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On October 24, 2009 a group of mostly junior and seniors from Andrew Hill High School were given a unique look at several facets of Cogswell's engineering program. Twenty-nine students studying Design Tech, Physics and AP/IB Biology found out what it takes to:
- Design robots whose purpose is to perform a specific task,
- Create a prototype solar panel destined to be a portable power source,
- Become a Boeing Company vendor and complete projects for them and
- Use game engine technologies to enter the serious game industry.
During the different sessions students were encouraged to ask the questions – lunch might hinge on their participation. In addition students had the chance to control the robots, explore the programming devices, touch the solar panels and watch the electric meter register current when the group followed the inventors outside to put the device through its paces.
Dr. Hadi Aggoune welcomed the future entrepreneurs and scientists by explaining what career paths a student might expect to follow by completing one of our engineering degree programs. Computer Engineering leads to control systems and instrumentation, embedded systems and robotics or networks and communication. Software engineering focuses on software development, simulation and animation, graphics and shaders or game programmers. Digital Arts Engineers become game designers or technical artists and technical directors.
The robots rolled out next prepared to respond to the programs their Cogswell masters had developed for them. Whether they were fetching, chasing light or avoiding obstacles through sound or touch Cogswell students had to create the set of instructions and produce the microprocessor that would drive the device.
The solar panel demonstration began as the senior project of Dean Sala as he was pursuing his second degree at Cogswell. "The school is really flexible about working with you on your senior project," said Sala. "I had this idea for making a solar device that you can carry around and can charge computers, phones and other small devices. It was exciting to bring together what I learned in school and turn it into something that works."
A piece of the PV cell was passed around so students could see how thin the material really is. Dean explained how the cells are treated so they can be linked together and the process for hooking them up to a battery to produce electricity.
After lunch Dr. Aggoune showed a video that Cogswell students contributed to as one of the projects they are under contract to the Boeing Company to develop. The scenarios are produced by the Engineering Simulation and Animation Laboratory (ESAL) at Cogswell Polytechnical College and the lab in Kirkland, WA. Each of the different scenarios the Lab has work on highlights future technologies being developed by the Boeing Company.
Finally students listened to a panel discussion about the burgeoning Serious Game Industry. By definition these games focus on a purpose other than pure entertainment. Industries like defense, education, scientific exploration, health care, emergency management, city planning, engineering, religion and politics are the primary markets for these games.
"The goal is to help students understand the depth of the choices available to them as they select a career path," said Dr. Aggoune "and how the emerging technologies are constantly creating new and exciting opportunities."
-Bonnie Phelps, Dean of Institutional Advancement


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The sun is slowly dragging its way out of the earth and up the trunks of the black gum trees and loblolly pines when a silent figure appears from out of the fog. Ashen like the floor of a crematorium, hollow eye sockets all but a rebuke to the wan coastal light filtering through the leaves, the interloper gets within a few yards of his prey before the young woman suddenly realizes that she's no longer alone in the clearing.
Enter Sandman.
While she's terrified by the specter that stands in front of her, Abbie Mills' police academy training overrides her fear. In one smooth motion, she raises her .40-caliber Glock service pistol at shoulder height and empties the magazine.
After a series of insert-CGI-here pantomimes—the gunshots and muzzle flare will be added in post, as will the whirling sandstorm that wipes the screen as the villain makes his escape—the two combatants quit each other's company. Sandman (Marti Matulis) staggers up a rise, where he's met by a pair of production assistants. "Ugh. Mosquitoes," the creature says, or something to that effect. Given that the area where his mouth should be appears to be sealed shut by a taut flap of skin, it's hard to be entirely sure what's on his mind.
Seated a few yards away in a fog-wreathed stand of trees, Sleepy Hollow star Nicole Beharie is echoing the sentiments of her otherworldly scene partner. To say that it's humid here on this late August morning in Wilmington, N.C., is to traffic in a realm of vast understatement; as such, the 28-year-old actress is having her hair and makeup fussed over a bit while director John Showalter calls for a switch to a Steadicam setup.
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"I'm getting murderized out here," Beharie jokes, at which point one of the crew helpfully points out that the woods are positively acrawl with any number of creatures that would gladly sink their envenomed fangs into human flesh. "Banana spiders" gets tossed around quite a bit out here behind the vast EUE Screen Gems Studios lot.
"Snakes, too," says the PA, who has a length of heavy-duty electrical cord coiled around his neck. Beharie fixes the guy with a lash-wide stare before glancing over at Sandman. The sun's burned off much of the fog, and yet the itchy Matulis is still the stuff of nightmares.
"Thanks," Beharie says, turning her gaze back to the clearing. "Super helpful."
Putting the Fun in Funeral
When Fox takes the wraps off Sleepy Hollow (the show premieres tonight at 9 p.m. EDT), Washington Irving may very well spend the evening spinning in his cramped grave like a rotisserie chicken. Rather than lob pumpkins at luckless Tarrytowners, the 21st century Headless Horseman prefers to spray his victims with rounds from an assault rifle. If that weren't sufficient villainy, a goat-horned humanoid does a bit of radical feng shui on guest star John Cho's cervical vertebrae.
And we haven't even mentioned the part about George Washington's [apparent] role in a Masonic conspiracy to unleash the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Headless being one of them) upon the nation that he was instrumental in establishing. Oh … and there are witches, too.
And yes: All of those events, including the resurrection of the dashing freedom fighter Ichabod Crane—a rebirth some 232 years in the making—come to pass during the 45-minute Sleepy Hollow pilot. But as overstuffed as the show may be, the dizzying skein of dastardly developments is leavened with a palpable sense of adventure. It may be batshit crazy, but that only makes Sleepy Hollow all the more fun.
"That sense of fun is one of the main reasons why we're so invested in the show," says Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly, who suggests that Sleepy could prove to be an alternative to the wince 'n' grimace aesthetic that's had a chilling effect on so many other scripted series. "There are a lot of good dramas out there that are dark and complex, but not a lot where you go, 'Hey, that thing is fun,'" Reilly says. "And Sleepy Hollow is fun. The concept may be a bit of a reach, but you just go with it."


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Witness to a fundamental changeMonday, April 1st, 2013
At moments like this, it is useful to step back from some of the day to day debates we engage in and reflect more broadly on the forces impacting the general aviation community and other national interests as well. I think we need to recognize that there are real changes taking place in the way government delivers and funds services…changes that affect all of us!
The FAA's decision to stop funding operations in air traffic control towers has launched a search for alternative methods to keep these towers open in communities across the country. In some cases, states are stepping forward. In other situations, airport authorities with their own funding sources are indicating their towers will not be allowed to close. In other communities a search for local funding from businesses and operators who benefit by having the tower is underway.
But, it is not just aviation where this is occurring.
In healthcare, the fear of not having the kind of medical service desired has caused a growth of concierge health services for those who can pay for more immediate and personal service.
With the threat of TSA lines getting longer, services are being offered to expedite the clearance process, again for those who can afford to pay.
Obviously, our nation's highways are seeing an increased use of toll lanes. And, now, even in some areas the tolls vary depending on the traffic conditions or time of day.
With the ease of collecting fees, it seems that charging those individuals who desire a certain type or level of service is becoming more common place.
These changes will most certainly cause people to think differently about the way in which services are being delivered. If communities are going to pay for their own air traffic control services, I suspect hours of operation and the levels of service will be issues that those who pay will want to have more say over and they will look less to the federal government since they seem determined to step away from offering support.
Will this change the way we look at other aspects of air traffic control? Will there be a renewed debate over just how we actually deliver air traffic control services? I suspect there will be such a debate especially as those who operate in the system are being asked to pay more.
The path to modernize our air traffic control system requires aircraft operators to place certain equipment in the planes they fly. This makes sense only if the organization running the air traffic control system has the capacity to provide services that allow those who equip to use the technology….something that is of growing concern to the entire aviation community.
You see, if one day we learn that 149 towers are closing, what's next?
I really do believe we are more at the beginning of a discussion about the role the federal government plays with regard to air traffic operations than we are at the end of a dialogue.
It has long been the case that the failure to make a decision in Washington, D.C. is in and of itself a decision.
We are implementing very significant changes because policy makers in Washington did not act to avoid sequestration. But, that "decision" will most certainly cause a whole new look at the way services are being provided and funded….and, in this debate, our air traffic control system will come under ever closer scrutiny.
We have the most complex and safest air traffic system in the world because every day the pilots who fly planes and the controllers who guide and direct tens of thousands of operations work together insuring that citizens can utilize over 5,000 public use airports. I continue to believe we have a community that can work together to meet real challenges, but we need to come together now more than ever as the federal government's role seems very much in flux.


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Dr. Wackernagel Wins Prestigious Kenneth E. Boulding Award
Dear Supporters,
Global Footprint Network is thrilled to announce that Co-Founder and President Dr. Mathis Wackernagel and Dr. William Rees, co-creators of the Ecological Footprint, have been named the winners of the 2012 Kenneth E. Boulding Award, the world's top honor in the field of ecological economics.
The International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), made the announcement leading up to the Rio+20 Earth Summit, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), in Rio de Janeiro, where the awards will be presented.
The biennial award is given to "outstanding individuals who have contributed original and seminal approaches that have furthered our understanding of the interfaces between the social, ecological, ethical, economic and political dimensions of our world," said the ISEE in announcing the award.
Building on Rees' earlier work on human carrying capacity, Wackernagel and Rees in the early 1990s developed the Ecological Footprint, the world's premier resource accounting system, to track humanity's demands on nature. The Ecological Footprint measures the area of productive land and water, or "biocapacity," required to produce the resources a human population consumes and to absorb its carbon waste.
For the last 10 years, Global Footprint Network has contributed to WWF's bi-annual flagship publication "The Living Planet Report," which has become a key publication for Ecological Footprint results. The 2012 edition was released in May from the International Space Station, generating the largest media response of any Living Planet Report so far. The latest Global Footprint Network calculations show that humanity's demand for bio-resources exceeds the long-term regenerative capacity of Earth by over 50 percent.
"Ever more countries continue to use more resources than they can renew within their own boundaries," Drs. Wackernagel and Rees said. "Until countries begin tracking and managing their biocapacity deficits, they put not only themselves at risk but, more importantly, the entire planet."
The award will be presented at the ISEE Conference 2012 in Rio de Janeiro on June 19, where Wackernagel and Rees will deliver the keynote Boulding Award lectures.
Dr. Wackernagel has promoted sustainability on six continents and lectured at more than 100 universities. Dr. Rees is an ecologist, ecological economist, Founding Director of the One Earth Initiative, Professor Emeritus and former Director of the University of British Columbia's School of Community and Regional Planning.
Kenneth E. Boulding (1910-1993) was President of the American Economics Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Past notable recipients include Herman Daly (American economist, considered the father of Ecological Economics) and Manfred Max-Neef, author of Real-Life Economics: Understanding Wealth Creation.
We thank you, our valued partners and supporters, for helping to promote our work around the world, and making awards such as these possible as we continue to make ecological limits central to decision-making.
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Labor Unions in Iowa
Unions have played a key role in the history of labor in the United States. They have also been important in Iowa.
Iowa's First Unions
The first trade unions in Iowa date from the late 1850s when printers in Dubuque and Davenport unionized. During and after the Civil War (1861-65) union formation increased rapidly. Unions of printers, shoemakers, tailors, blacksmiths, machinists, carpenters, cigar makers, iron molders, locomotive engineers, coal miners and team drivers formed.
An early union, the Knights of Labor, was founded in 1869 in Philadelphia. By 1888 the Knights had 30,000 members in Iowa.
In 1886 a new organization of laborers became the main national labor body in the country. It was known as the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The AFL was made up of skilled craftsmen from various trades.
Working people faced many obstacles in their efforts to form and sustain trade unions. Troops were frequently called out to break strikes in which workers refused to work. One of the first times the courts became involved in labor disputes in the United States was in 1885 in Boone County, Iowa, when striking coal miners were ordered to stop picketing.
The Iowa Federation of Labor
In 1893 Iowa trade unionists created the Iowa State Federation of Labor. Its purpose was to work for the interests of labor in the state legislature.
The state Federation of Labor worked to build relationships with teachers, farmers and religious organizations. With their assistance, the state federation supported workers' compensation, factory inspection and child labor laws through the Iowa General Assembly.
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the union movement in Iowa grew rapidly. By 1890 most of Iowa's 5,000 coal miners were members of the United Mine Workers of America. In that same year most of the Iowa miners won the eight-hour day. In the past workers were required to work 12 or 15 hour days. Railroad workers in Iowa were among the earliest to organize unions. By 1902 working people in Des Moines could boast 53 separate craft unions. Craft unions joined workers according to their craft or type of work—plumbers, electricians, etc. Throughout Iowa workers had organized. In Des Moines women telephone operators formed a union. Button workers in Muscatine joined the ranks of organized labor, as did retail clerks in numerous Iowa towns.
World War I
After the United States entered World War I, increasing numbers of industrial workers began to form or join unions. Large numbers of packinghouse workers in Ottumwa, Des Moines, Sioux City and elsewhere formed unions, as did workers in the gypsum mills and mines in the Fort Dodge area.
With the end of World War I in 1918, Iowa farm owners and workers suffered from economic depression. As mines closed in Iowa, thousands of coal miners lost their jobs. In 1921 gypsum mill and packinghouse unions were crushed. A year later a strike of railroad shop workers went down in defeat.
The Great Depression
Times were even worse during the Great Depression that began in 1929. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. Roosevelt launched several major programs, including the National Recovery Administration (NRA). Among other things, the NRA guaranteed employees the right to form and join unions.
Immediately workers across the nation again began to form unions that had been disbanded. The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) greatly increased membership. The union was headed by John L. Lewis, who had been born in Lucas, Iowa, and spent his youth in Iowa coal mines. Additionally, packinghouses and factories across Iowa and the nation established unions.
The Union Movement Is Reborn
During the next few years union membership rose from about three million to about 8.5 million in 1941. In Iowa union growth continued into the mid-1940s. These years witnessed the establishment of unions in bakeries and butcher shops, hotels, grocery stores, laundries, foundries, brickyards, cement plants, gypsum mills, grain mills, packinghouses and auto repair shops across Iowa. Workers in plants assembling electrical equipment fought to establish unions. The same struggle took place in farm implement factories. Truck drivers and warehouse workers joined unions. Carpenters, bricklayers, pipefitters, painters, electricians and other skilled crafts workers formed and joined unions.
Although unions in Iowa grew in numbers between 1937 and 1945, many firms continued to resist the efforts of their employees to form unions and gain bargaining rights. In some Iowa industries workers went on strike to win union recognition. Members of the Machinists and Molders Unions in Dubuque were on strike for months. The laundries and dry cleaning shops in Des Moines were closed for weeks before proprietors would consent to bargain.
Violence in Iowa
Some unionizing efforts met with violence during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Armed vigilantes blocked the streets of Estherville to prevent union members from entering the town to speak with workers employed at a packinghouse. When employers in Newton and Sioux City appealed to the governor, he responded favorably by sending out the National Guard.
World War II
The outbreak of World War II in Europe in September 1939 brought about an end to the Great Depression in the United States. The nation turned its energies to war production. By the end of 1942 the United States began to experience a shortage of workers.
In places where workers had established unions before and during the war, unionized workers often made gains in the 1940s. They fought for better and safer workplaces and wage increases. By 1945 over 25 percent of the U.S. labor force was enrolled in trade unions.
The war's end in August 1945 brought an abrupt end to military orders for manufactured goods. In Iowa thousands of workers who had been employed in huge ordnance plants in Burlington and Des Moines became unemployed.
The 1950s
In the early 1950s unions worked to increase fringe benefits for workers. These include pension systems, hospitalization plans, severance pay and maternity benefits. In 1955 the once rival AFL and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) combined to become the AFL-CIO. In 1956 the Iowa State Federation of Labor and the Iowa State Industrial Union Council met in a convention in Des Moines. They formed the Iowa Federation of Labor. Iowa was the third state in which the two major labor bodies merged.
Unions and Politics
Since World War II American unions have played an increasingly important role in the political process. Organized labor has impacted political elections and the passage of laws. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 outlawed differences in wages based on sex. President Lyndon Johnson persuaded Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a section of which barred discrimination in hiring. In 1970 President Richard M. Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). This established the right of government inspectors to enter workplaces to inspect conditions.
In the 1970s federal legislation made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of a person's age. It also provided that individuals with handicaps be granted "reasonable accommodations" and not be refused employment.
State legislatures passed new laws to protect the rights of workers also. Labor organizations in Iowa worked to strengthen state laws governing workers' compensation and unemployment benefits. The Iowa labor movement worked to eliminate laws that made it difficult for people to register to vote.
From the 1950s through the 1970s the Iowa Federation of Labor supported efforts to reapportion—or reorganize—legislators in the state legislature so that all voters were more equally represented in the legislative process. Iowa labor representatives also fought for higher pay for teachers.
The working conditions in Iowa's businesses, factories and government offices have improved greatly over the years. The eight-hour work day, equal pay and accommodations for differences have all contributed to a better way of life for Iowa's workers. Labor unions can claim credit for many of the changes that have occurred.


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A viewer wrote to say that he is a former Christian, but became a Jew rather than an atheist because of an experience he had as a teenager. He asked: "Please tell me if the following story should be proof to me that there is a God and what you would think if it happened to YOU."
One day when I was a Christian I was praying to God and saying, "God please let me meet somebody to witness to today". Later that day a man just walked up to me out of nowhere and said, "If your religion goes bad do you go bad with it?" I said "No" and he said "Thank you" and walked off. I had always wondered if there is no God, how my prayers got answered when nobody heard me praying that day in the car since I was praying under my breath and the doors were closed.
I replied:
It's an interesting story, but does not impress me as an outside observer as much as it obviously impressed you when you were in the situation.
People in general are notoriously bad at calculating the odds of an event occurring. Events which strike us as "unlikely" are actually fairly commonplace, especially because we are able to invent patterns and attach significance to a very wide range of possible events. For example, the request you made was extremely unspecific, and could have been fulfilled by all kinds of different things happening over a long period of time. You said that the person came up to you "later that day," which doesn't make it nearly as interesting if, say, you had prayed and somebody had shown up immediately. And "meet somebody to witness to today" isn't all that specific either — you might well have tried harder to push some kind of religious topic into any conversation you had that day, and seen it as scoring a hit. The witnessing you actually did in the end (you were asked a question and you gave a one-syllable answer) doesn't strike me as especially significant, although I'm sure it struck you that way at the time.
People are also very susceptible to confirmation bias. Stuff happens every day that does not seem significant, but when it matches some kind of expectation we have, we tend to notice that one event and attach special importance to it, while ignoring all the other things that didn't fit our conception of something unusual or miraculous. For instance: in your story you didn't specify if that was the only time in your young life that you ever prayed for anything, but I bet it wasn't. And I'll bet that you didn't waste too much thought on all the times you tossed out a casual prayer and nothing happened.
If you wanted to do a real test of the power of faith, you shouldn't need to say "God, please cause [some fairly commonplace event] to happen before [some fairly long span of time] has elapsed." You ought to be able to say: "God, please let a bird with blue spots and a crooked beak fly past my window within the next ten seconds." If something that specific happened in that small time span, that would be interesting. If you could repeat this demonstration of the effectiveness of prayer multiple times consistently, that would be really interesting.
As it is, the impression I get from your story was "I prayed for something just barely unusual to happen eventually, and on this one occasion it did." If that's the main reason why you're a theist today, then I think I can say with confidence that I could have experienced an identical occurrence and still not acquire your faith.


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Fixing the Jets: A look at how personnel experts and GMs would solve team's woes
Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum walked along the far sideline of the practice field Friday and struck up a conversation with coach Rex Ryan, who clutched a play card between two gloved hands.
Out in front of them, pacing around the 25-yard line, was Tim Tebow, the backup quarterback who ended up bringing Tannenbaum and Ryan headlines and headaches, though little productivity. In 11 games, Tebow threw eight passes and completed six. He ran for 101 yards and no touchdowns.
On the 20, going through some drills, was Mark Sanchez, who started the season as the teams franchise quarterback, buoyed by a generous contract extension that will guarantee him $8.25 million next year.
Sanchez was benched twice as his top targets fell to injury around him. He reclaimed his starting role for today only because Greg McElroy went down with a concussion. Sanchez has the most turnovers of any quarterback in the NFL over the past two seasons.
Back in the end zone, last years leading receiver, tight end Dustin Keller, hobbled through another rehab session on a bum ankle.
Injuries were everywhere this season.
Over the speaker system, Van Halens "Right Now" blared and covered up any chatter on the practice field. It is a song that typically fills packed stadiums during playoff games.
Friday, though, it was background noise accompanying the final practice of the year as the Jets (6-9) prepared to end their season today in a blacked-out, meaningless matchup with the Buffalo Bills (5-10). The outcome of the game means little, but the aftermath is crucial.
In front of Tannenbaum and Ryan on Friday, they saw a franchise at a crossroad one that undoubtedly needs fixing and could claim both of their jobs.
But how to fix it?
Over the past week, The Star-Ledger surveyed a group of former NFL general managers and personnel executives to see how they would approach the issue. Findings varied from reassessing the value of large contract-worthy positions to some major shifts on the offensive side of the ball.
On Monday, the franchise will begin moving forward in earnest, making a plan to save it from another dreary end to another dreary season in 2013.
But until then, this is the best plan to fix the Jets.
Though a majority of the former executives surveyed did not think firing Tannenbaum was the correct action, at least one, former Broncos general manager Ted Sundquist, thought if a decision were to be made, it would need to come sooner rather than later.
Sundquist, a personnel executive on the Broncos 1997 and 1998 Super Bowl teams and owner of five consecutive winning seasons from 2002 to 2006 as GM, remembers being let go in March 2008, right in the middle of the teams draft meetings. It was after the NFL Combine, a critical step in the building process, and he already had 2½ days of meetings with scouts and agents.
He had operated for months trying to restack a roster for a team that went 7-9 without any assurance from upper management.
"Now, youre like, Okay, am I the guy thats going to have those meetings we talked about? " Sundquist said. "Who is going to make these decisions? I mean, the only thing they can do is act as if they are that guy."
The Jets will have plenty of those decisions to make, too.
Outside of Tannenbaum who could make a case for his return, but is rumored to be reassigned or let go, according to various reports the Jets will need to make decisions on Sanchez and Tebow, as well as whether or not to re-sign a group of plus-value free agents, including guard Brandon Moore, safety LaRon Landry, safety Yeremiah Bell, running back Shonn Greene and Keller.
According to people with knowledge of the situation, the Jets have not made contact with Moore, Greene or offensive lineman Matt Slauson, another starter approaching free agency. Bell, Landry and Keller have admitted recently to not having any conversations with the Jets about the future.
Various reports have also suggested that offensive coordinator Tony Sparano could be fired and defensive coordinator Mike Pettine could leave.
Stability, though, often lends itself to success, even in the face of two straight seasons missing the playoffs. This is second only to being forthcoming about the changes to be made so as to not force lame-duck candidates into the building to start retooling from last season.
"Hopefully theyll be open and honest with everybody and give them an idea of where they want to go, and that starts with ownership," Sundquist said.
There will be plenty of fuss made about Sanchezs contract, but as multiple analysts point out, the base salary for Sanchez in 2012-13 is not in the top 10 for starting quarterbacks in either season. Only two of those QBs had more playoff victories from 2009-11 than Sanchez before the Sanchez extension was handed out.
Is it a high salary for a quarterback whose development stalled dramatically this season? Yes. Are there quarterbacks who have a much larger effect on the teams salary cap? Yes.
According to Gil Brandt, an NFL Network analyst who worked in personnel with the Dallas Cowboys for nearly 30 years (1960 to 1989), the problem lies more in contracts like that of line backer David Harris and cornerback Antonio Cromartie.
"I think the Jets have not used the salary cap effectively and theyre battling this same problem all time theyre fighting the cap," Brandt said.
Brandt says the core value positions are as follows: Quarterback, pass-rusher, left tackle.
Brandt wondered, with strong defensive minds like Ryan and Pettine, is it necessary to have a middle linebacker worth more than $10 million on the roster for next season? Or could you get a replacement at one-third the cost that could still learn the defense and could come close to matching production?
(According to NFLPA records, Harris made more in base salary this season than Brian Urlacher, Paul Posluzny, Patrick Willis, Curtis Lofton, Jon Beason and Ray Lewis.)
With a successful secondary coach like Dennis Thurman Brandt says Thurman, whom he drafted in Dallas, could have success with "six high school seniors" in his secondary does the defense need to pay three first-round grade defensive backs, including Cromartie, who could also make in excess of $10 million next season?
(According to NFLPA records, Cromartie made more in base salary this year than Charles Tillman, Antoine Winfield and Kareem Jackson, all of whom graded above Cromartie against the pass, per Pro Football Focus.)
"That helps your cap situation in a big hurry," Brandt said.
Charley Casserly, an NFL Network analyst who worked in the Redskins front office from 1977 to 1999, advocates an honest and open conversation with Sparano and the offensive coaching staff before firing anyone.
Heading into todays game, the Jets are 12th in rushing (117.5 yards per game) and 30th in passing (179.5 ypg) and total yards (297 ypg).
"I think they need to be much more wide open and creative," he said. "But I want to know what your plans were before you lost it all due to injury. Your receiving corps was basically wiped out. No continuity."
If there is a pardon to be given there, all were in agreement that Sanchez is not the long-term solution at quarterback.
"The quarterback is not the answer," Brandt said. "Pete Caroll, who I think is very good, recognized that (at USC). From the outside looking in, Sanchez has got the ability, but does he have the work ethic to execute that ability?"
Added Casserly: "Im not sold on Sanchez. If he has to be here, thats fine, but you have to bring competition in."
The consensus is to add a veteran who can push Sanchez forward and become an everyday starter if he wins a training camp battle specifically one with tenure in the league.
Tebow, obviously, was not that solution heading into this season because the Jets coaching staff did not start him when presented with two separate opportunities.
Names thrown around include Alex Smith, the 49ers recently replaced starter with an exceptional completion percentage (70.0) this season, and Matt Moore, a versatile quarterback in Miami who was bypassed for rookie Ryan Tannehill.
In 2009-10, the Jets had the fewest number of selections in the NFL Draft, with three and four, respectively. In 2011, the Jets had six selections and kept five players. In 2012, the Jets had eight selections and kept six. From each of those last two drafts, they attained two starters and three role players used, at least, occasionally (including Greg McElroy).
Brandt believes stockpiling rookies who are more NFL ready than ever is the quickest way to heal some cap woes. The salaries, and egos, are more under control. The number of picks kept and usable players needs to rise.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the NFL is on pace to shatter the number of rookie starts in a season and had already reached 498 in Week 10.
Though its not the most certain route, it may be the necessary one at this point for the Jets.
"Get these younger players to come in and play, alleviate some of your cap problems," Brandt said. "The players that come into the league are so much more ready to play than they were before."
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After the conversation ended at practice Friday, Ryan left Tannenbaum, went over to align his defense for a drill and smiled as the offense lined up to counter.
The work is what drives Ryan, keeps him focused during a time when even the results of last weeks labor wont change much. At the most, it means the difference between 7-9 and 6-10, a no-mans land in the NFL too bad to make the playoffs and too good to dream of a top-three draft pick. The near future is out of Ryans hands now, just like it is Tannenbaums.
When times were good, and the Jets were roaring to a second straight AFC Championship Game in 2011, both would often say they are in the win business, and that when business is good its never as good as it seems.
Conor Orr: email@example.com; twitter.com/ConorTOrr
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Mistake-prone Pack must find its way
CHADRON, Neb. — The Pack found the win column again on Saturday.
But it lost its way in the process.
"I'm disappointed in the way we handled ourselves," Colorado State University-Pueblo head football coach John Wristen said after the fifth-ranked ThunderWolves beat No. 19 Chadron State College 51-42.
"We're better than that," he said, not talking about the score, rather the multitude of mistakes made by his players.
Wristen religiously preaches about "the Pack way" of doing things.
Penalties. Taunting. Talking trash. Celebrating routine plays like they were game-savers.
Clearly the Pack was out of its element Saturday.
"This doesn't feel like a win," Wristen said after putting up 51 on Chadron. "We sure made things hard on ourselves and we don't have anybody to blame but us. We've got to do a better job of doing things the right way."
After the game, the ThunderWolves tried to gather on the black-and-red Eagle in the middle of Elliott Field. Trouble was, the Eagles were there, too.
Words were exchanged and fingers were pointed. The players had to be separated after butting heads for more than three hours.
Wristen banished his players to the end zone and admonished them for not doing it, "the Pack way."
The speech might have been a bit for show as fans walked out of the stadium.
But that speech was one these players needed to hear.
This team, now 6-0 and surely a top-4 team come Monday, has a chance to be special.
In the biggest conference game of the season, the ThunderWolves scored plenty of points. However they lacked a certain discipline that separates great teams from good ones.
CSU-Pueblo was flagged for 16 times for 159 yards. Two of those could've cost the Pack the game.
The first was a harmless offsides call in the first quarter. The Eagles were content to settle for a chip-shot field goal but the Pack jumped the gun. Glen Clinton then scored from a yard out and that was a 4-point swing.
In the second half, wide receiver Deontrae Cooper caught a great crossing pass and outran the Eagles' defense to the end zone. But he high-stepped it for the last 10 yards and the touchdown was wiped out.
That's seven more points right there.
They only won by 9.
Five of CSU-Pueblo's penalties resulted in Chadron State first downs. Two came on third-and-long situations that revived dead drives.
And there were far too many personal fouls.
Now, the Eagles shouldn't waste time polishing their halos. They were penalized 17 times for 155 yards. I was standing on the sidelines late in the game when a player screamed an expletive at an official, costing his team another meaningless 15 yards.
And both teams were guilty of extending the action after the game.
Neither team was at the top of their game in a game that featured the RMAC's elite.
These might be the most talented ThunderWolves ever assembled. But if they continue to cross the line between confident and cocky, we may never know.
"We need to win with class," Wristen said. "It's something we can change. And we will."
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For those of us European Ringo fans...he's touring here this summer! He'll be in Hamburg in his birthday and is doing a charity gig with Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman and his Rhythm Kings (very expensive) but no other dates confirmed. Reported he's playing Liverpool. Nothing is going to stop me getting to London gig!
See the man himself tell you if you don't believe it: http://ringostarr.com/news.php
If its an All Starr tour who would you want? I' d really like a Ringo solo tour but doubt it. In which case as its his first in this part of the world for a long long long time, he should get back to having truly stellar line-ups. A few names I'd be happy to see share the stage with a Beatle (& seem possible to me): Jack Bruce, Spencer Davies (saw him sing Keep On Running in the Cavern few years back!), Jools Holland, Donovan...oh and that bloke out of Wings.


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Harrythebannister wrote:Berkeleyan wrote:BTW, from one of Mark Lewishon's Beatle books (the one w/ a chrolology of events) - it says JOHN played bass on Helter Skelter !
I never realised this...I've just belted out the mono mix of this one and the bass is incredible. Boy these guys were multi instrumentalists!!
I read that both john and paul overdubbed a few basslines onto this song (like with Back in the USSR where they each (-Ringo) did a bassline).
Also- listen to the bassline of She's so Heavy (I want you), its really amazing! Especially if you can get your hands on the take where Paul takes the vocals, the bass is out in front more.


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PETA's 2006 Worst Dressed List!
It's that time of year again, when it starts to get a little bit colder and you can spot a select few of Hollywood's trashiest celebrities strutting around with dead animals strapped to their backs. At PETA, we have far too much tact to name any of these people personally, but we would like to send a general message to all celebrities to please just think hard and search your conscience before you consider buying fur. OK, just kidding, we have a list. Here it is:
PETA's Official 2006 'Worst Dressed' List:
- Nicole Richie: This pelt-wearing party girl is all animal skin and bones. She's an incredible shrinking woman with the heart to match.
- Ashley Olsen: Wearing fur does add 20 pounds, but if Ashley wants to fill out her frame, we suggest using a fork instead.
- Christina Ricci: Disregarding the holiday season's "Peace on Earth" message, Ricci recently posed for a magazine cover wearing fur from slaughtered reindeer. At least she's not into fur hats: Imagine how many more pelts it would take to cover that forehead.
- Eva Longoria: You'd think she'd be more sympathetic to the plight of rabbits considering the way she screws around like one on Wisteria Lane.
You can vote for the number-one worst-dressed celebrity here. Notable absences from the list are Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, both of whom have made some attempts to ditch the fur from their wardrobes this year—so here's hoping they remember their resolution.
In the meantime, here's Nicole and Ashley!
And finally, in case the pictures of Nicole Richie and Ashley Olson looking like they just got finished robbing graves at a pet cemetery aren't enough to convince you not to wear fur, check this out:
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oh good they took christina out of their see she would never mean to wear fur or hurt anyone bye wearing fur. woe too the people from peta hurrah justice has been served
I have lived in Hong Kong for 26 years where a few country people still illegally eat dogs believing the meat to be a winter warmer or even more stupidly an aphrodisiac. Mercifully this is becoming more uncommon in Hong Kong but all of us know of the "animal streets" in mainland Chinese cities where domestic and wild animals are trussed up alive in the most excrutiating agony awaiting slaughter for the pot by the cruelest methods. I am well aware of the ignorance callousness and indifferent cruelty towards animals in the mainland. The only way to curb this filthy trade is to publicly shame the Chinese Government into acting decisively. They won't like what they will see as an affront to Chinese pride and will deny and discedit those who expose them but a determinated worldwide publicity campaign may work. Ultimately the only lasting solution is to make these people look hard at themselves in the mirror and make them realise that their conceit of being a great civilisation is nothing more than a charade and a lie until they learn how to treat all living creatures with respect.
If your against killing of animals how dose killing humans make it anymore right? Hurting another human who has more complex feelings i think is worse!
You'll have better luck influencing people if you provide a message that doesn't include cheap personal attacks. Lead by example. Hate only leads to more hate.
This is a horrible thing to do to animals. i wish these people wuld get killed the same way these poor innocent people did. I hate chinese fur farms and always will!!
Wow what a wild difference in opinions here. First why give a flying duckshit about celebrities? They make their own choices like everyone else. Second whatever your view of God all creatures great and small are absolutely worthy of respect and kindness just as fellow humans who really are animals too just with a bigger apparently brain and a thumb. Third I didnt watch the vid reading the commentary was enough to make me cry and like missM the image would end up engrained in my psyhce forever…my understanding is that these evil beings dont use bullets as it 'costs too much money' hhmm. Either way I dont know what condtions brought these inhumans to commit such revolting acts against nature and her creatures but I am 100 confident that no matter how poor desperate or hungry I could get nothing would EVER make me do such things to earn a dollar I would rather die starving.
I didn't watch the video because the images wouldn't leave my mind for several decades however I support PETA and its efforts to enlighten the public about the "different side" of how and were our furs and various animal products come from. For previous comments about God placing animals on this Earth to serve humans I tend to agree that animals are here to assist us in certain tasks more so a couple hundred years ago than the present day. I don't believe that we have the right to put animals through such cruelty and misery. I don't think it's just rich people that have a problem with GREED it's a desease that plagues each an one of us some more than others. The best way for each of us that support PETA is to pass the information on to others. The more people that are exposed to the raw realitythe better chance we have in making changes.
I support PETA and am strictly vegetarian. All those saying that animals do not feel pain I have a question how do you know that a 6 month old human baby feels pain??? Does that give you the right to torture infants ???
PETA has always been extremist and poignant in getting their message out there. It's what they have to do. When advocacy organizations are polite they unfortunately don't get much attention. Good for PETA. I support everything they do because someone's got to stick up for animal rights and they do it in a big way. I hope these celebrities learn something from this and use their fame for more positive objectives including or excluding animals.
Go Peta! rich ppl are sick! especialy famous ones I hope they all go to hell.
were to begin. well i didnt get to see the video but based on the first 15 responsesthe only ones i read it apears that its of an animal being skined alive. sounds like another stunt to me. have you ever held a pissed of raccoon before. trust me skinning it wouldnt be easy. in reallity people kill animals before there skinned. i dont wear fur. i wouldnt every wear fur. but i do have experiance with animals enough to know that theyre not going to let you skin them alive no matter how much they trust you. and just in case the animal in question in this video was "drugged" into submission remember drugs cost more than bullets.
those people suck for wearing fur if peta sended them video's of animal's being skinned for fur and those people don't care but steal wearing fur! who gives a shit those so called celebrities don't deserve respect heck animal's can't get respect! it's just easy to say those celebrities have no right's. btw PETA ROCKS!!
"Animals are not ours to use anymore than any people of a different colour of skinreligion or child is there to be exploited by ANYBODY. Get the point?!" I have to say.. we are not the same as animals… how can you compare an animal with some person with a "different colour of skin" what the hell is that supose to mean…and yes animal were put on earth for humane to eat and cover they bodies… what do you think the clothes were made back then??? if u guys dont like fur ok.. just dont use it… but live alone the ppl who likes it …
wow. i completely agree wearing animals is wrong but y r u blaimg celebs? others wear fur everyday so y dont we go around photographing them for this list??
I watched this video on another website. It was very hard to watch. I don't see why they don't just kill the animals before skinning. What torture! I don't have dogs or cats as pets but it still makes me sick to realize that this is taking place.
It's very sad actually that these people have all the money in the world and so many choices available to them and yet they still choose cruelty. It's not like these "stars" have been saving for years to buy their fur coats then found out how the fur gets made and regretted thier purchases but can't afford to ditch their fur coats and buy something more humane because they went broke paying for those fur coats and now they are stuck with the duds. That is so not the case! These people can buy as many fabric fauxfur or pleather coats as they like…but they still choose not to. Okay if you don't care about the animals think about all those starving children that you could feed probably for a year for the same amount of money that you paid for your fur coat. Wearing fur is not only the worst crime you can commit towards animals it is also offensive and disrespectful to people…there are so many people who can't afford to buy food or medication.
Am I the only one who actually LOL'dPeta's comments on furwearing celebs? I thought those comments were pretty funny actually. This is what those celebs get for being so inconsiderate and heartless. Fur is not a necessity in any way it's something you absolutely can and should do without…especially in LA where most of those celebs live. You can dress fabulously and look great without wearing fur or leather…
I saw the documentary on HBO showing this video and have not been this disturbed in a long time. To see the man jumping on the animal's head then watching the animal be skinned alive and watching it move afterward….I love horror movies but this is the absolute worst thing and couldn't watch the documentary anymore. I could have gotten mad at PETA for showing such graphic content. But this really happens and fortunate people still choose to buy fur. I think showing those who buy fur this video would change them. Skinned alive! How awful. Shame on them and those who wear fur. My eyes are now open and see the point of why PETA wants to shock people. And those who defend it or think PETA's wrong for being offensive to stars…please! The stars don't deserve the empathy the animals do.
I agree with sonia huntingtrapping now days is a sport not a necessity. its all about getting the biggest buck. If people really hunted for the meat they would get the younger animals which don't have big racks since their meat would be the most tender and best for eating. Its really just a thrill of the kill for them. Hunters say their helping the animals ya right if they cared they would give money to discover a better solution to the issue then to keep killing the animals year after year. The different states are also to blame since they seem to never want to budget research in the budget on how to control the population of the animals in more a human way. but why would they when they can make millions of dollars each year from sales taxes and other fees from hunting. I think they should put the native predators back where God put them in the first place. The people will just have to deal with it like they do in say Florida with crocodiles. That's the problem with people they want to change the way God has things set up to make it the way they think will work better like killing off all the natural predators in an area . People need to realize God created and knows all things better then we could ever dream of knowing them
This is terrible that people can do this to a defenseless animal and not care. I Guess for China this sort of thing is not unusual they seem to like to torture peopleanimals Im not sure why. Some people say that people are over animal this is true But in return God expects us to treat his creation with respect and kindness this means not torturing animals to death. it makes it even worse when its for something so unnecessary. To the people who wrote the heartless responses you must be sick careless people.God will deal with you one day unless you stop being selfess and repent. God have mercy on you
What always amazes me about people that rant and rave over someone wearing a fur coat is that these are usually the same folks that are so vocally proabortion. I think many people have their priorities just a little backwards.
God…you people are CRAZY! If you can't afford fur just shut up and let people enjo it! An animal is not a human being. We are their masters!
Why is it considered attractive to cut the fur off something an animalto wear yet natural human body hair especially for women is considered unnatractive anyway? As for the charity question try hitting up some of these 'celebs' for money. Instead of buying another fur coat or expensive piece of jewelry offer a list of worthy causes. Since so many have double incomes from musicacting careers as well as clothing lines etc it shouldn't hurt their pocketbooks. Many companies are also happy to give them free products or pay for endorsements so why spend money on similar items anyway?
first beckie we don't need fur to keep warm anymore. back in the pioneer times when they didn't have central heating they needed fur. and even the pioneers KILLED the animals before they skinned them. and if you didn't view the video thread above well maybe you should and see that poor skinned raccoon trying to lift its head. no living thing deserves to be tortured.
you have to remember the things killing the animals in the video are infact subhumans this means they are at the bottom of the food chainalso the hunterstrappers saying they respect the animals they killtorture could say the same thing about tne nazis and jews…mmmm has a diffrent ring now doesnt it.good luck PETA. vodkajonny.
I am wanting to join PETA because i think it is disgusting the way animals are treated. I think some people forget that humans are animals too. that would be like hanging one of them up and skinning them alive. or slitting one of YOUR throats and send you to a dinner table somewhere. i have seen all the videos and they just make me SICK!!!!!!!
allie.. i believe it was actually "beckie" that made that post not tom.. anyhow i agree with you…… this beckie is a total idiot.. just a little info for you becky.. those so called "natural" furs… have more chemicals in them then other fabrics.. making a fur coat or watever is bad for the animals and the dam environment.. how do you think those coats stay in tact? and just cuz the law says an animal is a possesion.. doesnt mean thats true.. any MORON knows that an animal is a living creature not a material possesion… i have a feeling a dog bit you in the ass when you were a kid.. maybe that's where all this bitter talk is coming from.. btw on a side note.. sharon stone needs to be 1 on the 07 list.. the year isnt even over and ive seen her in fur sooo many times.. plus she just went on a fur shopping spree… old hag
TOM you are an braindead moron and i hope someone skins you alive to wear your ugly hide on their body in an attempt to "keep warm". people are fine without wearing animal skins you hick. im sure you wouldnt have the money to spend on buying fur coats etc anyway u have done fine without them and so has the rest of the moral holding world. so just shut up noone cares what scum like you has to say. As for those stupid skinny stars they deserve it. GET OVER youself. no one cares about you ok. you are all pathetic attention seeking whores. get a life.


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quote GougeWTH did I just see? I thought the crowd looked good but please tell me that isnt the real commentary? That was horrible. I did lol at the random buffalo comment! And there was a random Bull Buchanan mention there at the end of Rocks entrance, maybe a roster spoiler there
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quote GougeI have played Just Bring It, my CAWs kept freezing in that game. The commentary has been awful in the past but it hasnt been that bad latleySomeone never played Just Bring It. That's... probably a good thing though.
While you were distracted by the commentary, you didn't notice the Chris Benoit mention?
quote GaTheZakkI get the sense you enjoy SvR 2010?I miss the option where commentary can be turned down to be muted.
I always thought the funniest were King's he's got wood and Cole's from behind comments.
This game just doesn't seem like it's going to be as good as the most recent wrestling game is imo is SvsR 2010 due to graphics.
These graphics look poop compared to SvsR 2010, just think how good these games would look if they looked like SvsR 2010.
Also too many stupid legends, nobody plays as legends, nobody cares about legends especially if its the same butt heads over and over again.
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You really have to check out The Trickster and the Paranormal, by George Hansen (http://www.tricksterbook.com/). This examination of the "Trickster phenomenon" (which is ubiquitous when it's not pervasive) is beyond profound. And don't take it to be a debunking: if you do, you're tricking yourself into a vulnerable complacency. The sacred is real but it turns up in the most unlikely places.
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In an attempt to boost demand towards its latest Intel P45-based mainboards that aim premium market segment, Asustek Computer has cut prices on the appropriate products. Asus reportedly indicated that price cuts will clear out inventory before the firm rolls out its mainboards for Intel's next-generation central processing units (CPUs).
Since Asustek's mainboards usually target performance-minded customers and belong to premium-class products, their price reduction should boost demand and put Asus mainboards into competition with its smaller rivals. The world's largest maker of motherboards is reported to have said that that it decided to clear out inventory and prepare for the upcoming launch of Intel X58-based platforms designed for Intel Core i7 processors.
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This module provides a framework for message digest libraries.
You may want to look at OpenSSL::Digest as it supports support more algorithms.
A cryptographic hash function is a procedure that takes data and return a fixed bit string : the hash value, also known as digest. Hash functions are also called one-way functions, it is easy to compute a digest from a message, but it is infeasible to generate a message from a digest.
require 'digest' # Compute a complete digest sha256 = Digest::SHA256.new digest = sha256.digest message # Compute digest by chunks sha256 = Digest::SHA256.new sha256.update message1 sha256 << message2 # << is an alias for update digest = sha256.digest
Different digest algorithms (or hash functions) are available :
See FIPS PUB 198 The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)
(as Digest::RMD160) see homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~bosselae/ripemd160.html
See FIPS 180 Secure Hash Standard
See FIPS 180 Secure Hash Standard which defines the following algorithms:
The latest versions of the FIPS publications can be found here: csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsFIPS.html
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David Copperfield has spent his life mastering unbelievable, otherworldly illusions that take people's breath away, and that combined with international stardom can make you forget that he is, in fact, a human being like the rest of us. For me the most poignant moment in Margie Goldsmith's interview with the magnificent illusionist comes when he tells her the story about his finger being severed during a botched rope trick. A surgeon reattached it, and it grew back. "That," he says, "is magic."
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Sir Richard Branson is the only person we've put on our cover twice, and I can't think of a better choice for that distinction. In 2008, when we first featured him, a poll in Britain had just named him No. 2 on a list of people parents would want their children to look up to, second only to "a family member" and ahead of both Jesus Christ and Nelson Mandela.
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Issy Sharp, the founder of the Four Seasons hotel conglomerate and this issue's cover subject, considers private aviation an essential business tool. He says it represents "true luxury" because of the time it saves him and the quiet, uninterrupted work space it provides.
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Chicken Burgers with Garlic-Rosemary Mayonnaise
- Mayonnaise:
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh rosemary leaves
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Burgers:
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 sandwich rolls or burger buns
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 cup arugula, divided
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
For the mayonnaise: In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, garlic, and rosemary; set aside.
For the burgers: Preheat a gas or charcoal grill or place a grill pan over medium-high heat. In a large bowl, add the ground chicken, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 of the mayonnaise mixture. Using clean hands, gently combine the ingredients and form the chicken mixture into 4 patties. Place the burgers on the grill and cook for about 7 minutes on each side. Transfer to paper towels and let rest for a few minutes.
Brush the cut side of each roll with the olive oil and 1 teaspoon of the mayonnaise mixture. Grill for 1 to 2 minutes until slightly golden.
To assemble the burgers: Spread a dollop of the remaining mayonnaise mixture on the tops and bottoms of the toasted buns. Place the chicken burgers on the bottom halves of the buns. Top each with 1/4 cup of arugula and finish with the top half of the bun.
Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis
Pairs Well With
Rich, buttery white wine
- Find easy pairings for your favorite recipes, Bobby's perfect picks and party ideas.
Cooking Tips
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Pesto Chicken Burgers
Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen
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Our member Antione sells the Four Grande Mere a nice choice the 950 model is around 40" cooking floorBreadstoneovens
It's all about heat balance. IR is proportional to temperature^4. If your fire is 1800F and your walls are 950F, the IR from the fire is 13X as intense as that from the walls. As such, the bigger the diameter, the more the view factor works in your favor.
Thanks for the insight! In your opinion, is there a significant difference between the material used for the walls (e.g., brick vs. modular dome)? I see that most assembled, residential ovens do not come with brick walls.
If there is a difference, I don't think it's meaningful.
Wich makes me very curious why people (especialy vendors ofcourse but also people using their ovens) do report that their product is superiour to others. I also think that if an oven has 2 inch walls and a 2 inch floor, insulation and firewood you put in all being the same, they should perform clso to the same wether made of firebrick, refractory concrete or even clay.....
Proper conductivity of the floor is critically important
Would you, or anyone, have any insight in to what would be a good base value ?Probably not an easy answer... if it can be answered... because for a high oven, 0,5 W/(mK) might be perfect but for an extremely low dome 1,5 W/(mK) might be what you need....
I did search for some numbers for firebrick and soapstone etc to see the thermal conductivity for but what I found is that firebrick, 21% alumina, allready has a thermal conductivity of 0.98 W/m.°K 40% alumina firebrick would have a thermal conductivity of 1.13 W/m.°KThat would mean that those would allready have a thermal conductivity that would be (to) high.....
It is possible to cook a Neapolitan pizza in a small oven like the 700, some members can witness of that, but it takes more practice. The pizza being so close to the fire it is not very forgiving.Ideally, I agree with Craig a 950 size oven is perfect, but I would say being able to cook with an 800 is already pretty good.
Pardon my naivety, but can you extrapolate as to what a "700" oven is compared to a "950"?
Antoine--just to confirm... is the Neapolitan Pizza oven on your Breadstone site the same as the FGM 700?


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Ceremony Details for Guests
The Commencement Ceremony is about 2 hours long.
Outside at Hollingsworth Field
Weather permitting, Commencement will be held on Hollingsworth Field (Football Stadium), beginning at 2 p.m., with the procession.
No tickets are needed if Commencement is held outside.
When to Arrive
The gates to the stadium open at 12:30 p.m. It is recommended to arrive on campus by 12:45 p.m. to allow time for parking and securing a seat before the academic procession begins at 2 p.m.
What to Bring
Most seats at Hollingsworth Field are not shaded. For your own comfort guests are encouraged to bring sunscreen, water bottle (complimentary water stations will be available), umbrella in case of light rain, and a blanket or seat cushion.
Inside Due to Inclement Weather
In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will move indoors to Lund Center Arena (ice arena), where tickets will be required.
Three (3) tickets will be distributed to each senior during the week before Commencement by the Office of Marketing and Communication for admittance to Lund Center Arena. Additional seating will be available for those without tickets in Lund Center Forum (basketball court). The ceremony will be broadcast on large screens.
When to Arrive
Doors open and tickets will be accepted in Lund Center Arena beginning at 12:30 p.m.
It is recommended to arrive on campus at least by 12:45 p.m. to allow time for parking and securing a seat.
Signs will direct guests to "Event Parking" locations. All lots are open for public parking. Yellow curb fire lanes will be enforced.
Handicap parking is available in the Lund Center lot with valid permit. Please let the parking attendant know if you would like to park or drop off a guest.
Ceremony Etiquette
Commencement is a special event for all involved. In order to create a memorable occasion for guests and graduates we ask guests to adhere to the following requests:
- Cellular phones and electronic devices are turned to silent during the ceremony.
- Out of respect for all graduates and families, so all names being read are heard, please refrain from using whistles, blow horns, or making any noise during the reading of the names.
- In order to allow every guest the opportunity to see each graduate, the audience is asked to remain seated during the ceremony.
- No guests are permitted into the graduate seating area during the ceremony.
Special Needs Assistance
Special needs parking (with a valid handicap permit) is available in the Lund Center lot.
Drop-off areas are located near Christ Chapel, Hollingsworth Field, and Lund Center.
Baccalaureate: Wheelchair seating is located on the main level of Christ Chapel for Baccalaureate services. Please note that the restrooms are in the lower level of Christ Chapel and can only be reached by stairs (no elevator). The closest accessible restrooms are in the Campus Center.
Commencement at Hollingsworth Field: It is approximately 100 yards with a slight incline from the drop off area to the seating area in Hollingsworth Field. A limited number of wheelchairs will be available before and after the ceremony for transport only and will be staffed by hosts who will return the chair to the main gate.
Guests with wheelchairs are welcome to view the ceremony from the special needs-accessible reserved seating on the main entry row of the stadium. This seating is for those in a wheelchair and one person to assist them. There are a limited number of spaces in the reserved seating. There is also ground-level seating on artificial turf with access for wheelchairs on the north end of the stadium.
If a guest prefers to view the ceremony from an air-conditioned venue, the ceremony will be broadcast live in Beck Hall Room 101 if the ceremony is outside.
Commencement in Lund Arena: If the ceremony is moved indoors to Lund Arena, wheelchair seating will be on the main floor of the Arena or in the overflow seating in the Lund Forum.
If other special needs are required, please contact the Marketing and Communication Office by April 15 at 507-933-7520 or firstname.lastname@example.com.