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Here's the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Efforts to Restart Oi Reactors
The Mayor of Oi, Shinobu Tokioka, has announced his approval for restarting reactors #3 and #4 at Kansai Electric's Oi Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture. Issei Nishikawa, Governor of Fukui, is expected to follow suit today. That decision will leave the final restart authority in the hands of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who plans to meet with Yukio Edano, the Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI); Goshi Hosono, Nuclear Crisis Minister; and Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura on Saturday, before Noda leaves the country on Sunday. Kansai Electric officials said that even if reactors #3 and #4 are restarted on Saturday, the will not achieve full power until July 27 at the earliest. In an effort to quell widespread public anti-nuclear sentiment and concerns about the safety of restarting the Oi reactors, Japan will station two high-ranking officials, Deputy Trade Minister Seishu Makino and nuclear regulator Shinichi Kuroki, within 7 km of the Oi plant. Officials from the Environment Ministry have jokingly referred to the two as "hostages." State of Nuclear Politics in Japan
A study by the Japanese Nuclear Safety Commission of 20 offsite Emergency Response Centers located near nuclear plants shows that all are located between 2 and 13 km from nuclear reactors, and only two contain radiation filtration systems, placing them at risk of being unusable in case of a nuclear disaster. Many are located close to the sea and at low elevations, increasing the risk of damage by tsunamis. In addition, a new survey conducted by Kyodo News reveals that nine of 17 emergency response centers are not earthquake proof. The Oi Emergency Response Center, where Prime Minister Noda is pushing to restart two nuclear reactors, is not earthquake proof, is located only 7 km from the reactors, and is less than 12 meters from the sea. In a nuclear emergency, the chances of it being rendered unusable are significant. Members of both ruling and opposition parties in the Diet have agreed to establish an independent five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission by September. The new entity will replace the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), which was highly criticized for conflict of interest while operating under METI, which is tasked with promoting nuclear power. As part of the new bill, a nuclear disaster preparedness council, including all cabinet ministers, will operate under the direction of the Prime Minister. In addition, the Diet voted to limit operation of nuclear reactors in Japan, but left the age at which they need to retire open ended for the time being. Prime Minister Noda had pushed for the limit to be set at 40 years, with the option for extending that limit to 60 years. The bill will allow the proposed Nuclear Regulatory Commission to make the final determination. The 40-year age limit of reactors has been highly controversial, as many raise concerns about the safety of aging reactors. A new report from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) reveals that continued testing of the Monju fast-breeder reactor over the next decade—be required in order to put it into practical use--will cost Japanese taxpayers an additional 300 billion yen ($3.8 billion). Alternately, if the government chooses to end development on the reactors and simply maintain it, costs will only be between six and eight billion yen. The Monju fast-breeder reactor was long considered the linchpin of the Japanese nuclear cycle, hypothetically allowing spent fuel to be recycled into so called MOX (mixed oxide) fuel. However, the reactor has been plagued with technical problems and cost overruns for years. Fukushima Prefectural officials have admitted that they asked researchers from Hirosaki University to stop measuring internal levels of radiation contamination of iodine-131 immediately after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, because testing was "stirring uneasiness" among residents. "It's all right to measure environmental levels, but testing people stirs uneasiness, so we would like you to stop it," one official from the prefecture's Local Medical Care Division reportedly said. Radioactive iodine-131 has a half-life of only eight days, so failure to conduct testing at those early stages means that that research was forever lost. Currently, very little data on internal exposure to iodine-131 exists. A Hirosaki University researcher noted, "If proper tests had been carried out, then we could have accurately evaluated the effects of the nuclear crisis, and residents would have felt more at ease."
Anti-nuclear activists led by Nobel laureate Kenzeburo Oe submitted 7.48 million signatures to Takahiro Yokomichi, Speaker of the Lower House this week, calling for the permanent elimination of nuclear power in Japan. Their efforts were a direct response to the nuclear crisis last year at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The group plans to gather a total of 10 million signatures, and say that they will submit the remaining signatures, once collected, to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. Journalist Satoshi Kamata, another leader of the group, said, "We want to put an end to the politics that put economy and money ahead of our lives and health." Following presentation of the signatures, group leaders met with 40 anti-nuclear members of the Diet. Former Prime Minister Naoto Kan responded to members of the Diet's Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission this week, who roundly criticized his actions as the nuclear crisis unfolded at the Fukushima Daiichi plant last year. The panel accused him of micromanaging and distracting TEPCO workers from the emergency. In a blog post, Kan wrote, "It was indeed unusual for the Prime Minister's Office to get directly involved, but we were dealing with a disaster more serious that either TEPCO or the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) has ever envisioned. That the Prime Minister's Office did what was necessary was fact." He added, "TEPCO could not inject water into the reactors on its own, and it was my office that ordered the Self-Defense Forces and other units into action. I still believe that, as NISA was not functioning, my office could not avoid getting directly involved in managing the crisis." The Japan Atomic Energy Commission announced that it will cease its efforts to create a new national nuclear policy, after last week's revelations that a working group held closed-door meetings with nuclear industry insiders and solicited their input for and provided advanced copies of a draft report on nuclear policy. TEPCO
TEPCO is admitting that it studied the effect of a 13.5-meter tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in 2006, and determined that all power at the plant would be lost should a such a large tsunami strike the coast there. Staff estimated that making upgrades to prevent power loss would cost $25 million. TEPCO never addressed the issue. In 2008, the company again studied the effects of a 10-meter tsunami, but made no upgrades. After last year's triple nuclear meltdown, which was caused by power loss after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake triggered a tsunami, the utility insisted that no one could have predicted that type of natural disaster. TEPCO is now blaming Japan's central government for its failure to effectively communicate with the Japanese public after last year's Fukushima nuclear disaster, including releasing information in a timely manner. Although experts said within days that three reactors there had melted down, TEPCO took more than a month to make that pronouncement. In a draft of a soon-to-be-released final assessment of the disaster, the utility claims that government officials "restricted" its announcements. "Because we had to seek approval from the Prime Minister's Office and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency [on publicity matters] the timing of the announcement and content were restricted." Forty-two TEPCO shareholders have filed suit against 27 former and current presidents and chairmen of the utility, charging that they ignored scientific warnings of a potential catastrophic earthquake and tsunami at the plant. They are demanding 5.5 trillion yen ($70 billion) in damages. State of the Reactors
Workers from TEPCO have once again failed in their efforts to find the cause of major leaks in the suppression chamber of reactor #2, after using infrared cameras. Radioactive water continues to leak into the chambers at a significant rate. Currently, the water level in each chamber, which is 9 meters (29.5 feet) in diameter, exceeds 5 meters (17 feet). TEPCO will not be able to remove damaged, molten fuel from the reactors until the leaks are repaired. TEPCO said that they will continue to search for other methods. Other Nuclear News
Local opposition and anti-nuclear sentiment continues to build in communities near California's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), where numerous technical issues and worn steam generator tubes have raised significant safety concerns. Many are calling for the plant's closure. Southern California Edison (SCE), the plant's operator, said it expects the plant will be offline at least through August, and possibly longer. Gary Headrick, the founder of San Clemente Green, noted, "Edison just keeps giving us more and more things to question. One thing after another keeps happening: there's an ammonia leak, or false alarms with the sirens, or a little fire here and there."
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As far as Japan extending the ages of nuclear reactors the U.S. Just did it in Vermont. Both countries put their greediness ahead of the safety of the...
As far as Japan extending the ages of nuclear reactors the U.S. Just did it in Vermont. Both countries put their greediness ahead of the safety of the general population. The decision of starting thE Oi reactors is being left up to p.m. Nodo. It is a sure bet that they will be restarted even without new safety regulations. Thank you Greenpeace for all of the great information.
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Japan has shut down all of it's nuclear plants.
Why have we not had any news coverage of this in the United States?
Japan has shut down all of it's nuclear plants.
Why have we not had any news coverage of this in the United States?
Money talks, and it said 'the nuclear industry could lose billions of dollars here'.
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Nuclear fuel reprocessing plant restarted for a test run in Aomori.
NHK: http://k.nhk.jp/knews/20120618/k10015918401000.html
Unless I am mistaken this the kind of processing at the end of which you have more plutonium than you started with.
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The table is one of the most important pieces of table tennis equipment. The table should be about 3 foot high, 5 feet wide, and 9 feet long. The surface of the table should be smooth and have low friction to help the ball bounce. The surface should also provide a hard, dense playing area and have an anti-glare finish. Safety is a consideration in purchasing a ping-pong table, since this sport is played very close to the table and involves fast movements. Make sure your game room provides ample space to maneuver.
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My 10 Fav Kitchen Items and your Q answered - Get To Know Me Week- #4
Friday, September 30, 2011
These are my current favourite items in the kitchen. Some are brand specific, some are not.
No one paid me anything in any form to note these as my favs.
1. Hand mixer.
2. Cleaver.
This baby has been with me since............. 1998. When I moved into a student house in Uni, staying together with OiLai, I bought this cleaver at the local crockery shop and has been using it since, until today.
If I could only choose one knife in the kitchen and elimimate others, this will be the one I keep
3. Tesco Baking Paper
It's non stick! Actually, Glad works the same, but Glad is pricey. This paper makes cookies slide off, smooth and beautiful. Even for macarons. I love this. The size and dimension is lovely to work with. Use it either way, horizontally or vertically for the baking tray is fine, either you want it to fit in or have overlaps, just turn the roll around and cut, no wastage at all. But compared to Glad, the size of Tesco's paper is bigger and more user friendly. Glad's paper is somehow, narrower. when I'm done using this paper, I just stick the roll back into the drawer. No need to fold anything like how store bought baking paper is, one big big sheet. Take note that there's another similiar looking paper roll in Tesco and that is greaseproof paper and nope, that's not it.
4. Ikea's 365 Pots
I bought the big one first, and how I loved using it. I love the measurement markings by the side. When I boil soups, I know how much the water has reduced and I know how much I should add back should it went too low. I loved the big one so much that I bought a smaller one to boil lesser amounts. It's easy to clean, plus, it's thick and heavy based, means my congee don't burn easily and cooking jam in this is fabulous. It's so much better to use than Zebra brand. LOL. I know it's not the best pot around, but it's cheap, comparatively to other heavy based pots, this is definitely worth every penny.
6. Stainless Steel Strainer.
I love this baby. I bought this for RM5, quite big, 7 inches in diameter. Even though I bought other strainers at a higher price at crockery stores, but they always seem to rust and I can't trust and buy another one? This one has been following me for 10 years and it's still shiny and pretty. Cheap but good. Bought it at a RM5 shop in Midvalley but it's not Daiso.
The handle is nice to use when I want to blanch food, like noodles or vege. I can dip the whole thing into my Ikea 365 pot and blanch whatever I want
7. Corelle Dinnerware
2nd. It's lightweight. I don't worry when my kids take this and use, it's not heavy for them.
8. Victorinox peeler
My aunt got me this from Switzerland, but you can get this in US too. Wondering if this is available in this region. I love this because I could peel soft fruits with this peeler that usual peelers can't do.
9. Enameled wok
I won't want to change to another type of wok, unless for very very strong reasons. I love this type of wok. I can chi chi cha cha with it, not needing to worry about it's surface and enjoy the process of stir frying. This wok also gives very good temperature control. The moment I turn down the heat, the heat goes low, the moment I crank it up, it goes up. Unlike stainless steel woks that retains heat and is so slow to heat up. And unlike cast iron woks, it doesn't rust and I wash it with soap daily. It's very light and I can just keep it anywhere. It doesn't have sticky issues provided you used oil, of course. I love this wok, love it, love it.
But if you love sudsy dish wash, then skip this. This is low in suds and even when you see no suds, it's cleaning power is still good. If you are using this and it's very sudsy, then you are really wasting it by using too much.
Not many asked. And no one asked questions about me Wendy, except about the kitchen and house. So, don't send me emails asking about 'me' again. *Jokingla* I know you all are shy :)
Here's the few who asked questions that should be shared with all.
1. Jes's Deli Kitchen :
Q:I'm wondering how often you clean your kitchen
A: No time frame. Whenever it's dirty. But I do clean up the work area properly each time after use.
2, Iceamericanos
Q1: Just wondering, what did u put in the cabinet on top of the hood? So high to reach...
A1: Nothing, yet. My carpenter told me to make a cabinet there to hide the hood's piping.
Q2: And the utensils, do u wash them before every use? Cuz hard to stop lizards crawling by leh.
A2: What you don't see, don't smell don't exist. LOL. So far no signs of lizards there, lizards will always leave souvenirs. I use them daily, wash them at night, drip dry oredi throughout the night, then use again in the morning.
Q3: How do u clean your marble table after each use? U know sometimes its so oily after shaping bread dough.. and how do u clean it before using?
A3: With a clean wet towel? Marble tops are easy to clean. Rinse the cloth a few times. Use hot towel if it's too oily. Not ideal to use soap often (still can use but not often) on them as marble is porous. If they can absorb the soap, so can they release it out on your dough. I grew up with a marble table at home, and that was how we cleaned it all the time
Q: Still wonder how you manage a clean house with 3 kids without a maid!!...
A: Don't come to my house w/o warning. LOL. You'll scare me. My house is like a warzone. I get fed up cleaning the hall cos each time the girls wake up, it's all in a mess again. I only sweep when neccessary, mop when neccessary. Not daily. Can die if daily. Luckily my hubby didn't complain, cos if he did, pergi buat sendiri la! LOL
And before I close this week, There are some stuff I would like to add. It seems that some of you are interested to know the reasons why I did my kitchen my way.
1. 3sinks, if you noticed ;)
2 sinks for oily stuff and is placed at the work area. One is for non oily stuff like cups and milk bottles and is placed at the drinks section so that the person cooking is not disturbed and of course, the single sink is always cleaner for milk prep. And always place them infront of the window for maximum sunlight. Sinks placed in dark areas tend to grow mould easily, very very easily. I hated my old ktichen sink. Scrubbed it almost daily to remove mould, so does the tiles around it.
2. Bookshelf in Kitchen.
I need cookbooks near me when I need them, not thatI want to run far to get them, or walk far to return them to their original spot. But take note to place them far from the stove area.
3. Big and deep sink
I hate it when it splashes when I wash the wok. So, get a deep huge sink for all you wokkers.
4. Drying rack for pots and basins
A dish drainer isn't enough. So, I added a pot rack on top of the dish drainer to dry my pots, basins and Tupperware.
5. No cabinets above rice cooker/slow cooker area.
Take note that the steam emitted during the cooking process might spoil the cabinet , so, I didn't put any cabinets above the work area as I planned to have my rice cooker and slow cooker there.
6. Dish Cabinet
I placed this as close as possible to where I drain my dishes. Don't want to walk far to keep them
7. Drawers and Cabinets for snacks and drinks.
All placed near the single tap. Convenient and reduces walking :)
Most of all, shouldn't disrupt the person who is cooking
8. Counter height and drawer height.
Make sure the counter is at a height that you feel comfortable with. My old house's counter was too low and made my back ache whenever I do a lot of dishes. I prefer to have my pelvic bone rested against the counter so that I feel comfortable leaning to the front.
I also measured my containers so that I know how tall my tall my drawers should be. It's not good to have drawers only to find out later, your containers can't fit in.
I also measured the height of my tallest book and gave the carpenter a minimum height to work with.
9. Storage spaces suitably filled according to function.
I place sauces and oil in a slim cabinet at my food prep area. Dry ingredients and spices also should be at the same area. Usually in modern kitchens, the bottles are places in a draw out wire rack, but it was toooooooooo expensive to be installed. So, I had my 5kg oil measured out and told the carpenter to do like the cheapest way, that is to make shelves, LOL
11. Location of Oven (added at 3.25pm)
Another item to consider: Recycling spot
Actually the space under the stove is used to keep recyclable items. Since the gas tank is there, it's not nice to keep other things, so keep old milk tins, glass botttles, PET bottles and plastic bags. You won't want to peep into the garbage cabinet, LOL. But we do have to start recycling, if not, our children will suffer.


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I tried to install Gnome 3 on Debian Testing following this explanation. However, this didn't work and left me without any graphical user interface.
At the moment I try to fix that and I realised there is a long list of packages marked as manually installed. I stored a (line-break separated) list of the packages that – in my opinion – should be marked as auto installed (nearly all of them).
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Unprecedented drought in Oklahoma and Texas and extreme heat and dry conditions in the Southeast made 2011 a challenging year for peanut producers, but the Peanut Profitability Award winners somehow found a way to persevere and achieve excellence on their respective farms.
"This past year was the most variable crop year we've seen," says Marshall Lamb, research director for the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, Ga., and advisor for the Farm Press Peanut Profitability Awards.
Impressive yields
"But there were areas, especially in the Southeast, where growers received timely rainfall, and the result was some very impressive yields. Our award winners this year showed incredible resilience in the face of difficult conditions."
While improved peanut varieties continue to help boost average yields, they're not automatic, says Lamb.
"New varieties and genetics are very important and undoubtedly have contributed to our production, but our Peanut Profitability Award winners also practiced cutting-edge management techniques on their farms, and that's why they're being honored for their 2011 production," he says.
Despite having two devastatingly dry years in 2010 and 2011, it looks as though peanut producers may have reached a new plateau in yields, says Lamb, with an average of about 3,300 pounds per acre during the past four years.
In the face of drought conditions, a couple of states boasted record peanut yields this past year. Florida tied its record average yield from the previous year and Mississippi had a 4,000-pound yield. Georgia's yield was adjusted up to 3,520, with some growers reporting 6,000 and 7,000-pound yields.
The U.S. average peanut yield in 2011 was basically the same as in 2010, at 3,300 pounds per acre.
U.S. record yield in 2008
The U.S. record average peanut yield was set in 2008, at 3,426 pounds per acre, and in 2009, it was close to that record yield.
Over the last four to five years, the United States has been above 3,000 pounds per acre, and the trend has been about 3,350.
Acreage, on the other hand, has responded to market conditions, with boom and bust-type cycles. This past year, U.S. peanut acreage was pegged at 1.141 million.
This marks the first time in the history of the Peanut Profitability Award that winners have been selected from the states of Florida and Oklahoma, says Lamb.
The winning growers will be honored during the 14th annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference at the Edgewater Beach Resort in Panama City, Fla., July 19-21.
Each of this year's winning growers represents one of the three major U.S. peanut production regions — the Southwest Region, the Upper Southeast Region and the Lower Southeast Region. Farm Press established the awards program in cooperation with the Southern Peanut Growers Conference and the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation.
Award winners listed
This year's honorees include:
Southwest Region — Joe D. White, Tillman County, Oklahoma.
Lower Southeast Region — I.C. Terry Farms, Lake City, Fla.
Upper Southeast Region — Bud Bowers, Luray, S.C.
"Our Lower Southeast winners – the Terry's – are unique in that their production is all dryland, in a bahia grass rotation system they've perfected over many years.
"Our Southwest winner does an excellent job of managing fixed costs, which is an important component of the award criteria. His equipment costs are very low, and he also does an excellent job of marketing his crop.
"Our Upper Southeast winner is one of the most innovative producers I've seen in the program. He shows amazing flexibility in his management skills, using a field-specific mentality," says Lamb.
The Peanut Profitability Award isn't simply a "top yield" prize, stresses Greg Frey, publisher of Farm Press Publications.
"The distinction of being named a Peanut Profitability winner is reserved only for those producers who balance production costs with excellent yields and quality, across their entire peanut production system," says Frey.
"Our winners this year — just as in years past — controlled costs while maximizing yields and profits. It's not easy to achieve such a balance, and that's why we feel it's important to recognize those who accomplish it," he says.
But recognizing deserving growers isn't the only aim of the Peanut Profitability Program, says Frey.
"Education is an equally important component of the program. There's much to learn about successful peanut production, and Farm Press helps to make this information available by publishing numerous articles throughout the year focusing on maintaining high yields and efficiency. Growers also will benefit from reading about the production practices of this year's award winners."
Peanut lab evaluates entries
Lamb and his staff at the National Peanut Research Laboratory evaluate entries each year for the Peanut Profitability Award. Lamb designed the nomination form that is used by growers in determining production efficiency.
The Peanut Profitability Awards, explains Lamb, are based solely on production efficiency — honoring those growers who produce the highest yields at the lowest cost per acre. The awards are based on a producer's entire farm operation, and not just on individual farms or small plots.
Lamb explains that profit is a function of three equally important factors — yield, price and cost.
"More importantly, this program helps other farmers learn from what our winning producers did so they can improve their individual operations. In addition to being a recognition program, it's also an excellent educational program."
For more information on this year's winners and their production practices, see the articles in the July 6, 2012, issue of Delta Farm Press.
Sponsors of this year's awards include AMVAC Chemical Corporation; Arysta LifeScience; Becker Underwood; DuPont Crop Protection; Golden Peanut Company; Helena Chemical Company; INTX Microbials, LLC; Rio Tinto Minerals; Syngenta Crop Protection; National Peanut Board; Southeast Farm Press; Delta Farm Press; and Southwest Farm Press.


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Kuchen Kings
South Dakota couple turns dairy products into traditional ethnic foods
By Jerry Nelson-Daily Star
SCOTLAND, S.D. - The holiday season is a time for many of us to enjoy traditional ethnic foods. Such foods are doubly delicious when they contain a goodly measure of dairy products.
No one knows this better than Roger and Lori Pietz, owners and operators of Pietz's Kuchen Kitchen.
Kuchen originated in the Russia-Germany region and has since evolved into innumerable variations. The kuchen made at Pietz's might best be described as a sweet bread pie crust that's been filled with a fruit-laced custard. And like most kuchen, those made at Pietz's involve large amounts of dairy products.
"I grew up on a farm near Tripp, S.D.," said Roger, who describes his heritage as heavily German. "We had a typical operation for that time, some beef cattle, a few hogs and a flock of layers. I milked a dozen cows by hand until I was in high school."
Although Lori was raised in the town of Tyndall, South Dakota, her family has deep roots in dairying.
"My dad's parents had a Grade A dairy operation," she said. "My mother also grew up on a dairy farm. I remember her telling me what it was like to clean all those cones from their hand-cranked cream separator."
The Pietzes farmed and fed beef cattle until two years ago, when back injuries forced Roger to exit agriculture. Too young to retire, Roger began to cast about for his next career.
"I was always fascinated by Mom's cooking," he said. "Maybe being the youngest of five boys had something to do with it. I would stand on a chair by the stove so I could watch Mom make her strudels and kuchen. It seems like everything she cooked had a lot of cream in it.
"I couldn't wait until mealtime. We did a lot of hard physical work back then, but we also learned a lot of values such as respect for others and common courtesy."
After much consideration, the Pietzes decided to pursue their lifelong dream of making a product to sell to the public. With that in mind, they remodeled the basement of their home to accommodate a commercial kitchen.
"It's a lot like running a dairy," Roger said. "We constantly worry about what the state inspector might think."
They produced their first kuchen in March of 2008.
"Developing our kuchen recipe took quite a bit of experimentation," Lori said. "We were playing with Roger's mother's recipe one day when we decided to add an extra ingredient. That tiny ingredient made a huge difference, and we knew we had our recipe."
The Pietzes' kuchen recipe is a closely-guarded secret, although they will divulge that the main ingredient of their filling is cream.
Having perfected their kuchen, the Pietzes next tackled the problem of marketing.
"We didn't know how to sell it, so we decided to hold a kuchen tasting day at Gemar's Market here in Scotland," Roger said. "We told everyone about the event and did a little advertising in our small local newspaper. My only thought was, 'What if this stuff doesn't sell?'"
Roger's fears would prove to be unfounded.
"The number of people who turned out was just unreal," he said. "Greg Gemar said it was the busiest day his store has ever had. We received a lot of good feedback. We had 700 kuchens on hand and went through nearly all of them."
Bolstered by the positive reviews, the Pietzes began to take their kuchen to area supermarkets.
"I had worked part-time for a short while at the Yankton Hy-Vee," Roger said. "So I used my contacts there to get our kuchen into that store. We now have a kuchen bunker in 60 stores located all across the state, from Brookings to Belle Fourche."
Depending on demand, the Pietzes will make between 400 and 800 kuchen per week. Baking takes place on Thursdays, although preparation takes another full day.
"We'll make the filling the day before," Lori said, who also works as a registered nurse at a Yankton hospital. "It varies according to demand, but we'll go through between 90 and 150 quarts of cream per week. We only use the best stuff - the heavy cream. We also buy as many ingredients as we can locally."
Kuchen making day begins early for Roger.
"I'll get up at 4 a.m. and start mixing and proofing the dough," he said. "Our crew comes in at 8 a.m. and we'll bake kuchen all day."
As many as five local women will help out on kuchen making day. The Pietzes offer 15 different flavors of kuchen, ranging from apple to apricot, from strawberry-rhubarb to raspberry. Most flavors are available year-round, but some are seasonal.
"We have a wonderful crew of workers. None of them are afraid to make constructive suggestions," Roger said. "A recent hire is Dawn Vaith, whose family dairy farms southeast of town. Dawn started working for us last spring after their crops were devastated by a hailstorm."
Once the kuchen has been baked and cooled, it's sealed in an airtight plastic wrapper and frozen.
"We tell folks that our kuchen can remain frozen for up to four months," Lori said. "But we tried some that had spent nearly a year in the freezer and it was just fine."
The Pietzes have advertised but it is by no means the only method they have used to spread the word about their kuchen. A prime example of this would be last summer's inaugural Kuchen Feier, which featured the crowning of a Kuchen Queen.
"I think we have the first Kuchen Queen in the state, maybe even in the nation," Roger said.
"Scotland has held a rodeo every August for the past 40 years," Lori said. "So we thought, why not do something with kuchen in conjunction with the rodeo?"
A panel of three judges chose the Kuchen Queen. Candidates were scored on a point system with 50 percent of their points coming from essays they had written about German heritage or history, 30 percent for talent, and 20 percent for personality and poise.
The Pietzes also helped organize community musical events and a German heritage community meal. A kuchen eating contest was also held.
"All proceeds from the Kuchen Feier were donated to the community," Roger said. "We were just glad for the opportunity to give back to the folks who have been so supportive of us."
Looking toward the future, the Pietzes hope to get their kuchen into more stores and in more areas. They are also expanding their lineup of products to include such things as the traditional Czech pastry called kolaches. Lori, who is part Czech, said their kolaches are based on her mother's recipe.
The holidays are by far their busiest season, but Pietz's Kuchen Kitchen is finding other venues for their products.
"We will cater kuchen or kolaches to co-op meetings and other special events," Lori said. "A few people have even decided to serve our kuchen at their wedding instead of cake."
"There are a lot of other kuchens out there, and I've tried most of them," Roger said. "I don't mean to sound biased, but ours is the best!"


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Cliff Lee is once again unable to win his first start as the Phils fall to the fish, 6-2.
Cliff Lee was once again denied his first victory of 2012 as the Phils fall to the Marlins, 6-2.
The Marlins took a 1-0 lead in the first as, with runners on the corners, and with one man out, Logan Morrison hits an RBI ground out, 1-4-3, scoring Jose Reyes, who had earlier doubled, then went to third base on Hanley Ramirez's fly out to center, while sending Giancarlo Stanton, who had just walked, up to second base. The Marlins added to their lead in the third as, with a man on second, and with one man out, Stanton hits an RBI single, knocking in Ramirez, who had just doubled, giving the Marlins a 2-0 lead. The Marlins made it a 3-0 lead two batters later as Omar Infante hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Stanton, who had moved up to third on Justin Ruggiano's single. The Phils would get a run back in the fourth as Hunter Pence hits a lead-off home run, his fifteenth home run of the season, making it a 3-1 Marlins' lead. The Marlins increased their lead in the fifth as, with runners on second and third, and with one man out, Ruggiano hits a two-run double, knocking in Stanton, who had earlier singled, then stopped at third on Morrison's ground-rule double, and Morrison, who had just hit a ground-rule double, giving the Marlins a 5-1 lead. Three batters, with runners on the corners, as Ruggiano had stolen third base, and Gaby Sanchez had walked, and with two men out, John Buck hits an RBI single, knocking in Ruggiano, giving the Marlins a 6-1 lead, while sending Sanchez up to second base. The Phils would cut the Marlins' lead down to 6-2 in the ninth as, with a man on second base, and with one man out, Pence hits an RBI single, knocking in Chase Utley, who had earlier singled, then moved up to second base on Carlos Ruiz's ground out, 6-3. That would end up being the final score as Ryan Webb got Placido Polanco to ground out, 5-3, for the game's final out.
Cliff Lee (0-5, 4.13) took the lost as he went four and two-thirds innings, giving up six runs on ten hits and two walks, while striking out three. Raul Valdes and Jeremy Horst combined for three and one-third scoreless innings, giving up one hit (Valdes) between them, while striking out four (two batters each). Josh Johnson (5-5, 3.80) got the win as he went six innings, giving up a run on four hits and two walks, while striking out six. Edward Mujica and Mike Dunn combined for two scoreless inning, giving up just a hit (Mujica) between them. Ryan Webb pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits.
The Phils had just seven hits in the ballgame, with Hunter Pence (Single, Home Run, 2 RBIs) and Placido Polanco (Singles) both leading the club with two hits each. Juan Pierre, Chase Utley and Shane Victorino had the other three Phils' hits, all singles. The Phils also had two walks and two stolen bases (Pierre (19), Jimmy Rollins (14)) in the game.
The Phils (36-43, 5th) continue their series with the Marlins (36-40, 4th), playing an afternoon game. The game will be played at Marlins Park and will start at 4:10 pm EDT. The Phils will send to the mound Cole Hamels (10-3, 3.03), who is coming off a no-decision against the Rays on June 24, as he went seven scoreless innings, giving up three hits and three walks, while striking out seven, in the Phils' 3-2 lost. He'll be going for his eleventh win of the season. The Marlins will counter with Mark Buehrle (6-8, 3.66) who is coming off a win against the Blue Jays on June 24, who pitched seven scoreless innings. giving up seven hits and two walks, while striking out seven, in the Marlins' 9-0 blow out. He will be trying to give the fish the series win. The Phils will be trying to even up the series this afternoon.


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When Apple announced the update to its MacBook Pro line in June 2012, we had anticipated a slimmer, new design and high-resolution screen. While that did happen in the form of the Retina display, the standard MacBook Pro range wasn't axed.
Enter the MacBook Pro mid-2012 model. Although its design is just like those from several years before it, it's what's under this latest Pro's skin and the addition of USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt connections that sets it apart.
We've had the 15-inch, quad-core Intel i7 2.6GHz model in the office for a while now. Is it the professional's choice of wundermachine, or has the now-classic design got a little long in the tooth?
Design is at the heart of Apple products. From the box it's delivered in to the product itself, the aluminium-shelled MacBook Pro looks, without a doubt, very sleek and stylish indeed.
But the design isn't as groundbreaking as it once was. Sit it next to a machine three years older and you won't immediately notice the difference between the two. The giveaway signs are a slight shift in some of the keyboard graphics and the new ports and connection types to the machine's side. That doesn't detract from the latest model's elegance or how easy it is to use, but it does bring into question why Apple hasn't gone the extra mile for this release. Perhaps it was too busy getting excited about its Retina display model.
Our complaints list is small, but it's still not a flawless machine, even this many iterations into the series. Existing MacBook Pro owners will be only too aware of a couple of frustrations: the front ridge is somewhat "sharp" and is uncomfortable to the wrists unless they're covered; and the USB (and other) ports are so closely positioned that any snazzy, bulked-out USB key won't sit alongside and play nice with any others. We feel these issues should have been sorted out generations ago - surely small enough adjustments for a company as big and powerful as Apple?
But when the MacBook Pro is on form, it's great. The backlit keyboard is perfectly spaced, the keys have just the right amount of travel and controls for backlighting and screen brightness are exceptionally useful when working in bright or dark conditions.
The screen's 1440x900 pixel display may not sound as high as some of the competition out there because, frankly, it isn't. For an extra £80 Apple will install a glossy 1680x1050 version, though its reflective qualities may make outdoor, or on-the-go work a little trickier in the brightest of conditions. Still, whichever screen you go for there's no doubt that the MacBook Pro has a superb viewing angle and brightness that few competitors can compete against.
Unlike the slimmed-down Retina model, the latest Pro doesn't benefit from size or weight adjustments. At 2kgs in weight it's not a bother to transport about though, but many professionals may consider this model as a straightforward desktop replacement. If the 15-inch model sounds too big there is always the less pricey and (obviously) smaller 13-inch version to consider.
Heat-wise the MacBook Pro can run rather hot, resulting in the body shell heating up on the underside and to the top left of the keyboard. This can feel hot to the touch, particularly if you like to work with it on your lap. Compared to the earlier models, at least in our preliminary tests, the 2012 model didn't run quite as hot and, therefore, there was far less fan noise. Over an extended period of months and years, however, greater demands on the machine don't guarantee that it'll stay as cool.
Existing MacBook Pro users considering an upgrade aren't going to find physical alterations to make their experience better, at least not in this standard version. First-time buyers, too, may want to give great thought to whether the 2012 version is the one to go for: let's face it, come 2013 Apple has to move the series forward with a redesign. Of course that's not confirmed, but we suspect a face-lifted model will be the machine to go for in 12 months' time.
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Part of what makes the latest Pro special is what's on the inside. At the heart of this particular review model is a 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor that can turbo boost up to 3.6GHz, plus there are two lots of 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM to total 8GB. However, unlike the Retina model there's no capacity to upgrade this Pro model with 16GB of RAM. Storage is handled by a 750GB, 5400rpm hard disk, or for (considerably) more cash you can opt in for an solid state drive (SSD) at up to 512GB in size.
All those numbers translate into smooth use. We've been manipulating large AIFF audio files while Photoshop sits merrily in the background with dozens of PSD files loaded, all with no issue at all.
The OS X Lion operating system - Mountain Lion is available as a free upgrade for those who purchase, it just wasn't installed on our review machine - also runs smoothly and offers all those great "Appley" gestures, corners, spaces and so forth.
Launchpad, Mission Control and the like will quickly become integral to your daily workflow. If you're unfamiliar with Mac OS X then it's easy to use, though it is a difference experience from a Windows machine - diehards of one operating system or the other may initially struggle with a switch between the two.
Or you can run both. Load up Boot Camp - Apple's own approved software that comes as standard - and you'll be able to partition the disk to include a second operating system such as Windows or Linux. Of course you'll have to buy the second OS at extra cost, but it might well be worth it.
The MacBook Pro, despite its power, isn't exactly a hardcore gamer's machine. Users of Steam will know only too well that lots of games won't run on the Mac platform. Arguably a Mac just isn't a gamer's platform, it's made for design professionals, video editors and the like. We reckon it's good enough to cut it in both camps, but it is a lot of cash to part with if your main point of purchase it to run computer games.
Apple has also - finally! - got on the USB 3.0 train for enhanced transfer speeds. There are two ports on this model, next to single Thunderbolt and FireWire 800 ports to ensure compatibility with whatever format you prefer to use. There's also an Ethernet port, SD card slot and, on the opposite side, an optical drive to read DVD and CD. We suspect this will be the last MacBook Pro to feature an optical drive if the Retina model - and indeed competitors' Ultrabook models - is anything to go by. There's no Blu-ray support, a feature that has been ignored by Apple.
There's no doubt that the MacBook Pro (mid 2012) is one great-looking, powerful machine that will serve many professionals well. The user experience is smooth thanks to the latest operating system, and the Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 transfer speeds are a big step forward compared to the previous generation.
That said the MacBook Pro design has been around for a long time now. It still looks good, but is just less groundbreaking than it was at its inception, and the release of the MacBook Pro with Retina display really overshadows this 15-inch model. With that in mind it might make more sense not to spend £1500-1800+ and instead wait for a 2013 release or plump up the extra cash for the SSD-loaded, RAM-fuelled Retina display version.
There's also no avoiding the fact that this is a pricey machine. There are similar Windows-based PCs out there that will cost many hundreds of pounds less, and that does pose the argument to turn to the main opposition as a consideration. Most Ultrabooks, however, haven't quite managed to combine the power with the overall built quality of Apple's devices quite yet - that's something that Apple really has got down to an art.
Overall there's still a lot of love to be had for the MacBook Pro. Externally it might not be quite so fresh, but it's still a classic. Paired with the improved connections and all that internal power it's still up there with the best laptops on the market today. After a week of use it feels just as effortless now as it did when it first loaded with incredible speed - and it's things like that which make all the difference in day-to-day schedules.
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Keeza graduated from Washington College in 2001 with a double major in Political Science and Theatre and a minor in History. After graduating, she moved to New York City to become a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs, which launched a career in politics in New York. In 2004, she left the city to work for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), one of the largest and most politically active labor unions in the country. Keeza became AFSCME's Political and Legislative Coordinator for New York State in 2005. In her capacity with AFSCME, she has worked all over the country on Presidential and issue campaigns.
In between all of that craziness, Keeza continued artistic pursuits. She is a resident actor with The Illustrious Theatre Company in Warwick, NY, where she set designed and acted in A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Fantasticks (which she directed through the Riverside Players at WC in 2000). She also was a founding member of The Spontaneous Evolution Ensemble Theatre (S.E.E. Theatre) in New York City and also became an Artistic Associate, mostly set-designing, for The Cardboard Box Collaborative in Philadelphia, founded by WC alumnae Lindsay Krieg '00 and Mindy Beers '01. She also designed the set for The Beginning of August at Allen's Lane Theatre in Philadelphia, directed by Mindy Beers. She most recently has become a member of the Saratoga Theatre Company in Upstate New York.
And yet, Keeza has always remained true to her first love of music. Starting violin lessons at the ripe age of 3, Keeza has been classically trained in violin, piano, flute and sitar. Along the way, she taught herself guitar, viola, string bass, banjo, ukulele, drums, saxophone, trumpet, mandolin—you name it, she's probably played it. She was a founding member of the band, Dancing for Nickels, in her hometown of Syracuse (who played WC a few times) and has performed all over as a solo musician, from the boardwalk of Ocean City, MD to Cebu, Philippines. Keeza was also a violinist with the Lawyer's Orchestra of New York City and is currently a violinist with the Delmar Community Orchestra. In an effort to merge her love for music and theatre, she is still working on a musical with Mindy, Dangling Parts.
Keeza has been published in the Gotham Gazette on election reform issues and has sat on numerous political panels and radio shows. She serves as the Vice-Chair for the Coro Alumni Association, is helping to raise funds for the new Gibson Performing Arts Center and will be training for a 100-mile bike ride in June for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. If that wasn't crazy enough, she's considering going back to grad school or law school—in her copious amounts of spare time, of course. Keeza resides in Albany, NY.
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Bill Rancic on Amy Robach's Public Cancer Battle: 'She is Going To Save Lives'
"She chose the harder path and she did it for a reason," he said.
Nov. 12, 2013 -- "Good Morning America's" Amy Robach revealed on Monday that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and that on Nov. 14, she will undergo a bilateral mastectomy followed by reconstructive surgery.
For a woman who had her first mammogram on air on Oct. 1 for "GMA" Goes Pink day, it must have been a complete shock.
Robach, 40, admitted that she is "gearing up for a fight" and that she is as "mentally and physically as prepared as anyone can be in this situation."
Robach married former "Melrose Place" star Andrew Shue in 2010 and only someone who's been through what he must be going through right now can imagine seeing the love of your life battle this disease.
Read: ABC New's Amy Robach Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis
One person is Bill Rancic, whose wife Giuliana, also a TV personality for E! with a platform to raise cancer awareness, announced her breast cancer diagnosis in October 2011 and had a double mastectomy a couple months later.
ABC News spoke with Rancic on Monday as part of the finals for Small Business Big Game, a competition he's championing. The competition will eventually award one small business with its own 30-second Super Bowl advertisement.
"I applaud Amy for her bravery," he said. "She chose the harder path and she did it for a reason. She's using her platform wisely. It's not easy. We've been through it. It's a lot easier to just go quietly and cry in the closet and not let anyone know. The fact that she's doing this, she is going to save lives."
The season 1 winner of "The Apprentice" added that while his wife has droves of fans who love her on "E! News" and "Fashion Police," Giuliana's real legacy is, as will be Robach's, is the women they inspire to get tested.
"Your legacy will be you've saved so many lives in the process," he said of Robach. "With breast cancer, it's all about early detection. If you catch it early, you have a 98% chance it will never come back. If she can get one woman to go in and get a mammogram because of her actions and what she did today. That's a pretty fulfilled life!"
Related: Giuliana Rancic says 'Duke's Been My Salvation' After Breast Cancer
As the spouse of someone who has gone through the cancer battle and come out on the other side, Rancic had some words of wisdom for Shue.
"As the spouse, you have to wear a lot of hats," he said. "You become a short order cook and comedian and the motivational speaker in the family. And the male nurse. Giuliana was calling me Greg Focker for a long time. The best role a caregiver can play is helping the spouse make the right decision. For me, it was taking the emotion out of the decision making process and arming her with knowledge. We were making decisions on knowledge and getting the guidance and the help from the experts out there."
In fact, Rancic made sure to tell his wife that all he cared about was her being in his life for years to come and that nothing else mattered.
"I said to her 'Honey, I don't care what you look like, I just need you around for the next 50 years,'" he said. "It was a sigh of relief. As a woman, when you have to go in for a double mastectomy, it's scary and you're going to lose some of you, and to me that didn't even matter."
Note: To vote on the final four companies -- Locally Laid Egg Company, Dairy Poop, Barley Labs and GoldieBlox -- visit Intuit's Small Business Big Game and pick which small business you believe deserves a spot during the Super Bowl.


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If you ever need a tangible example of evolving technology, look no further than the advancements of digital cameras over the past few years. Today's cameras have faster response times, produce fewer occurrences of red-eye in shots and boast greater zoom lenses with more megapixels — all for prices that look like bargains compared with even last summer.
One of the most visually defining features of the digicam is its LCD viewing screen, and camera makers have steadily increased the sizes of these screens; those that once measured about an inch diagonally now measure over three inches. The results are breathtaking: Crisp, bright displays offer a beautiful way to view photos.
Some of these screens are so large that they take over the entire back side of the camera, edging out useful features like optical viewfinders. Buttons, too, are seen as hogging precious real estate on these pocket-size devices. The solution? Replacing regular LCD screens with touch screens that work as viewing screens, viewfinders and buttons rolled into one.
Removing glare from pets' eyes is possible on the HP Photosmart R937.
This week, I tested two $300 digital cameras from Hewlett-Packard Co. and Pentax Imaging Co. that use large touch screens: the HP Photosmart R937 and the Optio T30. Both took gorgeous photographs, but I focused on how touch screens changed the way I used each camera, and found it took me far less time to become acquainted with functions thanks to the more direct nature of on-screen buttons. For example, left and right arrows that appeared on-screen beside an image could be touched to move from one photo to the next, while a tiny on-screen trash bin icon deleted pics once pressed. In-camera editing was also made simpler with these screens.
But because these camera screens are multifunctional, they must be clearly visible at all times — even in bright light or sunshine — and I found myself squinting to see both screens in the sunlight. In situations like this, an optical viewfinder would at least let you clearly see the subject of photos. On both cameras, the review or playback buttons remained as physical buttons, rather than touch-screen buttons.
The touch technology in these camera screens isn't as advanced as "multi-touch," which is used in Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Microsoft Corp.'s Surface Computing. But it is incredibly useful and will change the way you use your digital camera.
While the HP Photosmart R937 turns heads with its giant 3.6-inch screen, this device is too big and heavy to be categorized as a pocket camera. The Pentax Optio T30's generous three-inch screen is smaller than that of the HP, helping this camera retain the fashionably thin look sought after in the pocket camera category.
The technical specifications of the H-P and Pentax cameras are quite comparable. They offer 8 and 7.1 megapixels, respectively, with 3x optical zoom lenses and digital image stabilization technology to aid shaky hands. Pentax says its Optio T30 will last for 200 shots on a full battery, while H-P claims 190 shots.
A touch-screen menu on the Pentax Optio T30
The $300 (after a $50 rebate) Pentax Optio T30 shipped in April as a follow-up to its two touch-screen predecessors: the Optio T10 (brought out a little over a year ago) and the Optio T20 (last fall).
A series of menus appear when you tap the center of the Optio T30 screen. In capturing mode, for example, a screen tap pulls up four menus: Capture Palette, Flash Mode, Drive Mode and Focus Mode.
The Capture Palette menu displays 16 different icons, one for each mode in which the camera can be set prior to taking a photo. It was a relief to see these large, colorful icons rather than trying to decipher confusing text descriptions or unrelated icons representing each mode. Tapping on an icon brought up a one-line, large-print explanation of it and tapping the on-screen "OK" button set the camera in that mode. Portrait mode, for example, brightens skin tones, while Sport keeps the camera in focus until the shutter is released — ideal for fast-moving subjects.
Most people will likely opt to keep their Optio T30 in default automatic mode, and this requires no touch button adjustments whatsoever. But I was more inclined than usual to switch into different modes using this camera. Knowing that I could tap the screen a couple times to adjust for various situations was a lot more appealing than digging through a list of options in a hidden menu, then finding the right button to select that option.
The Pentax Optio T30's touch screen also allows for on-screen editing, such as drawing on a photo with an included stylus (my fingernail worked, too). You can also use what Pentax calls "stamps" — little cartoon icons that can be added to a photo. I made my own stamp by drawing an on-screen circle around flowers in one of my photos, copying the flowers and using them as a stamp in other images. This could come in handy if you need to superimpose someone's head into a photo for which he or she wasn't present.
The HP Photosmart R937 will ship the first week in August, marking H-P's foray into the touch-screen digital camera scene. It measures over twice the cubic volume of the Pentax, but strangely, its zoom lens doesn't protrude when in use — a feature often found in slim fashion cameras that doesn't make much sense on this bulky model.
The R937's stunningly large screen makes room for instructional icons that appear around the perimeter of the screen, and each can be tapped for direct access to a menu. For example, a box in the top right of the screen tells you how many megapixels the next photo will capture, and tapping on this box drops you into an image quality screen where you can adjust megapixels. Another on-screen icon for the flash works similarly — one tap and you're in the correct adjustment menu.
Like the Pentax, the R937 works in default automatic mode without any adjusting. But again, different shooting modes (12 to be exact) were easy to change using touch menus. I found the H-P's in-camera editing to be the most interesting aspect of this gadget. While reviewing photos, I opened an on-screen Design Gallery menu and found options for removing red eyes, enhancing photos like making the people in my photos look slimmer, and applying any of 13 artistic effects, like turning an image into a cartoon or a kaleidoscope-like view. I tweaked many of my photos using only touch-screen buttons, then saved the edited versions in addition to my old versions.
Time and time again while using both of these cameras, I realized that when commands were right on the screen where I could touch them to select what I wanted to do, the camera's overall usability was improved and once-buried menus were demystified.
Touch screens and digital cameras make a good pair. I only wish that the screen quality on these cameras was high enough to stand up to bright sunlight. The HP Photosmart R937 is a bit too bulky, though it feels sturdy in your hand and its 3.6-inch screen is a boon. The Pentax Optio T30's size and simplified touch user interface make it a good buy.
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Anyone who would rise against my new Horde will be impaled upon the Spires of Orgrimmar!
- Garrosh
The Siege of Orgrimmar is a raid released as part of Patch 5.4 and is the final raid of the Mists of Pandaria expansion. The raid is divided into 4 wings: Vale of Eternal Sorrows, Gates of Retribution, The Underhold, and Downfall.
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Circa Patch 5.4.7, as of March 18, 2014 (in the US) and March 20, 2014 (in EU), the Siege of Orgrimmar raid is available for cross-realm grouping.[1]
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- Ahead of the Curve: Garrosh Hellscream (10 player)ω τ ϖ
- Ahead of the Curve: Garrosh Hellscream (25 player)ω τ ϖ
- Cutting Edge: Garrosh Hellscream (10 player)ω τ ϖ
- Cutting Edge: Garrosh Hellscream (25 player)ω τ ϖ
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A chest is wheeled out to Garrosh Hellscream, standing in the excavation site in the Veil of Eternal Blossoms.
Garrosh Hellscream says: Hmmmm, it thirsts!
Garrosh Hellscream says: Bring it to the pools!
Garrosh walks past the fight between Garrosh's Horde and the Pandaren, Horde and Alliance.
Taran Zhu yells: Enough!
Taran Zhu says: You have run rampant for far too long Hellscream! But that stops now!
Garrosh Hellscream says: Mwahahahaha, step aside Pandaren, you confront a force beyond reckoning.
Taran Zhu says: Your father dabbled in powers beyond reckoning, where is he now?
Garrosh Hellscream yells: AAAAAARRGGHHH!
A fight breaks out, Garrosh is physically stronger, but Taran Zhu is a Monk. Garrosh swings Gorehowl but embeds it in the wooden planks below. Taran Zhu swings back with his staff, only for Garrosh to grab it! Taran Zhu then attempts to blast Garrosh back with magic, but Garrosh is too powerful, and Taran Zhu slides back along the planks.
Garrosh roars again, and swings at Taran Zhu, Taran Zhu catches the blow in his staff, and forms a quick disarming maneuver. Gorehowl slides past Taran Zhu. Garrosh doesn't like this. Taran Zhu looks up, only to see Garrosh's first coming towards him. Garrosh punches him in the face! Taran Zhu falls off the plank, he's about to hit the water when he jumps upwards and returns the blow with an upward strike on Garrosh's jaw.
Taran Zhu says: I have fought beside the Trolls, Tauren and others, you are nothing like them.
As Taran Zhu launches himself in the air, to kick Garrosh. However Garrosh leaps aside, and Taran Zhu gets his foot stuck in the planks.
Garrosh grabs a nearby chain and whips it round at Taran Zhu, he then uses it to pull Taran Zhu to him, impaling him on Gorehowl.
Garrosh Hellscream yells: They are no longer a part of my new Horde!
Taran Zhu says: The world will... hear of this... they will... come for you
Garrosh Hellscream says: Yes! I'm counting on it
Vision of a lot of ships coming for Garrosh, Horde, Alliance, Mercenaries, and all other associated hanger ons.
Garrosh Hellscream says: The armies of the world will come for me, and within my fortress they will face all the terrible creatures I have wrought, the boundless power I have mastered. And one by one they will fall at my feet. Any who would rise against my new Horde will be impaled upon the spires of Orgrimmar!
Garrosh Hellscream says: You Pandaren try to bury your hate and your anger, but such power cannot be contained.
Garrosh Hellscream yells: It must be unleashed!
Garrosh breaks open the chest, showing Y'Shaarj's beating heart, Taran Zhu watches saddened, as a butterfly turns the colour of a sha, and then turns to dust.
Taran Zhu says: A time will come, when you will answer for your crimes!
Garrosh tips the chest into the waters.
Garrosh Hellscream yells: I answer to no one!
A massive vortex of evil Sha energies erupts from the pool, making a terrible mess of the Veil. Garrosh walks along the planks as the massive Sha explosion takes place behind him.
Garrosh Hellscream says: All who challenge me will burn in the fires of my hatred!
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- Patch 5.4.7hotfix3 (12-Mar-2014) Cross-realm grouping enabled.
- Patch 5.4.0 (10-Sep-2013): Added.
References Edit
- ^ Rygarius 2014-03-18. Siege of Orgrimmar: Cross-realm Raids Enabled. Official Gameplay and Guides > Dungeons, Raids and Scenarios forum (US).
Takralus 2014-03-19. Siege of Orgrimmar: Cross-realm Raids Enabled. Official Gameplay > Raids and Dungeons (EU).
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My husband and I were given the opportunity to taste-test the food and the wine samplings (called flights), compliments of owner Steve Herzon In a shopping center with quite a few restaurant choices, it was our lucky night to wine and dine at Flight. I'm more interested in returning and checking out the rest of the menu than trying out some of the familiar chain restaurants in this shopping maze.
The American, eclectic menu is available for dinner only from Monday through Sunday. For starters, we enjoyed the Ahi tuna plate and the beet salad. Yummy. From there, our main courses were Cedar Plank Roasted Salmon and the Meyer Ranch Skirt Steak topped with Parmesan cheese and onions. More yummy. And there's literally multiple choices to fit anybody's dining preferences.
There are cheese plates and snack plates (hummus, fish tacos, beef and pork sliders, etc.) which are convenient light bites to go along with their amazing selection of wine, beer and mixed bar drinks. Two separate areas are available to eat or drink whatever you wish – one in the bar where people sit on high stools conversing the night away and the restaurant area which has lovely place settings available for a leisurely dinner.
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This group of islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador contain a great many living species, particularly birds and reptiles. The miraculous diversity that Darwin observed here led him to conclude, in contrast to many others at the time, that all living things had come into existence as the result of chance. He was unable to appreciate the infinite might of God, the Creator of them all. He should have been influenced by the artistry in the universe and as a researcher, have immediately comprehended this fact. But he actually followed a logic that was diametrically opposed.
Although he collected thousands of specimen and preserved them in alcohol, he was interested only in finch species and when he investigated them, made very narrow-minded deductions. Naturally, the thinness, length of shortness of finch beaks can be examined. Yet nobody who thinks along rational and scientific lines should make a deduction solely on the basis of such an investigation about the origin of all living things—for instance how giant whales, different kinds of elephant, flies with their wondrous acrobatic ability, the butterflies with marvelous symmetry on their wings, different fish living under the sea, shellfish, birds, reptiles and, most important of all human beings possessed of reason and consciousness.2009-08-15 13:18:01


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Gun control has become a metaphor for the way our Congress doesn't work these days.
Proponents of the defeated gun background checks bill are looking at ways to amend it in hopes of getting the votes of push it through. Meanwhile, at least one senator, as well as the House of Representatives are pushing measures to either relax existing gun control laws or broaden situations where guns are allowed.
My question is, why try to jump the Grand Canyon flat-footed if you're a turtle?
What I mean by that is that politics is supposed to be the art of the possible. But it appears that it's become the art of public demagoguery in order to rally your voter base. The desire to actually accomplish anything for this country appears to be dead.
I do not see how constantly erecting straw man legislation and then voting on it does anything for the people. I know that there are times when a lawmaker will introduce legislation they don't have much hope of passing to make a statement about deeply-held principles. I've done this myself. But when this becomes the only thing that Congress is doing, it starts looking like cheap demagoguery designed to deepen the culture wars and lock your sliver of the vote in place for the next election.
We call these kinds of things "hero deals," and done in moderation, they are not only harmless, but can serve a purpose. However, the purpose of a governing body is to govern, not do endless "hero deals" for the cameras.
Surely there is something besides pumping more money into unneeded defense contracts and going on lobbyist-provided junkets that the members of Congress can agree on. Frankly, I'd like to lock all of them up in a dormitory and make them eat beans and sleep on cots until they agree to start governing for the common good and what is best for the people of the United States of America.
Given the deference they are accustomed to, I think one night of this torture should break almost all of them.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators backing gun control are discussing ways to revise the defeated Senate background check bill to help win the votes they need to resuscitate the measure.
Among the changes they might consider are limiting the fees buyers would pay at gun shows, adding provisions dealing with the mentally ill and altering language extending the background checkrequirement to all online sales, senators said Tuesday.
Supporters fell five votes short when the Senate defeated legislation last month that would have extended required federal background checks to more buyers.
That vote, four months after the massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators at a school in Newtown, Conn., was a defeat for President Barack Obama and gun control advocates. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has promised to revisit the issue, perhaps by early summer.
While Senate Democrats hunted more votes to expand background checks, the Republican-run House took a step in the opposite direction Wednesday, voting to make the system less restrictive for some veterans.
The House Veterans Affairs Committee voted by voice to require a judge or magistrate to declare a veteran is dangerous before the name is entered in the background check system's database of people barred from getting firearms. Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs sends the system the names of veterans it has declared unable to manage their financial affairs — 127,000 names since 1998.
Supporters of the measure said veterans who can't handle their money aren't necessarily dangerous. The department opposes the measure, saying veterans in the database already have the ability to appeal.
Gun rights advocates were also taking the offensive in the Senate.
The chamber planned to vote Wednesday on a measure by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., allowing firearms on land owned by the Army Corps of Engineers if it didn't conflict with state law. (Read the rest here.)


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