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Can it be that Washington politicians are finally softening their entrenched positions to take the kind of cooperative action the majority of Americans favor? It�s too early to tell, but recent movement on guns and immigration give a faint glimmer of hope.
Can it be that Washington politicians are finally softening their entrenched positions to take the kind of cooperative action the majority of Americans favor? It�s too early to tell, but recent movement on guns and immigration give a faint glimmer of hope.
On Thursday, the Senate voted 68-31 to open debate on President Barack Obama�s proposals to expand background checks for gun buyers, tighten restrictions on gun trafficking and increase funding for school security, Reuters reported.
Although the eventual outcome is uncertain, at least the Senate will debate the idea of expanded background checks favored by at least 85 percent of Americans.
In both the House and Senate, bipartisan groups of lawmakers are working on long overdue immigration reform bills. Political observers say immigration reform has a better chance of passing than new gun control legislation. The reason: movement among Republicans.
According to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, 73 percent of Republicans surveyed say they would support a path to citizenship for those who are here illegally if they are required to pay fines and back taxes and pass security background checks. Without the requirement for fines and security checks, 51 percent of Republicans oppose �path to citizenship� legislation while 47 percent support it, the poll found.
On the other hand, 71 percent of GOP respondents to the poll oppose stricter gun-control laws, including presumably the compromise measure worked out last week by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia and Republican Sen. Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania.
The compromise would expand background checks for gun shows and online sales but would exempt sales between family members. It comes after Republicans threatened a filibuster against bringing gun legislation to the Senate floor for a vote � a move that would have provided political cover for Democrats who would be inclined to vote against expanding background checks.
Whether you are among the majority who favor expanded background checks for firearm purchases or the minority who oppose them, it�s pretty clear that filibustering the bill would have been a raw deal for Republicans and for the nation as a whole. New laws on hot-button issues such as gun control deserve a thorough and open debate in Congress so voters can know where lawmakers really stand when talk gives way to action.
The same is true of federal immigration reform. For more than a decade, it has been glaringly apparent that the system we have is broken. Borders remain porous despite millions of dollars spent on enforcement. Leaders in agriculture, in Henderson County and across the nation, complain that lack of immigration reform at the federal level combined with a patchwork of state laws cracking down on illegal immigrants are contributing to shortages of farm labor.
The legislation now taking shape in the Senate comes in response to calls for a direct path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the country. The bill allows a period of 10 years for the Department of Homeland Security to fortify enforcement while providing �one clear, if difficult� path to citizenship, The New York Times says.
In contrast, the House is working on its own version of immigration reform that could provide three distinct paths. Young immigrants in the country without legal papers and low-skilled agricultural workers would qualify for an expedited road to legal status under the House plan.
In both gun control and immigration, two obvious factors are playing into these incremental moves away from the gridlock. Republicans, chastened by their losses in last year�s election, are finally realizing they cannot remain a viable party without increasing their appeal to minorities, specifically Latino voters. And after President Obama won a second term, it was no longer politically expedient for the Republican Party to spend energy trying to thwart any moves supported by the administration.
No doubt there will be plenty of stalemates to come.
But the movement we see taking shape in Washington offers Americans a glimpse of something they haven�t seen in a long time � a functional government.


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Minnesota's U.S. Senate debate, if it did nothing else, showed the political distance between the two candidates.
Republican challenger Kurt Bills added distance between his views and those of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar Sunday night in their last face-to-face meeting of the campaign.
Neither candidate brought up new issues, but the hour-long debate emphasized their differences.
Bills declared he does not believe in climate change, he supports a tax where everyone pays the same percentage, Klobuchar shows no leadership in the Senate and government gets in the way of middle-class Americans.
Democrat Klobuchar said she wants to keep middle-class tax cuts in place while raising taxes on the rich, that she helped get the Budget Control Act passed, allowing private Social Security investment would be risky and that climate change is real.
The debate, heated at times, came near the end of what has been a mostly quiet campaign, due in part to Bills' inability to raise money.
"If you want less money spent on a campaign, I guess I'm your man," Bills joked in response to a question about the influx of campaign advertising in many races.
Bills raised thousands of dollars, while Klobuchar raised millions, one way the two are far apart. Another way is the distance in polls: Klobuchar's lead has been around 30 percentage points lately.
Federal taxes and the budget highlighted the night, another big difference.
Klobuchar said she worked with Senate Finance Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., to insist to the White House that a budget commission be established. That commission set up $2.2 trillion in spending cuts, some specified and some yet to be decided.
Klobuchar said she will work to get Congress to make specific budget decisions by year's end.
"We support a balanced approach, a mix of revenue … and, yes, reducing spending," she said.
Bills was critical of the Senate, which has not approved a budget in 1,248 days.
"Complete negligence," Bills called the failure to pass a budget.
"My plan is to start over," he said. "We should reboot the tax system."
Bills said a flat tax, where everyone pays the same percentage, would be fair and easy. Klobuchar said it would give the advantage to richer Americans.
The GOP candidate said throughout the debate, and campaign, that government intrudes too much into people's lives. He said the federal government should stay out of private business.
"If there is no private sector left, there will not be funding for our public schools, our infrastructure, our military," Bills said.
A 12-year-old audience member asked the candidates how to make college more affordable.
Bills said the answer is to reduce government's involvement and let the market dictate college loans and influence the courses students take.
Klobuchar, meanwhile, praised a new law that limits how much students need to repay based on income. She said with the new law, "nobody is making money off of students."
Bills is a first-term state representative who also served a term on the Rosemount City Council. He teaches economics at Rosemount High School.
Polls show Klobuchar is the state's most popular politician and she often is mentioned as a potential presidential candidate. She is wrapping up her first six-year Senate term.
The Bills-Klobuchar debate, sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio and hosted by Cathy Wurzer, was just one of many activities during the final weekend of campaign 2012.
GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan rallied 6,500 people at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport Sunday afternoon, the biggest crowd he has attracted during a solo appearance this campaign. Bills was at the event, but was not invited to speak, even though congressmen such as Chip Cravaack were.
Later, former President Bill Clinton made his third Minnesota appearance on behalf of Democrats in a week. His St. Cloud speech followed ones in Minneapolis and Duluth Tuesday.
Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party leaders continued a bus tour of the state, and those against a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage traveled in a recreational vehicle to spread the word.
The two proposed amendments appear close contests, recent polls show. The race between Republican Cravaack and former Democratic U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan also appears close.

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Theme is 'A Festival of Hope.'
GREENCASTLE — The American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Greencastle will kick off Relay 2013 at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, in First United Methodist on North Washington Street.
Anyone interested in forming a Relay team and adding their energy and passion to this life-affirming event is invited to attend.
All returning Relay team captains and co-captains or any other interested Relay participants should also attend.
Team information will be distributed, what's new for 2013 will be announced and light refreshments will be served.
For more information or to register, call 264-6266 or visit: www.relayforlife.org/pagreencastle
The 2013 Relay will be held from 4 p.m. Friday, May 17, to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Greencastle-Antrim High School's Kaley Field.
The theme of this year's Relay, "A Festival of Hope," will showcase the strong, supportive community effort that makes Relay For Life a unique and upbeat event.
In 2012, the community raised more than $280,000 to support research, education, advocacy and patient services while celebrating those touched by cancer and remembering the lives of loved ones lost to the disease.
Families, friends, church members and business associates make up the 70 teams and more than 1,000 individuals who believe that while" fighting cancer is hard ... finding help shouldn't be."


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- Club World Cup
Torres: CWC is an important tournament
Chelsea striker Fernando Torres believes a FIFA Club World Cup winners medal would be just as valuable as the gold he collected when Spain conquered the football world at South Africa 2010.
Torres and his fellow European champions have arrived in Japan hoping to add another major trophy to their collection and he has been quick to talk up the significance of a competition that has rarely been given a high profile in England down the years.
"How many people don't take this tournament seriously, or don't think it is like the real World Cup," asked the 28-year-old. "It is for the clubs. You ask the South American people. David Luiz showed me a video of Corinthians fans at the airport, it was full of fans cheering the team and travelling to Japan to support, so it is important.
"In Europe, maybe we don't give it as much attention, and to some people it might not mean much, but to me it does. So this is not a holiday or a break, this is a World Cup. It's nice to be involved, and maybe to be able to say you are a world champion. The European Super Cup was just as important to us and we lost, so we don't want that disappointment again."
Torres will lead the line for Chelsea in their semi-final clash with Mexican club Monterrey on Thursday with his confidence boosted by four goals in his last two games, yet he is still smarting from the miserable conclusion to the Blues Champions League defence, after they crashed out in the group stages last week.
Admitting that success in the FIFA Club World Cup will only partially heal the heartbreak of that failure, Torres is the first to concede that the fallen kings of Europe have been left deflated by their premature demise.
"Winning this trophy wouldn't make up for the Champions League, they are different things," he told the Chelsea website. "It was a dream to win it last season and we wanted to do it again this time to be the first team to do two in a row, and it's a big disappointment to go out in the group stage, but now we must forget the Champions League, because we are out, and focus on this instead.
"There are not many chances to play in this competition, so we have to take it. Who knows if we will play in another one? We must look forward, we are in a different competition now, the Europa League, and we want to win that too to play in and win another Super Cup."
Meanwhile, stand-in Chelsea captain Petr Cech has talked up the improving mood inside the Blues camp, insisting the negative publicity that surrounded the appointment of new boss Rafael Benitez last month is beginning to disperse.
"The atmosphere is getting better as the results and performances are getting better," he told reporters in Japan. "Results and better performances take this pressure off the team and make the supporters happier. We are on a good road now to changing that atmosphere now.
"It's easy for people from outside to speak about 'drama' at Chelsea, because they just see the games, but football is not about one or two games. It's not about the past, more the present and future and the hard work every day at the training ground.
"You need to have really good analysis of the team and you can only do that if you see the team working on a daily basis. Then you see the situation improving on a daily basis or not."


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Quick baked beans on the fire
Serves 4
Make these baked beans with small white canned beans, bacon, and seasonings. The flavor is light, not cloyingly sweet or over-sauced like commercial canned beans, where sugar is often a main ingredient. Instead of the traditional salt pork, use strips of smoky uncured bacon. Set a cast-iron pot on your stove or over a fire's embers.
|slices bacon, cut into thirds
|small onion, chopped
|cans (about 15 ounces each) small white beans, drained and rinsed
|can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
|tablespoon tomato paste
|tablespoons molasses
|teaspoon English mustard powder
|teaspoons salt
|cup water
1. Heat a deep cast-iron skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat for 1 minute. Add the bacon and cook for 1 minute. Add the onion and cook for 8 minutes, stirring often, or until it softens.
2. Stir in the beans, tomato sauce and paste, molasses, mustard powder, salt, and water until well combined. Bring to a boil.
3. Set a cake rack over the log rack, making sure it is stable. With a fireplace tool, distribute the embers so they form a thin layer. Set the pot on the rack. Cook the beans for 15 minutes or until they are flavorful.
4. Remove the cover and cook, stirring often, 1 minute more. Discard the bacon, taste for seasoning, and add more salt, if you like. Debra Samuels


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Arms & Armour images now available to buy as prints
A selection of glamorous new images of the European arms and armour collection are now available to buy online through Wallace Prints. These images are highlights from our recent extensive European arms & armour photography project, and preview some of the images that will be used in our forthcoming DVD Rom.
Please visit Wallace Prints to order framed and unframed prints of not just arms & armour, but also our entire paintings and miniatures collections - www.wallaceprints.org


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The Digestive System - An Overview
Problems in Prenatal Development of the Digestive Tract
Common Children's Digestive Problems
Problems Affecting the Upper Digestive Tract
Problems Affecting the Lower Digestive Tract
Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders
Digestive disorders can affect both infants and children. These disorders can be simple problems, such as vomiting or diarrhea. Or they can be more serious. Examples of these are birth defects or illnesses like appendicitis.
A healthy digestive system processes the food your child eats. Food contains vitamins, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. These nutrients are vital. They help the body grow, heal, and work as it should.
Vomiting or diarrhea every now and then may cause dehydration. But long-term problems with the digestive system or liver can cause your child to not get the nutrients he or she needs. This can affect his or her physical and mental growth and development.
Some digestive disorders, such as vomiting or diarrhea, may be treated by your child's health care provider. Other times, your child's health care provider may refer you to a doctor who specializes in children's digestive and liver disorders. This specialist is known as a pediatric gastroenterologist..


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I told you yesterday I was working on a Jay Feely column for the newspaper.
Well, the interesting column is up on the website.
So why is a column on Miami's kicker interesting?
Couple of reasons. First, Jay Feely is much more than just a kicker. He sees himself as something of a team leader, as a locker room spokesman and perspective guy, and as a valuable player.
One cannot argue the valuable player thing. Check out the 2007 NFL stats for field goal kicking and they reveal Feely was among the league's best. But that is not the reason he's under the microscope with the Dolphins.
Seems that his kickoff average is a concern and his average for the number of interviews and times he speaks out is a bigger concern for the team. The Dolphins want the guy to "keek ball, get check," and that's it. (Peronally, it was a shock for me to learn Fidel freakin' Castro resides at the Dolphins training facility.)
I asked Feely outright on Sunday if he had been told by the new administration to basically zip it with the media. I knew the answer already but wanted to hear it from him. Feely was straight with me. He said, "Yes..."
Amazing. But not unique.
I've covered a lot of players and teams that were at odds over how the players dealt with the media and how the team wanted them to deal with the media. Trace Armstrong, who I consider a friend, was forever under the gun when Jimmy Johnson became coach because ... well, because Armstrong had a mind.
Don Shula tolerated Mark Clayton because the receiver was outstanding. But the minute Clayton lost a step, Shula ushered him out and brought in Irving Fryar because Clayton's mouth was a pain for the coach.
I compare Feely's situation to that of Armstrong. The problem Feely encounters is a kicker is a lot easier to replace than a pass-rushing savant, which Armstrong was for a few years.
Anyway, the whole scenario raises a couple of questions.
1. Can Feely stop being himself to save his job?
I imagine a guy that bright feels like he's got a lot to add. But a guy that bright also has to realize it is better to be employed than not. So I assume he will try to dial back on his public opinions and spokesmanship. It won't be easy for him.
Example: Team brass noticed that Feely was the only player who asked a question of Ari Fleischer Sunday after the former White House Press Secretary finished a 45-minute presentation on how to deal with the media.
It's not a bad thing that Feely asked a question, in my opinion. But apparently there were eyebrows raised among Miami brass that Feely felt compelled to step up despite previously being told to step back.
The question apparently didn't help Feely, either. He asked how to he might go about defending the organization on issues he might not agree with.
"What I told Jay was, and I get that question a lot," Fleischer said, "is I worked for three congressmen, one senator and one president. They ran on their issues. I'm a staffer. I cannot possibly agree with 100 percent of what they espouse ..."
Fleischer apparently put it in terms Feely, who is interested in politics, could relate with. He compared the player's situation with a political party member that doesn't buy into every plank of his party's platform.
"... You don't have to believe every single thing your party stands for," Fleischer said. "But you have to believe in your party and your people ..."
The second issue raised by this situation is what the Dolphins do in picking a kicker. Do they go with the best player, with no regard for how/when/why that player talks to the media? Or do they allow those factors to have bearing on the decision?
Feely expects to make Miami's decision a difficult one. He told me he expected to be the NFL's best kicker this year.
So what do you think will happen?


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Moon and Jupiter
ASTRONAUTS: Hey! There is orange soil. It's all over. Orange! Hey, it is! I can see it from here! It's orange! Crazy.
Apollo 17 astronauts Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan got a little excited when they stumbled on a patch of bright orange soil while hopping across the lunar surface in December of 1972. It was the only splotch of color in the otherwise gray landscape.
And now, that same soil has gotten planetary scientists a little excited, too. A recent analysis found that it contains a lot of water. Combined with observations by robotic spacecraft, the finding shows that the Moon is a lot wetter than anyone had expected just a few years ago.
That's an exciting prospect for future lunar explorers, because water is a precious resource. But it's a bit of a scary prospect for lunar scientists, because it makes it tougher to explain how the Moon was born.
The leading theory says the Moon coalesced from the debris from a powerful collision between Earth and another planet-sized body. But that scenario should have left the Moon high and dry. The Moon could have picked up some water from impacts by comets and asteroids, but not as much as the study of the orange soil suggests. The theory of the "giant impact" isn't dead, but it'll need some tweaking.
The Moon rises after midnight tonight, with the planet Jupiter trailing behind it. Jupiter looks like a brilliant star. We'll talk about one of its moons tomorrow.
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In recognition of initiatives such as the Graduate School of Social Work's Social Innovation and Leadership Program and Lab, Boston College has been named a Changemaker Campus by Ashoka, a global association of leading social entrepreneurs.
The Changemaker designation recognizes colleges and universities that "have embedded social innovation as a core value" and built "supportive environments for changemaking across the entire institution – from admissions through the curriculum, career services, all the way to community and alumni engagement."
Boston College is the first university internationally to launch a social innovation program from within a graduate school of social work rather than a business or technological school. As Ashoka notes, "Boston College not only provides students the opportunity to become changemakers through its Social Innovation and Leadership master's degree, but also invites traditional service agencies and community organizations to build social innovation capacity by participating in BC's Social Innovation Lab."
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Union has been a huge supporter for the BlackBerry PlayBook for quite a while now, pushing out new games every month. This time around it was Dark Nebula which is a simple game of getting the orb to the finish line.
The entire game is controlled using the PlayBook's gyroscope, and it works very well. You tilt your device forward, backwards and side to side to guide your orb through the battlefield of Dark Nebula.
Throughout the game you encounter buffs such as speed, jumping and a shield to protect your orb from the dangerous world. Be careful guiding that Orb of yours because some area's don't have walls to help, and you'll fall awaiting a smash to the ground.
For $1.99 its a fun time waster, but I was hoping for a couple more levels. Most levels can be completed within a couple of minutes. If your interested in a motion game that controls extremely well on the PlayBook, then Dark Nebula is a game for you.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Bono hailed Americans for re-electing President Barack Obama but reminded them of the dire consequences that lie ahead because of the economy.
The U2 frontman touched on the relationship between politics and extreme poverty Monday night in his keynote speech during the Global Social Enterprise Initiative at Georgetown University, after acknowledging Obama's victory over challenger Mitt Romney last week.
"Congratulations are in order not just for turning out in record numbers — and forgetting politics for a minute — but for electing an extraordinary man as president," Bono said of Obama. "I think you have to say that whatever your political tradition."
Bono went on to joke about attack ads, imitate former President Bill Clinton, compare punk rock to world history, forecast a potentially dark future and warn Georgetown's students that a recession might rob them of their chance to make their mark on the world.
The 52-year-old Irish singer, a self-styled "evidence-based activist," warned that economic decisions being debated in America could have devastating consequences for the extreme poor. He referred to the impending "fiscal cliff," the year-end expiration of tax cuts Americans have had for a decade and other budget realities some fear may restart the recession and cost millions more their jobs.
Bono warned that fiscal decisions should not cost lives lost through lack of medical treatment or other aid.
"Cuts can cost the lives of the poorest of the poor," he said. "It shouldn't be a hard case to make, but it is right now. In the halls of Congress, the Senate, maybe here in Healy Hall. But I put it to you we must not let this economic recession become a moral recession. That would become a double cruelty."
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Total time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Servings: 6
Note: From Russ Parsons
1/2 pound chestnuts
1 pound Brussels sprouts
2 slices thick-cut bacon
1 shallot, minced
3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
Freshly ground black pepper
1. Roast the chestnuts: Heat the oven to 350 degrees. With a small knife, score the chestnuts with an "X" on the flat side of the shell. Roast them on a baking sheet until the shells curl and darken where they have been scored, 25 to 30 minutes.
2. Remove the chestnuts from the oven and immediately cover them with a towel that has been soaked in ice water and wrung out. When the chestnuts are just cool enough to handle, peel away the shells and the thin skin covering the chestnut meat. Cut the chestnuts in quarters and set aside.
3. Trim the Brussels sprouts: Cut off the hard surface of the stem; remove any loose or yellowing leaves and cut a deep "X" in the base to allow the heat to penetrate to the center.
4. In a vegetable steamer, steam the Brussels sprouts, tightly covered, until they are just beginning to become tender, 6 to 7 minutes. They should still be slightly crisp at the center and bright green. Remove from the heat and set aside. (The dish can be made to this point up to 2 days in advance and the chestnuts and Brussels sprouts refrigerated tightly sealed.)
5. Cut the bacon crosswise into thin strips. In a dry medium skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until the strips have rendered their fat and browned, about 6 to 8 minutes. Add the minced shallot and cook until it softens, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the red wine vinegar and cook until it is reduced by half, about 1 1/2 minutes.
6. Add the Brussels sprouts and chestnuts to the skillet and toss to coat with the deglazed juices. Season to taste with one-fourth teaspoon salt and a pinch of black pepper and, if necessary, a little more red wine vinegar (the acidity pulls the flavors into focus). Serve immediately.
Each serving: 106 calories; 4 grams protein; 19 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams fiber; 2 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 3 mg. cholesterol; 198 mg. sodium.


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Virtual Families Review
Oh my god, the stove is on fire! What do you do? What do you do!? Quickly, dig the doorknob out of the sandbox, take it to the shed, use it fix the door, open the door to the shed, find the fire extinguisher, take it to the kitchen and put the fire out. Whew! That was easy, wasn't it?
For a game that is supposed to simulate real life, Virtual Families (the latest in the Virtual Villagers series) sometimes makes very little sense. However, the nonsense is annoying instead of whimsical.
Virtual Families has you help your little people negotiate the daily grind of a suburban, home-bound existence. You begin by choosing your character which, unlike in other life simulation games like The Sims, you do not get to customize. You must instead choose your character from a list of predesigned little people. This takes a lot of the fun out of it.
Once chosen, your character is then placed in a spacious house, which they both live and work in. Like medieval serfs, they cannot leave their estate. You drag them around the house and yard, making them do chores, bathe, etc.
Can't we eat out at a restaurant? We haven't left the house in thirty years.
Some of the tasks, like pulling weeds, are very straightforward, requiring you to place your little person on the desired object and let them figure out what needs to be done with it. Other tasks, like putting out oven fires, are not quite so easy.
In addition to micromanaging the tasks your little person performs, you must run their personal life. Marriage proposals start coming to your character by e-mail almost immediately (just like in real life?). Once you choose a suitable mate for them, the following message appears on your screen:
'How exciting '" a new marriage! Hopefully they are a good fit for each other and will make a beautiful family together. Let's get started on that and make a baby. Drag the adult male onto the adult female or vice versa.'
When you drag the characters together, if they are 'in the mood' they will begin to do a strange dance that causes a baby to appear. The adult female will then carry the baby around until it reaches toddlerhood, completely excluding the male from all child-related tasks and putting him in a sort of sperm-donor role. Unfortunately, this odd mating ritual is the only type of social interaction that the little people can really perform.
This game lacks much of the personalization and creativity of other life simulation games, like the The Sims. In Virtual Families you can't design your person or choose their career. You also can't design your home, but you can buy certain items for it like a swimming pool or pinball machine. A greater degree of customization would have made the game much more fun.
Additionally, the little people can only perform the kind of dreary tasks most people play video games to get away from. Your character is home-bound and can only do things related to the home like cooking, cleaning, and checking e-mail.
Quiet, everyone! The O'Reilly Factor is family hour!
Your little characters continue performing these humdrum chores even when you are not playing the game, which can be problematic. You can go to sleep with mom, dad and baby all happy, only to wake up and find that baby has grown up and moved out, while mom and dad have retired and have made a mess of the house.
These virtual people are rather dimwitted, and tend to break things and make a mess when you are not watching them (i.e. when your phone is off). This means most of the time you spend playing is devoted to making them happy again, building their health and energy levels back up and repairing the house.
Earlier Virtual Villagers games were more interesting, giving you an island to play with rather than just a modern home. This game is different than those that came before, but it is by no means better. Unless you absolutely love these kinds of games, try one of the others in this series instead.


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Like any organization in dire need of a change of process, this hire should at least do that. Infuse a new view, cut emotional ties to prior decisions and turn the page.
I hope he is the guy and he definitely deserves our support.
So his troll buddy writes a story attacking Rex on a Thursday
Rex responds to it on a Friday.
Myers attacks Rex for his response in a column immediately following that Friday.
Could it be any more transparent that these NYDNTMZ guys are not fair minded journalists?
Like any organization in dire need of a change of process, this hire should at least do that. Infuse a new view, cut emotional ties to prior decisions and turn the page.
I hope he is the guy and he definitely deserves our support.
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I'll be first to say that two years ago I was right there with everyone else ripping 'ol dick semeni apart for his Jet Bashing nonsense.
However, the guy has tempered much of his crap this year and actual was readable IMHO.
There are definitely much more knowledgable writers, but dick was ok this year ... I year when piling on would have been the easiest way to make a buck, he chose not to do that.
Anyway .. I feel like a lot of guys here establish an opinion and don't deviate regardless of the situation on the ground.
When I read threads like this, I have to remind myself that at least 60% of the Jets fans on this discussion forum have never known the team to be anything other than a playoff contender. Anyone under the age of 30 only knows the Jets post-Parcells, and that means averaging 9 wins per season for 15 seasons when we have a healthy starting quarterback.
Rich Cimini, Gary Myers, Mark Cannizaro, Steve Serby, Mike Lupica, and Mike Francesa have been covering this team since the early 1980s. Not only do they know a thing or two about our team, but unlike all of these newb 'writers' with their blogs they have deep connections to the NFL and the Jets as a franchise.
What many of you view as negativity is, in fact, truth. These guys are not piling on the Jets, they just know a thing or two about what's going on. In fact, I challenge any of you to copy and paste an article from any of these writers during the past 15 years where they were flat out wrong. I'd be surprised if you could even come up with one or two articles out of the thousands that these Jets experts have written that weren't correct.
Well...here we are, 2013 , perhaps one home playoff game in what 15 years?
Some posters take a universally negative opinion on new moves before a single front office move, playcall or down.
As posted in another thread:
Since 1997, the year Parcells took over, as my starting year.
i.e. The "New" Era of the New York Jets.
In that period, the Jets rank 12th in the NFL in Wins with 134.
In our Division, Pats are obvious at #1 with 178
Miami are 18th with 127
Buffalo is 25th with 109
Over the same period, playoff games, the Jets are 9th in total playoff games (14) and 9th in playoff game wins (7 wins)
In our Division, again, Pats obvious #1 with 26 playoff games and #1 with 18 wins.
Miami are 18th with 9 playoff games (only 3 wins, ranking 21st)
Buffalo is 31st, with 2 playoff games (and no wins, ranking last in the NFL)
i.e. in Wins and playoffs, the Jets are (since 1997) a fringe Top 10 NFL Franchise.
Yes, you read that right.
The self-flaggelating Same Old Jets Fan is overdone. We're not the Jets of the 70's, the early and lte 80's or the early 90's, which WAS a joke of a franchise most of that time, which was a losing franchise most of that time, which was not exactly competative most of that time.
The entire modern era of the Jets, over 15 years now, we are a very competative, top 10 NFL Franchise.
Put simply, while we havn't won a Super Bowl as yet, there is no automatic curse that bars us from it, nor are we a dregs of the league with no chance to get near success such as it.
A healthy cynicism is all well and good. Overdoing it, and over stating it, for effect and attention is just boring. No one wants to hang out with the guy wallowing in his own self-pity and negativity for 40+ years....
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Doesn't mean I have to stay silent over Bullhsit moves like Tebow, Braylon, Vlad, etc.....
Great teams are not by accident. they repeat. PATS, GIANTS, PITT etc...
What some of these all-knowing fans forget to say is that for decades the PATRIOTS were considered AFL/NFL jokes. The Gi-aints were more popular in NE then they were! The Steelers were the subject of many jokes. The 49ers were also losers for years. Then one day it all changed for them! If it happend for them , why not us? Now I am sure the negative nellies will have some snide remarks to say but I firmly believe it will happen! I just hope I live long enough to see it! But I will never stop being a Jets fan nor will I make a jerk out of myself with constant negativity under the guise of being realistic.
Cimini also thought that the Jets should have hired Jerry Angelo, that would have been a good move by Cimini's standards.
Over last 20 seasons, 20th in Wins, 12th in playoff games. Low end of mediocre over 20 seasons.
Last 10 seasons, 19th in Wins, 9th in playoff games. Low end of mediocre over 10 seasons.
Last 5 seasons, 13th in Wins, 6th in playoff games. High end of mediocre over 5 seasons.
6 of the 14 playoff games over the last 20 years were in 2 seasons, and that was boosted by the fact that they can't ever get a bye.
How's this for a stat: 7 home playoff games over the last 45 years, 2nd worst of all teams that have been around that long, behind only the Lions. Here are some teams that have more home playoff games in their history than the Jets: CIN, NO, CLE, SEA.
In the last 25 seasons, the Jets are tied for the fewest home playoff games (2) among all NFL teams with Detroit and Houston -- a team that came into the league in 2002.
I have had season tickets for 13 seasons and have been to 1 home playoff game, half as many as a similar Jaguars fan.
Not good.
I'm a fan, I'm bought in for 60 years of my life, I'm a season ticket holder, you know the drill.
But there are some offseasons that make you feel good and some offseasons that make you feel bad. This one is all-time bad. Because it's not just the roster getting older and needing rebuilding. I'm good with that. In retrospect, we've had a good 15 year run, a legit chance to do something. Sucks that we didn't, but we were a good team for many many years.
The issue isn't the roster, isn't a 2-3 year rebuild. The issue is that our owner isn't thinking rationally and set a whole set of wheels in motion when he fired the GM, retained the HC, created a lame-duck situation, made us the last franchise that any GM candidate would want to work for, became the only franchise to eschew a personnel-first guy and went after a cap-first guy.
So, yeah, I will support the team. But no, I can't be optimistic about the team. Those can be two separate things, and a feeling I haven't had to have since the Kotite days. I want us to win, but I know we won't. I want the new guy to succeed, but I know he can't in this situation.
I wish and hope for the best, but I know it won't end well. It seems that some fans can project positivity, that's cool. I just can't yet. As a Jets fan, haven't been in that hopeless situation since 1996.


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ST. CHARLES – Adam Eck and Mike Boehmer combined to pitch a shutout and St. Charles East found a way to manufacture runs against a tough pitcher Monday.
The Saints opened the Phil Lawler Summer Classic tournament with a 4-0 victory over Yorkville (10-17-1).
Eck (2-3) started the game on the mound for the Saints and did not allow a hit during the first four innings.
"He was wonderful. His last four starts have been great," East coach Len Asquini said. "[He was] just ahead of the count on everybody, forcing them to hit his pitch."
Eck, a senior left-hander, allowed only a pair of singles in five innings of work. He walked three and struck out seven.
"I had a lot of rest coming into this [game]," Eck said. "My arm felt good. I was able to throw strikes most of the time. I had confidence in my defense."
Yorkville starter Kyle Shimp, also a southpaw, didn't allow a hit until Erik Anderson led off the bottom of the fourth inning with a hit to right.
"He had a lot of movement on his pitches," Anderson said. "He had a good curve coming into a lot of our lefty hitters. It was nice because we had a good long hitting session before the game that helped me a lot."
Anderson had a pair of hits and also drove in East's first run of the game with a first-inning sacrifice fly to center after the Saints (15-13-1) loaded the bases on a pair of walks and an error.
East added three insurance runs in the fifth with singles by Anderson and Austin Rees and a couple of hit batters. Ben Smith delivered an RBI sacrifice fly in the inning.
"We knew coming in we were going to have our hands full with [Shimp] and he lived up to his billing," Asquini said. "He's very good. Our lefties were having some trouble with his curveball because it was coming right at their hips then moving right on over for strikes."
Shimp allowed three hits over five innings. He walked three (all in the first inning) and struck out six.
"Kyle was a little wild," Yorkville coach Scott Luken said. "In some cases, he was effectively wild. Unfortunately, a couple walks and a couple hit batsmen ended up hurting us."
Shimp had to leave the game after Boehmer hit him in the head with a pitch in the top of the sixth. The ball appeared to hit Shimp near his left ear. He lay on the ground for several minutes afterward while Luken checked him for signs of a concussion. As a precautionary measure, a parent transported him to a nearby medical facility for further evaluation.
Boehmer did not allow the incident to rattle him. He retired the next four hitters in a row to earn a save. He struck out two, walked none, and did not allow a hit.
"He did a really nice job of keeping his composure," Asquini noted. "All in all, I was really happy with the way we played. Defensively, we picked it up. Both those guys pitched very, very well and I thought offensively we had great approaches and at-bats. We weren't swinging at a lot of junk and stuff out of the zone. We made him work for his outs."


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Student Leaders Discuss College Readiness Issues at the Legislature
GEAR UP Day at the Legislature, January 13University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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What obstacles do teens face when preparing for college? What are schools doing to increase the number of students moving on to a post secondary education? And just how many students actually attend college after high school? Over 70 students and counselors from 18 public high schools statewide will answer these questions and voice their concerns about college readiness and access issues during GEAR UP Day at the Legislature on January 13.
Participating students are leaders of college prep clubs sponsored by GEAR UP Hawaiʻi, a federal grant charged with the task of increasing the number of low-income students who are prepared for college. GEAR UP, which stands for Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs, is the single largest college prep program in Hawaiʻi, serving over 5,600 high school students statewide.
Governor Linda Lingle will welcome the students at 9:30 a.m. in the Capitol auditorium. The day will continue with a capitol tour, legislative appointments and end with an informational briefing, from 1 to 2 p.m. The briefing is sponsored by Senator Norman Sakamoto, Education and Military Affairs Chair and Representative Roy Takumi, Education Chair.
For more information about GEAR UP Hawaiʻi, visit http://gearup.hawaii.edu or call 956-3879 or toll free at 866-808-GEAR (4327).
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Track Team Will Conclude Its Season in Boston
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale women's track and field team will take a select contingent to Boston this weekend to compete in the ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center. After a slightly disappointing eighth-place finish at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships last weekend, the Bulldogs are looking to rebound, focus on running their best times and head into the outdoor season with their heads high.
Junior Nihal Kayali, who is qualified to compete in the 1,000-meter run and the one mile run, commented on the transition between the two races: "ECACs is an opportunity for us to leave the strategic running of Heps behind us, where our primary concern is placing rather than running personal bests, and instead to try to run some fast times," she said.
Kayali is currently ranked the highest of any Bulldog in a track event in the pre-ECAC qualifications. She has clocked the 19th-fastest time out of 98 athletes in the 1,000-meter run. She ran 2:49.67 in the event at the Terrier Invitational to record a personal best last month. Sophomore Sarah Barry has the 50th-fastest time in the event (2:53.82) and junior Annelies Gamble has qualified with the 90th-best time (2:55.86). Barry was fifth overall in the event last year.
Gamble is usually an 800-meter specialist in outdoor track, and has qualified to compete in that event this weekend. Her recent season best of 2:10.23 at Heps is good for the 24th spot on the list of ECAC qualifiers. Last year, she placed fifth in the ECAC final for the 800-meter run in 2:11.39.
Kayali is also qualified in the one mile run; her season best of 4:49.96 is the 31st-fastest of all ECAC qualifiers and the best of the Bulldog squad. Her personal best of 4:45.04, from last season, would place her 20th on the list. Barry joins her on that list, with a 4:50.56 that is the 50th-fastest time posted this season. There is less than a second separating Kayali and Barry, indicating the large number of athletes who have similar times. This foreshadows a close race this weekend, though not everyone who has qualified will choose to compete. Adding to the excitement, the ECAC has a deep field in the event, boasting three of the nine athletes who have met the automatic qualification for the NCAA Championship meet. Last year, Kayali won the event in 4:47.68.
Yale will also have ample representation in the two distance events. Four Bulldogs have qualified in the 3,000-meter run and three have qualified in the 5,000-meter run. Senior Lindsey Raymond has the best time of the Bulldogs with the 9:35.49 that she turned in at Heps last weekend, which is the 39th-fastest qualification. Junior Elizabeth Marvin ran 9:45.02 at Heps, which is the 66th-fastest time, freshman Kira Garry (94th) ran 9:51.40 and sophomore Liana Epstein (136th) qualified with 9:57.57 (after conversion for track size).
Marvin, Raymond and Garry also have the option to compete in the 5,000-meter run. At the Terrier Invitational, Marvin ran a season-best 16:56.03 (37th), Raymond finished in 17:03.07 (45th) and Garry crossed the line in 17:03.52 (48th). Last year, Marvin competed as a member of the distance medley relay team that placed third overall.
Sophomore Emily Urciuoli is the only Bulldog to qualify in an event other than a middle distance or distance race. She will compete in the pole vault, having cleared the 19th-best height of all ECAC qualifiers (along with three other athletes). She cleared 3.75m (12'3.5") for the first time in her collegiate career at the Yale Giegengack Invitational earlier this month, and will hope to have a repeat performance this weekend. Ivy champion Tory Worthen of Princeton has the highest seed in the event at 4.12m.
Additionally, Yale has qualified teams in the 4x400-meter relay (40th), the 4x800-meter relay (20th) and the distance medley relay (16th).
Kayali said she thinks the team has the potential to do great things this weekend: "Our team has the drive and desire that is required to turn things around, and I am unbelievably excited to see what we can do outdoors. Even since December we have seen a number of our competitors improve substantially and have seen a handful come back strong from injuries, and if we continue along this trajectory of improvement I fully believe that better results await us," Kayali said.
"The Reggie Lewis Center is a great facility and we're all looking forward to competing there this weekend," she added.
The ECAC Championship meet will follow a typical championship schedule, with Saturday comprising mostly preliminary and semi-final heats, although the final of the 5,000-meter run will also be contested on Saturday at 3:35 p.m. The one mile run will have trials at 1:40 p.m., the 800-meter run will have trials at 2:50 p.m. and the trials of the 1,000-meter run will be contested at 3:05 p.m. Final heats will occur on Sunday, and the pole vault will begin at 11:00 a.m. The 3,000-meter run final will start at 2:40 p.m. A full schedule, along with meet information, can be found here. Results will be posted on www.ecacsports.org and www.yalebulldogs.com when they are available at the conclusion of each day's events.
Report by Natalie Villa '13, Yale Sports Publicity


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A delectable recipe for Sugar Donut Muffins. A soft and tender cake muffin with a crusty coating of sugar on the outside that will melt in your mouth like a little bite of heaven.
They fast became a favorite at the very moment I bit into them for the first time, still warm…donut muffins are my new BFF. Best Friends Forever. I can't rave enough over them. They're insanely good. And totally addicting.
I made mini muffins out of them so the sugar coating would be a part of each and every bite. I made four different coatings: plain sugar, cinnamon sugar, powdered sugar, and coconut. I had a hard time getting the coconut to stick, my favorites were the sugar and cinnamon sugar.
The sugar surrounds the fluffy sweet insides with this thin, crispy coating that is akin to biting into a cake doughnut, only better.
Indescribably, undeniably better.
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 tsp baking power
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup milk (low fat is fine)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar, for rolling
The possibilities for toppings and fillings are endless. I'd love to make a toasted coconut one with a glaze or an apple-filled crumb or a maple glazed bacon walnut version. What kind would you make?
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"I am under time constraints so cannot spend too much time learning all of Arduinos functions."
When you said PWM is that comparable to 'fading'?
I was under the impression to use an AnalogWrite for that function rather than a DigitalWrite.
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Clifford's Big Idea: Believe in Yourself Emily Elizabeth writes a fan letter to her favorite pop star and discovers - with the help of Mr. Bleakman - that sometimes wishes do come true. (Literacy episode.) HOORAY FOR CLEO - Clifford's Big Idea: Be Honest Cleo withholds information and makes everyone think she's a beachball playing star.
Visit the Website: http://www.pbs.org/clifford/
Episode #202 / Length: 28 minutes


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CRYSTAL LAKE – A Crystal Lake man accused of pointing a gun at his roommate during an argument will appear in court early next month.
Derek Radesky, 22, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a shine flasher, and unlawful possession of a firearm on Sept. 27. All three charges are misdemeanors.
Radesky was in the garage of his home in the 1200 block of Walnut Glen Drive at around 3 a.m. when he engaged in a verbal argument with his roommate, according to police. He later went to his vehicle, pulled out a handgun with a laser sight, and pointed it at the man.
The gun was found unloaded when police arrived, but ammunition was located nearby, according to Cmdr. Derek Hyrkas of the Crystal Lake Police Department. It is unknown what the two men were arguing about.
No shots were fired, and there were no injuries during the incident.
Radesky legally owned the weapon.
He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 6.


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Malted Milk Brownies
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons Carnation malted milk powder
1 stick plus 6 tablespoons butter softened
1 3/4 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup malted milk balls (like Whoppers ) coarsely chopped in a food processor
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt and Carnation malted milk powder together.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and brown sugar on medium speed until completely combined. Scrape down the bowl, add the eggs and vanilla, and beat until combined.
Add the flour mixture in two batches until just combined. Add the malted milk balls, chocolate chips and walnuts and beat until just combined, about 10 seconds. The mixture will be thick. Turn the mixture out into the prepared pan and use an offset spatula to spread it evenly.
Bake in the center of the oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the blondie comes out clean.
Transfer to a wire rack and let cool for 20 minutes.
Cut into bars, serve with hot fudge sauce or plain.
38 comments
- alison said...
looks delicious,very ,very tempting!
- December 18, 2010 at 12:47 AM
- Angie's Recipes said...
Excellent brownies! I love the hot fudge sauce.
- December 18, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- Ruth said...
These look incredible! Another recipe to die for!
- December 18, 2010 at 5:37 AM
- denise @ quickies on the dinner table said...
You have the most incredible brownie recipes Claudia!!
- December 18, 2010 at 5:59 AM
- Tania said...
I'm drooling over that picture!
- December 18, 2010 at 6:33 AM
- Melynda said...
Another OMG! recipe, I love anything malted. "bookmarked" Thanks.
- December 18, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- My Little Space said...
This looks simply delicious! Yummm... Thanks for sharing.
- December 18, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Indonesian In Turkey said...
Looks yummy Claudia ! I wish I can have some.. :D
- December 18, 2010 at 8:55 AM
- ARLENE said...
My only problem with these is I don't know if I'd have enough malted milk balls to make them after I got done popping them in my mouth. I do love those candies!
- December 18, 2010 at 9:03 PM
- Pretty. Good. Food. said...
Ooooh, sounds so yummy!
- December 19, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- Foodessa said...
Claudia...you seem to look like your in great shape...so how the heck do you manage with all these scrumptious temptations you keep baking?
Delicious ingredients and great pic ;0)
Ciao for now,
- December 19, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- Sandra said...
YUM!You did fantastic job making me hungry for some more sweets LOL! Nicely done!
- December 19, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- Kim Kelly said...
Oh my goodness that photo is amazing!! I love malted milk but haven't used it in years. love it!
- December 19, 2010 at 11:20 PM
- Diethood.com said...
These brownies look and sound delicious! Great job! Thank you for sharing.
- December 20, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Anne@frommysweetheart said...
Wow, Claudia! These are gorgeous! That picture, especially with the chocolate drizzle, is so inviting! Bookmarked and buzzed! : )
- July 22, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- Ann said...
These look absolutely incredible! My grandson informed me the other day that Malted Milk Balls were his favorite candy!!
- July 23, 2011 at 12:11 AM
- redkathy said...
I think brownies are my all time favorite dessert. These look amazing Claudia! Funny thing, this post was on the top of my foodbuzz activity yet it's dated 7/18. Wonder whats up with that??
- July 23, 2011 at 12:56 AM
- Free Spirit Eater said...
These look and sound AMAZING! Wow! I could use some midnight malted milk brownies, great recipe, when my oven is working again I look forward to trying them. Thanks for sharing! =]
- July 23, 2011 at 1:48 AM
- Shelby said...
I love malt flavor - when I was a little girl and we made the rare trip to Dairy Queen - I always ordered the chocolate malt shake!
- July 23, 2011 at 6:05 AM
- Tina @flourtrader said...
Malt flavor in a brownie-how delicious these bars must be! That pic is very tempting. I have saved this recipe-I love malt.
- July 23, 2011 at 7:38 AM
- marla {family fresh cooking} said...
All of that gooey chocolate is unstoppable!
- July 23, 2011 at 9:06 AM
- Parsley Sage said...
Awesome 'malt' dessert!
- July 23, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Joy said...
The brownies look great.
- July 23, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- The Farmers Wife said...
Oooo... Yes please!! I'll take a whole pan to stuff my face with!!! hehe! They look dangerously good...
- July 23, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Roz from 'la bella vita' said...
These look and sound outrageous.....sweet, gooey and delicious!
- July 23, 2011 at 8:58 PM
- Cookin' Canuck said...
Okay, I'm not a big fan of malted milk balls, but these look so darn good!
- July 24, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Lizzy said...
Gorgeous brownies, Claudia! They must taste amazing~
- July 24, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Kelly @ Eat Yourself Skinny said...
Wow these look incredibly delicious!! Great recipe!!! :)
- July 24, 2011 at 8:43 PM
- Curt said...
Oh boy, my first thought was; if that has powdered malt in it, I'm going to have to try it.
- July 24, 2011 at 8:58 PM
- Andrea @ From the Bookshelf said...
These look terrific!
- July 25, 2011 at 10:48 AM
- TheChocolatePriestess said...
Do you need to store the powdered milk in the frig?
- July 25, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- Kate@Diethood said...
I want to be in your kitchen right next to you ... I'll eat and you'll cook...ok? :)
- July 25, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- Skylar Wolfe said...
And you just had to add the drizzle over the top to slay me. It looks so good!
- July 25, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- briarrose said...
Chocolate sauce and malt flavor...what a great brownie. Definite happy making. ;)
- July 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM
- Simona said...
nice to meet you .i have just have a look to your blog and i like it endeed these brownes are dekicious simmy
- July 26, 2011 at 10:53 PM
- Magic of Spice said...
These are just wonderful! Look at all of this chocolate goodness :)
- July 27, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- Cajun Chef Ryan said...
I love malt in shakes, and on "Sand Storm" desserts, bet the malt powder added to these brownies is amazing!
Bon appetit!
- August 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- MM said...
Saw these at Drick's tailgating party. That lovely pool of chocolate on the plate is calling my name.
- October 18, 2011 at 9:49 AM


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An ordinance introduced by Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly president Gary Knopp seeks to add another term to the current term limits on assembly members and redefine just what constitutes a term.
Ordinance 2011-24, introduced on June 7 and up for public hearing at the assembly's next meeting on July 5, will limit assembly members to serving three full terms, an increase from the current two terms.
If the ordinance passes the assembly, it will then need to go before borough voters in October for a final decision.
Knopp said before the assembly's Tuesday meeting that he considered two terms "the wrong number."
"Three terms is the right number and that is what I am asking the voters to consider on a ballot question," he said.
Currently, assembly members are limited to two terms, with the definition of a term being any or all of a three-year term, borough attorney Colette Thompson said.
In addition to asking voters for an increase in the number of terms to three consecutive terms, the ordinance will also ask voters to redefine a term to be a full three years.
"What that means is that if someone serves a portion of a term, they could serve that in addition to the three, three-year terms," Thompson said.
Current term limits were established in 2007 and approved again in 2009 as a result of a citizen initiative driven by the Alliance of Concerned Taxpayers.
"The assembly does not like term limits — they are just like every other body and they just don't like term limits on them," said Mike McBride, a member of ACT's board of directors. "It is OK on the administration, but it is not OK on them."
Citizen initiatives are guaranteed a two-year protection period where the assembly can't pass an ordinance affecting the voters' decision, or doing away with the ordinance.
Protection for the 2009 term limit initiative expires on Oct. 13 this year. Thompson said amendments would likely be offered from the assembly to set an effective date sometime after Oct. 13, if it passes through the assembly.
McBride said the results of both elections in 2007 and 2009 lead he and other ACT members to believe the voters want the current term limit structure limited at two terms.
"And that's what the people want," he said. "Again, the assembly is saying that they want to increase that to three terms and I think what they are doing is they are going to trick the public into thinking they are passing term limits, when in reality, nobody will ever be term-limited out again because the public will pass it thinking that they are voting for term limits … but before we get close to nine years, guess what, it is going to go away — they are going to repeal it."
He said ACT members would be opposing the measure at the assembly's July 5 meeting.
Knopp said he was in favor of the idea of term limits and stressed he was "not trying to undo term limits."
But, he thinks the current structure needs work to make assembly members as effective as possible.
"My take on it is that you spend the first three years simply learning the job," he said. "The second term you have established some credibility, you know how things work, you are starting to get things down and you have built some rapport with your assembly members and the public and more importantly even elected officials in Juneau and Washington D.C. as you are trying to move legislation. So, you are kind of at your prime there."
The third term would allow members to still be effective while preparing to step away from public service.
"But if you are getting tired after nine years — it is probably time to move on," he said.
There are also a number of other reasons Knopp said he considers the ordinance to be worthy of consideration.
"With the new (Alaska Public Offices Commission) reporting requirements, people just will not sign up to fill these positions for no more compensation than what is there," he said. "It is not about the compensation, don't get me wrong, but with the burden of trying to fill out that public disclosure form, people are not interested.
"If you get candidates that are sitting up here and are familiar with that and are willing to serve a third term, you should by all means encourage them to do so."
The ordinance will also redefine the amount of time assembly members must sit out before running for election again from three years to 180 days. Knopp said in most cases candidates will have to sit out a full term to run again anyway, unless the candidate moves to a different district.
He said the shorter period would help in case a resident needed to be appointed to fill a vacant seat.
"It could be that your out-going candidate is the best choice, but by making him wait three years, he is not even an option to be reconsidered and he may be the only candidate willing to step back in," Knopp said.


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Wife of Canadian teacher detained in Jakarta pleads for husband's release
The wife of a Canadian teacher detained in Indonesia on allegations of child sexual assault is pleading for her husband's release.
Neil Bantleman, 45, who worked at the prestigious Jakarta International School, was arrested last week during a police investigation into the alleged sexual assault of three kindergarten students.
His wife, Tracy Bantleman, who also teaches at the school, said the week since her husband's arrest has been a "horrific nightmare."
"He is using every ounce of energy he has to keep it together," she said in a phone interview from Jakarta.
Tracy Bantleman, 42, said the prison conditions are "reasonable," and include a clean cell area with a mattress on the floor.
"Physically, he's not looking as strong as I've seen him look before," she said. "The first thing he says to me is 'I love you, I love you, I love you,' " she said, breaking down crying. "It's so hard to hear your husband cry."
Local media reported that the police investigation began with the arrest of six outsourced cleaners accused of allegedly raping a young boy in a school bathroom in March. The Jakarta Post reported that the parents of two other students filed police reports claiming their sons were sexually assaulted by teachers.
Neil Bantleman was detained along with teaching assistant Ferdinand Tjiong, who is Indonesian. They both have denied the allegations.
Tracy Bantleman said the two men, who she described as "absolutely the gold standard for teachers across the world," are together in prison.
"I'm trying to put my full trust in the legal system here, and respect and honour that and hope that they will fairly and transparently investigate the case," she said.
Neil Bantleman's brother, Guy, is heading efforts in Canada to raise awareness about the case. Speaking from his home in Burlington, Ont., he said that he has been in touch with the office of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.
"This is about human rights," Guy Bantleman said. "(My brother) has always been the most honourable person you could meet."
A spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development said details on the case are not being released for privacy reasons.
"Canadian consular officials are providing assistance to a Canadian citizen who has been detained in Indonesia," John Babcock said in an email.
Last week, the three founding embassies of the Jakarta International School issued a joint statement that said Australian, British and American officials are "deeply concerned about the detention of several JIS teachers."
"We believe JIS and its teachers have closely co-operated with police authorities, and we are surprised at these developments given the presumption of innocence in Indonesian law," the statement read.
The teachers, who are being represented by Indonesian attorney Hotman Paris Hutapea, were brought into the police station for questioning on July 14 and then detained in the early hours the next morning.
Hutapea told the Jakarta Post that the police "stepped over the line" by detaining his clients without evidence.
The newspaper reported that police claim to have proof the two teachers drugged kindergarten pupils before sexually assaulting them. Both Bantleman and Tjiong could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Tracy Bantleman said before moving to Indonesia four years ago, she and her husband worked at private schools in Calgary and at the Canadian International School in Singapore.
"This kind of allegation as a teacher is the most damaging allegation for your career," she said. "But more importantly, it really impacts who you think you are as a person. That will never go away."


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Uninsured Americans will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care, and receive $56 billion in uncompensated care in 2008, new research shows.
They found that people uninsured for any part of 2008 receive about half as much care as those who are fully insured. A person who is uninsured all year will average $1,686 in medical costs, while someone who is privately insured will average $3,915.


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The bad guys do not have to follow the rules. Dealing drugs makes you lots of money. It seems like a never ending battle. In James Patterson's latest book, written with Michael Ledwidge "I, Michael Bennett", Detective Michael Bennett arrests a major drug lord called The Sun King. Just because this drug lord is in jail doesn't mean he can't reach out and cause harm. Michael Bennett is trying to take a vacation with his 10 adopted children, his nanny, Mary Catherine, who is in love with him (the fool keeps putting his job before his happiness, he needs to just marry her), and his grandfather Seamus a Priest. He and his family go off to "Hicksville" as his kids call it. Of course this small town has changed since Michael has been there and now it is run down, boarded up and drug infested. Guess who supplies the drugs to this town, yep the Sun King. The Sun King orders a hit on Michaels kids and two of them get shot (but not killed). Michael gets mad and working with other agencies tries to clean up the little town all the while traveling back and forth to the big city to testify in the Sun Kings Trial. Of course he cleans up the town, but does he put away the Sun King? The ending of this book was not what I expected. At first I was like Hey, but now I am eagerly waiting for the next book to see what happens next, so I guess the author's ending did what he wanted it to, make me read his next book. I recommend reading them in order, you don't have to but the Mary Catherine love piece, I think, feels better read in order.
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Many beginners to Java repeat the same basic style errors. Such style errors don't make your program incorrect, but they make your program less maintainable. In essence, many beginners write code that suffers from the same basic underlying defect of not being written with compassion for the reader.
There are in fact two target platforms for all code: the runtime hardware, and the human cerebral cortex. All code 'runs' in the human brain, in the sense that all code needs to be understood by a human being. Coding style is always concerned with this second target platform, not with the first.
Some common basic style errors:
- classes too long
- methods too long
- little or no javadoc
- no convention for distinguishing between local variables, arguments, and fields
- many empty catch blocks that suppress exceptions
- inappropriate use of multiple return statements
- using exceptions to define regular program flow
- excessive use of the instanceof operator
- using floating point data to represent money
- preferring arrays over collections (especially in JDK 5+)
- not ordering class members by scope
Some basic style errors are much more damaging to your code than others.
The single most harmful bad habit is that of excessive length.
Classes that are too long are hard to understand.
As a guideline, if a class is more than about 300 lines long, you should likely consider splitting it up into smaller pieces.
Similarly, methods that are more than a single screen are very likely too long, and would almost always benefit from being split into several methods.
It's not uncommon for a useful method to consist only of a single line of code.
Exceptions and control flow
Beware of instanceof operator
Prefer Collections over older classes
Naming conventions
Use javadoc liberally
Clarifying method
Multiple return statements
Separate public and private members
Beware of floating point numbers


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Parents of kids who share a room
Well, I have 2 boys one is almost 4 and the other is 18 months. We live in a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment. Right now the 18th month old is sleeping in our room eventually we are going to have to move him over. What do u think are the positives and negatives of siblings sharing rooms?? What are some tips on organization or sleeping you can give me? What are the struggles you had? Or just anything else?
I'll let you know! We have our 18 mos old in our room but will move her in with her sister (4 yrs) at the end of the month. We wanted to wait anouther 6 mos.. but we're moving so we might as well go for it.
I think the hardest part will be bedtime and any waking up in the middle of the night. They already play together in there a lot. (we will separate them when their older, after big brother moves out. seems too much to ask them to room together as teens)
My plan is just to go for it and be ready for quite a few rough nights at first.
I have 2 girls that share a room
I have 2 boys that share a room
For my girls they have bunk beds and share a big dressor and each have their own cubbies. They are 7 and 11
For my boys they have bunk beds and share a big dressor. And each of them have their own little table for their stuff. They are 8 and 12
I live in a similar situation, but in a duplex. For the time being my boys (ages 8, 5.5 & 5) are sharing a bedroom. My older two sleep on a bunk bed and my youngest sleeps in a twin on the opposite side. They share a dresser but I also have big totes in their closet for clothes they don't need during a particular season. I try to get rid of toys they don't need and what they do keep, those are in totes as well.
I can't really say there is a hard part to them sharing a room. At night they talk for a bit but they're pretty good about falling asleep within 30 minutes or so. My boys get along pretty well. With your boys being younger, it might take some adjustment til they get used to sharing a room.
For a while all three of my girls shared a room. We had a bunk bed and a twin bed. Know my two youngest share a room. Our bunk bed and twin bed my Dad made for us. They have drawers in them for storage.
My girls are 9 and 8 and have shared a room since they were babies. Right now they have two twin beds, but they'll probably go back up to bunk beds to save space. They do have their own dressers, but other than that, they share everything. They have to make decisions together about what happens in their room, which can be difficult at times.
I can't say yet. DS is moving into dd's room today because there was a murder of a child last Saturday and last night somebody tried to get into some kid's room leaving all valuables alone in the home. We want ds upstairs with us instead of downstaris alone!
I have 5 kiddos. My 3 boys share a room and my 2 girls share a room. The boys have a bigger room. My 10 year old has the top bunk and my 6 year old has the bottom bunk. My 18 month old is in a crib. There are days where it works great and they all fall a sleep like they are suppose to, but there are many days when it doesn't work. We staggar their bedtimes. My 18 month old goes down at 7:30 and then my 6 year old goes down at 8:00 and then my 10 year old goes to be at 9:00. So usually one is sleeping before the other gets in there. Everyone has a color so they know whos is what. The changing table is one dresser and then I got blastic drawer containes for the onlder two that go in the closet. My bunk beds don't have drawers under them so I took 3 drawers from a old dresser and put them under the bed. It really works great and saves on space!
My boys are 5 and 3. We put them in the same room a couple months before DS2's 3rd birthday. We bought bunk beds for their sleeping arrangement. We had a difficult time getting the younger one to understand he isn't allowed up top. DH and I made their bedtime routine the same and the now go to bed at the same time. The biggest struggle we have had is that they giggle and play for up to an hour after bedtime. BUT they are so much closer now than they were with separate rooms. They fight like crazy but unles DS1 is really tired they prefer to sleep in the bottom bunk together. It is funny to see them get mad at each because the other doesn't want to play with them.


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Via Instapundit, who notes that Carbonite stock "set a new, and much lower, 52-week low today."
It's so lame of these companies to drop Rush after all the money they invested in building their reputation with people who like Rush. They had ongoing momentum from the accumulated advertising, and now they've nullified it. Where do they get the new customers? They've given in to people who are trying to win a political victory. Those people are happy about it, but are they going to buy that Carbonite stuff? I doubt it.
ADDED: Sarah Palin in Facebook:
Pres. Obama says he called Sandra Fluke because of his daughters. For the sake of everyone's daughter, why doesn't his super PAC return the $1 million he got from a rabid misogynist?"Rabid misogynist" = Bill Maher (who called Sarah Palin a "cunt").
And, to show just how thick these interconnections really are: Instapundit is telling his readers that if they cancel their cable (to buy a Roku box), then "For added mischief, when you cancel cable, you can tell the company that it's because of Bill Maher."


text: Just think that Utd aren' actually that good and Arsenal shouldn't have such a terrible start this time around and on the whole do better. Obviously football is not played on paper, but if one is to compare the squads of the two sides, I don't really see any areas where one side is a great deal better than the other. But having said that, I don't think either of them will win it. In actual fact I expect Chelsea will be the most capable of overhauling City. Like I say though, these views are subject to whatever happens in terms of transfers over the next month or so.


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Patrick Brown, the Times Free Press beat writer for the Vols, will conduct a live online chat Thursday, starting at noon. He will field questions from readers through www.timesfreepress.com.
KNOXVILLE - Three time zones and more than 2,500 miles separate the football stadiums on the campuses of Tennessee and Oregon.
The familiarity, at least from the Volunteers' end, is much greater than that.
When Tennessee ventures out West for Saturday's game, its players, many of them making such a trip for the first time, know what to expect from the Ducks.
And the Vols are intrigued by the opportunity to face the nation's second-ranked team.
"They're known for their speed and their athleticism, and they're a really talented football team," kicker Michael Palardy said Monday afternoon, "but you know, it's a good test for us. We're real excited, we're real amped up -- I know Coach [Butch] Jones is, too, and the whole coaching staff -- so we're just kind of ready to go into that environment. None of us have ever been there.
"Personally, I've never been out to the West Coast for anything in my life, so it'll be a different atmosphere, but we're really excited about it."
Tennessee got a close-up of the Ducks' program when Oregon visited Knoxville in 2010 and left with a 48-13 win, and as receiver Jacob Carter said, what's become synonymous with Oregon is "the same for everyone."
The speed. The lightning-fast offensive tempo. The flashy jersey combinations. The Nike stigma. The small-but-noisy Autzen Stadium, with its capacity of 54,000.
"We can't get caught up in saying, 'Oh, we're going out to Oregon -- they're a loud crowd, they're a great team,'" quarterback Justin Worley said. "We can't get caught up in all that. It's a business trip, and we've got to approach it like that.
"But yeah, I'd say we're excited for the opportunity."
Oregon was 21-3 and appeared in BCS bowls in 2000 and 2001 before a three-year stretch when the Ducks posted a 20-17 record. Since then, the Ducks have had just one season when they failed to earn double-digit wins. Since a 7-6 season in 2006, Oregon is 65-14 and has a four-year streak of BCS bowl appearances.
Much of the Ducks' current identity was developed under coach Chip Kelly, who jumped to the NFL to take the Philadelphia Eagles' job in January. In just two games -- routs of Nicholls State and Virginia -- Oregon hardly looks any different under new coach Mark Helfrich, who was Kelly's offensive coordinator.
A bevy of speedy skill players, led by quarterback Marcus Mariota and do-it-all dynamo De'Anthony Thomas, executes perhaps the nation's fastest-paced offense and scores piles of points, and an underrated defense is active and effective.
"The great programs, they win with consistency and continuity," Jones said. "If you look at their coaching staff, they've had that consistency and continuity, so the teaching is the same. Even with Chip leaving, it hasn't changed much."
Jones said Oregon is "as good as advertised" and called it one of the most complete teams he's seen "in a number of years" of coaching.
"When I said a complete football team," he later elaborated, "everyone, when they think of Oregon, they think of offense and they think of skill and they think of fast pace -- but really, they're well-coached, they have an identity and their identity's found in all three phases."
The Vols are well aware of the Ducks' collective identity and what it will take to disrupt it, particularly on defense.
"It's a mindset: They're going to get their plays," Jones said. "They're going to make their big plays. That's a function of what they do. That's part of their offense, but it's not letting one big play equal two, equal three, equal four and have a snowball effect. That's part of that mental conditioning. We have to force them and make them drive the football on us, and that's very challenging.
"You have to look at their body of work this year, but not just this year -- over the last three or four or five years. It's staying the course. It's focusing one snap at a time -- just one snap at a time -- and that's going to be at a premium on Saturday."
Said Palardy: "It's about the guys that are going to be in that locker room with us and just kind of playing for each other.
"They're fun to watch. They're an exciting football team to watch, but so are we. We're excited to go in there and battle it out."
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Weekly Recap 3-15
Softball goes 4-2 in Rebel Spring Games
By Ben Risinger, sports information director
March 15, 2005
Spring Break pictures from Florida
The Bluffton University softball team (4-2) played in the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla. over Spring Break. The Beavers picked up shutout victories in all four of their wins last week by defeating Rhodes 6-0, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy 2-0, Kean 3-0, and Maryville 1-0. Bluffton will be back in action this Wednesday, March 16 when they host Ohio Northern at 3 p.m. The team will then travel to Adrian College on Saturday, March 19 for a 1 p.m. start.
Leading Bluffton's bats to start off the year is senior Mandy Snider (Wapakoneta/Wapakoneta) who is hitting .348 and leads the team in hits (four), runs batted in (four) and total bases (eight). Junior Lindsay Miller (Grover Hill/Wayne Trace) bats .294 with five hits, two RBI's and five total bases. Sophomore Carrie Weisbecker (Okeana/Ross) follows closely behind with a .267 batting average, one triple, one RBI and six total bases.
Junior Sarah Betts (Bryan/Bryan) was named HCAC Player-of-the-week for her efforts on the mound in Florida.
She posts a 0.79 ERA (earned run average) and has allowed only eight runs in six games.
She holds her opponents to a .133 batting average and has struck out 46 total batters.
Freshman reliever Tonya Dean (Kettering/Fairmount) has pitched a few innings for the Beavers. Dean has faced 23
batters and given up eight hits and two runs.
Scores from the Rebel Spring Games
Tuesday, March 8
Bluffton 6, Rhodes 0
Bluffton 2, U.S. Coast Guard Academy 0
Thursday, March 10
Kean 3, Bluffton 0
St. Francis 4, Bluffton 3
Friday, March 11
Bluffton 1, Maryville 0
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LAST YEAR, President Obama established the use of chemical weapons by Syria as a "red line" for US military involvement in that country's civil war. But before reaching any conclusions now, it's important to know all the facts — and to recognize that involvement in the Syrian conflict can take many forms, not necessarily including troops.
American military action in another Middle Eastern country, even for limited purposes, should not rest on any automatic trigger, or on the fear that anything but an instantaneous response would blur the red line. It should come only after serious debate. In the case of Syria, there are no easy options. The use of chemical weapons should trigger greater US involvement, because it would violate every norm of civilized nations. But policy still must be based on hard proof and a realistic assessment of the options.
Last week, a UN commission said it could find no conclusive proof that Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime had used sarin gas, and one investigator stated that there was some evidence that Syrian rebels may have been responsible for attacks that injured civilians in ways indicative of sarin. Charges and countercharges over chlorine gas are also in play. Sarin is specifically barred by the Chemical Weapons Convention; chlorine is not listed by name, but the mandate of the convention is to keep chemical substances from being used in warfare.
The best evidence at the moment suggests that, so far, Assad has not used chemical weapons in large quantities. The administration's critics worry that its deliberate, fact-finding approach weakens the premise of a red line — that even a tiptoe by Assad over the established threshold should be met with forceful retaliation. But the United States has known only too well the dangers of going to war because of technical violations of such red lines, and should wait for clear evidence.
Still, it makes no sense to back off the insistence that use of chemical weapons violates international norms. In fact, Assad may be holding off on chemical attacks for fear of crossing the line. While the CIA, UN, and intelligence forces from other nations seek to establish whether, and to what extent, chemical weapons were used in Syria, the Obama administration is rightly assessing its very limited options, including arming the divided rebel factions. If Assad has used significant amounts of chemical weapons, the United States should plan a strong response. But it should be calibrated to send the appropriate message, and consistent with the larger aims of protecting America's interests.


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MINOOKA — The Three Rivers Arts Council is hosting a Teen Open Mic Night/Ugly Holiday Sweater Party from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 at 413 Mondamin St. in Minooka (the old Minooka Firehouse).
Area teens between the ages of 12-18 are invited to show off their talents at the event created to encourage performing art participation among teens within our communities.
Anyone can come out to support the event and organizers are asking for a $2 donation at the door.
Teen Open Mic Night was the idea of a couple of area teens that were looking for opportunities to share their love of music.
Nate Zurawski and Justin Weed of Shorewood hosted the first Teen Arts event in October and plan to continue to partner with the Three Rivers Arts Council to host several more throughout the year.
Both teens will perform at event with their bands Meandering Cranberries and Reality.
Established in 2008, the Three Rivers Arts Council (TRAC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the arts in our community. TRAC is the only arts organization serving the greater Channahon and Minooka area.
TRAC meets a vital need in the community by offering art classes, programs, scholarships and community events. TRAC is the first and only organization to offer art scholarships to Minooka Community High School students.
The 11-member board of directors includes local educators, artists, business professionals and community leaders.
The Illinois Arts Council has accepted and is working with the Three Rivers Arts Council as an important and vital arts organization in the Will County area.


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New Material Sets Stage For All-Optical Computing 53
An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from the International Business Times: "Researchers have made a new material that can be used to guide waves of light, a breakthrough that could lead to ultra-fast computing. Georgia Tech scientists are using specially designed organic dyes that can process and redirect light without the need to be converted to electricity first. ... 'For this class of molecules, we can with a high degree of reliability predict where the molecules will have both large optical nonlinearities and low two-photon absorption,' said [Georgia Tech School of Chemistry professor Seth] Marder." According to the article, using an optical router could lead to transmission speeds as high as 2,000 gigabits per second, five times faster than current technology.


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The two men accused of leading police on a high-speed case from Elgin to Wisconsin last weekend have been extradited to face charges in Illinois.
During a Friday morning bond hearing, bail was set at $100,000 for Kevin Gorman, 30, of the 1200 block of Lincoln Court in Streamwood. He was also formally charged with burglary, resisting or obstructing a police officer and criminal damage to government supported property -- all felonies.
Meanwhile, bail was set at $35,000 for Jacob A. Braden, 22, of the 800 block of Honey Locust Court in Bartlett. He was charged with felony burglary. Police say Braden was the driver. Both men were in Kane County jail as of Friday afternoon.
The pair led officers on a nearly two-hour chase last Saturday, police said, following a burglary at Sam's Club at 1000 S. Randall Road in Elgin. Police saw the two men getting into a pickup truck in an apparent attempt to flee, and chased them, police said. Cmdr. Glenn Theriault said the men were stealing vehicle batteries.
When two police officers approached the pair in the parking lot, the suspects drove off in a pickup truck, hitting one of the officers and injuring his hips, then crashing into a police SUV. That action pinned the other officer into the passenger side of the truck, injuring his legs, according to a police report.
Elgin police ended the pursuit on I-94 in Lake County, and Wisconsin State Patrol picked it up at 4 a.m. at the state line northbound on I-94.
The Racine County Sheriff's Department ended the chase by putting spike strips on the road that shredded Braden's truck's tires, police said.
Earlier this week, the district attorney in Racine County declined the criminal charges the pair had against them in Wisconsin so they could return to Illinois.
Gorman is due in court on Thursday, while Braden won't appear until May 22. If found guilty of the most serious charge, they could spend between three to seven years in prison.


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ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- The father of a teen fatally shot during an alleged armed robbery, speaks out for the first time since the Friday night incident.
Brandon Pierce's dad says his son used a pellet gun, something police are not confirming. He says the store's employee shouldn't have fatally shot the teen.
"Everyone says they know what it's like or that they feel sorry for me but until you lose your son, especially to something as senseless to this, no one really knows," said Brandon Pierce's father, Michael Pierce.
Michael Pierce admits his son was in the wrong for trying to rob the jewelry concepts store on West Riverside Blvd, Friday. Police say an employee fatally shot pierce after he flashed a gun inside of the store.
The suspect's father claims the weapon was a pellet gun and says the teen shouldn't have been killed in the robbery.
"He robbed it with a pellet gun, but for someone to put four bullets into my son, to me it is ridiculous," Pierce's father said.
Police aren't commenting about the teen's weapon being a pellet gun. The Winnebago County State's Attorney's office is reviewing the case.
ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Harlem High School counselors will be on hand Monday to help students cope with the death of a 17 year old who police say was shot and killed during an attempted robbery Friday.
More information is expected to be released on Monday about the attempted armed robbery at Jewelry Concepts. The manager of the Northe Town Mall says an employee working at Jewelry Concepts shot and killed 17 year old Brandon Pierce during an attempted robbery. Police say Pierce walked into the shop with a gun. Pierce's grandma tells us it was pellet gun. Before he was killed, Pierce's family says he was a soon to be a dad. Pierce attended Harlem High School for a time but family says he hadn't been there in the last year.


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Johan Djourou's agent has dismissed reports the Arsenal defender is set to join Serie A giants Roma in the January transfer window.
The 25-year-old is yet to feature in the Premier League this season, after slipping down the first-team pecking order, but remains happy in north London and wants to stay and fight for his place.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is still a huge fan of Djourou, and values his versatility across the back line. When Napoli were linked with signing the Swiss international during the summer, the Frenchman was quick to point out that he wasn't for sale.
With Thomas Vermaelen, Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny all ahead of him in the Arsenal queue, Djourou may have to be patient in his quest for regular action.
However, his agent Flavio Ferraria reiterated that his client has no desire to leave the Emirates Stadium, denying any contact from Italy.
"There has been absolutely no contact with Roma and I don't know where these rumours have come from," he told calciomercato.it. "I met Johan recently, but we did not talk about Roma because there's really nothing to say.
"There is no real possibility that he will leave Arsenal as he is contracted to them until 2015. However, we will evaluate the current situation in January."
Ferraria did acknowledge that Djourou would be keen to test himself in Serie A at some stage in the future, though.
"Obviously he would like to play in Italy because we have discussed this several times before, but he hasn't a preference for any specific club," he added.
"I think he would do very well at Roma because he is young and versatile and the most important thing is that he wants to play with continuity."
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Any one have any pictures of what makes it LSD the mechanics anyways?
would it be possible to swap the part that makes it LSD into a standard Subaru Diff, to make it LSD?
i think i can get my hands on a broken one from my freind not sure yet.
thanks guys!
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