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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN garlic in Australia was not in favour, when restaurants couldn't even use it. Xenos in Crows Nest opened in 1969, and back then ''if there was a whiff of garlic anywhere near the place'', founder Peter Xenos told us, ''they [patrons] wouldn't come in''. Then it began to creep into the Australian kitchen - we were advised to rub a clove around the salad bowl and then throw it away.
But by the time Margaret Fulton's A Passionate Cook was published in 1998, we were happy to cook her ''Shoulder of lamb with two heads of garlic''.
So you'd think there'd be a thriving market for Australian garlic. And there was. Until cheap imports, mainly from China, the source of 70 per cent of the world's garlic, began pouring in about the mid-'90s. Garlic farming is a labour-intensive business, and China has plenty of cheap labour.
Membership of the Australian Garlic Industry Association (AGIA) tells the story. Started 20 years ago, the association had about 700 members at its peak, and then it began to shrink. ''Until two years ago,'' chairman Leon Trembath says, ''there were 19 members. Today, it's up to 78. And we've just launched a website.''
Australian garlic farmers - from big operations such as Nick Diamantopoulos' Australian Garlic Producers, which turns out 1000 tonnes a year and supplies the big supermarkets, to growers such as Jan and Lesley Goroncy, whose Barrington River Organic Farm produces about 700 kilograms a year - are fighting back against cheap imports. And they're by no means the smallest.
Jocelyn Colleron is a small-scale grower - she measures her crop in bulbs, about 4000 - in the Upper Myall Valley near Gloucester. She's also a member of a group of about 15 producers, the Gloucester Garlic Growers. ''We've done trials searching for the best varieties, so growers have more understanding of their characteristics and capabilities,'' Colleron says.
Trembath says: ''My reading tells me there are approximately 350 different varieties grown in Australia.''
Identifying these varieties, where best they'll grow and their seasons is Colleron's self-imposed task. ''Different varieties will be viable for varying lengths of time,'' she says. ''And that's important if we're to have Australian garlic all year round.''
Colleron organises symposiums on marketing, helps facilitate garlic dinners and can be found at farmers' markets around Sydney offering garlic tastings. Garlic tastings? ''Different varieties of garlic have different flavour characteristics,'' she says. ''And, as with olive oil, there are a whole range of flavours.''
Good Food took part in one of these tastings at the Northside Produce Market in North Sydney. Three samples were offered raw and grated. Our favourite was the small red variety, rojo de pais baza, which had a sweet and savoury flavour.
Some growers, such as Gilles Bonin in Braidwood, concentrate on one variety. Bonin, who began specialising in garlic 20 years ago, began with what is known as Australian white but switched to rocambole, a red variety. ''It's such a nice garlic - not as powerful as the white but with a stronger garlic flavour,'' Bonin says. ''I started with one bulb; now I have 40,000.''
Another pioneer of the Australian garlic renaissance is Patrice Newell, who began much later than Bonin, but is committed. ''It is without a doubt the most obsessive plant to grow,'' Newell says. ''It hooks you. We did our first test lot in 2007, and sold 400 kilograms. Back then, people were busting for [Australian garlic].'' But consumers had to wait. ''Because it's grown as cloves, it's not as quick - you can't just buy seeds,'' she says. ''It took the few people who were trying to grow garlic at the beginning of this century a little time to get the volume up. I think what we're seeing now is the crop of all those growers who were trying to develop their stock.''
Like many growers, Newell has settled on one main variety. ''When Graeme Ayton [her ''garlic guru''] did a test on this variety to see if it would grow well here, it did. We got big bulbs, the flavour was good, our climate suited it. We're on a winner. It's very similar to other purple hard-neck varieties and, for marketing purposes, I call it purple glamour because there's no official varietal register in Australia yet.
''This year I'm not going to grow every variety because in the end, although part of me likes diversity, if you're a commercial grower it's about providing food to people.''
So why should we pay more - between $20 and $40 a kilogram - for Australian garlic as opposed to about $9 for the Chinese product?
First, all imported garlic is sprayed with methyl bromide, an insecticide, fungicide and herbicide. It's often bleached, either with chlorine or a mixture of sulphur and wood ash.
But the main reason is the flavour of the local product. ''I have seen my market grow with people wanting good flavour,'' Bonin says. ''They don't mind paying extra to get a better product.'' An exasperated Colleron says: ''It never ceases to amaze me why people buy imported garlic. It has no flavour.''
Black garlic
Jan and Lesley Goroncy grow Italian purple garlic on their 100-hectare property on the Barrington River. But Jan was looking for something more. ''I thought … 'I'd like to value add'. And that's what took me to black garlic.''
Black garlic (garlic allowed to ferment at high temperatures) is said to have originated in Korea, where it is used as a health supplement. Not surprising. When fermented, one of the sulphur compounds in garlic, S-allylcysteine, an immune-system enhancer, is boosted from 0.322 milligrams a gram to 5.84 milligrams a gram. Calcium and protein are also boosted hugely. Then there's flavour. With a jube-like consistency, cloves of black garlic are syrupy sweet, with undertones of liquorice, and have an overall umami savour.
Jan Goroncy has imported black garlic from Switzerland, both as bulbs and paste, and has begun to experiment with making it himself.
''I knew it needed a consistent high temperature and humidity so I bought a baker's proofer [a box that controls temperature and humidity],'' he says.
The first batch he made was too hard, but a second was closer. And while we're waiting for him to get it right, there's the imported stuff.
Some chefs have already started to use it in Sydney. The head chef at The Woods, Josh Niland, slathers black-garlic butter over wood-fired sirloin - and that's worth a visit on its own.
Garlic season for NSW
September Fresh spring garlic comes onto the market with its long green leaves. Bulbs are forming underground in most crops.
October Harvest is under way. Garlic is cured for a few weeks before it's ready for market. Growers may sell scapes - the fresh inner stalks topped with a bulbil that can be fried, added to soups or steamed.
November Fresh, fully cured garlic is available.
December Peak time for most garlic. More and more cured bulbs and plaits are released.
Where to buy Oz garlic
● Gilles Bonin: gillesaustraliangarlic.com.au.
Bonin will also be at the Sydney Morning Herald Growers' Market on March 2.
● Jan and Lesley Goroncy, for fresh and imported black: barringtonriverorganicfarm.com.au.
● Patrice Newell: patricenewell.com.au.
● Gloucester Garlic Growers: www.gloucester.nsw.gov.au/directory-profiles/gloucester-garlic-growers.
● Australian Garlic Producers: www.australiangarlic.com.au (no sales, information only).
● Australian Garlic Industry Association: garlicaustralia.asn.au.


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England and Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi took to Twitter to apologise for a prank he played on Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday.
Tuilagi was seen to make a two-fingered bunny gesture behind the PM's head as the British and Irish Lions squad posed for photo's at a function at Downing Street.
The occasion was meant to honour the squad who ended the Lions 16 year wait for a series win in Australia this summer, but Tuilagi's actions were more school playground than Downing Street reception.
Acknowledging his error of judgement, Tuilagi used the social network site to admit his mistake, he tweeted: "Apologies for messing around on Lions photo. No offence intended. Great day at Downing Street. Thanks to Prime Minister for hosting us."
The 22-year-old Samoan received an approving reaction from England teammates. Ben Youngs, who also plays for Leicester, tweeted: "The man just couldn't stop himself." While Gloucester fly-half Freddie Burns tweeted: "Great bottle from Manu Tuilagi! Haha."
Both players deleted their tweets, with Burns even tweeting an apology of his own, saying: "Was not condoning Manu's actions in my tweet yesterday. Was just my immediate reaction to seeing the picture and was a poor tweet on my part."
Despite the initial approval of teammates, former England scrum-half, and a key man in the 2003 World Cup triumph, Matt Dawson, was far less impressed, he tweeted: "My view on Tuilagi/PM. I'm utterly embarrassed. When will some learn, there's a time and a place."
Tuilagi's actions have landed him in hot water before as he picked up two separate fines during the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.
First he was fined £4,800 by the International Rugby Board for wearing a gum-shield bearing the name of a sponsor, before being fined £3,000 by the Rugby Football Union and given a police warning for jumping from a ferry and swimming to a nearby pier in Auckland.
Watch footage of the incident here, courtesy of BBC Sport.
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Amphibians are vertebrates distinguished by their ability to live in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Amphibians include frogs toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians. The name, derived from the Greek "amphibios" meaning "living a double life," reflects this dual ability. Most species live part of their lives underwater and part on land and reproduce by laying soft eggs in masses or long strands. Most females lay eggs in the water, and the offspring live in the water using gills to breathe, as fish do. As the offspring grow, most develop legs and lungs that allow them to move onto land. This big change is called "metamorphosis." Most amphibians have delicate, thin skin that aid in the animal's ability to breathe. An amphibian's thin skin also makes it sensitive to pollution and changes in climate. Amphibians are ectothermic or "cold-blooded," like fish and reptiles. Ectothermic animals cannot regulate body temperature internally. You can visit the Philadelphia Zoo's amphibians in the Reptile and Amphibian House.
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THE Tasmanian Association of Tourist Railways believes the state government should see the recent announcement on the West Coast Wilderness Railway as a sign of the current economic downturn.
TATRail president Chris Martin said the organisation would support any initiative by the government to fund an upgrade of the rail network.
"We urge all levels of government to view Federal Hotel's decision to withdraw from the WCWR as a sign of the current economic - and tourism - downturn, rather than a long-term, endemic issue with the tourism product itself," Mr Martin said.
TATRail strongly supports any initiatives to fund the upgrade of the WCWR infrastructure in order to maintain safe operational status.
The organisation also backs the transition of the railway to a new, focused and successful operator as quickly as possible, to ensure the least disruption to employees and the community.
"Our organisation has immediate access to highly experienced and skilled people, both locally and nationally," Mr Martin said.
"Representatives of the Australian Rail Association (ARA) have assured me that they would be very willing to contribute their expertise to any steering committee, in the interest of preserving this nationally significant rail infrastructure."


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July 2007—The Baan Gerda Orphanage in Lopburi, Thailand, is home to 72 children between the ages of two and fifteen, all but two of them HIV positive. Baan Gerda offers shelter, medical care, and other forms of support for the children, who study at a nearby school along with local children. Almost all of them receive antiretroviral medications (ARVs).
Waree has been the manager of the Baan Gerda Orphanage since it opened six years ago. Tukta is a 13-year-old girl who arrived at the orphanage six years ago with her sister, Tuttu, who is now 9.
We started administering ARVs to the children at the orphanage the day we opened. This has been very effective in extending their lives. Over the years only six children have died, but all of them were very, very sick when they were brought to the orphanage.
Most of the new children here are very young and need a lot of emotional nourishment. When children arrive, I give each one love, comfort, and care. These children need the same emotional connection they would get from a parent. For me, this is more than a job. These kids are my family—and it's a large family! My hope is that when they grow up they will be able to look after themselves, adapt to living in society, and be happy.
Tukta: Before I came to Baan Gerda Orphanage, my sister, Tuttu, and I lived in our village in Burirun province in northeast Thailand. Our parents died from HIV. Tuttu and I have HIV, too. After they died we stayed with our grandmother but she and our other relatives couldn't take care of us.
I don't remember too much about my life before I came because I was just a kid, but it was a difficult time for us. Six years ago, Tuttu and I arrived at the orphanage and we've lived here ever since. During the years we've been here, our grandmother has visited us only a few times.
I arrived when the orphanage just opened and I was one of the first to live here. There were only a few children that year but we didn't have any trouble because we learned how to live together with children from different families. The children here love each other and we get along very well, because we live like a big family. When I'm here I like to sing, cook, grow vegetables, and play football.
When we first started going to school, it wasn't so good. We had a lot of trouble because the other students disliked us—they knew we came from the orphanage, and they would tease us. But now it's getting better. At school, I represent the class in racing competitions and I like that a lot.
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Legend has it he lives by the Konami Code and topples maniacal bosses with a single Hadouken. Man-God Shane Bettenhausen of Ignition Entertainment joins Xav, Jeff, and Garnett this week, and brings with him an in-depth look at their new game due next week, El Shaddai. But there's much more than it to cover in a Whatcha Been Playin? that includes Dead Island, Hard Reset, and the intriguing Runespell: Overture that combines fantasy RPG with a mythical poker system for combat. In the Warning Garnett takes a moment to reset last week's Diablo 3 rant before handhelds and the ramifications of the 3DS price drop become the central topic of discussion. Xav catches us up on the latest news and sparks some good debates before it all comes to a close with Finishing Moves.
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Miles Price helped the seventh-ranked UCSB men's water polo team win the UC San Diego Triton Invitational this past weekend.
Price, a junior from Canyon, Calif., scored four of UCSB's seven goals, including the game-winner, as the Gauchos upset No. 6 Pepperdine 7-6 in the title game. He led the team with eight goals over the weekend.
UCSB is now 4-0 as it also posted wins against Air Force, Pomona-Pitzer, and UC San Diego at the tourney.


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'Jobsworth' is an almost exclusively British word. It can't be found in Dr Grumble's American dictionary. Dr Grumble thought that it was probably Esther Rantzen and her That's Life team that coined the word but it goes back longer than that apparently.
Dr Grumble fears that the reason jobsworth is an exclusively British word is that jobsworthiness is a largely British phenomenon. But then he remembered Heidikraut's blog and her descriptions of dealing with Teutonic bureaucrats. Sure enough the word jobsworth appears in her blog. Perhaps it's not just Britain that has these jobsworths.
So in case anybody who is not British is still reading this Dr Grumble should tell you what a jobsworth is. To grasp this you need to understand that in any big organisation there are those at the top and those at the bottom. You will generally meet the jobsworth at the bottom. The jobsworth is the person you have to interact with to get what you want from the organisation. It is the person you telephone when you ring the hospital. It is the person who tells you that you cannot have an appointment way into the future because the rules don't allow it and that it is 'more than their job's worth' to break the rule. In this particular example it is not the fault of the jobsworth but that's another story.
Now employees at the bottom of the heap can make themselves important in two ways. They can be helpful to the people they are supposed to serve or obstructive. Either way they create an importance for themselves. But you usually find that they are obstructive. The reason for this is that helpful people are helpful to their managers and get promoted. The unhelpful people are left dealing with the public.
Do you get these people in hospitals? Yes. They are everywhere. They are the reason why there are so many people out there saying the NHS should be privatised. They have jobs for life. They never get culled. They always work 9 to 5 or 09.30 to 4.30 with a long period in the middle of the day when they are doing something so important that you cannot contact them. These are the people who issue you with vital things like your hospital ID or your car parking permit. They have no concept of customer service. They always go at the pace that pleases them. It is completely impossible ever to put them under any pressure. They have an amazing capacity to louse up people's lives. And the angrier you get with them the more they dig in their heels. They are everywhere. They are horrible obnoxious people. If you are a junior doctor you think that these people see you as vulnerable and that one day when you are a consultant they will treat you with respect. But if you ever get to being a consultant you will find out that the jobsworth is all powerful. He (or more often she) does not discriminate. Consultant or junior, cleaner or top manager the jobsworth trumps them all.
The jobsworth has blighted Dr Grumble's life. He hates them. But what has induced this blogging tirade? Well it was a post in dnuk from a desperate junior doctor. When the jobsworth starts messing with staff in a vulnerable position Dr Grumble's blood begins to boil. But allowing your blood to boil when it comes to dealing with the jobsworth is always a mistake. The first rule in dealing with these obnoxious people is to stay calm.
The posts in dnuk are confidential so Dr Grumble will paraphrase the problem that was described. He has come across the same sort of thing countless times. Dr Grumble is about to describe a favourite jobsworth wind up. This is roughly what the very junior doctor said:
I have just started as an SHO as St Elsewhere's. I am getting married in September so I wrote in advance to explain that I needed to attend my own wedding and that I would not be able to work on certain dates and would they please ensure that I was not rostered to deal with the emergencies during that period. The rota has just come out and guess what? I am on call on my wedding day. I contacted the jobsworth in medical staffing and they said that I would have to organise a swap and that if I couldn't and I went off sick they would inform the Deanery. By the way my wedding is in September 2009.
This is typical jobsworth behaviour. The jobsworth has found something that really matters to the 'customer'. No effort is made to try and help. The responsibility for the problem is pushed firmly into the customer's lap. Enormous distress is cause. Other people, who have more important things to do, will have to sort it out.
Dr Grumble really hates jobsworths. Hanging, drawing and quartering is too good for them.


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Town Council considers cut to Whitmore Shelter
Among the items in the Town council's Budget Reduction plan is a proposal to slice its $65,000 annual commitment to the Whitmore Animal Shelter.
It is so tucked away that the people whom it would impact, not to mention the sheltered hounds and potential pet pusses, don't really know anything about it.
"I have not heard anything about that," said Supervisor Vikki Bauer. "We haven't made that leap. There's no decision yet."
The budget item also blindsided Supervisor Duane "Hap" Hazard, in whose district the shelter lies, and Nancy Boardman, the director of Animal Control Services for Mono County.
Mono County splits the cost of the Whitmore Shelter with the Town of Mammoth.
"That doesn't seem to be what Mono County wants," Boardman said.
So far, there has not been a discussion of the future of Whitmore at the Board of Supervisors level, nor at the Town Council level.
Bauer said any discussion currently is at the mediation stage.
The town has undergone various mediation sessions with a number of its "creditors." The process is designed to close a massive projected budget shortfall, but also it is in advance of any bankruptcy proceedings as a result of the $43 million legal judgment against the town by Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition (MLLA).
Many things are under the microscope, from Mammoth's tourism budget all the way to the Whitmore Shelter. The Whitmore Shelter (and Mono County) is a "creditor" in its relation to the Town of Mammoth Lakes.
Under state law, each county is responsible for maintaining an animal shelter. Mono County has two of them—one in Bridgeport and the other at the Whitmore area. There also is a shelter run by Inyo County, in Big Pine.
Nobody who was interviewed for this story could quite get his or her head around a closing of the Whitmore Shelter.
Yet the proposal is there, in black and white, nested among other cost-cutting proposals the town will have to consider in advance of balancing its budget by July 1.
The cost-cutting measure says, "Cancel the contract with Mono County for the Whitmore Animal Control Shelter," then names the current co-pay, as it were, of $65,000.
In its comments and impact notes alongside the proposed budget cut, the council suggested dire straits for the facility, which is situated on Benton Crossing Road between the Green Church and the Whitmore Pool.
"The County will likely close the shelter," the document states, "which will require residents of the South County to travel to Bridgeport for animal shelter services.
"It will also require police officers to travel to Bridgeport when impounding an animal."
The aforesaid proposal, Hazard said, does not make a lot of sense.
He said the Budget Reduction Plan is merely a "sticker price" document, open for negotiation for each expenditure the town is making.
"It's like going to a new car lot," he said. "The sticker price is one thing, but what you'll end up paying is another price."
He said the negotiation between buyer and seller in this case is similar to where the county finds itself, vis-à-vis mediation with the town. Everything is negotiable, he said.
Mammoth Police Chief Dan Watson said he doubted that the town would actually close the shelter. Stray dogs that are picked up routinely find their way to the shelter for lack of anywhere else to put them, he said. But if the dogs are friendly, he said, officers have a box of Milk Bones (biscuits) at the ready and just wait around until the dog's human companion shows up.


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Re: 10 Thing you like about StarWars
Could you not say that your number one favorite thing are the bounty hunters. By the way, I am also a fan of the original Transformers series.
1. Boba Fett
2. Jango's decapitation
The above two are probably interchangeble
3. mercenaries, assassins, smugglers, bounty hunters, pirates and the likes
4. Mandalore the Indomitable
5. Darth Vader
6. ducks
7. Original Trilogy Kenobi and Yoda
8. blue milk
9. Mandalorians of old, and Death Watch
10. the longest creature, whatever that may be
I hate to admit it but his decapitation was a well done scene but I think you like it for the wrong reason.


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I do apologise, I'm rather new to this sort of thing.
I'm curious, is it possible to use javascript to search a web page for a certain string of text, and then click a link next to the text?
For example...if I were to search a page for "lucascain", and the search brought up the following...
lucascain I want to click here!
Would it be possible? If not possible through javascript, what would I need to investigate?
Thanks ever so much.
yes, it's possible, provided that it is your own web page
if it's somebody else's web page you would need to use server side coding or install a userscript


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A large-scale patch for Diablo III has hit today, offering loads of class balance changes, the addition of an item level to gear, and some damage adjustments for monsters in Act II-IV in Inferno difficulty, among many others. It also fixes a laundry list bugs and reduces the rewards given for replaying quests. Sorry, grinders.
The full patch notes are pretty lengthy, so you may be best off finding your class of choice to see if they've been buffed or nerfed. Adjustments to Acts 2-4 in Inferno difficulty should assuage some concerns about the difficulty spike. Crafting costs for items levels 1-59 have been reduced 50-75 percent across the board, but repair costs are up between level 53-60. The notes also give a very detailed breakdown of how level 61-63 gear drops, if you're a stat junkie.
Blizzard is bringing in new patches at a fairly regular pace, having launched 1.0.2 just two weeks ago. Be sure to check out our latest Diablo III diary for thoughts and frustrations on the new Auction House.


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Innovation is part and parcel of Ferrari's DNA. Product, process, working method: there isn't a single area in which we are not constantly striving to deliver improvement at all levels.
Our approach to product innovation has resulted in a range of cars that are at the very leading edge in terms of technology, making the company a benchmark for the entire automotive industry. In recent years, our investments have focused on materials research, leading to the creation of the Scaglietti light alloy hub and the integration of F1 technologies into our carbon-fibre applications, electronic control systems, and active aerodynamics, all of which have reached unprecedented levels of achievement for a road car. Naturally enough, there has been plenty of development also in our powertrains, which are a more traditional part of our work. In fact, Ferrari has built its reputation on its powertrains but they have evolved not only from a performance point of view but also in terms of efficiency and usability. High pressure fuel injection, reduced internal engine friction and dual-clutch gearboxes for sports cars, being just a few examples.
Each new model brims with technological innovation, solutions that pave the way for the rest of the industry and which are often picked up by other manufacturers at a later date. The many innovations we have debuted in our 60-plus year history include steering wheel-mounted gearshift paddles, which Ferrari transferred from its F1 car to its road cars. Unsurprisingly they quickly became a standard fixture on all sports cars. Given that track record, it should come as no surprise that in the decade between 2003 and 2012, Ferrari registered an impressive 150 patents, some of which were genuinely revolutionary. These included the 4RM system which allows the FF to be in four-wheel drive mode only when driving demands it, guaranteeing a light, efficient drive and the kind of sporty behaviour impossible to achieve with conventional 4WD technology. In recent years, we have been placing particular research emphasis also on weight reduction, an area in which in-depth knowledge of materials is vital.
In terms of process, we lavish great attention on the selection and treatment of our construction materials. In fact, Ferrari has been building all-aluminium cars (both bodyshell and chassis) as standard since 1999 as the latter material's high performance lightness and stiffness guarantee a far better time-cost ratio for large scale production runs whilst still being easy to maintain. The Scaglietti aluminium hub has perfected more than 25 different alloys, some of which are being used for the first time in the automotive sector. This has led to a significant weight savings thereby boosting performances and safety.
Another of Ferrari's focuses is on innovating its working methods and this also involves stimulating the creativity of its employees. With this in mind, we have implemented programmes designed to encourage the development of ideas and solutions that will improve our product, methods and working environment. Pole Position Evo, for instance, rewards ideas put forward by individual staff members. In 2012 alone, in fact, we received more than 3,000 suggestions for employees with a blue collar participation rate of 56%. Pit-stop, on the other hand, encourages team spirit and last year the teamwork of 108 people was recognised as part of it.


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The Sunday, November 30th Los Angeles Times' front page headline boldly reads "BAILOUT: PAY NOW, WORRY LATER" Those five words say it all. As we have expected for years, the crisis has developed. As we have assured readers for years, no major bank will be allowed to fail.
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Manchester United has been named as the most valuable club in sport by Forbes Magazine - valuing Sir Alex Ferguson's side at £1.43billion.
Real Madrid was named second at £1.20bn, Barcelona was eighth at £838m, while Arsenal was tenth with an estimated value of £825m.
Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that both captain Nemanja Vidic and Chris Smalling will be fit for the start of the new Premier League season.
SPL and SFL chiefs have warned the league is facing potential financial collapse after it was confirmed Rangers will start the new season in the Third Division.
In today's transfer news, Fulham are said to be keen to take Chelsea and Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku on loan. (Sky Sports News)
Real Madrid are increasingly confident the will sign Luka Modric, amid interest from Chelsea, Man Utd and Paris-Saint Germain. (The Guardian)
And finally, Chelsea continue to be linked with a move for Edinson Cavani, with his wage demands reportedly holding up a deal. (Daily Star)
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Zehringer To Lead ODNR
ST. MARYS — The new director of the department tasked with helping to heal Grand Lake St. Marys has first-hand experience with the issues surrounding the waterway.
Gov. John Kasich appointed current Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Jim Zehringer to serve as the new director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Zehringer, who previously served in the Ohio House, now leads a department that will be on the front lines in developing ways to restore the water quality of Grand Lake St. Marys.
"I'm humbled and honored," Zehringer told The Evening Leader. "It's something I never would have dreamed I would be doing. I enjoy working for this governor and I am not going to let him or the people of Ohio down."
Zehringer said he planned to continue to work closely with other state department directors on a variety of issues, ranging from Lake Erie water issues to the implementation of wild animal regulations in the wake of the Zanesville incident. The Fort Recovery native also stressed the importance of Grand Lake St. Marys on the department's agenda.
"It should be a seamless transition," Zehringer said. "This governor has made Grand Lake St. Marys and that watershed a priority and it's also a priority that the directors all work together and that will not change. Whoever is named director of the department of agriculture will know what is going on."
One development state officials continue to discuss is the possibility of an alum treatment in early 2012. Consultants for the state have noted an application in early spring could help reduce the chances of toxic algal blooms during the summer boating season on Grand Lake St. Marys.
"We are still studying it and listening to Tetra Tech and Battelle on that decision," Zehringer said. "I believe we will be looking to make a decision right at the beginning of the year. We are not going to have it where it's too late. We almost got too late to do anything last year. We had to wait to do a partial. The decision will be made a lot earlier this year."
Zehringer replaced David Mustine, who currently oversees energy development efforts at JobsOhio. Scott Zody has served as interim director since Mustine's departure in September. According to a news release, Tony Forshey, the state veterinarian for the past six years, was named interim director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture.


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Not much has been relieved about the Silcons. They were the arch enemies of King Tamusk, the last of the Magic Kings. It is not known if the Silcons were a race or just a faction. The only thing left behold was statues in the Silcon Ruins. The staues and carvings show them as ancient Egyption-like beings. It appears that the Scarab Of Power was a relic of the thousand years extinction of the Silcons.
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Atheists worship materialism
The notions of atheism and materialism are two different concepts, and are not by design mutually inclusive ideas that stand hand in hand as an indistinguishable ideological position. Just because you are an atheist it does not mean you are materialistic; this statement is as correct a stance as saying that just because you a theist it does not mean you are materialistic.
To fully understand whether or not "atheists worship materialism" the terms of this statement need to be defined, which are 'atheists', 'worship' and 'materialism'. In its broadest sense, an 'atheist' is a person who lacks belief in any form of Deity; 'worship' as a noun is defined as the feeling or expression of reverence for a deity, and as a verb means showing reverence and adoration for (a deity) or to honour with religious rights; and 'materialism' can either be defined as 1.) a tendency to consider material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values, 2a) the doctrine that noting exists except matter and its movements and modifications or 2b) the doctrine that consciousness and will are wholly due to material agency (Dialectical Materialism)


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(RNN) - The FBI announced Monday that 105 children involved in sex trafficking had been recovered in 76 U.S. cities.
The youngest victim was 13 years old. In a news conference, the bureau spokesmen reported the 72-hour operation also netted the arrest of 150 pimps.
"Child prostitution remains a persistent threat to children across America," said Ron Hosko, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division. "This operation serves as a reminder that these abhorrent crimes can happen anywhere, and the FBI remains committed to stopping this cycle of victimization and holding the criminals who profit from this exploitation accountable."
Another official said recovering the victims was "the biggest cause for acclaim." But the FBI was also getting a better understanding of where kids in similar situations come from and how they get there.
Between 70 and 90 percent were sexually abused as children, the FBI stated. Traffickers often preyed on youth with low self esteem or minimal support from families.
Hosko said typical victims were found in the age range of 13 to 16. He said the FBI hoped to spur potential solutions and increase support for victim services.
John Ryan of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children also spoke. The group works with the FBI and other law enforcement in a support capacity.
Ryan credited Operation Cross Country with saving lives and bringing violent criminals to justice. He also said they have learned more about the connection between victims of trafficking and abuse or neglect that may have led to it.
"Many of these children don't have concerned families looking for them," Ryan said. "In our reports we receive, 60 percent were in foster care or group homes when they ran away."
The effort was done as part of the Innocence Lost initiative. It has resulted in more than 2,700 children recovered from trafficking and 1,300-plus pimps and madams arrested since its inception.
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For some, it's the height of hypocrisy. For others, they can sympathize.
But whatever side you fall on the issue, a family photo involving Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has social media talking.
And It goes to show, even his own family can be tripped up by Facebook's ever-changing privacy settings.
A picture that Zuckerberg's sister posted on her personal Facebook profile was seen by a marketing director, who then posted the picture to Twitter and her more than 40,000 followers Wednesday.
That didn't sit well with Zuckerberg's sister, Randi, who tweeted at Callie Schweitzer that the picture was meant for friends only and that posting the private picture on Twitter was "way uncool." Schweitzer replied by saying the picture popped up on her Facebook news feed.
After Randi Zuckerberg requested that Schweitzer remove the photo, she did. But by then, it had been seen and shared all over social media.
The picture shows four people standing around a kitchen staring at their phones with their mouths open while Mark Zuckerberg is in the background. The family was supposed to be reacting to an updated "Poke" feature on Facebook.
Randi Zuckerberg, who used to run Facebook's marketing department and now produces a reality television show, eventually said Schweitzer was able to see the picture because they had a mutual friend. Those tweets have since been taken down.
Schweitzer declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press. Randi Zuckerberg didn't reply to a message via Twitter seeking comment.
Randi Zuckerberg used the dustup to write about online sharing etiquette.
"Digital etiquette: always ask permission before posting a friend's photo publicly. It's not about privacy settings, it's about human decency," she posted on Twitter.
But Randi Zuckerberg's comments sparked sharp reactions from people who thought the issue wasn't about etiquette, but rather Facebook's often changing and often confusing privacy settings.
"The thing that bugged me about Randi Zuckerberg's response is that she used her name as a bludgeoning device. Not everyone has that. She used her position to get it taken it down," said Eva Galperin of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy advocacy group in San Francisco.
While Facebook has made improvements in explaining the social network's privacy settings, Galperin said they remain confusing to most people. She added that with people using Facebook as part of their everyday lives, the consequences of fumbling privacy settings can become serious.
"Even Randi Zuckerberg can get it wrong," she said. "That's an illustration of how confusing they can be."
The Menlo Park, Calif., company recently announced it is changing its privacy settings with the aim of making it easier for users to navigate them.
The fine-tuning will include several revisions that will start rolling out to Facebook's more than 1 billion users during the next few weeks and will continue into early next year.
The most visible change - and perhaps the most appreciated - will be a new "privacy shortcuts" section that appears as a tiny lock at the top right of people's news feeds. This feature offers a drop-down box where users can get answers to common questions such as "Who can see my stuff?"
But Galperin said Wednesday's incident also illustrates a general concern about Internet privacy. Essentially, she said, if you share information or a photo with your social network, people in your network have the ability to share that with whomever else they choose.
The mobile photo-sharing service Instagram, which is owned by Facebook Inc., had to answer to backlash to privacy concerns recently when new terms of service suggested user photos could be used in advertisements. The company later said it would remove the questionable language.
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Exelon Nuclear officials have filed a tax appeal asking that the assessment of the Byron Generating Station is cut in half.
According to their appeal filed Nov. 12, Exelon contends the value of the generating station totals $252,937,302, just 49.6 percent of the $509,444,605 set by Ogle County Supervisor of Assessments Jim Harrison.
The appeal is for the generating station's 2013 assessment, which affects taxes payable in 2014.
The assessment is slightly higher than the $499 million set by Harrison last year.
"I bumped it up based on the assessments of other nuclear plants and the likelihood that a license extension will be granted," Harrison said Dec. 6.
Exelon has applied for a 20-year extension to its current licenses, which expire in 2025 and 2027.
Exelon officials also appealed last year's assessment, but the Ogle County Board of Review (BOR) upheld the value set by Harrison.
Exelon appealed the BOR decision to the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board, which has not yet made its ruling.
The BOR will hear this year's appeal in January.
Exelon paid more than $32 million in real estate taxes this year to 11 taxing bodies, which include Ogle County, Rockvale Township, Byron School District, Oregon School District, Oregon Park District, Byron Fire District, Rock Valley College, Byron Public Library District, Byron Museum District, Byron Forest Preserve District, and Kishwaukee Community College.
The value of the Byron Generating Station has frequently been disputed throughout the history of the facility.
A four-year agreement between the taxing bodies and Exelon for the plant's assessment expired at the end of 2011.
The agreement, approved in November of 2010, set the assessed value of the nuclear plant at $450 million for 2008, $460 million in 2009, $470 million in 2010, and $480 million in 2011. Besides setting the plant's value, the agreement settled a lawsuit and numerous tax appeals filed between 2005 and 2008.
Commonwealth Edison, which formerly owned the plant, filed its first tax in 1989 when the assessment was more than $1 billion.
The following year, the affected taxing bodies formed the Ogle County Intergovernmental Agency Board to fight the tax appeals.
The first multi-year agreement, approved in early 1998, set the assessments for 1997-2004 at $471 million and settled a decade of lawsuits and tax appeals.
Construction of the Byron Generating Station began in 1975. The first reactor started producing electricity in 1985 and the second went on line in 1987.


text: Famed home of the Great Lakes and the world's longest freshwater coastline, Michigan is bona fide proof of a state blessed by Mother Nature. Multicolored sandstone cliffs, shining beaches, unspoiled islands and miles of cherry orchards only strengthen the argument. Over 100 different lighthouses line the Great Lakes, which along with shipwreck-diving preserves and military fortifications speak of the state's rich maritime history. See wolves and moose rove uninhibited in Isle Royale National Park; a secluded retreat nestled within Lake Superior. Stroll down the kinetic streets of Ann Arbor, a contagious microcosm of art and culture. Watch vessels of all shapes and sizes traverse the 21-foot drop between Lake Superior and Huron at the Soo Locks, an impressive feat of innovative engineering. Long, sunny days mean even more time to play, so tee-up, hop on a mountain bike or strap on some water skis, Michigan is all about living in the moment.


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US insurance giant American International Group Inc's (AIG) profits fell 31 percent in the first quarter, but its core business continued to grow fast, with the results handily outpacing forecasts.
The fall in profits in the quarter to March 31 to US$2.21 billion (US$1.49 a share) was mainly due to the one-off benefits of asset sales accrued in the year-earlier quarter, including selling off Asian subsidiary AIA Group Ltd.
Those set aside, the company, still rebounding from near-collapse during the financial crisis, scored a 52 percent rise in operating income in its property casualty business, to US$1.59 billion, and a 6.2 percent gain in its life insurance and retirement business, to US$1.39 billion.
Net operating profits were US$1.98 billion, or US$1.34 a share, sharply higher than the US$0.87 share figure expected by analysts.
"AIG's results this quarter reflect the depth of our global operations, the market's demand for the products and services we offer and the strong performance of our investment portfolio," AIG president and chief executive officer Robert Benmosche said.
"Our priority this year is to improve operating fundamentals and reduce costs," he said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, is planning an expansion in commercial insurance after hiring four executives from AIG.
"We would like to get into the commercial-insurance business very big time," Buffett said on Thursday in an interview with Bloomberg Television's Betty Liu, before the company's annual meeting this weekend in Omaha, Nebraska. "We hired them because they're very good at the commercial insurance business."
Peter Eastwood, chief executive officer of AIG's property-casualty operation in the Americas, was among executives joining Berkshire, along with other managers with commercial-insurance experience.
AIG named executives this week to fill several posts after the insurer's shares dropped 3.3 percent on Friday last week, as the departures were reported.
Berkshire has units that provide auto coverage and reinsurance and has not played a big role in providing business policies, Buffett said, adding that he did not poach the executives from New York-based AIG.
"They came to us, they've called us," Buffett said. "In fact some of them have called for a long time, so we did not initiate any of that."


text: Knoxville Dollars for Scholars is hosting the 3rd Annual Knoxville Nationals 1/3 Marathon and Sterling Physical Therapy 4K, being held Saturday morning at 8 a.m. and presented by the Pella Rolscreen Foundation. Race director Joe Cunningham says all proceeds from the races will go towards scholarships for local graduates. The race begins at 8 a.m. at Auld Park, and the KNIA/KRLS Big Red Radio will be playing music at the event.


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Design, in brief, means a harmonious assembling of various parts in an orderly form designed for a common goal. All creatures in nature, including us, are of a design. This, in turn, shows the existence of a Creator, Who designs all creatures at will, sustains the entire creation and holds absolute power and wisdom. This Creator is Allah (swt), Who is the Lord of the heavens and the earth:
He is Allah—the Creator, the Maker, the Giver of Form. To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names. Everything in the heavens and earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the All-Wise. (Surat al-Hashr: 24)
In a hadith, The Prophet Muhammed (saas) also draws attention to the unique creative power of Allah (swt) and how He mentions this in His book, the Qur'an:
When Allah created the Creation, He wrote in His Book—and He wrote (that) about Himself, and it is placed with Him on the Throne. (Al-Bukhari)
Let us consider birds as an example: A close examination of birds reveals that they are designed specifically for flying. The body has been created with air-sacs and hollow bones in order to reduce body mass and overall weight. Wings are formed aerodynamically, and the metabolism is in tune with the bird's need for high levels of energy. It is obvious that the bird is a product of a certain design.
Allah (swt) has created birds without flaw just as He has the rest of the creation. This fact is manifest in every detail, as we will examine below:
The Skeleton: The strength of a bird's skeleton is more than adequate even though the bones are hollow. Better "organised" than mammals, the shoulder, hip and chest bones of birds are fused together. This design improves the strength of the bird's structure. Another feature of the skeleton of birds is that it is lighter than in all other mammals. For instance, the skeleton of the dove weighs only about 4.4% of its total body weight.
Respiratory System: The respiratory system of mammals and birds operate on completely different principles, primarily because birds need oxygen in much greater quantities than do land-dwelling animals. In land-dwelling animals, airflow is bidirectional: air travels through a network of channels, and stops at the small air sacs. Oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange takes place here. Used air follows a reverse course in leaving the lung and is discharged through the windpipe. On contrary, in birds, air flow is unidirectional. New air comes in one end, and the used air goes out the other end. This provides an uninterrupted supply of oxygen for birds, which satisfies their need for high levels of energy.
The System of Balance: The bodies of birds have been created to a special design that removes any possible imbalance in flight. The bird's head has been deliberately created light in weight so that the animal does not lean forward during flight: on average, a bird's head weight is about 1% of its body weight.
The aerodynamic structure of the feathers is another property of the system of balance in birds. The feathers, especially in the wing and tail, provide a very effective system of balance for the bird.
The Power and Energy Problem: Migrating birds have to store enough energy to take them through their trip. On the other hand, another necessity in flight is being as light as possible. In the meantime, the fuel has also to be as efficient as possible. In other words, while the weight of fuel has to be at a minimum, the energy output from it has to be at a maximum. But all of these problems have been solved for birds: The birds do not fly haphazardly but in a flock. They follow a certain order and form a "V" shape in the air. Every bird takes advantage of the slipstream set up by the one in front of it. This V formation also reduces the air resistance that they encounter and help them to save a considerable amount of energy.
Digestion System: Due to their need for a lot of energy, birds also have a body that digests the food they eat in an optimum fashion. Birds' digestive systems enable them to make the best use of the food they eat. The circulatory system of birds has also been created in harmony with their high energy requirements. While a human's heart beats 78 times a minute, this rate is 460 for a sparrow and 615 for a humming bird. Similarly, blood circulation in birds is very fast. The oxygen that supplies all of these fast working systems is provided by special avian lungs.
All of these facts take us to one result: it is simply impossible to explain the origin of birds through a theory of evolution. Thousands of different species of birds have been created with all their current physical features in "a moment". In other words, Allah (swt) has created them individually. In the Qur'an, Allah (swt) invites humans to ponder this:
Have they not looked at the birds above them, with wings outspread and folded back? Nothing holds them up but the All-Merciful. He sees all things. (Surat al-Mulk: 19)
Everyone who ponders the signs of creation of the universe, as in the example of the bird described above, and considers and investigates what he sees around him, will come to know Allah's superior wisdom, knowledge, and eternal power. Therefore, each person needs to ponder the purpose of creation, first as it concerns him himself, and then as it pertains to everything he sees in the universe. Each subject on which we reflect helps us to further understand and appreciate the omnipotence, wisdom, knowledge, art and other attributes of Allah (swt). In the Qur'an, Allah (swt) says:
And in your creation and all the creatures He has scattered about there are signs for people with certainty. (Surat al-Jathiyah: 4)
Only those who reflect on the purpose of the creation around them, who have a clear faculty of discernment, who apply their minds and use their conscience, can recognize the truth that which these signs imply. They are those who believe. Believers, who are capable of exercising their minds, unencumbered by false motives, come to recognize Allah's artistry and power through His creation, and thus have a full appreciation of His greatness and glory. A person so disposed recognizes the signs of Allah's existence everywhere he looks, perceiving Him for His true might. Believers keep their minds continually occupied with remembrance of Allah, while the majority of humanity spend their lives without a thought to these facts. The following distinction Allah's Messenger, The Prophet Muhammad (saas) drew between those who remember Allah (swt) and those who do not also show the importance of this subject in the life of a believer:
The example of the one who celebrates the Praises of his Lord (Allah) in comparison to the one who does not celebrate the Praises of his Lord, is that of a living creature compared to a dead one. (Al-Bukhari)


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Posted on May 16, 2013 in Bags Miscellaneous Racquets Tournaments
The competition is heating up in Rome today at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia and the countdown is on to Roland Garros! I wanted to tell you about all of the Babolat French Open equipment that we have in here at Tennis Warehouse that will get you ready to go for the French.
This year, Babolat decided to give their ever so popular, (and my personal favorite) Pure Drive Racquet the special Roland Garros paint job. I may be biased, as my love for the Pure Drive series is no secret, but I am enjoying this color update to this frame. It isn't too loud but rather has some accents of the colors of the French flag with Roland Garros written on the throat of this frame. Included in this color update is the Pure Drive Lite and Pure Drive Junior Racquet.


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Now Online: Gitman Vintage Made to Order
- Kempt Staff
Our brothers-in-stylish-arms over at UrbanDaddy just tipped us off to the new online made-to-order operation from Gitman Vintage.
Which is great news, considering the only way you could get your own custom Gitman Vintage shirt until now was by visiting them in Pennsylvania, catching them at a trunk show or opening a hip men's shop.
Now it's all online with a slick interface that makes it way too easy to turn your favorite oxford cloth, chambray and indigo patchwork from the Gitman archives into button-down popovers.
Let's take a closer look, shall we...»


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homemade sauerkraut with cranberries!
I bet you bought sauerkraut in the closest supermarket to make hot dogs. It is sour (very sour) with lots of liquid in a bag. Generally sauerkraut sold in stores is not to my taste, I guess you noticed it. Maybe there is nothing wrong with it, but I just love sauerkraut with cranberries, onions, and sunflower/or olive oil. It is the best winter dish for the family. It is great for Christmas too. It is light and goes great with meats and mashed potatoes or fish. All in all you will love it at first bite because this is the best one you will ever eat!
lenniss pimento cheese spread southern style
Ingredients included in this recipe are Velveeta, at room temperature, pimentos, drained, Miracle Whip.
12 cookies of christmas sugar cookies
The 11 days before Christmas are dedicated to cookies. At the end of the day you have to choose the best cookie recipe to treat Santa! So this is my first and favorite cookie recipe! This sugar cookie recipe is very simple and yet delicious. It is cooked by my mom for at least 2 decades now. The recipe is good for any occasion: Christmas and Valentines Day, New Year or Halloween.
healthy and easy vegan beet salad with prunes
Ingredients included in this recipe are beets, pitted prunes, washed, chopped, vegetable oil, garlic, pressed (optional), salt, pepper.
raspberry chocolate dessert sandwich
Simple dessert kids will love to create on their own. Press the edges with a fork to seal. For a slight change, broil it to get the toasted feel.
soup with meatballs mushrooms spaghetti and cheese
This is a great warm winter soup. It takes only 30 minutes to cook, but it vanishes even faster than it took you to cook it.
turkey soup with tomatoes and herbs.
Great soup, if you have turkey leftovers from holidays or if you just wish to have a rich, hearty soup for lunch. Any part of turkey will be good (I cooked mine from turkey neck and some leftovers.) It takes 30-40 minutes to cook and the taste is amazing. The key to great taste are tomatoes and herbs.
cheesy hamburger dip
I only make this dip on special occasions, like one year I made it for my 40th celebration and more recently just had it at my anniversary party . . . its quick and easy and it seems to go a long ways . . . enjoy!
creamy peanut butter balls
Yummy and sweet holiday treat. Well worth the effort that goes into making these peanut butter candies.
cocktail de shrimp by carlos
A fresh blend of tangy ingredients make this special cold appetizer that is eaten like a soup!
vegan spicy sauteed mushrooms
Button mushrooms have an excellent amount of selenium, zinc and manganese; all three are great antioxidant minerals. Also daily intake of crimini mushrooms for 1-2 months can reduce levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and TGs. And if you are not convinced yet then you got to know that one cup of button mushrooms provides a good, very good, or excellent source of 18 different vitamins, minerals and antioxidant phytonutrients. So this recipe is fast and delicious , as well as nutritional and helpful.
button mushrooms stuffed with minced meat with lemon basil and grapes
This recipe is really amazing and fast to cook, considering the fact that button mushrooms contain 17 different vitamins, the benefits from this dish increase dramatically. This dish has a long history in my house, it was cooked without cheese and grapes, but I decided to add the sweet twist to it. The bitterness of cheese and button mushrooms combined with sweetness of grapes and lemon basil make the combination very rich and the taste palette wider.
baked apples with walnuts honey and cinnamon
This healthy fall dessert recipe is as easy as it can get. I think the hardest part is to take the apples' seeds out, so that the apples would be intact. I have been cooking these apples since the time I remember myself cooking. My Daddy cooks these apples in red wine, but, let's not get too crazy here. I'm on a quest for a healthy, kid-friendly dessert.
apple cinnamon and walnut rolls cream cheese crispy rolls
This is the simplest recipe for rolls in the world. The dough is very easy to work with and it's very tender, almost melts in your mouth. This is also a very good dough for cookies.
beef cutlets easy
This recipe is very popular in European countries: in Austria it's called schnitzel, in the US it's called a cutlet. We cook cutlets with beef and pork, even with fish and chicken. The main thing the fillet (or loin) has to be thin. It's a great dish for a weekday dinner, 5-10 minutes to cook if the meat is ready to work with (not frozen).
lemon victoria sandwich cake with raspberries strawberries and clotted cream
The last day of September is a double Birthday Day in my family. So I was looking for a cake that would be simple, fast and that wouldn't require a lot of time in the kitchen.
pumpkin creme-soup with shrimp cream cheese and basil.
It's autumn and it means that it's time for a great pumpkin soup with shrimp that I just LOVE cooking. It doesn't require a lot of effort but it comes out perfectly smooth, bringing in the autumn flavors and colors into your kitchen. I tasted this soup long time ago in Europe, brought it into my kitchen and my family just loves it. Hope, you will too.
deviled eggs with shrimp yellow mustard and basil
This recipe is inspired by classic deviled eggs plus a spiced version. It is my combination of delicious deviled eggs that conquered the hearts of my family members.
potato zucchini red bell pepper with bacon and herbs
The potato baked with zucchini (squash), red bell pepper, onion, carrot, garlic and some meat is popular in Eastern Europe. (It is cooked in Poland and Hungary, in Ukraine and Czech Republic) In each region it has different twist though. Even in my family it is cooked differently. I like to experiment. I cook it with meatballs and sometimes with meat (beef, pork or chicken); I cook it even with bacon. The beauty of this recipe that it is impossible to spoil, seriously, if you aren not the perfect cook or if you are just short of time (and guests are about to arrive) this dish will just save you.
rice and crab salad fast and easy!
This salad recipe is good with crab meat or shrimp (or you can use both). Corn adds sweetness to the salad, and the rice works as the base. You can cook it without rice if you wish, but I prefer it with rice, and herbs (dill and parsley, or just dill) are important. I love to cook this salad on a day to day basis or for a dinner party. (Just serve the salad in puff pastry baskets). The ingredients for this salad are simple and may be found in every pantry.
helens chocolate chip cookies
The best part of this recipe is it is very fast, very simple and may be cooked with your eyes closed. Your kids will love these crispy and chewy cookies. You can also make these cookies with oatmeal and they will be fabulous! Just substitute chocolate chips with oatmeal.
fried cauliflower
Cauliflower is very nutritious, easy to work with and Surprise! Surprise! It's delicious. This is a signature recipe of my Mom's, she cooks cauliflower this way very often. When I was a kid and had a special diet, she told me that it tastes just like fried mushrooms (which I loved but wasn't allowed to eat). Since that successful introduction by my Mom I love the cauliflower and especially this one (fried). It's easy to cook and it will make a great appetizer.
easy shredded pie with cherries
This pie was a signature recipe of my Grandmother Maria, today would be her birthday, so I decided to bake this pie for the first time in my life. I ate it hundreds of times, but never thought that this deliciousness is so simple to cook.
deep fried beef steak
In Ukraine we don't have steaks, no seriously! Ukrainians just don't have this dish; we eat braised meat and meatballs. So I had to learn how to cook steak my own way.
coconut dream cake
Coconut lovers rejoice! Just the cake for you that is simple enough to make. You'll find a little slice of heaven in this sweet and moist cake. You can wrap it up for any special occasion.
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Run, don't walk to watch this incredibly inspiring video about what we are all searching for in our storytelling.
Even though Bobette Buster is speaking about the entertainment industry, her words are incredibly important to anyone who is crafting and sharing their business stories.
Bobette talks about the most powerful stories (and this applies to our biz stories) being ones showing transformation, becoming fully alive, and offering hope. When we think about stories in marketing/branding we often forget these fundamentals. The majority of 'business story' videos I watch these days totally miss these themes and end up being more like digital brochures than real compelling stories that build a growing cadre of loyal customers.
But think about this for businesses: a founding story of an organization is often about being faced with a challenge and overcoming it -- that is showing transformation and offering hope to others.
Business stories about people (customers/staff) and the obstacles they've overcome + the results produced offer the same messages.
I could go on and on. It's better to just watch the 15 minute video. Bobette talked 2 years ago at the Storytelling in Organization's Special Interest Group (SIO SIG) and was masterful. The book "The Uses of Enchantment" she cites was a textbook in my PhD program. I'm currently reading "Inside Story: The Power of the Transformative Arc" and it dovetails nicely with Bobette's talk. I hope you get inspired and lots of ideas by watching this.


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Another wodge of new cars are coming to Forza Motorsport 4 on May 1 in the Top Gear Car Pack. How is it Top Gear-themed? Well, there are cars and stuff, and you may recognise them from the TV show.
The DLC will add 10 new cars, from the retro 1966 Lotus Cortina to the mighty 2011 Ford Transite SuperSportVan. Race on over to the Forza blog for the full run-down on all the cars, with some awful Jeremy Clarkson-style patter.
As the last DLC pack covered by Forza 4 Season Pass was April's Alpinestars bag o' cars, everyone who wants this one will have to pay up. It'll run you 560 Microsoft Points ($7). A hefty Porsche expansion is in the works for Forza 4 too.
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Franco gives Elizabeth a warning, Michael tries to stay away from Kiki, and Danny receives a surprise visit.
Morgan's looking for a job online when Kiki finds blood on the floor of their cabin. He wonders if it's her dad's. Kiki wants to know why her father was there. Morgan remembers leaving him alone with Sonny and Shawn but only says he thinks he knows who did it, the second shooter. Kiki doesn't buy it. He's confused and wonders why she even cares. She remembers Franco thinking it was worth being beat up to see her concern.
Silas and Ava look on while Patrick questions Franco in his hospital room. He claims he's Jason Morgan and asks after his wife and baby, Sam and Danny. Ava wants to know what's going on when Franco doesn't know them. Silas' sure Franco's lying. Patrick kicks them out. Outside, Silas is certain Franco's doing this to keep his and Ava's secret. He wonders if she put him up to this and thinks she should just tell him what they're hiding. She goes back in the room and overhears Patrick telling 'Jason' that he knows him well and will find out what's wrong. Franco agrees, but then wants to see his family. A technician takes him for lab work as Silas claps at his performance. Kiki finds Ava alone in Franco's room and wants to know how he's doing. Ava thinks the question should be, "Who is he?" She's eager to get Kiki out of the hospital. Meanwhile, Nikolas enjoyed pitching in for Patrick. Elizabeth sees Britt hug him appreciatively as Nikolas offers to help any time before leaving. Elizabeth asks, "Dr. Westbourne, what the hell do you think you're doing?" Britt doesn't want to hear it but realizes Elizabeth is the woman who screwed Nikolas over. She suggests Elizabeth has buyer remorse with AJ. Leaving, Britt bumps into Brad who tells her Michael Corinthos knows about them but won't tell because Brad knows about him and Kiki. Britt is telling him to keep his nose clean when Patrick interrupts and apologizes for missing Lamaze. Elsewhere, 'Jason' runs into Elizabeth and apologizes for choosing Sam over her. He warns her that Franco's alive and on the loose. In Danny's room, Alexis promises Sam that they'll find a match. Molly overhears Sam feeling hopeless about her father being able to help. They ask Molly why she thinks that's weird. Brad interrupts them with test results on donors. He's distracted when Nikolas comes in but continues. There's no match yet, but Franco's sample is yet to be tested. Sam's concerned that everything now hinges on Franco. Alone with Alexis and Sam, Molly asks Alexis if Sam's father's name starts with a 'J' as suggested by the Ouija board. Silas comes in to alert Sam that Franco is now claiming to be Jason. She leaves ready to kill Franco. Silas finds Ava and asks who Kiki is. Kiki introduces herself as her daughter. Silas stares at Ava at the revelation. Franco finds Danny alone in his room and says, "I'm your father."
Outside the Falconeri's, Connie lets Sonny know she saw the therapist to tell him they're back together. She'll be home soon but needs to take care of something first. Olivia tries to brush her off but Connie won't let up and admits knowing something happened between her and Sonny. Olivia continues to deny there's anything but Connie knows there's more and is hesitant to move on without talking. Olivia is putting Connie first, but sadly Connie has never done that for her. She's starting to think the only reason Connie is ready to get back into Sonny's life is because she saw the two of them together. Connie apologizes but is frustrated and wonders if Olivia thought she should have bowed out. Olivia knows that is what she did, but Connie made her choice.
At home, Sonny gets off the phone as Dante comes in and calls him a liar. He's angry with Sonny for kicking his mom to the curb at the first opportunity he had to get Connie back. Sonny clarifies that Olivia's the one who left. Dante's certain the only reason Connie's back is because Olivia was with him. After, Morgan arrives to give Sonny the money back that was given for him to leave when Shawn beat up Franco. He doesn't like lying to Kiki. Later, Connie shows up and asks if he thinks they're doing the right thing. He does.
Michael bumps into AJ at Kelly's. AJ's happy to share how Carly helped him to realize Ava's making a play for ELQ. With Kiki involved, Michael refuses to get involved and confesses to what happened at GH. Between the kiss and almost getting blackmailed into having sex, he's done. AJ's impressed with how Michael handled Brad.
Dante comes home and asks Olivia how she's doing. She denies she's crying, maybe she caught Lulu's cold.
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NATO on Tuesday approved member state Turkey's request for Patriot missiles to defend its border against Syria following a series of blunt warnings to Damascus not to use chemical weapons.
As the conflict approached the 21-month mark with more than 41,000 people killed, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the alliance's decision reflected a "steadfast commitment" to preserving the security of its 28 member states.
"We say to anyone who would want to attack Turkey — don't even think about it," he said after announcing the decision at the end of the first day of a two-day meeting in Brussels.
NATO said in a statement that it had "agreed to augment Turkey's air defense capabilities in order to defend the population and territory of Turkey, and to contribute to the de-escalation of the crisis along the alliance's border."
Germany, the Netherlands and the US have agreed to provide the Patriot missile batteries, which would come under the command of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, the statement said.
Stressing that the Patriot system was purely defensive, Rasmussen said technical discussions would follow about how many of the US-made Patriots would be deployed and where.
The NATO discussions came amid reports that Syria is moving chemical weapons as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fights rebels seeking to oust him.
"NATO members expressed grave concerns about reports that the Syrian regime is considering the use of chemical weapons. Any such action would be completely unacceptable and a clear breach of international law," Rasmussen said.
Earlier, Rasmussen said he would "expect an immediate reaction from the international community" if Damascus were to use such weapons.
On Monday, US President Barack Obama warned al-Assad against using chemical weapons, saying there would be "consequences" for such an action.
France said it would take a "very strong position" against any chemical weapons use, though French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stressed that reports on Syria moving its chemical arms stocks "have not been verified or confirmed."
Confirmation of a Syrian chemical weapons threat "would demand an immediate reaction from the international community," Fabius said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was also closely following the chemical weapons issue and sees things "the same way" as its ally, the US.
"We believe these weapons must not be used and must not fall into the hands of terrorist elements," Netanyahu said.
Turkey welcomed NATO's decision and reiterated that the weapons were solely for defensive purposes.
"The measures that will be taken by Turkey will in no case be used for offensive operations. This system is only slated for the defense of Turkish territory," the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement.
It added that the US-made surface-to-air missiles would not in "any way be used to promote an air exclusion zone" over neighboring Syria.
Turkey's request for the missiles has worried Russia, a longtime ally of Syria that is deeply suspicious of NATO's motives.
After NATO talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier on Tuesday, Rasmussen had said deploying Patriots would be "an effective deterrent and in that way de-escalate the situation" along the border.
Lavrov dismissed that point, saying the chemical weapons issue was overblown, while the Patriot deployment created "the risk that these arms will be used."
It was not the first time there were such "rumors and leaks" about chemical weapons and they should "not be overstated," Lavrov said, while reaffirming Moscow's position that any use of chemical arms would be a violation of international treaties.
The Syrian government, fighting to prevent the capital Damascus from falling to rebel forces, has said it would never resort to chemical weapons.
On the ground on Tuesday, the Syrian army blasted a string of rebel zones on the eastern and southwestern outskirts of Damascus.
Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said "the army is trying at all costs to keep the rebels out of Damascus."
"The rebels are pushing hard to enter into the city, but they have not been able to make the advance they are hoping for," he added.


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New rail line gathering steam
Nine towns and five regional planning agencies spread across three states are on the verge of signing an agreement that will consolidate efforts to expand freight and passenger rail service from New London to Brattleboro, Vt.
Called the Central Corridor Line, the plan aims to boost business, industry and tourism by using more than 100 miles of existing freight railways owned by New England Central Railroad.
The line would start in New London and have stops at the Mohegan Sun Casino and in Norwich, Willimantic, Mansfield, Storrs and Stafford Springs. Stops would continue in Palmer, Amherst and Millers Falls in Massachusetts before the line ends in Brattleboro.
The agreement, scheduled to be signed this week, calls for the municipalities and regional planning agencies to come together to seek funding for the approximate $100 million project. The agreement also calls for the parties to work toward a feasibility study and a business plan.
Norwich Mayor Peter Nystrom said Thursday that the agreement is a sign that the parties are pursuing the project in earnest. He added that the municipalities are also working to obtain federal money for the restoration of the railroad tracks.
James S. Butler, executive director of the Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments, said the agreement will serve as a way to get all the parties in the same room talking with one another. SCCOG, a regional planning agency that works with the region's 20 towns, could administer any grants received for the rail project, according to the agreement.
Todd O'Donnell, a part owner of Union Station in New London and an advocate of the rail project, said the agreement is proof of broad support for the rail service.
He is particularly optimistic about the potential boost to tourism. For example, he said tourists could park their cars in Norwich or Willimantic and use the rail service to come to New London for events such as OpSail. The event will return to New London in 2012 and brings tall ships from all over the world to the city.
"It can happen so quickly once we get support from the state of Connecticut," O'Donnell said of the expanded rail service. "This can happen rapidly. The tracks are already there, and it's a low-cost way to improve both passenger and freight traffic in our area."
Approximately half of the project cost will be for railroad track upgrades needed to accommodate modern trains. The other half would be used on new rail cars and to build and upgrade stations at stops along the rail.
The proposal has also been marketed as a "college run," a service that would create a new means of transportation for college students. The rail service would run by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Connecticut College, the University of Connecticut in Storrs and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Towns and agencies that are expected to sign an agreement on the Central Corridor Line include: New London, Norwich, Mansfield, Windham, Stafford, Palmer, Mass., Amherst, Mass., Montague, Mass., Brattleboro, Vt.
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Musical parody is '50 Shades' of fun
By John Benson
If there was any doubt the risque novel "Fifty Shades of Grey" was ripe for parody, confirmation came last Mother's Day with a hilarious "Saturday Night Live" skit.
For those who missed it, the faux commercial showed dads and husbands surprising mothers on their special day only to find them, well, occupied while reading the ubiquitous bestseller.
It's this mindset that led director Jim Millan ("The Kids in the Hall," "Larry King Standing Up," and "Mythbusters Live") to co-write the unauthorized "SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody," which makes its Cleveland debut Thursday through Jan. 27 at the Hanna Theatre.
"It was August when I got together with the top comedy people I knew," said Millan calling from Detroit. "We wrote it in the month of September, and it opened in October. The model was more like a comedy writing room for 'The Show of Shows.' It really snowballed because there's a romantic comedy and sexy erotica. There are so many things to parody. We found that inventing our own version of the story gave us a lot of freedom, and we kept making each other laugh."
Whether it's a funny scene around hang gliders or in a fancy hotel bathroom, "SPANK!" transforms the sexy book into a musical romp that since its debut has been played for sold-out crowds. In fact, there's a pretty good chance over the next year you'll be hearing a lot about the production, which is not only about to go international with a tour to Australia but appears to be destined for a permanent Las Vegas company.
Overall, Millan describes "SPANK!" as a fractured fairytale of the book. Others describe it as equal parts Chippendales and "Second City." Even though it's a parody, the director stressed that the production doesn't take itself too seriously.
"We don't make fun of the book," Millan said. "It's a parody but it's really a celebration about being free to choose a lifestyle or dare to try something. It's a celebration of something that's become a pop icon. Like when the lights go down and our male character enters, there is screaming like it's a Justin Bieber concert. I never would have expected that. When I created the opening with a very big rock-god entrance for our lead male, I didn't know that would elicit screams. But that's what the audience brings to it, their excitement, because they've had a lot of fun with this."
Finally, perhaps the elephant in the room regarding "SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody" is the spouses who invariably will be dragged to the show. However, Millan confirms unlike taking in a rom-com or spending three hours listening to opera, this evening comes with nearly guaranteed bedroom benefits.
"It works out really well for them, I guarantee you," Millan laughed. "Absolutely, it's great to be the date."
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Seahawks Dominate Broncos For First Super Bowl Win
(East Rutherford, NJ) -- The Seattle Seahawks are celebrating their first title after beating the Denver Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl 48 from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The 'Hawks jumped out to a 22-0 halftime lead and never looked back, cruising to their first Super Bowl win in just their second appearance.
Malcolm Smith returned a Peyton Manning interception 69 yards for a score in the second quarter to help Seattle pull away and was named MVP following the game. The Seahawks defense forced Manning into two interceptions and a fumble while Denver turned it over a total of four times. Percy Harvin returned the opening kickoff of the second half 87 yards for a TD.
Russell Wilson threw for 206 yards with a pair of touchdown passes to Jermaine Kearse and Doug Baldwin while Harvin ran for 45 yards in the win. Marshawn Lynch had 15 carries for 39 yards and a touchdown. Manning ended up throwing for 280 yards and a touchdown to Demaryius Thomas, who caught a Super Bowl record 13 passes for 118 yards.
Denver managed just 27 rushing yards in the loss. The Broncos fell to 2-5 in Super Bowls.


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Spoons made me fat
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How much do you want to see this technical firing?
cowboyangel wrote:
gyre wrote:I had a chance to check out the M53.
What an elegant design!
Extremely sophisticated.
Unfortunately very difficult to build the receiver and unnecessarily complex to convert to single fire, per atf rules.
Beautiful work, even though this is the copy of the german gun that was the "cheap" solution to the more complex MG34.
Too much to talk about, but what a design!
The quick change barrel is actually part of the bolt.
Recoil is adjustable in two ways, which also changes the auto fire rate somewhat.
It is a design that wants to fire at 1700 rounds per minute, but was slowed down to 1200 or less.
Barrel weight was also used to change rate of fire.
Very impressive.
gyre wrote:Nice gun, Sailman!
No gun news here, but I did go to court with a bullet in my pocket.
Does that count?
gyre wrote:The big handguns like the Draco are legal carry here.
I actually had no problem going through metal detectors over and over again with the bullet, or going to court.
After the first time, I was being rejected for my dangerous weapon, a AAA flashlight just over the maximum four inch length.
I went to another building to complain about the silly flashlight issue, and they used a wand, and found the bullet.
Stuck in a flap in a pocket.
That building had no problem with the flashlight.
They kept my bullet.
These government buildings give all sorts of explanations, but they just sit around and make up this shit.
They blame the rules on everything under the sun.
The .50 BMG handgun
ygmir wrote:yeah I know they're different..........I am just (even with my diminutive mitts) trying to envision a pistol grip, that could contain a .50 bmg cartridge magazine and holding it in one hand.
gyre wrote:ygmir wrote:yeah I know they're different..........I am just (even with my diminutive mitts) trying to envision a pistol grip, that could contain a .50 bmg cartridge magazine and holding it in one hand.
You'd really want to steer clear of that slide coming back.
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NEW YORK (AP) - Shaq is back in the All-Star game.
After being left out of the NBA's midseason gala for first time
in his career last season, Shaquille O'Neal received his 15th
All-Star selection Thursday night when the reserves were announced
for the Feb. 15 game in Phoenix.
O'Neal and Suns teammate Amare Stoudemire give the host team two
Western Conference All-Stars.
New Orleans, San Antonio and the Los Angeles Lakers also had
multiple players on the West roster, which will be coached by the
Lakers' Phil Jackson.
The Orlando Magic made out best in the East, with Jameer Nelson
and Rashard Lewis picked as reserves by the conference's coaches
alongside starter Dwight Howard. It's the first time Orlando has
had three All-Stars.
"I was just anxious to find out," Nelson said. "I honestly don't get that way. But me hearing everywhere, 'You're an All-Star, you should be an All-Star, you're having an All-Star year.' So you just want to see if people will give you the respect that other people think you deserve."
But for the second year in a row, only two of the Boston Celtics' Big Three made the initial roster: Paul Pierce was voted in with starter Kevin Garnett, while Ray Allen was left out.
Traded to the Suns at last season's deadline, O'Neal endured the worst season of his career and had his record-tying streak of 14 consecutive All-Star appearances end. Now he's back in the showcase game, and trails only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with 19 for most appearances.
Abdul-Jabbar, a Lakers assistant, will help coach the West team.
The 36-year-old O'Neal was averaging 18.2 points and 9.1 rebounds entering Thursday night's showdown against the Spurs. He needs five more points to catch Hakeem Olajuwon for seventh on the NBA's career scoring list.
O'Neal isn't the only veteran on a West roster flush with experience. The Spurs' Tim Duncan and the Lakers' Kobe Bryant are each making their 11th appearances, while Dallas forward Dirk Nowitzki was picked for the eighth time and Houston center Yao Ming for the seventh time.
Carmelo Anthony, who's missed the last 10 games with a broken
bone in his right hand, was left off the roster even though he's
been cleared to play Friday night at Charlotte. That leaves point
guard Chauncey Billups the lone selection from the division-leading
Acquired in a trade with the Pistons on Nov. 3, Billups has given Denver a steady backcourt presence. The four-time All-Star is
averaging 19.0 points and 6.5 assists.
If the West team plans to rely on experience, the East might
turn to youthful exuberance.
Making their first All-Star teams are Nelson, New Jersey guard
Devin Harris and Indiana forward Danny Granger, who was snubbed
last season but whose play for the injury-depleted Pacers has been
Granger is fourth in the league in scoring at 25.8 points per
Stoudemire, Yao, Bryant, Duncan and Chris Paul of the Hornets
were voted by fans to start for the West. The East starters are
Garnett, Howard, Dwyane Wade, Allen Iverson of the Pistons and
LeBron James of the Cavaliers.
Coaches were then required to vote for two guards, two forwards,
a center and two at-large reserves. The other picks for the West
were Pau Gasol of the Lakers, Tony Parker of the Spurs, Brandon Roy
of the Trail Blazers and David West of the Hornets. Filling out the
East roster are Raptors forward Chris Bosh and Hawks guard Joe
There was little controversy in fan voting - besides Stoudemire
beating out Spurs reserve Bruce Bowen by just 68,000 votes - but
the ballots turned in by the league's coaches left a bunch of
deserving players with a gripe.
Allen was passed over despite averaging 18.0 points and helping
Boston to a 38-9 record. The eight-time All-Star was skipped over
last year, too, but was later added by commissioner David Stern as
an injury replacement for Caron Butler.
Deron Williams and Paul Millsap of the Jazz also were left off
the rosters. So were the Suns' Steve Nash, a six-time All-Star, Mo
Williams of the East-leading Cavaliers, Antawn Jamison of the
Wizards and Al Jefferson of the Timberwolves.
AP Sports Writer Mark Long in Orlando, Fla., contributed to this
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