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Many people have chosen sides for which type of milk they prefer. Cow, soy and almond varieties all provide nutritious sources of vitamins and minerals, but let's look at which are the healthiest for your body and teeth.For a healthy mouth, calcium and vitamin D rank as two of the best nutrients. As your mom told you, calcium helps promote strong bones and teeth. Vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium, thereby increasing bone density and reducing the risk for softening. This will help lower the risk of cavities and other oral health problems, including unsightly gums. Besides soaking up the sun, you can get a healthy dose of vitamin D from fortified cow's milk. Cow's milk What we normally call "regular" milk is cow's milk, a product of the cow's mammary gland. In the store, you'll typically find four various types of milk made from cows: whole (which is 3.5 percent milk fat), 2 percent, 1 percent and fat-free. Consumers who want to cut calories typically opt for fat-free milk. As far as nutrients go, milk is a great a source of calcium, vitamin D and protein. Lactose, the primary carbohydrate in cow's milk, creates a digestive problem for some people who are lactose intolerant. They are often deficient in the enzyme lactase?, which is required to break down milk sugar. Too much milk (or milk products) with not enough lactase can trigger bloating, gas and diarrhea. Soy milk Soy milk, on the other hand, is not technically milk, but rather a beverage made from soybeans. It is made from soaking, grinding and boiling soy beans with water. This milk contains twice as much vitamin B-6 and a lot more iron than cow's milk. Almond milk Almond milk is a beverage ground from almonds. Many people prefer its sweeter flavor to other milk alternatives. Since almonds are naturally very nutritious, almond milk does not need to be fortified with other ingredients like regular and soy milk. It is often the healthiest of these three milk options. While 1 percent milk has around 30 percent of your recommended daily intake of calcium, soy milk contains roughly 6 percent of calcium. Unsweetened almond milk surpasses both of those, with 45 percent of your daily intake. There is around 25 percent of vitamin D in regular milk, none found in soy and 25 percent in almond milk. Cow's milk has half of the total fat of soy, still less fat than almond, with almost the same amount of sugar. All nutritional facts are based on a one cup, 2,000 calorie diet. The bottom line: Almond milk is healthier than cow's and soy milk. It is a great alternative for those who are lactose intolerant, as well as people looking to strengthen their smile and ward off cavities.
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FOOD- DISH- On the move: Crazy dogs and spicy curry
Looks like the old L'avventura space next to Vinegar Hill Theatre has found a taker after being for sale since January. In fact, new owner Brian Helleberg says Il Cani Pazzo (the crazy dog) could be open this weekend or early next week.
Helleberg, who owns Fleurie and Petite Pois on the Downtown Mall, says he wasn't really looking for a new restaurant, but he is friends with former L'avventura employees.
"The restaurant really had a good reputation," says Helleberg, "and the people who worked there were so eager to come back."
One of those people was the former executive chef of L'avventura, Howard Griffin. "Brian has a real commitment to putting out a quality product," says Griffin. "When I looked over the menu, that's when I decided."
Helleberg says he'll be keeping much of the old menu, which consists of authentic Italian dishes (with an emphasis on seasonal fare, says Griffin, which allows him to use the freshest vegetables and spices, something he thinks is key to Italian cooking) and working with Griffin to add new items.
Helleberg also plans to employ the services of Kiki's Michael Fitzgerald, who'll be whipping up a specialty drink menu.
So what about that name, Il Cani Pazzo? Sounds like a movie that might play at Vinegar Hill.
Helleberg laughs. "A friend of mine, who knows a little Italian, and I were just goofing around and we came up with it," he says.
However, the name choice may say more about Helleberg's new venture, or at least the spirit of it, than he realizes. "I have dogs I bring to work with me, one of which I didn't think I was going to keep, but I still have him," he says. "I wasn't looking for a new restaurant, it just sort of happened, and when I told people about the name, they thought it was funny and it just stuck."
If Helleberg is as successful with the "crazy dog" as he's been with his French twins (not identical, of course), we could be happy to be stuck with it.
Just around The Corner
Alex George's former job as a private chef for a local family sent him around the world. Just imagine! Of course, we can assume the family had considerable means, but out of respect and loyalty to his former employer George prefers to keep the family's name to himself. (Fgures. Now Dish is even more curious!) Anyway, one wealthy family's loss appears to be our gain. On August 16, George opened Just Curry behind the Satellite Ballroom on The Corner.
"My true love is curries," says George, a native of the South American nation of Guyana, who characterizes his food as French, Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Indian, with an emphasis on the Caribbean. "Red beans and rice, things like that. I also make my own pepper sauce with special wiri-wiri peppers imported from Guyana. I can't find them anywhere else.
"We have vegetable, chicken, and beef curries, and something we affectionately call 'butter chicken,'" he says. According to George, his butter chicken (murgh makhani is its traditional Indian name) is marinated in yogurt, chili spices, turmeric, and paprika, cooked in tandoori fashion, and served with a curry crème and butter sauce.
"We'll definitely try to excite your palate," says George.
The Chickpea factor
Dish read an interesting article in the Staunton News-Leader recently describing the restaurant boom in Waynesboro. According to Meghan Williamson, Waynesboro's director of economic development, spending on restaurants in the area has shot up 68 percent since 2002, from $25 million to $40 million, and most of that business is coming from people in Charlottesville.
As a result, restaurateurs from Charlottesville are also looking at Waynesboro as the new culinary frontier. In fact, the article announced the arrival of Chickpea in Downtown Waynesboro. That's the little biz that began serving up sandwiches on fresh-baked pitas, souvlaki, and falafels in the Lucky Seven on Market Street here in Charlottesville last February. At the time, owner Mário Rodrigues was relieved to have a place at all anywhere near the Downtown Mall. Six months later, he's apparently decided to pack it in and head for Waynesboro. The reason? Landlords take note.
"Charlottesville is crowded. Too many restaurants," he told the News-Leader. "They want way too much for rent."
According to the landlord who leased Rodrigues his new restaurant space across Afton mountain, over 90 percent of the inquires for the space came from Charlottesville.
Indeed, restaurant space, real estate, gas, food and just about everything else turns out to be a good deal cheaper just over the hill. Add a few nice restaurants, a new shopping center, a trendy bar or two, and what's to keep us all from packing up and heading west?
Insert here: Il Cani Pazzo will replace L'avventura as Vinegar Hill Theater's sidekick .
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Someone might want to give Brian Helleberg the correct spelling of "The Crazy Dog" in Italian before he opens up: the singular of dog is 'cane', so it should be "Il Cane Pazzo." If he wants it to be "Crazy Dogs", it should be "I Cani Pazzi"...or even more correct would be "Il Cane Pazzesco" or for plural "I Cani Pazzeschi"
I agree, why is it so hard to have correct Italian? As stated, is should be either 'Il Cane Pazzo' or 'I Cani Panni.' Thomas Jefferson would be ashamed of the lack of research, hell, not even research, but a quick check to a dictionary before opening a prominent local eating establishment. Makes me wonder what else they've forgetten to check on or check out!
So now that the name is all sorted out, does anyone actually know how the FOOD is?? That is, after all, why Charlottesville would go there! Are they any good??

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I have a similar philosophy when buying things and always asks myself "how many years will I be using this thing before I stop needing it or grow tired of it and eventually resell it?" and then divide the price by the amount of years.
This gives a usage price per year which usually is reasonable if you plan to hold onto the object of desire for some time.
If one planned, for example, to keep that 182 $ Microdisk for 10 years, that would result in a usage price of 18.2 $ per year, followed by a sale.
All in all, a very good price given the enjoyment it would procure.
Of course, that requires to not buy thousand of these as one encounters them on eBay, otherwise ruins quickly ensues.
But as long as one buys only what they use, this seems like a reasonable approach to me.


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Art/history: Ivy Depot embodies eclecticism
ADDRESS: 0 Ivy Depot Lane
SIZE: 5,165 fin. sq. ft.
YEAR BUILT: 1830, addition 1850
NEIGHBORHOOD: Ivy
CURB APPEAL: 8 out of a possible 10
LISTED BY: Susan Stowe Reppert, Roy Wheeler Realty Co. 951-5161
Over the years, this column has featured Purvis's Store in Esmont, Page's Store in Batesville, and an outbuilding that was once a store beside a house in Trevilians. Those three buildings demonstrate how the transition from commercial establishment to home allows an owner to give creativity and imagination free rein. That's one of the charms of adaptive use the chance to take something functional (and often beautiful) and create a comfortable, manageable living space that's up to today's standards.
The owners of the place known as the old Ivy Depot have risen uniquely to that challenge. Both artists, they have turned an old store into a sort of work of art. However, just as much contemporary art is not to every art lover's taste, so the changes and adaptations here will not appeal to an ordinary house shopper. It will take a particular sort of sensibility to appreciate this place.
The physical arrangement defies comprehension in a simple walk-through. What began as a two-over-two house turned into a feed and grain emporium about 20 years later with the addition of an enormous second structure, built to store huge quantities of grain and other commodities. The current owners have added sections of their own as well.
The first of the original four rooms now exists as an entrance sunroom, with a slate floor and windows looking out to a tranquil back yard. Two or three stairs lead to a study/den with open fireplace between the two rooms. Descriptions of all the rooms with the exception of obvious-use spaces like the kitchen and bathrooms are approximate since only three bedrooms are now what they're likely to remain with new owners. Everything else is up for grabs.
For instance, the front door opens into a large (at least 25' x 30') room that's currently a sort of gallery space, and the room itself is part of the art: A huge oval area of the ceiling is actually the remnant of a renovation, abandoned and shellacked over– it looks like views of earth from all those spacecraft. On the other side of these two rooms (entered from a second front door off the porch) is a separate two-bedroom apartment, currently rented.
Also on the first floor are rooms carved out of the granary: a comfortable room with fireplace and lots of light being used as the living room, a dining room, and a large weirdly shaped kitchen, one of the most interesting rooms in the house, which is saying a lot here. These three rooms (and a small full bath off the kitchen) have exceptionally tall tin tray ceilings (as do the rooms over these), and the kitchen has bead-board walls.
Two stairways lead to the second level. The one from the little den room leads directly into what the agent calls a "bath/spa" because that sounds a little better than "enormous bathroom with no doors right at the top of the stairs." The shower and WC are hidden away, but two sinks, a claw-foot tub, and a huge hot tub are positioned around the room the way furniture would be arranged in a living room.
Off this is a large master bedroom which leads to a tiny room of indeterminate use, another large bedroom with dressing area, and beyond that, a huge "studio" currently used for dancing lessons. A few of the floors are carpeted while in most of the other rooms the wide-pine planks have been painted white.
There's a second bath up here a wonderful little thing as neat in its way as the big bath "room," with glass bricks and an "English soaking tub" and another bedroom. Just how all these rooms are configured is difficult to say after only one visit. It's not hard to imagine new owners taking at least six months to figure out what's what and what's where.
Incidentals include a tin roof, three furnaces (all oil-fired hot air), a balcony/deck off the bathroom, a large laundry room with kitchen facilities on the second floor (a remnant of the time when the house was four rental units), and, oh yes, train tracks about 100 yards from the front door.
If you're thinking right now, "what a nightmare," you probably don't like modern art either. But if you're thinking "Let me at that place!" you'll undoubtedly have modern masterpieces of your own to complement this 18-room example of art/history.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. -- Sept. 29, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard announced today the first law enforcement grant from his $94 million recovery earlier this year from Western Union. The $418,000 grant will create an initiative to intercept guns and money moving across the Arizona border to the Mexican drug cartels. The initiative will fund personnel, training, specialized equipment, and dogs to be used by police agencies from Nogales to Tucson.
The money is coming from the Southwest Border Alliance, which was set up earlier this year to review applications and provide grants to state and local law enforcement agencies from a $50 million border security fund created as a result of the Western Union settlement. The fund is dedicated to investigating and prosecuting money-laundering, human-trafficking, drug-smuggling and arms-trafficking crimes.
"This grant is an important first step in bringing state and local law enforcement into the fight against border crime at a much higher level," Goddard said. "I am pleased that the money recovered from Western Union is being used as intended. Our $50 million border security fund will enable law enforcement agencies along the entire U.S.-Mexico border to develop new initiatives that will fight the cartels, attack the smuggling of guns, money, drugs and humans, and make our border more secure."
The Southwest Border Alliance met in April and formulated a strategy that is focused on the need to choke the Mexican cartels by stemming the flow of money and guns from the United States into Mexico. The first of those operations to be funded will focus on the south-bound currency and guns. It will involve Nogales Police Department, Tucson Police Department, Yuma Police Department, the Department of Public Safety, and all other agencies in the Nogales region who choose to participate. They will apply highway interdiction techniques that have been successful in other regions of the country and in Arizona. They will also emphasize training to avoid even the appearance of improper profiling.
Grant applications are evaluated by the Alliance's Executive Board, which includes representatives from the Attorney General's Offices of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas, along with representatives from the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions and the Phoenix Police Department. Each of the four Southwest border states is guaranteed at least $7 million in grants.
The historic settlement with Western Union includes $50 million for law enforcement initiatives on the Southwest Border, $21 million for support of Arizona law enforcement agencies, $19 million for improvements to Western's Union anti-money laundering programs, and $4 million for funding a court-appointed monitoring program.
For more information, contact Press Secretary Molly Edwards at (602) 542-8019.


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Wilshere, who only returned from a 17-month injury-enforced lay-off in October, has been out since the 2-1 defeat by Tottenham on March 3 because of an ankle problem while Walcott has been sidelined since incurring a hip/thigh injury while on England duty in the build up to last month's World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro.
The pair will miss Saturday's trip to West Brom, but Arsenal assistant coach Steve Bould revealed on the club's official website: "We have good news with both of them. Jack and Theo are outside running and have an outside chance of being involved against Norwich a week on Saturday."
Wilshere's likely return will be welcomed by Arsenal as they step up their push for a top-four finish, with three wins in their last four Premier League matches renewing hope of qualifying for the Champions League.
If the 21-year-old midfielder features against Norwich, he will have missed four matches for the Gunners and the England double-header.
Spanish left-back Nacho Monreal is available against West Brom this Saturday after recovering quickly from the knee injury suffered in last Saturday's 4-1 victory over Reading.
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One of the most common methods of tapping in use today on CNC machines is "rigid tapping" or "synchronous feed tapping." A rigid tapping cycle synchronizes the machine spindle rotation and feed to match a specific thread pitch. Since the feed into the hole is synchronized, in theory a solid holder without any tension-compression can be used.
However the problem with this is that in actual practice it is impossible for the machine to exactly match the pitch of the specific tap being used. There is always a slight discrepancy between what the machine is doing and the actual pitch of the tap. If a solid holder is used, this discrepancy is detrimental to tap life and thread quality because extra axial forces are exacted on the tap.
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If a tap holder with tension-compression float is used, tap life and thread quality can be dramatically improved, because these extra axial forces on the tap are eliminated. The problem with traditional tension-compression holders is that they can cause large variations in tapping depth. As a tap becomes dull, the pressure needed to start the tap into the hole increases, and more compression stroke within the tap driver is used before the tap starts to cut. The result is a shallower tapping depth.
One of the main advantages of rigid tapping is depth control accuracy on blind holes. To do the job accurately and consistently, a holder is needed that has enough compensation to get good tap life without causing variations in depth control.
Tapmatic (Post Falls, Idaho) has developed a new tap holder design that uses a machined flexure in the holder shank to provide the small amount of compensation needed for rigid tapping. The company calls this new holder SynchroFlex.
Unlike the coil springs used commonly in traditional tension-compression holders, the SynchroFlex flexure has a very precise, and a very strong, spring rate. For example, a typical tap holder's tension-compression coil spring has a spring rate of 29 pounds/inch. Compare this to the SynchroFlex flexure rate of about 1,500 pounds/inch. A high spring rate is exactly what is needed for the small amounts of axial compensation required to improve rigid tapping. It is this small, controlled compensation that enables these holders to improve thread quality and in some rigid tapping applications, double tap life.
Even though the discrepancy between the machine synchronization and the tap pitch is very small, the forces exerted on the tap with a solid holder are high. Measuring the thrust forces shows that a solid holder can exert 84 times greater axial forces on the tap than when using a SynchroFlex tap holder doing exactly the same rigid tapping operation.
The flexure is designed for long term duty. The movement of the flexure is limited to a safe operating range so it is not overstressed. Torque is not transmitted through the flexure. It is only used for the axial compensation. As testimony, a SynchroFlex holder that had tapped more than 1.5 million holes was recently checked and found to still have the same force to deflection ratio as it had when new.
These new tap holders are more expensive than standard collet holders, but if your shop is having trouble holding depth on rigid tapped holes or getting optimum tap life, it may be worth trying the new tap holder design. It may be less expensive in the long term.


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The Rev. Shannon Sabsook asked Roger Bell Elementary School students an important question.
The Rev. Shannon Sabsook asked Roger Bell Elementary School students an important question.
"Why Black History Month? Why is it so important?" he said during the school�s Black History Month program.
Then he answered his own question.
"We should take our history, learn it and have it propel us into the future," he said.
Principal Paul Gainey had the same message.
"We should recognize the contributions of African-Americans and use it to be better Americans and to be better people," he said. "It takes everybody to make our country great and our school great."
Students celebrated Black History Month with singing, dancing, drumming and a skit about Rosa Parks, who set the stage for civil rights when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger.
Also part of the event were four people playing the role of the First Family, with messages to respect parents and teachers, to study and stay in school, and to eat healthy and exercise.
Fourth-grader Justice Felton kept the beat with a solo drum performance, and the Roger Bell dancers broke up into groups and performed for the students and a large group of parents who attended.
Students took turns giving biographies of African-Americans who had made significant contributions to the history of the country.
"A lot of our history was untold," Sabsook told the students during his speech. "Blacks played a large role in building the country but it was hidden behind something called prejudice."
He asked the students how many of them had dreams and talked about the dreams of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King Jr. who hoped people would be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.
"Regardless of the exterior, what�s on the outside, it�s all about what�s on the inside," Sabsook said. "Each of us has the responsibility to live out the great words of Dr. Martin Luther King. The question is when can we turn that dream into reality.
"I believe Dr. King�s dream is coming true. Now, it�s up to you to continue to make his dream come true."


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StKildaPainting necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 33 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
St Kilda Yacht Sales
I am competing with the total Australian market. I want to appeal to Yachties all over Australia as they often travel to buy boats. I want to have their best interests at heart, from accomodation to offering best boat. A typical Yachtie are quite often elite people, looking for quality yachts be it the most technologically advanced racing boats, to the comfortable world crusiers, and not discounting the Joe blows who enjoy sailing in a different realm.
In general the market is second hand boats, as we do not offer a new dealership, although we would like to in the future. Melbourne's yachting scene and facilities are outstanding and only getting better with new devlopments at St Kilda Yacht squadrants occuring within the next 5 years. Demographics: Between 40 and 70 years of age, some are retired. The Wives are usually the ones buying the boats.
The logo must be elegant, proffessional, appealing to 40-70 year old market, must have world conotations, and be appealing to women.
I want people to know my business is not just selling yachts, its also the associated services. there are at least 20 other services (yacht insurances, cleaning services, accomodation services, anti-fouling (putting anti-foul underneath the hull)) that will be associated with the brand name, so wether or not you think its wise to put it in the logo is up to you.
I also want my website to be a one stop shop for pepole that want to have easy access to quality services for yachts.
I am selling sailing boats, not motor yachts. I am selling boats designated for sailing; be it racing around the carnes, or pleasure crusies in the whitsundays.
Feel free to use any colours for the logo.
You may use your imagination and creativity, I have purposely not set a base or starting point for this logo.
I want to restate this logo must be appealing and alluring to women. This is important.
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|Angst-ridden music genre
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The dealerships at the New River Auto Mall will celebrate Take Your Dog To Work Day for the first time on Friday.
The New River Auto Mall will join businesses nationwide in opening its doors to employees' furry, four-legged best friends for the 13th annual celebration of Take Your Dog To Work Day.
The day was established by Pet Sitters International in 1999. This annual event urges businesses around the globe to experience the joys of dogs in the workplace for just one day to celebrate the great companions dogs make and to promote their adoption from local shelters, rescue groups and humane societies.
"New River Auto Mall sees this event as a way to recognize the important role dogs play in our employees' lives and an opportunity to make a positive impact on our local community," said Jill Jauch, marketing manager.
Any dog that stops by on Friday will get a treat. Be sure to post a photo of your dog to the New River Auto Mall Facebook wall (www.facebook.com/NewRiverAutoMall), for a chance to win a prize.
For more information on Pet Sitters International's Take Your Dog To Work Day, visit www.takeyourdog.com


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National Beef Packing Co. recalling over 50K lbs. of ground beef
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2013 – National Beef Packing Company, a Liberal, Kan., firm, is recalling approximately 50,100 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Wednesday, July 31st.
The following products are subject to recall:
- 10 lb. chub of "National Beef" 93/ 7 Fine Ground Beef, Product Code 0707
- 10 lb. chub of "NatureSource" 80/20 Fine Ground Chuck, Product Code 7031
- 10 lb. chub of "NatureSource" 85/15 Fine Ground Beef, Product Code 7054
- 10 lb. chub of "NatureSource" 90/10 Fine Ground Beef, Product Code 7344
- 10 lb. chub of "NatureSource" 93/ 7 Fine Ground Beef, Product Code 7004
- 10 lb. chub of "NatureWell 80/20 Fine Ground Chuck, Product Code 7484
- 10 lb. chub of "NatureWell" 85/15 Fine Ground Beef, Product Code 7454
- 10 lb. chub of "NatureWell" 90/10 Fine Ground Sirloin, Product Code 7577
- 10 lb. chub of "NatureWell" 93/7 Fine Ground Beef, Product Code 7404
All these products bear the establishment number "EST. 208A" inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products were produced on July 18, 2013 and were shipped in 40 to 60 pound cases to retailers, wholesalers, and food service distributors nationwide.
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A Little Hard Data to PO the Anti-Gun Crowd
Some "gentle souls" out there think all guns should be banned. They are indeed ignorant and misguided fools.
They're probably beyond education on this point. But I'll try to enlighten them anyway.
There are many reasons the 2nd Amendment recognizes an individual's right to keep and bear arms. Some are related to liberty. But one even more near and dear to all of us is personal protection.
Here is a short, "quick and dirty" list of average police response times to emergency calls (generally defined as violent crimes in progress requiring an immediate police response) in major cities in the US. In smaller towns and rural areas, the response time can be expected to be longer.
- Minneapolis – around 8 minutes
- NYC – a bit over 9 minutes
- Denver – from 14 to 17 minutes
- Chicago – between 3 and 4 minutes (allegedly)
- DC – between 7 and 9 min (old data)
- Atlanta – 11+ minutes
- Phoenix – between 4 and 6 minutes
- Dallas – about 6 minutes
- Houston – about 5 minutes
- Seattle – about 6.3 minutes
- Detroit –24+minutes!
- LA – 5.7 miutes
Nationwide Averages: http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cvus/previous/cvus107.pdf
I've read somewhere that the average violent crime takes on the order of 1-2 minutes. That's eminently believable; I damn well know someone with a knife can carve another person up like a steak to the point they won't survive in a minute or less. A baseball bat can do the trick even quicker. So that means in only a small fraction of the cases (far less than 10%) would the police even be able to arrive during the crime – much less in time to prevent it, or to prevent injury of the innocent.
There's a good reason for the old saying "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away." It happens to be true.
Anti-gun fools, I don't much care if you want to help criminals and make yourselves easy targets incapable of defending yourself against an armed attacker. But I take exception to you making it impossible for me to defend myself and my family.
And so does the US Constitution.
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My name is Veronica but most of you know me as "V" or pittymomma. I live in Ontario where we have a BAN that is rapidly taking the lives of many fabulous dogs. I work with a rescue group called Bullies In Need who are very dedicated to helping as many "pit bulls and mixes" either get homes or get the hell outta Ontario.
I am recently seperated and packed up the dogs and I and moved to a restored 122 yr old farm house where the dogs have acreage to romp on and I have no neighbours warning me how my dogs might get hungry and turn on me.
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Here are a few pictures of my brats
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Here are a couple ways to help you decide how to vote in the next presidential election: watch a potential candidate kill a reindeer on national television – or just follow some C-list celebrities online.
Ted Nugent, who's as facile with a crossbow as a guitar, made a YouTube video promo for the "Sarah Palin's Alaska" reality show – the Sunday night episode in which the former GOP vice presidential candidate bagged a caribou.
Palin returned the favor by giving the Motor City Madman a shoutout on her Facebook page – and by quoting him on TV. "In the words of Ted Nugent, I thank that mighty animal for living a good life and now sustaining a nice family," she intoned solemnly as viewers saw the caribou's carcass.
Meanwhile, Margaret Cho tangled online with fellow "Dancing With the Stars" also-ran Bristol Palin, charging on her blog that her "friend" was "forced" to join the competition show by her mother as part of a grand presidential campaign scheme. Bristol Palin took to Facebook to deny the comic's claims while making a pitch for Conservatism – and serving up a quip playing off Cho's bisexuality.
"If you understood that commonsense conservative values supports the right of individuals like you, like all of us, to live our lives with less government interference and more independence, you would embrace us faster than KD Lang at an Indigo Girls concert," Palin posted Saturday.
Welcome to the latest rings of the Palin Family Circus where Bristol's still dancing – online – while her mom is playing the Mama Grizzly version of Annie Oakley on TV. Both are engaging with fading stars on Facebook, in exchanges that smack more of high school than serious political discourse.
Palin, who has made Facebook a key plank in her political bully pulpit, seems to be using the social network site more these days to promote her new book and reality show. Even before the caribou killing, visitors to Palin's Facebook page were treated to the Nugent video – and pre-emptive shots at PETA.
"Tune in to 'Sarah Palin's Alaska' this Sunday at 9pm ET/8pm central on TLC to see how we fill our freezers and feed our families with home-grown tundra-roaming Alaskan wild game. … And, PETA..., please remember: Alaskans eat, therefore we hunt," Palin wrote.
While she's been somewhat gun shy in consorting with what she calls the "lamestream media," Palin recently began doing interviews with journalists other than her colleagues at Fox News, where she is a paid commentator.
Palin declared she's seriously mulling a run for the presidency in a recent conversation with Barbara Walters. Their chat is slated to air Thursday as part of Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People of 2010" special. Among the other guests: Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez and Palin's fellow reality show stars, the cast of "Jersey Shore."
This all comes as some old school GOPers, most notably Bush Administration adviser Karl Rove, have cited Palin's TV show in dismissing her as unworthy of the presidency.
Palin cleverly used Rove's comments to cloth herself in the cloak of Ronald Reagan, noting The Gipper was an actor before becoming president and a Republican icon. That perhaps unintentionally revealing self-assessment made some conservatives even more perturbed.
Still, her 2008 running mate, Arizona Sen. John McCain offered a somewhat backhanded endorsement of her take, telling CNN late last month that Palin, like Reagan, can be seen as "divisive."
That seems on-target given a recent Associated Press-GfK poll that found Palin to be both the best known and most polarizing of the possible GOP 2012 presidential contenders. Some 46 percent of those polled view her favorably compared with 49 percent who hold an unfavorable view.
Killing a caribou on national television probably isn't going to move those numbers much.
Palin likely doesn't care. After keeping herself atop the news cycle for the 17 months since she ended her 18-month stint as Alaska governor, Palin no doubt realizes that bad press is almost as good as positive press.
In an age where the difference between fame and infamy is as fuzzy as what constitutes celebrity, Palin is, undeniably, a multi-platform star. A generally appealing surrogate like her oldest daughter could help her cause, especially as her family, via the TLC show, becomes more of a crucial part of what the image specialists would call Palin's "brand."
Palin's strategy of portraying herself and her family as "normal, average everyday Americans" through the distorted lens of Reality TV while her daughter defends the family honor on Facebook commands attention – even if the ultimate impact on electoral politics is unclear.
So bring on the Margaret Chos, the Ted Nugents and all the caribou in Alaska – it doesn't matter what the next act is in the Palin Family Circus, as long as we're watching.
Be sure tune in this Sunday to "Sarah Palin's Alaska" for a visit from another supposedly ordinary American mom, who happens to be a Reality TV star and "Dancing With the Stars" alum: the original Octomom, Kate Gosselin, who apparently isn't a fan of camping.
No word yet, though, if any animals – or American democracy – were hurt in the making of the show.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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What's become a fun-filled annual event at the Pet Food Shoppe on Route 44 has a serious purpose: "to help protect the dogs who help protect us."
What's become a fun-filled annual event at the Pet Food Shoppe on Route 44 has a serious purpose: "to help protect the dogs who help protect us."
That's the motto of Massachusetts Vest-a-Dog, the non-profit organization formed in 2000 with the mission of providing each of the state's K-9s with a protective vest.
A typical Sunday in the December-long celebration of man's best friend on the beat included an opportunity to get photos of your pet taken with Santa - from guinea pigs to the occasional English Mastiff – and K-9 demonstrations by 13 departments from throughout the state.
The K-9 demonstrations featured bomb and drug detection, tracking and the ever-popular "subdue the bad guy."
Kathy Hinds, president of Massachusetts Vest-a-Dog, said there's currently a waiting list of 19 dogs in the state. The vests cost $725 apiece.
Vest-a-Dog's Pet Food Shoppe fundraiser should take a big bite out of that number having raised $14,670 to date, before expenses, despite the poor economy, said local organizer Sandy Marcal, who also hosts area cable TV's "The Pet Zone, and is chief Santa photographer.
"It's a great fundraiser," Hinds said. "We feel it's an unnecessary risk for these dogs to be out there without a protective vest."
The dogs, she added, not only are charged with finding lost children or drug detection, they're called on to take down "thugs on the street who mean to do us harm."
She said the vests not only protect against bullets, but they're designed to ward off blunt-force trauma, which the dogs are more likely to encounter.
Hinds said her daughter Lisa became inspired to help start the vest-a-dog movement in Massachusetts when she was 11 after reading a story in "American Girl" magazine about an 11-year-old girl in San Diego who launched a similar effort after learning about a K-9 shot and killed in the line of duty.
The Massachusetts group has provided more than 219 K-9 vests to date.
Donations can be made on the organization's Web site – www.mavestadog.org - or sent directly to Massachusetts Vest-a-Dog, P.O. Box 512, Centerville, MA 02632.
Vest-a-Dog calendars featuring 12 of the state's K-9s will continue to be sold through January to raise money for the vests at the Pet Food Shoppe in Lakeville, Angel View Pet Cemetery in Middleboro, Technical Edge Hair and Nail Design in South Easton, Polished Image Salon in Bridgewater, Kingston Police Dept. headquarters, Yarmouth Police Dept. headquarters, Red Dog Inn in Mansfield and Regency Police Supply in Hyannis.


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The Hope College Knickerbocker Theatre will continue its tradition of showing independent and foreign films with four films scheduled between August and December.
The films are "The Band's Visit," "Young@Heart," "The Visitor" and "Brick Lane."
"The Band's Visit" will open the series with showings on Monday-Saturday, Aug. 11-16, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town. The night they spend with their unexpected hosts creates moments of humor, tenderness, and sadness. Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin's debut feature, THE BAND'S VISIT, is a subtle, heartfelt, and humane work that goes a long way toward dissolving the incredibly complex cultural divide that continues to plague the Middle East. When the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra flies from... Israeli filmmaker Eran Kolirin's debut feature is a subtle, heartfelt, and humane work that goes a long way toward dissolving the incredibly complex cultural divide that continues to plague the Middle East. "The Band's Visit" is a comedy/drama in English, Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles. The film is rated PG-13.
The series will feature "Young@Heart" on Monday-Thursday, Sept. 15-18, with showings at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. The documentary looks at an extraordinary program for senior citizens - average age 81--in Northampton, Mass., who for the past 25 years have sung whatever they like, a mix that might well include rock, punk and disco music. British filmmaker Stephen Walker follows the current 24 members on their six-week rehearsal schedule culminating in a home town performance. The film has received rave reviews and the members have been featured on numerous television shows, including "The Today Show" and "Nightline." The film is rated PG and is in English.
"The Visitor" will show Monday-Saturday, Nov. 3-8, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. A "New York Times Critic's Pick," this comedy/drama follows 62-year-old professor Walter Vale, who is sleepwalking through life. He has lost his passion for teaching and writing, when his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference. Walter is surprised to find that a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek, a Syrian man, and Zainab, his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The instrument's exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter's faltering spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles. The film is rated PG-13, and is in English and Arabic with English subtitles.
The final film is "Brick Lane," which will show Monday-Saturday, Dec. 1-6, at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Based on the award-winning book by Monica Ali, it tells the story of a beautiful young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneen, who arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle-aged Chanu, she fears that her soul is quietly dying. Her sister Hasina, meanwhile, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to the next. Nazneen struggles to accept her own lifestyle, and keeps her head down in spite of life's blows, but she soon discovers that life cannot be avoided--and is forced to confront it the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door. The film is rated PG-13 and is in English.
Tickets for all of the films are $6 for regular admission and $5 for senior citizens and children. Updated information may be obtained by visiting www.hope.edu/arts/knick.
The Knickerbocker Theatre is located in downtown Holland at 86 E. Eighth St.


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Flippant Sol wrote:The only chance we'll ever see a new Marathon game is if Bungie were to give the IP to someone else, and they were to decide to do something with it. Until then, and if then, it is the sole responsibility of the fans to create new experiences and adventures in the Marathon universe. At this projection, I claim that the Marathon fandom will go the way of the dodo by 2024.
I wouldn't mind another company doing a Marathon reboot as long as they were true to the source material. However, I can't think of a single developer at the moment that makes good FPS. Maybe modern id? Doom 4 was alright, if a bit tedious at times.


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AMERICAN Legion Post 265, Broadhurst Road hosts bingo every Thursday at 7 p.m.
AMERICAN Legion Post 265, Broadhurst Road hosts bingo every Thursday at 7 p.m.
N.C. RETIRED School Personnel, Onslow County Unit will hold a black history program at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 21 at St. Julia AME Zion Church, 112 Kerr Street. Call 910-347-5652.
JACKSONVILLE Friends of the Library hosts is Winter Used Book Sale on Feb. 21-23 at the Main Library. Donations of books accepted. Information call 910-455-7350.
HOPE, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE Amputee Support Group meets Feb. 21 at the USO from 6 to 8 p.m.. For information, call 910-330-2900.
BLOOD DRIVES from 1 to 7 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Jacksonville Mall, 375 Western Blvd., and from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 24 at Infant of Prague, 205 Chaney Ave.
ONSLOW Senior Games will be held April 9-27. Entry form deadline is March 8 in literary, visual, heritage and performing arts and athletic events. Call 910-347-5332.
SNEADS FERRY Community Theatre presents �Over the River and Through the Woods� at 8 p.m. Feb. 22-23 and March 1-2 and 3 p.m. Feb. 24 and March 3. Tickets $10. Call 910-327-2798.


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Pa. Turnpike CEO orders review of contracts
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's compliance officer will review every professional services contract that was cited in a grand jury report that alleged a long-running "pay to play" scheme at the agency, new chief executive officer Mark Compton said Monday.
In an interview, Compton said the grand jury report was alarming and that he wants to make sure the agency's contracts were awarded appropriately. "We don't believe there's any (contracts) like that, but we want to make sure," Compton said.
The review will be conducted by the agency's compliance officer, who can report directly to turnpike commissioners, if necessary. Employees and professional services contractors also will be encouraged to contact the compliance officer about inappropriate conduct, he said.
One contract singled out by the grand jury was with the technology consulting firm Ciber Inc. and cost $82 million, the grand jury said.
In its 85-page report unveiled Wednesday, the grand jury said witnesses testified that a Ciber ex-vice president, Dennis Miller, told employees to bill for unnecessary tasks, helped raise money from sub-consultants for an influential former state senator and bought expensive dinners and other gifts for top turnpike commission officials.
Miller is facing various charges, including bid-rigging. Miller's lawyer has said his client cooperated fully with the grand jury investigation and will fight the charges.
The turnpike commission ended the contract with Ciber two years ago and plans to seek reimbursement through the courts, turnpike officials said Monday. A spokeswoman for Ciber, based in Greenwood Village, Colo., near Denver, said in a statement Monday that the company is cooperating with the investigation and it will cooperate with a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission review of the contract, as well.
The project was successfully implemented, and the turnpike commission signed off on it more than four years ago, spokeswoman Robin Caputo said.
Eight people were charged Wednesday, including six whom the grand jury said were connected to the alleged "pay to play" scheme in which contract-hungry vendors gave lavish gifts and political campaign contributions. The grand jury report also cited witnesses that questioned the need for the Ciber contract.
"Witness after witness testified that the turnpike did not need the system proposed and implemented by Ciber," the grand jury wrote. "One witness described the turnpike as purchasing a Cadillac Escalade when a Ford Focus would do. Another witness thought that the turnpike was 'trying to kill an ant with a sledgehammer.'"
Ciber's contract work began in 2004, according to the grand jury.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane has said the four-year investigation is ongoing, but that investigators are bound by a statute of limitations that goes back to 2002.
Compton said he is not disputing any of the allegations in the grand jury report. But he also stressed that the agency has improved its contracting procedures in the past two years and that the grand jury cited the actions of a few, not the vast majority of turnpike employees.
One of the commissioners, former state Democratic Senate leader Bill Lincoln, testified before the grand jury under a grant of immunity, and revealed that he accepted gift certificates to a resort from an engineering firm and did not disclose them. He has not responded to a request for comment.


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It's never too early to start thinking about sustainability - just ask three Bay of Plenty Enviroschools that have started the new year with awards recognising this.
Botanical Road Kindergarten in Tauranga, Tiaki Early Childhood Centre in Rotorua and Te Puna Kindergarten in the Western Bay of Plenty all became bronze Enviroschools last month. The awards recognise the work put in by the pupils and staff throughout 2012 and the changes that they'd made.
Regional Council Chairman John Cronin said it was terrific to see the sorts of changes being made in each of the three centres by the youngsters.
"We're talking about three and four-year-olds who are taking what they're learning during the day and passing it on to their parents and guardians," Mr Cronin said.
"In a recent survey of parents from 14 Bay of Plenty kindergartens, 83 percent reported their children had told their families about the environmental learning they were doing at kindergarten, to do with energy, water and reducing waste."
Enviroschools is a sustainability programme that encourages schools and kindergartens to set goals for their community. Progress is recognised by becoming a bronze, silver or green-gold Enviroschool. All three have introduced sustainability activities such as water conservation, waste minimisation, sustainable transport, and energy.
Some of the work carried out at the centres includes:
Botanical Road Kindergarten is most proud of their bird table. The children had recognised a problem of what to do with bread scraps possibly attracting rats in their compost. They came up with a solution, designed and built a table for the birds. It's located near a window so they can watch the birds without disturbing them. They are reducing waste, problem solving and learning about wildlife all at the same time.
Tiaki Early Childhood Centre has made the most of their natural surroundings. This includes a bike track, feeding the hens and worms, turning the tap on to let the collected rainwater from the roof be used in their sandpit play, and watering their vegetable garden. The students are taking what they learn about sustainability out into the community with walks collecting rubbish, and collecting paper from their homes to bring for Paper from Homes programme.
Te Puna Kindergarten has a river in their playground, fed by a rain water tank, with a tap the children can access. This has taught the children lessons in water sustainability, following an occasion when they forgot to turn off the tap, resulting in the river running dry. Children are enjoying water play, learning to treat water as precious at kindergarten, and taking those lessons home.
Enviroschools is sponsored by Bay of Plenty Regional Council with support from Tauranga City Council and Tauranga Region Kindergarten Association.


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The Tattooed Five will be back in Columbus next year, per an agreement with Jim Tressel, who will teach the players a hard lesson about not paying for stuff by bringing them back for another year of unpaid football.
I really can't think of a better way for this dumb saga to end than with Tressel's demanding this pledge as a condition of their appearing in the Sugar Bowl — in effect, extorting another season out of Terrelle Pryor and his pals.
Tressel said he wanted to make sure that the players wouldn't "skirt the consequences" by playing in the Sugar Bowl, then declaring for the NFL draft and avoiding any punishment.
Aside from the fact that punishing a college athlete who took stuff by returning him to school is like punishing Willie Sutton by returning him to the Corn Exchange, and aside from the fact that Ohio State is sparing Terrelle Pryor the far-crueler fate of his declaring and then going undrafted with an ESPN camera in his den, and aside from the fact that the players' promise is pretty obviously meaningless, as it should be — aside from that, this is all very sound thinking. Especially this part:
"A number of people reached out as we've been dealing with this thing maybe to calm my thinking or whatever, and one thing said was, 'Keep in mind, Coach, you're dealing with a different generation. Back when you were growing up one guy got a trophy, maybe, and now you're dealing with a generation that if you were on the team and you were 7 years old, everyone got a trophy. Maybe this generation doesn't understand the value of awards like we did,' " Tressel said.
Yes, the current generation's distaste for bling and other tokens of individual achievement has been well documented. Also? DeVier Posey somehow sold his 2008 Big Ten championship ring for $1,200. If there's anyone in this transaction who doesn't understand the value of awards, it's the guy who paid more than a grand for tacky used jewelry.


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Los Angeles Harbor Commission to vote on embattled BNSF railyard project
By Karen Robes Meeks and Bri
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Vanessa Bacon, Ashley Hernandez, Alyssa Alvarez joins other protesters against the the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) Project in Wilmington, Calif. on October 18, 2012. The SCIG involves the construction and operation of a railyard between Sepulveda Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway along SR-47.
Los Angeles harbor leaders this week will decide whether to endorse the environmental impact report of a controversial $500 million railyard that could support rising cargo demands but also abuts neighborhoods in West Long Beach and Wilmington.
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners meeting on Thursday, when the board is expected to vote on the final EIR of the 153-acre Southern California International Gateway railyard project being proposed by BNSF Railway.
The proposed facility, to be located in an industrial area bounded by Sepulveda Boulevard, Pacific Coast Highway, the Terminal Island Freeway and the Dominguez Channel, would allow trucks to load containers and put them on trains closer to the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, rather than having trucks drive 24 miles away to another facility in downtown Los Angeles.
But health and environmental groups and residents in the area say the project will worsen traffic and health problems already affecting the neighborhoods. The project, which was proposed in 2005, is in proximity of several schools and parks, including the Villages at Cabrillo, a Long Beach transitional housing facility for homeless veterans, families and youths.
Long Beach Councilman James Johnson, whose 7 th District includes the affected neighborhoods, said the city of Los Angeles and the Port of Los Angeles "made no good faith effort to meet the n
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"This is a textbook case of environmental injustice, where you take a mostly minority, working-class community that already has some of the worst air quality in the United States and you add pollution to that neighborhood," Johnson said. "I think it's just wrong."
Proponents, including the Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, said the project will use green technology at the facility and help remove 1.5 million trucks annually from the Long Beach (710) Freeway.
BNSF spokeswoman Lena Kent said that the railroad's decision to move forward on the project has been the result of several years of meetings with hundreds of community members and business leaders.
"BNSF believes that we have proposed a project that not only meets the current and anticipated containerized cargo demands at the San Pedro Bay Ports, but will also create 'greener' capacity for the ports to grow and to continue to be a source of even more good paying jobs for the Southern California economy," Kent said in an emailed statement.
Los Angeles City Council member Joe Buscaino, whose 15 th District includes San Pedro, Wilmington, Harbor City and Harbor Gateway, said he supports the project. He said he is especially pleased it will encourage private investment and create tens of thousands of new jobs. He also said the port needs the railyard to ensure it remains competitive with others in North America.
"This has been eight years in the making," Buscaino said. "The time is now. I think we have hashed out all the concerns the port has had and the community has had. We cannot delay."
Representatives of both ports have said the ports aren't taking an official position on the project, though the decision lies in the hands of the Los Angeles harbor commissioners.
Kat Madrigal, a Wilmington resident and the development and communications coordinator for East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, said proponents of the project are being short-sighted. She said her group plans to mobilize at least 100 people to attend Thursday's meeting and speak out against the railyard.
She said the project might actually increase pollution locally, especially for low-income residents living near the port.
"We believe that it is important that the community both in Wilmington and in Long Beach don't want this railyard," Madrigal said. "The commissioners should be held accountable to the community. This is not something the community sees as a community improvement project."
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners meeting will take place at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Cruise Center Terminal Annex Building, 390 N. Harbor Blvd. in San Pedro, just north of the USS Iowa. For more information or to check out the report, visit
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I have the wrong version of libglib2 installed. I had some experimental repo that broke everything. From this source, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bug/880227 I have learned that other people have addressed this bug by downgrading the libglib2 package. However, I don't know how to do this.
When I go to synaptic, and search for libglib2, I am met with many packages, rather than just one to downgrade, including:
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Which of these gets downgraded for 2.30? All of them? Is one the master?
Secondly, assuming I do choose libglib2.0-0, I face another problem: when I force version, synaptic warns me that the chosen action will affect other packages, and that 14 packages will be removed. These include...
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I have a major problem: I can't dance.
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I'm appalled at myself but unable to curb the self-destructive tendencies. As a player, I'm enchanted at the challenge, but as a member of a larger group I've become the Heigan-pariah, Unclean By Association. I've never finished Naxx because- for obvious reasons- no one will let me go with them. Server PUGs, initially seduced by my gear score and enthusiasm for the Plague Wing of Naxx, have learned the bitter lesson that I am not to be trusted.
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Seventeen year old Kim sits with a group of young children in a child-friendly space at an evacuation centre in Cagayan de Oro, the Philippines, one of the towns worst hit by Tropical Storm Sendong last December. The centre is in a barangay (village) covered court. It's crowded and humid, with the smell of sweat. Over 130 families live on top of each other with little comfort or privacy – sleeping, cooking and washing in the open.
But this morning an area has been cleared for children, marked out by a UNICEF tarpaulin mat. Here, Kim and other young volunteers are teaching math. "What does five plus two equal?" Kim asks in English, holding up a piece of paper with numbers drawn on it inside different shapes. "Seven!" the children shout happily in unison, before colouring in the right number with a yellow crayon.
Kim has a natural, easy interaction with the children. They clearly have a lot of affection for him too. Six-year-old Robin* climbs onto Kim's lap and gives him a spontaneous hug, grinning broadly. "I come here to help out every day for two hours before school," Kim says. "I wanted to help the children forget their upsetting experiences through play and learning. I enjoy it so much. I love being with children like Robin, seeing their smiles and their enjoyment of the activities."
It's been six weeks since the disaster and Kim has seen the difference in the children. "In the days after the storm they would just hang out in the streets, doing nothing," he says. "Now they play games, they listen to us and they cooperate with each other."
Eye of the storm
|Drawing by eight-year-old Christine. © UNICEF Philippines/2012/Andy Brown
It was the first morning of my two day whistle-stop tour of the areas affected by Sendong, the worst storm to hit northern Mindanao since 1916. The equivalent of one month's rain fell in just one day, causing massive flash floods that destroyed homes, lives and property. I was in the Philippines in 2009 after Tropical Storm Ondoy devastated the capital Manila, and the damage I saw this time was at least as bad.
I caught a 6am flight from Manila, landing in Cagayan de Oro (known in the office as CdO) at 7:30. I was met at the airport by Munib, one of the UNICEF drivers who had been transferred to the temporary office in CdO. As well as being a disaster area, Mindanao is a conflict zone, with a Muslim separatist insurgency in the south of the island where Munib is from. There had been kidnappings of tourists in the south but CdO was on the north coast and safe enough. Nonetheless, UNICEF was taking no chances and I travelled everywhere in a chunky UN van, maintaining constant radio contact with the office.
It was my first experience of working in a conflict zone and I stuck by the almost military style of the operation. "This is Charlie Mobile 311. Departing the location. Destination Oscar Base," Munib said, speaking into his radio. "Roger that. Oscar Base standing by," came the immediate reply.
Our first stop was the office of Community and Family Services International (CFSI), a Philippines-based NGO that is supported by UNICEF to provide services for children in the evacuation centres. Here I met Binladin, a short and smiley Filipino from Manila, who was my guide for the morning. He introduced himself with a warm handshake. "You can call me Bin," he said.
In the office, Bin showed me some of the children's artwork, including a crayon drawing of a family home by eight-year-old Christine, done during psychosocial activities at the child friendly space. "Christine lost her home and her sister in the floods," Bin said. "This drawing shows her dream that her family can build a new home and live there safely."
I Bin asked how volunteers like Kim were selected. "The youth focal points were nominated by their local communities," he explained. "We trained them how to work with children, assist with educational activities, and look out for children at risk of abuse. Some of the young people have also developed their own activities. They need to have good moral values and a willingness to learn."
Binladin seemed very open and friendly, so I also asked him the obvious question about his name. "My father is an overseas worker and he used to work for the Bin Laden company in the Middle East," he replied. "When I was born, he told my mum 'you have to name him after the firm'."
"Was the company related to Osama Bin Laden?" I asked. He laughed. "Yes it was his brother's firm. But that was before Osama became famous."
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|Kim with his grandmother, Erlinda, outside their flood-damaged family home.
© UNICEF Philippines/2012/Andy Brown
After visiting the evacuation centre, we went with Kim to visit his family home, where we were met by his grandmother Erlinda. When we arrived, she was busy compiling lists of local people affected by the floods for the Red Cross. An active and young-looking sixty two year old, she was clearly a strong willed woman with a sense of responsibility for her community, which she had passed on to her grandson.
Like most people in the area, Kim's family was directly affected by the floods. Their house was a two storey building half way down a small street leading to the river. "The storm came at night while we were sleeping," Kim remembered. "The first floor was completely flooded in minutes and our furniture was washed out and destroyed."
Flash floods are uncommon in this area and local people were unprepared for the storm's ferocity. "We were very surprised and shaken," Kim continued. "There has never been a flood like this before, even in my lola's (grandmother's) lifetime. We were afraid we would all drown. We couldn't even open the front door because of the water pressure outside. I remember my mother panicking and shouting. I was very scared. I thought, 'what can I do to help?' It was very traumatic for me."
Kim's grandmother took charge of the situation. "I realised that there were lots of families down by the river who would need help," she told me. "I went out and brought about 100 people back here. At first we took them upstairs but then the water got even higher and we had to leave the house. We all linked arms as we left so that no one would get swept away."
|Flood damaged homes by the riverside in Cagayan de Oro.
© UNICEF Philippines/2012/Andy Brown
Erlinda showed us the damage to her house and took us down to the river to see the devastation there. An area about a hundred meters back from the river was swept clean, with just bare earth and a few surviving trees. A handful of families were camped out in makeshift shelters, with washing strung out between the trees. They were burning trash, filling the air with smoke and the acrid smell of burning plastic. Across the road were ruined shanty houses and the street was strewn with broken furniture.
"The water level came up to about 11 feet at the highest point," Erlinda said, pointing to a water line on the side of a wooden house. "It's gone back down now but the river is wider than it used to be, because the bank collapsed."
Although Kim and Erlinda's immediate family all survived, their extended family was not so lucky. "My 92-year-old aunt and her daughter both died that night," Erlinda said, her air of strength departing for a moment as her grief surfaced. "They were trapped in their house when the waters rose. They managed to break a hole in a screen and get the granddaughter Dixie out, but they were trapped inside and drowned. Dixie survived by clinging to a log. The next day rescuers found her asleep, with her arms still wrapped around the log."
I was deeply impressed by both Kim and Erlinda. Despite their personal hardship and heartache, they both threw themselves into helping others. It was a testament to the resilience of Filipinos and their sense of community. We said goodbye and Munib and I drove off to the UNICEF temporary office, for my afternoon appointment.
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|Isabel* plays at the UNICEF-supported child friendly space.
© UNICEF Philippines/2012/Andy Brown
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Here's a new commercial Dos Equis has been running as part of their "Most Interesting Man in the World" series that we love so much. In it, they assemble these clips:
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Very Common question Mr. Creationist.
I hear this argument almost everyday, often the simplest answer is "read a book" or "please visit a museum"
The fact of the matter is that transitional fossils are in abundance. I agree, there might not be as much as we should expect, however that is due to many different factors: environmental, positional, geographical and many other technicalities which diminish the number of fossils that are found or that will be…Continue
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I often come across the occasional "smart" creationist, who has either some degree of study in some scientific field but still "incorporates their faiths" and beliefs into their degree of choice. They claim that science itself is a testament of god's wonder, and that science actually complements the existence of god.
The argument they often ASSAULT me with the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics as if they believe I have no idea what they are -__-, which sometimes pisses me…Continue
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Its me again, retaliating to creationists stupid arguments. This is one that comes up momentarily in debates and discussions. "why have we stopped evolving?" I will now arm you on how to respond.
First of all, we must understand evolution. Evolution is the change within a specie, due to adaptation of its environment. Precisely why it is documented that people that live in high altitudes literally have bigger hearts.
Now there's a simple answer, we did not STOP…Continue
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People that claim to have experience miraculous healing or giving eye-witness accounts of such, plague me all the time. Now I could write a long-ass blog explaining the many scientific studies done on prayer as well as the power of the mind. namely: the placebo effect. But I won't as I am very tired. There is one simple question however that I ask theists when they mention healing and it is quite simple:
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