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Tammy Kelly offers pies recipes, just in time for the holidays.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it is time to start choosing which pie recipes to use. Remember to buy local produce whenever possible. All of these recipes are traditional favorites with a slightly lighter twist. The recipes promise not to skimp on flavor.
Several have make-your -own crust recipes. Feel free to substitute a pre-made crust instead.
Sweet Potato Pie with Whipped Topping
2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
1 cup fat-free liquid egg substitute
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup evaporated skim milk
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
14 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 9-inch refrigerated pie crust, or make your own
2 cups fat free prepared whipped topping
Preheat oven to 400F. Place potatoes in a large saucepan and pour enough water over them to cover. Set saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Cook 8 to 10 minutes or until potatoes are fork-tender. Drain and transfer to a food processor. Pur�e just until smooth (or press through a fine mesh strainer). Measure 1 1/3 cups of the pur�e and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine egg substitute and sugar. Whisk in next six ingredients. Press piecrust into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie pan. Pinch around rim to make a decorative edge. Pour mixture into prepared pie pan and bake 10 minutes.
Reduce oven temperature to 350F and bake 30 more minutes, until center is set but still slightly quivery. Cool on a wire rack, slice into 8 pieces and top with nonfat whipped topping.
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Nonstick cooking spray
8 sheets honey graham crackers
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
12 ounces one-third less fat cream cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup low fat 2 percent Greek-style plain yogurt
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2 large egg whites, at room temperature
1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
Position the oven racks in the center and lower third of your oven. Fill a roasting pan about half full with water and place on the lower rack. This will create a moist environment for the cheesecake and help prevent cracking. Preheat the oven to 325F. Coat a 9-inch spring form pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Put the graham crackers and 1 tablespoon of the granulated sugar in the bowl of a food processor and grind until fine. Add the butter and 2 tablespoons water and pulse until moistened. Press into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake until set and golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool completely.
Combine the cream cheese, brown sugar, the remaining 1/3 cup granulated sugar and salt in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy. Add the yogurt, eggs and egg whites, reduce the mixer speed to low and continue to beat until blended. Add the pumpkin, flour, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat until just combined. Stir with a spatula a few times to make sure all the ingredients are incorporated and to release any air bubbles in the batter that could cause the cheesecake to crack.
Pour the batter over the crust and rap the pan against the countertop a few times to bring any trapped air bubbles to the surface. Place the cheesecake on the center rack in the oven. Bake until just set and the center wiggles slightly, 50 to 60 minutes. Turn the oven off and crack the door open. Let sit in the oven for 15 minutes, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool. Run a thin sharp knife between the cheesecake and the pan to release the sides. Cool completely, and then chill until cold, at least 4 hours or overnight.
Before serving, remove the cheesecake from the refrigerator and release the sides of the pan. Allow the cheesecake to come to room temperature, 30 to 60 minutes. If the top of the cake appears wet, blot with a paper towel to dry. Dust with the confectioners' sugar.
MississippiMud Pie
4.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 cup)
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
2 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
1/4 cup ice water
Cooking spray
3 tablespoons butter
1 ounce semisweet chocolate chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 large egg whites
1 cup sugar
3.4 ounces all-purpose flour (about 3/4 cup)
1/3 cup Dutch process cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Dash of salt
To prepare crust, weigh or lightly spoon 4.5 ounces (about 1 cup) flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine 4.5 ounces flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a food processor; pulse two times or until blended. Add shortening and chilled butter; pulse six times or until mixture resembles coarse meal. With processor on, slowly pour ice water through food chute, processing just until blended (do not allow dough to form a ball); remove from bowl. Gently press mixture into a 4-inch circle; wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350F.
Unwrap and place chilled dough on plastic wrap. Lightly sprinkle dough with flour; roll to a 10-inch circle. Fit dough, plastic wrap side up, into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Remove remaining plastic wrap. Fold edges under, and flute.
To prepare filling, place 3 tablespoons butter and chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave 30 seconds on high or until butter and chocolate melt, stirring well to combine. Place vanilla and egg whites in a bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until foamy. Gradually add 1 cup sugar; beat until soft peaks form (about 2 minutes). Gently fold melted chocolate mixture into egg white mixture.
Weigh or lightly spoon 3.4 ounces flour and 1/3 cup Dutch process cocoa into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and dash of salt in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk. Fold flour mixture into egg white mixture. Pour mixture into prepared crust. Bake at 350F for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Classic Pecan Pie
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup fat-free milk
1 tablespoon butter or stick margarine, melted
Cooking spray
1 large egg
4 large egg whites
1 cup light or dark-colored corn syrup
2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup pecan halves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
To prepare crust, lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Add milk and butter; toss with a fork until moist.
Press mixture gently into a 4-inch circle on heavy-duty plastic wrap; cover with additional plastic wrap. Roll dough, still covered, to an 11-inch circle. Freeze 10 minutes or until plastic wrap can be easily removed.
Remove 1 sheet of plastic wrap; fit dough into a 9-inch pie plate coated with cooking spray. Remove top sheet of plastic wrap. Fold edges under; flute.
Preheat oven to 350F.
To prepare the filling, beat the egg and the next 4 ingredients (egg through 1/4 teaspoon salt) at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Stir in the pecan halves and the vanilla extract. Pour the mixture into the prepared crust. Bake the pie at 350F for 20 minutes, then cover with foil. Bake the pie an additional 20 minutes or until a knife inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean. Do not overbake. Cool pie on a wire rack.
Tammy Kelly is director, Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Center, 1791 N.C. 11/55, Kinston, NC 28504. Reach her at 252-527-2191 or email@example.com.


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Achim Steiner Briefs European Environment Ministers on UNEP's Role in the Post-2015 Process, in light of Upcoming Inaugural UN Environment Assembly (UNEA)
Athens, 15 May 2014- European Ministers of Environment met in Greece at an informal Council Meeting where UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, Achim Steiner, delivered a presentation entitled "UNEP's Role as the Leading Global Environmental Authority in Post-2015 Processes in Light of the Upcoming First UNEA".
In his address, Mr. Steiner briefed the EU ministers about the upcoming UN Environment Assembly, given the EU's long-standing support for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and its advocacy for the inclusion of environmental aspects in the Post-2015 development agenda.
Environment Ministers and Government representatives from 193 UN Member States will gather from 23 to 27 June, 2014 for the inaugural meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) - a new body designed to place environmental issues at the heart of the global agenda.
UNEA strikes new ground. It is the only UN General Assembly subsidiary assembly of a United Nations fund or programme and is intended to give green issues a similar status to those of peace, security, finance, health and trade. Mandated to determine policy and catalyze international action, the new body represents the new political arm for the protection of the environment and aims to ensure environmental sustainability is recognized as a global priority.
The universal membership assembly, which replaced UNEP's Governing Council, reflects the commitment of world leaders at Rio +20 to strengthen and upgrade UNEP as "the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, that promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system and that serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment."
UNEA will tackle diverse environmental challenges and emerging issues of global, regional and national significance. Such challenges will impact the extent to which governments and other stakeholders can successfully implement sustainable development at different levels.
At its first session, UNEA is expected to declare a common vision and determine future global environmental policy; a mandate first conferred upon UNEP's Governing Council by the 1972 United Nations General Assembly resolution 2997 and subsequently enhanced through the Rio +20 outcome - The Future We Want.
UNEA represents a historic event that is set to define, not only the future of UNEP for the next few decades, but also strengthen environment as an instrumental pillar of integrated sustainable development.
The Ministers and Heads of delegation will discuss the theme of "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Post-2015 Development Agenda, including sustainable consumption and production" from 26 to 27 June 2014 which will contribute to the on-going global and regional processes of developing sustainable development goals and the post-2015 development agenda.
The ministerial dialogue on "Illegal Trade in Wildlife" will take place on Thursday, 26 June with a Chair's summary supported by a decision on its outcome to respond to this crucial issue.
Sustainable development in the Post-2015 era
In light of the evolving SDGs - which are currently being drawn up by an Open Working Group of UN Member States - Mr. Steiner emphasized UNEP's priorities for the Post-2015 sustainable development agenda.
Environmental, social, and economic opportunities, when combined, can have mutually reinforcing outcomes for sustainable development. Only through integration of the three dimensions would it be possible to achieve the transformative change required to secure long-term human and environmental well-being, including poverty eradication.
The Post-2015 development agenda and SDGs will need to address universal concerns with a universal ambition through a differentiated approach, recognizing that each country starts with a different baseline of challenges, needs, priorities, and response capabilities.
The Goals should cover a number of specific environmental issues, including: sustainable economies ("green jobs"); prosperity without degrading the environment; inter-generational equity and harmony with nature; tools and policies for a sustainable future; and sustainable eco-agricultural food systems.
In his address Mr. Steiner also addressed the international fight against the illegal trade in wildlife.
Wildlife crime
UNEP's collaborative action to strengthen the response to the illegal trade in wildlife spans a diverse portfolio at the national, regional and global scales.
The theft of natural resources - which includes activities such as elephant poaching, great ape theft and the illegal transport of timber - is rapidly emerging as a new challenge to poverty eradication, sustainable development and a transition towards an inclusive Green Economy. It jeopardizes the lives of law enforcement officials involved and the livelihoods of those who make a legal living from the Earth's natural resources.
Major priorities to tackle these growing challenges include: maintaining political momentum to support international cooperation and further strengthen political will to fight wildlife crime at the national level; providing support to legal, judicial and enforcement measures; and targeting approaches to awareness-raising, while demanding reduction for illegally-sourced wildlife products.
The first session of UNEA will focus on "Illegal Trade in Wildlife". Deliberations are intended to build upon the increasing international momentum to tackle illegal trade in wildlife. It is another important step in the recognition of biodiversity as the bedrock of a global green economy and human well-being.

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BREWSTER, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's golf team shot a team score of 322 and is 18th in a 37-team field after the first day of play at the two-day, New England Intercollegiate Golf Association Fall Championships at the par-72 Captains Golf Course.
The tournament includes teams from all three NCAA divisions. Rhode Island led the way with a score of 297, while Husson led the field in Division III at 308. The Corsairs ranked eighth of the 21 Division III teams in the field.
Individually, sophomore Matt Connolly (Lynnfield, MA/Lynnfield HS) shot a 78 and is tied for 39th, freshman Billy Guilford (Halifax, MA/Silver Lake Regional HS) shot an 80 and is tied for 65th, and sophomore Brandon Oldham (Mattapoisett, MA/ORR HS/Allegheny/BCC), junior Nick Jagoe (Westport, MA/Westport HS) and senior Scott Woodacre (Westborough, MA/Westborough HS) each shot 82 and are tied for 89th.
"We're right in the thick of things, for the most part, we hit the ball well today," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Joel Baptista. "Our short game killed us. We had too many three-putts, and we gave a lot of strokes back. Matt and Billy played very well today, considering it's the first time they've seen the course. They held it together, and gave us a chance to move up tomorrow."
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Jeter: Too much being made about stride change
Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. -- Derek Jeter says too much is being made about the change of his front-foot stride.
The Yankees captain no longer is striding with his left foot. He made a smaller adjustment late last season, shortening his stride after a session with hitting coach Kevin Long.
"I'm not changing a swing," Jeter said Tuesday. "My swing is exactly the same. I'm shortening down the stride. It's really not as drastic as people are making it out to be. I'm not putting my hands in a different position. I'm not doing a different path. It's just the striding ... I'm trying not to."
Jeter, who takes extra batting practice on a regular basis, worked with Long in an indoor cage Tuesday, one day after saying he was not yet comfortable with the modification. Jeter asked Long to work with him before the coach departed for Tuesday's road game against Pittsburgh.
"It just cuts down on bad habits," Jeter said. "Striding too far forward. Tying yourself up. Habits that I got into last year. Trying to just eliminate those. It's just repetition, really. That's the only thing that you're trying to do is just doing it over and over until it becomes natural."
Jeter was not scheduled to play in the contest with the Pirates.
"A good session," Long said.
Jeter batted .270 last year, 44 points below his career average. He has one hit in his first two spring training games, a ground single to left.
Long is hopeful that Jeter will be at ease with the change about a week before the season opener on March 31.
Jeter likely will play in extra games during spring training to get additional at-bats.


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The Navy announced the award a Connecticut shipyard a $2 billion award to research and develop the next class of ballistic missile submarines late Friday.
Groton, Conn.,-based General Dynamics Electric Boat will lead the Ohio-class replacement research effort. Here's the Navy press release, which touts contract language geared toward reducing the cost of the new boats:
WASHINGTON - Naval Sea Systems Command awarded an innovative research and development contract to General Dynamics Electric Boat on Dec. 21. The contract spans five years, Fiscal Years 2013 through 2017, is worth approximately $2 billion, and is the first submarine research and development contract to feature financial incentives directly tied to reducing the program's costs.
"The Navy established a structured series of incentives to motivate General Dynamics Electric Boat and the government to further innovation to lower non-recurring engineering costs, construction costs, and operation and support costs," said Ohio Replacement Program Manager, Capt. William J. Brougham. "Our program focuses on designing, building, operating, and sustaining these ships in an affordable program that fulfills Navy and Strategic Command requirements. This contract employs financial incentives designed to align the government's requirement for cost savings with our industrial partners' innovation and ability to earn profit."
The research and development contract is consistent with the Ohio Replacement Program's purpose to affordably recapitalize the nation's survivable leg of the strategic deterrence triad.
"This contract moves the Ohio Replacement forward in setting the program's technical foundation - ship specifications, system descriptions, and design products - while also aligning with Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus' priority on acquisition excellence and Undersecretary of Defense Frank Kendall's Better Buying Power 2.0 acquisition initiative, said Rear Adm. Dave Johnson, Program Executive Officer, Submarines. "We are setting the tone for the whole program. By emphasizing cost control across the platform through its entire life, we will ensure that every dollar is spent wisely while designing a submarine class that will be in service through 2083."
The Ohio Replacement Program reconstitutes the United States' survivable strategic deterrence platform of 14 Ohio class fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) with 12 new-design submarines. The program leverages a half century of SSBN design and operational experience, combined with the cost-control and production lessons of the Virginia-class program to provide the nation and its allies with an assured strategic deterrence capability at a responsible cost.


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I hope you're sitting down: I've got some news.
At the beginning October I will be moving the blog from Kitchen Goddess (in training!) hosted by blogger to Supper in the Suburbs, hosted by Wordpress.
The decision to move wasn't an easy one – I've been told that it's rather unusual to move from blogger to Wordpress as blogger has so many more features but I feel for me and the blog it makes much more sense to strip down and keep things simple.
Many of you will know that I started this blog whilst I was in the second year of university. I loved cooking but wasn't particularly skilled or accomplished. I tried creating beginner friendly recipes that wouldn't break the bank and wouldn't lead to you piling on the pounds.
As the months and years went on my own personal circumstances have changed. I went from a naive student to a confident finalist before moving back home having graduated. Returning to my parent's home meant unlimited stocks in the kitchen cupboards along with a fair few challenges like finding the time to take over the kitchen (and who was responsible for clearing up the mess). I also began studying the LPC in London which meant meals out became just as frequent as meals in.
3 years after I first started writing I now work as a Corporate Paralegal in the City and in just another 3 months I will finally embark on my training contract – this training contract will be the last hurdle between me and fully-qualified solicitor status. I've also just moved to Southgate in North London with my partner Jon, and for the first time I have a kitchen all to myself!
Bearing all of this in mind I felt it was finally time to move blog. I'll be taking all of my old posts with me but I'll now be blogging under the name 'Supper in the Suburbs'.
I'll be sharing plenty of recipes for breakfast lunch and dinner, sweat treats, weekend baking, edible gifts and more as well as sharing my tips for entertaining friends and family, keeping kitchen in order and stocking the cupboards.
It's been a fun three years and I've met lots of wonderful people but it's important to remember this isn't goodbye! You can all come and chat to me over at the new blog and I'll be keeping the same twitter and instagram accounts so hopefully the move won't be too painful for you guys.
If you follow me over to my new home please do drop by and say hi so I know you're still with me.
Hopefully the next few years will bring new blogging challenges but will also help both the blog and I to continue to grow!
See you all soon!
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Oscar Pistorius. (AFP)
The state and defence in the Oscar Pistorius trial sparred on Thursday over the sequence of his actions on the night he shot his girlfriend, as a door bearing bullet marks remained on display in court.
The court was also shown photographs of a blood trail leading from Pistorius's bathroom down the staircase in his house, prompting the disabled Olympic athlete to squirm in the dock.
In one of the pictures, an unsecured silver handgun could be seen lying on a grey towel, with a cellphone partially visible from underneath it and a blood smear beside it.
State witness, retired policeman Giliam van Rensburg, said this was the position in which he found Pistorius's firearm after he shot dead Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.
"The safety clip had been removed. That firearm as it is lying there, it is ready to fire," said Van Rensburg, who was the first policeman to arrive at the scene of the shooting.
Van Rensburg, who commanded the Boschkop police station in Pretoria at the time, said when he walked into the house he saw a body covered in blood stained towels and clothes and found Pistorius in the kitchen.
He was emotional and did not immediately reply when asked what had happened.
"I asked him what happened and he did not answer," Van Rensburg said.
At this Pistorius's defence lawyer Barry Roux SC stood up to contradict the witness: "My Lady, actually he was very emotional, not emotional."
Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to premeditated murder, claiming that he believed there was an intruder hiding in a locked toilet cubicle in his home when he fired four shots into it, fatally wounding Steenkamp.
According to his version of events, he then put on his prostheses, grabbed a cricket bat and broke open the toilet door.
This account was at issue for most of Thursday's proceedings as senior police forensic expert Johannes Vermeulen was grilled about the conclusions he had made from studying the marks on the meranti door.
Vermeulen maintained under cross-examination from Roux that – based on the height and shape of the marks – Pistorius was in fact standing on his stumps when he swung the bat at the door.
Making a case that the police investigation had been unprofessional, Roux repeatedly asked why Vermeulen had failed to probe into the provenance of a footprint on a panel of the meranti door.
The lawyer argued that it provided proof that Pistorius had been wearing his prostheses and had tried to kick down the door, adding that an independent expert had found bits of fabric attached to the wood.
Roux then proceeded to show the high court in Pretoria a picture of his client's bloodied prosthetic legs to back up his argument.
The right leg had blood streaks on it, and one of the grey ankle socks had a dark stain near the toes.
Vermeulen conceded that only part of the prosthesis – the shin – had been examined by him, saying he had received Pistorius's prosthetic legs without the socks, and his brief had been limited.
"I was not requested to do analysis on the prosthetic foot, except for that mark that was on the shin," said Vermeulen.
Roux wryly commented: "It would have been fantastic as a qualified foot print examiner seeing that mark ... to just do the test."
State prosecutor Gerrie Nel returned to the subject when he re-examined Vermeulen, asking him whether the accused may have kicked the door for another reason than to gain access to the toilet cubicle, for example to intimidate the person was inside.
Vermeulen said this would be speculation.
"Let's speculate," Nel responded, to which the witness responded that the state's scenario was possible.
Nel also asked Vermeulen whether he could definitively say that the dents in the door were all made only after the bullet holes.
He could not, Vermeulen answered.
The questions were in line with the state's submission that Pistorius and Steenkamp had argued on the night he shot her, something the accused has denied in his sworn statement to the court as "unfair and incorrect".
The trial, which is being televised live, was scheduled to continue until March 20 but an assistant prosecutor indicated on Thursday that it was now likely carry on at least until April 4. – Sapa
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Swarm, a small design firm in Salt Lake are cyclists who like beer. Well that's familiar sounding and they had this idea for a new product. Don't know Swarm, but we've got much in common with bikes, beer, and making products. So Swarm decided they want to combine a seat collar with a bottle opener and then figured how much time and money it takes to bring a new product to market.
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Oertli (pronounced "ert-lee") Gallery is an internet-based art gallery/art provider featuring a diverse collection comprised of fine art paintings, lithography and Native American jewelry. Led by an enthusiastic, experienced art collector, the fundamental, motivating structure behind Oertli Galley is that of an art "bridge."
Our belief is that great art is meant to be shared and experienced. When great art finds its place, an exchange is fulfilled- a creative voice gets conveyed and connects to bring life-enhancing joy. Great art is not just about beauty but the creative energy, the spiritual embodiment contained within. Great art brings meaning beyond external beauty.
Oertli Gallery is supporting both emerging and established artists who share our enthusiasm. The artist-to-art merchant relationship is vital to our continued success.
Art collectors of fine art and/or Native American jewelry. The Oertli collection appeals to beginning collectors embarking on their first foray as well as established, expert collectors. We also need to appeal to both the current artists we support as well as artists in our future.
We see ourselves as the connector, the conduit between outstanding creative expression and the appreciative recipient of that expression. This is about building the vehicle to most effectively make that happen. The look should be inviting, engaging, clean and focused with class and subtle vibrancy.
Our website is based on the Magento eCommerce engine. Any design support for Magento is desired but certainly not required. We want you to be inspired, not confined.
Please keep in mind that Native American jewelry is only part of what we offer and is far from a central theme. Please DO NOT make a Native American theme look central to your design. We offer a diverse collection of fine art paintings and lithograpgy - much of this is not Native American. Please ask yourself, "would I expect to find a French or Southwestern painting through this website?"
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Main categories (vertically listed items) are-
Paintings (includes French Fauve - many Marcel Mouly pieces in collection. example is first image attached, Southwestern landscapes and some Native American works).
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Antipasto Appetizer
Over the weekend, I had some friends over for appetizers and drinks before a girls night out. These antipasto skewers are really easy to make and assemble and are a great compliment to any other appetizers you choose to serve.
-One pack of skewers
-Greek olives (already marinated) in jars or from olive bar in speciality food stores and grocery stores
-One pack of three cheese tortellini (I used Buitoni)
-Balsamic Vinaigrette (homemade or store bought)
-Mini pepperonis
-Marinated mozzarella
-Marinated artichoke hearts
1. Cook pasta and add 1 cup of balsamic vinaigrette over the top. Stir in well and refrigerate for at least an hour.
2. Drain the marinated pasta and place one of each item onto skewers.
*Can be made a few hours in advance or refrigerate overnight (cover tightly)
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Apple: Amazon's Appstore Isn't An "App Store"
Though logic might dictate otherwise, when paired together the words "app" and "store" do not stand for any store selling software applications. They stand for one store only.
In the latest court filing in its trademark dispute with Amazon, Apple argues that the "app store" mark isn't generic, as the online retailer claims. "Apple denies that, based on their common meaning, the words 'app store' together denote a store for apps," the company said in the document. That being the case, it follows that Amazon's Appstore for Android isn't an "app store."
"Apple denies that the mark APP STORE is generic and, on that basis, denies that the Amazon Appstore for Android service is an 'app store.'"


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Descended from a chieftain, Gilbert, probably Gilbert, Lord of Galloway, the Gibsons settled first at Lennox in Scotland, and in those early times was a formidable force to be encountered. The first official mention was when John Gibson surrendered the Castle of Rothesay in 1335. A few years later, Thomas Gibbeson was charged with breaking parole in 1358; and John Gybbessone was listed as a servitor of William Douglas when he was held hostage by Henry Vi in 1425.[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Later a branch of the family were well established in the sea-port and ancient burgh of barony of Levin in Fifeshire. "This place, which is agreeably situated on the sea-shore at the mouth of the river whence it takes its name, was erected into a burgh of barony by charter of the proprietor of the lands of Durie, now belonging to the Christies, but once in the possession of the family of Gibson, whose descendants, the lords Durie, are distinguished in Scottish history." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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AFP visit to MH17 crash site stalled
A Dutch-led investigation team including 11 Australian police officers has had to abandon a plan to visit the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine due to safety concerns.
Russian-backed separatists in control of the area around the site have agreed to allow an unarmed international police team to recover more bodies and start a forensic examination of wreckage.
Some 170 unarmed AFP officers have been deployed in Ukraine to help with the grim task.
Eleven officers had been planning to accompany a 30-strong Dutch contingent to the crash site on Sunday guided by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
But the Netherlands' security and justice department says the situation is too unstable. There are reports of heavy shelling in rebel-held Grabove, the village next to the crash site
"The team of 30 Dutch forensic experts currently has no safe passage to the crash site," the department said in a statement.
"Because of fighting in the region the situation is still too unstable to safely go to the crash site to work."
The Dutch and Australians are remaining in the the rebel stronghold of Donetsk some 60km from the site.
OSCE monitor Alexander Hug confirmed there was fighting going on and said the Dutch-led team would try again to reach the site on Monday.
"We can't take the risk," Mr Hug said.
"The security situation on the way to the site and on the site itself is unacceptable for our unarmed observer mission."
Prime Minister Tony Abbott earlier on Sunday admitted the mission was risky.
"Our objective is to get in, get cracking and to get out," he told reporters in Canberra.
Rebels have previously limited foreign access to small numbers of investigators and observers but Mr Abbott revealed that "full and frank talks" in Donetsk on Saturday had led to the universal view there should be a ceasefire at the crash site while the mission conducted its work.
While not referring directly to the separatists, Mr Abbott said "local people" had guaranteed the mission's security.
"(But) frankly, we need to be prepared to take some risks in order to do the right thing by our dead and by their grieving families," he said.
Mr Abbott noted there had been a "fair bit of goodwill" from locals in the area, especially since a UN Security Council resolution called for an independent investigation.
The common feeling was that the bringing down of the Malaysia Airlines plane by a surface-to-air missile, killing all 298 people aboard, was "dreadful beyond words".
The mission will not be backed up by military personnel although the Australian Defence Force is providing some enabling support including medical and surgical teams.
The 170 AFP officers in Ukraine will likely be rotated through the site as needed during the next few weeks.
Mr Abbott said it was clear the crash site still contained unrecovered human remains.
So far 227 coffins containing an unknown number of victims have been taken from the site for identification in Hilversum, near Amsterdam.
One person, a Dutch citizen, has been formally identified.
The unarmed nature of the humanitarian mission to the site means it doesn't need the specific approval of the Ukrainian parliament.
But Foreign Minister Julie Bishop hopes a deal can be ratified early this week that would allow Canberra to send a small contingent of armed police and soldiers to help with security.
Ms Bishop stressed on Sunday the mission would be a non-threatening operation.
"All we want to do is secure the site so that we can inspect it thoroughly and bring back any remains," she said.
The prime minister's special envoy, Angus Houston, said the mission would be a "non-aggressive, non-threatening force" so that no nobody would interfere with it.
Labor leader Bill Shorten, who was briefed by Mr Abbott on Sunday, offered the government the opposition's full support for the mission.
"In a dangerous and volatile environment, this is the most sensible course of action," he said.
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Welcome back! It's been a while since I last wrote one of these. I'll cover anything in Linux that you, the Windows Game Programmer might find interesting. If you get lost on something, I probably have mentioned it before in a previous tutorial. You can find all the links on my Project Log on my blog.
Now... JAVA! Now before you make gagging noises at how slow it is compared to C or ASM, note that I think JAVA is worth mentioning and learning. Remember, there are cases when JAVA's features are more important than speed. You will obviously notice C programs tear up the road when compared with an equivalent JAVA program- both are fast but the lower language usually wins in speed. However, what if you wanted to write a game editor? Don't want to mess with GTK? Or a game server? MORPG server? Who knows!
JAVA is great in simplifying many, many tasks and being very object oriented. It's good for anything your actual gamers won't see. Your game engine might be some fast monster you wrote in C since my last tutorial, but it connects to a server, and the server can be written in anything you feel like. Or the game data could have been edited with a JAVA application. GTK isn't that messy, so don't always count it out.
Finally, I'm going to be messing with Makefiles and the actual JDK itself. You may or may not feel like using the terminal at this point, I already showed you how to build like you are probably used to. But if you want to practice it, that's fine too. Now, let's start!
Getting JDK for Linux
You need JAVA before you can work with it. Do you remember the synaptic package manager? If you didn't do anything, it should be here:
Now make sure you have the following packages installed:
You might see later versions, so get those if you want. If you type javac in the terminal you should get this:
[email protected]:~$ javac Usage: javac <options> <source files> where possible options include: -g Generate all debugging info -g:none Generate no debugging info -g:{lines,vars,source} Generate only some debugging info -nowarn Generate no warnings -verbose Output messages about what the compiler is doing -deprecation Output source locations where deprecated APIs are used -classpath <path> Specify where to find user class files and annotation processors -cp <path> Specify where to find user class files and annotation processors -sourcepath <path> Specify where to find input source files -bootclasspath <path> Override location of bootstrap class files -extdirs <dirs> Override location of installed extensions -endorseddirs <dirs> Override location of endorsed standards path -proc:{none,only} Control whether annotation processing and/or compilation is done. -processor <class1>[,<class2>,<class3>...]Names of the annotation processors to run; bypasses default discovery process -processorpath <path> Specify where to find annotation processors -d <directory> Specify where to place generated class files -s <directory> Specify where to place generated source files -implicit:{none,class} Specify whether or not to generate class files for implicitly referenced files -encoding <encoding> Specify character encoding used by source files -source <release> Provide source compatibility with specified release -target <release> Generate class files for specific VM version -version Version information -help Print a synopsis of standard options -Akey[=value] Options to pass to annotation processors -X Print a synopsis of nonstandard options -J<flag> Pass <flag> directly to the runtime system [email protected]:~$
This means you've did something right. If something doesn't work, check your JAVA packages. There's also the OpenJDK, but I don't really like it.
Hello JAVA
Alright. In any folder you want, write the classic Hello World JAVA example shown below:
/** Hello JAVA Linux <p> A test program for your JAVA Linux installation. @author WolfCoder */ public class LinuxHello { /** Program start. @param args Ignored command line arguments. */ public static void main(String[] args) { // Say hello System.out.println("Hello, JAVA!"); } }
Note the strange use of JavaDoc comments even though this is a hello world program. This is a good habit to get into when writing JAVA. I'll demonstrate why later. So you've written LinuxHello.java as JAVA filenames must match the outermost class. Create a file Makefile and fill it with this:
compile: javac *.java; -rm *~;
Then build it~ Now the command to run is simply "java LinuxHello". Here's what it looks like:
That's all there is to it.
Here's how you make some JavaDocs out of your files. This is pretty basic, you'll find many options at Sun's website for using JavaDoc. It's easier for me to show you what it does than for me to explain it Go ahead and, type "mkdir doc" or make a new folder called doc to keep things clean. Now type "javadoc -d doc *.java" and you should get this:
[email protected]:/media/WOLF/My Programs/tutorial/tutorial-4$ javadoc -d doc *.java Loading source file LinuxHello.java... Constructing Javadoc information... Standard Doclet version 1.6.0_13 Building tree for all the packages and classes... Generating doc/LinuxHello.html... Generating doc/package-frame.html... Generating doc/package-summary.html... Generating doc/package-tree.html... Generating doc/constant-values.html... Building index for all the packages and classes... Generating doc/overview-tree.html... Generating doc/index-all.html... Generating doc/deprecated-list.html... Building index for all classes... Generating doc/allclasses-frame.html... Generating doc/allclasses-noframe.html... Generating doc/index.html... Generating doc/help-doc.html... Generating doc/stylesheet.css... [email protected]:/media/WOLF/My Programs/tutorial/tutorial-4$
Now go into doc and open the index.html file to see how cool this tool is. JavaDoc uses HTML, so add HTML code in your comments if you want to do more than just insert text. This tool is really neat ^.^
And Now... Video
It wouldn't have anything to do with video games if there wasn't video! Now, just like I showed you, run the following code. Use this opportunity to make more targets for your Makefile, and to practice working with JAVA.
// SWING import javax.swing.JFrame; /** Linux Video Demo <p> Demonstrates a Panel and things being drawn inside it. @author WolfCoder */ public class LinuxVideo extends JFrame { private static LinuxVideo linuxVideo; private VideoPanel videoPanel; /** Creates a new Linux Video demonstration. */ public LinuxVideo() { // Title super("Linux Video Demo"); // Settings setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); // Add things videoPanel = new VideoPanel(); getContentPane().add(videoPanel); pack(); // Show setVisible(true); } /** Program beginning. @param args Ignored command line arguments. */ public static void main(String[] args) { // Announce System.out.println("Linux Video Demo - WolfCoder (2009)"); // Create new demo linuxVideo = new LinuxVideo(); } }
And there's another file too:
// SWING import javax.swing.JPanel; // AWT import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; /** Video Demo Panel <p> This is the panel where sample graphics are drawn in the demo. @author WolfCoder */ public class VideoPanel extends JPanel { private static final Color BACKGROUND_COLOR = new Color(50,50,50); private static final Color TEXT_COLOR = new Color(240,10,8); private static final Dimension DEFAULT_SIZE = new Dimension(320,240); private static final int TEXT_OFFSET = 20; /** Creates a new Video Demonstration Panel. */ public VideoPanel() { // Settings setBackground(BACKGROUND_COLOR); setPreferredSize(DEFAULT_SIZE); } /** Draws the contents of this panel. @param g The graphic context to draw into. */ public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { // Draw essential things super.paintComponent(g); // Draw some text g.setColor(TEXT_COLOR); g.drawString("Hello, Video Panel in Linux!",0,TEXT_OFFSET); } }
It's your exercise to get a program that shows this when run:
WolfCoder Image Pack
I don't think I'm quite done yet for now-! Let's field test my new JAVA port of the .wip file reader. It can draw the contents of a .wip file easily to the panel you just compiled. Download the wipreader.zip file attached to this tutorial, it contains the two .java files and a .wip file to test it all with.
It should have these three files:
What's in the .wip file is for you to find out~ Hehe, I put some funny pictures in there. If you want to use this for yourself, go and check out the full package you can download here. It was originally designed for OpenGL but I extended it for easy integration with my game engine.
Anyway, I'll give you a quick idea of how a .wip is formatted. It's basically several images which, in themselves, could have multiple frames for sprites and animation. Each image has a width and height that are a power of two (it is up to the image packer about that). That's it. Each image has a name... But we don't know the names! We can still crack this file open, so let's modify the VideoPanel program with the following:
// SWING import javax.swing.JPanel; // AWT import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; /** Video Demo Panel <p> This is the panel where sample graphics are drawn in the demo. @author WolfCoder */ public class VideoPanel extends JPanel { private static final Color BACKGROUND_COLOR = new Color(50,50,50); private static final Color TEXT_COLOR = new Color(240,10,8); private static final Dimension DEFAULT_SIZE = new Dimension(320,240); private static final int TEXT_OFFSET = 20; private ImagePack mysteryPack; // Our mystery pack file private WolfcoderImage mysteryImage; // Some image...? /** Creates a new Video Demonstration Panel. */ public VideoPanel() { // Settings setBackground(BACKGROUND_COLOR); setPreferredSize(DEFAULT_SIZE); // Load the pack mysteryPack = new ImagePack("mystery.wip"); // Print the number of images inside System.out.println(mysteryPack.getImages().length+" images in the pack."); // Get one mysteryImage = mysteryPack.getImages()[0]; // What's it called? System.out.println("Looking at "+mysteryImage+"."); } /** Draws the contents of this panel. @param g The graphic context to draw into. */ public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { // Draw essential things super.paintComponent(g); // Draw the mystery image mysteryImage.draw(g,8,8+TEXT_OFFSET); // Draw some text g.setColor(TEXT_COLOR); g.drawString("Hello, Video Panel in Linux!",0,TEXT_OFFSET); } }
Here I give you limited information on purpose. Take a look at the two files involved in all this. Just what is getImages() returning? What can a WolfcoderImage also return? What does the terminal say? The above example works if the following is shown:
And there you have it. Now... For the challenges on your own-!
- Look at the other two files. One of them has frames, try animating it as well. You're going to figure out how many frames, and what they all are first, and which one even has multiple frames.
- Make it display something you yourself packed (download the full package on my log). Mind the semicolons! .ipm files can be quirky if you forget them.
- Figure out how the data goes from the .wip file and into a standard JAVA BufferedImage. This should give you an idea on how to invent your own formats. Especially for download-able user content in an MORPG for example.
I hope you had fun and see you next time~
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Like you, I've seen a lot of ducks in my life, but it wasn't until 2006 that I first beheld the the wondrous waterfowl that I'd come to regard as my favorite duck, bar none – the White-cheeked Pintail.
The White cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis), also known as the Bahama Pintail, is a dabbling duck that plies brackish waterways throughout its range. Three similar subspecies are distributed regionally from the Caribbean to South America and the Galápagos Islands.
The Bahama Pintail is a truly beautiful duck with a divinely dappled fawn breast and spiky scalloping adorning plumage of black and rufous. What really sets this bird apart, however, is a vibrant bill of hot pink and periwinkle set off by those signature cheeks of snowy white. Like most southern ducks, this one is not dimorphic which means the males and females are equally enchanting.
This precious little pipsqueak is related to other pintails in the subgenus Dafila such as the higher profile Northern Pintail. However, it most closely resembles other birds in its subgenus like Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha) or Cape Teal (Anas capensis).
Paradise Island in the Bahamas is, in my experience, a perfect place to spy these pintails. Undaunted by larger moorhens or Neotropic Cormorants, White-cheeked Pintails in their festive flocks seem perfectly suited to that relaxed West Indies environment.
(This post was last published in January 2008, but we can't keep ducks this delightful trapped in the archives now, can we?)
WCP's are rapidly becoming my fave duck – we had a flock of 150+ or so for the CBC. Ours are prettier than the Bahama's one's though 🙂
It is our pintail but ours seem a little lighter to me – probably environmental (food or light or something) differences.
These ones seem a lot tamer than ours which are really skittish (that might have something to do with our resident peregrine and RTHawks though)
I was able to see Northern Pintails this weekend. I've never heard of a Bahama Pintail but it's an awesome looking duck – nice photos!
That sure is a beautifully colored duck. And great photos of it.
bout Feb- March they take off again,but recently some remain all year. We also have a few Mallards and the Caribbean or Antiguan Whisling Duck which is always in Antigua and is protected Jeff
could you pleasee tell me the main differences between this duck and the subspecies of the galapagos….
You might be interested to know that I saw a pintail in Scotland!I think it's a white cheeked pintail. Who know's how it ended up there. If you google Birnie loch pintail you can see some photographs of it.
we saw a white cheeked pintail whist walking down the canal in Shardlow,Derbyshire. It was a single bird in a flock of mallards on the 23 december 2009. How lucky are we!!!!!
I saw this duck yesterday January 10th 2010, whilst walking along the canal in Sharlow, perhaps he has escaped from somewhere?
I have got a wcp on my garden pond in Nottingham,UK. it seems quite happy with a group of mallards and came within 2 feet of me when I was throwing corn to the ducks
I saw a pair of white cheeked pintails on the River Avon nr Bitton, South Gloucestershire, May 5th 2010, and every day since. They seem to hang around with a manderin and the occasional mallard, but tend to be quite aggressive towards them. On the other hand the Mute Swan family are quite aggressive toward the WCP. One of them appears to be ringed but both appear quite happy amongst the reeds.
The Galapagos race A. b. galapagensis is apparantly smaller, duller in colour and has faint grey flecks on the white cheeks/throat. There's a photo of one I took in the Galapagos here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/leedingain/6776276945/in/set-72157629065477885. White-cheeked Pintail are commonly kept in collections in the UK and often escape.
I'm 99% sure that it was this bird I saw in our lake, here in Northern Alabama. It was with a group of female mallards. Do they make their way so far North?
We rescued a duckling white-cheeked pintail about 2 months ago on Rose Island, near Nassau, he was being chased by sea gulls and dogs, the mother was nowhere around. We could not find anyone to look after him so we ended up taking him along with us on our sailboat. We are now in Luperón in the Dominican Republic and are a bit at a lost at to what to do with him. Should we just let him fly away and hope for the best, or should we take him to our friends' farm inland?
© 2013 10,000 Birds. All words, images, and opinions are the property of their respective authors unless stated otherwise.


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TomTom will launch a navigation app for Android in October. The veteran sat-nav company made the announcement at the IFA convention in Berlin, where it showed the app in action.
The app will include navigation, map and traffic technologies such as lane guidance and IQ Routes arrival time calculation.
Corinne Vigreux, TomTom's Managing Director said: "We aim to make TomTom content and services available to as many devices and platforms as we can. Bringing TomTom navigation to Android smartphones is, therefore, a significant milestone for us."
It will join the Navigation and Speed Camera apps that are already available for Apple iOS devices. TomTom has also produced a hands-free car kit for smartphones, which has a phone mount, charger and speaker built-in.
On Android, the TomTom app will go head-to-head with Google's powerful and free Navigation and Maps options.
TomTom says that pricing will be announced closer to the launch date, which strongly suggests that it won't be free. It remains to be seen if it will be good enough to lure users away from Google's version.
TomTom's Android Navigation app will show routes even if you have lost a data connection at the time and will include free map updates for life. The IQ Routes feature promised what TomTom says are "arrival times that drivers can rely on – at all times of day."
The app also has advanced lane guidance for extra help at difficult junctions, spoken street names and 2D or 3D driving views. HD Traffic (for faster routes through traffic) and the Speed Cameras feature will be available as in-app upgrade purchases.
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5Sunday hours: Gates open 8 a.m. - 9 p.m., buildings open 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., carnival rides open 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
5Parking: Free
5General admission: $10
5Other admission: Children ages 7-12, $6; children under 7, free. Adults age 62+ $6
SPENCER � Despite overcast skies and threat of rain, huge numbers of people from young to old have been gathering at this weekend's 125th Spencer Fair for a taste of good food, eclectic entertainment, carnival rides and all things agricultural.
Mary Jane Shepard, 9, of Worcester, said the most interesting carnival ride is the mechanical bull.
While munching on a caramel-covered candy apple, Mary Jane said the bull ride was "the dream of my life ever since I heard of it."
Her parents, Julie, 38, and Greg, 42, said they prefer going to Spencer's fair because of the free parking, close proximity and large variety of sights, sounds and edibles.
"Here, it's close to home and a lot of fun," Mr. Shepard said. "It's local fun and cheaper than" larger venues, his wife added. They began trekking to the Spencer Fair before their child could walk, taking her in a stroller.
This year's fair president, Dale Davies, who grew up on a dairy farm along Paxton Road, said attendance has been fantastic.
Another pleasant surprise involved Mrs. Davies' mother, Nancy Andrews, 79.
State agricultural resources Commissioner Gregory C. Watson was in attendance on Saturday to present her with a "Faces of Agriculture'' award to honor her long-serving commitment to the community.
Born in Hampden, where she grew up on the Breezy Stock Farm that milked a herd of Guernseys, Mrs. Andrews met her husband, Sonny Andrews, while showing at a Spencer Fair in the 1950s. Until 1986 they operated their 500-acre farm on Paxton Road. Mr. Andrews passed away in 2006.
The state award also recognized Mrs. Andrews as a 4-H leader � which she has been doing the past 65 years.
She first showed a calf in 1943 at the Hampden town fair. Mrs. Andrews has six daughters, 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
"I think my mother's an amazing woman," Mrs. Davies said. "Her dedication to the animals, the 4-H, the Spencer Fair has made me into who I am."
The fair president took a moment to tout what she says should be a great musical act that occurs on the last day of this year's fair on Monday afternoon. Little Texas Band performs at 3 p.m. Sept. 2.
Alden Brodermerkle, 57, grew up on Prospect Farm in Barre and says he lost track of the number of cattle he has shown at Spencer Fair.
He said the 24-7 life of dairy farming that requires twice-per-day milking of cows is not for everyone, and that to do it, it has to be in one's blood.
"It is like a birth defect: You are born with it," Mr. Brodermerkle said. "Once you're in it, you don't have time to think how" hard it is.
Poppie's Concessions owners Joseph "Gino" Orlandi, 78, and his wife, Theresa, 72, have been in the food business 48 years, have been married 51, and have set up shop at the Spencer Fair for more than 30 years.
They serve a lot of fried dough, onion rings and french fries. They live in Plainfield.
Alex Adkins, 7, with his father, Joe, of Paxton was about to dig into a plate of chicken tenders with barbecue sauce.
"I came here when I was a kid and now I bring my kids here," Mr. Adkins said. "I drive 10 minutes from my house and we are here."
Alex said, "There's nothing really I don't like about the Spencer Fair � I like a bunch of the foods, rides, those tents that sell the different stuff."
The youngster had one complaint. Because Saturday was fair day for the family, "my dad didn't let me play video games this morning."
Also this weekend in nearby Connecticut is the Woodstock Fair.
The Woodstock Fair runs from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday, and until 8 p.m. Monday. Parking is $5. General admission is $8. Children 10 and under are admitted free. Those 65 and older pay $8.


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Researchers warn Oklahoma quakes linked to fracking boom could get stronger
Seismologists are warning that Oklahoma's skyrocketing earthquakes linked to oil and gas activity are liable to get stronger and more dangerous.
Oklahoma has seen a 50 percent rise in earthquakes since October of last year. Since 2009, after the nation's fracking boom began, the earthquake activity in Oklahoma has been approximately 40 times higher than in the 30 previous years, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The recent surge in the rate of the quakes has prompted the USGS and the Oklahoma Geological Survey to issue a warning that the earthquakes could get stronger, with the agencies saying there is a significantly increased chance for a damaging magnitude 5.5 or greater quake in central Oklahoma.
"While it's been known for decades that Oklahoma is earthquake country, we hope that this new advisory of increased hazard will become a crucial consideration in earthquake preparedness for residents, schools and businesses in the area," said Bill Leith, senior science advisor at the USGS.
A USGS analysis suggests a likely contributing factor to the increase in earthquakes is drilling wastewater injected into deep geologic formations.
Fracking produces large amounts of wastewater, which companies often pump deep underground as an economical way to dispose of it without contaminating fresh water. Injection raises the underground pressure and can effectively lubricate fault lines, weakening them and causing quakes, according to the USGS.
Most ofthe Oklahoma quakes have been small so far. But scientists have linked a 5.7 magnitude quake near Prague, Oklahoma in 2011 to disposal of drilling wastewater. That earthquake was felt as far away as Milwaukee and destroyed 14 homes.
The Oklahoma Geological Survey disputes the link of that earthquake to oil and gas activities, though, and is not joining the USGS in attributing the skyrtocketing rate of earthquakes to disposal of drilling waste. The USGS has also linked quakes in Arkansas, Ohio, Texas, and Colorado to oil and gas activities. Scientists are studying whether a recent surge in earthquakes in Kansas is also attributate to the uptick in fracking there.


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This video shows some of the most dramatic fluctuations to our cryosphere in recent years, using visuals created with a variety of satellite-based data.
This lesson plan engages students in a real-life exploration of climate change as it is affected by greenhouse emissions from vehicles. The aim of this activity is for students to realize the impact of vehicle use in their family and to give students the opportunity to brainstorm viable alternatives to this use.
This activity uses two interactive simulations to illustrate climate change, 1) at the micro/molecular level - modeling the impact of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere on surface temperature and 2) at the macro level - modeling changes in glacier thickness and flow as a result of rising surface temperature.
In this activity, students explore what types of energy resources exist in their state by examining a state map and data from the Energy Information Administration. Students identify the different energy sources in their state, including the state's renewable energy potential.
This short video illustrates the phenomena of El NiÃo and La NiÃa: their relationships to tradewinds and surface water temperatures, and their effects on precipitation in North America.
In this activity, students are guided through graphs of surface air temperature anomaly data and Vostok ice core data to illustrate how scientists use these data to develop the basis for modeling how climate is likely to change in the future.
In this activity, students investigate how scientists monitor changes in Earth's glaciers, ice caps, and ice sheets. The activity is linked to 2009 PBS Nova program entitled Extreme Ice.
This video is part two of a seven-part National Academies series, Climate Change: Lines of Evidence. The video outlines, with the use of recent research and historical data, how we know that the Earth is warming.
This activity is the first of five in the High Adventure Science Energy module and focuses on sources of electricity in the US by state as well as consumption in the US by sector and globally per capita.
This series of activities introduces students to the technologies of batteries and fuel cells. Activities include a mix of lectures, demonstrations, and lab activities.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tyler Blackwell drew a bases loaded walk in the top of the tenth inning to give Huntingdon College a 4-3 win over Birmingham-Southern (11-4) Saturday at Striplin Field.
The Hawks held a 3-2 lead going into the bottom of the ninth when the Panthers tied the game. David Bourbonnais and Tanner McGill had one out singles. Bourbonnais would advance to third on an error and score on an Ethan Netherton sac-fly.
Grant Brown's infield single with one out started the HC tenth. Brown stole second to move into scoring position and Caleb Austin grounded out to advance Brown to third. Joseph Odom was intentionally walked and Trey Smith was hit by a pitch to load the bases and set up Blackwell's walk.
BSC grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Taylor McCracken walked and Evan Grovenstein singled to open the frame. McCracken later scored on a throwing error and Grovenstein came home on Jacob Mayfield's triple.
Caleb Astin and Odom had RBI singles to help the Hawks tie the game at two in the third.
Bourbonnais (4-1) suffered the loss in relief of starter Blake Stevens. Bourbonnais gave up a run on two hits and had two strikeouts. Stevens struck out seven and gave up three runs on six hits through eight innings.
Nell Lawler (1-0) struck out four and allowed one run on two hits in three innings pitched to pick up the win.
Grovenstein and Stephen Denton led BSC with two hits.
In other action on Saturday, Illinois Wesleyan defeated No. 8 Adrian 6-4 in the first game and Huntingdon defeated IWU, 10-6 in game two.
Birmingham-Southern plays No. 8 Adrian College at 11 a.m. and Illinois Wesleyan at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday at Striplin Field.


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This release incorporates new features in the
NDB storage engine and fixes
recently discovered bugs in previous MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0
Obtaining MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0. The latest MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0 binaries for supported platforms can be obtained from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/. Source code for the latest MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0 release can be obtained from the same location. You can also access the MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0 development source tree at https://code.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-cluster-7.0.
This release also incorporates all bugfixes and changes made in previous MySQL Cluster releases, as well as all bugfixes and feature changes which were added in mainline MySQL 5.1 through MySQL 5.1.61 (see Changes in MySQL 5.1.61 (2012-01-10)).
Please refer to our bug database at http://bugs.mysql.com/ for more details about the individual bugs fixed in this version.
Important Change:
TABLE ... REORGANIZE PARTITION statement can be used
to create new table partitions after new empty nodes have been
added to a MySQL Cluster. Usually, the number of partitions to
create is determined automatically, such that, if no new
partitions are required, then none are created. This behavior
can be overridden by creating the original table using the
MAX_ROWS option, which indicates that extra
partitions should be created to store a large number of rows.
However, in this case
PARTITION simply uses the
value specified in the original
TABLE statement to determine the number of partitions
required; since this value remains constant, so does the number
of partitions, and so no new ones are created. This means that
the table is not rebalanced, and the new data nodes remain
To solve this problem, support is added for
MAX_ROWS=, where
newvalue is greater than the value
used with
MAX_ROWS in the original
CREATE TABLE statement. This larger
MAX_ROWS value implies that more partitions
are required; these are allocated on the new data nodes, which
restores the balanced distribution of the table data.
For more information, see ALTER TABLE Syntax, and Adding MySQL Cluster Data Nodes Online. (Bug #13714648)
When the
--initial options were used
together, ndb_mgmd failed to start.
(Bug #13857301)
TABLE failed when a
DEFAULT option
was used.
(Bug #13830980)
In some cases, restarting data nodes spent a very long time in
Start Phase 101, when API nodes must connect to the starting
node (using
when the API nodes trying to connect failed in a live-lock
scenario. This connection process uses a handshake during which
a small number of messages are exchanged, with a timeout used to
detect failures during the handshake.
Prior to this fix, this timeout was set such that, if one API node encountered the timeout, all other nodes connecting would do the same. The fix also decreases this timeout. This issue (and the effects of the fix) are most likely to be observed on relatively large configurations having 10 or more data nodes and 200 or more API nodes. (Bug #13825163)
ndbmtd failed to restart when the size of a table definition exceeded 32K.
(The size of a table definition is dependent upon a number of factors, but in general the 32K limit is encountered when a table has 250 to 300 columns.) (Bug #13824773)
An initial start using ndbmtd could sometimes hang. This was due to a state which occurred when several threads tried to flush a socket buffer to a remote node. In such cases, to minimize flushing of socket buffers, only one thread actually performs the send, on behalf of all threads. However, it was possible in certain cases for there to be data in the socket buffer waiting to be sent with no thread ever being chosen to perform the send. (Bug #13809781)
When trying to use ndb_size.pl
to connect to a MySQL server running on a nonstandard port, the
port argument was ignored.
(Bug #13364905, Bug #62635)
Cluster Replication: Error handling in conflict detection and resolution has been improved to include errors generated for reasons other than operation execution errors, and to distinguish better between permanent errors and transient errors. Transactions failing due to transient problems are now retried rather than leading to SQL node shutdown as occurred in some cases. (Bug #13428909)


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Reader Nick sent this video from last night's White Sox-Indians game. He was sitting next to Cleveland's bullpen when some relievers started practicing their juggling skills. According to Nick, this happened in the bottom of the eighth inning; by then, the Indians had a 6-4 lead. (They ended up winning.) If they're not called upon, relievers have to entertain themselves with something, right? The Red Sox have spoon bands, and apparently, the Indians have juggling.
This scene is a metaphor for any last-place team in September: players seeking peace as one squandered season limps to a close, while a baby wails and reminds them that next year will bring only more of the same.


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Morace keen to strike gold
Wednesday 2 February 2005
Article summary
Italy coach Carolina Morace tells uefa.com that she is keen for her nation to go one better than 1993 and 1997.
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By Pete Sanderson
Reaching the last eight of the UEFA European Women's Championship is all-too-familiar territory for the Azzurre. The Italian national team have, after all, never failed to make the quarter-final stage of the tournament since it began.
Win or bust
But qualification is one thing - and winning the title a different problem altogether. So, after collecting runners-up medals at WOMEN'S EURO 1993 and 1997, Italy coach Carolina Morace is anxious to bury their reputations as bridesmaids and finally win the competition outright.
Champions challenge
The squad certainly have the talent. Captain Patrizia Panico and Ilaria Pasqui form one of the most feared strike forces in the game and in Morace, the only woman to coach a male professional team in Italy (albeit for only two games), they have one of the most knowledgeable managers in women's football. Morace shared her views with uefa.com after seeing her side drawn in the same group as France, Norway and defending champions Germany in Manchester.
uefa.com: Italy have done consistently well in this tournament over the years. Are you confident you can maintain this tradition next summer?
Carolina Morace: I am of the opinion that in women's football at the moment in Italy it's not just important to win, as we are still in a development phase. Therefore, it is important to convince the public that this is a great sport to watch.
Our national team represents the best vehicle to promote women's football in Italy and we try to develop a playing style that is attractive. In football anything can happen. The men's [UEFA] European Championship was won by Greece who were certainly not the strongest team in the competition.
uefa.com: Italy have a very young team, in particular the midfield. Do you think this will be a benefit or a disadvantage?
Morace: It is obviously very important to have under-age competitions like the [UEFA European Women's] Under-19 Championship, and it would certainly be good to have an Under-17 tournament too, which does not exist yet. Of course, gaining experience in continental tournaments at youth level helps you to strengthen the technical and sporting skills and participate successfully at senior level. It is true that I have a very young midfield. But it is also true that these girls have been playing with me for a while now and they already have great personality. That personality does not necessarily come from your age but from your mental strength.
uefa.com: You have been involved at the top of women's football for a long time. How has the game changed and developed over the last ten to 15 years?
Morace: Unfortunately, in Italy numbers are not exactly growing. This is certainly a big problem if you want to build a competitive national team. It would therefore be necessary to develop a project to better promote the game at grassroots level. I think that in my time there were probably more talented players, but we were maybe weaker from a tactical and physical point of view.
Today you find less talented players but they are better athletes and they know better where to stand on the pitch in terms of tactics.


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This outfit is an entry to the naughty or nice contest and of course I'm on santa's nice list (fluttering my eyelashes). Why? Well, this year I was always hard at work. I finished my school with this the top grade of all students who finished their studies then I started my new work at an advertising agency as a Graphic Designer and after all I started and finished a complete redesign of my blog which also included the purchase of a new DSLR cam for taking photos with higher quality to reach my goals. But now there's a huge lack of money in my pocket unfortunately. So you surely understand now why I'm definitely on the nice list and why I need this lovely award of $500 worth of closing.
So guys… it's up to you to vote for me to enhance my chances. Thanks for every comment, fav and vote. Kisses from Switzerland.
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Real Estate Matters: Lender's question on owner occupancy is straightforward
The lender will not inquire as to whether any unit is leased in accordance with the association documents or whether there are unauthorized people living in association units; the question will be simple. The lender will ask how many units in the association are owner occupied and how many are rented.
If you live in an association with 100 units, and 69 of them are owner occupied and 31 are rented, the association will have to divulge that information. The lender does not care if the unit owners are following the rental guidelines; the lender wants to know and needs to know how many units are lived in by their owners and how many are occupied by tenants.
Traditionally, real estate experts have believed that buildings that are owner occupied tend to be more stable than rental buildings. Owner-occupied buildings also tend to be better cared for. Values of owner-occupied buildings tend to stand up over time. The last several years may have changed that association somewhat, but lenders still prefer to lend to owner-occupied buildings.
When dealing with an individual candidate for the job, you can always perform a credit check, along with a criminal background check. You can try that as well when dealing with a management company, but you may find that the company will not cooperate in giving you personal information about the owners. A private investigator can get a great deal of that sort of information by searching public records and the like.
You can spend quite a bit of money researching the right person or company. If you start with recommendations, referrals and your own research, you might have some luck.
Since the property in question is a home, you might have trouble finding a large-scale property manager to help you. You probably will end up finding an individual who manages this type of property for others. Assuming that you find the fees reasonable, you will still have to stay current on how things are managed at your property. If there are maintenance problems or other issues, you want to be engaged enough to catch them early on.
You might want to have all money from the tenant go to you and then pay the manager from those funds. While rent collection is a responsibility you might be inclined to delegate to the manager, your greatest potential source of problems may be keeping track of the money.
If you have questions, you can call Ilyce Glink's radio show toll-free at 800-972-8255 any Sunday, from 10 a.m.-noon, or contact her or Samuel Tamkin through her website, www.thinkglink.com.


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Latvian hockey player caught for doping in Sochi
In this Tuesday, May 14, 2013, file photo, Finland's Juhamatti Aaltonen, left, vies for the puck with Latvia's Ralfs Freibergs during a 2013 IIHF World Championships Group B preliminary round match in Helsinki. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Jussi Nukari, File)
Stephen Wilson, The Associated Press
Published Friday, April 25, 2014 10:41AM EDT
LONDON -- Two months after the closing ceremony, the Sochi Olympics broke a Winter Games record Friday when a Latvian hockey player became the eighth athlete disqualified for a positive doping test.
Ralfs Freibergs was retroactively kicked out of the games by the IOC after being found guilty of a steroid offence, the third hockey player and second from Latvia caught for doping in Sochi.
The International Olympic Committee said the 22-year-old defenceman tested positive for a testosterone-related steroid in a sample provided after Latvia's 2-1 loss to Canada in the quarterfinals on Feb. 19.
Another Latvian, Vitalijs Pavlovs, was disqualified in Sochi after testing positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine following the loss to Canada.
Swedish star Nicklas Backstrom was suspended from the Olympic final against Canada after a positive test for pseudoephdrine, which was contained in an allergy medication. He was allowed to keep his silver medal.
Freiberg's expulsion represents the eighth doping case overall from Sochi, surpassing the previous record of seven recorded at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. While there was only one positive test during the 2006 Games, the IOC also lists seven cases in Turin because of the police raids on the Austrian cross-country and biathlon team lodgings that led to subsequent doping sanctions.
"The number of the cases for me is not really relevant," IOC President Thomas Bach said on the final day of the Sochi Games on Feb. 23. "What is important is that we see the system works."
The IOC carried out a Winter Games record 2,812 tests in Sochi, including pre-competition and out-of-competition blood and urine controls. The samples are stored for 10 years so they can be retested when new methods become available.
Freibergs, who also plays for Bowling Green State University in Ohio, is the second Sochi athlete sanctioned over a serious doping substance. Austrian skier Johannes Duerr was expelled after testing positive for the blood booster EPO.
The IOC said it was up to the International Ice Hockey Federation to consider any further sanctions against Freibergs. Steroid cases usually carry a minimum two-year suspension.
Latvia finished eighth in the Olympic tournament, which was won by Canada.
The IOC ruled out disqualifying the entire Latvian team, citing IIHF rules specifying that a full team is punished only when more than two players are found guilty of doping violations.
"Therefore, no consequences have to be considered in respect of the team results at this stage," the IOC said.
Freibergs told Bowling Green State that he had tested positive for turinabol, a steroid widely used in the former East Germany, the IOC said. The university appointed a lab to conduct a screening of a sample from Freibergs and reported that it found no traces of the drug.
A three-person IOC disciplinary panel held a hearing on the case in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 4. Freibergs did not attend but was represented by a lawyer who contested the validity of the Sochi doping lab and the procedures of the "B" sample testing.
The panel rejected the defence claims and found Freibergs guilty of a doping violation, disqualified him from the Canada game and ejected him from the entire Sochi Olympics.
Other athletes sanctioned by the IOC for doping in Sochi were Ukrainian cross-country skier Marina Lisogor, Italian bobsledder William Frullani, German biathlete Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Polish bobsledder Daniel Zalewski.
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A native of Greenville, and a graduate of Christ Church Episcopal School, Greenville High School, Wake Forest University and the University of South Carolina Law School. Knox White is a partner in the law firm of Haynsworth, Sinkler & Boyd, where he heads the firm's immigration and customs practices. He is married to Marsha P. White and they have two children.
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Mayor's Leadership
Knox White has served as Mayor of Greenville since December 1995. As Mayor, he has the goal of making the city of Greenville the most beautiful and livable city in America. He has emphasized neighborhood revitalization, economic development, and transformational projects for downtown.
Under the mayor's leadership, the City maintains a "Triple A" (AAA) bond rating and enjoys a reputation for solving problems on an innovative and bipartisan basis.
Mayor's Corner
If you ask Mayor White what makes Greenville so unique, he'll tell you that it's in large part due to good planning and even greater partnerships. Learn more about how the City sets the bar high, takes risks and constantly seeks ways to increase the quality of life for its citizens and enhance its visitors' experience.
Key Strategic Projects
- Construction of new retail including the Mast General Store
- Construction of the downtown Fluor Field baseball stadium
- Initiation of a bike and walking trail system (Swamp Rabbit Trail) throughout the City
- Model infrastructure for Clemson ICAR
- Public art initiatives along Main Street
- Record annexations
- Removal of the Camperdown Bridge and creation of Falls Park
- Restoration of Poinsett Hotel and Court Street
- Riverfront development
Neighborhood Initiatives
- Attractive new housing in the City's special emphasis neighborhoods
- Enhanced beautification efforts
- Master plans for commercial corridors
- Reinvestment in neighborhood parks
- Sidewalk construction
- Support for neighborhood associations
- Traffic calming