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Vere week is here – your chance to win free chocolate!
The following winners have already been drawn: Ivy, mrschloesmom, Verena, and Gina!
But, it's not too late to enter. Read the interview, then comment on the post for the correct day of the week to enter. Even if you already entered, you can enter again for another chance! A winner will be drawn each day!
- Monday – Interview with Vere founder, Kathy Moskal, Part I: The Vere Beginning
- Tuesday – Interview, Part II: Running a Chocolate Company
- Wednesday – Interview, Part III: Choosing Flavors
- Thursday – Interview, Part IV: About Kathy
- Friday – A cupcake inspired by a Vere chocolate bar flavor combination
The interview begins after the break.
I interviewed Kathy Moskal by phone and split the transcription of that interview into the four sections you will read this week. I made a few changes to the order of the conversation just to make for a better flow, but other than that and the removal of "ummms," "well, you knows," and laughter we both had, it should be just as if you were listening in on our conversation.
Part I: The Vere Beginning
How did you become interested in chocolate and starting a chocolate company?
My entire life was in the fashion business. I had co-founded a legwear company called HUE and my partner and I sold that. I had retired basically for ten years and then a family friend was dying from the aftereffects of diabetes. She was a great gourmand. She loved to eat. She was a great baker. As a matter of fact, she was the one who taught me how to make truffles many years ago – she was real chocoholic.
At that point, she couldn't walk anymore and I thought since her only pleasure left was eating, I'm going to get her the best chocolate in the world that she could eat. I searched the Internet, I looked in Europe, and I looked all over the States. Everything I found was really awful – it was filled with chemicals even a well person shouldn't eat. All of the chocolates that weren't filled with chemicals had way too much sugar.
This was in the fall of 2003. Now, there is a lot of dark chocolate on the market. But, at that point there really wasn't. I just thought, "OK, I'm going to hire a pastry chef," because I really am not a cook and I'll start with just 100% dark chocolate (plain chocolate) and I'll have the pastry chef just make some things that are healthy and minimally sweetened for my friend, Carol.
I just started doing research about chocolate. I became really fascinated with chocolate as a food. It is this incredible foodstuff with all these vital chemicals and all these great healthy things – that if you don't degrade the chocolate – are available to you.
I just got hooked and I thought, well I'm going to go from the beans. So, I did a lot of research and found that the Arriba bean (sometimes called the Nacional bean), which is what I use in all my chocolate, is really high in antioxidants. It only grows in Ecuador and it has a really mild, fruity flavor so it doesn't require a lot of sweetening. It tastes very earthy and real. Like wine, it reflects the terroir (the place that it was grown).
One of the reasons I picked it, besides that I really liked the flavor of it, was that the first step in making chocolate is fermenting the bean and that's also the first place that the antioxidants get degraded. Since this one [the Arriba bean] has a short fermentation cycle, it doesn't need a long fermenting to develop the flavor and it also doesn't degrade the antioxidants as much – so it starts out with more antioxidants.
How did you find out about that bean?
Just really by doing a lot of research, but I had tasted the Arriba bean in a chocolate that someone was doing. It was a plantation chocolate (Vintage chocolates). This French guy, Pierrick Chouard, made a line of chocolates using the Arriba bean. That was the first time I tasted it and I liked the kind of flavor and the mildness of it.
What makes Vere different from other chocolate companies?
We're different from a lot of chocolate makers in a lot of ways. First, we do make our own base chocolate and we make a real high grade of it where the [particle size in] microns is really small. We add more cocoa butter so it's called couverture which is like the most premium chocolate. Most chocolatiers don't make their own couverture, they buy their chocolate. If they are buying good chocolate, they buy from Valrhona or Michel Cluizel or they'll buy chocolate from Guittard or various other producers. Then they will melt it and make their chocolate. Even companies like NewTree make chocolates in California, but they use a Belgian chocolate. (Update: I received an email from NewTree with a correction: "NEWTREE manufactures all of its chocolates in Belgium and imports and distributes them in the U.S. They are truly Belgian chocolates in every sense of the word.") They don't make their own couverture. Probably in most chocolates that you've tasted, the people don't make their own couverture. People are starting to do that more though. Theo chocolates makes their own couverture.
Also, we are probably the only company in the world that makes all of the products from 75% cacao content. We are going to make some bars of 70%, but that will be it because to get the benefits of chocolate you really need it to be 70% or higher.
What about companies that are doing chocolate from bean to bar?
Well, we don't process the beans ourselves. People are doing a lot of good stuff in a lot of ways, we chose to process the beans in Ecuador because you leave more money in the local economy so instead of taking their precious resource out at the lowest possible price, which is the beans, we make the couverture there. This is just part of our philosophy. That's another way that we are kind of unique and different.
Do you have a relationship with the people in Ecuador?
Not a business relationship, a hand-shake friendly relationship. It's interesting because there are three men who have spent their lives in the chocolate industry so they know a lot, but their dream when they retired was to have their own chocolate factory. They are small like we are and so they try things for me and have done things for me that a larger company would never make the effort of doing. We're kind of moving along together here.


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Opinion: Texas's Secret Sauce
Texas Public Policy Foundation Chuck DeVore on his new book "The Texas Model" which describes the key ingredient's to Texas's economic success. Photo: Associated Press
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel let's be honest America its eight lousy economy ... middle class wages falling are stagnant ... unemployment remains high we've just been walloped by a big tax increase ... so what a relief it is to welcome Texas public policy Foundation ... senior fellow for fiscal policy shot to more ... he says there's at least one state in the nation world life ... isn't so bad ... I teach at your new book is entitled to Texas mom when you mean by that ... well the Texas model what we mean by it is a way of saying that Texas is different than some of the other big states for example California or New York ... and what we're suggesting by model ... is that ... America was once more like taxes ... as Texas' now if you look at places like California Cal forty cutter represents ... the future of America ... under the current president's policies in other words big government ... big taxes big regulation ... Texas is going to the opposite model so ... the book kind of test the hypothesis and then Hamilton says okay ... so how is life in Texas compared to the other big states ... given that difference in policy so what are the foundations hear everything the expected a smaller government lower taxes light touch regulation yes what surprise norm for reform yes that's it that's another thing of course of ... it's it's more difficult to sue people for loosely here in Texas ... it's actually become easier in California ... so ... I think the main thing to of that surprises people ... is that Texas has been under sustained assault by people like Paul Krugman the claim that there's nothing that Texas offers as a lesson for the rest of the of America and we think to the contrary ... that there is ... and the problem with Krugman's thesis ... is he doesn't take into account in very basic economic fact called the cost of living ... the cost of living in Texas is about ninety percent of U S average ... and it's probably that the second least costly state in which to live ... oh why is the most costly new York is the second most costly tell porn is the third most costly ... the difference in the Casa living between California and Texas the two big estates his forty two percent forty two percent annual ... expenditures the big OpenSkies the food ain't bad either in Texas ... um but to this thesis about where where America is headed ... Michigan just became the tablet ... write to work states that almost half of our states now to liberalize their labor market so is the positive case to be made here ... that actually ... there is hope that we're not going to go the way of ... the left Coast in California there absolutely is open and one of the reasons why there's hope is because of the federal model we have ... we have to fifty different state laboratories that are essentially ... coming up with new policies and competing with each other ... and what we see is that people vote with their feet ... on and it's not a very easy thing to pick up and move one's family from one state to the other especially if you don't have a history or relatives in that state ... but what you see is ... a mask out migration from states with high taxes and burdensome regulations states like ... California and New York ... and they're going to places ... like Texas now ... Paul Krugman among others is so it's all about the sun built this all about that ... the nice temperature the warm winters and in Texas ... excuse me Mr Krugman ... why then are people leaving California which arguably has the best climate in the country and in fact California is a place where people are leaving in droves I knew you were one of those I was I was in the Caliph I was a state representative and tell for never presented almost half a million people for six years until it was termed out of work in aerospace industry and by the time I got of the legislature in two thousand ten ... I looked around ... in the the old aerospace industry that I once worked in have largely vanished ... it does appear to other states ... while ... the folks in Texas without low unemployment meant so very low cost of living and share ... accretion involved tell it's coming out and oh yes the owner and CEO of the Golden State Texas policy Foundation ... senior felt a fiscal policy chapter for thanks and thanks for letting me be under show ...


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DISCUSSION -- Based on quotes from Linda Price
The artist uses glazes to merge areas and help certain areas recede.
For instance, in Young Woman Overlooking Silicon Valley, she used glazing to
make the eye cavity recede, push the cheek back into the hair, unify the hair, and
create the folds in the neck. Scumbling softened the face and created a slight motion
blur that made the model look less static.
The dark brown areas in the eyes are glazes. The lighter areas you see are more than likely, scumbles. A scumble is a transparently applied paint that is lighter in value than the dry, darker underpainting. To be a true scumble, the lighter value paint must be comprised of pigment that is opaque by nature, -and - be thin enough to reveal the underpainting beneath. The white'ish rim, flying off the high right edge of the bridge of the nose, is the most obvious scumble. Thin scumbles, used abundantly in the lights of this face, make an optical effect that is very much like peach fuzz, and so it can be very helpful in feminizing facial skin. Glazes deepen recesses in near forms in a way that reminds me of looking into the bottom of a shady woodland pool. When scumbles are worked into glazes, it is like building a mound from the bottom of the pool out of the water. This is what I did with the lights on the eyes.
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Stock-pickers have no shortage of buy signals, be they fundamental indicators of earnings and cash flow, or technical trading signals. There is, though, another type of indicator to consider - the frequency with which shares are searched for in Google. New research by Zhi Da and Pengjie Gao of the University of Notre Dame and Joseph Engelberg at the University of North Carolina has found that this can predict returns.
They measured abnormal search volume - the number of searches for a share's ticker symbol in one week, relative to the number in the previous eight weeks. They found that lots of searches led to share prices rising. A one standard deviation rise in search volume led to shares outperforming by an average of 0.3 percentage points in the following two weeks.
The reason for this is simple. A lot of searches for a stock is a sign that investors are paying attention to it - which is often a precursor to them buying it. This is consistent with other evidence that Google search data has predictive power. Hal Varian, Google's chief economist, has found that search volume is correlated with sales of cars and houses. And Google researcher Jeremy Ginsberg shows that searches can be a more timely indicator of 'flu epidemics than official data.
Read the entire article at: Attention bubbles.


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Image of Moll Cutpurse (Mary Frith), from
Arthur Vincent.
Lives of Twelve Bad Women: Illustrations and Reviews of Feminine Turpitude Set Forth by Impartial Hands.
Boston: L .C. Page, 1897.
Click the image to see the picture full size.
Download the account as a pdf.
The woman who murders her husband or her child may be described with either pity or disgust by the moralizing author who tells her story. The writer, and the reader, reflect on the conditions or events that led her to sin and crime, and even the most lurid and titillating account never quite avoids evoking regret for her downfall. Accounts of professional criminals, however, frequently display admiration and a savage enjoyment of the criminal's daring, cunning, or courage, for female criminals even more than male. Mary Frith (c.1584–1659), better known as Moll Cutpurse, was a sensation within her own lifetime – a pickpocket and fence who dressed in men's clothing, she was the subject of two plays, John Day's 1610 Madde Pranckes of Mery Mall of the Bankside and Thomas Middleton's 1611 Roaring Girl.


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Master's Degree Programs at Predominantly Black Institutions
Number of continuation awards: 5
Average award: $500,000
Total award funding: $2,500,000
Number of continuation awards: 5
Average award: $500,000
Total award funding: $2,500,000
Number of new awards: 5
Average new award: $500,000
Total new award funding: $2,500,000
The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) provides that, from the amount appropriated to carry out the PBI master's program for any fiscal year, the first $2,500,000 (or any lesser amount appropriated) must be available for the purposes of making minimum grant awards to eligible institutions. If the amount appropriated is not sufficient to pay the minimum grant awards to all the eligible institutions, the amount of the minimum award to each designated eligible institution must be ratably reduced. For fiscal year 2009 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years, sufficient funds have been appropriated under Section 897 of the amended Higher Education Act to make available at least the minimum award amount if all eligible institutions submit an approvable application for a grant. Note that under the provisions of the matching requirement, the Secretary is required to redistribute any funds an institution cannot match to other institutions meeting the matching requirement.
The HEOA requires that any amount in excess of $2,500,000 must be made available to each of the eligible institutions. The award amounts must be based on using a formula developed by the Secretary. The formula must use the following elements:
- the ability of the institution to match Federal funds with non-Federal funds;
- the number of students enrolled in the qualified master's degree program at the eligible institution in the previous academic year;
- the average cost of attendance per student, for all full-time students enrolled in the qualified master's degree program at such institution;
- the number of students in the previous year who received a degree in the qualified master's degree program at such institution; and
- the contribution, on a percent basis, of the programs for which the institution is eligible to receive funds under this section to the total number of African-Americans receiving master's degrees in the disciplines related to the programs for the previous year.


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Ledgerland school nurses weigh in on question
The Ledger sought the advice of two district school nurses to answer a few key questions regarding childhood obesity and changes in school lunches.
Mexico Public School District Head Nurse Diane Melahn said, "We have gone to salad bar every Wednesday, fresh fruits and vegetables are offered every day and we are following the new national school lunch program guidelines. More nutritional snacks have been stocked in our snack bar and calorie information is on all sodas and snacks already."
She said district-wide, Mexico schools also offer water, juice and Gatorade as alternatives to soft drinks. The community, she said, also advertises YMCA activities, city walking trails, and before- and after-school elementary walking programs that are quite popular.
Nurse Lee Ann Meador from Community R-6 School District doesn't believe the Calories Count measure will make a big impact until parents and students know how to understand the information printed on vending machine items.
She thinks a soft drink one or two times a week is "OK," but when children – who need calcium for bone growth development – refuse to drink anything but soft drinks, it causes problems with teeth, bones and weight.
"When a 12-ounce can of soda contains 150 calories and most sodas are oversized to 2-3 times that amount, you can consume a lot of calories by just drinking soda. But, I don't think all students know how to process what that information really means," Meador said.
The R-6 District Strive Group, she said, controls the food vending machines and they try to follow the guidelines of the healthy snacks, trying to provide snacks under 100 calories or under a certain amount of fat grams. The school also sells water and juice.
She believes encouraging after-school sports and activities is a perfect way to keep kids moving and healthy.


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Happy Golden Days:
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Bright Heart:
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The lies and distortion continue from the anti-biotech crowd traipsing through California hiding behind their anti-corporate, socialist, anti-human agenda in opposing agriculture biotechnology.
A news release from "Californians for GE-Free Agriculture" went out to the media promoting a series of seminars where "Midwestern Farmers Share Their Stories throughout California" about the horrors biotechnology.
The program lists as speakers three supposedly Midwest farmers and a California rice grower, Ron Lee, who produces conventional and organic rice.
Where is the California grower who produces biotech corn or cotton? There are more than 600,000 acres of biotech crops growing in California and this group could not find one producer willing to debate the issue? Where are the University of California scientists who have researched and evaluated this technology?
According to the news release, "This panel provides a rare opportunity to hear first-hand from farmers and farmer advocates who have been grappling with the impacts of this as yet unproven technology" read the news release.
Unproven! That is garbage.
Who are these Midwest Farmers?
Bill Wenzel was one of the speakers. He is executive director of Wisconsin Rural Development Center (WRDC) in Mt. Horeb, Wis. WRDC is a "nonprofit organization comprised of family farmers, environmentalists, church leaders, consumers, and rural activists. It promotes social and economic justice in rural Wisconsin; to protect rural natural resources; and to activate an effective voice for rural citizens." according to its Web site.
Sure sounds like a farmer who has something to lend to the biotechnology debate in California.
George Naylor of Churdan, Iowa was another speaker. He is a small farmer and a member of the National Family Farm Coalition. He does not like Freedom to Farm. He opposes "factory farms." He wants to go back to the days of high loan rates; non-recourse government loans and government storage of surplus commodities. He basically wants the government to support him, yet claims the government is inept at evaluating and regulating biotech crops.
Naylor sued Monsanto for anti-trust and lost. He basically wants to grow propriety planting seed and sell it to anyone he wants. He was one of four plaintiffs in an unsuccessful lawsuit against Monsanto. One of his co-plaintiffs was a GMO grower.
Another speaker listed was Dan McGuire, an absentee owner of a 320-acre farm in central Nebraska. He share crops it with another farmer. He basically works for the American Corn Growers Association, a groups that claims 14,000 members in 36 states. It was formed in 1987 because a minority of corn growers did not like the way the government farm program was evolving.
The American Corn Growers Association is not to be confused with the National Corn Growers Association founded in 1957 that represents 32,000 dues-paying corn growers from 48 states and the interests of more than 300,000 farmers who contribute to the corn check-off programs in 20 states.
Who is Californians for GE-Free Agriculture? They call themselves "a unique coalition of sustainable farming, environmental, and consumer organizations united top prevent genetically engineered (GE) agriculture in California. Members include: California Certified Organic Farmers, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Ecological Farming Association, Four Elements Farm, Genetic Engineering Action Network, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, and Organic Consumers Association."
The so-called information meetings about genetically engineered crops were charades of misinformation and distortions. They were not valid debates about biotechnology.
What is even more galling about these so called information meetings was that two were held in public buildings, the Chico City Council chambers and the Marin County Board of Supervisors offices and one was at an American Legion Hall in Arroyo Grande, Calif.
A third was held in the Sonoma County Farm Bureau building in Santa Rosa. This is ludicrous. We have been told that the California Farm Bureau Federation is spearheading the grassroots effort to turn back this anti-GMO effort in California and a Farm Bureau chapter opens its facilities to a farce like this anti-GE rally? If Farm Bureau is leading this effort, God help California agriculture.
It is one thing to host a legitimate debate on genetically modified crops. It is entirely something different to allow a group whose avowed goal is to wipe out production agriculture in California to use a Farm Bureau facility for propaganda purposes.
I wonder if the American Legion members looked into the agenda of the group renting its hall.
As for the use of public buildings, opening up to this group for this media circus is tantamount to renting the city council chamber or supervisor offices to the Ku Klux Klan or the neo-Nazi party for a rally. Again, using public facilities for a legitimate debate is worthy. Opening it for people to spew half truths and lies about California agriculture is wrong. A lot of farmers live in Chico and the city council can expect to hear about this misuse of public facilities.
Harsh words? You bet. This anti-biotechnology travesty being palmed off on California is a very serious threat to not only California growers and ranchers, but to a major source of food and fiber for California and the world.
Should the issue of biotechnology be debated? Absolutely. There are serious issues with this technology. Is it unsafe? No? Millions of dollars in research have proven that. Are there ethical, moral and economic issues with the technology? Certainly.
Californians have the right to all the facts — not just the junk tossed out by Californians for GE-Free Agriculture and the likes. There are hundreds of legitimate scientists and farmers who are capable of presenting a balanced picture of the issue. Shams like gatherings sponsored by these radical, anti-government groups are not where the facts will be presented.
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2,017 families were in shelters as of Nov. 14; an additional 1,772 families were being sheltered in motels.
There was a 10.2 percent increase in the state's homeless population from 2007 to 2011.
8 is the average age of a homeless person.
6,500 families are considered at-risk, and have received HomeBASE short-term rental assistance between August 2011 and November 2012.
There were more than 44,000 homeless students in Massachusetts public schools in 2011.
Sources: Mass. Dept. of Housing and Community Development, US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (Mass.), Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, 2011 Youth Risk & Behavior Survey


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Amanda Seyfried Attempts, Fails at Phone Sex with Justin Timberlake
In this month's Interview magazine, Justin Timberlake interviews Amanda Seyfried by phone. Compared to previous Interview kiss-fests—like Kidman fluffing Cotillard or Kanye humping Rihanna's leg—it was pretty tame. Until, in the middle of a conversation about Gary Oldman and apropos nothing, Seyfried blurted this:
SEYFRIED: [laughs] I think I should mention that I'm not wearing any clothes.
TIMBERLAKE: Well, if that's how you'd like to be interviewed, then that's totally fine.
SEYFRIED: I'm most comfortable in my birthday suit.
TIMBERLAKE: It's a free country—from what I'm told. But maybe this is a good opportunity then for us to go back to the beginning. You grew up in Pennsylvania?
If you are a starlet, and are still wondering why everyone assumes you're trying to seduce every male celebrity who crosses your path? Ask yourself whether you, too, are suffering from naked Tourette's. [Interview]
Nicole Kidman and Marion Cotillard Are So Fabulous It Hurts


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It is summertime and tank top season is here. There are a variety of exercises you can do to define the shoulders for the lean look you want. Here are a few to get you started:
Pilates Standing Arm Series:
Equipment needed: Use 1-3 pound dumbbells or two soup cans
Start position: Stand in Pilates stance with heels together and toes apart in a V. Shift weight forward so your weight is more on your toes. Breathe normally throughout the series.
Activate muscles throughout the whole body during the entire exercise series: Squeeze your legs together and engage inner thighs, glutes and abdominal muscles. Keep your shoulder blades actively down and pinched together.
Exercise 1: Front Raises or Scooping Sand - Hold weights down at your hips with palms forward. Raise your dumbbells up in front of you to shoulder height and then back to the starting position. Keep palms up and chest open with shoulders back and down. Repeat eight times.
Exercise 2: Out and In or a variation of Hug a Tree - Begin with your arms straight in front at chest height and palms up. Move your arms horizontally out and back in. Repeat 8 times.
Exercise 3: Arm Circles - Extend your arms out from your sides at chest height. Keep your palms up. Make 8 small arm circles in each direction.
Overhead Shoulder Presses:
Equipment needed: Use moderate weights that you can press overhead for 10-15 repetitions. You want to challenge yourself without injury.
Start position: Stand upright or seated on a bench with your back straight. Hold a weight in each hand at shoulder height, just outside your shoulders with palms facing out. Elbows are close to the body.
Active muscles: Deltoids, pectorals, upper and middle trapezius, triceps, shoulder stabilizers
Movement: Press arms straight overhead in a slow, controlled motion. Exhale as you push upward. Inhale as you return weights to the starting position. Repeat 10-15 times.
Please note if you have had a shoulder or neck injury consult a trainer to see if this would be an appropriate exercise for you.
Rear Deltoid Fly:
Equipment needed: Use moderate weight that you can lift laterally for 10-15 repetitions. You want to challenge yourself without injury.
Start position: Stand with your knees slightly bent and hips hinged forward at 45 degrees or more. Maintain a straight spine throughout the exercise. Elbows are slightly bent and palms are facing each other.
Active muscles: Posterior Deltoids, middle and lower trapezius, external rotators.
Movement: Engage your mid back and lift your arms out to your sides toward the ceiling. Squeeze your shoulder blades together for a second and return to the starting position. Repeat 10-15 times.
Modifications: You can perform this exercise seated with a forward hinge and straight spine or with an exercise band.
Incorporate this routine into your fitness regime 2-3 times per week. You will soon see why my clients call this workout the "Oscar Award Arms Series."
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. - The Pfeiffer University men's tennis team picked up a 7-2 victory over visiting Queens on Monday while the women fell by the final score of 7-2 as both teams wrapped up Conference Carolinas and regular season play on Monday afternoon. The men stand at 11-6 overall, 6-4 in league play heading into this weekend's conference tournament while the Lady Falcons slide to 13-5, 9-2.
The Pfeiffer men took two of three doubles on Monday scoring an 8-6 win at #1 thanks to Loic Minery and Ben Hunter while Sebastian Wernecke and Ethan Lyon rolled 8-1 in the third position. Of the five singles wins for the Falcons, Wernecke would be the only one to need a third set scoring a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory.
The Lady Falcons nearly pulled out three points in doubles play as Queens won all three matches by the minimum two games at 9-7, 8-6 and 9-7. Briana Oliver at #5 and Kaleigh Featherstone at #6 would pick up the singles points for Pfeiffer both winning in straight-sets. Oliver rolled 6-1, 6-1 while Featherstone cruised 6-2, 6-3.
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Hip Hop is an art form that has to grow, evolve and change over time. Which is an ironic concept, since lots of times; Hip Hop and its artists haven't always been so willing to change musically and sonically. But one group throughout Hip Hop's history that has been the complete opposite of that sentiment is undoubtedly Outkast.
The shift in musical styles between their 1994 debut Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik and what many consider their last proper release with Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is more of a quantum leap. And in recent years, as Andre 3000 has withdrawn a bit from the public eye and the music industry, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton has had to shoulder the creative and sonic burden, but has done so willingly, releasing the critically acclaimed Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son of Chico Dusty in 2010. And now Daddy Fatt Saxx follows his solo debut up with a sonically sophisticated, color-splashed mural for the ears with Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.
Once again, listeners will be able to tell that Big Boi feels it his responsibility to take up the mantle and continue Outkast's legacy of music experimentation and genre manipulation. On Vicious Lies… there definitely exist the standard, southern-styled ATL anthems, like the triumphant "The Thickets" with a resurgent Sleepy Brown, the booming, wall-rattling, chest-thumping bass and stomp of "In The A" with T.I. and Ludacris, and the syrupy-sweet bass and Red Light District feel of the panty-dropper "She Said OK" featuring Theophilus London.
But the real story of Mr. Patton's sophomore solo offering is the sharp and stark musical U-Turn that it takes, with the majority of the project featuring notable and quality contributions from collaborators Little Dragon and Phantogram. Big Boi seems to take a calculated risk by incorporating elements of new millennium indie rock and 80's-inspired electro-pop. Most notable are the songs "Objectum Sexuality" and "Shoes for Running", where he and fellow ATL rapper B.o.B. trade verses over the state of society while Phantogram happily sings a dire and alarmingly bleak chorus. "Higher Res" is also a curious but intriguing contribution featuring Jai Paul and Little Dragon, very much in the vein of an early Prince record with it's staccato-styled timing and off-beat/on-beat 808 drum pattern.
But Big Boi makes sure not to stray too far by incorporating a slew of winning emcee guest spots, like he and Killer Mike's cutting lyricism and paired with Little Dragon lead singer Yukimi Nagano's light, airy and aching vocals on "Thom Pettie" and, U.G.K and Big K.R.I.T. on "Gossip" and A$AP Rocky on "Lines", one of the albums' most outstanding tracks.
The biggest misstep here is probably Big trying to step in the booth and vocalize, which makes "Raspberries" a chore to listen to. He definitely wants to stick to emceeing in that regard. But overall, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors is an album that falls in the same ballsy, adventurous and daring musical category of past Hip Hop albums like the aforementioned Speakerboxxx, Common's Electric Circus, and even Aquemini by blatantly challenging listeners to open their minds, and will introduce new ones to both the Outkast catalog. It won't connect with everyone, Big Boi successfully and skillfully takes a ton of musical risks, which fewer and fewer mainstream emcees seem to be willing to do these days.


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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. – After settling a pass from Patrick Nyarko just outside the penalty area, Chris Rolfe only needed a half-step to loop a shot over Crew goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum and give the Fire a 2-1 lead over the Columbus Crew.
Chicago manager Frank Klopas bemoaned the fact that the Fire didn't pad that lead, but the Fire gave Rolfe two chances, and that was all they needed in topping their Eastern Conference rival 2-1 on Saturday night.
"As the season draws to a close and you get to the playoffs, we're not going to have like, eight, nine, 10 chances a game like we've been creating in the last several games," Rolfe said. "Tonight was an eye-opener that it's going to be tougher toward the end of the season and in the playoffs. You don't get as many chances, so you have to be good with the finishes."
Throughout their last eight games, of which they've won seven, the Fire have shown the ability to win when the run of play or statistics don't point in their favor.
In their win over Houston two weeks ago, the Fire held just 32 percent of possession, withstood a bevy of Dynamo chances late in the game and eventually secured a 3-1 win. In a 3-1 victory over Montreal, the Impact took an early lead, outshot Chicago, and out-possessed the Fire handily.
OPTA Chalkboard: Columbus dominate possession in loss
In Saturday's game, the Fire were out-possessed by 24 percent and out-shot by nine but still managed to battle back from a one-goal deficit to win for the fourth time in eight games in a come-from-behind effort.
"We never panicked, we kept playing the same way," Klopas said. "Obviously we scored two very nice goals. We had a few opportunities in the second half to put the game away. It's a little bit difficult because there's a tendency when you're up to drop a little bit off."
The Fire have the ability to overcome adversity – that much is clear. Avoiding that adversity altogether is their final hurdle.
"We seem to start out decent in a game then go down a goal and respond to that," Rolfe said. "That's something that we have to fix, but it's still a good thing that we can come back from that."


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#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use File::Spec; use GraphViz2; use GraphViz2::Parse::XML; use Log::Handler; # ------------------------------------------------ my($logger) = Log::Handler -> new; $logger -> add ( screen => { maxlevel => 'debug', message_layout => '%m', minlevel => 'error', } ); my($graph) = GraphViz2 -> new ( edge => {color => 'grey'}, global => {directed => 1}, graph => {rankdir => 'TB'}, logger => $logger, node => {color => 'blue', shape => 'oval'}, ); my($g) = GraphViz2::Parse::XML -> new(graph => $graph); $g -> create(file_name => File::Spec -> catfile('t', 'sample.xml') ); my($format) = shift || 'svg'; my($output_file) = shift || File::Spec -> catfile('html', "parse.xml.pp.$format"); $graph -> run(format => $format, output_file => $output_file);
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Takes an XML file and converts it into a graph, using the pure-Perl XML::Tiny.
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This key is optional.
Creates the graph, which is accessible via the graph() method, or via the graph object you passed to new().
Returns $self for method chaining.
$file_name is the name of an XML file.
Returns the graph object, either the one supplied to new() or the one created during the call to new().
See "FAQ" in GraphViz2 and "Scripts Shipped with this Module" in GraphViz2.
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She is currently the top-ranked high school shot putter in the state, and she is No. 13 in the nation. And after her sophomore year at Trinity Christian, she already has the second longest throw in Georgia high school history, private and public school included.
In this year's GISA state meet, she won the shot put by 10 feet, breaking the GISA state record by 4 feet, and added the discus title. For that, Howard has been named The Telegraph's All-Middle Georgia Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year.
Much of Howard's success can go right back to her family.
"My dad threw the shot in high school and then in college at the University of Georgia," said Howard, who also has the highest GPA in Trinity's sophomore class. "I can remember picking up the shot put when I was 5 or 6, and it seemed like a fun thing to do. As I got older, I tried most of the other sports, but I wasn't real good at any of them. I seemed to always go back to shot putting and as I got older, I kept getting better.
"I really enjoy it now, because it is a great way to get to spend a lot of time with my dad. He is fun to hang out with and has been a great coach for me. He knows when to push me and he knows when to ease off."
Howard has been training hard all summer, trying to get stronger. She recently finished second at the New Balance National High School Meet and will travel to Singapore at the end of the month as part of the American team in the Youth Olympics.
"I went to Italy last year for the Youth Olympics and didn't do that well, but I feel like I am way ahead of where I was last year," she said. "I feel like I know what to expect this year, and it won't be so overwhelming to me. I just want to continue to gain experience and enjoy myself, and if I can do that, I think I will perform well. I have put in the time in the weight room and working on my technique, so I feel pretty good about the trip."
With two more years of high school, Howard really hasn't thought much of where she will go to college but does hope to continue throwing the shot put on that level.
"It's something that I really like to do, and I would like to see how good I can get," she said. "I know that I have a long way to go, but I definitely hope to continue throwing in college. I am usually pretty focused on my training, but it is great to have someone like my dad around that knows the kind of training I need to be the best."


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Scala has been receiving much attention lately as a possible candidate to replace Java in the future. James Strachan creator of Groovy advocates in favor of Scala as James Gosling, creator of Java and Charles Nutter JRuby Core Developer, have done in the past.
James first explains the things he doesn't like about Java:
Java is a surprisingly complex language (the spec is 600 pages and does anyone really grok generics in Java?), with its autoboxing (and lovely NPE's hiding in there), primitive types, icky arrays which are not collections & general lack of polymorphism across strings/text/buffers/collections/arrays along with extremely verbose syntax for working with any kind of data structure & bean properties and still no closures (even in JDK7) which leads to tons of icky try/catch/finally crapola unless you use frameworks with new custom APIs & yet more complexity. Java even has type inference, it just refuses to use it to let us save any typing/reading.
This issue becomes even more pressing with there being no Java7 (which is even more relevant after Snorcle - I wonder if javac is gonna be replaced with jdkc? :). So I guess javac has kinda reached its pinacle; closures look unlikely as does any kind of simplification or progression.
He seems impressed by Scala to the point of saying that he wouldn't have created Groovy in the first place, if Scala was available back then:
I can honestly say if someone had shown me the Programming in Scala book by by Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon & Bill Venners back in 2003 I'd probably have never created Groovy.
There are of course parts of Scala that he's "not keen on":
With any language there's gonna be bits you love and bits you're not so keen on. Early impressions of Scala do seem like there's a bit of an attempt to use a few too many symbols :-; but you don't have to use them all - you can stick to the Java-ish OO side of the fence if you like. But then I guess longer term its probably better to use symbols for the 'special stuff' to avoid clashing with identifiers etc.
I'm not a massive fan of the nested import statement, using _root_.java.util.List to differentiate a 'global' import from a relative import. I'd have preferred a child prefix. e.g. if you have imported com.acme.cheese.model.Foo then to import model.impl.FooImpl i'd prefer an explicit relative prefix, say: import _.impl.FooImpl which would simplify things a little and more in keeping with Scala's attempt at simplifying things and removing cruft (being polymorphic to import java.util._).
In any case, James overall opinion about Scala is far better than Java's:
However compared to all the massive hairy warts in Java, these downsides of Scala are tiny compared to the beauty, simplicity and power of Scala.
As Adam Bien has reported in his blog, even the father of Java, James Gosling seems favorable towards Scala:
During a meeting in the Community Corner (java.net booth) with James Gosling, a participant asked an interesting question: "Which Programming Language would you use *now* on top of JVM, except Java?". The answer was surprisingly fast and very clear: - Scala.
Charles Nutter, JRuby Core Developer thinks that Scala is most likely candidate to replace Java, compared to Groovy and JRuby:
Scala, it must be stated, is the current heir apparent to the Java throne. No other language on the JVM seems as capable of being a "replacement for Java" as Scala, and the momentum behind Scala is now unquestionable. While Scala is not a dynamic language, it has many of the characteristics of popular dynamic languages, through its rich and flexible type system, its sparse and clean syntax, and its marriage of functional and object paradigms. The supposed weakness of Scala as being "too complicated" or "too rich" can be countered by developing coding standards, creating more robust editors and tools, and by better educating polyglots on how best to use Scala. Scala represents the rebirth of static-typed languages on the JVM, and like JRuby it has also begun to stretch the capabilities of the platform in ways Java never could.
Scala was one of the main themes in this year's JavaOne, with several related sessions and even an open space conference which followed the last day of the main conference.
What do you think, is Scala the most suitable contender to take Java's place in the near future or is Java the Last Big Language (LBL)?
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Scala may not "replace" Java
Thomas Joseph
This is similar to how the .NET platform supports many languages, though C# is the most recommended, there are still many people who sometimes only use Basic (for VB), while there are still some others who use a mix of the CLR supported languages.
It is Clojure
Shantanu Kumar
Re: Scala may not
Khoa Ngo
Re: It is Clojure
Russell Leggett
Re: Scala may not
Russell Leggett
Re: It is Clojure
Dan Tines
The Java replacement is not Scala - it is Clojure. Seriously, take a look at that language.
No, it's Brainfuck or maybe COBOL
Scala it is!
Maxim Gubin
All of these things are great, but the fact that it is not strictly typed and just not enough IDEs truly support it well (providing refactoring support for example), will always hold it back.
Scala's support in IDEs is still mature also (probably more so than Groovy), but it is strictly typed and the fact that it is a hybrid functional and OO makes it attractive.
I think that both Scala and Groovy will end up replacing Java at some point.
Scala will become the new Java and Groovy will continue chugging along in scripts and any needed dynamic usage that will be needed.
I think that the Grails and Lift frameworks should seriously think about collaborating. Grails is way ahead in the game and is starting to take off in terms of all of the plugins that are being written for it.
These make for huge productivity gains.
Where Scala excels is in performance that for sure.
I'm wondering how Groovy and Scala compare in their Concurrency model.
Will they ever surmise Erlang?
Who support what
Diego Visentin
Instead Groovy is already well supported from them: SAP (Composition on Grails), IBM (sMash), Oracle (GroovyMBean/Grails) and obviously SpringSource.
Remember that with these companies Java would never have been a success.
I'm not crazy either about the tendency to abuse operators in new languages
Jean-Simon LaRochelle
on complexity
Gerald Loeffler
but in all fairness it must be said that Scala is a hellishly complex language as well. it's far removed from the beautiful minimalism that, for instance, old-style functional programming languages exhibited. the reasons for Scala's complexity are more varied than in Java's case, though:
- backwards-compatibility is still an important reason for complexity: Scala runs on the JVM and so type-erasure in generics is still an issue; add to that the new complexity of interfacing Scala with Java classes. i believe Scala has achieved the optimum in hiding these complexities, but they are still there.
- innovation: compared to Java, Scala introduces conceptual complexity arising from its object-functional nature and powerful language features: first-class functions and the way they are implemented on the JVM; generalised control structures and in particular "for" expressions; traits; modules and how to use them for componentisation; case classes and pattern matching; proper variance for generics; structural types; implicit conversion; and quite a bit more. this is the complexity that's fascinating to master, because it is really the reason-to-be for Scala. but it's still true complexity to master...
- surprises: a few aspects of Scala just seem unnecessarily complex/different to me: import statements; packages and the new access modifiers (that are not enforced on the JVM at runtime) come to mind.
don't get me wrong: Scala is in most respects truly fascinating and a pleasure to use. but to contrast it with "complex Java" is misleading...
Worst thing about scala
Ben Murphy
Vic _
For java replacement and joy of programming: D! D is butter.
Re: Worst thing about scala
Steve Thompson
Null is a subtype of everything. I'm guessing this is probably for backwards compatability with java.
Yes, Null is the subtype of all reference types. However, for all intents and purposes this is something that as a Scala programmer you don't have to worry about. As this is the case, it is hard for me to see how this qualifies as the 'worst thing about Scala'.
Re: It is Clojure
Steve Thompson
The Java replacement is not Scala - it is Clojure. Seriously, take a look at that language.
What, that's it? Perhaps you could elaborate on the features that have you so enthusiastic.
Re: Worst thing about scala
Ben Murphy
Is the language still relevant?
Tiberiu Fustos
Re: Is the language still relevant?
Russell Leggett
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Michael Swierczek
- Scala's interoperability with Java definitely makes it far more complex than Haskell or OCaml. But they also make adopting it far easier. As an experienced Java developer and an awful functional programmer, I found moving to Scala easy because I could start out by writing my code in the regular imperative/object oriented manner, just using Scala's syntax. I still had tremendous benefit because type inference, Scala syntax rules, Scala getters/setters and Scala tuples make Scala code far more concise than equivalent Java. I also have a good shot at getting Scala code accepted for production at work as a Java-based language. Selling management and the other developers at a Java shop on Python, Ruby, Haskell, and so forth is much harder.
- Scala has its own generics, which do not use type-erasure. If your Scala code uses Java generics, you keep the type-erasure problem, but not if you are using Scala's own generics.
- I'm no genius at software development, and especially not functional programming. So I admit, Scala's functional features are dizzying. But the ideas and uses of case classes and pattern matching (Think Java "switch" on steroids. No, actually, think Java "switch" turned into a 9 foot super-strong cyborg.), traits (This is multiple inheritance done right! Both powerful and also very easy to understand.), and even first class functions (Think java.reflect.Method, but far easier to use and more flexible) really are not that difficult to understand for a developer without a grasp of functional programming.
- No question on the surprises. There do seem to be some confusing corner cases. But overall, I would say that Scala's complexity cost is well worth paying for the features it adds.
Re: Scala may not "replace" Java
Donald Stadler
WIll Scala take over from Java? Normally I'd be the first to pour scorn on such a notion. But now - I don't know. Sun was an imperfect Java controller but Oracle looks to be much more restrictive:
If Oracle tries to make Java into a brand - strongarm legal restraint of use of the trademark and keeping Apache from being able to test their Open Source version of the language - they could wind up driving an exodus from Java to ? (Scala, Ruby, Groovy)?
I don't want to be dependent on a 'branded' language at the core of my skillset. It's one reason I've avoided C# thus far (though that may change soon). If Oracle tries to make Java into another C# I might have to reconsider. Micro$oft may prove a more enlightened master than Oracle.
Re: Who support what
Daniel Sobral
Re: Worst thing about scala
Daniel Sobral
And, yes, since you can use any Java class as if it were a Scala class, "null" must be supported.
Re: on complexity
Daniel Sobral
Re: Who support what
Diego Visentin
200 sites for learning scala
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Re: 200 sites for learning scala
Nirmalya Sengupta
The link you pasted here, does not exist. Have you moved them anywhere else?
Re: 200 sites for learning scala
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Tim Burton brings his special brand of creepy to a holiday story that lives on the threshold between Christmas and Halloween. The movie is more sweet than scary and it's fun to see the characters from each holiday learn to appreciate the other.
9. Mickey's Christmas Carol
It was a close battle between this and Muppet Christmas Carol, but ultimately Mickey won out. I'd seen Scrooge McDuck in "Duck Tales" throughout my youth and was always a fan of Mickey, so this classic Dickens tale, played through these characters, has a special place in my heart.
8. The Santa Clause
In what is arguably the best performance by Tim Allen (I know that's not saying much, but can you think of a role in which you liked him more?) "The Santa Clause" was one of the better Christmas movies made in the 90's. The sequels, however, absolutely suck.
7. Miracle on 34th Street
I've seen both versions of this movie and they're both well-made and fun to watch. Richard Attenborough (the old guy from Jurassic Park) is a fantastic Santa in the new version, but Mara Wilson (little girl from Mrs. Doubtfire) was a little too much... then again, she always is. :)
6. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
This movie is indispensable as holiday viewing. You've got an elf that wants to be a dentist, a prospector that sings about silver and gold, and a reindeer with a nose that makes a weird noise when it glows (why the creators thought it had to make a noise is beyond me...) but this movie is absolutely charming.
5. Elf
Elf is the best Christmas movie made in the last decade. Will Ferrel was born to play this role, and Zooey Deschanel compliments the film nicely. There are so many funny moments in this movie and you've gotta love the tribute to Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
4. It's a Wonderful Life
Likely the most heartwarming of all Christmas movies. It spins a tale of hope and love in the terrifically dark times of the great depression.
3. Christmas Vacation
This movie still brings me to tears laughing. I'll argue up and down that this is the best "Vacation" movie out there. So many classic scenes in this movie... the squirrel in the tree, the turkey dinner, putting up the lights, the snotty neighbors, Eddie, the home movies, the cigar explosion... it's all comic genius...
2. Home Alone
"Home Alone" resonates so well with me because I was the same age as Kevin when the movie came out. I remember distinctly thinking about what it would be like to spend the holidays alone and loved the tactics used to keep his house safe from burglars. The scene where he becomes friends with the scary old man was eye-opening for me. Honestly, the film embodied everything that Christmas should be to a child - the friendship, the wonder, the comfort of family. I LOVE this movie.
1. A Christmas Story
No Christmas movie will ever surpass this movie for me. No, not even "Home Alone." This movie IS the essence of Christmas. If you could take all the experiences you had as a child during the Christmas season, and you threw them into a jar, you would have this movie. Everyone stood in line with some annoying kid who wouldn't leave you alone as you tried to remember exactly what you were going to say to Santa. Every kid had the bullies that would terrorize you in the snow. Every kid had the dumb friend that would stick his tongue to a pole. Every kid did something bad (along the lines of saying the queen mother of all swear words) in the weeks leading up to Christmas where you feared not for your life.. but WORSE... that you wouldn't get presents from Santa! And every kid woke up on some Christmas in their childhood to find the perfect present - exactly what they'd wanted... and didn't think they'd get - under the tree. This movie tells the story of Christmas as we've all lived it - the good moments and the bad moments - and for that reason it is the greatest Christmas movie ever made.


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Romance in the Berkshires
February has been the month for romance at the inn! We have had numerous guests celebrating anniversaries [the longest being 32 years], two marriage proposals during the Valentine's weekend and a wedding! Numerous guests have also stayed this month just wanting to get away from their busy lives filled with long working hours, children's schedules, etc. Some have come to explore our many [Rockwell, the Clark, Berkshire ] unique museums, stroll charming main street in Great Barrington, ski and snow shoe nearby or to simply sleep in and enjoy a good novel and sip tea all day feeling rested and rejuvenated when they depart. We feel blessed they chose the Federal House where we do everything possible to make their stay relaxed and memorable from candlelight gourmet breakfasts to wine and appetizers in front of a cozy fire in the early evening. Guests always enjoy perusing menus and sharing their dining experiences before they head out to dinner at one of our numerous excellent restaurants in the area with the closest being right across the street [Perigee]!


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Things are looking up for the Kershaw County School District's (KCSD) new budget. KCSD Superintendent Dr. Frank Morgan presented the $65.4 million preliminary 2012-2013 budget at Tuesday's Kershaw County Board of School Trustees meeting.
Shoot first; ask questions later. That seems to be the "Understanding Laws for Dummies" definition of Florida's Stand Your Ground law passed in 2005.
Lugoff-Elgin High School (L-EHS) held a moment of silence Monday in memory of a 16-year-old female student who committed suicide Friday. L-EHS offered counseling assistance to both students and staff.
"Insufficient evidence." That's the word from a federal civil rights office regarding Title IX federal funding allegations against Lugoff-Elgin High School (L-EHS). Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, forbids sex discrimination in any activity receiving financial federal assistance.
Thirty-seven students from Camden Middle School (CMS) will compete Friday in a regional science fair at the University of South Carolina (USC).
The Kershaw County Chamber of Commerce unanimously approved the S.C. Chamber of Commerce's 2012 Competitiveness Agenda. The competitiveness agenda is a grassroots effort crafted to reflect the concerns of local chambers' legislative priorities.
Administration and faculty at North Central High School (NCHS) are emphasizing the "power of the bystander" in a school-wide effort to stand up to bullying.
The print edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica has been killed, and our beloved Wikipedia is said to have done the crime.
When Lugoff-Elgin High School (L-EHS) started its percussion ensemble four years ago, L-EHS Band Director Glenn Price said he wanted to go to a national festival.
Some might call Rush Limbaugh the "slut" after his mediocre apology to keep advertisers in bed with him after the Sandra Fluke debacle. Eight of his sponsors have walked out the door unsatisfied with the conservative talk show host's remarks.
What better way to show employers you're serious about your future career than winning a first-place prize in a state competition?
Smaller class sizes are not proven to increase academic achievement; socio-economic standing is the more important factor, according to several studies conducted on the effects of school size in South Carolina.
He starts with the eyes. Then the nose. He does some shadowing, and finishes with the lips, hair and neck.
Diane Disher and Terri Sheppard enter the hallway with their metal breakfast carts; Sheppard goes to the end of the hallway and Disher remains at the entrance. Each woman unzips a cooler and grabs her notebook just a minute before sixth-graders at Leslie M. Stover Middle School pour out of their classrooms and fill the hallway with laughter and middle-school banter. The line moves quickly as students grab milk or juice and a breakfast sandwich. They give Disher and Sheppard their lunch numbers and they sit down along the wall of the hallway or head back into their classroom to ...
After graduating from Camden High School, Barbara Wilkes said there were two things she absolutely did not want to do: 1) be a nurse and 2) be a teacher.
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RSL Goes International this Week with Matches in Mexico & Canada;
Utah Side First Faces Pivotal CONCACAF Group A Showdown Wednesday at Cruz Azul;
Defending MLS Champs Look to Down Toronto FC in League Play Saturday at BMO Field;
Green Street Social Club to Host Official RSL Watch Party for Saturday's North-of-the-Border Affair
SANDY, Utah (Monday, August 23, 2010) – Real Salt Lake will rack up the frequent flier miles in what will mark a hectic – and potentially historic – week for the defending MLS Cup champs, who will travel both south and north of the border for matches in CONCACAF Champions League and MLS regular season play.
Real Salt Lake's second Group A fixture in the CONCACAF Champions League will be first on the docket this Wednesday, Aug. 25, when the Claret-and-Cobalt will head to Mexico City for a crucial showdown against Mexican Primera Division power Cruz Azul. Kickoff from Estadio Azul is set for 6:00 p.m. MT for a match that will be televised live on Fox Soccer Channel and TeleFutura. Fans will also be able to follow the action as it happens on RSL's official radio partners – ESPN 700 (America First Credit Union Pre-match Report starts at 5:00 p.m.), ESPN Deportes 1600-AM, and Homero 106.1-FM – and the club's official Twitter feed, located at www.Twitter.com/RealSaltLake.
Following a 2-1 comeback win over Arabe Unido of Panama last Wednesday in Sandy, Real Salt Lake is the co-leader in Group A after CCL Matchweek #1 alongside fellow MLS side Toronto FC, which defeated Cruz Azul by a similar 2-1 scoreline last Tuesday in Ontario. Real Salt Lake will be looking to make a bit of history on behalf of Major League Soccer come Wednesday night, as a win would mark the first for an MLS side in a CONCACAF competition on Mexican soil. In the other Matchweek #2 contest in Group A, Toronto will travel even further south for its road date with Arabe Unido on Tuesday evening (6:00 p.m. MT, Fox Soccer Channel).
There will be no rest for the weary travelers this weekend, as both Real Salt Lake (11-4-6, 30 pts. in MLS) and Toronto FC (7-8-5, 26 pts.) will head to the shores of Lake Ontario following their midweek COCNACAF encounters to prepare for their match-up in League play this Saturday, Aug. 28. Kickoff from BMO Field in Toronto for Saturday's affair is set for 5:00 p.m. MT for a contest that can be seen on KUSG 2.2 (Comcast #111 / Dish Network #12) and also followed live on ESPN 700 (America First Credit Union Pre-match Report begins at 4:00 p.m.), ESPN Deportes 1600-AM, Homero 106.1-FM, and RSL's Twitter feed.
Saturday's contest will wrap up the 2010 regular season series between RSL and the "Reds," which the Utahans kicked off with a 2-1 win back on May 1 at Rio Tinto Stadium, first half goals from DF Jamison Olave and MF Andy Williams proving enough to defeat the Canadian club. That result brought the all-time ledger between the two sides even at 3-3-1. Real Salt Lake and Toronto will become quite familiar with each other across the next month, with Saturday's league affair to be followed by a pair of CCL contests in short order – first on Sept. 15 in Sandy and again at BMO Field on Sept. 28.
Green Street Social Club to Host Saturday's RSL Watch Party v. Toronto FC
RSL fans looking to watch Saturday's contest against Toronto FC with their fellow "Claret-and-Cobalt crazies" can do so at Green Street Social Club, which will again play host to the Official RSL Watch Party for the north-of-the-border affair. Like all RSL Watch Parties in the past at the Trolley Corners locale, there will be no cover charge (and no membership is required), but fans must be at least 21 years of age to enter the establishment.
The RSL Watch Party should be in full swing by the time the 5:00 p.m. kick rolls around, with the game being shown on most of the 34 TV's strewn across Green Street's spacious layout and patrons able to take advantage of the usual RSL gameday specials – $2.00 domestic drafts, $2.50 24-oz Budweiser cans and a $5.00 cheeseburger & chips plate.
For more information on Green Street, please visit their website at www.GreenStreetSLC.com.
Real Salt Lake Schedule: August 23-29, 2010 (all times MT unless noted)
All RSL practices are open to members of the media and the general public unless otherwise noted, with media availability for all players and coaches to immediately follow each session. Those planning on attending any session can confirm the time and location of that day's training by calling 801-918-5050.
Monday, August 23: Travel to Mexico City
Tuesday, August 24: Training at Estadio Azul – 1:00 p.m. CT
Wednesday, August 25: Real Salt Lake at Cruz Azul (MEX)
- CONCACAF Champions League – Group A – Matchweek #2
- 6:00 p.m. MT kick-off at Estadio Azul in Mexico City, Mexico
- TV: Fox Soccer Channel and TeleFutura
- Radio: ESPN 700 (America First Credit Union Pre-match Report begins at 5:00 p.m.), ESPN Deportes 1600-AM, and Homero 106.1-FM
Thursday, August 26: Travel to Toronto; Off Day
Friday, August 27: Training in Toronto; Site/Time TBD
Saturday, August 28: Real Salt Lake at Toronto FC
- MLS Regular Season – RSL Match #22
- 5:00 p.m. MT kick-off at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- TV: KUSG 2.2 (Comcast #111 / Dish Network #12)
- Radio: ESPN 700 (America First Credit Union Pre-match Report begins at 4:00 p.m.), ESPN Deportes 1600-AM, and Homero 106.1-FM
Sunday, August 29: Return to Utah; Off Day
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Some unfortunate things have been done to it mechanically, but I think it's still a good buy.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-Model-T-Coupe-Model-T-Coupe-1925-loaded-with -extras-/170966777170?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item27ce69fd52
Curious about the crossed brace in front of the radiator.
Seems like a reasonable deal at the current price. I see it has Hasslers...
What unfortunate things have been done?
I'd say Steve are referring to the distributor and 12V alternator Mike. I can understand the need for the aftermarket fender braces "back in the day" but I think they take away from the appearance of the car.
Don't know if it's a good buy or not. It hasn't hit the reserve and we don't know what that is.
In general I don't like the aftermarket stuff but I don't have a problem with the fender braces on that particular car. He says he has a photo of the car from 1942 which has them on it. If there is documentation that it is the same car, then they are part of the history of the car.
Dave S.
I'll have to throw the dizzy and alternator away, other than that the rest will have to come little by little. KB
Be interesting to see what the reserve is. I would bet it is way higher than the current bid or at least it should be with the appearance of the condition of that car.
They sure look better from the side with the molded in trunk. That turtle trunk always looked like some one though of a way to fill some extra space to me.
This is a Coupe thats been kept in great shape over time and 'improvements' added here and there.
Some people add to much to a good T and this one is a little to much to me as far as the improvments.
But thats just my opinion.
If I wanted a car with improvements I would get a Model A. At least they didnt try putting a Pinto engine in it.
Charlie B,
I prefer the look of the earlier and more primitive coupe. However, I also like my '24 coupe that is like this one. This one is a lot like mine, just one year newer. About as much era accessories. This one, the paint and upholstery are somewhat nicer, but mine is getting better little by little. I will be curious to see where the bidding goes.
Thank you Steve J!
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
That coupe looks darn good to me. It looks like it has a two speed rear end, that adds one thousand or more to the value.
That alternator might not be correct, but when you price the repair cost on a generator, it can be $300 or more. You can buy an alternator for half that and it works a lot better on maintaining the battery.
You got that right Willie.
I ran my speedster about 6 years with no generator due to cost of repair.
When I sold it I had it rebuilt and a new diode in the cutout & everything even then it was over $200.
I bought a rebuilt alternator from a local rebuilder this year for $80 out the door no exchange. I put it on an old MG that would have needed a regulator besides the genny. Works great!
I have had a small alternator on my '26 touring parade & occasional tour car since '97 and when I fire it up after it has not been run from Vet's Day (Nov 11) to July 4th it does not take long to get the battery up to full charge and I never have to monkey around with battery chargers.
With heater fan on and the head lights on with two tail lights it is still charging a little on the plus side at a high idle.
When you get into 100% correct cars then you're talking a different story. For have-fun car...eh.
I think at anything under $6000 that coupe is a hell of a deal. Some would be starting the bids at around $12,000.
I looked at one in San Jose for a forum reader last year that was going for wayyyy more and it was painted and uphostered over junk. Looked terrible.


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Now a recent policy change allows registrars such as Register.com 30 days to retrieve Web addresses on behalf of their customers after the registrations have been deleted from their systems. (This deletion can take place up to a month from the expiration date.) After 30 days, of course, the Web addresses become publicly available, and anyone can claim them. A Register.com customer support agent can initiate the process for you, if necessary.
The upside is obvious: You can keep your precious Web address, and maybe save your business. But there are downsides, too: Only .com and .net names are eligible for this last-chance service; and it's expensive--snatching your Web address back from the brink will cost you $200 at Register.com, in addition to regular registration fees.
This may seem like a minor expense next to losing your Web address, but it's an avoidable expense. The best way to prevent accidental expiration is to register your Web address for multiple years. (You'll also save money with a multi-year discount.) At Register.com you can also sign-up for a free service called SafeRenew that can renew your name automatically if you forget.
Ideally you'll never need to retrieve an expired name, but now there's a last-ditch solution that could avert a disaster.
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White Sox place P Danks on DL
Glendale, AZ – The Chicago White Sox placed pitcher John Danks on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday.
Danks will miss the beginning of the season as he continues to recover from left shoulder surgery performed back in August.
Injuries limited Danks to just nine starts last season. He went 3-4 with a 5.70 earned run average.
Leyson Septimo is joining Danks on the DL with a left shoulder strain. The left-hander made his major league debut in 2012, going 0-2 with a 5.02 ERA in 21 relief appearances.
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Fried Green Tomato BLT
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this is the yummiest of yummy -- so far! also molto original!ReplyDelete
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I love your blog. My friend, Alexandra Penney turned me on to it and l really like it a lot. Will continue to read as am most curious. I love to cook and my husband is now on a strict diet so i am entertaining myself with cook books and your blog and not regretting that piece of blue cheese from Vermont that i will have after dinner and a left over piece of apple custard tart that i will have after the cheese having followed a dinner of root vegetable soup, chicken breasts and asparagus. Keep up the good work. All best, JCReplyDelete
Thanks so much for the kind comments. I am glad you are enjoying the blog.ReplyDelete
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Enjoy your holidays!
- AnonymousApril 20, 2012
Interesting use of green tomatoes -- something I've never thought of trying before!ReplyDelete
BTW, you can still ripen those green tomatoes if you put them in a cardboard box in newspaper and store them in a cool, dark and dry place. In a few weeks they will ripen to a proper red. No need to discard them! :)
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Sharon, thanks for the tip on ripening green tomatoes:) I've done a similar thing with avocados but didn't know it works with tomatoes too!Delete
Much appreciated,