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George Anderson works and lives in Shepherdsown, owning and operating Anderson Electric. But his skills led him away from home recently as he traveled to Egbe, Nigeria to assist in renovations to a hospital there.
Described by Anderson as a "small town in the bush," Egbe has a population between three and four thousand. To get to Egbe, Anderson explained, he landed at the airport in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja and traveled in a car for 15 hours through pot holes and mud-covered roads where he found a hospital often run by generator because the electricity to the region is often unreliable.
Anderson was joined by seven other individuals, traveling as part of a missions trip sponsored by Samaritan's Purse and SIM Ministry. Each of the members of the group brought specific skill sets to the area to assist in work on the hospital, which Anderson said, also serves as a nurse and midwifery school.
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While none of the men knew each other prior to the trip, Anderson said, "We got very close, living and working together."
Anderson explained that his main work was to refurbish the electrical wiring in the guest houses that are available for visiting doctors who come in to teach and offer services at the hospital. He explained that the power only works about 20 percent of the time so generators are necessary to keep power running so that the hospital can continue to function.
In the final stages of the monsoon season during Anderson's October trip, Egbe suffered with nearly 96 percent humidity with temperatures at "98 degrees in the shade."
"You get used to the heat," Anderson said as he explained that his sleeping quarters had him in the bottom bunk wrapped with mosquito netting and no fan.
Working from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. six days a week, Anderson explained that the group was taken care of by the native people.
"They cooked for us and even did our laundry for us," he said. He explained that following his group's two week trip, additional groups will follow to continue the work.
While Anderson is no stranger to the mission field, he was excited to visit Nigeria. He learned much about the culture and the habits of the people there.
"They re-use everything," he said. He explained that one of the jobs the group did while there was work to tear down a building that needed to be reconstructed. Plaster on the walls was chipped away from the homemade bricks underneath so that it could be gathered and used to construct a dam. The bricks themselves, which crumbled apart, were gathered up and used for road fill.
Wood was re-used as well. Mahogany, which is a very expensive and valuable wood in the United States, is commonplace in Nigeria and used for 2x4s in construction.
"They [Nigerians] are very frugal," Anderson said. "They make good use of all of their resources."
The area, as evidenced by the long trip from the capital city, was a remote one. There were no cell phones, no television, radio or even newspapers.
"It was just me, my work work and my God," Anderson said. "While I missed my family, it was a peaceful time without distractions."
While in Nigeria, Anderson said that he was able to visit an orphanage where he took the children a soccer ball, which was met with complete approval.
Traveling through the area, Anderson said that the two things that were in abundance were goats and motorcycles.
"They were everywhere," he said. "I even saw a goat on a motorcycle," he laughed.
Anderson shared that with the native language of English in the area, he was able to communicate well with the native people.
"They really like Americans," he said. "Despite what we hear in the media, they like us and are grateful that we come to help them," he said.
In addition to his work in Egbe, Anderson was able to travel to Jos, a location in the northern part of the country. While in Jos, he visited with another Jefferson County family serving in the mission field, Tom and Heidi Jesserun. He visited the theological seminary where both of the Jesseruns teach.
"Jos is a city of a half million people," Anderson said, which was a huge change from Egbe. "It is farther north with more of a Muslim influence and is often dangerous for Christians," Anderson explained.
He shared that he learned that the children in the country loved to be "snapped," meaning to have their photos taken.
"They would get all giggly when you showed them on a digital camera," he said.
In his travels observing a small bush community as well as a large city, Anderson said that another thing that struck him was that women in the culture fare poorly. He explained that widows there must surrender all possessions to their husband's family.
He visited a widow's mission group in Jos where the women were taught to sew which would allow them to make money to support themselves.
"There was no electricity so they used old treadle machines," he said. "These women are well-off compare to the average widow in Nigeria," he explained.
When asked if he would return, Anderson had no hesitation when he said he'd go back in a heartbeat.
"What we did was needed," he said "and that gives me personal satisfaction."


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AUSTIN (AP) – Off to a 3-0 start and rising in the national rankings, the No. 12 Texas Longhorns are settling into an off week feeling surprisingly good about quarterback David Ash and a bit unnerved by the defense's habit of giving up of big plays for touchdowns.
Ash proved he can be an effective game manager in wins over Wyoming and New Mexico, then turned into a big-play engineer with four touchdown passes in a 66-31 romp over Mississippi.
Ash still has a tendency to underthrow on deep routes, but for the first time since Jordan Shipley was catching passes from Colt McCoy in 2009, Longhorns receivers are showing an ability to beat a defender and make a big play.
"I think I mastered the underthrow," Ash joked after the Mississippi game.
Coach Mack Brown said he has no worries. Brown says he'd rather see an underthrown ball than and overthrown one.
"We've been encouraging him to let the guys catch it, and been challenging the receivers to catch it. Overthrown balls are punts: you don't have a chance to catch them," Brown said.
Ash struggled as with turnovers as a freshman last season but through the first three games this season has seven touchdowns with no interceptions. He's ranked fourth nationally in pass efficiency and his 76 percent completion rate rivals McCoy, one of the most accurate passers in NCAA history.
"He's very confident right now with where he's going with the ball," Brown said.
It's easy for a quarterback to be confident in receivers who can make a big play. Against Mississippi, Marquise Goodwin had a 69-yard touchdown run, the longest for Texas in five years, set up another with a 47-yard catch and finished Texas' scoring by catching a 55-yard touchdown pass.
Texas rolled up 676 total yards, second most in school history, and the scored the most points since a 70-3 win over Colorado in the 2005 Big 12 title game. It was also the most points surrendered by Mississippi since 1917. Texas is averaging 49 points.
The Longhorns will need to maintain that sizzle when the Big 12 schedule starts with Oklahoma State, No. 8 West Virginia and No. 6 Oklahoma in the next three games.
Oklahoma State leads the nation in scoring, West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith is considered a top Heisman Trophy contender and the Sooners beat Texas 55-17 last season.
"We'll play much better defenses here in the next couple of weeks," Brown said. "At the same time, it showed the offense that we walked out of Oxford with a lot of confidence. That's something this offense has been lacking, in my estimation, over the last couple years. They know they can do it and it's exciting."
What puzzles Brown is the defense.
Linebacker Steve Edmond scored the first touchdown against Mississippi with a 22-yard interception return and the defense recorded five sacks. But the Longhorns also gave up a 75-yard touchdown pass, a 48-yard touchdown run and a 100-yard kickoff return.
Last season, Texas didn't give up touchdown pass of 20 yards or longer until the 12th game. It has surrendered three already this season.
"I think now it's on our résumé that we'll give up big plays for touchdowns. No good defense can give up big plays for touchdowns," coordinator Manny Diaz said.
Texas began the season with the expecting to have one of the best defenses in the Big 12 and the country. After three games, the Longhorns rank 32nd in total defense and 60th against the run.
"We had a lot of good plays, but a lot of that gets canceled out," Texas senior safety Kenny Vaccaro said. "The good teams put a foot on your throat."
Brown likes what he sees of his team after three games.
"I know we're headed in the right direction," Brown said. "I know we can do better than what we've done on defense."
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- John Maeda: Something designed superbly looks and feels different
- Much of the time, we tend not to notice good design, he says
- Designers can make things simpler and richer at same time, Maeda says
- Maeda: Design can redefine leadership in age when everyone can friend the CEO
When I was young, my teachers praised me for being good at math and art, but my father would always tell people, "You know, John is good at math." At the time I felt I had to choose between the two -- and with my parents' influence winning over my own, I went to MIT.
After many years there, I learned about computers on many levels. In doing so, I saw technology succeeding each year in making everything cheaper, faster, and smaller -- but failing to create any emotional connection or to bring any meaning to our lives.
Design has picked up significant momentum with the success of design-led companies like Apple and Airbnb, but the exact meaning of design and how it is applied is often something of a mystery.
Educated as a computer scientist, my bias is to believe in what can be quantified, and so I understand how confusing "getting" design can be.
Qualitatively speaking, however, something designed superbly tends to look and feel better than something designed poorly. Or, said another way: Something designed superbly tends to look and feel "different" than something designed poorly. It is whether the difference "works" or not that determines good design versus bad design.
We encounter design, good and bad, with everything we see, touch, and use. It's invisible to most people because it's everywhere -- much like the proverbial fish that doesn't know where to find water.
One simple way to become aware of graphic design is to try not to ignore the font, or typeface, being used -- which does a lot more than just make a word readable. A slight change in line weight can make the word "heavy" seem "heavier." Formal appears more formal when set in italics. And "far" does appear a bit far....................away when a little distance gets added into the visual equation. Design is a way of adding enough visual, tactile, spatial, audio, textural or temporal inflection so as to make the ordinary feel different -- with the goal of making that difference a meaningful one.
In the early 1990s, my work focused on combining the rigid vocabulary of computer programming with the playful possibilities of art and design. I created a series of interactive works in the C computer language called "reactive graphics."
My intent was to show that the computer could be more than a cold, clinical object; it could do things that delighted us. Though that work is now credited with helping to launch the interactive graphics movement on the Web, at the time it was marginalized by traditional print designers. Yet I believe that taking principles from one domain and applying them to a new context -- in this case mixing traditional visual aesthetics with advanced computation and algorithms -- is where the practice of design tends to make its biggest marks.
Today, the relevance of design is expanding far beyond visual aesthetics -- to everything from tackling global issues such as climate change, to making sense of the overwhelming amount of data that surrounds us. Designers have the unique ability to make information, products and experiences both simpler and richer all at once.
Recently I have been thinking that, just as design and technology combined to make the rich creative space that is digital media today, design and technology together will now begin to help leaders navigate their competing priorities, solve complex problems, and nurture fragmented relationships.
As organizations shift from neatly ordered hierarchies to chaotic, flattened "heterarchies," where anyone can "friend the CEO," a new generation of tools will be invented that will allow design and technology to enable leaders to make true connections among people and inspire change.
Just as design enabled us to have an emotional connection with a piece of glass and aluminum that lives in our pocket, design and technology together will restore some of the humanity in what it means to lead in the 21st century.


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Born in New Haven, CT in 1974, Kent Henricksen lives and works in New York City. He received a BFA and a BA in English Literature at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has participated in solo exhibitions as follows: In 2006 - Galleria Glance, Torino, Italy; Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan; In 2005 - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin; A Season of Delight, John Connelly Presents, New York.
Group exhibitions include the following: In 2006 - "Animalia", Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC, June; "The Thread of Memory" Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York; "New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition", Trierenberg Holding AG, Austria. "New Prints 2005/Autumn", International Print Center New York, NY Crave curated by Raffaella Guidobono; 'ARS 06', Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki; In 2005: "Hanging by a Thread", The Moore Space, Miami, curated by Nina Arias & Jose Diaz; New Tapestries, Sarah Meltzer, New York Greater New York; P.S.1 MOMA, New York. In 2003: La Superette, Deitch Projects, Participant, New York 'Artists of the Lower East Side, Fusion Arts Museum as well as Curatorial project in 2004 'Incantations' Metro Pictures Gallery, New York.


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Today's rain was helpful to the Colorado River, which has been much drier than usual for the past five to six years. Today, the Two Rivers Convention Center held a water seminar to focus on the deficiency of this precious resource.
The Colorado River has a huge commitment to states across the southwest.
The Colorado River supplies water for several states along the southwest. These states are called the basin states and they include Arizona, California, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and, of course, Colorado.
There has long been discussion and debates over how to properly divide the water among these states. The Colorado River Compact set the rules for the division and some say for the most part it has worked,
but now we are facing a shortage.
Russell George with the Department of Natural Resources says, "A lot of this is triggered because we have been in a drought for a number of years. The 2001 was one of the worst in history."
Now the age– old question becomes even more complex.
"What's our fair share and what's everyone else's? You have to now rethink that in terms of shortage. it's different than fairness in plenty," explains George.
George says that when the original agreement was made, bit was not expected that Arizona and Nevada would grow so quickly, but now with more home development and an increase in population there is a much higher demand for water.
"The invention of air conditioning has made it easier for people to live in the desert so we have seen tremendous growth in the lower basin states," states George.
Officials say they hope that today's discussions will help the states come to an agreement on how to divide water in a drought situation,
such as we are going through right now.


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Loyale vs GL rear wagon glass
Posted 04 January 2005 - 10:32 AM
I had hoped to use the "no-frills-looking" Loyale trim for the rear glass, but discovered that the glass is not interchangeble between the two models. The Loyale's use triangular shaped trim on the lower rear bottoms (instead of glass as on the GL's).
Ideally, I would want to convert my GL to the Loyale glass system if at all possisle. The Loyale glass also pops out instead of needing cement, which is yet another plus.
My question is whether the Loyale triangular corner piece is part of the unibody? Or is it removable? Can the GL be easily retrofitted to accept the Loyale glass sytem?
thanks, John
Posted 04 January 2005 - 10:41 AM
Posted 04 January 2005 - 11:03 AM
Can you show us pics?
Posted 04 January 2005 - 11:58 AM
a visual aid would help so mutch
I dont have a pic, but if you look at your Loyale, you'll see a triangular section of trim at the bottom corner of your rear side glass. It has a fastener in the middle that attaches to the body somehow.
What I'm trying to figure out if there is solid metal behind that triangle - or if there is some sort of removable bracket to close up the corner.
If it is removable (making the window opening the same as the GL's), it will then be possible to install the Loyale window system on the GL's.
"Why bother?" you may ask. The Loyale glass system pops in, (instead of requiring cement), making replacement easier. Also, the Loyale trim is self-contained, which means you don't have to run all the GL trim, if you want to give your car a more streamlined look.
Posted 04 January 2005 - 05:10 PM
Posted 05 January 2005 - 10:16 AM
Goto a Junkyard and find a good back hatch off a loyale. As long as its not baby blue, the colors are pretty much the same from GL to Loyale. If your car is white, black, grey, red or yellow the paint colors seem to be the same for the years. they changed blue in 88 I believe.
The tailgate is not as big an issue as the side glass.
Again, I'm trying to figure out a way to install the Loyale side glass onto a GL.
Can't believe this hasn't come up before...
Posted 05 January 2005 - 02:20 PM
Oh yea, and GL's are rope in windows. well at least the 3 that I have pulled the back side glass out of. They are rope in windows because of chassis flex. If they were glued in, they'd crack like the WRX rear glass.,
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There's every chance Bernard Tomic wasn't watching ESPN in the lead-up to the NFL play-off between the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots around lunchtime on Sunday, but that doesn't mean he can't learn something from what was said.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick, regarded by some as the best NFL coach in history, was interviewed pre-game in the signature soft-lens-and-dark-and-moody-lighting-that-means-this-is-serious manner the American sport broadcaster does better than anyone else.
The 61-year-old and five-time Super Bowl winner was asked what he hoped his contribution to football would be when he finally hung up the Motorola headset.
"I would somehow hope that I could feel like I have given as much back to the game as the game has given to me," he said. "Football has been such a big part of my life, and my family's life. Without football, I don't know what my dad would've done. Football opened a door for him, for me, it's opened so many doors, and I hope that in some way what I've given back has been reciprocal to what I've taken from the game."
What would Tomic and his family's life be without tennis? As he approaches his first-round mission against Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open on Tuesday, he might want to consider what he's giving back to the game instead of what he thinks it owes him.
This is not a malevolent attack on Team Tomic.
His family has been fighting their way out of adversity for decades, starting in war-torn Croatia, all the way to the little flat in Southport in Queensland where his father John taught himself to speak English via the internet and then taught Bernard to play tennis with a racquet bought at a garage sale for 50 cents.
John has been butting heads with tennis officialdom from the moment it was clear – around the age of 13 – to all concerned that little "A-Tomic" was the greatest Australian tennis prospect since Lleyton Hewitt.
Tomic snr wasn't stubborn for the sake of it. He wanted the best for his son and his family because they had come from nothing. When you fight for so long, you can forget who the enemy is, despite an expectant Australian public quickly prejudging him as another Damir Dokic.
Then, last year, John stopped butting heads figuratively and, instead, took its literal meaning and headbutted Bernard's hitting partner Thomas Drouet in Madrid.
Contrary to popular belief, Bernard doesn't do everything his father tells him. He's no puppet.
Yet, by proxy, the Drouet incident fuelled a fire that Tomic jnr wasn't Our Bernie. Not like Our Lleyton. Or Our Pat.
It was added to a long list of controversies that included fallouts with Hewitt over something as trivial as a practice session at Wimbledon, to Pat Rafter questioning the youngster's desire at Davis Cup level, to flouting road rules in fast yellow cars on the Goldie to being photographed getting a double-lappie as a high-profile Toolie during Schoolies.
Subsequently, there is a preoccupation with Tomic's focus.
Mark Philippoussis' advice in the News Ltd press on Sunday that Tomic needs to get "pissed off" was stunning in its latent hypocrisy. The 21-year-old's response: "Effort is only between you and you . . . I think [my work ethic] is pretty good. What do you think?"
Sorry, Bernie, you've got to square that one away with yourself. Against, Nadal, you'll need every ounce of it.
But, since you asked, we're actually more concerned about your humility, and whether to climb aboard the bandwagon. We've been hurt before.
You said as a teenager you wanted "the serve of Goran Ivanisevic, the mind of Pete Sampras, the groundstrokes of Roger Federer and the heart of Lleyton Hewitt".
How about the humility of Federer? Or Rafter? Or Nadal, no? Even Novak Djokovic, who is as goofy as he is talented?
How about you turn the Nike cap around at your press conference on Sunday, put the water bottle away while you're talking, remove the chip from your shoulder, and talk like an adult?
We understand that you're 21, that you've had a different upbringing to most, and that you are special. We understand that you need the right mix of arrogance and talent to make it in professional tennis. We envy you.
But wouldn't it be much easier if we were all mates? If we could get the same warm and fuzzy feeling when we watch you play like, say, when Rod Laver and Federer are hitting balls to each other?
We would rather cheer and admire the qualities in you, as you play in the sweatbox of Rod Laver Arena on day two, as well as Nadal, who plays until his opponent's body and mind gives up – or his does.
That's because the best tennis players, in our eyes, aren't the ones that necessarily win, but the ones that give back.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 12th Jan 2013 20:25 UTC
"Computer activist Aaron H. Swartz committed suicide in New York City yesterday, Jan. 11, according to his uncle, Michael Wolf, in a comment to The Tech. Swartz was 26." Swartz was one of three co-creators of Reddit, worked on the RSS 1.0 specification at age 14, and so many other things. Swartz faced decades in prison for downloading a collection of JSTOR scientific articles. JSTOR dropped charges, but the US government pursued the case anyway, demanding fifty years in jail. Lawrence Lessig, one of his close friends: "Aaron had literally done nothing in his life 'to make money'. He was fortunate Reddit turned out as it did, but from his work building the RSS standard, to his work architecting Creative Commons, to his work liberating public records, to his work building a free public library, to his work supporting Change Congress/FixCongressFirst/Rootstrikers, and then Demand Progress, Aaron was always and only working for (at least his conception of) the public good. He was brilliant, and funny. A kid genius. A soul, a conscience, the source of a question I have asked myself a million times: What would Aaron think? That person is gone today, driven to the edge by what a decent society would only call bullying. I get wrong. But I also get proportionality. And if you don't get both, you don't deserve to have the power of the United States government behind you." Our sincere condolences to his family and friends. We've just lost one of the good guys.
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... which is why suicide is most always a cry for attention.
Except when it's not. My little brother took his own life in a very violent and definite way just over seven years ago. We had no idea he was depressed, and while he was a very outgoing person, he certainly didn't do it seeking attention. After all, how would he be able to enjoy that attention (negative as it would have been) unless he survived? We think perhaps it was that he was in over his head with something deadly serious and saw no other way out, but we'll never really know.
I think you are confusing people who attempt to hurt themselves using less dangerous measures such as cutting or overdosing with truly suicidal people. Those former are the attention seekers. The ones who succeed, often violently, are running away from something much bigger than themselves. It may be a real or imagined monster, but either way they have lost all hope for going on with life.


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Standing on the Templo II (aka The Temple of Masks) in Tikal, Guatemala. On the opposite side of the Gran Plaza you can see Templo I (aka The Temple of Grand Jaguar) which was built to honor King Moon Double Comb who designed it. When looking at the opposite temple you can see Acopolis del Norte to the left consisting of more than 100 structures.


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Agent Matt Sosnick appeared on the Diamond Hoggers' Baseball Show today, and spoke at length about how he became involved in baseball, his experiences in the sport, and a few of his clients. Here are the highlights from the discussion, which you can listen to here:
Jay Bruce is open to signing a long-term contract with the Reds. "If the Reds felt the same way," Sosnick said. "We'd be open to doing something that was five or six years."
Sosnick acknowledged that locking up Joey Votto would likely be a higher priority for the club, but cited deals signed by Justin Upton and Troy Tulowitzki as potential starting points for a Bruce extension.


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Just my gut reaction, but I think that if you can't pay for everyone, you shouldn't invite the extra two children. It will get back to their mom that you paid for the others, but her parents had to pay for her kids. It's a big batch of hurt feelings just waiting to happen.
Just a thought . . . if you invite the cousins, won't their mother feel like she's being excluded? Everyone is invited except her.
If you know, what is John and Samantha's financial position? Would they be able to fund part of their families expenses?It sounds like you know Samantha fairly well and you are talking about including her neice and nephew. I'd speak with her first. Confirm first that she likes the idea of including 2 extra kids. And then talk candidly about how to finance them joining the group without having to ask their mom.This is a very generous offer your making.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — The Texas Rangers have acquired left-handed reliever Mike Gonzalez from the Baltimore Orioles for a player to be named.
The deal was announced Wednesday.
Gonzalez is 2-2 with one save and a 4.27 ERA in 49 games. But he's been impressive lately, allowing five hits and one walk with 15 strikeouts over 13 straight scoreless appearances.
Gonzalez is the second reliever the Rangers have gotten in a trade with Baltimore this season. Texas got right-hander Koji Uehara for first baseman Chris Davis and pitcher Tommy Hunter on July 30.
To fill out the 25-man roster, the Orioles recalled left-hander Zach Phillips from Triple-A Norfolk. Phillips was acquired on July 19 from Texas for minor leaguer infielder Nick Green and cash.
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Wayne Rooney became the top scoring Englishman in Champions League history as an uncovincing Manchester United beat Romanian minnows Otelul Galati 2-0 in Bucharest.
The England striker scored twice from the penalty spot either side of a Nemanja Vidic sending off to take his European tally to 26 - two more than Paul Scholes.
Despite Rooney and Javier Hernandez returning to the starting line-up after Saturday's clash with Liverpool, United were suprisingly subdued during the first half.
The visitors dominated possession but were forced to shoot from distance before Nani carved out the first clear chance for Michael Carrick shortly before the break.
However, Carrick could only fire over the bar from 12 yards after the Portuguese winger cut the ball back following some neat footwork.
Sir Alex Ferguson persisted with the same XI for the second period and saw this move pay dividends after 64 minutes.
Rooney attempted to square for Hernandez but Otelul captain Sergiu Costin cynically handled to concede a spot-kick, which the former duly dispatched.
However, just two minutes later, United skipper Vidic saw red for a wild challenge Gabriel Giurgiu, although a yellow card might have been sufficient.
Galati were also reduced to 10 men before the close after Milan Perendija picked up a second booking, before Rooney made sure of the result after the 25-year-old was hauled down by Liviu Antal.
United now sit second in Group C behind leaders Benfica, with five points from three outings.
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This recipe is pretty long and sounds like a lot of work, but if you try it, I guarantee that you will love it.
1 whole fish, 3-5 pounds, scaled and cleaned
Step 1
1 Tbs. rice wine
2 green onions
2 slices of ginger root
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. salt
2 egg yolks
1 c. cornstarch
10 c. oil for frying
Step 2
1 Tbs. chopped garlic
1/2 c. shredded onion
1/2 c. shredded green pepper
Step 3
6 Tbs. sugar
6 Tbs. vinegar
6 Tbs. tomato ketchup
6 Tbs. water
1/2 tsp. salt
1-1/2 tsp. cornstarch
Step 4
2 Tbs. shredded green onion
1 Tbs. shredded ginger root
1/2 Tbs. hot red pepper
2 Tbs. chopped coriander
How To:
1. First rinse fish and on each side, make diagonal cuts, through the meat to the bone, at every _ inch from head to tail.
2. Rub fish with mixture under Step 1, making sure you get inside the cuts and let the fish soak for 30 minutes.
3. Dip the fish in egg yolk and coat with cornstarch. Once again, make sure you get inside the diagonal cuts with the mixture.
4. Place the fish on a serving platter and press down lightly to flatten of the fish.
5. Heat the oil in a large enough pot to handle the whole fish. You may remove the head and tail, if need be.
6. When the oil reaches 200 degrees, put the fish in the oil. Increase the temperature as needed.
7. After the diagonal cuts have opened, cook until brown and crispy. Ladle oil over the fish while it is cooking.
8. While the fish is cooking, heat a stir-fry pan with 2 Tbs. of oil and stir fry items under Step 2 until fragrant. Then add items under Step 3.
9. When liquid reaches a boil and has become thick, add 1 Tbs. of oil and mix together. Pour over fish and sprinkle with items under Step 4 and serve.
I would recommend using redfish, snook, grouper or fresh water catfish. If using catfish or snook, remove the skin first.
Serve with a big bowl of fluffy white rice.
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Hey M Girls!
Victoria Justice loves to chat with all of her fans, so she takes the time every now and then to do a big Twitter Q&A, where she answers questions from her followers! Check out the latest post below:
She's so sweet!
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I'm thinking of going on a road trip to hitchhike my way across the USA on my way to the burn.
any suggestions? personal experience?
I'm thinking of leaving NYC in July and reach Reno.
hitchhiking across the USA
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hitchhiking across the USA
Shit, where was i for the last week... ehm...
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Re: hitchhiking across the USA
Borris, good to hear from you my friend. Let me give you a friendly suggestion about hitch hiking across the US of A. I hitched from New Orleans to NYC and had a sign that simply read: HOME TO MAMA. NYC. That gave me a personality and it took no time to get a ride (comparatively speaking). New Orleans to Memphis to Vienna, VA to NYC. Three days. So what I would do if I were you is hitch and have a sign that reads GOING HOME. BRC. (Or something to that effect.) That way if a burner sees you, they would more likely give you a ride. I know I certainly would. And then you have something in common with your hosts.
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Re: hitchhiking across the USA
yeah Doc........but tell him about the outfit you were wearing.............
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Re: hitchhiking across the USA
Hey Boris, while having only hitchhiked in Alaska and Canada I found that if I didn't get a ride quick popping into whatever diner (old school not McD) and asking the waitress to ask the regulars whether they would give me a ride worked really well. Also felt a bit safer than just getting in car with some random person.
Only time that fell down was when the guy had about 5 shotguns in his car and that freaked me a bit - so he put them in the boot ... Much better.
It's a great idea and I'm sure you will have a ball!
Only time that fell down was when the guy had about 5 shotguns in his car and that freaked me a bit - so he put them in the boot ... Much better.
It's a great idea and I'm sure you will have a ball!
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Re: hitchhiking across the USA
I've made that trip, east and west, north and south, but I'm old and it's been a while. Doubt if the rules have changed that much. I always used a sign and Doc's idea sounds good.
As long as you've got someone bringing you water...
As long as you've got someone bringing you water...
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Re: hitchhiking across the USA
I never hitch-hiked much, mostly in the 70s, when I was a cute 18 year old blonde. I swear, Ted Bundy once gave me a ride. Timeframe, place (Utah) and car were right, and the guy totally creeped me out. Yikes.
Re: hitchhiking across the USA
It's much harder than it used to be.
And I think more dangerous.
There is zimride and craigslist for rides too.
Probably others.
And I think more dangerous.
There is zimride and craigslist for rides too.
Probably others.
Re: hitchhiking across the USA
Me and my wife hitched hiked from NYC to LA in 94 , it only took 2 rides to get us all the way there.
Leave in mid august. Bring enough money for a bus ticket just incase.We had a blast doing it....
Leave in mid august. Bring enough money for a bus ticket just incase.We had a blast doing it....
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Re: hitchhiking across the USA
Did it twice - once alone (Eugene - Los Angeles - Philadelphia), once as newlyweds (honeymoon by thumb, Madison - Berkeley and back). 1971 and 1974. Good idea to have the bus fare, just in case. How will you take care of water, food and camping gear for the burn? Seems like a disproportionate number of my longer rides were with newly divorced men who had to get some anger off their chests. If you're going straight through, five or six days should do it. Looks like you're planning to dawdle and look around. Good idea. A "home to BRC" sign would work best a week or so before the event when there are many burners on the road. Don't know how it will work in July. Have a good time.
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2005-06 Men's Basketball
Bluffton University 63, Tiffin University 55
Beavers claim second consecutive McDonald's championship with 63-55 victory over Tiffin
By Molly Burnell, sports information assistant
December 30, 2005
BLUFFTON, Ohio -The Bluffton University men's basketball team (9-1) defeated the Tiffin University Dragons (9-3) in the championship game of the McDonald's of Bluffton Holiday Tournament on Friday, December 30, 2005. The Beavers won the contest by a final score of 63-55. For their efforts in the tournament, seniors Scott Bergman (Elmore/Woodmore) and Eric Sweet (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) were named to the All-Tournament team and Bergman was selected as the MVP. Bergman and Sweet were joined on the All-Tournament team by Bob Beshears (Indiana University East), Korte Long (Millikin), Lamont Ellis (Tiffin) and Ryan Pessell (Tiffin).
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