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New York Child-Abduction Case Ends as a Prank
(NEWBURGH, N.Y.) -- Newburgh, N.Y., police Thursday afternoon called off their investigation of a possible child abduction after determining that the kids who reported the incident had fabricated the entire story as a prank.
"We investigated every possible lead in determining whether the abduction had occurred with the interest of any possible victim in mind," the NPD said in a statement. "There is no indication that the abduction or any incident that could be perceived as an abduction had occurred."
Officials had already cancelled an AMBER Alert Thursday morning issued 16 hours earlier after a group of children, some as young as 5, reported the abduction of a 5-year-old girl.
Authorities in Newburgh, which is in Orange County about 60 miles north of New York City, issued the alert at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday but cancelled the child-abduction alert bulletin at 10:21 a.m. Thursday.
The group of children told police that two men got out of a pickup truck and grabbed the girl's mouth and neck and forced her into the truck shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday near South Junior High School, according to an earlier police news release.
Police soon issued the AMBER Alert for the missing child and were working with the FBI. Police told ABC News that as of 10 a.m. Thursday, no one had come forward to report a missing child in the area.
Newburgh police had told ABC News affiliate WABC earlier that they had no reason not to believe the group of kids who say they saw the abduction. The witnesses did not say whether the girl was with anyone at the time of the abduction.
"A guy came out of the pickup truck and grabbed her mouth and her neck and she was trying to scream and couldn't," a child told WABC. "They put her in a garbage bag. All you could see is her head. And they put her in the car and drove off."
Another child told WABC, "I saw the pickup truck. It had blue license plates, and when the man got out of the car with two bags, we started running."
The girl was described as possibly Hispanic, about 5 or 6 years old and 3 feet tall with long black hair and wearing a short-sleeve, bright-pink shirt with white stripes, according to the news release.
Now, police say, "There was no pickup truck, other vehicle or small child during the time of the reported incident. Detectives continuously reviewed video footage prior to, during and post the report for any possible incident. None were observed."
"The reporting children were observed playing around the school without incident."
Police have no plans to file charges against the children for making a false report.
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Treviso secured their third win of the season with an impressive 27-22 victory over Edinburgh at Murrayfield on Friday.
While it was Treviso's first away win of the season, one of the main talking points will be the performance of referee Matteo Liperini. The rookie official, in charge of his first match, penalised Edinburgh at 10 scrums in the first half, then found the Italians guilty of a similar crime count in the second period.
Man of the match Robert Barbieri crossed twice for the visitors, in addition to a penalty try and a string of kicks by Alberto Di Bernardo, while the hosts responded through touchdowns by Tim Visser, Lee Jones and Dougie Fife, with Greig Laidlaw booting the other points. The hosts started at a blistering pace and Laidlaw opened the scoring in the third minute when he atoned for an earlier miss by hammering over a long-range penalty.
An offence at the first scrum handed Di Bernardo a chance to square matters, but the stand-off failed to find the target. However, that was the cue for the visitors to step up the pace. They dominated the next 20 minutes and with more composure in the danger zone could have made the breakthrough.
Edinburgh were making life easy for Treviso by repeatedly falling foul of the referee. He penalised Edinburgh at seven of the first eight scrums and eventually lost patience, despatching WP Nel to the sin-bin. And when, at the next scrum, a surge by the Italians forced the home side to offend once more, Liperini ran round behind the posts to signal a penalty try which Di Bernardo converted.
Edinburgh's response came in the form of a scintillating score as Dave Denton released Visser and the winger blazed down his flank then darted round behind the posts to leave Laidlaw a simple conversion that edged Edinburgh back in front. However, by the interval, Treviso were back in the lead. Di Bernardo tied matters with a straightforward penalty then sent his side into the break with a 17-10 advantage when he stroked over the conversion after Robert Barbieri had pounced on an Edinburgh error and powered over for his side's second touchdown.
Di Bernardo extended Treviso's lead to 10 points with another penalty five minutes after the restart and the Italians were further rewarded when Barbieri charge down an attempted clearance by Richie Rees to bag his second try of the evening. Edinburgh responded with a rare foray into opposition territory and left with further points added to their tally after Jones had scampered over for his side's second try.
The referee's interpretation of the Edinburgh scrummage effort appeared to have undergone a rapid revision and he now decided that Treviso were constantly breaching the rules. Three illegal scrums in a row persuaded him to flash the yellow card once more - this time to the visitors' prop Alberto De Marchi. The hosts were unable to capitalise during his absence but managed to haul themselves back into the contest when Fife capped a spell of sustained Edinburgh pressure when he darted in for a try and Laidlaw converted.
And the hosts made a brave bid to snatch the win in the dying seconds when Visser broke a tackle and chipped ahead only to lose out in the race for the line, leaving Edinburgh with only a losing bonus point for their efforts.


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Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 29 January; 25 February; 10 March 1964
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick
Released: 20 March 1964 (UK), 16 March 1964 (US)
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
John Lennon: acoustic rhythm guitar
George Harrison: lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Ringo Starr: drums
Norman Smith: hi-hat
Available on:
A Hard Day's Night
Anthology 1
Live At The BBC
Can't Buy Me Love was The Beatles' sixth British single, released with the b-side You Can't Do That. It was written while the group were in Paris for a 19-date residency at the city's Olympia Theatre.
Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggest that Can't Buy Me Love is about a prostitute, I draw the line. That's going too far.
Can't Buy Me Love is my attempt to write a bluesy mode. The idea behind it was that all these material possessions are all very well but they won't buy me what I really want. It was a very hooky song. Ella Fitzgerald later did a version of it which I was very honoured by.
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
Written by Paul McCartney, Can't Buy Me Love became the first of the group's singles to feature just one singer. John Lennon may have felt his position as The Beatles' leader was threatened by the move; following the release of the single, Lennon wrote the majority of songs on the A Hard Day's Night album.
That's Paul's completely. Maybe I had something to do with the chorus, but I don't know. I always considered it his song.
All We Are Saying, David Sheff
Can't Buy Me Love featured twice in the A Hard Day's Night film. The first was a scene in which they escape from the television studio to fool around in a field; the other involved the group running to and from a police station, with law officers in hot pursuit.
It was the first film for which I wrote the score, and I had the benefit of having a director who was a musician. We recorded the songs for the film just as we would ordinary recordings, and Dick [Lester] used a lot of songs we'd already recorded. Can't Buy Me Love, for example, which was used twice in the picture.
In the studio
Can't Buy Me Love was mostly recorded on 29 January 1964 at EMI's Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris. It was completed in just four takes following the recording of Sie Liebt Dich and Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand, which finished ahead of schedule.
George Martin suggested during preliminary rehearsals that they begin the song with the chorus. The decision was later described by writer Ian MacDonald as a change "so obvious that they would have made it themselves had they tried the tune out earlier".
I thought that we really needed a tag for the song's ending, and a tag for the beginning; a kind of intro. So I took the first two lines of the chorus and changed the ending, and said 'Let's just have these lines, and by altering the second phrase we can get back into the verse pretty quickly'. And they said, 'That's not a bad idea, we'll do it that way'.
The first two takes of Can't Buy Me Love, the second of which can be heard on Anthology 1, were recorded in the bluesy style in which the song was originally conceived. Paul McCartney taped a guide vocal which was later replaced at Abbey Road.
John Lennon and George Harrison's backing vocals, in which they sang "Ooh, satisfied", "Ooh, just can't buy" in response to McCartney's lead lines, were swiftly discarded. As was Harrison's original guitar solo, though it can still be heard underneath the version he later overdubbed, due to microphone 'bleed'.
We took the tapes from that back to England to do some work on them. I once read something that tries to analyse Can't Buy Me Love, talking about the double-track guitar – mine – and saying that it's not very good because you can hear the original one. What happened was that we recorded first in Paris and re-recorded in England. Obviously they'd tried to overdub it, but in those days they only had two tracks, so you can hear the version we put on in London, and in the background you can hear a quieter one.
The second solo was recorded on 25 February 1964 – George Harrison's 21st birthday – the same day that McCartney taped his final lead vocals.
The mono mix also included a hi-hat overdub recorded by studio engineer Norman Smith. This was done on 10 March 1964, while The Beatles were filming A Hard Day's Night.
It had the same level of excitement as previous Beatles singles and was quickly slated to be an A-side, but first there was a technical problem to be overcome, discovered when the tape was brought back and played at our studios. Perhaps because it had been spooled incorrectly, the tape had a ripple in it, resulting in the intermittent loss of treble on Ringo's hi-hat cymbal. There was tremendous time pressure to get the track mixed and delivered to the pressing plant, and due to touring commitments the Beatles themselves were unavailable, so George and Norman took it upon themselves to make a little adjustment.
As I eagerly headed into the engineer's seat for the first time, Norman headed down into the studio to overdub a hastily set-up hi-hat onto a few bars of the song while I recorded him, simultaneously doing a two-track to two-track dub. Thanks to Norman's considerable skills as a drummer, the repair was made quickly and seamlessly.
Here, There and Everywhere
Chart success
By the time Can't Buy Me Love was released, The Beatles were a bona fide worldwide phenomenon. The song topped the charts of almost every country in which it was released.
Issued in the USA slightly earlier than in Britain, it sold over two million copies in its first week, and was awarded a gold disc on the day of release, 16 March 1964.
It set four records on the Billboard Hot 100. The first was the biggest jump to the top spot, up from number 27. The Beatles also held the entire top five positions on the 4 April 1964 chart – Can't Buy Me Love was accompanied by Twist And Shout, She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand and Please Please Me. Such an achievement has never been equalled.
Can't Buy Me Love gave The Beatles a record-breaking three consecutive number one singles, the previous ones being I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You. Furthermore, during the song's second week at the top, from 11 April, the group had 14 songs on the Hot 100 simultaneously.
In Britain it broke fewer records, but was still a phenomenal smash hit. Can't Buy Me Love had advance orders of over one million, and became the group's fourth UK number one single.


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[EDUCATIVE] All Facts About POLIO!!!
Polio (also known as poliomyelitis) is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system. Children younger than 5 years old are more likely to contract the virus than any other group.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in 200 polio infections will result in permanent paralysis. However, the disease has been largely eradicated thanks to the development of a polio vaccine.
The most recent WHO poll, in 2010, reported only 1,352 cases of polio worldwide. (WHO)
Thanks to the polio vaccine, the U.S. has not had a reported case of polio since 1979. However, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria still have frequent outbreaks.
There are three types of polio infections:
Sub-clinical: Approximately 95 percent of polio cases are sub-clinical, and patients may not experience any symptoms. This form of polio does not affect the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord).
Non-paralytic: This form, which does affect the central nervous system, produces only mild symptoms and does not result in paralysis.
Paralytic: This is the rarest and most serious form of polio, which produces full or partial paralysis in the patient. There are three types of paralytic polio ~> spinal polio (affects the spine), bulbar polio (affects the brainstem), and bulbospinal polio (affects the spine and
Post-polio syndrome is a complication that can occur after a person has caught and recovered from poliovirus. Symptoms of the syndrome can appear up to 35 years after the polio infection.
What Causes Polio?
Poliovirus is often transmitted from person-to-person through fecal matter. People living in areas with limited access to running water or flush toilets often get the virus from drinking water contaminated by human waste that contains the virus.
In addition, the virus can be spread by contaminated food or water or direct contact with another infected person. According to the May Clinic, the virus that causes polio is so contagious that anyone living with an infected person will likely become infected themselves. ( Mayo Clinic)
Pregnant women, people with weakened immune systems, such as HIV+ people, and young children are the most susceptible to the polio virus. If you have not been vaccinated, you increase your risk of contracting polio by:
Traveling to an area that has had a recent polio outbreak, Taking care of or living with someone infected with polio, Handling a laboratory specimen of the virus, Having your tonsils removed, Extreme stress which can compromise immune system function.
Recognizing the Symptoms of Polio
Sub-clinical polio may not trigger noticeable symptoms. In fact it is estimated that 95 to 99 percent of infected patients are asymptomatic. In the five percent of polio cases in which patients do experience symptoms, they can range from mild to severe. Paralytic polio (polio that leads to paralysis) has more severe symptoms and can be fatal. Patients with non-paralytic polio experience mild, flu-like symptoms.
Sub-Clinical Polio
If patients do have symptoms, they usually last for 72 hours or less and may include:
Headache, sore (red) throat, Slight fever, Vomiting, General discomfort.
Non-Paralytic Polio
The symptoms of non paralytic polio may last for a couple of days to a week or two and includes:
Fever, Sore throat in the absence of upper respiratory infection, Headache, Vomiting, Fatigue, Abnormal reflexes, Problems swallowing and/or breathing, Back and neck pain and stiffness, particularly neck stiffness with forward flexion of the neck, Arm and leg pain or stiffness, Muscle tenderness and spasms.
Paralytic Polio
People with paralytic polio experience the symptoms associated with non-paralytic polio first. Soon after, the following symptoms appear:
Loss of reflexes,
Severe spasms and muscle pain, Loose and floppy limbs, sometimes on just one side of the body this is due to the weakness which results from the involvement of the spine, sudden paralysis (temporary or permanent), Deformed limbs (especially the hips, ankles, and feet due to prolonged weakenss and the lack of appropriate orthopedic bracing).
Full paralysis can eventually develop, but it is rare. Only about one percent of all polio cases will result in a person being permanently paralyzed. Of those patients who experience paralysis, five to 10 percent will die when the paralysis attacks the muscles that control breathing. ( CDC)
Post-Polio Syndrome
The symptoms of post-polio syndrome are:
Continuing muscle and joint weakness, Muscle pain that gets worse, Becoming easily exhausted or fatigued, Muscle wasting also called muscle atrophy, Trouble breathing and/or swallowing, Sleep related breathing problems (sleep apnea), Becoming easily cold.
How Do Doctors Diagnose Polio?
Doctors will use the patient's reported symptoms to help determine whether he or she has polio. During a physical examination, a doctor may notice that the patient has impaired reflexes, back and neck stiffness, or difficulty lifting his or her head while lying flat.
To definitively diagnose polio, a doctor will take a sample of the patient's throat secretions, stool, or cerebrospinal fluid (fluid surrounding the brain and
spinal cord). The sample is then tested to see if it contains poliovirus and if the cells in the cerebrospinal fluid demonstrate changes consistent with what is called aseptic meningitis (a brain infection)
How Do Doctors Treat Polio?
There is no cure for polio. Doctors can only treat the symptoms while the infection runs its course. The most common treatments include:
•Painkillers to relieve headaches, Muscle aches, and muscle spasms.
•Antibiotics for urinary tract infections
•Portable ventilators to help with breathing
•Physical therapy and/or corrective braces to help with walking
•Heating pads or warm towels to ease muscle aches and spasms
•Physical therapy to treat pain in the affected muscles
•Physical therapy to address breathing and pulmonary problems and then pulmonary rehabilitation to increase the patient's
•Pulmonary endurance as the acute breathing problems improve
•In advanced cases of leg weakness, when a patient has difficulty walking he or she may
need a wheelchair or other mobility device.
How to Prevent Polio
The best way to prevent polio is to get vaccinated.
The vaccine is called inactivated polio vaccine, or IPV for short.
The vaccine contains a dead (inactive) form of the polio virus. The vaccine cannot cause polio. After getting the vaccine, the body learns to attack the polio virus if the person is exposed to it. As a result the person is very unlikely to get sick with polio.


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HopCat drafts tap-takeover 'world record'
The new HopCat East Lansing was already looking to go big with its 100-tap bar — Michigan's largest draft-beer setup.
But at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the restaurant and bar said it plans to open its doors for the first time and set a "world record" for the most brews on tap from a single brewery, with 100 beers on tap from Bellaire-based Short's Brewing Co.
All of Short's year-round and seasonal beers will be available, as well as plenty that have never been released.
The previous tap-takeover record was 62 by Sierra Nevada and Cannery Row Brewing Co.
The event has been six months in the making.
"We wanted to launch HopCat East Lansing with a bang by doing something unique that no one has ever done before," said Mark Sellers, owner of BarFly Ventures, HopCat's holding company. "This partnership with Short's, another Michigan company that makes some of the world's most creative beers, is a reflection of our commitment to supporting Michigan breweries."
HopCat and Short's
Sellers is a graduate of Michigan State University's Broad School of Business and spent 11 years in the area, and one of Short's partners, Scott Newman-Bale, went to Michigan State as well.
Short's owner, Joe Short, has held an annual tap takeover at HopCat Grand Rapids for his birthday in recent years.
"Working with HopCat to attempt this record has been one of the most exciting challenges we've accepted at Short's," said Short. "We've brought out all of our year-round brews, some seasonal favorites and an amazing selection of some new, experimental recipes that guests will be able to try for the first time."
Crack Fries for a year
But Thursday isn't all about beer.
The first 200 patrons in the door will receive an order of the restaurant's famous Crack Fries once a week for a year, and every guest in the door on Thursday will be given a free order of the fries.
HopCat East Lansing and Short's Brewing Co. 100-tap takeover
Abnormal Genius 8.30% Imperial English Golden Ale w/honey and sunflower seeds
Ale la Reverend 4.00% American IPA/Session IPA
Alien Einstein 5.50% Low gluten India Pale Lager
Alter Spalter 5.20% Altbier
Anniversary Ale 9.30% Wheat Wine w/ blood oranges and green peppercorns
Aorta Ale 8.30% Double Red Ale
Autumn Ale 6.00% Extra Special Bitter
Aww Jeah 9.00% Double IPA
Beach Wheat 4.50% Hefeweizen
Beard of Zeus 4.50% India Pale Lager w/ Zeus hops bitter orange peel
Bellaire Brown 7.00% American Brown
Ben's Asthma 11.00% Imperial Oatwine
Black Cherry Porter 7.00% Robust Porter w/ black cherries
Bloody Beer 7.00% Herb/Spiced Beer
Bludgeon Yer Eye 6.20% Black IPA
Bludgeon Yer Spruce 6.40% Experimental Cream Ale brewed w/ blue spruce tips
Bonafide Legit 6.00% American IPA w/ 100% Summit hops from Michigan
Bourbon Aphasia 8.00% Old Ale aged in bourbon barrels
Bourbon Evil Urges Belgian Dark Strong Ale aged in bourbon barrels w/ vanilla
Bourbon Huma 7.30% American IPA aged in bourbon barrels
Bourbon Sustenance 6.50% Schwarzbier aged in bourbon barrels
Bourbon Wizard 11.80% American Barleywine aged in bourbon barrels
Captain Fantasy 6.70% Pear Saison
Carob Stout 6.40% Imperial Stout w/ carob
Cerveza De Julie 5.00% Mexican Lager w/ key limes
Chocolate Wheat 6.10% American Porter
Cinnabilly 7.00% Cinnamon Dopplebock
Controversius Maximus 8.50% Double IPA
Crunchy Grooves 5.25% Bohemiam Pilsner
Cup A Joe Coffee Crème Stout 7.00% American Stout w/ Higher Grounds espresso beans and milk sugar
Dan's Pink Skirt 6.40% American IPA
Dirty Sturks 8.20% Imperial Chocolate Stout
Dolly Dagger 7.40% Imperial Belgian Hoppy Red Ale
Dr. Zeus 4.50% Low Gluten IPA
Dubbel Down 7.40% Belgium Dubbel
Earl of Brixom 3.90% English Mild Ale
Empress Catherine 8.00% Russian Imperial Stout
Evil Urges 8.50% Beligan Dark Strong Ale
Freedom of '78 6.90% Fruit Beer/American IPA
Ginger in the Rye 7.00% Rye Munich Ale w/ real ginger
Gingersnap 7.80% English Dark Brown Ale with cinnamon, molasses and ginger
Gone Commando Vienna Lager w/ currants
Good Feller 8.50% Imperial American IPA
Goodnight Bodacious 9.00% Imperial Black IPA
Goodnight Jr 7.50% India Brown Ale
Hale Mary 4.50% Belgian Pale Ale
Honey Badger 8.60% India Black Ale w/ orange blossom honey
Hopstache 5.70% American IPA
Howlin' Chinaski 6.50% Dortmunder Lager
Huma Lupa Licious 7.70% American IPA
In the Wheat of Passion 5.00% American Wheat Ale w/ passion fruit
Irish Red 4.50% Classic Irish-Style Red Ale
Juicy Tree 7.50% An experimental India Pale Ale w/ blue spruce tips, juniper berries, and cranberries
Key Lime Pie 5.50% Experimental dessert beer with fresh limes, milk sugar, graham cracker, and marshmallow fluff
Kick Back 4.50% India Pale Lager
Kind Ale 5.50% Harvest Ale w/ 100% Michigan hops
Kiwi Destroy Mission 6.80% An experimental kiwi Saison
Kölsch 45 4.80% Kölsch
Lession Siberator 3.70% Session IPA
Liberator 7.50% Double IPA w/ lemon and orange zest
Lil Wheezy 7.00% Heavily hopped Amber Lager
Local's Light Beer 4.00% American Light Lager
Love Knife 6.70% Belgian Ale
MMMKAY 5.00% India Pale Lager
Mr. Biscuits 7.10% Experimental American Ale
Night Wheeler 4.00% Session Black Lager
Noble Chaos 5.75% Marzen
Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster 8.40% Imperial Belgian IPA
Pandemonium Pale Ale 6.40% American Pale Ale
Peaches & Creme Ale 8.30% Golden Ale w/ lactose and fresh peaches
Pontius Road Pilsner 5.20% American Pilsner
Prolonged Enjoyment 3.50% Session IPA
Publican Porter 9.00% Imperial Porter
Rhu Caliente 4.50% Belgian India White Ale
Richard In The Dirt 9.00% Belgian Trippel
Rye Not? 6.50% American Rye IPA
S'more Stout 6.50% Robust Stout w/ milk chocolate, marshmallow and graham cracker
Saison du Short's 6.00% Saison
Second Wind Rudi 4.20% Light hoppy lager w/ Dr. Rudi hops
Soft Parade 7.50% Fruit Infused Rye Ale
Son of Samurai 5.57% Red Saison
Spruce Pilsner 7.00% Double Pilsner w/ Northern Michigan blue spruce
Stray Cat Street Fighting For The Devil 8.00% Old Ale/Fruit Beer
Stroker Ace 4.00% Session IPA
Superfluid 7.00% Imperial IPA
Sustenance 6.00% Schwarzbier
Sweet Taters 8.40% Brown Ale w/ sweet potatoes, molasses, and brown sugar
The Curl (2006) 7.00% Imperial Pilsner
The Gambler 6.00% Tobacco themed IPA aged in bourbon barrels w/ lapsong souchong and rubious tea leaves
The Magician 5.30% Dark Red London Ale
Thirst Mutilator 6.00% Munich Helles
Uncle Steve's Irish Stout (Nitro) 4.50% Dry Irish Stout
Van Dammage 6.55% Belgian IPA
Vanilla Porter 5.50% American Porter w/ Tahitian vanilla beans
Village Reserve 4.50% California Common Ale
White Falcon 5.50% Belgian White Ale
Wit Happens 4.90% Witbier
Woodmaster 9.00% Double Brown Ale w/ toasted pecans and Michigan maple syrup
Wowee Zowee 6.00% Golden Ale w/ fresh mint and mango
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He showed off his talents on "American Idol," but now Alex Lambert is sleeping on the street.
Lambert, 20, made the show's top 16 during season nine. When he was finally ousted, it was widely seen as a surprise, given the Texan's impressive performances of "Wonderful World" and Ray LaMontagne's "Trouble." More than 19,000 people, including actress Demi Moore, signed a petition demanding his reinstatement..
Lambert, who went on to star in "If I Can Dream," an Internet reality series about struggling actors, models and musicians, recently tweeted that he is on the streets and at wit's end.
"Ever since "IICD" ended I've been kinda homeless!" Lambert tweeted. "Sleepin on the street and behind buildings. I have a choice to stay and pursue my career or go back to Texas and not do music! I'm usually a strong person but I can't take it anymore."
Still, Lambert, who is not related to past Idol winner Adam Lambert, he hasn't given up on a music career.
"I'm a poor boy yall! Never had nothin in my life," Lambert blogged. "Please be grateful for everything you have. Because there's people out there with nothing! There's no way I'll ever stop making music as long as I live."
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Oakland's decision to let left tackle Jared Veldheer walk away was one of the more curious decisions of free agency. The huge contract the team awarded to tackle Rodger Saffold was even wackier.
Now the news has descended into Raiders-level strangeness: The team announced Wednesday that Saffold failed his physical and would not be signing with Oakland.
It's a blow for Saffold, who agreed to a five-year, $42.5 million contract with $21 million guaranteed on Tuesday. But he rebounded quickly. NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported that Saffold agreed to return to the St. Louis Rams on a new five-year contract worth $31.7 million, with $19.5 million guaranteed.
The Rams knew his injury history and his production, although Saffold will surely accept less money in St. Louis. He is expected to play guard for the Rams, although he has flexibility to play offensive tackle.
The news puts a huge dent in the Raiders' free-agent plans. The other top tackles are now off the market, and the team had targeted Saffold days before free agency started to take over its left tackle position.
"One of the worst days of my life as a professional," one Raiders source told NFL Media columnist Michael Silver. A Raiders source told Silver that Raiders owner Mark Davis pulled the plug on the Saffold deal. Saffold could have had shoulder surgery and been ready for training camp, but Davis said no.
Michael Oher and Zach Strief are two mid-level options that are still available. The Raiders also signed former New York Jet Austin Howard to a shockingly large contract Tuesday.
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Gold Man promises to turn your ordinary toilet into a urinal. When it's time to pee, just place the Gold Man on the toilet, and there you have it, a big porthole for your piss that supposedly keeps all that messy splashing off the bathroom floor, walls and ceiling. When you're done, you simply place the Gold Man back on its specially made base that sits next to the toilet.
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1. Describe an early food experience that has influenced the way you think about food and/or cooking.I was fortunate to grow up feeling that food was synonymous with family. With two grandmothers who expressed love through cooking and feeding their family and friends, some of my best memories are around a dining table. Food was also fun -- as the oldest of four, I remember having pizza-making contests with my dad. We (kids) choose a dough recipe, a sauce recipe, and all our own toppings, while my dad did the same using different recipes. I am sure our pizza was always the best.
2. What's your least favorite kitchen task?My least favorite task is definitely washing greens for a salad. I'm not exactly sure why...but if you do it, I'll make the dressing!
3. If you could only have one tool in your kitchen, what would it be and why?This is a tough question. I think I have to go with a good, sharp knife because while many kitchen tools can be improvised with a good hack, without a sharp knife, it is going to be difficult to slice, chop, or eat that beautiful piece of meat (or kabocha pumpkin).
4. What is your idea of comfort food?A steaming bowl of broth with noodles, preferably with some spice, always hits the spot.
5. What is your greatest kitchen disaster?Thankfully I have not had any spectacular ones to date (spectacular to me connotes fire and blood). However, this past Christmas as I was preparing breakfast for visiting family, I averted near disaster. I will say that I have a weird energy when it comes to electronics (let's just say I've crashed my share of computers for no apparent reason). Anyway, right before my family arrived, as I started filling serving bowls, I tried to use the microwave and it suddenly stopped working. No matter, I told myself, no time to waste! I moved on to the oven, took out a pan of fiveandspice's Orange Scented Olive Oil Sticky Buns and then when I tried to turn it off, it went into "Self-Cleaning" mode and a fan started to whir (which had never happened before). I was very happy to see my mom, who swooped in and saved the day (read: she was able to use the microwave and turn off my oven).
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MILLEDGEVILLE - The Georgia Southwestern tennis teams lost their Peach Belt Conference openers at Georgia College on Saturday afternoon. The GSW women's team had its best showing against the nationally-ranked Bobcats since joining the NCAA in 2007.
The Hurricanes won at No. 1 doubles against the 16th-ranked Bobcats.
Jake Koonce and Evgeniy Vinogradov picked up GSW's lone win when they defeated Johan Wadstein and Andreas Ainalides, 8-2.
Koonce forced a third set at No. 2 singles and Tommy Cangelosi lost a match-deciding, 10-point tiebreaker at No. 6.
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Singles competition
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2. Andreas Ainalides (GC-M) def. Jake Koonce (GSW-M) 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
3. Alex Schubert (GC-M) def. Joseph Bjerregaard (GSW-M) 6-0, 6-4
4. Yannick Hass (GC-M) def. Matt Vansant (GSW-M) 6-1, 6-2
5. Wictor Andersson (GC-M) def. Valentin Demande (GSW-M) 6-0, 7-6
6. Taylor Powell (GC-M) def. Tommy Cangelosi (GSW-M) 6-3, 5-7, 10-3
Doubles competition
1. Jake Koonce/Evgeniy Vinogradov (GSW-M) def. Johan Wadstein/Andreas Ainalides (GC-M) 8-2
2. Wictor Andersson/Yannick Hass (GC-M) def. Chris Eastwood/Tommy Cangelosi (GSW-M) 8-4
3. Taylor Powell/Alex Schubert (GC-M) def. Joseph Bjerregaard/Matt Vansant (GSW-M) 8-5
Match Notes:
Georgia Southwestern 1-2
Georgia College 3-1; National ranking #16; Regional ranking #5
The Lady Hurricanes picked up a win in doubles play before earning one victory in singles.
Kalie Douberly and newcomer Taylor Jones notched their third victory in four tries this season at No. 2 doubles with an 8-2 victory over May Johnson and Leah Pridgeon.
Ginny Jones improved to 3-1 in singles in 2013 when she cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4 against Pridgeon.
Georgia Southwestern at Georgia College
Feb 16, 2013
#19 Georgia College 7, Georgia Southwestern 2
Singles competition
1. Ivana Marevic (GC-W) def. Kalie Douberly (GSW-W) 7-6, 6-2
2. May Johnson (GC-W) def. Carly Cangelosi (GSW-W) 6-4, 6-0
3. Kayla Barksdale (GC-W) def. Victoria Ondo (GSW-W) 6-2, 6-0
4. Ginny Jones (GSW-W) def. Leah Pridgeon (GC-W) 6-0, 6-2
5. Katie Krupp (GC-W) def. Taylor Jones (GSW-W) 7-5, 6-2
6. Michelle Lingner (GC-W) def. Melinda Vansant (GSW-W) 6-0, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Katie Krupp/Kayla Barksdale (GC-W) def. Carly Cangelosi/Victoria Ondo (GSW-W) 8-5
2. Kalie Douberly/Taylor Jones (GSW-W) def. May Johnson/Leah Pridgeon (GC-W) 8-2
3. Ivana Marevic/Michelle Lingner (GC-W) def. Ginny Jones/Mollie McGowan (GSW-W) 8-1
Match Notes:
Georgia Southwestern 2-2
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Cookbook For BYOD & Virtualization in Schools: "Teaching 24 X 7…"
Special guest interview with Charlie Kanavel, CEO of The Kanavel Group; former Director, Technology, Campbell Union High School District – Campbell, CA
Mr. Kanavel is CEO of The Kanavel Group, a consulting and services firm focused on technology in government and education. The Kanavel Group specializes in taking clients from "WOW" to "HOW", merging cutting edge technology with its clients long term strategic objectives.
As the Director of Technology at Campbell Union High School District, he was responsible for notable projects in California and the nation: through the development of on-line hybrid courses using Cisco WebEx, he was the first to deploy them in the California K-12 education space. Working with Sony Corporation, he was the first to pilot Sony eReaders to replace textbooks in K-12 education nationwide. Mr. Kanavel was also awarded Honorable Mention at Citrix Synergy 2010 for deploying virtualization in education. Formerly Mr. Kanavel distinguished himself in IT and compliance leadership in financial markets worldwide.
Charlie, welcome, and thanks for joining us. In K-12 today, the #1 issue is BYOD. Unlike a full 1:1 rollout where every child gets the same device, under BYOD how do superintendents & IT leaders address the equity divide among students so we ensure all have equal access to the same content?
Thank you for having me join today, Frank. I think for the past 10 years we in education have done a lot to bring technology in education forward into the on-line world. However, we have also made educational resources inside and outside the classroom very broadband and computer-centric. So to have full access to the resources made available by most schools today, you need a computer at home. This digital divide is very real in today's schools and BYOD as a strategy gives districts a real way to solve this problem.
Today "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) in schools like KATY as a strategy is something many superintendents and boards are looking to embrace because it:
- Engages student learning on devices they are comfortable with;
- Reduces district IT spend and refresh budget cycles since students bring their own resources;
- Allows districts to focus limited budgetary dollars on those students who have no access.
This last point is perhaps the one that has the most significant impact on academic achievement in schools. By providing a common set of digital resources to all students and focusing on helping those students who do NOT have access at home with devices, districts can ensure that all students have a level academic playing field.
One of the questions I hear most often when talking with schools about BYOD programs is: how do you determine who qualifies for district assistance in procuring a device? The recommendation I've made to my clients is use their existing free and reduced lunch program guidelines as a qualifier for district-sponsored devices. If the student qualifies for a free and reduced lunch, and does not have access at home, the district can provide them with a tablet or other device. Utilizing this program also has other benefits; some DSL providers (AT&T & Verizon) offer significantly reduced DSL plans for the home for families that qualify.
And what about infrastructure and planning? For instance, we've seen use of video explode after BYOD implementations, what are my top issues to consider here and how do I communicate these goals to parents?
Network infrastructure is a critical piece of the puzzle when considering a 1:1 or BYOD program. In particular, enterprise level wi-fi is a major component of any successful BYOD program. While students may have tablets, smart phones, or laptops, they may not have cellular data plans associated with these devices. The main things to consider are wi-fi, web filtering, security and bandwidth. An influx of BYOD on campuses will tax wi-fi and bandwidth considerably, which may affect other resources teachers need to execute lesson plans on a daily basis. District IT staff can help ensure that these resources remain available with the help of a good web filter, traffic shaping on the LAN, and a robust security policy for BYOD devices.
However, just putting a device into a student's hand doesn't mean they will become instantly smarter. Some thought has to be given to what expectations are going to be put on those students once they all, or the majority of students, have access to devices and bandwidth. How will the lessons and projects change to incorporate this technology as an everyday asset? What are the expected student outcomes from using these devices on a daily basis, outside of really great You-tube videos?
Communication with parents is another key item in a BYOD program. They need to be informed of the goals in the program. Why is this good for students and who is responsible for the devices? As these are student-owned and parent provided, how are the students using these on a daily basis and how do the students continue learning on them while at home? Many districts use a website to communicate grades, homework and other classroom resources. This site is a good place to post BYOD polices for all parents to see. In five to ten years, students will be bringing tablets to school much like today they bring binders and backpacks.
Good thoughts, thanks Charlie. Virtualization is linked to BYOD. Can you take us through that connection – and discuss what should I be planning for on assets and infrastructure?
Districts who are looking to get the most out of their BYOD program should consider virtualization as a critical piece of the plan. Virtualization, in computing, is the creation of a virtual version of something, such as a hardware platform, operating system, a storage device or network resources. Virtualization in education has long been implemented around servers as a way to reduce IT spend and cut operational costs.
With recent popularity around 1:1 and BYOD, districts should think about implementing desktop and application virtualization as a way to present a unified set of curricular resources anywhere, on any device students have access to. It is easy for districts to purchase tablets, or other devices, but how do you manage thousands of them? How do you ensure that the curricular resources being accessed by these devices are all the same version, are compatible with the devices and are being 100% utilized?
Many districts have begun adopting iPads, which are fantastic devices, but with iPads alone you are limited to only the applications that are available in the AppStore. If teachers have not spent any professional development time learning about tablets or have not changed their curriculum and lesson plans to match iPad apps, you have a serious disconnect brewing. By leveraging virtualization, teachers can utilize the same applications they have in their classrooms via tablets like the iPad, or at home on student owned machines, without much change to the lesson plans or other curricular resources. This singularity has an amazing effect in making sure the teachers lesson stays consistent inside and outside of the classroom.
I have a saying, "virtualization drives standardization", and this is especially true with education. As you move through the path of deciding what should be virtualized and presented to students and staff as resources, you begin choosing a single version of an application because presenting them all is much too costly and time-consuming. One of the core benefits of virtualizing is that education and IT begin to work together to present education as an on-demand service, which is really what teachers mean when they use phrases like "extending the learning time".
By making the same resources available outside the classroom, anywhere on any device, the student curriculum becomes an on-demand resource that can be accessed when the student is ready to learn, even if the teacher is not present. Following this line of thought, you can see why so many districts are moving towards virtualization. The next step is deciding what resources, content, applications, curricular materials, assessments, etc. would be best suited to help advance student learning and academic achievement.
Frank — you asked about infrastructure: for me it's the three "S"s…Servers, SAN and Software. These are the three things you need to begin virtualizing desktops, applications and servers. The best solution I've found so far is Cisco UCS for the blade servers, NetApp for the SAN and Citrix for the software. Citrix really performs well for desktop and application virtualization and VMware works well for server virtualization. However, none of this can be achieved without a strong core network. A good network assessment is the first step in determining if you are ready to begin implementing virtualization in your district.
Interesting points Charlie. Can you give our readers an example of how a district implemented these technologies?
There have been several districts who have adopted these technologies. Katy Schools in Texas, Mooresville Schools in North Carolina, and the Diocese Schools of San Jose in California are all examples.
OK – finally, I need to tie the whole plan around infrastructure. Any idea on best practices to tackle this?
As a summary – here are six steps to think about:
- Start with a set of curricular goals with a focus on what the technology can do to help achieve or advance those goals.
- Conduct a network assessment, from the district office down to the classroom. Inventory and assess what assets are in place, what is missing and what needs to be upgraded.
- Build a plan, from the district office, to the school site, to the classroom to the students home. How does the technology broadcast the lesson, the same way, to all locations?
- Build the infrastructure with milestones and achievable outcomes. Don't try to do it all at one time, frame and build the technology up in pilots and stages.
- Create a set of reporting guidelines to track expected outcomes. Is the technology being implemented and deployed in a way that supports your curricular goals? What are the expected student achievement outcomes and how are they being reported? Report what works and what doesn't work, then make the necessary changes to remediate what doesn't work. Find the gaps, and plug them.
- Professional development, professional development, professional development. If you are providing teachers with new technology, make sure they are proficient with the technology before they begin using it in their lessons. Build cohorts of teachers to help provide peer support and follow-up training for those who need additional help.
That's a great point you made on milestones and plan – absolutely necessary to remember. Any key conclusions you can summarize for our readers?
A teacher once told me, "If I can't use the technology in my daily lesson plan, I won't use it." I think this is a common perception among many teachers because education and technology can change so fast. If the technology isn't implemented in a way that has an immediate impact on student outcomes, both students and teachers will abandon it for something that will. In this on-demand world, students expect to have their resources available to them whenever they want, wherever they want. Students today want the ability to learn 24/7 and teachers need to consider how they are going to "teach in a 24/7 world."
At the end of the day, it's really all about student outcomes.
Thank-you Charlie.
Charlie Kanavel can be reached at: email@example.com
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Buffalo wing
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|Buffalo chicken wings Chicken wings
|Place of origin
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|Teressa and Frank Bellissimo
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|Appetizer, main course
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A Buffalo wing or Buffalo chicken wing in the cuisine of the United States is a chicken wing section (wingette or drumette) that is generally deep-fried, unbreaded, and coated in vinegar-based cayenne pepper hot sauce and butter.[1] They are traditionally served hot, along with celery sticks and/or carrot sticks with blue cheese or ranch dressing for dipping. There are also boneless wings, from which the humerus and other bones have been removed.
Cayenne pepper hot sauce and melted butter or margarine are the basis of the sauce, which may be mild, medium, or hot. Typically, the wings are deep-fried in oil (although they are sometimes grilled or baked) until they are well browned. They are then drained, mixed with sauce, and shaken to coat the wings, completely covering them in the sauce.
There are several different claims about how Buffalo wings were invented.[2][3]
One of the more prevalent claims is that Buffalo wings were first prepared at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, by Teressa Bellissimo,[3][4] who owned the bar with husband Frank. Several versions of the story have been circulated by the Bellissimo family and others:
- Upon the unannounced, late-night arrival of their son, Dominic, with several of his friends from college, Teressa needed a fast and easy snack to present to her guests. It was then that she came up with the idea of deep frying chicken wings (normally thrown away or reserved for stock) and tossing them in cayenne hot sauce.[2][3][5][6]
- Dominic Bellissimo (Frank and Teressa's son) told The New Yorker reporter Calvin Trillin in 1980: "It was Friday night in the bar and since people were buying a lot of drinks he wanted to do something nice for them at midnight when the mostly Catholic patrons would be able to eat meat again." He stated that it was his mother, Teressa, who came up with the idea of chicken wings.[2][3]
- There was mis-delivery of wings instead of backs and necks for making the bar's spaghetti sauce. Faced with this unexpected resource, Frank Bellissimo says that he asked Teressa to do something with them.[2][3]
However, a long article about the Anchor Bar in a local newspaper in 1969 does not mention Buffalo wings.[7]
Another claim is that a man named John Young served chicken wings in a special "mambo sauce" at his Buffalo restaurant in the mid-1960s. His wings were breaded. Young had registered the name of his restaurant, John Young's Wings 'n Things, at the county courthouse before leaving Buffalo in 1970.[2][3][8]
Marketing materials for Frank's RedHot claim that it was the hot sauce used in the Bellissimos' original recipe.[9]
Growth and popularity
The city of Buffalo officially declared July 29, 1977, to be Chicken Wing Day.[10]
Buffalo wings have become a popular bar food and appetizer across the United States and Canada. Large franchises specializing in Buffalo wings have emerged, notably Buffalo Wild Wings founded in 1982. As the market got larger, restaurants began to use a variety of sauces in addition to buffalo sauce. These sauces generally take influences from Chinese, Japanese, Caribbean, and Indian cuisines. Because of the mess caused by eating Buffalo wings, it is now common for restaurants to offer boneless "wings" that can be eaten with a fork.[citation needed] These are essentially small chicken tenders coated or spun in sauce. Many American-style restaurants in other countries will offer Buffalo chicken wings on their menus, especially if they also function as a bar.[citation needed]
Buffalo wings are used in competitive eating events, such as Philadelphia's Wing Bowl and at the National Buffalo Wing Festival. It has also become commonplace for restaurants to offer a wing eating contest[11] featuring a customer eating a certain number of wings, coated in their hottest sauce. Many bars and restaurants intentionally create an extra-hot sauce for this purpose, and customers are usually rewarded with a picture on the wall or free meal.[citation needed]
On television
The first mention of Buffalo wings on national television may have been on NBC's Today show in the 1980s.[citation needed] The dish gained prominence nationally after the Buffalo Bills' four consecutive appearances in the Super Bowl from 1991-1994 focused considerable media attention to the area for an extended period of time, giving Buffalo cuisine significant nationwide exposure. Clips showing cooks preparing the dish continue to be featured on nationally televised sporting events involving the Buffalo Bills and to a lesser extent the Buffalo Sabres.
The appellation "Buffalo" is also now commonly applied to foods other than wings, including chicken fingers, chicken fries, chicken nuggets, popcorn chicken, shrimp, and pizza that are seasoned with the Buffalo-style sauce or variations of it.
The flavor of Buffalo wings is replicated by a number of dishes. A common variation on the "buffalo" sauce flavor is found in potato chips produced by a number of different companies. Many of these "Buffalo Chips" also incorporate a blue cheese flavoring to simulate the complete Buffalo wing experience.
Today, there are many flavors of prepared wings (wingettes and drumettes) available, besides the original hot Buffalo style. Flavors include barbecue, lemon pepper, pepper Parmesan, garlic, sweet-and-sour, honey mustard, Thai chili, and Caribbean jerk. Since the first introduction, restaurants have introduced hundreds of different flavors of chicken wings.
See also
- ↑ Horwitz, Jeremy (January 1, 2008). "Chicken Wings, or, Why people Know About Buffalo". Buffalo Chow.com. Retrieved November 18, 2009.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Harmon, John E. "On the Wings of a Buffalo or "Mother Teressa's Wings"". Atlas of Popular Culture in the Northeastern United States. Retrieved January 20, 2008.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Trillin, Calvin (August 25, 1980). "An Attempt To Compile A Short History of the Buffalo Chicken Wing". The New Yorker Magazine. Retrieved 2008-01-22.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Primal Grill with Steven Raichlen, PBS, August 8, 2008
- ↑ "AnchorBar - Origins of the original Buffalo Chicken Wing". AnchorBar.com. Retrieved January 6, 2008.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Peggy Trowbridge Filippone. "Buffalo Wings History - The origins of Buffalo Chicken Wings". About.com. Retrieved January 20, 2008.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Article in the Courier-Express in 1969 cited by Trillin
- ↑ "James Beard Foundation". THE 2003 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION COCA-COLA AMERICA'S CLASSICS AWARDS. Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2008.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Frank's RedHot FAQs. "http://www.FranksRedHot.com/faqs". Retrieved February 10, 2012. External link in
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- ↑ "Chicken Wing-Eating Competitions Across America". Retrieved 2015-08-24.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
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Some of our top chefs and food writers - Al Brown, Graham Brown, Peter Gordon, Annabel Langbein, Robert Oliver and Charles Royal - will appear at the Frankfurt Book Fair as part of its associated Culinary Festival. Under the banner New Zealand Is Cooking, they will deliver showcases and demonstrations in the NZ Pavilion.
Peter Gordon, Al Brown, Graham Brown and Charles Royal are also each taking over a Frankfurt restaurant for a night to cook a menu made with fresh New Zealand produce, while wine writer Michael Cooper will host a three-course menu of Frankfurt cuisine matched by New Zealand wines.
While there has been some criticism that New Zealand is incorporating food events in its FBF programme, Ministry of Heritage and Culture chief Lewis Holden is unapologetic.
"Some have sniffily said it's all a bit low-rent at a high-end book fair but we have approached this very much as NZ Inc," he says.
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Friday's Al's Big Night with Al Brown at Margarete restaurant has already sold out. "I am taking myself, my aprons and my knives up there," says Brown, who runs Depot in Auckland and Logan Brown Restaurant in Wellington.
"I take a lot of preps with me, organise things like fresh Cloudy Bay clams coming up there, fresh New Zealand grouper, venison, relishes and bits and pieces, and then I will prep and cook most of it. But," he laughs, "I am as nervous as hell."
Brown's menu will start with a "koha" - a large clam shell filled with five fresh Cloudy Bay clams with a lime and ginger syrup; followed by roasted grouper with kale, a tomato and clam sauce, and basil mayonnaise; venison two ways, with cherry relish; and a dessert Brown describes as "setting myself up for a fall, a nod to where I am": a tamarillo and apple strudel.
His menu will be complemented by Quartz Reef wines from central Otago, presented by winemaker Rudi Bauer.
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Ingrid Backstromwrote a review of Volkl Kiku Ski - Women's on September 4, 2013
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As Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast this week, the so-called "Frankenstorm" exposed the dark underbelly of Mitt Romney's plans to delegate core federal responsibilities to the states and to blindly impose a 5 percent, across-the-board budget cut to all discretionary programs "excluding military."
The true impact of a Romney presidency would be a federal government ill-equipped to coordinate a response to a regional natural disaster like this one, and agencies hobbled in their ability to provide storm forecasting, emergency housing – even Superfund cleanup in the toxic aftermath of a storm.
Here are the five most damaging cuts that a President Romney would seek "on Day One" from the agencies that are essential for federal storm response:
1) FEMA: Cut $500 million
Romney's budget cut would slash Federal Emergency Management Agency funding by nearly half a billion dollars. And the Republican nominee has gone even farther, suggesting a far more radical plan for FEMA: disband it and throw its duties back to the states. Asked about the agency during an early GOP primary debate, Romney said that disaster relief was a state responsibility, and might even be privatized. "Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states," Romney said, "that's the right direction. And if you can go even further, and send it back to the private sector, that's even better."
2) NOAA: Cut $255 million
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is responsible for daily weather forecasts and severe storm warnings. It runs the National Weather Service and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service; those amazing pictures you've been seeing of Sandy from space are courtesy of NOAA. The agency also operates a "hurricane hunter" fleet of jets and turboprops that fly directly into hurricanes to measure their intensity. Most important: NOAA coordinates federal climate science investigating the links between global warming and severe weather events.
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3) SuperFund: Cut $60 million
Sandy has already caused flooding of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal, an EPA-designated "SuperFund" site contaminated with toxins ranging from PCBs to heavy metals to untreated sewage. Superfund cleanup is chronically underfunded, resulting in painfully slow remediation work. The agency is just getting around to funding cleanup of toxics stirred up by the monster tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, in May 2011. And Mitt Romney wants to slash funding for this crucial work.
4) Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Cut $50 million
There were 16 nuclear power plants in the path of Hurricane Sandy. Enough said.
5) HUD: Cut $2.05 billion
The department of Housing and Urban Development rebuilds housing and restores neighborhoods in the aftermath of catastrophic storms. HUD spent more than $16 billion to help the Gulf Coast recover from Katrina in 2006. Under a Romney presidency, those efforts will be seriously hampered.
These cuts are just the beginning. On his website, Romney insists his aim is to wield a much heftier budget ax – "capping non-security discretionary spending below 2008 levels." Who knows what other critical federal services he'd eliminate or drastically reduce?


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Slacktory brings us this map of each state's top Netflix rentals. It's funny how many states coincide with movies about them — Braving Alaska, Montana Sky, The Oh In Ohio, The Alamo — so why is Maine's #1 choice is My Own Private Idaho? Oh, and Mississippi — Beverly Hills Chihuahua? You should ashamed of yourself.
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Divers have battled strong currents and murky waters to finally enter a South Korean ferry two days after it sank, as investigators revealed the captain was not at the helm when the vessel capsized with hundreds on board.
The unfolding tragedy was compounded by the apparent suicide of a high school vice principal who had been rescued from the 6825-tonne Sewol that sank on Wednesday morning with hundreds of his students trapped inside.
More than 48 hours after the ferry suddenly listed and capsized, exhausted dive teams – who waded through powerful currents – finally managed on Friday to access the interior.
After several attempts, two divers managed to pry open a door and enter the cargo section, a senior coastguard official said, briefing relatives of the missing.
Hours later another two-man team accessed one of the cabins, but found nothing.
"The search operation will continue through the night," the official said.
"Visibility is almost non-existent. You can hardly see your hand in front of you face," said one diver when he returned to the harbour at nearby Jindo island.
The confirmed death toll stood at 28, but the focus of concern remained on the 268 still unaccounted for.
Of the 475 people on board when the Sewol capsized, only 179 were rescued and no new survivors have been found since Wednesday.
Three giant, floating cranes reached the rescue site, but regional coastguard commander Kim Soo-Hyun stressed they would not begin lifting the multi-deck ferry until they were sure there were no survivors inside.
"I want to be clear: There won't be any salvage work done against the will of the families," Kim aid.
More than 350 of those on board were from the Danwon High School in Ansan city just south of Seoul.
Among the parents of those students still missing there was bitter resentment at what they saw as the inadequacy of the official response.
"It's been two days but no one has been brought out alive," complained Lee Yong-Gi, whose son was among the missing students.
"I firmly believe that the kids are alive. We need to rescue them as soon as possible. But officials are dragging their feet," Lee told AFP.
The initial public backlash has centred on the captain, Lee Joon-Seok, and his 28 crew, most of whom survived the disaster.
State prosecutors said preliminary investigations showed the third officer was at the helm of the ferry.
"The captain was not in command when the accident took place," prosecutor Park Jae-Eok told a press briefing.
The captain had apologised Thursday to the victims and their relatives, but offered no clear explanation for what caused the Sewol to capsize.
Tracking data from the Maritime Ministry showed that the ferry made a sharp turn just before sending its first distress signal.
Some experts believe a tight turn could have dislodged the heavy cargo manifest – including more than 150 vehicles – and destabilised the vessel, causing it to list heavily and then capsize.
But others suggested the turn might have been caused by a collision with a rock or other submerged object.
Chief prosecutor Lee Seong-Yoon stressed there was "no limit" to the range of the investigation.
"We will make sure… those responsible are sternly held accountable," Lee said.
As well as the cause of the disaster, investigators will be looking at why passengers were ordered to stay in their cabins and seats for up to 40 minutes after the ferry ran into trouble.
Furious relatives believe many more people would have escaped if they had reached evacuation points before the ship listed sharply and water started flooding in.
Newspaper editorials were scathing with the Dong-A Ilbo daily calling the rescue response "ludicrous".
"We have the world's finest shipbuilding industry in the 21st century, but our mindset is in the 19th century," the newspaper said.
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One day in late January, a few creative Californians dramatized the onset of climate change by filling a stretch of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills with snow and letting snowboarders show off in the sunshine.
Organizers of the stunt, however, weren't looking to inspire lifestyle changes or environmental activism. Their goal was to attract investment in the DWS Climate Change Fund, a five-month-old mutual fund that aims not to fight climate change but simply to profit from it.
"We're really tackling this as an investment opportunity, as opposed to being socially responsible or believing that you can change the world" through investing, says Antonio Galloni, product specialist for the DWS Climate Change Fund. "Climate change is one of the megatrends that will drive investment opportunity in the coming years and decades. It's going to affect every company and every sector."
As climate change becomes a mainstream issue, it's also gaining traction as an important theme for investors eager to profit from big trends emerging on the horizon. At least nine new mutual funds have launched in the United States and Europe over the past year to capitalize on the theme. Earlier this month, more than 400 institutional investors gathered at the United Nations for a summit on using investable assets to advance solutions to climate change.
But as the DWS Fund demonstrates, not all investment products with a climate-change theme are committed to finding solutions. What's more, strategies of climate-change-related funds vary wildly and lead to portfolios that sometimes have little in common with one another. This poses a challenge for investors aiming to put their money where their environmental values are. One risk: Despite intentions to the contrary, they could at times be profiting from climate change without doing much at all to fight it.
How investors can fight the good fight on this issue and still make money isn't easy. That's because the problem of a warming planet is colossal in scope and proposed solutions are largely still in development, according to Frank Coleman, executive vice president of Christian Brothers Investment Services, a money management firm charged with investing assets for Roman Catholic institutions.
Climate change-related funds "are all coming at it with different approaches," Mr. Coleman says, "because we don't know which approach is going to work or which are going to take hold in the minds of investors."
As world leaders debate what to do about climate change, mutual funds are in effect placing bets on which sectors and companies will thrive in a future, "carbon-constrained world." That's the view of Leslie Lowe, director of the energy and environment program at the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, a coalition of 275 faith-based institutional investors.
Yet because carbon isn't regulated as a pollutant, she says, industry analysts are just now developing techniques to determine which firms are most at risk in a setting marked by stiffer regulation.
"Tools for doing the analysis are really immature," Ms. Lowe says. "So anyone can say, 'I've got a green fund.' And who's to say any different?"
Nevertheless, researchers are educating investors on how to deploy assets both for profit and environmental solutions. This month, McKinsey Global Institute issued a report that says that with targeted annual investment of $170 billion, investors could cut in half the rate by which global demand for energy is projected to grow over the next 13 years. And they could do it while earning an average projected annual return of 17 percent.
The key, the report suggests, lies in getting more productivity per unit of energy consumed in four primary sectors – commercial, industrial, residential, and transportation. For solution-minded investors, this means putting their money in enterprises whose stock-in-trade involves energy-related services, such as engineering and design.
"We're optimistic about the opportunity here because we think it stands on its own" as a potentially profitable proposition, says MGI Director Diana Farrell. But, she adds, slowing global demand for energy "probably won't happen without thoughtful intervention" from regulators. Conversely, if governments raise minimum efficiency standards to fight climate change, she says, investors will likely back firms instrumental to such transitions and reap profits.
Despite its lack of a social mission, the DWS Climate Change Fund is structured to give exposure to this area of energy productivity, which MGI highlights as a top priority as demand climbs worldwide in coming years. Firms that make energy-saving products, such as high-quality insulation and compact fluorescent bulbs, make up 20 percent of the fund's holdings. Another 20 percent encompasses natural-resource management, including environmental consulting. The last 60 percent targets clean-technology, such as wind and solar stocks.
Meanwhile, funds with a bent toward finding solutions are taking divergent approaches. The Winslow Green Solutions Fund, which launched Nov. 1, weights the clean-energy sector most heavily in its portfolio. That's followed by resource efficiency, green building, and environmental services. Meanwhile, the Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund takes a more concentrated approach by focusing on renewable-energy producers, such as wind, solar, and tidal, and including utilities that foresee a growing role for renewables in their source mixes. Nuclear technology is largely left out due to Calvert's misgivings about waste disposal and safety issues.
"We do not want to encourage investment dollars going to nuclear at the expense of wind, solar, and biomass," says Bennett Freeman, senior vice president for social research and policy at Calvert. "We really think it's fundamentally important that those emerging renewables industries, those sectors, attract significant investment resources."
For investors, Calvert's bet on alternatives has been a roller coaster. After the fund's June launch, it earned a handsome 30 percent during the second half of 2007, a period when market turmoil sent the S&P 500 Index down more than 11 percent. But over the first five weeks of 2008, the fund gave up most of those profits as its net asset value fell by 22 percent.
Other funds, meanwhile, expect a host of sectors to be involved in responding to climate change. The Global Climate Change Equity Fund, available to Europeans from Schroders in the United Kingdom, includes among its top 10 holdings both nuclear giant Exelon and luxury auto manufacturer Rolls Royce. These and the fund's 72 other holdings are presumably well positioned to "benefit from efforts to accommodate the impact of global climate change."
In the US, the Spectra Green Fund takes a best-in-class approach by including companies that seem to be making environmental progress in less-than-green industries. Its holdings include oil titan British Petroleum and Coca Cola, whose usage of water resources has come under fire from environmentalists. Beyond the realm of mutual funds, six new exchange traded funds (ETFs) have launched within the past year with focuses in such climate solution-minded areas as clean energy and nuclear energy.
For now, the landscape is littered with opportunities for trial and error. And those concerned about climate change aren't disturbed one bit by all the interest in the subject. "These are all ways that groups are trying to grapple with the issues of climate change, producing renewable energies, finding alternative ways of consumption," Coleman says. "There's room for all of them."


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pmb777 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 156 diseños de 57 diseñadores freelance.
Biodigital Glue
I'm a software engineer. I worked for Apple on Mac OS X for 10 years, and I left to pursue my own projects. My business card title used to be "Biodigital Duct Tape" because I write code that connects people with computers. I've decided to use that phrase, simplified to "Biodigital Glue" as my own personal brand, to encompass the various software and hardware projects I'm working on.
My target audience is ordinary people who find technology both amazing and frustrating. I work to make things easier, simpler, more powerful, and fascinating.
I'm looking for a logo or multiple pieces of digital artwork that could be used on anything from an invoice run through a copy machine, business cards, a blog header image, up to a large banner hung outdoors.
I'm partial to a "poster art" style, with solid colors and lines. Also, it might be cliche, but the typical school glue bottle is an easily identifiable element, but not a strict requirement.
Sadly, I can't draw much more than stick figures (see http://biodigitalglue.com/ for my stab at this), but I have great respect for those of you who bend our digital tools to your will.
I'd like to end up with hi-resolution original format files (photoshop, illustrator, pixelmator, whatever tool you used), and PNGs.
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I catch the first whiff of explosives as we step through the doorway. A long and windowless corridor stretches into the distance. At its centre, a metal pipe – around a hand's width in diameter – is mounted horizontally between the grey concrete walls. After several metres, the pipe joins a rectangular block of steel, its components clamped together with enormous nuts and bolts.
"It's known as the fastest gun in the west," says Chuck Cornelison, head of Nasa's Ballistic Range Complex and my guide to the facility.
This cannon, at Nasa Ames in Silicon Valley, California, was built in the mid-1960s for the Apollo Moon missions. It was designed to simulate atmospheric re-entry by firing models of spacecraft down the tube towards a target.
Although from a bygone age, the gun is still very much in demand. Recent projects have included assessing SpaceX's Dragon during its descent towards splashdown and simulating how Nasa's newest manned spacecraft, the Orion capsule, will fare during its return to Earth.
Target smasher
The gun itself is about 45m [150ft] long and shoots 4cm- [1.5inch] diameter scale models of the craft – or "launch packages" as they are known. Strictly speaking, it's a "two stage light gas gun". Gunpowder is used to propel a piston through a hydrogen-filled tube. The piston compresses the hydrogen, which pushes the projectile along the barrel at velocities of up to 8km/s.
"It's a handful of milliseconds from start to finish," says Cornelison. When the gun is fired the team have to keep a respectable distance away in an underground bunker. "Even down in that control room, you hear a bang" he exclaims, "and you can feel the building shudder."
No wonder. As Cornelison guides me around the facility, I am allowed to clamber inside the final section of the gun and look back towards the barrel. I crouch next to the shielding that prevents the projectiles flying out of the end and it is sobering to see the pulverised, blackened remains of the target. Apparently, some projectiles are completely vaporised when they smash into it.
As a result, the team need to collect as much information as possible in the fractions of a second that it takes for a model to zip down the tube. And this is carried out in an adjoining section of the gun that looks like an elongated yellow submarine with windows. "There are 16 imaging stations," says Cornelison, describing the windows, where the engineers take freeze-frame pictures of the projectiles in flight.
If a gun that fires model spacecraft sounds decidedly old-fashioned, then the cameras positioned along the side really bring home the heritage of the facility. They are definitely from the pre-digital era. "This is old school," Cornelison admits. At each station there is an 8 by 10 [inch] sheet of film and electro-optical shutter mechanisms with 40 nanosecond exposure time. "You can still get better detail with film," he says.
These photos are used alongside careful timings to reconstruct the model's flight path. This is then fed into a computer, which calculates the aerodynamic properties of the spacecraft.
It is a truly impressive machine but, in the age of sophisticated computer modelling, isn't it a little…well…primitive, I ask.
"The computer models have really grown immensely," says Cornelison. "However, it's a very complicated problem, there are a lot of different phenomena that occur – depending on the vehicle's shape and the type of atmosphere you're entering. And so there's still a need to do tests like this to provide benchmark points that you can validate that the [computer] models are predicting reality."
Shortly before I visit, the team had been testing a new way of landing on Mars – a system that might be suitable for a human expedition to the red planet.
A soft landing on the surface of Mars is notoriously difficult to achieve. Unlike approaching the Earth in a spacecraft, the thin Martian atmosphere does little to slow you down. Engineers have successfully overcome this problem in the past by, for example, using airbags to cushion the blow or, most recently, the Sky Crane concept that lowered the Curiosity rover from a platform slowed by thrusters.
The latest idea is to have a spacecraft fitted with an inflatable ring that expands the area of the capsule exposed to the atmosphere, thereby increasing drag and slowing it down. "This concept – if it pans out – would be a potential way to land larger payloads, even bigger than the Curiosity rover, with precision and without having to take a tonne of fuel along to slow it down," explains my guide. "Imagine you've got an inner tube around you and you're entering an atmosphere, that's not a vehicle configuration we've flown before."
So does it work?
"It shows a lot of promise," says Cornelison, quick on the draw.
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We've just started a new year, and so many of us already need help getting back on track. I, for one, always set really important goals for myself with high hopes of making them stick, only to be caught off guard by my own lack of willpower and motivation.
All I need is a little help to keep me on the right path, and that's what My Wonderful Goals offers. The forward planning and positive reinforcement inherent in My Wonderful Goals may give me the boost I need not to stray this time. But can an app really do all that? (more…)


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Leaf's first premium release in Basketball is sure to excite collectors worldwide. 2012 Leaf Ultimate Basketball hits the market in late 2012 with a rookie and superstar checklist built to deliver.
Each Box contains 3 HAND SIGNED PREMIUM STOCK CARDS (or 2 cards plus a memorabilia redemption)
Look for top 2012 draft picks and highly coveted veterans in this set which features:
- Base autographs: autographs of all subjects with multiple parallells including 1/1's!
- State Pride: our ever popular National Pride theme evolves into a celebration of the states of the player's home school or team
- Numeration: this popular set returns with ultra-limited autographs numbered to the player's jersey number!
- Rim Rockers: this set promises to excite, featuring those players known for their powerful play at the rim!
- Inscriptions: this unique set features inscription cards from many of yesterday and today's top names!
- Karl Malone JUMBO PATCH AUTOGRAPHS: much like our Ichiro Patch auto from 2011, this gorgeous jumbo patch autograph card and its parallels should instantly become some of the most coveted Karl Malone cards ever made.
- Memorabilia Redemptions: look for memorabilia redemptions for incredible autographed items, including: Barack Obama Signed Basketball, Lebron James Signed Jerseys, Michael Jordan Signed Jerseys, Kevin Garnett Game Worn Shoes and Much More!


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TOWSON, Md. – Senior defensive end Tyler Wagner (Bel Air, Md.) and junior offensive lineman Ethan Peterson (Rutland, Vt.) earned national recognition for their athletic and academic accomplishments today when both were named to the second team of the Capital One 2011 Academic All-America Division III Football Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Wagner was a National Football Foundation 2011 Scholar-Athlete nominee and was the recipient of the 2011 New England Football Conference Hal Chalmers Scholar-Athlete Award. He finished the 2011 season second on squad among defensive linemen with 32 tackles and was tied for third on the team in tackles for loss with a career best 4.0. Selected as a Paul E. Gray researcher at MIT, he received funding for MIT's International Genetically Engineered Machines competition team that placed first in the health and medicine track and fourth overall out of 160 teams.
A three-year starter on the offensive line, Peterson was a first team All-NEFC pick in 2011, his second all-conference honor. An academic All-NEFC selection in 2010, he has played in every game during his MIT career and helped clear the way for a 2011 rushing attack that increased its output by over 30 percent from a year ago and produced the NEFC Boyd Division Offensive Rookie of the Year in freshman Justin Wallace (Palatine, Ill.).


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La Sportiva Lhotse GTX
I bought the La Sportiva Lhotse GTX as a serious backpack/mountaineering…
Materials: gore-tex
Use: bushwacking (no trail) with up to 100lb pack
Break-in Period: several long hikes
Price Paid: $450
I bought the La Sportiva Lhotse GTX as a serious backpack/mountaineering boot. crampon capable.
I researched boots for several months before coming to this decision. Break in was fine with no blisters. I wear Smartwool socks with liners. The boot is a little heavy for normal packing but I needed something of this caliber to protect my ankles and feet.
Put them to the test on a 10 day backpack hunt in the northern Yukon territory with water crossings multiple times daily, 40 degree incline scree fields, loose shale, boulders, etc. best all around boot for tundra to rocks. worn with gaiters it makes a great combo. Quality is superb and the toe cap helps protect your feet after you get tired and occasionally kick the permanent rocks embedded in the trail. great sole/tread.
I'm sure I'll have these for many more years to come. Purchased in 2006.
No break-in needed. I am 57 and do extreme cold endurance…
Materials: leather
Use: heavy backpacking
Break-in Period: none
Price Paid: $340
No break-in needed. I am 57 and do extreme cold endurance hikes (Mt Wash is favorite). I will grudgingly don crampons. Buy Italian.
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Use: Winter mountaineering
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These are great boots. Mine also did not require a painful break-in period. Comfortable from the beginning. Very warm. Insulated / Gore-tex. Too warm for spring snow climbing, when I go back to my old Galibier Super Guides. I spoke with La Sportiva customer service before purchase, and they said this was just as warm as the Nepal Extreme. What a great deal!
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Materials: Leather w/ GTX Duratherm lining
Use: Mountaineering, ice climbing
Break-in Period: None for me
Weight: 4 lbs 14 oz
Price Paid: $400
I wore these right out of the box...the ultimate no-no in hiking/mountaineering, I know. I had absolutely NO problems, issues, hot spots, etc. It's hard to provide a review on footwear, just because what works great for one might be disastrous for another, but I will continue to endorse La Sportiva, even though they're still not paying me to do so!!
My feet are narrow, low-volume, so bear that in mind if you're considering these boots.
Where to Buy
$420.00 (men's)
The La Sportiva Lhotse GTX is not available from the stores we monitor. It was last seen December 3, 2013 at Moosejaw.


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LittleBigPlanet 2's already brought us grappling hooks, bounce pads, Sackbots, and the Creatinator. Now Media Molecule reveals a fourth tool - the Grabinator, with which Sackboy can pick up carry and even throw massive things of a great weight.
The Grabinator replaces an early concept called the "Power Gloves," but they do the same thing. Should be a fun tool both for the levels shipping on the disc (due Jan. 18th) and all the created levels sure to follow.
LittleBigPlanet 2 Update: The Grabinator! [PlayStation Blog]


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"Have you seen Good Will Hunting?"
"Yeah, I saw the scene where they are on the bench."
"So, no, you haven't seen Good Will Hunting."
Often people take in small clips of the movie that is the bible and suggest they have seen and understood it. We are advocating for a full view of the movie here. We are asking and allowing the scripture to sweep over us, as we are taken up into the stories of a people very different and very similar to us. Join us each week as we read the stories, laws, letters and grumblings of people as they wrestle with God.
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