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With his government embroiled in controversy over a memo that many in Pakistan view as potentially treasonous, President Asif Ali Zardari's sudden departure for medical treatment in Dubai has "people [here] questioning the timing" and wondering if Zardari might be about to step down, NPR's Corey Flintoff reported this morning from Islamabad.
As Corey told Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep, Zardari's office has confirmed that he has flown to Dubai for treatment. "He has been treated for a heart condition in the past, so that part of the story is plausible," Corey said. "But what people here are questioning is the timing. The president had said that he would appear before a joint session of parliament to answer questions about [the] memo scandal."
The memo scandal, as we've reported, is about a message the Zardari government reportedly tried to get to U.S. military officials in the days after the May 2 killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces who raided the al-Qaida leader's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The message purportedly asked the U.S. for help in averting a potential military coup by officers angry about the way the U.S. was able to conduct the raid without the knowledge of Pakistani generals.
Pakistani officials are denying that Zardari, 56, is about to resign. "He had a minor heart attack on Tuesday. He flew to Dubai where he had an angioplasty. He's in good health now," Mustafa Khokhar, a Pakistani cabinet official told Agence France Presse. "There's no question of any resignation," he added, Pakistan's Dawn newpaper says.
The BBC notes, though, that "there has been rampant speculation in the Pakistani media that he may be about to resign on the pretext of 'ill health' in the wake of the memo scandal.
As MSNBC reports, Zardari's trip has fueled rumors about a "silent coup."
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India gang-rape case now in fast-track court, hoping to avoid usual delays in Indian justice
New Delhi The trial of five men accused of the rape and murder of a student aboard a bus in New Delhi will begin Thursday and should have none of the long delays commonly associated with India's justice system, a defense lawyer said after a brief hearing.
Judge Yogesh Khanna denied a defense motion to make the proceedings public, ruling that the courtroom must remain closed because of the sensitive nature of the crime, said V.K. Anand, the lawyer for one of the defendants, Ram Singh.
The extreme brutality of the attack has sparked weeks of protests and focused global attention on India's rarely discussed crisis of violence against women. Monday's hearing was the first since the case was moved to a new fast-track court set up specifically to handle such crimes.
- Claiming he's 17, rape suspect to appear in court to confirm age
- India rape suspect's lawyer claims client is a minor
- Another bus gang-rape reported in India
The five defendants' faces were covered by woolen scarves as they arrived in the court, surrounded by a phalanx of police. A sixth suspect in the attack claims to be a juvenile and his case is being handled separately.
The judge told the lawyers to prepare for opening statements to begin Thursday and agreed to a defense motion to hold the trial every day throughout the week, instead of allowing the gaps of weeks and months between hearings common in other courts, Anand said.
Defense lawyers are awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court on their motion to move the trial outside New Delhi because of the strong emotions in the city.
Police say the victim and a male friend were heading home from an evening movie Dec. 16 when they boarded a bus, where they were attacked by the six assailants. The attackers beat the man and raped the woman, inflicting massive internal injuries with a metal bar, police said.
The victims were eventually dumped on the roadside, and the woman died two weeks later in a Singapore hospital.
Lawyers for the accused say police mistreated their clients and beat them to force them to confess.
Another defense lawyer, A.P. Singh, asked the judge to allow a special bone test on one of his clients to ascertain whether he is also a juvenile, the lawyer said. The judge reserved his ruling, he said.
The attack has sparked demands for wholesale changes in the way the country deals with crimes against women. Many families pressure relatives who have been assaulted not to press charges, police often refuse to file cases for those who do and the few cases filed often get bogged down in India's court system, which had a backlog of 33 million cases in 2011.
In a sign of the sluggish pace of justice, only one of the 635 rape cases filed in the capital last year has ended in a conviction so far.
Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat cautioned that many other cases remained pending and said it was not realistic to expect crimes committed late last year to have wound their way through the system yet.
New Delhi set up five fast-track courts in recent weeks to deal specifically with sexual assault cases, and the rape case is being heard in one of them.
The courts are an important step for clearing some of the 95,000 rape cases pending in India, said Ranjana Kumari, a women's activist and director of the Center for Social Research, a New Delhi based think tank.
`'We need a system in which women can get justice quickly. Otherwise, in the normal course of things, it can take 10 or 12 or 14 years for cases to be taken up by the court. That is tantamount to denying justice to the victim," she said.
Others, however, worried that fast-track courts sacrifice justice for speed, overlooking evidence and limiting the cross-examination of witnesses.
Vrinda Grover, a senior lawyer in the Delhi High Court and a women's rights activist, said the traditional court system needs to be overhauled not abandoned to give proper justice to rape victims.
`'We don't want these cases of sexual crimes against women to become ghettoized in single courts. These cases have to be dealt with by across-the-board judges," she said. `'What we need is that in all courts, these cases have to be taken seriously, and need to be addressed without granting unnecessary adjournments. And we need all judges and prosecutors to be oriented in this manner."
`'These (fast-track-court) gimmicks do not work. They have not worked in the past," she said, adding that even these cases get bogged down once they go to appeals courts.
Kumari said victims could not afford to wait the decades it could take to reform the justice system.
`'In the meantime, the fast-track courts are an absolute necessity," she said.


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The closing ceremony to the London Games used fireworks, theatrics and music to celebrate the athletes and their countries who participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
The night included a shout-out to Winston Churchill and a performance from the Pet Shop Boys, to mark the end of two weeks of competition and stunning athletic displays.
The surviving members of the rock band Queen, The Who and the Spice Girls were on the schedule to entertain millions watching around the world.
Update at 5:11 p.m. ET: 'Imagine'
The late John Lennon performs "Imagine," in a moving end to the games.
As the Associated Press reports:
"They put John Lennon up on the big screen, remastered and straight from Yoko Ono's archives, singing about how we should 'Imagine all the people living life in peace.' Blue light bathed Olympic Stadium, and it was picture-perfect stagecraft for an organization that wants people to believe, above all else, that the games are about the world coming together and putting aside differences."
And here's a tribute to the Union Jack from earlier in the ceremony:
Update at 5:44 p.m. Pomp, Circumstance, Pageantry:
Here's more from the AP about the closing ceremony at the games:
"Prince William's wife, Kate, and Prince Harry took seats next to Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee. They sang along to 'God Save the Queen.'
"But perhaps the best seats in the house were for the 10,800 athletes, who marched in as one, rather than with their nations, symbolizing the harmony and friendship inspired by the games.
As the crowd cheered their heroes and flashbulbs rippled through the stadium, the Olympians cheered back, some carrying national flags, others snapping photographs with smartphones and cameras.
They held hands, embraced and carried each other on their shoulders, finally forming a human mosh pit on the field."
Update at 6:30 p.m. Flag Handover:
The Olympic flag was handed over to the mayor of Rio de Janiero, which will host the games in 2016.
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Europe makes a stink about American cheese names
WASHINGTON (AP) — Errico Auricchio produced cheese with his family in Italy until he brought his trade to the United States more than 30 years ago. Now, the European Union is saying his cheese isn't authentic enough to carry a European name.
As part of trade talks, the EU wants to ban the use of names like Parmesan, feta and Gorgonzola on cheese made in the United States. The argument is that the American-made cheeses are shadows of the original European varieties and cut into sales and identity of the European cheeses.
Auricchio, president of Wisconsin-based BelGioioso Cheese Inc., says he has no idea what he would call his Parmesan if he had to find a new name.
"I Can't Believe It's Not Parmesan," he jokes.
The Europeans say Parmesan should only come from Parma, Italy, not from Auricchio's plant or those familiar green cylinders that American companies sell. Feta should only be from Greece, they say, even though feta isn't a place. The EU argues it "is so closely connected to Greece as to be identified as an inherently Greek product."
So, a little "hard-grated cheese" for your pasta? It doesn't have quite the same ring as Parmesan.
U.S. dairy producers, cheesemakers and food companies are all fighting the idea, which they say would hurt the $4 billion domestic cheese industry and endlessly confuse consumers.
"It's really stunning that the Europeans are trying to claw back products made popular in other countries," says Jim Mulhern, president of the National Milk Producers Federation, which represents U.S. dairy farmers.
The European Union would not say exactly what it is proposing or even whether it will be discussed this week as a new round of talks on an EU-United States free trade agreement opens in Brussels.
European Commission spokesman Roger Waite would only say that the question "is an important issue for the EU."
That's clear from recent agreements with Canada and Central America, where certain cheese names were restricted unless the cheese came from Europe. Under the Canadian agreement, for example, new feta products manufactured in Canada can only be marketed as feta-like or feta-style, and they can't use Greek letters or other symbols that evoke Greece. Canada made a similar agreement on Gorgonzola from Italy. Existing cheeses would still be able to market under those names, but expansion would be limited for new products.
Though they have not laid out a public proposal, the EU is expected to make similar attempts to restrict marketing of U.S.-made cheeses, possibly including Parmesan, Asiago, Gorgonzola, feta, fontina, grana, Muenster, Neufchatel and Romano.
And it may not be just cheese. Other products with traditional ties to European countries that could be affected include bologna, Black Forest ham, Greek yogurt, Valencia oranges and prosciutto, among other foods.
The trade negotiations are important for the EU as Europe has tried to protect its share of agricultural exports and pull itself out of recession. The ability to exclusively sell some of the continent's most famous and traditional products would prevent others from cutting into those markets.
Concerned about the possible impact of changing the label on those popular foods, a bipartisan group of 55 senators wrote U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this week asking them not to agree to any such proposals by the EU.
Led by New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Pennsylvania Sen. Patrick Toomey, the members wrote that in the states they represent, "many small- or medium-sized, family owned businesses could have their businesses unfairly restricted" and that export businesses could be gravely hurt.
Schumer said artisanal cheese production is a growing industry across New York.
"Muenster is Muenster, no matter how you slice it," he says.
Trevor Kinkaid, a spokesman for the U.S. trade representative, said that conversations on the issue are in the early stages but that the U.S. and E.U. have "different points of view" on the topic.
The agency wouldn't disclose details of the negotiations, but Kinkaid said the U.S. government is "committed to increasing opportunity for U.S. businesses, farmers and workers through trade."
Large food companies that mass produce the cheeses are also fighting the idea. Kraft, closely identified with its grated Parmesan cheese, says the cheese names have long been considered generic in the United States.
"Such restrictions could not only be costly to food makers, but also potentially confusing for consumers if the labels of their favorite products using these generic names were required to change," says Kraft spokesman Basil Maglaris.
Jaime Castaneda works for the U.S. Dairy Export Council and is the director of a group formed to fight the EU changes, the Consortium for Common Food Names. He says the idea that great cheese can only come from Europe "is just not the case anymore."
He points out that artisanal and locally produced foods are more popular than ever here and says some consumers may actually prefer the American brands. European producers can still lay claim to more place-specific names, like Parmigiano-Reggiano, he says.
"This is about rural America and jobs," he says.
Dairy farmers and cheese makers say they are angry because it was Europeans who originally brought the cheeses here, and the American companies have made them more popular and profitable in a huge market.
"We've been manufacturing, marketing, advertising, and making the cheese interesting to consumers, and now we're supposed to walk away from it?" says Pete Kappelman, who owns a family dairy farm in Manitowoc, Wis. "That's not quite a level playing field."
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Obama backs limits on NSA phone collections
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama on Friday called for ending the government's control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans and immediately ordered intelligence agencies to get a secretive court's permission before accessing such records. Still, he defended the nation's spying apparatus as a whole, saying the intelligence community was not "cavalier about the civil liberties of our fellow citizens."
The president also directed America's intelligence agencies to stop spying on friendly international leaders and called for extending some privacy protections to foreign citizens whose communications are scooped up by the U.S.
Obama said the U.S. had a "special obligation" to re-examine its intelligence capabilities because of the potential for trampling on civil liberties.
"The reforms I'm proposing today should give the American people greater confidence that their rights are being protected, even as our intelligence and law enforcement agencies maintain the tools they need to keep us safe," Obama said in his highly anticipated speech at the Justice Department.
"This debate will make us stronger," he declared. "In this time of change, the United States of America will have to lead."
Obama's announcements capped the review that followed former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden's leaks about secret surveillance programs. If fully implemented, the president's proposals would lead to significant changes to the NSA's bulk collection of phone records, which is authorized under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act.
Even with Obama's decisions, key questions about the future of the surveillance apparatus remain. While Obama wants to strip the NSA of its ability to store the phone records, he offered no recommendation for where the data should be moved. Instead, he gave the intelligence community and the attorney general 60 days to study options, including proposals from a presidential review board that recommended the telephone companies or an unspecified third party.
Privacy advocates say moving the data outside the government's control could minimize the risk of unauthorized or overly broad searches by the NSA. However, the phone companies have balked at changes that would put them back in control of the records, citing liability concerns if hackers or others were able to gain unauthorized access.
There appeared to be some initial confusion about Congress' role in authorizing any changes. An administration official said Obama could codify the data transfer through an executive order, while some congressional aides said legislation would be required.
Congress would have to approve another proposal from the president that would establish a panel of outside attorneys who would consult with the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on new legal issues that arise. The White House says the panel would advocate for privacy and civil liberties as the court weighed requests for accessing the phone records.
The moves are more sweeping than many U.S. officials had been anticipating. People close to the White House review process say Obama was still grappling with the key decisions on the phone record collections in the days leading up to Friday's speech.
Obama only briefly mentioned Snowden, whose disclosures are largely credited with sparking the White House review.
"The sensational way in which these disclosures have come out has often shed more heat than light, while revealing methods to our adversaries that could impact our operations in ways that we may not fully understand for years to come," Obama said.
While the president has said he welcomed the review of the nation's sweeping surveillance programs, it's all but certain the study would not have happened without the leaks. Snowden faces espionage charges in the U.S., but is currently living in Russia, where he was granted temporary asylum. Some privacy advocates have pressed Obama to grant Snowden amnesty or a plea deal if he returns to the U.S., but the White House has so far dismissed those ideas.
The surveillance revelations have caused particular anger abroad, especially over disclosures that the U.S. was monitoring the communications of friendly foreign leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Obama said new guidelines will cut back on foreign leader monitoring, expect when there is a compelling national security interest.
"The leaders of our close friends and allies deserve to know that if I want to learn what they think about an issue, I will pick up the phone and call them, rather than turning to surveillance," Obama said.
The president's changes are expected to be met with pushback from some in the intelligence community, who have been pressing him to keep the surveillance programs largely intact.
Reacting to reports of Obama's plan, retired Gen. Michael Hayden, a former NSA director, said Friday that "no one will hold it (the phone data) as well."
Appearing on NBC's "Today" show, Hayden said there already has been "serious, irreversible harm to the ability" of the National Security Agency to collect intelligence.
The administration did not uncover any government abuse of the intelligence programs during its review process, officials said. But they said the president's decision-making was colored by the potential for abuses as surveillance technology becomes increasingly powerful.
Many of the president's recommendations were aimed at increasing the public's trust in the spying operations. That includes lifting some of the secrecy surrounding the demands that might be sent to companies for data on customers involved in a national security investigation. The White House says those demands, called "national security letters," will no longer remain secret indefinitely, unless the government establishes a need for the secrecy when they are being used in an investigation.
Roughly 20,000 such letters are sent yearly by the FBI to banks, telecommunication companies and other businesses, but recipients are barred from disclosing anything about them. Obama wants to change that and allow some of the information to be made public.
The president is also ordering the Justice Department and the Director of National Intelligence to look for ways to declassify future opinions from the FISA court.


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Nigerian oil tycoons and major oil exporting companies have developed cold feet over plans by the federal government to adopt and partner the United States on a new bill introduced by the U.S.
The bills seeks among other things, to bring to book corrupt oil exporters.
LEADERSHIP gathered yesterday that the Nigerian government through its embassy in the United States is already tracking the new legislation introduced late last month in the U.S that would require oil, gas and mineral companies traded on the U.S. stock exchange to publish details of their deals with foreign governments.
The bill, according to reports will not be limited to American firms only, but would cover any foreign company that is traded on the U.S. exchange or raises capital in the U.S and is thus required to file SEC reports.
Over 100 top oil companies would be affected by the bill designed to promote transparency, particularly in the oil industry, where corruption often keeps profits from trickling down to the local population.
The legislation co-sponsored by Senators Ben Cardin, D-Md., Russ Feingold, D-Wis., Richard Lugar, R-Ind., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss. Is already receiving international support, especially by oil exporting countries which cannot account for all the huge monies they earn from oil exports.
Sarah Pray, the U.S. coordinator for Publish What You Pay, a coalition in 30 countries pushing for more accountability in extractive industries, was reported to have said that with the bill "Citizens can say, 'we saw you earned $7 billion last year, and we want you to manage it better,"
Experts consider the new U.S bill very significant for countries like Nigeria which is listed at the bottom of the Berlin-based Transparency International's 2008 Corruption Perception index.
Corruption and weak governance can dampen foreign investments, lead to poor industry management and fuel violence, particularly in Nigeria where there have been persistent crisis in its oil rich Niger Delta region leading to reductions in production and disabilities in global oil prices.
Analysts say that Nigeria needs to monitor the new U.S bill on corrupt oil exports as it coincides with the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The Nigerian government had proposed a Petroleum Industry Bill expected to revive the entire oil and gas industry in the country. Considering the importance of Nigeria in the global oil and gas industry, and also its crumbling oil and gas industry, due to militant activities in the Niger Delta.
The PIB has huge expectations attached with it as it is seen as a veritable avenue by the Nigerian government to restructure the oil and gas industry in the country and provide a lifeline to the indigenous oil sector.
However, with the higher taxes and royalties in the proposed bill, the fiscal terms for the international oil companies have been made tougher. Whether the PIB will successfully bring to an end the militancy problem in the Niger Delta region and reposition Nigeria in the international oil and gas market remains skeptical. Nevertheless, on paper, the bill provides strategies and tools for the transformation of the Nigerian oil and gas industry to stand the test of time.
Since 1956 when oil was first discovered in commercial quantity in oloibiri,in River State a huge revenue of over $400 billion accrued to the nation from petroleum exports. but this has not translated into physical development and most of Nigerians still live below poverty lines and this again underscores the need for Nigeria to evolve a strong law on its oil exports to ensure that revenues accruing to it from oil exports are ploughed back into the development of the country.


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NEW YORK (AP) - To millions of people, the Christmas tree is a cheerful sight. To scientists who decipher the DNA codes of plants and animals, it's a monster.
We're talking about the conifer, the umbrella term for cone-bearing trees like the spruce, fir, pine, cypress and cedar. Apart from their Yuletide popularity, they play big roles in the lumber industry and in healthy forest ecosystems.
Scientists would love to identify the billions of building blocks that make up the DNA of a conifer. That's called sequencing its genome. Such analysis is a standard tool of biology, and doing it for conifers could reveal genetic secrets useful for basic science, breeding and forest management.
But the conifer genome is dauntingly huge. And like a big price tag on a wished-for present, that has put it out of reach.
Now, as Christmas approaches, it appears the conifer's role as a genetic Grinch may be ending.
In recent months, scientific teams in the United States and Canada have released preliminary, patchy descriptions of conifer genomes. And a Swedish team plans to follow suit soon in its quest for the Norway spruce.
"The world changed for conifer genetics," said David Neale of the University of California, Davis. It's "entering the modern era."
What happened? Credit the same recent technological advances that have some doctors predicting that someday, people will have their genomes sequenced routinely as part of medical care. The technology for that has gotten faster and much cheaper.
"Until just a few years ago, the idea of sequencing even a single conifer genome seemed impossible," said John MacKay of the University of Laval in Quebec City, who co-directs a multi-institution Canadian project that's tackling the white spruce. The new technologies changed that, he said.
How big is a conifer genome? Consider the 80-foot Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in New York. It's a Norway spruce, so its genome is six times bigger than that of anybody skating below it. Other conifer genomes are even larger.
Nobody expects a perfect, finished conifer genome anytime soon. MacKay and others say that reaching that goal would probably require some advances in technology. But even partial versions can help tree breeders and basic scientists, researchers say.
Why bother doing this?
For breeders, "genomes can really help you speed up the process and simply do a better job of selecting trees, if you understand the genetic architecture of the traits you want to breed for," MacKay said.
The prospect of climate change brings another dimension. As forest managers select trees to plant after a fire or tree harvesting, genetic information might help them pick varieties that can adapt to climate trends in coming decades, Neale said.
It's all about "giving them a tree that will be healthy into the future," he said.
To sequence a genome, scientists start by chopping DNA into small bits, and let their machines sequence each bit. That's the part that has become much faster and cheaper in recent years. But then comes the task of re-assembling these bits back into the long DNA chains found in trees. And that is a huge challenge with conifers, because their DNA chains contain many repeated sequences that make the assembly a lot harder.
As a result, conifers present "these large regions I think we will never be able to piece together" with current technologies, said Par Ingvarsson of Umea University in Sweden, who is leading the Norway spruce project.
Will scientists develop new technologies to overcome that problem?
"You should never say never in this game," Ingvarsson said.
This past summer, Neale's group presented partial results for the genome sequence of loblolly pine, based on DNA extracted from a single pine nut. It includes about a million disconnected chunks of DNA, and altogether it covers well over half the tree's genome.
Neale figures it will take his team until 2016 to complete genomes of the loblolly, Douglas-fir and sugar pine. The project is financed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Mackay's group recently released its early results on DNA taken from a single white spruce.
As for the Swedish project on Norway spruce, Ingvarsson said its results will be made public early next year. The 2 million DNA pieces have captured most of the estimated 35,000 to 40,000 genes in the tree, even if researchers don't know just where those genes go in the overall genome sequence, he said.
People have about 23,000 genes, not much different from a conifer. The tree's genome so much bigger because it also contains an abundance of non-gene DNA with no obvious function, Ingvarsson said.
He said his chief reason for tackling conifer genomes was to fill a conspicuous vacancy in the list of sequenced plants.
"It was like the one missing piece," he said. "We just need this final piece to say something about how all the plant kingdom has evolved over the last billion years or so."
Canadian project: http://bit.ly/UQdTPd
U.S. project: http://pinegenome.org/pinerefseq/
Swedish project: http://www.congenie.org/
Malcolm Ritter can be followed at http://twitter.com/malcolmritter
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POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College opened its 2012-2013 women's and men's basketball seasons in grand style with a sweep over Baton Rouge (La.) here Thursday in Shivers Gymnasium.
The Lady Wildcats were 56-51 winners, while the Wildcats took a 64-62 decision. Both PRCC squads improved to 1-0 overall, while BRCC's teams dropped to 0-1.
In the women's game, Pearl River led for the first five minutes of the contest, but Jacquieisha Spears banged in a bucket at the 14:15 mark of the first half to put BRCC up 6-5. The Lady Bears retained their lead for the next seven minutes before Coutney Osler of Puckett High sank a basket to give the Lady Wildcats a brief 17-16 lead with 7:00 left.
The lead exchanged hands twice over the next half-minute, but PRCC's Wisdom James of Durant High hit a pair of foul shots to put The River up by one. Baton Rouge tied it up at 21-21 with 5:04 left before the break, but the Lady Wildcats answered with an 11-5 scoring run to lead 32-26 at the break.
The Lady Bears managed to tie it up three times in the second half, but never regained the lead. After Kasiney Williams' free throws knotted it up at 51-51 wtih 1:26 left, the Lady Wildcats finished the game with a 5-3 run.
Ke'ra St. John (12 rebounds) and Ashley Williams led BRCC with 13 points each, while Swilliams scored nine, Charki'ra Fields five, Keisha Toston four, Jamera Martin (five rebounds), Desiree Savage, and Kaylynn Walker, two a piece; and Talaih Robertson one.
For Pearl River, Kalisha Washington out of Murrah High in Jackson led the way with 12 points (two treys), while James added 11 (five rebounds), Osler 10, Velscia Dixon of East Marion High eight (10 rebounds, two blocked shots), Daiquari Raine of Poplarville High seven (nine rebounds), Francheska Bowman out of Choctaw High in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., five (seven rebounds), and Chaquita McGee (four assists) of Yazoo City High and Lolecia Richardson out of Provine High in Jackson, two each.
Pearl River hit 71.4 percent (20 of 28) from the free throw line to Baton Rouge's 66.7 percent (10 of 15), while the Lady Wildcats were 17 of 53 (32.1 percent) from the field to the Lady Bears' 19-of-58 (32.8 percent) effort. From three-point range, PRCC was two of nine (22.2 percent), while BRCC was three of nine (33.3 percent).
The River had the edge in rebounding with 45 (19 offensive, 26 defensive) to Baton Rouge's 40 (18 offensive, 22 defensive). The Lady Bears committed 17 turnovers in the game to the Lady Wildcats' 25.
In the men's game, the score was tied five times and the lead exchanged hands six times in the first half before Nick'Laus Warren out of Murrah High in Jackson pulled off a three-point play with 5:18 before the break to put the Wildcats up 26-25.
Warren's antics kicked off a 13-3 scoring run to pump The River's lead to 38-28 with 1:56 left before the half. Deshawn Washington and DeAngelo Coleman out of South Pike High in Magnolia exchanged treys in the final 1:15, while Coleman's put back at the buzzer gave PRCC a 43-33 advantage at the intermission.
The Bears kept it close in the second half, but never took the lead. BRCC opened with an impressive 11-4 scoring run to pull to within one — 47-46 — with 13:10 left, but that was as close as the Bears would get. Baton Rouge's John Isaac banged in a three pointer at the final buzzer to pull his team to within two.
Isaac led BRCC with 14 points, while Washington added 11 (five rebounds, three treys), Darrice Whitley nine (eight rebounds), Jeffery Walker eight, Alex Overs and Damarcus Pitts, six each; Trey Anthony five, and Bouna Niang (six rebounds) and Morris Wright, two each.
Xavian Rimmer out of Piney Woods School in Jackson led the Wildcats with 15 points, while Jeremy Hollimon of Gulfport High added 11, Kaven Bernard out of Assumption High in Napoleonville, La., nine; Coleman seven, Frank Snow out of Sagemont High in Wellington, Fla., five (five rebounds), Devontai Foye of Hattiesburg High and Jimmy Henderson of Houston High, four each; Daniel Grieves (six rebounds) out of St. Stanislaus in Bay St. Louis and Warren, three each; DeMondre Harvey of Minden (La.) High two, and Josh Carpenter of Oak Grove High one.
Pearl River hit 70.4 percent (19 of 27) from the free throw line to Baton Rouge's 64.7 percent (11 of 17), while the Wildcats were 21 of 57 (36.8 percent) from the field to the Bears' 22-of-55 (40 percent) effort. From three-point range, PRCC was three of nine (33.3 percent) and BRCC was seven of 16 (43.8 percent).
Baton Rouge led on the boards with 43 rebounds (18 offensive, 25 defensive) to The River's 36 (16 offensive, 20 defensive), while the Bears committed 27 turnovers to the Wildcats' 16.
Pearl River and Baton Rouge rematches are set for Monday, Nov. 26, in Baton Rouge at 5 p.m. (women) and 7 p.m. (men).
PRCC returns to action Monday when MACJC non-division foe Holmes visits Shivers Gym for 5 p.m. (women) and 7 p.m. (men) contests before both squads hit the road for Delgado (La.) in New Orleans Thursday, Nov. 8 at the same game times.


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Community Resilience Informed by Science and Experience (C-RISE)
Coastal rural communities have deep cultural connections to and rely heavily upon the marine environment and economy. Due to their remoteness, isolation from central planning agencies, and lack of financial and municipal resources, they are highly vulnerable to climate impacts such as sea level rise. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) and key project partners, Upswell and the Island Institute, will develop, convene and facilitate regional trainings by which Maine's rural coastal communities can increase their capacity to plan and prepare for coastal climate impacts by developing the knowledge, skills, and relationships necessary to create data- and community-informed climate resilience plans. Cornerstone to the regional trainings is an engagement tool that builds common knowledge, incorporates diverse community value and voice, provides a framework for community planning and decision making, and builds relationships amongst participants. These trainings will also leverage and engage resilience professionals in Maine to share and represent their resources as communities apply those to their newly acquired skills and frameworks for community planning and decision making. Community leaders from the regional trainings will continue their learning through participation in a professional learning community. We will also leverage GMRI's prior NOAA Environmental Literacy Grant, titled "Community Resilience Informed by Science and Experience (C-RISE)," to deliver community education programming that builds the capacity of residents in coastal communities to support resiliency planning and adaptation actions by providing participants with knowledge of and access to local sea level rise data. This project will serve 20 rural coastal and island communities in Maine through four regional trainings. Each community will select a diverse and equitable representation of 10 stakeholders and community leaders to participate in the trainings. Community education events will be accessible to all residents of each community. These interventions will build community literacy and capacity for developing coastal resilience plans that benefit the social, environmental, and economic health of the community and align with Maine's Climate Action Plan. An advisory group including representatives from NOAA's Office for Coastal Management, Maine Sea Grant, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, the State of Maine's Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, Maine Geological Survey, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the Town of Vinalhaven, and the Town of St. George will guide the development and implementation of this project. Researchers at the University of Maine, Orono will evaluate the implementation of the project as well as assess the impact of this project on a communities' ability to make community-informed climate plans. This project reflects NOAA's Community Resilience Education Theory of Change, specifically supporting resilience planners and community members to develop trusting relationships focused on their collective environmental literacy through genuine conversations around resilience planning and decision making. With NOAA, we envision communities that have the capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant multi-hazard threats with minimum damage to social well-being, the economy, and the environment.


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I used to really like to eat. It was a pleasure and sometimes even a sin, depending on what was in front of me. These days meals are something to finish as soon as possible because there's always something else more important going on, namely my 3-month-old baby.
As recent as three months ago, as a married couple without children, dinner was something we looked forward to and enjoyed each day. In a normal week, we dine in as much as we dine out. Whichever the case, it was relaxing and consisted of conversation reviewing our days and talking about family and friends and whatever came up throughout the day and the plans for the coming days and so on. The normal stuff couples talk about.
Today those discussions have changed. They are not quite so relaxing or intellectually stimulating, although equally interesting, because our conversations usually revolve our little boy. It's safe to say messy diapers, pacifiers, onesies, no-teeth giggles, butt paste, tummy time and nasal aspirators were not discussed all too often previously. Now we talk about the normal stuff parents talk about.
Today, I could not tell you too many details about what my wife did yesterday or any specifics about her week. However, ask me about how many ounces of formula my son ate yesterday at each feeding or how many bowel movements he had on any given day and I can rattle it off for you. Now that would be a stimulating adult conversation. It's not that I don't care what's going on in my wife's life.
Quite the contrary, it's just that we hardly get around to it anymore. There's always another distraction, such as making sure the music keeps playing and the teddy bears continue rotating in his bassinet while we eat at home. We know things can get ugly quick if they stop, especially if it occurs simultaneously.
It's funny how things change in life and how quickly it has happened. Everything used to be about us. Now it's about our son and we run a distant second. One of the bibs my wife received as a baby shower gift says it well, "I'm in charge here." Whenever I put it on the little man, I think how appropriate and obvious.
In the pre-baby era, the biggest decisions before dinner were what would we be having and whether it was a wine night or not. If we were doing wine, the question was: white or red? It was simple then. It's not so much now.
In the post-baby era, we hardly ever get to the wine during dinner. It's about our child. Are you holding him or me? Should we try to eat at the table? Bouncey seat, bassinet or swing? That's all assuming he's awake, and with our current schedule, one that has him sleeping most of the night, he's usually wide-eyed and alert during the dinner hour. In our new life, what's for dinner is not even discussed. My wife and I know what each other like by now so we just make the decisions on our own and plate up. I kind of like it. There's the surprise factor. However, the other night I clearly dropped the ball. There were cheeseburgers fresh off the grill, but nothing else to go along with it because I forgot it was my turn to hit the grocery store after work. It was a high-protein night and clearly a dinner made by a preoccupied man. The distractions of getting the baby occupied so we could eat in peace overruled the actual meal itself. That happens a lot.
The other night we went out for dinner, but our timing was off and it was our fault. We left the house near feeding time, but he was still asleep. We figured we would roll the dice and see what happens. By the time we were seated at our restaurant of choice, he was awake and ready to eat. We took turns feeding him before our meals arrived. No big deal. Once he was fed, we put him back in his car seat, hoping for a milk-buzz slumber. No such luck. He was not fuzzy but not quiet and content either. Since my wife's meal required two hands, I went lefty with my steak and kept a consistent shake on the car seat to satisfy our son's unquenchable desire for motion. While I cut my steak, she took over nudging the car seat.
Whether it's eating out or eating in, it's a game of roulette with a little one. All you can do is hope you time it well and plan ahead so you give yourself the best odds against the house. It's a little easier to pull off at home because you have home-court advantage and you have numerous distractions to utilize.
On a recent Sunday, we were craving crabs and corn on the cob, one of our favorite summer dinners, even though it was raining outside. We figured we would eat inside and use our favorite weekly paper to protect our table. We tried to time the crabs around his nap once again. The only problem was he fell asleep in his swing sooner than we expected and before I got home with the crabs. Not wanting to make the mistake of waking a sleeping baby, we let him stay in the swing, which was only about five feet from where we were going to hit up the crabs.
There we were eating hot steamed crabs with mixed emotions. We were happy our son was sleeping soundly and thrilled to have some heavy crabs before us, but it's not exactly a meal to be enjoyed quietly. In fact, it's practically impossible and takes a little bit of the fun away, but we made due and were even able to get into our claws without waking him up and still got to use our hammers. That's my favorite part. He slept through it all. We hit the jackpot that night. Those nights make you feel like a confident, capable parent.
By the time we were done and everything was cleaned up, our little creature started to stir and it was time for another feeding, a bath and then bedtime (for all of us).
(The writer is the publisher and editor of The Dispatch. He and his wife, Pamela, recently welcomed a newborn into their lives. This weekly column will examine their transition into parenthood and all that goes along with it. Email any thoughts to [email protected].)


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NEW YORK (AP) — Few actors could register disbelief, exasperation or annoyance with more comic subtlety.
James Garner had a way of widening his eyes while the corner of his mouth sagged ever so slightly. Maybe he would swallow once to further make his point.
This portrait of fleeting disquiet could be understood, and identified with, by every member of the audience. Never mind Garner was tall, brawny and, well, movie-star handsome. The persona he perfected was never less than manly, good with his dukes and charming to the ladies, but his heroics were kept human-scale thanks to his gift for the comic turn. He remained one of the people.
He burst on the scene with this disarming style in the 1950s TV Western "Maverick," which led to a stellar career in TV and films such as "The Rockford Files" and his Oscar-nominated "Murphy's Romance."
The 86-year-old Garner, who was found dead of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on Saturday, was adept at drama and action. But he was best known for his low-key, wisecracking style, especially on his hit TV series, "Maverick" and "The Rockford Files."
His quick-witted avoidance of conflict offered a refreshing new take on the American hero, contrasting with the blunt toughness of John Wayne and the laconic trigger-happiness of Clint Eastwood.
There's no better display of Garner's everyman majesty than the NBC series "The Rockford Files" (1974-80). He played an L.A. private eye and wrongly jailed ex-con who seemed to rarely get paid, or even get thanks, for the cases he took, while helplessly getting drawn into trouble to help someone who was neither a client nor maybe even a friend. He lived in a trailer with an answering machine that, in the show's opening titles, always took a message that had nothing to do with a paying job, but more often was a complaining call from a cranky creditor.
Through it all, Jim Rockford, however down on his luck, persevered hopefully. He wore the veneer of a cynic, but led with his heart. Putting all that on screen was Garner's magic.
Well into his 70s, the handsome Oklahoman remained active in both TV and film. In 2002, he was Sandra Bullock's father in the film "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." The following year, he joined the cast of "8 Simple Rules … For Dating My Teenage Daughter," playing the grandfather on the sitcom — and helping ground it with his reassuring presence — after star John Ritter, who played the father, died during the show's second season.
He even scored in commercials. During the late 1970s, he was paired with actress Mariette Hartley in a popular series of ads for Polaroid cameras. Their on-screen banter felt so authentic that many viewers mistakenly believed they were husband and wife.
When Garner received the Screen Actors Guild's lifetime achievement award in 2005, he quipped, "I'm not at all sure how I got here." But in his 2011 memoir, "The Garner Files," he provided some amusing and enlightening clues, including his penchant for bluntly expressed opinions and a practice for decking people who said something nasty to his face — including an obnoxious fan and an abusive stepmother.
And when he suspected his studio of cheating him on residual payments — a not-unheard-of condition in Hollywood — Garner spoke out loudly and fought back with lawsuits.
They all deserved it, Garner declared in his book.
It was in 1957 when the ABC network, desperate to compete on ratings-rich Sunday night, scheduled "Maverick" against CBS's powerhouse "The Ed Sullivan Show" and NBC's "The Steve Allen Show." To everyone's surprise — except Garner's— "Maverick" soon outpolled them both.
At a time when the networks were awash with hard-eyed, traditional Western heroes, Bret Maverick provided a breath of fresh air. With his sardonic tone and his eagerness to talk his way out of a squabble rather than pull out his six-shooter, the con-artist Westerner seemed to scoff at the genre's values.
After a couple of years, Garner felt the series was losing its creative edge, and he found a legal loophole to escape his contract in 1960.
His first film after "Maverick" established him as a movie actor. It was "The Children's Hour," William Wyler's remake of Lillian Hellman's lesbian drama that co-starred Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine.
He followed in a successful comedy with Kim Novak, "Boys Night Out," and then established his box-office appeal with the 1963 blockbuster war drama "The Great Escape" and two smash comedies with Doris Day — "The Thrill of It All" and "Move Over Darling."
Throughout his film career, Garner demonstrated his versatility in comedies ("The Art of Love," "A Man Could Get Killed," "Skin Game"), suspense ("36 Hours," "They Only Kill Their Masters," "Marlowe"), and Westerns ("Duel at Diablo," "Hour of the Gun," "Support Your Local Gunfighter").
In the 1980s and 1990s, when most stars his age were considered over the hill, Garner's career remained strong. He played a supporting role as a marshal in the 1994 "Maverick," a big-screen return to the TV series with Mel Gibson in Garner's old title role. His only Oscar nomination came for the 1985 "Murphy's Romance," a comedy about a small-town love relationship in which he co-starred with Sally Field.
He starred in a musical, "Victor/Victoria" (1982), and a romantic drama, "The Notebook" (2004).
His favorite film, though, was the cynical 1964 war drama "The Americanization of Emily," which co-starred Julie Andrews.
Unlike most film stars, Garner made repeated returns to television. The show he often cited as his favorite, "Nichols" (1971-72), and "Bret Maverick" (1981-82) were short-lived, but "The Rockford Files" proved a solid hit, bringing him an Emmy.
Among his notable TV movies: "Barbarians at the Gate" (as tycoon F. Ross Johnson), "Breathing Lessons," "The Promise," "My Name Is Bill W.," "The Streets of Laredo" and "One Special Night."
He said he learned about acting while playing a non-speaking role as a Navy juror in the 1954 Broadway hit play "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial," starring Henry Fonda and Lloyd Nolan.
"I had no lines, and I had trouble staying awake," Garner recalled.
After "Caine Mutiny," Garner found work in Hollywood as a bit player in the "Cheyenne" TV series. Warner Bros. gave him a screen test and signed him to a seven-year contract starting at $200 a week.
The studio cast him in supporting roles in three minor films, followed by the important break as Marlon Brando's sidekick in "Sayonara." When Charlton Heston declined a war movie, "Darby's Rangers," because of a money dispute, Garner assumed the role.
"Maverick," which co-starred Jack Kelly as brother Bart Maverick, made its debut on Sept. 22, 1957, launching him as a star.
Garner was born James Scott Bumgarner (some references say Baumgarner) in Norman, Oklahoma. His mother died when he was 5, and friends and relatives cared for him and his two brothers for a time while his father was in California.
In 1957, Garner married TV actress Lois Clarke, who survives him. She had a daughter Kimberly from a previous marriage, and the Garners had another daughter, Gretta Scott.
In the late 1990s, the Garners built a 12,000-square-foot house on a 400-acre ranch north of Santa Barbara, California.
"My wife and I felt … we'd just watch the sunset from the front porch," Garner said in 2000. "But then the phone started ringing with all these wonderful offers, and we decided, 'Heck, let's stay in the business for a while.'"
AP Writer Lynn Elber and the late AP writer Bob Thomas contributed to this report.
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Former Goldman Trader Found Liable For Billion-Dollar Fraud
A federal jury in New York City has found that Fabrice Tourre, the former Goldman Sachs trader who regulators say caused investors to lose $1 billion, is liable in the mortgage securities fraud case filed against him by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Regulators say Tourre, 34, a native of France who was nicknamed "Fab" in his office, packaged toxic subprime mortgages into a collateralized debt obligation that was sold to investors under the name Abacus in 2007.
"The U.S. Securities and Exchange claims Tourre hid the role of hedge fund Paulson & Co. in selecting the subprime mortgage bonds behind the investment, then made a $1 billion bet they'd fail," Bloomberg News reported earlier this week.
Tourre was found liable on six of the seven charges he faced. In 2010, Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $550 million to settle SEC charges against it in the case. Tourre left the company last year.
The SEC pursued civil charges against Tourre, meaning that his punishment could now range from a fine to a lifetime ban from trading in securities.
Tourre, who had risen to the rank of vice president at Goldman Sachs, "is the only employee of a big American bank to lose a courtroom battle to Wall Street's top regulator," The New York Times reports. Most other cases were settled before coming to a court judgment.
During the trial that lasted more than two weeks, Tourre's defense team did not call any witnesses to testify, a move that had been interpreted as a message to the jury that the regulators had failed to prove their case.
"We're obviously gratified with the jury's verdict and we appreciate their hard work," SEC lead prosecutor Matthew Martens said, according to The Wall Street Journal.


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Over the past four years, the presidential narrative has shifted for African-Americans like Louisiana state Rep. Patricia Haynes Smith of Baton Rouge.
"I'm 66 years old," said Smith, at an event Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C., for black state legislators here for the Democratic National Convention. "And before 2008, I didn't think I'd live to see a dream come true."
Barack Obama's election as president four years ago was an enormous milestone in the nation's often halting march toward equality, and a realized American dream for many African-Americans. This time, it feels different, said Smith and others we interviewed at the legislators' wine and hors d'oeuvres gathering in the city's Harvey B. Gantt Center, named for the man who became the city's first African-American mayor in 1983.
In 2008, Obama felt like theirs, said Smith, a convention delegate, who was sporting an "Obama Y'all" button. "Now, he's not there just for people who look like me — he's for all Americans, from all walks of life, all shapes, colors and sizes," she said.
In two days, Obama will again accept his party's nomination.
"It does feel different for me," said Smith. "This time my biggest concern is making sure we get voters out."
Her comments echoed an overarching theme we heard from others at the event: Obama is also president for Americans they felt were not reflected at last week's largely white Republican National Convention, including advocates for women's reproductive rights, Latinos fighting for immigration reform and the DREAM Act, and gay rights activists.
"We've lived the dream, now we have to do the work," said Marcus Wheeler, 36, a NASA engineer and Florida convention delegate. "I would have the same expectation for any president that I have for him."
"People of any color want to go to work, want good jobs," he said. "We need to keep the ball rolling."
This how Oregon state Rep. Lew Frederick, 60, of Portland, characterized conversations among African-Americans at this convention: "Race, culture, economic status and gender are issues now fueling a lot of the discussion here."
That doesn't mean that Obama's race isn't still in play in this campaign, and some expressed frustration at what they see as GOP efforts to portray the president as somehow not American.
"What's the slogan they're using — 'Take Our Country Back'?" said Dianne Hart, 57, of Tampa, Fla. "From what? A black man?"
"I know racism; I've lived through it," said Hart, president of the Hillsborough, Fla., County Democratic black caucus. "It is alive and well."
Voter ID efforts and the characterization of Obama's tweaking of welfare work programs to accommodate requests from governors — both Democrats and Republicans — are manifest of a tone, an atmosphere that state Rep. Darryl Owens, 74, of Louisville, Ky., says has driven race relations backward since Obama's election.
"Many people thought the country was changing, and changing too fast," he said of Obama's election four years ago. "We're seeing a lot of white middle-class people voting against their own self-interest because they feel the nation has changed too much — an African-American in the White House, gay marriage."
But for Greenville, S.C., County Councilwoman Xanthene Norris, 83, this year is still filled with hope.
"We have struggled through the years," said Norris. "We are supporting President Obama not because he's a black president, but because he's a great president."
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Do you feel more comfortable spending the money you know you have? If so, a debit card might be your best option. When you make purchases, it withdraws funds directly from your checking account, so you won't spend more than you have.
5 Smart Debit Card Practices
How Prepaid Cards Work
You may have received a prepaid card before as a gift. Unlike debit cards, prepaid cards are not tied to a bank account. When you make a purchase with a prepaid card, the amount is subtracted from the balance of the card. Here's what you can do with it:
Prepaid cards as a financial teaching tool – Prepaid cards can be a great way to help young people gain experience budgeting, using ATMs and making purchases. Because you aren't given a line of credit, you can't overdraw from your account. The cards are low-risk and allow parents to access the accounts online.
Prepaid cards as an alternative check cashing tool – Many consumers still operate outside the traditional banking system and take their checks to check cashing stores. This practice can get quite expensive with fees, so choosing a prepaid card that offers the ability to directly deposit checks without ATM withdrawal fees will save you money in the long run.
Need a little guidance on how to correctly fill out financial institution forms? Consider using these step-by-step guides for making a deposit, writing a check, using a transaction register, reading a bank statement and reading a credit card statement.


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Summer is the perfect time for enjoying burgers and this summer I seem to be on a burger kick. I have made a few different burgers so far using a different meat in each one. I wanted to try making chicken burgers next and I was thinking that curried chicken burgers would be really tasty. I started out with the ground chicken and added a heaping tablespoon of my favorite curry powder followed by some ginger, garlic and some chili heat. I also wanted to try making the burgers with some herbs in them and cilantro sounded perfect. I could not resist dressing the burger up with some spicy mango chutney and some cool and creamy curried mayonnaise. The chicken burgers turned out pretty good. They were nice and moist and they held together well. Most importantly, they were really tasty! The mango chutney and mayonnaise went well with the chicken burgers adding even more flavour. I served the chicken burgers with some curried potato salad with peas and some mango and black bean salsa. It was a really nice summer meal.
Curried Chicken Burger
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic (grated)
- 1 teaspoon ginger (grated)
- 1 teaspoon chili sauce
- 1/4 cup green onions (chopped)
- 1/4 cup cilantro (chopped)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs
- 4 buns
- curried mayonnaise
- lettuce
- tomatoes
- mango chutney
- Mix the chicken, curry powder, garlic, ginger, chili sauce, green onions, cilantro, egg, and bread crumbs in a large bowl.
- Form 4 patties and place on a broiling pan.
- Broil until cooked, about 10-15 minutes flipping once in the middle.


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We got to chatting awhile back and decided since our readers tend to love similar ideas and products, that it would be fun to partner up on a couple of organizing posts and giveaways! Totally fantabulous right?!
We started off with our first one, which was the FLOR giveaway, and today, we are teaming up again to giveaway another set of fabulous prizes courtesy of Closetmaid! I have used many, many Closetmaid products in the past, almost every closet of ours boasts some sort of Closetmaid storage and even our garage has benefited, so when the opportunity came up to work with them, I couldn't wait! They offer so many versatile organizing designs, I personally love to customize items with their mix and match stackable pieces, since they are often inexpensive and provide a customized storage solution based on needs. For today's project, I was able to play with items from their Cube Storage line to enhance our garage storage, and the best part is I get to give you the same goodies to use as well!
As I mentioned in my recent entryway blog post, I had been dreaming up locker/cubby storage for the garage. I also mentioned that when it comes to kid's school and winter gear, it didn't make the most sense for us. It gets cold here and I don't want the boys hats, mittens, coats and boots to freeze overnight just to have them try and use them again in the morning. So, those items now live indoors for good. However, we also have three active boys that love to play sports. Where do those items go? How should they be stored? Given the limited storage space in our home, we decided sports gear has no other option than to be placed in our garage. And since the kids don't play outdoor winter sports, there is no worry about items being frozen then used, the garage is the perfect solution.
We made plans this spring to tackle the garage this year. We haven't gotten very far, and most likely won't be done until next year, however, it is nice to be able to cross the sport storage item off of the list!
I had a glorious vision of using the Closetmaid bench with a designated sports cubby for each kiddo, and the cubicals above for extra sports gear, while also adding in some hooks for hanging storage. I decided to purchase some wire baskets from Target for the bench, since I didn't want to use the fabric bins in our garage due to dust and the inability to toss them in the washing machine.
The bench was easy peasy to put together and I love that the cushion velcros down, and also has a removable weather resistant cover.
When it came time to assemble the cube system to go above the bench, I read some not so magical words in the assembly booklet, "Do not hang this unit on the wall. The product structure is not designed for wall hanging." Whomp whomp right? Now what was I going to do? This was the only place that I really wanted to use the cubbies since it was a great way to utilize our vertical wall space and save on precious garage floor space.
Being the avid resourceful DIYers we are, my Mr. said he would make it suitable for the wall. Whew. Have I mentioned how much I adore him?
Knowing that the original item wasn't intended for the wall, we optioned to make it much more structurally sound and fastened it to the wall in a few different ways. That baby isn't going anywhere now.
We started by using a piece of wood and creating a triangle piece for each corner of the cube system, which we fastened with multiple nails on each side using our brad nailer.
Next we used more wood to create a ledge for the cube system to sit on and last but not least, we added four steel mounting brackets to the underside and top side of the unit to secure it above and below.
We both placed excessive force and weight on the shelves to be 100% sure that the unit was securely fastened to the wall, since we have a safety first motto.
After all the supports were added, we were left with an almost finished version of my original vision. I was excited again and started to putty all of the screw holes!
The numbers on the baskets are house numbers dressed up with some spray paint and attached with a small piece of wire.
The lower baskets are assigned to each boy. It holds their personal gear, such as their baseball gloves, cleats, extra playing balls, etc...
I sprayed a couple of wire baskets with red, to add some fun color to the upper shelves.
I really loooove how they turned out!
The top cubbies are intended for the items we all use as a family. Kid's items on the lower three shelves and grown up belongings on the upper cubbies.
When we travel for ball, my son uses his baseball bag to bring all of his belongings, and we bring our "ball bag". That is where the hooks come in nice and handy. They were installed right into the supporting ledge.
I keep the ball bag pre-packed with a few basics, so we can just grab it, toss in our water bottles and go when it is time to travel for a game.
The items that always live in the bag: first aid kit {band-aids, ointment, etc..}, bug spray, sunscreen, hand sanitizer, rain ponchos {which we luckily haven't needed yet}, and wipes for dirty hands and cheeks.
We also bring a "ball blanket", which we use for the bleachers.
When all was finished up, we now had the perfect sports gear storage system that we all are completely smitten with!
Thanks everyone and good luck!!
Pssst! I wasn't paid or swayed to write this post, I was just offered a few Closetmaid items to provide an open and honest review and giveaway!


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Watch These Twins Babies Who Have Their Own Language — Daily Distraction
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Maybe it's true that twins have special powers the rest of us lack.
They say twins sometimes have a psychic connection, and after watching these clips, it's hard to argue with that. What sounds to most of us like a series of "goo"s and "gah"s and the like is actually a layered, intelligent back-and-forth between equals. Exact equals. Because they're identical, you see.
The Daily Distraction is your Internet break from reality. Whether you're eating lunch at your desk or avoiding high school exes on Facebook, you might just laugh, say "aaahhh" or not believe what you just watched.


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Colorado peaks starting with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
On the Colorado Peaks page,
1992 peaks above 9050 feet are marked as 'USGS peak'.
Peaks from non-USGS sources are also included, and they may be lower altitude.
(The USGS elevation range was chosen to present no more than 2000 peaks from that source.)
Peaks are listed alphabetically below, and do not include prefixes or suffixes like North/South, Peak, Mt, Knob, etc. For example, you can look up "Mt Rose" as simply "rose", and "Pilot Knob" as "pilot". Coordinates from the USGS use North American Datum 1927 (NAD27) latitude and longitude coordinates, in decimal degrees. For comparison, coordinates from the Sierra Peaks database are given in North American Datum 1983 (NAD83). Both sets of coordinates are shown as links to Google Maps.
Beware the online map links from the USGS pages, because they show somewhat rough locations - the peaks are NEAR the marked point, but other databases (like the Sierra Peaks and Desert Peaks list) are more accurate.
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Healthy Eating for kids
Healthy Eating for kids ,everyone has been on a diet. Does that sound strange? Well, it's true. A diet is simply the collection of the foods you regularly eat. But the word "diet" also can mean an attempt to lose weight by limiting calories or types of food.
You may know some adults and kids who worry about their weight and say they're going on a diet. You might wonder if you should be on a diet, too. But the majority of kids do not need to — and should not — diet this way.
Why? Let's find out.
Dieting to Lose Weight – Healthy Eating for kids
All foods and many drinks contain calories, a kind of energy. When someone diets to lose weight, the person is trying to eat fewer calories than the body uses. By doing this, the person may lose body fat and decrease his or her weight. Likewise, if a person eats more calories than the body uses, the person may gain weight.
Kids usually do not need to diet in this way. Unlike adults, kids are still growing and developing. During this time, kids need a variety of healthy foods to keep their bodies growing properly. Some kids are overweight, but even overweight kids often can improve their health simply by eating nutritious foods and being more active.
Being overweight can cause health problems, but kids may hurt their health even more by doing something drastic, like skipping meals or deciding to eat only lettuce.
Who Needs to Diet? – Healthy Eating for kids
Though some people may feel they weigh too much or too little, there is no perfect body shape. Some people have larger frames (bigger bones) and will always look bigger and heavier than people with smaller frames.Healthy Eating for kids
Talk to your doctor if you have questions about your weight. Your doctor can examine you and check your body mass index (BMI). That's a way of estimating how much body fat you have. If the doctor is concerned about your weight, he or she can recommend a couple of goals:
- for you to gain weight at a slower pace
- for you to maintain your current weight
For some kids, the doctor may recommend losing some weight, but this should be done with the doctor's help. Kids who need to lose weight may visit with a dietitian who can explain how to reduce calories safely while still getting all the necessary nutrients.
Dangerous Diets – Healthy Eating for kids
DieHealthy Eating for kids, its that don't include a variety of nutritious foods, or have too few calories, can be dangerous for kids. Some type of dangerous diets are called "fad diets," because a fad means something that's popular for a short while. Fad diets usually promise quick weight loss and require the person to follow a strict set of guidelines.
Some dangerous diets cut out entire categories of foods or require the person to eat just one thing, such as cabbage soup — yuck! The truth is there is no quick fix when it comes to weight loss. So pills, special drinks, all-liquid diets, and other gimmicks are poor choices, especially for kids. If someone offers you a diet pill or suggests you start having a magic milkshake that can make you thinner, tell them no! These diets can make people sick. They also usually end with the person regaining any weight that was lost.
Someone who is willing to take extreme steps to be thinner could have an eating disorder. These include anorexia nervosa (starving oneself) or bulimia nervosa (eating and then deliberately throwing up). They are serious conditions that need a doctor's attention.
Help for a Dangerous Dieter – Healthy Eating for kids
If you a friend, brother, or sister is following a dangerous diet, you need to tell an adult. You could turn to a parent, a teacher, or another adult you trust. You could also tell the person yourself that their eating habits are unhealthy, but you probably will need to get an adult involved, too.
It's not unusual for kids — or adults — to wish they were taller, or thinner, or that they could change something about their appearance. If you feel this way, talk to a parent or an adult you trust. You may need someone to help you understand these feelings and get a handle on whether your weight is a health concern.
The body changes that happen to kids during puberty include weight gain. This is normal, but it's a good idea to talk with your doctor about it if you or your parents have questions
What Kids Can Do – Healthy Eating for kids
So if kids don't need to diet, how can they stay a healthy weight? All kids can benefit from eating a balanced diet and getting plenty of physical activity.
Kids have a lot of choices when it comes to activity and exercise. Some like to play on sports teams or dance in troupes. Others may prefer to be more casual, riding their bikes or shooting hoops at the park. Just helping your parents rake leaves or clean the house is a kind of physical activity, though not as much fun as something like swimming! And it's a good idea to cut down on pastimes that aren't very active — such as watching TV or playing computer games.
Kids can also try to eat a variety of Healthy Eating for kids. A balanced diet means that you don't eat the same thing every day and that you eat a mix of foods from different food groups. These include:
- fruits and vegetables
- milk and dairy products
- meat, nuts, and other protein-rich foods
- grains, especially whole-grain foods, such as whole-grain bread and cereals
This kind of diet helps your body by giving it the right nutrients. For instance, protein helps build your muscles and other body structures. Calcium helps your growing bones. And you need vitamins and other nutrients to keep your body working as it should. Fibre prevents constipation and carbohydrates give you energy, just to name a few.
Now that you understand more about diets, you can tell people you're on a very special one — a balanced, healthy diet just Healthy Eating for kids!


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Borgward RS
It casts long shadows in the golden light of an autumnal Bavarian afternoon. The Borgward RS that we've taken to the hills looks absolutely amazing in this setting – low, lean and delicately curvaceous. And far too pretty for the stark functionality of motor sport. If its ability to win were influenced by its looks, its maker would now be venerated alongside the greats. You know, Porsche, Ferrari, Borgward… Instead, you hear the name Borgward and your thoughts turn to worthily engineered saloons that only the few really appreciate.
But the Borgward RS is something quite different. It encapsulates the story of the missed opportunity and driven ambition that was part and parcel of the now-defunct company that produced it.
The company's history is all too brief. Carl FW Borgward bought into a small engineering company in Bremen, Germany, after returning wounded from World War One. Within a few years he'd taken control of the company and grown it into an important automotive parts supplier. He moved into motor manufacture in 1924, with the introduction of the three-wheeled 200cc Blitzkarren in 1924, then Goliath light commercials, which expanded the business significantly. Borgward made his first inroads into the car business in 1929 by buying shares in Hansa-Lloyd, which was suffering in the hostile economic climate. One year later he took a controlling interest.
Borgward moved quickly, overseeing the launch of the Goliath Pionier and Hansa 1100/1700 range of cars. During World War Two, Borgward built military vehicles and, along with a number of German car manufacturers, then found itself without a factory once hostilities ceased.
But that failed to dent Carl Borgward's ambition, and by 1949 he had set-up a new factory and managed to get the Hansa 1500 into production – the first all-new post-war German car. The streamlined styling reflected Borgward's appreciation of the benefits of aerodynamics, and would go on to influence the future models introduced under both the Hansa and Borgward marque names – and, as we can clearly see, the study of airflow greatly influenced the way the company's motor sport contenders would look.
The Borgward Group remained busy throughout the 1950s, producing a range of cars that spanned the 300cc Lloyd microcars, through the mid-range Hansas to the elegant and beautifully engineered Borgward Isabella. The cars that bore the surname of the company's single-minded, rather autocratic leader would supplant Hansa. And it was the delicious Isabella saloon and coupé that would become a 200,000-plus selling high-watermark… until the ill-fated technical-marvel grosse Borgward, the P100.
During this fertile period in the Borgward Group's history, the company embarked on a truly ambitious race campaign that was waged with limited resources in comparison with its German rivals. Under the leadership of the company's research director Wilhelm Büchner, Borgward entered European 1.5-litre sports car racing. According to Karl Ludwigsen's detailed history of Borgward's racing exploits, Büchner was quoted as saying: 'We're not like Daimler‑Benz, who periodically turn their whole technical strength toward racing for powerful commercial reasons. Nor do we resemble Porsche, who build cars and race them out of sheer enthusiasm. We're Borgward, where time and money to build racing cars must literally be stolen – when possible – from our prodigious car and truck development programs.'
Despite his rather testy attack on his rivals, Büchner had a point. The achievements Borgward delivered on the track came from a race program run on a budget – cooked up by engineers who spent time divided between microcars, family saloons and commercial vehicles.
Despite these limited resources, and working under the direct auspices of Carl Borgward (who retained tight control of his company and wasn't averse to shutting down projects without notice), Büchner pieced together an impressive little racing operation. Borgward's racing ambitions had been instigated in 1951, when one of the company's engineers, Martin Fleischer, began work on a sports car based on an elegant lozenge‑shaped tubular chassis. This was very much only a beginning, although national victories would start to come to Borgward from 1952.
That tube frame was quite weighty in its original form so, for the 1957 season, a new spaceframe was built, saving 18kg. It should have been an important step towards Borgward's competitiveness in 1.5-litre racing, after attempts to drill and brace the original item proved fruitless. But in pre-season testing, Borgward's mechanic/driver Fritz Jüttner crashed the development car at the Nürburgring, leaving the team to campaign the older-style chassis as there wasn't enough time to build another of the new spaceframes. Despite that, what emerged for 1957 was a beautifully engineered compromise; the product of considered evolution.
That depth of thought oozes from every rivet of the 1957 Borgward RS we've driven into the Bavarian mountains. It's the very car that was raced by Jo Bonnier at AVUS in 1958 and, as we shall see later, gave Porsche a severe fright at the Berlin racetrack. It was once owned (and also comprehensively documented) by Karl Ludvigsen, but is now being looked after by specialist race-car restorer Tom Fischer. Although it's been restored and recommissioned, its original qualities continue to shine through.
We're puzzled when we set eyes on the Borgward in Fischer's Bavarian workshop: it's almost impossible to believe it's more than 50 years old. It's not just the shapely curves and timeless silver paint that serve to confuse and seduce – when Tom lifts off the clamshell engine cover, even a cursory glance reveals its prescient technical features. It's striking to see direct fuel injection and double ignition for the twin-cam power unit. Was this really put together on a such a tight budget?
It's worth taking a closer look at that magnificent engine, as it truly is the star of the Borgward package. Karl Ludwig Brandt was in charge of engine development and, like most of the management within the company, his talents were spread across road and race cars, as well as commercial vehicles. But his passion lay with high-performance engines, and he soon got his teeth into getting more power out of Fleischer's twin-cam four-cylinder, first seen in 1952. His development path took that clever aluminum cylinder head and mated it with the Isabella's shorter-stroke 1.5-litre block and mechanical fuel injection.
Brandt wanted individual throttle bodies for each of the four cylinders, but that proved too complex. Even so, the 1954 power unit was able to deliver 116bhp when running on alcohol – an impressive output for a naturally aspirated 1.5-litre. Yet Brandt wanted more.
The following year he began work on an all-new power unit designed with production in mind. His design featured forged conrods that were polished to a chrome-like finish. Exotic materials were used too, such as finely detailed Silumin (high-silicon aluminum) for the block/crankcase casting. The heavily revised cylinder head, which now featured 16 valves, was married to a new aluminum block, meaning that the more powerful new engine would carry no weight penalty.
Through 1954 and '55, Brandt continued to develop the impressive new engine. Oil feed problems were encountered and solved, and particular attention was paid to the cooling system – so that, by the 1957 season, it was reckoned that the Borgward was going to be able to match Porsche in 1.5-litre racing.
Another innovation was Brandt's direct fuel injection, made easier by the four-valve cylinder head, which allowed the injector nozzles to be placed in the centre of each combustion chamber. Ludvigsen states in his notes about the 16-valve engine: 'Because the smaller valves weigh less than the parts for a two-valver would, Brandt could enjoy high revs without the expense and complication of desmodromics. A four‑valver can be complex, but this trap had been avoided by ruthless simplification.'
The four-valve head went against conventional thinking, which saw the almost universal use of a two-valve hemispherical chamber. It might have been the accepted norm that two valves were the optimum for racing, but as Brandt said of the Borgward: 'It didn't turn out too badly!'
Ludvigsen states that there's a strong possibility the Borgward RS had the first racing engine never to have run on carburetors. It was certainly conceived to have fuel injection – quite a step in 1954. For the 1957 car, the results speak for themselves. It might not have been the lightest 1.5-litre engine out there at 128kg, but with an output of 165bhp at 7500rpm, and the ability to be held at full throttle on the test bench for as long as ten minutes at 8000rpm, it was something very special.
Despite ambitious production plans for the rest of the Borgward Group, the RS's European racing career remained the focus of Brandt and Fleischer. But its competition history never really amounted to as much as it should have, despite some early successes. Hans Herrmann came second in 1957's European Mountain Championship, and the Borgward often found itself beaten into second and third places the following year by the Porsche of Wolfgang von Trips. It would become a recurring theme.
The RS's best chance of success was in 1958, when it had all the ingredients to become a race-winning car. The all-aluminum body had been honed to its slipperiest form, and the talented Jo Bonnier joined the team as its lead driver. The 1958 AVUS Grand Prix was arguably the car's crowning glory, when in two events there Bonnier took the fight to Behra and Gregory in their works Porsches, trading places with them in an exciting race to finish a mere 0.8sec adrift after 206 miles of racing. Impressive, considering the Borgward was 80kg heavier than the Porsche. It was the same story in the European Mountain Championship, where Bonnier also scored a second place – although he won the Freiburg hillclimb that same season.
But that really was it for the Borgward RS; the works team withdrew before the beginning of the 1959 season. But the power unit lived on. Borgward and Rob Walker, Stirling Moss Ltd and the British Racing Partnership struck an engine deal. Early in 1959 four engines were installed in Cooper Formula 2 chassis and soon proved their worth, as they produced 20bhp more than the rival Climax 1.5-litre.
Long intake pipes along the side of the body marked out the Borgward-equipped Coopers, and with continued development the 16-valve engine gave 172bhp. Chris Bristow and Moss both raced Borgward-Coopers in the 1959 Formula 2 season, and there were hopes of carrying the engine forward into Formula 1 when it went 1.5-litre in 1961 – but, due to the Borgward Group's collapse at the end of 1960, Brandt's masterpiece never achieved the glory it had a glimpse of.
Bonnier's RS was bought (along with a service truck) at Borgward's insolvency sale by Horst Frischkorn, who rented it out to several drivers, including Heinz Gilges, who crashed it in 1964 at the Nurburgring and spent a long time paying for it. The RS was subsequently bought from Frischkorn and rescued from obscurity in 1967 by Karl Ludvigsen, who spotted it for sale in Auto Motor und Sport. He wanted to take it racing, and passed it over to Don Lefferts at Vintage Auto Restorations. 'I had the benefit of the advice of the genial Fritz Juttner, former works mechanic and sometime driver,' says Ludvigsen. 'During a visit to his home, he handed me a small cardboard box containing some special tools for the RS engine and a supply of the unique ring-shaped shims for adjusting the engine's valve clearances. That's what you call friendship.'
He continues: 'Over several seasons at the end of the 1970s I enjoyed racing the Borgward in Vintage Sports Car Club of America events on the East Coast. We won the fast-car handicap race at Thompson Raceway in July 1978. I drove her at my favorite track, Bridgehampton, where I won my event, and also at Lime Rock and Watkins Glen. She was a delight to drive, with a compact gearbox pattern, balanced handling and just enough power from the engine to make me well aware that I was driving something that had to be treated with real respect.'
A career change saw Ludvigsen sell the RS in 1980 but it has remained in Germany ever since. It's a reflection of Tom Fischer's work that the car looks as good today as it must have done when it first caught Ludvigsen's eye back in 1959, when he wrote about it for Sports Car Illustrated. The RS remains a mainstay of European historic racing, most recently scoring a win in the 2011 ADAC Salzburgring Classic's Sound of Speed Trophy with Tom Fischer behind the wheel.
When it fires up the RS sounds crisp and purposeful and it's clear that it remains a very quick car – straightline pace is on the right side of rapid, while the engine, which sings stridently at high revs, is matched by a controlled, albeit loud, exhaust note. But it's the light and accurate steering and roll-free cornering that mark this out as a pure and well-developed racer. At no point on admittedly smooth roads does the RS look remotely close to getting out of shape in the bends. Clearly it could go well with more power.
Yet it's the beguiling looks of this elegant car that get our juices flowing – as well as attracting attention from inquisitive Bavarians. Many assume it's a Porsche, and few relate to the Borgward name if you have the chance to tell them, but they're all just happy to learn that it's German.
We come away from our all-too-brief time with this wonderful car lamenting what might have been, and wondering why it took so long for the rest of the industry to pick up and run with its technical innovations. Sometimes the car industry throws curveballs like the Borgward RS, a car that given more favorable circumstances should have become a race-winner – leaving the opposition very much in its shadow.
Thanks to Karl Ludvigsen, www.karlludvigsen.com; and Tom Fischer, www.tom-fischer.de.
Published Dec 7th, 2015


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These delicate madeleines are a simple homage to a friend of mine who lives on the other side of the planet. She's a tremendously talented cook/baker and I have used many of her recipes here.
A generous and sensitive friend, who sent, all the way from Japan, a box addressed to Brazil – a box full of beautiful and adorable things. And these were among the gifts:
It took me forever to first use the pans – every time I decided to make the madeleines, I remembered that the batter had to be refrigerated for at least a while. And as Murphy is also a friend of mine (sometimes) the idea of baking these beauties would only occur to me when there would be no time for batter-resting.
Of course I used a recipe from the person who sent me the pans – the madeleines were fantastic! I had never tried these famous miniature cakes – can I call them this way? – and it was a new and delicious thing to learn. The smell of the lime is contagious and the flavor… Well, I don't need to tell these are highly addictive – can't wait to try different recipes.
Akemi, my dear, you are a very, very special person. I'm so lucky to have you as a friend!! Thank you for sharing such amazing things with me! xoxo
Lime honey madeleines
100g unsalted butter
100g all purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
2 eggs
60g sugar
30g honey – I used orange blossom honey
2 tablespoons lime juice
pinch of grated lime zest – this is optional; I'm a citrus sucker so I used the grated zest of 1 large lime
Brush molds with melted butter and sprinkle with flour to coat; tap the pans to remove excess flour.
Sift together flour and baking powder into a bowl.
In another bowl, whisk eggs and sugar until well combined. Add the juice, zest and the flour mixture. Mix only until flour is incorporated.
Melt butter and honey in the microwave oven or in a small bowl over lightly simmering water – I did this step before starting the recipe itself and set the liquid aside to cool a bit.
Add melted butter + honey to batter and mix well.
Cover the bowl with plastic or cling film and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour – I left it overnight.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC/355ºF. Pour batter onto prepared pans – it's not necessary to level it up, since the batter will spread in the oven.
Bake for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cakes comes out clean.
Makes 12 madeleines – I got 15 small + 5 large ones
The bumps were pretty small... I think I have to keep making madeleines until I get bigger bumps. :)