucose concentrations, promotes endogenous insulin release, and inhibits mobilization of peripheral adipose tissue. A polyionic electrolyte solution containing supplemental dextrose (50 g/hr/450 kg) and potassium (potassium chloride at 20–40 mEq/L) should be given IV to hypoglycemic, hypokalemic horses. Glucose administration may cause refractory hyperglycemia in animals with insulin resistance. Glucose concentrations, renal function, urine output, and serum electrolyte concentrations should be monitored closely. IV fluids and glucose must be administered cautiously in camelids with hepatic lipidosis, because many are already hypoproteinemic, and glucose regulation in camelids is often challenging. Intermittent bolus administration of polyionic IV fluids rather than continuous infusion may more effectively maintain hydration without exacerbating existing hypoproteinemia.
Voluntary enteral nutrition is preferred if the affected animal will consume adequate quantities of nutritionally valuable feeds; however, most will not. Frequent feedings of a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet are preferred. In animals with inadequate oral intake, supplemental tube feeding is necessary. Commercially available high-calorie enteral formulations provide adequate short-term nutritional support. Recipes for home-prepared, liquid tube-feeding diets for horses are also available. Small frequent feedings are required to meet caloric needs without overloading the GI tract. Animals should be observed after each feeding for signs of abdominal discomfort. Body weight, total fluid intake, and fecal consistency should be monitored daily. In animals that survive, hyperlipemia usually resolves in 5–10 days, but enteral feeding should be continued until voluntary feed intake is adequate. Enteral nutritional supplementation and treatment of the primary disease often reverses hyperlipemia in miniature horses and donkeys but less frequently in ponies.
For totally anorectic horses, partial parenteral nutrition may be used. The lipid portion of the solution is omitted. Blood glucose concentration should be monitored at least twice daily to ensure that euglycemia is maintained and that substantial hyperglycemia (≥180 mg/dL) is avoided.
In camelids, partial parenteral nutrition with enteral supplementation can be used to maintain adequate energy intake and minimize further fat mobilization. Because of the distinct metabolism of camelids, parenteral nutrition products must contain higher amounts of amino acids (relative to nonprotein calories) than traditional formulations used in other species. Glucose concentrations must be carefully monitored, because camelids do not assimilate exogenous glucose well.
Exogenous insulin administration is recommended for treatment of iatrogenic hyperglycemia and hyperlipemia, especially when these conditions are resistant to more conventional therapies. Insulin decreases mobilization of peripheral adipose tissue by stimulating lipoprotein lipase activity and by inhibiting adipocyte hormone–sensitive lipase activity. The appropriate dosage of insulin to be used in horses has not been well established. When insulin is used, response to therapy, including blood glucose concentrations, must be closely monitored and the insulin dosage adjusted accordingly. Insulin administration may fail to lower serum triglyceride or glucose concentrations in hyperlipemic animals when an insulin-resistant state is present. Insulin treatment in camelids has reportedly been effective in treatment of hepatic lipidosis.
Heparin is used in treatment of hyperlipemia because it promotes peripheral utilization of triglycerides and enhances lipogenesis via stimulation of lipoprotein lipase activity. Heparin may be given IV or SC, with recommended dosages of 40–100 IU/kg, bid. Use of heparin is questionable in affected animals with increased hepatic production of triglycerides and without impaired peripheral removal of triglycerides. Heparin administration may potentiate bleeding complications and is contraindicated in animals with coagulopathies from liver dysfunction.
Nutritional supplementation to prevent hyperlipemia is indicated in miniature horses and donkeys, ponies, horses, and camelids with systemic disease associated with hypophagia and high metabolic demands.
Clinical biochemical variables are not useful prognostic indicators of survival in ponies with hyperlipemia. In most instances, survival depends on the ability to successfully treat the primary disease. Prognosis is often poor in ponies, standard-size horses, and camelids.


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These people are from Parsons Kansas, and are just a few veterans from my small town. I'm sure there are many more local veterans worth featuring. Parsons will always remember Cpl. Daniel Cox, killed in Afghanistan's Wardak province in 2009.
Ron Phillips
My name is Ronald M. Phillips (Ron) and as I write this in Feb. 2012 I am within three months of turning 90. That means that I am a Veteran of WW-II, and I was drafted only a few months after the Pearl Harbor disaster at the age of 19. After my entry into the U.S. Military I managed to carefully observe the opportunities on the company bulletin board. By taking advantage of those opportunities I moved from Buck Private rank to that of "O" three, meaning–"Captain", in the U.S. Air Corps. (which later became the U.S. Air Force.) After entering, and graduating, from the Airplane & Engine school in Glendale, CA, I entered the Aviation Cadet training center in San Antonio, TX and about a year later I graduated as a 2nd Lt. Fighter Pilot in Moore Field, McAllen TX. That put me into a 'combat-ready' status so I ended up being sent to China to join General Chennault's 14th Air Force "Flying Tigers". The "Tigers" by then, were known world-wide because of their record. In the nine months before Pearl Harbor they were known only as The A.V.G., or the "American Volunteer Group". There were only one hundred of them to begin with. They were flying the previously used, beat-up old P-40 Warhawks, and had shot down 297 Japanese aircraft with a loss of only 12 of ours. I don't believe that record was ever broken.
After Pearl Harbor the AVG became "The Fourteenth Air Force", under the tutelage of Brig. Gen. Clair Lee Chennault, and that's when I joined the Fourteenth Air Force, 23rd Fighter Group Flying Tigers. ~Ronald M. Phillips
Leon Crooks
It took 66 years for Leon Crooks to be awarded a Bronze Star for his World War II service, including an act of heroism that saved the lives of around 30 soldiers.
Crooks served in Company B, Second Chemical Mortar Battalion, also known as the Red Dragon Battalion, which dates back to Aug. 17, 1917, in the first World War. It was the first chemical battalion in the U.S. ranks. Crooks had a total of 511 days in combat. This unit tied with one other unit for the number of days on the front line in the European theater of operations.
The Bronze Star award recognizes Crooks' entire military service, from June 22, 1943, to Sept. 18, 1945, but focuses on an action on Feb. 12, 1944, after the end of the first Battle of Cassino in Italy against German and Italian forces.
The lull in fighting had provided the Allies and opportunity to relieve and replace war-weary troops, and First Sgt. Crooks and his driver, T/5 Herbert Aram were asked to move to the rear echelons to pick up replacements and bring back PFC Norman Gearhart and PFC James Egoff.
The Germans opened up with 88mm guns, shelling members of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, whose gear had been loaded on a mule train.
"I was talking to my driver, and I said, 'A lot of men are going to die out there today unless we do something'," Crooks said. "The driver said, 'If you get a truck, I'll drive'."
They got a 3/4 ton weapons carrier and, making three trips under German fire, transported the New Zealand soldiers to safety.
"We'd pull up, I'd get out and load the guys up, and when we got all we could handle, we'd drive back to the aid station, which was not too far behind us," Crooks said. "Then we went back for our men."
The driver was injured during the rescue. Crooks said that Aram didn't even realize it at first.
"He said, 'Sarge, I think I've been hit,' and a piece of shrapel had got him in the arm," Crooks said. "I was pretty lucky, I never did get hit."
David R. Larsen
David Larsen is a Navy Cross Recipient, for extraordinary heroism on 2 August 1969.
GMG3 Larsen was serving as a gunner's mater mate aboard PBR 775 which was part of a two-boat night waterborne guard post stationed on the upper Saigon River. Operating in conjunction with the patrol, a six-man ambush team, which was providing bank security for the guard post, engaged four enemy soldiers who were part of an estimated 35 to 50-man force that returned the contact with accurate rocker fire, killing or critically wounding all but one member of the six-man ambush team. One man from the team managed to call for the PBR crewmen's help. Armed with a machine gun and several ammunition belts, Larsen hastened to the assistance of the ambush team. As he led his small force ashore, he saw three enemy soldiers about to overrun the friendly position. He immediately rushed toward them, firing his machine gun, and single-handedly tu rned back the enemy assault, killing at least one of the enemy. Larsen then maintained a one-man perimeter defensive position and, although under continuous enemy fire, succeeded in discouraging further enemy attacks until additional help arrived. Later, armed with three different weapons, Larsen was the first man to take his post on the perimeter established to provide security for the medical evacuation helicopter. By his extremely courageous one-man assault in the face of direct enemy fire, Larsen was responsible for saving the lives of three fellow servicemen, and for protecting his shipmates as they administered aid to the wounded. His valiant and inspiring efforts reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service.
Charlie Vance of Portland, Ore., was there that August night, and earned a Bronze Star.
"I brought out ammo and helped bring the wounded back," said Vance, a former petty officer.
He said Larsen was an unlikely candidate for heroics, but he rose to the occasion.
"He was just a quiet old farm boy and he took in an M-60, and he was the first one off the boat," Vance said of Larsen. "He actually saved lives."


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HP announced it's recommitting itself to the tablet game following the troubled HP Touchpad saga—its new Slate 7 tablet is a 7-inch tablet running Android 4.1 that will go on sale for $169 in April of this year. HP hopes printing will be one of the tablet's key differentiating factors, and the tablet should be able to print from most apps both by using native drivers and through HP's ePrint technology.
The tablet's stainless steel construction looks solid, though for this price you shouldn't expect top-of-the-line specs: its display is only 1024×600, and it supports only 2.4GHz 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1. Included in the tablet are 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, a front-facing VGA webcam, and a rear-facing 3.0 megapixel camera. It's all packed into a 13.05 ounce, 10.7mm thick package that HP estimates will last for five hours of video playback. HP wouldn't say exactly what SoC is powering the Slate 7, but a 1.6GHz dual-core Cortex-A9-based chip only leaves us with a few real possibilities—it's likely to be some variant of the Texas Instruments OMAP 4 that also powers the Kindle Fire lineup.
The tablet looks reasonably attractive for the price, but it should be noted that the Nexus 7 still beats it in a few important metrics (albeit at a cost of $30 more). The Nexus 7 features a quad-core Tegra 3 SoC (though at a slightly lower clock speed), a higher-resolution display, more internal storage, and stock Android 4.2. While the Slate 7 offers a microSD card slot and a rear-facing camera, the rest of its specs compare more favorably to the $159 Kindle Fire than to Asus' and Google's tablet.
You may also notice this tablet isn't quite the same as the one outed by ReadWrite earlier this month—if that hypothetical Tegra 4-equipped tablet exists, it will likely be larger, more powerful, and more expensive. While HP couldn't tell me anything more about future tablets when I spoke with them, they did note they were planning several more product launches on both the Android and Windows sides of the fence throughout 2013.
The smartphone market is something else again—while both CEO Meg Whitman and the HP representatives we spoke to reaffirmed that HP was looking to re-enter the smartphone market, we were told it wouldn't be happening this year. Expect more news about HP smartphones, but don't expect to see any of them before 2014.
HP has told us the tablet will be at Mobile World Congress this week. We'll report back with hands-on impressions if we can get near it.


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Sorvino fights 'modern-day slavery'
Actress Mira Sorvino on Thursday called upon a crowd of 200 state legislators to take the lead in battling human trafficking, telling them they were on the front lines of the fight against "modern-day slavery" and repeatedly singling out Wyoming as the only state in the country that has failed to tackle the issue.
"Of all the groups that I have the honor to address, yours is the one that I believe can make the most day-to-day, on-the-ground difference in the eradication of modern-day slavery in this country," Sorvino said at the National Conference of State Legislatures' annual fall forum at the Washington Hilton.
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Sorvino easily rattled off statistics about the extent of the problem, highlighting states with successful laws, and she called out Wyoming — the only state that has failed to criminalize human trafficking.
"Wyoming, take note of this," Sorvino jabbed during her speech.
State legislatures have taken a growing role in combating human trafficking, passing more than 150 laws in the past two years. Earlier Thursday, more than a dozen state legislators met with administration staffers at the White House to address the issue. There are an estimated 2.1 million victims of human trafficking — which includes teenage girls recruited and forced into prostitution to laborers forced across international borders to work for free — in the developed world, according to the International Labour Organization.
Wyoming officials have said federal laws are enough to stop the crime in the Equality State. Sorvino acknowledged their explanation in her speech.
"The federal penalties are extremely harsh for that type of awful behavior," Wyoming Attorney General Greg Phillips told the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle in August. "Because we have so much cooperation among local, state and federal officials, we have as good as a system as any other state."
Sorvino, a U.N. goodwill ambassador against trafficking who played an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in a 2005 Lifetime miniseries about the crime, invoked the upcoming 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation as a reason to eliminate trafficking.
"Our response as a nation must not vacillate in the face of this growing and repugnant crime that goes against every principle our great nation was founded on," she said. "On the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, we must adopt a uniform, zero-tolerance policy toward modern-day slavery."
Sorvino also noted that 25 states don't have laws dedicated to providing services for victims. "To have the law-and-order side of the legislation but not the victim-services side makes no sense," she said. "And it strands those [victims], giving them no safe way to recover or even to cooperate with law enforcement."
And Sorvino called for legislators to broaden their focus beyond the frequently invoked image of young girls being trafficked for sex, reminding them that many men (and women) are trafficked to be put at work.
"Please do not neglect the labor trafficking victims simply due to the overtly horrible nature of child sex trafficking," she said. "Nor should we prioritize women and girls over men and boys."
Sorvino won an Oscar for her role in "Mighty Aphrodite" in 1996, and starred in "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" and "Mimic."


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When Mayor Michael Bloomberg argues that the city should build a new stadium for the Jets football team, he often points to other cities like Atlanta or St. Louis. These cities already have domed stadiums like the one Bloomberg wants to build and have played host to the Super Bowl, the 1996 Olympics, monster truck rallies, and even a visit from the Pope.
"New Yorkers will be the big winners if this project becomes reality," the mayor said.
But Mayor Bloomberg does not mention that these stadiums have not turned out to be as great a deal as officials initially predicted.
In Atlanta, an expanded center was met with a drop in attendance. In St. Louis, surrounding hotels are still empty. And he never mentions the Seattle King Dome - once the largest dome in the world - which suffered an even worse fate. In 2000, the aging structure was blown up even though the county still owed $125 million on it.
Closer to home, officials in New Jersey recently agreed to a new $750 million stadium for the New York Giants football team, even though the state will have to pay $30 million for surrounding roads and will still owe $124 million in debt on the old stadium. In Newark, the housing authority diverted $3.9 million in federal funds meant for low-income residents to a new arena designed to keep the Nets basketball team from moving to Brooklyn.
In the last 25 years, the nation has experienced a stadium and arena boom.
More than 50 stadiums or arenas have been built in the U.S. and Canada since 1990. And 12 baseball stadiums, nine football stadiums, and eight basketball arenas are being promised for the future, according to League of Fans, which was founded by Ralph Nader.
In New York City, six sports teams - the Jets, the Yankees, the Mets, the Knicks, the Rangers, and the (recently purchased) Brooklyn Nets - all want expensive new places to play.
While fans may argue that teams play a significant role in the life of a city, most economists agree that stadiums and arenas are bad public investments.
"By having a sports team or a new stadium or arena, you don't increase the level of per capita income, and you don't increase the level of employment," said Andrew Zimbalist, a professor of sports and economics. "There's no direct economic development of communities."
Some critics, such as those who run Web sites like www.fieldofschemes.com, see all of these sports complexes as boondoggles.
They point toward examples like PNC Park, a $262 million baseball stadium for the Pittsburgh Pirates, which was built mostly with taxpayer money, even after voters rejected it.
"I fundamentally don't believe that the public ought to be investing in ballparks," Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy said at a recent forum (read the full transcript). "That said, we have built a new football stadium, a new baseball park and a convention center, and we spent $1 billion. That's reality; that's the marketplace."
But others argue there is a good way to build stadiums.
SBC Park, a baseball stadium in San Francisco, for example, was paid for almost entirely by the Giants. It is hailed as the first privately funded ballpark for Major League Baseball since Dodgers Stadium was built in 1962.
Not all stadiums are equal.
Football stadiums seat 75,000 people and if they have a roof can be used for other large indoor events as well. These facilities cost the most. (Click hereto see how the West Side stadium compares to other similar domes.)
Baseball stadiums are smaller, seating 35,000 to 50,000 people, and in addition to games can only be used for open-air events. (Click hereto see how the proposed Yankee stadium compares to other ballparks.)
Indoor arenas are used for basketball and hockey, seat around 20,000 people, and cost the least. (Click hereto see how the proposed Brooklyn Nets arena compares to other arenas.)
But when comparing New York's proposed stadiums and arenas to others across the country, some things are clear:
- New York's sports venues would be by far the most expensive ever built
- They depend on large subsidies by the taxpaying public
- The city may be repeating mistakes that have been made elsewhere in the country.
See how New York's stadiums and arenas match up (click below to get to the three grids):
* The proposed West Side stadium, and existing domed football stadiums.
* The proposed Yankee stadium, and existing ballparks.
* The proposed Brooklyn Nets arena, and existing arenas.
* The mayors of Pittsburgh, Kansas City and San Francisco explain how they built their stadiums.
Related Articles:
* New York Sports Economy
* Stadium Fever
* The 2012 Olympics and New York
* The West Side Stadium
* Bringing the Jets Home Dreaming of a Jets Stadium in Queens
Related Links:
* NewYorkGames.org
* New York Association of Better Choices
* Hell's Kitchen Online
* No Land Grab - Anti-Nets Arena Web Site
* Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn
* Field of Schemes
* League of Fans
* Ball Parks
* Stadiums of NFL


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For most of the six-plus years that this site has been in existence, the flagship of Toshiba America Information Systems (TAIS) business communications product line has been the Strata CIX, a hybrid system that supports both IP and digital TDM endpoints.
Earlier this summer, the company announced IPedge, an entirely new communications server family that supports IP endpoints exclusively, uses SIP signaling, and terminates SIP trunks directly without the need for additional gateways.
The "pure" IPedge family, as announced in June 2011 consisted of two models designed to serve customers with different size workforces: the EM, which supports a maximum of 1,000 seats and the EC, which supports a maximum of 200.
This week TAIS announced the launch of the IPedge EP, a communications server that supports a maximum of 40 seats—and that completes the original product line concept.
IPedge units can be freely mixed and matched with one another—and with Strata CIX systems—in multi-location or other large deployments.
The entire IPedge line comes with an impressive amount of communications functionality pre-installed—including some extra-cost options that can be activated with additional license keys.
Still, the basic feature set is broad, including basic IP PBX functionality, the Enterprise Manager, a centralized administration suite, Call Manager, which provides PC-based call management, presence, IM, and CRM integration with SalesForce.com, Act, and Microsoft Outlook.
Also included are unified messaging and local on-site mobility via the enterprise Wi-Fi network (for Toshiba's Wi-Fi phones and/or other mobile devices running the Toshiba SoftIPT softphone).
The optional wide-area mobility or "fixed/mobile convergence," via the uMobility application from partner company Varaha, lets your smartphone function as an extension of the PBX, allowing you to stay in touch while on the go.
The IPedge Meeting application is another option. It provides dial-in audio conferencing and Web collaboration, embracing Outlook calendar integration, desktop sharing, and conference recording.
Toshiba's automatic call distribution (ACD), available as an option (that runs on a different server), with or without the rest of the Toshiba Contact Center Suite, routes incoming calls to the appropriate agent or staff person, based on skills or other criteria, provides queuing, and other contact center features.
The feature known as survivability—the ability of the system to continue to receive and place calls despite the failure of the PBX—is built into the IPedge family, in a sense. That is, in a network in which two or more IPedge boxes are deployed, each can serve as backup for the other or others. Calls are simply re-routed through a fully functioning PBX.
With the IPedge EP, however, deployed by itself in the network of a smaller company, which would likely be a pretty common scenario, that inherent survivability would be absent.
There is a work-around though, according to product marketing manager Jon Nelson: local redundancy or deploying two IPedge EP units on the same network. This would certainly drive up the cost of deployment, but doubtless for some companies the extra cost would be justified.
As with the other IPedge models, licensing is for the actual number of seats used, not for the full capacity of the system.
All three IPedge models are available now through the authorized Toshiba dealer network, nationwide.


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Who's the Bigger Bonehead, Manti Te'o or Lance Armstrong? — Sports Survey of the Day
Just when you thought the week was going to be all about Lance Armstrong's big interview with Oprah, Manti Te'o had to go and steal the spotlight with the whole fake-girlfriend thing.
It has been long suspected that Lance Armstrong had been using performance-enhancing drugs. This week he finally came clean about the whole thing, but only after losing pretty much everything.
Manti Te'o was one of college football's most inspiring stories in years. Turns out that while he's a great football player, he's an even better storyteller. His formerly dead girlfriend never even existed. The story of her death from leukemia was all a hoax, and the entire country fell for it.


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It rained and rained I mean it really rained. We went weeks without one drop of rain and in one week we more than made up for it. I had a river here, you all know the one I am talking about, it had maybe two to three feet in it, after the snow melt then no precipitation. I was not complaining but the fire marshals were. I have used that time wisely getting more of the home painted and yard ready to sit back and enjoy this summer.
Mowed for the 2nd time. It smells so heavenly here after it is mowed, not sure of all the different kinds of grasses that are in the lower yard. There are all kinds of Violets, white and purple, Buttercups(do not know the real names)clover lots of clover and grasses are all mixed in, down here along the river. There is always frogs and snakes Chilin here as well as snapping turtles and sun turtles. I heard our Raccoon chattering along the stream as well. I had not one but two Red Tailed Hawks here yesterday afternoon, which meant most of my backyard birds spent some time hiding. I wonder if they were in their flight drying their beautiful feathers and enjoying the gorgeous day as were the three of us. We did not do a BBQ's and saw no one it was such a very nice day in the yard after all the rain. I did a weeks worth of Laundry and hung them all on the line to dry in the sun and breeze they were done in no time and folded and put away.
Looks different from all the snowy ones you have seen. Spring and fall are my favorite times to be here in New Hampshire.
Soon I will have roses in full bloom all over this yard, with smells that are just as pretty as the Lilacs, which have been gorgeous but are now fading.
Doing something different above with a shot of a spent Dandelion seed head just learning to play again.
It has been so nice to get back in touch with you and more and more will be added as I find you trust me I am looking !
Have a beautiful week in your yards.


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Companies should own every single bit of water on the planet, according to Nestle's former CEO and now-Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. His position, shared by many others in his ranks, is one of profits over people and corporate rights over human rights. They advocate a sort of survival-of-the-richest, where only those with money should have access to "privileges" like water.
Making rounds several years after its creation, a video depicting Brabeck-Letmathe suggests that while 1.5% of the world's water is for human usage, the other 98.5% "is not a human right". He states that it's this majority of water that should be "valued" through privatization. In other words, because the water is being treated as a human right (when in his mind it isn't), it is being taken for granted. In order to ensure it's used in an efficient manner, he suggests private corporations have access to owning it.
As if this isn't frightening enough, Brabeck-Letmathe equates his position to that of Monsanto (another vile corporation who puts profits above people).
Nestle's position on owning water is not new. A few years ago they began buying up property and water rights in Colorado to turn the world's greatest natural resource into a bottled commodity.
The Arkansas River Basin in Chaffee County, Colorado was ground zero for millions in land acquisitions. Private landowners sold their plots for as much as $1.1 million for 1.4 acres, according to a news report from the Colorado Independent at the time.
Nestle paid Frank McMurry $860,000 for 111 acres in Big Horn Springs. Though Nestle didn't end up using the property, this was only a fraction of their purchases. They bought 1.4 acres from Steve Hanswn for $1,120,000 in order to build a loading station for its trucks to load up with bottled water. Another deal proved lucrative for Harold and Mary Hagen, who sold their 11 acres (including a spring which Nestle is no doubt presently bottling) for $2,850,000.
You would think local towns that depend on these resources would stand up to the corporate giant. Well, some of them do. But most have a price.
Colorado Independent reports:
"In Colorado, where water supplies fluctuate wildly with the seasons, water-use permits like the one Nestle secured force holders to include a plan on how they will replace the water they will extract. In this case, Nestle failed to convince the Upper Arkansas Water Conservancy District to lease the company water and so it turned to the city of Aurora, 100 miles away.
Aurora took up the deal, agreeing to lease the company 65 million gallons of water per year for 10 years, with an optional 10-year renewal. The first year payment is $160,000. The price will rise 5 percent a year. Aurora can cut the deal off in any year that it needs the water for its own purposes."
Brabeck-Letmathe and his cohorts at Nestle may deny their intentions to privatize water around the world, but their actions speak louder than words. Drinkable water is being bought and sold as if we don't all depend on it, as if it belongs to corporations rather than to humanity. The bottling of water is the greatest "sale" to ever take place and many people have lined up (and continue to line up) to keep companies like Nestle in the money.
In a world where even water can be a corporate commodity, one has to wonder if and when a line will be drawn. Perhaps it will take the privatization of air before the people wake up.


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Google Music All Access, the company's streaming music service, will come to Apple iOS sometime this summer, according to a Google executive.
Speaking at the D11 conference, Android and Chrome chief Sundar Pichai said All Access is due for iOS in "a couple weeks."
A Google representative confirmed that, but hedged on the timeline, saying only, "Google Play All Access is coming to iOS this summer."
"[T]he teams are working like crazy to do it," said Pichai.
The service launched a few weeks ago at Google I/O 2013, the company's annual developer's conference. All Access costs $10 per month with a 30-day free trial, though people who sign up before June 30 will pay a reduced introductory rate of $8.
Currently, All Access is available only in the U.S. Google has said it expects to expand the service to more countries in the near future.