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radiodudes needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 341 designs submitted by 80 freelance designers.
Q98 Rocks
Modern Rock radio station on the cutting edge! Playing the hottest NEW Rock artists; Metallica, Disturbed, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, STP, Linkin Park, Green Day!
One of the longest standing rock stations in the US that has played only 100% Rock-n-Roll for over 40 years. Very well known as simply "Q" or Q98.
Men 18 to 39 primarily, but Adults 18 to 44 as well.
Must relate to the listener who craves today's rock. At the same time, this design should be relevant to advertising decision makers that need to target this hard to reach demographic.
The music already speaks for itself so the logo should be strong but not too overbearing. Key is the "Q" and the frequency 98.
Need a logo with attitude just like the station yet not too overboard since the station already does that nicely.
Looking for something contemporary so please visit all core artist websites for ideas on backgrounds, graphics, fonts used. Also may want to visit other rock station sites.
Modern yet simple. Strong and bold (but not too over the top).
NO INSTRUMENTS please.
Focus on fonts, colors and layout. Very simple message: Q98 Rocks
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Multicultural Nashville
Diversity is a key part of the city's past, present and future. Nashville is a model of the American "melting pot" with an active Native American population, thriving Hispanic community and growing Middle Eastern and Asian presence. Different cultures, religions, ideas and customs come together harmoniously in Music City.

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Brian Scates is moving from Dallas to San Francisco at the end of July and doesn't want to lug everything he owns over 1,500 miles across the country. So instead of renting a moving truck he's decided to sell the lot (including his $26,500 Audi A6), and start with a blank slate. Since he doesn't have a garage, Brian decided to open an online store to sell everything he owns. Smart.
"This is something I've been thinking about for a couple of months. I HATE selling things on craigslist. For everything you list, 10 people call you asking if it's available, if they can come look at it, ask you to hold it, tell you they're on their way, and then never show up. It's also hard to sell higher end things on craigslist if you are cash-only. So the idea of selling 40–50 things on craigslist made me want to kill myself."
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July 18 2011, 06:27PM
Such an interesting idea, I love it. What a great story, good luck Brian selling everything in your apartment.
July 19 2011, 09:11AM
seemingly so obvious. you have set a trend. I will be following!
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Orchidkart is providing the free eCommerce store (website) to the sellers of India. Yes, absolutely free, no setup charges/ hidden charges. Free eCommerce store comes with the subdomain, hosting, payment gateway, logistics, and many more features.
To checkout the details visit: http://freestore.orchidcart.com


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well did some work on the table top for the jungle table today
the table has paint and I have put down some flock. as well as some clear resin to act as the water.
Well hi all,
over the past four years or so I have
been producing terrain for my gaming
needs well I Have now more terrain
then I need and have to find a new
direction for my gaming hobby.
So I have started to work as a
Mantic Pathfinder.
I love Kings of war , as well as
dead zone and Dreadball, so it was
easy to apply for the program.
So this blog will start with showcasing
my activities with the Mantic pathfinders
There will still be times I will
place terrain projects on the blog
but it will now be the home to the
adventures of a Mantic Pathfinder
in one of the remote capital city's
around the world, Perth Western Australia.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
jungles table update
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The men's tennis team held its season opener on Friday night at Whitworth Tennis Center. For the Bisons, it was a season opener that had been dreamed of.
Entering the 2009 season with just one win in the previous year, the Bisons swept their match against the University of Alabama A&M by a score of 7-0.
Doubles winners for the Bisons were Mario Hernandez & Daniel Hangstefer, who beat Stevon Walker & Johnny Singleton 8-0. Also winning for the Bisons was James Murrell & Chad Pierron, who defeated Gregory Rodgers & Evan Brown 8-0.
"I think the guys did well today. All things considered, you never know how they are going to come off of a couple month break. But, they did well and had a good match," said Coach Andrew Harris.
The Bisons continued strong in their singles matches, taking all wins. Daniel Hangstefer defeated Stevon Walker, 6-0, 6-1. Chad Pierron defeated Gregory Rodgers, 6-1, 6-0.
Both Mario Hernandez and James Murrell defeated their singles opponents; Evan Brown and Johnny Singleton, 6-0, 6-0.
Joe McArdle defeated Bertaud Ngomsi, 8-0. Bruno Melibeu won by default.
The Bisons travel to Austin Peay University in Clarksville, Tenn. on January 31st.
"That will be a little more of a difficult test in terms of gaging where we are at right now," said Harris. "But we are looking forward to it."
The Bisons next home match will be February 13th at 7:00 p.m. against UT-Martin. The location is to be announced.
This story was written by Caroline Price, a student assistant in the athletics media relations department.


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Analysts have reported that flour mills in both the U.S. and around the world have bought wheat to meet demand until March 2008. This implies that these flour mills still need to purchase wheat for April and May.
If the 2008 wheat crop looks good in April and May, buyers will delay more purchases. If the 2008 wheat crop looks poor, the buyers will try to stay current on wheat needs. Irrespective of the U.S. wheat crop condition in April and May, buyers will need to buy U.S. winter wheat as soon as it is harvested. This pent-up demand will help keep hard red winter wheat prices relatively high.
Coming into the 2008 wheat harvest, U.S. wheat ending stocks are projected to be 312 million bushels and the stocks-to-use ratio (ending stocks divided by total use) is projected to be 13.5 percent. The five-year average U.S. stocks-to-use ratio is 24.2 percent. The stocks-to-use ratio is the best measure of the supply/demand situation.
The world's wheat ending stocks are projected to be four billion bushels and the stocks-to-use ratio is projected to be 17.8 percent. The five-year average world stocks-to-use ratio is 23.7 percent. Both the U.S. and world's stocks-to-use ratios are at or near record lows.
Before the U.S. winter wheat harvest, the only exportable wheat to be harvested is in Argentina and Australia. Argentina is projected to produce 570 million bushels compared to a five-year average of 533 million bushels. Australia is projected to produce 478 million bushels compared to a five-year average of 692 million bushels.
Both Argentina and Australia's wheat production has been factored into the current market price. The 2007-2008 world's wheat marketing year production will be near 22.17 billion bushels. United States 2007-2008 marketing year wheat production was 2.07 billion bushels.
At this writing, the Kansas City Board of Trade July 2008 wheat contract price is $6.86.
The expected June 2008 basis is about a minus 50 cents. This implies a June 2008 cash wheat price of $6.36. The current cash price is about $7.
During the 2007-2008 wheat marketing year, domestic wheat use is projected be 1.15 billion bushels and exports are projected to be 1.15 billion bushels. Total 2007-2008 U.S. marketing year demand is projected to be 2.3 billion bushels.
Total wheat supply for 2007-2008 was 2.61 billion bushels (456 million bushels beginning stocks, 90 million bushel imports and 2.07 billion bushels production).
Some analysts predict that wheat planted acres will increase 3 to 5 percent. Planted acres for the 2007-2008 marketing year were 60.4 million acres. A 4 percent increase in planted acres would be 62.8 million acres.
The five-year average of percent harvested acres is 84.6 percent. Using the average percent harvested acre (84.6%), 53.1 million acres of wheat would be harvested in 2008.
The five-year average yield is 40.7 bushels per acre. If 52.6 million acres are harvested with an average yield of 40.7, 2008-2009 marketing year production would be 2.16 billion bushels.
With 2008-2009 beginning stocks of 312 million bushels, 90 million bushels imported and 2.16 billion bushel production, total wheat supply would be 2.56 billion bushels. To maintain ending stocks at 300 million bushels, 2008-2009 exports would have to decline to 1.1 billion bushels.
The above scenario shows how critical it is that 2008 U.S. wheat production be above average. Below average wheat production could be made up with foreign wheat production. The key to this is that, after Argentina and Australia, the next foreign exportable wheat harvest will start in late-August 2008.


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Immediately following the reception at the President's Residence, Pope Benedict XVI visited Yad Vashem, Israel's National Holocaust Memorial Museum. A moving memorial ceremony took place in the presence of President Shimon Peres, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Welfare and Social Affairs Minister Isaac Herzog, Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, Information and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein, Minister Yossi Peled, Deputy Pensioner Affairs Minister Lea Nass, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Council Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and other invited guests.
The Pope rekindled the Eternal Flame and laid a yellow and white floral wreath, representing the colors of the Vatican flag. After delivering an address, the Pope met with six Holocaust survivors: Ed Mosberg, Israela Hargil, Avraham Ashkenazi, Gita Kalderon, Dan Landsberg and Ruth Bondy. He also met Ivan Vranetic, one of the "righteous among the nations," who now lives in Israel.
In his moving address, the Pope thanked the people of Israel for giving him the opportunity to "stand in silence before this monument."


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A new farm-to-school initiative, led by a UC Davis team, will help provide children in three Northern California school districts with the healthier school lunches called for in the recently passed federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
The Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis has begun working with school districts in Oakland, Winters and Redding on a participatory project to expand student access to local, seasonal fresh produce; provide local markets for specialty crop growers; and help integrate school food with nutrition education, school gardens and classroom lessons. The institute received a $497,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop the program.
The initiative will help those districts improve the nutritional quality of cafeteria meals in order to promote health and address childhood obesity, central concerns of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
"Providing access to healthy school lunches is a vital part of childhood nutrition, and this program will also help kids develop lifelong healthy eating habits," said project leader Gail Feenstra, the food systems coordinator at the Agricultural Sustainability Institute.
The UC Davis team will work with the three school districts to benefit more than 50,000 children by increasing the availability of seasonal, local fruits and vegetables in school meals. In about two-thirds of the schools in these districts, at least half of the students receive free and reduced-price lunches.
"Right now, only about four in 10 California kids eat five or more servings of fresh fruits and vegetables a day," said Feenstra. "The child nutrition bill paves the way for more healthful school lunches, and our program will help connect schools with local farmers who grow the fruits and vegetables that are an important part of healthful meals."
As part of the program, schools will work with community partners, UC Cooperative Extension and the UC Davis team to design menus that incorporate fresh, local produce. Ultimately, this project will develop farm-to-school methods that can be expanded and replicated by school districts statewide.
This fall, the USDA awarded $55 million in specialty-crops funding; California received nearly $17.3 million, more than any other state.
The UC Davis grant will also allow California specialty-crop producers to expand their market opportunities into farm-to-school programs. California is the nation's largest producer of specialty crops, accounting for 40 percent of the nation's specialty-crop production according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and dried fruits.
Founded in 2006, the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis works to ensure access to healthy food and promote the vitality of agriculture today and for future generations, through integrative research, education, communication and early action on big, emerging issues. The institute includes the UC statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, the UC Davis Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility and the UC Davis Student Farm. More information from the institute is available online at: http://www.asi.ucdavis.edu.


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So, now that the Villa D' Este Z8 meeting is over, I am wondering where is the announcement of the fix? Posts here on this site state that Andreas K. from BMW was the point man for announcing the "fix" at the event. The event looks like a great success and an wonderful event and wonderful place to visit BUT.... where is the fix we all so deperately anticipated? I noticed Macfly has referred to it as a "suspension ugrade" but what is that exactly?
The main questions are: Are they still going to announce the fix? If so, when? Who is going to have to pay for it? If so, how much? Once (or if) it is announced, when will it be availble to us? Will it be available and be able to be installed by the Meet in the Middle or do we all cancel now?
Come on folks, is anyone else alittle irritated with still no DEFINITIVE word from BMW on this? Hey, maybe I am just impatient (although this has been going on 6 months now) but to me, something is starting to smell a little fishy?


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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Distinguished scientist Stephen Hawking was said to be in a "comfortable" condition Tuesday after spending the night in hospital, Cambridge University said in a statement.
Stephen Hawking in Pasadena, California, in March.
The 67-year-old, who suffers from a degenerative condition, was taken to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge by ambulance in a "very ill" condition on Monday.
"He is comfortable and his family is looking forward to him making a full recovery," the university, where Hawking is a professor of mathematics, said in a short statement.
Hawking -- a physicist, cosmologist, astronomer and mathematician -- is considered by many to be the greatest scientist of recent years. His numerous books include "A Brief History of Time," a global bestseller exploring the origins of the universe which also made him one of the world's best known scientists.
Hawking suffers from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. ALS is usually fatal within a few years, but Hawking has lived with the disease since he was diagnosed in 1963.
ALS is "a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord," according to the ALS Association. "Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord... to the muscles throughout the body." So when motor neurons die, the brain can no longer control muscle movement.
The disease has left him wheelchair-bound and paralyzed -- he is able to move only a few fingers on one hand. He is completely dependent on others or technology for virtually everything, communicating through a speech synthesizer.
On his Web site, Hawking has written about living with ALS. "I try to lead as normal a life as possible, and not think about my condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many," he wrote.
He added, "I have been lucky, that my condition has progressed more slowly than is often the case. But it shows that one need not lose hope." Watch Larry King's interview with Hawking in 1999 »
Sharon Matland, vice president of patient services for the ALS Association, told CNN Monday, "He is living an amazing life." She said about 350,000 people worldwide have the disease.
Hawking has been married and divorced twice. In 2004, police completed an investigation into accusations by Hawking's daughter that his second wife was abusing him. Authorities said they found no proof.
He has three children and one grandchild, according to his Web site.
Hawking was born in Oxford, England, on a date auspicious for his future career: January 8, 1942 -- the 300th anniversary of the death of astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei.
Professor Peter Haynes, head of the university's department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, said: "Professor Hawking is a remarkable colleague, we all hope he will be amongst us again soon."
At Cambridge, he holds the position of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics -- one of the world's most prestigious academic posts which was held from 1669 to 1702 by Isaac Newton, who laid the foundations of modern physics by discovering the universal law of gravity.
Hawking has guest-starred, as himself, on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "The Simpsons." He also said if he had the choice of meeting Newton or Marilyn Monroe, his choice would be Marilyn.
In October, CNN's Becky Anderson interviewed Hawking.
"Over the last twenty years, observations have to a large extent confirmed the picture I painted in 'A Brief History of Time.'" he said then.
"The one major development that was not anticipated was the discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating now, rather than slowing down... We live in the most probable of all possible worlds. Watch the CNN interview »
Hawking also predicted "great dangers" for the human race and said the species would have to look beyond the earth for its long-term survival.
"I believe that the long-term future of the human race must be in space. It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster on planet Earth in the next hundred years, let alone next thousand, or million," he said.
"I see great dangers for the human race ... but I'm an optimist. If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe as we spread into space."
CNN's Jennifer Pifer contributed to this report
All About Physics • Stephen Hawking


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Jira's Math Parent Quiz Post.
Here are the questions.
Ratio Rate Proportion (Link to your Proportion Post)
Peter runs 200 m in 30s while his sister Eva runs 300 m in 36s.
- Who is the faster runner? Explain how you can tell.
- At the same rate, how far will each runner go in 2 minutes?
Percent (Link to your Percent Scribepost)
A bicycle is on sale for 10% off the origional price of $420. when it does not sell, the store reduces the sale price by another 5%. What is the final price of the bicycle?
Surface Area
Calculate the Surface Area of the net below.
Fractions (Connect to your Fraction Scribepost)
Chad likes to eat Honeycomb for breakfast every day. He eats 3/4 of a box per week.
- How much of the box does he eat each day?
- How many boxes of Honeycomb does he eat each year?


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And Todd Ranck's Babe of the Week is…Tabatha Contreras!
Our winner this week is from American Fork, Utah, but we'd eat her up with a Candian spoon, which is not even a thing.
Tabatha clinched this week's Babe of the Week competition with nearly 30% of your votes, despite going up against some serious competitors in the babe dept. What now? Tabby (do you mind if we call you Tabby?) moves on to fight for a spot as Babe of the Month, an even tougher race to win. Seems like she might have the goods to get there:
Here's the deal: At the end of the week, each Babe of the Day will compete for your votes and the winner will become Babe of the Week. Each week's winner will then face off to become Babe of the Month, and those winners will then duke it out for – you guessed it – the Babe of the Year title. Only those lucky ladies will be inducted into GuySpeed's Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for the hottest of babes.


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Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast Kitchen/ 21st Century Table: The kitchen journal of a vegan food writer.. I'm on Facebook and Twitter (see links in sidebar at right).
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Spectacular mountains outside of Whitehorse, Yukon
DH and I just returned from Whitehorse, Yukon last weekend and I am finally getting caught up enough to blog! What a beautiful area! We were supposed to go in September, when it was a little warmer, but my mother had to move, so we had to postpone the trip. However, the weather was mostly sunny and there was only a tiny bit of snow some of the time.
We were invited by the owner of the Alpine Bakery in Whitehorse, Suat Tuzlak, to stay with his family and do a bit of consulting on vegan food in the bakery. I also presented a class in the bakery after-hours, cooking a vegan Italian 5-course menu, attended the inagaural meeting of the new vegetarian society, and spoke about vegetarian/vegan diet at three area high schools. Who knew that there would be so much interest in vegetarianism so far north!
The back door of the Alpine bakery.
And it's not only vegetarianism, but organics, fair trade, community action, social responsibility, and good old fashioned kindness! They live their vision.
Here is Suat's philosophy for the bakery, and their whole life (from their website):
"Our Vision
In the modern world of globalization, this old adage takes on new meaning. Food and food production are affecting and changing our world in subtle and profound ways. Our food choices are no longer geared towards physical health. Instead, deciding what we put on our tables and in our mouths has become a political, environmental, social and spiritual choice.
Alpine Bakery's vision goes beyond daily bread to working more mindfully towards making positive changes in the world. Its mission is to offer wholesome organic food products, promote healthy and sustainable alternative lifestyle choices and foster social and environmental activism to its customers and community.
To fulfill its mission, Alpine Bakery:
is an environmentally conscious company – producing and selling environmentally friendly, ethical and healthy products including organic produce in support of sustainable agricultural practices and industry. It also maintains environmentally sound business practices and a "green" store in support of environmental initiatives and sources minimally packaged and recycled products.
is a socially responsible corporate citizen – demonstrating respect for its customers, employees, and the community it serves by providing an open and holistic atmosphere in its bakery along with purchasing locally produced and fairly traded goods, donating goods or labour to community organizations and actively participating in community initiatives;
is a community activist – promoting and supporting activism by educating and encouraging customers and citizens to participate in social and environmental awareness raising campaigns and opening its building to non-profit and alternative community organizations.
Alpine Bakery – exercising its power of choice."
Suat supports local growers and craftspeople. He has attended "slow food" conferences and supports organics. The bakery is full of literature on all of these areas, including globalization and social issues, which is available for customers to read, or to borrow.
The bakery is a real meeting place (and Suat makes the upstairs available for community meetings, film presentations, and yoga classes). People come in for organic coffee or tea (non-dairy milk available!), or fresh juices, and something from the bakery case, or a generous bowl of hot soup with fresh bread, or pizza (vegan available), sandwiches or sushi (very reasonable prices, too). Everything is vegetarian, most of it vegan. Earth Balance is available instead of butter, if you wish. Invariably, one gets into a conversation with someone-- we met so many great people! (DH got to speak alot of French-- there is a large Francophone community in Whitehorse.)
The bread in the bakery is AMAZING!! So many varieties (some are baked every day, and others on certain days of the week)-- many wheat-free. Many are brick oven breads and naturally leavened, or sourdough, breads (my favorites!). Here are some photos from the bakery:
A display basket with some of the breads for a catering job
The bakery case with not-too-sweet cinnamon buns and a delicious chocolate-cranberry cake
The bakery case, with cranberry scones, spelt muffins, and mini banana breads
Antonio's handmade organic, fair-trade chocolate truffles, using local berries
Fabulous bagels-- the real thing!
They grind some of their own flours
The brick oven
The spacious kitchen
Homemade granola and okara biscuits (okara from their homemade tofu) (they also make soy jerky)
The handmade, locally-made wooden trays used for transporting foods for catering, etc.
One of the propane ovens
As for Whitehorse itself, there are many interesting art galleries, museums, shops, an excellent library, and, of course, the spectacular scenery. The Yukon River flows behind the town (you can't see it in the picture below), with the mountains behind:
In this picture, you can see some of the large escarpment behind the city:
I stand beside a large copper "nugget" outside of one of the old original houses.
Some of the beautiful murals all over the city, depicting First Nations history, as well as Klondike history:
This was Yukon College, an alternative high school where I spoke to some of the students about vegetarian diet.
We managed to take two jaunts out of town, one to the south, where we visited a Tibetan lama (well, he was American, but follows Tibetan Buddhism) preparing for a 1000-day retreat in a cabin beside a beautiful lake in the woods. On the way there we stopped at the famous Emerald Lake (not the same lake mentioned above):
Emerald Lake
We also went on a 2 hour drive North, towards Haines, Alaska and saw beautiful mountains and glaciers (see the first picture).
The downtown has some old building, which give a "Wild West" feel:
This was great bookstore-- they carried lots of vegetarian and vegan book s( even one of mine!), and the biggest selection of magazines I've seen in a long time, including some very progressive ones.
In fact, we found the community very progressive environmentally. They have a farmers' market that is "plastic bag free", and the city is being inovative about their wast. In Porter Creek, the suburb where we were staying, there is a pilot program:
"With support from the 2007 Canada Winter Games and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the City is testing out carts for residential waste. While 56% of the population with curbside waste collection report that they compost, that leaves many people who do not separate their waste.
Some residents cite the cost, the availability and the quality of compostable bags as barriers to composting. In addition, our Public Works employees report injuries from lifting these heavy bags.
To address these issues, we are asking approximately 500 households in Porter Creek (almost half the neighbourhood) to participate in a pilot curbside cart program. From June 2007 to May 2008, participants will use a green ventilated cart for compostables and a black cart for garbage. We hope this will make waste separation easy!"
You can read about their solid waste program here.
Of course, this is a great place to go for outdoor recreation-- cross country skiiing, canoeing, kayaking, etc. You can explore some of that here. There are many young people who come to Whitehorse to work and play. There are events going on every day, and lots of musicians, even bellydancers! They also have a state-of-the-art Recreation center, with pools, rinks, indoor tracks, weight rooms, etc., built for last year's Canada Games. We took advantage of the pool and hot tub a few times!
Well, I'm running out of steam here-- I'll probably have more to say about Whitehorse in future! I hope we'll go back in the summer-- there's lots we didn't get a chance to see and do. (There is a fine airport-- there are direct flights from Frankfurt, Germany!) And, we didn't get to see any wildlife, excepts squirrels and naughty but beautiful magpies!
We also didn't see the Northern Lights this time. Many Japanese tourists travel there just to see the spectacular natural light show in the sky.
It was a great experience, and I was so gratified by the interest in a plant-based diet, by everyone's friendliness, and by Suat and Chalia's generosity and kindness.
Here's a Yukon recipe for you:
Highbush cranberries are a fruit of the honeysuckle, and completely different fruit than the lowbush or commercial cranberry. Highbush cranberries grow on a shrub with pointed leaves whereas cranberries grow on a vine with oval leaves. Highbush cranberries have a single seed, which needs to be removed. If you have ever smelled something reminiscent of stinky socks on a stroll through the bush, you are likely very close to a good patch of highbush cranberries. The seeded pulp of the highbush cranberry can be used interchangeably with the pulp of the regular cranberry in any recipe.
4 cups highbush cranberries
6 cups water
Additional water (as needed)
7 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. margarine
1 pouch liquid pectin (Certo)
Bring the berries and water to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Crush the berries or put through a food mill. Strain the juice in a cheesecloth-lined sieve. Add any additional water if need to bring the juice up to 5 cups.
Bring the juice and sugar up to a boil. Add the margarine, then the liquid pectin. Bring back to a boil, stirring constantly boil hard for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Skim foam from surface and pour into sterile pint jars and seal. Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes.
Yield: 8 cups
13 comments:
Bryanna ... SUCH an interesting trip report to read!! I loved the pictures ... what a beautiful area!!
And it really sounds like the town is quite progressive ... at least the parts you reported on. So encouraging.
Sounds like you were quite busy while you were there!!
I'm curious how the high school kids responded to your presentations.
- Thu Oct 25, 07:00:00 PM PDT
stinky socks??? LOL who would want to make jelly from a berry that smelled like stinky socks?? LOL ;)
Great pics Bryanna, glad you had a great time! You're such a busy, busy woman!
- Fri Oct 26, 12:11:00 AM PDT
- Marina said...
Excellent post Bryanna, very nice read, as for the pictures... I would so love a hunk of fresh baked bread right now!!!
- Fri Oct 26, 05:19:00 AM PDT
I've been wanting to visit Whitehorse since seeing it mentioned in VegNews a year or so ago. If it wasn't for the Looooonnng plane ride, I'd be on my way now. Thanks for the pics!
- Fri Oct 26, 09:35:00 AM PDT
My husband and I found the Alpine Bakery when we were in Whitehorse and were thrilled with the variety of vegan baked goods! Our trip took us up to Dawson City and then through Alaska this past September. It's great to find local spots like this and seeing your pictures just reminded me of how nice it was up there!
- Fri Oct 26, 10:06:00 AM PDT
- robotslingshot said...
So uplifting to read about Whitehorse on your blog. Beautiful photos, too.
Its nice to find a blogger who has a lot too say!
- Fri Oct 26, 10:40:00 AM PDT
- VeggieGirl said...
WOW!! So many spectacular photos/details in this post - the Yukon looks like a gorgeous place to visit; and oh my goodness gracious that Alpine Bakery looks DIVINE!!
- Fri Oct 26, 02:06:00 PM PDT
- Veg-a-Nut said...
Oh how I could wish myself to Whitehorse. Beautiful beyond words. The bakery is lovely. How could one resist not being there everyday! What a wonderful place to be. Thank you for sharing. Now I have a place to go in my dreams tonight. :o)
- Mon Oct 29, 07:22:00 AM PDT
- julie hasson said...
What a wonderful trip you had! I sat down with a cup of tea this morning to read it. If only I could have had one of those delicious looking breads with my tea.
I'm so curious about the homemade tofu and soy jerky they made at the bakery. How was it?
A truly wonderful post Bryanna! Thank you.
- Tue Oct 30, 06:55:00 AM PDT
Well, I am beyond amazed !
I want to go to Whitehorse :)
Thanks Bryanna for another beautiful and informative post :)
- Tue Oct 30, 02:43:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Brenda, it was a mixed response from the students, but they were polite, for the most part. Some asked questions, mostly afterwards when they could get me alone. I talked to one class of 8th grade food students-- pretty high-strung!-- and one boy who was making cracks about tofu liked his tofu chocolate mousse bowl and asked for more!
Julie, unfortunately, I did not get to taste the tofu and jerky!
- Tue Oct 30, 05:16:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
TYPO! I meant to write that the boy LICKED his bowl clean!
- Tue Oct 30, 09:20:00 PM PDT
- La Tea Dah said...
Thank you for the well-presented tour of Whitehorse, Yukon. My cousin lived there for many years --- and now her sister and her family have moved there to teach school. It was interesting to see all the sights they talk about. It's very beautiful! What wonderful opportunities you had to share the veg*n message!
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Top 10 HIV/AIDS-Related Clinical Developments of 2011
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Ghostcrawler, the Lead Systems Designer for WoW, recommend that players spend some time with other games.
He points out that if you're feeling burned out, it's "not the worst thing in the world to try out some other games -- the past couple of years has been great for them."
Of course, he did take the time to remind everyone that there is more to the game than clearing raid content or completing your latest PvP gear set. There are achievements, alts, questing, and tradeskills, to name a few.
While this does indicate that Blizzard is feeling pretty confident in their chokehold on the MMO market, it's also a smart move on their part. There are already enough paranoid conspiracy theories out there claiming that the company merely wants our money, and less concerned with product quality than with elaborate plans designed to trick us into playing longer and shelling out more money.
In fact, GC said this in response to one of these inspired theories.
This reminds me of one of the loading screen tips that urges players to spend some time with their friends outside of this game as well as in it. As Ghostcrawler says, "just check back in with WoW every now and then."


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Thanks for all the suggestions. Today I'm working on rewriting Nishijima's version of Nagarjuna's Fundamental Song of the Middle Way. As I was typing away trying to explain a particular point he made, I put down the following paragraph:
"We say, for example, that a whirlpool is a spiraling current of water in a river. Then, when we communicate with each other, we can use the word 'whirlpool' to refer to something we all understand. However, the whirlpool is not really different from the river. It cannot exist except as part of the river. In the same way, the things and phenomena of the universe — including you and I — do not exist except as part of the universe. They are temporary manifestations of the activity of the universe as a whole in precisely the same way the whirlpool is a temporary manifestation of the activity of the river. We lose sight of this fact very easily, perhaps some of us never even gain sight of it to begin with. Our definitions of individual things and phenomena are based on the characteristics we rather arbitrarily assign to them. This way we are able to create mental representations of those things and to manipulate those representations in our minds. It is a mistake to think that the arbitrary divisions of the real universe that we make in our minds correspond to divisions in the real universe itself."
Ugh! Heavy stuff.
So how about the topic of creativity and Zen? Or fantasy and Zen as some of you have said. It is true, I work in an industry devoted to creating fantasies. This seems utterly wrong for someone who is also devoted to a pursuit of the truth. It has, in fact, caused me a tremendous amount of consternation. This has come up a few times in my interactions with Nishijima Sensei. I remember once, I brought along a book about Ultraman to a retreat just as something to look at and as a way to study a little bit of Japanese. Nishijima saw me reading it and said, "Those TV shows teach children." I kind of laughed and asked what he thought the shows taught them. "They teach them to believe in power." Ack!
He was right, though. Superhero shows give kids the idea that they can be saved by outside forces with powers beyond their own. Religions teach exactly the same thing. So I made it my business to try and inject some doubt into that idea. I made friends with one of the chief writers of the show and had long conversations with him about various subjects. I submitted stories of my own for consideration. In ways both subtle and overt the theme of all of my submissions was to cast a shadow of doubt upon this belief in power.
I never succeeded in getting any of my stories on the air. But as time went on, I began seeing the little seeds of doubt I'd planted begin to grow. You'd have to watch a lot of Ultraman episodes very closely to see the results. But they're definitely there. I've never seen another superhero show in which such doubts about the efficacy of power to save the powerless was ever questioned. I recently watched the new Superman movie and there's absolutely no doubt at all that we little people need someone with super powers to save us.
If you can make even a tiny bit of difference, that can help. It's better than doing nothing at all and it's better than standing around complaining.
Zen is pretty famous for its creativity. Zen teachers always seem to have some kind of creative outlet. Some, like Dogen, are writers and poets. Some are calligraphers, painters and musicians. Some take a creative approach to things like archery or the martial arts. This has led to a certain degree of confusion in the West. We've never been exposed much to calligraphy, Asian styles of visual art, or their unique approach to certain sports like archery and the martial arts. So we've combined these things with Zen in such a way as to foster belief that these arts in particular are somehow "Zen" in and of themselves as opposed to other forms of art that are not "Zen." Really, though, it's not the style of art itself, but rather how the artist approaches it. I'd hate for someone who wasn't exposed to much of Western culture to read my writings and decide that hardcore punk was somehow more "Zen" than other forms of artistic expression. I just use my expression in that field to try and talk about the way a person steeped in this philosophy approaches art in general.
Art is good. Art is necessary for human life. I once heard Nishijima talk about why he appreciated actors. I can't remember his exact words. But it was something about how actors can express emotion without themselves getting caught up in emotion. All art performs an important function in society. I consider what I do here as a kind of artistic expression. To a certain degree, even the autobiographical parts of Hardcore Zen contain a certain amount of fiction. Not that I made up any of the stories, they all really happened. But when you try and write about things years later, you inevitably have to fill in the gaps in your memory with stuff you pretty much invent the same way a fiction writer invents the activities of a character.
In fact, if you really want to get into it, some of the greatest works in Buddhist literature are works of fiction. Virtually all of the Mahayana sutras have huge amounts of made-up stuff in them, stories that never "really" happened as matters of historical fact, but which are nonetheless absolutely true.
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Source: ANSI/RIA R15.06-1999 National Robot Safety Standard
Published by Robotic Industries Association actuator (noun)
1. mechanism used to effect motion 2. power mechanism which converts electrical, hydraulic or pneumatic energy to effect motion 3. mechanical mechanism within a control device; a device which initiates a(n) (un)locking sequence
attended program verification (verb)
1. the act when a person within the safeguarded space verifies the robot's programmed tasks at programmed speed (this is not teach mode)
automatic mode (noun)
1. operating mode in which the control system operates in accordance with the task program
collaborative robot (noun)
1. robot designed for direct interaction with a human within a defined shared workspace. (Source: RIA TR R15.206-2008)
end-effector (noun)
1. an accessory device or tool specifically designed for attachment to the robot wrist or tool mounting plate to enable the robot to perform its intended task (examples may include gripper, spot weld gun, arc weld gun, spray paint gun, or any other application tools)
industrial robot (noun)
1. an automatically controlled, reprogrammable multipurpose manipulator programmable in three or more axes which may be either fixed in place or mobile for use in industrial automation applications
industrial robot system (noun)
1. equipment that includes the robot(s) (hardware and software) consisting of the manipulator power supply and control system; the end-effector(s); and any other associated machinery and equipment within the safeguarded space
interlock (noun)
1. an arrangement whereby the operation of one control or mechanism allows or prevents the operation of another
limiting device (noun)
1. a device that restricts the maximum space by stopping or causing to stop all robot motion and is independent of the control program and the task programs.
presence-sensing safeguarding device (noun)
1. device designed, constructed and installed to create a sensing field or area to detect intrusion or presence within such field or area by personnel, robots or other objects
safety stop (noun)
a type of interruption that allows an orderly cessation of motion for safeguarding purposes. This stop retains the program logic for trouble shooting purposes and to facilitate a restart
singularity (noun)
1. condition caused by the collinear alignment of two or more robot axes resulting in unpredictable robot motion and velocity
synchronized robots (noun)
1. robots having one or more controllers all with common mathematically coordinated movements which may be variable in their correlation. (Source: RIA TR R15.206-2008)
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Eric Young, who hasn't played this spring for the New York Mets because of tightness in a side muscle, is in the lineup in left field and leading off this afternoon against Houston in Port St. Lucie.
However, first basemen Ike Davis (calves) and Lucas Duda (legs), and infielders Ruben Tejada and Wilfredo Tovar (hamstring), remain sidelined and listed day-to-day.
Zack Wheeler will make his first appearance of the spring and is to go two innings or 30 pitches.
Here's today's lineups for the Mets and Astros:
Eric Young, lf
Chris Young, cf
Brandon Allen, 1b
Josh Satin, 3b
Travis d'Arnaud, c
Taylor Teagarden, dh
Omar Quintanilla, 2b
Zack Wheeler, rhp
Dexter Fowler, cf
Jose Altuve, 2b
Marc Krauss, rf
Chris Carter, dh
Jesus Guzman, 1b
L.J. Hoes, lf
Jonathan Villar, ss
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Justin Timberlake fans have had a whirlwind late evening/early morning since the musician/actor/comedian/Memphian dropped an intriguing Tweet teasing new information at 9:01 a.m. Thursday. That hour arrived, and despite speculation that Timberlake's first new solo music would be arriving immediately, he sent instead another missive with similarly veiled data:
"To whom it may concern...I think I'M READY!
#JT2013 http://tmbr.lk/imready", he wrote, directing fans to a short clip of himself entering a recording studio and walking through its hallways. In voiceover, Timberlake explains the delay of new music thusly:
"'Somebody asked me the other day, 'Are you just done with music?' It means more to me than anybody else in the world. Look. I've only done two albums in ten years. That's the way I really look at it. What does the next decade mean for me? I'm the one who sits in -- is obsessive about it before you even get to hear it."
He continues: "As close as I get to it, I don't know that I could physically torture myself that much year in and year out, and expect it to fulfill me the way that it does and the way that it is right now. I don't want to put out anything that I feel like is something that I don't love. You just don't get that every day. You have to wait for it."


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The entire process was kicked off by an absolutely amazing launch event in Williamsburg. It involved almost 200 hundred people and a cake that looked like LINGER (amazingly, not the last LINGER cake I was to see on this tour). I could do a blog on just that event (or any of them, in fact, but why reinvent the wheel? Wastepaper Prose did a rundown here, including embarrassing photos).
Actually, speaking of embarrassing photos, I have discovered, through the beauty of the photographic medium, that I speak with my hands, something I didn't think I did. Also, my face does strange things approximately 98% of the time. No, no, don't say, you're perfectly nice-looking, Maggie. I don't mean that my face does unflattering things 98% of the time (although some of these things are indeed unflattering as well). I mean that my face cycles through an endless supply of weird facial expressions which would look excellent on a character from Calvin & Hobbes. The things you learn about yourself on tour. Look. See? The faces of Maggie.
So, Williamsburg. Cake. We also gave away the Sharpie Guitar there -- the raffle winners were a group of readers who wore shirts that said "We keep warm with coffee and Sam." I felt it was appropriate.
Then it was off to California (which is the name of a hornpipe which I'll play for you sometime, it's quite catchy). You guys already saw how I spent the first four days. Here's California, in photographs.
California meant more Linger cake, made by a reader (it must have taken forever). (Actually, I can't use that word anymore. It must have taken a VERY LONG TIME).
California meant giant crowds amassed in bookstores to see me. Actually, this was kind of true everywhere. This is going to take some getting used to. For starters, I need to stop swearing.
California meant being in L.A. where the Oscar Meyer Wiener Mobile stayed at my hotel. I'm going to take that as a portent of some kind.
California meant tour stops with fantastic book stores that set up gorgeous signings -- do you see the paper cranes from Linger hanging over my head in Glendale?
California meant getting a stuffed wolf puppet from Once Upon a Time in Montrose (thanks, guys!), meeting Margie Stohl, Kami Garcia, and Kaleb Nation (better known as Shiver Guy, or at least I like to think so). It also meant forgetting my wolf puppet in the backseat of Kaleb's car.
After California, it was on to Texas, first Houston, then Austin. Oh, Texas. I sort of love you. I think I could see myself in Texas. With a better tan.
This was Texas, outside Houston -- after my event there, my media escort drove me an hour and a half to do a Russian-spy style swap with my Austin media escort who took me the rest of the way.
And this was Austin. Weird, totally cool Austin, who had three bands I wanted desperately to see there and no time to see them. I die.
And here was the truck in Austin that I wanted to steal. My media escort, Kristen, was the best thing ever, and slowed down so that I could take a picture. That is what we call "casing the joint."
And Kristen also took me for cupcakes in Austin. For lunch. She knew me. She got me. Cupcakes are a lunch food. She also gave me a recipe for Truffle Brownies which was the best thing ever (I made it the second I got home. ohgoshgood).
And in case you really wanted to know what it was like, being at one of my tour events, Once Upon a Time in Montrose did a short video of Essence of Maggie.
Basically, what it comes down to is I'm so incredibly overwhelmed and grateful -- so many readers came hours and hours to see me, and husbands stood in line for hours for their wives, and moms for daughters, and it was just all very warming to the black cockles of my heart. Plus two weeks at #1 on the NYT list and this week at #3? Thank you, guys. What a crazy life.


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In 2008, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, president of the oil-rich African nation of Equatorial Guinea, donated $3 million to UNESCO to finance a prize for research in the life sciences. This was a transparent effort by Obiang to launder his image. If the president had truly wanted to improve the lives of Africans, he could have easily invested this money in basic services in his own country, which despite vast oil revenues, has some of the poorest social indicators in the world.
UNESCO, the U.N. agency charged with promoting education, science, and culture, also has a human rights and press freedom mandate. The Obiang prize represented an affront to everything UNESCO stands for. Human rights organizations, press freedom groups, scientists, journalists and prominent figures from all over the world, including past winners of UNESCO's own Cano prize, spoke out against Obiang award. But getting UNESCO to reverse course and cancel it turned out to be an enormous challenge.
As an organization composed of U.N. member states, UNESCO functions under arcane rules, essentially working by consensus. Even after UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova pushed UNESCO's executive board in June to suspend the prize pending further discussions, a permanent solution proved elusive.
The final compromise, hammered out at the executive board meeting currently wrapping up at UNESCO's Paris headquarters, is a resolution suspending the prize until a consensus is reached. This will never happen. Essentially, any member of the executive board has veto power over the prize. The United States and several European countries have expressed permanent opposition.
Members of the coalition opposing the prize would like to see it abolished permanently. But we are satisfied that there is almost no chance the prize will ever be awarded. Now, we hope, UNESCO can get back to its more serious work, which includes promoting and defending press freedom around the world.


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?Fred wrote:This rule ie call ups being returned immediately doesn't really matter in the East, most teams have their farms teams either close by or in the case of TO in the same city. But in the West it's a huge obstacle. The assignment should be the factor not the travel required. The rule is from the last century
The rule is fairly new and is supposed to stop teams from placing all their players on the farm for the playoffs once the NHL team is out.
No matter what the rule, Edmonton management is unable to figure it out while the 29 other teams can.
Now, it's not clear what, exactly, Lowe is talking about. It sounds like he's talking about the clear day roster rule in the AHL – that's the rule that prevents teams from sending six or eight players down at the end of the season. If you aren't on the clear day roster, you can't play. But that's not really the issue here – the issue here is the fact that the Oilers are limited to four recalls post trade deadline. That's why MPS wasn't allowed to play. I think that's the rule that GMs are up in arms about – Brian Burke was all upset about that immediately post trade deadline.
Of course, the Oilers burned one of those recalls doing a paper recall with MPS, in which they were effectively trying to game the AHL rules and do what the clear day rule is designed to prevent. So I've literally no idea what Lowe's point is here. The AHL rules are intended to try and make sure that AHLers are the ones play in the AHL playoffs by limiting eligibility to those who were on AHL rosters towards the end of the year. There's a dodge, the paper demotion/recall, which comes with a cost of burning one of the recalls that the NHL CBA permits you. The Oilers incurred this cost with MPS and then, apparently, were stunned when the bill came due.
It's hard to overstate how stupid this defence is. It's tantamount to saying "Well, we were totally aware of the rules, we just thought that they were stupid and therefore inapplicable." This is the dumbest defence possible. "We had no idea that there were any rules whatsoever and it never occurred to us to ask" would be a better defence. I don't understand how the Oilers could possibly have thought that this recall was permissible, based on what Lowe's said.


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If that was the best the Eastern Conference has to offer the Heat in the form of competition, maybe coach Erik Spoelstra and his staff of assistants should start scouting Western Conference opponents right now.
Or maybe they already have.
Victory No. 18 of the Heat's current winning streak — a 105-91 confidence-obliterating blowout of the Indiana Pacers — offered more overwhelming proof that Miami is ready for the playoffs and everybody else appears ready to just get out of the way.
Yes, the Pacers have defeated the Heat twice this season. No, those previous two losses mean absolutely nothing after Sunday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.
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How's this for a perspective of how well Miami is playing right now? LeBron James finished with 13 points, his lowest scoring total of the season, and the Heat dominated the second-best team in the East.
"We just did what we're supposed to do, win at home versus this team," Dwyane Wade said. "I thought it was one of the better games we've played against a very good team."
It was the Heat's first victory over the Pacers this season and Miami can extend its franchise-best winning streak to 19 wins Tuesday against the Hawks.
James said afterwards that he's enjoying the streak but added "our goal isn't to win games consecutively. It's to win a championship."
Right now, it appears the Heat is well on its way to at least playing for one.
Indiana entered the game with a reputation for having the best defense in the NBA. After all, the Pacers were only allowing teams to shoot 41.4 percent against their defense.
The Heat (47-14) flirted with 60 percent shooting from the field before settling at 55.9 percent shooting after Spoelstra pulled his starters in the fourth quarter.
James had one of his quietest nights of the season offensively but it didn't matter. Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers each scored more than 20 points.
Chalmers led the Heat with 26 points, going 7 of 9 from the field and 7 of 7 from the free-throw line. His three-pointer with seven minutes left in the third quarter gave Miami a 20-point lead. That led ballooned to 23 points in the fourth quarter.
"We knew they were going to take away our fast-break points, so we wanted to work on our execution," Chalmers said. "We came out played together and everyone shared the ball. Everybody did all the little things to help us win."
Chalmers' effort from behind the three-point arc was no small thing. He was 5 of 6 from distance.
"He was taking shots he is capable of making, reading the defense," Spoelstra said of Chalmers. "He must be aggressive against the better defensive teams of the league and he was tonight."
Bosh finished with 24 points, beating Pacers center Roy Hibbert with a mix of jump shots and drives to the basket. The Heat's versatile big man shot 11 of 15 from the field to go along with three assists and two rebounds.
"There are not many guys like Chris in this league where you can space him out behind the three-point line, you can put him at the elbow or you can put him in the post," Spoelstra said. "There's a lot of places you can put him. That's why he's such a critical component to what we do."
Wade had 23 points, shooting 9 of 16 from the field and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line, but his biggest contribution was a relentless energy on the defensive end. He finished with six steals, setting the tone for his team. Overall, the Heat forced 18 turnovers and converted them into 27 points. Miami had 10 steals as a team.
David West, always a matchup problem for the Heat and forward Shane Battier, led the Pacers with 24 points, going 7 of 10 from the field.
"We didn't respond to the challenge," West said of the difficult overall matchup against the Heat.


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I had this weird dream the other night. I dreampt that I was friends with Hannibal Lecter. One day, he told me that he was going to Hawaii and that he had bought an extra ticket by mistake and he asked me if I could go with him. Of course my internal reaction was "HELL NO!! You'll EAT ME." But I was calm and cool about the situation and i told him that since I still live at home, I'd have to ask my mother if it would be ok for me to tag along.
I venture home and ask my mother if I could go with dr. Lecter to Hawaii. She blew up. She started to throw pots and pans at me. And while I was avoiding those things like the black death, she screamed at me "I don't want you hanging around a middle aged psychopatic serial killing canibal!"
Well, i managed to get out the door with only a few minor meetings with a metal skillit. Well, i managed to meat up with Dr. Lecter in the WEST TOWN MALL and I inform the good dr. that i shant be joining him on his trip to HAwaii. And for some odd reason he gets mad at me and starts to chase me all through the mall. Well, i mangage to get away from him and managed to get back safe to my home.
So i'm tired, it's around 1am. I'm laying on my bed, almost in la la land. Then i hear a rapping on my bed room window. I raise the blinds very slowly. And there is Hannibal, stareing me right in the face. I was frozen in time...
He looked at me, and with a grin on his face, "Hello Michael, you do realize you have pissed me off to no ends." As he raises up a spork from KFC "I'm going to have to eat your liver with a side of favre beans and a nice ciante."<P>Well, what do you think...should we make a new Parking lot of Afgahnastan or should we just reuse our shoe laces to make a new SEGA gaming system?


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From APRSWiki
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We are the most used shipping rates search engine on the internet, with over 1.3 million rates searches last year. We want to bring consumers and businesses the simplest and best tool to make good shipping decisions. Our site has been around now for 31/2 years and is growing every year. Our desire is to bring value to the end-user and the courier, so that everyone benefits from using and being involved in our site. We are a team of 5 and have a real family feel to our business. We always say making money doing something we like with people that we like. Again we are emphasizing value to the end-user as well as extra value to those who subscribe to our site.
Our end-user target audience is primarily businesses (smb) and consumers and we are wanting to create an "Online Business Shipping Center" that will bring enough value to them to get them to subscribe. They are primarily business that are too small to have enterprise shipping software or back-office solutions but are frequent shippers, so we want to provide those enterprise tools to this audience at a small subscription price. The next audience is just attracting consumers (family sending to family, etc...) that have one-off shipping and can use our site to find the best rates and service for their needs. This market is really time driven (Christmas, and other holidays) but also will increase our traffic, which brings value to our third audience, the couriers themselves. Couriers can participate with us in two ways: list on our directory or subscribe and put their services and rates on our site. Then we can connect our end-users with couriers to fulfill their shipping needs. Really we are heavily into the referral business.
Clean look and feel - in other words want to change the look of the current site which is industrial to a simple but functional site. Want consistency to be maintained throughout the site. Consistency in colors, playing off of the current logo. Want to maintain the value of our rates search engine but provide an attractive site that is easy to navigate and emphasizes who we are - a site that helps end-users make the best shipping decisions... The rates result page is a table which we want to allow for better design but must be able to display the current number of columns and rows. Navbar on top but shapes and colors are to your discretion, drop-down for sub menu items under each heading or any other way that you would want to display the sub-menu items, Links below the the main section to be more than just words but want to see some design treatment to them as well. Place holders for images on all inside pages and on the ads sections to the right of every page, no more than 3 ads but no less than 2. Section for quick tips, or news above the ads that would be easily seen by the user. Navigation to be simple and easy.
1. Homepage - Nav-bar on top with drop-down sub-menus, logo upper left, shipping info entry left justified, ads on the right side, above the ads a section to put in tips or text of any kind, links below the shipping info window, interchangeable, keywords for seo to be on the bottom as well with links to other information pages, sign-in boxes upper right with username and password (see mock-up) and log-in button, sign-up link that would go to a form for business subscribers to sign-up for the service, footer with copyright, etc...
2. Generic inside page - standard so all inside pages would be consistent, left justified with ads on the right, navbar the same as homepage, consistent fonts, consistent header and footer like homepage, image placeholders to add images to every inside page
3. Rate Results Page - Clean, rates table to be left justified (please refer to current site for example), ads on the right, want to show how the table info is displayed (fastest to slower service - left to right & lowest to highest price - up to down) maybe arrows alongside describing this, keep check boxes for courier display options
http://www.shipgooder.com - right now it is too industrial want it to look more modern and inviting - like the emphasis of our value right on the homepage which allows the end-user to enter their shipping info and immediately get the best rates and service - don't like the lack of color on the site and the old-fashioned fonts
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India, the world's second-biggest sugar producer, ended state curbs on sugar mills, allowing them to freely sell the sweetener in the local market for the first time in four decades.
The cabinet at a meeting headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also decided to stop buying sugar from producers at below market price to supply to the poor, Food Minister K.V. Thomas told reporters in New Delhi today. The government will still subsidize sales to the poor through September 2014, he said.
Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd. and Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd., the nation's biggest mills, and other producers may earn about 30 billion rupees ($546 million) annually with the abolition of state purchase of sugar at below market price, the Indian Sugar Mills Association said in an e-mailed statement. A government panel in October recommended scrapping state controls including limits on sales by the mills, first introduced in 1972.
"These much awaited reforms will reduce the cost of production and improve liquidity with millers, which, in turn, will ensure better and timely payment of the cane price to the farmers," the association said. "These two important reforms will go a long way in improving efficiencies both at farm and mill level and make Indian sugar competitive in the international market."
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Sugar makers were curbed by a policy that set limits on sales by each mill to cap prices, while states fixed cane rates to help 50 million farmers. Factories in Uttar Pradesh, set to be the nation's biggest producer, owed 54.6 billion rupees to growers, Thomas told parliament on Feb. 26, after cane prices rose to a record for the 2012-2013 crop.
The government will spend about 53 billion rupees in subsidies in the year ending Sept. 30 for selling sugar at below the market price to the poor, Thomas said. It will buy 10% of the country's output at 32 rupees a kilogram (2.2 pounds) from the mills and sell the commodity for as much as 13.50 rupees a kilogram, he said.
Shares of sugar producers rallied in Mumbai before the cabinet decision. Bajaj Hindusthan surged 7.3% to 21.3 rupees, Balrampur Chini rose 3.8% to 47.85 rupees, Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd., the top refiner, advanced 7.1% to 25 rupees, while Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd. climbed 6.8% to 45.85 rupees.
Production in India, the world's largest consumer, will fall to 23 million tons in the season beginning Oct. 1 from 24.6 million tons a year earlier as drought in Maharashtra and Karnataka, which together account for 45% of output, curbs planting, a Bloomberg survey published March 28 showed.


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Musician Franti tries hand at broadcasting
Maybe there will be something cosmic working for Michael Franti with the release of his new album "All People," featuring the catchy single "I'm Alive."
After all, the last time one of his songs made it to the Top 20, he was sort of wondering, at the same time, if he was going to make it through the day, well ... alive.
Maybe there will be something cosmic working for Michael Franti with the release of his new album "All People," featuring the catchy single "I'm Alive."
After all, the last time one of his songs made it to the Top 20, he was sort of wondering, at the same time, if he was going to make it through the day, well ... alive.
He'd waited around 20 years for one of his singles to finally gain that elusive Top 20 status, but when it finally did -- a 2008 ditty titled "Say Hey [I Love You]" -- he was in a hospital, lying on a gurney, waiting to be wheeled in to have his ruptured appendix removed.
"I thought I was going to die," Franti recalled. "I get this text, 'Your song's in the Top 20.' I looked at the doctor and said, 'You better fix me because I want to hear my song in the Top 20 for the first time.'"
Franti, the creator and lead vocalist of Michael Franti & Spearhead, leads a band that blends a little hip hop with funk, reggae, jazz, folk and rock. He also is a native of the Bay Area and a big-time San Francisco Giants fan, which helped lead him into the booth for a round of Express Written Consent, sponsored by Klondike.
Franti, a graduate of the University of San Francisco, is as much a lightning bolt of energy in this setting as he is in his lively, dance-laden videos. He's also refreshingly self-deprecating, offering humorous insight as to what it was like to be him for the first 20 years of his musical career. He categorized his best record before that glorious Top 20 nod "double linoleum."
On the eve of the release of "All People," Franti tried out his broadcasting chops in the EWC booth with MLB.com's Jeremy Brisiel. Franti began by justifying the Giants' deficit with a marketing spin, even if it didn't necessarily apply to this particular game, which was being played at Dodger Stadium.
"We try to get down two runs so we can keep the fans in the seats," he said. "The Giants are not just about winning games and winning the World Series. They're about selling popcorn and peanuts. If you keep them in the seats until the ninth inning, you sell more stuff."
Back for a second season, EWC is an exercise in broadcasting where nontraditional announcers -- i.e., celebrities -- try their hand at calling a Major League game. Franti has a lot of qualities that would fit well into the baseball landscape. He's outgoing, interesting and funny, and what's more, he's shoeless (except for the occasional foray through airport security and restaurants). Though "Shoeless Michael Franti" doesn't have quite the same ring as it does when used as a reference to Joe Jackson, it does add a certain baseball flavor to the conversation.
In the regular EWC feature "Start, Bench, Cut," J.B. used Franti's three biggest musical influences (according to his ever-reliable Wikipedia page): John Lennon, Bob Marley and The Clash.
Franti immediately picked Marley to start. He opted to bench The Clash. That left just one to cut. Lennon? Really?
The "Three up, three down" exercise was a little more pedestrian. Given several baseball phrases to choose from, Franti went with "walk-off" to describe the 2010 World Series champion Giants and "Hit the Showers" for the 2002 club that lost to the Angels in Game 7 of the Fall Classic.
Franti's son, Ade, joined him for this segment and didn't seem quite as up on the baseball terminology as dear old dad.
"Your balance of family life and musical career," Brisiel prompted Franti.
"Five-tool player," Franti said, proudly, looking at his son.
Ade, laughing: "What do these mean?"
MLB.com will be unveiling more original broadcasts over the next several weeks. Among the new crop: John C. McGinley, the Madden Brothers (Benji and Joel), Kevin Pollak and Robert Horry.
So bookmark EWC to see which storyteller's story is the most fun and whose future in the booth is brightest.
Alyson Footer is a national correspondent for MLB.com. Follow her on Twitter @alysonfooter.


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Five cities make up the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois, and East Moline, Illinois is one of them. East Moline is the smallest metropolitan area with a population of 22,300, but the total Quad Cities area has about 400,000 people. This includes the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa, and Rock Island and Moline, Illinois. With popular employers such as John Deere and Illini hospital located in the city, East Moline has become a rising community to call home
History East Moline resulted from the efforts of the East Moline Company to sell land and create a town. The planned town was platted in 1895. A barbecue and land auction was held by the company, but they succeeded in selling only 5 of 2000 lots. Development was significantly delayed. Deere&Company established a factory here in 1900 and other companies followed. East Moline was incorporated as a village in 1903 and as a city in 1907.
East Moline Community East Moline is located on the south bank of the Mississippi River directly east of Moline. The city covers an area of 9.02 square miles and has a population density of 2,337 people/square mile. With the close proximity to the river and historical neighborhoods East Moline offers a variety of properties for your family to find the right home.
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Child Abuse
How to report suspected child abuse:
- Call 911 to report suspected abuse to the Minneapolis Police Department 24 hours a day by calling 911. The operator will ask you to describe the circumstances and then dispatch a squad to take a report.
- Call Hennepin County Child Protection at 612-348-3552. An intake worker is available 24 hours a day to take reports.
What is child abuse?
- Physical abuse is any act(s) which results in non-accidental injuries to a child including patterns of unexplained injuries and injuries that appear to have been caused in a manner inconsistent with the explanation. Physical abuse includes unreasonably restraining a child with tying, caging or chaining and excessive or unreasonably forceful discipline that leave injuries or marks on a child. Physical abuse is also defined as assaultive behavior not usually associated with discipline such as shaking, kicking, cutting and burning.
- Sexual abuse is any act(s) of sexual assault or sexual exploitation of a child including intentional touching of the child's intimate parts; causing the child to touch the abuser's intimate parts; sexual intercourse, anal intercourse, fellatio and cunnilingus; any intrusion into the genital or anal opening of the child; or causing any intrusion into the genital or anal opening of the abuser by the child.
- Neglect is the failure of a parent to provide for the child's physical, emotional, medical and educational well being. Minnesota law states that a parent or caretaker who willfully deprives a child of necessary food, clothing, shelter, health care, or supervision appropriate to the child's age, when the parent is reasonably able to make the necessary provisions and the deprivation harms or is likely to substantially harm the child's physical, mental, or emotional health is guilty of neglect of a child. A parent who knowingly fails to protect a child from continuing physical or sexual abuse is also guilty of neglect.
- Endangerment is when a parent of caretaker intentionally or recklessly causes or permits a child to be placed in a situation likely to substantially harm the child's physical, mental, or emotional health or cause the child's death including allowing a child to be present where illegal drugs are being made, kept, sold or used and recklessly allowing a child under 14 years of age access to a loaded firearm.
NOTE: The definitions are per Minnesota statutes.
Signs of child abuse
- Signs of physical abuse include unexplained or unreasonable bruises, burns, cuts, abrasions and broken bones. Patterned marks made by objects like belts, cords, teeth, handprints, and clothes or curling irons can be strongly indicative of physical abuse especially when combined with a child's description of how the injury was inflicted. Another strong indicator of child abuse is an explanation for injuries that would be unusual in a given age group. For example, a broken arm or leg in a four-month old child is blamed on a fall down the stairs.
- The best indicator of sexual abuse is a disclosure by the child regarding the sexual activity. Other indicators may be a detailed, age-inappropriate knowledge of sexual acts, changes in established behaviors like sleeping, eating and toileting, complaints of genital pain or irritation, and infection with a sexually transmitted disease.
- Neglect can be indicated by a child who is chronically dirty or dressed inappropriately for the weather, a child who is frequently hungry or sleepy and reports being unable to eat or sleep regularly at home, a child who does not attend school regularly or one who has not been enrolled in school, a child who remains untreated or is treated inappropriately for a medical problem or a child who describes being left alone and unable to care for himself.
- A good indicator of endangerment is a description by a child of events that may place him in danger such as being involved in a physical, domestic fight between adults in the home, seeing illegal drugs being used or sold or having access to loaded guns kept in the home.
Why should I report child abuse?
The most important reason to report child abuse is to protect the child from further abuse. Children have few resources for changing the circumstances of their lives and children who are being hurt by their caretakers rely on the intervention of others to protect them. Reporting abuse is also a way to ensure that parents who need help but are not able to ask for it are offered parenting resources.
When to call 911 to report suspected child abuse:
- If you believe a child is in imminent danger of injury, death or sexual abuse, call 911 and describe the situation to the operator with as much detail as you can. The police have the ability to remove a child from a dangerous situation while a child protection investigation is completed.
- If you believe that a child has injuries that need medical attention, call 911 and provide as much information as possible. The operator may dispatch paramedics and the police to insure that the child receives needed medical care.
- If you believe that the child would not be safe returning or remaining at home, call 911. The police can make arrangements for the temporary care of a child when his home is unsafe.
- If a child has disclosed a sexual assault incident that occurred within the last 72 hours, call 911 for the police to respond. The officers will make a report and arrange for a medical exam to collect any physical evidence of the assault. It is very important to alert the police promptly because as time passes, the chance of obtaining physical evidence diminishes. In the case of a sexual assault that occurred outside of the 72-hour window, calling 911 for a police response is still appropriate as the officers will take the report to begin an investigation.
Not sure if you should call?
Call 911 or child protection. Describe the situation to child protection or the police. Remember that often the most serious abuse occurs in private and away from anyone but the children involved. What you have seen or heard may be only the tip of the iceberg.
Who must report child abuse?
Minnesota law requires that any person whose job involves working professionally with children and who knows or has reason to believe that a child is being neglected or physically or sexually abused shall report suspected abuse.
Are there penalties for a mandated reporter who fails to report child abuse?
Minnesota law requires reporting by mandated reporters who know or have reason to believe that a child is being abused or has been abused within the past three years. A mandated reporter who fails to make a report under those circumstances is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Can I get in trouble for making a report?
No, you will not. Anyone reporting in good faith (with a reasonable belief) may not be criminally prosecuted or sued in civil court for libel, slander, defamation, invasion of privacy, or breach of confidentiality. A person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false report is not protected from prosecution or civil suit.
What should I do if a child tells me about abuse?
- Be calm. If you appear to be angry, upset or very emotional, the child will be frightened.
- Let the child tell you about that happened in his own words and then reassure him that you believe him.
- Tell the child that he is not in trouble and that he did the right thing to tell you about what happened.
- Tell the child that you want to make sure that he will be safe. Let him know that you are going to get help so that this doesn't happen again.
- Report what the child told you to the police or child protection.
As a parent, what can I do to prevent child abuse?
- Practice disciplining your children in a calm, thoughtful way. Give yourself time to cool off rather than punishing in anger. Show your children ways that conflicts can be resolved with words rather than hitting or hurting.
- Talk with your children everyday and listen carefully to what they say about their lives. Be alert to changes in their behavior or emotions and talk calmly with them if you are concerned.
- Teach your children that their bodies are their own and that they can say no to touches that feel bad or confusing. Talk with them about privacy to help them learn good boundaries and reassure them that it is ok to say no to things that violate their privacy – even if they are saying no to an adult.
- Teach your children to tell you if they are approached, talked to or touched in a way that hurts, scares or confuses them. Reassure them that you will not be angry with them, but want to help them stay safe.
- Help your children think about what they would do if something confusing or scary happened to them. Talk about different scenarios or play the "what if" game. This will help them identify ways to help themselves be safe and to think about the adults they can turn to for help in different places such as school, the park, the library, and church.
Is it really necessary to talk to children about sexual abuse?
Unfortunately, sexual abuse is not as uncommon as we would like to think it is. It affects both girls and boys of all ages, from every kind of neighborhood and of all races. Studies have found that about one of every four girls and one of every eight boys has reported incidents of sexual abuse. In 85% of reported sexual abuse cases, the offender is known to the child as a friend, relative or neighbor.
Talking with children about the privacy of their bodies and what are appropriate kinds of touching is a precaution like teaching them to cross the street safely, wear seatbelts and not play with matches. Teaching kids good boundaries helps to keep them safe. Not talking about these issues, won't make them go away.
Teaching young children that their bodies are private doesn't have to be about sex. It can be as simple as reminding children that the parts of their bodies covered by a swimsuit are private.
For more information about child abuse
If you would like more information about recognizing and reporting child abuse, please call the Minneapolis Police Department, Central Investigations Department at (612) 673-2941 between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:00 p.m. The receptionist will connect you with a child abuse investigator.
Stop It Now (Preventing Child Sexual Abuse)
MN Law regarding reporting of maltreatment of minors
Hennepin County Child Protection
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The Centerpiece of God's Saving Purpose in the Universe
from Steven Lawson Feb 15, 2019 Category: ArticlesThe doctrines of grace are a cohesive system of theology in which the sovereignty of God is clearly displayed in the salvation of elect sinners. Not only is God acknowledged to reign over all of human history, both micro and macro, but He is also seen to be sovereign in... Keep Reading
Serving Christ in a Time of Plague
from Greg Bailey May 03, 2009 Category: ArticlesNews reports in recent days have brought word of an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico and around the world, raising fears of a "pandemic." For those of us who live in the West, where health care and good nutrition are taken for granted, a plague is a thing virtually unknown. Of course, it was not so for our forefathers in the faith. How did they react in the face of mass outbreaks of disease? Keep Reading
Top 5 Commentaries on the Book of Zephaniah
from Keith Mathison May 02, 2009 Category: ArticlesThe book of the prophet Zephaniah indicates that he ministered during the reign of Josiah (640-609), the last of the godly kings of Judah (cf. Zeph. 1:1). There are a number of helpful commentaries on the Book of Zephaniah, and the following are five of the best. Keep Reading
Has Science Buried God?
from Keith Mathison May 01, 2009 Category: ArticlesOne of the most common ways of looking at the relationship between science and faith is the conflict thesis, which posits an inherent conflict between science and religion. The conflict thesis was popularized in the nineteenth century by John William Draper and by Andrew Dickson White. Despite the acknowledged poor scholarship underlying these works, the conflict thesis has persisted among both believers and unbelievers. Today, some scientists, including Peter Atkins, Daniel Dennett, and Richard Dawkins, are asserting that there should no longer be any conflict because science has shown us either that God does not exist or that God almost certainly does not exist. Keep Reading
The Christian and Art (pt. 3)
from R.C. Sproul Apr 30, 2009 Category: ArticlesRembrandt used a fascinating technique whenever he painted his portraits, much like Michelangelo did when he created his sculptures. He used a technique later described by German philosophers (particularly Herder) as the "fruitful moment." (The German word for moment means "the blink of an eye.") Keep Reading
The Christian and Art (pt. 2)
from R.C. Sproul Apr 29, 2009 Category: ArticlesIf we move from the realm of creation to the realm of biblical history, again we see dimensions of God's involvement in art. In the Old Testament, God ordained and commanded the building of the tabernacle and later of the temple. These were extravagant projects of art. By divine imperative, the children of Israel were commanded to bring their gold and silver, to melt them down, and to use them for adorning the vessels that would be a part of the holy place and of the holy of holies. The finest wood was brought from the distant mountains of Lebanon. They imported the perfect wood of the cedars to be used in the construction of the temple. Certain craftsmen, like Bezalel and Oholiab, were given charismatic gifts, special supernatural endowments by God, so that they could perform their artistic tasks of forming, shaping, and polishing the furniture and the utensils of the tabernacle (Exodus 31:6). God spent the energy of His Holy Spirit on an artistic enterprise. There was nothing "tacky" about the temple. It was a building whose excellence in every way called attention to the glory of the God whose house it was. Keep Reading
Introducing the Certificate Program at Ligonier Academy
from Keith Mathison Apr 28, 2009 Category: Ligonier AcademyLigonier Ministries is pleased to announce that we are now taking registrations for the Certificate Program of the Ligonier Academy of Biblical and Theological Studies. Keep Reading
The Christian and Art (pt. 1)
from R.C. Sproul Apr 28, 2009 Category: ArticlesI lived in the city of Amsterdam during the 1960s. As I walked through the city, I recognized the names on many of the street corners. There was Beethoven Straat, Vanderhelstlaan, and Rembrandt Plein. The streets and places that I encountered there often bore the name of famous composers or artists. Keep Reading
Another Doubter of Darwin Goes Public
from Keith Mathison Apr 27, 2009 Category: ArticlesAlthough books related to the never-ending discussion of the pros and cons of Darwinism are constantly rolling off the presses, there are only a few that have the potential to mark a major turning point in the debate. Keep Reading
Top 5 Commentaries on the Book of James
from Keith Mathison Apr 25, 2009 Category: ArticlesThe book of James is possibly the earliest writing found in the New Testament canon. It was likely written after Paul began to bring the Gospel to the Gentiles but before he and James met at the Jerusalem Council (cf. Acts 15). There are a number of helpful commentaries on the Book of James, and the following are five of the best. Keep Reading
A 'Great' Leader
from Gene Edward Veith Apr 24, 2009 Category: ArticlesThese days it's easy to become cynical about politicians, government officials, and other national leaders. Governing a country takes hard-nosed, practical realism. Morality and religion are well and good, many of us say, but someone who follows such ideals in the political arena will be eaten alive. Yet, consider the example of a ninth-century king named Alfred the Great. Keep Reading