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LONG BEACH, California – By closely mapping the mass of an enormous galactic collision, astronomers may have uncovered a type of force that only affects dark matter.
The results come from observations of the Musket Ball Cluster, a vast celestial object located about 5.23 billion light-years away in the constellation Cancer. Galaxies are usually gravitationally bound to other galaxies, creating massive galactic clusters. The Musket Ball Cluster is an example of what happens when two such galactic clusters – each composed of hundreds of individual galaxies – crash into one another.
Scientists know the visible stars in these galaxies make up only about 2 percent of the total mass in the cluster. About 12 percent of the mass is found in hot gas, which shines in X-ray wavelengths, while the remaining roughly 86 percent is made of invisible dark matter. Because the galaxies make up so little of the mass of the system and the spaces between them are so large, they don't really do much of the crashing. Odds are that they will simply sail by one another as the clusters merge. It's mostly the gas that collides, causing it to slow down and fall behind the galaxies.
The dark matter is mapped using a quirk in Einstein's theories of gravity. According to General Relativity, the gravitational fields of massive objects like galaxies bend light. If there is a large galaxy in the way of a distant light source, observers on Earth will see that light distorted, often into a ring-like shape, like the Hubble image at left. By looking at how light from a distant object is bent by the Musket Ball Cluster, scientists can infer where the dark matter is.
But when astronomers did this with high precision, they discovered something odd: The dark matter clumps were slowing down relative to the visible galaxies in the cluster.
"We see this offset between the dark matter and the galaxies of about 19,000 light-years," said astronomer William Dawson of the University of California, Davis, who presented his team's result during a talk Jan. 7 here at the American Astronomical Society 2013 meeting.
The reason this is strange is that dark matter is thought to barely interact with itself. The dark matter should just coast through itself and move at the same speed as the hardly interacting galaxies. Instead, it looks like the dark matter is crashing into something – perhaps itself – and slowing down faster than the galaxies are. But this would require the dark matter to be able to interact with itself in a completely new an unexpected way, a "dark force" that affects only dark matter. This would be a new fundamental force of the universe, in addition to the four known forces: gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak forces.
Such a force has been speculated theoretically in previous work and even searched for in small colliders but, if Dawson's results turn out to be true, this would be the first observational evidence of its existence. Though the dark force is not part of any current model of physics, it could help explain certain behavior seen in dark matter.
In particular it would help solve the core/cusp problem, an outstanding mystery seen in dwarf galaxies and star clusters. If dark matter only feels the force of gravity, it should tend to clump in the center of these objects. But astronomers over and over observe the opposite: The dark matter in dwarf galaxies and star clusters is evenly distributed. If dark matter can interact through some sort of dark force, it can bump into itself and puff out, like a hot gas.
The finding could help open up observations of the so-called "dark sector," a hypothetical set of forces and particles that don't affect our own ordinary matter. Though dark matter models tend to assume the particles are simple and have no extra forces, there's no particular reason this should be. Dawson suggested imagining some alien, scientific beings composed entirely of dark matter, who might not even consider that our version of matter has so many complex forces and interactions because they can't detect them.
While agreeing that the results are neat and have a potentially huge payoff, astronomer Douglas Finkbeiner of Harvard, who was not involved in the work, isn't completely convinced by them yet. "It is good to remember that every such hint of exotic dark matter particle properties has always been wrong," he wrote in an email to Wired.
Finkbeiner should know. In 2008, he was part of research team that thought it had glimpsed a signal of a dark force in data from the PAMELA satellite. The results ended up being discounted a few years later.
Dawson knows his findings are preliminary, and even he is fairly skeptical of the dark force interpretation. His team can say with roughly 85 percent confidence that what they are observing is due to dark matter interacting with itself.
"Those are good odds in Las Vegas, but as scientists we can't make grand claims with there still being a 15 or 20 percent possibility of this being noise in the measurement," he said. The bending of light by massive objects is very tricky to observe, and it could turn out there is some problem in the team's measurements.
For now, Dawson is working with his collaborators to analyze data from other massive galaxy cluster collisions and also discover new ones. If they see the same results on these systems, it would bolster the idea of a possible dark force. Otherwise, it will mean that dark matter is fairly simple and scientists need other explanations for the core/cusp problem.
"We need observations to either reign in the theoretical musings or motivate people to think harder about their dark matter models," said Dawson.


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The labyrinth seal consists of two parts: the housing cover and a labyrinth ring. Both are split. The cover is bolted to the housing body and does not rotate. The labyrinth ring is bolted onto a shaft sleeve and rotates with the shaft. The V-ring seals have a long seal lip that seals axially against the cover. They are located radially by steel clamping bands and axially by the labyrinth ring. For housings with one V-ring seal, a PTFE strip, mounted in a groove in the cover, provides additional protection.
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I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship. We have tried you good people of the public and we have found you wanting.Making sure her audience was under no delusions, she explained briefly and clearly why the fire wasn't an unusual event:
This is not the first time girls have been burned alive in the city. Every week I must learn of the untimely death of one of my sister workers. Every year thousands of us are maimed. The life of men and women is so cheap and poverty is so sacred. There are so many of us for one job it matters little if 146 of us are burned to death.Frances Perkins, a witness to the fire who later served as Secretary of Labor for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also heard Schneiderman's speech at the meeting. Recalling it many decades later, Perkins said:
I'll never forget this was the first time I ever had heard Rose Schneiderman speak....She was an unknown little girl, a little red headed girl; she couldn't have been, - well, she couldn't have come up to my shoulder. Very small type but with red hair, fiery red hair, and blazing eyes and pretty too...a voice that carried in the Metropolitan Opera House. Wonderful what a speech she made, and I remember how moved we all were by this girl who was a member of that union, you see, the Ladies' Dress and Waist Union. [The women factory workers in the audience] were all eligible for membership in her union, and she took them all in with the most beautiful speech....Many would disagree that her speeches were beautiful--but they certainly made plain the plight of the garment workers. When a state legislator complained a year later about the indelicacy of women getting involved in politics, she replied, "We have women working in the foundries, stripped to the waist, if you please, because of the heat. Yet the Senator says nothing about these women losing their charm. They have got to retain their charm and delicacy and work in foundries. Of course, you know the reason they are employed in foundries is that they are cheaper and work longer hours than men. Women in the laundries, for instance, stand for 13 or 14 hours in the terrible steam and heat with their hands in hot starch. Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round."
Here's what you can learn from this compelling speech:
- Don't waste your moment: Schneiderman had a live audience wanting to do something to address the wrongs the fire represented, and a city united in its grief. She didn't fritter away that moment with platitudes.
- Keep it simple to keep it powerful: This speech's six paragraphs are models of simple language and simple sentence structure. Adjectives and adverbs are at a minimum, and active verbs take precedence. That allowed her to make strong statements fast--and concisely.
- Use your authority: Speaking as a former garment worker and daughter of a tailor, as well as someone who'd seen the inside of more factories than her audiences had, Schneiderman had the authority to speak on her subject firsthand. As a witness, she used declarative sentences to push forward what she'd seen and how it looked. With few who could counter her, the words became that much more powerful.
- Cut to the chase: Schneiderman's opening line -- "I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship" -- announced at once her point of view and her focus. She let her listeners know right away they wouldn't be hearing a flowery mourner's speech, but a call to action.
- Use the invisible visual: The image of the burned bodies laid out on the sidewalks was still fresh in the audience's minds, and she took advantage of it, using it in her first sentence to focus the mind's eye of her listeners with the most dramatic image.
This year marks 100 years since the fire and this speech. Schneiderman's words were a game-changer, inspiring scores of actions, laws and other protections for workers, as well as inspiring future activists like Perkins. What do you think of this famous speech?
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The City of Portland has made the decision to ban plastic straws from the Clock Tower Cafe, located within City Hall, and is urging other businesses to follow suit. City Manager Jon Jennings made the decision at the July 18 Sustainability & Transportation Committee meeting following a presentation on single-use plastics from Phoebe MacDonald, a third-grader at Ocean Avenue Elementary School, who encouraged the Council Committee to ban plastic straws or adopt alternatives.
"Last night Phoebe challenged us all to be better when it comes to protecting our environment from single use items," said Councilor Spencer Thibodeau, Chair of the Committee. "I am grateful that the City Manager has made the change to ban plastic straws at City Hall and the Sustainability and Transportation Committee challenges all Portland businesses to take measures to do the same."
"I want to thank Phoebe for her leadership and for proving that no matter how old you are, you can still make a difference," said City Manager Jon Jennings. "I'm excited to implement 'Phoebe's Rule' here at City Hall, and hope that it inspires others to do the same."
Ms. MacDonald passed out aluminum straws to the Councilors and audience members following a question and answer session with the Committee. Councilors Thibodeau, Batson and Ray then further discussed the idea of banning plastic straws outright in the city of Portland. The Committee decided it wants City staff to poll business owners ahead of holding a public hearing and discussing the issue further at its September meeting.


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Roll & Hill had an impressive showing at ICFF in New York this last Spring when they presented the newest editions to their growing collection. Founder and designer Jason Miller, along with designers Jonas Damon, Lindsey Adams Adelman, Paul Loebach and Jonah Takagi, have applied a fresh perspective to rethinking the form and finish of pendant lighting, table lamps and wall sconces. Here is what the team at Roll & Hill have dreamed up this year:
Endless Pendant, Hanging Straight – 3 Units, also available in 5 Units, designed by Jason Miller
Endless Pendant, Rectangle – 12 Units, designed by Jason Miller
Knotty Bubbles Chandelier – 10 Bubbles, also available in Single Pendant and Wall Sconce, designed by Lindsey Adams Adelman
More from Roll & Hill for 2011 ….


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USDA – Red Meat Production Up In South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS - The U.S. Department of Agriculture says red meat production in South Dakota is up 11 percent compared to a year ago.
The USDA says red meat production totaled 100.2 million pounds in January, which is up 1 percent from December. .
Hog slaughter totaled 430,600 head during January. This is up from 402,300 head in January 2012. The average live weight was 271 pounds, which was down 1 pound from the year before.
The USDA says pork, lamb and sheep production were also up in January compared to a year ago. The total of 300 head is up 100 from a year prior. The average live weight was 115 pounds, which is unchanged from January 2012.
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It's likely most cattlemen haven't trod the streets of New York City very much. For good reason, what with its reputation as a seething, crowded mass of humanity.
However, according to Alex Avery with the Hudson Institute Center for Global Food Issues, if you really want seething, crowded masses of humanity, take a side trip to Beijing, Bangalore or Calcutta. There, he says, you will get a glimpse of the world's future...and yours.
"Bottom line, world food demand 40 years from now will be at least twice as high as it is today, perhaps closer to tripling. That means that by the year 2050, humanity will have to produce twice as much food every year, year after year, than we currently produce."
That's a problem and an opportunity, he told cattlemen attending BEEF magazine's recent BEEF Quality Summit (BQS) in Colorado Springs. The problem is this: "We don't have a lot of additional farmland we can bring into production to meet that challenge."
And the opportunity? If allowed to use the production technologies available to us, we don't have to.
World population growing. The world population is 6.5 billion people and is projected to grow to 8.5 to 9 billion by 2050, Avery says. From a purely practical standpoint, that's a lot more mouths to feed in a relatively short period of time. However, more and more of those new and hungry mouths will come into the world in much more affluent surroundings than did their parents. And it's the growing affluence of major populations like China and India that will drive the escalating worldwide demand for food.
Avery points to China, which has 21% of the world's population. Over the last 12-14 years, Chinese meat consumption has more than doubled. "And they still eat, on a per-capita basis, less than half the animal protein we eat in North America. The projections are, in 2045 or 2050, the Chinese will eat twice as much meat as they do today."
That's due to a worldwide truism – as populations grow more affluent, their consumption changes from a primarily plant-based diet to a meat-based diet.
How can U.S. cattlemen supply beef's part of that global dietary increase in meat consumption without taking land away from wildlife and other uses? By doing what they have done, by and large, for the last 50+ years – taking advantage of production technologies that allow them to produce more pounds of beef per acre and per animal.
To prove that point, Avery undertook some research funded by the Get It group, a consortium of pharmaceutical companies that produce livestock growth promotants. Using data from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Avery concluded that just by using growth promotants, cattlemen reduced the land required to produce 1 lb. of beef by 67% and greenhouse gas emissions from beef production by 40%.
On an acre-day basis, the data show that beef produced in an organic, grass-fed system requires 5.04 acre-days to produce l lb. of retail beef. A conventional feedyard finishing system without growth promotants takes 1.99 acre-days to produce 1 lb. of beef, and finishing cattle in a feedyard with the help of growth promotants nets 1.64 acre-days/1 lb. of consumable beef.
Put on an equivalent "miles-per-acre" (mpa) basis to make it more understandable, Avery says a conventional feedyard finishing system using growth promotants produces 52.3 mpa, higher than a Honda Civic hybrid. Cattle finished in a feedyard without growth promotants get 43 mpa, and cattle produced on an organic grass-fed system get 17 mpa, equivalent to a Hummer H3.
Avery says that more than 95% of the beef produced in the U.S. comes from a conventional feedyard production system using growth promotants.
"Their use over the past 50+ years (since 1956) has proven beneficial not only to beef producers, but to consumers and the environment, who benefit from lower costs and more efficient use of scarce natural resources," he says.
Not just meat. But it's not just animal protein in the diet. "How many cotton outfits do you have in your closet?" he asked the BQS crowd. "We have a lot. And that takes acreage. Twenty, 30 years ago, the average Chinese had two outfits. The average (person in India) had two or three outfits. Compare that with your own wardrobe and that's where they're going. If every adult Chinese male has just one additional beer a week, that's (an extra) 3.25 billion gals. of beer annually. That's a lot of grain."
There are only two ways to meet global food demand, Avery says. "We can take more land from nature or produce more per acre or per animal. No other human activity has greater impact on the environment than agriculture, and the more land-efficient we can make our agriculture, the more environmentally friendly it will be."
Using 1960 productivity levels, just to produce today's food supply, we'd need to plow down an additional 15-20 million square miles of wildlife habitat. That's Canada, the U.S., half of Brazil and half of Western Europe. That's how much wildlife habitat has been saved by synthetic fertilizers, plant breeding, pesticides and yes, cattle hormones."
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April 14, 2011 -- New research raises hopes that a so-called "artificial pancreas" can help patients with type 1 diabetes better control their disease.
Adults with type 1 diabetes in a newly published study showed improvements in overnight blood sugar control when an experimental computer-assisted device was used, with fewer episodes of levels dropping to dangerously low levels.
For decades, researchers have searched unsuccessfully for a way to automatically coordinate insulin delivery with real-time changes in glucose to maintain optimal blood sugar levels with minimal effort.
Technological advances have led to commercial devices that continuously monitor blood sugar, as well as insulin pumps.
Researchers are now attempting to tie the two together using sophisticated computer software.
In studies in children with type 1 diabetes, the experimental devices proved to be better than conventional insulin pump delivery for maintaining optimal blood sugar control during the night.
The new study, published today in BMJ Online First, is among the first to show the same thing in adults.
Overnight Glucose Control
Nighttime episodes of low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, are common in patients with type 1diabetes, and can cause seizures and even sudden death.
"In children and young adults with type 1 diabetes, nighttime hypoglycemia represents the greatest risk for death," American Diabetes Association past president Larry C. Deeb, MD, tells WebMD.
It is also among the biggest dangers for adult patients.
The new research compared an experimental computer algorithm, which coordinated glucose monitoring and delivery to traditional insulin pump delivery in 24 adults with type 1 diabetes who had used an insulin pump for at least three months before enrollment.
In one scenario, 12 patients who ate a moderate-sized meal early in the evening were assigned to either the experimental artificial pancreas or conventional insulin pump therapy during overnight hours for two nights, separated by a period of one to three weeks.
The design was similar to a second scenario, except that the 12 remaining patients ate a heavier meal later in the evening and the meal included wine.
"The point of this was to test the devices in different real-world situations," says study researcher Roman Hovorka of the University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories.
In both scenarios, use of the computer-assisted model resulted in better overnight glucose control compared to traditional insulin pump delivery. The time spent with blood sugar levels in the target range increased by up to about 28% with the closed-loop insulin delivery.
Roadblocks to Artificial Pancreas
Deeb says the research in children and adults provide strong evidence that a fully automated, practical system for coordinating blood sugar monitoring and insulin delivery is possible and will improve nighttime blood sugar control.
But in the studies reported so far, nurses manually transmitted data from the glucose monitors to the computer and transmitted insulin injection recommendations from the computer to the insulin pump to ensure that patients got appropriate doses of insulin.
Hovorka says the technology exists to make the process fully automatic, but the researchers have not received approval to test the technology.
Technological challenges to a fully automated artificial pancreas also remain, and the path to approval is far from certain, Spyros G. Mezitis, MD, of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, tells WebMD.
'The FDA is likely to be very cautious about approving these devices," he says. "The investigators will have to prove that they are safe."
Deeb says he would like to see a first-generation artificial pancreas approved for nighttime use within the next year.
"FDA is being abundantly cautious and that is understandable," he says. "But my feeling is that if it is not yet time to approve them, it certainly will be soon."


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Ext.ux.grid.property.Grid is a extension with some helpful features, like Grouping, disabled fields or additional columns.
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Ext.ux.grid.property.Grid is a extension with some helpful features, like Grouping, disabled fields or additional columns.
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This is nice. thanks!
Hi all, I am completely new to extjs. May I know how to use this grouping property grid? What are the settings need to be done to use this? What are the js files and css files that i need to include in my page?
I realised that in the example given, it has this renderTo: 'editor-grid' and also renderTo: Ext.getBody().
Is it possible that I declare my grouping property grid in another js file which is outside of the onReady()? Because I encountered this Ext.getBody() returns me null when i use firefox firebug to test it. I was told that anything outside of onReady(), Ext.getBody() will return null.
And then i saw that the Grid.js which is where the 'Ext.ux.grid.property.Grid' is defined, its initComponent functions requires Ext.getBody(). Does that means that if i have to declare my grouping property grid in another js file outside of onReady(), this grouping property grid won't work for me?
Is there any other grouping property grid out there that suitable for my case? All i need is just a property grid that has grouping features, and allow different celleditor per row.
Can anyone advise me what to do? Thank you in advance.
I got this error with this component:
Do you have an idea to solve this?PHP Code:
TypeError: this.ownerCt.columnManager is undefined
return this.ownerCt.columnManager.getColumns();
Does anyone port this to 4.2?
Harry? Do still maitain your good component?
ExtJs : 4.2.1
Has someone ported it to 4.2 meanwhile? Would be nice to use it there..
pull request opened to fix type error issue in 4.2.1 @ github. Not sure if the repository is still being maintained.
The editor always scrolls back to top after changing the value of an item near bottom. Is there any solution, so that the editor does not change the scrollposition after changing values?Does anybody have an idea which function/event causes this behaviour? I found "preserveScrollOnRefresh" and set it to the view but it does not change the behaviour, also the view is not firing the refresh event.


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A day after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit to prevent Anheuser-Busch InBev NV's (BUD, ABI.BT) bid to buy Grupo Modelo SA (GPMCY, GMODELO.MX), Constellation Brands Inc.
The wine and spirits maker has a lot to lose if regulators successfully squash InBev's $20.1 billion bid to buy the rest of Modelo it doesn't already own. The company's annual sales were projected to double if it won full control of Crown Imports LLC, a joint venture that had been evenly split between the companies.
The deal would have given Constellation full authority to supply hot-selling beers Modelo and Corona to the U.S. market and remove risk overhanging the stock, as there were worries about a 10-year contract expiring at the end of 2016.
In a prepared statement, Constellation Chief Executive Rob Sands said the company was "surprised" that the Justice Department overlooked Crown's domestic strength--calling the venture the third largest beer company in the U.S.
Crown Imports President Bill Hackett, in an attempt to ease worries that consumers would see higher prices if the deal was approved, said Crown "independently develops, implements and refines pricing, promotional and sales strategies for each of our brands in the U.S."
Constellation's role in the deal was InBev's attempt to alleviate some antitrust concerns, a bid to bolster a rival's position to take some pressure off InBev's dominant market-leading position. Constellation on Friday argued the deal would improve competition, creating a fully autonomous competitor.
Constellation and InBev have both indicated they will challenge the Justice Department's lawsuit and fight to win approval for the deal. The wine maker's statement Friday is more assertive than a short, prepared statement that was issued when the news first broke.
"I would expect Constellation to put up as big of a fight as they can, as they have the most to lose," Morningstar analyst Ken Perkins said.
Constellation ended 2012 with a 71% gain as investors cheered the move to buy out the Mexican brewer's stake in Crown Imports LLC for $1.85 billion.
But the stock slumped 17% on Thursday, erasing over $1.2 billion in Constellation's market capitalization. Constellation's shares stabilized on Friday, trading up 0.4% to $32.47 in recent trading.
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I wanted to share some of my favorite recipes from 2010. It was hard to choose my top ten but these are recipes that I have made several times throughout the year. When I looked back at my posts from 2010, I realize that my food is not fancy at all. It is comfort food. It is simple and easy food. It is good, delicious food. It is me.
Thank you for everyone that has visited my blog this past year and has taken the time to leave me comments. I truly appreciate all my visitors and all your kind words. I'm looking forward to sharing more recipes in 2011.
Mom's Cooking Club Lesson: Don't forget to go back and look at the recipes you made in 2010. Put your "keeper" recipes in a binder so you can remember all your favorite ones. Make them again in 2011.


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Thursday, I listened to two live-streaming sessions from RootsTech, and one Google+ Hand Out on Air on YouTube.
The first thing I watched at 12:30 p.m. EST was "Top 10 Things I Learned About My Family From My Couch" by Tammy Hepps.
What a delightful story she had to tell of doing research from her couch. She was entertaining, energetic, and full of enthusiasm as she told us about the ancestry trip she took from her couch via the research facilities she visited online.
Then, 3:00 p.m. EST, I watched Rob Tanner's "FamilySearch Family Tree: What's New and What's Next".
I never miss his talks because they are about FamilySearch, and I am always interested to hear what he has to say. And, they are humourous.
One interesting thing he mentioned was that 80% of the information that a person submits to family trees is already there. There is duplication! It is getting better, but it is still problem.
The last thing I watched at 4:30 p.m. EST was Dear Myrt's "Google Hangouts 101a: The Panelist's View", where she took a computer class through the "how-tos" on producing a video on-air. She had helpers - Cousin Russ was there, along with her friends, Barry Kline and Jenny Lanctot.
If you would like to read about the talks given yesterday, there are handouts available online at https://rootstech.org/about/syllabus-materials.
Today, I won't have as much time to watch as many sessions, but one session I will be watching will be at 3:00 p.m. EST, when I will watch "Tweets, Links, Pins, and Posts: Break Down Genealogical Brick Walls with Social Media", given by my friend, Lisa Alzo.
One thing I did notice was that the keynote speakers are not being live-streamed this year. So we won't be hearing first-hand (except through bloggers and interviews) what to expect insofar as the latest developments in family history.
One blogger you may want to follow is M. Diane Rogers. She writes the popular CanadaGenealogy blog, and she is at RootsTech.
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Sunday, January 09, 2011
The extremely leisurely pace of American democracy and the urgency of our predicament
It is worthwhile to look back a bit and see why Churchill came to his famous conclusion. One issue that threatened the stability of the United States from its founding was slavery. The first attempt to smooth over differences was in the U.S. Constitution. Slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of determining the number of representatives from each state. Also, the importation of slaves could be prohibited after 1808. That arrangement worked until 1820 when the balance between slave states and free states became a point of fierce contention as the union expanded. Slaveholders did not want to see the federal legislature controlled by representatives from free states. The Missouri Compromise maintained that balance for the time. There was the Compromise of 1850 and then in 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act, both attempts to calm sectional tensions. And, of course, finally the American Civil War (1861-65) ended a 70-year experiment with compromise over slavery.
I recite this history because it is emblematic of how slowly American democracy moves on critical, even existential matters. Many women had worked hard for the abolition of slavery and in the aftermath of the Civil War expected to attain the right to vote along with former slaves. But the 15th Amendment failed to mention women. And, it took another 50 years for women to receive the right to vote.
It took another 95 years from the passing of the 15th Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote to all citizens regardless of "race, color or condition of previous servitude" until African-Americans received in fact what they had been given in law by that amendment. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally made it possible for African-Americans in the South to exercise their franchise.
It is true that the American federal system was designed specifically to encourage slow, deliberate action. It is far easier to stop something in the U.S. Congress than it is to get anything approved. While the long wait for voting rights for women and African-Americans was a blot on the American historical record and exceedingly damaging and painful to those it affected, neither issue ultimately destroyed the country.
While the Civil War still holds the record for the number of American deaths in a war, that number might end up looking small even as a percentage of the population (2 percent) compared to the number of Americans who will suffer and die in one way or another because of peak oil, climate change, and myriad other environmental threats that now beset us. The problem is that these Americans don't die from immediately discernible causes such as gunshot wounds. Rather their suffering will often only be indirectly and circuitously related to environmental threats and resource depletion. Therefore, it will be difficult for those hit hardest to coalesce into an effective voting block, especially since the fossil fuel and other lobbies have worked hard to confuse them about the resource and environmental issues of our age.
I recently watched the film The American President again. I was struck that this movie released in 1995 took climate change as a given, something the audience would readily accept as an important issue that needed to be addressed promptly. Here we are 16 years later, and only now is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) taking the first baby steps toward regulating greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed its power to do so. Even so a new hoard of climate change deniers in Congress propose to stop the EPA from exercising that authority. (I doubt that they will be able to do so for now.)
In addition, Americans seem to have somehow accepted that oil at $90 a barrel means nothing in particular. This is true even though a decade ago oil at $30 or $40 a barrel was thought to be potent enough to crush the economy. Perhaps we have adapted to these higher prices. But there seems to be no urgency to move the economy away from oil dependence even though the warnings of peak oil activists have been largely borne out.
When will the American democratic machinery actually begin to react to the twin crises of oil depletion and climate change? When there is a calamity directly attributable to one or the other or both, that's when. There are two problems with this approach.
First, it may not be clear that some future crisis is peak oil- and/or climate change-induced. How much of the Hurricane Katrina disaster can be attributed to climate change? No one knows. The damage done to New Orleans is certainly very much what had been foretold by climate modelers as hurricanes intensify and sea levels rise. But even the destruction of a large American city failed to catalyze any action on climate change.
Record high oil prices certainly had something to do with the economic meltdown of 2008. After all, nearly every recession since 1970 has been preceded by a spike in oil prices. But the focus so far has all been on finance. And, little has been done to address the world's oil dependency since 2008.
Second, the damage inflicted on the country and the world by waiting for a discernible crisis clearly linked to peak oil and/or climate change will far exceed the costs of prevention. Imagine what the 2008 financial crisis might have looked like if the country had already largely electrified its transportation system using renewable energy sources. The crisis would certainly still have been bad, but not nearly so ominous and devastating as tight oil supplies made it. And those tight supplies continue to hamper recovery, threatening a second downturn.
Finally, it's worth noting that national emergencies tend to elicit temporary emergency measures that are rarely revoked, some of which may fly in the face of democratic processes. The attacks of September 11, 2001 have spawned a whole raft of such measures, many obviously illegal and unconstitutional, but which the public sustains because it does not understand the true nature of our predicament.
How many more ill-conceived and heavy-handed measures can we expect when the death toll is not 3,000, but 300,000 or 3,000,000--all because we and other nations failed to address adequately peak oil- and climate change-related problems before they became too big to ignore.
Those who block progress on these critical issues in Congress believe--just as those who held slaves and those who opposed women's suffrage--that what they are doing will not bring down the whole system around them. And, they tacitly believe that if they are in the wrong, there will be plenty of time to address peak oil and climate change through compromise in the future.
But, while slaves and women may be made to wait by the hand of oppression, nature recognizes no such limit. Our social divisions may be held at bay for long periods while we work out our differences. When it comes to energy depletion and climate change, it is nature that will prevail in enforcing its will on us without regard to legislative or lobbyist timetables.
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Another smashing post, Kurt.
Q: what do you think of the late Thomas Gold's notion of abiotic oil?
eg http://www.energybulletin.net/node/2423
You can't do justice to such a complex question here; perhaps it would justify a later blog post?
Re: abiotic oil: The important question is not really "where does oil come from?" but "how quickly is it produced or made accessible?"
If somebody wants to believe that there is a nearly limitless supply at great depths, that's all very well, and completely irrelevant. I don't see anybody making money by buying up depleted fields and waiting for them to refill, therefore even if this (highly dubious) idea should turn out to be true, it still doesn't address the fact that we're using oil faster than it can be replenished.
Really, the whole argument is symptomatic of a fundamental failure to understand that the problem is one of flow rates rather then ultimate recoverable reserves.


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SPRINGFIELD - During the 2014 State
Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention the assembled delegates
unanimously elected John Davin to the high office of State Commander
John W. Davin enlisted in the United States Army in September
1967, earning his eligibility to the Veterans of Foreign Wars during
his service in Thailand and Korea. John served 23 years in the Army,
retiring from active duty in October 1990. Of those 23 years, 14
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. government officials warned on Wednesday that the launch of new state healthcare exchanges could potentially be delayed, raising further doubts about the implementation of President Barack Obama's signature legislation.
Alan Duncan, an auditor with the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, an Internal Revenue Service agency that monitors performance, said testing the systems needed to implement the exchanges "will be difficult to complete" by the October 1 start date.
"The lack of adequate testing could result in significant delays and errors in accepting and processing … applications for health insurance coverage," he told the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform committee.
At the same hearing, Government Accountability Office official John Dicken said the amount of work the federal government needs to do in each state has yet to be determined, raising the risk of missing deadlines. He added that the federal government and the states have already missed some deadlines.
The House on Wednesday approved a one year delay to the law.
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I'm feeling happier, more inspired in the kitchen than I have been in months. I'm going to credit the green in the trees and the access again to all things spring at the market. Like with anything, if you have wonderful raw material, the end product is going to be out of this world. That's how I feel about this risotto. I could eat bowls of it for days on end and be perfectly content with life.
For many, some of spring's offerings can be a little foreign. How exactly do I use garlic greens or broccoli raab? Is there anything I can do with radishes that doesn't involve a salad? There's plenty you can do with all the above. That's what this series is about, encouraging you to dip your toes into the world of local eating. I want to give you ideas that make sense, can form full meals, so you can get the best value out of the local products you buy. The raw materials may be a touch more expensive, but in the end, the final product goes further, I promise you.
So, at this point, maybe you were inspired by the post earlier this week explaining what you can pick up during this time of year and what to start doing with it. It's page one in my new series "The Lighter Side of Local". If you have a second, take a look back and read it, see where I'm going, get on board, and ask some questions. I'd love to hear from you all throughout this process.
Be Versatile
This risotto is a way to use some of those garlic greens, broccoli raab (or rapini), and radishes you can find at market this time of year. Here's the beauty of this recipe, you can basically sub out whatever you want. Don't have broccoli raab? Try spinach or arugula in this instead. Can't find garlic greens? You can use garlic scapes (more mature greens) or garlic itself, just reduce the amount you're using. The best part about risotto is that it's versatile, you can adapt it to whatever you have on hand which is perfect when you're buying produce at a market.
Remember, often you may head to your local market or farm with something in mind, but they don't have it. It's OK, move on, find something better that week. I'll introduce you to some basic recipes (like this risotto) that can be adapted no matter what. In this risotto's case, simply make the recipe up to the addition of whatever seasonal produce you're adding (in this case broccoli raab) and then add whatever you have on hand. I always use garlic in this risotto, in this case I used a cup of garlic greens, however, I'd usually use 2-3 garlic cloves, minced.
Other ideas for this week
If risotto just isn't your thing or you're looking for some ways to use up some of the produce you have on hand, here's a few ideas or things I'm doing with what I picked up.
Broccoli Raab (or Rabe or Rapini, a bunch of spellings)
Penne with Sausage, Garlic, and Broccoli Raab (this is a favorite in our house and easy)
Simple Sausage and Broccoli Raab Soup
Radishes (they're also just perfect sliced over salad)
Radish Green Pesto (making this tomorrow)
Stuffed Radishes
Spinach (my go-to salad base)
Flank Steak Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Spinach
Baked Spinach and Gruyere
Garlic Greens
You can sub out this for regular garlic (increase amount) or in place of leeks or chives in recipes. Perfect in an herbed butter, or scrambled into eggs or even a quiche (which is what I think I'm going to be doing this weekend)
I've already used this in a turkey sandwich with my Caramelized Onion & Cheddar Pumpernickel, and it's perfect in salads or on top of pizza.
I'm dying to try this at some point from Fine Cooking and I have corn frozen from the late fall still usable in the freezer.
Risotto with Corn, Spicy Sausage, and Wilted Arugula
OK, on to the main event now. If you have ideas or recipes for seasonal produce, please send them along, I'd love to feature them as suggestions every week!
Spring Risotto with Pan-Fried Radishes
Serves: 4-6
2 cups roughly chopped broccoli raab (rapini)
2 cups chicken broth plus 1 cup water
2 1/2 tablespoons butter
2 large shallots, chopped (you can also use 1 small sweet onion here as well)
1 cup Arborio Rice
1 cup chopped garlic greens (or 2-3 garlic cloves minced)
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground back pepper
3/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Pan-Fried Radishes
1 cup sliced radishes (greens and ends removed)
1/3 cup flour
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons olive oil
First, let's blanch your broccoli raab. Boil water in a large saucepan. While it's coming up to a boil, take a large bowl and fill with ice and water. Once that water is boiling, dump your raab in and cook for 1-2 minutes, until just softened. Remove from boiling water with a sieve or slotted spoon and transfer to the ice bath. This will stop the cooking process and keep that beautiful green. Drain ice bath and set aside your broccoli raab.
Now, let's start on the risotto. First, you want to get your broth/water mixture warm. Combine the two in a small saucepan and heat until warmed, but not hot.
Next, in large dutch oven, oven medium heat, melt your 2 1/2 tablespoons of butter. Once melted, add your shallots and cool about 5-6 minutes until softened. Now, you want to add your arborio rice and cook until rice looks translucent. At this point, you can add your cup of garlic greens, stirring away until everything is nicely combined.
You can now start adding the warm broth to the rice, 1/2 a cup at a time, stirring constantly until the liquid is absorbed. Keep adding broth mixture 1/2 a cup at a time until rice is al dente. That's very important, you don't want it to get mushy. You may not use all your broth mixture, and that's OK.
Once you reach that desired consistency, stir in your blanched broccoli raab, salt and pepper. The last step here is to mix in your Parmesan cheese. Don't skimp here, it helps make that risotto even more irresistibly creamy than the rice itself. Keep that risotto warm on the stove while you quickly make up your topping.
In a small plastic ziploc bag or bowl, put your 1/3 cup flour and your radishes and shake or toss until they're coated. Now, in separate bowl, beat your egg and pour the flour-coated slices into the egg and make sure they're coated well. In that same ziploc bag or bowl, add your 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and parmesan cheese. Transfer your now flour and egg coated radish slices into the panko mixture and shake or toss to coat.
In a large skilled over medium to medium-high, heat olive oil until shimmering. Add your coated radish slices and fry until just brown, flipping to get all sides. Serve the risotto with several radish slices as your topping.
And just because I'm happy and they're forever my little clean-up crew - here are Gordie and Gabbie the puggies. They're always at my feet when I cook, looking for whatever I drop.
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Spring Invitation Night
Friday, May 6th, 6-9 p.m.
Downtown Newburyport
Like during the holiday season, Newburyport shops and businesses will open up downtown and at the Tannery Marketplace in the evening with food and drink. Come, drink, eat, and be merry and check out all Newburyport has to offer. They're always a lovely and festive time!
Roaring 20's Gala
Saturday, May 7th, 6 p.m. until late
Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport
Tickets: $75 or $125 a couple
This is the single largest fundraiser for the Firehouse for the entire year. Find you flapper dress, get your bob on and prepare to dance to some jazz on Saturday night. They're transforming the center into a hub of the roaring 20's. Food, drink, and dance and a whole lot of fun for a good cause. The theme is "Building the Boardwalk Empire" and it's fashioned after the success of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (fantastic by the way if you haven't seen it).
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Sunday, May 8th, 2 p.m.
Belleville Congressional Church, 300 High Street, Newburyport
Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 the day of the concert.
Do something a little different for Mother's Day. Belleville Church Concerts presents the Spinney Brothers in an afternoon of bluegrass. Listen to their sounds while munching away on BBQ provided by American Barbecue
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Check out what Seth of Lynn Happens has found for you here.
North Shore Dish spices things up with their weekend picks here North Shore Dish
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If I accompany you
will we go to where love opens us
like flowers in the sun
where veils lift and we can see
the beauty of living, of breathing
of listening always to our hearts
Will we move as one towards who we are
without tripping over yesterdays
or the fears or feelings we were taught
that complicate the simple wonder of being here?
Can we ignore the voices
telling us we are not as good as
or that deserving is something you earn
Can we forever drop the belief
that keeping busy is the answer and rather
in the manner of all small beautiful things
just be
I hear your 'yes' so I will accompany you
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Monday, December 6, 2010
December 6, 2010 'Scarlet Sunset'
'Scarlet Sunset' - oil on stretched canvas - 14x18 © Marc R. Hanson 2010
I painted this one yesterday, the first of what will probably be several paintings using my September Nocturnes as inspiration and the starting points for larger pieces. Nice thing is that since they were only 5"x7"... anything is a lot bigger!
Not to be misunderstood... this was painted yesterday in the studio from a study done last September, not from life yesterday.
18 comments:
- michael clark fine art said...
Nice painting you really caught an effect that would last just minutes. Did you use any photo reference or just the study? Also curios is this one on cotton duck or linen?
- December 6, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- Deb Kirkeeide said...
- December 6, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Sonya Johnson said...
Beautiful, Marc! There's something about winter sunsets that is special, I think.
- December 6, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Unknown said...
Spectacular sunset. I particularly enjoy the subtle way you have small reflective bits of colour in the foreground, they add a real extra dimension to the image.
- December 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM
- Marc R. Hanson said...
Thanks everyone.
Mick there's a lot of broken color but picking that up in the photo is tough to do. There is cobalt violet, viridian, maroon, gray blue, scarlet... a lot of color in there.
Stretched cotton for this one.
- December 6, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- Marc R. Hanson said...
And just from the study.
- December 6, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- Lynn Lancaster said...
Great job Marc! Every day on the way home, the sky incredible. Colors that I would never think of putting together. My ambition is to paint these sunsets and capture the big sky feeling that the observer feels. The darks are difficult for me. What seems such a dark value against the sky, does not compute on the canvas.
- December 6, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Chad said...
Marvelous Marc! Great translation of the 5x7
- December 6, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Unknown said...
Love the balance of the quiet foreground & the drama of the sky. Really nice, Marc.
- December 6, 2010 at 5:29 PM
- Paul Bachem said...
Great Marc! I sometimes have trouble translating the field sketches into bigger pieces while trying to maintain the freshness. You did not have that problem here!:{)
- December 6, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- loriann signori said...
Beautiful! The way you picked up tiny pieces of sky warmth in the land makes the whole piece glow.
- December 6, 2010 at 10:35 PM
- Kathy Hodge said...
September always has the best sunsets, I love the way the trees get black against the sky. Your use of saturated colors really captures a late fall sunset.
- December 7, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- Amanda Jones said...
Beautiful piece, wonderful atmosphere. The colours are so rich.
- December 8, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- fairy fantasy art said...
Its a beautiful piece of work....
- December 11, 2010 at 4:11 AM
- Kim VanDerHoek said...
Subtle and stunning Marc! How you manage to paint successfully with the dimming light is something I wish I knew how to do myself.
- December 14, 2010 at 2:00 PM
- Gary Keimig said...
beautifully done Marc
- December 16, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- SamArtDog said...
Cold and warm all at once. Like September. Great painting of a great month.
- December 17, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- Marc R. Hanson said...
Thank you for all of your comments everyone.
I love having a good field study that gives me both the information and the inspiration that makes enlarging it possible.
The dark values are so close to each other that if you saw the original you would see quite a bit of hue shifting going on in them. Unfortunately these don't pick up in the photo.
Thanks again... Merry Christmas!!!
There is a strength to large masses that are controlled with very subtle hue and value shifts. In a painting like this one it can be tricky not to just get a large dark against a light. That's why when painting that dark I'm really working hard to find hues shifts that play against each other within the dark, but that don't come out of the dark and destroy the integrity of that value mass. It's a challenge but what makes this kind of painting interesting.
I'd suggest not trying to paint a "sunset" but try to paint the magnificent arrangement of hue and value masses that one of those provides.
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We started out today getting ready early and dropping off the van for the seasonal tire swap for snow tires along with an oil change, and the DVD player that I bought (off eBay!!!) to replace our broken one in the van installed...finally! It works! Yay!
Happy Kids for holiday travel--CHECK! Did not have to spend $1000 to replace it--CHECK!
After my darling husband was dropped off at work, no matter how badly Joann's, the grocery store and about 5 other places tempted me---it was off to the library to drop off books and get new ones and back home to do schooling. We are on a mission to stay on task daily so eventually when we have snow we can give up and run outside to play! :) It seemed like only 20 minutes later and an English assignment finished that it was time to hit the orthodontist follow-up appointment. Now I am not sure why but all of a sudden I don't like this guy anymore. Is that wrong? He seemed fine but today he seemed almost impatient with Dakota's curiosity regarding his own teeth molds and what it was really going to be like in his mouth...I think that is a fair enough investigation! How do you tell an orthodontist that you would like him to forward his plan on to someone who is fun with kids because someone is getting $1200 of my money and I would prefer it to be the one that makes my kid feel good!!! Let's hope someone just threw up on him during a fitting and he was just having a bad day!
Yep...10 years old and Dakota is destined to get top braces and an extender in the roof of his mouth. We will wait until January so my flexible spending account will "account" for all of it! lol
He isn't looking forward to 10 months without gum or sticky candy but hopefully this will be all he needs. He has only lost like 6 teeth so far but this is mostly to make room in his mouth for the ones coming in the future.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Just another manic Tuesday!
We started out today getting ready early and dropping off the van for the seasonal tire swap for snow tires along with an oil change, and the DVD player that I bought (off eBay!!!) to replace our broken one in the van installed...finally! It works! Yay!
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Sam's 15th Birthday!
I would like to say this was an exciting and fun filled day...unfortunately with us being all spread out as happens frequently throughout the year...there were wired, tired and at times just obnoxious children gathered teasing Sam as he ate his "burrito as big as his head" from his favorite Mexican joint. Then as we weaned him into his celebration tonight with opening two gifts out of his numerous that we will save for the weekend...more teasing, obnoxious behavior. Someone really needs to talk to these kids parents...oh wait!
At least the pj shorts fit and he enjoyed those for bedtime. But...the basketball I picked out looked surprisingly miniature compared to our jumbo sized teenager as he seems to be growing in the middle of dinner. Ah well, hopefully our plans for the weekend will more than make up for our fumbles! Can't have perfection all the time! ;) Happy Birthday Sammy-Do!
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Two for Tuesday
#1: I got quite a bit done yesterday, what a great feeling! Laundry is mostly done, house is mostly clean, mostly is a great adjective in my vocabulary! We even got to watch Brady Bunch on dvd which is our new obsession as a family--maybe it is the parallel of the blended family with kids stuffed into rooms maintaining balance or maybe it is just because the parents are so great at getting their kids to talk things out and I dream about being as good as them one day! But we love it! Even our 12 year old begs to watch! We finished up the night playing Candy Land which was a blast!!
#2: Plenty more to do today! Return shoes that don't fit, purchase toy for tot to donate for Ken to dress down at work all week--using my coupon for Build A Bear to make it cheaper! YAY! I Love it when things like that work out! We seem to average a trip to our library about 4-5 times a week since it is all of two blocks away, so I am sure we will find a way to make it there as well!
I am sure hoping as I do more blogging to become one of those amazing moms who bakes, creates, plays, discovers and finds time to capture the moments with pictures, unique fonts and scrapbook posts that look like it took them all night! Creating things is in my nature, my nature just doesn't talk with my brain very often to be prepared to do things! I get so inspired! I am ready to start making things for Christmas gifts again, hoping to be unique, fun, fabulous and a great outlet for my creative energy in this next month!
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Monday, November 10, 2008
How Many Days Until What?
Do you ever feel like someone hid your calendar and then right before a ton of things are about to take place they give it back? Sometimes I feel like that when we have trips coming up or big weekend events and it seems like looking forward to something for so long. We have our Weekend to Remember coming up this weekend and while I have known this for weeks, it means getting my house cleaned (as usual but still needs to be on my to-do list with a better job attached!) and it means helping my parents out by having groceries stocked up in the house. Remembering which clothes makes me feel attractive to wear for our date nights with my husband. Plus, somewhere in there I am teaching my boys and hoping to finally sell some items I have had on craigslist for a while! You can tell times are tough when things I put on craigslist last more than a week!!!
The weirdest thing is that I get so excited for trips and things like we have this weekend and often I become paralyzed when it is time to pack like I don't know where anything is and I don't know what I normally wear! What exactly is that??? LOL
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Snow Day!
We already had big fluffy snowflakes today! Making it hard to believe we are 20 days from Thanksgiving! Luckily, we had a wonderful day of school and had a grand time at the library among other things! I still have bagels to attend to in the dough phase upstairs, so we shall see how those end up turning out! :)
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When I saw the schedule for this 2011 season I pointed this game out to every one of my friends who likes the Badgers and said "This is going to be a critical game not only for the Badgers' season, but for the entire Big-10 conference." After Michigan State lost to Notre Dame it didn't seem like my prediction would come true, but boy did it ever prove to be correct. This game had immense ramifications not only for undefeated Wisconsin and one loss Michigan State, but for the rest of the teams in each division of the conference that are trying to catch both teams for a shot at the Big-10 title game.
I will readily admit that I missed the entire first half of this game. I was on my way back from an away game that my college's football team lost (63-41, it was quite a shoot-out) and started watching instantly once I got back. I got to see Kirk Cousins and Le'Evon Bell drive down the field for a huge touchdown to put Michigan State up 31-17. I thought Wisconsin was toast at that point, especially because of how much trouble they were having slowing down Michigan State's running game, plus they were struggling to move the ball effectively on offense. But Wisconsin's defense made three great stops in a row and kept Wisconsin in the game, and Russell Wilson proved that he is worthy of a lot of the praise that he receives nationally by leading two touchdown drives in the last 10 minutes of the 4th quarter to tie the game at 31. On the game tying drive he was 4/4 with a huge 3rd down conversion, a fantastic throw on an extended play to Nick Toon, and then bought more time outside of the pocket, drew a defender in as he rolled to the sideline and dropped the ball off right over him to Montee Ball for an easy score.
This is where things got crazy.
Michigan State got the ball back and Cousins did not start strong. He checked down for three yards on his first pass, then short-armed a throw to the near sideline on a curl at the marker. 3rd and 7, and he threw a dart underneath to convert. Michigan State continued to try to move the ball, but couldn't get significant chunks of yardage. With 30 seconds left, they were content to let the clock run out and take the game to overtime. But to my disbelief Bret Bielema called his second timeout of the half and stopped the clock, foolishly hoping to get the ball back to Russell Wilson and his suddenly potent offense. But with the ball around the 40 yard line, even if the Badgers had stopped the Spartans at that point they would have punted it and at best the Badgers could have hoped for the ball on the 30 yard line with 15 seconds or possibly less remaining. Not much time even with a timeout and Russell Wilson's strong arm.
But Bilema decided to do it anyways, and Michigan State managed to convert and the game seemed to be slipping away from Wisconsin. But with 10 seconds left the Spartans found themselves outside of field goal range with only one timeout left. They snapped the ball and Cousins started scanning the field but the clock never started. In fact, the clock didn't start running until after the play had nearly concluded and it continued to run after the play was over (all the way down to four seconds). Suffice it to say, in all the years I have been watching football I have never seen anything quite like that, and no one in the stadium seemed to notice nor did they seem to care. You'd think Michigan State would be interested in seeing if more time should have been allotted for that final play, but apparently not.
Then the craziest thing of all happened. After the timeout, Michigan State lined up with trips on the right side of the formation, Cousins rolled out to his right side to buy time and lobbed up a hail mary. Jared Abbrederis and a number of other players were down waiting for the ball near the end zone and Abbrederis jumped to try to catch it or knock it down but he didn't time it right. The ball bounced off of a Michigan State receiver in the end zone and Keith Nichol, a former quarterback who transitioned to wide receiver after losing the starting job to Cousins, managed to catch it on the one yard line. He then fought tooth and nail to BARELY claw the ball over the goal line for a touchdown. Initially it was ruled that he was down on the one yard line, but when looking at the replays of the play it was clear that the ball crossed the plane of the end zone (even if it barely crossed it).
So, with that, the Spartans beat the Badgers for the second year in a row during a critical portion of the season. This doesn't dramatically hurt the Badgers' bid to ultimately become Big-10 champions because Michigan State and Wisconsin are in separate divisions, but it does all but dash Wisconsin's chances at the BCS National Championship. Ohio State is looming after coming off of a quality win over then-ranked Illinois. Wisconsin travels to Columbus next, and it is imperative that they win this game to keep Ohio State from roaring back in the second half of the season. Michigan State maintained their lead in the opposite division ahead of Michigan, and if they win out they will be in the Big-10 Championship Game. Wisconsin is in the same boat, and I for one hope both win out so that we can see a rematch of this game. It probably won't be as exciting or as unpredictable as this one was, but it would likely be a great game.


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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...It won't rock your world or change your life, but if you're home alone and facing an attack of the chocolate munchies, this simple dessert, made just for one, can quickly right your world, and do it in a no fuss, no bother kind of way way. You'll need a large cup, a fork, some measuring spoons and a microwave oven to pull this one off. The ingredients are mixed in the same cup in which the brownie bakes, so there is no mess involved and clean-up is minimal. If you want the chocolate in your mug to have a brownie-like texture, nuke it on high power for 75 seconds. If you prefer something more like a molten lava cake, aim for the 60 second mark. This will never make your list of favorite chocolate desserts, but it is a quick way to stop those chocolate cravings. Here's the recipe.
Microwave Mocha Mug Brownie...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Food.com
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons water
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon espresso powder
1 dash salt
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1) In a 12 oz coffee mug, add water, butter, vanilla, espresso powder and a dash of salt. Whisk well.
2) Add cocoa powder, whisk well. Add sugar, whisk well. Add flour, whisk well.
3) Microwave for 60 to 90 seconds. Center should be slightly molten. Careful not to overcook.
4) Enjoy with a scoop of ice cream. Eat with a spoon. Careful brownie will be hot. Yield:1 serving
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Fit people often have visceral fat surrounding organs
Doctors say fat can cause serious health problems even in people who work out and don't think they need to lose weight.
St. Luke's Hospital has a new body-fat scanner that can help show people the fat that they may not even know they have, the dangerous type of fat that can build up around the organs. Everyone has some of this type of visceral fat, the kind that can cause heart attacks, diabetes and high blood pressure. There are ways to get rid of it.
The scanner offers a head-to-toe look inside the body, giving a six-minute report on the amount of fat inside. It uses less radiation than a normal X-ray.
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He said most Americans have a score that high. He said it's possible to reduce the amount of visceral fat in the body, primarily through simple dietary changes.
O'Keefe said the scans will be available at St. Luke's Hospital on June 1. They cost $50 and are not covered by insurance.
Ketz said that since his test, he has cut back on carbs, especially bread. He said he's also been drinking more water instead of juice.
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