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Vaporized Cannabis for Chronic Pain Associated With Sickle Cell Disease (Cannabis-SCD)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01771731
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 18, 2013
Last Update Posted : May 2, 2018
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Our primary objective is to assess whether inhaling vaporized cannabis ameliorates chronic pain in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). As these patients will all be on chronic opioid analgesics, the investigators will also assess the possible synergistic affect between inhaled cannabis and opioids. The investigators will also assess the clinical safety of the concomitant use of cannabinoids and these opioids in patients with SCD by monitoring the short-term side effects associated with combined therapy. Finally, the investigators will evaluate the short-term effects of inhaled cannabis on markers of inflammation and disease progression in patients with SCD.
Hypotheses are as follows:
- Inhaled cannabis will significantly reduce chronic pain in patients with SCD.
- Inhaled cannabis will significantly alter the short-term side effects experienced by patients who take opioids for SCD.
- Inhaled cannabis will significantly alter markers of inflammation and disease progression in patients with SCD compared to placebo.
|Condition or disease
|Sickle Cell Disease
|Drug: Cannabis
|Phase 1 Phase 2
This is a proof-of-principle investigation of the safety and potential effectiveness of inhaled vaporized cannabis when added to a stable analgesic regimen in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients with chronic pain. The study will be comprised of two 5-day intervention periods in the inpatient setting (the Clinical Research Center at SFGH), with completion of a 5-day daily pain diary prior to admission to establish an outpatient baseline. Participants will be randomly assigned, in double-blind fashion, to treatment with (A) vaporized cannabis with an approximately 1:1 ration of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol:cannabidiol or (B) vaporized placebo. Those who receive treatment A during the first admission will receive treatment B in the second, and those who receive treatment B during the first admission will receive treatment A in the second. The two admissions will be spaced at least 14 days apart.
On Day 1 of each admission, subjects will provide blood samples for baseline markers of inflammation and SCD disease progression. They will undergo assessments of pain, mood, and quality of life. At 12 pm on Day 1, they will inhale vaporized study agent (equivalent to 1 cannabis/placebo cigarette) using the Volcano® vaporizer; on Days 2-4 they will inhale study agent at 8 am, 2 pm, and 8 pm, and they will inhale their final dose on Day 5 at 8 am. Subjects will continue their pre-study analgesic regimen while in the study. If additional analgesia is required, supplemental therapy will be administered and the dose recorded. Pain measurements by visual analogue scale will be obtained every 2 hours while subjects are awake. On Day 5 a second set of blood samples for inflammation markers and disease progression will be obtained, and subjects will again complete pain, mood, and quality of life assessments.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|34 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Cannabinoid-Based Therapy and Approaches to Quantify Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
|Study Start Date :
|August 2014
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 12, 2017
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 19, 2017
Experimental: Cannabis
Contents of 1 cannabis cigarette (4.7% THC/5.1% CBD) will be vaporized and inhaled at 12pm on Day 1; 8am, 2pm and 8pm on Days 2-4; and 8am on Day 5.
Drug: Cannabis
Other Name: marijuana
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Contents of 1 placebo cigarette (0% THC/0% CBD) will be vaporized and inhaled at 12pm on Day 1; 8am, 2pm and 8pm on Days 2-4; and 8am on Day 5.
Drug: Cannabis
Other Name: marijuana
- pain level [ Time Frame: Days 1 and 5 of two 5-day study periods ]Subjects will complete a 5-day pain diary prior to admission to the Clinical Research Center (CRC) to establish a baseline of pain. They will then be assigned to inhale either vaporized cannabis of mixed THC/CBD content (4.7% THC/5.1% CBD) or placebo cannabis (0% THC/0% CBD). Participants and personnel will be blinded as to assignment. Pain will be evaluated during the 5-day inpatient exposure. Participants will be asked to participate in two such 5-day sessions separated by at least a 2-week washout so that each will be exposed to the two experimental conditions.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Sickle cell disease, including sickle cell anemia (SS), sickle-hemoglobin C disease (SC), and sickle beta thalassemia disease (Sb).
- Ongoing opioid analgesic therapy for chronic sickle cell disease-associated pain.
- Subjects must be on a stable dose of analgesic medication (opioid or other) for at least 2 weeks before enrollment.
- All men and women in this study must agree to use adequate birth control during this study. Acceptable barrier birth control methods are a male condom, female condom, diaphragm, or intra-uterine (IUD).
- All women of reproductive potential (who have not reached menopause or undergone hysterectomy, oophorectomy, or tubal ligation) must have a negative urine b-HCG pregnancy test performed before initiating the protocol-specified medication.
- Prior history of use of cannabis. Subjects must have smoked cannabis on at least 6 occasions in their lifetime prior to enrollment.
- Subjects will self-report abstaining from smoking or ingesting cannabis for one week prior to their enrollment into the study.
- Able to understand and follow the instructions of the investigator, including completing the pain intensity rating scales.
- Karnofsky Performance Scale >60.
- Able and willing to provide informed consent.
- Able and willing to spend two separate periods of 5 days and 4 nights in the Clinical Research Center at SFGH.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe coronary artery disease, uncontrolled hypertension, cardiac ventricular conduction abnormalities, orthostatic mean blood pressure drop greater than 24 mmHg, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Evidence of clinically significant hepatic or renal dysfunction based on judgment of physician.
- Positive serum THC level on Day 1 of study.
- Active substance abuse (e.g., alcohol or injection drugs) as determined by urine toxicity screening.
- Neurologic dysfunction or psychiatric disorder severe enough to interfere with assessment of pain or sensory systems.
- Current use of smoked tobacco products.
- Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding may not take part in this study.
- Unable to read or speak English.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01771731
|United States, California
|San Francisco General Hospital
|San Francisco, California, United States, 94110
|Principal Investigator:
|Donald I Abrams, MD
|University of California, San Francisco
|Responsible Party:
|University of California, San Francisco
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
6610 ( Other Identifier: UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute )
|First Posted:
|January 18, 2013 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 2, 2018
|Last Verified:
|April 2018
Anemia, Sickle Cell
Anemia, Hemolytic, Congenital
Anemia, Hemolytic
Hematologic Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn


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The Petrographie collection consist of 3 dressed OOAK dolls: Aimant, Grès and Craie. More photos at the flickr set.
Grès is the second doll in the Petrographie collection and features the African Nnaji sculpt. Her face is hand painted with light hazel green eyes, shimmering gold eye shadow and her parted lips have ombre effect with gold and grey. Her nail polish is a French manicure in gold with grey tips. The long applied lashes have golden tips.
Her 20's inspired outfit consists of a under bust brocade corset dress with ruched silk hem, golden netting choker top with asymmetrical ruching, gold and grey Art Nouveau serpent sculpt heels, and a hand-beaded skull cap with lavender glass beads. All items are hand made by em'lia.
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Cauda equina syndrome is a serious condition in which the bundle
of nerve roots at the end of the spinal cord (cauda equina) is squeezed. Cauda
equina syndrome may be associated with bowel and bladder problems as well as
tingling or a loss of sensation and feeling to the lower pelvic (perineal) area
and the legs; these symptoms require immediate medical attention and probable
Cauda equina syndrome is sometimes caused by a herniated disc that
breaks open (ruptures) into the center of the spinal canal and produces a
fragment large enough to compress the entire cauda equina. Other problems with
the bones of the spine may also cause pressure on this nerve area, which
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Mr. Know it all
If you thought time travel was restricted to the movies, you'd be wrong. This way to the Middle Ages!
chivalry in sweden
Visors down, lances set, spurs in – off they ride toward each other at a furious pace. Starting July 6, medieval jousting competitions will be taking place on the Swedish island of Gotland. The highlight of the season is Meval Week (August 5-12) in Visby, the island's capital.
GuÉdelon castle in France
A real castle is being built 150 kilometers south of Paris, using only the tools, materials and methods known in medieval times.Visitors are welcome to visit the construction site and even lend a hand!
A festival in GERMANY
"Mittelalterlich Phantasie Spectaculum" is the world's biggest medieval festival and it's touring Germany this year. Many show people don't just put on an act for the tourists but spend the whole summer playing the role of minstrel, knight, juggler or sutler.


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seconded - Do ITVenomous_Bear wrote:tampateri wrote:So jealous.Venomous_Bear wrote:I know I told you before, but love this!!
Stage 1 is today! Very excited!!!!!!!
Thinking about getting a lyric right below the Japanese waves on my back...
If you're lost at sea, close your eyes and catch the tide my dear and only think of me
Doooo it!!!
and then post a pic, obvioulsy
Wow - love this, looking forward to seeing the completed versionVenomous_Bear wrote:Ok. So this is stage 1. It is REALLY hard to take a picture of one's back. It's not crooked, haha, it just looks that way because I'm sitting in a sink.
My new sarcastic motto: for a good time, tattoo your spine!
More like: if you would like to feel real pain, tattoo words on your vertebrae.
It's all of "the Road", with a 3D, cracked and weathered map of the world. Then FTHC is in the corner (and Frank, even if you're like "don't do that, it pledges allegiance to me instead of my work", meh. It wouldn't feel right to put your words on there and not give you credit, and even if I disagree with you sometimes...just makes things interesting)
Stage 2 is shading of the continents, and the addition of a wicked sweet compass to balance out the FTHC.
I'm gunna go rest. Jet lagged, tattooed, hungry and I didn't cross the dateline, so only 5 hours ahead. Don't worry, Darlene, I'm being verrrrrry careful


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Speed Dating Event for Veg Singles
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720 Brazos St
Austin, TX 78701 United States
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This is for all those Christian Soldiers that our Commander and Chief, Jesus Christ, left behind to do His work until he returns to take us home and make this world like heaven. He said that He will never leave us or forsake us. He told His disciples and us that He would send the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) to give us power to do whatever He commanded us to do. Whatever our situation is, in this life, whether good or bad our Commander and Chief by the power of the Holy Spirit is right there with us guaranteeing our success. Remember, when the pressure of life comes crashing down upon us our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ said that we are more than conquerors in Him. I have to go because our Commander and Chief is calling me, but remember, Onward Christian Soldier!!!
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Anthony Bennett scored 23 points and UNLV defeated Air Force 72-56 in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Conference on Wednesday.
The third-seeded Rebels (24-8) will play Colorado State in Friday's semifinals. The second-seeded Rams beat Fresno State 67-61.
UNLV shot 51 percent, with Bennett making 10 of his 14 shots. He also grabbed seven rebounds.
Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 12 points and Anthony Marshall scored 11 for UNLV. Mike Moser had nine points and 10 rebounds.
Air Force's Michael Lyons, the Mountain West's leading scorer, was carried off the floor with an apparent knee injury with 18:24 left in the first half and did not return. The Falcons had trouble scoring without Lyons, not reaching double figures until Kyle Green's 3-pointer cut UNLV's lead to 21-10 with 7 minutes left in the first half.
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North Myrtle Beach
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The North Myrtle Beach Freedom Boat Club has easy access to the International Waterway making our location ideal for both the experienced or inexperienced boater. As part of the North Myrtle Beach Freedom Boat Club we offer educational classes for boating as well as a mandatory boating safety class for all club members. At Freedom Boat Club we want to make sure that your boating experienced is stress free and maintenance free as possible. That's why we are continually growing our club with new members every day. We believe in strong customer service as well as a friendly atmosphere where our members can access a boat of their choice and enjoy more time on the water. That's what boating is all about and joining Freedom Boat Club is your first step in making the right decision for you and your family when it comes to investing in boating.
In 1968, four charming beach towns joined to form quiet, family-friendly, North Myrtle Beach. The warm sunny weather and brilliant sunsets have attracted visitors to this nine-mile stretch of beautiful Atlantic coastline ever since.
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Blind XPath Injection
- This is an Attack. To view all attacks, please see the Attack Category page.
Last revision (mm/dd/yy): 05/31/2013
XPath is a type of query language that describes how to locate specific elements (including attributes, processing instructions, etc.) in an XML document. Since it is a query language, XPath is somewhat similar to Structured Query Language (SQL), however, XPath is different in that it can be used to reference almost any part of an XML document without access control restrictions. In SQL, a "user" (which is a term undefined in the XPath/XML context) may be restricted to certain databases, tables, columns, or queries. Using an XPATH Injection attack, an attacker is able to modify the XPATH query to perform an action of his choosing.
Blind XPath Injection attacks can be used to extract data from an application that embeds user supplied data in an unsafe way. When input is not properly sanitized, an attacker can supply valid XPath code that is executed. This type of attack is used in situations where the attacker has no knowledge about the structure of the XML document, or perhaps error message are suppressed, and is only able to pull once piece of information at a time by asking true/false questions(booleanized queries), much like Blind SQL Injection.
For more information, please see the article on regular XPATH Injection.
Risk Factors
The attacker may mount a successful attack using two methods: Boolenization and XML Crawling. By adding to the XPath syntax, the attacker uses additional expressions (replacing what the attacker entered in the place of the injection).
Using the "Boolenization" method the attacker may find out if the given XPath expression is True or False. Let's assume that the aim of the attacker is to log in to an account in a web application. A Successful log in would return "True" and failed log in attempt would return "False". Only a small portion of the information is targeted via the analyzed character or number. When the attacker focuses on a string he may reveal it in its entirety by checking every single character within the class/range of characters this string belongs to.
Using a string-length(S) function, where S is a string, the attacker may find out the length of this string. With the appropriate number of substring(S,N,1) function iterations, where S is a previously mentioned string, N is a start character, and "1" is a next character counting from N character, the attacker is able to enumerate the whole string.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <data> <user> <login>admin</login> <password>test</password> <realname>SuperUser</realname> </user> <user> <login>rezos</login> <password>rezos123</password> <realname>Simple User</realname> </user> </data>
- string.stringlength(//user[position()=1]/child::node()[position()=2]) returns the length of the second string of the first user (8),
- substring((//user[position()=1]/child::node()[position()=2),1,1) returns the first character of this user ('r').
XML Crawling
To get to know the XML document structure the attacker may use:
- count(expression)
This will return the number of nodes (in this case 2).
- stringlength(string)
Using this query the attacker will find out if the second string (password) of the first node (user 'admin') consists of 6 characters.
- substring(string, number, number)
This query will confirm (True) or deny (False) that the first character of the user ('admin') password is an "a" character.
If the log in form would look like this:
String FindUser; FindUser = "//user[login/text()='" + Request("Username") + "' And password/text()='" + Request("Password") + "']";
then the attacker should inject the following code:
Username: ' or substring((//user[position()=1]/child::node()[position()=2]),1,1)="a" or ''='
The XPath syntax may remind you of common SQL Injection attacks but the attacker must consider that this language disallows commenting out the rest of expresssion. To omit this limitation the attacker should use OR expressions to void all expressions, which may disrupt the attack.
Because of Boolenization the number of queries, even within a small XML document, may be very high (thousands, houndred of thousands and more). That is why this attack is not conducted manually. Knowing a few basic XPath functions, the attacker is able to write an application in a short time which will rebuild the structure of the document and will fill it with data by itself.
Related Threat Agents
Related Attacks
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- http://dl.packetstormsecurity.net/papers/bypass/Blind_XPath_Injection_20040518.pdf - by Amit Klein (much more detailes, in my opinion the best source about Blind XPath Injection).
- http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-xpathinjection/index.html
- http://projects.webappsec.org/w/page/13247005/XPath%20Injection


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The Kansas City Art Institute is pleased to announce the spring 2012 lineup of artists, designers and scholars who will speak as part of the college's "Current Perspectives" lecture series.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are free and will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursdays in Epperson Auditorium in Vanderslice Hall, 4415 Warwick Blvd. in Kansas City, Mo.
Art Practical is a new and ambitious platform for chronicling contemporary art and visual culture in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their appearance at KCAI is a partnership between KCAI and the Rocket Grants program, which is a collaboration between the Charlotte Street Foundation and the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Participating in the program will be Patricia Maloney, director of Art Practical; Victoria Gannon, senior editor for Art Practical; and Christian L. Frock, an independent curator and writer. They invite artists, arts professionals and art students to join them in a lively public discussion about the unique ways our community invites artists and audiences to consider public spaces as sites for individual actions, as well as where we find points of commonality with issues and practices across the country and around the world. http://www.artpractical.com/
The following members of the KCAI faculty will discuss projects associated with recent grants: Milton Katz, Ph.D., professor of American studies, art, literature and film of the Holocaust and peace and conflict resolution; Michele Fricke, professor and program head of art history; George Timock, professor of ceramics; Special Assistant Professor Cyan Meeks, who is a video artist, independent filmmaker, community organizer, curator and published media theorist; and Phyllis Moore, Ph.D., director of the School of Liberal Arts, program head of KCAI's creative writing program and coordinator (with Dr. Reed Anderson) of the college's Paris Study Abroad Program, and Tracy Krumm, assistant professor of fiber, who specializes in textile structures and material studies.
David B. Levy is a director, writer and animator who balances industry work with independent projects. He has directed animated TV series and pilots for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Scholastic, Disney, Sesame Workshop, National Geographic and the Fox Broadcasting Company. As a writer, Levy has been engaged by major companies such as Garan Inc., Kidville and Classic Media to create animated projects based on existing properties and by Disney, which optioned one of his original creations. As an author, Levy has penned the three essential books on the animation business: "Your Career in Animation," "Animation Development" and "Directing Animation." He is the co-author of the upcoming "Independently Animated: Bill Plympton" (2011), published by Rizzoli Press. "Grandpa Looked Like William Powell" is his sixth indie animated short film.
Clifford Owens is a key figure in contemporary performance art. His current project, "Clifford Owens: Anthology," at MoMA PS1, includes photography, video, performance scores and live performances of works he solicited from a multi-generational group of African-American artists. Born and raised in Baltimore, he now lives and works in Queens in New York. He holds a B.F.A. degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an M.F.A. degree from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He also participated in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem and a Hanes Visiting Artist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Owens visit to KCAI is co-sponsored by the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Hong Chun Zhang was born in 1971, during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In 1994 she received a B.F.A. degree from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, and in 1996 she came to the United States with her twin sister. After completing an M.F.A. degree in 2004 at the University of California-Davis, she moved to Lawrence, Kan. Her graduate and post-graduate work has been recognized with a Skowhegan Artist Residency scholarship (2003), a Dedalus Foundation M.F.A. Fellowship (2004) and a Pollock Krasner Foundation grant (2006). Her work is in many public and private collections, and she has exhibited work internationally in venues as diverse as the Smithsonian national Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the third Chengdu Biennale in China. "Hay Wire," a solo exhibition on view through March 8 at the Lawrence Arts Center in Kansas, was inspired by her life experiences in rural Kansas and in urban China. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings and installation work. Zhang's visit to KCAI is co-sponsored by the college's Asian Studies certificate program.
Ken Barber is a letterer, type designer and type director at House Industries, a design studio and type foundry. He is also a partner of Photo-Lettering Inc., a web-based lettering service. He is particularly interested in the role that hand-lettering and typography play in contemporary graphic design. His work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and has been honored numerous times by the New York Type Directors Club. In the 2008 Schrift in Form exhibition at the Klingspor Museum, Barber was among 40 artists recognized for making notable contributions to typeface design. In addition to teaching at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the University of Delaware, Barber regularly lectures internationally on the subjects of lettering and typography. He also manages typeandlettering.com, an online resource for students and those who attend his frequent workshops. Barber's visit to KCAI is co-sponsored by the college's graphic design department and Hallmark.
Stefanie Snider, assistant professor at the School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, has exhibited widely. Her "Works on Paper 2" appeared in 2011 at the Danese Gallery in New York, and in 2010 she had solo exhibitions in Berlin and Cologne in Germany. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2009-10 and was a Fellow at MacDowell Colony in 2009. In 2005 she was an associate artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts. She was a Berlin Prize Fellow/Emerging Artist Award at the American Academy in Berlin in 2000-01. She holds an M.F.A. degree from Yale University School of Art; studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; and earned a B.F.A. degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. Snider's visit to KCAI is co-sponsored by the college's painting department.
Dave Kehr is a veteran film critic who says he is doing his best "to transform the DVD column of The New York Times into a wide-ranging weekly essay on diverse aspects of film history." Born in Oklahoma and raised in a Chicago suburb, he describes himself as "a compulsive film viewer from a tender age." He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1975, and subsequently his film criticism has been published in the Chicago Reader, Chicago Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News and The New York times. His work has appeared in most of the major film magazines, from Entertainment Weekly to Les Cahiers du Cinéma, and he says he "takes pride in being published in both the most broadly based mainstream publications and the most specialized journals." He was a founding member of the National Film Preservation Board, a federal agency within the Library of Congress that is charged with the development of a national film preservation plan. He has one of the nation's largest collections of historical film posters, and his writings on the topic include the 2003 book "Italian Film Posters," published by the Museum of Modern Art, and "Art of the Modern Movie Poster," published in 2008 by Chronicle Books. His website, www.davekehr.com, was recently singled out by Film Comment as "a prime Web destination" and by Cineaste as "an exemplary model of productive cinema discussion and interaction. The University of Chicago Press published a collection of his work, "When Movies Mattered," in 2011. Kehr's visit to KCAI is co-sponsored by the college's School of Liberal Arts.
Born in Kenosha, Wis., in 1977, Kate Bingaman Burt has been making work about consumption since 2002 and teaching since 2004. In addition, she says she has been "drawing until my hand cramps since about 2006." Her first book, "Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?" was published in 2010 by Princeton Architectural Press. She now lives in Portland, Ore., where she is an assistant professor and program coordinator of graphic design at Portland State University. In addition to teaching, she says she also makes "piles of work" about consumerism: zines, pillows, dresses, drawings, paper chains and photos. From 2002 to 2004, she photographed everything she purchased. In 2004, she started drawing all of her credit card statements until they were paid off in 2010. In 2006, she started drawing, every day, something she had purchased that day, a practice that is ongoing. In addition to being an educator and illustrator, she is also a curator, author, speaker and workshop-giver. Her "Obsessive Consumption" work is represented by Jen Bekman in New York, and Burt has produced several editions with Bekman and 20x200. Bingaman's visit to KCAI is co-sponsored by the college's graphic design department.
Photo by Debora Smail, Reality Photography
Dean Daderko is the curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. His most recent exhibitions include "Directing Light onto Fist of Father," a solo exhibition of work and performance by the artist MPA, which he co-curated with Alhena Katsof for Leo Koenig Inc. in New York; "Centro de Investigaciones Artisticas" at Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which was organized in dialogue with the grantees of the Centro de Investigaciones Artisticas study program; and "50 Artists Photograph the Future" at Higher Pictures in New York. Daderko also has created exhibitions and programs for Art in General, Artists' Space, Visual AIDS and The Kitchen in New York, as well as for the Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius, Lithuania. His writing has appeared in publications for The Studio Museum in Harlem, El Museo del Barrio, The Americas' Society and Rutgers University. He was the Curator of the Americas In-Residence in 2010 at the Fonderie Darling in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and in 2008-09 he received a curatorial research fellowship from FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) to study the work of artist and foundational performer Gina Pane. He says that in his work he is "dedicated to establishing productive opportunities for dialogue between art, artists and audiences." Daderko's visit is sponsored by H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute as part of its 2012 Visiting Critic and Curator Program (VCCP).
An alumna of the Kansas City Art Institute, photographer Raïssa Venables was born in 1977 in New Paltz, N.Y. In addition to her B.F.A. degree from KCAI, she holds an M.F.A. degree in photography from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College and an M.P.S. degree in digital photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Venables has had numerous solo exhibitions at such art institutions as the Jersey City Museum and the Roswell Art Museum and in Kunstvereinen throughout Germany. Her work also has been part of many group exhibitions at museums including The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Emden Museum, the Marta Herford Museum and the Städel Museum. Venables has been an artist-in-residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Roswell Artist-In-Residence Program in New Mexico. In 2006, Hatje Cantz Publishers released a monograph titled "Raïssa Venables," and the British American Tobacco company of Germany sponsored an exhibition and catalog in 2010. She is represented by Gallery Wagner + Partner in Berlin and Galerie Rothamel in Frankfurt. Venables lives and works in Pleasantville, N.Y., and teaches photography at the School of Visual Arts. Venables is the Current Perspective's Fifth Annual Distinguished Alumnus Speaker sponsored by H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute in conjunction with the 2012 Annual BFA Exhibition.


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- 1 1/4 pounds ground turkey (not lean)
- 1/4 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 shallot, finely minced
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Olive oil, for greasing grill grates
- 12 slider rolls
- Romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces
- Tomato Jam, recipe follows
Preheat the grill to medium-high heat.
Mix the ground turkey, ricotta, mustard, shallot, basil, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Form into 12 small 1/2-inch thick patties.
Brush the grill grates with olive oil with a clean tea towel to keep the turkey from sticking. Grill the patties for 4 minutes, and then flip and continue to cook the other side for another 3 minutes. Place the rolls on the warmer rack to toast during the last 3 minutes of grilling.
To assemble burgers, place a patty between the buns and top with lettuce and Tomato Jam.
Cook's Note: Adding the ricotta cheese to the turkey burger mixture helps to keep it moist and flavorful without adding a lot of fat.
Tomato Jam:
- 1 pound plum tomatoes, cored and chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ancho chile powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
Add all the ingredients to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes have dissolved and what remains is a thick jam-like consistency, about 1 hour. Cool before serving. The jam can be stored in an airtight mason jar for up to 2 weeks in your refrigerator.
Cook's Note: This is a great recipe to double up on when tomatoes are at their ripest and best during the summer months.


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Mohegan Sun has just announced that tonight's Bon Jovi concert has been rescheduled to Friday, October 25, 2013. Governor Dannel Malloy has declared a state of emergency and issued a mandatory statewide travel ban for Connecticut.
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UH Manoa entomology graduate students recognizedUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Dept. of Plant and Environmental Sciences
HONOLULU— Entomology graduate students in the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have received national recognition in the following recent competitions:
The National Conference on Urban Entomology named master's student Margaret Gentz as the recipient of a $1,500 national scholarship. Gentz will use the scholarship to further her research on the mode of action of borate insecticides against termites.
At the 90th annual meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America (PBESA), Christopher Kishimoto and Ranit Kirschenbaum received awards during the 2006 student competition. Kishimoto received a first place award for his oral paper on the biology and control of the nettle caterpillar. Kirschenbaum received second place for her poster on the behavioral interactions among invasive ants in Hawaiʻi.
PBESA also selected a team of entomology students, Jesse Eiben, Will Haines, Maggie Gentz and Chris Kishimoto, as second place recipients in the Linnean Games tournament. The team competed with students from other universities in a game-show format to answer questions on all aspects of the field of entomology. Their second place finish ensures that they will compete at the national meeting in Indianapolis this coming December.
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are offered in the entomology program at UH Mānoa. Courses are offered in biological control of insect and weed pests, insect genetics, insect ecology, insect physiology, insecticide toxicology, insect transmission of plant pathogens, insect-microbe interactions, pest management, systematics, and urban entomology. For more information, visit http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/peps/.
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Every day there are moments that do not seem to lead directly into the next moment. It must be those isolated moments, laid end to end, in which Zeno's arrow tries to cross the sky.
Since Zeno's arrow exists only inside his paradox, it can never land, and since, in those isolated moments, we too begin to take on the immateriality of a logical demonstration, there is no use in further discussion of that arrow.
A silence falls over the room.
All this is happening in a dream, or perhaps as if in a dream.
This is not the loud logical silence of a glacier but the muffled baffling silence of a dream. In the dream there is a forest, and in the forest there are monkeys whose bodies give off light.
We'll never visit the forest.
It makes more sense at the moment to think of a white monkey slowly fading back over a period of many long years into and gradually being absorbed by the surface--linen, paper, copper, wood--on which it is painted.
Or, perhaps, to think of the final note in a piece of music. The ripples of sound ebb away and finally there is no hint of reverberation left anywhere, silence fills the room.
This is not the cold silence of a paradox but the warm silence of a terrarium kept continually alive and in motion as in a dream without the isolation of sleep. As this silence takes hold of us it appears we're meant to experience life on a dying planet by becoming aware of other life. But this will not be easy.
If a lion could talk, we would not understand him.
Whether or not the white monkey also has such dreams we shall never know.
Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata), Jigokudani hot spring, Nagano, Japan: photo by Yosemite, 2005
A pair of Japanese Macaques at Milwaukee Zoological Gardens: photo by Cburnett, 2006
Macaca fascicularis, Ngarai Sianok, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra: photo by Sakurai Midori, 23 November 2005
Lion cub with mother in the Serengeti (Tanzania): photo by David Dennis, 2007
Japanese Macaque sleeping: photo by Reggaeman, 2006


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SYKESVILLE, Md. (AP) — Community police officers and school administrators from across Maryland are learning to tackle the digital-age crimes of sexting and electronic dating violence.
Several dozen law-enforcement officials and educators are attending the seminar Wednesday in Sykesville. The program is run by the Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute.
Organizers say young people must learn that sending sexually explicit photographs of people under 18 can lead to federal child pornography charges. They say using a cell phone to intimidate a boyfriend or girlfriend may violate state laws against telephone misuse and harassment. The seminar also includes a discussion of sexual predators on the Internet.
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"Judging from reactions to remarks by the president and first lady during separate commencement speeches recently, I have to imagine that it'll be a bit of a bummer for Hispanics if a Latino is ever elected president," Esther J. Cepeda wrote for the Washington Post Writers Group.
"I don't particularly care for Barack Obama's politics, but I hate seeing him ripped for not being 'black enough,' not giving blacks enough favor or enough credit.
"In the days since Obama addressed Morehouse College graduates, he's become a Bill Cosby figure, labeled a finger-wagger for using his time in front of one of the largest gatherings of young, elite African-American males to restate his belief in the power of hard work and personal responsibility."
She added, "Yet I can easily see that if a Hispanic were to be elected president, similar attacks by Latinos on such seemingly self-evident expressions of character would further confuse a non-Hispanic population that's already mixed up about who Latinos are and what they believe in. . . ."
Jack White, the Root: Obama at Morehouse: Try Another Listen
James Hawkins, Ex-FAMU Dean, Dies at 64
James E. Hawkins, who retired last year as dean of School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University, died after a heart attack Monday in Macon, Ga. He was 64.
"He was traveling back from Atlanta this afternoon and decided to stop and have an early dinner with a former student in Macon, Georgia," Kim Godwin, senior producer at CBS News and former interim director of FAMU's Division of Journalism, posted on the school's site.
"We all know that is just one of the reasons we loved Doc. He kept in touch with all of us and made us feel special. He texted the former student at 3:18 to say he had arrived, but when he had not come inside the restaurant by 3:30, she went outside to look for him and found him unresponsive in his car. When EMT's arrived, he could not be revived and was pronounced dead at a local hospital."
The former dean's wife, Leon County, Fla., Judge Judith Hawkins, "asks that we give her at least a day to grieve with her close family and to make arrangements to get the Dean's body back to Tallahassee. Memorial service arrangements will be made shortly afterward. Judge Hawkins says she is thankful that he left this life doing what he loved to do and she's thanking God that he was not driving when it happened. She asks for your prayers and support. In lieu of flowers, she's asking all of us to give donations to the James E Hawkins Endowed Scholarship fund at FAMU. More information about how to give is forthcoming."
Hawkins had been with Florida A&M for 34 years and spent eight of them as dean of the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication.
He was named in 2004 to succeed founding dean Robert Ruggles and was only the second dean at the school, one of the leading journalism schools at a historically black college. Ruggles started the journalism program in 1974 and became dean of the new school in 1982.
In 2010, Hawkins was named Educator of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. In 1990 the National Conference of Editorial Writers awarded him its Barry Bingham Sr. Fellowship for an educator who has promoted diversity.
"Dean Hawkins has chartered the School through many successes," the NABJ announcement said in 2010. "Some of his recent accomplishments include seeing its student chapter, FAMU-ABJ, clinch the 2008 NABJ Student Chapter of the Year, as well as sharing the joy of FAMU Alumnus Kathy Y. Times winning the election as being named NABJ President in 2009 and FAMU journalism student Georgia Dawkins' successful bid for NABJ Student Representative.
" 'As a former student of Dr. Hawkins, I can attest to his remarkable and unwavering commitment to making sure journalism students succeed and excel in a competitive profession,' said NABJ President Kathy Y. Times. 'He has made it a priority to send FAMU students to NABJ conventions and conferences for more than 20 years. I'm proud to call him a mentor and a dear friend to NABJ.' "
More background on Hawkins' website.
National Association of Black Journalists: NABJ Mourns the Loss of Former Journalism Educator of the Year Dr. James Hawkins (May 28)
Tallahassee Democrat: Former Florida A&M journalism dean James Hawkins dies in Georgia (May 28)
On Memorial Day, Connection to Freed Slaves Is Muted
The origins of Memorial Day are not foremost in mind for those who think primarily of a long weekend, barbecues, flags and parades. Besides, there are competing claims for the title of "first," and a 1966 presidential proclamation gave the distinction to Waterloo, N.Y.
Historian David W. Blight of Yale University, however, has awarded the title to Charleston, S.C., and to freedmen who were paying homage to Union troops. Although Blight brought this revelation to light in his 2001 book, "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory," and wrote about it in the New York Times and elsewhere, the African American connection has yet to pervade the national consciousness, social media alerts Monday notwithstanding.
On Memorial Day, that was true even in the Charleston news media. Cleve O'Quinn, night editor of the Post and Courier, the city's daily, was in charge of the newsroom on Monday. Asked whether the newspaper recognized the city's role in the celebration, O'Quinn replied by email, "We have nothing regarding that scheduled for Wednesday's paper. And I'm sorry, but our research staff is off for the holiday."
The local tie-in didn't make WCIV-TV's list of "Memorial Day events and deals around the Lowcountry."
"The media is very habit-ridden," Simon K. Lewis, who teaches African and Third World literature at the College of Charleston, explained by telephone. "They do certain things on Memorial Day. It takes a long, long time to nudge consciousness along."
Last year, Blight was present as the city installed a marker on the old Washington Race Course, site of the Decoration Day in question. Next year, Lewis said, he hopes to celebrate the event as part of the Jubilee Project, continuing the 150th anniversary commemoration of the Emancipation Proclamation, or perhaps along with the 50th anniversary of desegregation milestones. He'd like to match the 10,000 attendance recorded at the original event.
Blight's discovery wasn't news to everyone. He sought and received confirmation from local historian Damon Fordham, Lewis told Journal-isms. Here is how Blight described his findings in a 2011 piece for the New York Times:
"For the earliest and most remarkable Memorial Day, we must return to where the war began. By the spring of 1865, after a long siege and prolonged bombardment, the beautiful port city of Charleston, S.C., lay in ruin and occupied by Union troops. Among the first soldiers to enter and march up Meeting Street singing liberation songs was the 21st United States Colored Infantry; their commander accepted the city's official surrender.
"Whites had largely abandoned the city, but thousands of blacks, mostly former slaves, had remained, and they conducted a series of commemorations to declare their sense of the meaning of the war.
"The largest of these events, forgotten until I had some extraordinary luck in an archive at Harvard, took place on May 1, 1865. During the final year of the war, the Confederates had converted the city's Washington Race Course and Jockey Club into an outdoor prison. Union captives were kept in horrible conditions in the interior of the track; at least 257 died of disease and were hastily buried in a mass grave behind the grandstand.
"After the Confederate evacuation of Charleston black workmen went to the site, reburied the Union dead properly, and built a high fence around the cemetery. They whitewashed the fence and built an archway over an entrance on which they inscribed the words, 'Martyrs of the Race Course.'
"The symbolic power of this Low Country planter aristocracy's bastion was not lost on the freedpeople, who then, in cooperation with white missionaries and teachers, staged a parade of 10,000 on the track. A New York Tribune correspondent witnessed the event, describing 'a procession of friends and mourners as South Carolina and the United States never saw before.'
"The procession was led by 3,000 black schoolchildren carrying armloads of roses and singing the Union marching song 'John Brown's Body.' Several hundred black women followed with baskets of flowers, wreaths and crosses. Then came black men marching in cadence, followed by contingents of Union infantrymen. Within the cemetery enclosure a black children's choir sang 'We'll Rally Around the Flag,' the 'Star-Spangled Banner' and spirituals before a series of black ministers read from the Bible.
"After the dedication the crowd dispersed into the infield and did what many of us do on Memorial Day: enjoyed picnics, listened to speeches and watched soldiers drill. Among the full brigade of Union infantrymen participating were the famous 54th Massachusetts and the 34th and 104th United States Colored Troops, who performed a special double-columned march around the gravesite.
"The war was over, and Memorial Day had been founded by African-Americans in a ritual of remembrance and consecration. The war, they had boldly announced, had been about the triumph of their emancipation over a slaveholders' republic. They were themselves the true patriots.
"Despite the size and some newspaper coverage of the event, its memory was suppressed by white Charlestonians in favor of their own version of the day. From 1876 on, after white Democrats took back control of South Carolina politics and the Lost Cause defined public memory and race relations, the day's racecourse origin vanished. . . . "
David W. Blight blog: "The First Decoration Day"
Stanley Crouch, Daily News, New York: Honest imagery, saluting sacrifice
Jim Downs, Huffington Post: Who Invented Memorial Day? (May 2012)
Colbert I. King, Washington Post: Memorial Day deserves better
Darryl E. Owens, Orlando Sentinel: Taps for man's lost WWII cousin brings closure
Jerry Large, Seattle Times: Memories that make history real
Campbell Robertson, New York Times: Birthplace of Memorial Day? That Depends Where You're From (May 2012)
Bob Ray Sanders, Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas: Words of American poet have special meaning in time of mourning
Barry Saunders, News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.: Children of Civil War veterans bring history to life
Undercover Journalists Stung by Syria's Chemical Weapons
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have repeatedly used chemical weapons against rebel fighters in Damascus, according to first-hand accounts in France's Le Monde newspaper," Ingrid Melander reported Monday for Reuters.
"The newspaper, in a report issued on its website on Monday, said one of its photographers had suffered blurred vision and respiratory difficulties for four days after an attack on April 13 on the Jobar front, just inside central Damascus.
"Assad's government and the rebels fighting to oust him have accused each other of using chemical weapons. U.N. investigators have been ready for weeks, but diplomatic wrangling and safety concerns have delayed their entry into Syria.
"Undercover in and around the Damascus area for two months alongside Syrian rebels, a Le Monde reporter and photographer said they had witnessed battlefield chemical attacks and had also talked to doctors and other witnesses of their aftermath.
"They describe men coughing violently, their eyes burning, their pupils shrinking. . . ."
Three weeks ago, President Obama said he would act against Syria if it were proved that the Assad government uses chemical weapons, David Jackson reported May 7 for USA Today, "but he warned against precipitate action based on 'perceptions,' citing the Iraq war as a cautionary tale.
Obama promised in August 2012 that use of such arms by authorities in Damascus would constitute the crossing of a 'red line' that would lead to a foreign intervention in Syria against the regime, Le Monde recalled.
The Le Monde report, by Jean-Philippe Rémy in Jobar, Syria, began:
"A chemical attack on the Jobar front, on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, doesn't look like anything much at first. It's not spectacular. Above all, it's not detectable. And that's the aim: by the time the rebel fighters of the Free Syrian Army who have penetrated furthest into Damascus understand that they've been exposed to chemical products by government forces, it's too late. No matter which type of gas is used, it has already produced its effects, only a few hundred meters from residential areas of the Syrian capital.
"At first, there is only a little sound, a metallic ping, almost a click. And in the confusion of daily combat in Jobar's Bahra 1 sector, this sound didn't catch the attention of the fighters of the Tahrir al-Sham ('Liberation of Syria') Brigade. 'We thought it was a mortar that didn't explode, and no one really paid attention to it,' said Omar Haidar, chief of operations of the brigade, which holds this forward position less than 500 meters from Abbasid Square.
"Searching for words to describe the incongruous sound, he said it was like 'a Pepsi can that falls to the ground.' No odor, no smoke, not even a whistle to indicate the release of a toxic gas. And then the symptoms appear. The men cough violently. Their eyes burn, their pupils shrink, their vision blurs. Soon they experience difficulty breathing, sometimes in the extreme; they begin to vomit or lose consciousness. The fighters worst affected need to be evacuated before they suffocate. . . ."
Reporters Without Borders: German freelancer held by Assad regime (May 14)
Administration Casting Wide Net for Sources Who Leaked
"Even before the F.B.I. conducted 550 interviews of officials and seized the phone records of Associated Press reporters in a leak investigation connected to a 2012 article about a Yemen bomb plot, agents had sought the same reporters' sources for two other articles about terrorism," Ethan Bronner, Charlie Savage and Scott Shane reported for the Sunday print edition of the New York Times.
They added, "And agents tracing the leak of a highly classified C.I.A. report on North Korea to a Fox News reporter pulled electronic archives showing which officials had gained access to the report and had contact with the reporter on the day of the leak.
"The emerging details of these and other cases show just how wide a net the Obama administration has cast in its investigations into disclosures of government secrets, querying hundreds of officials across the federal government and even some of their foreign counterparts.
"The result has been an unprecedented six prosecutions and many more inquiries using aggressive legal and technical tactics. A vast majority of those questioned were cleared of any leaking. . . ."
They added, "Some officials are now declining to take calls from certain reporters, concerned that any contact may lead to investigation. Some complain of being taken from their offices to endure uncomfortable questioning. And the government officials typically must pay for lawyers themselves, unlike reporters for large news organizations whose companies provide legal representation.
" 'For every reporter that is dealing with this, there are hundreds of national security officials who feel under siege — without benefit of a corporate legal department or a media megaphone for support,' said a former Obama administration official. 'There are lots of people in the government spending lots of money on legal fees.'. . . "
Fox News Latino and Associated Press: Chuck Schumer And Another 'Gang Of Eight' To Look At Media Leaks Of Government Secrets
Rick Horowitz, YouTube: Consider the Source: Critics, or Crazies? (video)
Evan McMurry, Mediaite: Brit Hume Dares Juan Williams: How Can Eric Holder Investigate Eric Holder?
Evan McMurry, Mediaite: CBS' Bob Schieffer Takes On Obama: 'President Needs To Rethink His Entire Communications Policy'
Ruben Navarrette Jr., Washington Post Writers Group: The unspoken scandal
Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune: Right-wing reflex: Blame Obama first
La. Could Jail Journalists Who Reveal Gun Permit Holders
"Journalists could face up to six months in prison and a $10,000 fine for reporting information about concealed handgun permits in Louisiana under a proposed law that appears headed to the state's governor for signing," Sasu Siegelbaum reported Monday for the Vienna-based International Press Institute.
"Louisiana's Senate on Tuesday voted 33-2 in favour of the bill, which would make it illegal for journalists or members of the public to 'release, disseminate, or make public in any manner any information contained in an application for a concealed handgun permit or any information regarding the identity of any person who applied for or received a concealed handgun permit'.
"International Press Institute (IPI) Deputy Director Anthony Mills said: 'This bill is a clearly-unconstitutional prior restraint that would interfere with legitimate newsgathering activities. Its language, plainly read, could criminalise reporting on weaknesses or flaws in the state's permit-granting process, and on crimes in which a handgun was involved. We urge Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal to veto this measure.'
"IPI North American Committee Board Member Philip Gailey, former editor of editorials and vice president of the St. Petersburg Times, said that it was important to continue to highlight concerns over state-level initiatives amid recent revelations that the federal Justice Department has targeted journalists as part of investigations to uncover sources of leaked information.
" 'In much of the country the Second Amendment trumps the First Amendment — gun rights over a free press,' he commented. 'Both the Louisiana legislature and the Obama Justice Department view reporters doing their job as criminals. A dangerous line has been crossed. This is a reminder that the press' First Amendment protection cannot be taken for granted. . . .' "
This month, the Charlotte Observer analyzed information on Mecklenburg County's gun purchase permit holders and found that more than 60 people who hold active permits have been convicted of felonies, some involving guns.
"Five were convicted of robbery with a dangerous weapon, three of manslaughter, two of firing into occupied property and one of second-degree murder. Others were convicted of assaults that left victims badly injured or of using weapons to attack government officials," Gavin Off and Bruce Henderson reported.
Soul of the South Network Makes Debut
Soul of the South network, the only one of the new African American-oriented television networks that promises original programming and news, debuted Monday.
"The new network will be distributed initially by over-the-air stations and on digital channels on the broadcast spectrum but also plans to air on cable and expects its stations to qualify under FCC must-carry rules (which mandate nearby cable systems must carry it) because it is local and offers unique news programming," according to the station's website.
Tom Jacobs, the national news director, told Journal-isms that its one-hour newscast would launch on July 1 and that a dozen people had been hired. "We will ramp up gradually to four hours a day" Monday through Friday, Jacobs said. An hourlong political talk show would originate from Washington in early September and a two-hour morning show from Little Rock, Ark., its base, in September. The morning show would feature reports from around the South and the nation's capital.
The network's primary creator is Edwin Avent, former publisher of Heart & Soul magazine.
Kim Bondy, Ex-CNN Producer, Joins Al Jazeera America
The new Al Jazeera America has hired Kim Bondy, a former executive producer for CNN, for a "five-night-a-week prime-time newsmagazine that will present the day's news in Al Jazeera's typical unbiased, objective, long-form style," including "stories that are not covered elsewhere," Brian Stelter reported Sunday for the New York Times. He was quoting Ehab Al Shihabi, the Al Jazeera executive in charge of international operations, including the American channel.
Bondy, who has also been an executive producer for NBC News and managing editor at WCAU-TV, the NBC-owned station in Philadelphia, is the first black journalist identified as having been hired by the channel.
The channel has hired Bondy to run the newsmagazine, "but it has yet to hire an anchor for it," Stelter wrote. "In fact, the only anchor identified by Al Jazeera so far" is Ali Velshi, CNN's former chief business correspondent and anchor of "Your Money" and CNN International's "World Business Today."
Christopher Dickey wrote Wednesday from Paris for the Daily Beast, "It always seemed a little improbable that Arab sheiks could save American journalism. But in a business as troubled as the vast wasteland of American television news, hope springs eternal, and the Al Jazeera network out of Qatar seemed to offer an opulent oasis. In January, with great fanfare, it acquired the floundering Current TV network from Al Gore and his partners for some $500 million. Then it announced it would replace Current with a new Al Jazeera America network (in addition to its global Al Jazeera Arabic and Al Jazeera English networks), and hire about 800 people in the States. More than 22,000 applied. Headhunting for top executives goes on.
"But plans to launch Al Jazeera America this summer have stalled, and insiders suggest it will be lucky if it airs before the fall, or even by the end of the year. 'I just don't know if we are ready,' one said earlier this month. 'It is such a big thing.' "
However, Stelter reported, "Some Al Jazeera America staff members are already rehearsing with mock newscasts. Others are fanning out to report news stories from parts of the country rarely visited by camera crews. Still others are setting up new studios in New York, where the channel will have a home inside the New Yorker Hotel, and in Washington, where it will take over space previously occupied by ABC at the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue.
"New employees are being added to the rolls every weekday from places like CNN, 'Frontline' and Time magazine. 'We expect to have approximately 800 employees when we launch,' " said Al Shihabi. . . .
Michael Martinez, Detroit News: Al Jazeera to open Detroit bureau in summer (May 3)
From Photographer to Bus Driver to Seminary Graduate
"As Asbury Theological Seminary celebrates its 90th anniversary Saturday, at least one graduating student is breaking new ground," Mary Meehan wrote Friday for the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader.
"While the school doesn't keep official records on such things, Gabriel Tait is likely to be the first photojournalist-turned-bus driver-turned-Ph.D. at the seminary.
" 'It takes a particular character to give up a lucrative profession and drive a bus to accomplish your larger goal," said Steven Ybarrola, a professor of cultural anthropology and Tait's mentor.
"Ybarrola and Tait came to campus the same year, 2006. Tait had worked as a photojournalist for the Detroit Free Press and St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He had a big house, a well-paying job and a family, but he felt a calling toward a religious life. . . ."
WikiLeaks: $68,000 in Donations, $507,000 in Expenses
"As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange approaches the one-year anniversary of his confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a report released Wednesday reveals that donations to the secret-spilling site have dwindled to a trickle," Kim Zetter reported Thursday for Wired.
"The organization managed to attract only $68,000 in donations last year, according to an accounting report published by the Wau Holland foundation (.pdf), a German nonprofit organization that processes most of the financial contributions for the group.
"This, despite constant pleadings for donations from Assange while the controversial leader remained holed up in the embassy to avoid legal proceedings in a sex crimes case in Sweden.
"Last June, Assange snuck into the Ecuadorian embassy to seek asylum nine days before he was set to be extradited to Sweden. He was granted asylum by Ecuador last August. British authorities, however, have refused him passage out of the U.K. to Ecuador, threatening to arrest him if he leaves the embassy.
"Although money pouring in to WikiLeaks has trickled, the organization's expenses have not. According to the Wau Holland report, expenses last year totaled more than $507,000. . . ."
Meanwhile, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," a documentary by Alex Gibney, debuted Friday in New York and Los Angeles, with additional cities added on May 31, June 7 and June 14.
The film includes unflattering assessments of Assange. WikiLeaks released an annotated transcript of the film on Twitter Thursday, one day ahead of the film's debut, Chris Gentilviso reported for the Huffington Post.
Alex Gibney with Kojo Nnamdi, "The Kojo Nnamdi Show," WAMU-FM, Washington: 'We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks' (podcast)
Charles Miranda, News Limited Network, Australia: Scotland Yard has spent $5m to guard Assange at Ecuadorian embassy in Londo
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When it happens, this is how it happens: A girl is looking at you. She's not gawking. But her eyes aren't moving past you, either, attempting to gauge the sunshine out the window behind you. It's a moment. No, not even a moment. It's the space between seconds, the time it takes for a mouse to inhale.
You have some options. You can convince yourself you imagined it; it wouldn't take much. You can go home and replay it, record it in your journal and conjure up a thousand what ifs. You can flex your eyebrow, write your intention on a piece of paper and slide it across her desk like a dare.
Northern Soul.
If you're unacquainted with the way Skins music adds another narrative layer to an already textured story, you picked a fine time to start paying attention. This episode is bookended by Northern Soul — Tony Clarke's "Landslide" opens it; Marlena Shaw's "Let's Wade in the Water" props it up and closes it out — and Tea is rocking some retro pins that make me want to kiss the Skins costume design people on the mouth. There's the classic "Keep the Faith" badge, and that Wigan Casino all-nighter night owl where the whole shebang got started.
You could call Northern Soul a genre, I suppose. But it's more than that. It's the representation of something wild and free, something soulful and emotional; it's living life forward and discovering life backward. (Have you met my friend Tea?)
As far as opening montages go, it doesn't get much better than this.
Teenagers doing school things: tests, No. 2 pencils, eyes on your own paper — except Tea and Betty, who are engaged in some borderline nonverbal foreplay. Tea doing home things: ignoring her mom, pounding on the bathroom door, dropping E, e.e. cummings tattoo, shimmying into those striped cotton knickers Skins lesbians love so much. Northern Soul (retro fad dyke bar) things: fake ID, parting crowd, Betty and Tea circling and circling each other, measuring the distance between play and pounce. Tony Clarke over here just crooning away about crushing misery. And Tea and Betty stumbling home, licking and laughing and legitimately f–king the night into oblivion.
(You know why old rich white dudes and evangelical Christians think Skins is the most dangerous thing on TV? 'Cause if word ever gets out that women can be proud to have awesome, casual, transformative sex — with other women, even! — there's going to be a revolution the likes of which lingering Puritanism has never seen, and the Parents Television Council and supporting Baptist cohorts will not survive it. It's not about morality; it's about power. Take a good look at the history of the church and come back and tell me I'm wrong.)
Tea wakes up tangled up in Betty.
In my experience, the worst part of an all-night teenage shagathon is when you have to go to trigonometry without your homework the next day. Ha ha ha! I was so clueless about my own sexuality in high school, the only thing I ever worried about in trigonometry was passing notes to my BFF asking if she'd done blow jobs with her boyfriend the night before, and never pausing to wonder why it made me nauseous when the answer was yes. Maybe if I'd had Skins instead of 7th Heaven, eh?
Betty isn't overly concerned with cotangent functions, though; the math she's most worried about is how many people live in Tea's house. Not in a "where do you people sleep?" kind of way, but in a "what kind of landmine situation are we talking about here, in terms of escape?" kind of way. Tea says it's just her folks, offers them up in the way of salutation, and smirks a practiced smirk when Betty starts to panic. (Polka-dot dresses always take me to a Minnie Mouse place. Is that weird?)


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PW ID# 904; Wynola Road
Citation: FEMA-1952-DR-CA, San Diego County, Slope Repairs – Wynola Road, Project Worksheet (PW) 904
Reference: Emergency Protective Measures, Roads, Project Management Costs
Summary: Severe storms resulted in erosion and road damage at five sites along Wynola Road. FEMA prepared PW 904 for $47,441 for San Diego County (Applicant) to repair damage to the slopes and shoulders, portions of the asphalt road and asphalt berms at four sites. The Applicant stated that removal of loose rock and soil from the upslope as Site 5 was necessary as it posed a danger to traffic. FEMA determined that Site 5 was not eligible as there was no damage to an eligible facility. The Applicant requested $1.5 million in the first appeal, which represented an estimate for the construction of geogrid reinforced slopes at Sites 1 through 4, emergency protective measures at Site 5, and significant project engineering costs. FEMA denied the appeal on the basis that Site 5 was not eligible and the proposed work at Sites 1 through 4 exceeded that which was necessary to repair the disaster-related damage. In the second appeal, the Applicant reduces the scope of proposed work and reduces the requested amount to $535,042. The Applicant claims omitted items, increased dimensions and higher costs are necessary, and cites previous FEMA funding for similar damage to support the work at Site 5. A review of the documentation submitted with the appeal supports the original scope of work and cost estimate identified in PW 904. The only eligible line items omitted from the original scope are the Water Pollution Control Plan and temporary erosion control measures for Sites 1 through 4. The requested addition of geogrid reinforcement is not eligible as it is not required or necessary to repair the road to pre-disaster condition. Further, the Applicant has not justified the requested increased quantities for road surface repairs. Due to the projects' size and minimal complexity, construction management and project management is limited to 3 percent of the repair estimate and a reasonable estimate of the geotechnical investigation is allowed. Site 5 does not meet the criteria for emergency protective measures and is not eligible. The total eligible project amount is $56,371.
Issues: 1) Were eligible items omitted from the original scope of work?
2) Is it necessary to increase the project cost estimate?
3) Is Site 5 eligible for emergency protective measures?
Finding: 1) Yes, Water Pollution Control Plan and temporary erosion control are eligible.
2) No.
3) No.
Rationale: Section 406 of the Stafford Act; 44 CFR §206.226; 44 CFR §206.225; FEMA 322/June 2007, Public Assistance Guide, Recovery Policy 9524.2 Landslides and Slope Stability Related to Public Facilities (October 8, 2010)


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Californians today are struggling to afford the skyrocketing price of gasoline. If you have filled up your gas tank recently, I don't have to tell you how outrageous the prices have been.
A recent report from the Automobile Club of Southern California found that drivers in the Riverside-San Bernardino area were paying approximately $4.25 per gallon on average for regular unleaded gas. Between January and February, gas prices in our region jumped 58 cents per gallon, which the Automobile Club says is the biggest one-month increase ever. Statewide, Californians are paying the second-highest gas prices in the nation, right behind Hawaii.
Motorists in our area are hit especially hard because many drive an hour or more each day as they commute to work or school. Every day they are shelling out more and more money for gasoline. This is money that they don't have to buy clothes and school supplies for their kids, fix up their home or take the next family vacation. Californians are looking to their elected officials for some relief at the pump.
Unfortunately, the trend in Sacramento is to make gasoline prices even more expensive. A recent action by the State Board of Equalization will result in Californians paying more the next time they fill up. On a party-line vote, Sacramento liberals on the board voted to increase the excise tax on gasoline by a whopping 3.5 cents per gallon, starting July 1.
Keep in mind that a significant portion of what you pay for gasoline comes from taxes. The federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon. In addition, Californians pay both a state sales tax and a state excise tax on every gallon. Altogether, Californians pay the second-highest gas taxes for regular unleaded fuel in the nation -- 67.1 cents per gallon. This is just behind what New York drivers pay at 69 cents per gallon. If you drive a car that uses diesel fuel, the taxes you pay are even higher, at 75.3 cents per gallon.
The liberals who pushed this latest gas tax increase said they had no choice but to approve an increase based on a scheme enacted into law a few years ago.
Previously, gas tax dollars were spent on priorities other than transportation. Then voters enacted Proposition 42 in 2002 to lock in state sales tax money for local road and transit needs.
Sales taxes could no longer be used to pay off transportation debt, but had to go for real projects. However, the excise tax could be used to pay for debt costs.
The Legislature passed a scheme in 2010 to get around this restriction. Lawmakers enacted a "fuel tax swap" -- lowering the state sales tax and increasing the state excise tax so they could make more money available to pay off transportation debt. Later that same year, voters rejected this move with the passage of Proposition 22 and 26.
Not to be foiled, lawmakers enacted another fuel tax scheme.
Now, the Board of Equalization is required to forecast state tax revenues that would have been collected if the prior tax structure were still in place. To ensure that the same amount of money is collected, they are supposed to adjust the excise tax each year to reach that amount. But the board's action is really just a guess on their part. It has been argued that they really were only required to enact a 1-cent gas tax increase, not the 3.5 cent increase they ultimately passed.
Regardless of the justification used for the decision, it is a step in the wrong direction. I believe the Legislature should take steps to ensure that Californians are never again saddled with a $500 million gas tax increase. One idea that has been suggested is to cap the gasoline excise tax to the first $4 per gallon. This is a common-sense solution that would help protect working Californians from future gas tax increases they cannot afford.
The best way to protect Californians from rising gas prices is by rejecting new fuel mandates and higher taxes that will cause more economic pain. With an anemic recovery and the third-highest unemployment rate in the country, the last area where we should strive to be No. 1 is gas taxes.
Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, represents the 67th Assembly District in the California Legislature.


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Video: Making Udon Miso and Cheese
For the next video in Perennial Plate's new cooking series, we tackle one of the Japanese greats: udon. Inspired by our visit to a Japanese wheat farmer and udon expert, we wanted to make an alternate version to the classic.
I came across this Udon Miso 'n' Cheese concept while experimenting for an event last fall in which a few non-Japanese chefs got together to make Japanese food. While messing around with the idea of udon risotto, I discovered that miso, butter, parmesan and wheat starch taste just like Kraft Macaroni and Cheese (in a good way); by adding a little Cortez Bottarga it got fancy. So this dish was born. Watch the video and here's the full recipe.


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All's Fare in Love and Daytona
Nothing could adequately prepare you for a ride with Bobby the Cabbie. The only things that could even help are headphones, a partition, and a hearty breakfast of cocaine and Ritalin. I'm not sure what happens when you mix cocaine and Ritalin, but if you can survive that, you can survive anything.
I know what you're thinking: cocaine and Ritalin are not usually breakfast foods. A more pressing thought, however, is that you have no idea who Bobby the Cabbie is. And even more pressing than that is just how much cooler it would be if "Bobby†rhymed better with "Cabbie.â€
I was in Daytona Beach this week on the first stop of my "I Don't Want a Real Job†book tour. As is my tradition, or will become my tradition when I do it more than once, I contacted the local humor columnist to chat about the business of columnisting. He kindly invited me to stop by the Daytona News-Journal, which I did with the help of a cab company.
I am a lifelong New Yorker, and thus bad cab drivers are nothing new to me. While attempting to go to 113th street and Broadway, I once had a cabbie that tried to take me to 113 Broadway and then 13th street and Broadway. Another time, my cabbie abandoned the cab to chase a kid who threw a snowball at his car. (Yes, the meter was still running). And I even had one driver that kicked me out of his cab for asking how much he thought the fare might come to. But being a New Yorker, I've rarely had a cabbie that spoke much English, let alone one with a name that came this close to rhyming with "cabbie.â€
When Bobby picked me up, I instinctively headed for the back door.
"Get in the front,†he barked. "That [bleeped for family newspapers] door hasn't worked in years.†Bobby was being forthright. A good quality in a cabbie.
"Where are you from?†he asked. An inquisitive nature. Another plus for the Bobster.
"I love New York,†he said. "It's much prettier than Daytona.†Honesty. Nice.
"Here in Daytona, there are too many homeless people,†he continued. "And blacks.†Woah. That's where he lost me.
"There's trash all over the streets here,†he said, before turning to look at the back of my head while I tried to face away from him. "You know I mean the people, right?â€
This man was increasingly scaring me. Bobby went on to tell me about all the drugs and prostitution and gambling and bubonic plague for which Daytona is apparently famous. I was surprised, since the brochures only mentioned NASCAR and spring break.
We soon passed a man who was fairly average looking, except for a bit of chin scruff. And Bobby said that that was the kind of homeless freeloader he was talking about. I finally stopped nodding my head in terrified don't-hurt-me acquiescence and asked the question that you are by now all thinking. What time of day is best to mix cocaine and Ritalin? Aloud, however, I asked Bobby why he lived in Daytona if he hated it so much.
"Well,†he said through puffs of his third cigarette, "I was on my way to Vegas back in '68, and something came up. You know how it is.â€
I didn't, but I wasn't about to ask. We finally arrived at the News-Journal, and Bobby asked if I wanted him to wait for me. I told him I might be a while. He offered his number for when I was ready. I told him I'd call the cab company. He said that they never give him to people who ask for him. I wondered if anyone has ever actually asked for him.
"Here's my cell number,†he said, just before extending his clawlike hand to shake mine. "By the way, I'm Bobby.†I shook the claw, which had probably only been used for steering, chain smoking, and shaking the hands of terrified passengers who have no intention of ever calling his cell phone.
On the way home, my new cab driver didn't speak at all, except to ask, "destination?†through a thick accent and to mutter, "what part green light don't understand?†Though the ride back was less fearsome than the ride there, it was also much more boring. And while I didn't wish for a bitter, coughing, racist cab driver, I did wish she'd be a bit more animated.
Or at least be named Abby.


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FOX 17 News set out to find out exactly how many rubber bands it would take to explode a pumpkin.
Some team members went out to Ace Hardware in Goodlettsville to experiment.
In total, it took 220 rubber bands of various sizes to explode the pumpkin.
To change it up a bit, we also traveled to Ace Hardware in Chapel Hill to pin two pumpkins against each other. Watch the video below but, spoiler alert, it took way more rubber bands to bust these two!
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Remember when that crime show with the two good-looking leading ladies first started airing way back in July and you started watching and then started thinking, "This show is really gay." And then you kept watching and kept thinking, "No, really, this show is super-duper gay." And then, you were hooked and each week you were even more hooked and said, "No, I could not be more serious, these women could not be more gay for each other." Remember that? Yeah, so do I.
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Anyone up for a spot of tea? Not this poor couple who could care less about cream or sugar what with the depraved serial killer terrorizing them in their living room. In fact, the whole thing has put me right off my biscuits. Across town, Jane Rizzoli, a.k.a.The Butchest Cop in All the Land (trademark pending), is beating her brother in a game of driveway hoops. That is until he elbows her in the nose causing a nasty bleed and angry glares from lesbians everywhere because, dude, why would you do that to Angie Harmon's gorgeous, gorgeous face?
They go inside to stop the bleeding where their boisterous Italian mama (clichés are only clichés if you use 'em) Angela Rizzoli chastises Jane for rough-housing with her brother. Every former tomboy knows that's not-so secret mom code for: "Would you just act like a girl, girl." Jane is saved from more lecturing by her cellphone, and is called away from the family dinner for a case. Mama Rizzoli tells her to ice her nose because she never knows if she'll meet a nice guy at the crime scene. Oh, honey, let me give you some PFLAG pamphlets to read.
Jane checks herself in the car mirror, sees the bloody mess and says "Oh, my God." Who could she be cleaning up for? At the crime scene, a sleek black Mercedes pulls up and out slinks a pair of stiletto boots. Hey, lesbians, it's Dr. Maura Isles, a.k.a. The Femme Your Femme Could Be Femme Like (trademark also pending).
Some detective tells a reporter that she is called "Queen of the Dead." Just then Rizzoli saunters up, takes offense (gotta defend your woman, am I right?) and takes over the investigation. Her new partner, Det. Barry "Blood Makes Me Hurl" Frost is doing just that. Inside Jane comments on the opulent surroundings, saying "We're not in South Boston anymore, Dorothy." Five minutes into this show and already a Wizard of Oz reference. Nope, this show isn't gay at all. Det. Vince Korsak, Jane's old partner, is also there because the scene is "that bad." Together they walk in to inspect the worst tea party ever (well, unless we are talking upper case Tea Party, but do not get me started on that).


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