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By Ian Farrell
SAN FRANCISCO, 20 NOVEMBER 2010 My Pear Ginger Crème Brulée Pie is a little different from the normal pumpkin, pecan and apple pies you see around at this time of year in the U.S. For this baking recipe, I like to use Bartlett pears.They hold their shape well and have a very aromatic flavor. They are delicious eaten out of hand and also are excellent when cooked. They are called Williams pears in England where they originated and were brought to North America in 1800 and renamed Bartlett pears. It is the most commonly grown variety of pear in most countries outside of Asia. The season is August to December. Bartlett pears are picked when light green and then ripen within ten days to a bright yellow color. If the pears are hard they can be poached in water, sugar and spices such as cinnamon or star anise to soften them. If yellow and soft they can be peeled and used directly in the pie.
Pear Ginger Crème Brulée Pie
8 egg yolks
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
Mix half of the sugar with the powdered ginger. Add it to the cream in a pot and bring to a boil.
Mix yolks, eggs and remaining sugar together in a bowl.
Pour on cream mixture, whisking to combine.
Place pears in the bottom of the pie crust and pour in the mix to fill to the top. Place on a baking tray and bake in oven for 40-50 minutes.
Allow to cool.
Cover with a thin layer of sugar and caramelize with a propane torch.
Serve with a little whipped cream and sprinkle on the chopped candied ginger. An additional pear may be peeled, halved, poached and cooled for garnish slices.
Flaky Pie Crust
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water - very cold
12 ounces all purpose flour
4 ounces cake flour
1/2 pound butter - very cold
Cut the butter into 1 inch cubes and keep in the freezer for about 10 minutes. The water should be kept in the freezer also for 10 minutes.
Place all the flour on the table in a rectangle shape and scatter the butter cubes on top.
Cover with a little flour so the rolling pin doesnt stick and begin rolling until the butter flattens out into long thin strips. Using a bench scraper, scoop up the sides of the dough to return to the original size rectangle. Repeat the rolling and scraping 3-4 times.
Make a well in the center and pour nearly all of the water into the well. Using the bench scraper, scoop the sides of the dough into the center and mix together. Keep scraping and mixing until the dough is a shaggy mass. Add the remaining water if necessary. Return the dough to its original rectangle shape.
Roll out the dough to double its size and fold back together again. Do this two times and allow to chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. Repeat the rolling and folding two more times until its a nice smooth dough. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to chill in the refrigerator on a baking sheet for 2 hours or over night.
When ready, roll the dough on a floured surface to about 1/8 inch thick, rolling from the center in all directions. If lining a pie dish the circle should be 4" larger than the bottom of the dish.
Using a rolling pin, transfer the dough to a 9 by 2 inch fluted pie dish and gently press it into place. If using a fluted pan, trim the top of the pie crust flush with the top of the pan. If you are lining a pie dish that isnt fluted, trim the dough so you have a 1/2 inch overhang. Fold the overhang under the dough and crimp the edge. Chill for an hour or two, or over night. (Crusts can be wrapped and frozen for up to a month at this stage.)
Preheat oven to 400 F. Prick the pie shell with a fork and line the shells with parchment paper or a coffee filter and fill with beans or rice. Bake for 35 minutes and then remove paper and beans and continue to bake until crispy and a nice golden brown color. The crust will not bake much further once the filling is poured in.
A native of Kilkenny, Ireland, Ian Farrell is Executive Pastry Chef at Oracle Corporation where he turns out a line of cakes, pastries and signature truffles for the software giant's campus cafés, French- style patisserie and executive dining rooms. Chef Farrell also offers classes throughout the year on baking and chocolate making.
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An aged, divorced mother becomes "the other woman" in her ex-husband's life when the pair enters into an unexpected affair during an out-of-town trip. Jane (Meryl Streep) has been divorced from Jake (Alec Baldwin) for a decade. The mother of three grown children, she owns a successful Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and maintains a friendly relationship with Jake, who has since been remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell). Jane and Jake are attending their son's college graduation when they agree to an innocent meal together. Before long a simple dinner date has erupted into an all-out affair, and when architect Adam (Steve Martin) falls for Jane, he realizes he's been drawn into a most peculiar love triangle. Is love sweeter the second time around, or should Jane and Jake just be happy with what they had, and finally move on with their lives? ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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No, not from Rhode Island. Just so happened that when I needed a private loan during undergrad they gave me a great rate and I got my loan from them, though I'm from MD (well..from DC now).
Ok, I called a ton of places and this is what I found out from each of them concerning Grad Plus loans:Citizens's Bank of Rhode Island: Rate drops by 1% upon entry into repayment and .25% if you do automatic debit. 60 day grace period. 3% origination fee.Academic Finance Corp: Rate drops by .25% when you enter repayment and 1.75% if you do automatic debit. 60 day grace period. 3% origination fee.T.H.E.: Rate drops by 1.3% when you enter repayment and .25% upon first disbursement. No grace period. 3% origination fee which is given back to you upon graduation.Citibank: Rate drops by 1.25% when you enter repayment and .25% if you do automatic debit. 6 month grace period. 3% origination fee.I called Access Group as well, I don't remember exactly what they said, but it wasn't as good as Academic Finance Corp so I didn't bother writing it down. I also called Sallie Mae, but they said they don't service loans for those going to Columbia.


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UNCW Career Center to Host Spring Career Fair Feb. 20
Friday, February 08, 2013
The UNCW Career Center will host its spring Career Fair, 12-3 p.m., Feb. 20 in the Burney Center.
More than 50 employers from a wide variety of industries will be represented. Students from all academic departments are welcome to attend and network.
As a value-added service, the UNCW Photography Club will offer its 4th installment of the LinkedIn photo booth. Students can step up and have a professional head shot taken for free for use on their social media accounts.
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Happy Father's day! - here is some of our paper crafting from this week. (also, got some new digital scrapbooking items - aren't these neat??)
Happy Fathers's Day!!! I had some fun with some Digi-scrapbooking :-)
just thought I would share all her cuteness - it was hard to pick my favorite pictures, lol!
Hello All!!!
Hope all is well out there! Things are good here. The weather is very cool - low 60s for the high temperature yesterday and today (I'm not complaining - I would much rather have the cool weather here than hot with our top floor apartment). Hope everyone has a very happy father's day!
Yesterday, we did a day trip to Frankfurt. We had nice cool weather - perfect day for walking around the city. I have some wonderful pictures to share, I will try to post them tomorrow (and let you all enjoy Brenna's father's day pics :-)
Not much going on here today - did some cleaning this morning... Yesterday, we received our latest shipment of picture projects that I have been working on over here. I made a new photo book of our town for Brenna (it is awesome), a couple puzzles, and a car window shade for Brenna (it is really cool - I put her snails up for her (our "pets" from last May) - we love it, but Dustin doesn't think too highly of it, lol). I was very surprised that the photo shop actually made the order and shipped it before getting payment (the bill was in the box) - I don't know where you would find that anymore in the US! Also, in our thoughts of leaving and things we will miss, I asked the local ice cream shop for a menu - and they gave us one - I'm sure Brenna will love playing with it as a waitress to everyone when we are back in the US :-) (I will have to scan the pictures so you can see how awesome the ice cream treats look over here - and they really do come out looking like the pictures too!).
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If you planned on doing any Xbox 360 purchasing this weekend, it might behoove you to cool your jets for at least a few more days. Amazon is listing a new Xbox 360 Elite bundle that's a solid deal.
The 120GB Xbox 360 bundle packs in two 2009 console exclusives, Halo 3: ODST and Forza Motorsport III, plus all the other expected accessories for $299.99 USD. That isn't too shabby. Amazon.com pegs the release of Microsoft's latest bundle for March 9, just a few days away.


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A screen shot of Wishuponahero.com shows the appeal by Zoe Everett, a Rutgers student who lost her parents to Hurricane Sandy and now must raise her three younger siblings.
A 19-year-old Rutgers University student has decided to put college on hold to care for her three younger siblings after their parents were killed by a falling tree during Hurricane Sandy.
Richard Everett, 54, and his wife, Elizabeth, 46, of Randolph, N.J., were driving through Mendham Township during the storm when a tree crushed their truck, the Newark Star-Ledger reported.
Their two sons, Theo, 14, and Pierce, 11, were riding in the back but not seriously harmed, the newspaper said. Their two daughters, Zoe, 19, and Talia, 17, were not with them.
"Before Hurricane Sandy I was a typical 19-year-old student at Rutgers," Zoe Everett posted on Wishuponahero.com. She told about the 100-mph wind that knocked down the tree onto the pickup's cab and the call she received while she was studying for an exam.
"At 11 p.m. on Oct. 29, I found out both of my parents had been killed," Everett wrote. "A moment in time, a second of bad luck, changed my life and my siblings' lives forever."
"I now have two goals: caring for and being guardian of my three younger siblings and keeping my family in the house we grew up in."
After Everett posted her story on Wishuponahero.com, more than $56,000 in donations poured in.
The family's finances are frozen while lawyers sort out the estate, said Dave Girgenti, the site's founder. "The donations will tide them over."
The fundraising goal for the Everett family was only $5,000. "The entire country came together to help this girl with her tragedy. Her wish is granted," Girgenti said.
Overwhelmed by the public's generosity, Everett wrote a follow-up post thanking people for their donations and directing them to give to others.
"Wish Upon a Hero has raised funds for my family that have exceeded our wildest dreams," Everett wrote Thursday in response to the fundraising. "The donations have ensured our well-being for the next few months and will hold us over until we are able to access our own funds."
"My family has been so blessed, and we would like to be able to do the same for others who have suffered the misfortune of Hurricane Sandy," she wrote.
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Follow our US Election coverage as Barack Obama defeats Mitt Romney and is re-elected as President.
Voters also rejected the chance to require food companies to label genetically-modified products.
The votes marked rare victories for conservatives on a night that saw Barack Obama handily win re-election and liberal ballot initiatives succeed in other states.
The most populous US state voted against Proposition 34 – which would have replaced the death penalty with life in prison without parole – according to figures on the California Secretary of State's website.
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The inauguration ceremony has ended, but the events of Inauguration Day have barely begun. Here's the updated schedule of events through the end of the official inaugural period.
Inaugural Parade Location: Viewing stands and bleachers are lined along Pennsylvania Avenue
Estimated Start Time: 2:35 p.m.
President Obama, Vice President Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama, Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden will participate in the Inaugural Parade following the public swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol. This year's parade features participants, floats and vehicles representing more than 58 groups.
The Commander in Chief's Inaugural Ball
Location: Washington Convention Center
Time: 6 p.m.
As he did at his first Inauguration in 2009, President Obama will host the Commander-in-Chief's Ball to honor America's brave service members and their families, a tradition started by President George W. Bush in 2005. Active duty and reserve military, Medal of Honor recipients, and wounded warriors and their spouses will attend. Troops from around the world will also be able to join the celebration virtually. This event is open only to ticketed guests.
The Inaugural Ball
Location: Washington Convention Center
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Americans across the country are invited to share in the celebration at The Inaugural Ball, a unified celebration for all Americans that will span every hall in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. This event is open only to ticketed guests.
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Location: Washington National Cathedral
Time: 10:30 a.m.
President Obama, Vice President Biden, and their spouses will attend a prayer service on Tuesday morning.


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USO Helps 2 Deployed Soldiers Witness Birth of Sons via Skype
AFGHANISTAN–USO Bagram had the special pleasure of helping two soldiers welcome their baby boys into the world this week via Skype!
Spc. Kaznica, left, and his wife welcomed their 7-pound, 14-ounce baby boy and Pfc. McElroy, right, and his wife welcomed their 8-pound son, Evan. Both babies and both moms are doing well and the dads couldn't be any prouder! The USO congratulates the Kaznica and McElroy families!
Mobile USO Deploys, Supplies Refreshments to Air Force Trials
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Wounded warriors came together April 7-11 to compete at the inaugural Air Force trials competition at the Warrior Fitness Center and USO volunteers were there to supply an oasis of refreshments and support.
The trials are an adaptive sports camp used to identify which athletes will be selected as members of the Air Force Warrior Games team and compete against other military branches in September. Athletes competed in seven different events including archery, cycling, track and field, swimming, shooting, wheelchair basketball and seated volleyball.
USO, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Host game on Nation
On April 18, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the USO hosted Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Tommy Mazzone and other high-ranking officials from MacDill Air Force Base for a game on Nation seminar at One Buccaneer Place. The seminar focused on leadership, teamwork and communication. Watch the clip now on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' website.


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Homeless mom panhandles on Market Street with newborn baby
San Franciscans know they'll see all walks of life along Market Street, but a new fixture on the colorful thoroughfare has shocked even the most hardened city dwellers: a 6-week-old, homeless baby girl.
All day long, Megan Doudney, 34, sits on the sidewalk near the Four Seasons Hotel between Third and Fourth streets with little Nedahlia in her arms and a sign reading, "Anything helps." The sight is alarming, even in this city where just about anything goes.
Pedestrians walking past do double takes, exclaiming, "Oh my God!" or "She has a baby!" But they're not on some hidden-camera show. This is very much real life.
Several people have called 911, including when another homeless person's menacing dog got in the baby's face. Police have responded numerous times, and child welfare workers from the Human Services Agency have investigated whether the baby should be removed from Doudney. At first blush, it seems obvious that's the right answer, but so far, the city is throwing up its hands. Apparently, the newborn is healthy and developing well, and isn't going anywhere.
"I'm not harming her in any way," Doudney told me as we chatted on the sidewalk the other day.
She held the sleeping baby, who was wrapped in a fluffy blue blanket. She noted a medical checkup required by the child welfare workers a couple of weeks ago found the baby had low blood sugar but was otherwise fine. And what if the city did try to remove the baby?
"They'd have a fight on their hands — a serious, serious fight," said Doudney, who sports short blue dreadlocks. "I love her. I wanted my entire life to be a mommy. Even when I was a little kid in school, they'd say, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' I always said, 'A mommy.'"
Now she is one. But should she be? At least while she's on the streets? Like everything about the city's homeless problem, there is no easy answer.
Doudney and her baby have a private room at Hamilton Family Shelter, where they sleep every night and have access to three meals a day and parenting classes. The room is hers for three to six months, and she's working with a case manager to figure out what comes next. Doudney receives $900 a month in Social Security benefits, and Hamilton sets aside 75 percent of that to save for her future.
Doudney said she needs more than the remaining $225 a month to afford diapers, formula, clothes and other necessities — and that she must panhandle every day to get it.
Rachel Kenemore, development and communications manager at Hamilton, said Doudney is keeping all her appointments with her case manager and that "she seems to be really caring and capable."
She said staff has no concerns about the baby's health.
"We have just felt a lot of empathy for Megan," Kenemore said. "It's hard to see folks throwing blame instead of looking at this from a compassionate viewpoint of 'What can we do to ensure this isn't happening?'"
Chandra Johnson, spokeswoman for the Human Services Agency, wouldn't discuss Doudney's specific case, for confidentiality reasons. But she said that, in general, a baby remains with his or her parent unless there is abuse, neglect or failure to develop.
"It's really important to remember that being homeless alone is not a reason that our agency would remove a child from a family," she said.
Logically, that seems right. In the heart and in the gut, though, there's still something wrong about seeing a newborn baby on Market Street all day as her mother panhandles. Doudney has clearly made a string of bad decisions. And if the city can't compel her to make different choices, its outreach workers should at least attempt to coax her into placing her baby in day care on the city's dime. The city offers subsidies for homeless families to find free day care for their children so they can work or otherwise get their lives in order.
That kind of help would be more effective than the shaming some passersby on Market Street have tried. Doudney's image has been splashed all over social media and Next Door email lists, the jaw-dropping pictures of a homeless baby shared like selfies.
The story got even more stomach-churning earlier last week when a North Beach artist spent hours standing over Doudney holding a big pink sign reading, "Women Against Child Abuse!" and followed her for blocks after the homeless mother moved on. Doudney is adamant that she's not exploiting her child and that she shouldn't be treated like a freak show just because she's destitute.
"I am human," she said. "You can stop and talk to me. You don't have to shake your head and give me dirty looks."
When asked about herself, Doudney was candid, coherent and friendly. She said she grew up in a poor family in Fremont, Neb., graduated from high school and attended cosmetology school. Scoliosis and chronic back pain led her to become hooked on opioids.
She said she came to San Francisco on a Greyhound bus five years ago seeking medical marijuana for her pain and that she now uses no hard-core drugs. She does smoke cigarettes heavily, though. She said she has been diagnosed with depression and has had suicidal tendencies in the past, but is doing better. She still talks to family in Nebraska sometimes, but doesn't want to go back there.
She said she dated a guy for a couple of months — "long enough to get pregnant" — before he became abusive. He's not in her life and not paying child support. Doudney was sleeping on the streets while pregnant, but received help from the Homeless Prenatal Program and got into a shelter just before giving birth at St. Luke's Hospital. City officials would not verify Doudney's story.
Martha Ryan, executive director of Homeless Prenatal, said it's very rare to see a homeless mother be so public with her baby. But she said there are many more like Doudney. She said in the last month alone, her nonprofit helped 32 women who are homeless and pregnant in San Francisco. The group recently encountered a mother living in her car with a 2-week-old.
"I don't like to see them on the streets panhandling, but what are you going to do?" Ryan said. "You can't penalize a mother because she is homeless and living in a shelter and have her baby taken away."
Doudney's only friend in San Francisco is Efrem Bryan, a 54-year-old homeless man who is almost always sitting next to her in his wheelchair. They met within hours of her arrival at the Transbay Terminal five years ago and have been inseparable since.
"She's taking beautiful, great care of the child," he said, adding he doesn't understand why the mom and baby have sparked such a fuss. "I thought this was America. I thought this was the land of the free."
Doudney is vague about her future plans, but said she wants to be off the streets by the time her baby can remember things. And as for her dreams for her girl?
"I just want her to be happy," she said. "That's it."
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Heather Knight appears Tuesdays and Sundays. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @hknightsf


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Iowans meet U.S. Senate candidates
6 candidates take questions on Affordable Care Act, debt
Iowa voters got their first chance to meet the Republican candidates competing to be the next U.S. senator from the state.
After taking the stage, six candidates wasted no time getting to questions about health care and their thoughts on the Affordable Care Act.
"Obamacare is the wrong policy for what ails America," said candidate Matt Whitaker. "And there are some ideas that are good that we should implement instead, and it goes along with the American tradition I talked about in my opening, and that is things like free market and competition."
"I want to get rid of the obnoxious features of Obamacare and keep the good stuff," said candidate Paul Lunde. "And so my amendment is aimed at eliminating only the obnoxious features. Only the mandates."
Moderators asked the candidates what they plan to do about the Affordable Care Act if they become Iowa's next U.S. senator.
"If I was to win this election, I would go for the full repeal and then start over piecemeal," said candidate Scott Schaben."This thing is a well-intended train wreck. It's got great intentions. We're not trying to deny anybody health care, but in the same time we're trying to do it in a sensible fashion."
"I'll work with anybody to get rid of it, too," said candidate David Young. "But we do have to replace it with market-driven solutions. The state barriers, dropping those lines, tort reform."
The topic then shifted to the nation's debt.
"What we have to do is get control of spending, so the position of the Republican Party ought to be greater concessions on spending," said candidate Sam Clovis. "We ought to leave the sequester in place. That's been a good first step."
"We have to cut our spending, and as a farmer's daughter who grew up in Southwest Iowa castrating hogs with her dad, I can go to Washington and cut pork," said candidate Joni Ernst.
Sen. Tom Harkin, a Democrat, currently holds the U.S. Senate seat the candidates are vying for. Harkin has held the seat for 28 years.


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Grinnell College's annual summer movie offers free, family-oriented entertainment.
Our town has repeatedly been named as one of the best and coolest college towns in America – alongside places like Berkeley, Boulder, and Cambridge. Grinnell combines the artful intellectual buzz of a college town with the genuine warmth and friendliness that defines "Iowa nice." And we love it.
What is there to enjoy here? Grab a bike or simply walk into town to enjoy things like:
- Movies at the Strand
- Coffee at Saints Rest
- Sandwiches or a beer and good company at Lonnski's Pub and Deli
- Shopping at many of the locally-owned businesses, including craft, grocery, book, bike and clothing stores
- Grinnell's many bike trails, parks, and sports venues
Within an easy bike ride, you'll find a state park as well as a nature preserve (a favorite spot for the cross-country runners).
TripAdvisor calls Grinnell "a great city with a decidedly metropolitan feel," with countless events and festivals throughout the year.


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[NEWS] Hankook Tires Announces 2013 Motorsports Plans – Tyler McQuarrie joins Hankook TiresMarch 18th, 2013 by Robert
Hankook Tire Announces 2013 Motorsports Plans
Efforts Include Increased Involvement In Formula Drift, Time Attack, 25 Hours of Thunderhill, Off-Road Racing and Open Wheel Racing
Wayne, NJ – March 13, 2013 – After an incredible 2012 Formula Drift season that included a first place win and six podiums finishes total and a victory in the 'E0' class at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, Hankook tire today announced its motorsports plans for 2013.
For 2013, Hankook will continue its close association with Formula Drift by continuing its official sponsorship of the race series and by sponsoring five drivers and teams. Hankook's 2013 Formula Drift team lineup will once again include Fredric Aasbo in the Papadakis Racing Speed Hunters Scion tC, Ken Gushi in the Greddy Performance Scion FR-S, Conrad Grunewald in the Conrad Grunewald Racing Chevrolet Camaro, Chris Forsberg in the Chris Forsberg Racing Nissan 370Z and new member of the Hankook Tire team roster Tyler McQuarrie in the Tyler McQuarrie Racing Go Pro Chevrolet Camaro.
All of Hankook's Formula Drift drivers will compete on Hankook's Ventus R-S3 Extreme Performance Summer tire, one of the premier tires in Formula Drift competition. The Ventus RS-3's impressive handling and grip has been proven at Formula Drift races throughout the United States garnering Hankook multiple podium finishes during the 2012 season.
As part of Hankook's Time Attack efforts, the company will sponsor four teams in the 2013 Redline Time Attack series: Tuner Playground, Ignition Project, Fingers Crossed and Berk Technology. Time Attack has significantly increased in popularity over the past number of years, bringing a new audience to tracks around the country and furthering Hankook's motorsports related presence. The four teams being sponsored will compete exclusively on Hankook racing tires including the Ventus Z214, Ventus TD, and Ventus R-S3.
2013 will also see Hankook return to the 25 Hours of Thunderhill at Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California with the Hankook Tire/El Diablo BMW M3 to bring home another win on Hankook's Ventus Z214 race tires. This endurance race, the longest in the world, draws competitors and enthusiasts from around the country.
Hankook will continue its involvement in off-road racing for 2013 with driver Tracy Rossman and the Rossman Racing Group Ford Pickup. Rossman will compete throughout the season on Hankook's Dynapro MT off-road tire. The Dynapro MT is a street legal extreme performance off-road tire available to consumers as part of Hankook's Light Truck / SUV tire lineup, designed to provide impressive performance for extreme off-road conditions.
Rounding out Hankook's 2013 racing efforts is its involvement as the exclusive tire supplier for multiple racing series throughout the United States. For 2013 the Panam GP Series, with races in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador, will equip its Formula 3 type Formula Abarth cars with Hankook's Ventus F200 race tire. Also using the Hankook Ventus F200 exclusively for 2013 will be the Pacific Formula 2000 series. Additionally the Intercontinental Trophy Cup series, now part of NASA (National Auto Sport Association), will equip its Porsche Cayman based field exclusively on Hankook's Ventus Z214 race tire.
"We will continue to increase Hankook's brand awareness and to showcase the impressive performance of our tires through highly competitive motorsport activities." said Paul Jho, Hankook Tire America Corp. motorsports marketing manager. "Central to this plan is the development of high quality tires for racers and consumers alike that bring the latest in technological advances to meet the needs of drivers on the racetrack, off-road or the vehicles they drive every day."
Hankook will also continue to support motorsports enthusiasts and racers at all levels. For 2013, Hankook will offer amateur and professional racing enthusiasts contingency program benefits and the chance to earn incentives in SCCA National Solo, ProSolo and Club Racing events, NASA regional and national races, Redline Time Attack, the Formula DRIFT Series and select off-road races.
About Hankook Tire America Corp.
Hankook Tire America Corp. is a growing leader in the U.S. tire market, leveraging investments in technology, manufacturing and marketing to deliver high quality, reliable products that are safer for consumers and the environment. Headquartered in Wayne, N.J., Hankook Tire markets and distributes a complete line of high performance and ultra-high performance passenger tires, light truck, SUV tires, as well as medium truck and bus tires in the United States.


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COULD Texas Democrat Charles Stenholm be offered the position of agriculture secretary in the Bush administration?
Stenholm, who represents Texas' 17th District in Congress, reportedly is a leading candidate for the post along with Ann Veneman, who served as an undersecretary at USDA under George W. Bush's father.
Farm organization leaders from the South would be glad to see someone of Stenholm's stature take the No. 1 job at USDA, especially after the decidedly Midwestern bent taken by the Department over the last six years.
The rub could be that the House Democratic leadership would be reluctant to give up a seat that could be filled by a Republican, thus increasing the narrow margin Republicans will enjoy in the House in the next Congress.
Stenholm is among several Democrats being mentioned for possible cabinet posts as the Bush transition team tries to broaden its base of support in the aftermath of one of the most contentious elections in American history. (Democratic Senators Tom Harkin of Iowa and John Breaux of Louisiana have also been listed as possibilities.)
Ironically, Stenholm's name was also floated as a possible replacement for current Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman in a Gore administration.
Glickman, who has said he would not serve beyond the current administration, endorsed Stenholm as a good candidate for secretary during an impromptu press conference following a dedication ceremony at USDA headquarters in Washington.
As one of the leaders of the moderate "Blue Dog" Democrat faction in the House, Stenholm is seen as someone who could reach across the aisle to Republicans and still command the respect of members of his own party.
A 21-year veteran of Congress who has risen to the position of ranking minority member on the House Agriculture Committee, Stenholm certainly is familiar with the problems of agriculture. He began his working life as a vocational ag teacher and is actively involved in his Jones County cotton farm.
Three years ago, Stenholm and Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark., went to see Vice President Al Gore to ask him to try to restore some sense of reason to EPA's implementation of the Food Quality Protection Act. While it may not have been all that Stenholm wanted, Gore did write a letter that ordered the agency to follow sound science in its decision-making.
More recently, Stenholm tried to get the House Agriculture Committee to adopt a "supplemental income protection" plan that would provide payments to farmers in times of low prices. The Republican majority voted it down.
You would like to think that as a member of the administration whose party will control Congress for at least the next two years Stenholm would have more success in implementing his ideas. But, that may be expecting too much.
Many observers felt that in the earlier Bush administration, Secretary of State James Baker was the true secretary of agriculture, calling the shots on agricultural trade issues and other policy matters.
Given Baker's already highly visible role in the Florida recount battle, it may be that Stenholm's considerable abilities would be largely wasted in a Bush administration.


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Super heroes are huge right now. They are in the movies and on television. They are also in comics! Cindy decided to make a big display of super heroes right outside her library entryway. It is the first thing you see as you come up the stairs to the second floor where the library is located.
|AR displays on library windows
At open house, she had several parents excited about the theme---especially the dads. They actually asked to purchase her decorations. Open house was a huge success! When learners and parents are excited, everyone wins!
The excitement carried over to her co-workers. One of her colleagues suggested that she dress up as "super librarian". She actually offered to help Cindy develop a costume. It was then decided that she would be in costume for her presentation to teachers during professional development before students arrived. This was definitely stepping out of her comfort zone! At the meeting with 50 faculty, super hero introduction music was played... then in ran Super Librarian giving faculty members high fives and generating thunderous applause! Instantly, smartphones were out capturing the moment on video and in photos! Cindy's risk paid off. This is exactly the kind of excitement we are looking for in public schools. It is the kind of energy we should want for our school library programs!
|Cindy in costume at the faculty meeting!
After this introduction, Cindy shared how she wanted to team up with teachers to build powerful collaborative learning events for students in the library. She shared her goals with the excited crowd of educators. It was a great success. Even in the weeks following this event, teachers are still seeking opportunities to work with Cindy in the library.
|A comic book style photo created with the Halftone App
She decided to take it a step further. She wanted to create a custom video to introduce the AR theme to her students in grades K-6. We brainstormed and decided to write a short story and create a comic strip of digital photos. I showed Cindy the Halftone app for iOS that creates comic quality pictures from digital photos right on the device. I knew we could add text balloons and effects right in this app. We decided to make a movie using these comic styled photos. Cindy was able to get some students to be in her movie. She also found a willing teacher to play the part of the villain that we developed, The Anti-Reader. We took pictures one afternoon after school. It took about 40 minutes to capture all the shots we needed. Then we converted the photos to comics in Halftone and built the story with text and effects. This took about two hours to complete.
After the comic photos were complete, we imported them into iMovie and added music. This was the time consuming part. It took about 2-3 hours to edit the movie and add music/ sound effects in all the right places. We then took a day away from the project to rest. We came back on the third day and completed the voice over recordings and sound effects. All of the music and sound effects were found in iMovie for MacBook Pro (except for the fighting sounds which I recorded with my fists).
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Cindy showed the video to 23 different classes on Friday, August 28th. There were approximately 500 students who saw the presentation. All the students really enjoyed the video. After the video was complete, Cindy would run out of her office in the Super Librarian costume to an excited crowd of learners. She would then explain the Accelerated Reader program to those in attendance. After the video, one class yelled, "Encore, encore!" Others wanted to know when the next episode of Super Librarian would be revealed. Cindy challenged these classes to help her write and produce the next video.
|Presentation day!
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PORTSMOUTH — An employee of the Redhook Brewery was killed Tuesday after a pressurized beer keg exploded at the company's facility in Portsmouth.
The man was rushed to Portsmouth Regional Hospital by ambulance after he was struck in the head and chest by pieces of the keg, according to Assistant Portsmouth Fire Chief Steve Achilles.
Redhook employees found the worker unresponsive in the loading dock area at approximately 7:06 a.m., a short time after the explosion.
Achilles said the worker, who is believed to be in his 20s or early 30s, had been filling kegs with air as part of a cleaning process that removes residual beer from the kegs. He said firefighters responded within three minutes after receiving a 911 call from the employees.
The man reached Portsmouth Regional Hospital at approximately 7:30 a.m. and was pronounced dead sometime before 1 p.m., according to a hospital spokesperson.
His name has not been released.
Achilles said the explosion took place in a storage and supply area of the Redhook facility, which is located beside a brewery and pub located at Pease.
At 11:01 a.m., Redhook posted a message on its twitter account that reads, "Unfortunately, the Cataqua Pub in Portsmouth will be closed today and all Portsmouth brewery tours are canceled."
Later in the afternoon, Andy Thomas, Redhook Brewing's vice president of commercial operations, said in a statement the company is "doing everything in our power to understand the circumstances surrounding this tragic accident." Smith said all nonessential operations at the brewery, including the pub, will be closed while the investigation continues.
"We believe it would not be appropriate to comment further until the investigation is concluded," Thomas said in the statement. "Our sympathy is with his family and everyone touched by the tragedy."
Achilles said the fire department has notified the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) agency of the circumstances, and he believes OSHA will be investigating the accident. OSHA is the main federal agency charged with the enforcement of safety and health legislation.
As news spread of the industrial accident Tuesday, local brewers were surprised to learn that a pressurized keg had somehow burst apart at the Portsmouth facility.
At the nearby Shipyard Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, production manager Joseph Rank said to his knowledge, a keg has never exploded at one of Shipyard's facilities.
"I've never heard of anyone getting hurt cleaning a keg," he said.
Kirsten Neves, managing member at Tuckerman Brewing Co. in Conway, N.H., said most breweries use high-pressure air or carbon dioxide to flush remaining liquid out of used kegs.
Neves said industrial keg cleaning systems usually have pressure regulators that would prevent such an explosion. She speculated defects in the keg were more likely responsible for the incident.
"It's really a very tragic situation," Neves said. "It's very, very uncommon to hear about a keg exploding like that. I've never heard of it happening."
Dave Yarrington, director of brewing operations for Smuttynose Brewing Company in Portsmouth, concurred that most breweries use a semi-automated cleaning process for kegs, which involves purging the tanks with pressurized air.
Yarrington said Smuttynose uses a Canadian machine that allows workers to program a maximum pressure point.
Across the industry, many large-scale breweries use kegs that are fitted with so-called "Sanke valves," which can be tapped to push CO2 through beer.
The taps can also be reversed, allowing brewers to pump water and air through the spout where beer would normally emerge from the keg.
In a semi-automated keg washing process, Yarrington said workers have the ability to load kegs onto a processing line and then monitor the operation without physically maintaining contact with the kegs.
"We haven't really heard what happened ... but you know, it'd be hard to over-pressurize these stainless steel kegs," he said.
Tuckerman Brewing Co. President Nik Stanciu said he's personally familiar with the keg-washing line at Redhook, and is familiar with employees who have worked there in the past.
Based on the limited information released on Tuesday, Stanciu said he also suspects a physical defect in the keg might have played a role in the accident.
"I've never, ever heard of anything in the industry this catastrophic," he said.
Worker killed when keg explodes at Redhook Brewery in Portsmouth: Man had been filling kegs with air as part of cleaning process
PORTSMOUTH — An employee of the Redhook Brewery was killed Tuesday after a pressurized beer keg exploded at the company's facility in Portsmouth.


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i m beginner and working on my assignement write code of a weight calculation base on person's heaight..
code have 2 JRadio Button and 1 JSlider
JR Buttons:
change event & action command set on both buttons.
and actionlistener. on slider.
code compile and app run successfully but with slider movement just 1 formula is working. nothing show the changes when in change the button with click .. male >> female.
here is a bit of both part of code for buttons & slider:
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
if("Female".equals(ae.getActionCommand())) {
if(f.isSelected() ); // f is name of JRadio buttom "Female" is setActionCommand("Female"), m is name of male button
jb2 = f.getText();
} // end of action performed
public void stateChanged( ChangeEvent evt )
JSlider source = (JSlider)evt.getSource();
if ( !source.getValueIsAdjusting( )) {
sl = source.getValue();
h = sl*sl;
} // End of if line 6
// jb2 (string reference from change event)
if(evt.getSource() ==jb2){
h3 = h/30;
ans2 = h3 +"";
}else {
h2 = h/28;
ans = h2 +"";
} // End of else for
(else is not in work)
jb2 is string where store the button value(name)
sl is integer and getting value from slider
h, h2, h3 are int
please Help me.
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Three months ago, I didn't know either of them existed.
When my agent urged me to join Twitter earlier this year, I read enough books and articles to recognize Twitter as a necessary networking tool for a debut author.
But what I didn't know is how quickly I'd form friendships that didn't involve putting anyone in a headlock and demanding they buy my novel.
There were no headlocks last Friday evening. No pillow fights in our underwear, either (I think we're saving that for next time). It was just a fun chance to connect with two terrific women – one who flew 2,900 miles to get there – for great food, wine, and laughter.
|Debra (@dlschubert), me (@tawnafenske),
and Kristina (@quickmissive)
I've swapped 140-character notes with them for only a few months, and we've already filled each other's wine glasses and admired each other's lipstick. And though it was a blast, it reminded me that meeting in-person isn't a requirement to forging lasting connections in writing communities.
Michelle Wolfson has been my agent for over two years. She's propped me up after rejections, squealed with me over our shared successes, and coached me through a phone call with an editor in which I was fairly certain I'd either cry, puke, or accidentally spew dirty jokes.
But I've never actually met Michelle. Not in person, anyway.
And it's been six years since I first connected with critique partner Cynthia Reese when we were both unpublished authors on the Harlequin message boards. We've worked together through book deals and failures, through good manuscripts and bad ones, through bleak times where we both said, "Screw it, I'm quitting writing to become a lap dancer."
(OK – maybe that was just me).
And though we've shed real tears for each other through both personal crises and writing ones, we've never met in person.
I thought of this the other day when I heard an author lamenting the difficulty of finding someone local to critique with. It reminded me how lucky we all are that we have the ability to connect with other writing professionals using only a few mouse-clicks. Lurking online, you can find critique partners and beta readers, build support systems with other authors, even
I can say with absolute certainty you can forge amazing connections even if you never actually meet any of these people in-person.
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I finally stopped into a little cupcake shop here in town to see what cute little treats they had in their display cases. Red velvet with swirls of cream cheese frosting, dulce de leche with drizzles of caramel, chocolate with more chocolate, carrot cupcakes (my favorite kind of cake as a kid). I chose a pretty snickerdoodle cupcake with creamy icing and a sprinkling of cinnamon and sugar. Must make some of those myself someday.
I love snickerdoodles, and the cupcake was delicious... but worth $2.99? I'm not sure. Seems pretty steep for a few bites of cake. Makes me think I should get into the cupcake business myself. Jamie's been urging me to sell some baked goods, but I've been waiting for the Cottage Food Law to pass in Colorado. Even now that it's officially been signed, I'm not exactly sure of the rules for running a home-based food business.
It's hard to be creative all the time, although there's no shortage of ideas in my head - I have at least a hundred or more ideas jotted down for cookies, muffins, tarts and cakes...
When it comes to REAL food, though - you know not just sweets and pretty treats - I sometimes draw a blank. I saw these little mini loaves of bread at the grocery store and thought how cute they would be with eggs baked right into the middle.
Even starting off with a loaf of bread that's 6-8 ounces, with the tops sliced off and the insides scooped out, what's left is maybe 3 ounces of bread. With the eggs, cheese, prosciutto and onions filling the inside, it's a filling breakfast. Smaller dinner rolls could be used, too, for individual little bread bowl bites.
And of course, the options for what you can put inside is limited only to your imagination - ham and mushrooms, crumbled sausage, cherry tomatoes and basil, chopped spinach and feta... And although we ate these for breakfast, they would also make a really easy and simple weeknight dinner.
Egg, Onion and Prosciutto Bread Bowls
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- 4 small round loaves of bread or baguettes, 6 ounces each
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 8 slices prosciutto
- 4 eggs
- 1 small shallot, diced
- 1/4 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup grated cheddar cheese, or cheese of your choice
- 1 green onion, green and white parts, sliced
- salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with foil. Slice the top 1/3 off each loaf of bread and scoop out the inside, leaving about a 1-inch thickness all around. (Save the leftover bread to make your own bread crumbs later.) Set the bread bowls on the foil.
In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the prosciutto and cook until browned and crispy.
In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, diced shallot, yogurt, parsley and grated cheese. Season with salt and pepper.
Place pieces of the crispy prosciutto inside each of the bread bowls. Pour in the egg mixture, dividing between each bread bowl. Sprinkle the tops with the green onions.
Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes, or just until the eggs are set. Let sit for 5 minutes before serving.
Yields 4 servings
WW Points Plus Value: 7 points per serving
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Archive for the 'Sports' Category
Why Johnny can't stop playing sports
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I never get tired of this clip from the CBC series, "The Tournament," which at 2:47 delivers the funniest, saddest truism about youth sports, ever.
Stephen Rodrick, in the latest New York, writes an excellent piece about a 13-year-old travel-league baseball player as a slice-of-life look into the travails of major-league pressure on minor-aged athletes. If you've had any familiarity with the professionalization of sport — well, professional except that the kids and their families are doing the paying, instead of being paid — at younger and younger ages, the story itself carries few surprises. But the story is great in that instead of a histrionic look at sports killing our children's souls and bodies, Rodrick stays out of the way and follows what is going on with Karl "KB" Blum and everything surrounding him, and lets you reach that conclusion yourself.
Perhaps the biggest surprise to most readers is what KB's baseball-obsessed, hard-charging, living-out-the-dream-he-never-had father does for a living — orthopedic surgeon. On top of that, KB's mother is a radiologist. In other words, he is the child of people who have gone through the highest levels of education and presumably know its value, and how it's a far more sure thing to be a professional than a professional athlete.
Yet the siren song of fame and fortune of being a pro athlete calls. KB's father, haunted by his own promising baseball career cut off when his family moved in high school, is sparing no expense (the story doesn't say whether that expense includes paying little attention to KB's younger brother and sister) to bring KB to academies and teams all over the country to play. Even more puzzling, Karl Blum the senior doesn't shut his son down when he complains his pitching arm is starting to hurt. You can imagine Karl being able to get extra-special bonding in a few years by doing Tommy John surgery on his son.
I don't mean to be too hard on Karl. After all, he's hardly the only parent of means who, due to a combination of his own hopes and dreams for his child, and his child's ability and seeming love for the game, wanders headlong down the path of pro sports dreams. As the article shows, there are certainly plenty of people eager and willing to take the money of those on the way.
In KB's case, Karl is quoted as saying baseball could be a back door to getting him into Princeton, as if the son of two professionals would have an unusual amount of trouble doing so.
Speaking of which, I also won't be too hard on Karl because, in the sense of trying to figure out how to get his child into an Ivy League school, he's part of another group of parents obsessed with an extremely difficult-to-obtain goal. As you can see here, in the New York Times' 37th part in a 198,000-part series, "How Do I Get My Kid Into Harvard, And Is My Life And My Child's Life Over If I Can't?"


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The NBA's a cold cold business. Surprised a vet like O'Neal doesn't know this by now. JR 12/10/2011 12:25:00 AM Tweet Edit
The NBA's a cold cold business. Surprised a vet like O'Neal doesn't know this by now. JR 12/10/2011 12:25:00 AM Tweet Edit
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what a fuckin prick. Move this prick
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JO can take his LeJaunty clothing line and broken knees to South Beach. I don't think anyone in Boston is going to cry over it.
the heat would have to want him lmaooo
JR says:
lol on the LeJaunty clothing line. Hahahaha
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I thought there were two too many O'Neals riding the bench last year.....I still think there is one too many O'Neals on the roster for this year.
Ben says:
Is that supposed to be a deterrent???? I hope they don't waive him.
Go eat ur Fruity Pebbles lol
Moizacka34 says:
J.O. deserves being on a championship team!!! He has been working his ass off, whether its us, the heat, etc
Threatens?. To sign? With the Heat? Don't you need wrists to sign stuff?.
GTFOH with that 'threaten' biz.
He is acting like a baby!! C'MON Danny trade away we dont want this prick on our team if hes gunna act like this. David West is a huge addition to this team and I have a feeling that Danny is up to something right now. Maybe Dwight Howard?
Moizacka34 says:
I think you guys are overreacting, this dude worked his ass off all summer, lost weight, gained muscle, all just to be the center the Celtics need. So I can see why he would want to move to a championship team, put yourself in his position, what would you do? Let all the work you put in your body goto waste?
Cool story JO
The messed up thing is we have no O'Neils/O'Neals nor do we have Kenderick Perkins. It was assumed that the O'Neals would take his place, NOT. What's up with No one wanting to play for the Hornets they must really suc. Lastly Jermaine O'Neal already was on the Heat at one time and was traded. Its time he joined the other O'Neil and get promoted to commentator.
J9 says:
childish move by j.o, broken ass player.
JR says:
JO has a trade kicker in his contract, so he actually gets a 7.5% raise if traded.
before you jumo into any conclusion and start celebrating David West is sick but we dont know how healthy he is, and another factor WHAT YOU should be looking at is why are we looking into West, he did played for NOLA, and Chris Paul is still there, they did played together and were fond of each other. SO IF ANYTHING I be worry of what exactly is going through Danny Ainges Mind Stop celebrating for a moment and actually think
You mad bro
T Rose
doubt CP3 would still sign an extension with the C's even if West is here. Having West as a teammate or having kobe or anthony as a teammate? you pick.
i would hope that the C's go after CP3 and Dwight howard, and trade away rondo, ray allen, JO, and West and involve a third team.
starting five: CP3, bradley/dooling, pierce, garnett, howard?
Ben says:
Why is everyone wanting to trade Ray Ray away way? He's in the best shape of any of the aging Big 3. And what's the deal with wanting to get a rid of Rondo! What the hell!
people saying to trade Ray makes no sense, he'll instantly transform any team into a Championship caliber threat, people need to stop drinking the kool aid that younger is always better, Ray Allen makes most of these young stars look stupid on a daily basis
But i kind of understand Jermaine's frustration, after all these free agency moves done by the Celtics and the way the big 3 are still powerful as ever, Jermaine knows they are destined for the title and he has been in the league long enough to feel that he should get at least one. I hope they are able to get David West without trading O'Neal but David West is a better player and acquisition so they should still go for it regardless, but still having Jermaine would be great as he is a true, experienced center
Delonte West and Leon Powe is the guys the C's should put effort into next, time to get the band back together, already got Quis
There is also a possibility that J'O can get Waived and who knows we can pick him up again??? I mean its been done before with Big Z and the Cavaliers before... That could all depend on Jo point of view he was great towards the end, but the only way im 100% behind this is if and IF only David West is 100 % anything lower than that is a big gamble
Jacob Noble says:
JO is going to the Lakers after he gets traded by NOK in the cp3 deal.
Dear Coco (guy from the shout Box), If you are reading this, I'm really really sorry about my rude comments toward a Celtics Fan, So im asking if you can un-ban me. I swear as god is my witness, I will never make fun of someone again when using the shout box, Thanks,And I hope you accept my apology and un-ban me cause I love talking to celtics fans. :)
Three Toe says:
hahaha nice one rookie. i thought the whole point of the shoutbox was to make fun of people? I guess we should rename it to the "be courteous and respectful cause we don't wanna hurt anyone's feelings box"
anyways, i can understand JO's attitude. It's actually kind of nice seeing a player want to go win a championship instead of wanting to hang out with your buddies. By showing his cards, he implies that he wants to stay here, so we shouldn't bash him. He just goes about it immaturely. JO is probably not a good poker player.
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