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Burmese food has been one of our favorites ever since we were exposed to it while living in San Francisco, land of relatively plentiful Burmese restaurants, including Bay Area darling Burma Superstar. To me, the flavors of Burmese food are a perfect marriage of the smoky flavors of Indian food, the breadth and style of Chinese food, and the freshness and zing you find in Southeast Asian cuisine, like Vietnamese and Thai. Yet it still remains very distinct, with classic Burmese soups like Mohinga and Oh Noh Kauswer a perfect example. As far as I know, however, there's only one Burmese restaurant in all of Manhattan, and even foodie friends don't seem to know about this wonderful cuisine.
So we're out to understand Burmese food better, share it with you all, and perhaps learn how to make a dish or two ourselves. For that, we've solicited the help of Tin Cho Chaw to help us introduce us to Burmese food. Cho is the UK-based culinary force behind "hsa*ba", a Burmese cookbook roughly translated as "please eat" and the companion website, hsa*ba.com.
In fact, we're so excited about learning about Burmese food, we're giving away a copy of Cho's Burmese cookbook, hsa*ba, to ONE of our AsianSupper email subscribers. Simply sign up here to get AsianSupper newsletters before 11:59pm on 9/15/2011 and you'll be entered to win! Already subscribe to the newsletter? You're already entered -- no need to subscribe again. (Complete giveaway rules here)
AsianSupper (AS): Why do you think Burmese food is not as well known or popular as the cuisines from similarly situated countries?
Tin Cho Chaw (Cho): Burma is still a closed country and it is rarely on the tourist radar though I think this is beginning to change. Another factor is there are very few Burmese restaurants in the West so there is little awareness of Burmese food but I hope that will also change too.
AS: We love to discover food by traveling. If one was traveling to Burma, what are some dishes that one should make a point to eat or to try?
Cho: Give the hotel breakfast a miss and head out to where the locals are eating. Definitely try mohingar, fish noodle soup with chunks of banana stem and crispy condiments or if you're in Mandalay look for myi-shay, noodles with fried pork, spring onions, crispy tofu, pickled mustard greens in a garlicky, salty fermented bean curd sauce. If you prefer something sweet for breakfast, try pe pyote which is a sweet bean paste eaten with fried layered flatbreads similar to paratha.
We don't have desserts as such so here are some snacks to satisfy a sweet-tooth: sanewi makin, a rich dense cake made with semolina and coconut milk; shew yin aye, chunks of coconut agar jelly, pandan flavoured cendol and sago pearls in cold coconut milk sometimes with a slice of sweet bread on top; and faluda which is an Indian-influenced sundae with egg pudding, sago pearls, cendol and agar jelly in rose-flavoured milk and topped with ice cream. Another must-try is laphet, pickled tea leaves, which has a unique and gentle bitter taste. It's eaten with an assortment of crispy titbits; fried garlic, sesame seeds, roasted peanuts, dried shrimps, fried butter beans and chana dal.
AS: Are there regional differences within Burmese cuisine?
Cho: Each region has their own speciality and influences. During my last visit I was particularly keen to go up north to the Shan State and learn more about their cooking. It was interesting to find such a contrast to the food I grew up with. The noodle soups were clear, light and delicate yet the accompaniments were bold, spicy and sour. The use of pickled mustard greens, fermented soybean cakes and buffalo crisps all made me realise there is so much more to Burmese food I have yet to discover.
AS: You moved to the UK from Rangoon when you were eight. How did you learn how to make Burmese food and from whom? Was it a gradual process as you were growing up, or did you make a concerted effort to learn?
Cho: The life and soul of our house was always in the kitchen and most of my childhood was spent there. I've always been passionate about food, though it was only when I left home to go to University did I really start cooking. I constantly called my mother to ask her how to make a certain dish and then wonder why it never tasted quite the same. She never measured ingredients or timed her cooking so it was impossible to get a precise recipe over the phone. When I was back home during the holidays I watched her closely and took notes.
AS: What dish encapsulates Burmese food the most for you -- whether because of memories, flavors, or any other reason -- and why?
Cho: It has to be let thote, hand-mixed salad. It's a versatile one-dish meal that's a favourite at home so I have many fond memories of eating this. What I love about let thote is that it can be quite basic with essential ingredients of rice, noodles, shredded cabbage and potatoes; or extravagant and include: green papaya, cellophane noodles, Shan tofu and cooked meat or seafood. It's served with all the ingredients and the dressing laid out on the table and each person makes their salad to their own personal taste. It's always best made and eaten with your hands.
AS: How do we know a dish is Burmese? What are the key flavors that mark a Burmese dish, or that you often taste in classic Burmese cooking?
Cho: For me the classic Burmese flavours are based on the food that I ate during my childhood in Rangoon and I still get a hankering for something that is 'chin chin, ngan ngan, sut sut' which translates as sour, salty and spicy.
AS: On dishes: what kind of dishes are there, and how are meals typically structured?
Cho: Meals at home typically consist of several small dishes eaten with plenty of plain boiled rice. There is always a main curry of meat or fish, salad dressed with a fragrant garlic or onion oil with a good balance of salty and sour, stir-fried or simply cooked vegetables, clear soup to cleanse or refresh the palate, raw or steamed vegetables as dippers for a spicy shrimp paste relish.
AS: Are there techniques and preparations that are used time and time again in Burmese cooking?
Cho: Curries tend to start with pounding onions, garlic and chillies in a pestle and mortar. It takes a little more time but I think it does make a difference to the end result. Most curry recipes use a good amount of peanut oil and it's important not to skimp on this as enough oil is needed to ensure the onion mixture does not burn. The mixture then needs to cook slowly until caramelised. Another thing to note is to reduce any liquid until the oil has separated from the gravy. It's referred to as sipyan which translate as oil returns.
AS: Now, to get started. What are essential items in a Burmese pantry -- ingredients, equipment, and so on?
Cho: You don't need any specific equipment to make any of my Burmese recipes but it's worth having a large solid stone pestle and mortar for pounding ingredients. I always have in my cupboards: peanut oil, basmati rice, fish sauce, shrimp paste, tamarind, gram flour, ground rice powder, dried chillies and dried shrimp. As for spices: ground turmeric, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, bay leaves are the essentials, and I always have a good supply of onions, garlic, ginger, fresh coriander and lemons or limes in the fridge.
AS: Are those ingredients easy to get in the UK? What advice would you give someone who perhaps can't easily find these ingredients?
Cho: Now-a-days it's reasonably easy to find these ingredients in a supermarket. If you live in a rural area then perhaps go online and look for Chinese or Asian supermarkets that deliver to your door. For specific Burmese ingredients like laphet, pickled tea leaves, you will need to find a Burmese food supplier like Mum's House based in London.
AS: If a beginner like me wanted to get started cooking Burmese food, which dish would you suggest attempting first, and why?
Cho: Start with a simple chicken curry which requires little in the way of ingredients so it is less daunting for a beginner. Then move onto salads which are easy to rustle up once you have the dressing ingredients pre-prepared. One-dish meals like mohingar takes a little more preparation and time but it's still uncomplicated cooking.
AS: Is there a golden rule for successful Burmese cooking? If so, what is it?
Cho: For me it's about sourcing quality ingredients. For instance the basic chicken curry is incredibly simple. The recipe consists of just onions, garlic, dried chillies, chicken, turmeric and fish sauce so the taste relies wholly on a good quality chicken. Equally the chillies need to be right too, it's not about the heat but the deep smokey flavour they impart to the dish.
Ready to get started? Try one of Cho's recipes below.
Kyet Thar Sipyan - Simple Chicken Curry
Khayan Dhi Pope Thote - Roasted Eggplant Salad
Mohingar Recipe - Traditional Fish Noodle Soup


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The Shredded beef filling: In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, combine the meat with 2 quarts salted water, about 1/3 of the onions, and half of the garlic and simmer until the meat is very tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Strain, reserving the broth for another use. When the meat is cool enough to handle, shred it into coarse strands with your fingers or 2 forks--don't worry that there are bits of onion and garlic mixed with the meat.
Wash and dry the saucepan, set it over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon of the oil. When the oil is hot, add half of the remaining onions and cook until golden, about 6 minutes, then stir in the remaining garlic and cook for another minute. Add the tomatoes and chiles and cook until most of the juice has evaporated, about 3 minutes. Stir in the shredded meat and simmer for a few more minutes, then taste and season with about 1/2 teaspoon salt. Remove from the heat and set aside.
Forming, filling, and griddle-baking the gorditas: Heat a well-seasoned or nonstick griddle or heavy skillet over medium heat. Knead the masa (fresh or reconstituted) to make it pliable, adding a little water if necessary to achieve a soft-cookie-dough consistency. Knead in the flour, baking powder, and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Divide the dough into 10 portions and roll into balls; cover with plastic to keep from drying out. Line a tortilla press with 2 pieces of plastic cut to fit the plates (to be on the safe side, cut them from a food storage bag; the thicker plastic usually works better for beginners). Gently press out a ball of dough between the sheets of plastic to about 4 inches in diameter (it'll be about 1/4 inch thick). You've now made a gordita, which is what you call a fat tortilla. Peel off the top sheet of plastic, flip the gordita, uncovered side down, onto the fingers of 1 hand, and gently peel off the second piece of plastic. In one flowing movement, roll the gordita off your hand and onto the heated griddle or skillet. Bake for about 1 1/2 minutes, then flip and bake for another 1 1/2 minutes on the other side. The gordita will be lightly browned and crusty on the top and bottom, but still a little uncooked on the sides. Remove to a plate. Continue pressing and griddle-baking the remaining gorditas in the same manner.
Finishing the gorditas: When you're ready to serve, warm the shredded beef. Rinse the remaining onions in a small strainer under cold water and shake to remove the excess moisture. Have the cheese and cilantro at the ready.
In a deep heavy medium skillet or saucepan, heat 1/2-inch of oil over medium to medium-high until the oil is hot enough to make the edge of a gordita sizzle sharply, about 350 degrees F on a deep-fry thermometer. One by one, fry the gorditas, turning them after they've been in the oil for about 15 seconds, until they're nicely crisp but not hard, about 45 seconds total. When they're ready, most will have puffed up a little, like pita bread. Drain on paper towels.
Once they all are fried, use a small knife to cut a slit in the thin edge of each one about halfway around its circumference, opening a pocket. As you cut them, fill each gordita with about 1/4-cup shredded meat and a sprinkling of the onions, grated cheese, and cilantro.
Line up the filled gorditas on a serving platter and pass them around (with plenty of napkins) for your guest to enjoy.
From Mexico: One Plate at a Time, Scribner 2000


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Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder Screening Program - A Randomized Controlled Trial (FGISP-RCT)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01047800
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 13, 2010
Last Update Posted : April 26, 2017
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Functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID) is the most common gastrointestinal disease in daily clinical practice. The disease is symptomatic but has no identifiable cause by standard diagnostic tests such as endoscopy. It is characterized by its frequent relapses and thus the disease causes a significant level of stress and anxiety to patients. Due to the complexity and chronicity of the disease, it is believed that appropriate counseling on the nature and management of the disease is necessary to decrease patient's anxiety level and improve quality of life.
Patients who have symptoms suggestive of FGID including non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (NERD), functional dyspepsia (FD) or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
To validate the effectiveness of counseling in patients suffering from FGID.
Patients recruited to the study will follow the usual management of patients attending the Gastroenterology specialty clinic in Prince of Wales Hospital. Standard blood tests and endoscopy will be performed. Standard medication will be given to the patients for 8 weeks after endoscopy and the patients will come back to the specialty clinic for a final visit.
The patient will be given an "on-demand follow up within 1 year" option at final visit. The patient will decide if he/she wants to come back to our specialty clinic to follow up his/her problem within one year.
Follow-up after Final Visit Follow-up questionnaires will be mailed to patients 6 months, 1 and 2 years after Final visit.
All the patients will be randomized into two groups in First Visit: 1) Control group, and 2) Counseling group. Both groups of patients will follow the above protocol, except that 2 extra counseling sessions will be arranged for the Counseling group immediately after visiting the physician.
|Condition or disease
|Non-erosive Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Functional Dyspepsia Irritable Bowel Syndrome
|Behavioral: Counseling
|Not Applicable
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|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|200 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Effectiveness of Counseling for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder Patients: A Double-blind Randomized Controlled Trial
|Actual Study Start Date :
|January 2010
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|May 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2016
Experimental: Counseling group
Two extra counseling sessions will be arranged for the Counseling group immediately after visiting the physician
Behavioral: Counseling
Two extra counseling sessions will be arranged for the Counseling group immediately after visiting the physician in First and Final visits. Each session lasts for about 15 minutes with the following content:
First visit: prevalence of FGID in Hong Kong, chronicity nature of the disease, negative endoscopy result to be expected, time to answer patient's questions
Final visit : prevalence of FGID in Hong Kong (reinforcement), chronicity nature of the disease (reinforcement), explanation of the endoscopy result, management of disease via lifestyle modification, use of medication, need for further or repeated investigation, time to answer patient's questions.
No Intervention: Control
Usual management in GI specialty clinic
- Self-efficacy and decrease in psychological distress measured by Health status and management scales and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) [ Time Frame: 6 months after Final visit ]
- Rate of attendance to "on-demand follow up within 1 year" option given at Final visit [ Time Frame: 1 year after Final visit ]
- Frequency of doctor's visits [ Time Frame: 1 and 2 years after Final visit ]
- Use of emergency service [ Time Frame: 1 and 2 years after Final visit ]
- Self-rated health measured by Health status and management scales [ Time Frame: 6 months, 1 and 2 years after Final visit ]
- Social/role activities limitation measured by Health status and management scales [ Time Frame: 6months, 1 and 2 years after Final visit ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Present with symptoms suggestive of any of the following FGID according to Rome III Classification:
- Non-erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease (NERD) Weekly symptoms of heartburn or acid regurgitation of moderate severity for at least 6 months
- Functional dyspepsia (FD) Weekly symptoms of epigastric burning sensation, early satiety or postprandial fullness for at least 6 months
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Symptoms of abdominal pain or discomfort of at least 3 times a month, in the last 6 months, associated with 2 or more of the following:
- Improvement with defecation
- Onset associated with a change in frequency of stool
- Onset associated with a change in form (appearance) of stool
Exclusion Criteria:
- Erosive esophagitis (Still eligible for IBS patients)
- Peptic ulcer (Still eligible for IBS patients after complete ulcer healing)
- H. pylori positive
- Organic causes of symptoms, including malignancy, abnormal thyroid function, and inflammatory bowel disease.
- Previous gastric surgery
- Pregnancy
- Illiterate
- Unable to sign the written consent form • Abdominal surgery within one year prior to joining the program
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01047800
|Hong Kong
|Prince of Wales Hospital
|Hong Kong, Hong Kong
|Principal Investigator:
|Justin C.Y. Wu, MBChB(CUHK)
|Chinese University of Hong Kong
|Responsible Party:
|Justin Che-Yuen Wu, Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01047800 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|January 13, 2010 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 26, 2017
|Last Verified:
|April 2017
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by Justin Che-Yuen Wu, Chinese University of Hong Kong:
Functional gastrointestinal disorder
irritable bowel syndrome
Functional dyspepsia
postprandial fullness
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Gastroesophageal Reflux
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Colonic Diseases, Functional
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Esophageal Motility Disorders
Deglutition Disorders
Esophageal Diseases
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
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A smartphone app which has been piloted in Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley has notched up more than 10,000 hits in its first three months.
The free NHS Health Help Now phone and web app was launched in December to help people find advice and services for different symptoms.
It has had more than 10,000 visits from nearly 6,500 users with the average use lasting three minutes and 47 seconds.
NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), helped pilot the app and it also currently covers north Kent, east Kent and Medway. Other parts of England are due to start using it soon.
GP Dr Bhaskar Bora, clinical chair of Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG said: "This is excellent news.
"It shows the public has taken the app to its heart and is using it when help is needed."
It works on mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers and suggests the most appropriate local health service at any time of the day or night.
Visit healthhelpnow-nhs.net or @NHSHealthHelp on Twitter.


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Handyscan is a popular Windows Phone app that lets you scan and share documents with ease. This will be the second update in the past month for Handyscan taking the app to version 3.18. Along with fixes to address lag time and other bugs, Handyscan becomes more integrated with Windows Phone 8.
Version 3.18 now adds Windows Phone 8 Lenses support to Handyscan that will let you launch the app from the Windows Phone camera, making the app more easily accessible. The update also adds the ability to name scans before you begin scanning the document.
Overall the update improves upon a very nice document scanning app for your Windows Phone. Sharing options include Skydrive or Dropbox and you can email documents using a variety of resolutions. Other features include adding pages to existing documents, use digitized signatures, and add text to documents.
There are two versions of Handyscan available in the Windows Phone Store. You have Handyscan Free that is free but lacks the PDF conversion, Email options (file size), and restore backup features. The full version of Handyscan is currently running $2.99, which you can find here in the Windows Phone Store.


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The Department of Psychology has a chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology.
Membership is awarded to qualified women and men studying psychology. Membership in Psi Chi is for life, and the $35 national registration fee is the only payment to the national organization, which does not charge annual dues.
About Psi Chi
Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging and maintaining excellence in scholarship and advancing the science of psychology. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of American University Honor Societies and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society (APS).
Psi Chi provides national recognition for academic excellence in psychology, an honor which can be noted on employment applications, vitae, and resumes. Also, as part of lifetime membership, members receive membership certificates and cards and are eligible to wear honor cords at graduation.
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Psi Chi bestows 95 research awards each year and awards numerous grants of up to $1,500 for undergraduate research projects.
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Given annually to a senior majoring in psychology who gives evidence of superior scholarship and who makes a significant contribution to the vitality and direction of the department.
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Given annually to psychology majors who, in commitment to the total University community, display openness and curiosity and who demonstrate definite leadership skills.
Felipe Martinez Humanitarian Award
Given annually to a senior majoring in psychology who displays a general humanitarian emphasis both in philosophy and in action, a strong commitment to personal growth and value-education, and an exemplary attitude toward the liberal arts.
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Awarded alternately between the departments of Psychology and English to a student(s) enrolled in the Continuing Studies Program who demonstrates excellence and leadership in the areas of psychology or literature.
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A pilot has been charged with being under the influence of alcohol while getting ready to fly an American Eagle plane from Minneapolis to New York City in January, a spokesman for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said.
Kolbjorn Kristiansen had been doing preflight checks ahead of a morning flight to New York when airport police took him into custody and administered a breath test, which he failed.
Witnesses said they had smelled alcohol when they passed Kristiansen in an airport terminal. His arrest happened before passengers boarded the flight on American Eagle, a regional carrier for American Airlines.
Kristiansen was charged with three gross misdemeanors in state court after blood tests showed he had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.09 percent, more than twice the legal limit for a pilot in the state, airport spokesman Patrick Hogan said.
He was charged with operating or attempting to operate an aircraft under the influence of alcohol, operating or attempting to operate an aircraft with alcohol content of 0.04 or more and operating or attempting to operate an aircraft with alcohol content at 0.04 or more within two hours of a flight, he said.
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The threshold for pilots in Minnesota is 0.04, as it is under Federal Aviation Administration rules, or about half what it would be for drivers of automobiles. The initial breath test had returned a 0.107 concentration.
Kristiansen, who is from Raleigh, N.C., was released on his own recognizance in January and is not flying.
His attorney, Peter Wold, said Tuesday he had seen a copy of the complaint and questioned the charges.
"He did nothing to attempt to fly other than being near that aircraft," Wold said in a telephone interview. "He didn't operate any controls. He didn't accept any directions. He didn't contact the control tower. I don't understand how they think he attempted to fly an aircraft."


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The Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) Capitol Visitor Center project was recognized by the Washington Building Congress with several 2008 Craftsmanship Awards. Teams of skilled tradesmen were recognized for displaying exceptional skill in their fields, including door and hardware fabrication, skylight design and installation, exterior hardscape installation, and stone masonry.
"The Capitol Visitor Center was designed and built to match the Capitol in quality and endurance, and generations of Americans will greatly benefit from all it has to offer," noted Acting Architect of the Capitol Stephen T. Ayers, AIA. "These fine craftsmen can take great pride in their role in helping to complete the largest single expansion of the Capitol Building. For the Washington Building Congress to recognize the Capitol Visitor Center for its superb craftsmanship and quality is a true honor."
Specifically, the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) project was singled out for the high-quality, professional workmanship throughout the facility by individuals who are "creative, precise, and possess the special skills associated with quality craftsmanship." These features include the six skylights which allow natural light into the CVC; the custom light fixtures located throughout the CVC and Expansion Spaces that complement the existing fixtures in the Capitol Building; the installation of major hard scape features such as stairs and seat walls, as well as the reinstallation of historic elements such as fountains and lanterns on the East Front; and the installation of monumental interior wall stone and marble, and ornamental staircases, doors, and other hardware.
Technical skills of the teams responsible for electrical and fire alarm systems installation, and plaster work were also honored with Craftsmanship Awards.
In addition to the 11 awards presented, several of the winners were extended additional honors with the receipt of two of the three "Star Awards" presented to projects demonstrating the highest level of quality and achieving exceptional visual and technical excellence. The CVC project was also received the "Hall of Fame Award" for the masonry work done throughout the facility.
The Washington Building Congress' Craftsmanship Awards Program was created in 1956 to bring public recognition to those people who, because of exceptional workmanship and individual effort, deserve such an honor. Awards are made for a wide range of skills, for elaborate and technical installation of mechanical systems, truly beautiful cabinet and woodwork, artistic painting, and masonry and stone work. Nominees were judged by their industry peers on the basis of creative ingenuity, precision, and quality craftsmanship.


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The design of the car is sharp and edgy just like the rest of the new Mercedes designs. It does not match the absolutely stunning concept however which is understandable but a disappointment.
Despite the toned down looks and the front wheel drive MFA architecture shared with the A-Class and B-Class models this new car is expected to be incredibly popular (and profitable) for Mercedes-Benz.


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Cleopatra in Cannes...with Jessica Chastain
It was 50 years ago that Cleopatra was released. It was the movie that brought together Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. A restored version of the film was screened in Cannes tonight, presented by Jessica Chastain. Taylor's son Chris Wilding and Burton's daughter Kate were expected to attend. Lindsay Lohan is currently in rehab, but she wasn't invited anyway.
Jessica arrived at the Palais in white, presumably chosen to better show off the millions of dollars around her neck. It's Bulgari, and I'm guessing it's a piece originally worn by Dame Elizabeth herself or from the collection that was inspired by the Dame's Cleopatra. With all the robberies that have happened in Cannes this festival, I hope they're guarding her with the Secret Service.
The dress is Versace. I don't love the fit but I'm not sure that's the point. The jewellery is the point, right? Great choice on the marcel waves in the hair though.
This is Jessica's third Cannes in a row. She was there with Lawless (and Madagascar I think) in 2012 and Tree Of Life in 2011.
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Attention UK-based screenwriters: BBC accepts unsolicited scripts for a variety of formats - read more here: BBC Writer's Room.
Attention UK-based screenwriters: BBC accepts unsolicited scripts for a variety of formats - read more here: BBC Writer's Room.
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Oh my god, thank you BBC (and poster ofc!) for actually making it semi easy to submit something!
They are open for submissions again, until 5pm on 21st May 2012, for anyone interested
I'm already working on mine! Hope to get it all finished by then, but if not, will wait for the next window. They accept scripts from new writers 3 times a year.
I just read the book "How To Write For Television - A Guide to Writing and Selling Successful TV Scripts" by William Smethurst. It was an eye-opener I can tell you. Seems the folk at TV are desperate for new writers and there are ALWAYS ways in, if you can write and can grab their attention. Current script writers on existing shows, and for existing TV Drama slots, are always dispensible, and fresh blood is always wanted.
You can make a packet too for each script.
Read this book, it is amazing. Oh, FYI, this deals with TV writing in the UK only.
Good luck to anyone giving the Writers Room a go!
Liza, it does seem surprisingly welcoming and inclusive. There are guidelines and sample scripts to look at. It makes me want to write scripts- everything else in writing seems like such an uphill battle that it is a refreshing change.
Debbi, good luck. How exciting- I'll look out for your name in the credits of the next BBC drama!
I started writing fan-fiction scripts (amateur) a few years ago on an internet forum. It was a discussion site about a TV programme and during the long wait between series (seasons-sorry) , we would write our own. I'm sure they were awful in terms of professional formatting, but some of them were really entertaining. Its what got me back into writing - ah, I'm getting nostalgic now...


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Ten ways to increase profitability for dairy farmers
Munters designs and manufactures climate control and natural ventilation systems for intensive dairy, poultry, swine and greenhouse industries. In this article you can read more about how Munters improves profitability for dairy farmers.
When speaking to our important sales channels in the industry as well as end users who have our products installed, it is evident that our product portfolio has helped the farm industries not only to solve a problem related to heat or cold stress in the production houses, but also has increased the efficiency in their operation as well as their profitability.
Munters have a complete product program to reach the desired state of consistent high scale milk production, maximized feed conversion ratio and an improved conception rate. These are measurements that are crucial to all dairy farmers worldwide.
These are the benefits of using Munters climate control system for Natural and Forced ventilation:
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- Improved animal behavior and welfare as well as lower respiration rates meaning better animal health
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Here at Munters' website you can view more examples of how Munters have helped other dairy farmers with cooling or ventilation solutions, situated at various places around the world.
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Get directions to Wabash College Fine Arts Center
Wabash College is pleased to welcome Susan Bordo on Thursday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m. Bordo will speak on the topic "Gentleman or Beast: The Double-Bind of Masculinity in Contemporary American Culture." The lecture will take place in room 104 of the new Science Building.
Bordo is the Otis A. Singletary Chair in the Humanities and Professor of English and Women's Studies at the University of Kentucky. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including, Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body (1995), Twilight Zones: The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J. (1999), and The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and Private (2000).
She lectures nationally on contemporary culture and the body, featuring topics such as eating disorders, cosmetic surgery, beauty and evolutionary theory, racism and the body, masculinity and the male body, sexual harassment, and the impact of contemporary media.
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In the world of illegal gambling, sporting events are far and away the biggest money maker. Literally hundreds of billions of dollars are wagered illegally in the United States on sporting events every year — from the bar-room bookie deals for hundreds, even thousands, of dollars at a time, to the simple Super Bowl office pool (yes, buying that $5 square is illegal in almost every corner of the country), millions of people are in on the action.
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Traditionally, the DongZhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. One activity that occurs during these get togethers is making and eating Tang Yuan or balls of glutinous rice which symbolize reunion.
Same as before, I always prepared some Tang Yuan for breakfast or supper on that festive day serve with ginger soup and peanuts for dipping. But this year there'll be some changes on preparing the Tang Yuan. Anyway the peanuts for dipping is a must..;p
I've prepared some plain white and also some red ones with beetroot juice. That was the special one..:) I admit that the colour was not as bright red as those using colouring, but its acceptable.
There are 2 types of soups I prepared for the serving, one with sweet ginger tea and another with soybean milk. About the Tang Yuan, there are 2 types too...one with black sesame seeds filling and the other is plain.


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Charges of harassment are pending against a 15-year-old Hustontown area boy in connection with an incident at Forbes Road Junior-Senior High School on Tuesday, March 16. According to state police, the teen allegedly had a physical altercation with a 14-year-old male from Fort Littleton at 8:15 a.m. Charges against the 15-year-old will be filed through Magisterial District Judge Devin Horne.
Man Faces Mischief Charges
Fifty-seven-year-old Big Cove Tannery resident Earl M. Edwards has been cited for criminal mischief following an incident at 7414 Timber Ridge Road in Thompson Township. State police, McConnellsburg, reported on Friday, March 12, Edwards allegedly dug a trench approximately 230 feet long in the Big Cove Tannery yard of a 50-yearold man at 5 p.m.
Two Arrested For Public Drunkenness
Two men were arrested by state police for public drunkenness during an incident at Giant Food Store in Ayr Township on Thursday, March 18, at 8:11 p.m. Those cited by state police for being "visibly intoxicated" were Shawn Laman, 38, McConnellsburg, and 26-year-old Matthew Deller of Fannettsburg.
Juvenile Cited For Striking Man
A 17-year-old McConnellsburg male was charged with harassment after striking a 57-yearold McConnellsburg man in the face on Thursday, March 18. The argument and physical contact occurred at 6:16 p.m. at a location along East Poplar Street, McConnellsburg Borough.
Harassment Charges Pending
Charges of harassment are pending further investigation into an episode at Forbes Road Junior-Senior High School on Wednesday, March 17. According to state police, the suspect in the harassment case is a 29-yearold Hustontown woman.
The woman allegedly argued with a 24-year-old Waterfall woman and a 35-year-old man from Waterfall at 5:30 p.m. The argument reportedly turned physical.
Burglary Reported At Forbes Road
Officials from Forbes Road School District reported a breakin at their facility between 5:30 p.m. on March 16 and 3 p.m. on March 17. The burglars entered the locked building by kicking in a pad-locked door and fled in an unknown direction. It is unknown if anything was taken during the incident. Anyone having additional information regarding this case should contact Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717-485-5771 or Trooper Falkosky at 717-485-3131.
Medication, Jewelry Taken During Theft
Various medications, $88 in cash and a man's diamond cluster ring were taken from a Second Street, Hustontown, home sometime March 13 or 14. Victims of the theft were a 29-yearold man and a 27-year-old woman, both from Hustontown. Anyone with further information concerning this theft should call Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717-485-5771 or Trooper Carper at 717-485-3131.
Three Injured In Crash
Three individuals suffered minor injuries on Wednesday, March 17, when their northbound 1992 Dodge Ram struck a guiderail and an embankment along Route 655. Among those injured during the 12:55 p.m. accident investigated by state police were Thomas G. Foster, 75, and Shelby L. Foster, 72, both of Three Springs, and a 4-year-old Harrisonville area girl. The trio were transported by Hustontown ambulance to Fulton County Medical Center for treatment. Thomas Foster will be cited for driving on roadways laned for traffic as a result of the accident in Taylor Township.
Woman Accused Of DUI
Twenty-two-year-old Shannon May Wood of McConnellsburg is accused of driving under the influence as a result of a traffic stop on Wednesday, March 17. State police troopers stopped Wood for a traffic violation at 2:55 a.m. along Route 522 near the intersection of Route 30 and found she was driving under the influence of alcohol.
McConnellsburg Woman Cited For DUI
State police, McConnellsburg, arrested a McConnellsburg area woman for driving under the influence following a two-vehicle crash in the Sheetz parking lot at 3:52 a.m. on Wednesday, March 17. Twenty-nine-year-old Jessica Marie Bivens of McConnellsburg reportedly backed out of a parking spot and continued travelling in reverse until she struck a 1990 Ford Ranger parked at the gas pump. Upon arriving, state police allegedly determined Bivens was driving under the influence of alcohol.
Bivens, her passenger, Shawn Edward Lamen, 38, of Mc- Connellsburg and the owner of the parked truck, James Gerald Schetrompf, 46, Warfordsburg, were not injured. Damage to both vehicles was minor.
Car Crashes Into Guiderail
A Bedford woman was charged with driving on roadways laned for traffic after her westbound 2006 Chevrolet Impala crashed into a set of guiderails along Interstate 70. Anne S. Andrews, 84, and passenger Robert C. Andrews, 83, also of Bedford, were not injured in the 12:28 p.m. accident on Tuesday, March 16, state police reported. Their car was removed from the crash scene in Brush Creek Township by Interstate Towing.
Two Charged With Harassment
Two Warfordsburg area men have been charged by state police with harassment following a 1:35 a.m. physical altercation at 728 Hill Road in Union Township on Sunday, March 21. Those charged include Roger Elwood Pryor, 25, and 21-year-old Justin Scott Kerns.
Vehicle Rear-ended
State police, McConnellsburg, investigated a two-vehicle crash along Great Cove Road on Sunday, March 21, in Ayr Township. Troopers said a 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sierra operated by Barbara W. Walker, 84, of Mc- Connellsburg collided with the rear of a 2005 Chevrolet 2500 HD driven by Daniel Earl Kendall, 32, McConnellsburg, at 12:19 p.m.
Walker suffered minor injuries during the accident, while Kendall and passenger Dorothy A. Kendall, 32, did not wear seat belts but escaped harm. Damage to the vehicles ranged from moderate to major. State police, who were aided on the scene by the McConnellsburg Volunteer Fire Co., added charges are pending further investigation.
Wooden Utility Pole Struck
A wooden utility pole along Buck Valley Road in Union Township was struck by an unknown vehicle on Saturday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. State police noted the driver and vehicle, which was only described as a Toyota, fled the scene immediately following the crash. Anyone having additional information related to this hit-and-run accident is asked to contact Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717- 485-5771 or Trooper Johns at 717- 485-3131.
Fraudulent Purchases Made
A 48-year-old Harrisonville woman reported to state police her personal bank information was used to make purchases totalling $2,500 in Alabama and Georgia between March 4 and 9. Anyone having further information concerning this case of access device fraud should call Fulton County Crime Solvers at 717- 485-5771 or Trooper Carper at 717-485-3131.
PA Father Accused Of 23-Mo.-Old Daughter's Murder
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A western Pennsylvania jury resumes deliberations Monday in the trial of a man charged with leaving his 23-month-old daughter outside to freeze to death three years ago.
Closing arguments were made Friday in the trial of William Page, 26, of Braddock, near Pittsburgh, who could face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his daughter, Nyia.
Prosecutors allege that he left the girl, dressed in only a sweater, in an overgrown playground in Rankin in the early morning hours of Feb. 3, 2007. The child died from hypothermia and exposure, her body found frozen to the ground the following day.
"What did William Page do to Nyia that was terrible enough that she had to die?'' Deputy District Attorney Mark Tranquilli asked. "It had to be something unspeakable.''
Jurors heard a tape in which Page said he kicked the girl because she kept removing her diaper and then left her outside in the snow. But Page testified that his daughter somehow wandered outside, and he confessed only after police grilled him over several days.
Prosecutors cited blood at the scene in alleging that the defendant had abused the child. But Patarini said an autopsy turned up no physical evidence of assault.
Jurors began deliberating last Friday.


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Academy of Country Music will salute troops
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Academy of Country Music will pay tribute to members of the armed forces with its annual television special.
Merle Haggard, George Strait and Carrie Underwood are among the first performers to sign on to "ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops." The two-hour special will air May 20 on CBS.
Each year, the academy tapes a special a different theme on the day after its awards show, which will be held April 6 in Las Vegas. Past shows have focused on Strait and honored the women of country music.
Ticket sales for this year's show at the MGM Grand will be donated to the academy's charitable foundation ACM Lifting Lives. Other early performers announced include Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry and Florida Georgia Line.
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Susan Granger's review of 'Snowpiercer'
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho's first English language production is a bold, compelling, fantastical action thriller.
When global warming was finally acknowledged as a worldwide threat, scientists sent a missile into space to lower Earth's thermostat. Instead, the device triggered another Ice Age, killing everyone except those who managed to get on board an immense bullet train that's been circling the glacial planet for 17 years.
Passengers are strictly segregated by class, and compartmentalized order within the convoy is ruthlessly enforced by a grotesquely fascistic bureaucrat (Tilda Swinton) with her armed guards. When one of the impoverished dares to complain, his arm is inserted into a porthole, frozen and amputated. But rebellion is brewing in the slums in the back of the train, where restless Curtis (bearded Chris Evans, a.k.a. "Captain America"), encouraged by elderly, peg-legged Gilliam (John Hurt), decides to lead a guerrilla force to the front, where the train's quasi-mythical inventor, enigmatic Mr. Wilford (Ed Harris) rules in Wizard of Oz-like mystery from the engine room. Accompanied by his loyal friend Edgar (Jamie Bell) and a determined mother (Olivia Spencer) whose child has been abducted, Curtis bribes a drug-addicted security expert (Song Kang-ho) and his drug-dazed daughter/apprentice (Ko Ah-sung) to open the locked "gates" separating the railway cars by giving them Kronole, the hallucinogen they crave. As the insurgents move forward car by car, examining the self-sustaining ecosystem, one of their more memorable encounters is with a creepily cheerful schoolmarm (Alison Pill), another depicts the various luxuries enjoyed by the elite.
Based on a 1982 French graphic novel, "La Transperceneige," it's propelled by Bong Joon-ho's imaginative visuality and gripping suspense, which more than compensate for the heavy-handed, dystopian allegory. Filmed on gimbals on interconnected soundstages at Prague's Barrandov Studios in the Czech Republic for an astonishing $40 million, it's not been widely distributed because Harvey Weinstein reportedly wanted to edit out 20 minutes and Bong refused.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Snowpiercer" hurtles by with an exciting, edge-of-your-seat 8 -- a wild ride that's one of the best of the year, so far.


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hello everyone,
i'm kind of fond of the triangular onigiri (not much triangular foods around) and can't seem to get it right with the cup-and-wrap method. i don't own any molds, so i usually just make them by hand.
today i made a smaller amount of rice than usual- from just 1 cup, which i figured would produce 4 plain onigiri.
i took all the rice out of the cooker and put it into a flat round china bowl to cool a little before handling. the bowl was slightly wet, so nothing would stick.
i patted the rice down very lightly in the bowl and drew a cross on it with a non-stick spatula for 4 equal amounts, but, surprise! four very nearly perfect onigiri shapes were looking up at me from the bowl!
i carefully separated the triangles, patting the rice in shape, then used my wet hands to straighten them out. it seemed to take no time at all!
(at least compared with my usual approach of "grab a ladle of rice and turn it in your hands until it looks good").
i had them sprinkled with gomasio, together with some garlicky simmered peppers and miso-lemon marinated fried salmon.
oh, and the rice grains were not mushed or anything, maybe because i was really careful. :)
this is not a recipe, more like a bit of simple geometry, but i thought i'd share it, as everybody likes to save a little time now and then and somehow, this hadn't occurred to me until now..
That's genius! I use molds cause I'm not good at the free hand method, but then I've got the molds to clean. Nice tip, thanks!
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Jane Hamilton Hall: nuclear physics
The Laboratory's first female assistant director brought smarts, style, and a steady hand to Los Alamos. - 3/27/17
Crystal J. Rodarte-Romero: engineering safer structures
Los Alamos bridge engineer, Rodarte-Romero is a proud steward of the historic bridge and is honored to extend its life with design modifications and forthcoming modeling, including examining how the structure can withstand seismic shifts. - 3/31/14
Raeanna Sharp-Geiger: creating a cleaner, greener environment
Sharp-Geiger helps identify, evaluate and control chemical, physical, biological, radiological and environmental hazards. - 3/28/14
Katharine Page—Atomic-level insights for better materials
Page's research supports materials' advances that could have wide-ranging impact, investigating, manipulating and manufacturing nano-particles. - 3/26/14
Jerri McTaggart—Creating opportunities
She is a scientist at the Los Alamos office in Carlsbad and helps small-quantity transuranic waste generators identify and solve problems. - 3/26/14
Barbara Tenorio-Grimes—Providing science opportunities to minorities
A strong supporter of the benefits of education in science, math and engineering, she led development of the Lab's educational outreach programs for K-12 students and teachers. - 3/24/14
Jacqueline Mirabal-Martinez: boosting electrical safety performance
The first woman to chair the Lab's Electrical Safety Committee, she led her division to the highest level of excellence in electrical safety performance, exceeding the performance of 40 other divisions. - 3/22/14
Elizabeth Hunke: piloting polar warning of climate change
Hunke develops advanced ocean and ice models for evaluating the role of ocean and ice in climate change and projecting the impact of such change globally. - 3/20/14
Kathy Prestridge: physics solutions for energy independence
She leads a team whose high-resolution experiments in fluid dynamics have been applied to weapon design, astrophysics and inertial confinement fusion (ICF)—the power of the sun. - 3/19/14
Antonya Sanders—Promoting nanoscience integration through outreach
Bringing together university faculty, students, researchers and other Laboratory scientists to explore nanoscale science. - 3/17/14
Cheryl Kuske—Microbiology expertise aids in biothreat detection
She is an environmental microbiologist who built a world-renowned Los Alamos research program targeting complex microbial communities in the environment. - 3/14/14
Amy Bauer—Problem-solving fuels passion
She works on a broad range of nuclear counterterrorism projects, including post-detonation nuclear forensics. - 3/11/14
Marianne Francois: scientific modeling of materials and climate
Her ability to model the complexity of nuclear weapons systems through advanced numerical methods play an important role in supporting nonproliferation efforts. - 3/11/14
Dianne Williams Wilburn—Creating her own destiny
Having monitored environmental compliance for New Mexico State and analyzed water chemistry for a nuclear power plant in Virginia, Wilburn is well versed in environmental health and radiation safety. - 3/11/14
Elaine Santantonio: creating an efficient cyber workplace
She improved communication and increased efficiency by helping put mobile devices into the hands of Lab employees. - 3/11/14
Becky Chamberlin—Overcoming gender bias in science
A nuclear forensics chemist and nonproliferation expert, Chamberlin is helping bring forward a more comprehensive effort on the science of detecting nuclear weapons development. - 3/11/14
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At work, this Lab astrophysicist spends long hours searching the planet for concealed weapons of mass destruction. - 3/10/14
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We need a modern, clean, elegant and professional looking logo for our lawyer's office based in Berlin, Germany.
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What we need is a modern, clean, elegant and professional looking logo to better represent our lawyer's office. Our current logo color is green - therefore the dominating color for the new logo and stationary should be a dark green. Also the logo should have a second line with the word "Rechtsanwälte". This is the german word for "lawyers". The logo can be in either upper case or lower case, creative freedom is yours!
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Napoli closed the gap at the top of Serie A without so much as kicking a ball on Thursday, when their two-point deduction was wiped out on appeal. The Partenopei had been penalised in the standings, as well as fined, after their captain, Paolo Cannavaro, and his fellow defender Gianluca Grava were found guilty of failing to report an attempted fix by the reserve goalkeeper Matteo Gianello, but the federal court ruled that his testimony had been unreliable.
The appeal verdict – which also overturned the suspensions handed down to Cannavaro and Grava – moved Napoli back to within three points of Juventus, sparking excited talk of a revived title race. That lasted all of three days, before Napoli were held to a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina – less than 24 hours after Juve had thrashed Udinese 4-0. Lazio, who began the weekend level with Napoli in second place, also drew their game against Palermo.
There is plenty of time left for further twists and turns, but this was a week when events on the pitch somehow felt as though they were always playing second fiddle to those off it.
At San Siro, Giampaolo Pazzini scored an outrageous goal – lifting the ball over Daniele Portanova with one touch and volleying it home with the next – but what Milan fans really wanted to know was whether Ricky Kaká would soon be rejoining them. For their city rivals the question was almost the exact opposite. When would Wesley Sneijder finally give up the ghost and leave?
For now Kaká's future remains up in the air, with the Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi and vice-president Adriano Galliani, making no secret of their desire to bring the player back to the club, but simultaneously reminding us of the financial challenges involved. With Sneijder, though, there is at last clarity. On Sunday, shortly before Internazionale took on Roma at the Stadio Olimpico, his transfer to Galatasaray was confirmed.
The Turkish club will pay an initial €8m, with bonuses adding the potential for a further €2m. Many will view that as a modest fee for a 28-year-old who is less than three years removed from playing a starring role in Inter's treble-winning side. But what really stuck in the throat for Inter's fans were reports that Sneijder had required a golden handshake from the team's owner, Massimo Moratti, before he would finally agree to move.
But if Inter might have hoped for a better deal, then the reality was that there were no others on the table. Any evaluation of the transfer must take into account the importance to Inter of getting the player's €6m-per-year salary off their wage bill, and the club's fans will hope that his departure may now create room for the club to reinforce in other areas.
There is an inevitable sadness to Sneijder's departure – representing as it does yet another step towards the unpicking of the 2010 treble-winning side. Just five of the 11 players who started Inter's Champions League final against Bayern Munich still remain, and for the most part their replacements have not performed to a similar level.
It has been some time, though, since Sneijder resembled the player seen during that campaign. A combination of injury and Inter's managerial instability – Andrea Stramaccioni is the club's fifth boss in two-and-a-half seasons since José Mourinho – have done the player no favours, but nor has his own inflexibility.
Sneijder shone under the Portuguese in a team that was built around him – a 4-3-1-2 in which he had freedom to roam between the midfield and attack – but such a formation has its drawbacks, leaving the team narrow and reliant on exceptional play from its full-backs. The decline and departure of Maicon has required subsequent managers to think a little differently, but Sneijder has never looked the same playing in any other role.
And if Inter needed reasons to believe that there could be life beyond the Dutchman, then they will have found some on Sunday in the performance of Fredy Guarín. Signed last January to upgrade a midfield short on creativity, Guarín had alternated excellent performances with questionable ones – his vision and energy occasionally offset by tactical indiscipline.
Now Stramaccioni has found another way in which to utilise the player, deploying him behind a two-man attack in a 3-4-1-2. While not completely absolving Guarín of defensive duties, moving further up the pitch has seemed to suit the player's attacking instincts. It was from that position that he scored in Inter's win over Pescara last weekend, then again in the Coppa Italia victory against Bologna on Tuesday. On Sunday, he instead took on the role of provider.
Inter had fallen a goal behind early at the Stadio Olimpico, Francesco Totti blasting his penalty into the roof of the net after Michael Bradley went down in the area. It had been a contentious award, with Andrea Ranocchia protesting that the American ought to have been the one penalised after his boot caught the defender's head, but certainly it had been an ill-advised challenge for the Inter player to make in his own box.
On the stroke of half-time, Guarín created an equaliser. After seeing a shot charged down about 20 yards out, there was absolutely no way that he should have been the first to retrieve the rebound inside the Roma area. And yet he was, muscling past two defenders before cutting the ball back from the goalline for Rodrigo Palacio to side-foot home. Roma appealed for handball, but replays were ambiguous at best.
It was a very different goal to the sort which Sneijder used to fashion for this team – borne out of power and speed more than craft and guile. It is also far too soon to suggest that Guarín can achieve the sort of levels that Sneijder did at his best for the Nerazzurri. But as evidence that Inter can move on now without the Dutchman it was certainly reassuring. As tempting as it is to remember the Sneijder of 2010, the truth is that even before being frozen out this season, his contributions had been modest for some time.
The game finished 1-1, with neither team showing anything close to their best. Inter, though, will certainly be the happier with the result – their first away win in five Serie A games. Palacio's strike, indeed, represented their first league goal away from San Siro since 11 November.
With both Diego Milito and Antonio Cassano missing out due to injury, the performance of Marko Livaja up front alongside Rodrigo Palacio was also encouraging. His first-half volley which came back off the inside of the post would have been a goal of the month contender had it flown a few more inches to the right.
As it is, Inter and Roma must prepare for two more meetings in the next nine days, in their two-legged Coppa Italia semi-final. With the Sneijder saga finally resolved, Inter hope to get the focus back on to what they have, rather than what they have lost.
Talking points
• The game against Inter was Totti's 520th in Serie A. That moves him above Giuseppe Bergomi into sole possession of 10th-place on the division's all-time appearances list. Next up: Gianni Rivera on 527.
• Edinson Cavani scored his 100th Serie A goal in Napoli's draw, but that was rather overshadowed by the calamitous nature of the one his team conceded. Fiorentina's Facundo Roncaglia was seeking to do no more than pump a long ball into the box from near halfway, but the Napoli goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis completely misjudged the flight of the ball, advancing too far up the pitch and allowing it to sail straight over his head, then bounce into the net.
• And while we're on the subject of gaffes, skip to the 40-second mark in this video to see Marco Borriello clearing the crossbar from four yards out during Genoa's loss to Catania. His team would lose the game 2-0, and shortly after full-time the manager Gigi Del Neri was sacked. Don't put that all on one misfiring forward, though – Genoa had lost nine of their 13 games since Del Neri took charge, winning just two.
• Paul Pogba was the star of Juventus's win on Saturday, opening the scoring with a stunning strike from 30 yards and then following up with another from similar range to make it 2-0. "Pogboom," yelped the front page of Sunday's Gazzetta dello Sport, who opted for variations on a theme with "Pogbangbang" for their inside headline. The manager Antonio Conte might have been as pleased with the player's post-match comments as the performance itself. "When [Claudio] Marchisio and [Andrea] Pirlo return I will go back on the bench without complaints," said Pogba. "Marchisio is a great player, and the team comes first."
• A spot of sweet revenge for Beppe Iachini, who recorded his first win as manager of Siena against Sampdoria – his former employers, who replaced him last summer immediately after he had got them promoted from Serie B. Things got rather heated at the end – Iachini exchanging words with the Samp captain Daniele Gastaldello, before the losing team's goalkeeper Sergio Romero had to be restrained by team-mates as he charged the Siena bench.
Results: Atalanta 1-1 Cagliari, Chievo 1-1 Parma, Fiorentina 1-1 Napoli, Genoa 0-2 Catania, Juventus 4-0 Udinese, Milan 2-1 Bologna, Palermo 2-2 Lazio, Pescara 0-2 Torino, Roma 1-1 Inter, Siena 1-0 Sampdoria.


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Mayor Coleen Seng announced today that the City's bond rating has been upgraded, which is positive for the community's economic development and infrastructure financing efforts. Moody's, a national bond rating agency, has awarded its top rating of Aaa to the City's general obligation bonds. The City had Moody's second highest rating for 30 years. The City has had the top AAA rating from Standard and Poor's for 25 years. Only 39 cities in the nation have the top bond rating from both agencies, according to available ratings.
"These consistently high ratings are important to keep the interest rates low on money borrowed by the City," said Mayor Seng. "This sends a strong message that Lincoln is a good investment. It's also positive as the City pursues increased bonding for infrastructure financing."
The City requested a review of its rating by Moody's in preparation for the issuance of the storm sewer bonds approved by voters in May. One reason for the City's high bond rating is a strong general fund balance. For nearly 10 years, the administration has followed a guideline of maintaining a general fund reserve of at least 15 percent. The Mayor requested the City Council to adopt the guideline as a formal policy, and the City Council approved the policy on a vote of six to zero on Monday, June 9. The rating agency recognized this policy as important to a city's financial stability.
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Irish loaves and burning socks
This Sunday is the day to celebrate your Irish roots or embrace the Irish heritage and culture through food, drink and jigs. Some find their Irish thru green beer and shots of Jameson's whiskey (which often helps with the jigs). A traditional favorite is slow-roasted corned beef and cabbage.
Another staple is Irish soda bread. Great Harvest Bread Company in West Annapolis is offering a variety of Irish-inspired breads, including made-from-scratch soda bread, rye bread (for those Rueben sandwiches), Leprechaun bread (green-colored white bread with shamrock detail), Irish baked potato bread (with cheddar and chives), Guinness and Gouda bread and Irish coffee cake.
Owner Pam Storm expects to sell upwards of 200 loaves of Irish soda bread and 75 loaves of the Guinness and Gouda bread. Quantities are limited and reservations are recommended.
If you fall short or prefer to bake at home and enjoy that wonderful smell, here's a recipe to get you started.
Irish Soda Bread
3 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/3 cup white sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 cups buttermilk
¼ cup butter, melted
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and baking soda. Blend egg and buttermilk and add to flour. Mix just until moistened. Stir in butter. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 65-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Wrap in foil for several hours or overnight for best flavor. Erin go yum!
Oyster Roast and Sock Burn
You know it's spring when it's time to bare you feet. A quintessential Annapolis custom is to stoke the bonfire and burn winter's old socks. Join the local tradition at Annapolis Maritime Museum's third annual Oyster Roast and Sock Burning on Saturday, March 23, noon to 4pm.
Beyond sock-burning, it's a full afternoon with the Eastport Oyster Boys, oyster-shucking competitions, nautical exhibits, burgers, beer, barbeque and oysters raw, steamed and roasted ($25 w/age discounts).
Oyster lovers won't want to miss the oyster cookoff, with eight restaurants competing for bragging rights. Join in tasting and judging the People's Choice ($50).
Last year's winner, Deep Creek Restaurant, returns in hopes of a repeat victory. Owner Phil Hundemann is so confident about his oyster stew that he shares his recipe with The Dish — albeit without exact measurements. You'll have to experiment. Come out and taste it first.
Deep Creek Restaurant Oyster Stew
Heavy cream
diced tomatoes
thinly sliced leeks
Worcestershire sauce
hot sauce
lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
shucked oysters
Pour one pint of heavy cream (per serving) and other ingredients (except lemon juice) in a saucepan and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 2-3 minutes. To serve, stir in a splash of lemon juice.
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Adults how were you in your teen years? Teens how is yours going?
So far.
My teen years suck.
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lorddisick wrote:
So far.
My teen years suck.
You do look pretty depressed in that picture.
oh but did you ever know, that i had mine on you?
teen years are alright xD difficulties from time to time but thats normal life.
All I wanted was to start over.. miserable and alone.
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Well, sorry bud, but that just means you don't get what the screamings for. Honestly I wished more bands increased the vocals sound rather then having the drums drown out the singer. And the guitarist isn't going to get blocked out by the singer. Screaming takes a whole lot of skill, and you can still clearly hear the instruments. You must be listening to the wrong metal.
Sorry if I come off rude, but I just hate when people don't get what the screamings for, being a screamer myself.
No worries, your not coming off as rude, and I hope I am not either. I have the exact opposite taste you do I think .I believe a lot of songs out there are balanced toward the singer more than they should be. Also, you haven't really explained what the screaming is for, just that it is difficult.
Its a matter of style to them its singing there own way also each style means some thing different than other styles Like Country is about family, god woman life in the country metal can signal rage and anger I can be wrong I just think music each type can mean something as a whole signal a mood my taste vary with mood I listen to metal when am pissed or need to get hyped up each general ot music o course is different and will mean different things to different people some people will call metal screaming others will say singing hardcore I get what you say if try listening to the words to understand it I know since am not a metal head my pont of view sucks I say start with reg metal some havy metal , metal heads will or korn like hinder and evenessence say its not true metal like my friend like some say main stream music and bands I like are sell outs sold out to what is popular like Linkin Park. to some havy metal is true music not sell outs to be liked more who always do there style even if it dos not sell out cds like main stream rock. like some say Linkin Park sold out and went with the croud. Did this help a little.
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Screaming, basically, is what defines certain metal genres, like extreme, goth, death. In many cases, it's really atmospheric. And think about it, you'd be screaming as well at a metal concert.
The problem with Linkin Park is that they went electronic. I wouldn't say they sold out, I would say they just switched genres. I mean Abandon All Ships is electronic, but at it's core it's still metal.
Screaming is difficult yes, but it is a great way to go with the harsh distorted guitar and keyboards and fast drum.
Meh, cant complain.
Im back. How was studyville you ask? Judging by that question, you should visit.
I suppose my teen years are going great. Actually, compared with my PRE-TEEN years, they've been amazing. Huh. Lucky me I guess! xD
After 4 years, I have returned at last
i used to be a quiet girl when i was in elementary. i'd only get noisy with a few close friends. i didnt like the crowd and hated crowded places. i was one of the unpopular kids.
then in high school, where i was still unpopular. i didnt have big boobs or all the boys' attention. but i had a lot of guy friends (always and forever will be getting along with guys more than with girls). i became more talkative and friendly with people. i didnt like the upperclassmen, and was okay with some of the younger batches (most are sluts and attention whores). i gave off a violent aura because i would stare down people (who i dont like btw) who bumped in to me in the hallways.
then in college where suddenly i became someone everybody knew. but i guess thats what girls get when they go to engineering (and the building of computer science people was nearby also and words spread like fire). i was shy at first and wouldnt talk to anyone, but i became noisy with people again. i made friends easily, as long as i dont sense the bitch aura from them. plus i now like parties, but only with friends. i even like upperclassmen now. and although the younger batch was a bit weird, i didnt really hate them anymore. i must be maturing. damn.
It's been a while since i last went online :\
Teen years?
well they have been rough i pretty much have to hold my own these days no one really has time for me anymore and when they do it never lasts i mean sure i have plenty of friends to hang out with but all as they ever want to do is get drunk or high and then when i don't join in i get rejected. So the more my youth fades the lonelier i am getting when all that i ever really wanted was someone who understood me but time is running out so i have just gave up on my teen years.
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Teen years?
well they have been rough i pretty much have to hold my own these days no one really has time for me anymore and when they do it never lasts i mean sure i have plenty of friends to hang out with but all as they ever want to do is get drunk or high and then when i don't join in i get rejected. So the more my youth fades the lonelier i am getting when all that i ever really wanted was someone who understood me but time is running out so i have just gave up on my teen years.
You have to make your own road. You have another good 10-15 years of "youth". Don't waste this time. Decide what you want for yourself out of this life, and then take it. It may sound harsh but I will warn you; if you wait around for the world to hand you happiness you will wait forever.
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
Just recently out from teenage. I didn't really change much I'm still quite a prankster, thing is, it seems like I'm attracting more and more responsible people as I gets older. Well, my teenage life focused with me being a popular teenager with no friends.
Because I'm her servant that's why I am reading this.
Eh Adults? I dont think I ever grew up I just got a job and had to start paying bills at heart I'm still fool and I still do many of the things I did in my teens...but more with brains less reckless perhaps..
I'm still in my teen years. So far they've been good, had the odd ups and downs though.
I'm not crazy! My reality is just different than yours!
I was broody, hyper, moody, eager to impress, defiant and uh, too into the ladies.
not much different now. except i'm way more honest with myself and in control of emotions. i've become much more patient too.
(ಠ_ಠ) i see you.
My teens years were ok i guess. I went to small school where my class was 15 people from pre-k to 9th grade. Those years were the bomb until my school got shut down for bankruptcy. i was very involve in school events and had awesome Friends. Believe or not there were not any bullies at my school, it was like one big family. Then after my school got shut my parents transfer me too a big rich people catholic school. Man it suck big balls there, People were so rude to each over there. I played football as starting center and won a bunch a awards so no one mess with me. but i hated how people pick on each other there. i stay out everyone way there i went to school and play football and went home. i stayed friends from people from my old school mainly and still friends with them.
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Denver Center Theatre Company favorites Kathleen M. Brady, Jeanine Serralles, Romi Dias, Brad Bellamy and John Livingston Rolle are among those coming to Steamboat Springs later this month for the 13th annual Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, which again will bring performing-arts professionals together in the Rocky Mountains to develop new pieces of drama, musical theater and dance.
The 2010 New Works Festival, which culminates in staged readings and a special dance presentation from June 18-20, will feature works by playwrights Julie Marie Myatt, Willy Holtzman, Jordan Harrison and Kenny Finkle, and noted guest choreographer Nicholas Villeneuve. They will be performed by the Denver Center Theatre Company, New York's Atlantic Theater Company and Primary Stages, and Actors Theatre of Louisville (Ky.).
Each work will receive a week of intensive development in Steamboat Springs, with the goal of possible full future stagings back at each company's home theater. "When Tang Met Laika" and "Mama Hated Diesels" are examples of developing works featured at Perry-Mansfield that went on to full stagings at the Denver Center.
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- rbarenblat said...
When I gave a poetry reading in Jerusalem last week, a woman who was there came up to me and said (in response to my poems about postpartum depression) that I am brave and that she can't imagine putting herself "out there" the way I do. I thanked her, though on some level I was thinking: brave? This isn't brave; it's just what I do.
But when I look at you and your family, and your willingness to put yourselves "out there," to share your story, to share the ups and downs and hopes and griefs of rabbinate and parenting and the unthinkable loss of Sammy, I understand what that woman meant. You inspire me and amaze me, just by your willingness to live your real life in plain view. You teach me so much about how to be a rabbi and how to be a mom and how to be a human being.
- April 2, 2014 at 8:46 AM
- Tzivia in AliyahLand said...
Thinking of you & your family and enjoying these beautiful meditations.
This post has been included in Haveil Havalim: a weekly roundup of what's best from the Jewish / Israeli blog world.
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