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Hashim Amla made an unbeaten century as South Africa enjoyed a profitable first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Port Elizabeth.
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Amla was dropped on 48 but was otherwise typically unruffled as he progressed to 106 not out by stumps, having added 102 with Faf du Plessis to take the Proteas to 325 for four.
Du Plessis (69 not out), Graeme Smith (54) and AB de Villiers (51) also contributed well, while Doug Bracewell (two for 70) was the most threatening bowler.
South Africa won the first Test by an innings inside three days and Smith won the toss as they sought to build on their lead in the series.
Alviro Petersen inside-edged the first ball of the match, by Trent Boult, for a lucky four before Bracewell struck Smith a nasty blow on the head in the fourth over.
Petersen made 22 before being dismissed by Bracewell, top-edging a weak hook to Jeetan Patel at fine-leg.
Amla got away with a leading edge to his first delivery but Smith struck boundaries in successive Neil Wagner overs.
A swept boundary by Amla brought up the Proteas' half-century and though Smith was relieved to see a collection of edges drop safe, he also found the boundary several times before reaching his half-century in the second over of the afternoon.
However, after adding just one more boundary he gloved a ball from Wagner down the leg side and was caught by wicketkeeper BJ Watling.
Jacques Kallis scored his only runs with back-to-back boundaries off Bracewell before edging the same bowler to Watling, but Amla reached a 92-ball half-century just two balls after being badly put down by Kane Williamson at gully.
AB de Villiers made a fluent start and though he faced a confident lbw shout from Jeetan Patel, he and Amla added 54 by tea.
Martin Guptill missed a chance to run out De Villiers two balls after the restart, allowing the wicketkeeper to press on towards his half-century.
He got there by taking seven off an over from Wagner, including his sixth four, but swatted Patel straight to Williamson at mid-wicket in the next over to end a stand of 86.
Du Plessis edged just short of slip via Watling's pads but was quickly into his stride with the help of four overthrows from Boult and a boundary off Bracewell.
Amla also escaped a run-out threat as he moved into the 90s, and was happy to accumulate singles as Du Plessis pushed the scoring along.
The latter was beaten all ends up by the last delivery before the new ball and then escaped when, on 42, Hot Spot showed he gloved Boult to Watling but New Zealand did not refer the decision.
Amla reached a 187-ball ton with his eighth four and Du Plessis brought up his 50 and the team's 300 in even greater style with a huge six off Bracewell. He then added three more fours before the close.
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Where might I find raw milk in a place like Houston?
Craig,How the heck am I suppose to know where to find raw milk in a place like Houston. Does anywhere in Texas sell raw milk? Loads of places in our area sell raw milk, even at market.Norma
I've never seen it. I was not looking for the name of a specific store or anything. I was wondering what sort of store or market might sell it as I'm apparently not going to these places.CL
I make it a little differently than probably most people.I use regular whole milk.500 ml milk2 TBSP vinegara pinch of salt.That's it. I use vinegar because it's consistent. Every lemon is different.I microwave it until it starts to curd (about 3-4 minutes for me). Never, ever stir it during heating.One quick stir after it comes out of the microwave. I let it sit for a few minutes, then scoop out the largest curds into a colander lined with a kitchen absorbent paper, then pour the remaining into the colander.Cover with clear wrap and let sit about 20 minutes or so.A little more salt, a touch of EVOO and some sprinkles of your favorite fresh spice on top of some chilled sliced tomatoes is all you need for a delicious treat.That's just my way. I hope yours turns out well, Norma!


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Krutch, Joseph Wood
Joseph Wood Krutch 1893–1970
American critic.
Krutch's literary criticism is characterized by his humanistic and philosophical concerns. In The Modern Temper he argued that because scientific thought had denied human nobility, tragedy had become obsolete. Upon its publication in 1929, The Modern Temper fascinated and outraged many of Krutch's contemporaries, who viewed the current technological advances with optimism.
Krutch's greatest critical successes were The American Drama since 1918, which analyzes the works of the most important dramatists of the 1920s and 1930s, and "Modernism" in Modern Drama, wherein he discusses the need for the return of traditional values to the twentieth-century stage. A conservative and idealistic thinker, Krutch was a consistent proponent of human dignity and the preeminence of literary art.
(See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed. and Vols. 25-28, rev. ed. [obituary].)
Lynn Harold Hough
The men who come to life not with standards, but with a vast and varied genius of understanding are, of course, all the while having their say. And work of this sort is done with distinction and skill by Joseph Wood Krutch in his volume of biographical criticism, Five Masters. He writes of Boccaccio, Cervantes, Richardson, Stendhal, and Proust. The fleshy aspects of the experience and writing of Boccaccio he describes and interprets with skill and understanding. But he moves rather like a blind man in the dark whenever he comes to speak of his deeper ethical or spiritual experiences. In their presence he has only the rubber-stamp phrases of depreciation with which the spiritual is described by those who always look upon it from without and never from within. Probably the best work done in the volume is found in the section on Cervantes. And here, indeed, we do meet with the world of standards…. Here Mr. Krutch is bringing in principles (which in our own time have been vigorously advocated by critical humanists) because they help to explain the achievement of Cervantes. But he by no means sails under these high authorities himself. When he comes to Stendhal and Proust, he accepts them upon their own terms and does not judge them by any humanistic standards. He is never more subtle than in following the strange processes of the mind and art of Marcel Proust. You feel that he is allowing this exotic and brilliant mystic of the senses to speak for...
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Charles I. Glicksberg
The Modern Temper admirably summed up the philosophy of defeatism of the muddled and sadly disillusioned post-war generation. Obviously, the intellectual atmosphere which Mr. Krutch described was the one held in part or as a whole by many of his contemporaries. He gives coherent and reasoned utterance to what many of them felt in a more or less nebulous, uncertain manner. The book, nevertheless, is primarily an effort at self-understanding. It is a personal confession as well as a study of "the modern temper". He can disentangle the nervous complexities and compulsions of modern thought with commendable clarity, but, as he frankly admits, his analysis of the emotional reaction induced by these tendencies, is "of necessity colored by an individual personality". Even though he endeavors to select for analysis only those emotional attitudes which are typical, his choice as well as his treatment was sure to be biased to some degree by his intellectual preconceptions. For he is concerned not with verifiable observations, but with a state of mind, "and in the effort to describe and account for it I am responsible not for Truth, but for the convictions, scientific or otherwise, which I and my contemporaries have been led to hold". What Mr. Krutch evidently means to imply is that he does not have to justify the state of mind of any age; it exists; he is merely recording it. But certainly in recording it—just as if he were tracing a nerve impulse in the laboratory—he is responsible for making veracious observations that can be tested. If his observations are in error, then his conclusions must likewise be wrong. No writer can afford to shirk the responsibility of truth.
Mr. Krutch is decidedly unhappy because he has discovered that the world of today is not the same world that has been pictured by thinkers in the past. Evil and good are not cleancut and diametrically opposed; Nature is supremely indifferent to those intrinsically human values which men cherish. How different, he laments, is the world of experience from the world of the heart's desire! But every intelligent, mature person has to some extent realized the wisdom of curbing his insatiable ego in its demands…. It is therefore an expression of sentimentalism to assume, as Mr. Krutch does, that in winning this knowledge man has forfeited a desirable world for one less desirable to which he must now painfully adapt himself. The truth is otherwise.
Mr. Krutch converts science into the serpent that has crept into the Garden of Eden and led man into sin and unhappiness. Poetry and religion, he declares, satisfied man's inner needs; science, on the other hand, is inexorably objective. The two, he concludes, are irreconcilable. Is this really so? Fundamentally, there need be no conflict between the two realms. Mr. Krutch is emotionally swayed by his nostalgia for the certitudes and absolutes of the traditional past. He speaks with despair of the cold immensities of space and the chaos of nature, unaware that he is employing value-freighted metaphors. He is equally subjective when he declares that Nature's purpose (if she possess one) is not the purpose of man. "Her desire merely to live and to propagate in innumerable forms, her ruthless indifference to his values, and the blindness of her irresistible will strike terror to his soul, and he comes in the fullness of his experience to realize that the ends which he proposes to himself—happiness and order and reason—are ends which he must achieve, if he achieve them at all, in her despite." This is eloquent but fallacious. Nature is neither friend nor foe. Wisely controlled, and science is the best instrument of control human ingenuity has so far advised, she aids man in fulfilling his purpose. Ignorantly opposed, she causes his destruction. Scientific knowledge may not give shelter and protection to our pet ideals and illusions, neither does it conceive of Nature as a sinister, implacable enemy. If science proves the death of many values once held sacred, what does that mean but that those values were not fitted to endure? (pp. 77-9)
Man's illusion of cosmic importance naturally decreases, but is it not assuming too much to say that he is left more and more alone in the universe? He is no more alone now than he was a thousand years ago. Mr. Krutch will reply that human desire is more essential than scientific truth. His indictment of science is primarily on the ground that the knowledge it assembles and works into a pattern has no bearing on human needs. Whatever truth science may discover, he asserts, man must live according to certain established standards of conduct. Since man is an ethical animal, neither he nor society can long exist without reference to some fixed and stable moral order. Science, it seems, has destroyed this, "man's most fundamental myth". Yet even if the universe contains no ethical element, no hint of a categorical imperative, even if that fundamental myth should die out, man can still formulate and abide by a rationally satisfying construction of ethics…. If, as Mr. Krutch puts it, man finds no answer to his questions and no fulfillment of his needs in a world of electrons and complexes, science can justly reply: The function of science is not to provide salvation. It is not a religion but an organized body of knowledge based on experiment and observation. In asking science to supply what is not its proper concern, you wish to make of it a form of mysticism. Science appeals to the intellect, not to the emotions. It aims to achieve truth, not to satisfy man's egocentric wishes.
Nevertheless, Mr. Krutch, like many serious thinkers before him, persists in asking the query: What is to be done? How shall man live? He cannot arrive at any positive and robust affirmation of faith because his mind is untrammeled by theological delusions, because he knows that not every problem humanity posits is necessarily solvable. Having gone thus far, he indulges in dismal speculations on the survival possibilities of human beings…. The picture Mr. Krutch draws of the future is lugubrious and fantastic—a future in which only those who found no lack in nature would reign supreme…. Science is thus convicted of having failed to serve man or reconcile his conflicts. Man is faced with a task of readjustment more stupendous than any made before; if this is not possible, the human spirit, we are told, will face extinction. (pp. 79-81)
Perhaps the most significant chapter in The Modern Temper is the one entitled "The Tragic Fallacy", which attempts to show that we no longer write tragedies in the dramatic or any other form because the human spirit has grown enfeebled. Man has lost, we are told, the ability to impose upon the welter of life a pattern of meaning which would satisfy his metaphysical hunger. Today the soul of man is portrayed as commonplace; whereas, according to Mr. Krutch, the idea of tragedy is invariably associated with the idea of nobility. Tragedy presupposes faith in the importance of man and his life on earth. The tragic writer must believe in humanity, for such a belief reconciles man to his fate. That Mr. Krutch is largely wrong in his premises and conclusions, which rest on a pathetic fallacy, has been demonstrated by Mr. Mark Harris in the book, The Case for Tragedy. Aside from the mental atmosphere, the sociological conditions of an age and place stressed by Mr. Harris as relevant for an interpretation of the tragic spirit in literature, is it true that man must be made to seem great enough to justify the portrayal of tragic suffering? If we do not tell tales of the fall of princes, it is not that we do not believe that they exist, but that we would invest all men, no matter how humble in origin or low in the economic scale, with the inherent human dignity, that quality of nobility which Mr. Krutch finds essential for the creation of tragedy. He feels that tragedy can stalk by only in sceptered pomp and royal robes; the critics with naturalistic leanings know that it can wear the rags of a beggar and the mud-caked jeans of an old degenerate tobacco farmer. Tobacco Road and Beyond the Horizon are fundamentally as tragic in expression, though not derived from the same tradition, as the tragedies by Sophocles and Shakespeare.
A religious yearning, disguised and at times even suspicious of itself, is at the heart of Mr. Krutch's writings. His exacting and skeptical intelligence repudiates the demands made by this channeled mystical libido, but his inner emotional self intensely craves the certitude and consolation, the definite meaning and purpose, however illusory, it imposes on life. Even his system of aesthetics is conditioned by this spiritual conflict. Art, he believes, suggests a realm of peace. It provides a medicine for the sickness of the spirit; it pictures a world which is perfect and entirely acceptable. But art is based on order, while to found life on art is to end in anarchy. Thus art may "furnish a means by which life may be contemplated, but not a means by which it may be lived". Art, in short, is contemplation, not action. Aesthetics can give no answer to the riddle man's questioning intellect propounds. The affirmations of art are ethically and empirically without value—a point of view more elaborately developed in his book, Experience and Art. (pp. 81-2)
Mr. Krutch is among the few critics who, in a period of profound social and political change, have kept their poise and detachment, refusing to be swept along in the turbulent current of sociological criticism. He is also exceptional in that, far from using his criticism as a springboard for political or social propaganda or any special doctrine not implicit in literature itself, he formulated a comprehensive philosophy of literary criticism—a system of aesthetics which, whether right or wrong, has the supreme virtue, at least, of being clearly defined; he is free from besetting dogmas or intellectual preconceptions. His is a remarkably independent intelligence; analytical, dispassionate, rarely, if ever, resorting to worn-out counters of rhetoric.
In Experience and Art, which is concerned primarily with the aesthetics of literature, Mr. Krutch states his fundamental premises. He is not given to extremes, he does not indulge in hard-and-fast generalizations. He notes tendencies, trends; remaining at the same time keenly aware of exceptions, subtle distinctions, important qualifications. He steers clear of the fallacy which assumes that since art is enormously important to the culture of a race, it is therefore to be identified indiscriminately with some social or ethical philosophy. Literature for him is not a record of fact; it has no covenant with literal truth; it is, on the contrary, the expression of everything man is capable of believing. Once a work of art is born, it may awaken experiences similar to those in the realm of nature, but the two types of experience, he feels, are not and cannot be the same. Art is the intellectual and spiritual dwelling-place of man. If this be granted, does it not follow, he argues, that "Literature is not a psychological purge any more than it is a sociological treatise"?...
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Walter Prichard Eaton
If Joseph Wood Krutch had been writing about our drama in 1909 instead of 1939, one suspects that what is now his most valuable asset as a critic would have been lacking, or would not have been an asset. He has no ax to grind; he is the champion of no style or -ism. [In "The American Drama Since 1918" he] asks what the dramatist has tried to do, and then considers how far he has succeeded and what importance the aim may have. At a period when the drama is plainly entering on an era of eclecticism, such criticism, if shrewdly made, is of great value—and Mr. Krutch's criticism is shrewd, informed, and expressed with clarity.
On the other hand, at a time when the drama is fighting against a dead...
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Edmund Wilson
Mr. Joseph Wood Krutch, in a new biography called Samuel Johnson, has at last provided a study that is designed to restore to Johnson his real literary interest and importance. With all the work that has been done on Johnson and his friends, there has, as he says, been no such biography…. [Krutch] has devoted quite enough attention and given a quite favorable enough account of Boswell, and his nervously apprehensive glances in the direction of the Boswell fans are simply a part of that continued tribute which one dislikes to see exacted to that point by the vain and pushing diarist.
Mr. Krutch, then, has taken on a job which very much needed to be done, and has acquitted himself with honor....
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John Gassner
Joseph Wood Krutch has accurately sub-titled ["Modernism" in Modern Drama] "A Definition and Estimate." According to him, modernism consists of a rejection of three beliefs fundamental in the previously-held credo of post-Renaissance man—that man is "a creature capable of dignity," that life "as led in this world" is worth living and that "the realm of human rationality is the realm in which many may most fruitfully live." Krutch takes a dim view of the modernism in modern drama, and his opinion of the achievements of modern playwrights is greatly troubled because they have made one or more of the above-mentioned rejections. He also notes with disapproval the tendency, especially marked in the work of...
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Louis Fraiberg
In his attempt to apply psychoanalysis to the career of Edgar Allan Poe for purposes of literary criticism [Edgar Allan Poe: A Study in Genius], Joseph Wood Krutch exhibited a commendable degree of competence for a layman. He seems to have had at his command a fairly good, though incomplete, outline of psychoanalysis as it was constituted circa 1926 and a serviceable understanding of the nature of unconscious conflict as well as certain of its overt manifestations. The psychoanalytic concepts which he uses are interpreted, for the most part, with a fair degree of accuracy. What is especially noteworthy is that even technical terminology is correctly employed. By 1926 enough of the basic material of...
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William Holtz
In Krutch's autobiography [More Lives Than One], there is a strong sense of crisis, insight and redirection at two points in his career; the result in both instances was a book that seemed to write itself, rapidly, out of a fullness of conviction and intensity of feeling. The first was The Modern Temper; and to the extent that it entailed a deliberate embracing of human values sanctioned by art, history and tradition, it may better be termed a reversion than a conversion. Apparently it saved him from the later Marxist conversion of his contemporaries, as he became in both literary and social criticism a spokesman for a conservative humanism. Experience and Art (1932) developed an aesthetic...
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John D. Margolis
Looking back on [Krutch's] career, one must acknowledge certain shortcomings. Perhaps, by the most austere standards of literary history, Krutch falls short of deserving a place in the very first rank of American writers. After abjuring the effort to become "distinctly high-brow"—an effort which brought him his earliest fame but hardly his greatest happiness—his literary ambition, like his thought, became more modest and also more genuine. His search as a man for values prevailed over his search as an artist for literary perfection. As a man of letters, he wrote to his day, rather than to posterity; he hoped to be read by his contemporaries, rather than studied by his successors. And he sought to bring delight to...
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A few years ago, I was a professional bar musician. I played four nights per week, on average, usually for two or three hours per night. I'd go to work typically at 9pm or so, and return around 2am. Almost without exception, nightclubs and bars provide tabs to their entertainment, and patrons buy drinks for performers following well played sets. I'd always have just one or two drinks before starting, and following I'd have a few more. Typically I'd end the night drunk, sometimes high. Along with alcohaul there is an undercurrent of narcotic use in current urban nightlife. Honestly, it's frighteningly accessible. Being single, it didn't hurt that there were so many pretty girls who liked to party, who sought out the guys who were more socially popular than most, and who themselves partied from time to time. It was regular to not get to sleep until four or so in the morning, entertaining guests all night, swapping trench stories with other musicians, promoters, bartenders or fans. I was drunk three or four nights out of the week, I was smoking a pack of cigarettes every day, and I can admit to having been - a couple of times - so looped on narcotics that there were times I wasn't sure who was sitting next to me.
Of course this was a cycle of feedback, complete with the morning cough and overdrawn bank account. Sure, you get most drinks for nothing, but it's good form to tip the bartender, and it's always nice to buy a drink for an attractive woman. Package goods as well are typically not included in a tab, and they are required for any afterparty worth its salt.
What all this meant was suicide by degrees, a slow burn which consumed thought, energy, and health. The universe was limited to that night's party, and friends were never seen in anything but artificial light. There was no regular sleep cycle. Hangovers could be debilitating. Superficiality became the norm in personal relationships. Most interaction became conditional: What can you do for me? How can you make me happy, even for a minute? All this while health was being slowly eroded with every day's receding tide, while headaches existed as a default conditon, and where money was spent in wide swathes to perpetute it all.
Still, there were lots of pretty smiling faces, there were lots of laughs and a few soul baring moments that couldn't ever exist in daylight.
Suicide by degrees.
I eventually met a woman who seemed to care for me. She was visiting from Japan, and since I speak enough Japanese to not need English, we spent a lot of time together. She went to my shows, met my friends, going to clubs and parties nowhere on any tourist map. I would sit up at night on my days off and play classical music for her, Mertz, Tarrega, Bach - and it became painfully evident to her that I was killing myself.
So she took me to Japan.
I stayed on the edge of a rice field in the outskirts of Nara for a month, no concerts, no bars or clubs nearer than a 30-minute train ride. No drugs, and drinking only with her, only once or twice a week. I was still smoking cigarettes, but understood it had to end soon. I'd play for four hours a day, I discovered the Pavanes by Purcell, and dusted off my old Ellington songbook. We drank tea every day. Unsweetened Japanese tea every day, first thing in the morning and last thing at night. I drank tea and stared up a strange ceiling two thousand miles away, feeling calm and seeing notes in the shadows, fine thin lines of silver that quietly sang with the breeze and moonlight.
I saw in those green and amber bottles of tea something of a salvation. If I wanted to smoke, drink some tea. If I wanted to drink, make it tea. I promised her I would quit drugs - which I did then and there, on the spot, never turning back - and used tea to occupy myself when I wanted to get high.
I visited farms and talked to farmers. I met monks who grew tea high in the mountains and sold it for pennies. I spent a day trying to duplicate my favorite vending-machine blend, eventually scoring the company's actual blend in paper bags from an employee who was a friend of a friend. Green tea became a particular fascination, the method of brewing and drinking it, learning to use it for cooking and to fall into the gentle charm of understanding what made one farm's yield so special from any other, a farm that had been making the same tea for many hundreds of years under the same family name.
I came back to America and got a regular job, albeit in the music business. Five days a week, office hours, health plan, the whole picture. I quit smoking and drinking completely, falling deeper into tea as a culture and ritual, an 'ism', unenunciated and (to my knowledge) untranslatable. Tea became life - drinking tea, the fingers on my hand lost their sickly nicotene stain, drinking tea my headaches and cough went away, drinking tea I was sleeping well and saving money.
One night I found ready-made Adagio tea in a supermarket and bought a bottle of white because it reminded me of Japanese bottled tea. It was wonderful, clean and cool. I checked the website on the bottle hoping to find the loose leaves, and was pleasantly directed here. I have about eight kinds of Adagio in house now along with four Itoen, three or four with Indian writing which I can't read, and another three or four I bought from huge glass jars in Chinatown.
This last Christmas, the few friends I kept from my gigging days all gave me loose teas. Unanimously and unplanned. It was a profoundly moving thing to receive them, an acknowledgement that health and serenity are unspoken aspirations. 'Could this have a deeper meaning?' I thought, glimpsing for a breathless moment the impossible alignment of a tiny slice of this universe, noise becoming music, leaves on trees all dancing with a shockingly natural choreography - if only for a second. It was a tiny slice of syncronicity that I was lucky enough to notice as it happened. Everything lined up into little tins of fresh tea. All of the frightening chaos in this world evaporated, swirling into tiny teacup nimbus. I'd rather have received loose tea last year than anything else in the world.
So tea saved my life. I don't drink, I don't smoke, I don't do any drugs. I drink tea. I recently signed a record deal, and have advanced to run the company I started at only six months ago. It's all in the tea, all in the leaves.
The only necessities now are loose teas, a scale, a teapot, a timer, my instrument, time and someone to share it all with. I think here it's appropriate to remember the words of Kakuzo Okakura, who nimbly articulated that culture which I had joined and revered without knowing it even existed - teaism.
"The heaven of modern humanity is indeed shattered in the Cyclopean struggle for wealth and power. The world is groping in the shadow of egotism and vulgarity… We need a Nikua (Nu Wa) again to repair the grand devastation; we await the great Avatar. Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the sighing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescense, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things."
The Book of Tea (1906), p. 8-9
Here's to those dreams, and much more beautiful foolishness.


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Conkey Corner Park, a project of the Genesee Land Trust and the City of Rochester, will get a playground when volunteers come out to assemble it Saturday, September 18th.
Other partners on this project are the Coalition of North East Associations, Group 14621, Healthy Kids, Ibero American Development Corporation, and Project Hope. Many other area associations are sending volunteers, including many college students, to help with the installation of the playground.
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This is the picture that was taken by the W Magazine for their write-up of The 33 Best Performances for 2012, which includes Kristen's performance as Marylou in OTR. It has 32 other stars and their pictures are all in the same photographic style as Kristen's. You should go to the site of W Magazine and read the whole article. I am so very proud of Kristen!!!
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not her best photoshoot... she looks sooo tired!ReplyDelete
Thats the real kristen thats how she looks everday when shes relaxing i mean we seen her glamorous with the perfect make-up and perfect hairstyle and a really nice outfit but tgis is how she really looks and she looks tired and pale.Delete
She really does look drugged out!!!!ReplyDelete
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I think is a natural photoshoot because emma stone did a photoshoot just like that without make-up.Delete
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She does look sick or tired, BUT I honestly think that's the concept of the photo shoot or article. I also have dark circles under my eyes and wear minimal makeup. It's truly admirable to not feel the need to wear a lot of makeup but to also be comfortable to not hide behind it. I guess this is a backhanded compliment. Stay true to yourself even if it's not wearing tons of makeup, fake nails, and a bubbly 24/7 exterior. :)ReplyDelete
Yeah im the same i dont wear make-up i dont put foundation nothing i only put black eyeliner,eye shadow,mascara,and lipstick.I just think girls shouldnt have to cover there face with make-up they shouldnt hide how they look like.Delete
That is very"On the Road" spirit picture,people. Relax. It deserves to be on a wall of a modern art museum.ReplyDelete
Kristen looks really pretty and I love how she won't stand for any of her photos being Photoshopped and retouched she's a natural beauty and I love that, It's empowering as a young women who is only 4 years younger then Kristen and even the younger girls that watch her to see a young Hollywood beauty like Kristen who is not ashamed to show who she is and to show her fans her heart, haters can say what they like about her but I know that Kristen although she does make mistakes is never fake she's always herself she won't hide herself behind loads of makeup and Photoshopped photos, she won't change who she is based on the criticisms she receives people go on and on about how she won't smile and she's shy. NEWSFLASH that's Kristen she's a shy young woman who cares if she doesn't like going out in public and being screamed at by crowds of people she's an actress because that's who and what she wants to be noting else, she's following her heart and her passion it would be so sad to see her give that up. That's why Rob loves her so much because she won't give in to anybody and she won't change herself she follows her heart no matter what, that's why he didn't give up on her for a second, that's why non of us have given up on her and I think she knows that. I think the only things Kristen takes on board are from people who are close to her heart and who she respects. I just came out of hospital a few days ago after jaw surgery and you don't want to know how much pain I'm in at the moment but I just want to say thank you to Robsten Dreams once again because you guys have made me feel much better over the past few days I hadn't been on in a while and it was good to catch up on Rob and Kristen. I was a little scared to go into surgery because I'm afraid of hospitals and I'm scared to have to spend the night in the hospital but I think what got me through the scariest thing was I just thought about Rob and Kristen and how scary it must be to be followed by all the paparazzi and screamed at all the time and how brave they both are, I thought about Kristen hurting her thumbs and her ankle and her fear of riding horses and I thought of how brave Rob was 5 years ago when he moved to LA not knowing what his future was going to be and I thought you know what if Rob could take a chance and go far away from everything he's known and Kristen can be brave enough to go out in public and smile even though she was really hurting If they can do that then I can do this and I though of what Kristen always says 'never loose your self' and I was still scared but I felt that I could do it I could go into surgery even though it is scary and I will be OK my swelling will go down the pain will go away and I will go to university and become a teacher It will all work out. So thank you Alma, Ingi,Ruby, Karen, Casey and Ankita you guys have been so good to me and to Rob and Kristen I'm glad you didn't give up on them, Keep going with the sight because it's wonderfulReplyDelete
She looks different without make-up she looks tired and she has circles under her eyes but ppl are use to seen her with make-up.ReplyDelete
I think those pictures were taken after the scandal and she was really sad and I'm sure
cried a lot in between! we have seen her without make up before and she does not look that distrought! this is not a diss on her, I would look far worse if they took a picture of me after something like that!!!
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A new lineup of The Irresistible Urges band would like a gig slot please in August.
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Those of you who are somewhat removed from the actual process of preparing for an Olympic Games would probably be shocked at just how much work goes into this. The processes used to qualify for and then compete to be selected for the team are complex and grueling. Beyond that there are dozens and dozens of other requirements, everything from logistics planning to move athletes, boats and equipment, to intensified anti-doping controls, to providing media and PR training for potential Olympians, responding to an endless stream of media and sponsor inquires and much more.
This puts a great deal of strain on the coaches and staff at USACK during the months leading up to the Olympic Games. A very important role played in the preparation for the Games is that of Team Leader. This year, Angela Lokken is serving as team leader for Slalom and Cliff Meidl for Sprint. These two volunteers were selected by the respective Slalom and Sprint Selection Committees of our Board in 2007. They have already done a tremendous amount of work to help us get ready for the Games.
Angela is a long-time volunteer leader in Slalom in addition to being a mother to multiple slalom athletes. Her husband Eric will also be in Beijing serving as a member of the officiating squad selected by ICF for the Olympic Slalom Competition. In the infrequent times that one or the other is not on the road, they make their home in Durango, CO.
Cliff is a two-time Olympian and received the honor of being selected to carry the US flag in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. He is passionate about the Olympic movement and is an inspirational speaker having overcome significant physical challenges to reach the highest level in his sport. Cliff resides in Los Angeles.
Both Angela and Cliff are also members of the USACK Board of Directors. I should also point out the President of our Board, Gina Sanchez, will also be serving as an official during the sprint competition in Beijing.
As you cheer for our USACK athletes during the Olympic Games, please keep in mind that for each one, there is an excited team of friends and family in the stands and at home as well as many others coaching, supporting and serving in a myriad of ways to make this all possible. It takes an "Olympic" village to make an Olympian.


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When most people think of "big business", though, they don't often think of the Seattle-based coffee company. But they should. Starbucks has 151,000 fulltime employees, $15 billion in annual revenues, and three times as many locations as Walmart. Starbucks is one of the biggest of big businesses. And, not surprisingly, a big proponent of cronyist policies.
Cronyism occurs when an individual or organization colludes with government officials to create legislation or regulations that give them forced benefits they could not have otherwise obtained voluntarily. Those benefits come at the expense of consumers, taxpayers, and everyone working hard to compete in the marketplace. A prime example is minimum wage laws. Almost without fail, big businesses tend to support higher minimum wages.
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After the Persian Empire's fall, Muslims converted Persians to Islam in 7th century AD and different forces continued to struggle. The 20th century saw the violent and autocratic Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi take the throne. He was later replaced by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Though Iran was made an Islamic Republic, things weren't peaceful: the Iran–Iraq War occurred and protests surrounded conservative populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 2009 re-election. In this WatchMojo.com video, we trace the history of Iran from the 20th century and beyond.


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Heath Hoke and Company Detail NORCECA Trip
July 7, 2008 * Puerto Rico
Breakfast at 8:15 a.m., meet at 9:15 for a little running warm-up. Before practice at 10 a.m., we headed down to the track for some pre-practice laps and stretching. Just like every other American volleyball player, the girls were very excited about running. In the words of Dixon, it was Nawesome. Although the girls may have not cared for the run, the staff appreciated the readiness for practice. The team was settling into a smoother rhythm today at practice. The staff has some objectives for the team so they are training hard.
The bus was late to get us due to traffic on the way. We made it to the venue in time with the help of our police escort. We have a police escort each day to the playing facility, but today was a little more interesting with two motorcycle officers. They cleared traffic with quick precision. Before arriving the team sang Happy Birthday to my daughter Layne, who turned 12 today. It is tough being away on her birthday, so the girls promise to play extra hard to make up for it.
Set I versus U.S. Virgin Islands: USA started Thomas as setter, Denney and Dixon in the middle, Wittman and Orozco on left, Wopat on right and Bonilla at libero. USA jumps out of the gate against U.S. Virgin Islands to a quick 8-1 lead at the technical. A serving error by Wittman gave Virgin Island there second point and an ace gave them their third. USA gathers focus and pushes to technical timeout two 16-3. At 17-3, USA subs Kreklow for Thomas. USA is forcing its will on U.S. Virgin Islands and gains points with ease. Wopat on a service run of five serves with three aces taking the set to 22-5. Wittman with a kill to finish set one 25-7.
Set II: USA starts Wopat at right, Reeves and Orozco at left, Dixon and Denney in middle and Kreklow setting. USA came out stronger in set two. Leading 8-3 for the first technical timeout and quickly running up 8 more points for a 16-3 second technical. USA is landing some plays worked on in practice today and looking good. A blocked slide by U.S. Virgin Island encourages the Dominican Team into cheers of support for U.S. Virgin Islands. USA making some hitting errors giving U.S. Virgin Islands three points. Bai subbed in for Wopat and gets the set winning kill at 25-7.
Set III: USA starts Thomas setting, Wittman and Reeves OH, Hutson and Denney in the middle and Bai opposite. USA is getting the job done leading 8-1 at the first technical. Wittman serves wide after a run giving U.S. Virgin Islands its second point. USA leads 16-3 for second technical. Errors by USA have given U.S. Virgin Islands the bulk of its points. The U.S. Virgin Islands has struggled with USA's serve all match and with their own. With a not pretty left hand swing by Reeves, USA hits the jackpot ending the Match with triple sevens, 25-7.
USA finishes first in pool B. We have an off-day tomorrow. After practice at 1 p.m., we plan to get our feet wet for a few hours.
Happy Birthday Layne, your Dad.
Carly Thomas (Setter, 5-11, Swansea, Ill., 2010, Southwest Illinois VBC, Gateway)
Last night we played Trinidad & Tobago and we won in three sets. After the match we went to Macaroni Grill with our parents. We were very happy because we didn't have to eat the rice and meat that we get every lunch and dinner. It was awesome!!
On the bus ride home our sweet bus driver Elvin aka Willy played the song Gasolina that Amy talking about for the whole time we have been here. It's also Kelly Reeves' favorite song that is in Spanish.
When we got back to the room, we all went to bed because we had to get up early for more cafeteria food. After we ate we hiked down the HUGE hill to the track where we had to run two laps around the track for our warm-up. When we were finished running, we had to hike back up the HUGE hill. Heath made us walk backwards, and do lunges up the HUGE hill.
Then we had practice for an hour and a half. An hour after practice we ate more rice and meat from the cafeteria. And now we are sitting here waiting for our bus to get here so we can leave for our game.
Lydia Bai (Opposite/Setter, 6-2, Tustin, Calif., 2010, TCA, Southern California)
After the overwhelming match against Trinidad & Tobago, Melissa gave us the chance to escape from the rice, beans and chicken buffet in the cafeteria and eat at a place we have never heard of, Macaroni and Grill. The plaza the restaurant was in was surprisingly and extremely "American". It was filled with Home Depot, Cold Stone (yum), Best Buy and a random Sylvan Learning Center. After eating in Macaroni Grill the waitress was extremely tired of me constantly asking for PAN, which is bread in Spanish, because as we all know we are extremely ravenous volleyball players that eat two times our weight.
On the way back to the hostel the trip back was amazingly beautiful with different types of green trees dotting the hills and an occasional cow. Also to make the ride even more "Puerto Rican" our bus driver Willy plays reggae giving us the feel of their culture and a chance to sing in Spanish. The bus ride was extremely eventful as Carly Thomas had mentioned, but I believe that she was too embarrassed to say, that we stole her phone the whole bus ride and her shoes so she was forced to walk throughout the Olympic Hostel with just her socks; it was priceless.
Once in the room we had to solve the dilemma of laundry. After laboriously piling our sweaty jerseys into a plastic bag we had to scrape all of our quarters together and miraculously washed all of our jerseys. Once task one was finished we had to make sure that when we brushed our teeth - we used bottled water not the sink water.
So far on our trips we have been able to bond with the Puerto Rican Girls' soccer team, and the U.S. Virgin Islands girls volleyball team and they have made our stay in Puerto Rico so much more exciting and memorable by playing random games like ZOO and ScatterGories. It is an indescribable feeling walking to the cafeteria and recognizing different faces from different parts of the world and realizing that this trip to Puerto Rico was AWESOME. Even though my team and I had to brave through the dangers of a one inch lizard-gecko-chameleon (unknown specimen), the red and black attached mating bugs and Heath's laundry; this was an experience of a lifetime.
Amy Scullion (Outside Hitter, 6-0, Salem, Ohio, 2010, Tri-County, Ohio Valley)
Today is day 10 of my trip. So far it has been a lot of work, but a ton of fun!
My trip began in Dallas, with a training camp for three days. Training camp was intense, but we made huge improvements and more importantly began to bond as a team.
At the end of training camp, the seven of us had to figure out how to do laundry before we left for Puerto Rico the next morning. Doing laundry stinks! It took us forever.
After a late night of laundry, it was a little rough the next morning getting up to catch our flight. Travel went smoothly except for all the people staring at us because we were wearing out USA sweats. I think people thought we were going to the Olympics.
The Puerto Rican airport was insane but all our luggage made it so we couldn't complain. When we arrived at the training center where would sleep we received our first Puerto Rican meal, salad, rice and some kind of meat. We eat this meal everyday for lunch and dinner - its good, just very repetitive.
The next morning the other five girls arrived. That night we played in our first match. Representing our country and wearing USA on my jersey was something I will never forget. It made all the long hard training sessions worth it.
Today we beat the U.S. Virgin Islands, which made us 3-0 after defeating Trinidad & Tobago yesterday. This moves us into a good position to hopefully win the tournament and qualify us for Worlds.


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Saturday, April 21, 2012 - Pictures by Badmintonphoto (archive)
Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan and South Korea's Kim Ki Jun-Kim Sa Rang denied China a clean sweep of all the titles, but four-time world champion Lin Dan's injury jinx ended his hopes of retaining the Badminton Asian Championships gold medal.
Lin Dan (left), the reigning Olympic and Asian Games gold medallist, won this title a year ago before going on to take the world crown for a fourth time, appeared to be finally over a long list of injuries which have recently blighted his career, but a recurring waist injury forced him to concede a walkover to teammate Chen Jin in the men's singles semi-final on Saturday.
Chen Jin will face teammate Du Pengyu in Sunday's title decider after the fifth seed upset second seed Chen Long 17-21, 21-16, 21-12 in 77 minutes.
The unexpected results will give Chen Jin's Olympic hopes a boost as his close rival, Denmark's Peter Gade, suffered a surprise quarter-final defeat at the European Championships.
Besides the men's singles final, there will be three other all Chinese encounters on finals day.
In the women's singles final, world champion Wang Yihan faces fourth seed Li Xuerui, who ended the giant killing run of youngster Chen Xiao Jia.
Chen Xiao Jia, who had earlier knocked out fifth seed Saina Nehwal and second seed Wang Xin, could not find a way past Li Xuerui, who won 21-15, 22-20.
Zhao Yunlei is in contention for two titles after entering the women's doubles and mixed doubles finals.
In the women's doubles, she and Tian Qing will gave up and coming youngsters Bao Yixin-Zhong Qianxin while in the mixed doubles, she and Zhang Nan will meet Xu Chen and Ma Jin.
The unseeded partnership of Ki Jung-Sa Rang, meanwhile, caused the biggest shock of the day when they outsmarted top seeds Chai Biao-Guo Zhengdong in 33 minutes to score a 21-17, 21-9 victory.
Sixth seeds Endo-Hayakawa (above), made sure one title would not be kept in China when they outplayed seven seeds Hong Wei-Shen Ye 21-12, 21-17.
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Key findings of the report:
At current levels of investment in SDG-relevant sectors, developing countries face an annual gap of $2.5 trillion (figure 1). Estimates for total investment needs in developing countries alone range from $3.3 trillion to $4.5 trillion per year, for basic infrastructure (roads, rail and ports; power stations; water and sanitation), food security (agriculture and rural development), climate change mitigation and adaptation, health, and education. At today's level of investment - public and private - in SDG-related sectors in developing countries, an average annual funding shortfall over 2015-2030 of some $2.5 trillion remains. Bridging such a gap may seem a daunting task, but it is achievable. The potential for increased private sector investment contributions is significant, especially in infrastructure, food security and climate change mitigation sectors. Structurally weak economies need special attention; UNCTAD estimates that a doubling of the growth rate of private investment in the least developed countries (LDCs) is required.
Increasing the involvement of private investors in SDG-related sectors, many of which are sensitive or of a public service nature, leads to policy dilemmas. Guiding principles are needed. UNCTAD identifies four key policy dilemmas: risks of increased private sector participation in sensitive sectors; the need to maintain quality services affordable and accessible to all; the respective roles of public and private investment; and the apparent conflict between the particularly acute funding needs in structurally weak economies, especially LDCs, and the fact that especially these countries face the greatest difficulty in attracting such investment. A common set of principles for investment in SDGs can help establish a collective sense of direction and purpose. The following broad principles could provide a framework.
UNCTAD proposes a Strategic Framework for Private Investment in the SDGs
A Strategic Framework for Private Investment in the SDGs addresses key policy challenges and solutions, related to (figure 2):
Increasing private investment in SDGs will require leadership at the global level, as well as from national policymakers to provide guiding principles for dealing with policy dilemmas, and also to set investment targets, ensure policy coherence and create synergies, establish a global multi-stakeholder platform on investing in the SDGs, and create a multi-agency technical assistance facility for investment in the SDGs.
Challenges to mobilizing funds in financial markets must be overcome. Such challenges include market failures and a lack of transparency on environmental, social and governance performance, misaligned incentives for market participants, and start-up and scaling problems for innovative financing solutions. Policy responses that build a more SDG-conducive financial system might include creating fertile soil for innovative SDG-financing approaches, building or improving pricing mechanisms for externalities, promoting Sustainable Stock Exchanges, and introducing financial market reforms in order to favour investment in SDGs.
Once mobilized, funds need to be channelled to SDG sectors and projects, which present a different set of challenges. Key constraints to channelling funds into SDG sectors include entry barriers, inadequate risk-return ratios for SDG investments, a lack of information and effective packaging and promotion of projects, and a lack of investor expertise. Effective policy responses may include: reducing entry barriers, with safeguards; expanding the use of risk-sharing tools for SDG investments; establishing new incentives schemes and a new generation of investment promotion institutions; and building SDG investment partnerships.
Finally, private investment must maximize its positive impact on sustainable development, while minimizing the associated risks. Key challenges in maximizing the positive impact and minimizing the risks and drawbacks of private investment in SDG sectors include weak absorptive capacity in some developing countries, social and environmental impact risks, and the need for stakeholder engagement and effective impact monitoring. Policy responses could include increasing absorptive capacity, establishing effective regulatory frameworks and standards, good governance, strong institutions, stakeholder engagement, and implementing SDG impact assessment systems.
UNCTAD's Action Plan for Private Investment in the SDGs contains a range of policy options for responding to mobilization, channelling and impact challenges. However, concerted effort by the international community and by policymakers at national levels needs to focus on a few priority actions - or packages (figure 3). Such a focused set of action packages can help shape a big push for private investment in sustainable development:
For more information:UNCTAD Communications and Information Unit, +41 22 917 58 28, +41 79 502 43 11, email@example.com, http://unctad.org/press


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (80 votes).
In short: very well organised in a nice rural settingDate of review: July 8, 2007
In short: Rural.... AND HOT!Date of review: July 8, 2007
In short: Excellent. A big thankyou to the marshals and organisers for a job well done.In full: This was the third running of this race and with each year it gets better. The route had been changed this year and for the better,as it resulted in fewer styles and the loss of a couple of field crossings (if my memory serves me right). I'm soon to move away from the area but I'm seriously considering making the trip back next year. Date of review: July 26, 2006
In short: Very scenic race. Lots of hills, so some preparation for them is needed! Overall, excellent organization, very good marshalling...great race!Date of review: July 5, 2006
In short: A brilliant race in every way. Anyone who lives within 2 hours of this race should think very seriously about coming along next year.In full: Everything about this race is positive. Even the results were posted within a couple of hours of finishing.A lovely race.Date of review: July 3, 2006
In short: Tough but a great testIn full: Tough race due to heat and hills but a good test, water stations are the best i've come across- a total of 6 water stations and they were all needed so thanks to the organisers and hope other races follow suit on hot days or tough course.Hope to be back next year.Date of review: July 3, 2006
In short: Nice well organised race just too hot.In full: I really enjoyed this race although found it hard due to the heat and humidity I believe it was nearly 30 degrees. The route ran through some picturesque countryside and pretty villages with a few small hills and some running narrow tracks plus a couple of stiles to negotiate. All of this a new experience to me as I am used to road running. The race was well marshalled and friendly. Depsite the heat I still managed to knock 4 minutes off my PB. Date of review: July 3, 2006
In short: I really enjoyed the run despite the heat. A very friendly group of runners and a well organised event. In full: A nice varied course with country lanes,tracks and footpaths (No massive hills to contend with). Very hot weather meant the water stations were essential and these were very well recieved. Many thanks to all the marshalls who gave up their sunday mornings to make this event possible. A big thank you to the couple of marshalls who misted us with water about half way round. I enjoyed the event despite the heat. I Will do again next year, hopefully it will be a little cooler.Date of review: July 2, 2006
In short: Scenic race and well marshalled In full: Although I am relatively local to Shifnal there was a distinct lack of sign posts to direct us to the race headquarters for registration. The start was approx. a mile from the registration and although a map was supplied a marshal directing us to the start would have been a good idea. However, the race itself was run through some lovely villages and there was quite a lot of support from the locals and marshals. The facilities at the finish were good and there were plenty of drinks stations, which were a god send considering the overwhelming temperatures.Date of review: July 2, 2006
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To the Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Valero for helping our school, Southern Plains Area Learning Center, get food for our food shelf.
Some of our families in Martin and Faribault counties are struggling with jobs, keeping their homes and just paying their bills. One thing we found could help families is if we had food to help at our school. We thought that if we had our own food shelf at our school, it would be easy for students to take home food when needed.
I noticed in the Sentinel that Valero helps many people in our community. I thank them for giving back to our community in more ways than they realize.
Thanks again Valero for all you do for us and our food shelf.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Julie Hotchkiss, research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Business leaders, academics, community leaders and students are invited to learn more about "the jobless recession" during the 49th Winter Institute March 3 in St. Cloud.
Late registration online is still available
Alternative registration available by contacting Charlotte Kastanek at 320-308-4723
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St. Cloud State's annual business and economic leadership summit asks presenters and participants these and other questions: Is the jobless recession due to outsourcing or lack of skilled workers? What skills do employers need to stay on the cutting edge? What does the New Economy have in store for workers and employers?
Four prominent economists will present on topics tied to the theme "Tomorrow's Workforce: Demand & Supply":
James J. Heckman is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he has served since 1973. In 2000, he won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Heckman directs the Economics Research Center and the Center for Social Program Evaluation at the Harris School for Public Policy. In addition, he is the Professor of Science and Society in University College Dublin and a senior research fellow at the American Bar Foundation.
Narayana Kocherlakota is president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. As president, Kocherlakota serves on the Federal Open Market Committee, the policymaking arm of the Federal Reserve System.
Julie Hotchkiss is a research economist and policy advisor in the regional group of the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Her major fields of study are earnings and employment differentials across different groups of workers, variations in employment and earnings across time, and policy implications of changes in labor supply.
Terry J. Fitzgerald is a senior economist and assistant vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. He conducts research on national and regional economic issues, advises the bank president and board of directors on economic policy and current macroeconomic conditions, and serves as the executive editor of fedgazette, a regional economics and business newspaper.
A discussion panel will feature economists Fitzgerald, Hotchkiss and Heckman with business leaders Bryan Myres and Jill Magelssen.
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Grudge Match is like a "Punchy Old Men" — a slow-footed, high- concept comedy that pairs the screen's greatest pugilists, circa 1981, for a few slaps and laughs.
Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone square off as aged boxers brought back by desperation and a desperate fight promoter, played by Kevin Hart. Hart slows his roll to match his two leads and the sluggish film around them, in which every punch, every gag and most performances are played at half-speed.
Henry "Razor" Sharp (Stallone) and Billy "the Kid" McDonnen (De Niro) were light heavyweights who had unfinished business in the '80s. Razor walked away from a decisive third fight after each had taken out the other once in their rivalry.
Kid, a boozing braggart, never forgave Razor. He drinks and does a Jake LaMotta (Raging Bull) sort of stand-up act in his bar, where he gets to live the ex-jock's dream in their hometown of Pittsburgh.
Razor went broke, got a job in a steel mill and never got over the woman who came between them (Kim Basinger).
Years later, the son (Hart) of the promoter who ripped them off way back when cons the two 60-somethings into doing some video-game motion-capture work, reviving their rivalry.
Alan Arkin is the foul-mouthed old man whom Razor wants to train him. Kid can't convince anybody that the fight is anything but a joke, so his newly discovered adult son (Jon Bernthal) trains him.
There's a comforting "We're not dead yet" message to the film, especially in the inevitable training sequences. Stallone, who has battled age with the sorts of treatments that turn your face into scrap iron, looks rough. But De Niro, who has been playing old men for 20 years, looks a decade younger.
It's a shame the banter isn't sharper, that the whole thing isn't played at motormouthed Hart's normal speed. His zingers lack the pop he usually delivers.
Stallone has never been the most graceful with a line but is convincingly tough. And he makes the Rocky references work. Handed a glass of raw eggs to chug, he cracks: "Fighters still do this? Looks like a lot of cholesterol."
De Niro isn't given enough funny stuff to do.
The film is all very much in the style of director Peter (Get Smart) Segal: slow, sentimental, slick and sadly recycled. But it's perfectly passable holiday entertainment for people who dated during the Rocky and Raging Bull era. Just don't expect this Grudge Match to be much of a challenge.


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Nick Young got hot against the Jazz on Monday for a season-high 41 points with three boards, three assists and six 3-pointers on 14-of-23 shooting.
Russell Westbrook scored 38 points and hit a game-winning mid-range jumper with a couple seconds left in Monday's 97-95 win over the Jazz.
Dion Waiters hit the game-winning 3-pointer in Monday's 105-102 win over the Warriors, finishing with 33 points on 13-of-20 shooting.
Greg Monroe returned to form on Monday vs. the Rockets with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
Jabari Parker returned to the starting lineup in style in Monday's 127-114 win over the Rockets, scoring 28 points on 11-of-19 shooting.
John Henson picked up a DNP-CD on Monday vs. the Rockets.
Tyler Johnson will not travel with the Heat for Wednesday's game vs. the Nets or on Friday vs. the Bulls.
Monta Ellis sprained his right ankle in Monday's loss to the Knicks, finishing with six points on 1-of-6 shooting with three rebounds, three assists and two turnovers in 24 minutes.
Jrue Holiday hit 12-of-19 shots, four 3-pointers and 5-of-5 free throws for a season-high 33 points, six rebounds, 10 assists, two steals and three blocks in 39 minutes.
Terrence Jones started in place of Anthony Davis (quad) against the Cavs on Monday and went crazy, hitting 13-of-18 shots, 3-of-4 3-pointers and 7-of-10 free throws on his way to a career-high tying 36 points, 11 rebounds, two steals and three blocks in an impressive 124-122 win over LeBron and company.
Kyrie Irving hit 15-of-28 shots, 8-of-14 3-pointers and 11-of-11 3-pointers for a season-high 49 points, two rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block in Monday's 124-122 loss to the Pelicans.
LeBron James hit 11-of-21 shots and a 3-pointer for 26 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, two steals and six turnovers in 44 minutes of Monday's surprising loss to the Pelicans.


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Top produce safety officials from FDA to visit Ohio April 30 to listen
The Columbus Dispatch - April 26, 2013 02:11 PM
Top produce safety officials from the Food and Drug Administration will visit Ohio on April 30 to hear concerns about their agency's proposed produce safety rule.
The listening session will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, at the Shisler Conference Center at Ohio State University's Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center in Wooster. The street address for the conference center is 1680 Madison Ave.
On Wednesday, the FDA extended the comment period on three proposed food safety rules, including the produce safety rule, until Sept. 16. The agency initially set May 16 as the deadline for public comment.
Two more rules, for a total of five, are expected to be issued for public comment soon. The rules are intended to put into action the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011, transforming the FDA into an agency that prevents food-borne illness rather than one that merely investigates outbreaks.
The proposed rules were issued after outreach by the FDA to the produce industry, consumers, government agencies and the international community. The agency held public meetings in Washington, D.C., Chicago and Portland, Ore., earlier this year to hear the concerns of food producers, processors and consumers.
Now, the agency is visiting a handful of states for so-called listening sessions to gain more feedback on the proposed rules. In addition to Ohio, the FDA's produce safety leaders are stopping in at North Carolina, Georgia, California and Michigan, said FDA spokeswoman Shelly Burgess.
"We are going to explain the proposed produce rule, and to hear the comments and concerns of the farming community of Ohio, in particular the Amish community," Burgess said in an email.
The event is being hosted by Ohio State University Extension, the university's public health and agricultural research divisions, as well as the Ohio Agriculture Department and Ohio Farm Bureau.
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... ummm, only ONE Oribe Phase 2 remains.
Not sure this second which, but it will be either 13 or 17. Both have at least one drippie!
woozl wrote:Missed, had to work
hopeofdawn wrote:... since none of us have seen these pieces in person, but I was wondering--there seems to be quite a bit of difference in color between the photos with the cups alongside their boxes, and the cups by themselves. I was wondering which was more true to life--the blue-green color of the oribe glaze in the shots that include the tie boxes, or the more yellow-green color in all the other close-up shots?
The vagaries of color on the internet being what they are, I can't tell which pictures are closest to the real life versions. Any thoughts?
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I am happy to report with personal first (in-)hand ("real life")experience that these are indeed deep forest green, lustrous, with a hint of iridescence ... and multi-hued.
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BEIJING(AP) China has officially apologized for the beating of two Japanese journalists by police in western China, but Beijing has also set new obstacles for news outlets wanting to report from Tiananmen Square in the latest sign of trouble for reporters covering the Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee, which last week only partially succeeded in getting China to unblock some Internet sites after journalists raised a furor, said Tuesday it would look into the new rules that require reporters to make appointments to do reports at Tiananmen.
The Japanese government and the Foreign Correspondents Club of China condemned the roughing up of the Japanese newsmen who were covering an attack by alleged Muslim separatists on police in Xinjiang province.
The separate incidents added to the impression that China is not living up to promises that foreign media would have unrestricted access during the games and has reverted to the tight controls that the communist government keeps over the press under normal circumstances.
In the latest restriction, the Beijing city government said on its Web site that Chinese and foreign journalists who want to report and film in Tiananmen ``are advised to make advanced appointments by phone.'' It said that will help ensure orderly newsgathering amid what are expected to be large crowds in the square on each day of the games, which start Friday.
The notice did not specify when the rule takes effect, nor did it say what would happen to news crews if they tried to report from the square without an appointment. Phone calls Tuesday night to the Beijing government spokesman's office seeking clarification rang unanswered.
IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies said the new arrangement did not match the committee's understanding of access to Tiananmen and promised to look into the situation.
``It wouldn't be how we understand the operation functioning. No doubt we can clear up the matter quickly,'' Davies said.
Surrounded by Beijing's top landmarks, the square is iconic for its symbolism as the seat of the communist government. But the expanse was also the focus of pro-democracy demonstrations in 1989 that were violently crushed by security forces, and officials keep a close watch on it.
Friction between Chinese officials and journalists deepened Tuesday after police detained and roughed up the two Japanese journalists who were sent to cover Monday's suspected terrorist attack on police in the Xinjiang region in China's far west.
Foreign affairs officials in the region said police had apologized to the pair and would pay for damage to their equipment and for medical checkups.


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Reception will feature a short concert by award-winning pianist, Suzanna Perez. While competing in the 1999 Van Cliburn Competition for Outstanding Amateurs (where she was a semi-finalist), Ms. Perez was featured on an episode of National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" about the competition. Ms. Perez has performed in England, Portugal, Taiwan, Japan, Costa Rica and throughout the United States.
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