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Spiced Fig Pudding with Cumberland Rum Butter
Cumberland Rum Butter
This recipe is from Delia's Complete Cookery Course and the Illustrated Cookery Course Serves 6
- method
- Ingredients
Place the measured flour, breadcrumbs and suet in a mixing bowl.
Add the figs, dates, raisins and ginger, spices and the orange zest and mix together very thoroughly.
Next beat the eggs with the brandy and orange juice and add this to the mixture, stirring well to make sure all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, then pack the mixture into the basin.
Cover with a double piece of buttered foil, pleated in the middle, and tie it under the rim of the basin with string. It's also a good idea to tie a piece of string across the top to make a handle.
Now place a saucepan over the heat and add boiling water from the kettle. When it comes back to the boil, put the pudding in the steamer and fit it over the saucepan.
Pop a lid on and steam the pudding for 4 hours, keeping the water at a steady simmer and topping it up when needed with boiling water from the kettle.
After 4 hours, take the pudding out of the steamer, carefully remove the buttered foil and let it stand for 5 minutes.
Now slide a palette knife all round it and turn the pudding out on to a serving plate.
This is delicious served with some ice-cold Cumberland Rum Butter
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On my iPad's home screen, the title of Jazz: Trump's Journey is just one word: "Jazz."
That about sums it up, I guess. Trump's Journey is a game about jazz, more or less—it's a two-dimensional platformer starring a gentleman who looks a bit like a cartoon version of Louis Armstrong. His name is "Trump," and you have three guesses what instrument he plays. The first two don't count.
Trump is on a quest to become a big-time jazz trumpeter, and of course the only way to do that is by climbing over obstacles, collecting music notes and photos, and using his trumpet to get past challenges. Just like real life!
Trump's Journey isn't exactly a music game—it's a musical game, in that the soundtrack is welcomely swinging and the whole game is built around the fundamental concept of music as life.
The game itself is a lot of fun—it's a basic platformer for the most part, with players moving left and right, jumping by tapping on the screen, playing Trump's instrument (have you guessed what it is?), and climbing and dismounting ladders.
There's nothing particularly groundbreaking in the gameplay—move a crate to jump to a higher platform, move onto a levitating ledge to keep going—and it begins to channel Braid (of all games) with a time-stopping mechanic. Despite feeling a bit floaty, the game shines with artistic polish and charm that was more than enough to keep me playing. It's a surface-level treatment of the long and complicated history of jazz, but the story is cute enough. The simple fact that it revolves around an early 20th century jazz musician finding inspiration and love in New Orleans sets it apart from the vast majority of video games. It ain't Treme, but that was fine by me.
The soundtrack is quite nice, starting out with Gene Krupa-esque floor-tom grooves and moving into all manner of other bouncing beat. It makes sense that this music would go great behind a platformer—at times, Trump's Journey recalls The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom—and it's nice to see that theory proved once again in such a breezy fashion.
Jazz: Trump's Journey [App Store, $2.99, Universal App]

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Medicare-Medicaid experiment aims to save on care
- California's test of managed care for patients in Medicare and Medicaid raises concerns
- Patients may be able to opt out, but some worry the process could be difficult
- Twenty-five other states are in line to try the experiment under the Affordable Care Act
PICO RIVERA, Calif. – It is usually after the mail arrives that Della Saavedra comes undone.
That's when she sits in her living room in this Los Angeles suburb and sorts through the latest round of letters from her health plan, each rejecting her appeal to stay with her trusted oncologist at City of Hope, a cancer center.
For as long as she can remember, Saavedra, 53, a former cafeteria worker who suffers from bone marrow cancer, has been insured through Medicaid, the joint federal-state program for low-income people. For most of that time, she could go to any doctor willing to take her, but last year, the state revamped the program and assigned her to a managed care plan with a restricted network of doctors. Her oncologist is not on its roster.
"I have been sick for years and no problem," Saavedra says. Then it became "a huge problem."
Saavedra is one of a large group of disabled Medicaid enrollees in California who have been moved out of traditional fee-for-service health coverage into a managed care plan. The goal is to determine whether these patients, who have complex medical needs, receive better medical care while saving the government money.
The California experiment, in its second year, has national significance. Federal officials have begun to roll out a similar but larger effort required by the new health care law, the Affordable Care Act. That program will move up to 2 million of the nation's sickest and most expensive patients into managed care.
Twenty-five states have applied to be part of the managed care experiment for these "dual-eligibles," people who qualify for both Medicaid and Medicare, the federal health program for seniors and people with disabilities. A typical dual-eligible is poor, over 65 and suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. Massachusetts and Washington, the first states to be approved, will start their programs April 1.
Patient advocates around the country warn that managed care plans – some run by for-profit, publicly traded companies – are ill-equipped to deal with the health needs of the elderly, mentally ill or disabled. Advocates are looking closely at the experiences of patients such as Saavedra in California to see what the pitfalls of the national program may be.
"We have to think about the fact that people's lives are at stake," says Kevin Prindiville, an attorney with the National Senior Citizens Law Center.
Federal and state governments spend nearly $300 billion each year on the medical and home care needs of patients who are enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare. They account for 31% of Medicare's spending and 39% of Medicaid's spending, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
"Medicare-Medicaid enrollees include some of the most chronically ill and complex enrollees in both programs," says Melanie Bella, who oversees the experiment as director of the Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office.
The goal is to improve the care of these fragile patients by coordinating it better. The system could save money by eliminating needless tests and office visits and too many hospitalizations.
Those are sound principles, but the size of the experiment worries many.
"(It's) too much, too fast, too soon," says attorney Vanessa Cajina, who has represented several patients in the California Medicaid managed care experiment in her work with the Western Center on Law and Poverty in Sacramento. A recurring theme, Cajina says, is that the health plans did not have the range of specialists in their networks to care for people with complex or rare medical conditions.
Emma Sandoe, a spokeswoman for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, says the upcoming national experiment will have a safety hatch for patients: They will be able to opt out of managed care if they wish.
Experts say opting out is likely to be a daunting bureaucratic hurdle for many of these patients. "Fifty percent of duals either have cognitive impairments or serious mental illness. How's that going to work?" says Robert Berenson, a former vice chairman of the Medicare Payment Advisory Board.
One major concern about the experiment involves patients who depend on home health and personal care aides to live safely at home. Community service providers say insurance companies that will run the program have little experience overseeing the long-term, home care needs of frail, isolated patients. Many insurers "wouldn't have had in-home supportive services," says Steven Wallace, chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. This includes patients who need support every week, not just the week they are discharged from the hospital, he says.
Health plan administrators say they will be ready to meet the needs of their newest members. "Plans are going to be covering services that they haven't done before," says Lisa Kodmur, program manager for seniors and people with disabilities at L.A. Care Health Plan. "It doesn't mean we can't. It just means we haven't done it."
Indeed, L.A. Care has begun to tailor its services by dispatching visiting nurses and medical assistants to members' homes to check blood sugar levels and blood pressure. It also promotes a 24-hour nurse hotline.
Steven Sample, 63, who lives in a group home in Glendale, Calif., and suffers from a debilitating nervous condition and diabetes, says he loves the attention L.A. Care provides. "My heart was beating really fast the other day, and I called and the nurse said to lay down," he says. "I would have gone to the emergency room if I didn't have the advice line."
And cancer patient Saavedra received some good news in the mail last month: Her health plan, L.A. Care, has given her permission to go out of its network of cancer specialists and get treatment from her longtime doctor.
Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan health policy research and communication organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.


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California drought: Voluntary cutback falls short in Bay Area
Nearly five months after Gov. Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency and asked Californians to use 20 percent less water, almost everyone believes they're doing their part.
Wishful thinking.
Records from the Bay Area's largest water agencies, reviewed by The Chronicle, show customers across the region are conserving in only modest amounts, if at all.
Long showers continue to be the norm, cars still get hosed down, and sprinklers still soak green lawns despite pleas by local water officials to cut back.
In San Jose, water use in the first quarter of the year was actually up over the same period in 2013 - though officials there say conservation efforts are just kicking in.
Customers of the giant East Bay Municipal Utility District trimmed consumption by roughly 3 percent between early February and April, when compared to the average use for the period in the previous three years.
And in San Francisco, residents have scaled back about 8 percent by the same measure.
Though conservation numbers in San Francisco may be better than in some places, city officials say they need more savings soon and they may initiate rationing for the first time in more than two decades.
A few communities, such as Pleasanton and Dublin, already have.
Tepid response
The tepid response from water users comes as two statewide polls by the Public Policy Institute of California suggest that at least 75 percent of Californians see dwindling water supplies as a problem. As many as 92 percent say they're taking steps to address the drought.
"It's easy for someone to say, 'Yeah, I'm conserving water. I'm turning off the water when I brush my teeth. I'm not watering (outdoors) as much,' " said Tyrone Jue, a spokesman for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which provides water to the city's 180,000 homes and businesses.
But, he added, "We need them to do a little more."
The worst drought in decades has left water supplies in many areas critically short. Most Northern California communities saw just half their average rainfall this past winter, while the Sierra snowmelt that nourishes major rivers and reservoirs has been but a fraction of normal.
With the dry, water-intensive summer months ahead, supplies will only get thinner.
One kink in the Bay Area's conservation effort, water experts say, is that many residents have already taken steps to tighten up, making additional progress a challenge.
Households have installed water-efficient appliances and put in drought-tolerant plants. The region's per-capita water use is among the lowest in the state.
'Ethic for conservation'
So on Jan. 17, when Brown asked for his 20 percent cut - prompting local water agencies to follow up with their own calls for voluntary cutbacks - Bay Area residents had a tall order.
"If you're in a region that hasn't done a lot of conservation, it's so much easier to drop down," said Greg Weber, executive director of the California Urban Water Conservation Council, an association of statewide water agencies and advocacy groups.
"The Bay Area has an ethic for conservation," he said. "They just don't do it because someone tells them to. They do it because it makes economic sense, political sense and value sense."
Still, local water managers say residents can do more.
In Pleasanton, where deliveries from the State Water Project were slashed by a quarter this year - and residents didn't initially respond to calls for voluntary reductions - city officials mandated 25 percent cuts last month, with stiff penalties for violators.
Summer will be real test
The city appears to be closing in on that target, officials said, without providing exact numbers. The real test, though, will come this summer when residents endure longer stretches of 90-plus-degree days.
State officials would not discuss how the statewide conservation effort is going. An update is expected later this month, and the Water Resources Control Board is scheduled to meet June 17 to consider whether additional conservation measures are needed.
Some outside observers, though, suspect that consumption has not changed significantly since January.
"The anecdotal evidence is that it's not going down consistent with what the governor has asked for, and, in some cases, it's going up," said Tim Quinn, executive director of the Association of California Water Agencies, which represents nearly 440 water suppliers. "Urban agencies need to raise the bar and do more."
Just how bad off water agencies will be if more isn't done varies from community to community, depending on their source of water.
Multiple sources
In the East Bay, where the East Bay Municipal Utility District provides water from the central Sierra to about 400,000 homes and businesses, district officials say modest conservation efforts have been sufficient so far.
The district recently purchased additional water from the Sacramento River, and officials note that water consumption, though down only slightly over a three-year period, has actually dropped 11 percent over last year - more than the 10 percent the district is seeking from customers.
"If next year looks like this year, however, we're going to be in a much different situation," said agency spokeswoman Abby Figuero.
Three-year comparisons
In San Jose, officials at the San Jose Water Co., which serves 225,000 accounts with water from local wells and the state and federal water projects, say they haven't hit a crisis point either.
Company spokesman John Tang suggested that the increases in water use this year over last are due to dry weather in 2013. He hopes recent calls for conservation will bring a downturn.
Because the company is private, it did not provide the three-year consumption data requested by The Chronicle. The Chronicle's review of conservation efforts sought to compare water use this year to the three previous years - for when data was available - helping account for swings in weather.
In San Francisco, officials acknowledge that city residents and businesses have not met the city's conservation target, put in place Jan. 31. Though customers have cut back over the prior three years, officials are seeking a 10 percent reduction over what was initially projected for this year and say they are well under that.
City officials want to be sure their Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park holds enough water through the summer and part of next year.
What more can they do?
San Francisco resident Josh Kelly, 35, is among those who say they don't know how much more they can save. Last year, Kelly bought a water-efficient washing machine and retrofitted his toilets with dual-flush systems that he got at Home Depot. That's on top of being prudent about how much water he runs at the sink and checking for leaks.
This year, he got a new addition to his household, 3-month-old Eleanor. While he and his wife are trying to take steps to save more water, such as not washing their blue jeans - and even bathing their baby with water from a pitcher instead of the faucet - they don't expect big savings.
"I'm not sure I can reduce any more," Kelly said. "I'm trying."
Kurtis Alexander is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @kurtisalexander


text: With numerous states looking to regulate talking on your cellphone while driving, using a Bluetooth headset is one of your best alternatives. However, there are still plenty of tools out there who wander around with two free hands talking on these things at the top of their lungs (here is a tip for that by the way), as well as corded headset users and people who never use a headset of any kind. So, the question is: do you use a Bluetooth headset?


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Analyst: Level 3 visibility "poor," Qwest "positive"
After meeting with senior management at Denver-based Qwest and Broomfield-based Level 3, J.P. Morgan telecom analyst Mike McCormack has a fairly rosy outlook on the former but is cautious on the latter, according to research notes he put out last week.
Qwest and Level 3 are Colorado's largest telecom companies. Qwest provides local phone service in 14 states, including Colorado, and operates a nationwide fiber-optic network. Level 3 also operates a massive communications network and provides broadband services to businesses.
"Overall, the meeting supported our positive stance on Qwest," McCormack wrote in a Nov. 10 note. "Management is committed to improving top-line trends in 2010, with potential benefits in each segment. Recent enterprise trends are encouraging, and Qwest continues to take market share from competitors."
McCormack met with Qwest CEO Ed Mueller, CFO Joe Euteneuer and COO Teresa Taylor.
McCormack came away less enthusiastic after meeting with Level 3 CFO Sunit Patel and COO Jeff Storey.
"While management remains upbeat that core network revenue trends are stabilizing, we remain cautious on shares of Level 3 as we believe visibility into 2010 and beyond remains poor," McCormack wrote in his report on Level 3. "Although comps should be easier heading into 2010, we expect continued revenue pressure as business conditions improve at a moderate pace and current sequential improvements appear to be driven more from improved decision making as opposed to incremental demand. In addition, elevated churn levels are expected to continue in the near term."
McCormack added, however, that he was "encouraged by early results from local market initiatives and believe this could provide incremental benefits in 2010."


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General History Web Sites and Resources
PBS Online
PBS has a great source for information on a myriad of historical events and personalities. PBS's assorted and diverse web exhibits supplement specific individual television series and generally include a resume of each episode, interviews (often with sound bites), a timeline , a glossary, photos, and links to relevant sites. Categories include American History, World History, History on Television, and Biographies. Go to the PBS Teacher Source for lessons and activities.
Center for History and New Media
CHNM produces historical works in new media, tests their effectiveness in the classroom, and reflects critically on the success of new media in historical practice. CHNM's resources include a list of "best" web sites, links to syllabi and lesson plans, essays on history and new media, a link to their excellent History Matters web site for U.S. History, and more. Resources are designed to benefit professional historians, high school teachers, and students of history .
The Schools of California Online Resources for Educators (SCORE) project is a terrific resource for teachers and students alike. Here you'll find reviews of education and history-related web sites, lesson plans, maps, and much more — all arranged by grade level and content area. A must see.
Digital History
A great new site that includes: a U.S. history e-textbook; over 400 annotated documents, primary sources on slavery, Mexican American and Native American history, and U.S. political, social, and legal history; short essays on the history of film, ethnicity, private life, and technology; multimedia exhibitions; reference resources that include a searchable database of 1,500 annotated links, classroom handouts, chronologies, glossaries, an audio archive including speeches and book talks by historians, and a visual archive with hundreds of historical maps and images. The site's Ask the HyperHistorian feature allows users to pose questions to professional historians.
BBC: History
BBC's History section offers an impressive array of exhibitions, activities, games, photo galleries and other resources. Major categories include: Ancient History, Archaeology, Church and State, Science and Discovery, Society and Conflict, War and Culture, and Family History. There are also sections entitled Multimedia Room, Historic Figures, Timelines, Programmes, Reading Room, Talk History, For Kids, and History Trails.
History Teacher
An impressive, award-winning site from a New York high school teacher. Features many research links and curriculum resources for Global Studies, U.S. AP History, US European History, and American History and Government. Also has quizzes, news links, and more.
History Channel
A companion to the television channel, this commercial site contains a myriad of features and highlights for educators and students alike. Key offerings include: study guides and activities, ideas from teachers, special exhibits, speech archives, discussions, and "This Day in History." Also, try the UK site at www.thehistorychannel.co.uk and student site: www.historystudystop.co.uk
The History Place
This informative site features worthwhile exhibits (eg. American Revolution, Holocaust, Civil War),special presentations, essays, homework aids, and a guide to historic American areas.
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council for the Social Studies offers support for social studies educators. Links are categorized by themes of the Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. Teachers share classroom experiences at the site and on the NCSS listserv.
Academic Info: History
Academic Info is a gateway to educational resources; the History Gateway provides links to World History Resources, Country and Regional Histories, Topical Histories, European History, and Additional Sites of Interest.
Smithsonian Education
The site is divided simply into three main categories: Educators, Families, and Students. The Educators section is keyword searchable and features lesson plans — many pertaining to history. The Students section features an interactive "Secrets of the Smithsonian" that teaches about the special collections at the Smithsonian.
Teacher Oz's History Page
An extensive and up-to-date list of humanities-related web sites covering: Ancient History, United States History and Government, The World, Wars, and Info, Military History Middle Ages, Renaissance, and The Enlightenment, England, France, and Russia, Biographies, Religion, Cultures, and Women and much more. Sites are usually not described or rated, however
Voice of the Shuttle: History Page
Part of an extensive guide to humanities resources that provides numerous links to feature sites, teaching resources, electronic journals, course syllabi, and much more
History Net
Offered by the National Historical Society, this well-organized site covers a diverse set of topics in World and American history. Noteworthy features include a picture gallery, archives, links to full-text historical magazines, eyewitness historical accounts, special features and book reviews
WWW-VL The History Index
The Central Catalogue provides direct links to network sites through its index and maintains a large number of files of pointers for countries, periods, and subject for which there is not yet a member site. A diverse and broad site with links to a multitude of topical historical areas. The scope of the listed categories is impressive, but some topics have a longer reach than others. Maintained by Lynn Nelson, Department of History, University of Kansas
Education World
This worthwhile commercial site contains lesson plans, special features, and is divided into 20 sub-categories including: Documents, Famous People, Women, Classical/Ancient History, Preservation, and more. They have reviewed over 700 web sites and have formulated yearly "Best Of" lists.
Spartacus: History
Run by a small educational publishing company, this website provides free online materials for major history curriculum subjects. Visitors can sign up for a free monthly e-mail newsletter covering web reviews and using technology in the history classroom.
Ask ERIC Virtual Library
Produced by the Education Research Information Center (ERIC) this site is an information clearinghouse on 16 specific subject areas. Of special note is its collection of thousands of lesson plans for varied grade levels and subject areas. There is a question-and-answer section and plentiful educational tips and guides.
Scholars' Guide to WWW
An extensive and well-organized guide to using the Web for general academic ends. Has an impressive set of history links.
An impressive search engine of reviewed and approved lesson plans, videos, and online resources. Sponsored by the Verizon Foundation, content providers include National Geographic and Smithsonian's History Explorer.
Education Index
An annotated guide to the best education-related web sites. Reviews of historical sites are useful and comprehensive, though no distinction is drawn between American and World history. Well organized and reliable
World History: HyperHistory
Hyper History Online covers 3000 years of history through timelines, lifelines, maps and graphics. Much is under construction but the site holds promise
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Sponsored by the Discovery Channel, this is a well organized and comprehensive guide for educators searching to make the best use of the web. Has good links in history section.
The Gateway
Contains about 7000 educational resources including lesson plans and curriculum guides. History links are divided by grade level and contain descriptions and reviews
School History is a bountiful online history site that offers huge numbers of freely download-able resources, interactive and entertaining history games and quizzes, interactive online lessons together with comprehensive links to online resources.
AwesomeStories.com is free, non-commercial educational web site for educators (as the basis for lesson plans) and students. Stories link to organized primary and secondary source materials found principally at U.S. and other worldwide national archives, museums, libraries, universities, news organizations and government websites. The purpose of the site (including its eight separate, stand-alone channels) is to take visitors on a virtual guided tour of relevant on-line source materials. Be sure to check out Click2History.
The History News Network
The HistoryNewsNetwork was created in June 2001 and features articles by historians on both the left and the right who provide historical perspective on current events. HNN exists to provide historians and other experts a national forum in which to educate Americans about important and timely issues, and the only web site on the Internet wholly devoted to this task . HNN is a nonprofit publication run by George Mason University, is updated daily, and averages roughly 1.5 million hits a month. Those of you who have visited the U.S. History landing page in Best of History Web Sites may have noticed that I link to HNN articles in the U.S. History in the Classroom section.
The site for history fans, enthusiasts and students, eHistory consists of over 130,000 pages of eHistory.com – the site for history fans, enthusiasts and students. eHistory consists of over 130,000 pages of historical content; 4,500 timeline events; 800 battle outlines; 300 biographies; and thousands historical content; 4,500 timeline events; 800 battle outlines; 300 biographies.
History Buff
Produced by the Newspaper Collector's Society of America, this site includes press coverage of notable events in American history. It also showcases a President's Library and an Historic Voices Library featuring 12 audio recordings.
The Scout Report for Social Sciences (Wisconsin)
Here you'll find bi-weekly reports that cover select Internet sites in the social sciences.
The Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McRel) site provides educational resources, including lesson plans and many links to U.S, world, and general history sites.
Classroom Connect
A respected source for educational resources such as web-linked activities. Has a popular newsletter on educational technology. Paid subscription is required to access most resources.
Footnotes to History
Footnotes to History is an award-winning guide that provides an overview of ephemeral states, micronations, secessionist states, and every other kind of country you never heard of in high school. It features The Atlas of Forgotten Nations as well as links and other resources.
This non-profit, teacher-to-teacher site is a guide for high school teachers of world history and geography, although much of the content is suitable for teachers of other social studies subjects as well. Content includes fundamental information about history teaching, resources, a concise alternative textbook and lesson plans.
Conversations With History
In this UC Berkeley site distinguished men and women from all over the world talk about their lives and their work. They reminisce about their participation in great events, and they share their perspectives on the past and reflect on what the future may hold. Guests include diplomats, statesmen, and soldiers; economists and political analysts; scientists and historians; writers and foreign correspondents; activists and artists.
Understanding the World Today
Understanding the World Today is supported by The International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication. It features links to free resources about long-term changes in social, political and economic systems. It also links to online history books and lectures. This site also includes several reports about sociodemographic changes in the 20th century, and very long term historical world population and economic changes.
CNN: Education with Student News
CNN: Education with Student News provides teachers with instructional materials for integrating current events across the curriculum. A student section keeps students in grades 6-12 aware of the latest news of interest to them. Lesson plans, background material, profiles, links to useful Internet sites, and forums for interaction with other teachers are also included.
TeacherServe (National Humanities Center)
This site is designed to deepen course content by providing convenient access to scholarship tailored to classroom use. TeacherServe consists of a series of instructional guides on important topics in the humanities on the secondary level.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence(FREE): Social Studies
More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site.
History Central.com
History Central is offered by MultiEducatory, one of the earliest producers of multimedia software.
Cartoons in History
Focus On Cartoons by Learning Curve (UK National Archives) is an online investigation into the history and use of political cartoons. It includes activities ranging from simple quizzes to in-depth interrogations of cartoons.
History in Focus: What is History?
Focus highlights books, reviews and web sites which examine the nature of history and assess the changes in historical method and practice.
Economics Resources for K-12 Teachers
EcEdWeb is your headquarters for teaching resources for K-12 or pre-college economics. The menus at the top are designed to work the way you work: if you need a lesson or information on a particular concept (e.g. scarcity), start with Concepts.
History of Economic Thought
This website is a clearinghouse of collected links and information on the history of economic thought, from the ancient times until the modern day.
Clash of Steel
A small team of military historians has put together this site to further the study of military actions throughout history. This team is building a database of military engagements and commanders which can be searched for specific entries. It also powers a 'Battle of the Day' feature to which visitors can subscribe. This will e-mail daily information completely free on the anniversaries of actions and engagements. Visitors are also invited to contribute to discussion groups, or to add information and entries to the database itself.
National History Day
An organization dedicated to making history come alive for students, the website offers lesson materials, presentations, and media to support curriculum.
Social Studies Central
Lesson plans, presentation materials, and online resources to support social studies curriculum.
The Concord Review
The Concord Review is a respected quarterly journal that has since 1987 published 550 high school history papers by students from 42 states and 34 countries. Its web site offers 51 sample essays, including all the Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize (now $3000) winners from the last eight years. The National Writing Board, founded in 1998, offers independent assessment of high school history papers from 22 states, and sends each author a three-page report, with scores and comments. Both the Concord Review and National Writing Board have received much praise from high school and university educators and administrators.
On This Day
Daily historical facts, events, famous birthdays, world history, United States history and music history.
This Day in Alternate History
A daily calendar of alternate history events.


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VITA Tax Preparation Training and Exam Review
January 17, 2011 • 9:30 AM • Law School 4047
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Participants of the Duke Law Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Project will be trained on the IRS approved tax preparation software. The software training is mandatory for all first time volunteers. Following the software training, students can elect to stay for the voluntary test review session. Since this is a holiday, students will need to access the law school building with their id cards. For more information, contact Kim Burrucker at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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All Hills look the same
Viewership for The Hills has been steadily declining. Maybe it's because they're full of plastic sh-t. Maybe it's because they're all starting to look the same. California girls. Now that Audrina Patridge has lightened her hair, they're all becoming one giant blonde Hill: long wavy hair, tanned, leggy, dumb.
And one of them is dating Chris Pine.
Audrina was interviewed by Seacrest last week and refused to deny the rumours, opting instead to change the subject, and offering no comments when pressed.
In other words, he's totally f-cking her.
He could have anyone right now and he's messing around with Stupid. Stupid.
Also – Chris Pine skipped the carpet last night.
Is Chris Pine really in a position to be skipping carpets right now?
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Recently Midori and George Kotsiopoulos (E! Network's Fashion Police), the brand's Style Ambassador, hosted a Happy Hour Style Event at the rooftop at The London Hotel in West Hollywood, CA. The event celebrated the start of summer, friends and fashion, guests including Candice Accola, star of "Vampire Diaries" and the new face of the Midori ad campaign and her co-star from the hit CW show, Kat Graham, enjoyed Midori signature cocktails and received styling advice from George on transforming a daytime outfit into a fun look for happy hour. The exclusive rooftop event included emerald green accessories by Stella & Dot and music by Daisy O'Dell.
The rooftop of The London Hotel in West Hollywood was filled with elite members of the press, select guests, and fashion experts. Candice and her fiancé Joe King (The Fray) were all smiles at the event, as this was their first appearance since announcing their engagement. That couldn't stop her from asking fashion expert, George Kotsiopoulos, to style her for the event since she loved working with him for the Midori Ad Campaign shoot.
Midori has been all the rage as the 'drink of choice' for the summer. The light, refreshing cocktail paired perfectly with the fabulous jewelry that were on display by Stella & Dot.Not only has Stella & Dot been seen in Elle, Marie Claire, Lucky, Vogue, InStyle, and more, but it also has a huge celeb following. Some of our favorites such as: Julianne Hough, Sofia Vergara, Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood, Selena Gomez, Lauren Conrad, Lea Michele, and Cat Deeley have been some of the few that have been spotted wearing this chic jewelry.
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Mental attitudes and emotions are important elements in overall health. Our counseling department offers support for patients dealing with depression, fatigue, seasonal affective disorder (SAD), work-related stress, relationship issues, life transitions, and health problems, especially chronic health problems. If lifestyle changes have been suggested as part of your treatment in other departments at Bastyr Center, counseling can be a valuable support.
Our clinic is ideally suited to provide short-term treatment (typically no more than 12 sessions). Appointments are generally scheduled on a weekly basis. Student clinicians closely supervised by a licensed mental-health professional oversee the sessions. They refer to outside services when appropriate.
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JOB TITLE: Community Based Pediatrician
LOCATION: Lycoming Community Practice, Montoursville, PA
DEPARTMENT: Pediatrics
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday – Thursday 8AM – 7PM, Friday 8AM – 5PM, each physician takes 1 evening. Call includes 1 in 4 weekends, 1 in 4 nights. Weekend shift is 8AM – 12
WORK TYPE: Full Time
Geisinger has an exciting opportunity for a B/C/BE Pediatrician to join and grow our community based pediatric clinic in Montoursville, PA. There are exciting things coming to this practice, including moving into a brand new, state of the art micro-hospital.
The practice will consist of 2 Pediatricians, 2 Nurses, and 2-3 front desk support staff. You will see 18-24 patients per day, with potential to grow. Shifts are Monday – Thursday 8AM – 7PM, Friday 8AM – 5PM, each physician takes 1 evening. Call includes 1 in 4 weekends, 1 in 4 nights. Weekend shift is 8AM – 12PM.
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General Pediatric Office – Montoursville: This is a mature office with a relatively high patient volume and with the new Healthplex we are anticipating new patients and referrals. We will consider a new graduate or an experienced Pediatrician to care for a mix of patient demographics. There are currently 2-3 patient rooms as schedules allow, and within the next year and the construction of the new Healthplex, more space will be available.
Healthplex Services: This brand new 115,000 square foot micro-hospital is slated to open in the fall of 2020 and will be equipped with three operating suites to handle elective outpatient surgeries, short-stay surgical cases, low risk emergent surgical cases, and procedural capacity (e.g. endoscopy). A broad range of specialty services, including Pediatric Cardiology, will be available on-site as well as the resources of Geisinger's expanded network of sub-specialists throughout the system.
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: (GMC), located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children's Hospital. GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region's only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women's health (in the Women's Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics. The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus.
ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family.
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Enrike Leekya
Leekya is the great grandson of famous fetish carver Leekya Deyuse.
When his children entered school, Leekya requested that they take
his first name as their surname. All of his children (Alice, Sarah,
Elizabeth, Robert, Francis, and Roger) did so.
Leekya Deyuse had six children with wife Juanita Cooeyate, many
of whom have become well-known jewelers and/or carvers. Sons Francis,
Robert and Rodger and daughters Sarah and Alice achieved recognition,
as have many of their own children, including Freddie Leekya, who
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Playa Mia is open from 9 am to 6 pm local time.
Take the plunge at Cozumel's grandest beach park. Soak up the sun, surrounded by complimentary activities, authentic cuisine and soothing spa treatments. Explore the cultural sights and sounds of Mexico with tours celebrating tequila, chocolate and other local flavors. Swim along Cozumel's coral reefs on a snorkel tour. Feel your heart race as you plunge down our 200-foot long Twin Twisters water slides. Set your kids free to become pirates at Buccaneer's Bay. Or kick back under a shady palm on our beach or at our own swim-up pool bar and restaurant. Here, anything is possible.


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Owner/Founder - Scot Rubin
Scot Rubin is a talk show host, Producer, founder of All Games Productions, All Games Network and co-founder of the G4 television network. AllGames launched in 1996. In 2000 Rubin was hired as a consultant for Comcast to develop a 24-7 cable TV channel about video games. In 2001 he was hired by G4 Media and served as Vice President of Internet, IT and Program Editorial. He developed, produced and hosted the networks interactive talk show for 3 seasons. Rubin also served as a Producer on the first 3 seasons of the EA Sports Madden Challenge, and play by play guy for the first two Madden Challenge Finals. In 2004, G4 began abandoning its video game format, Rubin left and relaunched All Games Productions, a production company providing consulting and production services to the video game and entertainment industry. Rubin currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Digital Media for Big Door, located in Redondo Beach, California. Rubin is also the founder of NITROPOD, a frozen ice cream company.


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Panelists: family dysfunction, lack of mental health care contribute to gun violence
By Joseph Moore and Bethany Knipp, Nebraska News Service
Panelists at a gun violence discussion at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln agreed that a lack of access to mental health care and family dysfunction are the roots of American gun crime.
"Point Blank: A Conversation About Gun Violence in America" featured seven experts in law enforcement, psychology, constitutional law and policy to address issues involved in gun violence Tuesday, March 5.
Discussion moderator and UNL Law School Dean Susan Poser began the evening by citing United States gun violence statistics.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010 guns killed 31,076 Americans in homicides, unintentional shootings and suicides, with suicides making up 62 percent of those deaths.
Superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools Steve Joel said U.S. gun violence is primarily a social problem.
"We have a lot of broken lives. We have a lot of broken kids and we have a lot of broken families," he said.
Many of the panelists echoed Joel's view that violent behavior can be attributed to a lack of meaningful relationships in childhood.
UNL psychology professor Mario Scalora, a threat assessment expert, said violent behavior ties into family life and relationships with parents, teachers and authority figures.
Another big part of the problem, according to the panelists, is the state of mental health care in the U.S.
"Gun violence is a mental health issue," Susan Swearer, UNL psychology professor, said.
Joel cited a correlation between repetitive bullying acts and the likelihood of an individual committing gun violence, an issue he said could be addressed with a greater availability of counseling and social resources in schools.
Swearer is the co-director of the Bullying Research Network and said "If we can get children off the bullying trajectory, we can reduce gun violence."
Panelist Sen. Mark Christensen of Imperial, a staunch gun rights proponent, agreed, adding that there is a decrease in morality in society.
"People are more into themselves than the people around them," he said.
While panelists largely agreed about the causes of gun violence, there was less consensus about the solutions.
To solve the issue in his city of Omaha, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said there isn't enough money to put officers on every block to deter gun violence.
"There's only so much law enforcement can do," he said.
Something Schmaderer said he would be in favor of is a ban on assault weapons, which he said police chiefs across the country support.
"We're for assault weapons bans just for the safety of our officers," he said, citing an incident where an Omaha police officer was gunned down by a person with an assault weapon.
Andy Allen, lobbyist for the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association, said past bans have been ineffective, but something that might work would be ensuring mental health care for parolees, who are more likely to be violent.
School shootings were another issue panelists discussed, citing the recent Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that resulted in the deaths of 20 children and six adults.
When the LPS superintendent was asked if he was in favor of arming teachers, he said no, adding, "I have yet to meet a teacher that thinks that's a good idea."
Joel said that what LPS is doing to prevent gun violence is security training and awareness, and threat assessment and management. He said LPS is also teaching students, faculty and staff to be aware of their surroundings, recognizing cues and clues of potential violence.
After the panel, audience reaction was mixed.
UNL journalism professor John Bender said the panel was good for the most part, but more emotional than informative.
Bender, who has served in the military, supports a ban on assault rifles.
"It's not for civilians to have weapons of that nature," he said. "Those weapons are designed to kill people."
Audience member Chris Bettell of Lincoln said the panel didn't really address any of his concerns. Bettell described himself as a "libertarian constitutionalist" who said that individuals have the right to carry a concealed weapon under the protection of the Second Amendment.
Bettell said one of the reasons that there is so much gun violence is because of a lack of respect for human life. But regarding solutions, he said there's no single answer to the problem.
The discussion also played out on social media. Here are the tweets that used the #unlpointblank hashtag.


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1966 GMC Pickup - Massaged Metal
Not your typical '66 GMC with a 6.7L HO Cummins diesel engine
"What is wrong with you!?" exclaimed Todd Lemke's Lakeside, California, suburbanite neighbor. She was disturbed by the noise he was making in his garage while cutting up a pristine running and driving 1966 GMC pickup and a brand-new 2012 Ram 3500 dualie.
What she didn't know is that Todd, a self-proclaimed heavy equipment oiler, and his father, Dick, had a plan to take the best of both trucks and meld them into one. If you saw Todd's GMC camper from afar you'd think it was an extremely clean and meticulous restoration. Upon closer inspection you'd hear the unforgettable clamor of a Cummins diesel and think he did an awesome engine swap too, but you still wouldn't fully know what you were looking at.
It started off simply enough. Todd used the '66 GMC pickup for camping and towing. He had owned the truck since the late 1990s and it had a fuel-injected tall-deck 427ci big-block and TH400 transmission. But the brakes weren't really good enough, the frame was too weak, and Todd wanted a real truck engine under the hood. A few trips with a tape measure to the local Ram truck dealer confirmed he could mate his running and driving truck with a newer truck to build one heck of a custom camper/tow rig. He ended up purchasing a brand-new, standard-cab longbed Ram 3500 HO Cummins dualie 4x4 from a dealer in Arizona, and interestingly enough, planned to tow it home with the GMC. The idea was to cut up the zero-mile 4x4. The plan quickly went out the window when the dualie Ram wouldn't fit on the trailer and the GMC smoked a transmission on the way home. Then, when maneuvering the '66 up onto the trailer for the new dualie to tow, the GMC's steering box sector shaft snapped, further confirming that the truck was ready for a mechanical makeover.
Todd and his father are meticulous metalworkers. Most people wouldn't recognize the work put into the truck. GMC fanatics however, will quickly see that it's not just your typical old body swap on a new truck frame. The fenders, hood, and even the cab have been stretched and massaged to completely graft the'66 GMC to a 212 Ram 3500.
The Ram was backed into the garage where it was dismantled and the top portion of the cab was unceremoniously lopped off, leaving the floor, firewall, and rear bulkhead. The '66 GMC pickup cab was then cut to match what was left of the Ram cab. Countless hours of custom bodywork filled in the gaps to maintain a factory look. A total of 13 inches was added to the GMC cab and another 8 inches were added to the hood and fenders to make the '66 GMC pickup fit the unmolested Ram frame. Todd and his dad worked on the truck on weekends and for a couple of hours every night after work. Anything that was welded, fabricated, or modified was done in the Lemke garage over a period of eight months time.
At A Glance
Vehicle: 1966 GMC pickup
Owner: Todd Lemke
Stomping grounds: Lakeside, California
Built time: 8 months
Engine: '12 6.7L HO Cummins 800 lb-ft I-6 turbodiesel
Transmission: 68RFE six-spd automatic
Transfer case(s): NV271 two-spd
Low range ratio: 2.72:1
Crawl ratio: 32.78:1
Front axle/differential: AAM 9.25-in/3.73 gears, open
Rear axle/differential: AAM 11.8-in/3.73 gears, factory limited slip
Front: Kore Performance HP Leveling Kit, Bilstein 5100 shocks
Rear: Stock with Firestone air bags
Steering: Stock
Tires: 37x12.50R17 BFGoodrich All-Terrain
Wheels: 17x8.5 Walker Evans Street Wheel
Armor: Custom front bumper
Cool stuff: '92 Lance Camper, Warn 15,000-lb winch, stainless side storage boxes and running boards, in-dash iPad, 40-in Rigid Industries lightbar, two Baja Designs 8-in lightbars


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Strand's Fish and Chips Fridays may just be the best restaurant deal in the valley! So good, in fact, that it has become a tradition! Here's what's on the menu:
- 2 large pieces of the 'catch-of-the-day' perfectly seasoned with herbs and cooked in a beer batter
- Homemade tartar sauce and a side of ketchup for dipping
- Choose the daily soup or either Caesar salad or our famous house salad
- Home-cut house fries that have been cooked just right – crispy on the outside and soft in the middle
- Warm buns and whipped butter are served with every meal.
All for only $21.95!
Add to that, tablecloths, cloth napkins, nice solid flatware and superb service in the elegantly casual atmosphere of an Invermere heritage house with the works of local artists on the walls and a fireplace that provides added warmth on a cold winter evening.
At Strand's, you always get fantastic food that everybody loves at a very reasonable price. Make a reservation for Strand's Fish and Chips Fridays.
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Winning projects have contributed to the advancement of technology, the quality of the environment and water, and the efficiency of managing water
The International Water Association (IWA) established the Project Innovation Award Programme (PIA) to recognize excellence and innovation in water engineering projects throughout the world. The programme's goal is in keeping with the IWA's founding mission of "connecting water professionals worldwide to lead the development of effective and sustainable approaches to water management." Now, IWA has announced the global winners of the 2008 award in five categories.
This biennial Award was initiated in 2006, with the first global award presented at the World Water Congress in Beijing. The winners from the three regional heats in North America, Europe and East Asia & Pacific advanced to the global competition. The awards will be presented on Sept. 10, 2008 at the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition in Vienna.
The awards are open to individuals, companies, organizations, governmental bodies or any combination of the above, whether or not the organization is a member of IWA. For each region, an international panel of judges drawn from IWA membership is used to evaluate the submissions against a set of criteria that focus on excellence and innovation in project conception and results.
The awards are given in the following categories: applied research; planning; design; operations/management; and small projects.
The winning projects have in their own unique ways contributed significantly across the world to the advancement of technology, the quality of the environment and water, and the efficiency of managing it.
The 2008 global winners included:
• Brown and Caldwell for a biosolids treatment process that upgrades the sludge to highly nutritious fertilizer, substituting chemical fertilizer and relieving overused landfills in Georgia, USA. (Superior Achievement Award and winner in the category "Applied Research");
• Donohue & Associates for a global first in disposing wastewater biosolids in Illinois, USA, that turns this "waste" into a reusable, marketable glass product (winner in the category "Design");
• DWAF/IMESA and Emanti Management for rolling out an electronic water quality management system across all municipalities in South Africa (winner in the category "Operation");
• PUB Singapore for replumbing Singapore's sewage systems deep into the ground (winner in the category "Planning"); and
• Joe Brown & Mark Sobsey (University of North Carolina) for easy household-scale filtration for Cambodia (winner in the category "Small Projects").


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'Lost in Thailand' Finds Box-Office Record
The low-budget Chinese hit "Lost in Thailand" steamrolled its competition this week to become the highest-grossing mainland film ever and the first local production to break through the one-billion-yuan ($160.4-million) mark at the box office.
The 30-million-yuan comedy overtook last year's "Painted Skin: The Resurrection" -- which earned about 726 million yuan -- as China's top-earning movie in the domestic market, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.
"Lost in Thailand" also sailed past James Cameron's "Titanic 3D," which had been 2012's top-earning film at 935 million yuan, according to Xinhua. "Avatar," another Cameron blockbuster, still holds the record for the top-grossing movie ever in China at roughly 1.4 billion yuan, Xinhua said.
The 30 million yuan comedy -- which was released Dec. 12 and stars Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang and Huang Bo -- is about a pair of co-workers competing to find their company's largest shareholder in Thailand to secure a contract approval.
The film's success has shaken up the landscape of the movie industry in China, where big-budget historical epics and martial-arts and action films often dominate the box office.
Over the past month, "Lost in Thailand" has pushed aside several big-name and big-budget movies, including director Feng Xiaogang's "Back to 1942," about the Henan province famine that killed up to three million people; Lu Chuan's "The Last Supper," an epic drama set at the beginning of the Han Dynasty; "The Last Tycoon" starring Chow Yun-fat as a gangster in 1930s Japanese-occupied Shanghai; the adventure movie "CZ12" (also known as "Chinese Zodiac 12"), with Jackie Chan trying to rescue stolen Chinese art treasures; and director Andrew Lau's 3-D action film "The Guillotines."
The success of "Lost in Thailand" has sparked debate in China over the kinds of entertainment people should be watching: inconsequential lighter fare versus historical dramas. "We need popcorn, but we also need bitter pills," the People's Daily said recently on its Sina Weibo microblog.
But the film has received favorable reviews, and others welcomed the triumph of a slapstick comedy amid an environment of heavy dramas.
"The comedy is successful because it is down to earth in giving Chinese audiences what they want: popular stars, funny dialogue, good timing and a reflection of ourselves," Xinhua quoted Beijing Film Academy President Zhang Huijun as saying. "To some degree, its success has saved the dim domestic film situation," Mr. Zhang said.
The record comes at a challenging time for China's movie industry, with more than half the country's box-office receipts last year going to foreign films. Xinhua, in a separate report on Thursday, cited the Chongqing Economic Times as saying that while China's total box office stood at roughly 16.8 billion yuan in 2012, just 48% of that -- or about eight billion yuan -- was for domestic movies. That comes despite the fact that 75% of the 303 films distributed in Chinese cinemas last year were domestic movies, the report said.
"Lost in Thailand" will get some high-profile competition next week with the opening of director Wong Kar-wai's martial-arts drama "The Grandmaster," starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Zhang Ziyi.
--Dean Napolitano. Follow Dean on Twitter @NapolitanoWSJ
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- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
The "boo"--in the way of costumes and decorations--is traditional. The hiss? That's the sound emanating from the Madagascar hissing cockroaches, aka "hissers."
This all will happen from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27 at the Bohart Museum on the UC Davis campus. The museum is located in Room 1124 of Academic Surge, Crocker Lane (formerly California Drive).
The event is free and open to the public. Wear a Halloween costume! Ghouls just love to have fun---but so do ghosts and goblins.
The theme, "Insects and Death," focuses on forensic entomology. UC Davis forensic entomologist Robert Kimsey of the Department of Entomology will be on hand to answer questions about insects as decomposers, and why they're important.
Bohart Museum officials also will correct myths about "deadly" insects and "creepy crawlers."
"House flies and mosquitoes cause more human deaths than all other insects combined," said Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and professor of entomology at the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
In addition to the hissers, other live attractions at the open house will be walking sticks and a rose-haired tarantula.
Carved pumpkins, with an insect motif, will decorate the museum.
Over at the gift shop, you can purchase jewelry, T-shirts, sweatshirts, posters, and "entomological" candy. Especially popular around Halloween are scorpion-themed lollipops, chocolate-covered insects and flavored mealworms.
The Bohart Museum, founded in 1946 by noted entomologist Richard M. Bohart (1913-2007), is the home of more than seven million insect specimens. More information is available on the Bohart website at or by contacting Tabatha Yang at email@example.com or (530) 752-0493.


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TNA Lockdown opened with a video package reviewing the top matches on the card and the saga of Aces & Eights, including D'Lo Brown being revealed as the VP.
They went live and noted it was the largest crowd in TNA history. The crowd looked really nice. I'd guess about 7000 fans. There is someone wearing a shirt that reads, "I'm a Vince Russo guy" in the front row. That was funny.
TNA X-Division champion Kenny King vs. Zema Ion vs. Christian York.
King attacked York but was nailed by Ion. York clotheslined King down but was nailed by Ion. King was went to the floor. Ion went for a rana but York landed on his feet and clotheslined him down. King returned to the fray but then jumped back to the floor, trying to psych out his opponents. York nailed him with a suicide dive. Ion went for one of his own but was nailed with a kick. King tried to use the back of Ion as a base for an Asai Moonsault but he didn't get the rotation and drilled himself into the railed back of the head and shoulders first. OUCH. Ion went to the top and hit a twisting dive off the top onto King and York.
Back in the ring, York caught Ion during a rana attempt and held him up but King to nailed a rolling neckbreaker of the ropes for a two count. King is lucky he is even standing, much less wrestling. York nailed a float over suplex but was nailed a knee to gut. King covered him for a near fall and worked over York in the corner. King chopped York in the chest but York responded in kind. King cut him off and slammed York down. He went to the top but was nailed by Ion with an axehandle to the head. Ion nailed a rana on King, sending him down and crashing on York for a two count at the same time.
Ion hit a springboard moonsault for a two count. He was grabbed from the outside by King and nailed. King and York battled on the apron. York hung him out to dry and hit a guillotine legdrop off the ropes for a two count. King broke the pinfall by grabbing the ropes. Ion nailed a kick to York's head and dropkicked King to the floor. He nailed a kick to the head and a DDT for a two count on York.
King slammed Ion on the rampway leading to the ring and then nailed a springboard legdrop onto it. He began selling his lower back. York pulled Ion in for a two count but King broke it up. King and York battled in the ring. York got the worst of it. King went for a Fall Away Slam off the top on Ion but York slipped under and powerbombed him at the same time. York began putting together a series of hot offensive maneuvers and a series of near falls. York nailed a back suplex on King and then on Ion, scoring a two count.
York and King exchange kicks. Ion raked his back but York absorbed it. He and King doubled up on Ion but Ion nailed both with a dropkick for pinfall attempts on each. York kicked Ion hard in the corner and went to the top. He nailed the top rope double stomp and then hit a running cannonball in the corner on King. York grabbed Ion for a move but was drilled by King with a pair of charging knees. King went for a move but York turned it into a small package for a two count. York was caught with a TKO and pinned by King.
Your winner and still X-Division champion, Kenny King!
Decent X-Division match where they tried lots of crazy spots and worked a hard, frenetic pace. The crowd was into the big spots but as a match designed to be a kickass athletic bout, it was just OK.
Jeremy Borash was interviewing Joseph Park when Bad Influence showed up and told him that Dixie Carter was looking for him. They took over the interview and said they were tired of being disrespected by the fans, by Carter and by Hernandez and Guerrero. He said they were going to get the belts back and prove they were the best tag team. The usual awesome interview from Kazarian and Daniels.
Joey Ryan vs. Joseph Parks
Park was disgusted by Ryan oiling up his body. Ryan took the mic and said that Park "was a big mark" like everyone in the building and didn't belong in the ring with him. Ryan said that he had the size advantage where it counts (down below) and was about to find out that "size matters." Park cut a promo putting over San Antonio after Ryan had knocked them but Ryan attacked him from behind. When Park had the chance to make a comeback, Ryan went to the floor. Park tried to grab him by the hair but Ryan snapped him over the ropes.
Ryan went for a flying bodypress but he bounced off Park. Ryan took him off his feet and nailed a series of right hands. Ryan continued to work over Park, scoring several two counts. Ryan kept rubbing his oiled body in Park's face, blinding him. Park finally grabbed him by the hairy chest and ripped at it. He gave Ryan a wedgie and nailed him with a shoulderblock and an inverted atomic drop.
Park nailed a running charge in the corner and Park teased going to the ropes. He tried to hit a splash off the ropes but Ryan rolled out of the ring. Ryan nailed a sunset flip off the ropes but Park was able to stop himself and jumped down with an Earthquake splash for the pin.
Your winner, Joseph Park!
A nice spotlight for the Park character and for some comedy. OK and exactly what you would expect. Felt like a TV bout.
They showed footage of Jeff Hardy arriving earlier today.
Backstage, Brooke Hogan said that Bully Ray worked his whole life for this. She said that she's proud of him and her dad is behind him. Ray said that he knows she's proud but he's nervous. He is so happy with her and happy her dad is behind him, but for the first time, he's proud of himself and wants to make her proud too. Hulk Hogan, on crutches showed up and asked to speak to Ray personally. Hogan said that it's time for someone to carry the company to the next level. He said that Jeff Hardy was great for now and can even carry the company forward but there's something he sees in Bully Ray and believes he can carry the company going forward. He tells Bully that he made Brooke happy after all the hurt Hogan put his daughter through with the divorce and the family problems. He told Ray he loves him and wants to see his family have the title. Hogan said that he can live through Ray and told a story of how Andre the Giant pulled him aside before he won his first World title and told him to make sure the fans remember him as long as he lives. He asked Ray to do the same. Ray said that's an awesome story and said he promises the fans will remember him tonight. Good segment. They pretty much spelled out there would a title change and based on whether they turn Ray or not, his comments about being remembered could be foreshadowing. That does seem to be where the story is going, so we'll see soon enough. Crazy to see Hogan crap all over Hardy like that, even for storyline. Why should he ever defend TNA again?
TNA Knockouts champion Velvet Sky vs. Gail Kim
Sky and Kim went back and forth. Kim nailed a back elbow but was caught with a swinging neckbreaker by Sky for a two count. Sky dropkicked Kim off the apron to the floor. Sky then hit a Thesz Press-esque maneuver off the apron to the floor on Kim. She grabbed Kim but was slammed backwards into the ringpost.
Kim tossed Sky into the ring and peppered her with kicks to the legs. Kin nailed her sideways splash in the corner on Kim. Sky fired back with several forearms but was nailed with a high round kick. Kim picked her up for a Fireman's Carry and dumped her down. She covered Sky and grabbed the ropes for leverage but referee Taryn Terrell caught her. Kim choked Sky against the ropes.
Kim dropped Sky with an over the knee backbreaker for a two count. Sky whipped Kim into the corner. Kim went for a head scissors out of the corner but Sky dropped down, smashing Kim face-first to the mat. Sky nailed her with a series of clotheslines. Sky nailed a running bulldog for a two count and drilled her to the mat for another two count.
Sky tried to whip Kim who grabbed the referee. Terrell pulled herself free but that allowed Kim to nail the Eat Defeat for a two count. Kim began arguing with Terrell and shoved her several times into the corner. She slapped Terrell. Kim told her to DQ her because she didn't care and would just get another rematch. Terrell finally exploded with a spear and began beating Kim with right hands. Kim went to face her but Sky kicked Kim and nailed her with the In Your Face for the pin.
Your winner and still Knockouts champion, Velvet Sky!
The Terrell thing finally paid off after months of Kim having an issue with her. The match wasn't much. Just a backdrop to pay off the angle.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Robbie E. He said that he got Rob Terry on the list and got him girls and had his back and Terry turned his back on him. He talked slow so Texas could understand.
Robbie E. vs. Rob Terry
My God is Terry a frightening looking man. Robbie E. tried to hide behind So Cal Val at ringside. E stalled early. E then tried to hug it out with Terry. Wrong company! Terry wanted nothing to do with it and smashed him down to the mat. E then started "warming up."
E. grabbed a side headlock but Terry easily broke it and shoved E down. E ran for the ropes to stop him. E then went for a single leg takedown but was grabbed and tossed into the air with a Gut Wrench suplex. He tried to scamper out but was pancaked into the air. Terry missed a charge in the corner, allow E to beat him with a series of shots to the back. E played to the crowd, allowing Terry to recover. He grabbed E. E nailed several chops but they didn't faze Terry. E nailed a chop block and a dropkick to Terry for a one count.
E jumped on his back for a sleeper. Terry marched around the ring trying to escape but finally sunk to one knee. E tried to come off the ropes but was caught and slammed. Terry nailed a clothesline and a press slam. Terry nailed a spinebuster for a three count.
Your winner, Rob Terry!
Exactly what you would expect from this match. Some comedy stuff from E and some stalling before Terry made a comeback and killed him for the pin. The show is at the point they need a kickass second half to make it memorable.
Jeremy Borash interviewed TNA Tag Team champion Austin Aries. Borash asked him where Bobby Roode is. Aries said that people have been asking him that for weeks. He asked if they all forgot who he was because he's proven he doesn't need Roode to get the job done and retain the Tag Team titles. He said he could defeat all four by himself, but it's not necessary. Out walked Roode, who asked Borash, "Did you miss me?"
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Arch Linux April Jokes
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About this document
Every first day of April, the Arch Linux website features an April Fools' Day joke on the front page. This document collects the jokes as a fun reading for readers of this Wiki.
Arch in German
published: 2008 / permalink: n/a (currently on Arch Linux homepage)
Important Notice for English Archers
Over the past two months, great discussion has passed on the private development list, and we have come to the conclusion that keeping Arch as a primarily English distro is a disservice to our largest user-base. As such, we have decided in majority vote to change the official, primary language of Arch Linux to German.
Please bear with us during this transition - we are working closely with archlinux.de to facilitate the switch, at which point we plan to merge the websites. Knowing the great community behind Arch, we are sure a community project will arise quickly to fill the small void left when we completely discontinue the English site.
Also, please note we're now using the German pronunciation for "Arch". Don't worry, you'll get used to it - 90% of our devs already are!
Happy Computenpeepers, The Management
About the German Arch joke
On April 1st, 2008, most of Arch Linux websites (including the BBS) were translated to German. The above notice appeared on most of them, and the BBS rewrote strings posted by users so that references to the Wiki articles all pointed to a page called "Deutchland", and words like "joke" were rewritten as "genius idea". For example: "Arch Linux April Jokes Collection" would read "Arch Linux Deutschland genius idea Collection".
Arch Ark
published: 2007 / permalink: Arch news archive #307
We're changing our name!
After 5 years of being called Arch Linux and 5 years of people confusing us with Ark Linux, we've finally come up with a solution. We've spent the last few months talking to the Ark Linux people to come up with a solution that's beneficial for both distributions. Today, we are happy to announce a name change for Arch Linux. Today, I am happy to announce, we will be known as Ark Linux!
We will keep our domain archlinux.org for the next few weeks, while people are still getting used to the name change, but eventually we will switch domains as well. In changing names, we are sure that people will never again have problems discerning Arch Linux with Ark Linux.
Long Live Ark Linux!
Ark Linux
Ark Linux is an actual Linux distribution.[1] The above joke is especially funny to those Archers who started using Arch after mistakingly typing "www.archlinux.org" instead of "www.arklinux.org". The "Arch Linux" name is considered to be pronounced as /a-ch/ (rhymes with larch, starch, as in "archer"). However, there does not seem to exist a consensus on how it is really pronounced.[2]
The same joke as also posted on Ark Linux to make it even more convincing (at the first glance at least). (Sadly, Ark Linux does not seem to have a news archive.)
Judd goes to Google
published: 2006 / permalink: Arch news archive #214
Current Changes
I just thought I would bring you all up to speed on some of the information currently going around the watercooler.
Judd has officially accepted a job offer from Google, and as such, will be unable to continue with his Archlinux work.
Lead of the project has moved to the capable hands of Jason Chu (Xentac). Jason's first order of business, as we push towards the 0.7.1.1 release (Codename: Pony), will be creating a [stable] repository, with older software. This will be the main focus of our work from now on, with all the security backports and compatability fixes. As such, the normal repos will begin to lack a bit, but those will be removed in time as we move to a more 'stable' and 'production quality' release system.
Expect 0.7.1.1 in a few weeks.
Thanks, Aaron
Judd's actual goodbye to Arch project
Judd Vinet, the founder of Arch Linux, has actually left the project on the 1st of October, 2007, and became the "Arch's Number One Cheerleader".[3] Since then, Aaron Griffin is the project leader.
Arch against Wombats
published: 2005 / permalink: Arch news archive #147
CETW Problems
It is with great sadness that I write this message.
When we first released Arch Linux 0.7 (Wombat) we were contacted by the Centre for Ethical Treatment of Wombats (CETW). CETW felt that we were somehow hurting wombats worldwide by releasing an "open source project" with the codename Wombat. While we tried to convince them that Arch Linux was a Linux distribution and that no wombats were harmed during the creation of our release, they wouldn't accept it.
So they threatened to sue us unless we changed our destructive ways.
After much deliberation, we have figured out that we don't actually have enough money to fight them in court. Instead we have chosen to settle outside of court. Part of our settlement is to discontinue the development of Arch Linux.
And thus, through a poor choice of naming, Arch Linux is no more. All of the developers would like to thank the community for their support and contributions.
"Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately one metre (39 inches) in length with a very short tail. They are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area." [4]
Wombats are not know to hire lawyers to harass Linux distributions.[5]
published: 2004 / permalink: Arch news archive #58
GNOME 2.6 Released!
As the title says, gnome 2.6 is in the house. There isn't much to watch out for, Arjan and JGC did a good job catching conflicts in the testing stage so the install should go flawlessly.
To upgrade: pacman -Syu To install: pacman -Sy gnome
Some GTK2.x related packages were also upgraded to suit the requirements of gnome 2.6.
GNOME version history
Before the above news was posted, the GNOME project had released 2.0 in 2002, and latest release before the 1st of April 2004 was GNOME 2.2.[6]


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Step aside, Steven Seagal: Lawman. There's a new novelty cop in town, and, well, it's former heavyweight fighter Butterbean.
Investigation Discovery, which is, in all likelihood, near Oprah's channel and Hallmark TV on your cable system, has made the wisest programming decision in its lifetime. They've given us a season of Big Law: Deputy Butterbean, which will premiere Tuesday, August 9.
Butterbean—who's most famous for losing to a 52-year-old Larry Holmes in a stunt fight in 2002—will bring "big-time justice to his small hometown of Jasper, AL," while working with the Sheriff's Narcotics Unit. We cannot wait to see him go undercover.