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The St. Louis Rams have hired Rob Ryan as their defensive coordinator, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
The boisterous Ryan was fired as defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys on Jan. 8, soon after owner Jerry Jones said he would make major changes to a team that finished 8-8 and missed the playoffs.
After his ouster in Dallas, Ryan said, "I'll be out of work for like five minutes."
Jones alluded to two losses -- at Seattle in Week 2 and to Chicago at Cowboys Stadium in Week 4, when Dallas' defense was almost completely healthy -- as part of the reasons he let Ryan go.
Under Ryan, the Cowboys' defense was 19th overall, 17th against the run and 21st against the pass.
Last season, the Rams' defense was coached by a host of assistants after proposed defensive coordinator Gregg Williams was suspended by the NFL for his role in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal. The team announced earlier this month that Williams, who has yet to be reinstated by the NFL, won't be with the team next season.
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Last Saturday night we took Suzi and Ivey out to Oktoberfest in Walhalla. The field was one big mud puddle by the time we arrived and we felt like idiots for not wearing rain boots. I ruined a pair of shoes; luckily I'd had the foresight not to wear my beloved new ones (which are so great I may have to blog about them later).
The tent with the music and dancing was somewhat drier and still had a bit of grass left. We'd come for the music anyhow (not the rides or the greasy food), so we got a seat in front so Suzi could see. When the Little German Band began to play, she got her daddy to take her out on the dance floor. Then the other kids began dancing and she wanted to join them (see video). It was cute, and the kids were so sweet to her. We've noticed she enjoys playing with kids who are slightly older. She also loves dancing, and I definitely foresee us enrolling her in dance classes when she gets a bit older.
We had fun, despite keeping Suzi up several hours past her bedtime. We probably paid for it Sunday, but I don't regret it. There were dancers with the band as well and we videotaped one dance which I may post later. Someone with the band helped me pick out a CD for Suzi, and she listens to it in the car. She says "I like that music!" and kicks her little feet to it.


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If you've spent any time at all on this blog, page you may have noticed that most of the recipes I post are of the…unhealthy variety ;) I love baking somewhat crazy and delicious desserts. But I have seen a HUGE spike of people searching the blog for my healthier recipes (I'm assuming with the new year's resolutions coming in) so I thought I would list some of my healthier recipes in one post so it would be more convenient for you guys!
Disclaimer: I'm a fan of eating healthy, melanoma but I also believe that fad diets and restrictive diets are pointless. Eating healthy is a day-to-day challenge and some days I do well and some days I don't. But if you try telling yourself that you're never going to eat a dessert again, resuscitator it generally won't work out well. I hope we can all do better at striving for balance, which means checking out these healthier recipes but also indulging a few times a week :)
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Also, for those of you interested in the Daniel Fast, I answered a lot of questions about it in THIS post :)
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I love smoothies! They are so easy to make and very customizable. Depending on what you put in them, they can provide you with fruit, dairy, and protein to kick-start your day! I usually try to add some sort of fruit, yogurt or milk, and peanut butter :)
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I also love breads and muffins! Here are two recipes that I have adjusted to make them much lighter than the usual muffin/quick-bread, but you really cannot tell the difference between these and their less-healthy counterparts.
Healthy Lunch and Dinner:
These recipes are all ones that I love and think taste really good. I recently made Hot Spinach Dip again and was reminded of how good it is! And the Daniel-Fast approved Potato Wedges and Veggies is one of my all-time favorite meals!
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"Let me ask you. As a giraffe, how do you feel about food?"
"I am definitely for it."
"No. I mean…"
"Hey, without food, it's adios. You know what I've never understood, and by 'I', I mean 'we', and by 'we', I mean the entire animal population? Hunger strikes. 'There is food available, but we're mad about something, so we're not going to eat it.' That concept makes absolutely no sense to us. Animals don't read, and there's no television or video games. Other than sleeping and making more animals, the majority of each day is involved in an 'our life depends on it' search for sustenance. In the context of our situation, the idea of, 'There's food right in front of us, but we're not going to eat it'? seems – respectfully – nuts."
"You not getting my drift here. I'm not talking about food in terms of what's required to remain alive. I'm talking about food as pleasure."
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"Point taken. But what about the unimaginable range of choices, the myriad tastes, the exquisite interplay of flavors on your palate…"
"We only eat leaves. They taste like leaves. And since we only eat one thing, the 'interplay of flavors' thing is, understandably, not exactly on our radar screens."
"Giraffes feel no inclination to experiment gustatorially?"
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"But you're missing out on so much: The preparation, the sauces, the tongue-treating ecstasy of exquisite cuisine from around the world, prepared by celebrated chefs, gifted with that distinguishing mélange of training, touch, boldness and imagination."
"Yeah, giraffes don't care about any of that. For giraffes, the best thing about food: You find some. That's 'Number One.' 'Oh, good, there's food, we can live until tomorrow.' That's a tremendous load off our minds. I know I'm belaboring this point, but it's the essential thing, and can really not be overstated. Who knows? If that religion that says we come back as other things is correct, then, some day, you might come back as a giraffe, and knowing what I just told you, you'll be ahead of the game. That's interesting., 'Ahead of the game' in this context, is kind of a play on words. But it's also terrific advice.
"The new giraffes, they're sometimes complacent. You go, 'Hey, Larry, let's look for some leaves.' They go, 'Later. I just figured out how to bend my knees, so I can lie down.' You go out later – foraging, as we call it, because there was this baby chimp once who couldn't pronounce 'forest' properly and everyone thought it was cute – anyway, you go out foraging, and there's no leaves – because other giraffes got their first, or because it's a bad year for leaves. Then you're in trouble.
"You may have learned to bend your knees, but all that means is you won't have to die standing up. Which – and I'm sure you'll agree – comes a far 'Second' to not dying at all."
"That's a trans-species 'no brainer.' From a giraffe's perspective – and I cannot stress this too strongly, I have seen this on bumper stickers and printed on t-shirts, that's how important it is – 'Leaves 'R Life.'
"And now you know that. So, should the happenstance occur that you come back as a giraffe – and, believe me, there are worse things to come back as, not mentioning any names, because it hurts their feelings – you've gotten a very helpful 'Heads up!'"
"I take it then that giraffes have no innate concept of 'fine dining.'"
"Here, in a nutshell is what giraffes think about food: You eat it, the nutrients go places to help parts of your body, and you poop the rest out. That's all there is. Gourmet, shmourmet, we could not care less. And it's not only the Long of Neck who feel that way, it's all animals. Ask a lion, 'How would you like your antelope?', they'll say, 'Slow. They're easier to catch.' Ask a hippopotamus if he'd care to try rabbit, he'd go, 'Why?' Ask a fish if they ever get tired of worms, they'd nail you with their patented 'fish eye', and say, 'That's what we eat. That, and smaller fish, though, hopefully, they have recently eaten a worm. That's the best. We call that a sandwich.'
"That's how it is for us with food. We like it when it's there, because when it's not there, we're dead. End of story. As for what others do around food – fetishizing, you might say, if you were in a negative frame of mind – it is best on this matter, as is our habit as giraffes, to remain silent. We are a lower species of animal. Having invented neither the Internet nor watermelon without seeds, it is not our place to disparage our genetic superiors. We just don't get the whole 'food thing.' And we'll leave it at that.
"Of course what do you expect from people who think a hunger strike makes any sense whatsoever. As our Jewish animal friends would say, you'd have to be meshugah. (As distinguished from the improper meshugeneh – which is the noun version of the word, rather than the – appropriate – adjectival.)"
"Well, thank you for your time. And in return, may I treat you to lunch at one of our most honored gourmet restaurants?"
"Do they serve leaves?"
"They can do you an exquisite endive salad with a raspberry vinaigrette."
"What's that?"
"It's a delicious dressing that they drizzle over your 'leaves.'"
"I like my leaves plain."
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3DConnexion Donates SpaceNavigators to KOffice
A couple of weeks ago Hans Bakker, who had never touched KOffice code before, started hacking on a Krita plugin for the 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator. Within a week or two he had a working plugin for Krita and it quickly became clear how cool these little devices are and how many possibilities for new user interaction paradigms they afford.
So Hans suggested contacting Ettore Pasquini from 3DConnexion about the possibility of them donating a SpaceNavigator to the KOffice project for testing purposes. Well, that was only last week, and this week a box with three SpaceNavigators already landed on my desk. These are nice, solid feeling, attractive to handle things that come out of the box with drivers for Linux.
For an early review of what is possible with the SpaceNavigor on Linux, see this review on Linux.com, SpaceNavigator: An affordable 3D controller for Linux.
I will be distributing them among KOffice hackers for playing with and testing Hans' code this week, and I am sure that during the development of the KOffice 2 series of releases we will find more and more interesting uses for this unusual and fun interaction tool.
Thanks Ettore and 3DConnexion!
KDEedu too?
I'm sure the guys working on Marble and KStars would love to borrow one of these :-) Perhaps some of the games too?
By odysseus at Thu, 2008/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: KDEedu too?
We can hit two birds with one stone as it were -- I can propose sending one to Inge Wallin, who's both involved in KOffice and in Marble :-)
By Boudewijn Rempt at Thu, 2008/03/20 - 5:00am
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Yes, please send one to Inge - that should keep him from working on KChart ;-)
By Torsten Rahn at Fri, 2008/03/21 - 5:00am
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Awesome! Thanks a lot to 3DConnexion! Glad to see Krita coming along so nicely!
By Anne-Marie Mahfouf at Fri, 2008/03/21 - 5:00am
Re: KDEedu too?
Haha! I should threaten to work on other projects than Marble more often.
Now... A beer at Akademy to the person who suggests the best usage of this little device in kchart. :-)
By Inge Wallin at Sat, 2008/03/22 - 5:00am
Re: KDEedu too?
Well, a whole beer crate goes to the person who suggests the best usage of this little device in Marble ;-)
By Torsten Rahn at Sun, 2008/03/23 - 5:00am
3D for Krita ?
Pardon my feeble imagination, but how usefull can a 3d controller be for a 2d drawing application ?
By moltonel at Thu, 2008/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: 3D for Krita ?
The third dimension is used for zooming. While the first and second is used for panning.
By Cyrille Berger at Thu, 2008/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: 3D for Krita ?
Could you also use it for drawing? The simplest thing might be to map the 3rd dimension to pressure, in order to re-use the way pressure-sensitive devices are handled. While this might not be the best idea, perhaps someone who is playing with the device can come up with a better one...
By Martin at Fri, 2008/03/21 - 5:00am
Thanks 3DConnexion!
By Roland Wolters at Thu, 2008/03/20 - 5:00am
you're welcome
Glad to be of help! And thanks Hans for the work :)
By ettore p at Thu, 2008/03/20 - 5:00am
Re: you're welcome
Thanks again! And welcome to the Dot!
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Supercool artist Molly Crabapple (check her out if you don't already know her) has written a wonderful, thoughtful article about the myth of the American meritocracy, art, and her own experiences. A few of the more poignant excerpts are below, but head over to Vice and read the whole thing.
Art is sometimes seen as gnostic freedom. But being an artist means you're in thrall to cash.
My last art show would have been impossible without the money and network of contacts I'd built. I never could have hauled massive slabs of wood up to my old fifth-floor walk-up—never could have painted them in the lightless room I once shared with three roommates. Without an assistant, I never would have had the time to paint my show. Without sponsorships, I never could have afforded the paint. Sometimes, curators look at the work, and say, "Why didn't you ever paint like that before?" I'd answer, "Because no one gave me enough money to be able to."
A decade of practice honed my talent. But cash let me express it. To pretend otherwise is to spit in the face of every broke genius who can't afford materials or time. It's to say I got here because I'm better than them.
I am good. But it's never just about that.
Not talking about money is a tool of class war. A culture that forbids employees from comparing salaries helps companies pay women and minorities less. Ignoring the mercenary grit behind success leads to quasi-religious abundance gurus claiming you can visualize your way to wealth.
Even we successful artists do it. It's easy to ignore luck, privilege, and bloody social climbing when you stand onstage in a pair of combat boots. It's easy to say that if people are just good enough, work hard enough, ask enough, believe enough, they will be like us.
But it's a lie. Winning does not scale. We may be free beings, but we are constrained by an economic system rigged against us. What ladders we have are being yanked away. Some of us will succeed. The possibility of success is used to call the majority of people failures.


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Florence has 15 years of basketball coaching experience, previously serving as a club coach and an instructor at various elite camps in addition to his high school and collegiate experience. He was also a teacher and substitute teacher in the Compton Unified School District from 1997 through 2013.
He helped Cal State L.A. to a 21-11 overall record and a 14-8 mark in the Div. II California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 2012-13. He assisted in practices, conditioning, and competition while creating statistical-driven scouting reports and helping develop the squad's post players.
In six years as the varsity head coach at Centennial High School Florence improved overall academic and athletic performance significantly. He dramatically increased the program's overall winning percentage, academic grade point averages, and the number of girls both applying and entering college.
Florence founded Changing Perceptions Together (C.P.T), which is a youth basketball organization targeted at inner city, underprivileged girls, particularly within the Compton Unified School District area. He has also served as an AAU coach, a camp instructor at the Mickael Pietrus Basketball Camp in France, and as an instructor in camps at Cal and UC Santa Barbara
Florence earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from Morehouse College and gained his Master's degree in education policy and management from Harvard.


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My parents taught me an awful lot when I was growing up—but physical education was never part of the "curriculum" at my house.
My father is one of those bookish types. As an Ivy League-educated university professor, he made sure that I had every opportunity to expand my knowledge and to experience the world outside of the small college towns where we lived. But although I practically grew up on university campuses, I never was exposed to sports or athletics at home. It simply wasn't a priority in my family.
I probably never would have discovered how exhilarating a good run can be or felt the team spirit that led me to join my college's crew team and intramural field hockey club if it hadn't been for my school P.E. classes. And without those experiences, I certainly never would have come to value physical activity on such a level that I joined a health club after graduation.
Although obesity continues to grow as a threat to American children's health, states and municipalities across the country are cutting physical fitness programming as non-essential. According to the last National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Shape of the Nation report, only five states require physical education at every grade level and more than half (32 of 50) permit school districts to allow students to swap other activities for the physical education credits required by the state.
Since 2001, cash-strapped school districts (and community organizations) that want to prioritize physical education have been able to apply for funding through the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP), a federal program that will grant almost $80 million to "initiate, improve or enhance physical education programs" for children in kindergarten through 12th grade. In May, a congressional subcommittee approved a bill that would eliminate PEP funding in the 2012 fiscal year.
This week has been named National Childhood Obesity Week as part of an awareness campaign that the United States perhaps would not need if our children were better exposed to and taught to value physical fitness. In reality, one week is not enough to highlight the dangers of childhood obesity, given the extent of the problem—but in my opinion, there is little point in having any awareness campaign at all if we are not prepared to take action.
As members of the health club industry, we all believe in the value of physical education, even if we don't all agree on where or how our nation's children should receive that instruction. So this week, I encourage you to act on that belief in whatever way you find best. Write to your representatives to tell them that PEP funding should not be cut. Support, establish or expand a fitness program for children in your community who otherwise may not receive physical education. Share with your club members the benefits they receive by exercising and encourage them to share those benefits with their families. Teach the value of physical fitness to today's children and chances are they will be tomorrow's club members.


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Mid-Sized Companies Get Extra Year to Comply With Affordable Care Act
Medium-sized companies will have another year before they have to provide employees with health insurance or face tax penalties, the Obama administration announced Monday.
The mandate will not be enforced until Jan. 1, 2016, so some companies that have more than 50 employees will now have an extra year to meet that requirement, The New York Times reported. Businesses that have less than 50 employees don't have to provide insurance to all full-time employees and their families.
In granting more time for compliance, the federal government set up new deadlines for three sizes of companies.
For companies with 100 or more employees, 70 percent of workers must have the option of coverage by 2015 and 95 percent should have that option after that, the Times reported. Businesses with 50 to 100 employees will have until 2016 to provide health insurance or face tax penalties. Small businesses with 50 employees or less will not be required to provide coverage at any point, the newspaper said.
This latest delay in implementation follows several attempts by the Obama administration in recent months to soften the blow of trying to conform with the tenets of the Affordable Care Act.
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Artifical preservatives will be eliminated from two varieties of Kraft Singles cheese slices, Kraft says.
Sorbic acid in the full-fat American and White American varieties will be replaced by natamycin, which Kraft says is a "natural mold inhibitor," the Associated Press reported.
It's the latest in a series of moves by companies to cater to the growing number of Americans concerned about food ingredients.
Last week, Subway said that it's ending the use of a chemical called azodicarbonamide in its bread. The announcement was made after a food blogger noted that the chemical is used in yoga mats and launched a petition to have Subway remove it from bread, the AP reported.
Millions of Pounds of Meat Recalled by California Company
A California company is recalling nearly 9 million pounds of meat that federal officials say came from "diseased and unsound animals" and is classified as a high health risk.
Rancho Feeding Corp. processed the meat without proper inspections and it is considered unfit for human consumption, according to information on the website of the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, NBC News reported.
The recalled meat was produced from Jan. 1, 2013 through Jan. 7 2014 and shipped to distribution and retail centers in California, Florida and Texas. It includes beef products such as carcasses, bones, feet, blood, heads, lips, cheeks, tongues, "Mountain Oysters" and "Sweet Breads," the agency said.
Officials did not specify the possible health risks posed by the recalled meat and said there were no reported cases of illness. An initial recall notice for nearly 42,000 pounds of meat produced by the Rancho Feeding Corp. was issued Jan. 13 of this year, NBC News reported.
Children's Health Insurance Problem Fixed: CMS
A registration problem that left some Medicaid-eligible children without health insurance has been remedied, according to federal officials.
Medicaid-eligible children cannot get coverage under subsidized family plans bought through the federal online insurance markets. Some youngsters had no coverage until their Medicaid eligibility was assessed, while others who did not quality for Medicaid still couldn't get coverage under their parents' plans, the Associated Press reported.
On Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said people can now use the HealthCare.gov website to report if a child was denied coverage and to get the child added to a subsidized plan.
In addition, the CMS said that consumers can now easily correct errors in their records, such as a wrong Social Security number or birthday, the AP reported.


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If you are just starting out, the business plan that you write should include how you intend to market your product and what you feel is the edge over the competition. This set of plans will help your business have the positive outcomes that will net a profit. Strategic goals will help the entrepreneur focus and edge out the competition. Start the business on a small enough level so that it is easily managed and learning from mistakes is not as costly. If overhead is low then the company will be more flexible as market demand changes. If possible, use savings to launch the business rather than taking out loans from a bank.
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A business owner may have the greatest business plan ever conceived, but without a positive 'can do' attitude, the business may fail. An owner who blames the employees for negative outcomes and refuses to take responsibility will find that he cannot make the changes that will be necessary to survive in the business world. An owner who is passionate about his business and its success is more likely to achieve that success than one who is not as motivated.
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If you bring experience to the table when you start your business you will have a greater chance at success. If you have worked with the product or performed the service for an employer, your experience will help when you open your own business. If you are selling a product that you feel that already exists but that you have improved on, you may find the niche and outpace the competition. As an owner you must constantly survey the market looking for opportunities on which to capitalize and looking at market trends in order to guide your business. Acting immediately, without over analyzing, will sometimes be the way to edge out the competition. Tips for a successful business can best be learned from other entrepreneurs who are willing to mentor you.


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Senate Bill No. 280
(By Senators Cole (Mr. President), Boley, Ferns, Mullins, Nohe, Sypolt, Prezioso, Facemire, D. Hall, Williams, Kessler, Palumbo and Beach)
[Introduced January 21, 2015; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §22-6A-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to allowing the transfer of well work permits upon approval of the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §22-6A-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§22-6A-7. Horizontal well permit required; permit fee; application; soil erosion control plan; well site safety plan; site construction plan; water management plan; permit fee; installation of permit number; suspension and transfer of a permit.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to commence any well work, including site preparation work which involves any disturbance of land, for a horizontal well without first securing from the secretary a well work permit pursuant to this article.
(b) Every permit application filed under this section shall be on a form as may be prescribed by the secretary, shall be verified and shall contain the following information:
(1) The names and addresses of (I) the well operator, (ii) the agent required to be designated under subsection (h) of this section and (iii) every person whom the applicant shall notify under any section of this article, together with a certification and evidence that a copy of the application and all other required documentation has been delivered to all such persons;
(2) The names and addresses of every coal operator operating coal seams under the tract of land on which the well is or may be located, and the coal seam owner of record and lessee of record required to be given notice by subdivision (6), subsection (a), section five of this article, if any, if said the owner or lessee is not yet operating said the coal seams;
(3) The number of the well or such other identification as the secretary may require;
(4) The well work for which a permit is requested;
(5) The approximate total depth to which the well is to be drilled or deepened, or the actual depth if the well has been drilled; the proposed angle and direction of the well; the actual depth or the approximate depth at which the well to be drilled deviates from vertical, the angle and direction of the nonvertical well bore until the well reaches its total target depth or its actual final depth and the length and direction of any actual or proposed horizontal lateral or well bore;
(6) Each formation in which the well will be completed if applicable;
(7) A description of any means used to stimulate the well;
(8) If the proposed well work will require casing or tubing to be set, the entire casing program for the well, including the size of each string of pipe, the starting point and depth to which each string is to be set and the extent to which each such string is to be cemented;
(9) If the proposed well work is to convert an existing well, all information required by this section, all formations from which production is anticipated and any plans to plug any portion of the well;
(10) If the proposed well work is to plug or replug the well, all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with the legislative rules promulgated by the secretary in accordance with section thirteen of this article;
(11) If the proposed well work is to stimulate a horizontal well, all information necessary to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of subdivision (7), subsection (a), section five of this article;
(12) The erosion and sediment control plan required under subsection (c) of this section for applications for permits to drill;
(13) A well site safety plan to address proper safety measures to be employed for the protection of persons on the site as well as the general public. The plan shall encompass all aspects of the operation, including the actual well work for which the permit was obtained, completion activities and production activities, and shall provide an emergency point of contact for the well operator. The well operator shall provide a copy of the well site safety plan to the local emergency planning committee established pursuant to section seven, article five-a, chapter fifteen of this code, for the emergency planning district in which the well work will occur at least seven days before commencement of well work or site preparation work that involves any disturbance of land;
(14) A certification from the operator that (i) it has provided the owners of the surface described in subdivisions (1), (2) and (4), subsection (b), section ten of this article, the information required by subsections (b) and (c), section sixteen of this article; (ii) that the requirement was deemed satisfied as a result of giving the surface owner notice of entry to survey pursuant to subsection (a), section ten of this article; or (iii) the notice requirements of subsection (b), section sixteen of this article were waived in writing by the surface owner; and
(15) Any other relevant information which the secretary may reasonably require.
(c)(1) An erosion and sediment control plan shall accompany each application for a well work permit under this article. The plan shall contain methods of stabilization and drainage, including a map of the project area indicating the amount of acreage disturbed. The erosion and sediment control plan shall meet the minimum requirements of the West Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Manual as adopted and from time to time amended by the department. The erosion and sediment control plan shall become part of the terms and conditions of any well work permit that is issued pursuant to this article and the provisions of the plan shall be carried out where applicable in the operation. The erosion and sediment control plan shall set out the proposed method of reclamation which shall comply with the requirements of section fourteen of this article.
(2) For well sites that disturb three acres or more of surface, excluding pipelines, gathering lines and roads, the erosion and sediment control plan submitted in accordance with this section shall be certified by a registered professional engineer.
(d) For well sites that disturb three acres or more of surface, excluding pipelines, gathering lines and roads, the operator shall submit a site construction plan that shall be certified by a registered professional engineer and contains information that the secretary may require by rule.
(e) In addition to the other requirements of this section, if the drilling, fracturing or stimulating of the horizontal well requires the use of water obtained by withdrawals from waters of this state in amounts that exceed two hundred ten thousand gallons during any thirty day period, the application for a well work permit shall include a water management plan, which may be submitted on an individual well basis or on a watershed basis, and which shall include the following information:
(1) The type of water source, such as surface or groundwater, the county of each source to be used by the operation for water withdrawals, and the latitude and longitude of each anticipated withdrawal location;
(2) The anticipated volume of each water withdrawal;
(3) The anticipated months when water withdrawals will be made;
(4) The planned management and disposition of wastewater after completion from fracturing, refracturing, stimulation and production activities;
(5) A listing of the anticipated additives that may be used in water utilized for fracturing or stimulating the well. Upon well completion, a listing of the additives that were actually used in the fracturing or stimulating of the well shall be submitted as part of the completion log or report required by subdivision (14), subsection (a), section five of this article;
(6) For all surface water withdrawals, a water management plan that includes the information requested in subdivisions (1) through (5) of this subsection and the following:
(A) Identification of the current designated and existing water uses, including any public water intakes within one mile downstream of the withdrawal location;
(B) For surface waters, a demonstration, using methods acceptable to the secretary, that sufficient in-stream flow will be available immediately downstream of the point of withdrawal. A sufficient in-stream flow is maintained when a pass-by flow that is protective of the identified use of the stream is preserved immediately downstream of the point of withdrawal; and
(C) Methods to be used for surface water withdrawal to minimize adverse impact to aquatic life; and
(7) This subsection is intended to be consistent with and does not supersede, revise, repeal or otherwise modify articles eleven, twelve or twenty-six of this chapter and does not revise, repeal or otherwise modify the common law doctrine of riparian rights in West Virginia law.
(f) An application may propose and a permit may approve two or more activities defined as well work, however, a separate permit shall be obtained for each horizontal well drilled.
(g) The application for a permit under this section shall be accompanied by the applicable bond as required by section fifteen of this article, the applicable plat required by subdivision (6), subsection (a), section five of this article and a permit fee of $10,000 for the initial horizontal well drilled at a location and a permit fee of $5,000 for each additional horizontal well drilled on a single well pad at the same location.
(h) The well operator named in the application shall designate the name and address of an agent for the operator who is the attorney-in-fact for the operator and who is a resident of the State of West Virginia upon whom notices, orders or other communications issued pursuant to this article or article eleven of this chapter may be served, and upon whom process may be served. Every well operator required to designate an agent under this section shall, within five days after the termination of the designation, notify the secretary of the termination and designate a new agent.
(i) The well owner or operator shall install the permit number as issued by the secretary and a contact telephone number for the operator in a legible and permanent manner to the well upon completion of any permitted work. The dimensions, specifications, and manner of installation shall be in accordance with the rules of the secretary.
(j) The secretary may waive the requirements of this section and sections eight, ten, eleven and twenty-four of this article in any emergency situation, if the secretary deems considers the action necessary. In such that case the secretary may issue an emergency permit which is effective for not more than thirty days, unless reissued by the secretary.
(k) The secretary shall deny the issuance of a permit if the secretary determines that the applicant has committed a substantial violation of a previously issued permit for a horizontal well, including the applicable erosion and sediment control plan associated with the previously issued permit, or a substantial violation of one or more of the rules promulgated under this article, and in each instance has failed to abate or seek review of the violation within the time prescribed by the secretary pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2), subsection (a), section five of this article and the rules promulgated hereunder, which time may not be unreasonable.
(l) In the event If the secretary finds that a substantial violation has occurred and that the operator has failed to abate or seek review of the violation in the time prescribed, the secretary may suspend the permit on which said the violation exists, after which suspension the operator shall forthwith cease all well work being conducted under the permit. However, the secretary may reinstate the permit without further notice, at which time the well work may be continued. The secretary shall make written findings of any such the suspension and may enforce the same in the circuit courts of this state. The operator may appeal a suspension pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (23), subsection (a), section five of this article. The secretary shall make a written finding of any such determination.
(m) Any well work permit issued in accordance with this section may be transferred upon approval of the secretary, notwithstanding any other provision of this article or rule adopted pursuant to this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow the Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to transfer well work permits. Currently the transfers are prohibited by legislative rule.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.


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The new GSA GreenGov Supply Chain Partnership focuses on promoting clean energy and cutting waste and pollution by measuring greenhouse gas emissions, Johnson said during the Nov. 16 roundtable discussion.
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Tibet's capital is not a city of instant spiritual gratification. Those in search of a deeper experience need the patience and steadfast heart of a pilgrim.
By Cherilyn Parsons
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On high Potala Palace, a sacred site for Buddhist pilgrims, rises on a hillside in Lhasa, Tibet. It is the former home of the Dalai Lama. (Cherilyn Parsons / For The Times)
AT first, I must admit, I didn't like the land of the gods.
Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, literally translates as "god ground." It's been called the farthest goal of all travel, the most hidden city on Earth, the hub of the kingdom of enlightenment, the locus of Shangri-La. Hardly a destination on Earth has been more mythologized.
So, when I first ventured to Tibet, a country perched in the Himalayas north of India and Nepal, in the summer of 2000, my expectations were nearly as high as Lhasa's elevation — 12,000 feet.
And fell just about that far.
Satellite dishes tangled with prayer flags on the rooftops of traditional whitewashed houses. Tibetan nomads in Nike caps roared into the city on motorcycles. I had imagined them riding horses decked with tinkling bells and embroidered saddles.
I had studied Tibetan Buddhism for years, so I nearly wept at what I found atop the sacred Potala Palace, former residence of the dalai lamas: a photo studio where tourists could dress in Maoist uniforms, the type worn by the Chinese army when that country annexed Tibet in the 1950s and outlawed religious practice for 30 years.
I hated Lhasa.
But I recalled how explorers in centuries past spent months trekking over the Himalayas to get here, only to be turned away because the Tibetan government didn't like visitors. Most of them tried again, usually disguised as pilgrims. They believed in Lhasa. So why should I let a few goblins of globalization scare me away? I had to try again.
Colorful whirl Prayer wheels are for sale in Lhasa shops. Tibetan Buddhists spin the hand-held wheels, which contain mantras (prayers). (Cherilyn Parsons / For The Times)
When I returned to Lhasa two years later, the city was worse.
Buildings in the square in front of the Jokhang, Tibet's holiest temple, had been bulldozed to make space for glittery Chinese gold shops and stores selling TVs and refrigerators. The government had claimed to be allowing religious practice and renewing monastic life, but Lhasa's monasteries felt like ghost towns.
At the government-owned Lhasa Department Store, festooned with banners featuring Western supermodels, I spotted a nomad family gasping over an innovation of my culture: an escalator.
The father approached the escalator, which seemed to ascend on its own. He tucked in his sheepskin robe, paused at its entrance, began to step forward and hesitated. Two, three more tries, and he took the plunge, stepped on and rose — without lifting a foot. Cries of amazement came from his family.
I smiled. A delightful scene. But Lhasa still was not quite Shangri-La.
Could a third trip be the charm? The current, exiled Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has said that Shambhala, Tibet's own utopia, actually exists on Earth but that we need to develop an enlightened vision to see it.
Tibetans in traditional garb and tennis shoes walk the renowned Barkhor pathway in Lhasa, Tibet. (Cherilyn Parsons / For The Times)
I took his words as travel advice. I would attempt Lhasa again.
On my third trip (last November), the city was as awful as ever. It was shrouded in concrete, loud with Chinese soap operas and surrounded by new suburban condo complexes. Monks asked about L.A. Laker Kobe Bryant.
As I squinted in the high-altitude sun, I recalled words by aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: "The eyes are blind."
And: "One must look with the heart."
The pilgrimage begins
I tossed aside my guidebooks, maps and mental compass and began to follow heartfelt people, Tibetan pilgrims, on their paths through the city. I started on the Barkhor path, a pedestrian avenue that encircles the Jokhang, the central temple of Tibet.
The avenue was lined with stalls, and hawkers called out their wares, including prayer flags, necklaces, monks' garb, cymbals, fur caps, false teeth. Tibetans were shopping furiously and dressed to impress — the gods, that is.
Buddhist monks light thousands of small butter lamps outside the temple. (Cherilyn Parsons / LAT)
Lissome beauties wore their hair in 108 braids (the Tibetan sacred number), and old folks fingered strings of 108 beads. Beaming nomads ambled along in clunky jewelry of coral, turquoise and amber. Many spun hand-held prayer wheels, flashing gold in the sun.
By 6 p.m., hordes began to enter the courtyard that led into the Jokhang. I'd already been to the temple with other tourists on my first trip here. I'd seen frescoes, golden statues and an 8th century Buddha — Tibet's most sacred statue — kept behind a chain curtain. Fluorescent lights had glared overhead. I had felt nothing magical.
Now, outside the massive locked doors to the sanctuary, a crowd of pilgrims jostled for position. When two burgundy-robed monks opened the padlock, I crammed through the doorway with everyone else.
And entered another world.
This was nothing like the Jokhang I'd seen as a tourist. The huge chamber, lighted with hundreds of butter lamps, glowed red and gold. The floors, rafters and pillars were painted deep crimson. Paintings and brocade wall hangings, shot through with red, gold and silver threads, hung from the ceiling as if to paint empty space itself. The sanctuary was like the inside of a human heart.
All was hushed, except for the murmuring of mantras — prayers — by the pilgrims: Om mani padme hum, om mani padme hum.
The pilgrims had formed a line that snaked around the left side of the sanctuary toward the back. I had no idea what was happening but joined the line. We passed side chapels of gods and bodhisattvas, people revered for devoting themselves to helping others.
A Tibetan girl waits among the large crowds of people who begin lining up around 6 each evening to enter the Jokhang in Lhasa, Tibet's holiest temple. (Cherilyn Parsons / LAT)
I had noticed many locals carrying plastic packets of butter and a spoon, and now I discovered their purpose. As we passed the chapels, the Tibetans would add butter to the lamps to keep the flames alive.
Finally, I reached the back of the sanctuary, the chapel of the 8th century Buddha called Jowo Shakyamuni, surrounded by large, magnificent butter lamps. A monk held open the chain curtain so people could enter.
We could enter?
Tourists hadn't been allowed in on my earlier visit. But there were no tourists now. Only me. A pilgrim.
The Jowo depicted the Buddha not as a great sage but as a 12-year-old boy, many years before he became enlightened. It was an odd choice for the most sacred statue in all of Tibet, I thought. He was slightly more than human size, and his golden skin was ornately carved and studded with gems.
Following the pilgrims' lead, I touched my head to Jowo's knee to say a prayer. I looked up at the statue. Was this image so adored by the Tibetans, I wondered, because it showed that any child — or adult, for that matter — could become enlightened? Could reach Shambhala?
Next on my non-itinerary was the Potala Palace, which takes up an entire hillside. Whitewashed chambers and towers climb like a fantasy fortress, from which Tibet's divine rulers once peered out upon the roof of the world.
The Potala might be an architectural wonder, but my earlier tour had been depressing. Then, as now, surveillance cameras were everywhere. Only 10% of it was open to visitors. No one was allowed to mention the current Dalai Lama though a tour included his former chambers.
Tibetan pilgrims flocked to the Potala anyway. I discovered that they took the opposite route of the tourists. Instead of starting at the top and working down, the pilgrims started on the ground, circled the palace on foot and ascended room by room. The perspective, I found, accentuated the way the buildings and windows were narrower at the top than at the bottom. The palace seemed to be stretching for the sky, uniting heaven and Earth.
As I panted up the stairs, I watched a pilgrim ascending while prostrating. He pressed his hands together in prayer over his head, touched his forehead, throat and heart and stretched forth on the pavement. He stood and stepped only as far as his hands had reached, then began again.
Inside were more displays of devotion. The pilgrims moved among the chapels, touching their foreheads to the feet of gods, thrones and pretty much anything else that might be sacred.
As I watched, I wondered if whatever was loved, whatever was seen by the heart, if that too was Shambhala.
I was getting tired of temples and chapels. Luckily for me, Tibetans do too. They like to hang out over pitchers of chang, a sour barley beer.
A local chang parlor sits on the terrace of a private home on the southwest corner of the main square fronting the Jokhang. It's usually packed with Khampas, the cowboy-warriors from eastern Tibet, distinguishable by the swath of red yarn wrapped around their heads.
The parlor is owned by one of Lhasa's more colorful personalities, Tashi Tsering. As a boy, he had been a member of the Dalai Lama's dance troupe. In the turmoil of the 1950s after the Chinese annexation, he'd escaped to the United States, but then made the crazy move of returning to Lhasa in the middle of China's Cultural Revolution. He was imprisoned for years as an American spy. Now he runs a philanthropic empire, selling Tibetan carpets to fund dozens of schools in rural Tibet. Buy a carpet, help some kids, get some chang — which costs about 80 cents a glass for the best quality. "Same price to everybody," Tashi promised, "foreigners or locals."
It's an acquired taste, but the cheering Khampas helped.
An unexpected blessing
THE next day, I discovered that the gods like to have a drink too. I'd heard of the infamous Drapchi Prison, Tibet's home for political prisoners, named for the adjacent temple, Drapchi Lhakhang. The temple wasn't in any guidebook, but a taxi driver found it for me.
The bottles of grain alcohol for sale outside the temple were a clue that something was different. As I entered the darkened temple, the sickening smell of alcohol washed over me. Attendants were swabbing the floor with it. Some of the lamps weren't filled with butter but with — chang.
At the head of the temple was a huge golden sculpture of Yamantaka, the wrathful conqueror of death. As the presence of alcohol indicated, Drapchi Lhakhang was dedicated to the fierce gods — the snarling, knife-wielding variety that drink blood from skull cups and dance amid flames. Such images are used in Tibetan Buddhism to transform one's own darker energies.
A few of the 32 monks who run Drapchi Lhakhang noted my interest. They placed a white khata scarf around my neck — a usual gesture of welcome — but then tied it with a blood-red strip of cloth, signifying that I had been blessed by the wrathful gods.
That night at dinner, the Tibetan waiters served me pronto.
On my last day in Lhasa, I got myself to a nunnery. The yellow-painted, flower-filled Ani Sangkhung (ani means nun) lies in the warren of alleys behind the Jokhang.
The nuns let me sit in on their prayer service. They chanted, banged cymbals, beat drums, blew horns, tossed rice and did other delightful things to call forth the gods. Light crept from the high windows, down the murals and thangka paintings, which depicted the peaceful goddess Tara and her wrathful counterpart, Vajrayogini. The music was antiphonal, powerful, tender, often eerie.
That afternoon, I went to the 15th century Sera Monastery on the outskirts of town. Once home to 5,000 monks, Sera is a shadow of its former self, but a couple hundred monks still reside there.
At 3 p.m., they began debating in the courtyard. They slapped their hands, snapped their prayer beads and gestured dramatically while making a point. Were they discussing nuances of Buddhist philosophy? Maoist thought? Or NBA basketball scores?
I'll have to find out on my next trip.
Finding the soul of Lhasa, or perhaps the soul of anyplace, is rather like falling in love. A place, like a person, doesn't have to open to me; I have to open to it. And not give up on it.
Taking off to Tibet
From LAX, connecting service (change of planes) to Lhasa, Tibet, is available on Air China, China Eastern, Cathay Pacific and Northwest. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,175.
To call the numbers below from the U.S., dial 011 (the international calling code), 86 (the country code for China), 891 (code for Lhasa), then the local number.
The Yak Hotel, 100 Dekyi Shar Lam; 632-3496, http://www.shigatsetravels.com/yak.htm . A well-located Lhasa favorite, run by European expats and Tibetans, with charming, clean, well-equipped rooms and a good restaurant. Doubles from $47.
Tibet Gorkha Hotel, 45 S. Lingkhor Road; 627-1991. A new, lovely courtyard hotel nestled in the old city. Has decorated pillars and Tibetan furniture. Doubles from $48, including breakfast and dinner.
Lhasa Hotel, 1 Mirig Lam; 683-2221, http://www.lhasahotel.com.cn . The choice for those who need CNN. Big groups and conferences often stay in this huge echo chamber. The staff is helpful; the breakfasts, awful. Doubles from $165.
Dunya, in the Yak Hotel (see above). The assortment includes pizza, salads, pancakes, yak-cheese plates, Tibetan momo dumplings, falafel. Full bar. The malty "altitude tea" is great. Closed winters. Entrees $3-$10.
Snowlands Restaurant, 4 Mentsikhang; 633-7323. A popular place always packed with travelers and well-dressed Tibetans. The Indian food is best. Entrees $2-$8.
A visa and permit are needed for travel to Tibet. Contact:
Consulate General of the People's Republic of China, 443 Shatto Place, Los Angeles; (213) 807-8088, http://www.chinaconsulatela.org.
—Cherilyn Parsons
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Harvard's varsity eight captured the Ladies' Challenge Plate in its last visit to Henley.
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HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England—The Harvard heavyweight crew wraps up the 2010 season by racing against top teams from around the world in the Henley Royal Regatta. Racing will take place Wednesday through Sunday on the Thames River.
Competing at Henley for the first time since 2007, the Crimson varsity eight looks to match what it achieved that season, a victory in the Ladies' Challenge Plate. Harvard's freshman eight, unbeaten in dual competition during the U.S. collegiate season, will look to continue that success in the Temple Challenge Cup event, in which it last raced in 2008. Five seniors will represent the Crimson in the Prince Albert Cup for fours with coxswains, while another, Noah Bruegmann raced for a spot in the Diamond Challenge Sculls event.
Harvard Boatings
Varsity Eight
Cox: Kelly Evans, 8: Patrick Lapage, 7: Matt Edstein, 6: Nick Jordan, 5: David Wakulich, 4: Sam O'Connor, 3: Michael DiSanto, 2: Anthony Locke, 1: Blake Pucsek
Freshman Eight
Cox: David Fuller, 8: Peter Scholle, 7: James O'Connor, 6: Parker Washburn, 5: Justin Mundt, 4: Jason Phillips, 3: Eli Shikaloff, 2: Alex MacIntosh, 1: Josh Hicks
Varsity Four
Cox: Joseph Lin, 4: Mark Fuller, 3: Duncan Gilchrist, 2: Ivan Posavec, 1: Christopher Fuller
Racing at Henley occurs in head-to-head, bracket-style competition. A crew must win its first-round matchup to advance to the next round and so on. The regatta begins Wednesday. Harvard's first boat in action is the varsity four, which races the Isis Boat Club from Oxford University at 3:20 p.m. local time. At 5:35 p.m., the freshman eight takes on Southern California. The schedules for subsequent days' racing will be released later. The varsity eight starts its bid for the Ladies' Challenge Plate by facing the National University of Ireland, Galway.
Follow From Home
Up-to-the minute results for Henley racing will be available via the event's official results page, which also offers links to a mobile results page and results via text message for those following from within the United Kingdom. Fans can also follow along via the Henley Twitter feed. Updated schedules and other information are available from the Henley Royal Regatta official site.
Scouting the Crimson
Harvard is coming off a successful collegiate season in which the varsity eight captured the Eastern title, defeated Yale for the third straight season and placed fourth at the IRA National Championships. The Crimson freshman eight posted a 7-0 dual record, including a victory over Yale, and won gold at Eastern Sprints. Four of the five members of Harvard's varsity four (Christopher Fuller, Mark Fuller, Joseph Lin and Ivan Posavec) raced in the second varsity eight this season, capturing a bronze medal at the IRA Regatta as well as a win against Yale.
Henley Experience
Anthony Locke, two-seat of the varsity eight, is the only Harvard oarsman to have previously rowed for the Crimson at Henley, having competed in the 2008 Temple Challenge Cup. Several other members of the team have competed at Henley with other crews, including captain Blake Pucsek. Racing for the Victoria City and Kingston Rowing Clubs, Pucsek and other members of the Canadian national program captured the Grand Challenge Cup in 2008.
Also in Action
Crimson Jack Morrissey, a London native, is rowing in the seven seat of an Molesey Boat Club eight in the Thames Challenge Cup event. Michael Bloomquist '03 and Toby Medaris '07 are competing for a Molesey/Berkhamstead Collegiate four in the Visitors' Challenge Cup. Malcolm Howard '05 is racing in the Diamond Challenge Sculls, while Simon Gawlik '09 is part of a Ladies' Challenge Plate entry.
Harvard's Henley History
Harvard crews have traveled to the Henley Royal Regatta many times and returned home with impressive victories, starting with the legendary 1914 junior varsity, which became the first American crew to win the coveted Grand Challenge Cup.
In 1972 Harvard achieved another first, entering the first college freshman crew to win the Thames Cup. One year later, the Crimson's junior varsity crew was its first to win the Ladies' Challenge Plate. In 1985, the Crimson won Henley's Grand Challenge Cup, its fifth and most recent title in Henley's most prestigious race. (Harvard also won Grand titles in 1939, '51 and'55.) In 1990 Harvard returned and captured the Ladies' Challenge Plate. The varsity four with coxswain set a course record while winning the 1993 Britannia Cup. Harvard then won the Ladies' Plate for an unprecedented fourth time in 1998.
Harvard's success at Henley has continued into the 21st century. In 2001, its freshmen won the Temple Cup, while in 2002 Harvard won an amazing three titles with Championships in the Ladies' Challenge Plate (varsity), Britannia Cup (four) and Temple Cup (freshmen).
Ladies' Challenge Plate
Harvard is the only American entry in the Ladies' Challenge Plate, which is the top competition for university and club eights below the open Grand Challenge Cup. The winning crew in the Crimson's first race will take on one of two crews from the Leander Club. The Oxford/Oxford Brookes boat will include Simon Gawlik. Also entered are Molesey Boat Club of England and a combined entry from Imperial College of England and Berliner Ruderclub of Germany.
Ladies' Challenge Plate History
While Harvard's varsity is racing at Henley for the first time in three years, the Crimson program is very familiar with the Ladies' Challenge Plate. Harvard is competing for the trophy for the fifth time in nine years. The Crimson has entered the event nine times previously, capturing the plate in 1973, '83, '90, '98, 2002 and '07. Harvard placed second in the event in 1989 and 2004.
The Crimson captured the 2007 Ladies' title with wins over crews from London Rowing Club and Melbourne University, Brown and, in the final, Molesey Boat Club and New York Athletic Club.
In 1845 a new challenge prize was offered for eight-oared crews, which, in the following year, was named the Ladies' Challenge Plate. Up to the 1966 regatta, entries for this event were restricted to boat clubs from colleges, schools and certain other academic institutions within the United Kingdom together with Trinity College, Dublin. The rules were then widened to permit entries from any college, school or academic institution throughout the world.
In 1985 rules changes removed the 'student' requirement for the Ladies' Plate, which became an event open to crews from any club and is now the second-most senior event for men's eights at the regatta.
Temple Challenge Cup
The Crimson is one of 32 crews competing in the Temple Cup, along with three other U.S. collegiate entries (Grand Valley State, Southern California, Washington) and teams from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan and South Africa. A win against USC would pit Harvard against the winner between Queen Mary University of London and Exeter University. Five straight wins will be required to hoist the Temple Cup.
Harvard has raced in this event six times since 1999, winning consecutive trophies in 2001 and '02. The Crimson last competed in 2008, defeating opponents Trinity College of Dublin, Balliol & Exeter Colleges of Oxford and Williams College before falling to eventual champion Western Ontario in the semifinals.
Prince Albert Challenge Cup
Harvard has one of 16 coxed fours entered in this event, which features competitors from the United Kingdom and Ireland in addition to U.S. colleges Princeton, Yale, Georgetown and Grand Valley State. Four wins are necessary to capture the trophy, and a Crimson win would advance Harvard to face the winner of Georgetown and the A entry from Cambridge's Lady Margaret Boat Club.
Diamond Challenge Sculls
Noah Bruegmann competed in the qualification race for the Diamond Challenge Sculls, but did not qualify for the final field of 16 individual oarsmen. He completed the 2,112-meter course in 7:50.3. Among those in the field is Malcolm Howard, a three-time national champion with the Crimson and a 2008 Olympic gold medalist as a member of the Canadian eight.
About Henley
The Henley Royal Regatta was established in Henley-on-Thames, England, on March 26, 1839 and has been held annually ever since except during the two World Wars. The Grand Challenge Cup has always been open, except in the Olympic Games year of 1908, to all established amateur clubs.
The regatta has its own rules and is not subject to the jurisdiction of the governing body of rowing in England (the Amateur Rowing Association) or the International Rowing Federation (FISA), but is officially recognized by both.
There are 19 events in total: six classes of race for eights, five for fours (three coxless and two coxed), four for quadruple sculls, and races for coxless pairs and double sculls. In addition, there are single sculling races for both men and women.
There are 505 entered crews competing in 2010, including 116 overseas crews from 20 different nations competing. Great Britain, New Zealand and Canada have entered the majority of their crews preparing for the World Championships in New Zealand later this year and there are strong entries from the United States, France, the Netherland, Germany and Italy.
The length of the course is slightly longer than the standard international distance of 2,000 meters and takes approximately seven minutes to cover. The number of races is reduced on each successive day, leaving only the finals to be rowed on the last day.


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She went to law school years later and graduated with her Juris Doctorate from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut in 2002. She worked as a lawyer and returned to California two years later, where she opened her own practice. In 2008, she began hosting her own radio show on KCAA 1050 AM. Her reality series premiered on the SundanceTV channel in March 2014 and documented her life at home and on the job.
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These cookies are a traditional Australian recipe. These were sent to the anzac's while they fought at Gallipoli, where my great great grandfather served for his country.
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- 1 cup plain flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup desiccated coconut
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tbsp boiling water
- preheat oven 180C / 350F. mix together flour, oats, coconut and brown sugar
- melt butter and golden syrup in the microwave. Mix the mix bicarbonate of soda with the boiling water and add to the melted butter and Golden Syrup.
- Pour the liquids into the dry ingredients and mix well.
- roll spoonful by spoonful of mixture, about the size of a walnut shell and place onto an oven try lined with baking paper. leaving space again between dollops to allow for spreading.
- press dollops down with a fork to flaten and proceed to bake for 15-20 minutes, Cool on a wire rack and seal in airtight containers.
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24th Nov, 2015
Warning: these biscuits expanded massively in the oven! What went in looking like perfectly formed and spaced biscuits came out as an extremely flat omni-biscuit about 0.3cm thick. I sprinkled with coconut, drizzled with chocolate and then sliced into squares like a traybake. They tasted delicious and the recipe is delightfully simple, but BEWARE HOW MUCH THEY WILL EXPAND IN THE OVEN. Also it might be possible to use less coconut (and less sugar?) and more oats to make it more economical and healthier. Very quick recipe!


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