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By Gregory L. Jantz, PhD
with Ann McMurray
Book Review by Donna Totey
I love the line on the back of this book, "Tame your inner two-year-old." To be honest, I wasn't sure I wanted to pick up this book and tame that inner two-year-old! I somehow knew that this book would change the way I look at my habits. Especially when I read the subtitle, Freedom from wanting everything right here, right now. There's a kind of comfort in holding onto our emotional security blankets and I was reluctant to give mine up.
Dr. Jantz describes all the things that we never get enough of–an activity, food, behavior–as "excessities." As a reward for ourselves, these things make us feel better, at least temporarily. For many of us, life can be hard and excessities can surely ease the discomforts of a rough day or a strained relationship. But the problem is that it masks our real need, the true comfort of a close relationship with God.
The first section of Gotta Have It! describes the "Power of Wants." In most of us, we often confuse needs with wants. Dr. Jantz states that "once a desire has been categorized as a need, we're pretty resourceful at finding a way to fill it–even when our methods are addictive, damaging, or hurtful." We also feel we have a "right" to fill that need.
Dr. Jantz lists some things in our lives that can be "excessities." The list surprised me. Of course I expected things like alcohol and drugs, maybe even food to be on the list. But caffeine! Then there's electronics (ouch!), shopping, work, hobbies, among others.
Just when I was about to lose heart, Section Two lists what our real needs are. Dr. Jantz gently leads the reader through some of our major needs–comfort, reassurance, security, validation and control. I think anyone can identify with one or more of these needs. To pinpoint your specific needs is the first step in overcoming your love of and reliance on your excessities.
Then he finishes by pointing to God and all the things He can provide for us that help us lean on Him and not on excessities. Things like patience, endurance, contentment and many others. Dr. Jantz explains that our true fulfilment can only come from our relationship with God. We need to seek him to fill our true needs.
Possibly the best parts of this book are the "Planting Seeds" sections at the end of each chapter. The questions in these sections help the reader look at his or her own life and work through the principles described in each chapter. I felt that these sections led me through the process of examining my excessities, my needs and the different personal ways God can provide for me.
When I finished the book, I realized that the whole process wasn't painful like I thought it would be! Instead of reluctantly letting go of my emotional security blankets, I felt excited to embrace the freedom God provides for us from our excessities. Dr. Jantz is so gentle and understanding in his explanations that he made it really easy to look at myself.


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Banana Chocolate Chip Bread
This bread is awesome--it's one of our favorites at the bed & breakfast - you'll love it, mainly because "Chocolate Rules." Yum Yum !!
1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (2 large bananas will do)
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, spray cooking oil (you can use butter) to
coat the bottom of a 9 x 5 x 3 inch bread pan, then lightly dust the pan
with flour and tap out the excess. Next, in a large bowl, stir together
flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, cream
together the butter and sugar until blended. One at a time, add eggs,
beating well with a fork after each addition. Stir in bananas, milk and
vanilla until combined. Stir in flour mixture just until blended. Stir the
chocolate chips. Scrape batter into a prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake
for 45 to 55 minutes or until you test with a knife in the center of the
bread and it comes out clean. Remove the pan to a wire rack, cool 10
minutes before removing bread from the pan, then finish cooling on the
And it's chow time! (Bread can be frozen for later use, thaw overnight.)

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SPOKANE The estate of Tonasket resident Marjorie Harper has given $125,000 to SpokAnimal CARE for its animal shelter services.
Harper's executor, Gerald Oakes, his wife Peg and daughter Michelle presented the donation to SpokAnimal Executive Director Gail Mackie last week at the Dawg House, which kennels adoptable dogs.
The donation, one of the largest in the shelter's 30-year-history, came just as the non-profit group is losing its longstanding contract with the city of Spokane for animal control services.
The contract represented more than 50 percent of the shelter's annual revenue, Mackie said.
"This month and next we are in the process of evaluating and assessing what programs and services we can keep, and which ones we can't. This very generous gift may mean we don't have to do that," she said.
Oakes could not be reached for comment.
Mackie said the Harper estate's donation will be used to fund various services, including the Dorothy Clark Animal Clinic, which performs low-cost spay, neuter and microchip services; the Prison Dog and Farm Livin' barn cat programs; Crusin' Critters, a transfer service that shuttles adoptable animals between shelters state-wide, including Keystone Animal Rescue near Riverside; education in the schools; senior pet therapy visits, and training programs for volunteers working to socialize large-breed dogs.
"We congratulate SpokAnimal on the donation and look forward to our continued relationship of helping dogs from Okanogan County find loving homes," Keystone owner Kris Vigoren said.
Beginning Jan. 1, SpokAnimal will be a guaranteed placement shelter, Mackie said.
"This is an exciting time and the funds we receive toward this end make all the difference," she said.
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The Giants cut Chris Canty because they didn't want to pay him $6.25 million next season.
While he might not make that much anywhere else, he at least has an option now.
According to Jim Wyatt of the Tennesseean, Canty was offered a contract during his visit to the Titans, but will continue to "explore his options."
Canty's also going to meet with the Chiefs, and could be of interest to other teams as well.
The 30-year-old defensive tackle struggled with injuries last year, but he's been a good player throughout his career. The fact he's scheme-flexible (able to play end in a 3-4 or tackle in a 4-3) makes him more attractive to the market as a whole.
And while he might not earn at his previous rate, he now has a starting point for future negotiations.


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Once you know the best techniques for applying eye makeup, the next challenge comes in determining the best shades for your eye color, skin tone and overall coloring. For those blue eyed girls among us, here are a few eye makeup shade selection tips:
First off, always remember this little rule. Colors are complimented best by shades that are opposite from them on the color wheel. For instance, blues and violets are complimented well by yellows and oranges. With eye makeup for blue eyes, this doesn't mean you need to bust out bright orange or yellow eyeshadow, however. It does mean that you incorporate those shades into your choices of color families. The yellow and orange color families in the eye makeup world include a whole slew of colors including gorgeous golds, bronzes, peaches and tans. Eyeshadow shades from these colors families will help make blue eyes stand out. If you have bluish-violet eyes, try a nice gold shade, like Goldmine powder eyeshadow from MAC. If you have more of a greyish blue eye, try a bronze color such as MAC's powder eyeshadow in Amber Lights. As a general rule, chocolate brown, beige, bronze and gold will work very well for blue eyes.
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You'll also want to take your skin's undertone into account. For example, let's say you're considering trying a light brown eyeshadow shade. If your skin is on the cooler side, choose a cooler version of brown like MAC's powder eyeshadow in Era. If you have warmer skin, you can pull off a warmer version of brown, such as MAC's powder eyeshadow in Soba. Soba and Era are very close in color depth, but Soba is a warmer version than the other. If you have very light skin or very dark skin, you will probably be looking for a very dark chocolate brown or a very light beige shade as opposed to just a light brown. You should start with the basic general shade based on your eye color and skin depth, and then try to find a version of that color that compliments your overall warm or cool undertone.
You can also experiment with various shades of eyeshadow for blue eyes by visiting a makeup counter. This will give you the chance to try dozens of shades and get eye makeup tips for blue eyes in person based on your individual eye shade and coloring.
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Recently, a criminal jury acquitted Casey Anthony of murdering her 2-year old daughter Caylee while convicting her of the lesser charge of lying to police investigators. Anthony has been released from jail amidst an avalanche of animosity by observers of the case. Whether Casey Anthony was guilty of murdering her little girl has been the subject of a national discussion. Over the past year, the case of Casey and little Caylee has dominated news coverage on many television networks, most notably CNN.
Caylee's case begs broader questions: Why do little white girls garner so much more media coverage after going missing than little Black girls? Why does the nation know the names of Jon Benet Ramsey and not, let's say, Diamond Bradley or Yasmine Acree?
A report by Kathy Chaney, writer for the Chicago Defender, stated the circumstances of four Black girls in Chicago received little, if any media coverage—local or national.
More disturbing was a Scripps Howard report that examined missing child statistics from 2000 to 2004 reported by Thomas Hargrove and Ansley Haman, in The Capitol Hill Blue. According to the authors, "For a missing child to attract widespread publicity and improve the child's odds of being found, it helps if a child is White, wealthy, and under 12 years old." Statistics within the study found:
• White children are only 50 percent of United States missing children, but 2/3 of Associated Press dispatches
• Missing Children under 12 years old are only 1/6 of all cases in America but constitute 2/3 of national news stories on the subject
• White children account for 67 percent of Associated Press reports, and 76 percent of CNN reports, but they make up only 53 percent of the 37,000 cases reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Defenders of the disproportionate reporting statistics cite state laws that differ around how evidence in children's welfare issues can be released to the public. Such arguments are refuted by the fact that once children are known to be missing White children are disproportionately featured by national media campaigns. If there was more equity in national media reporting missing children of any color perhaps the "Amber Law" may have had a name such as Aisha or Asha.
CNN's Nancy Grace has focused almost solely on the case of Casey and Caylee Anthony since the 2008 murder of the 2-year old. At one point, a one-hour feature was solely devoted to the case.
As a result of the Casey Anthony case in Florida, "Caylee's Law" has been proposed to: 1) make it a felony for parents/caregivers to not report the death of a child to authorities within an hour, whether or not the death was accidental; and 2) make it a felony for guardians to not notify police of the disappearance of a child within 24 hours.
While "Caylee's Law" will help law enforcement in Florida—and potentially around the nation—the disproportionate level of care to the disappearances and deaths of children of color as opposed to White children cannot be legislated.
We as a nation must value life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for ALL people, regardless of pigment.
Gary L. Flowers is the Executive Director & CEO of the Black Leadership Forum, Inc.


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One of the myriad questions that people have been asking about the Buccaneers' decision-making this season has been about why the team has been playing so much zone coverage with cornerback Darrelle Revis.
After all, it makes about as much sense to trade for one of the league's top practitioners of man coverage so you can install him in a zone as it does to hire Eric Clapton to play flute in your band. As it turns out, the decision was less about coaching philosophies than the many critics of Revis' usage knew. During an appearance on WDAE on Thursday, Revis admitted that his return from last year's torn ACL wasn't to the point that he was able to play that style of coverage.
"Earlier in the year, I didn't have the explosion to play press; the receiver would just run the 9-route on me and I didn't have the stamina to do that play in and play out, especially playing press," Revis said, via the Tampa Tribune. "I mean, you get physical up there playing press coverage and then actually just running. That's running full speed — you and the receiver. I didn't have that yet. I'm starting to get that back now, which is awesome because I like to be in receivers faces and try to put my hands on them and try to be physical with them."
Revis said he has been working to strengthen his entire left leg and that he's feeling more explosive as a result. He played more press coverage against Carolina last week and reported his leg came through it fine, which suggests that we should be seeing more of the Revis we're accustomed to seeing over the rest of the season.


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I selected this folder for review this month, again, in preparation for my trip to Missouri in June, although I am becoming apprehensive that life will get in the way and keep me at home. Amos and Elizabeth are the parents of John Richardson of last month's post.
The Couple
Amos Greene Richardson was probably born about 1792 in Virginia or a part of Virginia about to become Kentucky. His ancestry is one of my biggest problems in my Hegwer line. Elizabeth Hicks was probably born about 1796 in Kentucky. Her ancestry is also unproven.
They married 4 October 1810 in Estill County, Kentucky. Amos died in 1853 in Morgan County, Missouri. Elizabeth was still alive for the 1870 US census of Haugh Creek, Morgan, Missouri. They had at least 10 children, three or four of whom were born after the family moved to Missouri. Their lives in Missouri are fairly well documented.
Yes, there are numerous online pedigrees attributing ancestors to both of them, but I have seen no verifiable sources or logical proof statements, nor have Cousin Donald or I yet found solid evidence or drawn a conclusion we feel good about.
The Folder
This folder is 7/8 of an inch thick, mostly because it includes all my leads and possibilities to consider for their ancestry. It was fairly well organized; I've been working on it off and on the last year. I think that for review this week, I'll look at all the problems and questions I have, and perhaps pick a few to work on before the trip to Missouri.
Problems / Questions
If Benjamin Richardson and Ellen Holt are the parents of this Amos, why are none of his children or grandchildren named "Benjamin" or "Ellen?" It is very tempting to adopt this couple as Amos' parents, especially since their own ancestries are well-documented and it means an immediate jump back for lots of generations .... But, at least for me, there are too many problems and not enough alternative proof/logic yet.
Is the Sara/Sallie Richardson who marries Bemjamin Franklin McFarland a provable daughter of Amos and Elizabeth?
I don't have sources indicated for the births of Amos & Elizabeth's children. I know I have at least census indications for most of them.
Breaking News: Cousin Donald has just proven the husband of Amos & Elizabeth's youngest daughter, Amanda. I have to get that info into my database and see where else it leads us. I think that deserves its own blog entry!
Have I tried to locate or pinpoint my Amos in the 1800-1810 censuses? I think I have him in 1820-30. Does it all line up reasonably with known children?
I have a 'research log' from 2006/7 with 34 items on it for further research. I need to go over that list and incorporate still-resolved issues into this list.
I have to go back and revisit the fine Morgan County Genealogy website. I've learned a lot since I was last there, and they've probably added new info, too!
I need to work on the HIX/HICKS of Morgan County, Missouri. Perhaps there is a link there to Kentucky that will help with finding Amos & Elizabeth's ancestors.
There are Estill County, Kentucky, land records that I have not seen and need to comb. The big problem there is that with all the changes in boundaries, I'll really be looking at at least Bourbon, Fayette, Clark, Madison, Clay, Montgomery, Lincoln, Floyd, Knox, AND Estill counties in Kentucky. And, then there's the issue of Kentucky County, Virginia, before Kentucky statehood. In my dreams, a Kentucky expert comes to my aide....
I must write-up / blog the whole rationale proving that this is NOT the Amos Richardson who marries Nancy San(d)ford. The county history mugbook is wrong and so there!
I need to do the GoogleEarth thing as I did for John on all of my Amos' land!
Donald has reviewed all the Kentucky tax lists and sent me his findings. I need to buckle down and try to make sense of it. There's just so many Richardsons in the area and they all have the same few forenames....@#$%#!
I need to reread all the probate info on Amos & Elizabeth and the first couple to die of their children.
This may be the biggest to-do of them all! We've got the 67-marker Y-DNA of this line and I must sit down and make a huge spreadsheet with it and that of the Richardson group at FamilyTreeDNA, etc. I'm afraid that all the possible candidates for the father of this Amos are closely related themselves. I think we're also going to need to find mtDNA candidates for Elizabeth's line, and possibly the Hix line and see if we can rule anyone out that way. That's all I need: another field to study. So much to do, so little time ....
Obviously, there's a lot I should do before doing anything really new with this couple. I'll start in this order: Morgan County genweb site, the Amanda news, census and other records for kids' birthplaces, the Sanford issue, the land records, and the DNA.
This is a complex problem. I have to face the "facts" (or the lack thereof!) and look at more of the collateral kin and neighbors and use cluster methodology, ala Chapter 4 of Marsha Hoffman Rising's The FamilyTree Problem Solver. Many of the surnames in Kentucky and Missouri are the same and there are many similar surnames among the children's spouses.
June is going to be here before I know it! Hmm...do I blog or work on research? I need a resolution to focus, focus, focus...


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Carmelo Anthony has done what just about everyone expected him to: Opt out of the final year of his contract, making him a free agent. (He'll inform the Knicks that he's doing so on Monday, and officially become a free agent on July 1.) He can still re-sign with the Knicks, though the Bulls are very much interested, as are the Rockets. Where do you think Melo winds up?
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Carmelo Anthony has informed the New York Knicks in writing that he will opt out of the final year of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent, according to multiple sources.
The Knicks recently expressed the hope that Anthony would not do this. Team president Phil Jackson said recently that he hoped Anthony would consider opting into the final year of his contract and testing free agency in the summer of 2015. Jackson has privately expressed that hope to Anthony several times since the end of the regular season.
The Chicago Bulls are one of several teams with whom Anthony would consider signing, according to sources.
According to league sources, Anthony has talked to at least one high-profile person who lives in Chicago about what it's like to be famous in the Windy City.
The Bulls also have reportedly done their due diligence on Anthony in recent days. According to a report in the Chicago Sun-Times, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau has reached out to some of Anthony's former coaches to inquire about the seven-time All-Star.


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All work and no play is no way to farm in Lyme
Lyme — Michael Melillo loves farming, but he likes his free time, too.
And there is the conundrum. How many farmers get a chance to enjoy the fruits of their labor when there is always more labor to do?
But Melillo has found a new equilibrium as steward of New Mercies Farm, an agricultural experiment started by Hadlyme residents Rodney and Deborah Hornbake, who bought the 5-acre site on Beaver Brook Road after a 2011 fire destroyed a pre-Revolutionary home there. The idea behind the farm, which last summer harvested about an acre of its first organic crops, is to provide quality food to local residents, preserve Lyme's agricultural land for future generations and allow a young farmer to earn a living wage.
"It's almost like living in the Garden of Eden," Melillo said during a tour of the farm, a wide-brimmed hat shading his eyes.
Melillo said he had previously worked on an organic farm in California where much of the plowing was done by horses and there was little work accomplished by mechanized means - an aesthetic he appreciates. But even in this organic idyll, he said, the work could become overwhelming and the harvest would take up nearly every minute of the day.
It became a grind, just like every other job. And that's not the way Melillo envisioned his life, because he enjoyed playing music, dancing and socializing.
"It's very easy to fall into the mindset of the business pattern of the world," he said. "We want to find a balance for ourselves. We have to ask ourselves 'What, realistically, do we want to earn for the year?'"
New Mercies Farm has allowed him to enjoy a relatively normal life, because he gets a percentage of the farm's sales, plus a salary and a place on site to stay. The farm has attracted some volunteers and gets help as well from state Bureau of Rehabilitation Services clients and interns, but when he needs it Melillo also can hire extra hands.
"Our lifestyle is very important," he said. "Here, I have a workload I can handle."
It's a workload that could be reduced with power equipment, but Melillo prefers to farm with his hands. He believes the urge to mechanize separates humans from the land, and the New Mercies Farm experiment is an attempt to remedy this disparity.
"I employ people, not machines," Melillo said. "This is a place of spiritual renewal."
It's also a business, of course. And the sooner Melillo can get New Mercies to the point of profitability, the sooner he can purchase the land - once part of an 800-acre farm - and run the site on his own.
Part of Melillo's deal with the Hornbakes is that he earns sweat equity for managing the farm, earning a percentage of the business every year he stays with it. He expects to own the farm outright in 10 to 15 years.
"It's a model for everybody to witness," Melillo said.
Rodney Hornbake said the idea behind the farm is an exercise in social entrepreneurship. It fits in with a public policy in Connecticut to preserve 167,000 acres of farmland statewide - a goal that is only about a third of the way to completion.
Hornbake estimated that the farm eventually will be able to gross about $100,000 a year and said it already is about a third of the way to that goal.
"Michael is a very hard worker," Hornbake said. "He's done an outstandingly good job of developing a customer base."
Farming runs deep in Melillo's bloodline. His great-grandfather began the family tradition in the early part of last century when he built up a farming business in North Haven.
Melillo said a key to New Mercies Farm's future business success is the sale of memberships through a program called Community Supported Agriculture. So far, 43 families, all within about a two-mile radius of the farm, have signed up as members for a cost of $550 each, he said.
"Think of it as a membership where you receive a weekly or bi-weekly box or 'share' of vegetables for a given number of weeks," according to an online description of the program.
Melillo added that the program helps with the up-front costs of planting, labor and harvesting.
"The community support has been amazing," he said. "The spirit was just there."
But CSA membership, which New Mercies hopes will grow to 60 next year, isn't large enough to pay all the bills, so Melillo carts his organic produce to the Ashlawn Farm Farmers Market, specialty grocers and local restaurants.
During the summer, Melillo offered a wide range of vegetables, including tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, kale, corn, squash, cabbage and potatoes. The land also has a few fruit trees on about a quarter acre.
This winter, for the first time, the farm is planting hardy green and other produce that can withstand 40-degree temperatures under a large, newly constructed hoophouse.
"We can extend our growing season almost 10 months a year," Melillo said.
The farm also includes a small area for about 60 chickens, who are there more for the organic material they contribute to the soil than for their egg-laying prowess or profit-making ability. The chicken enclosure is moved around the farm regularly to provide natural fertilizer that replenishes the soil's nutrients.
Melillo said the intention is to increase to an acre and a half the amount of land used for cultivation next year while continuing to consider work-life balance by maintaining a good portion of perennial items that require less work to grow and maintain. He also hopes the farm can be used for educational purposes so young people will be able to reconnect with the land around them.
"Education is a very important aspect of keeping this lifestyle viable," he said.
Business snapshot
New Mercies Farm
Owners: Rodney and Deborah Hornbake
Chief Steward: Michael Melillo
Address: 256 Beaver Brook Road, Lyme
Phone: 1-203-427-3953
Website: newmerciesfarm.com
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Kentuckians can show their support for veterans with newly available vehicle license plates.
The new plates – available even to those who are not veterans themselves – show support for veterans and also raise funds for veterans programs.
"The 'I Support Veterans' license plate will give an opportunity for all Kentuckians who wish to support veterans' services to do so, and to show that support by putting this license plate on their vehicle," said Rep. Tanya Pullin, who chairs the House Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety. "I was pleased to have sponsored the bill in the 2011 Session of the Kentucky General Assembly that created this special plate. It will create additional revenue to be used by the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs to serve veterans in Kentucky."
Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Ken Lucas said the new license plates were designed in response to citizens' interest in supporting veterans.
"Many people over the years have asked us for a license plate that expresses their support for veterans even though they themselves do not qualify for veterans' license plates. We worked hard to come up with a design that would express that sentiment appropriately, and are grateful for the help and cooperation of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in making this plate a reality," Lucas said. "We are particularly indebted to Rep. Pullin and other legislators for shepherding this law through and ensuring that KDVA would receive a portion of the fee of each Support Veterans license plate purchased. Those funds will enable us to keep programs that help veterans directly, including filing benefit claims, getting help finding jobs, maintaining their homes and accessing other services."
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text: Forage and Grazing Tips December 26, 2013 05:40 AM Tweet High quality alfalfa hay is in short supply this year. TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email By: Bruce Anderson, UNL Forage Specialist Success in 2014 Begins in 2013 Thanks to some favorable weather, fall field work is nearly done – or is it? Maybe you can get a jump on next year's challenges and opportunities. I'm great at procrastinating. But when it comes to pasture and hay fields, I've learned that problem prevention and advanced preparation is the only way to make significant progress. So today, I'm giving you a laundry list of actions you can still take this fall to make your forage production better next year. Let's begin with weeds. Many alfalfa fields are contaminated with mustards, pennycress, cheatgrass, and downy brome every spring. This doesn't have to happen. Before the ground freezes, spray Sencor, Velpar, Sinbar, or Karmex and these weeds won't be there next spring. Similarly, you can avoid letting warm-season grass pastures get overrun by cool-season grasses and weeds. Spray glyphosate or Plateau now while these invaders are still green for cleaner pastures next summer. Speaking of pasture, is nitrogen fertilizer getting too expensive? Adding clovers or alfalfa to your grass can eliminate your need for any nitrogen fertilizer. Prepare for making this addition by grazing one of your pastures as short as possible this fall to open it up for adding legume seeds early next spring and to slow down its spring growth rate. Finally, pull soil samples, especially from hay fields but also from some of your pastures, and get them tested this fall. Then use the test results to order fertilizer and maybe even apply it yet this fall if weather conditions still permit. Don't be a procrastinator. Act now to reduce hay and pasture problems next year and improve your forage production. Profit Opportunties with Cash Hay Persistent spring rain, insect damage, fewer acres, winter injury. What do all these have in common? They are making high quality hay scarce everywhere. If you've been paying attention to this year's ag news, you realize that high quality alfalfa hay is in short supply this year. Throughout much of the alfalfa growing region, including here in Nebraska, cool temperatures and persistent rains greatly reduced dairy quality hay production during first cutting this spring. This region also lost alfalfa acres, some due to winter injury but most due to conversion to annual row crops. This is good news — at least for you hay growers in our area! The market for high quality alfalfa is looking strong again this year. Just think about this. Suppose someone offered you 250 dollars, or even 150 dollars per ton for your best alfalfa. Could you find other hay, or maybe corn stalk bales, nearby that you could make work for your animals that would cost you less than 100 dollars? If you can, maybe you should sell high, buy low, and pocket the profits. So, how do you find these buyers. You could post notices at truck stops, place ads in newspapers and magazines, or set up a sign by your driveway. But, there are more effective ways to contact buyers. One is to place your hay on a computer listing in one of the dairy states. Another way is to work with dealers or become a member of a marketing group, like the Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association, to take advantage of their market connections. Local extension offices have information on both association membership and computer listings. You may need some luck and do some work to be able to buy low and sell high. Smart operators look for these opportunities. For more UNL Beef information go to http://beef.unl.edu Back to news


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Tuesday, February 01, 2011
By Alina Adams
When half your career is spent writing books and half in television, it's inevitable that you'll eventually get an itch to combine the two (arguably, I did that with Oakdale Confidential, Jonathan's Story and The Man From Oakdale; but I've always been one of those overachieving, take it to the next level kind of girls.)
Now that the technology is finally here, I'm dying to write a book that fuses text and video in the same way my original concept of www.AnotherWorldToday.com had.
My first attempt at this sort of hybrid was taking a previously published novel of mine, Skate Crime: A Figure Skating Mystery, and turning it into Skate Crime: Multimedia, with skating videos inserted right into the story. (You can check out how it works via the link below:)
For my next project, I'm thinking bigger, better, brighter, bolder. And I'm thinking soaps!
Soap Opera 451: A Time Capsule of Daytime Drama's Greatest Moments will pose the following question to a wide range of producers, directors, writers, actors and fans: Which one moment from the past seventy-five years of broadcasting would you pick to demonstrate daytime drama at the very top of its game?
Their answers will be compiled and edited, inside stories and memories will be solicited from those who participated in the most frequently named moments, and then (this is my favorite part) actual clips of those moments will be included in an enhanced e-book that will serve as a permanent monument to the very best of soaps. (This is in keeping with Soap Opera 451's motto: We're remembering.)
I realize that I am embarking on a monumental project. I'll keep you posted as we go through the process right here on this blog.
I'll also be asking you for help along the way. Got a moment that you think absolutely defines how good a soap opera can be; something that deserves to be noted and recorded as a pinnacle of achievement in the history of the genre? Write to me at email@example.com and let me know! Feel free to include any questions you'd like me to ask the folks who were a part of it. (I can't promise I'll get you all the answers you're looking for, but I do promise to try!)
Together, let's build a definitive, living tribute to the shows that have meant so much to us all.
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15 comments:
- MadreMaria said...
So many moments, but if I had to pick just one, I think I'd go with Reva & Josh's Cross Creek wedding when Reva arrived by boat on Guiding Light.
- birdie said...
Everyone came running into my room when Cindi (Stuart's wife) died on All My Children...they were wondering what the wailing was all about. It was an important story line too, Cindi died of AIDS.
- Warren said...
When Laura died on AMC and Adam had to tell Brooke.
- Nancy said...
You have named the first ones I thought of, but the performance by Eden Riegel in the rape storyline was fantastic. She deserved awards for it and did not get it. I was very disappointed.
- Nancy said...
One more thing on Brooke's little girl, Laura...at the funeral when Donna sang, I thought her voice was totally amazing. Talk about a tear jerker!
- kdmask said...
Oh, well... Luke raping Laura. I say that because it was done so well, and in such a soapy fashion, fans actually wanted MORE of the couple. It was an old-fashioned bodice ripper before political correctness came into play. The entire sequence was shot so well, right down to the music, "Rise" by Herb Albert.
- C. said...
Let's see...
Another World: Cass and Frankie's Venice wedding. Starting with them being kidnapped by Felicia, Rachel, and company. That whole sequence was just so much FUN! =D
One Life to Live: Dorian inadvertently spills the beans to Viki about what Victor did to Viki... which results in the emergence of Jean, Tommy, Tori, et al.
General Hospital: That one bit from Night Shift when Robert tries to escape from the hospital, and has a little bit of amnesia... ending with Robin going into his room and he looks at her, smiles and is delighted to figure out that she's pregnant.
(does this mean I watch too many soaps? Probably =D)
- Paula Mete Maxwell said...
Aloot of moments, one of the best when Liz Taylor, playinf Helen Cassidine put a curse on Luke and all the Spencers to come! (GH) (AMC) When Jessie came back from the dead, and Angie first saw him.
- Shari said...
#1 Josh and Reva wed at Cross Creek
#2 Roger kidnaps Holly
#3 Bert dies
GL all the way!!
- Liz M. said...
Lots of memories for me it would be the GH show where they showed the AIDS quilt made by so many different people. It gave more people a chance to see part of the actual quilt.
- Cassondra said...
Im just wondering when is the deadline for submissions
- LeonaBarad said...
The thing about soap opera, something that very few people who work in the field these days understands, is that it's the relationships and small moments that matter. That's why, when the "big moments" happened, they meant so much more. My first thought when I read your post was Karen Wolek on the stand (OLTL). But then it occurred to me that unless you followed her story - all the moments of anguish, self hatred, loathing, etc.- the moment when she testified to save a friend wouldn't have as much meaning. Taken out of context, it's still a great piece of acting, but the full impact is gone. In the "old days" when people made fun of soaps, it's because they were missing all that "insignificant" stuff that we who knew better realized was really the meaningful stuff. That said, I'll still say Karen, knowing full well that it won't REALLY represent soaps at their best :)
On One Life To Live when Judith Light portrayed Karen Wolek on the witness stand being cross examined by Herb Tarlek admitted she was a prostitute. This, in all the years and in all the Soap Operas has to be the most gut-wrenching and amazing work ever performed. I am sure I have the names spelled incorrectly, but it was mind blowing. Judith Light did win a Daytime TV award for it and rightfully so. JMO.
- Sarah said...
I know this was mentioned on the site but Josh and Reva's Cross Creek wedding and Roger's fall from the cliff on Guiding Light (though I could probably fill you a book just on Guiding Light Great moments lol). For AW easily Mac's death, Ryan and Vicky's many trips to the train trestle, Ryan and Vicky's reunion at the train station, Ryan's tragic death, and anything with Wallingford, Felicia, and Cass. For OLTL Todd and Blair's gold balloon wedding and the AIDS quilt. For GH Luke and Laura's wedding!!!!!!!!!!! and Steve Hardy's death. For Days oh man so many great moments for it probably Steves "death" I still cry watching it
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Assuming Carlos Beltran isn't available to the Mets by Opening Day, replacing him shouldn't equal the dilemma CBS will have in replacing Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men."
Both of Beltran's knees are aching and he's down for the week. Maybe he'll come back next week; maybe he won't.
So, who will the Mets use to replace the aching outfielder with a huge $18.5 million contract?
Veteran bench players Scott Hairston and Willie Harris can be plugged in and won't embarrass the ball club. But, will they carry it? History says no, because afterall, they are role players. Their job is to temporarily fill a hole.
I want to see what Lucas Duda can bring to the table. Duda was a September call-up who started slow but closed hot. While Hairston and Harris could be somewhere else next season, or who knows, maybe even dealt in July to a contender, Duda could have a future with this team.
Duda is strong – he had four homers last year – so there's power potential. He didn't sparkle defensively and can only get better. Duda is off to a good start this spring and homered yesterday. We know what Hairston and Harris can do; Duda is an unknown.
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"The issue is the court asking Crime Stoppers to go back on their promise," Masten told the judge, referring to the group's pledge allow community members to share tips about criminal activity anonymously and without fear of prosecution.
The judge had ordered Masten to hand over information received by Crime Stoppers about a cocaine possession case that contained the identity of the tipster.
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Kholodetz (Pig's Feet)
Tom Mueller, Jamestown, North Dakota
They Used Everything but the Squeal
Written 12-7-2005
Story Inspired by Raisa Khrakovskaya
Raisa is a co-worker of our daughter Stacy and recently we e-mailed each other about the subject of making kholodetz. Raisa is from the Ukraine and came to America in 1994.
I think I must have heard it a thousand times as I was growing up in Logan County. It was said in reference to butchering pigs on the farm and how they used everything but the squeal. My ancestors knew how to use all of the pig. There were a lot of ways to use the less desirable pieces of pork and make it tasty. But it went way beyond that; using parts like the tail, feet, head and intestines reflected the hard times our ancestors went through and also showed how they felt about wasting anything. This is something like getting lemons, then making lemonade without whining about it.
I know that some of you turned up your noise when you read the words "pig's feet", but just hang on, there's more to this story than eating pig's feet and headcheese. For those of you who think headcheese is made from cow's milk, think again. It's made from the meat off the pig's head and made into a sausage that gets stuffed into the cleaned stomach of the pig.
My first cousin once removed, Roland Weispfenning, told me a couple of summers ago that he tells his children on a regular basis about how they butchered pigs and only threw the squeal away. He said it with pride in his voice, and I am sure he hoped his children would understand the hidden meaning, how his family, his parents made life work by not wasting a thing. How they survived the hard times and for the most part had a happy life.
Life has changed here on the Dakota prairie; we have reached a standard of living where we don't have to eat pig's feet; where forty hours a week sustains our family and there is even some free time for relaxing.
It shouldn't surprise us that our ancestors were able to take marginal cuts of meat and with spices make them into something that is still eaten and enjoyed today. It just might be an acquired taste, but if one has been eating something since they were kids, its easier to acquire a taste for it.
Recently I went looking for my mother's kholodetz recipe, the one her parents used on the farm near Napoleon, N.D. Kholodetz is a much more refined pig's feet dish than just pickled pig's feet. It's cooked, deboned, cut up into small cubes, then cooled until it jells and served on Sundays. Come on now, this stuff could be served to Sunday company even if they weren't German, especially after the white fat is scooped off with a spoon. Well OK, maybe if you went back a few years to the turn of the century this would apply better.
So I thought I would share this ancient German recipe from my mother's family, the Ivanovs. I also make it with pork hocks, which yields more meat than pig's feet.
Start with 6 pig's feet, wash and place in 8-quart kettle, cover with water, add 1 tsp. of salt for each quart of water, 2 bay leaves, ½ onion sliced, a few kernels of whole allspice, and 1 tbsp. of black pepper corns. Cook for 2 hours or until meat is tender. Take meat out and cool until you can handle it and cut meat off bone. Cube meat and skin and put into a 9" x 13" cake pan. Taste and sprinkle with pepper to taste. Strain liquid over meat until it's covered. Put in refrigerator until it's cooled and jelled. Invite all your favorite friends over and enjoy. If they don't come back you haven't lost a good friend.
Some recipes call for mixing half-and-half, vinegar and the liquid, then bringing it to a boil before covering the meat with this mixed liquid.
I also heard from a friend when I included him in a correspondence to Raisa about the pig's feet. He related this to me, "I recall the pigs feet served in the chill of the night after Midnight Mass at Strasburg, North Dakota growing up there".
Well, I promised you more than pig's feet; hope you enjoyed the words, hope you remembered your ancestors with fondness. Family traditions, preservation of our history and keeping our ancestor's memory alive, now that's what this pig's feet story is all about.
Here in Logan County where our ancestors on their farms raised pigs which sustained their lives. If the crops failed, if the price of cattle went below the production cost, they still figured out a way to feed their families. Where they often ended up with lemons and they knew how to turn it into lemon meringue pie. Life was good and people were happy here in Logan County during the hard times because of their attitudes, because of their willingness to try. They didn't expect a perfect life filled with riches, just a happy family and a pig or two for butchering.


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The base-model Sport trim level comes with 18-inch alloy wheels, three-zone automatic climate control, power accessories, remote keyless entry, a leather-wrapped tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, Bluetooth connectivity, a trip computer, and an audio system equipped with six speakers, a CD player, and an auxiliary audio input jack.
Opting for the middle-of-the-road Touring version adds automatic headlamps, heated mirrors, leather front and second row seats, and heated power front seats. The top-of-the-line Grand Touring model rolls on 20-inch alloys and includes additional features such as xenon headlamps, fog lights, automatic wipers, keyless ignition and entry, driver's seat memory, a second row armrest, an auto-dimming rearview mirror, a blind spot warning system, and interior accents made of genuine wood.
There are also a variety of additional options available, depending on the trim level. These include a sunroof, a power tailgate, a navigation system with a rearview camera, a stand-alone rearview camera, a remote ignition, roof rails, a back-seat entertainment system, and an improved Bose surround sound system with 10 speakers, a six-CD changer, and satellite radio.
All versions of the 2012 Mazda CX-9 contain a 3.7-liter V-6 engine that generates 273 horsepower and produces 270 lb-ft of torque. The sole transmission option is a six-speed automatic with manual shift control. However, the 2012 CX-9 comes with either front- or all-wheel drive. When properly outfitted, the vehicle can tow up to 3,500 pounds.
Reviews indicate that the front-wheel drive version accelerates from zero to 60 in 7.4 seconds, while the all-wheel drive version can make it in 8.5 seconds. EPA-estimated fuel economy for the front-wheel drive version is 17/24/19 mpg city/highway/combined, while the all-wheel drive version rates slightly worse at 16/22/19 mpg city/highway/combined.
In tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the 2012 CX-9 receives the highest rating of ""Good"" for frontal-offset and side-impact collisions. However, when it comes to roof-strength integrity tests, the full-size SUV receives a rating of ""Marginal,"" which is the second lowest score possible. Standard safety features on all versions of the model include anti-lock disc brakes, stability control, a rollover sensor, front-seat side airbags, full-length side curtain airbags, and active head restraints.
The 2012 CX-9 boasts a spacious interior that's elegantly appointed enough to pass for that of a luxury SUV. Interior features include a large center console bin for storage and an attractive waterfall motif that adorns the dash and doors. Headroom is ample in the first two rows of seating and slightly less so in the rear. Second row seating can recline and slide forward and aft. The vehicle's large rear doors, and folding and sliding second row, make it relatively easy to access the third row of seating.
Reviews indicate that while the 2012 CX-9 provides a great option for cruising down the highway on a long trip, it also offers agile, athletic performance one would associate with a much smaller vehicle. The suspension is supple and more than capable of absorbing irregularities on the road.
Introduced in 2007, the Mazda CX-9 remains in its first generation. However, there have been a number of changes made to the model during the course of its production. First-year versions contain a 3.5-liter V-6 that produces 263 hp and 249 lb-ft of torque. Mazda replaced that engine with the current 3.7-liter V-8, in 2008.
Another addition is the power rear hatch feature on the Grand Touring model, which Mazda did not offer at launch, and it may be hard to come by on many models from 2007. Bluetooth became a standard feature in 2009, and, in 2010, Mazda made a number of interior and exterior style modifications. That same year, real-time traffic functionality enhanced the CX-9's navigation system.
2019 Mazda CX-9
SUV, Utility/Offroad
2017 Mazda CX-9
2016 Mazda CX-9
2015 Mazda CX-9
2014 Mazda CX-9
2013 Mazda CX-9
Family Hauling without sacrificing fun driving --the 2013 Mazda CX-9 does it all
2012 Mazda CX-9
After a recent midlife face-lift, there are no changes for Mazda's first three-row SUV.
2011 Mazda CX-9
Mazda is well known for making peppy cars that handle well, offering a fun driving experience even for family vacations and trips to the grocery.
2010 Mazda CX-9
For 2010 the CX-9 gets chrome interior accents, new seat fibers, and softer leathers, There is also a redesigned rear climate control console, refreshed keyless entry and start system, a 4.3-inch LCD, and two-stage heated seats (standard on Touring and Grand Touring, optional on Sport). A back-up camera is available for the first time in 2010.
2009 Mazda CX-9
The 2009 Mazda CX-9 is a clever blend of the minivan with the attractive features of a sport utility vehicle (SUV).
2008 Mazda CX-9
2007 Mazda CX-9
The 2007 Mazda CX-9 starts new for this model year.


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Evan's performance was a slice of perfection. No really, he got straight 10's. (ABC Medianet)
As the sequin-loving kids on the street would say after an eyeful of this week's "Dancing With the Stars", (bleep) just got real.
We're down to six celebs and every single one was absolute pizza. Even the "bad" ones were just a little less great than the stellar ones. And I did say stellar ones. One dancer locked perfect 10's. Two dancers knotted straight 9's. No one got lower than an 8 on his or her performance. Like I said, pure pizza.
But one slice of DWTS pie stood out just a wee bit more from the others. And nope, it wasn't the usual dish of dance-floor flavah that is Nicole Scherzinger.
Say hi again to that other dominant DWTS hoofer Evan Lysacek. For real, yo.
DWTS saved the best for last this week. Well, nearly. After couples dancing, we got two teams of three celebs square off in a cha-cha-challenge that mocks my disdain for group dances but tickles my fancy for alliteration. So, onward to the upward.
Erin Andrews started the night by finally breaking free of her DWTS Barbie shell with a poppy, precise quickstep that netted her a pretty set of straight 9's. Then Chad Ochocinco followed like some knight in white satin with a sleek, almost bedroom sexy Viennese waltz that oozed with crisp grace and control. Just solid stuff.
Nicole Scherzinger kept that bar raised high with an elegant, flowing, simply sweet waltz that looked so professional the judges had to give it straight 9's else one of the DWTS pros loses her job.
From there, the night took just the slightest dip with a quiet but still too loose waltz from Pamela Anderson, only to rise again with Niecy Nash's best dance so far: a languid quickstep that charmed the judges enough for a 9 and two 8's.
Which leaves our fleet-footed Evan Lysacek for the sorta finale. Evan rocked an Argentine tango with so much prowling precision and suave sharpness he torched the ballroom into an even oozier ooze than it usually ends up after it's been Scherzingered. Evan certainly set the judges' paddles ablaze with three very well-deserved 10's.
Alas, less dancers means more programming to fill. Hence the cha-cha-challenge with each team's score added to the celebrity team member's individual score.
In one corner: Team Gaga starring Pam, Chad and Nicole. In the other: Team Madonna starring Evan, Niecy and Erin.
The Gaga squad had more going on than the Madge brigade, from better contemporary moves to better clicking choreography. And that was with Pam just a bit lost in the proceedings, too. So Team Gaga got a 27 and Team Madonna managed a 24.
Which means I get to say something I've waited my entire DWTS life to say: Game Gaga.
It also means this week's pick for the chop is tough, tough, tough.
Technically, Niecy owns the bottom spot with an overall score of 49 — but that's just 5 points shy of co-leaders Evan and Nicole, who share the top spot this week because their usual awesome actually eclipsed itself. Still, Pamela had the lowest couple performance total score with 24 to Niecy's 25, so I'm guessing these larger than life ladies will likely round out the bottom two.
So who goes? Guess we have to say bye-bye to Niecy. Not because we want to but because we have to.
Hey, it's Nicole and now Evan's world. We're just enjoying the tasty fun.


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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
The Geography of Twitter: Mapping the Global Heartbeat
"My colleague Kalev Leetaru recently co-authored this comprehensive study on the various sources and accuracies of geographic information on Twitter. This is the first detailed study of its kind. The detailed analysis, which runs some 50-pages long, has important implications vis-a-vis the use of social media in emergency management and humanitarian response. Should you not have the time to analyze the comprehensive study, this blog post highlights the most important and relevant findings.
Kalev et al. analyzed 1.5 billion tweets (collected from the Twitter Decahose via GNIP) between October 23 and November 30th, 2012. This came to 14.3 billion words posted by 35% of all active users at the time. Note that 2.9% of the world's population are active Twitter users and that 87% of all tweets ever posted since the launch of Twitter in 2006 were posted in the past 24 months alone. On average, Kalev and company found that the lowest number of tweets posted per hour is one million; the highest is 2 million. In addition, almost 50% of all tweets are posted by 5% of users. (Click on images to enlarge)." READ MORE


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White House Lays Out Cybersecurity Guidelines
The Obama Administration is courting the tech industry with voluntary cybersecurity guidelines that some security experts are saying will be completely ineffective. Gauthem Nagesh joins digits. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... what to do some Spencer on pay Wall Street Journal the administration has released a voluntary cybersecurity Gilead's for all major crucial industries the year after President Obama ... issued an executive order promising to safeguard the nation's most critical computer networks ... joining us from Washington DC is WSJ's Dobson The just welcomed our son ... thanks for having me ... so I read a story with great interest and it looks like the cybersecurity experts are sane and ... this is not going to really do much what what what ... what what what's going on over there ... yes I think that actor a lot of the experts don't think that these guidelines can make a difference basically the White House has been in this process for year ... they've been working closely with industry and some other groups trying to come up with the set of cybersecurity rules that are gonna be acceptable ... to utilities ... banks will recall critical infrastructure providers ... however ... because they had to bend over so far can make these rules something the industry can be on board with ... a lot of the security folks don't think that really can make that much that different one of the doubt ... and that was on August the fierce lobbying against his will to cut the mortar down but ... you know is that the typical its gonna cost too much money or what why would the via Manly against ... aam require Daimler of requirements to do this given that ... everyone ... everyone agrees that the attacks or otherwise and we need to beef up security is computer networks ... absolutely well cost is a big part of this ... in general companies are really wary of allowing the government to regulate cybersecurity because right now they don't the government doesn't have any laws on the books about how coming and protect its networks is no expectations ... as soon as you crack that door open and let the government in ... both as you and I know that and probably lead to more and more action in Syria ... right now we've seen big companies like party ... Neiman Marcus ... get hit with big consumer focused preaches there's probably a lot of stuff going on behind closed doors ... come these are not necessarily love to disclose the sorts of things ... as soon as they allow the government require them to report these breaches are to take certain steps ... their opening Pandora's box and they know that ... they're just a step away from ... the federal regulators dictating to them how they have to manage their networks ... so it costs a big issue and then there's a liability issue ... no utility company wants to be held liable if a hacker freaks in ... and takes on the network then all of their customers can turn around its soup that is a huge concern ... the outlaws doesn't like for points but ... you know the administration claims in your story that voluntary standards to work ... based on your experience or knowledge of this case ... is that true to voluntary center to actually lead to better security ... well I think it's fair to say that voluntary standards ... we'll have some effect in terms of education awareness but for my reporting ... there's not a lot of people who believe that ... the wee seen these guidelines and operationally impact much if anything ... in either the critical infrastructure space or more generally among companies in us because one there's no reason for companies to ... go along with this they're not getting anything from the administration no tax write offs no money no liability protections ... and there's nothing really that compels them to participate sure they were very active in helping formulate this and you will see somebody and perfect sectors especially sectors like thinking ... that already tend to spend a lot of money on cybersecurity ... and have things in place that are well and be on the recommendation police today ... however ... in general ... and these sorts of voluntary guidelines they can be useful I think it's fair to say but in terms of changing behavior we haven't seen that what changes behavior usually is a company getting hacked ... after they get hacked cost a lot of money they changed by ... the Lemieux Lumia one last question is ... I think a lot people would agree that ... greater transparency in this in this ... area would be ... a positive because the ... companies ... are reluctant to disclose these these breaches and ... Wall Street Journal has just recorded ... a breach of a of physical power station in California ... and after we disclose that ... the utility's other to beef up security so ... is there anything in these guidelines that will improve disclosure and it's not what why not ... not yet ... that is part of the theme of this and there's also a separate sort of legislative issues called data breach notification where their tiny increase consumers the amount of information when they are ... breached but really in this sector ... that easier we brought up ... it really shows the riskier the power grid is increasingly controlled by computers within the same thing the pair traffic control system ... the financial markets we seen instances where ... markets were happy to have big consequences so ... these are tools that a criminal group or terrorist organization or an enemy state ... could definitely the same way we saw a power ... station attack by a machine gun or something like that ... it's very easy to see that happening via a hacker who is located in China or Russia are somewhere else ... be able to have almost the same impact with just a keyboard ... and so ... the issue here is whether or not the security standards are going to compel the utility companies do enough to prevent that ... and again it doesn't seem like they will ... if companies are going to act it's gonna be because they think this is in their best interest the administration ... they're ... selling point on this is basically like look ... these utility companies you need to do something or you may get hacked and you may ... go on a business remain cost a lot of money ... so are interest a line here that's true ... but companies don't spend money unless they have few rights typically and so if they don't think they kept the yet they probably won't well you know this is insane case of of the a bomb and ... administration of letting the marketplace work and will have to see if the market actually does what top ... that with the government wanted to so thanks for coming on today ... thanks for having ... thanks for watching digits if you want to get more news and information about technology check out WSJ dot com and our new website WSJD thank you


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WASHINGTON - Oil consumption has fallen, demand
from U.S. motorists for gasoline is flat at best and refiners that turn
crude into fuel are operating well below capacity. Yet oil prices keep
marching toward $90 a barrel, pushing gasoline toward $3 a gallon in
many markets, and prompting American drivers to ask, "What gives?"
Blame it on the same folks who brought you $140
oil and $4 gasoline in 2008: Wall Street speculators.
attribute much of the recent rise in prices to flows of speculative
money into oil markets. These bets are fueled by investor expectations
that the U.S. and global economies are poised to return to growth and
thus spark increased use of oil. Strong growth in China supports the
narrative of rising oil consumption and tightening supplies.
"The thinking goes that rising stock (market) prices implies
expanding business activity, implies growing energy demand, implies
rising oil prices. I think you can make that case, but it's awfully
weak," said Michael Fitzpatrick, vice president-energy for MF Global, a
financial firm that brokers the sale of contracts for future delivery of
While there are signs of U.S. economic recovery, such as a
slight uptick in consumption and strong manufacturing data, there are
plenty of ho-hum signs too, including dismal construction spending and
continued high unemployment.
"I just don't think if you look
across the entire spectrum of the macro-economy that it creates a
picture of a growing body of incontrovertible evidence that there is a
strong, sustainable recovery. I just don't see it," Fitzpatrick said. "I
think it should be closer to the range we were seeing in late summer
and early fall, $67 to $72" a barrel.
On the last day of July, oil
traded at $67.50 a barrel and gasoline sold at a nationwide average of
$2.52 a gallon for regular unleaded. On Thursday, oil prices settled at
$84.87 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and regular unleaded
gasoline averaged $2.80 a gallon and more than $3 on the West Coast,
according to the AAA.
"It's the story we've been talking about . .
. . It's really about oil being an attractive investment for investors
right now," said Troy Green, a AAA spokesman. "You've seen quite a bit
of money flooding into the oil markets because of that."
different about today's price run-up from two or three years ago is that
oil is now in ample supply.
"If you look at the fundamentals
right now, there is certainly an abundance that is available (of oil) to
the market for the next 12 months or so. It's not a near-term supply
shortfall," said David Dismukes, the associate director of the Center
for Energy Studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
motorists and businesses consumed 18.69 million barrels per day (bpd)
of petroleum product last year. That's projected to rise slightly this
year to 18.89 million bpd. However, it remains far below peak
consumption of 20.80 million bpd in 2005.
The latest data from the
Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the Energy
Department, shows that as of mid-March, U.S. refiners were operating at
81.1 percent capacity. They're making eight gallons of gasoline for
every 10 they're capable of producing, a clear sign that demand is down.
the only argument that would justify rising prices is that global
consumption is expected to grow by 1.6 million bpd to 86.6 million bpd
this year, according to the Paris-based International Energy Agency.
so, there's 6 million bpd of oil that's shut-in, a technical way of
saying that recoverable oil is being left in the ground by the world's
oil producers.
"When you look at inventories and shut-in capacity,
(oil) prices today are above what those would indicate," said Daniel
Yergin, the author of "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money &
Power," the recently updated Pulitzer Prize-winning book that chronicles
the history of oil.
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When oil traded above $140 a barrel nearly
two years ago and pundits warned that the world was running out of oil,
Yergin suggested that a glut of oil would come onto the market in 2010
and beyond. The 6 million bpd of oil now on the sidelines suggests that
he was right.
Today's spare production capacity is three times
what it was in 2004 and 2005, when supply actually was tight.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries signaled this week its
concerns about rising prices by not calling for hard enforcement of
production quotas by its members. That suggested the cartel will
tolerate an open-spigot policy by its 12 members as needed to stabilize
"While OPEC was silent on any threat to the recovery,
speculation continues that the cartel is deliberately allowing members
to exceed production quotas in order to limit upward price pressure,"
wrote analyst Matt Robinson, in a research report Thursday by forecaster
Moody's Economy.com.
Rising oil and gasoline prices are deja vu
all over again for Michael Masters. The hedge fund manager has crusaded
for legislation that would prevent so much speculative money in the oil
Wall Street is "gaming" the price of oil, he warns.
you're a bank, and you know there is going to be a large amount of
investor inflows into the commodities market, you are going to position
yourself ahead of them . . . You want to be a seller at a higher price,"
explained Masters, noting that large Wall Street banks invest for
themselves in these markets even as they also broker the oil investments
of others.
What's abundantly clear, he and others argue, is that
an oil contract's price today has little to do with the supply of and
demand for oil.
"It's a capital asset now. Once the majority of
participants are capital-asset folks, common sense would tell you it's
going to be traded like a capital asset . . . and consumers pay,"
Masters said. "It wasn't that way in the past."
What can be done?
Commodity Futures Trading Commission is weighing a proposal to put
global limits on how many oil contracts any one market player can buy or
sell, and legislation to revamp financial regulation that's expected to
pass Congress this year could force greater disclosure by oil traders
to regulators.
Neither, however, promises imminent relief at the
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Tag: 'dragon fruit'
November 29, 2007 at 7:55 am
Once a month I try new fruits and vegetables. Sometimes I even know their names.
Sometimes I do not know their names. Thank you to everybody who told me that the strange, green fruit I picked up at the grocery store is a cherimoya. They are a very popular fruit that have several web sites dedicated to them and Mark Twain called them "deliciousness itself." Still, I'd never seen or heard of them before. I'm evidently out of the fruit loop. I don't recognize any of the musicians in the Top 10 anymore and I cannot identify a somewhat popular and beloved custard fruit. I am old and out of touch with the world.
The cherimoya is described as having a creamy, custard flavor and it lived up to its reputation. It was very yummy, sweet with a tart after taste. My only complaint is that there are a lot of hard brown seeds that I had to pick out. As shown in the picture below, after I ate all the white stuff they took up one […]


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Spring Green Salad with Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
I'm so excited! Spring has finally arrived in Southern Oregon! According to the calendar, "technically" it's still winter. According to what is happening in my backyard, the calendar is way wrong :)…
A crocus blossom… One of the first flowers to make an appearance in our backyard early in the season. I love the bright orange stamens and the purple and white streaked petals. I have them planted in many places in our yard. Some reside in pots, some are tucked under bushes and trees. Crocuses grow only a few inches tall and come back every year during the month of March.
This is a shot of some pansies that I have planted in a hanging pot on my back patio. Pansies are a regular staple to our yard in the spring and fall. Every time I look at them they make me smile. I enjoy the bright and cheerful colors outside my kitchen window.
A close-up shot of a pansy blossom. I was thrilled to capture this image with my camera. Through the lens of my camera, I was able to see this amazing amount of detail on the flower. I can't see this level of detail even with my reading glasses on.
A tulip poking its way through the soil. I look forward to a big vase full of bright red blossoms on our dining room table in a short couple of weeks.
Purple crocus. What's not to like about that deep rich indigo color?
Even the koi fish in our pond are starting to surface for the first handfuls of feed of the year. This is Pumpkin… He's one of the original fish to live in our pond. He's almost 2 feet long and about 10 years old. I remember the day when Bruce and I purchased him. He was about 4 inches in length and shared a plastic bag with four other fish on the trip home. Several years later, we now have a total of 8 koi fish happily living in our pond.
Whenever I think of spring, one of the first things that come to mind is fresh picked strawberries. I purchased a couple of pints of strawberries the other day and one of the things that I wanted to do with them was to make a spring like strawberry vinaigrette. My Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette is a wonderfully pink colored salad dressing made with fresh strawberries, red wine vinegar, local honey, Dijon Mustard, canola oil and poppy seeds. It's a delicious vinaigrette to serve drizzled over a plate of fresh picked greens and sliced strawberries. Enjoy! Tessa
Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette Ingredients:
- 1/4 pound strawberries (cleaned and hulled)
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
- 1 Tbs honey or to taste
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 1/2 tsp poppy seeds or to taste
Add strawberries, red wine vinegar, honey, Dijon mustard and canola oil to a blender. Blend until smooth. Taste and add salt and pepper if needed. Splash more vinegar into the dressing if you want… Mix in the poppy seeds. Makes 1 cup or 16 – 1 Tablespoon servings. Store in a tightly covered jar in the refrigerator for up to 3 or 4 days.
Green Salad (per serving)
- 2 cups fresh lettuce
- 1 thinly sliced radish
- 2 strawberries (hulled and quartered)
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced radicchio
- 1 Tbs Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette (or to taste)
Assemble by placing salad greens on a plate. Arrange radishes, strawberries and radicchio on top of the greens. Drizzle greens with the Strawberry Poppy Seed Vinaigrette. Makes one serving.