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The indulgent holidays were concluded with a healthy salad, the busy mess has been hoovered and dusted into the past. The sun has been shining today and when I woke my feel felt a little heavier. My bed had been moved closer to the heater and the long window, so I was warmer and more light washed over me, but it was the end of the happy lull.
I saw lots of social networking posts about 2013 being amazing, full of achievements and success. Many of my parent peers used the opportunity to announce that their family will be extended and some people told us that they bought bigger or newer houses or travel widely in 2013. New job, promotion, bigger and better. All very wonderful stuff which I'm really pleased to hear about.
I was part of that way of thinking too. I want to share with you something quite profoundly awakening in my life. Pre-2011, each year I would meet with friends on NYE and also go and see the fireworks in London. Each year my husband would tell me, 'this is going to be your year'. As the fireworks lit up the skies of my beloved london, I'd think about all that I had manifested in that year. How was I doing career-wise, Had I grown enough? Had I travelled enough? Am I fit enough, did I attend enough gym classes and am I in good shape? Did I save enough money? Did I write for magazines extensively enough?
So, then after a few shake-ups at the end of 2011, NYE for impending 2011, 2012 and 2013 filled me with nerves. What had I actually achieved?
For the first time this year, whilst welcoming in 2014 there were no flutters in my heart. There was peace. I had a take-away, put my feet up, thought about buying a onesie and whether its time to potty train my boy. I thought about all the recipes that I'm prepping for next week and for whom. It's taken a long time, but it's a phenomenal thing to just smile and have peace of mind.
So, as I wake with a less polluted tummy and a clearer mind for it, it's time to keep going and keep doing and being grateful. My salad is light, filling, zesty, salty, herby, nutty, colourful, smooth, silky, crunchy, a bit of heat…you have it all, what more do you need?
I wouldn't eat the lemon, it gives so wonderful colour and concentrated taste, but the rind is still the rind.
Ingredients to serve 3-4
100g pearl barley, cooked per packet instructions
2 lemons
One large red chilli
2 tbsp olive oil
15g finely chopped dill
2 tbsp white wine vinegar
Salt to taste
100g feta, cub into bite sized cubed
Half a head of lettuce, shredded
180g soya beans, boiled for 3-4 minutes and drained
1 tbsp sumac and a little for presenting, if you like
2 cloves of garlic, minced
One red onion, finely diced
One large red chilli, finely diced
1. Slice the lemons thinly, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Roast in the oven for aproximately 20 mins at 200degrees. Watch them, they could burn easily. Once they are roasted, allow them to cool.
2. Combine the barley, lettuce, red onion, soya beans, lemon slices and feta in a large bowl.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the dill, salt, chilli, olive oil, white wine vinegar, garlic and sumac.
4. Drizzle over the dressing and then toss it all together.
I served with my hummus recipe and lots of lovely flatbread.
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(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) would have $728 billion in risk-weighted assets under yet-to-be-implemented Basel III capital rules, 67 percent more than the investment bank has under current regulations, Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein said on Tuesday.
Goldman aims to reduce risk-weighted assets to $700 billion by the end of 2013, with $18 billion of that coming from a decrease in credit risk, and another $11 billion coming from a decline in market risk.
Much of the reduction will come from an expiration of existing trades, like mortgage securitization, derivative portfolios and some investments that will be repaid, Blankfein said at a conference in New York hosted by Bank of America Corp (BAC.N).
"For more than a decade, larger size and complexity were viewed entirely as synergistic and virtuous," Blankfein said. "For the first time, it's clear that size and complexity come with a higher cost."
Blankfein's disclosure of risk-weighted assets under Basel III rules was the first time Goldman reported those figures.
At the end of the third quarter, the bank said it had $435.3 billion in risk-weighted assets under current rules, and expected that number to fall by $88 billion by 2015.
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Propagating Caryopteris divaricata 'Snow Fairy'
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Here's how to propagate more Caryopteris for your home garden:1) Prepare your media (I used straight sand mostly because it drains well and is cheap.)
2) Take cuttings with a clean, sharp pair of pruners or scissors. Look for greenwood cuttings (current year's growth) with about two nodes. Caryopteris will root internodally and sometimes I take cuttings with two leaves at the top node with no second node.
3) Strip all the leaves except for 1 to 2 at the top of the cutting.
4) Coat the base of the cutting stem with rooting hormone.
5) Stick the cutting in the rooting media.
6) Water gently and keep the container moist but not soggy. A misting system could be used but I generally just monitor the cuttings and add water when needed.
In a week to ten days you should see roots beginning to form. Give the cutting a gentle tug and if there is resistance odds are that you have roots - or at least your cutting does. Lift the cutting gently with a fork and plant it in a pot with soil to let it grow large enough to plant into the garden. You could try rooting directly into a pot of soil which saves you a step but I prefer to root them in sand then pot the cuttings so that I know if the cuttings have rooted or not. This works for Caryopteris clondonensis cultivars like 'Longwood Blue as well.


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Associate fraud: Who they are and why they do it
We shared this information with you a couple years ago, and unfortunately are finding that fraud remains a hot topic. So here is a refresher on how to detect and avoid internal fraud. Be sure to check out our other blog posts on the topic of fraud. He looks like a typical associate. She could be a 20-something or a person in her fifties. He could be the person you eat lunch with every day. The truth is that you can't pick out this person from the crowd. She is committing associate or internal fraud in your company and doesn't look any different from the rest of your co-workers. He makes sure he blends in. So what should you look for if you suspect one of your associates is committing fraud?
What to look for
- A disgruntled associate who is vocal about their unhappiness with the company. They often use this as an excuse to commit fraud.
- An overly enthusiastic associate who consistently ask questions about processes and procedures that will help them steal from the company.
- A seemingly harmless associate with no apparent agenda. Their behavior won't be as easy to spot as the first two. Having audits and checks/balances in place will likely help you catch them.
How they do it These are not always tell-tale signs of fraud, but those who commit internal fraud are likely to:
- Always be willing to take on additional tasks that could lead to fraud and have nothing to do with their current duties.
- Learn as much as they can about company systems to use in conducting fraud. Systems can include but aren't limited to: accounting, accounts payable/receivable, payroll, bank account access. They will look for weaknesses in policies or procedures.
- Earn management's trust with regard to the most vulnerable parts of the company.
Once they gather the necessary information and gain the trust of the company leaders, they will begin their plan. This could be creating "ghost" associates in payroll or diverting funds to a new account for a fake vendor. A click of the mouse and the associate can send e-mails on behalf of the company or executives requesting wire or A.C.H. transfers from their bank account. Sometimes it's as simple as stealing money directly or even selling confidential company information on the internet. Why they do it The best example of why an associate will commit fraud is described by Dr. Donald Cressey as the Fraud Triangle Model, a tool for assessing the risk of fraud. Cressey was a criminologist who studied embezzlers.
- Pressure is often financial and usually stems from addiction, living beyond one's means, major medical expenses or gambling losses.
- Rationalization is the explanation why the theft is not really wrong. Some associates tell themselves that it's a loan and will be repaid. Others feel they are not paid enough and deserve more.
- Opportunity is the opinion that a fraud can be committed without being caught. The thief sees poor internal controls, poor supervision, poor "tone at the top" or a combination of these.
Some of the best ways to avoid internal fraud is to set up regular, thorough audits and reviews of processes in your company. Make sure associates have an avenue to report instances of fraud, such as an anonymous hotline. Establish the ethical tone at the top where executive management or business owners set the tone for ethical behavior within your organization as a top priority.
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What's Up in Pizza: Crazy Toppings Around the World, Hut Café, and More!
The Daily Meal has come out with a fun if slightly alarmist slideshow about some of the crazy things people occasionally put on their pies. There's no doubt that a love for pizza spans the globe, so it seems fairly inevitable that we've come to this point, where anything and everything is tossed on a slice and tried out. From squid ink to prawns, baked beans to alligator, and the banana curry pie picture above, it's an interesting list to say the least—check it out in full in their slideshow.
Next up, Business Insider reports that Pizza Hut is beginning to test a new concept in two locations in India (with ten more scheduled to open in the next few months)—they call it the "Hut Café". The idea behind opening these store-in-store coffee shops is to appeal to customers who just want a snack and a coffee...but who might be encouraged to stick around for a slice or two later. This launch comes six months after McDonald's expanded their McCafe concept into India—and if you're wondering why the rush to compete, keep in mind that the Indian café market, currently estimated to be worth around $300 million, is expected to double in the next five years.
Lastly, we have a little news from Metro—it seems Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul is as much of a music fan as the rest of us...he just has a little more sway. When Paul realized he hadn't gotten tickets to Arcade Fire's show at Coachella, he took matters into his own hands and tweeted with purpose:
Success—pizza to the rescue! The actor later posted a video of him and the band mid-party on Instagram, captioning it "I love everything about #ArcadeFire. This band is like a coming of age story of my life."
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Gerry Connolly on Environment
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. OBEY (D, WI-7): The cash for clunkers program has proven even more wildly popular than its strongest supporters had predicted. Just last month, Congress passed the program, which provided up to $4,500 if you trade in your old gas guzzler for a new car that gets better mileage. That was done in the hopes of spurring some new car sales and encouraging people to be a little more environmentally friendly. We provided $1 billion in the supplemental to get it going, enough for about 250,000 sales--which was just about exhausted in one week. This bill transfers $2 billion from the Department of Energy's Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee program, which doesn't expect to award funding until late next year.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. LEWIS (R, CA-41): In the majority's haste to slam legislation with no time for consideration or amendments, we are now seeing the effects of such shortsighted martial law tactics.
Senator Feinstein tried to negotiate some changes to improve the program but was told that it was this way or the highway. Not one hearing on the Cash for Clunkers program, not one hearing on how the first billion dollars has been spent, not one hearing on how much money the program will need to get through the fiscal year.
Many of my colleagues will say, This is a great program, and it is necessary for the revitalization of the car industry. I'm not really going to argue with those goals. However, are we sure this program is working like it's supposed to? I don't think so. This program has only been up and running 1 week. If that is how the government is going to handle billion-dollar programs affecting all Americans, I ask, Whatever will we do if the administration takes control of our health care system?
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. NICK RAHALL (D, WV-3): Earlier this year, the BLM made a truly shocking announcement. This Federal agency announced future plans to destroy, i.e., slaughter, 30,000 healthy wild horses and burros entrusted to their care by the American people. How in the world can a Federal agency be considering massive slaughter of animals the law says they are supposed to be protecting? The bill before us gives the agency as many options as possible to avoid destroying these animals.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. DOC HASTINGS (R, WA-4): Across our Nation, Americans are struggling to pay their bills; 9.5% of Americans are out of work. With this backdrop, what is the response of this Democrat Congress to record unemployment and skyrocketing deficits? Their response is to create a $700 million welfare program for wild horses and burros. If the American people want an illustration of just how out of touch this Congress has become on spending, they need to look no further. In the last Congress, the House passed legislation to ban the commercial slaughter of wild horses and burros, that cost taxpayers less than $500,000 a year. Now we're looking at a bill that, again, bans slaughter of these animals but then proceeds to spend $700 million to create a new welfare program for wild horses. Republicans are focused on creating the jobs in this country, but this Democrat Congress seems to be more worried about wild burros and wild horses.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax deduction for charitable contributions by individuals and corporations of real property interests for conservation purposes. Known in the Senate as the Rural Heritage Conservation Extension Act of 2009.
The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) is a national non-profit organization that works to turn environmental values into national priorities.
Congressional Summary:Amends the Animal Welfare Act to define a "high volume retail breeder" as a person who, in commerce, for compensation or profit: has an ownership interest in or custody of one or more breeding female dogs; and sells more than 50 of the offspring of such dogs for use as pets in any one-year period. Considers such a breeder of dogs to be a dealer.
Promulgates requirements for the exercise of dogs at facilities owned or operated by high volume retail breeders, including requiring daily access to exercise that allows the dogs to move sufficiently in a way that is not forced, repetitive, or restrictive; and is in an area that is spacious, cleaned at least once a day, free of infestation by pests or vermin, and designed to prevent the dogs from escaping.
Opponent's Comments (GSDCA, the German Shepherd Dog Club of America):In the past, legislation has excluded home/hobby breeders. This bill would, for the first time, require home/hobby breeders to follow the strict USDA requirements, such as engineering standards designed for large commercial kennels and not homes. Such regulations would exceedingly difficult to meet in a home/residential breeding environment. If passed, PUPS would disastrously reduce purposely-bred pups for the public.
There is nothing in this bill that changes the status of already known substandard kennel violators. There is no increase in funding for additional inspectors, nor is increased inspection evaluation education included.
Dogs purposely bred for showing, trialing or other events often are not bred for several years due to many different reasons. Some of these dogs may never be bred, yet are included in the count.
Working kennels maintain a large dog population while they are evaluating dogs; if the dogs do not work out for the purpose for which they were intended, they are often sold as pets. This could bring those working/training kennels under USDA regulations.
The Great Ape Protection and Cost Savings Act prohibits:
112th Mid-Term Humane Scorecard: The Humane Society Legislative Fund has posted the final version of the 2011 Humane Scorecard, where you can track the performance of your federal lawmakers on key animal protection issues during last year. We rated legislators based on their voting behavior on measures such as agribusiness subsidies, lethal predator control, and the Endangered Species Act; their cosponsorship of priority bills on puppy mills, horse slaughter, animal fighting, and chimps in research; their support for funding the enforcement of animal welfare laws; and their leadership on animal protection. All of the priority bills whose cosponsorships we're counting enjoy strong bipartisan support; in the House, each of the four now has more than 150 cosponsors.
The Humane Scorecard is not a perfect measuring tool, but creating some reasonable yardstick and allowing citizens to hold lawmakers accountable is central to our work. When the Humane Scorecard comes out each year, it helps clarify how the animal protection movement is doing geographically, by party affiliation, and in other categories. It helps us chart our course for animals by seeing where we have been effective, and where we need to improve.
Congressional Summary:This Act may be cited as the 'Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act' or the BREATHE Act.
Proponent's argument for bill: (StopTheFrackAttack.org, July 2012 BREATHE Act Fact Sheet):
The BREATHE Act would close two exemptions in the Clean Air Act (CAA) that threaten the health of communities wrestling with oil and gas production in their backyard. The CAA established limits for major pollution sources; smaller sources of pollutants that are controlled by a single operator, located close to each other, are "aggregated" and considered as one source of emissions. Unfortunately, the CAA exempts oil and gas wells from aggregation. The BREATHE Act would apply the CAA to oil & gas production.
A 1993 EPA Report to Congress on Hydrogen Sulfide Air Emissions Associated with the Extraction of Oil and Natural Gas clear
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Discussion of pro/con (Huffington Post 4/25/2013):
Polls show that the overwhelming majority of Americans--over 90%--supports mandatory labeling of foods with GE ingredients. 64 other countries already require such labels. However, strong opposition from the agriculture and biotech industries has scuttled proposals for GMO (Genetically-Modified Organisms) labeling laws in the past. The most recent and high-profile of these failed attempts at a GMO labeling requirement was California's Proposition 37, which was narrowly defeated after opponents spent $50 million lobbying against it. "Unfortunately, advocates of mandatory GMO labeling are working an agenda to vilify biotechnology and scare consumers away from safe and healthful food products," a Biotechnology Industry Organization spokeswoman wrote.
Argument in opposition (Food Democracy Now 5/26/2012):
Exactly 20 years ago today, the first Bush administration declared genetically engineered foods to be "substantially equivalent" to foods that farmers had traditionally bred for thousands of years. With this single policy, the US government radically altered the food supply, introducing novel genes into our food that had never before been consumed by humans. Corporate executives at Monsanto colluded with elected officials to make sure that their new "products" were placed onto the market as quickly as possible. Two decades later, Americans are still denied the basic right to know what's in their food because of this infamous policy.
Congressional summary: Authorizes the use of funds in the Hazardous Substance Superfund for environmental cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA). Provides that disbursements of the Hazardous Substance Superfund:
Proponent's argument in favor (Sponsor's introductory remarks): Last week, the House passed legislation [outlined below] to weaken and fragment the already underfunded federal Superfund program. I am reintroducing legislation to reauthorize Superfund taxes on polluting industries; and provide more funds to clean up toxic waste sites. The Superfund program has resulted in the cleanup of more than 1,000 toxic waste sites. In the majority of cases, EPA works with the parties who have been found responsible for the pollution and they pay for the cleanup. [My bill] will reinstate Superfund taxes [on oil, chemicals, and corporations] to their previous levels.
Opponent's argument against: (Chamber of Commerce's July 29 2013 letter supporting those House-passed bills): The US Chamber of Commerce strongly supports HR2279, the "Reducing Excessive Deadline Obligations Act;" HR2318, the "Federal Facility Accountability Act;" and HR2226, the "Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protections Act." These three bills aim at modernizing CERCLA. HR2279 removes two impractical and unnecessary deadlines. HR2318 ensures that the federal government is a "good neighbor" when operating a superfund cleanup site. HR2226 would clarify that EPA must consult with the state when selecting a remedial action.
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Okay, there's no evidence (yet) that pigeons prefer Chagall to Van Gogh or vice versa. But they can tell them apart. How much evidence of sentience is enough, before we start to rethink the way we treat our fellow sentient creatures?
Self-recognition is found in large primates such as chimpanzees, and recent findings show that dolphins and elephants also have such intelligence. Proving that pigeons also have this ability show that such high intelligence as self-recognition can be seen in various animals, and are not limited to primates and dolphins that have large brains.
UPI has the story on the wires (thank you, Claire, for the heads-up), but more details can be found at Science Daily.
Pigeons Show Superior Self-recognition Abilities To Three Year Old Humans
ScienceDaily (Jun. 14, 2008) — Keio University scientists have shown that pigeons are able to discriminate video images of themselves even with a 5-7 second delay, thus having self-cognitive abilities higher than 3-year-old children who have difficulty recognizing their self-image with only a 2 second delay.
Prof. Shigeru Watanabe of the Graduate School of Human Relations of Keio University and Tsukuba University graduate student Kohji Toda trained pigeons to discriminate real-time self-image using mirrors as well as videotaped self-image, and proved that pigeons can recognize video images that reflect their movements as self-image.
We can argue over the details of how to prove self-cognition, but the article has a detailed discussion of the methods and functional definitions that studies like this one have been using for almost 40 years now.
The wire and other reports of this study make much of the fact that, using these functional definitions, pigeons do better at self-recognition than 3-year-old humans. Personally, I find at least as interesting a fact in the UPI story not even mentioned in Science Daily, that the pigeons can distinguish Chagall paintings from those of Van Gogh.
People with cats and dogs routinely ascribe to them motives, beliefs, preferences, fears, desires, and other complex mental states. People on farms, who spend as much time with cows and pigs and horses as we do with dogs and cats, talk about them in the same way.
Leaving aside the question of eating them for food, how can we confine them, keep them perpetually pregnant, separate them from their young at birth, feed them cement kiln dust, testosterone, progesterone, anabolic steroids, and chicken manure…. how can we hang a 1500-lb animal upside down by its ankle when it's still conscious?
How can we treat an animal with cognitive abilities that can, at least in some ways, be favorably compared to a 3-year-old with wanton disregard for its obvious suffering?


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Swim With a Tiger Cub at Fla. Private Zoo
If swimming with dolphins is not exciting enough for you, how about a tiger cub? A private zoo in Dade City, Fla., is now giving patrons the chance to swim with a Siberian tiger cub.
While it might sound dangerous, it's a roaring success with customers from as far away as Iceland lining up and paying $200 for just 30 minutes to cuddle, bottle feed and swim with Tony the tiger - a 6-week old cub.
"It's kind of a limited time that we can do it in Florida. You can only interact with the tiger until they're 40 pounds," said Randy Stearns, head animal trainer and president of Wild Things.
When full grown, Tony could tip the scales at more than 1,000 pounds. But for now, Tony can be yours to play with at Wild Things.
"I never thought I'd get to touch one, much less swim with one," said Bertha Cruz, who described her time with Tony as exciting.
Swimming with potentially wild and dangerous animals seems to be trendy at the moment. At Arizona's Out of Africa Park, fully grown tigers play in the water alongside their trainers much to the delight of fans looking on behind gated fences.
In Tampa Bay, Bob Barrett began a business that had him bring alligators to children's birthday parties.
Barrett runs The Alligator Attraction of Madeira Beach, Fla., where visitors can pay to hold and feed rescued baby gators. He says the inspiration for his party idea came when business was sluggish.
"It just took off like wildfire," Barrett told ABC News in September. "Everybody loves having the gator pool parties."
The state's Fish and Wildlife Commission deemed it illegal and shut down the operation last week. Many animal rights activists say it was the right thing to do.
"You should never have close human contact with animals, especially actual petting of wild animals. They belong in the wild and people should not get in the habit of being in close contact with them," said Adam Roberts, executive vice president of Born Free USA.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State football team dropped its first Ohio Valley Conference game of the season on Saturday night, falling to Eastern Illinois, 34-16, in front of a homecoming crowd of 22,157.
The Tigers were outgained 567 to 338 in total yardage and committed 13 penalties for 110 yards.
The offense was led by Ronald Butler who was 24-of-45 for 212 yards, two scores and zero interceptions. Lavatiae Kelly was Butler's main target, setting new career highs with seven catches for 69 yards.
Antonio Harper paced the defense with seven stops (four solo), 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks.
TSU moved the ball to the EIU 48-yard line to open the game, but was forced to punt after failing to convert a third-and-one. The Panthers took advantage on their turn by scoring a 61-yard passing touchdown from Jimmy Garoppolo to Keiondre Gober on their third offensive play.
The Big Blue offense rebounded on its next series with a 43-yard field goal by Jamin Godfrey. Tim Broughton set up the kick with runs of 27 and 11 yards. The field goal pulled TSU within four with eight minutes left in the first quarter.
Broughton finished the game with 93 yards on 16 carries for an average of 5.8 yards per touch.
After the quick strikes, neither side scored until the 11:08 mark of the second period. EIU's Shepard Little took a delayed hand-off up the middle of the field for a 21-yard touchdown, making the score 14-3 with EIU on top.
Eastern Illinois struck again after a TSU three-and-out, marching 66 yards down the field in 2:18. Garoppolo found a wide-open Jeff LePak for the 34-yard scoring toss.
The Tigers had one more chance to put up some points before halftime as Butler completed five-of-nine passes for 53 yards on the Tigers' final drive of the quarter. However, his last two attempts fell incomplete, and Godfrey's 41-yard field goal attempt went wide right.
On the final play of the half, Garoppolo threw a Hail Mary that was caught by LePak at the one-yard line. LePak was brought down immediately by David Van Dyke, ending the last-ditch EIU effort and leaving the score 21-3 in favor of the Panthers.
The third quarter started with three-and-outs by both teams, but EIU found the end zone on its second possession of the half when Garoppolo hit Gober with a 29-yard streak. The toss put the Panthers up, 28-3, at the 11:30 mark.
Later in the period, TSU had a golden opportunity to score a touchdown at the EIU nine-yard line, but Butler mishandled the snap. EIU fell on the ball giving the Panthers the football with 2:47 left in the third quarter.
Eastern Illinois used short runs to drive to the TSU 43, but Bernell Brooks ended that possession with an interception at the Tiger 14-yard line.
Bernell's second pick of the year kept TSU's takeaway streak alive; the team has now forced a turnover in 22 straight contests.
This time, TSU found the end zone after Butler hit Weldon Garlington with an 11-yard pass-and-catch to make the score, 28-10. Butler had runs of six and 20 yards to key the drive.
The Panthers answered right back with a touchdown drive of their own. Little ran the ball six times for 38 yards on the series, but Garoppolo ended it with a 25-yard dart to LePak. The point after was no good, but EIU still claimed a commanding, 34-10, lead.
Garoppolo finished with 410 yards on 24-of-41 passing and four touchdowns.
Still, Tennessee State would not quit, as Butler threw passes of 17 and 25 yards before hitting Dantwaun O'Neal with a 25-yard touchdown. Godfrey could not add the point after, but the score cut the EIU lead to 18 with five minutes to go in the game.
The Tigers will try to regroup next Saturday when the squad travels to Eastern Kentucky for a noon kickoff.


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Wow!! Already?? No auditions in Texas it seems. They have held them in Austin before.
Quote from: TexasLady on June 27, 2008, 10:03:57 AMWow!! Already?? No auditions in Texas it seems. They have held them in Austin before. I know already TLI did read in an article that the results show has been cut down to a half hour instead of the full hour we had this past seasonI am looking forward to Season 8
Okay, I need info on how American Idol works. I just got an email from my cousin that her son made it through the first round today at Freedom Hall in Louisville. Does this get him on the show or are there other rounds?
I'm glad they will cut down on the results, I don't mind an hour of them, just compress them!! How can it be September already??
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In case you haven't heard, Jurassic Park 4 will be here in 2015 instead of 2014. I hate having to wait another year, but oh well.
Hey, speaking of Hollywood, my mom didn't know World War Z is a zombie movie until yesterday. I asked her if she assumed, based on the trailers, that it was a movie about Brad Pitt running from crowds of normal people.
Okay, on to business.
- A woman who claims to have a photograph of Lincoln on his deathbed is suing the Surratt House Museum for $100,000 because of a statement on the museum's website about the photo's authenticity.
- BBC America listed ten connections between Lincoln and Britain, but they left out the most obvious one: Lincoln's ancestors came from England.
- If you want to take in the anniversary festivities at Gettysburg but can't make the trip, C-SPAN3 has got you covered. They'll be airing the festivities in both live and taped form during the anniversary weekend, and July 4th will feature 24 hours of non-stop Gettysburg programming. For those of you in the Gettysburg area, the C-SPAN bus will be in town starting June 25th, and the Lincoln Diner will even have C-SPAN coffee mugs for the occasion. (That's the one across the street from the train station, right? I've eaten there a couple of times. Neat place.)
- Sorry about the short notice on this one, but Dr. Earl Hess will discuss the Battle of Campbell Station at the Farragut Folklife Museum on June 23rd (that's tomorrow) at 2:00.
- Finally, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park has obtained an original Civil War document.


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France: Astrium Services and the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) signed two agreements in Istanbul to develop high-resolution and large-area coverage services in Turkey, notably for agriculture. The agreements cover a SPOT New Generation receiving station and reception of data from SPOT 6 and SPOT 7, as well as an extension for SPOT 5 data.
With more than 50 direct receiving stations operating on all five continents, Astrium has the most extensive station network in the world today. Imagery is downlinked instantly from the optical and radar satellites operated by Astrium Services each time they pass over these stations, making it possible to deliver fresh information from any area of interest very quickly. New SPOT 6, SPOT 7 and Pléiades receiving stations are set to further shorten image data delivery times, getting data into the hands of users faster than ever before.
ITU is playing an active role in agricultural and environmental development programmes working towards 2023, the centenary year of the Turkish Republic. The agreements with Astrium Services will help to fulfil this objective. In 2009, ITU established the TARIT agricultural statistics pilot project that will be operational all over Turkey next year, relying on data from SPOT 5, SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 (TARBIL programme).
Through this agreement, ITU is seeking to step up its high-resolution activities while leveraging the increased acquisition capacity, daily revisits and quick-response tasking capability of SPOT 6 and SPOT 7.
The agreement signed with Dr. Mehmet Karaca, the Rector of ITU, is the result of a long collaboration begun in 2002 when the university first started receiving SPOT 4 data. Astrium Services is thus consolidating its ties with a prestigious institution founded in 1773, the world's third oldest university dedicated to science and engineering.
Through its GEO-Information business, Astrium Services is recognized as one of the leaders in the geo-spatial information market, not least thanks to the now fully integrated skills and resources of the former Spot Image and Infoterra. The company provides decision-makers with complete solutions enabling them to increase security, boost agricultural performance, maximize oil & gas or mining operations, improve their management of natural resources, and protect the environment. It has exclusive access to data from the SPOT, TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X and Pléiades satellites, coupled with a complete range of space-based data sources and airborne acquisition capability allowing it to offer an unrivalled scope of Earth observation products and services. This extensive portfolio covers the entire geo-information supply chain, from the generation of images to the provision of high added-value information to end-users.
By leveraging the synergies and expertise available across the whole of Astrium Services, its GEO-Information teams develop innovative, yet competitive, custom-made solutions based on the combination and integration of Earth observation, navigation and high-end telecommunications.
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Mission of the Osceola County School District
Inspiring all learners to reach their highest potential as responsible, productive citizens.
Our Vision:
The School District of Osceola County will work in partnership with families and the community to ensure all learners develop the essential knowledge and skills to strengthen our thriving community.
The Osceola School District is in the heart of Central Florida, with 47 schools in Celebration, Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Poinciana, Harmony, and Kenansville.
- The district has 24 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, 8 high schools, 4 multi-level schools, 2 adult education schools, and 21 charter schools.
- The Osceola School District is a fast-growing district, with over 67,000 students currently enrolled.
- Osceola students represent over 100 different countries and speak over 100 different languages. Student demographics can be found at: Research and Accountability
- Osceola's graduation rate of 82% remains higher than the state average of 80.7%.
- Osceola continues to be in compliance with Florida's class-size amendment with the maximum number of students in core classes being at:
o 18 students in prekindergarten through grade 3;
o 22 students in grades 4 through 8; and
o 25 students in grades 9 through 12.


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Bengals come up short against Dolphins
Miami slips by Cincinnati 17-13
Andy Dalton didn't have much time with the pass rush closing in. He saw Andrew Hawkins down the middle and tried to get the ball to him.
It sailed. It was picked off.
And for the first time, the Bengals left the field feeling they'd let one get away.
Miami's Reshad Jones picked off Dalton's pass at midfield with 1:22 left on Sunday, preserving a 17-13 victory that ended back-to-back weeks of heartbreak for Dolphins.
Miami (2-3) had led at halftime before losing to the New York Jets and Arizona in overtime. The Bengals (3-2) had a chance to add to their misery, but blew it.
"We let this one slip away," receiver A.J. Green said. "We were just playing flat today. We didn't help our defense at all."
Cincinnati had a chance to get within a point with 3 minutes left, but Mike Nugent was wide right on a 42-yard field goal attempt, his first miss of the season. After the Dolphins ran down the clock and forced the Bengals to spend their timeouts, Cincinnati took over at its 20-yard line following a punt.
Dalton was under pressure when he sailed a pass intended for Hawkins, giving Jones an easy interception.
"I have to give it to the front line," Jones said. "They got the pressure on the quarterback. I just needed to make a play."
The Bengals never got anything going consistently on offense. Dalton was only 26 of 43 for 234 yards with two interceptions and three sacks against a defense that came in ranked No. 1 in the league against the run.
"We let a good opportunity get away from us today," coach Marvin Lewis said. "There is no doubt in my mind about that."
Miami had one advantage: Defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle was a Bengals assistant for the past 11 seasons and knew a few things about how their offense operates.
"He's never had a problem motivating guys," Bengals safety Chris Crocker said. "You'll definitely play hard if you're in one of his defenses. Their front seven really played a heck of a ballgame."
So did their rookie quarterback.
The Bengals are in the midst of a stretch of five consecutive games against teams starting rookie or second-year quarterbacks. They'd won the first three by turning up the pressure - Cincinnati led the NFL in sacks coming into Sunday's game.
They couldn't rattle Tannehill, who was coming off his best game - 431 yards in the overtime loss at Arizona, the most ever by an NFL quarterback on the road. He followed it with a mistake-free showing.
Michael Johnson sacked Tannehill the first time he tried to throw, but the Bengals got to him only once more. Tannehill finished 17 of 26 for 223 yards without an interception. His passer rating of 92.3 was his best yet.
Tannehill completed passes of 15, 24 and 13 yards in a drive that led to Daniel Thomas' 1-yard touchdown run that put the Dolphins ahead to stay 7-6 late in the first half. He avoided the rush and completed a 28-yard pass that set up Reggie Bush's 13-yard touchdown run to start the third quarter.
It could have been even easier for the Dolphins. Fullback Jorvorskie Lane fumbled on a carry from the Cincinnati 11 in the first half.
Still, it was more than enough for a defense that contained the Dalton-to-Green passing combo. Green finished with nine catches for 65 yards, including a 2-yard touchdown.
Cincinnati had to settle for a pair of field goals in the first half, when Miami's defense held on a first-and-goal from the 4-yard line.
"The offense didn't play well across the board," Dalton said. "It's tough sitting here where we are. We had our chances, but we couldn't get it done."
Tackle Randy Starks reached up and picked off Dalton's pass early in the second half, a two-handed grab as the ball reached the line. The interception set up the drive that ended in Bush's 13-yard touchdown run.


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An Evening with Yu
It may not have been Strasmas, but according to the lunar calendar (and millions of Japanese people) April 9th proved to be an equally auspicious day, no matter what, because it was the very first Major League appearance by the highly touted (and valiantly unashamed to be naked) Yu Darvish.
Like you would expect, I made an evening of it. Here's a play-by-play:
4:30 p.m.
Still at work. I have looked at the clock every minute for the last thirty minutes, and will continue to do so for thirty more. I finish up the last of my TPS reports, turn them in to my boss and shriek when he yells "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS???"
5:30 p.m.
At the gym. Working on my… nah, who am I kidding, every time I look at a hot chick working out next to me she has Yu Darvish's face, which I find as distracting as I do disgusting. Going home now.
6:30 p.m.
Dinner (sushi, of course) has been eaten. Feet are up. Beer is in hand. Let's DO THIS! *Belch*
7:05 p.m.
FSSW misses Darvish's first pitch. Nice work, dingleberries. The biggest pitch of the year so far and you miss it. They come back from commercial break and the count is already 1-0 to Chone Figgins. AGGGHH!!! Then Darvish quickly walks him. Um… this is not how it's supposed to go, guys.
7:09 p.m
After striking out Ackley on a NAAASTY breaking ball, Ichiro steps in. Japan loses its mind. Then Ichiro singles on a blooper to left and, already, I'm realizing Yu ain't Strasburg (yet).
7:16 p.m.
Now Justin Smoak is on first, bases are loaded with one out for Kyle Seager. Bases loaded? I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR NO BASES LOADED!!!
7:18 p.m.
Two-run gapper to right and now I'm pissed. I could have been out on a date tonight! With a real, live woman! And I passed it up for this crap???!!! WTF are YU DOING!?!?!
7:23 p.m.
Darvish makes Miguel Olivo look like Johnny Bench and I'm bored. More Daisuke, less Nomo. Not even close to Strasburg. He doesn't even have a weird hitch in his delivery like all the Japanese greats do!
7:25 p.m.
He just walked in a run. It's 4-0. EFF THIS.
Seriously, I know this is a small sample size, but I ain't impressed and I'm changing the channel… to watch Freese and Holliday and Molina (they all homer)… CHAMPIONS.
Hate me. I understand. Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
Once the game was over, it was evident he battled back and settled down. The offense helped him out and he recovered well, and even fooled some hitters. But the hoopla was a bit much for me for him not to deliver with jazz hands. Or maybe I've just been spoiled by so much great pitching the last couple years that I expect greatness every game. Either way, I'll check in again next time. I just ain't makin' a night of it.


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Summertime and the living is easy. The state's in the dumper and the deficit's high.
So if you're a California legislator, do you roll up your sleeves and get to work on a budget solution?
Instead, you pack up your bags and go on vacation.
Nothing says "you deserve a break today" like a $20 billion deficit, right?
This week, the fiscal year will begin, and once again there will be no budget, and no solution for our deficit. And the legislature is planning to work on all those problems when they get back from their summer vacation.
So where should our representatives go?
Maybe a visit to one of our many beautiful state parks. When they get to some, like Mt. Diablo or Fort Tejon, they'll be greeted with reduced hours and fewer services, all evidence of budget cuts.
What would a summer vacation be without a beach trip? Unless you go to some beaches like Torrey Pines State Beach, where budget issues mean fewer restrooms and fewer trash pickups.
How about getting out of the Golden State, maybe do a trip down to the white sandy beaches of the Gulf Coast? It used to be a place where Jimmy Buffet's musical Margaritaville tourists would be Now, it's not only the tourists covered in oil, but the very beaches on which those tourists are sunning themselves.
In fairness, most of the legislators could stay in Sacramento, but with the budget not even out of committee they'd just be accused of hanging around collecting their $142 a day per diem without actually doing much work. Of course, they could volunteer to stay and waive their per diems as they work on the budget, but as Claremont McKenna political science professor Jack Pitney told the Sacramento Bee, "the chances of that happening are roughly equal to William Shatner winning the Oscar for Best Actor."
That seems mean spirited -- to William Shatner.
So they'll get to do what many Californians won't be able to afford to do: take a nice vacation. And that just looks bad. Something about a fiddle and some flames approaching Rome.
And the biggest problem is that no Assemblyman or Senator seems ambitious, impatient, or just angry enough to get in there and fix the state's troubled budget.
So, Gulf Coasters, if you see a California legislator on your oily beaches, don't get too excited. Don't think they're there to help cleanup your mess. They're not exactly moving very quickly to clean up ours.


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Was it the same brand? Glacier Point? I bought the Basic, with one refillable bottle. I don't think I need more bottles because I refill them from the Brita pitcher that I keep in the fridge. (So the water is already pre-filtered. And cooled.) I bought the red one...'cause I like it, and I think...hope...cats are attracted to red.
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I'm keeping track of how much Jerry drinks from the fountain, and how often he wants to drink from the bathroom tap now. I really don't want him to drink from that tap at all; the cold water is hard as rocks.
Pumpkin will drink from anything, so we have to keep terlet lids down...got in that habit so many years and cats ago that I can't remember when we did things any other way.
Cats. *sigh*
It was a different brand.
When I get a new pet I will have to try one of those Glacier Point Fountains. My kitty only liked the running tap water from the faucet.
I did hours of research on-line, and that was the ONLY ceramic fountain made in the USA with lead-free glaze, a 2-year warranty, and a whole bunch of other health considerations. PLUS, if you have a problem with it, you can call the phone number on their web site any time and speak directly to the inventor. How good is that?
Most of the other fountains are made in China, have 45-day warranties, and the pumps die on the 46th day. Or they're made of plastic, and too many cats develop chin acne from plastic dishes and water bowls. A least that's what a lot of customer comments said. (I sat up all one night going through Amazon, Pet Co, and other big-time vendors, reading customer comments...then the sun came up and I melted.)
Jerry still hasn't quite made up his mind about it. Yesterday afternoon I saw him warily approach the fountain, take a couple of quick swats at the glass refill bottle, and jump back. Then he walked away from it. Last night I heard him drinking, but this morning he wanted me to turn the bathroom tap on for him.
The only thing I can do is leave him alone, I guess, and let him get over himself. He really is jumpy, and fussy about his food.
I wish he could talk.
Another Progress Report.
Both cats are using the fountain! I've seen them...Pumpkin drinks from the basin part. Jerry isn't afraid of it anymore, drinks from the spout, and he's drinking a LOT more water than he did before I bought that thing. I'm so relieved!
Now, if they would just eat the canned food that they loved 2 weeks ago!
Good luck! Jerry still sometimes asks me to turn on the bathroom tap for him, but I've stopped doing it, and he eventually goes in the kitchen and gets a BIG drink from the fountain. The manufacturer suggests that you keep their water dishes in place for three or four days...until they start using the fountain...it may take longer...and then remove them.
I suggest putting a small rubber-backed bath mat or something like that under the fountain, because the cats will splash (and sometimes bat at the water stream with their paws). If there's a puddle on the floor, they won't use the fountain...or they'll try standing in some other spot to get at the water.
There's NO way that a small amount of water on the floor can cause electical shocks. At least not with the brand of fountain I bought. They just don't like to get their feet wet...after they've been playing with the water.
Happy National Cheezburger Day!
Heads up for Halloween - keep your black cats (and all cats, really) indoors, if you aren't already. A vet tech working for my veterinarian lost a black cat last year in a really gruesome way. I won't go into detail but it was related to some superstitious Halloween B.S. and the culprits weren't even kids but myth-deranged adults. Keep your kitties safe!
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About a month and a half ago I wrote a post about my current cockpit setup on my touring rig. I mentioned that my ideal setup would have the swept back hand position of funky mountain bars along with the flats and hoods hand positions of drop bars. I also alluded to the fact that I was getting a prototype of a bar that would provide all of those hand positions. Well it's here, and I'm pretty sure the whole office has become concerned for my sanity.
The initial inspiration for these bars came from looking at pictures or old condorino bars and more modern bullhorns in too rapid of succession.
|The swept back portion of the new bars will provide a similar hand position to the VO Postinos


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Hi All!
I just wanted to invite all of our Seattle friends down to Hood River for the very first world wide The Bubble Film Premiere. If you haven't heard of The Bubble Film, it is a full length kiteboard movie by Noe Font that Craig Cunningham, Aaron Hadlow, Tom Court, Stefan Speissburger and myself (Colleen Carroll) have been working on for just over a year now. We are very excited to share our project with you and I couldn't be happier than to have the first premiere right here in the NorthWest!
Where: Skylight Theater (Andrews Pizza) in Hood River, Oregon
Showtimes: 6:00pm & 7:45pm
Admission: FREE
Raffle: approx 7:00pm
Raffle Details: We will have several NEW NORTHKITEBOARDING & ION GIVEAWAYS! We will sell raffle tickets with 100% of proceeds donated to charity. (check the facebook page for specifics)
PLEASE confirm your attendance here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1965591 ... e%22%7D%7D
And just to give you one more reason to come, that same weekend is Hopsfest! Hope to see many of you there


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The Daily Word in missiles, meth and mind reading.
There are 350 million depressed people.
North Korea says its missiles can hit the US mainland.
A 132 year old woman died.
Fart teasing led to murder.
When was the last time you played with your sound effect buttons?
Here's a bird falling into a chocolate fountain.
Look at this optical illusion and shake your head side to side. It looks kind of like there's a person there.
Try this creepy mind reader!
Who is Benjamin Kyle?
The Amityville house is back on the market.
A man died in a deadly bug eating contest.
He is actually Luke's father.
The super-sonic skydive is on hold. But might happen … I don't know.
The cops caught a guy with three pounds of meth.
Happy birthday John Entwistle.


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A buddy of mine asked me the other day if I had ever heard of the Dave Hill Effect. I laughed and told her she hadn't been reading the blog enough. I've written a couple times about the DHE (and here). Now, this friend is a very clever photographer and a master refinisher. The fact that she hadn't used the DHE shocked me. She does marvelous HDR work, her compositing is outstanding and anyone looking for a photographer to give them some very unique work should run out to hire this photographer. Here's a link to her site. Check it out. We were out the other evening preparing for an night train shoot we're doing at the end of October She was doing the test shots while I, along with her husband, was playing roadie. Setting up locations, lights and carrying gear. She sent me over one of her tests. As usual, a great HDR of a passenger car we'll be using as a "prop" on the night of the shoot. I asked her to send the 0 EV exposure over so I could see what a straight shot would good like. I wanted to check how the interior versus exterior lights played. Since we'd been talking about the Dave Hill Effect, and I just happened to have it queued up as a preset in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3, I just popped the image with it and sent it back for her to check out. It got me to thinking about what would happen if HDR was combined with the DHE. I'd guess it ends up as D2H2RE or something equally as confusing. In any case I thought I explore it with today's image. So, today we have an image that's one part HDR, one part DHE and a couple other parts "normal" finishing thrown in. If you'd like to learn more about what this poor image went through to get where it is, hit the "Read More".
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Belmont, MA: Sophia's Awesome Greek Yogurt
A weekly profile on a favorite New England dish.
The title of the relevant Chowhound post sums it up nicely: "Best yogurt I've ever eaten—Sophia's Belmont." I couldn't agree more.
I stumbled on Sophia's Greek yogurt about a year ago at Parsons Table in Winchester, Massachusetts, where chef Chris Parsons was running a yogurt dessert special that named the source of the dairy. If any part of me was surprised that yogurt was the feature ingredient, it didn't take more than a bite for me to understand why. It was hands-down the thickest, richest, most complex-tasting yogurt I'd ever had.
The discovery became even better when Parsons told me that Sophia Skopetos sells her yogurt at her small Greek specialty market in Belmont—not more than 10 minutes from my apartment. I stopped in to buy some a few days later, and gaped as she hand-packed a container for me. She grabbed a short-handled paddle and dug her arm into a refrigerated tub. The yogurt was so thick that it clung stiffly to the paddle and forced her to scrape it free on the side of the plastic container she was filling.
But crème-fraîche thickness wasn't the only trait that made her product ($3 per pound; roughly $6 per quart) stand so far apart from Fage, Chobani, and all the other commercial Greek yogurts that, despite draining, still weep whey and run off a spoon. The flavor was also exceptional—tangy for sure, but with a savory, almost cheese-y depth and a milky richness that was ripe and creamy all the way through each spoonful.
The dairy nerd in me was practically bursting, so I started probing her with questions—like, what kind of cow made this milk? No cow, she said. It was a combination of sheep and goat's milk, both of which she sources from Vermont. Following the technique she learned from her grandmother growing up in Kalamata, she scalds the milk, cultures it, treats it with rennet (imported from the old country), and then drains the milk for a good 12 hours. Because she makes the curds with rennet (translation: an enzyme taken out of the belly of a young animal, in this case a sheep), it's technically not a yogurt—it's a fresh cheese, similar to a French fromage frais, which explains its thick, rich texture and ability to withstand weeping.
And then she hit me with an incredible piece of information: It was low-fat.
I said it couldn't be—it was just too rich and thick—but she replied that the milk she uses is two percent. Those numbers were good enough for me until a fellow enthusiast—and skeptic—actually had a sample of the yogurt analyzed at a local lab. Maybe everyone suspected that the low-fat thing was too good to be true—but according to this blogger's report, the fat count actually hovers around 20 percent, thanks to her thorough draining.
If you care a lot about fat, I guess that's a real blow. On the other hand, a friend of mine made a good point when she said that the stuff is so rich that you can't eat more than a few spoonfuls at a time anyway. And it's worth every bite.
Sophia's Greek Pantry
265 Belmont Street, Belmont MA 02148 (map) 617-489-1371; sophiasgreekpantry.com


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It's not the best outfit she's ever worn, but she looks healthy and happy.
She always makes a goofy face when she's in front of the camera.
I love her for it.
I'm glad she looks healthy.. hate the shoe boot things!
She looked so good, so fresh. And during the show it looked like she was having such fun. I was totally disappointed in the tribute and how her acceptance speech was all about Beyonce. And how Gaga couldn't give her the spotlight. So lame. She deserved much more.
What's up with Jason's hair though??
I'm outta the loop...who's the dude she's with? Not Gaga, the actual dude.
She looked great! I think Lady Gaga/Joe made her a tad bit uncomfortable as she accepting her award!
I am happy she is doing so great its nice to see her back on top of her game. Again.. she's more of a lady than me.. I would have kicked Ga/Joe off the stage in a heartbeat she really ruined Brit's moment. "Totally Kanye-d" her moment.
Love that she's back on the road to awesome.. hate her outfit. The shoes are iffy.
Boyfriend. Is. Icky.
She looks great! I agree, she's healthy. Not overweight and not gross hollywood skinny either.
I love the goofy faces. I think she'd be fun to get a drink with, don't you?
her outfit is to die for...and not in a good way AT ALL.
I somehow forgot to watch the VMAs. Despite a million Facebook reminders that there would be a Hunger Games sneak peek. I don't know where I was last week, but...yeah. Forgot to watch.
Gaga is crazy. It's what makes her awesome.


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While state PTCs may be helpful in getting projects off the ground that would not otherwise have happened, they are not being seen as an alternative to the more usual model of state support -- the setting of a minimum standard for the volume of renewables power in supply portfolios. A state PTC is a second tier policy behind a Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS), says Ryan Wiser, who analyses renewable energy policies for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
In Utah, RPS efforts have garnered little support from lawmakers in the conservative and coal intensive state, which has yet to see a commercial wind plant in operation. They view their new PTC as an alternative and more palatable method for enticing wind development. It provides a $0.0035/kWh incentive for the first four years of activity from renewable energy projects. That is one-twelfth the value of the federal PTC. The incentive law also requires a company to have a tax liability in Utah to qualify.
Clever strategy
Despite its limited scope, the Utah PTC is providing enough of an incentive for one large project to move forward. "The wind resource in Utah is not as high as other places in the West and this is a way to compensate," says Paul Gaynor of UPC Wind. "What Utah did is provide incentive for us to build a wind farm and bring a heck of a lot of economic development into the state. It puts Utah on the map as a significant wind player. I think it's a pretty clever strategy."
UPC plans to complete a 200 MW first phase of its Milford Wind Corridor project by December 2008. The project could eventually reach 400 MW through subsequent phases that would stand a better chance if Utah were to adopt an RPS, admits Gaynor. "I'm not sure what level the RPS debate has reached in Utah," he continues. "But in order to build out the rest of the Milford Wind Corridor we think that some kind of RPS would accelerate things."
For the first stage of the project, a Utah RPS was not needed. UPC, based in Massachusetts, inked a 20-year power purchase agreement to send the output of all 200 MW to the Southern California Public Power Authority to help its members meet their California RPS goals. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will take 92.5% of the power, with the remainder going to nearby Burbank and Pasadena.
"You wouldn't think that selling Utah-generated wind power into Los Angeles makes any sense but it really does," Gaynor says. "It's about a 500 mile run with very little loss because it will use a DC line rather than an AC line. It's fundamentally being driven by what's going on in California with its RPS requirements. For us it still makes economic sense."
State PTC backfire
Wiser points out, however, that Utah's taxpayers do not get the green power they have partially paid for through the Utah PTC. Both the California RPS and the Utah PTC have shortcomings, he says. The goal of state renewables policies is usually to ensure new projects are located in a given state and that there are benefits to deliver in-state. But the California RPS ensures green power without ensuring the project is located in the state, while Utah's PTC law ensures a project is located in-state, but does not ensure the green power goes to Utah and its taxpayers, who ultimately pay for the state PTC.
Others take a different view. "I think it's a step in the right direction," says Craig Cox, of the Interwest Renewable Energy Alliance. He says it is ideal to have local buyers for wind projects, but since Utah does not have an RPS to create in-state demand, then it is still valuable for a Utah project to help meet California's RPS requirements while bringing some economic development to Utah. "It's good to be able to cater to the export market," Cox says. "I don't want Balkanization in our markets any more than we have already with a patchwork of state incentives."


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Hey there guys! I think you might have noticed that some things on my blog changed. Like erm… I don't know, maybe the header? Lol I'm being stupid, yes, I made a new banner! I think I might make more, like, four times a year or something. But we're not that far yet, and beside that, I'm not really good at making pretty, flashy banners. I think even this one is quite dull, but I wanted to – already – wish y'all a merry Christmas and the happiest new year ever! Some people might not read this, so I thought it would be best to put it up big, somewhere where you can't look passed it.
With that, I have to say that this might be my last post for the next two weeks. (It might not be though, I might make another post before I go) Because yes, as I had mentioned before, I'm gonna go visit my family with Christmas. Family is important, I'm sure not only for me, and I promised my older brother and sister that I would come visit them in the capital to celebrate Christmas with them. After that I'll come back home, with my dear friend who also plays sl, Micha, and I'll be having a great new year with her and Rex. So, without any further adue, here's my post! Hope to see y'all soon, but you'll surely hear when I'm back! Muaaaahhh
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- Liplayer: ROZENA/ Kiss Kiss ~ dolce
- Eyes: .ID. Glimmer contacts / Brown (The Arcade)
- Hair: ::Exile:: All for Love:Mermaid
- Hat: [DAISO] <MESH> Era – Cleveland Indians (gacha)
- Necklace: .O. the Tiny Little Snow Crystal Necklace – Rose gold
- Top: The Sea Hole – Satin Ming Blouse – Slate 3
- Jacket: MiWardrobe – My Second Skin – Jacket
- Skirt: LUSE – Lola Skirt – Metal
- Tights: *T.Whore*– Punk Stocking Dots (Garter)
- Shoes: [whatever] Military Boots – black – L
- Skin: Essences – Amelie – The Last Kiss – dark
- Hair: Analog dog – Mint Mer
- Eyes: {D.A} Gravey Gray
- Antlers: [AUX] Holiday Antlers (50L!)
- Melonthing: +9 watermelon fruit punch and fork
- Bracelet1: #14 *katat0nik* (no longer available)
- Bracelet2: MiWardrobe – Rock this Fashion – bracelet
- Top: (NO) Openback Lace Tee – black (Collabor88)
- Cardigan: *Tea Time* Wool Cardigan Grey
- Jeans: [Pumpkin]Sweat pants
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American Landscapes (2009) - Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin
American Landscapes takes the interiors of commercial photography studios across the United States as its ostensible subject. The artists reject the foreground and highlight instead the space in which images are literally "made." In these occasionally abstract photographs, the surfaces of walls, floors and ceilings junction along straight lines and parabolic curves to create the unspoiled white space known in the photography industry as Cycloramas. Broomberg & Chanarin refer to these spaces as 'scenography for a free market economy' or simply 'Landscapes'. For just as the American West came to represent unbound possibility in the minds of early pioneers, so these studio walls act as a blank screen on which any sort of fantasy may be projected.
Constellations Corpo Real (2008) - Gerald Edwards III
Flying down the back roads and divided four lane highways that cross the southern part of the United States has given me pause over the years to think about the rapidly shifting landscape. Granted being born in the mid 1980's was like being dropped into the rushing river to maddeningly fast growth and development. When the first Best Buy came to my town it was like dreamland opened its gates right up, with the Sunday circular fueling my insatiable desire to get that fresh video game, or the hot discounted DVD player. As the time passed though, and I began to take these road trips with friends across the south, I realized what was eating me. The disappearing sense of regional diversity, passing through Dothan, Troy, Ozark, Alabama each town had become defined by its strip, the reconfiguring of Main Street, into a bypass road lined with the shiny, glowing colors of economic growth and progress.
Each constellation is a set of points on a laser etched map that correspond to photographed franchises of the projected logo. The first in the group is of Eighteen McDonald's that spread across the beautiful city of Memphis, Tennessee.
Apparitions (1993-Ongoing) - Mathieu Laurette
Since his first Apparition on Tournez Manege (1993), Matthieu Laurette has been developing an ongoing series of what he calls 'Apparitions' on TV and in the media. (In French, the word apparition means both 'apparition' and 'appearances'). For Pandora's Sound Box, Laurette will develop a new performative series of Apparitions, airing on various American national TV channels from October 27 through November 1st, and continuously on the Video Box in White Box's exterior window. For the opening on November 2nd, Matthieu Laurette will conceive a site-specific related performative event.
Photos of "Variety Evening at the New Museum"
Check out these snapshots of Rhizome's New Silent Series event from last week "Variety Evening at the New Museum." Organized by VVORK, local performers staged works by artists Wojceich Kosma, Adrian Piper, Kristin Lucas, Vladimir Nikolic, Tao Lin, Pierre Bismuth and Claire Fontaine. The acts were presented together in a dramaturgy to be understood as a single performance, allowing for new interpretations of each piece. The evening is intended to be carried on as a single score, with instructions for how it can be repeated at different venues in the future.
Required Reading
Gears of War depends on a conventional anti-hero/redemption narrative set in another world where it is up to a motley band of once-disgraced brigands to save what remains of humanity from a subterranean enemy known as the Locust Horde. Its formidable commercial success aside, the game is simply a well-executed shoot-'em-up that offers no significant expansion on that well-worn genre. Its television advertisement is of far greater interest: the emphasis on the melancholy, pathos and self-reproach communicated by 'Mad World' connects Gears of War to a contemporary understanding of war produced in large part as a response to the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The conundrum for the producers of war-based video games is a delicate one: how to craft and market a war game in an era when public opinion has turned against war as a paradigm? How, for instance, is heroism rendered in a fictional narrative when the most obvious contemporary social referents - the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan - do not, as social histories in the making, embody the kind of unambiguous moral bases easily identified, for example, in World Wars I and II? How can our period eye, in all its ambivalence, be satisfied while still offering a compelling narrative of heroism?
Those responsible for the advertisement of the juggernaut franchise that is Gears of War obviously concluded that to acknowledge the public's ambivalence was key to eradicating it as an obstacle to the game's commercial success. While the game's story is not a romanticized one, the commercial relies on age-old Romantic notions of self. This is, of course, a rather insidious strategy.
Hypercube (2006) - Krysten Cunningham
An appropriated educational film found at the UCLA physics lab where the artist has worked for several years, "Hypercube" aims to illustrate the idea of 4-dimensional space. Re-narrated by Cunningham, the video emphasizes her interest in the way scientific ideas can be articulated and offers a context for the artist's interest in experimenting with complex geometric forms.
Illuminated Manuscripts
The metaphor of the brain as a database (or, if you prefer, the database as a brain) flatters and anthropomorphizes the machine more than it explains the mind. Gray matter doesn't seem to be organized in a way that makes the storage and retrieval of information easy; rather, the classification and categorization that characterize the database are pre-digital technologies invented to manage the ever-increasing amounts of information that civilization requires citizens to master. Cicero used a "memory palace" when delivering orations. As he spoke, he would imagine moving through a house where each room and object represented points he needed to make in his speech and the supporting evidence he needed to make them. The antithesis of such memory systems might be the dream, the mind's nightly refresher that reconfigures the day's events and data in disjointed, symbolic narratives. Both the memory palace and the dream are based on irrational elements: subjective experience, arbitrary connections, and word play. That the memory palace is created under the thinker's deliberate control only highlights the conscious mind's eagerness to do what the unconscious mind does automatically. Even as Cicero publicly performed the constructs of reason, his brain was circumventing them.
Last July, in a New York University faculty residence on West Houston Street where Picasso's sculpture and I.M. Pei's architecture face off in a courtyard invisible to Google Earth, Alexandre Singh delivered an installment of his Assembly Instructions Lectures, a series of talks illustrated by a pair of overhead projectors. After introducing his audience to Matteo Ricci, a sixteenth-century Jesuit missionary who taught the memory palace technique to Chinese officials to convince them of the superiority of Western (and by extension, Christian) thought, Singh launched into a detailed recounting of a dream he supposedly had, in which Ingvar Kamprad, founder and principle shareholder of Ikea, announced that the master floor plan implemented in every Ikea store around the world encodes a classification of all human knowledge. For instance, the arrangement of shoes, hangers, and sweaters in a display closet, as Singh demonstrated, represented the kingdoms and phyla of life on Earth. What's more, the Ikea system of Singh's dream world does not merely encode--it controls. If something changes in a store--say, a new couch model is introduced for the new season, or a passing child moves a prop coffee-table book around a fake living room--the fabric of reality is altered.
Hey, is that a new front page?
Yes, it sure is! Today we launched a re-design to our front page, moving it from a three to two-column format. We are planning to launch an overall re-design to the website in Spring 2010. We made this change now to give more room to the art showcased in our blog and to make our activities and programs, all detailed in the sidebar to the right, more clear. We hope this adjustment makes our site easier to read and navigate.
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