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Only Adults Can Stop Sandusky Types

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The true pedophile is the very person you think they could never be. They are charming, charitable and kid-friendly. But realize pedophiles are on the hunt all the time.

It was the most raw and emotionally brutal court case I've ever sat through -- the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Jerry Sandusky.

Eight young men ranging in age from 18 to 28 testifying about their utter loss of innocence at the hands of a serial pedophile who plucked his prey out of the ranks of his own charity. The powerful and often tearful testimony came at us rat-a-tat-tat so that observers felt smacked in between the eyes at the end of every day.

In the end, Sandusky was found guilty of 45 of 48 charges of sexually abusing young boys. I suppose you could call it a victory for the damaged young men who climbed into the witness box and sobbed while literally gasping for breath as they told their gut-wrenching stories. But really no one wins. Not even if the victims get a monetary settlement from Penn State University, the institution that first learned of Sandusky's proclivities back in 1998 and still let him roam it's campus and locker room showers with his young targets in tow. Talk about enablers!

I began reporting on high-profile suspected pedophiles 19 years ago when I became the first to tell the world that California police had targeted Michael Jackson as a possible molester of boys. I followed the Jackson story for more than a decade and as I sat in the Sandusky courtroom I marveled at the parallels.

Although a jury found Jackson not guilty on all counts, in my opinion, his behavior and that of Sandusky are classic case studies of how a serial predatory pedophile acts.

Both men were famous -- one admired on an international stage, the other within his community and the world of sports. Both men projected an aura of truly caring about children. Jackson outfitted his Neverland Ranch to be the quintessential child magnet with its full scale amusement park, zoo and movie theatre. Sandusky, as we learned through testimony, designed his own boy-cave in the basement of his home with games, a dart board, pool table, air hockey table, television and a water bed. Both men focused on boys from single family homes where beleaguered mothers were grateful to have what they saw as a positive "Father Figure" for their boys. When questioned about their constant proximity to other people's young sons both Jackson and Sandusky professed the world did not understand their actions, that they "truly loved" all children and they made a point to sprinkle a few girls among the crowd of boys to cover up their secret lust. They were both able to expose children to a world they would never otherwise see -- Sandusky's revolved around championship college football -- Jackson's around the glittering world of entertainment.

And when their actions with children were exposed both men very publically turned on the very thing they claimed they loved so much -- the children, calling them liars, money grubbers, conniving manipulators out to hurt a great man for some unexplained reason.

It was sickening to watch years ago and even more sickening to sit in that courtroom the last couple of weeks and realize the general population still doesn't realize how to spot a pedophile on the prowl.

I get weary wondering how long it will take to convince people that pedophiles are really the very person you think they could never be. They are the most charming, personable, charitable and kid-friendly people you would ever want to meet. They pay their taxes, go to church, often have respectable jobs and cloak themselves in acts of charity. They say they just want to help you raise your child by being a positive influence in their lives. Remember, pedophiles are on the hunt all the time and it is their charm that gets them past the parent so that they can then prey on the child. When they get caught they rely on authorities to look at their "upstanding lives" and compare it to the life of the single-parent, troubled kid who is making the allegations against them. Too often detectives have believed the perpetrator's version of events and they are left alone to violate again.

I don't want to make parents into monsters of suspicion but the only way to stop pedophiles from targeting children is for grownups to learn how to identify them. If the overly friendly person has a "special place" they take kids, if they are always surrounded by one gender of child, if the suspect takes kids home to watch movies (a typical grooming tool is to 'mistakenly' show pornography to a child to gauge their reaction), if the child comes home in an uncharacteristically somber mood or with wet hair or clothes -- get suspicious. The warning signs are often there if adults just pay attention.

Parents can educate our children about "good touch/bad touch" but, again, these serial predators are so masterful at what they do your child will already be victimized by the time they realize the kind of touch they've just gotten.

Look, we know the damage childhood sexual abuse causes. Victimized kids grow into angry, troubled adults. So when do we break the cycle? How do we let every child know they must never keep such a secret?

We've launched successful campaigns to get people to fasten their seat belts or quit smoking. We set up a nationwide system to make sure terrorists don't board airplanes. So why can't we come up with a cohesive plan to educate people to stamp out predatory pedophiles?

The answer is: we can if we make it a priority.

Diane Dimond, author of "Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case" can be reached through her website: Her articles on the Sandusky Trial can be found at Newsweek/


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Seinfeld's Marriage Ref: Nada Nada Nada

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As if the bobbing beaver balloons of the Olympics closing ceremony weren't bad enough, Jerry Seinfeld's wretched reality/game show hybrid The Marriage Ref might actually have left viewers pitying NBC. The network survived primetime Leno for this?

The premise: Three celebrity panelists -- in this case, Seinfeld himself, plus that obvious marriage expert Alec Baldwin, and morning show co-host Kelly Ripa -- watch a wacky marital dispute on tape, cracking wise and choosing sides. The final verdict is rendered by the show "ref," the comic and Seinfeld pal Tom Papa. Stuff your beloved dead doggie Fonzi and give him a place of honor in the house? Yes, says husband. No, says wife.

Seinfeld, Ripa and Baldwin couldn't have been more pleased with themselves for making the network-TV equivalent of Staten Island hair jokes.

"If you're going to stuff your dog, stuff it in a useful or attractive position," Baldwin quipped as Ripa threw her head back and roared and Jerry shot a look that said, "Psycho-dads say the darnndest things!"

At the end of the show, a sort of honorary door prize is awarded to the husband or wife for "best shot." This week's winner: "The day that Fonzi died was pretty much the best day of my life."

Laughing yet? Neither was I, though the ripostes had the infomercial-ready audience in stitches. Seinfeld scrunched his nose and slapped the table, Baldwin shook his head as if he could handle no more hilarity. I felt like I'd just gold-medaled in grump.

How could a man as funny as Seinfeld produce such a remarkably unfunny show? With a little help from his friends, apparently. He recently told the New York Times that he hashed out some ideas for the show with buddy Marc Consuelos, Ripa's husband and sometime actor. Must be ages since Jerry wandered New York with Larry David.

Ideas, the comic told the Times, are "terrible obligations," and he'd rather spend time with his kids. No crime there. But no joke either.

Jerry Seinfeld already gave us the greatest sitcom in TV history. He owes us absolutely nothing, and delivers it in spades with The Marriage Ref.

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Are Your Kids Ready for a Cell Phone?

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If your preteen child hasn't hit you up yet for a cell phone, you're among a rare breed indeed. A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that roughly 70 percent of 11- to 14-year-olds now use cell phones. My focus group of one reaffirms these findings: Our 10-year-old has been hounding my wife and me for months to get his own phone.

Initially, my gut reaction was, "no way." But as I've looked closer at the idea, I can see why many parents eventually give in. Here are a few pros and cons for giving your preteen a phone, and some of the safeguards you can take:

Safety. Anyone who's ever had a flat tire or gotten lost can attest to the safety advantages of carrying a cell phone. In fact, a Pew Research Center survey found that 98 percent of parents of cell-owning teens said a major reason their child has a phone is so they can be in touch no matter where the teen is.

The flip side is that unless you install parental controls on the phone, your child could access inappropriate web and music content, or be more vulnerable to bullying and predatory behavior.

Some emergency agencies encourage cell phone users to put "ICE" (in case of emergency) in front of names of people in cell phone directories whom emergency personal should call in an emergency.

Expense. Cell phone use, including calls, text messaging, web browsing and application downloads, can be wildly expensive, as anyone who's ever accidentally incurred roaming charges or gone over their monthly minute allocation knows. You have a couple of cost-saving options:

Prepaid plan, where you buy minutes on a pay-as-you-go basis. Once your kid uses up that allotment, you "reload" the phone. Plan features vary widely in terms of daily access fees, per-minute calling rates and text message send and receive rates, so do the math carefully.
  • Advantages: No locked-in service contract; you know exactly how many minutes they're using.
  • Disadvantages: Parental controls usually don't apply; phones may be more expensive than under a service contract plan.
Family plan. It may be cheaper in the long run to add your child's phone to your calling plan. Features and costs vary widely among plans, but generally for a few dollars more a month you can add additional lines and bundle calls/texts in various configurations. Some plans allow unlimited calls/texts between a certain number of friends and family members or those using the same carrier.
  • Advantages: May be cheaper if your kids make lots of calls/texts; most allow parental controls over web content, hours used, blocking calls, etc.
  • Disadvantages: Parental controls often cost extra; some plans don't allow usage caps, so undisciplined kids may rack up large bills; tied to service contract.
Parental controls. One of the best ways to protect your kids while using their cell phones is to subscribe to your carrier's parental controls plan. Plan features vary widely among carriers, but look for these when comparison shopping:
  • Cost (ranging from free to $4.99 a month).
  • Cap the number of phone minutes and text messages.
  • Allow emergency calls, even if over monthly usage allowance.
  • Cap and/or block entertainment downloads (costly or inappropriate ringtones, music, video, etc.) May not work with certain smartphones.
  • Block mature content websites from Internet-enabled phones.
  • Restrict time of day phone can be used (e.g., block usage during school hours or after bedtime).
  • Block calls/texts from specific or unknown numbers (helps prevent stalking, bullying and inappropriate contact).
  • Restrict camera use.
  • Track your child's physical location (requires GPS-enabled phone and typically costs $5 to $10 a month)

Parental control programs generally are not available with prepaid plans. And, since no filtering tool is completely foolproof, it's important to regularly discuss cell phone and Internet safety issues with your kids. Make sure they're comfortable coming to you with any questions or details of inappropriate contact they've received.

Lay down the law. Not every child is ready for the responsibilities that come with owning a cell phone. Make sure you set ground rules and be prepared to withhold privileges if they cross boundaries, such as not abiding by school regulations, exceeding curfews or usage limits you set, using it to bully or annoy others, repeatedly losing or damaging the phone, etc. And make sure they kick in part of their allowance to help pay -- don't be afraid to share the bill so they see how expensive cell phones are.

With my son, it's not a question of "if" but rather, "when." And when the time is right, the cost of the handset as well as the added cost for adding a line to our family plan will be his to bear. This of course will allow him to hound me remotely for the latest must-have item.

This article is intended to provide general information and should not be considered legal, tax or financial advice. It's always a good idea to consult a legal, tax or financial advisor for specific information on how certain laws apply to you and about your individual financial situation.

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Social Observations From the Fader Fort at SXSW

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There are two factions of people at SXSW: those interested in seeing as much music as possible and those attempting to acquire as much free stuff as possible. Of course, there are subsects of both groups, but all species of SXSW music participants can trace their evolution back to these core values.

At no other places do these two groups collide more than at the Fader Fort presented by Converse.

There are many activities at the Fader Fort (one of which is watching live music) but the venue is most known for free 16-oz. Budweiser tall boys and free Bushmill's Irish Honey whiskey. Like Pavlovian dogs, people stand in line at the bar for 15 minutes, reach the counter, put a dollar in a tip jar, receive their beverage of choice and walk away guzzling alcohol. They practiced this learned behavior over and over and over for four days straight. I would know. I was one of them.

The obvious question: Why would Budweiser willingly give away so much free booze? Market share, free advertising, brand loyalty -- all that blibbidy-blab -- goes out the window when you give away 5,000 beers and the people drinking them laugh about never drinking Budweiser until they're back at the Fader Fort next year. Budweiser has been the sponsor five years in a row. That's a lot of product.

But free booze matters because then even people who don't enjoy live music congregate at Fader Fort every year. Inevitably the drunks will be drawn to the stage and exposed to some band or artist they never would have heard on the radio.

Fader is an accredited music magazine and thus has always used the Fort to bring together a blend of rock, hip-hop, electronic and alternative music from both up-and-coming and established acts. This year's featured performers included Santigold, Big K.R.I.T., Gary Clark Jr., Danny Brown and an appearance by special guest Rick Ross. You could go to Fader Fort and walk away completely satiated by your musical experience, a feat few SXSW showcases can claim.

The problem for the music snobs is they can't avoid the free booze.

There's that one band they really want to see at Fader Fort so they get there early. Then a few beers turns into several beers and then another and then just one last one -- before they know it the band they came to see finished an hour ago and they haven't even set foot within 100 yards of the stage. At that point they figure they might as well keep drinking because -- oh yeah, did I mention the booze is free?

And so the music folks avoid the Fader Fort and look down their nose at the drunks, even though we're all just one and the same.


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Uprooted Iraqis: Worse Off, Not Better

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Over the past three years, we have investigated one of the unintended byproducts of the Iraq War: uprooted Iraqis. While the exact numbers are disputed, it is safe to say that between 3 and 4 million Iraqis have been forced to flee. Today, despite occasional reports exaggerating the numbers returning to their homes, most of the Iraqis who fled are still in exile. They live in poverty in Amman or Damascus or nearby. Or they stayed in Iraq and are trying to restart their lives in cities that are foreign to them, while strangers occupy their real homes and threaten them with harm if they return. Many of the uprooted are worse off than when they first fled. They need real help now.

Why has the situation worsened and what needs to be done about it? First, middle class Iraqis who fled to other countries have run through their savings. They depend on charity to survive while their children grow up in foreign countries, under-educated and facing poor prospects. The United States, Europe and the Gulf states should continue to respond generously to appeals to help them. Cash assistance has to be increased, and all children enrolled in school. Countries that host them should grant refugees temporary legal status and allow them to work.

Second, the government of Iraq has done little to help their displaced citizens. In 2008, the Iraqi authorities acknowledged the problem but directed aid to helping Iraqis returning from abroad -- a miniscule number. A few months ago, we visited displaced Iraqis living in Erbil. They told us they cannot go home to Baghdad, Mosul and elsewhere because they fear violence -- and how they knew of other families that had been harmed when they did return. They also experience a "Catch-22": they cannot receive benefits without a registration card, and registration has been spotty or offered only to those who return home. The US and other countries must insist that the Iraq government cut red tape and do more for its displaced citizens.

Third, uprooted Iraqis still have very good reasons to flee. Unlike other populations of refugees who leave home because they fear something bad might happen, Iraqis fled crimes against their families or themselves. Visit an Iraqi refugee family and they will show you the photos of murdered relatives and recount tales of threats, car bombings, kidnappings and ransoms, and scars on their children. They were attacked because of their religious beliefs or education level or job history or for collaborating with Americans. Their suffering continues. Their old neighborhoods have been destroyed or emptied of people like them. And, according to the UN refugee agency, medical problems-depression, anxiety and chronic disease-are widespread among this group. More Iraqis should be allowed to restart their lives in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe, which in particular should be doing much more.

There is one area of good news, though it emerges only from the very bad experience of Iraqi refugees. The small fraction of educated, skilled Iraqis allowed to come to America-some with help from Iraq War-era friends who served as soldiers, aid workers and journalists -- tested our aging refugee-admissions system and found it wanting. Run as a partnership between the U.S. Government and aid resettlement agencies like the International Rescue Committee, it was originally designed to accept large numbers of Vietnamese, but the government's share of support for the program had deteriorated over time. Overstretched charities tried to make ends meet, but the economic downturn brought the whole system to the breaking point. Iraq War veterans and other concerned Americans were outraged. As a result, the Obama Administration is reviewing the entire process of how refugees are admitted to the United States and has taken the first critical steps toward repairing it, including more support in the first weeks after they arrive.

The American public understandably wants to put the Iraq War behind us. Political parties, elections, and oil revenues are benchmarks on a path to recovery for the nation of Iraq. But as Americans, we bear a special responsibility to Iraqis. We should not ignore the human tragedy still unfolding in the Middle East.

Morton Abramowitz is a former Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Turkey and Thailand. George Rupp is the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. Both visited the Middle East as members of the IRC Commission on Iraqi Refugees. To read the IRC's report, "Iraqi Refugees: A Tough Road Home," please go to:


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Restaurant work gives millions of people a start even though this has never been a high wage industry. Restaurant employees were able to claim significantly higher wages at the end of the 90s when the country was close to full employment and workers were scarce. Unfortunately the job picture and the economic situation of restaurant customers has not been as strong in any year since President Clinton left office. What raises my hackles is that some self-anointed labor advocates, most egregiously a group called the Restaurant Opportunities Center United, refuse to recognize this reality. The ROC's leadership instead demands that restaurants ignore the still soft economy and pay what they define as a "livable wage" plus "normal" benefits. Even more unrealistic, ROC leaders make the claim that restaurant owners could do this if they simply made an "enduring" and "non-negotiable commitment" to do so: Yeah, right.

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The important role restaurants play in creating jobs for minorities, the less educated, immigrants and young people with limited alternatives is well understood by Americans. A large percentage of us have worked in restaurants so we know that these jobs are often a first step on the economic ladder.

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Restaurant jobs are a safety net for millions of people who have few other possibilities. What the ROC slogan-chanters miss is that better wages and benefits in restaurants depend on the availability of job opportunities in other sectors of the economy. It is not tight-fisted restaurant owners who keep wages and benefits down. It is the fact that millions of people are looking for work which suppresses wages and benefits in nearly every industry.

Unemployment dropped below 4 percent and "the American job machine" created 23 million jobs during the Clinton years. For that reason, wages were rising. When the overall economy fully recovers and workers are scarce again, wages will rise in restaurants and across the entire economy. Bumper sticker slogans touting the "livable wage" will not alter that reality.

The seven ROC papers also charge that the restaurant industry is rife with discrimination. No doubt there is some in a sector with hundreds of thousands of locations. Census data shows, however, that in 2007 minorities owned more than 47 percent of restaurants in 6 of the 7 cities studied, and less than that only in New Orleans. Many current owners and managers of restaurants started in the kitchen or as waiters or waitresses and worked their way up.

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A Scientific Study of the Eye's Behavior
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December 25, 2001

Dear I SEE,

For the next two years* I have agreed to support the publication on www.I-SEE.org of excerpts of my book, "How to Avoid Nearsightedness".

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The basis of this work developed from a desire to clarify and accurately portray the facts known about the behavior of the eye. So many contradictory statements were made to me about the eye that I wondered if it was possible to develop a coherent understanding of the normal eye's behavior.

I have simplified the concept of the eye's behavior in order to gain clarity of understanding. I have systematically used the term "focal state" to remove the bias that concerns misunderstandings we might develop about the fundamental behavior of the natural eye.

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For the web edition of this book, typos have been corrected where found. Also, Chapter XI now contains an additional letter from a woman who, after giving her daughter a more positive visual environment, watched her daughter's nearsightedness reduce by four diopters, as verified by having her daughter read the Snellen eye chart.

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I developed my book, "How to Avoid Nearsightedness", subtitled "A Scientific Study of the Normal Eye's Behavior", with the expectation that would-be pilots have a right to be informed about a feasible alternative to nearsightedness. It has been extremely difficult to assemble the information contained in the book, and as a practical matter it is almost impossible to twist a person's arm to make effective use of the positive lens. The book makes clear the formidable problem one has if one mixes intellectual and experimental truth, with a public "health problem" and associated apathy. It is the health profession who deals with the consequences of public ignorance (and therefore apathy), however (and unfortunately) they tend to perpetuate the problem by failure to broach a discussion of this problem and the proper implementation of this potential solution.

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NEW YORK, NY (November 29, 2006) – The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today announced the launch of a new integrated Interactive branding campaign. The campaign, which features the tagline “Media More Engaging,” is focused on how Interactive advertising is the only medium that intersects between the three pillars of audience, experience and effectiveness.

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“Our goal in developing an overarching positioning and theme for the Interactive advertising industry was to find a way to communicate all the diverse capabilities and benefits of Interactive under one umbrella,” said Sheryl Draizen, SVP and General Manager, IAB. “As marketers continue to embrace and allocate additional dollars to all forms of Interactive, it is important that we clearly articulate and showcase the true power of the medium.”

“Interactive Advertising lets you combine the ability to target and create a dialogue with the audience that matters to your brand, lets your customer experience your brand the way they want to, and allows you to measure the effectiveness of your marketing dollars,” Draizen continued. “This delivers a very powerful proposition for marketers to achieve their objectives.”

Messaging specialist, Luntz, Maslansky Strategic Research was hired by the IAB to understand how to effectively and consistently communicate the positioning of Interactive to marketers and agencies. Both qualitative and quantitative research was conducted on a number of positioning statements and once the positioning was reached, further research was conducted on a number of creative executions.

“We are thrilled to have created the “Media More Engaging” campaign for the IAB and the Interactive industry,” said Alan Feldenkris, Chief Executive Officer, Brand New World. “As an agency focused on the emerging media marketplace, this was a perfect opportunity for us to communicate the value of a medium we so strongly support.”

Media Contacts, the global interactive media network of Havas Media has agreed to do all the media planning, buying and trafficking pro-bono for the IAB on this campaign. The primary targets for the campaign are brand managers and marketing executives across all vertical industries with agency professionals as a secondary target.

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Marin post office renamed for soldier killed in Iraq

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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 2:52 pm in Iraq, Lynn Woolsey, U.S. House.

Jake VellozaPresident Barack Obama today signed into law a bill renaming the post office in Marin County’s Inverness in memory of U.S. Army Spc. Jake Robert Velloza, who was killed in May 2009 near Mosul, Iraq.

“I am so pleased that the President has chosen to honor the memory of one of the North Bay’s finest by signing my legislation,” Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, said in a news release. “Jake Velloza, like so many brave men and women before him, signed up for some of the most difficult and dangerous work imaginable. He loved his country enough to give his life for it, and his community and the entire nation are grateful. America is strong and great because of selfless patriots like him.

“With his signature today, the President has ensured that Jake Velloza’s name, and a reminder of his service, will be permanently displayed in his hometown. Future generations will now know how Jake Velloza sacrificed for them.”

Velloza grew up in Inverness and attended Tomales High School before joining the Army in 2006; he was assigned to 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He’s buried at Olema Cemetery.

Woolsey’s H.R. 793, introduced in February, is the first post office naming bill to pass Congress and be signed by the President this year. Information on a public ceremony at the post office will be released soon; in the meantime, Velloza’s parents, Bob and Susan Velloza, and fiancé, Danielle Erwin, are declining to be interviewed.

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    This is an appropriate designation for a federal building name — a veteran who made “the supreme sacrifice.” Too often Congress passes and the President signs legislation attaching politicians’ names (often fellow mediocre members of Congress) to these facilities. I hope that this action brings some measure of solace to Spc. Velloza’s family and friends.


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Minka Kelly and Derek Jeter Breakup on Hold: Are They Back Together?

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Minka Kelly and Derek Jeter broke up in August. Could they already be back together?

Minka Kelly and Derek Jeter's break up did not last long and the couple might be getting back together, according to a report in the New York Post on Monday night.

Sources told the Post that the Yankees' slugger Jeter flew to Miami on Sunday to see Kelly, now best known for her starring role in ABC's Charlie's Angels.

The sources also said that the two went to Morgans South Beach, laughing and having a fun breakfast together.

They met up to try and figure it out, a source told the Post. They are trying to see what the future holds for them.

The source added that the meeting was more one about getting back together, and not a final meet-up between the pair.

Jeter and Kelly broke up in August after about three years together. Kelly has been linked to fellow Charlie's Angels co-star Ramon Rodriguez, but sources told the Post that it is only a friendship. Rodriguez himself said last week that he treats his Charlie's Angels castmates as sisters.

Yeah, right. Looks like Jeter beat another Rodriguez, again.

Sources said that Jeter and Kelly did not split because of other parties but rather because of a lull in the relationship and because Kelly was spending more time in Miami.

Now, the Yankees season is over, and Charlie's Angels might be on the outs from ABC. So, hey, at least they'll have more time to spend together.

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ICBA Asks Congress to Preserve Funding for the Housing Markets

Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2007)—The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) asked Congress to support key changes to the Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007 (H.R. 1427) that would make the regulatory and supervisory powers of the new regulatory agency comparable to the safety and soundness authorities of banking regulators.

"ICBA believes that if statutory or artificial regulatory limits are placed on growth, Fannie and Freddie would be compelled by business reasons to give preference to their large volume customers and limit the ability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to provide mortgage credit to community bank customers," said ICBA in a letter to House Financial Services Committee members. "Unless the committee makes these changes, the new regulator could weaken the ability of the housing GSEs to provide liquidity to the housing market and undermine Congress's power to set national housing policy."

The House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to mark up H.R. 1427 Wednesday morning. The legislation would reform how the housing government sponsored enterprises — Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBs) — are regulated.

ICBA said the new regulator should be able to adjust capital requirements to protect against specific risks to safety and soundness but should not be permitted to change capital requirements over the long term. A new regulator could be subject to political pressure to adjust program levels by raising minimum capital, reducing the amount of resources available for housing. This would give the regulator an inappropriate degree of authority over U.S. housing levels.

In addition, ICBA strongly supports the provisions in H.R. 1427 that would strengthen the FHLBs' Community Financial Institutions programs that support small business and agricultural lending. The bill would make the programs part of the FHLBs' mission and increase the size of community banks eligible to secure advances under this authority to $1 billion in assets.

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Norm Dressler norm at dressler.ca
Mon Nov 12 13:10:45 EST 2007

> To quote a shortened piece from the docs:
> "The flow is: the first button for Paypal goes to the 'paypalsetrequest' page, which sends a request
> to Paypal to initialise the transaction and gets a token back in return. If Paypal fails to send back
> a token, then the module refreshes that page with an error message suggesting that the customer should
> use your normal payment service provider and shows the cards that you accept. Once the token is read, then
> your customer is taken to Paypal to login and choose his payment method. Once that is done, he returns
> to us and hits the 'paypalgetrequest' page. This gets his full address as held by Paypal, bounces to the final
> 'paypalcheckout' page and populates the form with his address details. Then the customer clicks the final 'pay
> now' button and the transaction is done."
> >I've gone through the script and uncommented the log debug messages
> >which has directed me to the above question.
> >

Further to the last email on this, I've gotten to the point where I
think I'm stuck.

I created a button on my finalize.html page that calls
paypalsetrequest.html.  When clicked, I don't get an error in the log
files at all but do get this:
(paypalexpress): Paypal has failed to respond correctly - please use
postal billing and we will contact you for a manual PayPal payment.

on the checkout page and the system returns me to checkout.  The wording
on the above is slightly different from the default because I modified
the text in the paypalexpress.pm module.

I'm not certain where to look for errors, suggestions please!

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Startup Day - including a free introductory course for foreigners starting their own company in Norway

The Agency for Business Development Services (Næringsetaten) of the City of Oslo  will  arrange a Startup Day including  a free introductory course in English language on how to start a company in Norway  on the folllowing dates the second half of 2012.

*  4th September *  9th October   *   20 November

The Startup Day which is aimed at foreigners considering to establish a company in  Norway starts with a free introductory course between 9am-12noon.  In the second part which starts appr. 12.15pm the participants get a chance to speed-date with  one of the Business Advisors of Næringsetaten, discussing business matters of relevance. For subjects covered please see the attached information leaflet.

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CBS News Monthly Poll, August 2007 (ICPSR 22583)

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This poll, fielded August 8-12, 2007, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. A national sample of 1214 adults were surveyed, including an oversample of 91 individuals with family members who are now serving in the United States armed forces or the United States reserves. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way George W. Bush was handling his job as president, whether they approved of the way Bush was handling the war in Iraq, and the United States campaign again terrorism. Respondents were also asked to rate the national economy, if they followed the 2008 presidential campaign, and the first thing that came to mind when mentioning Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani. They were also asked if they were registered to vote in their precinct, issues which were more important factors when deciding whom to vote for, and if they were satisfied with the candidates running for president. Respondent's opinions were also collected on whether they were satisfied with the Republican candidates running for nomination, whether their opinion was favorable, not favorable, undecided, or haven't heard enough about Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Barack Obama. They were also asked whether the candidates cared about the needs of people like themselves, if they could deal wisely with an international crisis, and if they would make good decisions in dealing with foreign countries. Their opinion was also sought on how much confidence they had in the ability of the United States government to respond to natural disasters, how much progress had been made in rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the condition of the system of roads and bridges in the area where they lived, whether federal spending on rebuilding and maintaining roads and bridges should be increased, decreased, or kept the same, and if they would be willing to pay more taxes to improve roads, bridges, and public structures. A series of questions were asked about professional football players. They were queried if they thought that when professional football players are suspended for misconduct off the field, if the National Football League is being too tough on them, if they had heard or read about the dog-fighting allegations against Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, if authorities treated Vick better than the average person because he was a professional athlete, and how interested they were in watching or following professional football. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, education level, marital status, household income, religious preference, religiosity, political party affiliation, if respondent was a born again Christian, and if there was anyone in the household between the ages of 18 and 24 years old.

Series: CBS News/New York Times Poll Series

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CBS News. CBS News Monthly Poll, August 2007. ICPSR22583-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2011-07-28. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR22583.v1

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Subject Terms:   attitudes, Bush Administration (George W., 2001-2009), Bush, George W., Clinton, Hillary, disaster relief, disasters, Edwards, John, Giuliani, Rudolph, Iraq War, McCain, John, national economy, Obama, Barack, presidential campaigns, presidential candidates, primaries, public opinion, recreation, religion, Romney, Mitt, terrorism, Thompson, Fred, voter attitudes, voters

Geographic Coverage:   United States

Time Period:

  • 2008-08

Date of Collection:

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Unit of Observation:   individual

Universe:   Persons aged 18 years and over living in households with telephones in the United States.

Data Types:   survey data

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The CASEID variable was reformatted in order to make it a unique identifier.

Truncated value label in variable EDUC was corrected.

This data collection was produced by CBS News, New York, NY.

Variable Q50 contains a truncated value label which is not detailed in the documentation.

The data contain an oversample of those with family members who are now serving in the United States armed forces or the United States reserves as identified by the OSMP variable.

Sample:   A variation of random-digit dialing (RDD) using primary sampling units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100 telephone numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified by geographic region, area code, and size of place. Phone numbers were dialed from RDD samples of both standard land-lines and cell phones. Within households, respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1963). This poll included an oversample of those with family members who are now serving in the United States armed forces or the United States reserves.

Time Method:   Cross-sectional

Weight:   The data contain weight variables that should be used in analyzing the data. According to the CBS News Web site, the data were weighted to match United States Census Bureau breakdowns on age, sex, race, education, and region of the country. The data were also adjusted for the fact that people who share a telephone with others have less chance to be contacted than people who live alone and have their own telephones, and that households with more than one telephone number have more chances to be called than households with only one telephone number.

Mode of Data Collection:   telephone interview

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  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.

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Lauryn Hill Educates Her Fans On The Reasons For Her Tardiness

By: Idolator Staff / December 30, 2010

As exciting as it has been to see Lauryn Hill return to music (pretty much) full-time after an extended break, we’ve been a little concerned by the accounts of her frequent tardiness to her own performances. Hill is aware of her reputation for lateness, and at Tuesday night’s show at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, she finally addressed her critics — after taking the stage around midnight (her concert tickets reportedly declared an 8 p.m. showtime). Watch below to see Hill tell the crowd why she’s entitled to show up when she likes.

According to the Times, fans in the front row hand-wrote signs telling Lauryn “You Just Lost One” and “This Is Insulting”, while even one of Hill’s keyboard players taped a reply to his instrument: “I Was On Time”.

“Don’t do that, that’s disrespectful,” Hill reportedly told the fans with the signs.
In this video, first shown on The New York Timeswebsite, Hill apologizes for showing up late, but says that “there’s a lot that goes on, into getting this out to you. It’s not easy.”

But she goes on to say, “I spent my entire 20s sacrificing my life to give you love. So when I hear people complain, I don’t know what to tell you… I personally know I’m worth the wait.”

Has she put the issue to rest now? Or is she in danger of turning off fans just as she undertakes her new tour?

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• Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

Development of a Non-O157:H7 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) Lateral Flow Device

Cesar Nadala, Jason Cantera and Mansour Samadpour Abstract A lateral flow device was developed for detection of non-O157:H7 EHEC using polyclonal antibodies generated in goats against each of the top six non-O157:H7 EHEC targets. The device was tested against a panel of bacterial cells as well as on spiked enrichments. It was able to correctly identify and distinguish each target Read More

  • Friday, January 17th, 2014

Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with consumption of locally grown strawberries contaminated by deer

Laidler MR, Tourdjman M, Buser GL, Hostetler T, Repp KK, Leman R, Samadpour M, Keene WE. Abstract BACKGROUND: An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 was identified in Oregon through an increase in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli cases with an indistinguishable, novel pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) subtyping pattern. METHODS: We defined confirmed cases as persons from whom E. coli O157:H7 with the outbreak PFGE Read More

  • Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Analysis of the genome of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 2006 spinach-associated outbreak isolate indicates candidate genes that may enhance virulence.

Kulasekara BR, Jacobs M, Zhou Y, Wu Z, Sims E, Saenphimmachak C, Rohmer L, Ritchie JM, Radey M, McKevitt M, Freeman TL, Hayden H, Haugen E, Gillett W, Fong C, Chang J, Beskhlebnaya V, Waldor MK, Samadpour M, Whittam TS, Kaul R, Brittnacher M, Miller SI. Source Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. Abstract In addition to causing diarrhea, Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection can lead to hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS), a severe Read More

  • Thursday, December 12th, 2013

Evolution of Salmonella enterica Virulence via Point Mutations in the Fimbrial Adhesin

Dagmara I. Kisiela, Sujay Chattopadhyay, Stephen J. Libby, Joyce E. Karlinsey, Ferric C. Fang, Veronika Tchesnokova, Jeremy J. Kramer, Viktoriya Beskhlebnaya, Mansour Samadpour, Krzysztof Grzymajlo, Maciej Ugorski,3 Emily W. Lankau, Roderick I. Mackie, Steven Clegg, and Evgeni V. Sokurenko Abstract Whereas the majority of pathogenic Salmonella serovars are capable of infecting many different animal species, typically producing a self-limited gastroenteritis, serovars with narrow host-specificity exhibit increased virulence and their infections Read More

  • Wednesday, September 25th, 2013

Evaluation of Process Parameters Used During the Fermentation and Drying of Italian-Style Salami

Abstract Raw ground pork was inoculated with ca. 8 log CFU/mL of a five-strain cocktail of Salmonella spp. The inoculated meat was mixed with non-meat ingredients and the batter stuffed into 100 mm casings to produce an Italian style salami. Following fermentation, product was dried at either low, medium or high temperatures. Samples were taken Read More

  • Monday, September 16th, 2013

Non-O157 Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) with AB5 Subtilase Cytotoxin (SubAB) Found in Commercial Ground Beef and Spinach Products

Abstract Introduction: Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains are a subset of Shiga toxin–producing E. coli (STEC) that may cause hemorrhagic colitis and in severe cases hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). EHECs are usually identified by the presence of two virulence genes, stx(encoding Shiga toxin) and eae (encoding intimin). AB5 subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB) was found Read More

  • Wednesday, August 14th, 2013

Co-occurrence of Escherichia coli Shiga Toxin 2d-activatable Variant and AB5 Subtilase in STEC in Commercial Ground Beef

Abstract Shiga toxin–producing E. coli (STEC) is a food- and water-borne pathogen that causes hemorrhagic colitis (bloody diarrhea), and in severe cases hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Shiga toxin (Stx) has two forms: Stx1 and Stx 2. A variant Stx2, called Stx2d-activatable is more virulent than othersubtypes and its detection in human isolates was shown Read More

  • Thursday, August 1st, 2013

Isolation and Identification of the Causative Agent for a Salmonellosis Outbreak from White Pepper

Abstract In March 2009, epidemiologist in several western states (California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington) noted a spike in the number of cases of an extremely rare Salmonella serotype – Salmonella Rissen (mean for U.S. < 10 cases/year). A coordinated multi-state investigation ensued, but despite intensive structured interviews, no common source became apparent. Spices were considered Read More

  • Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

Effect of Lactate and Diacetate-based Antimicrobial Agents on Listeria Monocytogenes in Ready-To-Eat Meat Products

ABSTRACT Survival and growth of Listeria monocytogenes on RTE meat products formulated with a combination of lactate and diacetate-based antimicrobial agents was investigated. Cured (large diameter) and cured and smoked (small diameter) commercial RTE meat containing varying levels of sodium lactate/sodium diacetate, potassium lactate/sodium diacetate, sodium-potassium lactate/sodium diacetate were surface inoculated with approximately 100 CFU/100g of a five-strain mixture of Read More

  • Monday, July 15th, 2013

Surveillance of Campylobacter spp., Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus In Poultry

ABSTRACT Poultry meat has been implicated as a significant source of food-borne pathogens that can cause fatal illness among consumers. This study was undertaken to determine the level of contamination of Campylobacter spp., Escherichia coli O157, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in poultry across 10 states in the United States. Read More

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GrowCocoa partnership trained 31,000+ farmers last year

October 18, 2013

Marking the close of its first formal season and now working alongside over 41,900 farmers, GrowCocoa, the independently operated joint venture representing the sustainability interests of Blommer Chocolate Co. and Olam International, has released its first report outlining accomplishments in Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia.

Formalized as a joint venture in 2012, the Washington, D.C.-based GrowCocoa ensures the continued and regular engagement with for and not-for-profit and national and international institutions that share the sustainability and livelihoods vision of Blommer and Olam. As North America’s largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier, Blommer first collaborated with Olam International, the leading global agri-business supplier, in Indonesia in 2004.

Since inception, the partnership has ensured improved access to healthcare for more than 29,000 community members. So far the social infrastructure projects have included two dispensaries, a maternity ward, a medical laboratory, and three schools offering 450 children access to education.

Now centralized under GrowCocoa, the partnership reports the following highlights for the 2012–2013 season:

  • 31,600 farmers trained in Good Agricultural Practices and Integrated Pest Management
  • 329 cooperative managers trained in efficient budgeting and cost control systems, administration, documentation, and archiving
  • 564,000 seedlings distributed
  • Purchase volume of over 54,000 metric tons
  • $9.1 million in premiums awarded to farmers and farmer associations

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Sin City: The Game Update

Developer named, platforms still TBA, Jessica Alba's tummy bump not yet rendered.

Development is progressing on the videogame adaptation of Sin City, Frank Miller's stark graphic novel masterpiece that spawned the hit film a few years back (which has a sequel on its way.) While little has been said about the project since publisher Red Mile's acquired the license in May, IGN stumbled across a few details about the game while checking the game development want ads.

First bit of news is that a developer has been settled on: Red Mile is putting IR Gurus on Sin City, a studio that the company previously worked with on the title Heroes of the Pacific. IR Gurus was acquired by Red Mile in October, about the same time that Red Mile confirmed its full commitment to Sin City: The Game as a major project with the announcement of the involvement of Flint Dille (The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Dead to Rights) in the game's scriptwriting and design approach.

Red Mile and IR Gurus have not laid out a platform slate yet for the game, but career listings for talent on the project (for those in the development field who live in Australia and would like to join the team, check out the listings on the IR Gurus webpage) do give some hints. The team is looking for team members that can handle Unreal Engine 3 for the Sin City: The Game project, and an earlier Graphics Programmer posting specifically calls out for programmers that can, "Design and implement graphics technology for a multi-platform (PS3/Xbox 360) shared next-gen engine." The use of UE3 looks to rule out a Wii version of Sin City, although the team has made a Wii game (Heatseaker) in the past and could still have a second version in the works for Nintendo's system and/or perhaps Sony's PSP on its older engine. Another earlier job posting by IR Gurus describes its next game as, "an exciting new high profile 3rd person action game," and that seems to fit Sin City: The Game like blood-red digital inking on a black-and-white screen.

Once the holiday season wraps up, publishers will begin unleashing info about their 2008 slate, and we're hoping for a lot more Sin City: The Game news early next year. That said, the game doesn't have a release period on the schedule and the second movie (which the game may not necessarily have connection with) is not due out for some time. Check back for more later next year.

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