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"It's been nuts," is how Abby Bennethum describes the immense response to a photo she took this July.
The heart-wrenching picture of her husband, Staff Sgt. Brett Bennethum, holding their four-year old daughter's hand before heading off to war in Iraq, apparently struck a chord with Americans.
Strangers who have been touched by the image's symbolism -- a soldier standing at attention while his daughter wipes her eye -- flooded the Berks County family with well wishes, prayers and support.
From offers to fix the family's sub-par computer so that the kids can video chat with their dad, to offers of making care packages for Staff Sgt. Bennethum's unit, to just simple prayers, the family is overwhelmed by offers from strangers.
"I want to read everything that's been sent to me," Abby said of the hundreds of Facebook messages, emails, phone calls and visits. "It's gonna take some time."
The local VFW has reached out and offered to collect and ship any care packages to Staff Sgt. Bennethum's unit. Those interested can send packages to Sinking Spring VFW 6150, 550 Columbia Avenue, Sinking Spring, Pa. 19608 or call 610.670.1011.
"Thank you and I'm amazed by the support and response ... all the troops can use the support," Abby said.
As for Paige, the child in the original photo, she feels "happy" about the response. Although she adds that she still misses her daddy.


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Aloo Korma Recipe (Beef and Potato Curry)
I've prepared this Indian curry called korma countless times since I got married. I learned this dish from my husband Lulu's aunt (I call her Phoopi). It's a very flexible dish that allows for many combinations of meat and vegetable. Chicken, beef, goat, potato, taro and various vegetables (peas, carrot, broccoli) are commonly used. The spicy gravy is what's constant.
The gravy is made of fried onion paste and yogurt and is flavored with ginger-garlic paste as well as several Indian spices. This version contains beef but you can easily omit the meat if you're preparing a vegetarian version.
I had initially planned to include aloo korma ("aloo" is Urdu for "potato") in my first cookbook, Haute Potato: From Pommes Rissolees to Timbale with Roquefort, 75 Gourmet Potato Recipes, but finally went for other Indian dishes such as kheema cutlets (Indian-style meat-filled pancakes), panipuri (bite-sized, crispy South Indian masala potato-filled appetizers) and aloo bonda (spicy potato fritter) to name a few.
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Indian Stew with Okra
Mutton meat stew is one of our family's special occasion dishes whenever one of my husband Lulu's relatives come from dinner. I've shared several other versions in the past, but this week, I made the gravy with freshly ground poppy seeds. It gives the dish a pleasant nutty aroma that pairs perfectly with steamed jasmine rice.
The okra vegetables are added at the last minute and provided a nice contrast of color to the meat. Once cooked, they have a slimy quality that blends with the gravy. I've probably mentioned in the past but if you've never tried this unusual vegetable, okra is one of those foods you either love or hate. I personally love them!
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Coconut Goat Curry Recipe
We had guests over Tuesday evening from India. I wanted to impress them with the Indian cooking skills I learned from Baji (my husband Lulu's late grandmother). I made one of my favorite Indian curry dishes called korma. It's a spicy curry in which goat meat is slowly stewed in coconut milk.
The key to the dish is the freshness of the meat. I buy my goat meat from a local Indian specialty market. Goat meat is popular in Indian cuisine so there are always fresh, tender cuts available.
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Korma Curry Recipe: Goat Meat with Okra
Goat korma with okra is a spicy Indian curry dish. We usually serve it when my husband Lulu's family comes over for dinner as the rest of his family isn't vegetarian. To the Western palate, goat meat and okra wouldn't be an obvious choice of ingredients but they're very complementary.
To certain people, goat meat can have a strong taste, but I find that the meat at my local Indian market tastes wonderful and is very tender. Okra has a bad reputation as well due to its texture once boiled. I personally love this dish and could eat it by the pound, dipping rotis (Indian flat bread) in the spicy gravy sauce. At the very least, it's a dish that will broaden your horizons.
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Paneer Korma Recipe
In Urdu, shahi paneer korma would literally translate to braised paneer in "royal" curry. Shahi means royal but when it refers to paneer, it usually indicates a creamy, decadent tomato sauce.
To make the dish I started by quickly stir-frying cubes of paneer. Paneer is Indian-style soft cheese. I made the sauce with caramelized onion paste, yogurt, tomatoes, ginger garlic paste as well as several Indian spices. The paneer pieces are braised at a simmer in the curry sauce until well coated. The final touch is a little heavy cream. It's not something you want to eat every day, but paneer korma is a perfect dish to make when you want to treat yourself.
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Wells Fargo said Wednesday that it had net income of $3.8 billion, or $0.67 per share, in the first quarter, up 52% from $2.5 billion, or $0.45 per share, in the year-ago period, but $0.01 shy of analysts' estimates.
Revenue was $20.3 billion, down 5% from $21.4 billion in first quarter 2010 and missing analysts' estimates of $21.2 billion. In the most-recent period, Wells Fargo said it had lower mortgage banking revenue and lower net interest income.
"Our strong first-quarter results reflected positive trends in our business fundamentals as credit quality improved, capital ratios increased and cross-selling reached new highs," said Chairman and CEO John Stumpf in a press release. "Our Pennsylvania banking stores were converted successfully this past weekend and we expect to convert all remaining Wachovia stores by the end of this year."
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Wells Fargo's wealth, brokerage and retirement unit said it had net income of $339 million, up $142 million – or 72% — from fourth quarter 2010 and up $57 million – or 20% — from first quarter 2010.
Revenue was roughly $3.2 billion, up 4% from fourth quarter, due to asset-based revenues and brokerage-securities gains, and up 8% from the year-ago quarter, driven by higher asset-based revenues and net interest income, according to the company.
The retail brokerage business saw client assets expand 6% year over year to $1.2 trillion. Managed account assets expanded 21% year over year, by about $45 billion, thanks to net flows and solid market gains.
Wells said it "successfully completed the brokerage conversion in January, converting legacy Wells Fargo brokerage customers to the Wells Fargo Advisors common platform [with Wachovia], providing greater access to more products and services."
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Yeah, yeah, say what you want about Valentine's Day, and hop onto the bandwagon of disillusioned (dare I say, jilted?) individuals who curse this red-letter day to the lowest hell. It really seems to be quite the trend to hate February 14. So, if you're looking for more "˜misery loves company,' then you've come to the wrong website "" at least for today "" because I love … no, I heart Valentine's Day.
I love it because I just do. There are no flowers or chocolates or a fancy dinner date for me and my Bin. Heck, I don't even get a gift, but I still love this day for what it is. Tonight I'm cooking a steak and pasta dinner for my Bin and Boo and I've prepared three kinds of desserts. Sweets for the sweet.
Speaking of sweet, if there's one day in the year that you absolutely, unequivocally MUST have dessert, it's on Valentine's Day. Or your birthday. You choose. I choose to have it on both days. (As if that's any surprise.)
Here's an extraordinary gift to gift your Valentine "" or yourself. It's called a sansrival (sans-ree-VAL) or sans rival "" with or without the space in between. Obviously meaning "without rival," a sans rival is layers of crisp meringue filled and covered with buttercream. Cashews are the traditional choice, but I've seen macadamia sans rivals, and this here one is the pistachio version.
This sans rival (P730) is made by Jill Sandique, pastry chef extraordinaire. She and I met when I dined at Teak, where we talked exuberantly about desserts, and where she told me that the food shots on my business card were good enough to lick. A few days later, there was this sans rival waiting for me outside my front door.
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Jill's cakes are oval-shaped, her trademark. Cutting into it, I hear a perceptible crrrunch! I knew then that I wasn't dealing with just any sans rival. Cutting cleanly, the slice sits temptingly on my plate, a glistening gem of green and cream. My fork slides through four layers of buttercream and then works its way through the crispy layers of meringue. My first swallow induces a lengthy interlude of silence. So delectable is this sans rival that I've lost my capacity to speak. I can feel the buttercream coating my tongue, the first bite of the meringue layers crackling in complaint, and then giving in to the persistence of my chew. Can you picture my mental and spiritual ecstasy?
Partaking of this sans rival is a peak experience, a religious culinary moment brought on by the pastry's high quality and the masterfulness with which it was made. Considering all the ersatz and inferior sans rivals around, it is crucial to eat the real thing every so often. And this is it.
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Woody didn't exactly get a fair shake in NY, but business is result oriented and he didn't get the required results. Had the Knicks made the playoffs we would very likely be on the verge of beating the Pacers. (Never believed in the Pacers, George is a Scottie Pippen at best.)
Hopefully Knicks fans wont turn on the next coach two seasons from now. It is an embarrassment how often we change coaches.
^c'mon man, what is a fair shake? losing games via boneheaded moves, like not calling timeouts, not fouling when leading by 3 points, playing sh*tty point guard Failton all season long and NOT playing Beno (at all) who led the Knicks to 6 straight wins? letting JR Sh*t play and play and play until he finally got his shot together when season was ending? Not giving quality minutes to Tyler and Torre and Aldridge until season was over? overplaying Melo and letting him lose almost every single game in the iso when it came to last second shots? losing 30 something games when leading in the 4th quarter?
you've gotta hand the overall blame to Dolan, who's been responsible for all changes in the front office, whether they've been fired or just quit because of little Jimmy's ironclad rule. Woodson played the blame game on injuries all season long, when he was responsible for the team on the floor, the minutes they played, and the way they performed, not to mention the sh*t morale of the team on a whole.
If Dolan lets Phil Jackson actually do his job without interference, we can only hope that the total cleaning out of the coaching staff is a first step in the right direction. f*ck Woodson.
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One thing I hope is that PJ does not bring Herb Williams back. He's a nice enough guy but he represents the Knicks past, if PJ wants a new Knicks image don't bring back guys like Herb.
Steve Kerr is the best of that bunch by a long mile ..
Steve Kerr learned the hard way as a GM with Rookie of the year Amare Stoudemire. And letting a puppet assistant coach Mike Dantoni get to much fame from Steve Kerr getting rid of the Phoenix Suns individual players Marbury & Penny slow balling poor defensive talent in 2003-4 season, to let their highest paid player Shawn Marion leadership run and control the Phoenix Suns roster (The Matrix got the SSOL system from Jason Kidd, and used that system with Steve Nash & Amare to have a few successful seasons.).
Mike Dantoni refusal to bring in assistant coach Thibideu in the 2007 offseason, had the owner of the Phoenix Suns trade Shawn Marion for Franchise Player Shaq on the February 2008 trade deadline, which put Kerr's GM job in jeopardy.
What we get in Steve Kerr is a GM/Coach who played the Triangle-system and won, plus defended against the Triangle-system and won.
Disagree and it seems like you're running things together here not distinguishing when Steve took over. I mean let's keep it real. Steve Kerr was brought into the Suns organization to essentially do what Phil intends to do for us. Yet Kerr failed and bailed as soon as he saw Phx couldn't win a chip with Nash and didn't want to be a part of rebuilding the Suns.
Yeah you and I pretty much agree here.
I found it odd too with the personalities he had there when he took over he hired Terry Porter to coach them. Not that Porter is a bad coach but how could he not gauge what style of play would suit them best especially when he had an idea to bring in Shaq. He made some suspect moves during his time there and I feel being GM is close to being a coach. I mean that person is supposed to help put goods in the cupboards for the coach to cook up, therefore he should know what a coach wants and how he plans to execute it.
Kerr is alright but doesn't excite me, very much like the Odom signing doesn't.
He came in with the idea that what the Suns needed to get to the next level was to get rid of that SSOL D'Antoni style of play and play defense which is why he brought in Terry Porter.
Kerr is the type of guy that thinks he's entitled wanting to take top level jobs like President and GM or head coach of the Knicks without any experience.
I'm surprised Jackson would consider hiring him despite the fact they're friends because PJ put in 5 hard years learning coaching in the CBA with the Albany Patroons. I would think that experience knocking around the minor leagues of bball would give a guy like PJ a distrust of people like Kerr that want to start out at the top.
Kerr has some red flags
EDIT: Misheard.....Kerr wasn't ready to coach at that time(Seattle Group purchase of Kings) but apparently he must have left the door open because Phil is interested in peaking his interest again.
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Knicks fans have a long tradition of disloyalty going back to Patrick Ewing. He's John the Baptist now but there was a time when fans called for him to be traded. Woodson was a decent coach for a **** team. Unless Phil's old ass goes down to the bench or brings in a better proven coach, don't expect much better results for next season.


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Writing in the May edition of the journal Nature, scientists think those researchers who rely on labs instead of old-fashioned sunshine are living in the dark, gravely underestimating the effect of warmth on spring's botanical arrival.
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Describe an early food experience that has influenced the way you think about food and/or cooking.I'm a first-generation American. My parents were born and raised in San Marino (the world's oldest republic, surrounded by Italy.) Growing up in our Italian family, pretty much all of my memories are food-related. This is just one of many. When I was in grammar school, sometimes my mom would pack my lunch box with biscotti. And my Charlie Brown thermos would be filled with café latte. It brought me happiness. And today, as a baker, it gives me great satisfaction to bring that same happiness to others. What's your least favorite food?Surprisingly, fried zeppole. The smell really bothers me. What is the best thing you've made so far this year?Does New Year's Eve count? My Pan-Seared Pork Belly was pretty amazing. Describe your most spectacular kitchen disaster.You name it, I've done it. This one's not so much a disaster, as it's just a really funny story involving my kitchen. A few years ago, when I was getting ready for the Department of Agriculture food inspector to come approve my kitchen for my Home Processing Licensing, everyone in my family got the stomach flu except me. I imagined the Health Department would descend upon my kitchen with a SWAT team of white-jacketed latex-gloved inspectors to perform all kinds of swipe-tests, the likes of which you'd see in a CSI episode. So as I'm diligently scrubbing and sanitizing every speck of my house the days before my appointment, my family was throwing up every half-hour or so, EVERYWHERE. (Thank goodness for Pine-Sol.) P.S. One plain-clothed inspector came, stayed for about a half-hour, approved my kitchen, while my family was safely tucked away upstairs in their rooms. What is your idea of comfort food?Roast chicken, mashed taters, gravy and veggies. And a really nice glass of Rosenblum Vineyards Zinfandel, my favorite wine. Apron or no apron?Aprons, always. They help to keep flour off of me, which usually covers me from head to toe. What's your favorite food-related scene in a movie?So many to choose from! But one of my favorites is from "Elf" when Buddy the elf says: "We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup." If you could make a show-stopping dinner for one person, living or dead, who would it be?Sconeman (aka my husband) You prefer to cook: a. alone, b. with others, c. it depends on your mood.That would be C. When I'm working, and making a gazillion scones, I need to be alone. But if it's a dinner party, or just getting dinner ready for my family, I like the help and enjoy socializing while cooking. When it comes to tidying up, you usually: a. clean as you cook, b. do all the dishes once you've finished cooking, c. leave the kitchen a shambles for your spouse/roommate/kids to clean.I'd say 95% of the time, I clean as I cook. But sometimes, when things get unwieldy, Sconeman will offer to do it, and I gratefully accept!
Describe an early food experience that has influenced the way you think about food and/or cooking.I was lucky enough spend my early childhood in East Hampton, Fire Island and New York City. My early food experiences were varied and wonderful. I remember taking deep breaths full of coffee beans at Dean and Deluca, eating steamers that were barely an hour out of the water, picking wild blackberries and getting fresh apple cider doughnuts from the farm stand. I remember breakfasts of fresh eggs from our very own chickens with my mother's homemade rye bread and grilled sausages. At the other end of the spectrum were Sunday's with my grandparents, smoked salmon (nova, sliced thin), whitefish, fresh bagels, bialys, scallion cream cheese, black and white cookies from Zookies, dim sum brunches and or dumplings and Peking Duck at Peking Duck House in Chinatown, grilled sausages at the San Gennaro festival, warm pastrami on rye with mustard and a cold cream soda at the 2nd Avenue Deli, a folded over slice from Mariella Pizza on 16th & 3rd, eaten on the way home from school. Then there was the crispy duck with blackberries at 65 Irving Place in the winter and steamed lobster at Le Dock in the summer. I spent some time in India as a young girl and I still remember the taste of the mangoes and tea and toast, both cooked on a cast iron stove and doused with sweetened condensed milk. There were so many many foods that were part of my early life, it is difficult to describe one that influenced me, they all come together in a multifaceted spectrum of tastes and textures, colors and smells.What's your least favorite food?Canned black olives. I would categorize their taste as hairy plastic. Though I do enjoy sticking them on my fingertips.What is the best thing you've made so far this year?Oh my goodness! I made my first pavlova last week, it was amazing...like creamy sweet air! A brown sugar pavlova with tangerine curd, orange flower scented whipped cream and strawberries marinated (or macerated?) in vanilla sugar, tangerine juice and orange flower water. It was sooo wonderful, and so incredible that eggs can do that!!
What is your idea of comfort food? Conceptually I would say food that makes me feel safe and comfortable, with a kind memory attached. Toast is very comforting, especially when made by someone else. When my boyfriend's grandmother died I made him cinnamon toast. I find eggs comforting, soft boiled or soft scrambled or egg salad that's still slightly warm, especially for dinner after a long, hard mean day. Funny that I don't find omelets to be comfort food. But, there are also foods I find comforting to make, like chicken soup or risotto or stews, the long process can take me out of a bad place and put me in a safe calm place.Apron or no apron? I'm getting into the apron, got a cute one as a Christmas present.What's your favorite food-related scene in a movie? I really wish I had one--probably the scene in "Julie & Julia" when Julia and her sister are sitting in a café eating cheese. It's funny and made me run out and buy a baguette and a camembert. I could taste it when I watched it, and I could remember that feeling that taste of cheese...in France...oh oh oh!If you could make a show-stopping dinner for one person, living or dead, who would it be?Such a hard question! Who would I want to impress more than anyone? It would be a tie between Julia Child and Alice Waters, I admire them both so much! Why can't it be for two people????You prefer to cook: a. alone, b. with others, c. it depends on your mood.A.When it comes to tidying up, you usually: a. clean as you cook, b. do all the dishes once you've finished cooking, c. leave the kitchen a shambles for your spouse/roommate/kids to clean.All of the above.
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House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
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"While there are various polls, and some are up-and-down, the overwhelming consensus has been that he is best-positioned to top pro-abortion candidate Rudy Giuliani for the Republican nomination," the group's executive director, David N. O'Steen, said at a Washington news conference.
By emphasizing Thompson's political potential - he ranks second behind former New York Mayor Giuliani in national Republican polls - the anti-abortion group played down its own differences with Thompson.
Thompson has been at odds with the group because he doesn't support a federal constitutional amendment outlawing abortion, a long-standing party platform plank; because he has called the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case a family matter, and because he backed campaign finance regulations that the group considers a restriction of free speech.
The group also considered candidates' voting records and their stances on various issues, O'Steen said. Giuliani has promised to appoint Supreme Court justices who take a conservative view of abortion, but O'Steen said the group could not overlook Giuliani's support for a woman's right to choose.
He contended that the group's endorsement, which had been telegraphed a day in advance by Republicans, carries more weight than endorsements by other conservatives in recent weeks. Among those: Televangelist Pat Robertson has endorsed Giuliani, and Moral Majority co-founder Paul Weyrich is supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
"This is an endorsement by an organization representing groups throughout the country, 3,000 chapters, and it just can't be compared to individual endorsements," O'Steen said.
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Tom Brady holds decided stats edge over Peyton Manning
NFL fans will be treated to the 15th version of Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning when the New England Patriots travel to Denver to face the Broncos on Sunday in the AFC championship game.
The winner will advance to Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Feb. 2, facing either the San Francisco 49ers or Seattle Seahawks, who play Sunday for the NFC championship.
MORE:AFC championship storylines
Brady holds a 10-4 record in the head-to-head, all but two of those games when Manning was the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts. Facing Manning's team on the road, Brady and the Patriots hold a 3-2 advantage.
Over those 14 games:
*Team points per game: 30.0 for the Patriots, 24.6 for Colts/Broncos.
*Quarterback completion percentage: 67.0% for Brady, 61.8% for Manning.
*Touchdowns to interceptions: 26 TDs, 12 INTs for Brady; 29 TDs, 20 INTs for Manning.
*Passing yards per game: 243.1 for Brady, 283.6 for Manning.
Their last meeting was Nov. 24, Week 12 of this regular season, an epic 24-point comeback by the Patriots to eventually defeat the Broncos in overtime.
A look at how the quarterbacks have fared against each other:
2001 Week 3:
New England Patriots 44, Indianapolis Colts 13, at New England
In his first career start after replacing injured Drew Bledsoe, Brady goes 13-of-23 for 168 yards; Manning has three interceptions, two pick-six.
2001 Week 6:
Patriots 38, Colts 17, at Indianapolis
Brady throws three touchdown passes, including a 91-yarder to David Patten for a 14-3 second-quarter lead. The Patriots improve to 3-3 on their way to winning Super Bowl XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams.
2003 Week 13:
Patriots 38, Colts 34, at IND
Manning becomes the first to throw for four touchdowns against coach Bill Belichick and his Patriots. New England stops Edgerrin James three times on first-and-goal from the 2-yard line in the final minute. Patriots get home-field advantage for the playoffs.
2003 AFC championship:
Patriots 24, Colts 14, at NE
Manning again throws four interceptions, three by Ty Law, and is sacked four times. Brady is a ho-hum 22-of-37 for 237 yards and a touchdown and gets the Patriots to Super Bowl XXXVIII -- and a win against the Carolina Panthers.
2004 Week 1:
Patriots 27, Colts 24, at NE
The Patriots win their 16th in a row, as Colts kicker Mike Vanderjagt misses a possible game-tying 48-yard field goal in the final minute. Brady throws for three touchdowns, Manning for two.
2004 divisional playoffs:
Patriots 20, Colts 3, at NE
Brady throws a 5-yard touchdown pass to David Givens in the third quarter and scores himself on goal-to-go from the 1-yard line in the fourth. The Patriots would go on to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX.
2005 Week 9:
Colts 40, Patriots 21, at NE
Manning beats Brady for the first time in seven meetings, throwing for 321 yards and three touchdowns, including a 30-yard pass to Marvin Harrison in the fourth quarter. It's also Manning's first win at New England.
STORY:Broncos look for finishing touch vs. Pats
2006 Week 9:
Colts 27, Patriots 20, at NE
Brady tosses four interceptions as the Colts improve to 8-0, with Manning throwing for 326 yards and two touchdowns. Indianapolis will go on to earn home-field advantage in the playoffs.
2006 AFC Championship:
Colts 38, Patriots 34, at IND
Down 21-3, the Colts go on to win and tie for the fourth-largest comeback in postseason history. Manning throws for 349 yards and one touchdown. The Colts get three field goals from former Patriots kicker Adam Vinatieri. Manning leads the Colts to victory in Super Bowl XLI against the Chicago Bears, his only NFL title.
COLUMN:Bell: Pats' Edelman is Brady's 'Minitron'
2007 Week 9:
Patriots 24, Colts 20, at IND
The Patriots rally from a 20-10 fourth-quarter deficit with touchdown passes to Wes Welker and Kevin Faulk in the final eight minutes and improve to 9-0. Brady breaks Manning's 2004 NFL record with his ninth game in a row with at least three touchdowns. The Patriots finish with their first 16-0 season and go on to lose to the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII.
2009 Week 10:
Colts 35, Patriots 34, at IND
In the Sunday night national game, the Patriots lead by 17 points in the fourth quarter.
Then it's 34-28 with 2:08 left when Belichick opts to go for it on fourth-and 2 from his 28-yard line. Brady's pass to Faulk gains only one yard. Four plays later, Manning throws his fourth touchdown pass, 1 yard to Reggie Wayne. The Colts go 9-0 and end up losing Super Bowl XLIV to the New Orleans Saints.
2010 Week 11:
Patriots 31, Colts 28, at NE
The Colts trail 31-14 with 10 minutes left in the game. Manning rallies them with two touchdown passes to Blair White and is driving for a third when he's intercepted by James Sanders at the Patriots' 6-yard-line with 37 seconds left. It's Manning's third interception, to go with four touchdowns.
2012 Week 5:
Patriots 31, Denver Broncos 21, at NE
In his first meeting with Brady as a Bronco, Manning goes 31-of-44 for 337 yards and three touchdowns. But the defense can't stop the Patriots, who lead 31-7 with five minutes left in the third quarter and hold on for the win.
2013 Week 12:
Patriots 34, Broncos 31 OT, at NE
Brady rallies the Patriots from a 24-point, first-half deficit, passing for three touchdowns, and Manning throws a game-tying touchdown pass with about three minutes left to force overtime. After ex-Patriot Wes Welker muffs a punt, Brady leads a three-play drive that culminates in Steve Gostowski's winning 31-yard field goal.


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Michele Bachmann comes in at No. 10 on The Hill's annual "50 Most Beautiful People list, beating out her fellow members of Congress as the first lawmaker on the list.
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Work After Retirement: Lessons for Employers and Policymakers from the United States
Kevin E. Cahill, Sloan Research Economist, will be presenting at Eurofound's "Income from Work after Retirement" expert workshop in Brussels, Belgium on Friday, June 15, 2012. Dr. Cahill will discuss how the retirement income landscape in the United States has changed since the mid-1980s, in ways that favor work over leisure. He will also discuss how older Americans have responded to these changes – by working later in life. As Dr. Cahill points out, the average retirement age of men has increased from 63 in the early 2000s to 65 today. What makes the change so dramatic is that this increase represents a reversal of a near-century-long trend toward earlier and earlier retirement that ended in the mid-1980s. Dr. Cahill will provide a look ahead, and note how demographic changes will likely mean that employers will have no choice but to hire older workers. Dr. Cahill views all of these pro-work changes as essentially good news. Employees benefit through increased financial security in their retirement years; employers benefit by tapping into a valuable resource – older workers and their lifetime of experience; and the country as a whole benefits as more goods and services are produced, to be distributed across an aging population.


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Project A: Integrated Approaches to Improving the Health and Safety of Health Care Workers
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01841983
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 29, 2013
Last Update Posted : May 7, 2015
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While most of the research on integrated approaches of occupational health and safety and worksite health promotion to date has focused on manufacturing settings, employment is shifting to the service sector. Within this sector, health care employs over 12 million workers, and is the second fastest growing industry in the U.S. economy. In contrast to workers in other industries, rates of occupational injuries and illnesses among health care workers have increased over the past decade. The purpose of this study is to lay the foundation for integrated interventions in health care through examination of the associations of worker health outcomes and risks on and off the job with work policies and practices and to address the prevalent issues of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), particularly low back pain disability (LBPD), and health promotions through physical activity among patient care workers. The specific aims of this study are:
- To estimate the efficacy and determine the feasibility of an integrated intervention, addressing both health protection and health promotion in order to reduce MSD symptoms and improve health behaviors among healthcare workers. We will assess between-group differences in MSD symptoms, health behaviors, including physical activity, and a set of secondary outcomes, including unplanned absence, reported injuries, worker compensation claims and costs, turnover and retention, intention to leave the job, and work-role function. This study will explore the working hypothesis that: Workers employed at baseline in patient-care units receiving the intervention will report greater reductions in their MSD symptoms (primary outcome) and greater improvements in health behaviors, compared with workers employed at baseline in units assigned to the Usual Care control group.
- To determine the factors in the work environment which contribute over time to reductions in MSD symptoms and improvements in safe and healthy behaviors. (1) The work environment, work organization, and psychosocial factors, measured in our current study, will be associated with changes in workers' health behaviors and health outcomes between the assessments in the current and proposed studies; (2) Improvements in the work environment over time will be associated with improvements in workers' health behaviors and health outcomes. We will conduct multilevel modeling analysis to evaluate the simultaneous effects of worker-level and unit-level factors on MSD symptoms and safety and health behaviors.
|Condition or disease
|Health Behavior Sleep MSDs Dietary Habits Physical Activity
|Other: Be Well Work Well
|Not Applicable
Improving and protecting the health and well-being of healthcare workers requires addressing key risks in the work environment as well as promoting safe and healthy behaviors. Healthcare workers are at elevated risk for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) due to a range of job factors, including lifting and transferring patients; working long hours (often at night); and limited control over decisions on the job. Among these, nurses and nurses aides bear the largest burden of injury. Back injuries in particular constitute the greatest source of their disability. These risks are likely to increase in coming years due to the aging nursing workforce, increase in work demands, and labor shortages. Health behaviors, including physical activity, inadequate sleep, and dietary patterns associated with being overweight or obese, are also influenced by the work environment and psychosocial factors on the job, and are also associated with MSD risk. Traditional approaches to redressing these risks have focused separately on health protection, including efforts to reduce MSD risk, and health promotion aimed at improving health behaviors. Little research has systematically examined the dual and potentially synergistic effects of the work environment on risk of MSDs and worker health behaviors, and there is insufficient evidence to determine the most efficacious ways to ameliorate the combined effects of these health risks. Our long-term goal is to improve the overall health and well-being of healthcare workers by making available evidence-based worksite policies, programs, and practices that foster a healthy work environment, reduce potential hazardous job exposures, and promote safe and healthy behaviors. The proposed study is the next logical step in building this evidence base. Factors in the work environment, including high work demands, low social support, and long work hours, have been shown to increase risk of MSDs, as well as risk-related behaviors. Yet little research has systematically explored these cross-cutting pathways and their implications for improving the effectiveness of worksite interventions to address the broad spectrum of worker health outcomes.
The proposed research provides a novel approach to worksite interventions that integrate occupational safety and health and worksite health promotion, taking into account the shared factors in the work environment shaping both MSDs and health behaviors. Standard approaches to occupational health and safety and worksite health promotion are based on a parallel structure of separate silos functioning relatively independently in the worksite, each drawing from their own disciplines and training experiences within public health. Although these parallel efforts share the common mission of improving worker health, their strategies are based on different assumptions about and approaches to improving worker health outcomes. The proposed research integrates these parallel approaches. Although our prior research has rigorously tested the efficacy of this integrated intervention model in changing worker health behaviors, to our knowledge no prior research has examined the impact of this integrated model on health outcomes associated with work exposures - here, notably, on MSD symptoms.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|9500 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|Project A: Integrated Approaches to Improving the Health and Safety of Health Care Workers
|Study Start Date :
|April 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2014
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2014
Experimental: Intervention
Be Well Work Well
Other: Be Well Work Well
The intervention follows principles for integrated approaches to promoting and protecting worker health. It will occur on 4 inpatient units at Massachusetts General Hospital beginning in January 2013, and will continue for 1 year.
Overall intervention objectives:
Other Name: OSH protection and health promotion program
No Intervention: Control
No intervention
- Pain [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year ]
- Musculoskeletal disorder pain
- Self-report via survey
- Physical Activity [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year ]Self-report via survey
- Diet [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year ]Self-report via survey
- Sleep [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year ]Self-report via survey
- Safe patient handling [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year ]Self-report via survey
- Work role function/limitations [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year ]Self-report via survey
- BMI/obesity [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year ]Self-report via survey
- Economic/systems outcomes [ Time Frame: Baseline and 1 year ]
- Unplanned absence
- Reported injuries
- Worker compensation
- Turnover/retention
- Healthcare utilization/costs
Self-report via survey
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria:
- Adult and pediatric in-patient care units at Massachusetts General Hospital that have ceiling lifts in place (n=42 units) are eligible for the intervention.
- Patient care workers, including registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), patient care assistants (PCAs)/nursing assistants (NAs) and Nurse Leaders working in in-patient units for at least 20 hours per week (n= 9500).
- Of those patient care workers, those working in adult and pediatric in-patient care units (n=90 units) are eligible to be randomly selected for surveys.
Exclusion criteria:
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01841983
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|Brigham and Women's Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Harvard School of Public Health
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|Principal Investigator:
|Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH
|Harvard School of Public Health
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|Responsible Party:
|Glorian Sorensen, Professor of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
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|NCT01841983 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|April 29, 2013 Key Record Dates
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|May 7, 2015
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Welcome to the FLARES website!
Welcome to the website of the students of the Second Language Acquisition program at the University of Iowa. Our program is under the Foreign Language Acquisition Research and Education (FLARE) program. This website is designed to introduce prospective students to the people and projects that make up the FLARE community at The University of Iowa. In addition, it also serves current SLA students providing them with valuable information about funding possibilities, upcoming conferences, publication venues, etc.
This is not the official website of the program. The official website of FLARE can be found here.
|"In FLARE, the faculty members care about me and what I do. Another thing I like is that the program is small: We all (students and faculty) know each other and each other's research interests. It really feels like being part of a family." ~~ Katharina Kley, current student
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2018 SLA Graduate Student Symposium "Research Approaches to Second Language Acquisition"
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2015 Symposium at Iowa "Language Learning: A Social Adventure"
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2013 Symposium at Iowa "Contexts of Learning"
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NAIA Men?s Cross Country Runner of the Week ? No. 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Frank Adelman of Southwestern (Kan.) has been named the NAIA National Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Adelman, who is the first honoree of the 2012 season, was selected based on his performance from Sept. 3 - 9 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent runner of the week selections.
Adelman, a senior from Yukon, Okla., shattered the meet record by 30 seconds at the Wichita (Kan.) Wild Wind Festival on Sept. 8. The 2011 NAIA All-American covered the 8K course in 25:15 to claim first-place in a field of 87 runners by more than 30 seconds over the second-place finisher. Adelman and his Moundbuilder teammates won the team championship with 20 points, while Saint Mary (Kan.) (54 points) and Friends (Kan.) (69 points) rounded out the top three.
Adelman owns two top-10 finishes this year with his first coming in the college division of the J.K. Gold Classic on Sept. 1 - hosted by NCAA Division I Wichita State (Kan.).
For complete results of the Wichita Wild Wind Festival, click here.
For the complete NAIA Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week calendar, click here.
For more information on NAIA men's cross country, click here.
Nominees: Marshall Hawn, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Landon Hamilton, Cumberlands (Ky.); J.P. Wolpert, Benedictine (Kan.); Andy Reidsma, Trinity Christian (Ill.); Austin Houchens, Berea (Ky.); Yanni Gallagher, William Penn (Iowa); Eric Weers, Doane (Neb.); Eric Avila, Southern Oregon; Brooks Swigart, Arizona Christian; Greg Montgomery, College of Idaho; Dylan Grunn, Point Park (Pa.); Grant Gunneson, Aquinas (Mich.); John Darmody, St. Ambrose (Iowa); Jeo Mendez, Ottawa (Kan.); Brock Nooney, Friends (Kan.); Oliver Lange, Westminster (Utah); Johnny Watson, Wiley (Texas); Josh Richardson, Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio); Tim Williams, Missouri Baptist; Evans Kirwa, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Kwame Jackson, Xavier (La.); Billy Funk, Goshen (Ind.); Alejandro Sanchez, Waldorf (Iowa); Tyler Herber, Huntington (Ind.); Zach Tyler, Point (Ga.); Seth Prince, Indiana East; Joash Osoro, William Carey (Miss.); Michael McCulloch, Columbia (Mo.); Dusty Prescott, Davenport (Mich.); Rico Gutierrez, Great Falls (Mont.); Brian Corcoran, Saint Xavier (Ill.); David Foura, Bethel (Ind.); Gabriel Barron , Webber International (Fla.); Daniel Tubei, Park (Mo.); Arya Bahreini, Oklahoma City; Alex Avilez, Missouri Valley; Garrett Carr, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Mizael Carrera, Robert Morris (Ill.); Dontayveous Allen, St. Gregory's (Okla.); Jeff Pelarde, Oregon Tech; Jeffrey Poolaw, Science & Arts (Okla.); Izzy Miranda, Lubbock Christian (Texas); Skyler Giddings, Northwestern (Iowa).
2012 NAIA Men's Cross Country Runners of the Week
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James Garner, Legendary Actor, Dead at 86by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Hollywood has lost a legend today as CNN reports that James Garner, best known for his iconic role in TV's 'The Rockford Files,' has died at the age of 86. Police were called to Garner's residence on Saturday and believe he died of natural causes.
Dubbed the "everyman actor," Garner is widely considered one of the first actors to have success in both film and television. Garner took one of his most famous roles in the television series 'Maverick,' which aired from 1957 to 1962.
He went on to star in various films such as 'Hour of the Gun,' 'Grand Prix,' and 'Marlowe' before returning to television in 'The Rockford Files' in 1974. Garner played Jim Rockford, a modern private investigator solving various crimes in each episode. The show lasted for six seasons and was deemed a success. Garner continued to reprise the role of Jim Rockford for various made for TV films long after the show ended.
Garner's next biggest role was in 2000's 'Space Cowboys' with Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones, as well as the 2004 romantic drama 'The Notebook,' where he played an older version of Ryan Gosling's character.
Since 2005, Garner had mostly retired from the spotlight, having contributed his voice to a couple of animated productions.


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Defining Shakespeare's plays as 'Romance plays' is a relatively new affair. Shakespeare's plays have traditionally been classified as 'tragedies,' 'histories' or 'comedies' but as time went by and scholars began to regard him as the greatest English writer of all times, his plays were studied more carefully by academics, researchers and critics. It became difficult to accept the old categories because many of the plays refused to fit into those categories, so they began to be described in different ways.
As Shakespeare approached the end of his career he became more interested in some of the ideas that he had touched on in the earlier plays. Shakespeare used themes like the redeeming qualities of nature as opposed to the corrupt staleness of city and court life; the regeneration that the younger generation represented; and encounters with spiritual experiences. Instead of flawed characters dying as a result of their deficiencies, as we find in the more Aristotelian models like Macbeth, they could be redeemed by a daughter or by nature or by a combination of both. The character was able to repent for his mistakes and bad deeds and was allowed to live, to embark on a new life that those things had taught him.
Those late plays had elements of comedy and tragedy as well as having a wider view of life. They have become a new classification, named Romance Plays by scholars. The plays that usually fall into that category are Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest. These plays are also called 'tragicomedies.'
The things that these four plays have in common are that some conflict or injustice that occurred a long time ago is resolved; the death of the perpetrator avoids death by heartfelt and full repentance; and that extraordinary occurrences like shipwrecks, improbable disguises and supernatural events act as dramatic devices. The plays also feature the re-unification of divided families. Whereas in comedies there is a happy ending where all the characters are paired of in love and happiness, there are pairings and happy endings in the romance plays but always with the dark shadows cast by the unpleasant events that lurk in everyone's memory.
Although one finds beautiful poetry in all of Shakespeare's plays he seems to be making a special effort to be poetic in the romance plays and the beautiful passages of those plays are favourite recitation pieces and have been put to music by some of the top composers of the past half century.
Shakespeare's plays generally accepted as Romance plays are:


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CLINTON, S.C. (AP) Saah Nimley had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Charleston Southern hit a season-high 15 of 30 from beyond the arc en route to a 79-59 victory against Presbyterian in a Big South Conference game Wednesday night, remaining unbeaten in Big South Conference play.
Jeremy Sexton had 18 points, Sheldon Strickland had 15, and Mathiang Muo added 10 points and nine rebounds for the Buccaneers (11-6, 6-0), who have won seven games in a row.
Khalid Mutakabbir scored 15 points to lead Presbyterian (4-16, 1-5), Eric Washington had 11 and Jordan Downing 10. Presbyterian has lost five of its past six games.
Charleston Southern's Paul Gombwer made a layup to tie the game at 6-all, and the Buccaneers went on a 13-2 run capped by Jeremy Sexton's 3-pointer for a 19-8 lead. The Buccaneers held a 36-22 halftime advantage and cruised to the victory.


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This month's Virtual Tasting is tonight and is the 2006 Waterbrook Melange Noir. As usual, I will be opening the wine about 7pm and updating this post with my notes along the way. Please join us in trying this wine and posting your notes. New for this month, you can check at the bottom of the post whether you liked the wine or not. I have also included a downloadable tasting note sheet in case you are getting friends together for the tasting. The "Taste" section of the sheet contains a profile template that Sagelands Vineyard uses for their wines. See an example from their site with this filled out here.
Waterbrook is the flagship winery of Precept Wine Brands. The winery was founded in 1984 and produces approximately 70,000 cases annually.
Note: The 2006 vintage is a fairly new release so some outside the state may find the 2005 on the shelves.
7:15 Update: Okay folks the bottle is cracked. Composite cork, very lightly colored. Wine is at 66 degrees.
7:30 Update: Fairly light in color. On the nose, initially some milk chocolate which quickly fades. A whiff of anise, black currant, and light herbal notes.
7:45 Update: As the wine opens cedar starts to show through on the nose and the anise becomes more predominant. Temperature of the wine has gone way up (it's about 110 degrees in the place I'm drinking the wine) so waiting for it to cool back down to comment on the taste.
8:00 Update: Okay, the wine has cooled down a bit. Overall I was fairly surprised by the taste. Initially it seemed quite sharp and at the same time flat which I attributed to the temperature. However, this has persisted as the wine has cooled down. The sharpness is particularly on the back and the sides of the palate. Also seems to be lacking in the middle, as if there is a bit of a hole. I say that I was surprised because I really liked the nose quite a bit. Taste seems quite disconnected from it.
8:15pm Update: Some background information about the wine. An interesting blend of varietals: 28% Cabernet Franc, 21% Syrah, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Sangiovese, 14% Merlot, 1% Tempranillo. 13.7% alcohol. 11,930 cases produced.
Wine Spectator says: 89 points. Crisp in texture and beautifully focused to show its rose petal-accented blackberry and cherry flavors, finishing firm and persistent. Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese and others. Best from 2009 through 2013. 11,930 cases made. –HS
Can't say that I really get many of the points in there.
Final Update 9:00pm: Overall, as you might suspect, I'm going to give this wine a ".", or dot in my system. I enjoyed the nose but found the taste surprisingly flat. Disappointing as previous vintages have been a go-to value wine. BTW, I bought the wine for $12 at Pete's.
From Wine Enthusiast: Not as forward and lush as the appealing 2005, this all-purpose red, tasted a few months prior to its official release, is still knitting the components together. What is in place is plenty of tart, ripe raspberry fruit, precise and clean, and a soft backdrop of lightly chocolaty tannins. - P.G. (8/1/2008) - 87 points
From CellarTracker, average rating 84.6points, median 88 points from 5 tasting notes.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the tasting. Feel free to keep the comments coming and I will respond, but for now, I am moving on to another bottle.
11:00pm Final Final Update (see clarification from 6/25): Some final final thoughts. Comparing this wine to the 2005 Meritage...The 2005 blend was a Bordeaux blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Petit Verdot, 16% Cabernet Franc, 12% Merlot, and 10% Malbec. 13.7% alcohol. 999 cases produced. So all around, a completely different wine. The 2006 Melange Noir is more of a kitchen sink blend compared to the 2005 Meritage. The branding is also different. My assumption was that Waterbrook was simply rebranding this wine. However, given the differences in composition, it makes me wonder if there will be some different incarnation of the Meritage with the same or different name at the same or different price point. I will let you know if I find out more about Waterbrook's plans around this. Also, remember that you can check at the bottom of the post whether you liked this wine or not.
If you have suggestions for the July Virtual Tasting, please send them along.
6/25 Update: Okay, this is a fairly twisted web I have woven. I received confirmation from folks at Waterbrook that they will have both a 2006 Melange Noir AND a 2006 Meritage. My mistake in thinking this a was rebranding of the Meritage. Part of the issue is that they changed the label this year and added "Noir" to the Melange. The Melange has always been the name of the value priced wine. The Meritage is a higher end wine at a $28 price point. Apologies for the confusion. So disregard my note from 11 last night regarding the composition of the 2005 Melange as that was for the Meritage. The 2005 Melange was composed of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc and Syrah. Don't have information on the percent composition but will add it if I find it. 16,522 cases were produced (more than for the 2006).
June Virtual Tasting 2006 Waterbrook Melange Noir
This month's Virtual Tasting is tonight and is the 2006 Waterbrook Melange Noir. As usual, I will be opening the wine about 7pm and updating this post with my notes along the way. Please join us in trying this wine and posting your notes. New for this month, you can check at the bottom of the post whether you liked the wine or not. I have also included a downloadable tasting note sheet in case you are getting friends together for the tasting. The "Taste" section of the sheet contains a profile template that Sagelands Vineyard uses for their wines. See an example from their site with this filled out here.
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Moving this comment over from the original post earlier in the month:
Chris Kirchberg said...
So we started a few minutes early. First whiff was full of alcohol. Temp was around 74. A bit warm and makes sense. Initial taste was tannins and earthy on the nose. Not sure yet about the middle, but the finish seemed to tail off.
We then ate some pizza and let it sit for a little. Alcohol has disipated and the nice earthy tones appeared in the nose. Like it so far. Time to let sit a little.
74! Break out the paddles for that wine. Look out the window for the Department of Wine Welfare! Treat that thing like a person with 104 temperature and put it on some ice!
I agree on the tannins, although it sounds like you are liking it more than I am at the moment. Perhaps I need to get some pizza. Mmmmm...
Striking purple color.
Nose starts out with a distinctive, unpleasant whack of nail polish remover that thankfully blows off over time. Now, after 90 minutes open, the nose is more pleasant (cherry vanilla).
This is a great example of an acid-deficient wine. Flabby and flat, and none of the flavors pop; they just sort of sit there in the mouth, waiting to be swallowed and absorbed into my bloodstream.
This wine is committing a cardinal sin: it's boring me.
Color Med dark red;
1st nose - cherry, vanilla, grass, oak - somewhat faint
1st taste - tannin, smoother as it sits in the glass
2nd nose - bark and cherry
Paul, I agree on the acid deficiency and the flabbiness. Very flat on the taste. Surprisingly so. Perhaps it's time to break out the titration kit and alter the acid levels. Interesting on the nail polish though...
I was going to give the wine a mulligan given the overall positive experiences I have had with Waterbrook. However, given that you are having about the same experience as I am, I'm thinking it's not a bottle issue. That said, I will forgive them for their sins.
Anonymous, I agree on the cherry and vanilla on the nose and tannins on the taste. Will be interested to hear what you think on the second taste.
ldog Says:
Nose is quite fun! Mocha, vanilla, cherry and a pleasant floral bouquet.
Taste is equally as boring. Flat and boring. One of the first wines that I thought tasted better at a higher temp than at the correct temperature. Probably because it's so boring at the right temperature!
Overall it's a dot. Nothing exciting. Not offensive, but why buy a totally boring wine? For a couple extra bucks I'd say the Red Diamond or Columbia Crest Cab is better.
Ldog, agreed on the nose and that it's just a little dull.
2nd taste: Smooth but flat - agree boring. Might be good with Italian food..wouldn't overwhelm the food that's for sure. Paid $11 at Safeway - good enough for the price, but not a stand alone wine.
Anonymous, great notes. Thanks for participating.
Darn, I posted on the wrong place. Final notes. After letting set for a bit and cooled down a little. Tannins still there, dry, middle is still missing. can taste and acidic finish now. My wife likes it. I say so, so. I would say a "." but my wife gives it a "+" we have different tastes and palettes.
Chris, all the more for her!
zinfandelwino Says:
nose of alcohol, cedar, black cherry. unusual blend of 5 red grapes combined into polished, seamless wine that is somewhat uninteresting. Some nice cherry, bit of oak, but very little to explore otherwise. Good value for $5.99 (price mislabeled?)
zinfandelwino, thanks for the comment. Did you really find this wine for $6? That is a steal of a deal.


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I had a lengthy chat with a producer from BBC Woman's Hour the other day, about a feature they ran this morning on some men's reluctance to identify as feminists. I missed out on the chance of a free BBC croissant in the end. This may have been partly down to my inconsiderate refusal to live in London like normal people, but in truth I think I lost her when I started channelling Nina Power on the reconstruction of feminism as a neoliberal capitalist accessory and the interchangeability of emancipation and consumption in the dominant discourse. With hindsight I should have stuck to the question of whether little girls can pee standing up.
The conversation did however give me pause to think about a fairly key question. I'm often told I am a feminist by others, in roughly equal measure as a compliment and an insult. I take it in the intended spirit either way. If others think I am a feminist so be it, but it is not how I define myself. By coincidence, this morning also saw the launch of a new blog edited by Joseph Stashko, entitled Meninism, exploring the place of men in the movement. I had the honour of the first piece on there, in which I argue that the feminist trope "the patriarchy hurts men too" is not the solution to male-specific gender issues. The tl;dr version would be this: Even if patriarchy does hurt men too, that's for men to realise and address; we can't leave it to women and feminism to solve it for us.
Feminism is and should be a movement of women, for women and led by women. While any man can offer a voice of agreement, it is not for us to define the issues and prescribe the solutions. And with whom should we agree? Feminism is an impossibly diverse ideology, riven with internal argument and debate. To be a full participant in the movement, one needs to be able to take sides in those disputes. That puts a man in the impossible position of either telling half the feminists that you're wrong and I know better, or else smiling and saying "well you both make very good points" like a liberal vicar trying to intervene in a pub fight.
If I'm forced to define my own politics, it would be in broad terms as a believer in social justice and human rights. From that perspective, I would have no qualms about telling a feminist that I think she is wrong about an issue. To take one example, there are many feminists who argue that there should be no prosecutions of women who make false allegations of rape. In my opinion, this is a patently unjust position, not from the perspective of feminism, but from the perspective of justice. A man who is grievously and maliciously wronged by such an act deserves redress, and others who may be so wronged deserve the protection of a legal deterrent. I can make that point more strongly and effectively if it is not prefaced by three little words 'As a feminist…' Indeed, I think a man who argues any point with those words is likely to find himself hoisted by the goolies, and probably deservedly so.
By identifying as a feminist, I would have a lot to lose, and little to gain. My stance does not preclude supporting feminists where I support their aims. For example, I actively supported the Slutwalk movement last year, not because I am a feminist, but because I agreed with the fundamental aims; I applauded their inclusive approach to men and trans people; and I admired the fusion of assertive female sexuality with demands for bodily autonomy and personal safety. I don't need to define as a feminist to say that. On the contrary I'd like to think my words carry slightly more weight precisely because I do not.
Over the years I've been called feminist, pro-feminist and a 'mangina', I've been called anti-feminist and misogynist, and sometimes those allegations have all come in response to the same piece. Once there was a time when I cared about how my views were labelled by others, these days I mostly just eye them with curiosity. I'll try to call the issues as I see them, and you can call me what you like. Deal?
Addendum 28/05/13
Another thing that has happened a couple of times recently is being called either a "good ally" or a "bad ally" by feminists. There was a long period of my life when I would have actively described myself as a feminist ally. I now prefer not to.
The reasons why are much as above, but perhaps slightly more to do with personal psychology. Being pegged as a good or bad ally feels very like having cookies offered or snatched away, as if my ideological purity is being subtly policed.
I appreciate compliments and I appreciate thoughtful criticism. I also appreciate cookies, big chocolatey ones, feel free to send some of those my way. But lest there be any doubt, my name is Ally (the standard Scots diminutive of Alistair.)
It rhymes with shally, not shall I?


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Winners/Losers: A Week in Apple, BofA, Netflix
Deal Journal's weekly look at the week's winners and losers include a look at a bad IPO, a fight with Carl Icahn and some dropping stock prices. Steven Russolillo reports on Markets Hub. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Number two of let's go to a deal that happened this week ... by it is in the energy space of three for Mac granted by these two companies have been a big deal twenty billion dollars including debt whatever ... of the two countries that were acquired they're the big winners Raymont Plains Exploration and Mattman exploration ... these companies saw their stocks soar when the deals happen any one company ... that ran exploration was up eighty seven percent to deal with a deal today that the only other one was up twenty three percent so ... stockholders got big big premiums that those that appear to be higher than the Freeport meeting ahead of when a beanie that's right because the stock was without a doctor doubts and questions about that deals only fall word ... of the shareholder agreement and was up to one ... obeyed winner bank of America and many in the eighty s and this is part of why they make this less how they make this with their stock is above ten dollars right now and so it's a it's a big move for the company and the country has been a big winner this year it's up ninety percent ... this year which I was shocked by ... the desire for from a storytelling yet alone if you don't want your daughter looks great if you look at a five-year term run over last night but yet the banks of this year is the biggest gainer this week this month and this year in the Dow ... up but it wasn't that awful lot this week and Citigroup's of restructuring move was was sort of ... the catalyst that lifted some ... city and some others die acreage in two thousand ... that's the ... that's the sad eyed for the stocks that the idea let's go to the losers now this is the said section is set for the show and on whose first Nasdaq yet though ... he is so you can get ... the ball book there there's a cabinet here but ... another black eye for Nasdaq they had an IPO Whitehorse was mostly bought yesterday was was up early this week eleven am ... it was delayed a few hours while ago but the entertainment they blamed human error he said was in the machines that were all for this glitch IPO it was that it was the human error that caused the problem so ... but again with IPO's and adds that she did the bailouts kind of May the reason why there's a caviar is ... going to so we know with these ... issues are impacting the listings business ... side as they can still generating ideas cellphone as IPO's on their exchange so ... yes there are black eyes here and there but whether it's affecting the business not enough I am not dumb but bottom line on I think that on his second ... second Netflix Netflix movie was talking about me Hastings Reed Hastings CEO was given a Wells notice for his disclosure over how he ... he disclosed on Facebook integrates the posting ... of that they surpass museum visits I guess so that the question now is is that really public disclosure and eyes as you see in the well known as the looking into a good thing to keep in mind here is that there been a lot of missteps with Mazzo absurd not mess with I that with the rest the years ... and this guy you know how he's announcing of the restart when he has the right lane was two summers ago right right and we handled the splitting up the streaming versus the mail ... terrible disaster is just another example and you can you can argue both sides of it is is just another example of the disclosure that's being back in the big loser ... big loser loser Apple on out and then how can I make that ... we were both shot already ... the stock was way down though ... the stock was down more than six percent on Wednesday was that he is strapped for Apple since December of two thousand the huge drop there so people are screaming that this is the loss of confidence in the stock out yet that that the stock is not ... much knowledge of the year any errors and how much the only reason they are yet right ... severe warning is the top ten in the top is and what's the growth ... in the city is amazing that a company that large and established has become such a momentum stock things that ... you really shouldn't be happening really ... but it is in your saying it was uttered on six percent on Wednesday on Barron's they opened down almost four percent higher than small drag around isn't out of bonds in May ... will see that ... that'll most of that I Steve Russolillo think you're a much safer here


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(CNN) -- Megan's hair was the first clue.
Megan Nighbor was born with a full head of thick, dark brown hair. Her mother, Sandy Nighbor, wondered why her youngest child was so well-coiffed compared with her other children, who barely had any hair at birth.
By the time Megan was 18 months old, those brown locks began to thin. Nighbor noticed less hair to grasp when she tied up a ponytail. She noticed other differences, too.
Why was Megan becoming bald? Why did Megan look so much skinnier and different from other children?
Megan was aging at an accelerated rate.
Nighbor learned that her daughter has a rare genetic condition known as progeria. It causes children to wrinkle, show prominent veins and lose their hair as early as their first year of life.
The sight of an aging toddler has baffled and attracted curiosity. It also may have inspired the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Despite progeria's rarity in the world (about 65 cases), the disease could provide clues about common risks of aging, such as heart attacks and strokes, which account for more than one-third of all U.S. deaths.
"By studying one of the rarest diseases on Earth, we're truly now discovering more about ourselves," said Dr. Leslie Gordon, medical director of The Progeria Research Foundation. "I find that completely mind-blowing."
"Because aging and heart disease are multifactorial, in order to understand each factor, you have to separate it out," she said, about other elements related to heart disease and aging, such as diet, exercise, etc. "These kids are key to that."
Children with progeria die of heart disease, stroke or heart attack, just like millions of adults. Their average life expectancy is 13 years.
A study published in the journal of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology this week identified a protein called progerin, which increases in all bodies as we grow older.
Scientists compared the progerin levels of two deceased children with progeria and 29 cadavers without the disease, who were between the ages of 1 month and 97 years.
Progerin was found in much higher quantity in the arteries of children with progeria.
For the specimens without progeria, the amount of progerin appeared to increase in the body by 3.3 percent for every year of age.
"Now we have a solid grasp, this molecule is present and increases in age," said Gordon, lead author of the study. "We need to explore it and what does it have to do with heart disease."
Brian Kennedy, who is the president and CEO of the Buck Institute for Age Research, said looking into diseases such as progeria and Werner syndrome (a premature aging disease that begins in teenage years or early adulthood), provides a unique window into normal aging mechanisms.
"The motivation for this kind of study comes from these progeria kids, because they many not have every phenotype of accelerated aging. They don't look exactly like an old person, but they do have cardiovascular disease, at a very elevated rate," he said. "It's an interesting question -- whether these kids have something that's just a faster version of what's happening in everybody else."
Advancements in progeria have come at a rapid pace in the last 10 years, which is unusual for orphan diseases.
The Progeria Research Foundation was started after a couple, both doctors, learned in 1998 that their son Sam had the disease. Dr. Leslie Gordon is Sam's mother.
"Basically, we found there was nothing out there," she recalled. "This happens especially with very rare diseases. There was no NIH funding for this disease. Physicians didn't know how to treat children with progeria. We started the foundation to find the cause and the cure for progeria."
In 2003, a team of scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute, led by Dr. Francis Collins, who is now the director of the National Institutes of Health, discovered a gene mutation responsible for progeria.
This gene, LMNA produces a defective form of a protein called Lamin A, which is supposed to provide the structural scaffolding that holds the nucleus of a cell together. Their findings, published in Nature, suggested that this defective form of protein made the structure of the nucleus unstable, leading to premature aging.
Soon after, a diagnostic test for progeria was developed.
Nighbor, of Dalton, Wisconsin, confirmed her daughter's diagnosis with that progeria test in 2003.
Seven years later, Megan is skinnier than her peers and weighs 31 pounds. The syndrome does not affect her learning or mental abilities, as children with progeria are not affected by Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
As children with progeria get older, they suffer stiffness of joints, hip dislocation and hardening of the artery walls. Fortunately, Megan has not experienced such symptoms.
"There's nothing she can't do," Nighbor said. "I can't get her to sit down. She's always running, riding her bike. She's not sick. It's hard for people to fathom that you have this aging disease. You'd think she'd be sick and coughing, it's different."
Standing under 4 feet tall, she has a student helper at school to help her reach items or adjust her desk.
Like many little kids, Megan is a picky eater, preferring pizza, spaghetti and apples. The difference is Megan, at age 10, takes statins and aspirin to stave off heart disease.
"Progeria to her means, 'I have no hair. I'm tinier, just shorter,'" Nighbor said. "That's kind of all that she knows."
Nighbor hopes that a treatment will be developed soon so that Megan will not have to know the fate of children with progeria. Her hopes hinge on an ongoing trial at the Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts.
Megan and 27 other children are receiving a daily cancer drug called farnesyltransferase inhibitors -- FTIs -- to determine whether it could help treat progeria. Scientists are still examining the data, so the findings have yet to be published.