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Lowfat Cooking For Dummies Cheat Sheet
If you're making the switch to a lowfat diet, then cooking is your first step to lowering the fat in your favorite foods. Know some simple cooking conversions, pay attention to food labels, and try some tips to reduce the fat in meals and you'll be on your way to feeling great about eating the lowfat way.
Common Cooking Conversions
Preparing lowfat dishes is easier when you know some basic cooking conversions. If you're math-challenged, don't worry. This list of common cooking conversions will help, especially if you don't have whole sets of measuring tools for cooking or if you need to know metric measures.
Note: Some metric equivalents are approximate.
Celsius = (°F – 32) ÷ 5/9
Fahrenheit = (°C × 9/5) + 32
1 ounce = 28.35 grams
1 pound = 453.59 grams
1/2 tablespoon = 1-1/2 teaspoons = 7.5 milliliters
1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 15 milliliters
2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce = 30 milliliters
4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup = 60 milliliters
5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon = 1/3 cup = 75 milliliters
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup = 120 milliliters
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup = 180 milliliters
16 tablespoons = 1 cup = 8 fluid ounces = 240 milliliters
2 cups = 1 pint = 16 fluid ounces = 480 milliliters
2 pints = 1 quart = 32 fluid ounces = 1 liter
4 quarts = 1 gallon = 4 liters
Feeling Good about Eating Lowfat
Whatever your reasons or motivation for changing your diet and cooking habits to lowfat, remember, all of the beneficial things that lowfat cooking and eating will do for you. To help you stay committed to eating the lowfat way, here are nine great results you can attain:
You know that you're doing what's best for you in the one area you have complete control over: what you put in your mouth.
You gain better health overall and an improved quality of life.
You keep your heart and arteries healthier.
You lessen your risk of cancer or may help keep diabetes under control.
Eating lowfat can help you maintain or lose weight.
You gain more energy and vitality.
You gain a better self-image through an improved appearance.
You feel good about heeding your doctor's/spouse's/kids'/parents'/coworker's/friend's advice.
You move better, or do better at tennis, golf, swimming, inline skating, skiing, jogging, cycling, dancing, and fishing (well, maybe not fishing).
Making Sense of Food Labels
Food labels can be pretty confusing if you don't know how to read them. If you're trying to cut down on fat in your diet, label reading is essential because the label lists the exact amount of fat and other nutrients in a product. But, how do you make sense of it all? Make sure you know these label terms to help with your lowfat eating plan:
Extra lean: Can be used to describe the fat content of meat, game meat, poultry, and seafood. Less than 5 grams fat, less than 2 grams saturated fat, and less than 95 milligrams cholesterol per RACC (Reference Amount Customarily Consumed) and per 100 grams.
Lean: Can be used to describe the fat content of meat, game meat, poultry, and seafood. Less than 10 grams fat, less than 4.5 grams saturated fat, and less than 95 milligrams cholesterol per RACC and per 100 grams.
Fresh: Can be used only on raw food that has never been frozen or heated and has no preservatives.
Low: May be used on foods that can be eaten frequently without exceeding dietary guidelines. Per labeled serving and per RACC, these amounts are defined as:
Low calorie: 40 calories or less
Low cholesterol: Less than 20 milligrams of cholesterol (cholesterol claims are only allowed when saturated fat is 2 grams or less)
Lowfat: 3 grams or less of fat
Low saturated fat: 1 gram or less of saturated fat and 15 percent or less of calories from saturated fat
Low sodium: Less than 140 milligrams of sodium
How to Change Dishes to Lowfat
Eating a lowfat diet doesn't mean giving up your favorite foods. In fact, there are easy ways to reduce the fat in many dishes without sacrificing flavor. Try these tips for lowering fat in foods:
Bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich (plus a dozen other sandwiches): Trim the bacon of all visible fat, use extra veggies, and substitute fat-free mayo for the regular high-fat kind.
Caesar salad dressing: Use substitute eggs in place of whole eggs and fat-free Parmesan cheese topping instead of regular Parmesan cheese.
Casseroles: Use smaller amounts of lean meat trimmed of all visible fat, drastically reduce the amounts of cream and cheese, use lowfat or fat-free dairy products, and add plenty of veggies, rice, pasta, beans, and other grains.
Cheesecake: Use a mixture of fat-free and reduced-fat cream cheese and fat-free or lowfat ricotta, and exchange substitute eggs and egg whites for the whole eggs.
Omelets: Use substitute eggs and egg whites in place of whole eggs, and use as little butter as possible.
Pasta dishes: Instead of smothering pasta in a high-fat cream, meat, or cheese sauce, prepare pasta primavera or pasta marinara. If you must have cream sauce, make it with skim milk, fat-free sour cream, pureed fat-free cottage cheese, and fat-free Parmesan cheese topping.
Pizza: Top with lots of veggies, small amounts of lowfat or fat-free meats, and one-fourth the normal amount of cheese. Use a thick crust to increase the bulk.
Soups and stews: Defat the meat stock or soup base and then add lots of vegetables, small portions of lean meat trimmed of all visible fat, and rice, pasta, beans, or lentils.
Tacos and fajitas: Choose fat-free tortillas and use ground lean top round or lean flank steak (and substitute beans for some of the meat). Sauté the beef in a nonstick skillet coated with no-stick vegetable oil spray rather than in a lot of oil. Add lots of colored peppers and onions, too.
How to Lower the Fat when Cooking
The first way to lower fat in your favorite meals is in the preparation. Try these simple substitutions and methods for lowering the fat from meals when you're cooking:
Instead of sautéing in a lot of oil, use good nonstick cookware and no-stick vegetable or olive oil spray.
Use a defatting cup to defat stocks, soup bases, and drippings for gravy.
Avoid any recipe that asks you to use a deep fat fryer. Toss the fryer or use it as a planter.
Use cornstarch or flour alone instead of fat and flour to thicken soups and sauces.
Double the veggies, pasta, rice, and beans and halve the meat.
Substitute fat-free and lowfat dairy products for all high-fat dairy products, including whole milk and cream.
If you don't have time to cook dinner, choose lowfat frozen dinners or recipes that freeze well and make extra. That way, you have lowfat dishes ready to heat and eat, and you won't be tempted to stop at a fast-food place on your way home. Brown-bag lunch, too, so that you can control the fat in sandwiches, yogurt, and so on.
Learn how to flavor foods with spices and herbs.
Learn to make ten quick appetizers and ten fruit desserts that are lowfat.


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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says Taliban insurgents poisoned and killed 17 people in an overnight attack on a post manned by a government-backed militia in eastern Afghanistan.
Ghazni deputy provincial council head Abdul Jamhe Jamhe says the militants somehow infiltrated the outpost and poisoned those inside the compound before launching the Tuesday night assault. He says the assailants then shot the incapacitated men.
Provincial Gov. Musa Khan Akbarzada says 10 of those killed in Andar district were members of the government-backed Afghan Local Police group and the remaining seven killed were civilians who were friends of the local police. He says there was a conspiracy of some sort but declined to confirm if there was poison involved.

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Health Insurance Affordable Care Act
Florida Health Insurance Marketplace
Who is the Marketplace for?
The Florida Health Insurance Marketplace is where eligible residents can shop for and buy insurance in person, online, or by phone. In Florida, the Marketplace is run by the federal government. The Marketplace, also called an Exchange, is mainly for people who:
- Don't have insurance
- Aren't insured by their employer
- Don't have Medicare
- Aren't included in their spouse's employer insurance
- Have pre-existing conditions and may have had trouble getting insurance before
- Have private insurance but want to look at other options
- Own a small business
The Affordable Care Act required most Americans to sign up for health insurance in 2014. Generally, you don't need to buy insurance through the Marketplace if you are covered by Medicaid. Medicare, TRICARE, or an employer-sponsored plan.
When You Can Enroll: The next open enrollment period is Nov. 1, 2015, to Jan. 31, 2016. Enroll online at HealthCare.gov or call 800-318-2596. You can also download an enrollment application at HealthCare.gov. or get help through a Navigator or insurance broker.
If you have a life-changing event — such as the birth of a child, losing your job, or moving to a new state — you don't have to wait for the next enrollment period. You can sign up or change coverage within 60 days of the event. You can also sign up for Medicaid at any time.
Plans and Costs
Getting Started. You'll need to provide information about you and your family members when you apply. Here's a checklist of what you'll need:
- Social Security number (or document number if you are a legal immigrant)
- W-2 forms: Wage and tax statements or pay stubs for all employed members of the household. For people who are self-employed or do not have a regular salary, include an estimate of household income.
- Policy numbers of health insurance plans covering any members of the household
- Immigration/citizenship status
- Tobacco use
Types of Plans: All insurance plans on the Marketplace are sold by private companies or co-ops. They can offer four types of coverage: bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. These "metal level" plans all cover the same kinds of benefits. The difference is how much they pay on average toward the costs of health care services. Another type of plan is called catastrophic. These have less expensive monthly fees called premiums, but they also offer less coverage. Catastrophic plans are mainly for healthy people under 30.


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By the mid 1820s, Buffalo, New York, had become a transportation hub as the western terminus of the newly completed Erie Canal. The city eventually earned the title "Queen City of the Lakes." In 1901, Buffalo had the honor of hosting the Pan-American Exposition, a great technological world's fair. Leslie's Weekly wrote, "Few cities in the Western Hemisphere present more remarkable evidences of rapid growth and material progress than does...the Queen City of the Lakes."¹ Buffalo boasted railroads, steamship lines, and an extensive trolley car network. In addition, its close proximity (20 miles) to the waterpower of Niagara Falls gave Buffalo electricity 10 years before most other major cities.
1. Locate Buffalo. What nearby natural features can you identify that may have influenced settlement in the area?
2. Use the map's scale to calculate the approximate length of the Erie Canal.
3. Why do you think Buffalo was a likely place to be chosen to host the Pan-American Exposition, which showcased new technology?
4. Locate the Adirondack Mountains where Roosevelt was vacationing when he learned that McKinley would probably not survive his injuries. What means of transportation would have been available to him to travel to Buffalo? (More information is provided in Reading 1.)
¹Leslie's Weekly Magazine, May 11, 1901.
* The map on this screen has a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a larger version of Map 1, but be aware that the file may take as much as 22 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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Monday, January 30 | More than 20,000 Londoners protested Trump's outrageous 90-day travel-ban against travellers from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the U.S. Crowds assembled outside Number 10 Downing Street, the British PM's headquarters, condemning her silence on Trump's policy, and her refusal to revoke the invitation for Trump's state visit to the UK.
The march was organised via social media, through a Facebook event page created by journalist Owen Jones, which had RSVPs from around 30,000 people within a day's notice. The official statement on the page read: "Theresa May has decided to ally herself with Donald Trump's bigoted, misogynistic government. She has refused to speak out against Donald Trump's #MuslimBan – even when her own Members of Parliament are targeted. It is not only weak, it is a matter of national shame – disgracing our country across the world. Theresa May has betrayed her own people. That doesn't mean we have to. Let's stand in solidarity with those targeted by Donald Trump's hateful government, including the people of this country, outside Downing Street and all over Britain."


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I have a little Singer circa 2005. It's had a tension problem since a year after I got it, and the problem keeps getting worse. I'm ready to spend some money on a nicer machine. I'm willing to budget around 1500-2500 on a new machine. I eventually want to get a long arm quilting machine, but for now I just need a new sewing machine.
I've considered getting a vintage Singer, but I'm concerned about maintaining an antique machine vs a new one. I know things used to be made better "back in the day", but I don't know how to take care of something like that. :( Whatever I get, I want to be able to depend on it for a long time (and take it to a dealer or someone for maintaining when needed.)
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Q&A With Head Coach Liz LaPlante
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Q: No. 15 UC San Diego faces No. 19 Cal State Stanislaus this Saturday. A large crowd is expected and the match certainly looks to have playoff implications. How do you expect your team to handle the heightened pressure?
LAPLANTE: Hopefully the team is not feeling any extra pressure, just excitement for the match. We have had a few important matches like that this year and the team has always played with confidence and focus, so hopefully the extra fans will get them pumped up and create a great atmosphere.
Q: As the regular season winds down, the Tritons are recognizing the achievements of the team's two seniors, Anita Athavale and Pooja Desai, and a junior that is graduating early, Valerie Tang. From a coaching standpoint, can you talk a little bit about your experience teaching those three players?
LAPLANTE: Pooja had a great freshman year, but since then has had a lot of health issues and injuries that have kept her out of the lineup. Nevertheless, she has continued to practice and has been a lot of fun to have on the team all four years. We kept hoping she would get back in the lineup, but every time she was close, something else would happen.
Anita has been with us two years since she transferred from UC Davis. She was a huge asset to the team, especially with her doubles skills and she has improved her singles game tremendously.
Valerie was voted team captain and has been a great team leader because of her maturity and self discipline. Val has improved so much the last three years, especially her doubles skills, and she and her partner Cindy Dao continue to play better every match.
Q: From watching Taskeen Bains play, fans are quick to recognize her work ethic and drive to succeed. How important is it for a team to have those characteristics at the top of the singles ladder?
LAPLANTE: Considering Taskeen was playing in the No. 6 and No. 7 positions her freshman year, it means a lot for the girls to know how hard she has worked to improve her game. She sets a great example with her work ethic, desire to win and passion for the game. She also is a team leader and tries to motivate her teammates to work hard and push themselves during practice. It's always so important for a team to have motivators on the team. The coaches can only do so much and Taskeen has really made a difference this year taking on that role.
Q: With sophomore Samantha Yeung leading the team in wins with 12 and freshmen Jacquelyn Davis and Melissa Breisacher combining to go 9-0 so far in singles this season, how excited are you about the future of UCSD women's tennis?
LAPLANTE: I am very excited about the future for these young women. Samantha didn't get much playing time last year, and obviously after just one year, she has improved so much. Both Jacquelyn and Melissa are great athletes and have the skills to be major contributors in the lineup next season. After one year of balancing school and athletics, the second year seems so much easier and they know what is expected of them from the team.
Q: Now that the conference winning streak of 65 matches has been snapped, obviously there has to be some disappointment. Nonetheless, the sheer magnitude of the number 65 has to amaze even you. Can you reflect on the excitement surrounding that stretch of victories and what it meant to lead the program to a streak like that?
LAPLANTE: To be totally honest I tried not to pay much attention to the streak and never discussed it with the team. Even though I realize it was a great accomplishment, the streak and winning the conference was not as important as getting to the NCAA regionals and trying to get to Nationals. And for some reason a few weeks ago I actually realized how many we'd won and did start thinking about it, so I think I jinxed the whole thing and that's why we lost!
Q: Your assistant coach, Timmer Willing, has been with the program nine years now. Can you talk about his role and what the consistency of that position has meant to the team?
LAPLANTE: To quote our men's head coach Eric Steidlmayer, "Timmer is a gem." I know most guys wouldn't usually say that about another guy, but Timmer is such a rare find that no other word can describe him. He is so easy to work with, so smart and really knows the game. He is very strict and firm with the players, but he also keeps things fun. He has made a tremendous impact on the team and we couldn't do it without him.
Q: As a kid, when was the first time you picked up a racquet to play? What was the sports atmosphere like in your family growing up?
LAPLANTE: My dad, who was a huge sports nut, put a racquet in my hand at age four and I started playing tournaments when I was 10. I have a sister two years younger and we belonged to Mission Valley Tennis Club in San Diego, where we would spend just about every day after school and all summer with tons of other kids, playing tennis, swimming and hanging out. We made lifelong friends there whom I still see to this day.
Q: In the 2010 regular season finale, the Tritons will take on crosstown rival San Diego State. As an Aztecs' graduate, what will it mean to challenge your alma mater?
LAPLANTE: I'm good friends with coach Peter Mattera, who 34 years ago was actually my team's conditioning coach. He was also a classmate of mine when I played there, so I'm really looking forward to the match. We hope to give each other good competition as both teams are preparing for the end of the season.
Q: If you could be an honorary coach for one game at another UCSD sport, which one would you choose?
LAPLANTE: That's a tough one since I have such respect for all the coaches on our staff, but I guess I would choose fencing since I know absolutely nothing about it and always been curious what that sport was about.
Q: Who would win in a dance competition, you or men's tennis coach Eric Steidlmayer?
LAPLANTE: That's just too funny to even think about!!
Previous Q & A Articles
Kirby St. John (Baseball) March 24, 2010
Perdew (Men's Swimming) February 28, 2010
Ross (Men's Volleyball) February 20, 2010
Nicole Saari (Softball) February 4, 2010
Brad Kreutzkamp (Women's Water Polo Head Coach) January 18, 2010
Tyler Acevedo (Men's Basketball) January 4, 2010
Dr. Cliff Kubiak (UCSD's Faculty Athletic Rep) December 18, 2009
Chelsea Carlisle (Women's Basketball) December 9, 2009
Carianne Cunningham (Women's Swimming) November 23, 2009
Elena Inouye (Cross Country) November 6, 2009
David Morton (Men's Water Polo) October 28, 2009
Juan Pablo Carillo (Men's Swimming) October 19, 2009
Sara Spaventa (Women's Soccer) October 10, 2009
Karen Reis (Women's Volleyball) October 2, 2009
Daniel Pavitt (Men's Soccer) September 23, 2009
Daniel Anderson (Cross Country) September 11, 2009
Peter Gresham (Men's Water Polo) September 2, 2009
Alexia Zatarain (Women's Soccer) August 24, 2009
Elaine Chen (Women's Volleyball) August 12, 2009
Jared Kukura (Men's Soccer) July 30, 2009
Dawn Lee (Former Women's Soccer Standout) July 8, 2009
Rob Mamula (Director of Athletic Performance) June 18, 2009
Garrett Imeson (Baseball) June 8, 2009
Leon Baham (Men's Track & Field) May 21, 2009
Kristyn Lesovsky (Softball) May 8, 2009
Kazumi Negishi (Men's Tennis) May 5, 2009
Laiah Blue (Women's Track & Field) April 16, 2009
Ryan Andre (Men's Crew) April 2, 2009
Josh Tanner (Baseball) March 24, 2009
Anju Shimura (Women's Swimming) March 7, 2009
Stephanie Bocian (Women's Water Polo) February 20, 2009
Lauren Chastain (Softball) February 5, 2009
A.J. Maulhardt (Men's Basketball) January 28, 2009
Annette Ilg (Women's Basketball) January 22, 2009
Steven Hardy (Men's Swimming) January 13, 2009


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Ricci Luyties was named UC San Diego's head women's volleyball coach in March of 2010, becoming the sixth coach in program history.
After leading Southern Mississippi to the program's first Conference USA title in 2009, Luyties replaced Tom Black, who accepted the head coaching position at Loyola Marymount after five successful seasons at UC San Diego.
Over his nine seasons as head coach, Luyties has led UC San Diego to a 161-91 (.639) overall record and a 117-64 (.646) mark in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play.
In 2018 the Tritons, who had eight new players on the roster, finished at 11-12 overall and 7-10 in the CCAA, placing fifth in the South Division. Junior middle blocker Jessica Rieble was recognized as a member of the All-CCAA Second Team, while sophomore outside hitter Gina Cortesi and junior right-side hitter Cindy Tran earned honorable mention accolades from the conference.
Luyties paced the 2017 Tritons to a 16-10 overall record. They went 10-7 in the CCAA, finishing in a tie for third place in the South Division. As the third seed from the South, UC San Diego participated in the conference tournament, where it lost to Cal State East Bay in a quarterfinal match-up.
UC San Diego started its 2017 campaign with a five-set victory over fourth-ranked Alaska Anchorage. The Tritons went on to put together a pair of five-match win streaks.
Three Tritons earned All-CCAA accolades as senior outside hitter Amanda Colla was selected to the first team, while junior middle blocker Micah Hammond and Rieble were named to the second team.
In 2016, the Tritons went 13-13 overall and 10-7 in the CCAA, good for a third-place finish in the newly-established South Division. UC San Diego qualified for the league tournament, where it lost a quarterfinal match to Stanislaus State, ending the team's season. Senior outside hitter Meagan Wright was named to the All-CCAA First Team.
For the fourth time since arriving in La Jolla, Luyties led UC San Diego to at least 20 wins as the team went 20-12 in 2015. The Tritons were 14-6 in the CCAA, placing third and earning the No. 3 seed in the first-ever league tournament, hosted by UC San Diego. After bowing out of the tourney in the semifinals, the Tritons secured a berth in the NCAA West Regional in Anchorage, Alaska. They defeated 18th-ranked Sonoma State before losing to No. 16 Western Washington in the semis.
During the course of 2015, UC San Diego totaled five victories against national top-25 squads.
Senior outside hitter Danielle Dahle was named AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and AVCA All-West Region Honorable Mention, while senior setter Heidi Sierks garnered D2CCA All-West Region Second team recognition. A trio of Tritons were tabbed All-CCAA First Team in Dahle, Sierks and Wright.
Dahle ended her career as UC San Diego's all-time leader in kills and attack attempts. In 2015, she became just the third Triton in program history to record 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs.
UC San Diego's 2014 campaign ended with a 14-12 overall mark. The Tritons went 12-10 in CCAA play, tying with San Francisco State for sixth place. UC San Diego was ranked as high as 11th in the nation during the season.
On Nov. 8, Luyties earned his 100th UC San Diego victory as the Tritons defeated Humboldt State in four sets at RIMAC Arena.
Senior opposite hitter Caitlin Brenton earned several postseason awards, including AVCA All-America and All-West Region honorable mention, All-CCAA First Team and Capital One Academic All-America Second Team and All-District 8 First Team accolades. In addition, Dahle was All-CCAA Honorable Mention.
In 2013, UC San Diego finished at 26-6 overall, opening the season with nine consecutive victories to tie the program's best-ever start. The Tritons went 17-5 in the CCAA, placing third and qualifying for the NCAA postseason for the eighth straight year.
The 26 wins were the most since 2009 and the team climbed as high as No. 8 in the AVCA's national poll.
Dahle was named an AVCA First Team All-American, while Brenton, middle Sara McCutchan and Sierks earned honorable mention nods. Brenton, Dahle and Sierks were tabbed All-CCAA First Team and McCutchan picked up second team honors.
With a young squad that included no seniors, Luyties guided the 2012 Tritons to a 20-11 overall record and a fourth place finish in the CCAA with a 15-7 mark.
Dahle was named the 2012 AVCA West Region Freshman of the Year and, along with McCutchan, garnered AVCA All-West Region honorable mention. Both were also Daktronics All-West Region Second Team picks.
In 2011, Luyties' second season at the helm of the program, the Tritons amassed a 22-6 overall record and placed third in the CCAA at 17-5.
Roxanne Brunsting, Katie Condon and Hillary Williamson earned All-CCAA accolades and Williamson also garnered All-West Region recognition. Williamson was just the second player in school history to graduate with over 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs, while Brunsting was the second to accomplish the feat in assists and digs.
UC San Diego was ranked in the top-25 nationally every week during its 2011 campaign, climbing to a season-high of 10th in the AVCA's Sept. 19 listing.
Luyties inherited a talented Triton squad that went 29-3 in 2009 and finished second in the CCAA with a record of 20-2. He kept the momentum going in 2010 as UC San Diego was 19-9 overall and tied for second in the CCAA at 15-7. In the postseason, UC San Diego swept Sonoma State in a West Region quarterfinal before falling to CCAA champion Cal State San Bernardino in the semis.
Brunsting was named AVCA and Daktronics All-America Honorable Mention, while three Tritons were tabbed All-West Region and First Team All-CCAA.
UC San Diego was ranked as high as eighth in the nation in 2010.
Luyties came to La Jolla after six seasons at Southern Mississippi, where he led the Golden Eagles to an overall record of 85-96. In 2009, he guided Southern Miss to a 27-5 overall record and a 14-2 Conference USA mark. The Golden Eagles won their first outright league title and Luyties went on to earn C-USA Coach of the Year honors for his performance. The team's 14 conference wins were a program best and marked a seven-win improvement from a 7-9 finish in 2008.
Prior to taking over at Southern Miss, Luyties served as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado for three seasons, directing the right and left sides. He helped the Buffaloes reach the NCAA Tournament twice during his tenure with the program.
Before joining the collegiate ranks, Luyties was the head coach of the La Jolla High School boys and girls varsity programs and also served as the coach of the Coast Volleyball Club Girls 16s team. Additionally, he coached preps for the Wind N' Sea Volleyball Club in 1998-99 and led the San Diego Volleyball Club Boys 17s and Girls 15s and 16s teams from 1995-98.
Luyties had a very impressive playing career, reaching the pinnacles of the sport at both the collegiate and professional levels. He was one of the most decorated setters in NCAA history for UCLA, leading the Bruins to four consecutive NCAA Championships from 1981-84. He guided the program to an overall record of 126-7, including a pair of undefeated seasons, during his career with the Bruins.
The only player to start on four national title teams, Luyties was a two-time All-American and named the NCAA Most Valuable Player in 1983 and 1984. He was inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1995 and his No. 11 jersey was retired the following year.
In 2016, Luyties was selected to the Pac-12 All-Century Men's Volleyball Team.
Luyties also found success at the international level, winning a pair of gold medals as a member of the U.S. National Team from 1981-88. Alongside Karch Kiraly and Steve Timmons, he led the United States to gold at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, and was also a key member of U.S. squad that won gold at the 1987 Pan American Games.
In addition to his achievements at the national level, Luyties also played professionally on the beach for 12 years, competing regularly on both the AVP Tour and the FIVB World Tour. His career featured wins in seven pro beach volleyball events, including the 1991 U.S. Championship with teammate Adam Johnson. He also won titles with Kiraly, one of the most legendary players in professional beach volleyball history.
In May of 2017, Luyties was one of 25 members of the first Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame induction class. In 2015, Luyties was inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Association's Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Luyties graduated from UCLA in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in Economics.


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Perhaps that's an understatement. After nearly two decades as part of the must successful tag team of all time – The Dudley Boys – Bully Ray has reinvented himself as a solo superstar.
After earning his stripes in the hardcore rings of Extreme Championship Wrestling and thriving in World Wrestling Entertainment for years, he's found a home with TNA Wrestling, whose flagship program, "Impact Wrestling", airs on Thursday night on Spike TV at 9 p.m. EST.
TNA heads to NYC's Manhattan Center on June 25-27 and August 5-7 for a series of special TV tapings, and Bully Ray (who currently finds himself in a heated public battle with the company's head honcho, Dixie Carter) is preparing to get "extreme"-ly intense when he comes home.
Queens Ledger/Brooklyn Star: Younger fans may not even realize that the Manhattan Center was the original home of WWE's Monday Night Raw RAW, which was the first national TV show to offer live pro wrestling in prime time. That was the world's first televised taste of those crazy New York fans and the wild atmosphere they create in an intimate environment. For fans who have only been to Madison Square Garden or other big arenas, what's the atmosphere expected to be like? How is that going to be different for these fans when compared to attending a TV taping in a 15,000-seat arena?
Bully Ray: What the fans can expect is a typical New York City wrestling crowd, which is among the greatest wrestling crowds in the world. They're the most vocal, they're the most passionate. They know what they want. They want to cheer for their heroes, and they want to boo the people they hate. I'm thinking it's going to be an incredible atmosphere for TNA.
Being a New Yorker and establishing my career in New York, and being born, bred, raised, the whole nine yards, for me it's an incredible homecoming. I can't wait to come home to New York City. I can't wait to perform in front of all those fans. I'm looking forward to it for the other wrestlers too, some of the wrestlers who have never been able to perform in front of a New York City crowd. This can be a real pivotal point for TNA to get some real, real solid TV shows with an incredibly passionate crowd behind them, and they will help take TNA to the next level. It's going to be everything that you expect from a New York City crowd.
QL/BS: One of pro wrestling's most game-changing broadcasts was the night that the company where you first made your name, Extreme Championship Wrestling, invaded Monday Night Raw. What are your memories of being a part of that, and how crazy was it to actually experience that from the inside and be a part of it?
BR: The memories of that day are pretty distinct. The ECW locker room was the tightest-knit locker room in all of professional wrestling, and you'll never see another locker room like ECW. ECW truly was a revolution, and we truly believed it was us versus them, and that we were going to war every night. We were going to change the landscape of professional wrestling, which we did.
I remember ECW had ordered Japanese-style sweatsuits, and we all showed up in our matching red-and-black sweatsuits. We looked like a team. We looked like a united locker room. A lot of the WWE guys were kind of looking at us like, "wow, these guys are different. What's up with these guys?" But by the end of the night, I believe we had earned everybody's respect, and it came off really well. To be able to say that I was a part of that night is just a great memory. It's a great notch to have in my professional career and belt, and I can always say that I was on Monday Night RAW when it was at the Manhattan Center. Not a lot of people can say that.
QL/BS: If fans or readers have been watching Impact Wrestling on a regular basis, they know that probably the biggest, most personal issue right now has been the issues between yourself and TNA President Dixie Carter. You two have had on-screen confrontations at her house, in TNA offices, and at various TV tapings throughout the country, but never in your "home court." What do you expect to see when Dixie Carter and Bully Ray cross paths at the Manhattan Center?
BR: Well, let me turn the question around on you, Gerry. As a journalist, what do you expect to see if Bully Ray and Dixie Carter cross paths in New York City?
QL/BS: I am going to say that, with all the riots and all the chaos that your career has caused or been a part of, I think it may pale in comparison to what might happen at the Manhattan Center.
BR: Well, all I can tell you is this, for fans of TNA who watch every week, thank you very much. For fans that come to our shows, thank you very much. For the casual fans in the northeast who may have never been to a TNA show or are on the fence, I'm guaranteeing you, I'm promising you, you are not going to want to miss these three days in New York City. I know what this locker room is capable of, I know what the creative team is capable of, and I know that the guys are salivating to go out there and prove themselves. I know what I'm capable of in New York City. I know what I've done in that town already, whether I've blown the roof off the Elks Lodge, or whether I've blown the roof off of Madison Square Garden, because I've done both. It's going to be sick in that Manhattan Center, I guarantee it.
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An expertly tailored row of embroidered satin-stitch dots accents our classic boudoir pillow cover.
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Element Emerald Advocate Thomas Campbell recently traveled to New York where he opened an art show at the Half Gallery and painted a mural at Max Fish on Ludlow Street. Check out the video below where Thomas speaks about his art and new show at the Half Gallery.
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5 stubborn leak myths
The continuing saga of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden — along with revelations of aggressive Justice Department prying into reporting by The Associated Press and Fox News — has resulted in a string of congressional hearings and endless rounds of Sunday chatter.
So there's plenty of information out there describing how the law deals with leaks, just how unprecedented the Obama administration's recent leak-sleuthing tactics have been — and whether it's really possible to investigate leaks without intruding on the First Amendment.
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Unfortunately, much of that information happens to be wrong.
( PHOTOS: Pols, pundits weigh in on NSA report)
The leak issue has come into focus again this week, as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board held a rare public hearing Tuesday on some of the surveillance programs Snowden disclosed, and the Justice Department prepares to release proposed changes Friday to its guidelines for investigations involving the media.
With the leak controversy at center stage, here's POLITICO's list of five myths that seem to have taken root as these controversies unfolded:
1. Leaking classified information is always against the law
"We are talking about classified information, the leaking of which is a crime," White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters in May as he fielded questions about the investigation of a leak to Fox News reporter James Rosen.
The idea is simple, appealing — and inaccurate. In fact, there is no law that makes it a crime simply to disclose classified information to those not authorized to receive it.
House Judiciary Committee member Bobby Scott (D-Va.) recently tried to tackle the misperception.
"The law on leaking classified information is murky. Technically, it's not against the law to release classified information if it doesn't do any harm," Scott said last month on NBC's "Meet The Press."
( PHOTOS: 20 places Snowden wants to go to for asylum)
On the other hand, he said: "It is illegal to release information that's sensitive, but not even classified, if it does do some harm."
Scott's formulation is pretty close to the mark, although judges usually don't insist on actual harm but just the potential for harm.
The main portion of the Espionage Act invoked in recent leak prosecutions refers to disclosures of "information relating to the national defense … which could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation" and is being closely held by the government.
"NDI [National Defense Information], it is worth noting, is not synonymous with 'classified'; information that is classified by the executive branch of government may or may not qualify as NDI," Judge T.S. Ellis III wrote in a 2009 opinion in the prosecution of two American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbyists.
( Also on POLITICO: Snowden: I believed in U.S. 'nobility')
Other legal provisions do make it a crime to disclose information about "communications intelligence" or the identities of covert agents. (Then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) provided one of just four votes against the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982.)
Over the years, there have been proposals to make all instances of unauthorized disclosure of classified information a crime. In 2000, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) advanced legislation to make it a felony punishable by three years in prison and a $10,000 fine when a person who has or had authorized access to classified information revealed it.
"While current law bars unauthorized disclosure of certain categories of information, for example, cryptographic or national defense information, many other sensitive intelligence and diplomatic secrets are not protected," Shelby said at the time.
However, President Bill Clinton vetoed the intelligence bill containing the measure. One fear was that a future administration could use the law against former officials offering commentary on national security matters. Some thought it could go even further.
"We thought it could reach not just people who violated their oath by disclosing classified information but was a pretext for prosecuting reporters and had the potential to convert the statute into a U.K.-style Official Secrets Act," Clinton's then-chief of staff John Podesta told POLITICO.
2. The tactics prosecutors used in the case of reporter James Rosen were unprecedented — and unexpected
Some in the media and on Capitol Hill exploded in outrage at word that prosecutors pried into Rosen's emails and tracked his movements in and out of the State Department.
Rosen "was specifically targeted, with government trackers monitoring his every move around the State Department," Fox anchor Megyn Kelly said breathlessly in a May 20 show that described the news as "stunning" and "incredible."
"We now know that the FBI investigators in this case not only seized James Rosen's phone records; they went through and read his emails, they tracked his comings and goings inside the State Department. Does the president approve of that kind of action by the Justice Department against a reporter?" ABC's Jon Karl asked at a White House briefing.


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Summit County special Olympians win medals
The Summit County Special Olympics alpine ski team completed another successful year at the state games held at Copper Mountain on Sunday.
Kelly Faber received two gold medals and Vidal LaRocque received two silver medals on the advanced giant slalom and super G courses.
Among the intermediate skiers, Steven Kennedy received a fourth in his super G race and a silver medal in the giant slalom race.
KC Farmer received silver medals in both giant slalom and super G. Caroline Willis won gold in her super G race and a silver medal in the giant slalom.
Congratulations to all of the athletes and thanks to all the coaches, volunteers and Copper Mountain who help make this a great event for the athletes.
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Canker sores (aphthous stomatitis) are painful white ulcers in the
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The cause of canker sores is not well-understood but may include
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Most people do not need to see a doctor for canker sores. The sores will get better on their own. To relieve pain, you might try over-the-counter medicine or change your diet to bland, soft foods.
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Albuquerque Special Collections Library
423 Central NE, Albuquerque NM
(NW Corner of Edith and Central)
The New Mexico Genealogical Society presents
John Taylor
Author of "Bloody Valverde"
and co-author, with Thomas S. Edrington, of "The Battle of Glorieta Pass"
will speak on
The Civil War in New Mexico
Famed historian John Taylor will discuss how New Mexico played a part in the Civil War. He will sign copies of his books at the presentation.
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Leeks served with a Kumquat Clementine Vinaigrette
04.03.09 by Jackie
Leeks vinaigrette is a simple and healthy recipe to welcome Spring. The leeks are simply steam-cooked and then drizzled with the vinaigrette. I brightened the vinaigrette with some sweet clementines and kumquats from my garden. The zest of the citrus brings a lot of flavor.
Leeks are from the onion family but their taste is much more subtle and mild. In fact, they have a natural, gentle sweetness that can be paired very successfully with more sour, acidic flavors. If you've never had leeks, it's time to give them a try!
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Tens of thousands of people attended Plano's annual Christmas Parade.
The Early Lions Club puts on the annual event.
"It's a tradition in Plano we think is very special that we enjoy doing every year," resident Mark Sims said. "The kids look forward to it. We get doughnuts and hot chocolate."
The marching bands of all nine Plano high schools performed in the parade, which had dozens of floats from civic groups and churches. Boy Scouts and other groups handed out candy to children.
The Lions say 4,200 people were in the parade.
Before the parade, which NBC 5 sponsors, the Lions held a pancake breakfast with Santa Clause where people donated canned goods to the Plano Food Pantries.


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At The East London Art Club, what we do is simple but powerful: we provide a friendly and welcoming space and materials for you to experiment with making art. Simple as that. To book your place for each night of the club (every Thursday evening), you need to first join our Meetup group - you can then book your place using Meetup's RSVP system.
The club is FREE!!! (Small and optional donation suggested of £1-£2 to cover MeetUp fees and materials). We are not an art class – there's no particular 'tuition', though we do share ideas and techniques with each other. You don't need to have any experience, or even any idea what you're going to create.
Allow your natural creativity to flow and naturally find your own style and direction, all in the supportive presence of others doing the same. The class format includes: creative practice time, quiet time for reflection, chatting while you work, sharing skills and insights.
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Leonoff Stops 31 for Shutout
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Led by three points from defenseman Kate Martini, Yale's freshman class delivered six points to lead the Bulldogs to a 3-0 win at Colgate Friday afternoon. Sophomore goalkeeper Jaimie Leonoff made 31 saves for her first career shutout. The Bulldogs' goals came from senior forward Alyssa Zupon, freshman forward Jamie Haddad and freshman forward Janelle Ferrara.
"This is what we expected when we recruited them, and they're certainly living up to it," said Yale head coach Joakim Flygh of the freshmen. "There's always an adjustment phase, but they played really well tonight."
Zupon opened the scoring for Yale (1-2-0, 1-0-0 ECAC Hockey) with a goal at 19:34 of the first, assisted by freshman forward Hanna Åström and Martini.
The Bulldogs got their first power-play goal of the season to go up 2-0 at 16:48 of the second. The penalty-filled frame saw the teams combine for six penalties, but the Bulldogs killed off all three of theirs en route to a perfect 4-for-4 day on the penalty kill. Haddad took advantage of a boarding call on the Raiders to score her first collegiate goal, assisted by Martini and junior defenseman Tara Tomimoto.
Ferrara then put the game out of reach late in the third with her first collegiate goal. Colgate (2-4-0, 0-1-0 ECAC Hockey) pulled goalie Ashlynne Rando (27 saves) for the final two minutes, and Ferrara scored at the 18:53 mark off assists by senior forward Danielle Moncion and Martini.
"Overall the whole team played well," said Flygh. "Jaimie Leonoff made some big, big saves that kept us in the game. The goals we scored were the result of hard work. We battled, and played smart in the third period protecting the lead. We played the way we needed to play to be successful."
Yale visits No. 2 Cornell Saturday afternoon.
Report by Sam Rubin '95 (email@example.com), Yale Sports Publicity


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His name is Yugi Moto, and he is the main star of the anime series, Yu-Gi-Oh! I received a request to do a tutorial on "how to draw chibi YuGiOh", step by step. I had so much fun sketching out this chibi version of Yugi. He looks so cute with a card in his mouth, and his style that looks like a star. I'm not a big watcher of the series, but my fifteen year old brother is. I can honestly remember when he first got into the show. He used to be glued to the couch until the cartoon was completely over. It was almost freaky to watch him sitting there looking lifeless as he goes into a trans in front of the T.V. screen. He's not that bad nowadays, which makes it less freaky. Anyway, if you are looking for the regular version of Yugi Moto, you can find that under the anime/manga category in the 'characters' section. He also came out pretty cool for an old tutorial. Whenever you draw any kind of chibi character, you're sure to have a blast because the end product is cute, cuddly and adorable. I hope you like learning "how to draw chibi Yu-Gi-Oh", step by step. The best part to the lesson is the coloring that will take place when the drawing is complete. Have fun people, and remember to draw with passion and love. Peace peeps!
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Read all the latest news about Women Scorned, what we've been up to, who we've been talking to and where more juicy gossip!
Women Scorned's M.D. Jan Griffiths and Commercial Director Jo Welch chat with Geoff Selby on Bro Radio, February 2014.
Women Scorned's Commercial Director Jo Welch chats to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Andie Harper about the aftermath of infidelity.
Jan Griffiths chats about Women Scorned live on Radio Dublin.
International Women Scorned Awareness Day today
When a group of friends found their husbands had cheated, they got busy helping others like them.
They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Some cut up their philandering husband's suits, some change the locks. Vicky Pryce chose to dob on her MP husband about dodging speeding points.


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ROSES to Eugene Robinson for sharing his story as a Tuskegee Airmen with students at Owen J. Roberts High School. Robinson is part of the generation of World War II veterans who continue to share their inspiring tales with younger generations, even though there are fewer of them around each year. 'First, I just want to show them the history of this country's military,' Robinson said after his presentation. 'Secondly, it's important to know that the color of your skin doesn't matter.' Robinson, wearing the powder-blue blazer of the Tuskegee Airmen, detailed the history of his unit, starting with the group's roots in fighter pilot Eugene Bullard, who left the U.S. and served in the French Air Force in World War I. He mixed in anecdotes of his own experiences. His presentation, meant to offer a lesson in black history, touched all students.
THORNS to Pennsylvania teachers unions for vowing to oppose Gov. Tom Corbett's pension reform plan without learning about it or offering any input to solve the state's escalating public pension crisis. No sooner had Corbett finished his annual budget address in which he called for some reforms in public pensions, such as a shift to defined contributions from defined benefits and some changes in how benefits are calculated, than the unions came out fighting. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette quoted union officials as fiercely opposed to the proposed changes. 'We will file suit without blinking an eye,' said Mike Crossey, president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state's largest teachers union, as quoted by the Post-Gazette. The attitude that educators are entitled without compromise to benefits that are bankrupting local school systems has gotten us into this mess. The road out of it remains a mystery but the $41 billion deficit in pensions won't go away if the teachers unions get their way and the issue is kicked down the road again.
ROSES to those who organized and participated in this week's community prayer event at the Spring-Ford Ninth Grade Center auditorium. A number of local families who have been helped by the power of prayer and fundraising for children in the face of devastating illness came together in thanks in a service organized by a committee headed by Jessica Reigner and staged by Rev. Dave Lewis, pastor of New Hanover United Methodist Church, and Monica Shanley, who is the director of lay ministry for the church. The event was a chance for the community to celebrate the answering of prayers.


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The Pro Bowl, especially in recent years, has produced as much excitement and intrigue as watching somebody spackle your bathroom. But the NFL is reportedly considering shaking up the format to try to save the game.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, one suggestion for tweaking the all-star game, which is held between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, ripped a page out of the NHL's playbook.
The, in Rapoport's words, "intriguing option" is holding a draft when players arrive in Honolulu to determine who would play on each team. (In the current format, the AFC plays the NFC.) The NHL switched to this format a couple of years ago, naming two captains who go old-school to pick their teams like kids on a playground.
Kudos to the NFL for trying to think outside the box, but I'm not sure that is going to solve the problem. I am a huge hockey fan, but the draft concept doesn't really add anything for me. Apparently I'm not the only one who doesn't find it very appealing, as ratings for the NHL All-Star Game continue to be pretty unspectacular.
Two captains taking turns building a team from the best of the NFL's best sounds good in theory, especially to this avid fantasy football player. But once the captains start selecting guards, nose tackles and kickers, the appeal will quickly wear off, I'm guessing.
Still, it's something. The Pro Bowl can't get much worse.
The reality is that the game won't be interesting unless the players have something to play for. I won't rip a guy for not going all out in a meaningless exhibition when his contract is not fully guaranteed. And I'm not sure what the NFL can do to entice players to go all-out. But football doesn't produce the same kinds of oohs and aahs when players are going half speed and shying away from contact.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell thought the Pro Bowl was a little better this year, but still, its long-term future remains in doubt. I'm not sure a fantasy player draft would significantly improve the quality of the game itself, but I like where the NFL's heads are at.


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I've finally got some more reading done recently. K.W. Jeter's Infernal Devices, Tim Powers' The Stress of Her Regard and Cherie Priest's Boneshaker.
Infernal Devices (1987)
Infernal Devices definitely has the whole steampunk vibe going, which isn't surprising, as Jeter coined the term the year this novel was published, in a letter to Locus about his earlier novel Morlock Night. Infernal Devices is a fun little adventure novel, although the plot twists were generally unexpected. Steam power itself is not in much evidence here, as the technology in the story is more clockwork oriented. The mad scientist in this story has since passed away, and it is his "infernal devices" which remain the problem of the tale. Other now-common tropes of steampunk literature include mistaken identities, clockwork automata, and flying machines. This was a fast-paced novel, but I wish it had lingered in some areas. While enjoyable, it didn't get very deep. Fans of steampunk literature should read this, but I probably won't read this a second time.
The Stress of Her Regard (1989)
Tim Powers was another of the triumvirate of authors initially associated with steampunk (The third being Blaylock). I started reading Powers recently, as the Anubis Gates is sometimes considered steampunk. The Stress of Her Regard is not steampunk, however, but rather what is termed Secret History. Powers uses the real documented lives of historical figures, such as Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats, weaving them together and providing a supernatural story which fits within the established historical record. In this story, great literary figures such as Byron and Shelley have relationships with supernatural beings identified as vampires (John Polidori, a contemporary of Byron and a character in this book, wrote a short story called "The Vampyre" which is the first known vampire story written in English). However, unlike the beautiful shiny vampires from Anne Rice (The Vampire Chronicles 1973) , Stephanie Meyer (Twilight 2005), or L.J. Smith (The Vampire Diaries 1991), the vampires in The Stress of Her Regard are ancient stone spirits. Powers weaves a powerful tale, and this work has considerable literary merit. Powers clearly did extensive research into mythology and history to write a fantastic book. While tween vamp fans probably won't be interested in this story, but those familiar with the literature of the Romantic period should enjoy it. I'll likely reread this novel again before the 2011 Renovation Worldcon, where Powers will be a Guest of Honour.
Boneshaker (2009)
Cherie Priest's latest novel is set in an alternate history Seattle while the American Civil War has dragged on for nearly two decades. It has made it on Publishers Weekly's list of the top novels of 2009. I was really looking forward to reading this story, and it lived up to my expectations. The book itself is crafted well. The text was printed in a dark brown ink. Still easily readable, but it gave this story a much more earthy feel. Boneshaker has two main characters which we follow into the walled off city inhabited by "rotters". Of the two, Briar Wilkes is a more defined character. Zeke is, well, a teenaged boy. While his search is for his family's tarnished legacy, Briar is forced to confront her own personal relationship to the past horrors. Cherie Priest uses several of the common themes associated with steampunk literature of the past. Aside from the obvious airships, and brass goggles, Priest plays on mistaken identity, technological marvels, and the use of real historical figures, in the character of Princess Angeline, eldest daughter of Chief Seattle. The Seattle of Boneshaker is a very gritty, thick atmospheric feel. Cherie Priest has a clear vision of this alternate world, and I'm looking forward to reading future novels set in "The Clockwork Century" world.


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When Homes Become Hotels Short Stays, Lengthy Fights
Vacation Rentals Prompt Complaints and Bans, Spur Debate Over Property Rights When Homeowners Become Hoteliers, Some Neighbors Bristle at Noise, Nuisance
Renting a private home while on vacation, rather than paying for a hotel room, has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, leading to a backlash from neighbors and prompting places from New York state to tiny Columbia Falls, Mont., to ban or restrict the practice.
Now there is a backlash to the backlash—and a deep philosophical divide between property rights and neighbors' rights. On one side are homeowners who embrace the trend, along with the growing number of listing services that cater to the short-term-rental industry....


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Editor's note: This was first presented to the Jasper County school board on Aug. 26.
To the Board of Trustees of the Jasper County School District,
Some things are good in Jasper County, and something is wrong in Jasper County, but ousting the school district's superintendent, as Rep. Bill Herbkersman suggests (in Jasper County Sun sister paper Hardeeville Today, Aug. 17) will not resolve the issue.
Superintendents have been fired in the past, and the problem remained. In the past, two superintendents have been on the district's payroll simultaneously.
Three superintendents have been on salary within one year.
Rather than being a problem solver, Rep. Herbkersman has become a part of the problem.
Only one other superintendent, Mary Gordon Ellis, has received such a scathing indictment from a legislator.
While Rep. Herbkersman is "chagrined but not surprised that ...the Jasper County School District received an F"...., he must recall that the children, faculty, staff, and administration worked in a warring county, wreaked in an atmosphere of turmoil and negativity.
The superintendent has been subjected to a hostile working environment. She is the only superintendent who has been summoned to undergo public scrutiny by the chairman and others members of the Jasper County legislative delegation.
A Kenyan proverb teaches: "When the elephants fight, the grass suffers." The negative energy among the fighting factions contributes to the overall atmosphere.
Rep. Herbkersman's reliance on public comments that contributed to negativity by encouraging disgruntled and former employees to publish their grievances is disconcerting.
Disparaging and implicating the Elections Commission contributes to turmoil.
The representative promises fairer school board elections in the future. By fairer, does he mean that the most recent election was fair or not?
Referring to the staff as "her crew," Rep. Herbkersman complains that there was an attempt to "make it a racial issue." His rant about the multi-ethnic foster children and the race card invokes questions about his veracity.
In a June 29, 2013 statement, he defended his actions stating that a black woman requested an investigation of the school district.
Racism is defined by Dr. Geneva Gay as "any activity, individual or institutional, deliberate or not, predicated upon a belief in the superiority of whites and the inferiority of ethnic minorities, which serves to maintain white supremacy through the oppression and subjugation of members of ethnic minority groups."
Race is inherently involved in the history of education in Jasper County. Rep. Herbkersman says, "Those who can afford private school have long since gone..." A private academy was erected in order to avoid integration more than forty years ago.
The residents who decide to utilize private academies do not pay "what amounts to double taxation."
They make a conscious decision, a free-will choice.
In contrast to the negative energy, Rep. Herbkersman urges Bluffton residents to contact an administrator and visit the school (Hardeeville Today, Aug. 10).
The legislator has not used his own advice in Jasper County.
Also, he apparently is unaware of the on-going cooperative relationship between the Jasper County School district and the residents of Sun City.
The test results are the responsibility of all stakeholders in the county. The legislator was "not surprised" by the report card.
However, as a public servant, he should lead the county in high expectations and solicit positive community involvement. Rep. Herbkersman states, "Our children look to us for the tools to build a good life."
In order to deliver the tools, we must change accusations to assistance and animosity to amiability.
All of us bear the responsibility of having a culture of education in our community.
Richie DW Smalls-Reed, EdD