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Disposable Lifestyle Must STOP
As we move into a year that has been marked as 'the end of the world' more and more perspectives on how this world is actually collapsing at various levels emerge in the media.
Evidence shows that we have built a world around consumerism, around buying and selling life in order to 'make a living' while producing more shit to live. And by shit I mean products that are not made out of an actual purpose and requirement to live, but are only manufactured to create new needs implanted and promoted through nice pictures that suit personalities and lifestyles that can afford being constantly seeking the fastest, easiest, most enjoyable way of 'living.'
Who has created such a system? Who has deliberately kept the current status quo of a never ending quest to 'conquer the world' as 'the superior species' that we've claimed ourselves to be? Us, all of us – humans. It is a great comfortable lie to only blame the corporations – because we buy from them; it's easy to blame politicians – while we vote for them, and even if you don't vote, we are all still accepting the current political system where only a few are 'in power' and taking decision for the whole. Though it's also 'great' to delude ourselves into what this world 'has to offer' in terms of media and entertainment that is able to exist in a nice fluffy alternate reality where 'everything is alright' while bowing down to a system based in inequality, a system that is proving itself to have failed at creating dignified living conditions for all beings, as well as an actual preservation of the resources on the planet based on indispensable consumption to live. But! this is not seen, this is not promoted because it goes against the 'laws' of capitalism where 'the more you buy, the 'wealthier' you are,' 'the more you consume, the 'happier' you are' – these have been underlying mottos that we've accepted as our motivation to keep going in this world.
We have been the co-creators of every single policy in this reality that has stood only as a benefit for our hedonist lifestyles while disregarding what we are inherently supporting just by the mere fact of supporting and complying to a world wherein we 'buy life.' This single acceptance has lead us to the horrible truths that only few dare to research upon.
How come there is mercury in our light-saving light bulbs? How is it that water fluoridation is not controlled at all eventually creating damages at a cellular level? How come we've allowed an over-production of cars to have up to 900 million cars in this world – and still going up in numbers -all requiring oil that is the subject of wars, all of them expelling exorbitant amounts of carbon dioxide and other chemical pollutants into the air. It is certainly not cool living in a city where you can't breathe clean air at all.
How come that we've agreed to make of McDonald's one of the most profitable companies around the world this year while having material that gruesomely exposes their industrial farming where chickens are kept in the most macabre ways only to eventually be killed so that you can have your 'happy meal' – this is only an example among several other violations that threaten the lives of animals and humans alike in such massive production system. McDonald's is 'still going strong' in the world where everyone is attempting to follow the 'American way of 'living,'' promoting images of happiness and satisfaction while hiding the most atrocious ways entailed in their production. Who consumes? We do and they are not alone.
Ronald's company shares the throne next to companies like Google – god nonetheless – Pfizer, keeping the nations doped in well-established agreements with FDA and the entire brigade of psychiatrists that are more than happy to have you there every month seeking for your 'antidote' to any mental experience that you've created for yourself. Apple which has been the most effective in creating and setting 'new trends' in terms of updating products unnecessarily, creating a fan base of loyal consumers that keep the company growing around the world. Jobs might have been a 'great developer,' but he also found ways to create his products in a 'clever' way using slave labor in China, in factories where slaves/ 'workers' are forced to work over hours while living in rooms with other 20 people, just to keep it all 'sustainable.' Now, who doesn't have an iPod, iPhone, iPod or Mac ?
Nike, a company that reveals people sweating while enjoying their products but hiding the 'sweat-shop' actual effort and suffering within the factories in Asia, having workers that have no other option than cutting meals a day just to afford painkillers in case of getting sick.All of these companies also produce exorbitant amount of rubbish that is dumped and not taken responsibility for, at all. It is an all encompassing detrimental and harmful business that is currently placing animals in extinction, animals being abused and kept in the most insane ways to be killed and sold to cover the increasing rates of meat demand in the market. Add the polluting aspect with chemicals and hazardous materials that are often used in the products without anyone knowing about it. These are all then packaged and sold in plastic containers and wraps, all of it being part of the 'convenient' materials for a fast-food lifestyle that is sold and packed 'ready to go' to fulfill our needs/ desires as soon as possible with 'great quality' on top of that. I mean, isn't it obvious that this world is based upon absolute abuse, betrayal, harm and negligence to one another? This includes not only human beings, but animals, plants, the environment, the very air we breathe?
Looking at the garbage that gets dumped into the ocean: what are the solutions to this? Straining the ocean is not an option as that would certain capture other species as well. They argue that cleaning the oceans is 'beyond any nation's budget' – what if money wasn't an obstacle to do so? The point is to stop the problem in its root. We've built a society based on a disposable lifestyle that we believe ends up in the trash can. No. It is horrific to see what animals are having to endure and die from because of this human-made world.
We are completely delusional if we think that over a hundred years of having cars running in this world, we won't have a detrimental effect on Earth. The same applies for virtually every single industry where everything we use, wear, eat and just 'buy' has an entire set if procedures behind that we're simply not aware of. We're neglecting the very fact that it is the accepted and allowed hedonist lifestyle that is leading us to this current state we're living in. We have neglected the vital consideration to create sustainable ways to live, beginning with our monetary system which is the main cause to these profit-driven industries that satisfy consumers to generate more capital – and the chain goes on. Where does it stop? With each one of us.
Do we really care about each other? No, otherwise the abuse, disregard and general carelessness about ourselves and the environment would not exist, because we would not have accepted the current economical, political and social structures in the first place where being rich is the ultimate triumph, regardless of who's chest you have to stand upon to do so.
Where is our human integrity? Has there EVER been human integrity? No. And I am sick and tired of living in this sick and polluted world. I cannot continue blaming or neglecting the facts that exist here, I stand up for a solution that we see and realize it is the root cause for the majority of the current problems we've created in this world: MONEY.
Investigate the Equal Money System wherein we are creating and planning a structure based on Equality, where life is dignified and supported unconditionally for all, as a birth-right. This will stop the extensive abuse toward animals, humans, plants, the environment as the principle is Equality implemented through Equal Money where our basic requirements to live are supplied by virtue of living here. By having our needs met, we will have all the time we require to start investigating ways in which we can clean up the world, as well as stopping producing unnecessary products that are only fulfilling a certain 'personality' and ideal-lifestyle that has never considered the reality that we live in, wherein those that 'earn the least' are the exploited ones that keep those on the top happy and celebrating a lifestyle that has its roots in abuse and suffering.
I could go on and on citing all the various aspects of human slavery, animal abuse, indiscriminate use of resources, social problems, political negligence, judicial unfairness, health detriment by untested products, lack of basic understanding of how we create this world, wars, famine, child abuse, family violence, consumerism, mental problems, greed, monopolies, pollution in the oceans, the air, our water depleted due to irresponsible contamination in this world…
We are Here, nonetheless.
Our reality will change, that's for sure. But be aware that all changes made will only have one single purpose: Creating an Equal world where we stop the current suffering of all sentient beings in this world, stop harming and abusing ourselves because of money, stop abdicating our responsibility toward each other and start working together for a single outcome that will benefit all equally.
We are here to stop neglecting life, to stop our personal turmoil that tampers our ability to see what this reality as 'our world' has become by our own hands. We're here to stop self interest to create common interests where life in equality means best for all.
Dare to Care http://www.equalmoney.org
Check out the Equal Money System Wiki entry
Nike Sweatshops: Behind the Swoosh
Food, Inc. – Industrial Chicken Farmers
Equal Money Blog – consumerism
Planned Obsolescence is the Saving Grace of Capitalism
Consumerism and resisting an Equal Money System
Consumerism and Education
Bernard Poolman – Energy and Consumerism
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Gone Fishing
For as long as people have lived near water, people have fished. Sadly, in many instances, the history of fishing is paralleled by a history of overfishing. According to the 2006 Report of Status of U.S. Fisheries, 20% of U.S. fish stocks with known overfishing status are subject to overfishing and 25% of stocks with known overfished status are considered to be overfished. An additional four stocks currently classified as not overfished are approaching overfished status. Contributing factors to the current level of overfishing include:
- technological advances that have made large-scale fishing easier;
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The impacts of declining fish catches are being painfully felt by many coastal fishing communities around the globe. Jobs are lost and food is scarce. Impacts are also felt in the oceans as other marine species are left with fewer fish to eat. Overfishing affects the entire marine food web. But how do know when overfishing is occurring or when a stock is overfished? More importantly, can these conditions be reversed?
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Keeping Track of What You LearnThroughout these labs, you will find two kinds of questions.
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The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State is committed to developing and implementing integrative, multidisciplinary approaches to improving pollinator health, conservation, and management for ecosystems services through research, education, outreach and policy.


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Henry Threadgill (1 Albums, 1 Tracks)
The jazz avant-garde has produced dozens of notable improvisers (not surprisingly, since improvisation is arguably the music's defining element) but relatively few great composers. Henry Threadgill is a member of that exclusive club. With his fellow Chicagoans Anthony Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams, he's one of the most original jazz composers of his generation. Threadgill's art transcends stylistic boundaries. He embraces the world of music in its entirety, from ragtime to circus marches to classical to bop, free jazz, and beyond. Such might sound merely eclectic in the telling, but in truth, Threadgill always sounds like Threadgill. A given project might exploit a particular genre or odd instrumentation, but whatever the slant, it always bears its composer's inimitable personality. Threadgill is also an alto saxophonist of distinction; his dry, heavily articulated manner is a precursor to that of a younger Chicagoan, the alto saxophonist Steve Coleman (no coincidence, one would suspect). Threadgill took up music as a child, first playing percussion in marching bands, then learning baritone sax and clarinet. He was involved with the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) from its beginnings in the early '60s, collaborating with fellow members Joseph Jarman and Roscoe Mitchell and playing in Muhal Richard Abrams' legendary Experimental Band. From 1965-1967 he toured with the gospel singer Jo Jo Morris. He then served in the military for a time, performing with an army rock band. After his discharge, he returned to Chicago, where he played in a blues band and resumed his association with Abrams and the AACM. He went on to earn his bachelor's degree in music at the American Conservatory of Music; he also studied at Governor's State University. In 1971 he formed Reflection with drummer Steve McCall and bassist Fred Hopkins. The trio would re-form four years later as Air and would go on to record frequently to great acclaim. It's 1979 album Air Lore featured contemporary takes on such early jazz tunes as "King Porter Stomp" and "Buddy Bolden's Blues," prefiguring the wave of nostalgia which was to dominate jazz in the following decade. Threadgill moved to New York in the mid-'70s, where he began forming and composing for a number of ensembles. Threadgill began showing a love for unusual instrumentation; for instance, his Sextett (actually a septet), used a cellist, and his Very Very Circus included two tubas. In the mid-'90s he landed a (short-lived) recording contract with Columbia, which produced a couple of excellent albums. Throughout the '80s and '90s Threadgill's music became increasingly polished and sophisticated. A restless soul, he never stood still, creating for a variety of top-notch ensembles, every one different. A pair of 2001 releases illustrates this particularly well. On Up Popped the Two Lips (Pi Recordings), his Zooid ensemble combines Threadgill's alto and flute with acoustic guitar, oud, tuba, cello, and drums — an un-jazz-like instrumentation that nevertheless grooves and swings with great agility. Everybodys Mouth's a Book features his Make a Move band, which consists of the leader's horns, with vibes and marimba, electric and acoustic guitars, electric bass, and drums — a more traditional setup in a way, but no less original in concept.
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Ramirez designated to make room for Gausman
BOSTON -- The Orioles designated reliever Ramon Ramirez for assignment to clear a roster spot for Sunday's starter, Kevin Gausman, whose return from the Minor Leagues again leaves the club with a six-man staff. But perhaps not for long.
"We could send somebody out [to the Minors], like we did just about every other year to make sure we've got some depth in our bullpen and really not lose anything and still be able to get back before the 10 days are up post All-Star break," manager Buck Showalter said. " We could, not saying we're going to. We'll see how the next few days go."
If that's the case, Gausman could be the guy to go. With Bud Norris coming through a two-inning simulated game Saturday with no issues, he's tentatively slated to start Tuesday. That pushes back Miguel Gonzalez and Wei-Yin Chen a day, where they have historically pitched better. All of that will depend, in large part, on how much the bullpen is used over the next few days as the O's play a reliever short.
If Ramirez clears waivers, he will remain in the organization and can be outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk.


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There's no shortage of folk looking to exploit the web topic du jour. In June, as Iran teetered on the brink of revolution, UK furniture retailer Habitat started Tweeting houseware ads tagged with words like "Iran" and "Mousavi." Just this week, Black Hat SEOs leapt at the chance to push scareware sites onto the wave of searches looking for instant info on the sudden death of actress Brittany Murphy.
And now, a Twitter-happy real-time search outfit hopes to turn this sort of thing into a legitimate business.
Today, One Riot introduced what it calls "trending ads" - "a stream of ads that are related to trending topics as they emerge across the social web." In essence, when a particularly popular topic hits the net, the system will automatically build ads that marry this topic du jour with content on your very own website. Speaking with The Reg, One Riot GM Tobias Peggs used the Britney Murphy example.
"As an advertiser, you have no way of knowing that the everyone is going to be searching for Brittany Murphy. You can't build ads ahead of time," he says. "We index your site and then build the ads for you."
One Riot 'Trending ad' on an iPod touch
These ads may appear on OneRiot's own real-time search engine, which serves up recently-posted content from Twitter and other sources while ranking it according to ostensible relevancy (see above, as viewed on an iPod touch). Or they may be syndicated to partner sites, such as Digsby, a service for juggling IM and email alongside your so-called social networking feeds.
The ads are streamed to partners as an API feed, which means partners have free rein to display them as they see fit. The ads might appear as separate banners. Or they might appear in the middle of a user's "real-time stream" - as occurs on Digsby.
But One Riot says it won't let things get out of hand. "OneRiot will work closely with developers to ensure that initial implementations work well for users, for advertisers, the developer and us," the company tells us. "Naturally, that will create best-practice guidelines that we'll put in place as we roll this out aggressively in the New Year." ®


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NBC's Ron Mott reports that cleanup is slowly underway from the Blizzard of 2013 is underway in the Northeast.
Updated at 4:30 p.m. ET: A gusting winter storm buried parts of the Northeast under 3 feet of snow and left millions of people with little to do Sunday but wait — for lights to come on, flights to resume and packed-in cars to be freed.
Transportation systems slowly flickered back. New York airports reopened on limited schedules, and around 11 p.m. Saturday night Boston's Logan International Airport welcomed in its first flight since the storm hit. All major airports are operational again, but many in the affected area are still experiencing delays and cancellations.
Still, for the most part, the country's most populous region came to a standstill for a day. Elected officials pleaded with people to stay inside, even after the snow stopped, to let emergency crews and snowplows do their work.
Full coverage from The Weather Channel
"This is going to go on for a number of days," Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said. "This will not all be done today."
Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island warned that while it was no longer snowing, the danger hadn't ended.
"People need to take this storm seriously, even after it's over. If you have any kind of heart condition, be careful with the shoveling," The Associated Press quoted him as saying.
The storm was blamed for at least 10 deaths, including a child poisoned by carbon monoxide and an 81-year-old Connecticut woman who was clearing snow with a blower who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.
At 4:00 p.m. ET Sunday, 290,726 homes and businesses were without power in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, down from a total of about 650,000. Some schools in the region said that they would be closed on Monday, according to the AP.
NBC's Ron Allen joins Lester Holt with the latest from Connecticut, a state that had some of the highest snow totals.
And along the coast, including among people battered by Superstorm Sandy less than four months ago, flooding was a concern. The snowstorm announced itself with hurricane-force winds and churned up offshore waters.
When the snow finally stopped Saturday afternoon, cities and towns reported eye-popping snow totals — 40 inches in Hampden, Conn., 38 inches in Milford, Conn., and 34 inches in New Haven. Portland, Maine, got almost 32 inches, breaking its record.
Boston reported a hair under 25 inches, placing the storm in that city's five-worst on record. Concord, N.H., reported 2 feet. Central Park in New York — by afternoon a sledder's paradise — reported 11.4 inches.
The National Weather Service recorded peak wind gusts of 83 mph in Cuttyhunk, Mass., the strength of a Category 1 hurricane. There were gusts of 72 mph in Westport, Conn., and 76 mph in East Boston.
On the Long Island Expressway, which looked more like a moonscape than a busy thoroughfare, 60 to 100 cars were stuck in the snow, and police officers worked through the night to free people from cars and get them to safety.
Richard Ebbrecht, a chiropractor, told the AP that he left his office in Brooklyn at 3 p.m. Friday and got stuck six or seven times on the expressway and other roads.
"We were all helping each other, shoveling, pushing," he said.
He gave up and settled in for the night just two miles from home. At 8 a.m., he walked the rest of the way.
"I could run my car and keep the heat on and listen to the radio a little bit," he told the AP. "It was very icy under my car. That's why my car is still there."
Among the 10 deaths blamed on the storm was an 11-year-old boy in Boston who was overcome by carbon monoxide while keeping warm in the car.
NBC's Ron Mott joins Lester Holt with an updates on the blizzard's aftermath in Rhode Island.
The boy had been helping his father shovel out the car and got cold. The father started the engine, and the boy got inside, a Boston fire spokesman told the AP. But the car's exhaust pipe was covered by a snowbank.
In a separate incident, also in Boston, a 20-year-old man was found dead in his car. He was also overcome by carbon monoxide fumes.
In Auburn, N.H., a man was killed after losing control of his car and hitting a tree. He was found dead in his car by local authorities.
In Prospect, Conn., an 81-year-old woman was using a snowblower when a driver struck and killed her and fled the scene, Malloy said. In Danbury, a man slipped on a porch and was found dead Saturday morning, the mayor told NBC Connecticut.
A 53-year-old man in Bridgeport, Conn., was found dead under snow at his house, possibly from hypothermia or a cardiac arrest, authorities said. A 55-year-old New Milford man died after he suffered a heart attack while plowing. A Shelton man, 49, died while digging out his truck.
A man in Livingston County, N.Y., was plowing his driveway with a tractor Friday night when the tractor went off the edge of the road and fell on top of him.
And in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., an 18-year-old woman lost control of her car in the snow and struck Muril M. Hancock, 74, who was walking near the shoulder, police said Friday. Hancock died at the hospital.
On the Long Island Expressway, dozens of cars were stuck in the snow, and police officers worked through the night to free people from cars and get them to safety. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.
In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Saturday morning that 2,200 pieces of equipment were on the streets, salting and plowing. He said that all the primary streets in the city had been plowed.
"I think it's fair to say that we were very lucky," he said. "Looks like we dodged a bullet."
He said the city had offered help to other places hit harder by the storm.
In Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick had ordered all cars off the roads but announced Saturday afternoon that he was lifting the ban for Interstate 91 and the slice of the state to the west.
Connecticut had a similar ban in place, but Malloy could not say when it might be lifted. He said Saturday afternoon that he expected it to remain in place at least for the rest of the day.
Transportation systems slowly flickered back to life Saturday, but for the most part, the country's most populous region came to a standstill for a day. NBC's Rehema Ellis reports.
The winter storm was fueled by two weather systems — a so-called clipper pattern that swept across the Midwest and a band of rain that churned up from the South. They clashed explosively over the Northeast on Friday.
The storm arrived in earnest Friday night. The governors of New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island all declared states of emergency.
More than 800 National Guard soldiers and airmen were activated in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York to provide roadway support, emergency transportation and back-up for first responders, the Department of Defense said.
'Absolutely beautiful' scene in Conn. town hit by most snow
Sandy survivors: It's like a repeat 'nightmare'
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A public meeting Friday in Pagosa Springs concerns the proposal to make the Chimney Rock Archaeological Area a national monument. The meeting will be held from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Archuleta Fairgrounds.
Chimney Rock is perhaps the most important cultural site managed by the Forest Service. It is an important part of the extensive Chacoan cultural build-up of Puebloan people that began in the A.D. 800s and lasted more than 300 years. It is still of great importance to the living Puebloan cultures of the region.
With more than 200 dwellings, and several ceremonial sites, the Chimney Rock area is not only an impressive natural feature, but amazing historically and culturally.
Designated an archaeological area and national historic site in 1970, for the last decade it has been the focus of concerted effort by many people to see it designated as a national monument. Lately, this effort has gained significant steam. Bills proposing national monument status have been introduced by U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, as well as a separate bill by U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez. These bills have received overwhelming support locally.
Monument status would increase the visibility of the site, encouraging more visitors and help to support the regions economy. It would also give support to efforts to properly steward the site, preserving this national treasure for future generations. Archuleta County deserves the support of all of us in its efforts toward designation of the site as a national monument.
The Trail of the Ancients covers the cultural sites in southeastern Utah, northeast Arizona and Montezuma County in Colorado. Chimney Rock would be a valuable addition, bringing attention to the eastern part of the area.
Because of the difficulties in getting any legislation through the current Congress, the push for national monument status has now shifted to asking President Barack Obama to designate the site through the Antiquities Act. Passed in 1906 during Theodore Roosevelts presidency, the bill has been used to protect such sites as the Grand Tetons, Chaco Canyon, Hovenweep and, more recently, Canyons of the Ancients.
Chimney Rock, with its important historical and cultural significance, is a perfect example of what the act was intended to protect.
Please support national monument designation by attending the meeting Friday, letting Bennet, Udall and Tipton know your support, and urging Obama to take action.
Chimney Rock is a unique and important asset that we should all work to preserve and support, and by doing so, we will also gain economically, educationally and culturally.
email@example.com. Dan Randolph is executive director of the San Juan Citizens Alliance.


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I hope you all had a happy and peaceful Christmas with the people you love. Jamie and I were able to spend time with some of both our families, and we had a white Christmas wherever we went! Colorado was already blanketed in snow, and when we arrived at Jamie's sister's place in Washington, freshly falling snow greeted us there, too.
The Friday before Christmas, we had my parents over for the day, and started the morning with a late breakfast of Eggnog Cinnamon Rolls, drizzled with warm Lemon Curd I made that morning, and a Frittata with Mushrooms, Spinach, Onions and Ham.
After breakfast there was lots of time to relax, watch movies, drink coffee, snack on popcorn, nuts and veggies, and talk. We kept the dinner fairly simple, but delicious, so that no one had to spend all day cooking.
Jamie cooked Prime Rib, seasoned with Peppercorns and Garlic, with a creamy horseradish sauce on the side and a little au jus. The beef was perfectly tender and juicy. For my contribution, I made a Butternut Squash Risotto. It was the first time I'd made risotto, and was surprised at how easy it was since people are always saying how tricky it is. Probably the same people who say that making caramel is easy!
I didn't think it was difficult at all, just time-consuming since I had to stand there stirring it constantly while adding broth for 30 minutes, but it was so creamy and fragrant, with bits of butternut squash, creamy Parmesan cheese, and a hint of lemon.
My mom made her Pretzel Salad, which has been a Christmas tradition in our family for years, but I don't know why it's called a salad. It's really just dessert. It starts with a crushed salted pretzel crust, topped with a creamy layer of cream cheese and whipped cream, and then a layer of sweet strawberry jello and whole strawberries. If you're thinking this sounds like a kid dessert, it sort of is, but I still love it!
She also made yeast rolls and roasted some green beans with a little garlic and lemon, with a sprinkling of Parmesan.
For dessert, I made a 4-layer Chocolate Cake with chocolate and vanilla buttercream, and a sprinkling of white chocolate "snow". In my mind, I was planning to decorate the cake with fancy piping that looked like a snowflake... but in reality, my decorating skills are just not what I'd like, so what you see in the pictures is the final result.
Remember the Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes from last week, with the first batch not being quite right? With the leftover cake crumbs from that first batch of cupcakes, I made Christmas Truffles by combining the crumbled chocolate cake with cold coffee to create a moist filling that, after chilled, I rolled into balls and dipped in white and bittersweet chocolate, sprinkling each with a variety of sprinkles, crushed peppermint and sea salt.
It was a sweet finish to the day.
There were presents, too, of course, and the living room was a flurry of bright paper, ribbons and boxes. Jamie and I each ended up buying each other the same present - a convection oven! So we'll keep one and return the other, and we're both looking forward to using it.
Early the next morning, we left in the freezing cold to fly to Spokane, where we spent a few days with his sister and family, and their parents. There's nothing like seeing the excitement in a kid's face over new Legos, battery-operated robot bugs and remote-controlled monster trucks! Makes me miss my brother and sister and nieces. It's been too long since we've gotten to spend Christmas together. And of course, there's also nothing like a 2-hour flight home full of crying children who are screaming "I want to get off!" for the entire flight. :)
Immediately after landing, we headed to the Pepsi Center for a performance by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and it was a wonderful and inspiring ending to our Christmas weekend.
Home now, I'm looking forward to a few days with Jamie to enjoy the rest of the holidays.
Chocolate Christmas Cake with Chocolate and Vanilla Buttercream and White Chocolate Snow
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chocolate cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon espresso powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup milk, room temperature
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste (or seeds from 1 vanilla bean)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 cup finely chopped white chocolate
Make the Cake:
Preheat the oven to 350. Prepare two 8 inch round cake pans by spraying the bottoms only with non-stick spray. Line the bottom with parchment paper, then spray the paper with the non-stick spray. Set aside.
In the bowl of your electric mixer, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, espresso powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Mix on low speed for 30 seconds to combine then beat for three minutes on medium speed. Scrape the bowl down and gently stir in the boiling water - the batter will be very thin.
Divide batter between the cake pans. Bake for 25-28 minutes until the center of each cake springs back when gently touched. Set the pans on wire racks and cover with a clean kitchen towel. Cool completely in the pans.
Make the Frosting:
For the vanilla frosting, place all ingredients in the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Mix on low to combine, then increase speed to medium high and whip until very light and fluffy.
For the chocolate frosting, place all ingredients in the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Mix on low to combine, then increase speed to medium high and whip until very light and fluffy.
Assemble the cake:
Remove the cakes from the pans and peel off the parchment paper. Use a sharp knife or cake leveler to level the tops of the cakes and to split each in half for a 4-layer cake.
Set the first layer of cake on a cake plate. Spread with a layer of the vanilla buttercream, about 1/4 inch thick. Repeat with the 2nd and 3rd layers of cake and vanilla buttercream. Top with the 4th layer of cake. Frost entire cake with a thin "crumb coat" of vanilla buttercream. Let frosting set for about 20 minutes. Frost the top of the cake with vanilla buttercream. Frost the sides with the chocolate buttercream, swirling as desired. Pipe additional chocolate buttercream around the top and bottom edges.
If desired, sprinkle the chopped white chocolate on top of the cake to resemble snow.
There's no need to use all the buttercream if there's extra left - just store in an airtight container in the fridge for another cake.
Eggnog Cinnamon Rolls with Lemon Curd
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- 1/4 cup very warm water
- 1 package active dry yeast
- 1 cup eggnog, warmed slightly (substitute milk for standard cinnamon rolls)
- 2 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 3 1/2 - 4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 cup raisins and/or chopped pecans (optional)
Pour the warm water into the bowl of your electric mixer and sprinkle the yeast over the water. Let stand for 10 minutes until foamy. Add the warmed eggnog, sugar (2 1/2 tablespoons), oil, baking powder, salt, egg, and 2 cups of flour. Mix with the dough hook until smooth. Add 1 1/2 cups more flour, a half cup at a time, with the mixer on low. Knead the dough for 8 minutes on medium-low speed, adding the last half cup of flour a little at a time, as needed.
Place dough in an oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour, until doubled in size.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough into a rectangle, about 9x15 inches. Brush with 4 tablespoons of the melted butter. In a small bowl, combine the 1/2 cups brown sugar and white sugar and the cinnamon. Sprinkle sugar mixture over the dough. If adding nuts or dried fruit, sprinkle them over the sugar mixture. Roll the dough up into a log (from one short side to the other). Dip a sharp knife in flour and slice the log into 12 equal pieces.
Brush 1 more tablespoon of the melted butter on the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Place the cinnamon rolls, cut side down, in the pan. Brush the rolls with the last tablespoon of melted butter. Cover the pan with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight. At this point, you could also wrap the cinnamon rolls in plastic and then foil, and freeze for a month or two until you're ready to bake them.
Take the rolls out of the fridge 1-2 hours before you're ready to bake them and let them rise a little in a warm place.
Preheat the oven to 350. Bake the rolls, uncovered, until risen and golden brown, about 25-30 minutes.
While the rolls are hot, drizzle with warm lemon curd, or a powdered sugar glaze.
Yields 12 cinnamon rolls.


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GSP Unveils Website and Branding for Terminal Improvement Program
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) unveiled a new website and brand for its Terminal Improvement Program (TIP) today. The brand, WINGSPAN, will be supported by the website, www.elevatingtheupstate.com, which will highlight key aspects of the Terminal Improvement Program and serve as an information hub about the program for travelers and Upstate residents.
"The Terminal Improvement Program will make GSP International Airport one of the most efficient airports of its size," said GSP President and CEO Dave Edwards. "To maintain efficiency while the program is underway, communication is critical. Our dedicated website, our blog and our other social media platforms under the WINGSPAN brand will provide vital information about TIP, as well as educate the community about the economic impact of this program."
The $115 million, 48-month Terminal Improvement Program will modernize the main terminal building, improve passenger flow and upgrade the facility. No local tax dollars will be used to fund any portion of the program. Skanska Moss, a joint venture between Skanska USA Building and local contractor Moss & Associates, is serving as construction manager at-risk. GSP International Airport will seek as many local subcontractors as possible to participate, continuing its commitment to economic development throughout the Upstate.
Renovation plans will take long-term sustainability into account. The terminal will remain operational throughout the process.
"We are embarking on the most substantial wave of renovations in GSP's history," Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission Chairwoman Minor Shaw said. "The Terminal Improvement Program will accomplish needed renovations to the airport while keeping the authenticity and community feel that everyone in the Upstate has all grown to love."


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How about flagrant fouls?
Ira Winderman
Sun Sentinel
No. Technical fouls are not the issue, not when you get 15 before you can incur a suspension with a 16th. If you can't retain your composure so that you are being called for a technical once every four games, you deserve to be punished.
The greater point of inspection should be for flagrant fouls, where a single whistle can lead to instant ejection, as was the case this week with Timberwolves guard J.J. Barea. Yes, review the following day reduced his Flagrant 2 to a Flagrant 1, which would have kept him in that night's game against the Heat. But by then, it was too late.
You get two technicals in a game before ejection. With flagrants, it can be one and done. That's where greater prudence has to enter the equation.
How about too few?
K.C. Johnson
Chicago Tribune
Here's a better question: Have the officials not gone far enough?
Every preseason, we hear about officials' points of emphasis, with one of them to assess technical fouls for post-whistle histrionics. And yet the game remains filled with "who me?" outbursts galore. And don't even bring up hanging on the rim after dunks.
Is this the NBA or a pull-up contest? Also, whatever happened to keeping coaches in the coaches' box? Ah, for the days of the serene Phil Jackson, chilling in his ergonomically-correct chair.
The game is best featured in its purest form. As far as I'm concerned, the more technical fouls, the better to achieve that end.
Gotten out of hand
Ben Bolch
Los Angeles Times
They ought to call them technicality fouls the way the NBA is handing out technicals willy-nilly. When Mr. Nice Guy, aka Kevin Durant, ranks No. 2 in the league in technical fouls, it might be a pretty good indication things have gotten out of hand. The next thing you know, Durant will get a technical for kissing his mother before games. It has gotten that ridiculous.
Then again, what do you expect when the NBA has given out technicals for having an opponent push you in the face (see John Lucas vs. Kyrie Irving), laughing on the bench (Tim Duncan) and touching your elbow to show where you were fouled (Kyle Korver)? If the NFL is the No Fun League, the NBA is the No Benevolence Association.
Lower suspension bar
Brian Schmitz
Orlando Sentinel
If you've ever sat close to the floor in an NBA game, it's like attending a family reunion gone wrong. The complaining and belly-aching is constant. I don't know how the refs stand it. It's a wonder they don't eject everyone.
A few seasons ago the NBA tried to crack down on the boorishness, and it looks as if things are back to abnormal.
The tech/ejection on Dwight Howard after he got tangled up in Toronto was absurd. Then again, Dwight wouldn't have gotten tossed, but he picked up an early one for yakking.
I say reduce the number of T's a player gets before he's suspended. It's a ridiculous 16 now. Set it at eight, and maybe the silence will be golden.


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Emotional investing, performance chasing and any other term we might use to describe investors' penchant for harming themselves isn't a new—or particularly insightful—concept on its face. But the study of exactly how they do it is another story.
Now that the tenets of behavioral economics are breaking through to the mainstream (finally), we thought it wise to take a look back at a compelling case made for variable products (yes, variable products) as one answer to this vexing problem. This article first appeared in our sister publication, Boomer Market Advisor, in 2005, but the message is just as important—if not more so—today.
Straight from the source
"One of the assumptions economists typically make is that individuals are fully rational," explains Dr. Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel laureate and psychology professor at Princeton University. "If you want an easy introduction to behavioral economics, it's economics without making the assumption that [investors] are fully rational or that they have perfect self-control."
"The definition of behavioral economics in my mind is how people react, and the economic decisions they make, in any given financial framework," adds Dr. John Nofsinger, associate professor of finance at Washington State University and author of "Investment Madness." "Some would argue that all finance is behavioral finance, meaning that financial decisions are too often based on emotion."
According to Kahneman, behavioral economics includes four interwoven parts:
1. Prospect Theory: Simply put, prospect theory is the notion that individuals sometimes behave irrationally. When confronted with a risky decision, they condense available choices to a short list of alternatives and then choose the one with the perceived highest value.
2. Loss Aversion: "I realize this business is driven by hope for gain versus fear of loss," says Robert Brimmer, an Orleans, Mass.-based Certified Financial Planner. "People are much more motivated by the latter rather than the former."
Brimmer's conclusion is reinforced by Kahneman's research, which found that individuals have a tendency to be more concerned with decreases, rather than increases in the value of their investments, as well as with protection of principal.
3. Mental Accounting: Individuals typically segment their finances into separate mental boxes, using the finances in each account for different purposes. On the surface, this seems harmless enough, but investors often take it too far. Short-term decisions about the contents of any one box can negatively affect the long-term returns of the whole portfolio.
4. Overconfidence: Just as people hate to admit when they are wrong, they hate to admit to a lack of knowledge. Investors have a tendency to display overconfidence by thinking they can go it alone when it comes to making investment decisions.
The solution
According to Nofsinger, advisors can mitigate these client traits in the following ways:
- Develop sound investment benchmarks: As ridiculous as it may sound, keeping up with the neighbors is often the client's idea of a sound investment benchmark. Nofsinger reminds advisors that it's best if clients act as their own benchmark.
- Develop long-term goals: Use specific dates, and routinely evaluate investment performance against the original plan.
- Disregard shortcuts: Longer decision-making processes avoid short-term, detrimental biases. Advisors and clients should take their time in thoroughly evaluating all alternatives.
- Beware familiarity bias: Individuals often believe that something with which they are familiar isn't risky. This occurs most often with employees in defined-contribution plans. Because it's their own place of employment, they feel it is safe.
While they must be aware of irrational client traits, advisors also must be aware of what they bring to the table.
"The producer also has to recognize that they are susceptible to the same biases and emotional reactions as their clients," says Dr. Greg Salsbury, executive vice president of Denver-based Jackson National Life Distributors. "In order to guard against this, they have to engage peer reviews, develop industry benchmarks and, most importantly, practice what they preach to their clients."
The variable product role
Variable products can effectively address an active or a passive investment philosophy, as well as the emotional volatility and risk tolerance of the client.
For advisors, the sub-account portion of a variable vehicle is easily transferable and allows for varying degrees of allocation and diversification. The fact that these transfers can be made without incurring a taxable event (or in some cases, a surrender charge) furthers its appeal.
For clients, variable product benefits and riders allow for a more aggressive investment style without the fear of losing their original investment. For the risk averse, minimum guarantees and principal protection benefits provide needed security while still allowing for exposure to the market.
"We know that because investors are loss averse, they are going to be concerned with the protection of capital and with limiting the size of their maximum losses," Kahneman says. "But we also know that investors like the possibility of a large gain. Therefore, combinations that offer the possibility of a substantial upside with a substantial amount of protection against losses are the features that most investors will be looking for."
According to Salsbury, advisors should remember that all the analysis, prudent calculations, asset allocation and portfolio diversification is destroyed if the client does not trust them or follow their advice.
"Investors need to start thinking in terms of wealth accumulation, asset allocation or something that they can understand in fairly simple terms—like how much money they will have to spend each month when they retire," he says. "How do we get investors to think this way? This is where the professional-client relationship becomes important. However, advisors also need to recognize that they, too, are human. They must recognize their own behavioral economic traits before ever explaining them to the client."
Overall, variable products are unique in that they allow flexibility to meet the needs of the advisor and the client, wherever they lie on the efficiency-risk spectrum, and however human they might be.


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Ill. Senate Returns Wednesday to Wrap Up Session
The Illinois Senate returns to the Capitol on Wednesday to begin a weeklong legislative session that could take up pension reform, legalizing gay marriage and banning assault rifles.
The 97th General Assembly will finish its work Jan. 9 when a new Legislature is sworn in. That means there are many lame-duck lawmakers not returning who might feel less constrained to vote for contentious issues. The House comes in Sunday.
Gov. Pat Quinn has made it a priority for the assembly to find a solution to the state employee retirement programs that are underfunded by $96 billion.
Supporters of gay marriage say they have enough votes to make Illinois the 10th state to legalize same-sex unions.
A ban on military-style assault weapons is on the agenda after the Connecticut school massacre.


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Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Miguel Cabrera drove in three runs and Rajai Davis had three hits, including a solo homer, to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 7-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday. Max Scherzer (2-1) had 10 strikeouts in six innings and the Tigers banged out 13 hits to earn a split of the four-game series. Scherzer gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk and raised his strikeout total to 44 in 33 innings this season. "I did a good job of pitching with runners on base and I was able to get strikeouts when I needed to," said Scherzer. Adam Dunn homered for the White Sox and Jose Quintana (1-2) took the loss in six innings after yielding three runs on seven hits with three strikeouts. The Tigers went 5-4 on a homestand and the White Sox finished off a 3-4 road trip. "We had opportunities," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura. "They took advantage of theirs with (Quintana). He pitched a good ballgame and he deserved better. But what can you say? Max (Scherzer) got us when he needed to." Dunn, who hit a two-run homer in his previous at-bat in the ninth inning of Chicago's 8-6 loss on Tuesday, cracked a 91 mph Scherzer fastball over the right-center field wall in the second inning. But Detroit tied the game in the bottom of the second and took the lead for good in the third. Austin Jackson tripled with two outs in the second after right-fielder Dayan Viciedo over ran the ball and Nick Castellanos followed with an RBI single. Ian Kinsler hit a two-out single in the third inning, went to second base on a wild pitch and scored on Cabrera's single to give the Tigers the lead. Davis' two-out homer to left field in the fifth gave Detroit a 3-1 advantage and came after Danny Worth was caught trying to steal second base after hitting a single. Tigers right fielder Torii Hunter lost Viciedo's fly ball leading off the sixth inning and Viciedo raced around the bases for a triple, then scored on Alexei Ramirez's sacrifice fly to get the White Sox within a run. Bryan Holaday hit a one-out single off Maikel Cleto in the seventh inning and later scored on Cabrera's two-run single up the middle off Daniel Webb, which gave the Tigers a 5-2 lead. Ramirez hit an RBI single off Joba Chamberlain to highlight a two-run eighth inning for the White Sox. Viciedo scored the second run from third base after Holaday made a bad throw to second trying to catch Alejandro De Aza stealing. But the Tigers added two insurance runs in the bottom of the inning on Holaday's single and Davis' double. Joe Nathan pitched the ninth inning for his fourth save of the season, walking Marcus Semien with one out. The game ended with a double play when Jose Abreu struck out swinging and was called for batter interference for obstructing Holaday on a throw to second as Semien attempted a steal. Game Notes The White Sox will start a six-game homestand Friday against Tampa Bay. That four-game series will be followed by a two-game set with Detroit ... The Tigers start an eight-game road trip Friday against Minnesota.
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| Brooklyn, NY | 11205 | TEL: 617-285-0901 | E-MAIL: mj at terreform dot org | ę 1997- 2013
Mitchell Joachim PhD, Assoc. AIA, [jo-ak-um] is a leader in ecological design, architecture and urbanism. He is a founding Co-President of Terreform ONE in 2006. He earned a Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MAUD Harvard University, M.Arch. Columbia University. Mitchell is an Associate Professor at NYU and EGS (European Graduate School). He previously taught at Columbia University, Syracuse University, Parsons, Washington University, and the Frank Gehry Chair at University of Toronto. He was formerly an architect at Gehry Partners, and Pei Cobb Freed. He has been awarded fellowships at TED 2010, Moshe Safdie Assoc., and Martin Society for Sustainability at MIT. He won the Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanityy, the History Channel and Infiniti Excellence Award for City of the Future, Time Magazine Best Invention of 2007, Compacted Car w/ MIT Smart Cities and a Bronze Medal at iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) for Gen2Seat. His project, Fab Tree Hab, has been exhibited at MoMA and widely published. He was chosen by Wired magazine for "The 2008 Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To". Rolling Stone magazine honored Mitchell in "The 100 People Who Are Changing America". In 2009 he was interviewed on the Colbert Report. Popular Science magazine has featured his work as a visionary for ôThe Future of the Environmentö in 2010. Mitchell was the Winner of the Victor Papanek Social Design Award sponsored by the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austrian Cultural Forum, and Museum of Arts and Design in 2011. Dwell magazine featured Mitchell as one of "The NOW 99" in 2012.
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Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Melanie Fessel. Hubert Studio, Christian Hubert. ONE Lab 2012.
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Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Melanie Fessel, Dan OĺConnor, Celina Yee, Alpna Gupta, Sishir Varghese, Aaron Lim, Greg Mulholland, Derek Ziemer, Thilani Rajarathna, John Nelson, Natalie DeLuca.
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Terreform ONE, Planetary ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Nurhan Gokturk, Maria Aiolova, David Maestres, Jason Vigneri Beane.
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Heroes: Dolly Parton
The Queen of Country Music Has Built an Empire on Her Music, Her Moves, and Her One-of-a-Kind Moxie
The Queen of Country Music Has Built an Empire on Her Music, Her Moves, and Her One-of-a-Kind Moxie
Text: Derek Blasberg
Dolly Parton has written so many songs in her six-decade career that she alleges she can't count them all. When asked if she has a favorite, however, she doesn't hesitate to respond: "Coat of Many Colors," the title track from her eighth studio album, which debuted on the country charts in 1971. The song tells the simple autobiographical story of her mother finding a box of colored rags when Dolly was a child, which was all she could afford to whip into a winter coat for her. When young Dolly goes to school in her coat of rags she is teased, but finds resilience in the love of her family. In the song Parton sings, "Now I know we had no money / But I was rich as I could be / In my coat of many colors / My momma made for me."
"It's still my favorite," the music icon says. "I believe it helped me and has helped a lot of people around the world. It shares a powerful message." Dolly's compelling message of faith and pride has been her professional hallmark and the backbone of a career that began when she was a preteen growing up in backwoods Locust Ridge, Tennessee, the fourth of twelve children. Childhood was, by her own account, "dirt poor" and tough growing up in a log cabin deep in the Great Smoky Mountains. As a young girl, she performed on local radio shows, and at 13 she performed at the Grand Ole Opry. She moved to Nashville the day after she graduated high school and embarked on what has become one of the most decorated, prolific, and respected careers in the history of music. Parton's list of achievements includes Grammys, American Music Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a place in the Grand Ole Opry, and a Kennedy Center Honor. Throughout, she's done it with her own unique blend of pluck, moxie, wigs, short skirts, and rhinestones.
Parton represents a unique paradox: she's a country girl, but she's in-your-face glamorous; familiar, but also a real-life cartoon, possessing a physically augmented figure that resembles the ultimate ageless pinup. "I'm a Backwoods Barbie," she proudly says, invoking the name of her fortieth studio album, which was released in 2008. Even in her comical nicknames for herself, she seamlessly embodies both the coquettish charms men love and a unique brand of fabulous feminism women want to believe in. In all her performances—onstage, in the studio, and on-screen—she proves she's not afraid to use her false nails as claws if she needs to. Anyone else remember when she went from a sexy secretary to a gun-toting girl-gone-wild who hogtied her boss to a garage-door opener in the hit film Nine to Five?
This is perhaps her most endearing quality: resilience. She may be blonde with an oversized bust, but she's hardly a pushover. Beneath the shimmery ditz, there's always been a business blitz. Famously, in 1974, Elvis asked to record her song "I Will Always Love You," which Parton had written and recorded (and Whitney Houston would famously turn into one of the most-played songs of the '90s when she sang it for the soundtrack of her hit film The Bodyguard). Presley's management told Parton that Elvis didn't sing songs he didn't own, and it was standard procedure for the songwriter to sign over half of the publishing rights to any song he recorded. Parton balked at the King, and kept her millions in future royalties.
Since recording her first album, Hello, I'm Dolly, in 1967, Parton has not slowed down. She is still acting in films, making records, and writing as often as she can. "I'm inspired by everyday life, my friends, and my family," she says. "I can write anywhere and I try to write as often as I can." She is currently starring alongside Queen Latifah in the film Joyful Noise, the story of a local choir, lead by Parton and Latifah, out to win a national singing competition. "I'm always being sent scripts, but I really liked this one because I would be working with Latifah and it has some of the greatest gospel music I've ever heard. I also got to write a few songs that will be featured in the movie," Dolly smiles.
Her biggest full-time job, however, might be maintaining her trademark look. On her appearance, Dolly is notoriously self-effacing. Some of her best one-liners? "It costs a lot to look this cheap!" and "I never leave a rhinestone unturned." She is particularly fond of a piece of dialogue she says in Joyful Noise: "Who cares if I've had a few little nips and tucks? God didn't make plastic surgeons so they could starve!"
There's a formula to Parton's silhouette: something fitted with a short skirt; opaque and/or shimmery tights; a peep toe high heel; a wig; lots of makeup; and a neckline that hints at her well-maintained décolletage. (Dolly trivia: the opening acoustic sequence on her hit "Nine to Five" is actually the sound of her tapping her acrylic fingernails together.) It's been this way for decades, and it doesn't look like she's going to change anytime soon. "I've never tried to keep up with the trends and I've always just had my own style. I like everything overdone and I'm comfortable with that," Parton laughs. "People always say less is more, but I say no, more is more."
Parton has come a long way since her rag coat of many colors in the Smoky Mountains, and even though she has closets and tour buses full of her own costume creations, she hasn't forgotten where her roots are. In fact, she ended up thanking her mother for that coat of many colors with an upgrade of her own. Asked what was the first thing she splurged her money on when she started to make it in the business, Dolly proudly says, "A mink coat for Mama."


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Autumnal Artistry Element Pack
Digitally Pressed Petals No. 06
Leaf Charms No. 01
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When Bobby Blizzard went off to college, he was surprised to discover how many of his teammates knew about the Hampton Crabbers. Make that pleasantly surprised.
When Ahmad Hawkins joined the Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League, a teammate from De La Salle High in California said to him, "You were that team ranked ahead of us." As in, the only team ranked ahead.
In the mid-to-late 1990s, Hampton football was nationally known. The Crabbers were ranked No. 1 in the final National Prep Football Poll, and quarterback/safety/all-around phenom Ronald Curry was the top recruit in the nation.
And from the second week of the 1995 season through the '97 championship run, the Crabbers won 40 consecutive games. It was a VHSL record that stood for 13 years … until Phoebus, their arch rival four miles down the road, tied it last week.
With an expected win over Warwick in Friday night's playoff opener, the Phantoms would own the record outright. And Hampton will fall to second, at least on page 28 of the VHSL Record Book.
But anyone who paid attention to Peninsula District football in those days knows that Hampton took a back seat to no one. The 1996 team was so absurdly dominant that it won its four playoff games by a combined score of 227-47.
The Crabbers won their state semifinal game 76-14!
The trigger man was Curry, arguably the greatest player in Virginia high school history. Yet it wasn't a one-man show. There was tailback Darryl Smith, who rushed for 1,785 yards in '96. There was Blizzard, the 6-foot-5 bruiser of a tight end with wheels.
There was Hawkins, who had 1,129 receiving yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior. There was linebacker Darnell Hollier, lineman Jarrit Green, and plenty, plenty more.
"That '96 team was awfully, awfully good," Hampton coach Mike Smith said. "No doubt the best team we ever had here."
The Crabbers were so good that whether they'd win was never the question. Instead, it was how many they'd score. Fifty? Sixty? Eighty? The fans wondered, and the players did, too. The final season average was 58.4.
"We'd sit in the locker room before a game and say, 'How many points we gonna score tonight?' said Blizzard, now an assistant coach at Kecoughtan. "Somebody would always say, 'Hey, let's go for 100.'"
"We felt like we could beat anybody," Hawkins said. "And it wasn't the personnel or that we had the best quarterback, best athlete, anybody had ever seen. It was how Coach Smith always prepared us.
"We had that confidence. We always said, 'While we're practicing, everybody else is sleeping.'"
Opponents knew they had little chance.
Between losses to Kecoughtan on Sept. 1, 1995 and Heritage on Aug. 29, 1998, Hampton won 40 straight games by a combined score of 1,859-259. Twelve of those wins came in the playoffs as the Crabbers became the first team to win three straight outright titles. (They would add a fourth in '98).
When Phoebus won the 2008 state championship, some asked how that team would have fared against the '96 Crabbers. Like Hampton, the Phantoms steamrolled everything in their path. Phoebus went 15-0 and outscored the opposition, on the average, 48-6.
"Honestly, and not to take anything away from Phoebus, they'd have a lot of trouble stopping us," said Blizzard, who played collegiately with Kentucky and North Carolina. "And the game-changer would be Ronald. You never know with him."
As for the streak likely coming to an end Friday night, Hawkins is philosophical.
"I'm not worried about the record," he said. "We had the greatest team that was ever assembled in that area, but records are made to be broken. But we won four state championships in a row."


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Deepwater has a pallet onboard that [includes] sensors
like the Automatic Identification Systems [AIS]. We're
going to have this NAIS that's shore-based for getting AIS
signals in vessels, but with the maritime patrol aircraft,
we'll be able to be much further out and get those AIS
tracks for search-and-rescue, for law enforcement, for anti-terrorism [operations].
With technology changing so fast, is the learning curve difficult on newer equipment?
GLENN: I don't know that it's harder. I think you would
have to agree that when you think of the young people
coming into the Coast Guard, they're digital natives.
They come with an embracement of the technology and
the computers, so they dive right in. They just seem to
soak it in, or they come with an innate sense of the
power of all these new technologies and they just want
to figure out how to use them even better.
How important are newer systems like the
NAIS and the mission system pallets on aircraft to Coast Guard net-centricity?
GLENN: [Such systems are] a linchpin, the key foundation. We don't have as many assets as we used to, so we
want to be more efficient and more effective, and both of
those are accomplished with the use of the technology.
The technology is not the answer, it's a tool to achieve better maritime domain awareness and efficiency and effectiveness, whether it's in law enforcement or anti-terrorism
or whatever mission. These technologies are applicable
and utilized across all the Coast Guard mission areas.
When it comes to technology, how do older
assets compare to those coming out of the
Deepwater acquisition program?
GLENN: I have to give Deepwater credit for the fact
that, in the C4IT realm, they have done a lot of
upgrades on the existing cutter fleet. The existing cutter fleet is not that far behind the new assets that are
coming online. … [The cutters] pretty much have the
same radios as the new Deepwater assets.
We've done a very good job of balancing the use of
the acquisition dollars [by] upgrading the existing assets
with some of what we're buying for the new assets, so
that they're interoperable and can talk. … [The legacy
assets] may not be as fast, they may not have quite as
good sensors, but they're still effective.
Is there any airborne or ship C4ISR system that
needs more immediate attention for upgrading?
GLENN: For certain sensors, I would say the cutters. We'd
like to improve the cutter radars. The aircraft have received, and are receiving, new radars. So I see the aircraft
now as being a little bit ahead of the cutters in that regard.
I see then, over the next four years, the surface
search radars on the cutters being upgraded, and I
would see the cutters' radar capability then matching
that of the aircraft. On the cutters, we're not replacing
the radar, but we're upgrading it with a new processor.
I think the cutters all have the newer radios, with the
new Advanced Encryption Standard [AES]. The aircraft
have good radios, but they have the old Data Encryption
Standard. We did the cutters first, so we'll do the aircraft
next to the new 256-kilobit encryption AES.
How do you get past the C4ISR challenges in
the Arctic region?
GLENN: That is a real challenge, primarily because of
bandwidth. Yes, we have connectivity, but we have limited bandwidth. It's often in cooperation with the
National Science Foundation. Instead of access to, say,
military satellite communications, sometimes we're
using commercial satellite communications and renting commercial time or commercial bandwidth. It's a
hybrid, it's a mixture, to try to meet the communication and computer requirements for e-mail connectivity up in the Arctic.


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- 20 Feb 2014
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- Sochi 2014 , IOC News , Ice Hockey
Canadian comeback queens stun USA to retain their Olympic ice hockey crown
Marie-Philip Poulin was Canada's heroine in the women's ice hockey gold medal match, as the defending champions overturned a 2-0 deficit to clinch a 3-2 victory at the Bolshoi Ice Dome. The forward scored an equaliser 54 seconds from time, before grabbing a golden goal winner in one of the most dramatic climaxes ever witnessed in an Olympic final.
Canada had trailed 2-0 late in the third and appeared to be heading to defeat before coming to life to score two goals just 2:42 apart to send the game into extra time.
After Brianne Jenner had pulled one back to give Canada hope, Poulin conjured an equaliser with just seconds left on the clock.
After Canadian defenceman Rebecca Johnston backhanded the puck towards the net, US goaltender Jesse Vetter knocked it directly onto the stick of Poulin, who reacted quickly to fire home and force overtime.
Poulin's golden winner came on a power play after US forward Hilary Knight had been sent to the penalty box. Taking a pass from Laura Fortino, she slid a snapshot under Vetter and into the net.
It sparked wild celebrations as she was mobbed by her team-mates, while the Canadian contingent in the crowd sang the national anthem 'O Canada'.
It was Canada's fourth Olympic women's title and, remarkably, a 20th straight victory at the Winter Games in an unbeaten streak that stretches back to 2002.
Swiss stun Sweden for first ever medal
Earlier in the day, Switzerland pulled of a dramatic turnaround of their own to beat Sweden 4-3 and win the bronze.
It was a first ever medal for the Swiss since women's ice hockey was introduced onto the Winter Games programme at Nagano 1998.
That had scarcely looked possible in a first period where the Swiss managed just a single shot on the Swedish goal, and the Swedes looked comfortable after taking the lead through Michelle Lowenhielm.
Towards the end of the second period, Sweden then doubled their advantage, after an error from Swiss goaltender Florence Schelling enabled Uden Johansson to find the net.
It looked to be Sweden's game. But all that changed in the third period as, within the space of a 13-minute spell, the Swiss players suddenly discovered a new lease of life and the route to goal.
On 41 minutes, Sara Benz cut the deficit to one; then four minutes later Pheoebe Stanz took advantage of a power play to equalise, before Jessica Lutz put the Swiss 3-2 up in the 53rd minute.
The Swedes were left stunned, and it soon got worse for them as 15-year old Alina Müller increased Switzerland's lead, firing the puck into an empty net two minutes before the final buzzer.
Pernilla Winberg managed to pull one back 43 seconds from time, sparking a final goalmouth frenzy, but the Swiss did enough to hold on, as their players embraced to celebrate a historic victory.


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Big Ten Summer Check In: Nebraska CornhuskersPosted by jnowak on August 1st, 2012
Nebraska was expected to be a bottom-feeder in the tough Big Ten in its first year as a member and, quite frankly, the Huskers didn't disappoint. Nebraska finished the year last in the conference, tied with Penn State, and enjoyed just 12 wins overall. But plenty has changed since March. The Huskers have made improvements to their facilities and, most importantly, have made a change at the top by bringing in former Colorado State coach Tim Miles. The biggest question is: How will Nebraska adapt after one year in the conference? Can they take what they learned in their freshman season and make the necessary adjustments and improvements for their sophomore campaign? Only time will tell, but it all starts in the summer.
- Evaluating Last Year: Nebraska was a weak team in a relatively weak conference before coming to the Big Ten, where it was an equally weak team in a much stronger conference. It didn't help that the Big Ten was at its best last season, but that means it can only get easier for the Cornhuskers the rest of the way… right? Maybe. The Huskers played a decent non-conference schedule — with USC, Oregon, Wake Forest, Creighton and Central Michigan on the slate — but really hit a wall in Big Ten play. Their best win of the year, by far, was at home against Indiana on January 18, and the Huskers dropped nine of their last 10 contests. Basically, any season in which the head coach is fired afterward can't be considered much of a success.
- State of the Program: The only place to go is up. And it seems that things are pointed in that direction, despite NU's recent history. Doc Sadler was at the helm for six seasons (five of them in the Big 12) without leading the Huskers to the NCAA Tournament once, but Miles, who took Colorado State from 7-25 in his first season in 2007-08 to 20-12 last year, could be a difference-maker. He also has the benefit of the brand-new $18.7 million, 84,000-square foot Hendricks Training Center, which has new practice gyms, locker rooms and team rooms for the men's and women's basketball teams. It's already helped to land some transfers, including Terran Petteway (Texas Tech) and Walter Pitchford (Florida), who will sit out this season but can practice with the club and should provide a lift down the road. Nebraska may not have performed well in recent years but there's a clean slate in Lincoln and plenty for Miles to work with to attract potential recruits and fans. Read the rest of this entry »


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The idea behind backtracking is to attempt a possible solution, then as the name implies, backtrack and try another if that path doesn't pan out. Backtracking is applicable to problems like the Knight's Tour, N-Queens, and maze solving problems.
Now let's look more specifically at the general algorithm for backtracking:
-Pick a starting point -While the problem isn't solved -For each path from the starting point -Set that as the starting point and recurse -If it returns true, then return true -Undo the current move (since none of the options panned out) -Return false
Notice how the algorithm returns whether or not the attempt panned out. If it didn't, then move onto the next one. If none of the possible attempts from the given point worked out, then undo the current move and return false. It is important to undo the current move so as to return the state of the program before attempting the given path.
Let's examine backtracking in action with the Knight's Tour Problem. The idea behind the Knight's Tour problem is for a Knight to start on one space on an m x n grid, and visit each space exactly once. A Knight is limited in its movements to either two rows and one column, or one row and two columns. This is where the backtracking comes in. If the Knight reaches a dead end, then it is important to backtrack and try another avenue. For pedagogic value, I have printed the grid in the method so the various steps can be more visually illustrated. Note that this is a basic, brute force version simply for illustrating the concept of backtracking.
import java.awt.Point; /** * @author Michael Levet * @date 12/3/2011 * * This class sets up a grid to execute the Knight's Tour problem. * Given a grid of size m x n and a single Knight at point (x,y), the * Knight attempts to visit each space on the grid exactly once. ***/ class KnightsTour{ private boolean[][] grid; private int count, spaces; //the possible moves for the Knight private static final Point[] MOVES = new Point[]{ new Point(-2, -1), new Point(-2, 1), new Point(2, -1), new Point(2, 1), new Point(-1, -2), new Point(-1, 2), new Point(1, -2), new Point(1, 2) }; /** * @param rows The number of rows * @param cols The number of columns ***/ public KnightsTour(int rows, int cols){ grid = new boolean[rows][cols]; spaces = rows * cols; count = 0; } /** * @param row The current row of the Knight * @param col The current column of the Knight * @return boolean: true if the Knight visits all of the * spaces on the grid, false otherwise * * This method starts with the current space for the Knight. * From there, it flags the current space as occupied and increments * the counter for the number of occupied spaces. The unvisited * spaces are visited individually in a depth-first manner in * an attempt to determine if the path will lead to a solution. If * it does, true is returned. If not, the current move is undone, the counter * is decremented, and false is returned. * ***/ public boolean tourFrom(int row, int col){ grid[row][col] = true; count++; if(count == spaces) return true; for(Point p:MOVES){ int nextRow = row + p.x; int nextCol = col + p.y; if(nextRow < 0 || nextRow >= grid.length) continue; else if(nextCol < 0 || nextCol >= grid.length) continue; else if(grid[nextRow][nextCol]) continue; if(tourFrom(row+p.x, col+p.y)) return true; } printGrid(); grid[row][col] = false; count--; return false; } private void printGrid(){ System.out.println("Count: " + count); for(boolean[] rows:grid){ for(boolean b:rows){ System.out.print((b) ? "T":"F"); } System.out.println(); } System.out.println("\n"); } public static void main(String[] args){ KnightsTour tour = new KnightsTour(5,5); tour.tourFrom(0, 0); tour.printGrid(); } }


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This is an excerpt from Massage for Sport Performance by Michael McGillicuddy.
A preevent massage is usually not more than 10 or 15 minutes in duration and frequently is administered through clothing. While providing the massage, the trainer should be talking to the athlete in an encouraging way. Telling athletes that they look great, that their muscles feel good, and that they seem well prepared for competition can be as encouraging as the massage. If athletes seem nervous, the trainer can encourage them to talk to help dissipate the nervousness but should try to discourage them from talking negatively about themselves or the competition. Understanding the athletes is important. Athletes prepare for their events in different ways. Some like to sit quietly to prepare for competition; others have a lot of nervous energy and are talkative and active right before competing. The trainer should observe what each athlete's needs are and not interfere in the process of getting ready.
The trainer wants the athlete to leave the massage table feeling good and prepared to compete, not lethargic or about to fall asleep. The pace of the massage should be stimulating and brisk. The trainer wants to bring warmth to the superficial tissue of the body and increase blood flow to the deeper muscles. A good approach is to run the joints through their ranges of motion to increase lubrication and then to stretch the muscles gently.
The general rule of preevent massage is that the closer the massage is to the time of competition, the less invasive it should be. The trainer never wants to take the chance of injuring or pulling a muscle on an athlete right before the competition. Applying deep tissue massage or vigorously stretching an athlete right before the competition is often too much of a change for the body to handle. In most preevent massages no oil or lubricant is applied to the body because it can clog the pores in the skin, making it difficult for the athlete to sweat. In sports such as wrestling, an oily body would give the athlete an unfair advantage.
The trainer should have a preevent routine for the upper body and the lower body. Preevent massage is not intended to be applied to the entire body. The trainer wants to target the muscles used in the athlete's sport. An upper-body preevent massage should include these techniques:
A lower-body preevent massage should include these techniques:
While administering the preevent massage, the trainer should always be watching how the athlete is reacting to the preevent massage technique. The goal is always to have the athlete leave the table feeling prepared for athletic competition. Preevent massage is for stimulation and inspiration for the athlete. If the athlete is moving with ease and smiling, the trainer has done a great job.
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