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San Joaquin Valley College is an accredited private junior college committed to the professional success of its students and graduates. Founded in 1977, SJVC has campuses located throughout California-including an Online division and offers a variety of accelerated Certificate and Associate of Science degree programs in the business, medical and technical fields. Students benefit from a balance of classroom instruction and real-world experience, learning the skills they need to go straight to work in today's competitive job market.
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DE PERE - St. Norbert College advanced to its ninth NCAA Division III Frozen Four in 12 seasons with a convincing 7-2 win over Adrian College in a NCAA Division III Tournament quarterfinal held at Cornerstone Community Center.
The Green Knights (26-3-1) built a 5-0 lead after two periods, outshooting the Bulldogs 26-7 in the first two periods. Adrian saw its season end at 22-3-4, with two of its losses coming to St. Norbert.
St. Norbert, winners of nine straight games, will face either Norwich University or Geneseo State University in a national semifinal at 4 p.m. EDT Friday, March 21 at Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston, Maine.
St. Norbert survived about a four-minute flurry early in the game when Adrian had sustained pressure in its offensive zone. The Bulldogs missed wide on a couple of early scoring chances, and St. Norbert eventually scored when Joe Perry converted a wrister from the left slot at the 14:11 mark for his 20th goal of the season and 100th career point.
The Green Knights moved ahead 2-0 when a pileup in front of Adrian net resulted in an Erik Cooper power-play goal at the 16:15 mark.
St. Norbert took control in the second period, scoring three goals. Cullen Bradshaw finished a rebound for a power-play goal at 5:03. Ross Pavek took a pass from Mason Baptista and finished from out front at 7:10. Chris Rial put the Green Knights comfortably ahead at 5-0 when he took advantage of a collision by Adrian goaltender Scott Shackell and another Bulldog player, finding an open net at 12:22.
The third period, which was marred by 10 penalties, saw each team scored twice. Adrian's Kevin Balas scored at 9:32, but St. Norbert got the goal back on a Michael Hill goal at 11:22. Adrian scored a 6-on-4 extra-attacker power-play goal by Justin Basso at 15:01. The Green Knights closed out the scoring on a 5-on-3 power-play goal by Perry at 16:32.
Cooper added three assists for a four-point game. Perry added an assist, Bradshaw had two assists and Sam Higgins had three assists for three-point games.
David Jacobson improved to 22-1-1 on the season by making 12 saves. Shackell dropped to 11-1-1 on the season with 33 saves. St. Norbert was 3-for-8 on the power play, while Adrian was 1-for-4.


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I've been so busy compiling "top food stories of 2011″ lists for KQED's Bay Area Bites and Berkeleyside, I almost forgot to compile a similar list here. So, as 2011 comes to an end let's take a trip through the Lettuce Eat Kale archives at, arguably, the year's best blog posts (horn toot alert).
It's been a different kind of year here at LEK, as regular readers may have noticed. I've had an abundance of paid freelance work (no complaints) and thus much less time to write original pieces for my own site. So, you'll see some crossover on my end-of-year lists this year, as most of my working days have been devoted to turning stories for other outlets, which I reprint on LEK.
I do miss penning personal posts here, and I'd like to make it a goal for 2012 to try to do more such pieces, but given my lousy track record (see exhibit A) with New Year's resolutions, consider it an intention rather than a guarantee, okay?
Some of this year's LEK posts spurred lots of comments, others pointed to national trends or local enterprises, some profiled well-known people and their culinary pursuits, still others focused on little-known folks who worked without fanfare on worthy food causes. Some I picked for this list simply because something about the subject or person particularly resonated with me, and I hope it does with you too.
Feel free to check out a post you may have missed, chime in on your favorite piece, or comment on those featured in this list.
And don't be shy about letting me know what you'd like to see more (or less) of on this site in the year ahead.
I am grateful to Berkeleyside, Civil Eats, and Bay Area Bites, for sharing my stories with a wider audience on a regular basis. Thanks, as well, to other outlets who have published my work this year, including AFAR, Bay Citizen, Eating Well, Edible East Bay, California, Diablo, Great Schools, Grist, San Francisco, and Shareable.
Here's wishing you, my loyal readers, a healthy, well-read and well-fed 2012.
Top Ten LEK Highlights of 2011 (in no particular order)
1. Covering the business of food blogging: Two posts I wrote for Bay Area Bites struck a nerve with readers — or at least other food writers. Will Write for Food, Payment Preferable generated so much attention I was worried I'd win the underpaid, underappreciated food writer of the year honor (which, seriously, would be okay if there was a big check attached.) A post later in the year, So You Want to be a Successful Food Blogger? Here's How., annoyed some male bloggers, spoke to others, and appeared in BAB's top 5 viewed food posts of the year. Oh, and the irony of The Huffington Post (see Will Write for Food) choosing my seafood story as its first BAB feature was not lost on me.
2. Interviewing dozens of food folks for Berkeleyside's Friday food column: I've been so fortunate to have the chance to chat with some of the most enterprising people in my hometown who work in the food and farming world, as part of my weekly food series for Berkeleyside. Highlights this year (a baker's dozen) include Q&As with gleaner Natasha Boissier, urban farmer Kim Allen, artisan preserver June Taylor, community activist Joy Moore, culinary couple Wendy Brucker and Roscoe Skipper, jam maker Dafna Kory, cooking instructor MikeC, pasta maker Eric Sartenaer, baker Eduardo Morell, cheese purveyor Cathy Goldsmith, ghee artisan Matteo Girard Maxon, and pop-up restauranteur Nigel Jones.
3. Having a whole lot of fun with Whole Foods Parking Lot: What can I say? Sometimes a story comes your way that is just a blast to write. That's exactly what it was like with the viral hit Whole Foods Parking Lot in two stories also for Bay Area Bites, the first of which appeared in that site's top 5 viewed food posts of the year as well. Bonus: The fact that Dave Wittman was a super sweet interview and the story earned me cool cred with my son and his friends.
4. Going undercover to document the perils of speed dating with a food focus: Just as well I was on assignment for Berkeleyside for this one, because social anxiety might have prevented me from attending a speed dating event for vegans and vegetarians, if it wasn't the subject of my food column for the very next day. As you'll see, this night was not for the faint of heart — or the hungry.
5. Continuing coverage of the food insecure: My social justice reporting roots had me ferreting out stories about people working to get affordable, healthy food to the hungry in our communities. I penned pieces on James Berk of Mandela Marketplace in Oakland who brings produce to his people, chef Andre Green, who feeds the homeless in Berkeley, and People's Grocery executive director Nikki Henderson, who educates people in her community and beyond about food security matters. I also stayed on the school food beat and covered the opening of the first faith-based urban farm in my area, Urban Adamah, and reminded readers on Thanksgiving to give thanks for farmworkers, the people who pick our food, often under difficult and dangerous conditions.
6. Ongoing reporting of promising food phenomenons: This year saw the launch of several food swaps, crop swaps, food book clubs, an heirloom produce resource sharing project, and community supported aquaculture, all of which were covered here.
7. Chronicling the adventures of Alice: It was all about Alice in August. Alice Waters that is, the local food icon whose landmark restaurant Chez Panisse celebrated its 40th anniversary this year with a series of fundraisers for her edible education programs. Personal paparazzi moment: Greeting rocker David Byrne and immediately introducing him to a surprised waiter wearing a T-shirt he designed to support the Edible Schoolyard, all for a photo opportunity. Phew! (Those pics were taken by Christina Diaz, the wonderful photog I collaborated with on several occasions this year. Working with such a talented photographer was a highlight in itself.)
8. Reviewing food films and books: There was less time for these posts this year than in 2010, but I still managed to sneak in a story about Serve Yourself author Joe Yonan and his solo suppers. I also covered an intriguing conversation between Gabrielle Hamilton, who penned the popular Blood, Bones, and Butter, and New York Times writer Kim Severson (so much left unsaid). And I had a chat with Food Rules author Michael Pollan. On the film front, I reported on screenings of the documentary Corner Store, the pilot episode of the TV series Food Forward, the couple behind The Perennial Plate online video series, and Toast, the theatrical release of British author Nigel Slater's memoir of the same name.
9. Turning the infrequent original post here: On rare occasion I wrote a post that just appeared here — whether it was an homage to the humble potato, a report on a visit from Michelle Obama or the U.S. Surgeon General, a reflection on the simple pleasures of a country dinner, or a reprint of a previous post (this time with awesome images of my grandmother attached) on the joys of listening and leftovers.
10. Winning an award: I was delighted, surprised, and honored to receive this year's Karola Saekel Craib Excellence in Food Journalism award in recognition of my food writing on LEK and elsewhere. The San Francisco chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier, an international philanthropic society of female leaders in the culinary world, established the fellowship in honor of Karola Saekel Craib, the San Francisco Chronicle reporter whose writing helped to define food journalism as we know it. Saekel Craib died earlier this year.
The $2,000 award was presented by Saekel Craib's daughter, Anne Craib, whom I connected with over excess backyard citrus and local gleaning efforts designed to share that surplus with those in need. The award check, which came with no strings attached, was immediately put to good use: I updated my website and bought my growing teen a bigger bed. Speaking of beds, compiling this list makes me feel tired. Time to take a nap.
And that, dear readers, was the year in food over here at Lettuce Eat Kale. Let me know below if you have a favorite LEK story from 2011.


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Two boys have been arrested following a grass fire in southwest Sydney, as Prime Minister Julia Gillard urges authorities to punish arsonists with "the full force of the law".
The boys were spotted at the scene of a fire on the side of the M5 motorway at Eagle Vale on Friday afternoon by police targeting known fire hotspots.
Aged 17 and 12, they were arrested and are helping police with inquiries.
The blaze was extinguished.
It comes after two teenagers were arrested on Thursday night after a string of small fires were lit in bushland in nearby Macquarie Fields, also in Sydney's southwest.
Fire and Rescue officers extinguished the fires and officers patrolling the area arrested two 16-year-old boys after chasing them on foot.
Other youths also fled from the scene, police said.
The four arrests came as NSW faced a total fire ban, with 99 bushfires continuing to rage across the state on Friday afternoon.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she could not understand the mentality of anyone who would deliberately start a fire while conditions were so dangerous.
"What would possess someone to be stupid enough, reckless enough, evil enough to deliberately start a fire on a high fire risk day, given the damage we know such fires can do?" Ms Gillard told reporters.
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Earlier, Rural Fire Service (RFS) deputy commissioner Rob Rogers criticised the moronic actions of arsonists while the state sizzles in 40 degree heat.
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Nine months ago Lia was born and it now seems like an eternity ago. I can't believe it has taken me this long to get around to writing Lia's birth story. Life is very full and there never seems enough time.
My pregnancy was very much wanted and it took me a long time to conceive. When I managed to fall pregnant, it was during the most stressful period of my life. This was punctuated with horrible morning sickness. I can remember having to drag myself off the lounge to go and do pre and postnatal visits, all the time trying to keep the pregnancy a secret in case I miscarried again. Thankfully the sickness passed at the magical 13-week mark.
This pregnancy, like my last, was complicated by a very unstable pelvis that caused me a lot of pain. By the end of the pregnancy I was almost immobile and nearly had to resort to a walking frame to get around. This was not the joyous pregnancy I had hoped for. At 36 weeks, sensing my mood, my close friends got together at my blessing way. This was a wonderful turning point. I felt loved and nurtured. The energy from the blessing way carried through with me till after the birth. I cannot thank those that came enough.
The night before my due date I couldn't get comfortable, painful Braxton Hicks contractions kept coming every 5 to 10 minutes and weren't letting up. I chose to ignore them as I had been plagued by painful Braxton Hicks contractions for the last five weeks. At some point I decided to go to bed in the hope that they would go away. But of course it wasn't to be, they kept coming and were getting more painful, although I was still denying that this might actually be the start of labour.
By 1am I gave in and decided that perhaps this could be it. I decided to let Frank sleep. I got up and went to the dark and quiet lounge room. It was exciting, as I knew that baby would be here sometime soon and I treasured this quiet time alone. I put on music and danced around the house with the contractions. The contractions were irregular in length and spacing but coming four times every ten minutes.
As the contractions became more painful – I decided I needed the birth pool. So went in and woke Frank. Poor Frank couldn't set up the pool quick enough, I was unreasonably angry that he wasn't going faster. All I wanted was to submerge myself in deep warm water. I called in Denise a doula friend, whom had been an excellent emotionally support during my pregnancy. Denise tended to my every need. As the labour progressed it felt odd – some contractions I would need to push and others were very mild. I tried to go with the flow.
I then called in my midwives, one by one (all three were present at the birth). I was worried during the pregnancy that too many people would be distracting. But I loved having them all there when I was in labour. I began to fell nauseous and threw up – my waters broke at the same time. I spent what felt like a lot of time in the pool (it is all a blur now). I vocalised loudly through contractions as this helped. It seemed so much more painful than last time. I needed to dip into every possible resource at my disposal. The pressure in my bottom grew very strong during contractions, so much so I started to push. It didn't feel right, so I checked my own progress – to my devastation I was 3cm dilated. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't even vocalise what I had found to those around me. I then checked again, just to make sure and sure enough it was 3cm. But just then I got a contraction and the cervix almost disappeared. I'd had enough; I felt I couldn't go on. Denise said something (I can't even remember what it was now) – but it helped me in just letting the contractions wash over me and I didn't vocalise or do anything. I can remember the tremendous energy this took – my whole body shook with the effort.
Around three contractions later – I felt something shift. So I decided to push again (I haven't in past births experienced any urge to push). To my surprise the baby's head descended fast. Two pushes and her head was out. I really wanted to birth this baby myself (my last baby's shoulders got stuck). I was kneeling (one knee down and one up) with my hands on my baby's head waiting for that next contraction. When the contraction came – I couldn't free the baby. I flipped over and asked for assistance from one of the midwives. Myra reached over just after I changed position and said later that the baby came free without her assistance.
Words cannot describe the relief and the elation I felt, even more so when I discovered the baby was a girl (I have two boys and had convinced myself this baby was also a boy). Lia gave a cry and the boys joined us (they had been in and out of the birthing room during my labour).
Shortly after the birth I was wondering why Lia looked so pale, when I discovered that she was not attached to an umbilical cord. After some slight panic on my part, Lia's cord was clamped and she was warmed and given oxygen. It turns out Lia's cord was extremely short and the cord snapped at the birth. This, most likely, is what held her birth up once her head was out. Lia quickly recovered, although remained pale for quite a while as she made up for her blood loss during the birth.
The birth was short – around three hours. But it was wonderful. Though during the labour I kept thinking I am never doing this again and I am still sticking by that thought. Three is enough for me.
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Once you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, your healthcare team will talk with you about a variety of treatment options. While many treatments are available, each person will have a treatment regimen that's geared to her particular cancer. There are currently five widely accepted treatments for breast cancer. These include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormonal therapy and targeted therapy. They often are used in combination.
- Surgery: During breast cancer surgery, the cancerous breast tissue and, perhaps, neighboring regions will be removed. All of this tissue will be sent to a pathologist to analyze. He or she will document the exact size of the tumor itself, the type of breast cancer it is, how fast it is growing, how aggressive it is, and if the cancer has spread beyond the breast to the lymph nodes and/or other parts of the body received for analysis. After the pathologist puts together a report detailing all aspects of your cancer, doctors will be able to tell you what additional treatment may be necessary.
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Mastectomy—Removal of the entire breast (not only the affected tissue)
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This year's baseball team is all about balance.
The Vikings aren't about one star pitcher, one standout slugger, or some speedy outfielder. This year, South Tahoe has all its bases covered.
"What most excites me is the balance that this team has," coach Starbuck Teevan said. "We have pitching. We have a pretty solid lineup and good defense in a mixture of sophomore, juniors and seniors."
Despite graduating a couple key players, among them All-State player Colton Marchesseault, coach Teevan said this year's team has all the pieces needed for postseason success.
"Last year we were 12-16, but obviously we're definitely looking to improve on that this year, and we've got a good group of kids to do that. We have 11 seniors on the team, and these kids have all played together for most of their lives so we're looking to make a run at it this year," Teevan said. "We'll see what happens but we've made a big improvement on last year because most of the guys played summer ball and fall ball."
South Tahoe is 3-3-1 overall and 1-0 in league thus far, and has already demonstrated a consistent starting rotation. Pitching has led the Vikings to their three wins.
South Tahoe senior Tyler Sharp leads the Vikings' rotation. Sharp's off-speed pitches are his biggest weapons. He has good command of his curve ball and change-up, keeping batters off balance and in check.
"And he's just intimidating because of his size, 6-4 and 225 pounds," Teevan said. "He also hits in the middle of our lineup."
Sharp is batting .474 in the preseason and leading the Vikings' lineup with 10 RBIs and two homeruns. He also doubles as catcher when he's not pitching.
Cody Higgins and Jordan Mann are an interchangeable No. 2 and No. 3 in the rotation.
Higgins is a left-handed pitcher and also adds a big bat to the lineup. He is batting .625 in the early season.
Mann is new to the South Tahoe rotation and doubles as a right fielder when he's not on the mound.
Skylar Sheldon rounds out South Tahoe's rotation.
At the top of the batting order, Sergio Burgueno and Christian Coats will be setting the table for the Vikings. Dominic Diana, Mann, Sharp and Higgins represent the heart of the Vikings' lineup.
"I've been switching them around to see what works, but those guys up at the top really the guys who get things going for us," Teevan said.
Kolby Eymann, River Quinn, Liam Loftis, RJ Rivera, Joey Anderson, Taylor Weik, Gabe Carranza, Bobby Gonzales, Spencer Harnett, Mike Guili and Dillon Bertolina round out the varsity roster.
"In all, we've played very well at times, not very well at times, but it starts with our pitchers throwing strikes," Teevan said.
UP NEXT: South Tahoe will play a doubleheader against Whittell at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday at Lampe Park in Gardnerville, Nev.


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In "Dinner and Deception," the NYT Op-Ed, the writer confessed that "serving elaborate meals to the super-rich left me feeling empty." The Harper's writer was even more pointed about her EMP meal: "It is weaponized food, food tortured and contorted beyond what is reasonable; food taken to its illogical conclusion; food not to feed yourself but to thwart other people."
Had the art, the science, the magic of inventive cuisine been reduced to weapons to be fed to the super-rich?
It was a depressing thought. We were on our quest to eat at the world's 25 best, not because we were super-rich, not because we wanted to approach each meal like a battlefield, but because we really believed that what is being created in these restaurants is its own kind of singular evolution, an art form, newly elevated, that deserves to be celebrated and experienced.
It got us thinking and talking. About the evolution of food; about the nature of service and the theatre of dining; about food writers and whether this is all still relevant. Here's part of that conversation.
It's like the pigments that Van Gogh was sent and used.
What do you mean he was sent the pigments? I don't know this story.
His paint supplier had these new yellow pigments and Van Gogh was so taken by these pigments; every time he mixed them he had new colours – colours that didn't exist before. So he did this whole series – all of these sunflowers – and they're all experiments – they're worth millions of dollars today – but they were just experiments. And each new painting opened another door not only for him but generations after.
So what does that have to do with food?
Well, it's exactly the same thing. You're taking ingredients and you're decomposing them, you're recomposing them, you're taking them a step further – it's evolution. Rene Redzepi, Escoffier, The French Laundry, Thomas Keller. He influenced a ton of other chefs that didn't necessarily go on to open French Laundry-like restaurants. But it just evolved and the key to humanity is evolution – without evolution the planet stands still and we die.
What I'm really beginning to understand about these restaurants is how much theatre there is, performance art. There's definitely a style of service at all of them and in some cases you and I have observed there's such a degree of formality…it's not what I would call a fun dining experience. What about that?
There's something to be said about tradition. There's a proper way of showcasing, of putting the spotlight on what this is all about and in this case it's food. So they're honouring the food because really - what if it was just thrown at you?
What about this other thing we've experienced where the server is the intermediary between you and the food, between you and the chef. The reality is whether it's a 3 Michelin star restaurant…
…or your local pub
Yeah, exactly – well, you're usually not meeting the person who's making the food. So the server is the face of the food, the face of the chef. What happens when you don't connect with the server or when the service is perfunctory or they're just reading their script? Because frankly, they've said the same thing …"be careful the plate is hot"…they've said that a hundred times tonight, so how can they get excited about it and then how do they make a connection with you, the diner?
That's almost irrelevant. It's like walking into an art gallery. What if you don't connect with the art…
Let me interrupt you here because you are shown the art the way the artist created it. You talked about Van Gogh earlier? When I see his Sunflowers or his Starry Night or a self-portrait, I see it the way he imagined it. Now, in a restaurant I see the food the way the chef imagined it but there's someone who's an interpreter for the chef. Unlike the artist or the painting where it's left to my imagination. So the skill of the server is really important, for me anyway, because I want that server to tell me the story behind the dish, to care about it as much as the chef did when they created it.
When you stand next to a painting and the gallery owner comes explains to you the history of the artist, or the technique that they've used and all of the sudden you see a completely different painting than you originally saw…
I think we're saying the same thing. What I'm talking about is when that server doesn't have that skill or the passion or the…
But that's what I'm saying too. If the gallery owner doesn't answer your question or answers your question so that you absolutely don't understand what he or she is talking about, you're on your own. The connection you're craving is almost irrelevant; it will never be a perfect experience. Somebody eating tonight at Pujol probably had a bad experience, and that's unavoidable. Someone here at the hotel may not have a good experience because they don't like this kind of architecture, the room décor, whatever.
Are you saying that we're taking this all too seriously?
Not you and I, or certainly not me…
I think I'm taking it too seriously.
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. It reminds me of those articles we were talking about. What is the point of these articles? They're not constructive at all and at the bottom of it they're trying to stop evolution.
Explain to me what you mean by that.
From what they're saying, questioning the importance …
Or belittling it.
Yeah. It's like questioning Andy Warhol's relevance in the history of art.
Well that's a good example because there's people who would maybe say he's not really a "serious" artist.
Yet he's had such a huge influence on other generations after him. He's completely opened a door that was not even open before. I question these kinds of articles. What is the point? That these restaurants are irrelevant?
I don't know if they're saying they're irrelevant. It's about that they're too self-important, that they take themselves too seriously, that everything about them, from the style of service to the price that you're paying, to the ambiance, the list of ingredients is oh so overwrought that it can drive you crazy.
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I mean food is the topic de jour and I'm actually surprised that this food trend has gone on as long as it has. We had these supermodels, which we never had before, and all of the sudden we have these super chefs, which we've never had before.
I'm sure that chefs are wishing they could say that they don't get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day
I think you're on to something when you say it's a way for us to reconnect – and I don't mean to sound clichéd – reconnect with the world, with our earth…Because these fricking phones – we drop them, oh well; we lose them, oh well. A new one comes out, we throw out the old one. But food - it does feed our souls, it's a social gathering. All this social media has sucked the social – funny that it's called social media because it's anything but social – it has eliminated our need to really interact with people that we care about. Your phone doesn't do that; it doesn't provide you with that. But food…when you sit down with another person - whether it's your spouse or your child or your best friend or a group of colleagues – it's an experience that no technology has replaced – none. So perhaps that's why it's even more important today than ever before.
When I see chefs like Grant Atchaz at Alinea...whether I appreciate the food or not, whether I think it's worth the money or not, just the brain behind it, the science behind it, the creativity behind it…how I can produce X or Y, what can I do with this orange? These writers who are writing these articles – you're actually telling me that you would kibosh what these people are doing? I come back to Van Gogh's pigments – that all of the sudden he could do a 100 shades of yellow when in the past, a week before, he could only do twelve shades of yellow.
You know, you almost have to break it down the way Miranda [Priestley in The Devil Wears Prada] – does - that's her name, right? The number of people employed. It's a business, it's not just one person's little fanciful thing.
It's not about a $500 dinner. How many people are in that kitchen? How many people does it employ? All the artisans that make the plates that perhaps somebody ends up buying – what about that? And how many people who work in the kitchen end up going and opening their own restaurants? And then they employ people…it's huge! It's not that one meal. It's not that green sweater or whatever she's talking about.
It's not about a $500 dinner. How many people are in that kitchen? How many people does it employ? All the artisans that make the plates that perhaps somebody ends up buying – what about that? And how many people who work in the kitchen end up going and opening their own restaurants? And then they employ people…it's huge! It's not that one meal. It's not that green sweater or whatever she's talking about.
And then we finished our wine, and realised we had stayed up way later than intended. But just before we went to bed, we watched that great monologue from The Devil Wears Prada one more time.
Yes food, like fashion, is at its heart a business, as Miranda says; it's also still magic, still mystery, still theatre and genius. "Weaponized food, food tortured and contorted beyond what is reasonable"? That's eating without imagination and a willingness to be whisked away on the chef's journey, wherever it may take you.
Next up: putting on a show at Eleven Madison Park
NB to our readers: Yes, we are still continuing on our quest! Eleven restaurants down, 14 to go. While we're way behind in posting about our adventures, please visit back soon to continue reading about where in the world Liz and Rich have dined next.


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Las Vegas, Nev. -- Joseph Young scored 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting as the Oregon Ducks handily defeated the Oregon State Beavers 88-74 in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Jason Calliste had 17 points for the seventh-seeded Ducks (23-8). Mike Moser added 13 points and Dominic Artis chipped in 10. Oregon takes on second-seed UCLA in the next round.
Angus Brandt finished with 20 points while Roberto Nelson logged 19 for the 10th-seeded Beavers (16-15). Hallice Cooke registered 12 points and eight boards and Devon Collier netted 11 points.
Oregon shot 43.8 percent from the floor, including 5-of-10 from 3-point range, in the first half, but led by a score of only 41-40 at the break. OSU drained 73.7 percent of its field goal attempts, but took 13 fewer shots that Oregon.
The Ducks were on fire in the second period as they connected on 80 percent of their field goal tries. With 14:12 left in the game, the Beavers were up one but Oregon went on a 20-6 run to bust the game open and cruise to victory.
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E-cigarette market is on fire, survey shows
The market for e-cigarettes is exploding, with an average of 10 new brands entering the market every month for the last two years, and more than 7,700 total flavors, a new Internet survey found.
"The product has caught on fire," said Shu-Hong Zhu, a public health researcher at the University of California-San Diego who helped lead the research.
Rather than burning tobacco, e-cigarettes have a battery-powered heating cartridge that vaporizes liquid containing nicotine and/or flavorings. Most deliver a significantly lower level of nicotine than conventional cigarettes, and some data suggest they may help people quit smoking, Zhu said.
Products on the market when Zhu's team first did an Internet search in 2012 were more likely to resemble conventional cigarettes, according to the study, published Monday in the journal Tobacco Control. Products that have come on the market since are less cigarette-like, often dispensing the vapor from a device that looks like a fat fountain pen.
Zhu said he is doing additional research to see whether the newer brands are attracting new types of customers, such as children drawn in by candy flavors and marketing tactics reminiscent of big tobacco.
As long as e-cigarettes are primarily used to help quit smoking — and not to spur children to smoke — they will be a benefit to public health, said Michael Siegel, a tobacco control expert at the Boston University School of Public Health.
Siegel said he doesn't see flavored e-cigarettes as a "gateway" to smoking for children, even though there are many flavors that kids would find appealing. "It would be really hard to switch from a cherry e-cigarette to a Marlboro," he said. "In a way, the flavors are protective."
But Siegel said he's worried about proposed regulations from the Food and Drug Administration that would require companies to seek federal approval for each individual e-cigarette product. Such regulation would create an endless paperwork nightmare both for the companies and the federal government, he said, and would drive smaller companies out of business. The largest companies in the e-cigarette market are also the largest tobacco companies — and those with the least incentive to help people quit smoking, he said.
Instead, Siegel said the government should create minimum standards for e-cigarettes that protect users but don't stifle competition.
Maciej Goniewicz, a pharmacologist and toxicologist at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, said there are some types of e-cigarettes that make him anxious. Brands with battery packs that offered a choice of output voltages, for instance, were quite safe at the lower levels, but released significant levels of toxins when heated to extremes, according to his research.
There should be a general standard for e-cigarettes, he said, setting maximum temperatures and levels of nicotine, along with consistent manufacturing practices and a list of approved flavorings.
Goniewicz said he's also very supportive of properly regulated e-cigarettes, used by people trying to quit. "Let's leave this product for the smokers, because it is very likely that this product is much safer [than cigarettes] and it might save their lives."


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KCCU, Cameron University's public radio station, has been honored with numerous state and regional awards for work completed in 2012 by news director Clinton Wieden and reporter Mitch Watson.
During the recent Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) 2013 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards ceremony, KCCU earned seven first-place awards in the Region 6, Radio-Small Market division. According to RTDNA, Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the spirit of excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the broadcast news profession. Since 2009, KCCU has won 26 regional Murrow awards in the Radio-Small Market division. KCCU's winning entries in the regional RTDNA awards are now entered into the national competition.
Wieden's "City Council Approves 2nd Street Funding," a story about the Lawton City Council's approval of a key funding measure for the 2nd Street development project, was honored as the top story in Reporting-Hard News. The same topic also earned top honors in the Continuing Coverage category.
He was also honored for "Clearing the Books," the first place winner in News Documentary. The documentary covered the auction of most of the stock of Booked Up, Larry McMurtry's bookstore in Archer City, Texas. Interviews were conducted over six months, focusing on the auction and its effects on the community.
Watson's "The Daughter of Dawn," a feature story about the showing of a silent film recently restored by the Oklahoma Historical Society that features tribes of southwest Oklahoma, topped the field in Feature Reporting.
Watson was honored in the News Series category for "The Two-Wheelin' Reporter," a series about affordable travel destinations within the KCCU broadcast area, including Route 66, the Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, Quartz Mountain Resort and other destinations. He also garnered a first place award for writing, based on samples from the series.
He also picked up a first place award for Use of Sound for "Kemp Center Adds New Sculptures," a feature story on the changing of sculptures in the garden at the Kemp Center for the Arts in Wichita Falls.
Wieden's "Clearing the Books" was also honored with first place in the Special Program category by the Oklahoma Pro Chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists and with the first place in the documentary category by the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Awards.
The Texas Associated Press Broadcasters also honored Watson's "Kemp Center Adds New Sculptures" with a second place award in the Feature (Light) category.
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Carlsbad's Kelli Moors went to work for a district law firm
Former Carlsbad school board member Kelli Moors was hired by a law firm 12 days after she voted to renew the firm's $100,000 contract with the district.
Moors announced Aug. 5 that she was resigning from the Carlsbad Unified School District board to take a job with Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP, a statewide law firm that specializes in education and has contracts with multiple local school districts, including Carlsbad.
On July 24, the Carlsbad board had voted 4-0, with trustee Ann Tanner abstaining, on an item to renew 23 contracts with various vendors. The Fagen contract was the largest of the group.
State law prohibits elected officials from participating in or influencing any decision that would financially benefit a prospective employer if the elected official is already in employment negotiations with the employer.
Moors told U-T Watchdog that she had been in talks with the law firm before the July 24 meeting about accepting a position there. She said she did not exert influence or persuade her fellow board members to approve the contract, which was approved without discussion.
"I never discussed my potential employment with Fagen, Friedman & Fulfrost with my fellow board members, district staff or the superintendent because I didn't want there to be any hint of a conflict of interest," said Moors, who was elected to the board in 2000.
Gary Winuk, enforcement chief for the state's Fair Political Practices Commission, said an elected official's own vote can present a conflict involving prospective employment. This, he said, includes consent agenda votes, which typically come with no discussion.
"The general rule is that once you begin employment negotiations with an outside entity, you may not make, participate in or influence a decision regarding that entity," Winuk said.
Moors was employed at Tri-City Medical Center before her position was eliminated in March. She said she began searching for new employment several months later. She would not give a specific date when she first contacted the law firm, but said it was earlier in the summer.
The firm advised Moors she would have to step down from the board if she accepted a position there, Moors said.
Terilyn Finders, the law firm's communications and legislative affairs director and Moors' supervisor, said she believes Moors did everything in her power to avoid a conflict between her job search and her board duties.
"She was vigilant in her efforts to protect the district and the board," Finders said. "She was a woman who faced a very personal decision and she tried very hard to make her own decision, and once she made it, handled it in a manner that was best for the district. This was always her intention. I know she strove to make sure there was no conflict."
The issue over Moors' vote was first raised by Sage Naumann, an 18-year-old who is running for the Carlsbad school board in 2014. Naumann sent an email to supporters that said Moors' vote should raise red flags.
"Whether or not laws were broken, the trust of the people of Carlsbad was broken," Naumann wrote.
Naumann said Wednesday he was careful to not accuse Moors of breaking any laws, but if that was the case he hopes authorities will investigate. He also hopes the issue will prompt residents to pay more attention to the school board's affairs.
"It is necessary that people start paying attention to what is going on in their district, and an issue like this can raise that awareness," Naumann said. "This is not an incident we want repeated with future elected board members."
Moors said she addressed Naumann's accusations before her farewell address at August's school board meeting, calling it dirty politics.
Regulations of the Fair Political Practices Commission, 18747(a): "No public official shall 'make,' 'participate in making,' or 'use his or her official position to influence' any governmental decision ... if the decision directly relates to a prospective employer."
18747(c): "A person is a 'prospective employer' of a public official if the official, either personally or through an agent, is 'negotiating' or has an 'arrangement' concerning prospective employment with that person.
November 2012: Voters re-elect Moors to a four-year term that expires in 2016.
March 2013: Moors is laid off from her position at the Tri-City Healthcare District.
Summer 2013: Moors contacts Fagen, Friedman and Fulfrost.
July 24, 2013: Moors participates in vote to renew district's contract with law firm for an amount not to exceed $100,000.
Aug. 2, 2013: Moors notifies Carlsbad Superintendent Suzette Lovely, that she is accepting a position with the law firm and resigning from the board. Moors said this was the first she time she told anyone with the district of her contact with the law firm.
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The Sheridan school district in Arkansas is using technology to add academic value to the three-hour commute endured daily by students from neighboring rural communities. Originally conceived by Vanderbilt University biochemist Bill Hudson, Arkansas's Aspirnaut Initiative brings laptops, iPods, and wireless Internet to school buses in an effort to promote science education.
Mobile computing technologies are increasingly perceived as an important tool for improving the quality of K-12 education. The Aspirnaut Initiative is the latest evidence of this emerging trend and could provide insight into the viability of mobile computing education programs. For the duration of the program's three-year trial, students aboard Sherdian's Bus 46 will use iPods to listen to educational podcasts, and "high ability" students will use laptop computers to connect to the Internet and interact with web-based learning programs. According to superintendent Scott Spainhour, students could someday receive actual course credits for the time they spend learning on the bus. At the end of the three-year trial, students who complete the program will be permitted to keep their iPods and laptops.
Opposite ends of the e-learning spectrum
A controversial e-learning initiative in Michigan that would have involved providing iPods to every student in the state was recently derailed in the face of widespread public criticism and allegations that the state legislators behind the program received personal incentives from Apple. The Michigan program was widely seen as a waste of state resources and a needless burden on taxpayers. Indeed, education technology programs are often regarded as poorly-planned boondoggles due to frequent mismanagement and high costs. Schools often lack the technical expertise required to make sound purchasing decisions and expensive hardware often goes unused. In many states, basic school needs are ignored in favor of costly technology programs that look good on paper but rarely live up to expectations.
Given all the problems faced by e-learning programs, will the Aspirnaut Initiative be able to succeed? There are some important differences between Aspirnaut and the Michigan program that are worth considering. With proper planning, highly-targeted technology initiatives can be used with success to resolve individual problems, but technology in and of itself isn't a panacea that can magically eliminate the impediments that detract from quality math and science education. Unlike the Michigan proposal, which offered a statewide program without a clearly-defined set of goals, the Aspirnaut program is designed to fulfill a very specific need for a particular audience of students. Aspirnaut's objective is to find a practical way to bring academic value to long bus rides for the benefit of students in rural communities who have limited exposure to technology.
Another advantage of the Aspirnaut program is that it differentiates between students on the basis of ability and provides individualized learning experiences accordingly. Such differentiation is important, because not all students are developmentally ready for advanced math and science curriculum. By providing students with access to technology and material based on their own readiness for it, the program limits the technology's potential to become a distraction rather than a learning aid.
It's also important to note that the Aspirnaut program is a limited three-year trial that focuses on a single bus rather than a statewide program. By performing an extensive trial before broad implementation, the program can easily be adjusted as needed to compensate for issues that emerge as as the trial progresses. If a larger program is eventually rolled out, implementors will have the benefit of experience and reliable data to help determine what works and what doesn't. Finally, I think it's worth noting that the Aspirnaut program receives donations from Vanderbilt University and is partially funded by private donations and fund-raising, so the experiment isn't entirely funded by taxpayers.
As technology becomes more important in the classroom, the lessons learned by unique and creative programs like the Aspirnaut Initiative will provide valuable insight to educators. It is imperative for state legislators and school districts to base technology initiatives on the results of practical trials rather than the overinflated rhetoric of vendors and the latest fads. Schools also must consider ongoing maintenance, upgrade, and licensing costs when making critical technology acquisition decisions. Hopefully, insights gained from programs like the Aspirnaut Initiative will help schools make more practical and productive choices when integrating technology in the classroom.


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I used sheets again, because y'all know I can't turn down a $5 curtain opportunity. I'm cheap like that. I was also on a time crunch, because two curtains laid out end to end in my dining room take up 99% of the usable floorspace, which meant that all pets and children were restricted to half the house (the "boring half," naturally) while I got my paint on. I admit, I might have thought that one through a little better. Hindsight is 20/20, right?
First I made curtains from the sheets - I followed this great no sew backtab curtain tutorial at Design a la Mod, with just a couple of tweaks:
1. First I folded over the extra length that I wouldn't need and attached the backtabs to that section, then finally I sewed the entire folded section in place (following the existing stitch line and going over the iron-on hem tape at the bottom for some extra strength). I attached the hem tape to this folded-over section so there would be less chance of it showing through since the sheet fabric is thin.
2. Instead of attaching the iron-on hem tape at both the top and bottom as in the original tutorial, I used velcro on the top section so that I could "open" my curtains because my boys' new curtain rods are made of galvanized piping. Once you screw all the pieces of pipe together it's solid and has to be entirely removed from the wall to add or remove traditional curtains -- and that wasn't going to happen.
I promise the original tutorial is much easier to understand, so make sure to click over there if you want to make some normal backtab curtains!
Once I finished making the curtains, it was time to lay them out and paint. I taped 9" lines on them and then realized I didn't have a foam roller. Like I said, maybe I forgot my coffee yesterday morning. To the store we went.
Back from the store and new roller in hand, I starting painting with scads of acrylic craft paint and fabric medium. I went with regular craft paint since I had heard that using regular wall paint (even with fabric medium) could result in crunchy curtains, and fabric medium seems to be "designed" for the regular craft paint. News flash: mine are still a tad crunchy. Oh well! I might sand them lightly to soften them up.
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Okay, so it wasn't my smoothest project ever, but now that it's over I'm really happy to have these curtains up even though my 6 year old dubbed them "weird." Pfft. What does he know? I think they look great!
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In a pivotal moment of the premiere of "Chaos," debuting at 8 p.m. Friday on CBS, CIA agent Rick Martinez eats a live scorpion.
Surrounded by a band of machete- and gun-wielding rebels, in the middle of a desert, he's putting them on notice that he's crazy tough. And he earns the respect of his fellow agents on this unsanctioned mission.
When actor Freddy Rodriguez ("Ugly Betty," "Six Feet Under") eats an actual scorpion (its stinger was glued into submission), the audience knows this is a crazy ride. The playful Rat Pack music, the Office of Disruptive Services and the nagging suspicion that the real CIA could be this disorganized contribute to the fun.
Rodriguez's character is an earnest, smart, diligent man.
"When my brothers were in soccer camp, I stayed home and studied Arabic," he says, explaining his lifelong dream to become an operative.
On his first day, his department is eliminated. He can't take no for an answer, and he's so perfect for the job that his boss, H.J. Higgins (Kurtwood Smith, "That '70s Show"), appoints him to Clandestine Administration and Oversight Services (CHAOS).
It's a division of spies spying on spies, and Martinez becomes the newbie among a smart-aleck trio. Michael Dorset (Eric Close, "Without a Trace"), a psychologist-turned-operative, is the boss. Billy Collins (James Murray) is a Scot, decommissioned from the British Secret Service. Casey Malick (Tim Blake Nelson) looks like a mild-mannered accountant but is insanely tough and is considered the "human weapon."
"It's like 'The Four Musketeers' sprinkled with a little 'Get Smart' sprinkled with a little bit of 'M*A*S*H' with a little bit of Coen brothers-esque humor, maybe," Rodriguez says. "I can't compare it to anything on TV. Put all of that in a blender, and you might come up with 'Chaos.' "
Plus, it all feels right, he adds. Rodriguez knew producer and director Brett Ratner for 16 years. Creator Tom Spezialy wrote Martinez for him. Spezialy wants to show that CIA agents take wild risks, often living by their wits.
"I read that there is something like 3 million people with top-secret clearance in this country," Spezialy says at a news conference. "So I immediately go, 'Well, that means 6 [million] because of husbands and wives and 9 [million] because of hairdressers. So you feel like there are no secrets in this country, just confusion and bureaucracy."
"Chaos" captures that.
"It is the story of four rogue CIA operatives forced to overcome the agency's CIA gridlock in an effort to keep the world safe," Ratner says.
"Chaos" is shot in Vancouver, which boasts the ocean and mountains. Such variety means different episodes could be set in different countries, Ratner says.
Vancouver's natural beauty makes this gig that much more attractive, says Close, an outdoorsman. He and Murray fish north of Vancouver, and Close runs through the city daily.
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Emmys fashion is all about color: Looks range from white to bright
As Hollywood red carpets go, the Emmys are never as much a fashion parade as the Oscars, and Sunday's show continued that trend. If you just wanted to ogle your favorite TV star, the show offered that.
Actresses tended to go one of two ways — pale and elegant, or bold and beautiful.
Even when the went light in color, actresses made sure their gowns were rich and textured. Julie Bowen's Zac Posen dress had all kinds of action, from the bows on the shoulders to the sculpted bodice and body to the tiered petal-like show at the bottom. "I'm not a girly-girl," she said, but her frothy confection said the opposite.


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