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How to Make Cauliflower Gratin
One head of cauliflower can feed a lot of people. Although some people claim not to like cauliflower, Béchamel sauce dresses up cauliflower in this recipe, making it a great Thanksgiving or Christmas side dish. This creamy, easy casserole will delight even non-cauliflower lovers.
Don't be put off by the term gratin. It's simply used to alternately describe a baking dish and a recipe that is baked under a crust. In this case, cauliflower is cooked in a creamy cheese sauce under a crust of breadcrumbs, which is a classic gratin topping.
In the following recipe for Cauliflower Gratin, the proportions of butter, flour, and milk make a fairly thin sauce. For a thicker sauce, try 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour, and 1-1/4 cups of milk and follow the technique described in the recipe.
Cauliflower Gratin
Special equipment: 13 x 9-inch ovenproof dish
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Yield: 6 servings
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 head cauliflower, cut into bite-sized florets (about 5 cups)
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 cups whole milk at room temperature
2 cups grated Gruyère cheese (about 8 ounces)
Salt and pepper to taste
Pinch of nutmeg
1/2 cup fresh breadcrumbs
3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Use 1 tablespoon of the butter to butter a 13 x 9-inch ovenproof dish.
Fill a large pot with salted water and bring the water to a boil over high heat. Add the cauliflower, bring the water back to a boil, and cook for about 7 minutes, or until the cauliflower is crisp yet tender.
Meanwhile, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in a medium-sized saucepan and add flour. Whisk constantly, cooking over medium heat for a few minutes to remove the raw taste from the flour. Slowly add milk, whisking all the while. Cook over medium heat for about 3 minutes; the sauce will come to a simmer and begin to thicken. Continue whisking until smooth and then stir in the cheese until it's melted. Season to taste with salt and pepper and a pinch of nutmeg.
Place the cauliflower in the buttered dish, then pour the cheese sauce uniformly over the cauliflower. Sprinkle breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese evenly over the top.
After you pour the cheese sauce over the cauliflower, you can cover the dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate it overnight. Bring to room temperature while the oven preheats, unwrap, and proceed with the recipe.
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Schoolchildren could be first in line for swine flu vaccine this fall — and schools are being put on notice that they might even be turned into shot clinics.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she is urging school superintendents around the country to spend the summer preparing for that possibility, if the government goes ahead with mass vaccinations.
"If you think about vaccinating kids, schools are the logical place," Sebelius said.
No decision has been made yet on whether and how to vaccinate millions of Americans against the new flu strain that the World Health Organization last week formally dubbed a pandemic, meaning it now is circulating the globe unchecked. But the U.S. is pouring money into development of a vaccine in anticipation of giving at least some people the shots.
While swine flu doesn't yet seem any more lethal than the regular flu that each winter kills 36,000 people in the U.S. alone, scientists fear it may morph into a more dangerous type. Even in its current form, the WHO says about half of the more than 160 people worldwide killed by swine flu so far were previously young and healthy.
If that trend continues, "the target may be school-age children as a first priority" for vaccination, Sebelius said Tuesday. "That's being watched carefully."
Schools do occasionally team up with local health officials for special flu vaccination clinics but it's not common. More than 140 schools around the country scheduled flu vaccination days last fall, some providing free vaccine. Some vaccinated only students bearing parent consent forms; others opened their doors to entire families.
Sebelius faces the looming question of whether to push forward with swine flu vaccinations this fall, on top of the regular winter flu vaccine that will be distributed as usual. A key challenge would be making people understand who needs which, or both, vaccines, decisions that will be made in part based on how swine flu behaves in the Southern Hemisphere this summer, where flu season is just beginning.
Sebelius soon will call together the nation's governors to be sure "these months between now and the fall aren't used as vacation months" but in getting ready.
"We can always sort of back off" if the new flu fades away, she said, "but we can't wait til October hits and say, 'Oh my heavens, what are we going to do?'"
Companies are on track to provide pilot doses for testing later this summer, Sebelius said. Those government-led studies will check if the vaccine seems to work, if one dose or two will be needed, and most important if it's safe. The last mass vaccination against a different swine flu, in the U.S. in 1976, was marred by reports of a paralyzing side effect — for a feared outbreak that never happened.
So the Food and Drug Administration will closely track vaccine safety, Sebelius said.
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Fjords shrouded in mist, snow-capped peaks, deep blue ice and newborn icebergs: these are the some of the sights awaiting cruise passengers who travel along the beautiful coast of southeastern Alaska.
Native peoples and early explorers sailed the cold waters of the Inside Passage in crafts that were seaworthy, but not built for comfort. Today, you can enjoy Alaska's majestic scenery with all of the comforts provided by a modern, well-appointed cruise ship.
Ships that take passengers to America's "last frontier" feature vast expanses of glass and wide-open decks for comfortable indoor and outdoor viewing of spectacular scenery. Of course, cruise lines also provides delicious cuisine to satisfy appetites stimulated by the fresh sea air, as well as restful accommodations to enjoy after a day of northern adventure.
As ships sail along the Alaskan coast from May through September, passengers marvel at exceptional views of the northernmost rain forest in the U.S., humpback whales, calm bays and perhaps a bear or two fishing along the shore. However, the highlight of any Alaskan cruise is the sight of a glacier in action: surely one of nature's most formidable forces.
Alaska contains about 100,000 glaciers, which are essentially massive rivers of ice formed from compacted layers of snow. As the snow compresses upon itself, simple gravity causes it to flow forward.
The movement of a glacier is quite slow; it can take hundreds of years for ice to travel from the starting point of a glacier to its end. Still, this slow but steady movement can have awe-inspiring results. That's the case with Hubbard Glacier.
Hubbard is a tidewater glacier, which means it flows into the sea; in fact, it's the longest tidewater glacier in Alaska. As Hubbard Glacier meets the waters of Disenchantment Bay, it presents an impressive, 300-foot-high wall of ice, or "face." Large pieces break regularly break off of the face, or "calve," forming icebergs that can be the size of large buildings. Hubbard Glacier's calving face is more than six miles wide: an astonishing sight against a backdrop of rugged mountains.
A deep rumbling often alerts cruise ship passengers to an imminent calving. The thunderous cracking of the ice and roaring splash when a new iceberg hits the water are thrilling to hear and see. Glaciers can also calve underwater, causing new icebergs, sometimes called "shooters," to pop dramatically above the surface.
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Editor's note: John Anderson is a film critic for Variety and The Wall Street Journal, and a contributor to The New York Times. He is the author of "Sundancing" (2000) and "I Wake Up Screening" (2006).
(CNN) -- When Iranian director Asghar Farhadi accepted his Golden Globe for best foreign film last month, he spoke a few words of thanks, paused and announced he wanted to say something about his people. Two nations held their breath.
"They are a peace-loving people," Farhadi said, and then was gone. Brief though it was, his comment was eloquent, to the point and unsettling in its simplicity.
Likewise his movie. Much of the reason that "A Separation" has made such an impact in the West -- a virtual sweep of the critics' prizes, a Golden Globe and two Oscar nominations, including a virtually unheard of nod for a non-U.S. screenplay -- is that it isn't a foreign film at all (except for all that Farsi).
If anything, it's a feel-good movie, albeit in a wildly perverse way: Having experienced the anguish of Farhadi's characters, the viewer comes away with the inescapable sense of our common humanity, the resounding sense that we're all in this life together. If that sounds clichéd, so be it.
This is not a politically acceptable position, of course.
Amid the glib militarism of Republican presidential candidates, the bellicosity of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the nuclear recklessness of the mullahs, "A Separation" drives home the oft-ignored fact that Iran is full of educated, sophisticated and cultured people who don't necessarily agree with their government either. Particularly the lead characters of "A Separation."
Farhadi doesn't ask for trouble. No one in the cast declares that, "Our impossible, infuriatingly theocratic regime is anti-intellectual, anti-opportunity, anti-woman, anti-freedom, anti-human." Nevertheless, Simin (Leila Hatami) wants out. A young mother of Tehran's educated middle-class, she wants a better life for her daughter, Termeh (played by the director's daughter, Sarina Farhadi) and -- why not? -- a better life for herself.
She works, she takes classes, she harbors an intellectual curiosity. Under her hijab, her hair is dyed an unnatural but quite chic shade of red, which more or less reflects her disposition. She is adamant. She's going, whether her husband, Nader, is willing or not. And he's not. His father is suffering from dementia and can't be left behind. And, as Islamic law demands that the husband decides where the daughter goes, Termeh is staying, too.
Without giving away the whole plot, it's worth saying that "A Separation" snowballs into a demi-tragedy propelled by institutional hubris: Simin is judged by the system to have insufficient grounds for divorce, but what can happen otherwise when the grounds for her request are the very system that is denying her the divorce?
Nader, needing to find a housekeeper who can care for his father while he goes to work, rashly hires Razieh (Sareh Bayat), a woman so fearful of religious impropriety that she has to call for a ruling before she can change the incontinent old man out of his soggy clothes. That she cannot touch Nader's father, played by Ali-Asghar Shahbazi, lest she violate some religious tenet, verges on the absurdly comedic. The series of misunderstandings and various acts of dishonesty that intertwine so gracefully and with such a dreadful sense of destiny, are all predicated on a system that denies reality.
Read the rest here.
I'll admit to not being a great "small film" or "significant film" person. Give me my "Inception" and "Iron Man" and "Sherlock Holmes" and I'm fine, most times. Still, I saw this story on the CNN.com home page this morning and thought, "what the heck," and now I'm curious to see "A Separation" and what this Iranian filmmaker has brought to the screen.
As it is, I have a friend on another board who lives in Iran. She somehow made it through the madness of the last election and sees very clearly through the BS or Ahmadinejad, Khamenei, and the mullahs, though she like her peers is largely impotent to do anything about them. I haven't heard from her in a while and I worry ... and I wonder if a film like this can make a difference, not just for us, but for them.
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By coincidence, have just read in the TLS that Ahmadinejad has claimed since 2005 that he is the voice of the Hidden Imam and is therefore infallible. What a load of crap!
Say WHAT?!? And just what does Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have to say about that??? [HOOBOY!]
{BTW, what's the TLS?}
Thanks for the suggestion, I've added it to my watchlist
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(WEAU)-We now know the name of the man who fell through ice on a private pond in Eau Claire County.
A dive team found the body of 60-year-old Christian Borntreger at about 8 p.m. Tuesday night after being called out to 22841 E. Karow in the Town of Bridge Creek around 6:40 p.m.
The Augusta-Bridge Creek Fire Department, Fall Creek Fire Department, and Township Fire/Rescue arrived at the scene and conducted a cold water rescue/search of the pond.
Borntreger lived at the address and had gone on the pond to retrieve farm animals. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Augusta Police Department assisted at the scene.
BRIDGE CREEK, Wis. (WEAU) -- Investigators are calling it a tragedy after crews pulled a body from a pond in Eau Claire County.
Sgt. Cory Schalinske says the Eau Claire Co. Sheriff's Department got a call just before 6:45 p.m. Tuesday about a man who may have fallen through the ice at a pond.
The pond is behind a home/farm on Karow Road in the Town of Bridge Creek near Augusta.
Schalinske says an Amish family lives at the home.
The family told deputies one of their family members had gone missing and thought he may have fallen through the ice.
Around 8 p.m., the man's body was recovered by a dive team.
Schalinske says the family told him the man, around his 50's, may have gone out onto the ice to recover a flock of ducks that were on top and had fallen through.
Investigators say it's a tragic reminder to stay off the ice until it is safe.
"Obviously this time of the year, any ice formation cannot be trusted. It takes time for ice to freeze and become solid," says Schalinske.
He says there is no suspicion of foul play.
On scene were the Augusta Police Department, August-Bridge Creek Fire Department, Fall Creek Fire Department, Township Fire and Rescue and Eau Claire Co. Sheriff's Department.
The medical examiner was on scene and will determine the cause of death.
The Sheriff's Department says it will continue to investigate what exactly happened.
(WEAU) - A sergeant with the Eau Claire Sheriff's Department says crews pulled a man out of a frozen pond around 8:00 p.m. He was taken to an ambulance, but now the coroner is on the scene.
The sergeant says the call came in around 6:40 p.m. He says the body was recovered by the dive team.
He says the farm is the part of an Amish community near Augusta and we learned tonight the victim is Amish.
(WEAU) - Eau Claire County Sheriff's Department says they are at a farm near Augusta for a possible person missing in water.
The department says the search centers around a private pond on Karow Road in the Town of Bridge Creek. Our crew on the scene says an ice rescue and dive team are on the scene.
The department says there are clues leading them to that someone went through the ice and into the pond, but are not revealing what those are at this time.
We'll have more on this story as it becomes available here on WEAU.com and on WEAU 13 News at Ten.


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OCEAN CITY – A Delaware woman was charged this week with fraud after a six-month Ocean City Police Department investigation revealed she had bilked the resort out of an estimated $1,300 by submitting false requests for a sign language interpreter for town events and then providing the service herself.
The OCPD recently concluded a six-month fraud investigation involving a woman, later identified as Gail S. Garner, 51, of Greenwood, Del., who allegedly sent numerous fictitious requests to Ocean City's Recreation and Parks Department requesting a sign language interpreter for special events. According to police, Garner allegedly made false requests to the town for a sign language interpreter for various special events for personal gain in an effort to secure work for herself.
Ocean City first hired Garner, a sign language interpreter, to perform sign language at special events back in 2000 when the town first started receiving such requests for special events. The town of Ocean City hired Garner and used her on several occasions to perform sign language at special events. Late last year, an OCPD investigation revealed Garner allegedly sent numerous fictitious requests to the Recreation and Parks Department for a sign language interpreter for special events.
Part of Garner's scheme was to send fraudulent requests to the department via email posing as different persons requesting a sign language interpreter be provided for certain events. According to police, Garner accomplished her scheme by using various different names and email addresses. Investigators believe Garner was creating a false need for a sign language specialist for the purpose of defrauding the city by being financially compensated for her services.
During 2008, OCPD investigators determined the email requests received by the city were actually sent by Garner using various aliases and email addresses. The investigation revealed Garner had allegedly bilked the town of Ocean City out of an estimated $1,300.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) laws give deaf individuals or individuals with hearing disabilities the right to request a sign language interpreter for public special events such as stage performances, concerts and speeches, for example, and the governing jurisdiction has a responsibility to provide the service when and wherever possible. Garner allegedly utilized the ADA mandate for her own personal gain by making several such requests to the town of Ocean City.
Garner has been charged with nine counts of theft less than $500 and one count of felony theft over $500. During the investigation, OCPD detectives determined Garner has also been involved in providing sign language services to the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center, Dover Downs, Midway Slots and the Delaware State Fair.


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The rise of Ron Wyden
It was the final night of Senate Finance Committee consideration of President Barack Obama's stimulus package when party leaders turned to Ron Wyden.
The Oregon Democrat, then a junior panel member, had been pushing for years to create a new type of bond to help spur private investment in infrastructure. He had struggled to find an audience for the idea, though, so much so that he was startled when colleagues began asking just how much investment might result.
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"For years, I had been pounding away on a rock pile." Wyden said. "I was so surprised anybody called on me."
Those days are over.
( Also on POLITICO: All-clear in Wyden's office after substance investigation)
Wyden, a one-time backbencher with a penchant for big ideas, is now poised to take over the Senate's most powerful committee. It will instantly vault him into the ranks of the chamber's most influential, giving him a major say over taxes, health care, trade and programs like those Build America Bonds that made its way into Obama's stimulus plan.
Wyden, who will officially become chairman of the Finance Committee as soon as Tuesday, will confront a raft of unfinished business. Major items include a package of expired tax breaks, looming cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, a trade deal his predecessor Max Baucus worked out with Republicans, and a highway trust fund projected to run dry as soon as this year.
Wyden's rapid ascent has left even those close to him a little dazed.
"I still haven't wrapped my mind around Ron Wyden chairing Finance," said Jennifer Hoelzer, a former aide.
Just a few years ago, he was the committee's No. 7 Democrat out of 13, on a panel where seniority is trump, turnover is rare and lawmakers could easily wait decades for a chance at the gavel. But then Democrats on the panel began falling away.
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Blanche Lincoln was defeated. Then Kent Conrad retired. Jeff Bingaman called it quits. Then, over the course of a little more than a year, John Kerry was named secretary of State, Jay Rockefeller announced his retirement and Chairman Max Baucus was named ambassador to China.
Suddenly, the job was his.
There have been so many retirements that, when the 114th Congress opens in 2015, Wyden is in line to become the seventh-most senior Democrat in the Senate — an old bull who's still in his mid-60s.
Democrats, who often clashed with Baucus, are excited to have a chairman from a reliably blue state, aides said, even if Wyden sometimes irritates liberals with his dealmaking with Republicans. Republicans see hope in that sometimes idiosyncratic bipartisanship.
"He's one of the most sensible Democrats," said Grover Norquist, the anti-tax advocate. He joked, "while there probably shouldn't be any Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, if you have to have one, Ron Wyden would be a fine choice."
He brings a manic wonkiness to the panel — Wyden is not an amendment-to-the-amendment kind of guy.
( Also on POLITICO Magazine: Congressional Moneyball)
He has a comprehensive tax reform plan. He had a plan, proposed before Obama was elected, to slash the ranks of the uninsured. A harsh critic of the administration's NSA policies, he has a surveillance reform bill with Rand Paul. He has a campaign finance bill with Lisa Murkowski, an education bill with Marco Rubio, a white paper on Medicare's long-term costs with Paul Ryan. He has a second Medicare proposal with Johnny Isakson, dealing with beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.
The breadth of his proposals is unusual for someone who doesn't already run the relevant committee, with the platoon of staffers, big budget and easy access to the Joint Committee on Taxation that comes with it, said former Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad.
"If you think about what he's done, it's really quite remarkable," Conrad said.
Wyden had never headed a full committee until last year, when he took over the Energy and Natural Resources panel. He's giving up that post to run Finance.
Wyden in many ways contrasts with the ever-cautious Baucus, who resigned his seat last week to become ambassador. Baucus, who had pushed for tax reform, did not put out any proposals until after he announced his retirement from the Senate and even then they were labeled "staff drafts." The often professorial Wyden — critics say he can be a know-it-all — has been willing to endorse controversial ideas, even when it's clear they're going nowhere.
He's proposed taxing health care benefits that employers provide their workers, something that earned him the enmity of unions; Wyden would have replaced the health care tax exclusion employers get with a deduction for individuals, with the goal of breaking the link between having a job and having health care coverage.


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"It's not like you can avoid it forever, 'cause it's here now. And we all know it's here. And the federal government doesn't have the money to paper over it anymore, either, for the states. The day of reckoning has arrived. That's it. And it's gonna arrive everywhere. Timing will vary a little bit, depending upon which state you're in, but it's comin'."
That's what New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told CBS News' Steve Kroft during his Day of Reckoning story last night on 60 Minutes.
Kroft goes on to report:
Not all of the problems that Illinois and other states are facing right now can be traced to the recession. But the precipitous drop in tax revenues did expose decades of financial irresponsibility, reckless spending, unrealistic benefit packages for public employees, and the use of political gimmicks to cover up hidden deficits. It's forcing state governors and the public to confront some harsh realities.
Governors of cash-strapped states are beginning to cajole or bully public employee unions into making concessions on what are considered to be gold-plated retirement and health care packages, which are now collectively underfunded to the tune of $1 trillion.
But as bad as government union contracts and pensions are, they are not the real driver of state insolvency. Medicaid is. Already, Medicaid is the second largest item on the average state budget at 21% (education is first at 22%). But according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that is all about to change very soon thanks to Obamacare. Remember, more than half of the health care coverage expansion under Obamacare is attained by placing Americans on Medicaid. CMS projects that state and local spending on Medicaid will increase 41.4% between 2010 and 2011. 41%!!! Heritage policy analyst Brian Blaze warns:
If state Medicaid spending increases by 41 percent as projected by CMS, then by next year Medicaid could end up consuming nearly 30 percent of the average state budget. Medicaid would greatly exceed all other state priorities, including education, which tops state budgets at about 22 percent. In fact, state spending on education would experience certain cuts next year.
Presumably, the state spending increase is so high because the enhancement of the federal Medicaid match will expire at the end of 2010. CMS projects that federal spending on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program will decrease 7.1 percent between 2010 and 2011. The loss of federal funds will drive most of the increase in state Medicaid obligations.
Unfortunately, states have lost considerable flexibility to reduce Medicaid's burden on their budgets. As a condition for receiving the additional federal dollars, both the stimulus bill and PPACA contain maintenance-of-effort (MOE) provisions that prohibit states from changing eligibility levels.
And it only gets worse after 2011:
Beyond the enormous increase in state obligations for Medicaid next year, more trouble lies ahead. The new law includes a massive Medicaid expansion. CMS estimates that by 2014, 85.2 million Americans will be enrolled in Medicaid—an increase of 23.3 million individuals from the projections under prior law.
This is the second study in a week that provides unwelcome news to states. Indiana reports that the cost of Medicaid expansion will cost its state $3.6 billion over 10 years. Texas estimated its 10-year cost at $27 billion. The situation could be even worse. State estimates are subject to great uncertainty, especially with assumptions about the take-up rate (the number of people who actually sign up) among both the newly eligible (the federal government reimburses state spending at a rate of 90 percent after 2020) and the previously eligible (the federal government reimburses at the state's standard match rate).


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"Strengths and Weaknesses" Bill in Oklahoma
As he announced at the end of last year, Republican Senator Josh Brecheen has, in his words, "introduced legislation requiring every publicly funded Oklahoma school to teach the debate of creation vs. evolution using the known science, even that which conflicts with Darwin's religion." The bill has now been pre-filed in the Senate.
The act labels "biological origins of life and biological evolution" as "controversial topics in sciences" and would require that state educational authorities "not prohibit any teacher from informing students about relevant scientific information regarding either the scientific strengths or scientific weaknesses" of these topics. (Keep in mind that evolution is not a point of controversy or debate in the scientific community.) Regular readers of this blog will recognize the bill—with its "strengths and weaknesses" language—as another attempt to undercut the teaching of evolution and bring religious ideas like creationism and "intelligent design" into the science classroom.
As the National Center for Science Education points out:
the bill requires the state board of education to adopt "standards and curricula" that echo the flawed portions of the state science standards adopted in Texas in 2009 with respect to the nature of science and, for grades 8 through 12, evolution. For example, the content of SB 554's D1, D2, D7, D9, and D10 are identical to sections 7A, 7B, 7G, 8A, and 8B of the Texas high school biology standards—all sections that were added or amended by anti-evolution members of the Texas state board of education … in order to encourage the presentation of creationist claims in the science classroom. No fewer than 54 scientific and educational organizations opposed these revisions.


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The New York Times reports today, but Boing-Boing got there a few days ago–a recent art exhibit at the MoMA had to be… euthanized. A coat made of "living leather", a growing garment of mouse stem cells, was growing too fast and had to be put down. Yeah, it's worth following the links and reading.
My mom complained I grew too fast–
Or else, my clothes were shrinking.
I couldn't make my clothing last,
Until I did some thinking.
I couldn't make a coat to fit
With any fancy sewing,
And so I got a science kit
And started something growing–
A leather coat (size extra small)
From stem cells of a mouse,
With stylish collar, sleeves and all,
To wear around the house.
At first, it seemed a simple task
(They all do at the start)
I'd use the erlenmeyer flask
In which I grew my heart.
But all too soon, a snag arose:
My coat grew much too fast!
No more would I outgrow my clothes–
It's me that would not last!
My coat grew larger all the while,
I really don't know why;
So out of safety, not for style,
The garment had to die.
I pulled the plug, then stood and watched,
Expecting it to give.
But some procedure I had botched
Allowed it still to live!
The flask I'd used, I now surmise
(I did not, at the start)
Contained some cells–surprise, surprise!
My coat had grown a heart!
So now, I'm hiding from my coat
Behind a stockroom shelf;
If you should chance to find this note,
Just run! Go! Save yourself!


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The New Mexico Genealogical Society presents
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Professional Genealogist
Will present a workshop on
Online Public Library Resources for Genealogists
Local public libraries hold many valuable resources for family history researchers, but we can't visit every library near where our far-flung ancestors lived. Fortunately, many public libraries have online resources useful for genealogists. Find out how to conduct research in libraries far and wide from your home computer.
Tijeras resident and NMGS member Mary Penner began documenting her family history at the age of ten and still continues to pursue her passion for genealogy. A former college and high school English teacher, she now works as a professional genealogist, writer, and speaker. An award winning author, her articles have appeared in numerous genealogy journals and magazines, and she contributes frequently to the "Ancestry Weekly Discovery," a digital newsletter for Ancestry.com. Her recent webinar on Ancestry.com has been viewed by over 3,000 people. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Association of Professional Genealogists and has been awarded research grants from both the Kansas and Missouri State Historical Societies.
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The Id of the star in the Yale Bright Star Catalogue is HR3961. HIP49329 is the reference name for the star in the Hipparcos Star Catalogue. The Id of the star in the Henry Draper catalogue is HD87301.
Flamsteed designations are named after the creator, Sir John Flamsteed. Sir John named the stars in the constellation with a number and its latin name, this star's Flamsteed designation is 13 Sextantis. The Flamsteed name can be shortened to 13 Sex.
BD number is the number that the star was filed under in the Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung, a star catalogue that was put together by the Bonn Observatory between 1859 to 1903. The star's BD Number is BD+03 2311.
More details on objects' alternative names can be found at Star Names .
The location of the main sequence star in the night sky is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the object is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For 13 Sextantis, the location is 10h 04m 08.48 and +03° 12` 04.6 .
All stars like planets orbit round a central spot, in the case of planets, its the central star such as the Sun. In the case of a star, its the galactic centre. The constellations that we see today will be different than they were 50,000 years ago or 50,000 years from now. Proper Motion details the movements of these stars and are measured in milliarcseconds. The star is moving -93.61 ± 0.30 milliarcseconds/year towards the north and -73.46 ± 0.48 milliarcseconds/year east if we saw them in the horizon.
The Radial Velocity, that is the speed at which the star is moving away/towards the Sun is 0.00000 km/s with an error of about 3.70 km/s . When the value is negative then the star and the Sun are getting closer to one another, likewise, a positive number means that two stars are moving away. Its nothing to fear as the stars are so far apart, they won't collide in our life-time, if ever.
Based on the star's spectral type of F4V , 13 Sextantis's colour and type is yellow to white main sequence star. The star has a B-V Colour Index of 0.39 which means the star's temperature is about 6,775 Kelvin. The temperature was calculated using information from Morgans @ Uni.edu.
Luminosity is the amount of energy that a star pumps out and its relative to the amount that our star, the Sun gives out. The figure of 7.26 that I have given is based on the value in the Simbad Hipparcos Extended Catalogue at the University of Strasbourg from 2012.
13 Sextantis estimated radius has been calculated as being 1.93 times bigger than the Sun. The Sun's radius is 695,800km, therefore the star's radius is an estimated 1,341,350.97.km. If you need the diameter of the star, you just need to multiple the radius by 2. However with the 2007 release of updated Hipparcos files, the radius is now calculated at being round 1.9636242984825656286493080729. The figure is derived at by using the formula from SDSS rather than peer reviewed papers. It has been known to produce widely incorrect figures.
13 Sextantis Iron Abundance is 0.08 with an error value of 0.05 Fe/H with the Sun has a value of 1 to put it into context. The value comes from the Hipparcos Extended Catalog.
The stars age according to Hipparcos data files put the star at an age of about 1.40 Billion years old but could be between 1.20 and 1.50 Billion years old. In comparison, the Sun's age is about 4.6 Billion Years Old.
13 Sextantis has an apparent magnitude of 6.43 which is how bright we see the star from Earth. Apparent Magnitude is also known as Visual Magnitude. If you used the 1997 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of 2.73 If you used the 2007 Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of 2.69. Magnitude, whether it be apparent/visual or absolute magnitude is measured by a number, the smaller the number, the brighter the Star is. Our own Sun is the brightest star and therefore has the lowest of all magnitudes, -26.74. A faint star will have a high number.
Using the original Hipparcos data that was released in 1997, the parallax to the star was given as 18.20000 which gave the calculated distance to 13 Sextantis as 179.21 light years away from Earth or 54.95 parsecs. If you want that in miles, it is about 1,053,508,453,128,234.75, based on 1 Ly = 5,878,625,373,183.61 miles.
In 2007, Hipparcos data was revised with a new parallax of 17.85000 which put 13 Sextantis at a distance of 182.72 light years or 56.02 parsecs. It should not be taken as though the star is moving closer or further away from us. It is purely that the distance was recalculated.
Using the 2007 distance, the star is roughly 11,554,873.93 Astronomical Units from the Earth/Sun give or take a few. An Astronomical Unit is the distance between Earth and the Sun. The number of A.U. is the number of times that the star is from the Earth compared to the Sun. The star's Galacto-Centric Distance is 7,423.00 Parsecs or 24,211.11 Light Years. The Galacto-Centric Distance is the distance from the star to the Centre of the Galaxy which is Sagittarius A*.
The time it will take to travel to this star is dependent on how fast you are going. U.G. has done some calculations as to how long it will take going at differing speeds. A note about the calculations, when I'm talking about years, I'm talking non-leap years only (365 days).
The New Horizons space probe is the fastest probe that we've sent into space at the time of writing. Its primary mission was to visit Pluto which at the time of launch (2006), Pluto was still a planet.
|Speed (m.p.h.)
|Time (years)
|Airbus A380
|Speed of Sound (Mach 1)
|Concorde (Mach 2)
|New Horizons Probe
|Speed of Light
The source of the information if it has a Hip I.D. is from Simbad, the Hipparcos data library based at the University at Strasbourg, France. Hipparcos was a E.S.A. satellite operation launched in 1989 for four years. The items in red are values that I've calculated so they could well be wrong. Information regarding Metallicity and/or Mass is from the E.U. Exoplanets. The information was obtained as of 12th Feb 2017.
|Primary / Proper / Traditional Name
|13 Sextantis
|Alternative Names
|HD 87301, HIP 49329, HR 3961, 13 Sex, BD+03 2311
|Spectral Type
|Constellation's Main Star
|Multiple Star System
|No / Unknown
|Star Type
|Main Sequence Dwarf Star
|Yellow - White
|Milky Way
|1.40 Billion Years Old
|Age Range
|1.20 - 1.50 Billion Years Old
|Absolute Magnitude
|2.73 / 2.69
|Visual / Apparent Magnitude
|Naked Eye Visible
|Yes - Magnitudes
|Right Ascension (R.A.)
|10h 04m 08.48
|Declination (Dec.)
|+03° 12` 04.6
|Galactic Latitude
|43.44385628 degrees
|Galactic Longitude
|236.43664790 degrees
|1997 Distance from Earth
|18.20000 Parallax (milliarcseconds)
|179.21 Light Years
|54.95 Parsecs
|2007 Distance from Earth
|17.85000 Parallax (milliarcseconds)
|182.72 Light Years
|56.02 Parsecs
|11,554,873.93 Astronomical Units
|Galacto-Centric Distance
|24,211.11 Light Years / 7,423.00 Parsecs
|Proper Motion Dec.
|-93.61000 ± 0.30000 milliarcseconds/year
|Proper Motion RA.
|-73.46000 ± 0.48000 milliarcseconds/year
|B-V Index
|Radial Velocity
|0.00000 ± 3.70 km/s
|Iron Abundance
|0.0800 ± 0.05 Fe/H
|Semi-Major Axis
|Stellar Luminosity (Lsun)
|Exoplanet Count
|Radius (x the Sun)
|Effective Temperature
|6,775 Kelvin
|SIMBAD Source
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OIG calls for random pre-payment audits and EHR certification changes
November 29, 2012 in Medical Technology
A new report from the Office of Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) might not entirely spill the meaningful use apple cart, but it certainly isn't going to make things any easier. The Nov. 29 report is calling for random audits of doctors and hospitals prior to payout, to ensure they have qualified. It is also calling for EHR certification changes to allow for reporting of yes/no measures.
The meaningful use EHR incentive program, now in its second year, allows providers to self-declare that they have achieved a host of measures to qualify for their piece of the nearly $7 billion meaningful use incentive pie.
"CMS faces obstacles to overseeing the Medicare EHR incentive program that leave the program vulnerable to paying incentives to professionals and hospitals that do not fully meet the meaningful use requirements," say OIG officials. "Currently, CMS has not implemented strong pre-payment safeguards, and its ability to safeguard incentive payments post-payment is also limited."
also: Meaningful use Stage 2 crunch starts now.]
For the study, OIG says it reviewed CMS's oversight of professionals' and hospitals' self-reported meaningful use of certified EHR technology in 2011, the first year of the program. "To address our objective, we analyzed self-reported information to ensure it met program requirements," officials say. "We also reviewed CMS's audit planning documents, regulations, and guidance for the program, and conducted structured interviews with CMS staff regarding CMS's oversight."
OIG is recommending that CMS:
- obtain and review supporting documentation from selected professionals and hospitals prior to payment to verify the accuracy of their self-reported information;
- issue guidance with specific examples of documentation that professionals and hospitals should maintain to support their compliance.
CMS did not entirely agree. "Prepayment reviews would increase the burden on practitioners and hospitals and could delay incentive payments," according to CMS officials. CMS will, however, be willing to issue guidance, they said.
Brian T. Cook, a spokesman for CMS told Healthcare IT News, "Protecting taxpayer dollars is our top priority and we have implemented aggressive procedures to hold providers accountable."
"Making a false claim is a serious offense with serious consequences and we believe the overwhelming majority of doctors and hospitals take seriously their responsibility to honestly report their performance," he said.
[See related article: Why meaningful use Stage 2 is so important.]
The OIG says the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) may be contributing to CMS's "oversight obstacles." ONC requires certified EHR technology to be capable of producing reports on meaningful use by aggregating information from records in the system.
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12 October 2018
The event will be hosted on November 28 and 29 2020, with men and women racing across the two days, with more than 5,000 athletes expected to descend on the central north island town that surely now can lay claim to be the triathlon capital of New Zealand.
Race Director and Taupō resident Wayne Reardon spoke of his immense pride, not only in the event, but in the community and the Taupō District Council that has supported the sport there for so many years.
"After 20 years of the Taupō community producing world class IRONMAN and 70.3 events in, we have the ultimate reward in being named to host the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in 2020.
"The feedback from IRONMAN is that Taupō was chosen due to its long history with the sport, the on-going legacy left in the community, an outstanding and award-winning environment, the unique cultural experience we deliver for the athletes, and the way the community will embrace the event.
"As a longtime resident of this beautiful town, I'm very proud of the community in the way they support these events and I have no doubt that they will rally with even greater numbers and enthusiasm for an event that will bring thousands of international visitors to our region.
"This is one of the most significant dates in the global triathlon calendar and is a coup for our sport in New Zealand to host such a pinnacle event. Through the global series thousands of international athletes will qualify to race and they'll be welcomed to Taupō by a community that is passionate about culture, people, events and IRONMAN. Our team is looking forward to creating an inspirational and unforgettable experience."
The news is expected to provide a further boost to IRONMAN 70.3 Taupō 2018 and 2019, with a likely surge in interest as athletes look to familiarize themselves with the course and the region. 2018 is already at record levels, with this news set to give numbers another boost.
The announcement was made in Hawaii during the lead up to the 40th anniversary IRONMAN World Championship (this Sunday NZT), brought to you by Amazon.
"We are pleased to bring the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship back to the Oceania region," said Andrew Messick, CEO and President of IRONMAN. "Taupō is a truly unique and beautiful destination with a local community that has embraced IRONMAN events and the thousands of athletes for 20 years now. We are excited to welcome some of the world's most elite triathletes to what will no doubt be a fantastic world championship event."


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"Playset" defines a group of figures and/or accessories which are sold together (generally self-contained in some kind of briefcase). Playsets are old as toys: imagine a victorian house doll, a garage for diecast cars, a Fort for cowboys which is being assaulted by Indians or Barbie's veterinary clinic.
He-Man @ homeCastle Grayskull belongs to the Master of the Universe series. It was designed in 1981 and launched one year later. Mattel already had in stores the first 8 figures of this collection in addition to some vehicles and animals. Although it hadn't been long since the figures came out, Mattel realised, that the Collection was being a big success, and so they launched the castle Grayskull playset. This operation was not riskless, because it was a very expensive toy for those years (it cost like 6 or 7 figures), and it's more difficult to sale, since it only makes sense when you already have some figures to "live in".
The operation was a great success and the castle was sold during many consecutive years. In Spain it could be found until 1989, when the line was cancelled. The experience was so profitable, that Mattel made and sold other playsets with very similar characteristics in the following years: the Snake Mountain (1984), the Frigth Zone (1985) and the giant playset Eternia (1986).
The castle itself consists of two parts that hold together by means of two hinges. They allow to "close" the castle, turning it in some kind of briefcase. When closed, it's very easy to carry, because it has a cavity which is a handle.
For playing, the playset opens leaving two fronts, (inside/ outside of the castle). The outside front is moulded with much detail (stones, slates, windows, balcony, and of course the skull at the gates), and is painted with some black spray.
Outside of the castle + details
Opened gate
The gate deserves to be commented apart, because both sides are very well sculpted, simulating teeth and tongue. It has a small bolt that allows the gate to be opened both from the inside and from the outside (using He-Man's sword as a "key").
The case is made of injected plastic, and the inside of the castle is the "negative" of the outside front. That's why the interior is not so eye-catching. This little defect is hidden by the different elements to be found in each room, and the stickers.
Inside of the castle + details
The interior of the castle is divided in four rooms:
First room is the dungeon and the entrance of the castle. This name comes from the stickers at the floor of this room, representing the dungeon.
Throne Hall, trap and trap mechanism
Over the dungeon it's the throne hall. This is the most beautiful room in the castle. There's a trap at the floor which is decorated with a carpet sticker, and that can be activated by turning the throne. In this room there's also a piece of cardboard that represents an armour (or maybe a robot) and a flag that hangs beside the throne.
On the other half of the castle, the bottom floor is the armoury, which is also the room where the elevator is found. There is another cardboard representing a weapons stand that fits in this room at best.
The elevator runs over a rail that is fixed to the case and it can be lifted by pulling from a string at whose end there's a bat. The whole thing leaves very few space free both at the bottom and top floors.
Control Station
At the top floor its located the control station with the "supercomputer", whose function is not clear, maybe it's a surveillance or communications device, maybe it's the time machine, maybe it's both and even more!
Apart from those rooms, there are two towers, the bigger one is a vigilance tower where the flag can be clipped. The smaller tower has a cannon that takes up almost the whole space.
In the box there were 9 light gray weapons and a stand to put them on. At that point, all the weapons were new sculpts, but in the following years, they were reused for new figures (changing always the color) A training tool was also included.
Spanish promotional catalogue - Courtesy of Blade
One year later (1983), Mattel sold separately the "Point Dread and Talon Fighter", which was an add-on to the castle, and a kind of bird/airplane (see picture above).
FACTS and FIGURES
- Name: CASTLE GRAYSKULL
- Toy Line: Masters of the Universe (Wave 1)
- Year: 1982
- Company: Mattel (U.S.A.)
- Size of the castle: 48 cm x 30 cm x 20 cm


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Recent News
February 25, 2013
Herbalife Issues Allergy Alert
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding the recall of Instant Healthy Meal Nutritional Shake Mix packets because the label identifies the product as dairy-free, when it may in fact contain trace amounts of milk proteins.
The product was distributed in the U.S. from January 16, 2013, through February 16, 2013, exclusively to individual independent distributors as cartons of 12 packets or as single-serving packets in the company's introductory business pack (lot numbers 133405G10, 133408G10, & 133409G10). The lot code is printed on the pressed seal to the right side of the front panel of the Instant Healthy Meal Nutritional Shake Mix packet and at the bottom of the carton.
The full recall can be found at www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm340886.htm?source=govdelivery.


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St. Louis Rams cut Michael Sam, first openly gay NFL player
(Reuters) – Defensive end Michael Sam's dream of becoming the first openly gay player in the National Football League (NFL) was put on hold on Saturday when he failed to make the St. Louis Rams' 53-man roster for the 2014 regular season.
The 24-year-old, a standout with the University of Missouri who had announced he was gay in February, was one of 22 players waived in the final cuts by the Rams to reach the roster limit before Saturday's 4 p.m. ET deadline.
Sam, who became the first openly gay player to be selected in an NFL Draft when he was taken in the seventh round by the Rams in May, had said he would be watching the Missouri Tigers take on South Dakota State in Columbia, Missouri when the final roster moves were made.
As he is now on waivers, he can be claimed by any team but could join the Rams as part of a 10-player practice squad if he clears waivers.
"All my focus has been on playing and trying to make the team," Sam had told reporters when the Rams introduced their draft selections three months ago.
"I'm determined to be great. I'm determined to make this team. I have every confidence in myself that I'll make this team."
Sam, the co-defensive player of the year in the Southeastern Conference, had been vying with undrafted Ethan Westbrooks during the pre-season for the last of nine defensive line spots with the Rams.
Westbrooks, who made the roster on Saturday, ended up with 12 tackles and two sacks in four preseason games while Sam had 11 tackles and a team-leading three sacks.
"I believe (Sam) can play in this league, yes. As can some of the other guys on this team that had good preseasons," Rams coach Jeff Fisher said after his team ended the preseason with a 14-13 loss to the Dolphins in Miami.
Fisher was scheduled to hold a news conference later on Saturday to discuss the team's final roster moves.
St. Louis went into the preseason training camp with eight defensive linemen already inked in on the roster: Robert Quinn, Chris Long, Michael Brockers, Kendall Langford, William Hayes, Eugene Sims, Alex Carrington and first-round pick Aaron Donald.
(Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Gene Cherry)


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Texas Pushes $10,000 Degree
Gov. Perry Renews Call for Low-Cost College Education as Student Debt Loads Rise
For sale: a college education for $10,000 or less.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is renewing his call for such lower-cost undergraduate degrees, in what he hopes will be the state's signature response to the national problem of rising college tuition and student debt.
"A $10,000 degree provides an opportunity for students to earn a low-cost,...


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Detectives investigating two smash and grab robberies at one of the country's top luxury hotels, in central London, are looking for five more members of the heist gang.
Officers from Scotland Yard's Flying Squad have arrested four suspected thieves so far and seized most of the watches and jewellery stolen in Thursday's raid at the Dorchester.
The plush Mayfair hotel was hit for the second time in a month by a moped-riding gang who smashed their way into the building in the early hours of the morning and broke into display cabinets.
Three men, aged 66, 27 and 23, and a woman aged 46, were all arrested in King's Cross, north London, at around 2.30pm on Thursday, 12 hours after the robbery.
The 23-year-old man was held on suspicion of conspiracy to rob and the other three on suspicion of conspiracy to handle stolen goods.
Scotland Yard said six people on three mopeds took part in the robbery at the prestigious central London hotel, and that detectives are now looking for at least another five suspects.
The luxury venue was hit in exactly the same way on June 10, when watches and jewellery were stolen in what police called a "well-planned" heist.
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Busan Neighborhoods • Busan Station
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A few pictures nearby the Busan high-speed train station and the nearby chinese/russian town.
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Neighborhoods Nearby Busan Station - Pictures by Parent
Busan Tower Neighborhood by Parent. A few pictures of the park nearby Busan.. Distance from Busan Station: 1.8km SSW, 8 pictures.
Gukje Market Neighborhood by Parent. Some pictures taken within the Gukje market area, a couple of hundred meters west of Nampo-dong. The Gukje market abounds with all sorts of brick-a-brac with lots of russian, japanese, chinese, and south-east asian.. Distance from Busan Station: 1.9km SSW, 14 pictures.
Nampo-dong Neighborhood by Parent. The Gwangbok-dong, Nampo-dong, and Jungang-dong areas form the old central business district with many offices, cafes, bars, shops and restaurants. Some of the restaurants in this district are locally famous with family recipes.. Distance from Busan Station: 1.9km SSW, 36 pictures.
Jagalchi Market Neighborhood by Parent. The Jagalchi fish market is a small market nearby.. Distance from Busan Station: 2.2km SSW, 5 pictures.
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The night of November 9-10, 1938, forever after known as Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass"), remains one of the most shocking eruptions of violence, outside of wartime, that modern Europe has ever seen. In the course of several hours, as German paramilitary thugs and non-Jewish citizens rampaged through cities in Germany and Austria, destroying Jewish-owned stores, torching centuries-old synagogues and killing scores of innocents, the world was given its most graphic glimpse yet of the depraved nature of Hitler's Reich.
State-sanctioned persecution of the Jews in Germany—already intense by the mid-1930s—was, with Kristallnacht, no longer merely legislative. The violence implicit in the 1935 Nuremberg Laws, for example, that had stripped Jews of German citizenship was now an explicit tool in a war against Jews, homosexuals, Slavs, pacifist Catholics and other "non-Aryans" and convenient scapegoats. With arson, vandalism and open murder the green-lit expressions of brutality in Hitler's Germany, both World War II and the escalation of the Final Solution were inevitable.
The very next day, in fact, on November 11, 1938, both Hitler and his propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, appeared at a press conference for foreign correspondents in Munich—an event chronicled, in color, by Hitler's personal photographer, Hugo Jaeger. There, displaying a cynicism extraordinary even for a high-ranking Nazi, Goebbels characterized the Kristallnacht pogrom as an understandable, "spontaneous" eruption of Teutonic anger against Jews:
It is an intolerable state of affairs [Goebbels told members of the press] that within our borders and for all these years hundreds of thousands of Jews still control whole streets of shops, populate our recreation spots and, as foreign apartment owners, pocket the money of German tenants, while their racial comrades abroad agitate for war against Germany and gun down German officials.
At least some of the non-German press were having none of it. The Times of London, for instance, noted that "no foreign propagandist bent upon blackening Germany before the world could outdo the tale of burnings and beatings, of blackguardly assaults on defenseless and innocent people, which disgraced that country yesterday."
But outrage from the likes of England, America and other countries that, in short order, would be at war with the Reich was far too little and came too late to slow the anti-Semitic juggernaut. Two days after Kristallnacht, Germany's Jews were fined roughly a billion Reichsmark (about $400 million in 1938) for "property damaged in the rioting."
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Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, a leading Republican mentioned as a potential presidential candidate, admitted Tuesday he had an extramarital affair with a woman who was a member of his campaign staff.
"Last year I had an affair. I violated the vows of my marriage," Ensign said at a brief news conference in his home state. "It is the worst thing I have ever done in my life. If there was ever anything in my life that I could take back, this would be it."
An aide in Ensign's office said the affair took place between December 2007 and August 2008 with a campaign staffer who was married to an employee in Ensign's Senate office. Neither has worked for the senator since May 2008. The aide spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the developments.
Ensign said he would not mention the name of the female campaign aide involved in the affair. He described the woman and her husband as good friends.
"Our families were close," a weary-looking Ensign said. "That closeness put me into situations which led to my inappropriate behavior. We caused deep pain to both families and for that I am sorry."
Ensign made it clear he did not plan to resign. Ensign did not participate earlier Tuesday in a vote concerning the ailing travel industry, an unusual absence considering the topic's relevance in his home state.
Ensign's wife, Darlene, also released a statement about the affair.
"Since we found out last year we have worked through the situation and we have come to a reconciliation. This has been difficult on both families. With the help of our family and close friends our marriage has become stronger," Mrs. Ensign said.
The Ensigns have three children.
Ensign was first elected to the Senate in 2000 and has been an influential conservative voice within that chamber. Last year, his GOP colleagues picked him to serve as chairman of the Republican Policy Committee, moving him to the No. 4 position in leadership. The committee coordinates the GOP's legislative efforts in the Senate. Previously, Ensign ran the Republican Senate campaign operations.
Last month, Ensign traveled to Iowa for a speech organized by a conservative advocacy group, sparking speculation that he had an interest in possibly running for president. Aides said the visit was about staking out a leadership position within the GOP.
Ensign has been a rising star among conservatives, speaking out against President Barack Obama's stimulus package, statehood for the District of Columbia and union-organizing legislation and in favor of gun owners' rights. Ensign has been a member of the men's ministry the Promise Keepers, a Christian ministry.
He had been highly critical of former Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, who served in Congress for a quarter- century when he was arrested in an airport bathroom. Ensign stopped short of urging him to resign but suggested strongly that he should.
"I wouldn't put myself hopefully in that kind of position, but if I was in a position like that, that's what I would do," Ensign said. "He's going to have to answer that for himself." In the end, Craig served out his term.
Ensign is the latest member of Congress who has acknowledged infidelity. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., is rebounding from being linked with a prostitute by appealing to the populism in his state.
Over the years, Ensign and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have worked closely on issues affecting Nevada and have an agreement not to criticize the other publicly
"Sen. Reid's thoughts are with Sen. Ensign and his family at this time." Reid spokesman Jon Summers.
Republicans lost eight seats last November under Ensign's campaign leadership, with one race, in Minnesota, still undecided. The losses put Democrats within one seat of having a 60-40 majority, enough to prevent the GOP from blocking bills and appointments if all of them vote together.


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4-11-09 Great American Ball Park
I attended today's game with my best friend from my childhood days, Joe Filipowski. We got to the gates about 10 minutes before they were to open. I hate how the gates don't open until 90 minutes before the first pitch. At 11:40, we were finally let inside. The Pirates were already in mid batting practice.
I checked for Easter eggs in left field, but there was nothing there. With some of the Pirates better hitters coming up and being left handed, we headed over to right field. I was shocked at how amazingly rude the Pirates were towards their own fans. I got totally ignored by Zach Duke, Jesse Chavez, Craig Monroe, Eric Hinske, Brandon Moss, and Donnie Veal in right field. I asked each of them for a ball on more than one occasion, but was ignored. The irritating part was that they were giving balls to little kids with Reds gear on, even though I was completely decked out in Pirates gear, including their new alternate batting practice jersey. It looked like it was going to be one of those days.
I decided to try and get a batted ball from one of the left handed power hitters. Nate McLouth hit one, but it was over my head and some guy just barely beat me to it. My friend Joe got the first ball of the day, but gave it away to a little kid. Jesse Chavez pointed the kid out and tossed it to him several rows up, but the kid missed it. Joe ended up catching up, but out of kindness gave it to the kid. He later said he regretted giving it away, it being the first ball that he'd snagged since the 1994 Home Run Derby at Three Rivers Stadium.
Moments later, Brandon Moss launched a deep fly ball to right field. I drifted over about 5 seats and camped out underneath it. The ball landed squarely in my glove. It was ball #1 of the day for me, and my first ball of 2009. It'd been over 6 months since I last snagged a ball, so it was good to finally get one. If you can find the #1 below, that's the exact spot I snagged Moss' Home Run.
I didn't take any pictures during batting practice because I felt like having my camera around my neck would be a distraction for me and make moving around a little tougher. After Adam LaRoche and Brandon Moss's group hit, I decided to move to left field. It would prove to be a little late because Andy LaRoche was absolutely raking balls into left field while we were in right.
I made my way over to where Matt Capps, Tyler Yates, and John Grabow were standing in left center field. I asked several times for some balls, but was ignored by Yates. At least Grabow looked at me, but decided to throw the ball into the bleachers instead. I made eye contact with Capps. He got a ball and pointed at me and tossed it. Out of no where, a Reds fan dives in front of me and steals the ball before it reached me. (I was in the second row, he was in the first). Luckily, another ball was hit to Capps. He turned around and made sure I caught this one, arching it perfectly. It was ball #2 of the day.
I then decided to move to the left field line where Ian Snell and Craig Hansen were hanging out. Since catching a HR ball would prove tricky here, I decided to try and ask every Pirate I could for a ball. I settled into the second row in one of the sections near the line. I chose an empty row so I could somewhat move. Moments later, Craig Monroe lauched a line drive in my direction. I barely had to move. There was some competition for the ball from some people in the front row, but since I am 6'5″, I was able to outreach them and made the snag for ball #3 on the day. The below picture shows the exact locations of balls #2 and #3:


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Breckenridge pulls back on McCain master plan
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BRECKENRIDGE – Breckenridge officials are hitting the brakes on a master plan proposal for the northern McCain property, which would have ended a long-standing lease with an iconic business while making room for other development, including a gas station or convenience store.
Members of the Breckenridge Town Council decided to pull the master plan proposal being considered by the town planning commission to allow themselves more time to discuss the details of the document early next year.
"We didn't talk about it to any great detail, and it bothered me that we didn't have more of a visionary conversation," Councilwoman Wendy Wolfe said. "It was time for us to step back and reassess."
The decision came amid a community outcry, centered largely on a new online community forum, against the replacement of High Country Furniture – whose wooden bears greeted drivers as they arrive in Breckenridge on Highway 9 – with possible service-commercial development. With the town indicating its lease might not be renewed next year, High Country manager John Fullenkamp was prepared to close his doors.
The issue came to a head several weeks ago when town staffers confirmed rumors that a gas station was interested in building in the area currently leased to High Country Furniture.
Fullenkamp applauded the council's decision to slow down the planning process for the McCain property.
"As a member of the community, I would like to thank you guys for withdrawing the application from the planning commission," Fullenkamp told members of the council at a recent meeting. "We appreciate you taking the time to look at this in a little bit more detail. My family would like to continue to live, work and manufacture and sell bears as long as the community will have us. We just wanted to make it clear we really do want to stay."
The withdrawn master plan allocated land for a community solar garden, open space along the Blue River corridor, affordable housing and service-commercial land near the existing Breckenridge Building Company.
Council members plan to take additional feedback from the community on the future of the property before reconsidering the master plan in January.
Breckenridge purchased the McCain property – a rectangular strip of land that runs adjacent to Highway 9 on the north end of town – from a private owner in 2000. One third of the parcel's approximately $1 million price tag was covered with open space funds, as the town intended to preserve the portion of the property along the Blue River corridor.
Breck officials say there are no plans in place to sell off the section of land that runs adjacent to the river for development, but there could be. The town is permitted to sell land purchased with open space dollars as long as the money from the sale is returned to the open space fund.
"The intent is for it to stay open space," Breckenridge spokeswoman Kim Dykstra-DiLallo said in November of the river corridor, which is also a key wildlife migration area. "But it isn't like a land trust."
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