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After returning from the gym last night I dug into my P90X box to work out to the much heard about Plyometrics DVD. Wow. I loved it. 60 minutes of squats and jumps and an assortment of other goodies. One reason I liked this workout so much is because the moves aren't those grape-vine things from the aerobics classes that I felt like such a clutz in. These moves are easier to follow, difficult to do, but easy to follow. OK, so I did feel like a clutz doing the baseball throw and catch move. Otherwise, it went very well. My heart rate wasn't real high, but the sweat was pouring and I felt the moves in my legs/butt.
While 'running around the towel' Topaz went crazy and thought we were out on a run, I guess. He was under my feet and I stepped on his paw! Ooops.
I will definately NOT do this workout the same day as a leg day.
The Jungle Jam pull up bar still hasn't arrived. I will add the Plyometrics, Yoga, Ab Ripper and Kenpo to my regular workouts. One each day. I'll figure out the rest when the bar arrives.
I lifted heavy at the gym yesterday, I have completed the 12 week higher rep, lower weigh periodization and am now beginning to go heavier:
DB chest press: 40 x 6 x 3, 45x3x1; those 45's are heavy. Definately need a spotter next time so I can get them both up!
BB chest press: 125x6x3
Pec Dec: 100x6x3
BB curls: 50x6x3; 60x4x1
DB curls: 30x8x1, 35x6x2
Cable curls: 60x6x3
Today I woke up at 4:30 but went back to sleep! Woke up again to get in 20 minutes HIIT: 2.41 miles
Will run with Topaz on trail: 6 miles
Will do Ab Ripper: 20 minutes
M1: 1 Eggo Nutri Grain Waffle, 1 hard boiled egg, 1/4 cup cottage cheese
M2: 6 hard boiled egg whites, 1 T ff mayo, 1 banana
M3: 2 c spinach, tomato, peppers, carrots, 4 oz canned chicken
M4: 2 c brocolli, 4 oz chicken
M5: 1 Boca burger, lf cheese, 2 c sauteed cabbage
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
3 comments:
- Jen said...
Julie, I hear plyometrics are great for running too. You are a working out machine, do you ever worry about it becoming anegative addiction? I also have that addictive gene and I always worry when I get obsessive about things. Just curious. Keep it up because what ever you are doing is working. Jenna
- Julie B said...
Hi Jenna; I'm definately addicted I am sure. I imagine I have traded in the alcohol addiction for working out. The endorphins instead of the booze, I guess. It could become a negative, I suppose. For now I'm increasing activity to lose fat, when I enter maintenance I'll probably back off a bit..and eat more!
- Jen said...
You are doing awesome either way. Jenna
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Clashes overnight between police and supporters of Egypt's ousted president left at least seven people dead, authorities said Tuesday, in the latest eruption of political violence on the country's streets since the military deposed the Islamist leader nearly two weeks ago.
The bloodshed, which comes a week after army troops and police killed more than 50 Morsi supporters, made clear the determination of the pro-Morsi camp to resist the new political order and to maintain pressure on the military and the interim administration to offer concessions.
Khaled el-Khateeb, the head of the Health Ministry's emergency and intensive care department, said another 261 people were injured in the clashes that broke out late Monday and carried on into the early morning hours of Tuesday in four different locations in Cairo.
Egypt's state news agency said 17 policemen were injured in the violence, and 401 people have been arrested in relation to the clashes.
There was no official word on how the seven people died, but security officials said four of them were killed in clashes between Morsi supporters staging a sit-in near the main Cairo University campus and residents of the area. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
The violence erupted after sunset during mass protests by Morsi's supporters demanding the ousted leader be reinstated. The protest turned violent as police fired volleys of tear gas at pro-Morsi protesters who burned tires, threw rocks and blocked traffic flow on a main roadway running through the heart of the capital.
The Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which Morsi hails, said police used birdshot and live ammunition.
The ousted president's supporters say he was removed by a military coup that overturned democratic rule. Thousands of them have been staging sit-ins in two different locations in Cairo, one outside the main campus of Cairo University and another outside a mosque in a neighborhood in eastern Cairo that is a Brotherhood stronghold.
The army stepped in to remove Morsi after days of mass protests calling for the Islamist leader's removal on the grounds that he had failed to solve any of the country's pressing problems. His opponents also accused him of concentrating too much power in his own hands.
Morsi and the Brotherhood insist that loyalists of the deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in Egypt's 2011 uprising, worked incessantly to undermine Morsi's rule and that a wave of protests and strikes to hamper badly needed reforms.
In the wake of the coup, the new military-backed administration has moved swiftly against the Brotherhood, detaining several senior leaders over accusations that included inciting violence and killing protesters. Authorities have issued arrest warrants for the group's leader, Mohammed Badie, and at least 13 other prominent Islamists.
The overnight violence broke out hours after the most senior U.S. official to visit Egypt since Morsi's ouster concluded a round of talks with the country's interim leaders in which he called for the participation of the Brotherhood in the political process.
Deputy Secretary of State William Burn said Washington was committed to helping Egypt succeed in its "second chance" at democracy, a comment that signaled that Washington, while calling for an inclusive transition, was moving on from Morsi and his Brotherhood.
Burns insisted that the United States is not taking sides in deeply polarized Egypt, saying it is not Washington's policy, "as outsiders, to support particular political personalities and particular parties."
"What we're going to continue to try to do is to support an open inclusive, tolerant democratic process," he said. "We hope it will be a chance to learn some of the lessons and correct some of the mistakes of the last two years."

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The Report focuses on poverty with the aim of contributing to the current debate within Georgia on the government's new poverty-reduction strategy. The Report explores different definitions and ways of measuring poverty, finding that the official 'poverty line' is considered unrealistically low by the general public, making it difficult for them to accept the poverty-reduction strategy as a whole. The Report therefore suggests an alternative method to calculate the 'poverty line' and includes, for the first time, a disaggregation of HDI at the regional level. The report goes on to investigate the causes of poverty to reveal the obstacles families face in securing a decent standard of living. These include lack of education, exorbitant healthcare costs, and unequal income distribution. The Report concludes with suggestions on how to improve the government's proposal, including more responsible spending, rooting out mismanagement in government, and improving the business environment. Finally, good governance is highlighted as one of the most crucial aspects in the fight against poverty.


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Patsos Named Finalist For Skip Prosser Award
BALTIMORE – Loyola University Maryland men's basketball coach Jimmy Patsos was named one of 20 finalists for the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, an honor Patsos received last April at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet.
The award is named in honor and memory of the late Prosser who was the head coach at Loyola, Xavier and Wake Forest before passing away in July 2007. It recognizes those who achieve success not only on the basketball court, but coaches who display the ideals possessed by Prosser off it.
Patsos is in his ninth season at Loyola and has guided the Greyhounds to a 21-11 record in 2012-2013. On Tuesday, Loyola will make its second-straight appearance in postseason play when it hosts Boston University in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament at 7:30 p.m. in Reitz Arena.
The Greyhounds have set several program firsts over the last two years, including the first back-to-back 20-win seasons in school Division I history. Tuesday's game will also mark the first time since the school elevated its status to Division I in 1981-1982 that the Greyhounds have played in postseason competition in consecutive years.
Loyola's 45 wins over the last two seasons – the Greyhounds finished the 2011-2012 campaign with a 24-9 record and the school's second-ever berth in the NCAA Championships – have brought the first 20-win seasons in as many years since the Greyhounds won 20 or more in 1946-1947, 1947-1948 and 1948-1949.
In addition to leading his team to many accomplishments on the court, Patsos often took time during road trips to take the Greyhounds to cultural events and locations. This season, the team visited the Experience Music Project Museum in Seattle, took tours of the mansions in Newport, R.I., visited the National Civil Rights Museum and the location where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot in Memphis, and took in a Broadway production of Golden Boy in New York City.
Patsos is joined as a candidate for the 2013 award by John Beilein (Michigan), Tony Bennett (Virginia), Rick Byrd (Belmont), Kermit Davis (Middle Tennessee), Billy Donlon (Wright State), Jim Engles (NJIT), John Gallagher (Hartford), Anthony Grant (Alabama), Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa), Jim Larranaga (Miami, Fla.), Ryan Marks (UT-Pan American), Bob McKilop (Davidson), Joe Mihalich (Niagara), Dave Paulsen (Bucknell), Brett Reed (Lehigh), Zach Spiker (Army), Bob Thomason (Pacific), John Thompson III (Georgetown) and Bruce Weber (Kansas State).
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End run? Cuccinelli opines on abortion clinics
It was a busy week for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, losing his quest for climate change documents, asking Craigslist to yank adult ads, and issuing an equally controversial legal opinion on abortion.
"It was obviously a political maneuver," says Tarina Keene, director of the state chapter of an abortion rights group. Keene estimates that 17 out of the state's 21 abortion providers could not meet the stricter standards that Cuccinelli's opinion says the state could mandate. Currently, facilities for first-trimester abortions are classified as physician offices–- along with oral surgeons, eye doctors, and urgent care centers.
Keene, who runs NARAL Pro Choice Virginia, protests that other surgeries riskier than abortion, like cosmetic surgery, breast augmentation, and eye surgery, also fall under the "physician offices" category, which is regulated by the Board of Medicine. Outpatient hospitals are under the jurisdiction of the Board of Health.
"Abortion is very well regulated," she says. "This is sort of a slap in the face to the Board of Medicine."
When he was in the General Assembly, Cuccinelli tried–- unsuccessfully–- to pass legislation regulating abortion providers. But in his capacity as AG, when pro-life Delegate Bob Marshall asked for an official opinion on that matter, Cuccinelli determined that yes, the Commonwealth can regulate the facilities that provide first-trimester abortions, as well as the medical personnel who perform them.
"The Attorney General is trying to attempt to generate a regulatory fix to something the legislature has refused to do by law or by statute," says Planned Parenthood's David Nova.
Cuccinelli spokesman Brian Gottstein, however, disagrees and says issuing official opinions is part of the attorney general's job when a state agency or legislator requests it. "Official opinions are not the attorney general's personal opinions, but rather legal opinions," says Gottstein. "Issuing this legal opinion is not an 'end run' around anyone, because the law already says the state can regulate clinics."
Indeed, Planned Parenthood's Nova has long prepared for this moment. When Planned Parenthood constructed new clinics in Roanoke in 2000 and Charlottesville in 2004, they were built to the outpatient hospital specifications "out of concern that one day the legislature would require us to operate as hospitals," explains Nova.
That's not the case for Charlottesville Medical Center for Women, a Commonwealth Drive abortion provider, which declined to comment when contacted by the Hook.
"The Attorney General's opinion states the Commonwealth of Virginia has the legal authority to regulate abortion providers," says Nova. "Planned Parenthood agrees with that. Virginia has the authority and obligation to assure every medical facility operates professionally and safely."
Where he draws the line: If the Board of Health uses the Attorney General's opinion to restrict access to first trimester abortions. "The ruling in and of itself doesn't do anything," says Nova. "It doesn't say the state will do this. It says the state can do this."
John Whitehead at the Rutherford Institute weighs in with support of tightened restrictions on clinics, even if it means first-trimester abortions are more costly and send women to other states. "Though it may seem undesirable to have Virginians crossing state lines to undergo less costly abortions, this concern must be secondary to the health risks associated with the Commonwealth maintaining a laissez-faire attitude toward abortion clinic safety" he writes in a letter to state Senator David Marsden.
Virginia, cautions Whitehead, "must see that its clinics don't become the dreaded 'back alleys.'"
Actual examples of botched or risky abortions in Virginia were not produced and were not a factor in Cuccinelli's opinion. "It does not look at–- nor is it intended to look at–- specific instances of harm caused by a lack of regulation," says Cuccinelli spokesman Gottstein.
The next move is up to Governor Bob McDonnell, who appoints members of the Board of Health, the regulatory body overseeing outpatient hospitals. McDonnell also opposes abortion, but he's bucked Cuccinelli before when the attorney general opined that colleges didn't have the authority to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation.
"The Governor and members of the administration are currently evaluating and reviewing this opinion," says McDonnell press secretary Stacey Johnson.
Over at the Board of Health, local appointee Willis Logan says at the moment, the opinion doesn't change anything, but he acknowledges that questions about the ruling are going to the governor's office, and that McDonnell has the final say on who makes up the Board of Health. Notes Logan, "I serve at the pleasure of the governor."
Updated 10:40am with John Whitehead's observations.
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As Mr. Clinton said: "I respect people with a conservative philosophy," he continued. "This country has been well-served by having two broad traditions within which people can operate. If you have a philosophy, it means you're generally inclined one way or the other but you're open to evidence. If you have an ideology, it means everything is determined by dogma and you're impervious to evidence. Evidence is irrelevant."
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Abortion clinics will never be appropriate. Murder is murder.
Ooops meant to say "pro-choice"!!! Big difference, sorry.
I wonder if those who think the VA AG is being overly political hold the same view about Eric Holder? I have this uncanny feeling they see Holder as being simply being objective in his persecution of folks in Arizona, the failure to pursue overtly hostile voting rights violations, etc.
The significant problem I see here is that the AG didn't issue an opinion that covered the other types of procedures that carry as much or more risk; e.g. breast augmentation and cosmetic surgery and other examples in the article above. If the concern is safety of the people of the Commonwealth shouldn't we require strict regulation of all locations at which such procedures are performed?
The narrow nature of the opinion is what tells me it's an agenda based move rather than a legal one. The concern here is making it more difficult for people to obtain a legal medical service rather than to simply make them safer as the AG claims.
Oh, and Rob, I have and you're wrong.
I am sick and tired of politicians and their personal opinions, especially this guy. Your job is to enforce rules in society and that is why we pay you. Your opinions about abortion, gay marriage, immigration are irrelevant and do not have foundation what so ever. You are of Italian heritage you should be ashamed of yourself. Your ancestors when they settled this country were discriminated against by other settlers and were always look down upon as second class citizens. Now you are doing the same with you views about immigration,gay marriage, Muslims, and everyone that your ignorant mind can not understand. You see CUCC,(you should change your last name it fits better) you are afraid because you do not understand. Its perfectly natural, usually the weak ones create a lot of noise thats probably why your wife is jumping ship.
try and have a conversation and/or debate without bringing god into it. come on "Š just try it. i double dare you.
God continues to prove lack of existence.
I think This Guy Works For" Beck" and "The Hockey Mom "on the side .
I suppose if the issue were breast implants and the Legislator asked if the Board could impose stricter requirments to protect those patients and the AG said NO, the naysayers would say he obviously didn't care about protecting women.
The question isn't having the Board of Medicine regulate abortions or implants. It's having Cucc place the regulation of abortions under the Board of Health as Attorney General, after he tried and fail to do so in the General Assembly.
Oh, and the legislator in question is on record as saying that children born with birth defects to women who had abortions are a special punishment from God.
Cucinnelli makes the case for retroactive abortion.
What is this dude afraid of?? Next he will want women wearing burkas.
Here's the explanation from the Washington Post:
"For at least eight years, anti-abortion legislators -- including Cuccinelli when he was a senator -- supported bills that sought to treat abortion clinics as ambulatory surgery centers and require that they meet hospital-type regulations. They failed year after year.
The Board of Medicine regulates the doctors who perform abortions, but the clinics undergo fewer regulations.
Critics of Cuccinelli, who opposes abortion, accuse him of issuing the opinion after he was unable to get the bills passed in a divided legislature. "He's trying to do an end run around the General Assembly," said Del. David L. Englin (D-Alexandria), who fought the bill in the House. "He's trying to create law, and the Virginia Constitution doesn't give him that authority." "
Cucc isn't interpreting a law here. He's trying to enact policy change under the guise of a legal opinion.
No, I have never seen the abortion clinic, but if it's as you say, it really just says how people still want to deny women in such a position from getting reasonable health care. I don't like abortion, but I think if one feels the necessity they should have access to safe clean facilities.
I would like to believe Cucc wants to provide that, but of course I know he doesn't.
Cucc has like 7 kids. His wife homeschools them through sixth grade and then they send them to Catholic schools.
Creosote: We elect AGs... we don't elect judges.
I'm pro-life but I'm not sure how one can make a legal argument that the Attorney General doesn't have the right to issue such an opinion. It would be up to the legislature to pass the law imposing stricter regulations, and then it would be up to a judge to determine whether or not the law is constitutional.
There's not much controversy here. Yes, a different AG would have a different opinion but, as Albeboy points out, this is the AG that was elected.
And of course it's all a political exercise. The AG is on record indicating "the state could mandate" stricter regulations. That does not mean that these regulations actually exist.
Cucci needs to focus his energy on cleaning up the crime in VA as in Richmond, and drugs all over your World Class City. He is simply all political which is what the repugs will deny they do, but always do.
People that are Pro-War and Pro-Life are too emotional about issues and evade logic.
god has had Himself cryogenically frozen until such time as the rest of the planet's people catch up with Virginians in the smarts department.
I am unaware of any abortion clinic on Commonwealth Dr. If what is being refered to is the Planned Parenthood office, then it is on Rio Road. It is as plain as day for all to see and was never a house. It was built for Planned Parenthood.
As we saw with the Mann lawsuit, Cucc has absolutely no respect for the rule of law, regularly overstepping clear legal boundaries.
VA has an awesome AG. It makes me want to move back the VA even more than I did before. Right or wrong, he has the guts to take a position on an issue and not worry about what people think.
Since we have some quoting Mr. Jefferson, here's one to add to the mix:
ââ?¬Å?God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever." (excerpts are inscribed on the walls of the Jefferson Memorial in the nations capital) [Source: Merrill . D. Peterson, ed., Jefferson Writings, (New York: Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1984), Vol. IV, p. 289. From Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII, 1781.]
Wanting to make abortion facilities safer for women is not a bad thing. Now, if we could just make them safer for the unborn babies.
couple things, @Yes:
Is the "Board of Medicine" the same thing as the "Board of Health"? You talk about the "Board of Medicine" and the article talks about the "Board of Health". You seem to be implying they are the same thing but it is unclear.
From the hook article:
ââ?¬Å?The Attorney General's opinion states the Commonwealth of Virginia has the legal authority to regulate abortion providers," says Nova. ââ?¬Å?Planned Parenthood agrees with that. Virginia has the authority and obligation to assure every medical facility operates professionally and safely."
So if Planned Parenthood, as represented by David Nova agrees with the Attorney General's opinion, what is the problem, exactly?
Let me also state besides the fact that I am pro-choice that I think Cuccinelli is an embarrassment. But is a knee-jerk reaction to anything related to abortion truly necessary?
Maybe it is, I don't know. Maybe the AG needs to be put on notice that anything he does in regards to this issue will be contested.
Is that the aim here? Because on the face of it, this opinion does not seem controversial, no matter what the washington post or Cuccinelli's critics say.
Sounds like to me the AG & Delegate "Bob" put their heads together and the AG asked Bob to pose the "question". AG answered the question & was only rendering an opinion. Of course we all know the AG & "Bob" think alike on this topic (as well as many others) so the answer was not unexpected. "How convenient" to quote SNL Church Lady from years gone by. Just my take on what happened & I could be way off base....
@Yes, yes, you are right. I reread the article and noticed the differentiation. My comments are riddled with errors..... *sigh*
It's sad to see that obvious political pandering is mistaken for conviction, unless disregard for rule of law by an attention-seeking attorney general is now considered to be conviction.
Also, Jefferson is horribly overrated. Haven't you read Hofstadter?
Is the ââ?¬Å?Board of Medicine" the same thing as the ââ?¬Å?Board of Health"? You talk about the ââ?¬Å?Board of Medicine" and the article talks about the ââ?¬Å?Board of Health". You seem to be implying they are the same thing but it is unclear.
Both I and the article differentiate between the Board of Medicine, which currently regulates abortion, and the Board of Health, which Cucc wants to regulate abortion.
How different would our world be if the children who have been cast aside or made to pay for their parent's misery got the same level of attention and devotion that unborn fetuses get? Perhaps those of you who are so worried about the souls yet to arrive in this world should expend some of your fervor on the ones already here and suffering.
@ They're cattle, feed 'em
I suspect that would make to much sense, you know caring about the already living. Also those kids that need to be adopted tend to be poor. Well "everything happens for a reason, those poor kids born to parents on drugs, what a shame, shame on those parents." They are their problem, but yes unborn fetuses sure are.
too much sense ugh
No chance he wins the governors race. Too extreme
Let's hope this Christian extremist doesn't win the governor's race in 2013.
The significant problem I see here is that the AG didn't issue an opinion that covered the other types of procedures that carry as much or more risk; e.g. breast augmentation and cosmetic surgery and other examples in the article above. If the concern is safety of the people of the Commonwealth shouldn't we require strict regulation of all locations at which such procedures are performed?
Exactly. I'm sure that everyone wants abortions, oral surgery, and plastic surgery to be performed in the appropriate environment, but an interest in general health did not prompt the question from Bob Marshall.
Have any of you ever scene the abortion "clinic" on Commonwealth Dr? It's just a house with bedrooms used as "surgical rooms" and it's not very clean inside either.
@Leonora writes: "Cucinnelli is one politician who actually stands for something and is standing in the face of adversity."
Umm, that would be fine if he were still in the state legislature. But he is the attorney general of Virginia, the chief legal official for the commonwealth. As such, his primary responsibility is to provide legal representation to the state and to defend the constitutionality of its laws. Not to push a personal religio-political agenda.
You (generic you) can't have it both ways: complain about "activist [liberal] judges" and be cat-content with an activist [conservative] attorney general.
Cucinnelli is one politician who actually stands for something and is standing in the face of adversity. If only the rest of the politicians would be so brave and have a backbone!
I suppose if the issue were breast implants and the Legislator asked if the Board could impose stricter requirments to protect those patients and the AG said NO, the naysayers would say he obviously didn't care about protecting women.
Of courst the board of health has the right to regulate what level of surgery can be done in a Doctors office, as they should.
If they try and tighten the noose around abortionists then the courts will protect them from unreasonable impediments.
"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should "make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church & State."
Thomas Jefferson
cuccinelli should get a life....man, i would hate to be one of his kids...if he has any......or even one of his friends.....
From the City of Richmond. What the state government uses to measure scientific validity and decide on funding. If watched repeatedly it does explain everything:
I think that Holder's argument about federal supremacy in immigration matters with regard to Arizona law is somewhat flimsy but I'm not aware of any "persecution of folks in Arizona."
What "overtly hostile voting rights violations" haven't been pursued? You aren't actually talking about the New Black Panthers case, are you? Here's the view of a conservative on the case, published in "National Review":
"Forget about the New Black Panther Party case; it is very small potatoes. Perhaps the Panthers should have been prosecuted under section 11 (b) of the Voting Rights Act for their actions of November 2008, but the legal standards that must be met to prove voter intimidation ââ?¬â? the charge ââ?¬â? are very high.
In the 45 years since the act was passed, there have been a total of three successful prosecutions. The incident involved only two Panthers at a single majority-black precinct in Philadelphia. So far ââ?¬â? after months of hearings, testimony and investigation ââ?¬â? no one has produced actual evidence that any voters were too scared to cast their ballots. Too much overheated rhetoric filled with insinuations and unsubstantiated charges has been devoted to this case."
Preach it, Momma T!
Folks are always asking God why He hasn't done anything to eradicate violence, disease, hunger and psychopathy. Actually He has, but we aborted them."
@ Common Sense - until it is your wife, daughter, mother, family or friend who is raped and pregnant because of it.
get a brain.
Don't we have enough unwanted people? I know my people on the right are secretly looking for a reason to jump on the abortion bandwagon. Look at it this way: those human beings that normally would have been aborted probably would end up as dead-drains on the taxpayers in one way or another; don't we oppose welfare/socialism? It's equally likely that these folk would be heathens and therefore doomed to spend eternity roasting in the fiery pit. Let's save 'em the trouble. After all compassion is a virtue. Wahoowa?


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Fifty-eight types of cancer were added to a program that treats first responders and survivors suffering from toxins emitted from the World Trade Center wreckage. Tomorrow marks 11 years since the twin towers crumbled. In the years since the attack, many exposed to the poisons in the rubble have insisted to the government that their cancer was linked to 9/11.
Today The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health announced that those affected by the newly added cancers will be covered for free under the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act 30 days after the additions are published in the Federal Register.
The firefighters and emergency personnel who risked their lives at Ground Zero didn't question their duty to act. Some of the heroes became victims, and their illnesses became another painful part of the tragedy. The fight for compensation outlived those who lost the battle with cancer.
Anderson Cooper speaks with CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta about the government's decision to acknowledge 9/11 first responders' cancers. "There was no precedent for this, and I think that's part of why it took so long," Gupta said. He explains why the jet fuel and materials created a life-threatening combination that doctors had never seen before.
Tune in tonight at 8 & 10 p.m. ET for that interview and more on the news.
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Post by: Ella Chick
Filed under: Medical News • September 11th Anniversary
In my opinion it is absurd and disgraceful that we even CARE whether these illnesses were caused by their time at the Trade Center sites. They gave profound service at a time when the country needed them. We should help them now. No questions asked. Just the way they helped us.
Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Tune in weeknights at 8 and 10 ET on CNN.
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It is no surprise why early Norwegian immigrants clustered around the welcoming scenery in Coon Valley, Wisconsin. According to many who lived in the valley, which lies a few miles south east of La Crosse, Wisconsin, there is scarcely found a more quiet, pleasant and secluded place. The surrounding wooded ridges, about 500 feet high, act as a protective wall around the entire valley, providing a sense of peace, security, and even coziness. The valley is about 25 miles in length, with numerous branch valleys, but it feels like everyone belongs to the same neighborhood with similar conditions and interests.[1]
The vast majority of early settlers in Coon Valley were poor. My immigrant ancestors were no exception. Women were expected to work exceptionally hard at all sorts of different tasks, so it is no wonder that Norwegian immigrant women often looked older than their years. They were expected to do all of the housekeeping and food preparation. They also had to spin, knit, weave, and sew inbetween heavier tasks, maintain the barn(s), bind wheat together during harvests, and engage in child rearing and holiday preparation.
Several branches of my mother's Norwegian family settled in Upper Coon Valley after coming to America. The first of my ancestors to arrive was the Slaaen family. Soon after, they adopted an Americanized version of their name: "Sloan." A pioneer biography for Hans Thorsen Slaaen, my great great grandfather, is included among others for the Upper Coon Valley during this early period of settlement (when the biographer writes that Hans T. Slaaen "moved west" from Coon Valley, Wisconsin, he meant only as far as Chippewa County, Minnesota):
Hans Thorsen Slaaen was born in Nordre Fron, Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, the son of Thor and Kari Slaaen. He emigrated to America in 1853, and settled in Coon Valley on Section 36, Town of Washington, La Cross County, in 1858, where he owned 160 acres. In 1851 [Norway] he was married to Anne Thorsdatter Vaterland, with whom he had the following children: Thor, Mathia, Karen, Thorwald, John, and Maria. Hans T Slaaen moved west, and died there.[2]
|The Hans Thorsen Slaaen family. (Left to right), back row: Karen, Thorwald (?), John (?), and Anne Marie (my great grandmother); front row: Thor, Hans, Anne, and Mathia. Photo ca. 1890, probably Chippewa County, Minnesota.
The Slaaens, like most of their fellow Norwegian immigrants, were devoted Lutherans. Originally, there was only one congregation in the whole of Coon Valley. In 1859, some members withdrew and built their own church in Lower Coon Valley, while a third was built in the Upper Valley at about the same time. The first Upper Coon Valley church that the Slaaens attended, pictured below, was in the cemetery opposite the later (1928 era) church, which was situated on an acre of land purchased from Christopher Hansen for the sum of $6.00.[3]
Although the old church was not large or costly, it took twelve years before it was ready. During the Civil War years times were particularly difficult, although the minister's wages were relatively high for the number of worship services the congregation received.[4]
Norwegian immigrants depended upon the Lutheran church, not only for matters of faith, but also for security, community, and socialization outside of their day to day labors. Churches such as this one were the core of the early Norwegian-American experience, creating stability and offering support, promoting neighborliness, and making it possible for neighboring families to come to know one another well. With the help of the church, the Norwegian immigrant cluster in the familiar yet foreign landscape of Coon Valley resulted in the mingling and marriages between families from many parts of Norway. The rest is, well... family history!
[1] Holand, Hjalmar R.. Coon Valley: An Historical Account of the Norwegian Congregations in Coon Valley (Written for the 75th Anniversary of the Congregation in 1928). Augsburg Publishing House: La Crosse, Wisconsin, 1928, p.10.
[2] Holand, p.193.
[3] Holand, p.93.
[4] Holand, p.98.


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CHICAGO — The brightly colored New City YMCA building bridges the gap between the low-income Cabrini Greene neighborhood and the more affluent Lincoln Park section of downtown Chicago. Standing outside the 25-year-old YMCA, Kevin Heye, interim executive director, said the YMCA was built at the right time to serve everyone in the community.
"The YMCA reached out to this community at a time when no one else was doing it," he said. "The Y is here for everyone, whether they belong to a gang or make $200,000 a year. Our members just leave everything at the door, and when they walk in, everyone is the same."
The neighborhood experienced a lot of gang activity back in the 1980s, so the YMCA opted to design the facility without any windows to limit the children's exposure to gunfire and violence. The brick building is also coated with a graffiti resistant paint, which shimmers in the sunlight. Heye said the building is painted a rainbow of colors to send a welcoming message to the community.
"We wanted them to know that everyone is included, and they have a bright future ahead of them," he said.
Like many other Ys in Chicago, the New City Y features a fitness center to keep the adults and children in the community healthy and fit. To compete with the more than 50 health clubs within a three-mile radius, the Y converted its multipurpose room to a Spirit, Mind and Body studio and offers a Commit to Be Fit 12-week exercise program.
The Y also provides an outlet for children to exercise. Children can play baseball at a miniature version of Wrigley Field called Cubs Care Park, which is adjacent to the Y. Children who participate in the New City Youth Baseball League, a three-year-old program that is free to all neighborhood children, use the field. The league started with just 30 children, but the number has since grown to 200. With the neighborhood constantly evolving, Heye said the Y continues to serve the community.
"We're more than just a gym," he said. "We have a family feel, and some of our members have been with us for 25 years."


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|Roméo Langlois, a reporter with France 24.
I only remember one conversation we had - a debate about whether the leader of Germany was conservative or liberal. Langlois was right.
Yesterday, in the midst of a battle between soldiers and FARC guerrilla fighters, Langlois was injured and disappeared into the jungle, according to military reports. Today, he might be lost, injured, held captive by the guerrillas or even, God forbid, dead.
Langlois was with troops covering an anti-drug operation when the soldiers encountered more than 100 FARC guerrilla fighters in civilian dress, according to the military's account. During the battle, which lasted for hours, four soldiers were killed and several wounded, and Langlois was shot in the arm. Perhaps desperate to show that he was a civilian, Langlois pulled off his bullet proof vest and ran toward the guerrilla line, according to soldiers accounts. He has not been seen since.
Let's all hope that Langlois is alright and will soon return to his home and work. If and when he does, he'll surely bring the story of a lifetime back with him. Let's also hope for the best for the injured and the families of those killed in the battle.
Langlois' ordeal provides yet another reason to ask whether drug production should be legalized. If it were, then, rather than armed outlaws, it'd be produced by tax-paying businesses. That would, of course, mean less work for journalists like Langlois, but also a better world.
Langlois' ordeal reminds me of some hairy journalistic times of my own. For example, the time I interviewed a local paramilitary leader late one night along a desolate road outside of Cucuta, near the Venezuelan border. The man told he how evil the FARC and Venezuelan Pres. Hugo Chavez were. He showed me the pistol he carried under his waistband. Afterwards, I asked the taxi driver who'd made the contact for me where the 'para' was going at that hour.
"Oh," the cabbie replied quite mildly, "he's going to the next town to kill people."
The paramilitaries were notorious for the practice of social cleansing, the murdering of 'unwanteds' such as drug addicts, prostitutes and petty criminals.
Another time, I was in Venezuela interviewing peasants who'd been driven out of Colombia by paramilitary violence. One day, my hosts suddenly told me that I needed to go interview someone out in the jungle. We made a long trek there, didn't find the person, and returned the next day after spending a mosquito-infested night in a hammock. Then my hosts explained to me that they had found out that a group of ELN guerilla fighters were searching for me, and so they'd sent me into the jungle to hide me.
It turned out that my host was himself a FARC operative. A few weeks later, he went into town to buy medicines and was gunned down in street.
The FARC should release Langlois, who was a civilian doing his job. They should also stop disguising themselves as civilians, which is a violation of the rules of war. And, while they're at it, the FARC should also give up their futile struggle, which only inflicts more suffering upon Colombia.
Update: On May 6 the guerrillas finally acknowledged that they're holding Langlois, and said they'll releae him 'soon' - but didn't say when.
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He lives in a garret apartment up six flights in an old Paris building, probably one that would be common place to a Parisian, but to us, the Americans, it made us giddy with excitement. That afternoon was uncommonly warm and humid, and in the sky it could plainly be seen the reason why. We got in and said hi, and barely caught our breath and started snapping away when the thunderstorm broke. But it was so beautiful to watch it pour outside while he played the scratchy 78 on the his rickety electric phonograph. How could a moment be more perfect?
This is the universe of Mickael Loir.
I could sense the spirit of Paris in him and his surroundings - the history of surrealism and dada, of artists and whimsy, and of elegance. He showed me his creations - ribbon bow ties, lapel pins, and cufflinks made from vintage watch faces. It might be surprising, then, to find out he has a rather normal day job. I asked him if he dresses the same at work - because although it is not offensive to be elegant, it can be distracting. He says that he slowly got them accustomed to it - a collar here, a bow tie there - so now he dresses as he pleases. Although his look is very vintage, it is a mix of old and new, high and low. And in a city in love with fashion, he prefers to cut labels out of his clothes. But he is quick to say that it's not just the clothes; it's also the universe that one creates - friends, art, a crazy awesome thoroughly impractical English car, a bit of green on the otherwise grey terrace - that bring style to the whole endeavor.
I was reminded of dadaist Tristian Tzara
The vintage MG was just purchased and driven from UK to Paris a few days earlier, just in time for the rain...


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Twelve years after El Sol Science and Arts Academy opened its doors, the more than 800 students who now attend the Santa Ana school are getting a new campus equipped with a two-story classroom building and a wellness center.
On Thursday, officials broke ground on the 2.8-acre site. Construction has begun.
"Creating this new campus with permanent structures will allow us to design it in a way that doesn't just respond to our immediate need to put more students in, but the needs of the students overall and the education program," said Monique Daviss, executive director of El Sol.
The dual-immersion charter school opened in 2001 and primarily serves a low-income population in which roughly 75 percent of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and nearly 60 percent are English-learners, according to state Department of Education figures.
"A lot of recent immigrants are here, a lot of families are looking for a way to launch their new life and that's kind of how we got into the business of being more than just a school because families had so many multiple needs," Daviss said.
The school began with 110 students in kindergarten and first grade and now has about 830 students enrolled in preschool through eighth grade.
"The campus grew over time, so the way that we added modulars was sort of by need and not by design," Daviss said.
First phase of construction includes a 12-classroom two-story building and later a 4,000 square-foot wellness center with exam rooms and a lab that will provide healthcare to the families of El Sol, as well as the community at large.
Officials launched the SOS-El Sol Wellness Center about three years ago, but its facilities, like the classrooms, are now crowded and deteriorating, said Marshall Kaplan, advisor to The Merage Foundations and El Sol.
Kaplan said the two-story classroom is scheduled for completion this fall while the wellness center is expected to be finished March 2014.
More classrooms and a multi-purpose building aimed to serve as a community meeting space will be built during another phase of construction. The price tag: approximately $15 million.
On Thursday, Julie Palacios, 37, whose two daughters attend the school, said the new building will be a tremendous help.
"We need more space. The school is so small," Palacios said. "We can have space for the playground."
Palacios, who initially thought the school was exclusive, spoke fondly of her experience at El Sol. She remembered standing out in the rain at 4 a.m. to get her daughter on the top of the waiting list.
"We've had the best experience here," Palacios said. "They're open to have parents help them. We work as a team. The teachers support us as parents and we as parents support them."
The students, Kaplan said, deserve the new campus.
The school has risen from one of Santa Ana's lowest performing schools with an API score of 559 in 2003, to one of the district's top performing schools with a 2012 API score of 872. In 2011, the school received a Title I Academic Achievement Award.
"What makes it so good is that the community is responding to the kids and the leadership of El Sol," Kaplan said. "The kids are performing well."
El Sol's strong partnership with The Merage Foundations, based in Newport Beach, has given the school access to an extensive network of influential donors and organizations that have funneled money or other support into the extra programs and services.
Funds for the 12-classroom building and the wellness center, costing an estimated $10 million, have been fully raised with about 30 percent coming from gifts and donations from Orange County business leaders. About 70 percent of the funding comes through the New Markets Tax Credit program, which attracts investment money to low-income communities by allowing investors to receive a tax credit against their federal income tax return.
"There was a lot of talk about this was the dream of the school, but it's really about the dreams of these families," Daviss said. "This school can serve as a way for them to make things happen."


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Friday, December 14, 2012
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FRANKFORT, Ky. – On December 17, Agriculture Commissioner James Comer will fulfill his promise to take agriculture to every county in Kentucky. His 120th county visit will take place in Martin County, where he will join business owners, community leaders, local elected officials, and the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in a discussion about agriculture's role in rural economic development.
"When I first took office, one of the biggest complaints I heard from farmers was that the Commissioner of Agriculture had never visited their counties," Commissioner Comer said. "I have benefited so much from listening to the concerns of our farmers and seeing the challenges we face, and we are now better equipped to effectively serve our agriculture community."
In addition to discussing rural economic development, Commissioner Comer will detail the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's accomplishments in his first year in office.
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My Garden to Table Recipes-Pickled Peppers
October 17, 2012 in Brine, pickling | Tags: cherry peppers, cyklone, fresno, frying peppers, habanero, hinkle hatz, Thai chili pepper | 2 comments
Using peppers from my garden.
This should have be a very short post about pickling peppers. Chop peppers, add to vinegar, then salt to suit your taste. End of story. This is how I have been pickling peppers all along with excellent results. However I was curious to see how others were doing it. In Google land people were making special brine and canning them, pouring hot liquid over tender peppers [ouch], salting, rinsing and then canning them, one recipe even called for blanching before canning! My pickled Jalapeno from last year is still in great condition, in fact it has even improved with age. I am quite careless with it, it lives in the fridge most of the time though sometimes it is left outside for days on end. Sometimes, bare fingers have fished out peppers when no one is seeing. And yet it has survived.
Sigh! I can't let well alone, even if something works well. I decided to pickle a batch using hot brine method per Google and another batch following my usual recipe. It will be interesting to see how they fare over time.
A very important thing to remember before pickling is; sterilize everything that you are going to use in the pickling process. I put the jars and lids in a water bath and let the water come to a boil and simmer for at least ten minutes. I even stick the blade of the knife in the water bath for a few minutes to sterilize it. I also wash the cutting board with the sterilized water and then air dry everything.
1] My usual method
2 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar [Bragg]*
1/2 tablespoon pickling salt or kosher salt
1/2 lb mixed peppers [see Food Note]
*In the past I have only used distilled white vinegar for pickling but this time I used raw unpasteurized Apple cider vinegar.
Sterilize jars and lids. Remove the jars and lids from the water bath and allow it to air dry in a warm oven. I turn the oven on for a couple of minutes and then turn it off.
Meanwhile cut the larger peppers into rings. Remove seeds and discard if you wish. You can leave small peppers whole but they have to be pierced with a fork or slit along the length so the brine gets inside to work its magic.
Dissolve the salt in the vinegar. You can add spices or garlic to the vinegar at this time if you wish. I added a garlic scape head from my garden.
Pack the peppers in the jar and pour the vinegar over it till it comes almost to the top of the jar. Check to see that the peppers are completely submerged. Any exposed pepper will spoil the whole batch. In fact I keep the jar inverted for a couple of days so the peppers on the top are pickled. The peppers are ready almost immediately though the flavors round off in about a week.
I am sure they will last a year as mine have every time, though it is a good idea to store in the fridge.
2] The method using hot brine
2 1/2 cups white vinegar
1/2 cup water
1/2 tablespoon pickling salt or kosher salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 lb mixed peppers
In a non-reactive pan bring everything to a boil except the peppers and simmer for about 10 minutes.
Remove the caning jars out of the sterilizing bath and pack with peppers* right away while the jar is still hot.
*See method 1 for instruction on how to prepare the peppers.
Pour the hot brine over the peppers.
Wipe the rim of the jar and screw the lid on tight.
Cool to room temperature and store in the refrigerator. In fact pickles made this way are called refrigerator pickles. They can last up to a year.
Food Notes
I used super chilies, habanero, cherry peppers and Thai chilies from my garden. Fresno, cyklon, hinkle hatz and frying peppers from a friend's garden.
Pickling salt or kosher salt is recommended as they are more pure than table salt, which has additives.
The pickles will discolor over time.
The pickles loose their crunch and tend to get a little soft as they age.
If you want crunchy pickled peppers make small batches to be used in a short time. In my case I had a lot of peppers from my garden which I had to use before winter.
The brine from the jar can be used in interesting ways, in salad dressings, to spike soups and vegetables, on fries, sandwich toppers….
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Jan. 21, 2013 -- My vacation
We arrived on the island of St. Croix on a beautiful evening with balmy temperatures and somewhat cloudy skies.
The clouds quickly moved on and the night was gorgeous. We made our way through the darkness to our condo at Gentle Wind, just a few feet from the location where Christopher Columbus landed on his second visit to the New World in 1493.
Our host was Sharon Early, who made certain we followed every crossroad and narrow highway with her leading us. The roads are, indeed, narrow and reminiscent of our visit to Ireland. However, in St. Croix, the driver is on the left side and the car is also on the left side, which is different from Europe. Along with the sharp turns, it took a little while to get used to the driving rules. Gas prices were surprising -- $3.99 a gallon. They were $2.99 a gallon in Kansas City that morning.
Our trip was flawless. We flew American out of Kansas City to Dallas and then to Miami and then onto St. Croix. All flights were perfectly on time and we arrived refreshed and ready for our island adventure.
However, don't look for any empty flights to anyplace these days. Computers keep all planes full, and our flights were all full except for an empty seat here and there. And, of course, if you fly much, you learn there is little if any food available on a plane.
By the time we arrived in St. Croix it was late for most businesses and restaurants. However, our condominium offered a wonderful service, a personal shopper. Before leaving Kansas City, we had checked off a shopping list for us and all the food was in the fridge and on the shelves when we arrived. When you spend a lot of money to get to a special vacation spot, the last thing you want to spend time on is shopping for groceries and drinks. By staying in a U.S. possession, the U.S Virgin Islands are an American territory, it saved us a lot of time getting through customs. It's almost like going from Missouri to Kansas.
We awoke to the beautiful sounds of the white caps of the sea gushing toward the island's beaches. The sun shone brightly. The temperatures were in the 80s. It was perfect. Back home in Kansas City, a couple of inches of snow and ice had fallen and the temperatures were plunging to 10 degrees above zero. Suddenly it makes the cost of getting away to a warm climate in January well worth the money. I'll be writing more about our visit in future "Letters from Larry." I hope you enjoy them.
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When it came to finding the perfect wedding gown, Camila Alves McConaughey knew exactly where to turn. Chanel? Nah. Vera Wang or Monique Lhuillier? Nope.
Instead, the bride asked Brazilian dress designer Ducarmo Castelo Branco, a 78-year-old family friend, to craft a gown for her June 9 nuptials to Matthew McConaughey.
"Ducarmo has been making wedding dresses for her entire life," says Alves, who has known the designer since she was a young girl growing up in Brazil. "I guess you can say she has been planning this design for over 20 years."
Branco worked on the project with a group of eight local women, and Alves's faith in that team's vision of a dream dress — a delicate beaded lace gown — never wavered. "I went to Brazil for a day and a half to work on the dress," the bride tells PEOPLE. "I left and I just had to trust them. They finished the dress 22 days later."


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Discovering each other's spirit level :)
we wwould go out for a few drinks and chat, take it from there.
Hike to a location with a natural spring
Nudity has helped me in getting more spiritual. I feel myself attached to the world when I am nude. Wont it be a nice idea to start dating in a resort or ashram where spirituality, meditation and yoga is part of life.
Id do sensual massage healing till your orgasm from it
Las uns doch mit einem kleinen virtuellen Smalltalk beginnen.
Go see a movie, have a nice candle light dinner, then go for a walk on the beach.
Nothing like a good massage swap to get to know each other better. It'll be a pleasure to introduce my new naturist buddies to tantra massage...where two bodies & souls meet with mutual respect and affection!
Blow my savings and head to the Amazon where we would get in touch writhe the archaic side of the mind that empowers experience.
Coffee, drink, dinner, beach club or your choice!
sunset beach walk...What do you enjoy? I hope we have some of the same things we have in common. It would be fun to share some of the same things but also learn new things from each other.


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TORRANCE, California, USA, HondaJet, an advanced light jet that went on sale last month, has been selected by Popular Science magazine as the winner of the publication's 2006 "Best of What's New" Award in the Aviation & Space category. The HondaJet was chosen from among dozens of aviation products for its breakthrough design and innovative features, representing a significant step forward in its category.
"We're honored that HondaJet was selected for this respected award," said Michimasa Fujino, who led the HondaJet development team and is now president & CEO of Honda Aircraft Company, Inc. "Our objective was to design and develop an advanced light jet that would create new value for personal and business aviation. We appreciate this award recognizing our success in creating something truly innovative."
HondaJet, which recently entered the "very light jet" market, features several innovations that help it achieve far better fuel efficiency, larger cabin and luggage space and higher cruise speed than conventional aircraft in its class. Innovations include a patented over-the-wing engine-mount, a natural-laminar flow (NLF) wing and fuselage nose, and an advanced all-composite fuselage structure.
Each year, the editors of Popular Science review thousands of products in search of the top 100 tech innovations of the year; breakthrough products and technologies that represent a significant leap in their categories. The winners - the Best of What's New - are awarded inclusion in the much-anticipated December issue of Popular Science, the most widely read issue of the year since the debut of Best of What's New in 1987. Best of What's New awards are presented to 100 new products and technologies in 10 categories: Automotive, Aviation & Space, Computing, Engineering, Gadgets, General Innovation, Home Entertainment, Home Tech, Personal Health and Recreation.
The result of 20 years of aviation research, HondaJet's NLF wing and NLF fuselage nose were developed through extensive analyses and wind-tunnel testing. These designs help HondaJet achieve low drag. Its patented over-the-wing engine-mount configuration helps eliminate the need for a structure to mount the engines to the rear fuselage, maximizing space in the fuselage for passengers and luggage. By determining the optimal position for the engines, the over-the-wing mount actually reduces drag at high speed to improve fuel efficiency.
The advanced all-composite fuselage structure consists of a combination of honeycomb sandwich structure and co-cured stiffened panels, reducing weight and manufacturing costs. HondaJet is also outfitted with a state-of-the-art all-glass flight deck with an integrated avionics system that displays all information digitally on a high resolution flat display, and also has an autopilot function.
Founded in 1872, Popular Science is the world's largest science and technology magazine; with a circulation of 1.45 million and 6.5 million monthly readers. Each month, Popular Science reports on the intersection of science and everyday life, with an eye toward what's new and why it matters. Popular Science is published by Time4 Media, a subsidiary of Time Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc.
Based in Greensboro, N.C, Honda Aircraft Company, Inc., is pursuing FAA type certification and production certification for its advanced light jet, with the goal of completing certification in three to four years, followed by the start of production in the U.S. and delivery of the first plane in 2010. The company began accepting sales order last month. Over 120 customers have already signed letters of intent to purchase a HondaJet.


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How To: Divide Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses continue their popularity in both residential and commercial landscapes. Their graceful habit, variety of texture and color and low maintenance keep them on our landscape palette. However, they do need some attention periodically. Depending on the species, ornamental grasses may potentially become overgrown for the location you have selected or may flop over as they get larger. Some grasses also die out in the center — a natural growth pattern — and need for you to divide them, restoring their tidy appearance. When that time comes, here's how to approach the job.
Most ornamental grasses can be divided in the spring. There are some exceptions, and many can be divided in either spring or fall, so be sure to check individual species. Miscanthus, Andropogon (big bluestem), Arundo, Chasmanthium (Northern sea oats), Panicum, Pennisetum, Cortaderia and Erianthus are a few of the grasses that you can safely divide in the spring.
Long pants, long sleeves and thick gloves will help protect you from cuts. Some ornamental grasses have minute teeth along the leaf margin (and some teeth are not minute) that inflict phantom cuts. You may not feel them immediately, but the results are sure to irritate.
If the grasses weren't cut back last fall, they will be easier to divide if you first remove last year's foliage. Tying large clumps with a bungee cord and covering over the top with a garbage bag before you cut it back will help contain the debris.
You'll need some sharp tools. Again, for emphasis: Sharp tools are needed. Clumping grasses form dense mats of crown, stem and roots that are tough to cut through. An axe, saw, shovel and a strong back are needed.
Dig the rootball with some soil still attached. Some grasses tolerate being divided bare-root, but some are sensitive and may not transplant well.
For those grasses that naturally die out in the middle, take your divisions from the edge where vigorous growth occurs. Depending on the size of the clump, you may end up with 4 or 8 divisions. The larger the division, the sooner it will grow to size. Discard the dead center.
Keep the divisions out of the sun until ready to transplant. Transplant as soon as possible after dividing. Be sure to set the crown at the same depth it was previously growing.
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For my sake anyway. I might just learn to depend on them too much....
I am putting this announcement here, because this topic represents all that will have been left from the RTN/Trailer Life versions where TL has too much say on the current way of things, but consider the bond broken and new life is being breathed into RTN.
I will try to keep things short so here goes.
1. No more connection with Trailer Life! This is big. This means feature requests do NOT have to go through the bookworms at Trailer Life. No more Exit Now restrictions and only information being provided by whomever wanted to deal with the limited practices of Trailer Life. If you want books go to Trailer Life. If you want SOFTWARE information for your computer stick with UnderTow.
2. New updates for street level data based on "Tele Atlas Multinet". Consider that many street updates may be seen. There are also highways and rerouted byways that might be reflected (for example, I'll be looking for the new Hwy 395 bypassing the slower old 395 in Carson City, NV.
3. Expanded built in POIs. Not just limited to Exit Now Points but will now have over 200,000 POIs including gas/diesel stations, service centers, restaurants, banks, hospitals, pharmacies, shopping centers, attractions, hotels and many more. You can get the idea unlike Trailer life involvement where everything seemed to be RV Park relevent, this version expands for many other traveling types. These will cover, USA & Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Canada. Personally, 200,000 is a little light but doesn't counts campgrounds which will be talking about later but expect this to improve. I'm hoping it's a typo.
4. You will still be able to import 3rd party datasets to customize for those POIs you don't see.
5. Expanded, independently compiled database of campgrounds and RV Parks. Expect this to be far beyond Trailer Life's filtered listings. Expect to see more comprehensive Federal, State, Provincial, Local and various other public campgrounds with long lists of feature they provide like parking sites, hook up types, restrooms, showers, laundry, swimming pool, fishing, memberships, internet, etc. And these will expand over time.
6. Distance measurements right off the map between to points (no CAD toolbar needed).
7. Ability to copy map sections into other Windows Apps. Trailer Life versions would not allow this. Some of us knew how to cheat this (i.e. I used Snippet) but this makes it more Windows friendly.
8. This Version is NOT an upgrade to prior Trailer Life versions since much of it is no longer interchangeable. This is its own release supportable by UnderTow 100%. While they were hoping for an end of March release, expect it in April sometime.
9. While the underlying software is different and the database sources might be different the "Look and Feel" will be much the same of what we are familiar with. But we all know we're gonna look for improvements and we're gonna like them, too, aren't we!!! And there all UnderTow's.
10. Reminder - While Trailer Life has been disassociated with UnderTow this does not mean UnderTow has no other associations. They are now using their own staff to compile databases and working with other independent sources to obtain plenty of campground information including from campground owners themselves. The new campground database includes info from public sources, private sources, National Parks, Army CORPS, etc and gets any information directly from them. This is expected to be updated regularly even though they might limit the number until the next release. For example, they are hoping to allow for at least 2 free downloadable updates. Compared to Trailer Life, if you want their new version, it's a new book each time and very limited in what type of campground provided.
11. There is no campground advertising planned. This should increase the information offerings for many campgrounds that have been left out before since they were "willing to pay for the privilege". This may change but the information should not be affected.
12. The new database include REST STOPS! Excuse me while I step away to use one.
13. Again, POIs will not include proprietary EXit NOT points but independent POIs from anywhere including exits will now be shown in USA, Canada, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
14. UnderTow is committing to at least two free downloadable updates of the program (includes campgrounds and POIs being updated) within the life cycle of the products. For example, within calendar 2013, there will be two free downloadable updates to the 2013 version of the program.
So whaddya think? Will it be worth the impatience? I'll be impatient and I'm still waiting...


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The Communist States of America by J. Matt Barber, Posted March 31, 2014
A preferred ploy of left-wing change agents is to ridicule critics when they point out the undeniable parallels between the goals of today's "progressive" movement, to include the Democratic Party in general, and the goals of the early, and very much still alive, communist movement.
If, for instance, one mentions the historical fact that nearly every adult who, at any time, was in any position of influence over a young, soon-to-be-radicalized Barry Soetoro was an avowed communist, to include his own parents, then one is immediately mocked and dismissed as a neo-McCarthyite hack pining for the bygone days of the Red Scare. This is an evasive, ad hominem strategy employed by those who are caught, for lack of a better word, red-handed.
To all this I say, if the jackboot fits, wear it. If it quacks like a commie and goose-steps like a commie, then a commie it is.
There are multiple layers within "progressivism's" pseudo-utopian, truly dystopian Marxist philosophy. The left's lust for redistributionist statism is well-known. Less understood, however, is the "progressive" rush toward cultural Marxism.
Cultural Marxism entails, among other things, that secularist aspect of left-wing statist ideology that seeks, within society, to supplant traditional values, norms and mores with postmodern moral relativism. Cultural Marxists endeavor to scrub America of her Judeo-Christian, constitutional-republican founding principles, and take, instead, a secular-statist Sharpie to our beloved U.S. Constitution.
Historian and U.S. military affairs expert William S. Lind describes cultural Marxism as "a branch of western Marxism, different from the Marxism-Leninism of the old Soviet Union. It is commonly known as 'multiculturalism' or, less formally, Political Correctness. From its beginning, the promoters of cultural Marxism have known they could be more effective if they concealed the Marxist nature of their work, hence the use of terms such as 'multiculturalism.'"
Pastor, attorney and Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Scott Lively is globally admired by liberty-loving traditionalists. Conversely, he's universally reviled by cultural Marxists. He drills down a bit deeper: "Cultural Marxism is a variation of the Marxist strategy to build a utopian socialist order on the ashes of Christian civilization, but through subversion of the moral culture, especially the elimination of the natural family, rather than solely through destruction of capitalism."
True though this may be, the ideological seeds of contemporary cultural Marxism nonetheless sprout from deep within the dead soil of historical communism. It is not economic redistributionism alone through which "progressives" seek to both "fundamentally transform America" and otherwise conquer the world, but, rather, and perhaps primarily, it is also through victory over the pejoratively tagged "social issues" (i.e., the sanctity of marriage, natural human sexuality and morality, ending the abortion holocaust, religious liberty, the Second Amendment and the like).
This is neither speculative nor hyperbolic. Both the historical record and the U.S. Congressional Record bear out this sinister reality. Regrettably, today's "low-information voters" as Rush Limbaugh calls them – to include the useful idiots within the GOP's "moderate" and libertarian wings – are simply too lazy, shortsighted or both to learn the facts.
"Surrender on the 'social issues'!" demands the GOP's cultural Marxist-enabling kamikazes.
In 1963, U.S. Rep. A.S. Herlong Jr., D-Fla., read into the Congressional Record a list of "Current Communist Goals" as enumerated by Dr. Cleon Skousen in "The Naked Communist," penned in 1958. I encourage you to read the whole list, but for now let's focus on those goals that most closely align with the seditious agenda of America's "progressive" movement. It's actually most of them. Though Herlong was a Democrat, the list reads like today's Democratic Party Platform.
How far has fallen the party of the jackass:
If achieving these specific communist goals was the final "progressive" step toward the larger goal of securing communist governance in America, then, tragically, "progressives" have realized that larger goal.
Look around. We are no longer the United States of America. We have become The Communist States of America.
Which means, for those who love liberty, revolution is once again at hand.
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Temperature for November 1966
In November 1966 the average high temperature in Blythe, CA was 0.0°F, and this was 77.1°F cooler than the average of 77.1°F. The hottest day in November 1966 was 0 November when the temperature reached 0.0°F. Overnight the average temperature in November is 48.9°F and in 1966 the average overnight temperature was 48.9°F cooler at 0.0°F.


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The RTC Interview Series: One on One With Ken PomeroyPosted by Brian Goodman on July 8th, 2011
Rush The Court is back with another edition of One on One: An Interview Series, which we will bring you periodically throughout the year. If you have any specific interview requests or want us to interview you, shoot us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
One of the great things about college hoops is that with nearly 350 Division I teams, you can find any and every playing style under the sun. Some teams push the ball at frenetic paces in an effort to wear down the opposition, while others prefer to slow down and make every possession count. Smaller teams rely on outside shooting and bigger teams assert their dominance down low, so in comparing teams to one another, how do you account for such widely varying styles of play? This is the question that cult hero and statistician Ken Pomeroy longs to answer. The solution isn't always simple, but it boils down to evaluating how teams fare on a possession-to-possession basis, rather than using the commonly-held method of measuring events from game to game. At KenPom.com, fans can track the performance of all 345 Division I teams in his tempo-free style. Over the last few years, his approach has moved from the underground into the mainstream, mentioned by media outlets such as ESPN.com and The Wall Street Journal during the college hoops season. He is also a regular contributor to Basketball Prospectus and you can follow him on Twitter (@kenpomeroy). In this interview, Ken took a few minutes to talk with us about his methodology and the growth of his website.
RTC: For our readers who are used to the more traditional "counting stats," what makes your analysis different and worthwhile?
Ken Pomeroy: In all of the statistics I use, I'm trying to equalize opportunities. If you're going to compare one offense to another, it's not fair to look at raw points. North Carolina, for instance, has more opportunities to score (than an average team). It's also not fair to compare defenses for the same reason. We look at rebounding percentage, for instance, which takes into account how many rebounds are available to a player when he's on the floor to get an appreciation for whether he's a good rebounder or not. Those are the things I try to do with all these stats.
RTC: One thing that makes your analysis easy to digest is that most of the teams that excel in traditional stats and occupy the top spots in the rankings also excel according to your tempo-free analysis. There are some exceptions, though – what are some schools in recent years that may not have had those alluring traditional stats but were more eye-catching in your analysis?
KP: Wisconsin played at the second-slowest pace in the nation (ed. note – 58 possessions per game, compared to the national average of about 67), but had a very effective offense. They weren't effective all of the time — they obviously had that ugly game against Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament which called into question just how good their offense was. Georgetown in their Final Four run in 2007 had an outstanding offense, but played a very slow pace. North Carolina's 2005 championship team was criticized for their defense based on the points they allowed, but tempo-free, their defense was one of the best in the country. If you win 90-75, it looks like you gave up too many points, but when you factor in that the game was 80 possessions, it reveals a better defensive performance. Read the rest of this entry »


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Tony Bibbs comments today about some issues that he's been having with his installation of Zend's Studio IDE ever since he made the update to a more recent version of SUSE - version 10.3.
Well, upgrading from openSUSE 10.2 to 10.3 has been a bit brutal. [...] So this morning I got to work and had a customer demo and felt I needed to have the Zend Studio IDE working to be able to make some quick changes on the fly and it would work.
His problem was with an assertion issue - the resource the software was trying to access was locked. He did find a solution, though on Chris Hope's blog involving a sudoed call to sed to replace a value in one of the shared libraries for Zend Studio, replacing one variable name with another.


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gifts for wife Can Be Fun For Anyone
Wedding Celebration Ideas
Your wedding anniversary is a fantastic time to celebrate your partnership, fondly recall the past, and anticipate your future together. Give your anniversary the wonderful attention it is entitled to by making a big deal of the day. These anniversary celebration tips will help to ensure your special occasion memorable and romantic.
You know the old rite of stashing the top tier of the wedding cake to eat on the first anniversary? It is a time honored tradition, yet who really likes to eat a piece of cake that has been wasting away in the rear of the freezer for the past twelve months. A great custom to begin on your first wedding anniversary is to purchase a small cake in the similar flavor as your wedding cake. Shoot ahead and save the top tier to open on your anniversary, but then eat the fresh cake with your sweetie. Shopping for a mini cake to share is a great thing to do each year on your wedding anniversary. Get a nice bottle of Champagne to go with it, and honor to the good times you have shared, and the great times still to come.
Jewelry is always a magical gift for a special occasion. It is romantic, expressive, and wonderful-- pretty much the perfect gift as far as most wives are concerned. A lovely way for a husband to show his wife how much she means to him on their anniversary is to treat her to a special piece of jewelry. There are two ways to approach it, both of which are passionate in their own. Certainly the husband can head straight to his favorite Raleigh jewelry store, or the store in whichever town he calls home. Or, he can take his wife out to a fancy restaurant for an extravagant anniversary dinner, popular on ebay and then just "happen" to stroll by that Raleigh jewelry store after the meal. He can take her inside, and invite his wife to pick out a very special new piece of jewelry on the spot, his treat.
Sometimes the most meaningful anniversary gifts are labors of love. A lovely idea is to assemble a collection of your favorite photographs taken in the year since your last anniversary. Download them to one of the online photo sites and have get on ebay a small book made with all of the pictures printed in it. These little books are quite affordable, and very charming. This would be a marvelous tradition to begin on your first wedding anniversary, and to do for each anniversary that follows. What a great file you will have of all the vacations, family moments, and other events in your married life!
When a person is stumped for a good anniversary gift, a good place to get inspiration is the traditional lists of anniversary gifts for each year. Use the list as a starting off point, and then put a personal spin on it. The traditional first anniversary gift is paper; consider all the things that could mean: tickets to a play, the travel plan for a fabulous holiday retreat, or a museum membership card. The possibilities are limitless, as long as you keep the interests of your spouse in mind as your guide.
Remember that experiences are a wonderful way to rejoice in an anniversary. You could go camping, plant an organic garden together, go skydiving, or send the kids to the grandparents and enjoy a quiet weekend alone. As long as you are together, your anniversary is sure to be very special.
And for some more terrific gift ideas, check out the links in this article.