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Thoughts on last night's 11-3 annihilation of the Orioles:
Signs that it is time to give up baseball and pick up a nice hobby: Listening to the radiocast, Jerry and Alan went on at length about the difference in speeds between Steve Trachsel's fastball (which was hitting around 82-84 MPH) and his changeup (which was hovering around 77-80 MPH). It was right about this time that Traschsel mixed in a curve to Aaron Hill, and boom went the dynamite, a three-run blast. We're thinking Trachsel should probably take his deliberate pitching routine, pack it up in a duffel bag and head out on a cruise to Tahiti, where he can put people to sleep with his shuffleboard skills.
Was that really necessary? We get that Marty Pevey is supposed to be more aggressive as the third base coach, but did he really need to send Gregg Zaun on what was going to be a close play at the plate and the Jays up 10-3? It might have been bad form, although we'd like to think that Pevey wasn't thinking about the Orioles' feelings on the play. It might have just been a matter of Pevey seeing the play and reacting to it. Or maybe Zaunie had to get to the dugout to write a blog post. In any case, we're not opposed to watching our guys run up the score.
Oh, and Shaun Marcum rocks: Marcum gave up a couple of big flies, but was rock steady for the rest of the night (6.2 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs). We'll confess that the one guy in the rotation that we were apprehensive about in this off season was Marcum, as we weren't sure that he'd be able to replicate last year's exceptional performance. However, watching the ease of Marcum's delivery and the way that he stays calm on the mound, we're really coming to appreciate anew the gem that we've got in this guy. If that's our fourth starter, we can deal.
Frank Thomas is sleepy: Frank Thomas drove in just one run since leaving the friendly confines of the Rogers SkyDome. While he did get hits in all three games of the Baltimore series, his average has slipped below the Mendoza line. So let's not get overly excited about him having a better start to this season quite yet.
Apparitions: We were caught off guard last night by seeing Guillermo Quiroz, the Ghost of Catchers of the Future, er, Past. And just as we were snapping our head around to see Alex Rios' old running mate, dude waved at a ball that slipped past him like he was a matador. Nice to see you again, Q.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Now that's an ass-whuppin'
4 comments:
- PRQ said...
Meanwhile, Kevin Cash is batting .500 against the Blue Jays this year. I say we bring him back!
- April 16, 2008 at 12:22 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
And while we're at it, we'll bring back Angel "Sandy" Martinez.
- April 16, 2008 at 1:02 PM
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- April 16, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Navin Vaswani said...
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- April 16, 2008 at 5:21 PM
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With the holidays and all I've taken a bit of time away from the blogging, so here's a slightly late Christmas round-up. We ate like kings and queens; I took over Christmas dinner and made a gluten free feast for my family. All Christmas afternoon I slaved away in the kitchen cooking up a delightful feast, wearing a silly garland-adorned Santa hat and my favorite vintage gingham apron.
So, what did we eat?
- Roasted Turkey, made by my mom
- Roasted Turkey Gravy, made by me me
- Roasted Squash with Parsley and Garlic, from Eating Well
- Brussels Sprouts with Turkey Bacon, adapted from Eating Well
- Parsnip Celeriac Mash, a recipe that will appear in my soon-to-come vegetable recipe E-book!
- Quinoa Wild Rice Pilaf with Sultanas, adapted from my own recipe
- Greens Salad with Homemade Mustard Tarragon Vinaigrette, made by me
- my homemade pickled beets
For dessert...
- Black Bean Dark Chocolate Fudge, made by me
- SunButter Fudge, my own experimental recipe
- Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, adapted from the Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook
- Molasses Cookies, adapted from Whole Life Nutrition
- Matcha Dark Chocolate Truffles, from Diet, Dessert, and Dogs
Other delicious treats we ate during the weekend...
I sat down at the table with my plate, which looked like everyone else's [normally I have some separate entrée, like many of you probably do]. I didn't feel like the girl that needed exceptions. My family raved. They went back for seconds. They stuffed themselves on good food. Being able to participate in the communal nature of Christmas dinner with my family was the best gift I could have asked for. I live alone, and most of my food is eaten only by me, so it was such a pleasure to cook for a crowd of nine. Hooray! And I even got chocolatey dessert.
In fact, I ate WAY too much chocolately dessert. And while there wasn't any cane sugar involved, there was some date paste and a little brown rice syrup and agave. And damn, did I ever pay - all my Lyme symptoms flared up like crazy! The pain - literally - was almost unbearable and I was so exhausted by Sunday I could hardly stand it. Monday I woke up and could barely use my right hand. Seriously. I have spent the last 4 days recovering, no joke. So, again, I need to be strict with myself. Apparently, I'm not ready for sugar, huh?
This is the perfect segue into my newest favorite treat: flavored stevia liquid. I have been investigating SweetLeaf's flavored stevia online, and have seen it at my local co-ops, but had never tried it. SweetLeaf makes a whopping 13 different flavors: Apricot Nectar, Berry, Chocolate Raspberry, Cinnamon, Dark Chocolate, English Toffee, Grape, Hazelnut, Lemon Drop, Peppermint, Root Beer, Valencia Orange, and Vanilla Creme. They are all sugar free, gluten free, vegan, and contain only a proprietary blend of stevia extract, water, and natural flavors. Zero calories. Zero carbohydrates. Zero glycemic index. Lots of awesome. I was very interested in the potential these flavored liquids have for ultimate yumminess in many forms, particularly beverages. Why not mix it with mineral water and make something like soda?
So, when I was at the co-op tonight, I decided to make the $15 investment in a bottle of Vanilla Crème liquid stevia. They say there are about 300 servings in one bottle, so I don't feel bad about the $15 price tag. When I got home, I pulled out my trusty bottle of mineral water, poured myself a glass, and put in a few drops of the stevia liquid. It tastes JUST LIKE VANILLA CREAM SODA! No joke! Okay, okay, it probably tastes NOTHING like cream soda to "normal" people who drink HFCS-laden cream soda regularly, but to me, it tastes like the real thing. Maybe you'll like it too!
SUGAR FREE VANILLA CREAM SODA (ACD-friendly, gluten free, vegan, sugar free)
8 oz mineral water
5-6 drops SweetLeaf Vanilla Crème Liquid Stevia
Pour mineral water into a glass, and add stevia to taste. Stir, and enjoy!
Hot dang, I'm in love. Anyway, I want to try many many many flavors of this liquid stevia. And I'm curious to see how it works in baking. Flavored stevia liquid is going to save me from myself and all these sugary cravings - if I can just drink various flavors of sweetened mineral water, I think I just might survive. And just think of all the possibilities beyond mineral water - puddings, candies, all sorts of things, made totally tasty and sugar free! I want the peppermint and the chocolate flavors quite badly...
More to come!
Have any of you tried the flavored stevia liquid? What do you like to do with it?

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God gave Adam and Eve dominion over the earth. This mission was confided to them, not to let it become stale but to make it bear fruit. They were called to take care of it, to tend it, and to develop it. Nature was the material, and man was to foster its development and to beautify it. If one compares a virgin forest with a Tuscan or Umbrian landscape, it is obvious that men have taken this mission seriously and fulfilled it lovingly.
Man's intervention can take two different forms: Following my late husband Dietrich's terminology, I will call one of them "civilization" and the other "culture."
By civilization, I mean human achievements aimed at making life easier, more practical, and more convenient. Transportation comes to mind: It is a field in which technology has worked "miracles." Walking has — in due time — been replaced by buggies, which, in turn, have been replaced by bicycles, cars, ships, and airplanes. Man can now crisscross the world in a matter of hours, whereas at the time of Columbus, reaching the American continent was a slow and dangerous enterprise. We have even landed on the moon, and soon we can hope to conquer other planets.
Modern man lives in a world where the victories of technology are mind-boggling: running water instead of drawing water from a well, electricity instead of candlelight, elevators, radio, television, telephones, cell phones, the Internet, and e-mail. (Let us compare our lives with those of the Aborigines in Australia: These people live in a world that technology has not yet conquered.)
But civilization reaches further: The structure and organization of the state are also its fruits. The enactment of laws and the organization of public life are achievements that have been built up through the ages.
No doubt these achievements are amazing and call for praise and commendation of man's genius. They are the products of long years of labor and effort. But these feats expose many to the temptation of believing that man is a god and that there is nothing beyond his reach, if only he is given the time necessary to reach his goal. Indeed, man believes himself to be the king of the universe.
But man's action on nature is not limited to civilization. He can also leave his mark in a very different way: culture. Contrary to civilization, the aim of culture is not to make things easier, faster, more convenient, more practical, safer, or healthier, but to make things more beautiful, elevate them, and stamp them with the seal of spirituality. A beautiful knife is not a knife that cuts better and is sharper but a knife that apart from its use has been marked by a note of spirituality completely transcending pragmatic considerations. No doubt, the plain knife precedes the beautiful one: It was made out of necessity. How was man to protect himself against wild animals with claws and powerful teeth if he had to rely on his hands? Being intelligent, he understood that he needed to make a tool that would compensate for his weakness — a tool that had to be sharp to be a match for wild animals. That was the genesis of the knife — probably one of the most ancient of all tools because it was necessary for survival.
While man succeeded in slowly conquering nature and the animal world, he realized that "he could not live on bread alone." Deeply rooted in the human soul, man feels a longing for beauty, for something that does not serve a practical purpose, something that is not just a means to an end but an end in itself because of its value. Beauty does not serve a practical purpose: It has its own unique meaning in itself. Indeed, Plato was right in his Phaedrus: "At the sight of beauty, wings grow on the human soul."


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Dems' drive to retake House falters
Nancy Pelosi has spent much of the past two years proclaiming that Democrats had a great shot at reclaiming the House and returning the speaker's gavel to her hands.
But her drive to regain the majority for Democrats is on the verge of a complete collapse. Democrats are expected to pick up five seats at best — a fraction of the 25 they need. On the eve of the election, some party officials are privately worried that Democrats might even lose ground and drop one or two seats to the Republican majority.
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( Also on POLITICO: The latest polls from across the U.S.)
It would mark an epic failure for a party that has a legitimate shot at keeping the presidency and the Senate on Tuesday. The inability of House Democrats to pick off a good number of seats from one of the most unpopular House majorities in modern history will cause a lot of soul-searching in the party come Wednesday.
So Democrats are already doing their postmortems on a House election cycle gone awry. What they'll find in the political autopsy is Republican dominance in redistricting that created a GOP friendly map, a Medicare argument that didn't totally pan out and an incumbent president who just wasn't as popular as when he ran four years ago. They'll also have to come to terms with the fact that they still can't overcome the Republican advantage in campaign spending.
( Also on POLITICO: The new normal $9M for a rural house seat)
POLITICO interviewed nearly two dozen of the top strategists, pollsters, ad makers, outside group operatives and party officials from both sides of the aisle who were intimately involved with the 2012 election, asking them to sketch out why the Democratic majority push fell short. In many cases, sources were granted anonymity in order to speak candidly about their assessments.
Here's POLITICO's look at why House Republicans will own the majority for another two years.
The Obama factor
The president may well win reelection, but there's little question he hasn't had the same kind of top-of-the-ticket pull demonstrated four years ago.
Unlike in 2008, when Barack Obama's national numbers helped lift up Democratic congressional candidates across the map, the president has had far less impact this time around. And for the Democrats in conservative districts in the South and Rust Belt, Obama's presence on the ballot has been more hurt than help.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama, Romney step up attacks)
That dynamic, perhaps more than any other, Democrats say, kept them from stirring up the kind of wave conditions they needed to stage a House takeover this year. Races that would have drifted in the Democrats' direction four years ago required far more of a push this time.
"There was a wave that was supporting us in many different ways in 2008, and obviously this was a very different election," said Paul Maslin, a Democratic pollster.
Obama's poor first debate performance also caused a downdraft for vulnerable House Democrats.
Just days prior to the debate, Democrats held a 48 percent to 45 percent lead over Republicans in a National Public Radio poll of the generic congressional ballot. Now, Republicans are holding a small lead in the RealClearPolitics average of generic ballot polls.


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IRONMAN Offers Chance to Believe Again
An Australian cancer survivor has found belief and confidence through IRONMAN training and racing.
By Daniel Hoy
When RaeJean Pearce was diagnosed with breast cancer she felt that she had lost all control over her future. Regardless of the decisions made on treatment, in the end whatever happened was not up to her. Now cancer free for 10 years, Pearce is participating at Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns on June 8 as her way of taking back control of her future.
"Completing IRONMAN is all about me finding the confidence to believe in myself again. I love the idea that no one can do this for me, but me," she said.
Pearce remembers learning the news about her cancer, which she had blocked out of her own mind.
"I flew out of town just hours after my biopsy. When the doctor called me the next day and told me I should come home, I kept asking him why. It wasn't until I saw the ultrasounds showing just how wide spread the cancer was that it all hit home. It was the first time in my life I felt helpless."
She received one piece of advice that proved pivotal.
"That was no matter how sick chemotherapy makes you feel, walk around the block every day. I did this. I pushed myself to get out of the house. Some days it would take over an hour to walk less than a kilometre. Surviving cancer and enduring chemo is all about having the mental strength not to give up. I think IRONMAN is the same."
Pearce has since experienced the loss of her mother to the same disease, losing her battle seven years ago.
While Pearce is knows she's in for a challenge on race day, she's already proved that she is not afraid of a fight. She recalls the line that IRONMAN is one long tedious conversation with yourself.
"When it gets tough on the day, I plan on having that conversation and telling myself that I am way stronger than I think I am and the harder I push the quicker it's over."
"What I am hoping for on race day is to cross the line totally and completely physically exhausted knowing I had nothing left. I don't care what the clock says as long as I know that I pushed myself every step of the way and didn't give up," she said.


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Despite the appearance of the Kindle and the proclamations of paper's doom that ring out daily from geeky futurists, paper isn't going anywhere soon—especially not when it comes in the forum of gorgeous, hand-pressed bits of art for decorating the wall. Welcome to the Ars Gift Guide for Dead Tree Dads. Looking for the perfect present, or hoping to get the perfect present on Father's Day this time around? Look no further than this list of a few of our own favorite (paper-based) things.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
624 pages
$11.02 (buy)
There are no end of good books science, but what if your dad slept through high school chemistry and nearly flunked biology? Just consider A Short History of Nearly Everything one of the best remedial classes, ever. Nobel Intent editor John Timmer says, "Bryson not only brings out nearly all of the big scientific ideas we've developed, but he describes how they developed, and keeps you awake while doing it. He provides a window into the history of scientific fields, describing how slowly some ideas—even those we now view as ludicrous—died off, and the staggeringly venomous attacks that sometimes greeted those who came up with new ones."
Bryson's gift with language especially pays off when he launches into a discussion of some of the outlandish personalities that drove much of this unfortunate behavior. In the end, science comes across as a series of sometimes hilarious personal tragedies that, because the natural world keeps correcting us, have produced a collective triumph.
Beans: A History
Ken Albala
Berg Publishers
$18.21 (buy)
Clint Ecker is a huge fan of the sort of book that explains the complex and varied history of everyday items. The man has waded through tomes on the history of salt, bananas, cities, and even cod, but he says that the history of the humble bean is actually the most riveting.
"Beans is perhaps one of the most unexpected books in this vein that I've run across," he says. "Beans are a crucial part of nearly every culture on Earth and have, at times, played important parts in shaping some of the biggest empires."
Don't be fooled by the seemingly pedestrian nature of this book; after all, beans are the magical fruit.
Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
Author: Michael Ruhlman
272 pages
$17.20 (buy)
Forget following recipes: when you know the right ratios, you can make practically anything from scratch if you just learn to geek it up a bit. Pasta, bread, cakes, pizza dough—it all becomes incredibly easy when you know the basic combinations of flour, fat, and water that make up each item.
If you're a fan of Alton Brown and his Food Network show, Good Eats (and let's be honest here—geeks love Alton), Ratio will definitely appeal to you, as it teaches its techniques with clear explanations about the chemical reactions involved. Infinite Loop editor Jacqui Cheng swears by it: "Making your own pasta from scratch with nary a glance at a cookbook really impresses friends and significant others, and it's way better than the store-bought stuff."
Heroes Die
Matthew Woodring Stover
560 pages
Price: $7.99 (buy)
Matthew Stover mixes up fantasy and science fiction—not to mention first- and third-person writing—in a way that makes sense and serves the story. And what a story it is: you'll find political intrigue, a dystopian future, and sword-and-sorcery, all in one terrific stew of a book. Mix in some gut-churning violence and you have a winner—a violent book that meditates on the power of violence.
Opposable Thumbs editor Ben Kuchera swears by it. "This is a book that's hard to sell people on with descriptions, so I ask you to just pick it up and give it 50 pages of your time," he says. "You won't put it back down. Don't let the pulp cover fool you—this is one of the better yarns I've read in years."
Neal Stephenson
960 pages
Price: $19.77 (buy)
In his recent works Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson has shown a keen interest in historical fiction. With his latest work Anathem, Stephenson dives deeply into the sci-fi genre. Set in what could best be described as a secular monastery devoted to the study of philosophy and mathematics on another planet, Anathem trods territory familiar to Stephenson fans. The rhythmic cycles of life inside the concent are interrupted by the appearance of extraterrestrials, which turns the story into a real page-turner. If you're a Stephenson fan who hasn't read this yet, what are you waiting for? If you're merely Stephenson-curious or just a fan of good science-fiction writing, Anathem is a truly compelling read.
Rapture for the Geeks: When AI Outsmarts IQ
Richard Dooling
261 pages
Price: $17.16 (buy)
Richard Dooling is probably best known for his novels White Man's Grave, Brain Storm, and Bet Your Life as well as his screenwriting endeavors. In Rapture for the Geeks, he steps away from fiction to take a look at the development of artificial intelligence and ponder how much longer we have before AI overtakes human IQ. Are we drawing ever-closer to the Singularity, and, if so, what happens next?
Dooling eschews easy comparisons of computer evolution to human evolution, calling them apples-to-oranges comparisons, and instead offers a humorous take on what it's like to be living in the B.S. (Before Singularity) age. Is our infatuation with technology ultimately a bad thing? Dooling thinks it might be, and does a good job of explaining why in Rapture.


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Correct, Travel Expert!
The Chatuchak Weekend Market in Bangkok, Thailand, is a shopping center so massive, it's impossible to see it all in one visit. Chatuchak averages more than 200,000 visitors a day and features more than 15,000 stalls, which are separated into sections selling wares such as clothing, art, books, food, plants, music, live animals, and more. Have some fun and barter to your heart's content. (If you're uncomfortable with bartering, the rule of thumb is to start at half price and work your way up to an agreeable amount.) For a little shopping guidance, you can pick up a map at one of the entrances.
Experience this bustling center of commerce for yourself on one of our voyages to Thailand.


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Embracing time as it comes, from the Thanksgiving feast to the New Year
Lucky us!
Chesapeake Country is far enough north on Earth's temperature grid for us to be feeling the chill. Degree by falling degree, we draw into our homes, layer on our wool and fleecy clothes and light our fires. Turning inward and homeward, we're in sync with the season that celebrates hearth and home.
(How our neighbors in southern climes enter the spirit of the winter holidays I'm not sure. That, I figure, is their story to write.)
We celebrate this year's Thanksgiving on November 22, the earliest possible date for the feast fixed to the month's fourth Thursday. Thanksgiving's arrival only 326 days into the year shocks our annual clock the way falling out of Daylight Savings Time shocks our circadian clocks. What's next seems to come a little too soon.
But there's nothing we can do to slow down the passage of time. Put the brakes on though we would, December 25 will fall on the 359th day of the year.
So seasoned by the chill, we jump into the season.
At Bay Weekly we bring on the winter holidays this week to give you time for preparation.
This pre-Thanksgiving issue is a favorite of mine for a couple of reasons.
One, it's the issue wherein we dwell on the Thanksgiving feast.
That's the high mark on the culinary calendar for people who believe, as I do, that cooking that feast translates Earth into spirit. The closer we come to reaping Earth's harvest for ourselves, the closer we stand in continuity to our foremothers and fathers. Who but they, after all, are we honoring in this feast? Those distant, tricky, straight-laced Puritans? Or the people who planted our own families, hunting, fishing and farming — plus whatever else was needed — to feed them?
As Bill Burton used to say, if you know the answer, it's not a question.
In that spirit, this year's Thanksgiving feast is brought to you by Sporting Life columnist Dennis Doyle from field and Bay; by the Bay Gardener from the soil, with a little help from avocational sweet potato farmer John Autrey, who also happens to be a wine maker; and from the vines by grape grower and vintner Jane Margaret O'Brien, past president of St. Mary's College and proprietor of Slack Winery. I've also dropped in folklorist Bernard Herman's Eastern Shore Thanksgiving feast as written for Saveur magazine.
Each weaves food into a story of the people who grow, gather and prepare the feast that brings them together. By telling their stories, each invites us to recall our own.
Throughout the winter holidays, we create, perpetuate and share the traditions that make us who we are. Traditions define us in our culture and community as well as in our families.
The second reason I love this week's paper is the special supplement slipped inside it, Season's Bounty. In its 56 pages, we've gathered in calendar format six weeks of traditional celebrations of these winter holidays. In this mighty piece of work, compiled and edited this year by Martha Lee Benz, you'll find Illuminations, Santa Sightings, and Shows and Sales plus a day-by-day listing of holiday events beginning November 15 and running into January.
You'll find Nutcrackers, Scrooges, tree lightings, boat parades, concerts, sing-alongs, bazaars, balls, trains, gingerbread villages, holiday houses and dozens of workshops to teach you to deck your own halls, bake your own cookies and prepare your own feasts. You'll find events in your own backyard and opportunities that invite you to step out of your comfort zone into farther wonderlands, whether you travel on The Polar Express or drive your own car to Washington, Baltimore or the Eastern Shore.
Season's Bounty is a valuable document, and you'll find it only in this issue of Bay Weekly — not online. Keep your copy and make it your invitation and guidebook to the winter holidays in Chesapeake Country.
This early in the year, we're just at the beginning of all the fun. You've got time to make these holidays a work of the heart. There's no better way to do that than to tell your own story. Please take this as my personal invitation to you to share your special traditions with me and all Bay Weekly readers.
Send your stories, and the pictures that illustrate them, to [email protected]. I'll need them by November 30, so you've got plenty of time.
Sandra Olivetti Martin
Editor and publisher; [email protected]


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UConn meet academic requirements for March Madness
The University of Connecticut's men's basketball team has qualified academically for next year's NCAA end-of-season tournament.
UConn missed out last year because their four-year APR score was 889, and their two-year average 902. Rules implemented in 2011 stated that a team must have a 900 average (out of 1000) over four-years or 930-average over two-years to be eligible to compete in March Madness.
The Huskies were also barred from competing in the Big East tournament for the same reason, although they will be competing in the newly-formed AAC next season.
Their 20-10 record was likely to get them into the nation's final 64 in 2013 but for their academic ineligibility, and UConn athletics director Warde Manuel is proud of the way the student athletes have bounced back.
"These kids didn't get down on themselves. They didn't stop performing on the court and they didn't stop performing academically, and that is a credit to those kids," he said, according to ESPN.
"The players really took pride in saying, 'This is not us. We are student-athletes in the true sense of the word'. They have showed that a one-year ban in the past is not a real indicator of how much they really focus on their academics as well as their athletics. That's the thing that made us, internally, happiest."
The school has made several changes in an effort to improve their scores, with sanctions for players who miss a certain number of classes and daily checks for those with a grade-point average lower than 2.3.
Additionally, players are required to attend a summer school programme for a certain number of hours, setting them on a 'graduation plan' so that, even if they leave early for the NBA, they can still finish their studies.
In the eyes of Manuel, this is setting the right example, and he insists coach Kevin Ollie is fully behind the processes that put a focus on academic studies first.
"All of the student athletes that are coming in, as well as the current student athletes understand the strong sense of focus we have on the academic side here," he concluded.News Now - Sport News


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Wonton noodle soup is one of the few dishes I set very high standards for, almost to the point of obsession. Because of cravings for an ideal bowl of wonton noodle soup (and seeing my relatives), I have paid way too much for same day plane tickets to Hong Kong. When I get wontons that are all or mostly pork, I feel cheated. And I rarely visit wonton noodle stands outside of Hong Kong and Guangzhou, for fear of getting inferior versions.
Yes, it's rather compulsive behavior. But the behavior applies to any sort of a purist, whether the love is sushi, borscht, cocktails, or xiaolongbao. We all have certain foods we put on a pedestal.
If you can't get to Hong Kong, the next best cure for wonton lust is recreating the darn thing at home. After tinkering in the kitchen for over a year and a half, I have updated an older post on this very topic. For me, an ideal wonton noodle soup must include the following: fragrant broth consisting of pork and seafood umami flavor, springy al dente egg noodles, and wontons containing at least 50% shrimp.
Here are the details, if you would like to recreate my ideal Hong Kong-style wonton noodle soup at home.
1. The Broth - The best broths in Hong Kong incorporate some sort of seafood umami flavor. The broth at the legedary Mak's Noodles in Hong Kong is supposedly made of dried flounder, dried shrimp, and pork bones. My homemade broth is flavored with pork, chicken, and dried shrimp. If you have pre-made chicken broth, simmer pork bones and ginger in the broth for about an hour, adding dried shrimp with 20 minutes left. Or make a pork and chicken broth in one go, also adding dried shrimp towards the end.
2. The Noodles - For Cantonese-style wonton soup, always use thin egg noodles. In an ideal wonton-loving universe, we would all have a bamboo noodle maker in our neighborhoods. But, alas, we don't. In the real world, packaged dried egg noodles or fresh egg noodles (available in the bigger Chinatown supermarkets) are the next best choice.
3. Yellow chives - This somewhat pricier alternative to green chives are harder to find outside of Asian markets, but worth it for the more delicate flavor. Substitute green chives or scallions if yellow chives aren't available.
4. The Wonton Wrappers - Not to be confused with dumpling (jiaozi) wrappers. Wonton wrappers are square and thinner than the round dumpling wrappers. Yellow wontons skins, made of egg flour or an egg/wheat combo, are much better than the whitish all-wheat kind, which become mushy and fall apart much more easily. Also, I know of few homecooks who make their own wonton skins. It's tough work, when store-bought wrappers are so cheap and do a great job.
5. The Filling - I like to use a filling of 50% pork and 50% shrimp, raising the portion of shrimp if I feel like splurging. You can also make all-shrimp wontons, mostly known as 水饺 in Hong Kong (shui jiao in Mandarin, shui gow in Cantonese) and sometimes accented by shiitake mushrooms.
Hong Kong-Style Wonton Noodle Soup
Broth ingredients:
- 1 pound pork bones
- 2 oz dried shrimp
- 1 piece ginger, peeled and sliced
- 1 large chicken thigh, or 2 quarts chicken broth
Wonton filling ingredients:
- 1 pound ground pork (not lean)
- 1 pound shrimp, deveined and finely chopped (or 1 pound frozen shrimp, brought to room temperature and finely chopped)
- 5 to 6 strands yellow chives, chopped
- 1 piece ginger, peeled and minced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 teaspoons rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
Other ingredients:
- 1 to 2 eggs
- Flour for dusting
- 1 package wonton skins, about 50, thawed if frozen
- 8 ounces egg noodles
- Another 5 to 6 strands yellow chives, chopped, for garnish
The Broth
Simmer pork bones, a chicken thigh, and ginger in a large pot of water for 1 hour, adding dried shrimp in the last 20 minutes. Alternatively, simmer pork bones and ginger in pre-made chicken broth for 1 hour, adding dried shrimp in the last 20 minutes.
The Wontons
Place 2 to 3 large plates near you (for when, later on, your hands are so sticky with egg wash and you're on such a roll with the folding that you'll appreciate not having to dig around for another plate.)
In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mix the pork, shrimp, and scallions. Add soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, salt and pepper. Repeat thorough mixing. Filling should be sticky and slightly wet.
Crack open eggs and beat with a fork. Lightly dust your work surface with flour and keep some extra flour within hand's reach.
Angle a wonton wrapper so that it faces you like a diamond. With your fingertips or a spoon, spread a thin layer of egg wash along the top two edges of the wrapper. Place a quarter-size spoonful of filling in the center of the skin.
- One super-easy way to wrap is to form a triangle by folding the bottom tip to the top tip and pinch out as much air as possible.
- For the "boat" version, start by making the triangle wonton. Add a dab of egg wash to either of the two side tips and fold them together, overlapping one on top of the other. The end result should look boat-like, with two tips cradling a puff of filling in the middle.
- This page shows 8 different ways of folding wontons.
Place the finished wonton on a plate. Keep wontons covered with a damp towel to prevent the wrappers from drying out. Repeat folding until filling or wrappers are used up.
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You can cook the wontons in the soup itself, but I prefer to cook them separately so any excess flour on the wrapper doesn't get into the soup. Set aside about 6 wontons per person. Freeze extras.
For noodles, bring soup to boil. Add noodles and cook until al dente, about 3 to 5 minutes, depending on the thickness of the noodles.
Meanwhile, in a separate pot, bring 2 liters (2 quarts) water to boil. Add wontons and simmer uncovered, stirring gently, for about 4 to 7 minutes until done. (Trick of the trade: When dumplings float to the top, that usually means they're done. Unless there is too much air inside the wontons due to bad folding.) Cut one open to check for doneness.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard men's volleyball team captured its 11th straight home victory with a straight-set defeat of Erskine College, 25-20, 25-23, 25-19, on Saturday afternoon in the Malkin Athletic Center. The Crimson used a .226 hitting percentage and nine blocks to top the Flying Fleet (13-14) and improve to 13-7 on the year.
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FROSTPROOF, Fla. – After dropping a 5-0 decision in game one, baseball bounced back in a big way as sophomore righty Kyle Szatrowski (Agawam, Mass.) pitched a gem to lead the Beacons to a 4-2 game two victory over No. 9 St. Joseph's College (Maine) Friday afternoon in a non-conference seven innings doubleheader at the Frostproof Sports Complex on the second day of the Beacons Florida spring trip.
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In Ohio, it feels like 1993 again.
The coming Democratic presidential vote here has revived a debate over the merits of globalization and free trade – as epitomized by the long-reviled North American Free Trade Agreement.
In Ohio, which has lost nearly 225,000 manufacturing jobs since 2001, NAFTA is an easy target. For many working-class Ohioans – and the voters Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton hope to win in Tuesday's critical primary – it stands as a symbol for much that troubles their state. Against that backdrop, say experts, it's not surprising it's become a political piñata.
"It's nice to blame the bogeyman, rather than the failed business strategies of Ford, GM, or Chrysler," says Ned Hill, an economist at Cleveland State University. "And middle-class anxiety is a real issue." The bickering isn't so much over the candidates' current positions on NAFTA – both are eager to tell Ohioans just how much they dislike the pact and how quickly they would renegotiate a better deal – but how consistent they've been in that stance in the past.
Senator Obama never loses an opportunity to remind voters that Senator Clinton's husband was the one who pushed NAFTA through, or of certain pro-NAFTA comments she's made in the past decade. Senator Clinton, meanwhile, cites a 2004 speech to Illinois farmers in which Obama also praised trade agreements.
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Here in Dayton, where some 15,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost over the past five years, the effects of globalization are seen in sharp relief. It's not all negative. The changes have forced certain businesses to shift their focus, become better managed, and target new sorts of value-added manufacturing.
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Globalization "made us make better business decisions," says Dave Dysinger, whose family-owned tooling and machining company in Dayton almost went out of business at the end of the 1990s, dropping from 116 people down to 12, until he shifted away from the traditional commodity-based clients and local markets he used to serve.
Today, his company employs 42 people, is thriving, and designs tools for more specialized energy, agricultural, and appliance companies around the country.
Still, Mr. Dysinger acknowledges that the transition was painful. And for the thousands of people who lost good-paying union jobs as large factories such as Delphi shut their doors to move overseas, it's hard to see anything positive in a more global marketplace.
"The Dayton area is a classic example of what's happening in the changes in the world economy," says Joe Tuss, the Montgomery County economic development director, noting that the city hung on to traditional manufacturing jobs longer than many places in the state. "We're at the end of the line in Ohio in terms of production jobs."
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For Earl Conley, recently laid off from his $19-per-hour job making car seats at a GM supplier, that's not much comfort. Mr. Conley has a high-school education and few marketable skills.
He goes every day to the county's Job Transition Center, set up to help people laid off because of factory closings, where he learned to use a computer – he'd never turned one on before – and applies for every job he can find online, including janitorial positions and jobs making barely more than minimum wage. So far, he's had no success. "Everyone wants skilled labor," he says sadly. "I'm 54 years old – it'd be hard to retrain me."
Conley's wife, Jill, is on disability, and both of them had operations last year. Watching bills stack up is terrifying, they both say, and they worry about losing their home.
"The manufacturing jobs are changing," Conley says. "I guess people are obsolete anymore and not needed."
US export: jobs
The Conleys are skeptical that any politician can help them much, but others are listening to what Obama and Clinton are saying about jobs and trade, and in some cases holding Clinton's own history with NAFTA – via her husband – against her.
"Clinton – there's that name again. I heard on the radio that she'll fight hard for unions," says Brian Rader, a forklift operator for Delphi for 21 years until he took their buyout package last April. "But you didn't do it. You didn't say anything to Bill back then. Now it's too late. The only thing we're good at exporting anymore is jobs."
Mr. Rader, who has a wife and three children, made $27 an hour at his old job. He says he's happy to take something that pays less than half that now, but is finding that many places don't want to hire a former union worker. Back when he started at Delphi out of high school, he remembers, "those were the jobs everyone wanted…. You were told, 'You have a job for life.' "
That story is hardly unusual in Dayton, where Delphi and GM have both had large layoffs in the past year, and even more jobs are seen as at risk.
It's people such as Rader and Conley and the many others who have either lost work or are feeling the pinch of rising mortgages or falling wages that Clinton and Obama are trying to reach as they offer plans for new jobs in green technology, renewable energy, or information technology. Both also propose renegotiating NAFTA to improve – and enforce – labor and environmental standards. "I would have a 'trade timeout'" until NAFTA is fixed, Clinton promised voters in the debate in Cleveland Tuesday night, in which she and Obama traded sharp words over how consistently anti-NAFTA each had been.
"I'd give an edge to Obama on this only because his last name isn't Clinton," says Bill Burges, a Democratic political consultant in Cleveland who worked on Senator Brown's campaign.
He adds that he expects voters in the end will be more swayed by personality – especially if Obama begins to seem more familiar – than by the trade issue. But focusing on NAFTA makes sense, he says, and isn't just about looking to mistakes in the past.
"These are major issues, and the people are blaming their government for not only the loss of their job but also their inability to pay their mortgage and the loss of their homes." Says Mr. Burges: "NAFTA matters."


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The index rose after the U.S. Labor Department said its producer price index for final demand increased 0.2 percent in August after slipping 0.1 percent in July. The rebound was driven by a surge in the cost of gasoline.
The euro EUR= fell 0.69 percent to $1.1883 while the Japanese yen weakened 0.36 percent versus the greenback at 110.56 per dollar.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR fell 7/32 in price to yield 2.1970 percent. Their German counterpart, 10-year Bunds DE10YT=RR, rose 3 basis points in price to yield 0.404 percent.
Oil prices jumped after the IEA report but then pared gains. U.S. crude CLcv1 rose $1.07 to settle at $49.30 per barrel and Brent LCOcv1 rose 89 cents to settle at $55.16 a barrel. [O/R]
"A sharp rebound in U.S. oil production compared with last week has limited gains in crude prices as concerns grow that oil output is recovering faster than refining capacity coming online," said Abhishek Kumar, senior energy analyst at Interfax Energy's Global Gas Analytics in London.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled down 0.4 percent at $1,328.
Reporting by Herbert Lash; editing by Nick Zieminski and G Crosse


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DENVER—Denver police have identified the man who was shot while trying to use a woman as a human shield during a hostage standoff as 34-year-old Blas Leroux, but they are not saying anything about a possible motive.
Dramatic video shot by KDVR-TV shows Leroux leaving a 7-Eleven store with a hostage in front of him on Monday when a police bullet to the shoulder knocks him down and the woman runs away. Leroux was taken to a hospital where police said he is in critical condition.
Anthony Flores told KMGH-TV that he saw the shooting from across the street. He said the suspect didn't move after being shot.
Police say the man took three hostages, but one managed to escape.


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I don't get the complaint here. It's a PRAYER BREAKFAST. This is the kind of stuff that gives the impression that there is a "war against religion".
Now, a more appropriate action, IMO, would be to have military members stop going to these things in uniform in the first place. We aren't allowed to attend many things in uniform for this very reason.


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So, as you guys know the past couple of days have really been a struggle for me, well heck we will go ahead and say the past couple of months have been a struggle for me. Im caught in a cross roads at a very strange time and have been hit with the harsh reality that I have to make a decision, things have to change. As much as I would love to stay in the routine of what is comfortable and "safe" for me, it is no longer possible to do that. And that happens sometimes, its life and if there are not bumps in the road and hard decisions to make, then you are not fully living it.
It hit me hard during my run today. My mind just started to wonder and I started trying to work everything out in my head. I came to the conclusion that most of the things that I am struggling with are a result of one thing : fear of the change, of something new. It has been something that I have seen around a lot of the blogs lately too, and it definitely is a major theme in the road to recovery from ED. Fear of the unknown, its always gotten to me. Im afraid of new relationships because I have been hurt in the past, I am afraid of new jobs because I might not like them, I am afraid to step outside of the comforts that I have worked so hard to build up in my everyday life. But here is what hit me, just out of now where today while I was pondering all of this - sometimes things just HAVE to change, sometimes its for the better and sometimes not...but things will always fall into place. I can not hold on to something for forever, what good would that do? I have to let go of the past and start on a new road. Sure, things were great on that old road that I have been on for so long, but some things weren't. Now there is a new road, a new chapter that I have to embrace and leave the other one behind. Yes, it could have its bumps as well...but I am fully confident that it will have its smooth spots too.
Then, just like I was meant to find this, one of my friends sent me a quote on my phone that I just so happened to read right after my run. It hit so close to home that I was almost in tears while reading it. From what I have been reading in a lot of other blogs about fear of change, I thought that a lot of you may be able to relate. So here it is:
"Change. It can be the most amazing thing, or the worst heartache. So much is different since last week, and then I think back to last month... And I see a picture hanging up from last year. I see me and my friends laughing and I miss them, I miss then. Then I think about how great life is now and I wonder why I miss back then. I think the uncertainty of the moment right now and wondering whats next can be fearful... But aren't you excited to think about the potential of tomorrow? The anticipation of looking back a year from now at the pictures you'll take next week is worth waking up for. No matter how miserable a situation may seem, you can always find hope in the fact that it too will soon change. And although you might miss a moment or a feeling from the past, you still always have the chance to feel it again. Take advantage of your chances, there are some things you don't want to regret."
Everything about this just fit my situation to a tee. I have been afraid to leave my old job because of the fun times and the people that I love there, but who is to say that I wouldn't experience all new great things in a new place? I have been afraid to start a new relationship because I am afraid that I would never fell love again like before and that I would be hurt again, but I have to break down that wall and realize that there is a chance to feel that again, if I don't hold myself back from it. I have been so scared of this change that I have let it just eat at me, but why? change is scary, but its good. It means that my life is GOING somewhere, not just sitting still.
So I'm going to face this change head on...I'm going to go down this new path full speed ahead. I want new experiences, new people, new places, ect. I'm ready...lets see whats down this road...bring it on.
Change of subject...ask and you shall receive...wanna see the new boy?!
Did I mention that he is a foot taller than me?! haha. Also, this picture is from a while back, not from the games yesterday...but i just had to show a picture of him! :)
The game was fun. My sister came with me, so I got to spend quality time with her as well, which is always good. Obviously since I had to put up an old picture I didn't steal of pic of Lucas yesterday. But I did get a shot of him playing:
He's the pitcher ;)
And me and the sissy
Now, time for lunch, shower, work...and hopefully Lucas is coming in for a SECOND weekend. Can't get enough of me?!....perhaps....or maybe its just Easter. haha.
Hope everyone has a great day! Lots of Love, <3 Ems.


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Greetings all. Well, I'm now officially a qualified teacher and have an exciting September ahead of me. Until then, I also have a little more time to devote to drawing and stuff, so I thought I'd kick off with some old stuff that I didn't have the chance to post up here while I was in school etc.
First off, here's the cover artwork for the second Tiny Lights release from O'Messy Life. It's a reference to the Heaven's Gate Cult and originally had a different back cover featuring the head of their ultra-creepy cult leader Mark Applewhite.
Here's the unused Applewhite head:
I also had the tremendous pleasure of being placed at Benton Park Primary School for 8 weeks at the end of my course, and I got to know an absolutely lovely and utterly bonkers group of kids whose teacher acted as my mentor while I was there. Every morning they would tell me about the bizarre dreams they had the night before about being eaten by various food stuffs, mostly fruit. As a parting gift I made this illustration for them:


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Royal Princess Reveals Top Secretsby Paul Motter | 09.28.12
New features on the top decks of Royal Princess will bring innovation to Princess Cruise Line
Royal Princess will enter service in June 2013
Princess Cruises just unveiled new and added details about the great features they plan to include on the top deck of the new Royal Princess, including an evening light show and disco dance party, plus "Movies Under the Stars" on a movie screen that is 30 percent larger than the poolside theater on the rest of the Princess fleet.
"We're placing even more emphasis on our outdoor entertainment options with this new ship," said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises executive vice president. "With all of these exciting features on the top decks, passengers will truly enjoy their time under the sun or stars."
Are you planning to try the new Royal Princess? Tell us here: Princess Forum
SeaWalks: We have already been shown the conceptual drawings and videos for the Sea Walk - a 60 feet long glass walkway that extands out over the side of the ship on one of the uppermost decks. This glass-bottomed walkway "hovers" 128 feet above the ocean for dramatic views of the ocean far below. Passengers will now have the sense of stepping out from the side of the ship for a breathtaking sight below their feet. On the other side (port) of the same deck the ship, the SeaView cocktail bar also extends out over the waves for an equalling breathtaking view.Fresh Water Pools: Forward of the area containiong the SeaWalk and Sea View Bar passengers on the new Pacifc Princess will have a host of lounging options in lush surrounding; and two fresh water pools flanking an island area with beautiful palm trees between them. During the day passengers can relax and rejuvenate poolside in a variety of seating options, including circular loungers, garden-style furniture, bar-height tables and stools, and chaise lounges.
At night this island will come alive with entertainment options like games and live music inspired by the ship's ports of call.
Water and Light Show: When the top deck of Royal Princess transforms with architectural lighting effects to set the mood at night, the island area between the two pools will become a stage showcasing an interactive sound and light show featuring dancing fountains. With a sophisticated lighting and sound system, and a dramatically lit computerized fountain featuring 85 water jets and streams of water shooting 33 feet into the air.
Movies Under the Stars: This signature poolside theater screen will be 30 percent larger for a true widescreen movie experience coupled with a high-tech audio and visual system for an unforgettable open-air movie-going experience. Guests will enjoy movies, sporting events and concert movies while relaxing on comfortable chaise lounges complete with pillows, blankets and free popcorn. For those who'd like to watch from the water, the ship's large whirlpool spas above the pools will offer great views of Movies Under the Stars while soaking.
Evening Entertainment: On selected nights the island, perched two decks up on a special balcony, will be transformed into an outdoor dance floor to play host to the the Ultimate Deck Party featuring a DJ-driven dance music mix.
Are you planning to try the new Royal Princess? Tell us here: Princess Forum


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Metro systems continually face a variety of communications problems including disconnected networks between train and ground systems, interference, and intermittent service. A new solution based on enterprise Long Term Evolution (eLTE) aims to provide more reliable, bilateral radio-transmission channels for train-to-ground voice, data, and video transmissions. In doing so, it should boost overall communication and operational efficiency for rail transportation.
Developed by Huawei and currently deployed in China for Zhengzhou Metro, the eLTE urban rail-transportation solution features a variety of anti-interference technologies. Offering throughput to 100 Mb/s with low-latency transmission, it can be customized to the operator's frequency resources from 400 MHz to 5.8 GHz. In difficult coverage environments, such as deserts, tunnels, and bridges, both traditional macro and advance distributed base transceiver stations (BTSs) can be employed for continuous coverage. The professional broadband trunking system supports simultaneous voice and video dispatching for greater efficiency. Passengers also will benefit from travel and entertainment information, such as route guidance, weather forecasts, and WiFi.
In August 2013, Huawei deployed the first commercial application of a 3.6 ~ 3.8-GHz eLTE system in Poland to provide more efficient government communications. Reportedly, the fourth-generation (4G) wireless system provides carrier-grade resilience with features that can be set up and maintained more easily than traditional solutions. Providing coverage over a range of 100 km even in demanding areas, the network uses 20 MHz of bandwidth and 2x2 multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology to support downlink data rates to 100 Mb/s and uplink data rates to 50 Mb/s.
For the eLTE-based rail solution, applications targeting metro operators include closed-circuit television, passenger information systems (PISs), communication-based control (CBTC), vehicle-mounted video surveillance, and broadband trunking. Techniques like automatic frequency control (AFC) are employed to deal with the Doppler effect and increase successful handover rates. In 2010, the solution was demonstrated on the Shanghai Maglev Train. At that time, it provided 50-Mb/s broadband services on trains traveling 430 km/h.


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Every day we get interesting genealogy questions from our members via our Ask the Genealogist service. The following is a good example: a member asked for help finding information about a great-grandfather.
I am looking for more information on my great-grandfather, Edgar Rhue Harner. He was born in Berks Co., PA, in 1860. He married Naomi Sines and they lived in Delaware Co., PA. No one in the family knows what happened to Edgar. I tracked census info and the last one he appears in with his family is the 1910 census, enumerated in Delaware Co, PA. After much research, I found him in the 1920 census in Norristown, PA, as a patient in the "State Hospital for the Insane." That hospital, Norristown State Hospital, is still in existence, but I haven't been able to get any info from them. Everything dead-ends at the 1920 census. I can find NO obituary or death record or any other info at all.
Any suggestions?
Answer from our genealogist:
Since there was no obituary published for him, you want to look for his death certificate. The state of Pennsylvania makes that easy to do. They have put up online indexes for all death certificates from 1906 to 1961 here: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1085804&mode=2
You need to click on each year and then search the index. This indexing system uses the Soundex system familiar to many genealogists; it assigns codes to sounds to track down surnames and their variants. Harner would code out to H-656.
And there he is listed in the deaths for 1922.
Here is your great-grandfather's entry:
H-656: Edgar Harner, Certificate Number 106302, Norristn (abbreviation for Norristown), died 11/17 (17 November 1922).
Pennsylvania considers death certificates that are over 50 years old public records. So, your next step is to order a copy of his death certificate.
To apply for a non-certified copy of a death certificate from 1906 through 1961: download the death application form here:
Mail the completed application to:
Division of Vital Records
ATTN: Public Records
P.O. Box 1528
New Castle, PA 16103
There is a $3 fee for each non-certified copy ordered. Check or money order should be made payable to Vital Records. Mail requests are processed in approximately 4 months.


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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents are patrolling the fishing closure zones in the oil spill area daily by water and air to ensure that all seafood brought to market is safe to consume.
To guard against the possibility of oil tainted seafood being brought to shore, LDWF and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) has issued recreational and commercial fishing closures in areas of the gulf where oil is believed to have spread.
"We are trying to keep as many areas open to fishing as possible, but as the oil spreads further towards the coast we have no choice but to issue a fishing closure for those areas," said LDWF Secretary Robert Barham. "We want the consumers of Louisiana seafood to be confident that the seafood they consume is safe and delicious as always."
While LDWF continues to work closely with the Department of Health and Hospitals to execute closures, it is important to note that LDWF maintains the authority to close any and all areas that are deemed necessary by the secretary of the department. LDWF Enforcement Agents have the authority to enforce closures in state waters regardless of where the directive comes from.
The Enforcement Division has deployed forward command centers to Hopedale, Venice and Grand Isle to patrol the fishing closure areas. From these locations, agents launch boats for daily missions specific to the closed fishing zones. The Enforcement Division also flies over the oil spill area to monitor and report any signs of fishing activity in these closed areas.
If an agent discovers fishing activity in the closed area, they will inspect the catch and return all fish to the water. If fishermen are found to be in obvious violation of the current fishing closure areas, agents will issue a citation to all parties involved.
LDWF will also be inspecting trip tickets, which are used by the department to track seafood sales and where the seafood was caught. Every wholesale/retail seafood, fresh product and crab shredder license holder must fill out trip tickets along with a monthly report to LDWF.
"The vast majority of people are complying and respectful of the fishing closure zones and understand why they have been put in place," said Colonel Winton Vidrine, head of LDWF's Law Enforcement Division. "However, agents will continue to strictly enforce the closed areas to ensure that every fish caught in the these areas are returned to the water."
To report fishing activity in the no fishing zones, please call 1-800-442-2511 or 225-765-2441.
For more information related to the oil spill, visit www.emergency.louisiana.gov. Connect with us on www.facebook.com/GOHSEP and on Twitter @GOHSEP. View photos from the state's response efforts at www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep.
For more information, contact Adam Einck at 225-765-2465 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Van Wyck – Wilkie Manuel Witherspoon died the same way he lived – peacefully.
A man known by his friends and family as a peacemaker, Witherspoon, 74, went to bed on Oct. 29, and just didn't wake up, said his daughter, Daphne McCullough.
"He just peacefully went," McCullough said.
But that's the way he would have wanted it, said Joseph Potts, who had been Witherspoon's friend for more than 50 years.
A somber but poignant drum cadence resonated to recognize military prisoners of war and missing personnel, also known as POWs and MIAs.
Lonnie Catoe, a POW who served in World War II, bore a black flag that read, "You are not forgtten." The audience watched silently as six other flags were displayed – each one representing a branch of military service.
Silent moments like this and loud cheers of appreciation characterized the scene at the annual Lancaster County Veterans Day program, held Saturday morning at the American Legion Building.
Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile said his office has identified suspects they believe are responsible for a recent rash of burglaries.
Between Oct. 29 and Oct. 31, sheriff's deputies responded to reports of seven different burglaries or larcenies.
Faile said one suspect was arrested Saturday. He wouldn't release the name, as deputies are looking to arrest at least one more person, he said.
The burglaries remain under investigation.
INDIAN LAND – Indian Land's own Jacky Bayne will share how God has worked in his life, bringing him back from the dead, not just once, but twice.
Bayne was declared dead twice during his tour of duty in Vietnam in the 1960s, and although he lost his right leg and is paralyzed on his left side, he's very much alive today, and happily married.
He and his wife, Patsy, travel all over the area, sharing his story at churches and schools.
Habitat for Humanity of Lancaster County may soon receive a sizable contribution, but needs the community's help for it to materialize.
A Lancaster resident has promised to donate $10,000 to the organization, just as long as the group is able to raise the same amount through donations. The donor wishes to remain anonymous.
"We know the individual," said Virginia Biggerstaff, who serves on the board for the local Habitat. "I have been assured that he plans to follow through. He's assured us he has the money."
Families often pull together in times of need. Sometimes they need a little help from others. The Soliman family does right now.
Marlene Soliman is now in Pittsburgh awaiting a double lung and liver transplant.
Her brothers, Hector Soliman of Lancaster and Miguel Soliman of Miami, along with their families, are trying to help raise $40,000 to cover the costs. So far, the family has raised around $1,300.
Christian leaders often experience burn-out and discouragement. Many, especially small congregations and ministries with little material or emotional support, give up and fall by the wayside. Communities suffer as a result.
But Pastor Marvin Tennant and his church, Christian Assembly Worship Center on S.C. 9 Bypass East, are on a mission – as Scripture says, to "lift up the hands which hang down."
INDIAN LAND – Band director Mathew Willis said he's proud of how well the Indian Land High School marching band performed this season, its first year in Class 2A.
Indian Land finished 10th Saturday at the 2A state finals at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.
Pendleton High School of Anderson County captured the championship.
Thirteen bands competed in the Class 2A state finals Saturday – seven from Lower State and six from Upper State.
Get out your red, white and blue to cheer your local veterans this weekend.
The county's annual Veterans Day parade is Saturday in downtown Lancaster.
More than 70 parade entries have signed up participate.
"What we have now is absolutely wonderful," county Veterans Affairs Officer Robin Helms said about the number of entries. "This is right on target."
Lineup for the parade will begin at 9 a.m. at the Humana (Kanawha) parking lot on White Street.
Ladie's fashion, shopping, food, and prizes. Can it get any better than that?
The first annual Ladies Night Out promises an evening filled with all this and more while supporting the Lancaster County Council of the Arts.
On Thursday, the Bradley Arts and Sciences Building at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster will be filled with local and regional retailers presenting the latest fashion designs for women ages 20 and up.
Local models will wear casual, business and formal attire accessorized from head to toe.
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This is a guest post from Amin Ghaziani, author of There Goes the Gayborhood? Amin will read and sign books at Unabridged Bookstore in Chicago next Friday, August 29, at 7:00 PM.
In a nationally unprecedented move, the city of Chicago installed tax-funded, rainbow-colored pylons along North Halsted Street in 1997 as a way to celebrate the area's sexual diversity. The $3.2 million dollar streetscape made "Boystown" the first officially designated gay neighborhood in the United States.
"This has been a labor of love," Mayor Richard Daley announced to the cheering crowd on the day of its unveiling. "I knew from the beginning it was about fairness—fairness to this community. I am thanking you for what you (the GLBT community) have done for North Halsted Street for many, many years."
Some of us might question the investment of millions in highlighting an area like Boystown—especially with mounting evidence that the neighborhood's demographics are shifting toward increasing numbers of heterosexual households. Is it possible, as the New York Times once so damningly put it, that "gay enclaves face prospect of being passé?"
About half of Illinois's estimated 25,710 same-sex partner households live in Cook County, which includes Chicago and several suburbs to the north, south, and west. Forty percent of these households reside in the four northernmost neighborhoods along Lake Michigan. Lakeview, which houses Boystown, has the largest concentration. It is home to 1,106 same-sex households, or 12 percent of the city's total, followed by Edgewater (951 households, or 10.3 percent), Rogers Park (736, 8 percent), and Uptown (635, 6.9 percent). Lakeview's rate of self-reported same-sex households (2.1 percent) is above the city's average (0.9 percent), but its sexual portfolio lately boasts many more straight people.
Demographers confirm that zip codes associated with traditional gay neighborhoods in the 100 most populous regions of the country are, in fact, "de-concentrating" and becoming less "segregated," to borrow their words. Fewer same-sex households lived in them in 2010 than they did in 2000.
The RedEye, a free daily paper in Chicago,ran a cover story that lamented these changes. "Boystown, a haven for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community since the '70s, is losing gay residents," the journalist announced, "while more heterosexuals are moving in."
Why is this happening?
"The gay neighborhood? It's pretty much all of Chicagoland."
As I was writing my book on the alleged demise of gayborhoods across the country, I discovered two main reasons why these urban districts are de-gaying (GLBT people are moving out) and straightening (straights are moving in).
First, the ongoing integration of sexual minorities into the mainstream is reversing an earlier propensity for many of them to live in the same area of the city. Alderman Tom Tunney of the Forty-Fourth Ward, which includes Boystown, told me: "It's not just one neighborhood. Gay is okay in major cities. Period. It's just not as ghettoized. It's not this pocket and this pocket. It's everywhere."
A gay man said in the same vein, "The argument can be made that the entire North Side is homosexual." Another added, "The gay neighborhood? It's pretty much all of Chicagoland."
No longer limited to one small pocket, GLBT city dwellers are expanding their residential portfolios to include the entire city as a safe, livable place.
It's a mistake to assume that GLBT people must surrender what makes us culturally unique in order to participate in the most foundational institutions of American society.
Second, many GLBT Chicagoans today feel culturally similar to their straight neighbors. "We're just like them," one lesbian told me. "We love the same way, we want to have the same sorts of fulfillment in our lives."
Another explained how this affects her decisions about where to live: "We can live anywhere. You could live with us. And at the end of the day, that's the happiest ending."
Some people worry that this residential dispersion signals the dilution of our community. But I think it's a mistake to assume that GLBT people must surrender what makes us culturally unique in order to participate in the most foundational institutions of American society. Full equality does not demand that we renounce our colorful queer citizenship.
History instructs. As a community, we have moved steadily northward in Chicago since the late nineteenth century and revived the gayborhood along the way: from Towertown to Old Town to New Town to Boystown—and now to Andersonville and Rogers Park.
This long-standing sequence demonstrates what sociologists call "homophily." The idea is simple: birds of a feather flock together. As we leave an area in which we once clustered, we have used our creative energies to resurrect a new gayborhood somewhere else. We see this pattern in many major cities, including Chicago, of course, but also in New York, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
Furthermore, these cities, and many others, prominently feature a variety of commemorative markers, such as the rainbow pylons and the Legacy Walk in Chicago; permanent rainbow colored crosswalks in West Hollywood and San Francisco; rainbow flags under street signs in Philadelphia's gayborhood; the designation of Frank Kameny Way in DC; and the dedication of Harvey Milk Street in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego. Such municipal markers preserve these culturally sacred spaces without naively denying the realities of residential change.
Gayborhoods may not have that je ne sais quoi, center-of-the-universe feeling that they once had, but this does not mean that they are passé.
Amin Ghaziani, an associate professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia, is the author of There Goes the Gayborhood?