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Author Notes: This burger, which is also great in slider form, was inspired by the Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich: a delectable combination of pork, pickled veggies, cilantro, and spicy mayo.
This recipe will make more spicy mayo than you'll probably need for just the burgers, but that's okay, because it's an amazing condiment that's great on pretty much any sandwich you can think of (I love putting it on BLTs, in particular). I've no doubt you'll find a use for it. —Sarah | Wisconsin from Scratch
Food52 Review: Burgers go Vietnamese with this delicious, mouthwatering Banh Burger recipe. The succulent pork is enhanced and well-seasoned with the addition of fish sauce, sesame oil, garlic, and spring onion, and the burger itself is garnished with a spicy mayonnaise. The pickled vegetables, fresh cilantro, and jalapeño cut through the richness of the pork and the spiciness of the mayonnaise. The whole burger provides lovely texture and flavor and is a pleasure to eat. —Delwyn Cox
Makes 4 burgers
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon 2 teaspoons Sriracha, divided
- 1 green onion, finely chopped + 1 tablespoon chopped green onion (green parts only)
- 1/2 cup carrots, cut into matchsticks
- 1/2 cup cucumber, seeded and cut into matchsticks
- 2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 pound ground pork
- 2 teaspoons fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- Thinly-sliced jalapeño or serrano peppers
- Cilantro sprigs
- 4 Hawaiian King hamburger buns
- To make the spicy mayo, mix together the mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon Sriracha, and 1 chopped green onion until well combined. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- For pickled veggies, combine the carrots and cucumbers with 1 teaspoon of the salt and the sugar. Let sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then drain and put in a jar or bowl with the rice wine vinegar and enough water to cover them completely. Let sit while you prepare the burgers.
- For the burgers, mix together the ground pork, fish sauce, sesame oil, garlic, 1 tablespoon chopped green onion (green parts only), 2 teaspoons Sriracha, and 1 teaspoon salt in a large bowl until fully combined. Shape 4 1/4 pound burger patties. Make an indentation in the center of each patty with your thumb in order to prevent the burger from puffing in the center while it cooks. Grill burgers until they reach desired degree of doneness.
- To assemble, cut buns in half and put 1 burger on each bun. Top with pickled veggies, sliced jalapeño peppers, cilantro sprigs, and spicy mayonnaise.
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PHOTO: All this, and a bonnet: Keira Knightley in Pride and
It's odd to think that Pride and Prejudice hasn't actually been made into a movie since the 1940 version with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. Odd, partly because that bit of casting went deep into the collective memory - Larry, in particular, at 31 was the platonic idea of Darcy, all sneer and sparkle - and odd, too, because the 1995 TV version with Jennifer Ehle was one of those adaptations for television - like the Jeremy Irons Brideshead or the Derek Jacobi I, Claudius - that seem more significant than any film could be.
Indeed, the collective female furore about Colin Firth's Darcy in the TV version - largely inexplicable to the male eye, straight or gay - led on to Bridget Jones and to the whole cinematic cult of Austen and her Victorian successors, which led film critic Derek Malcolm to say that you could hardly go out these days without wearing a bonnet.
Well, now we have a new, handsome Pride and Prejudice, full of ducks and pigs and lavish country vistas, and featuring as Elizabeth Bennet one Keira Knightley, she of Bend it like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean.
The thought of Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet, one of the more self-possessed comic heroines since Shakespeare's Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, caused the kind of apprehension that greeted the news that Leonardo Di Caprio was to play Romeo. It wasn't that she was literally too young - Elizabeth Bennet is a marriageable 20-odd - but that adulthood (in the sense of maturity, wit and ripeness) seemed to fall on girls a bit faster in far-off Regency days than it does today.
Elizabeth is the best of the Bennet bunch in Pride and Prejudice - including noble, yearning Jane. She's her father's daughter and Mr Bennet is a cynical delight. Mrs Bennet is one of those fatuous lumps of womanhood who can never get beyond the feminine view that a good marriage is better than any other fate.
Of course, Elizabeth, like any humour-dominated type in Ben Jonson or Moliere, is prejudiced against Mr Darcy, dark, handsome and proud as Lucifer.
It is an extraordinary image of life, Pride and Prejudice - as great as As You Like It or Much Ado About Nothing - and we know it like the backs of our hands.
The good news is that the Keira Knightley/Matthew MacFadyen Pride and Prejudice is likely to bring pleasure to the millions of people - most, not all, of them women - who think the world was a better place in Regency smocks and tight trousers, at least when Jane Austen was calling the tune.
This is an easy-to-take, sweeping, countrified Pride and Prejudice. The director, Joe Wright, who hadn't read the book - and whose claims to fame are TV things such as the Rufus Sewell Charles II and Timothy Spall losing it in Bodily Harm - didn't want things to be too "posh" so he's muddied them up.
This makes Austen seem earthier and her world more like something that falls somewhere between Fielding's and Hardy's. Historically this is fair enough even if it is a bit at variance with the tone of the book and the kind of visualisation it evokes.
Everything looks a bit more slatternly, the Bennet girls are rowdier, nothing is all that clean-looking and the ball is much jiggier and more folksy than the usual neoclassical stateliness.
What goes along with this is a more stormy and messy naturalisation of Austen's vision. Brenda Blethyn is superb as Mrs Bennet, dotty and vulgar in her pursuit of marriageable chaps for her daughters, but there's no surrender to comic type.
Donald Sutherland - who hasn't been heard with an English accent very often since his walk-on bit-playing in The Avengers 40 years ago - turns Mr Bennet into the most complex, compassionate, neo-Rembrandtian figure in a way that transforms the brilliant naysayer of the original into something more human but also more touchy-feely. It's hard to object, though stylistically the upshot is more Victorian than it is Jane Austen.
So what about the leads? Will you quiver, will you shiver at the latest incarnations of Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy? Well, as they say on Little Britain - Scottish accents, please - "Mebbe yairs, mebbe noo."
Knightley has always been easy on the eye and she is ravishingly shot by Roman Osin in what is pretty consistently a long hymn to the "barbarous beauty" of Britain. Her hair is dark, she's fresh, even tanned, not peaches and cream, and as Elizabeth she gives the best performance she's given so far in a "British" film, vowels peaching, nose wrinkling.
It's not a patch on her American girl in The Jacket with Adrien Brody, where the nose thing vanished as though it had never been. But although someone should have taken the scissors to this particular mannerism, Knightley is a pretty presentable Elizabeth Bennet. She's a lot more natural than she normally is and there are times when she's overtaken by genuine poise, where she looks absolutely self-possessed.
It's not a great performance but it has some terrific moments - including the confrontation with Lady Catherine de Bourg where, a bit unbelievably, Knightley holds her own with Judi Dench.
So not an Elizabeth Bennet that will banish memories of Jennifer Ehle and Greer Garson - perhaps least of all for older Janeites - but one that is likely to communicate by a spirit of empathy with her contemporaries and probably get some votes, for all its friskiness and touches of toughness, from their elders.
And her Darcy? Well Matthew MacFadyen is obviously a fine actor - I would like to have seen his Prince Hal opposite Michael Gambon's Falstaff in Henry IV at Britain's National Theatre recently - and he's got good eyes and the ability to register the softer aspects of Darcy at a glance.
You miss the Olivier hauteur and savage intensity of style and I suspect a lot of the ladies will miss Colin Firth's "weight". He doesn't strike me as an ideal contemporary Darcy - who would that be? - but he'll do.
He sometimes looks more like a self-conscious schoolboy than he does like a morally upright version of Byron. The fact that he's a slightly boyish Darcy, a bit wispy, at least makes him look compatible with Knightley in a way an actor with a huge presence like Clive Owen just wouldn't.
So this Pride and Prejudice is a bit of a chamber music for kids' orchestra, with chooks in the background and plenty of dirt and rain and tousled hair and some adult guest players deepening the sense of reality.
The exception to the slightly anachronistic complexity - typified by Sutherland - is Judi Dench's Lady Catherine de Bourg. I wouldn't have cast her. I would have gone for Maggie Smith ahead of her and Vanessa Redgrave ahead of either of them, but Dench is superb and superbly on the note. The old monster of snobbery is utterly human and executed with brutal grandeur, with not the faintest bid for sympathy.
It's the flintiest and most purely Austen-like thing in this soft, earth-coloured chocolate box of a Pride and Prejudice.
And when Darcy comes good and Elizabeth sees the light, hearts will flutter at something way beyond romance.
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THE Rev Kenneth Arthur Charles Brown, of Ingoldsby Road, Lenton, has died at home. He was 84.
He was born in Maidstone, Kent, the son of Charles and Eveling Brown, and has a sister, Eileen Dishinton.
The Rev Brown was a retired teacher, having taught at the Charles Read Secondary School, Corby Glen. The Rev Brown worked in the Diocese of Lincoln.
His interests included reading, writing, the arts, Church, choir and visiting the north Norfolk coast.
The funeral service was held at St Peter's Church, Lenton, conducted by the Rev Ian Walters. Cremation followed in Grantham.
Family mourners included: Eileen Dishington, Fiona Blackwell, Matt Blackwell, Ruth Stevens and John Stevens.
Other mourners included: Malcolm Dawson, Angela Featherstone, Paul Featherstone, Jean Burns-Thomson, Janet and Andrew Vince, David and Marion Ellis, Susan Lanckham, Emma Lanckham, Ann Cook, Anne and Graham Musson, Bob Sheard, Tony Cook, David and Susan Hodgson, Mrs Bullen, Elizabeth Snowden, Tony Clayton, Lisa Grenfell, Mr and Mrs Ward-Barrow, Beryl Simpson, Victoria Smith, Rosemary Storey, Hazel Frow, Sandie Thorpe, Des and Carol Bland, Freda and David Schofield, John Gleeson, Vic and Dorothy Gunnett, Derry Trawford, Susan Tindall, Danny Tindall, Miss D. M. Maroin, Mrs Hemsall, Nigel and Steph Scarborough, Heather Dodds, Kevin Dodds, Matthew Dodds, Claire Dodds, Joyce Smith, Kathleen Johnson, Kenneth Mann, Alan and Barbara Limb, Angela Eldred, Joan and George Meades, Percy Hunt, Louise North, Janet Saunder, Brenda Greatwood, Angel Nicholson, Derry Trawford, Susan Dobney, Peter Dobney, Tom and Paulette Garrill, Stella Elliott, Pat Walters, Joyce Dicken, Ann Warren, Philip Walters, Michael and Christina Thompson, Betty Richardson, John and Muriel Goodacre, Mr Webb, Joyce Neave, Philip Dawson, Andrew Gunnett, Jean Handley, John, Mark and Simon Rowbotham, Jill and Peter Arden, Lady Willoughby, Mike and Rowena Ward-Barrow, Mr and Mrs Thompson, Hazel Latter, Jill Walsingham, Claire and Mark Handley, Rosie Tunnell, Mark and Elaine Grocott, Matthew and Hayley Grocott, and Mr and Mrs Gilbert.
Funeral arrangements were by Robert Holland, St Catherine's Road, Grantham.
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(AP) If shoppers didn't spot sale signs before Christmas, they'll find them now.
Stores and malls were slashing prices Thursday, hoping to offset a ho-hum holiday season with a burst of post-Christmas buying.
From major retailers, like Lord & Taylor and Macy's, to small independent stores, merchants were opening early and offering deep discounts to get shoppers into the buying mood again after a 24-hour respite.
"It's a big day," said John Costello, senior executive vice president at Sears, Roebuck & Co., which was discounting everything from Craftsman tools to cordless telephones during its traditional after-holiday sale.
Despite reports of brisk buying in the first weeks of the season, many retailers failed to keep up with that pace through Christmas Eve.
Maxxed-out credit cards, foul weather and five fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas contributed to the slowdown.
"Was it great? No," said Robert Burton, director of investor relations at Kmart Corp. "We saw a modest improvement this Christmas and retailers in general had to work hard to get the gains they had."
Now, storeowners are betting on a surge of buying to help their bottom lines. For shoppers, that could mean good deals on things they didn't get for Christmas. Some merchants are offering discounts as high as 75 percent.
Some of the best prices were expected to be found at electronics and computer stores, which suffered through one of their toughest holiday seasons in recent years due to waning demand.
"Everyone said wait until after Christmas before you get a computer," said Sonya Ortiz, who stopped by a CompUSA store in Manhattan Christmas Eve to check out a few of her options. "I'll be back to see if what the prices are Thursday."
Apparel, too, will likely go on sale, as clothing stores try to move out merchandise to make room for new goods. These markdowns come despite a successful season for apparel retailers, who thrived thanks to a rebounding interest in clothing.
"Apparel was up stronger than anticipated," said Walter Loeb, who runs the retail consulting firm Loeb Associates. "Everything was selling and anything tied to clothes was selling - ties, accessories, handbags."
Other big winners this Christmas included jewelry stores and upscale retailers, with many shoppers willing to spend a little more on gifts. Toy retailers had a strong year, benefiting from the frenzy over Tickle Me Elmo and Holiday Barbie dolls and Nintendo 64 video games.
Home furnishings also sold well, especially smaller pieces like wine racks and end tables.
"It's the Martha Stewart syndrome," said Clark Johnson, chief executive of Pier 1 Imports. "People interested in their homes again."
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Farmers - Breaks Important For Healthy Minds, Relationships and Business
If you tend to keep thinking about the cows while you are on holidays or you tend not to take holidays at all then it is time for a change.
For peace of mind as a dairy farmer you should have a replacement milker that you trust and can leave in charge when you need time off. Remember your herd of cows are you livelihood so you can't leave them to 'just anyone' to look after. Call in the experts, FRS, who will provide professional and reliable relief milkers so you can take that well deserved break and actually relax in knowing that your farm is in safe hands.
Now is the time to plan that break away. The summer brings the opportunity to spend time with family, go to the GAA matches, attend a wedding. FRS provide milkers for a once off milking or for regular milking and general farm labour to allow you to have some deserving personal time.
It is reported that the average employee takes 20 days holidays per year and the average for farmers is only 13 days. This precious time should be spent relaxing and not worry about work. Research shows that taking a relaxing break is extremely important for your mental health.
In Ireland there was never a culture of taking holidays among the older generation of farmers. This culture is changing which is evident in the level of young farmers who see the importance of taking breaks away.
In Finland, encouraging farmers to take holidays is part of their culture. Finlands 'Farmers' Holiday and Stand-in Scheme' enables Farmers to take breaks from their work for annual leave, recreation or because of illness. Farmers are entitled to an annual leave of 26 days and an additional 120 hours of stand-in assistance. The annual leave is free of charge and the additional 120 hours are charged at a subsidised price. Wouldn't that be nice!
The HSE advise farmers in Ireland to take breaks. Their Farm & Rural Stress campaign advocates that we all need a balance between hard work and time out to take it easy. The HSE advises to build in breaks from work during the day and plan to take time off after long periods of hard work and get away by yourself or with friends or family.
Today's families are very busy—too busy to take a break some might believe. Add to that financial restraints and living in uncertain economic times, and many families feel as though they simply can't take a break.
However, routines and rituals, like holidays, are important to the health and well-being of families. It's healthy to take a break from the daily demands of juggling work and home. We should consider the benefits of play and family time together and perhaps redefine what holiday's mean.
Taking time off from your work is not only desirable, it's imperative. If all you do is work, what can you possibly bring to your farm but more of the same? ... the same perspective on things, the same ideas, the same way of doing things. Spending time away from work allows you to explore other interests which will make you well-rounded. Breaks from work will let you see things with a fresh eye, enhancing your creativity and problem solving skills.
Benefits of taking a Break or Holiday with Family
Play is not just for kids Taking time to play has powerful benefits for children and adults.
Relationships are enriched
Spending time together enriches a marriage, which strengthens the family foundation. Through traditions and rituals, such as holidays, relationships can be enriched.
Children feel love, support and safety Children who witness their parents and grandparents having fun, laughing and enjoying life learn valuable lessons about life.
Holiday time shrinks stress Holidays help shrink stress and anxiety while also boosting the mental and physical health of the entire family.
Isn't it time for you to take a break?
What are the benefits of using FARM RELIEF SERVICES?
FRS operators are trained, experienced and flexible, locally based operators.
FRS operators are fully insured
Just ask yourself
Can I afford to pay disposal cost of milk if antibiotics get into tank by inexperienced farm help?
Can I afford to lose the value of the milk and incur a potential penalty fee?
FRS fees are fully tax deductable – cost of using FRS may be offset against your tax bill.
Farmer does not have to worry about PAYE, PRSI, Employer's PRSI, Holiday pay etc, this is all handled by FRS; farmer has only one monthly invoice to worry about!
Short or long term bookings possible. Milkers available for one milking to regular bookings.
Possible to book the same operator (when available), so that you get someone who is familiar with your farm and routine.
FRS back up available for extra peace of mind
In Conclusion
If taking relaxing breaks can help farmers keep healthy - minds, relationships and business - FRS are here to help farmers make those breaks as relaxing as possible.
Sit down with or call your local Farm Relief Manager and discuss your holiday cover requirements today. Your time off should be spent relaxing so let the experts take care of your farm.
Take care of yourselves and enjoy the summer!
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Summer Reading Kick-Off: Wayne From Maine
Jun 23, 2014— 2:00 pm
Children's music artist Wayne From Maine will be visiting the Lewiston Public Library to help us kick off our Summer Reading Game! Wayne and Jimmy James the Koonga Boonga Man will be performing in the Callahan Hall on Monday, June 23, at 2:00pm! This show is free and open to the public. Pick up tickets in the Children's Room in beginning in June.
The Wayne from Maine show is 45 a minute interactive musical experience for the young and young at heart. Wayne along with his percussionist Jimmy James the Koonga Boonga Man invite volunteers to the stage to play various percussive instruments or sing into a wireless microphone. Wayne has been performing and recording children's music for over a decade and has traveled up and down the east coast delighting audiences with his very own brand or "Edu-Tainment".


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While people understand that cover is important, not many know that travel insurance is compulsory:
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- For stays over 90 days in Schengen Zones
- For group travel tours including Contiki Tours and G Adventures
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Travel insurance is recommended regardless of which country you travel to yet some travellers still take the risk of travelling without it. But some countries strictly mandate travel insurance with medical as an entry requirement.
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If you want to visit the Schengen Zone for 90 days or more, you need a visa. To receive the visa, Australian travellers must meet the minimum requirements for most member states. These requirements include compulsory travel insurance with the minimum medical cover of €30,000 and cover for repatriation back to Australia.
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Working hard on final touches to my June Nocturne Cravings, NIGHT OF THE COUGAR, but also hard at work on THE PRINCE'S GAMBLE which is my upcoming romantic suspense from ENTANGLED PUBLISHING. THE PRINCE'S GAMBLE will be part of their new DEAD SEXY line and I'm really excited about it.
The story is filled with glamour at a themed Atlantic City casino and also adventure as the sexy casino owner, Prince Alexander Ivanov, and determined FBI Agent Samantha Martinez try to discover if money laundering is going on at the casino and battle their attraction to one another.
I thought I'd share some visual inspiration for the two (who also kind of remind me of Jesus and Michaela from HONOR CALLS!)
Love that very alpha look on Alexander's face. Also love that Samantha will surely wipe it off as their romance develops during the story!


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Talking to Rep. George Miller (D-CA) about the budget deal by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Schultz shifted gears and asked Miller what he thought about Obama's poll numbers.
Instead of delving into the details of a recent Quinnipiac poll that addresses people's lack of trust in President Obama, Schultz tried to brush off the negative polling numbers from an NBC/Wall St. Journal poll saying
His numbers are close to an all time low at 43%. What, does this mean anything? I mean, he's not running for re-election, his mission is to make sure that the Affordable Care Act is successful and to get a budget deal and to move the country forward and create jobs. What do you make of his approval rating?
Miller responded that Obama's numbers will "only get better" and said President Obama has had to "fight every inch of the way." Miller said people will soon understand, if Obama is successful in pushing forward his liberal agenda, that "he is on their side."


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The holidays are in full-swing, and that means it's time to take out crisp, fresh bills from the bank for your holiday tipping. One question I am asked quite often this time of year is "Who should I tip for the Holidays?" Before you start spreading the holiday cheer, refer to my holiday tipping etiquette recommendations below. You may be surprised to learn you've "tipped" when you should have "skipped" or "gifted."
Private Healthcare Nurse – Tip or Gift.
Show your gratitude for the care provided to your loved one(s)by gifting a certificate to a favorite store or restaurant, or give a tip equivalent to one week's pay.
Your Child's School Bus Driver – Gift.
When pulling together the perfect gift for your child's teacher, remember to put just as much time and effort into personalizing something for his or her friendly school bus driver. After all, they help to get the school day off on the right foot for your child and safely bring them home to you each day. Be sure to check with your local school district on their gift policy for bus drivers.
Your Personal Trainer – Tip.
Thank him or her for keeping you in top form for the holidays with a tip equivalent to one session.
Your Dog Walker – Tip.
He or she will appreciate a tip equal to one session more than your famous holiday cookies.
Your Accountant – Skip.
This one goes without saying, but tipping your accountant is a definite "skip."
Your Child's School Secretary – Gift.
She will appreciate a handmade gift and card from little Susie more than a cash gift from mom or dad. Not to mention, it's most likely against school policy.
Your Administrative Assistant – Gift a bonus, not a tip.
Thank him or her for a job well done with a bonus equivalent to one week's pay. Sorry, a crisp $50 bill won't do the trick!
Your Favorite Flight Attendant – Skip.
A warm smile and "thank you" will brighten his or her day.
Your Hair Stylist – Tip.
He or she keeps you looking your best year-round…show your thanks with a tip equal to the cost of your usual service.
Your Weekly Housekeeper – Tip.
A clean, orderly home is something to be treasured! Thank your housekeeper with a tip equivalent to one week's pay. A personal gift will surely be enjoyed as well, but don't skip on the tip.
Your U.S. Postman – Gift (under $20 value).
Government regulations allow for a small non-monetary gift worth less than $20. Skip on the tip.
As always, refer to my downloadable Holiday Tipping Guide for a comprehensive list of my tipping recommendations, or refer to my complete Holiday Tipping Etiquette post for quick reference.
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International Journal of Morphology
versión On-line ISSN 0717-9502
Int. J. Morphol. v.26 n.4 Temuco dic. 2008
Int. J. Morphol., 26(4):975-980, 2008.
Morphometric Differentiation and Asessment of Function of the Fulani and Yoruba Ecotype Indigenous Chickens of Nigeria
Diferenciación Morfométrica y Evaluación de la Función de Ecotipos de Pollos Nativos Fulani y Yoruba de Nigeria
Olawunmi, O. O.; Salako, A. E. & Afuwape, A. A.
Animal Breeding & Genetics Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
SUMMARY: Data on bodyweight and 11 body measurements were taken on 51 Fulani and 101 Yoruba ecotype chicken from two central poultry markets: Ilorin in the middle belt and Ibadan in the southwest región of Nigeria, respectively. The aim was to provide baseline information on size characteristics of Fulani and Yoruba ecotype chickens, differentiate between the types and use the morphometrical variables for a preliminary assessment of type and function. Results showed that least square means of live weight, wing and shank length, body, thigh and toe length, beak length and breast breadth of the Fulani ecotype were generally higher (P < 0.01) than those of the Yoruba ecotype. The males were also superior (P < 0.01) to the females for comb, wing, shank length and breast breadth while live weight, toe and thigh length also differ (P< 0.05) within each ecotype. Thecomb of males was more prominent than those of the females. Coefficients of variation were very small signifying a monotypic condition and an almost equal opportunity of selection for type based on body parameters of the two ecotype chickens. The Fulani ecotype was bigger than the Yoruba ecotype chicken. The significantly longer (p<0.05) bodies of the Fulani suggests a departure in function between the genotypes. The Fulani chickens appear more closely suited for egg production than the Yoruba type. Their potential for developing a more adapted commercial stock and genetic improvement of the chickens for the región andother implications of type on function are discussed.
KEY WORDS: Body size; Yoruba and Fulani chickens; Body measurements; Function.
RESUMEN: Los datos sobre peso corporal y 11 mediciones corporales se hicieron en 51 pollos ecotipo Fulani y 101 pollos ecotipo Yoruba de dos mercados centrales de aves de corral: de Llorin en el Centro y de Ibadan en la región Sudoeste de Nigeria, respectivamente. El objetivo fue proporcionar información básica sobre las características de tamaño de los pollos ecotipos Fulani y Yoruba, diferenciar entre los tipos y el uso de variables morfométricas para una evaluación preliminar del tipo y función. Los resultados mostraron que las medias de peso vivo, longitud de ala y patas, cuerpo, muslos y pies, largo del pico y ancho del pecho del ecotipo Fulani fueron en general mayores (P <0,01) que las del ecotipo Yoruba. Los machos también fueron mayores (P <0,01) a las hembras en la longitud de la cresta y ala, largo de la pata y ancho de pecho, mientras que el peso vivo, longitud del dedo del pie y el muslo también fueron diferentes (P <0,05) dentro de cada ecotipo. La cresta de los machos fue más prominente que las de hembras. Los coeficientes de variación fueron muy pequeños, lo que significa una condición monotípica y una similitud de oportunidades de selección para el tipo, basada en parámetros corporales. El ecotipo Fulani fue más grande que Yoruba. El significativo mayor cuerpo (P <0,05) del Fulani sugiere una salida en función entre los genotipos. El pollo Fulani parece más adecuado para la producción de huevos que el tipo Yoruba. Su potencial para el desarrollo de un stock comercial más adaptado y la mejora genética de los pollos de la región y otras implicancias del tipo función se discuten.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Tamaño del cuerpo; Pollos Yoruba y Fulani; Mediciones corporales; Función.
Adaptability of indigenous chickens in the tropical environment has been through reduction in body sizes as a means of reducing maintenance feed requirement and increasing feed efficiency (Rashid et al, 2005). This is necessary for them to survive the scavenging feed resource base reportedly inadequate quantitatively and qualitatively (Daña & Ogle, 2002). Limit is thus placed on the growth and reproductive potential of the indigenous chickens (Kitalyi, 1998), the effect of which is felt in their weight gains and final body weight. Attempts to provide adequate diet has not been economically justifiable (Pedersen, 2002; Lwesya et al, 2004) shifting attention to the genetic improvement of these chickens for effective utilization of dietary nutrients.
Indigenous chickens constitute 80% of the 120 million poultry found in Nigeria (Fayeye et al, 2006).
The resource is economically important to the people of Nigeria. This is possible because rearing of indigenous chickens demands use of very little resources and brings financial reward in a short while. The Food and Agricultural Organization recognizes these fact and views rural poultry as an important tool for poverty alleviation in África.
Study of indigenous chickens is necessary for proper understanding of how to boost production under the prevailing extensive condition and their possible inputs for the development of commercial chicken type.
Location. Data was obtained from Fulani and Yoruba ecotype chicken at two poultry markets. The first was Molete in Ibadan for the Yoruba ecotype chicken and the new market in Ilorin for the Fulani ecotype chicken. These locations were selected because they have large concentration of the respective indigenous chicken populations all year round.
Data collection. Using a 20kg-weighing instrument and a measuring tape, liveweight and 11 body parameters were taken on 101 Yoruba comprising 52 males and 59 females and 51 Fulani ecotype chicken consisting of 46 males and 5 females. The monitored variables include comb length (CL), beak length (BEL), head length (HL), neck length (NL), body length (BL), wing length (WL), shank length (SL), thigh length (THL), and toe length (TL). Others were breast length (BRL), breast breadth (BRB) and live weight (W). With the help of a field assistant, the birds were each time held in comfortable position and measurements taken in particular order many times for accuracy. Taking the liveweight after body measurements for each bird produced more reliable weight score since the birds were then more settled.
Statistical Analysis. Least square means, standard deviation (SD), standard error (SE) and coefficient of variation (CV %) for each body parameters monitored were computed using the SAS (1999) package. These were split on the basis of sex and genotype. T-statistic procedure of the same package was used to detect the signiñcance of the difference between the classes prescribed.
The unequal sample sizes and sex ratios of the two populations investigated reflect the population structure and the relative abundance of the two types. Interbreeding was completely absent between the populations sampled since more of the times, the Fulani type was isolated far away in the rural suborb where very few females than males were available for investigation. Again, males were generally more frequently put up for sales because they attract higher prices as they are more cherished for use in rituals and during festive periods. On the other hand, only spent females are always put up for sales since they are responsible for more chickens.
Body weight. Descriptive statistics results as presented in table 1 showed that the Fulani chickens were generally bigger in size than the Yoruba type: mean liveweight were 1.76+0.4kg and 0.79+0.21kg for Fulani and Yoruba ecotypes respectively. However, opportunities for genetic improvement of body weight through selection appears higher in the Yoruba ecotype as shown by the respective associated coefficient of variation being 21.6% against 19.8% obtained for Fulani ecotype, although the significance of the difference was not tested. Males also had higher valúes than the females for liveweight and all body parameters measured (Table I). Coefficient of variation of body weight among male Fulani type was much higher than that for females (19.6% against 8.2%). Though this difference was not so apparent with the Yoruba type, results suggests that while concentrating on selection for breeding among males could result in genetic improvement in the variety, selection among the females must be used for the Yoruba ecotype.
Body Measurements. The body of the Fulani type is longer: 30.1+2.5cm against 24.00+1.8cm for the Yoruba type. This single measurement confers the superiority for egg laying on Fulani chickens when the body length characteristics of the exotic layers conspecifics are considered. Body length together with head length can indicate potential for egg production. In this investigation, head length of 12.9+1.64cm is also significantly higher than 11. l±10.7cm for the Yoruba ecotype chickens. The coefficient of variation of 98.9% is even more highly discriminating between the two varieties for head length than for any other variable. The use of beak length in instituting differentiation between the populations is not traditionally strong because at local level, debeaking of varying degrees is still a seldom operation performed to curb pecking and mortality among the birds. However, we still observed that beak length of the Fulani type is still longer: 3.8+0.4 against 2.9±0.4cm. It is surprising that the neck lengths of the males of both varieties are the same (9.30±1.4cm and 9.30±1.6cm for the Yoruba and Fulani types, respectively) though associated standard deviation and coefficient of variations as well as the respective figures for the females were different.
Shank and thigh lengths of the Fulani type are longer than those for the Yoruba type. These are the measure of the height of the birds. Since the exotic males that are raised exclusively for meat are rather characteristically taller than their laying counterparts.
Table II presents the t-statistic comparison between the ecotypes within each of the sexes. It shows that the live weight, breastbreadth, toe length, thigh length, shank length, wing length, body length and beak length of the Fulani ecotype were superior (P<0.01) to those of the Yoruba ecotype chicken.
Comb length of the males were not significantly (p>0.05) different being 6.53 and 7.09cm for Yoruba and Fulani males and 2.81 and 3.30cm long for the females, respectively. Neck length followed the same trend: both males measured 9.30cm, while the females were 8.33 and 8.84 for Yoruba and Fulani type, respectively. However, while head length of Fulani male is similar to that of Yoruba type male (12.85 against 11.06cm) there was a difference between the same variable for the respective females.(12.50 and 9.02cm for the Fulani and Yoruba types, respectively). Observation showed contrary trend for the breast length (BRL): breast length of the females of the two ecotypes were similar (7.75 and 7.94cm) but there was a difference between the males (10.69 against 8.38cm). As previously observed, the breast measurement is a useful indicator for meatiness.
Breast breadth has been reported to be a good indicator of meatiness in most poultry species. (Adebambo et al, 1996; Fayeye et al). Observation here suggests that the valué of the Fulani type as cockerel is higher. All other variables appeared to have discriminant valué within the sexes between the ecotypes as revealed by the significant t-values.
The comb and neck length of the two ecotype chickens were not statistically different (P> 0.05) from each other. The breast length of the Fulani ecotype male was longer (P< 0.01) than that of the Yoruba ecotype male. However, breast length of the Fulani and Yoruba ecotype females were not statistically different (P>0.05). Table II also show that the beak of the Fulani was longer (P<0.01) than those of the Yoruba ecotype chicken.
Table III shows that least square means of liveweight, toe and thigh lengths of the Yoruba ecotype males were longer (P< 0.01) than those of the females, while the liveweight, toe and thigh length of the Fulani ecotype males also differ (P< 0.05) from those of the females.
Differences (P<0.01) also exists between the body length of the male and female Fulani ecotype chickens while none (P>0.05) existed between the sexes of the Yoruba ecotype chicken (Table III).The breast and beak length of male and females within ecotype was not statistically different (P> 0.05) (Table III).
Table III shows that valúes obtained for the comb, wing and shank length along with the breastbreadth of the males were higher (P < 0.01) than those of the females in the two ecotypes.
The smaller stature of the Yoruba ecotype chickens appears adaptive. This may mean that its continued existence in the tropics was made possibly by continued reductions (Yeasmin & Howlider, 1998; Broady et al, 1984) in live weight and body sizes than the Fulani ecotype over a long period of time. This agrees with the report of Badubi etal. (2006) that the environment iscrucial in the phenotypic appearance of individual chickens in the tropics. Abdul -Rahman (1989) and Horst (1988) had earlier reported that body size and bodyweight are important in the adaptation of chickens in the tropics. Smaller body sizes is said to be important to reduce maintenance feed requirements and increase feed efficiency in the tropics. This is necessary for survival in the free range system because of scarce feed resources and the uncertainty surrounding feed supply.
Tables II and III shows more differences between sexes of the Yoruba ecotype tíian tíiose of the Fulani ecotype chickens for live weight, thigh and toe length. Longer body length of the Fulani distinguishes them from the Yoruba ecotype while longer (P< 0.01) comb length will help in identifying the males from the females in any population of the two ecotype chickens. Result obtained for breast length shows differences (P<0.01) only between the males emphasizing the importance of the males in the inheritance of body size of the Fulani ecotype chicken.
The Fulani ecotype chicken has longer body sizes and is heavier than the Yoruba ecotype chicken as differentiated in the study by the zoometrical parts. This study however establishes avaerage differences between these ecotype chickens from the morphological point of view. They have been subjected to the same stress factors yet differ in size and dimensions. These suggest that genetic programme to improve indigenous chickens (or utilize them in breeding programmes) should be based on individual evaluation of each ecotype. The adaptive nature of the size is probably responsible for the continued existence of the ecotypes in their respective habitats.
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Correspondence to: A.E. Salako
Genetics Laboratory Department of Animal Science University of Ibadan, Ibadan. NIGERIA.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Received: 04-10-2007, Accepted: 14-08-2008.


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Jack Richardson, 1930-2011
In the Canadian music industry he was "Jack the Bear" - a giant who turned The Guess Who into superstars, produced classic hits such as Bob Seger's Night Moves and served as a mentor to young producers and wayward rock stars.
Jack Richardson was all about creating fame, but he never sought it for himself.
The legendary music producer, who became a Fanshawe College music industry arts instructor, died in University Hospital on Friday at age 81.
Guess Who frontman Burton Cummings just happened to be in London to play the John Labatt Centre on Saturday night and dedicated the show to Richardson, playing hit after hit that was made through their collaboration.
In a blog post, Cummings hailed Richardson for gambling on The Guess Who.
"Jack actually mortgaged his house to take us to New York in 1968 to record Wheatfield Soul. From that album surfaced These Eyes, which changed things forever for some guys from Manitoba," wrote Cummings.
Bob Ezrin, another legendary Canadian producer for groups such as Kiss and Pink Floyd, said Richardson was like a "second father" to him and a commanding presence in the studio.
"Jack found the very best and brought them together to work. He single-handedly raised the bar for the Canadian music industry," he told The Free Press.
Richardson had a rare instinct for recognizing and promoting talent, said Terry McManus, a retired Fanshawe professor who shared an office with Richardson for 17 years.
"He had that sense of what a good song was, like nobody else I know."
London documentary filmmaker Bruce Carter's 2002 film Adventures in Rock aka Adventures in Rock and Roll told Richardson's story as the man who almost single-handedly built the Canadian rock 'n' roll scene starting in the mid-1960s.
Carter said famous producers such as Phil Ramone and Sir George Martin of Beatles fame rated Richardson one of the best in the world.
Despite his success, Carter said, Richardson never let fame go to his head. Carter said when he approached Richardson about doing the documentary he looked puzzled and asked "Why?"
Carter said Richardson knew how to deal with egotistical rock stars and won their respect by always telling the truth.
"He was grounded and he kept everybody else grounded."
Born in Toronto, Richardson was a bass player in the big band era. It was then he met his wife Shirley, who was a singer with one of the bands.
In 1960, he went into the advertising business, becoming an executive with McCann-Erickson. He handled the Coca-Cola account and launched a radio campaign featuring artists such as Bobby Curtola and David Clayton Thomas.
In 1968, with Allan Macmillan, Ben McPeek and Peter Clayton, he founded Nimbus 9 Productions and signed, as their first artist, The Guess Who.
Drawing on his marketing background, he produced a promotional album for Coca-Cola called A Wild Pair featuring The Guess Who and The Staccatos (later the Five Man Electrical Band) that sold for $1 and 10 bottle cap liners.
In 1972 he designed and built Nimbus 9's Soundstage Recording Studio at Toronto.
During this time, Richardson worked as a record producer and took the helm for dozens of albums for Canadian, American and international acts.
McManus said he was so busy his wife once placed an ad in Billboard magazine asking him to come home.
"It was the only way she could reach him," McManus said.
A heart attack forced Richardson to slow down and he went to Fanshawe in the early '80s, boosting the profile of the Music Industry Arts program whose graduates work all over North America.
"He was very honest but kind with the students. Just the fact that he was there meant a lot to them," McManus said.
His son, Garth, went on to become a music producer in his own right for artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nickelback.
In London, Richardson is recognized by the Jack Richardson Music Awards, the city's only not-for-profit celebration of its musical excellence. Richardson attended the 2011 awards gala at the London Music Hall April 10 and was greeted with a standing ovation and honoured by performers and fans all evening.
Richardson retired in 2007. He'd been in frail health for some time and had been living at the Amica retirement residence in London.
He's survived by his wife, sons Garth and Kelly and daughters Tracey and Brooke. He was predeceased by his son, Craig, who died in 2009.
Jack Richardson
Hit acts
he produced
The Guess Who, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Poco, Rough Trade, The Association, Badfinger, The Irish Rovers, Hagood Hardy, Canadian Brass
Hit songs he produced
These Eyes, The Guess Who
American Woman, The Guess Who
Night Moves, Bob Seger
I'm 18, Alice Cooper
Wasn't That a Party,
The Irish Rovers


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On Tuesday, British synth-pop legends Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are releasing English Electric, their 12th studio album. "It's not bad going for a band that was only going to do one gig," frontman Andy McCluskey told Rolling Stone recently. "I'm still surprised that we had any career at all.
"The whole of our career is one huge accident," McCluskey continued. "We were writing songs together in the back room of Paul [Humphreys]'s mom's house and, quite frankly, our friends thought they were shit. It was only at the end of 1978 that we dared ourselves to play the songs live."
Video: OMD Explore Suburbia in 'Metroland'
After that one gig, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, better known as OMD, began to explode on England's nascent New Wave scene, with their 1980 debut album hitting number 17 on the U.K. charts. Their third album, the critically acclaimed Architecture & Morality, yielded three chart-topping singles and threw the band into international stardom, save for in the United States.
"The strange situation we find ourselves in with American audiences is that they know 'If You Leave,' but are hard-pressed to think of another song," McCluskey said with a laugh. "They think of us as one-hit wonder! 'Enola Gay' sold five million records, but we couldn't get arrested in America. It was number one in France and Italy for three months!"
Despite what some Americans might think, OMD has had a wildly prolific career before the original lineup disbanded in 1986. That left McCluskey, operating more or less as solo act, to put out three records under the OMD name in the Nineties. English Electric is the second album to feature OMD's classic lineup – original members McCluskey, Humphreys, Martin Cooper and Malcolm Holmes – since 1986's The Pacific Age.
The band reunited only after they "had spent enough time part" and when a new generation of artists started to acknowledge the influence that OMD had on their own work. As McCluskey put it, "For a band that was past their sell-by date, a lot of young musicians were name-checking us. We had hung up our microphones like we were old football players who hung up their boots. And then when you're 46, they call you up and tell you to get your boots back on and play. We did a few gigs, playing tracks of Architecture & Morality and such, but we didn't want to be a tribute band to ourselves for the rest of our lives."
To avoid that trap, the band set about trying to recapture their self-professed "dysfunctional" approach to songwriting – McCluskey can't read or write music and plays everything largely by ear – which resulted in hits including "Electricity" and "Enola Gay" back in the Eighties. "What we tried to do on this album is unlearn 30 years of musicianship," McCluskey explained. "On our first four albums we weren't following anyone's scripts. We just went into writing songs in our own weird dysfunctional way and we did what we wanted to do. And it sold. It sold millions! Then on our fourth album [Dazzle Ships], we went too far off the edge, and then we dialed ourselves back in and became craftsmen and started writing very conservatively. This time we tried to unlearn that conservative songwriting."
After returning to their roots, the group crafted a new album filled with songs that are unmistakably OMD. It's something that McCluskey claims was wholly intentional. "We were fortunate enough to have a distinctive sound. People recognize our sound. We would be foolish enough to abandon that for novelty. There's no use in doing a shadowy pastiche of yourself for some trip down Memory Lane."
For McCluskey and his bandmates, that meant diving back into the New Wave sound that they had helped create back in the early Eighties, while also striving to remain true to their status as musical innovators.
"It's a dilemma for the old men in their 50s who were the sound of the future in their 20s," said McCluskey. "What do the modernists do in the post-modern era? On this album we were true to our own sound and our own ethos, which is to question and try to find new ways of doing things. The hardest thing is to come up with new ideas." Luckily for fans of the band, OMD seem to have no problem.


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Bible Study
Huntsville, Arkansas Area Bible Study Group
Right now we are getting together with some fellow believers in the Huntsville, Arkansas (Ozarks) area for studies on Saturday afternoons. We meet at a local worship center just outside of town who has been gracious enough to open their doors to us. Email for directions. Email plenty of time ahead for someone to get back with you as we are very busy. Maybe try and plan your trip out in advance at least a week.
Usually we meet at 3pm, bring some snacks and read a portion of our Bibles called a Torah Portion. The portion is about 3-4 chapters of the Torah and also includes a portion of the New Testament and Old Testament Prophets.
You can find more info on Torah Portions HERE.
We will sometimes have worship music, food fellowship and bible study during the afternoon and head home in the evening. If you will be visiting, consider bringing a side dish to share or something for everyone to drink.
If you would like to be a part of our study group send us an email and let us know. We would be glad to have you for a visit.
Blessings and Shalom!


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Summer Grilling Challenge Day 15: Plan a BBQ!
Now that you've got new recipes, a clean grill and new techniques, it's time to show off your grilling skills! Plan a bbq with friends and family.
When will you host a backyard get-together?
Did you miss any of the activities? Here are links to each day's challenge.
I've already done this a couple times this summer but Idk if I'll do anymore.
Our daughters' birthday is July 9th and we will be having family and friends over for that.
The alpacas are past due for being sheared but life has been so busy I haven't been able to get everyone over to help. That will be my bbq event of the year. I pull out the homebrew, chevon bratwurst, venison burgers, homemade hotdogs and everything else that makes our place unique and we shear then eat.
i think we are planning to have a little bbq for the 4th
We are having a going away party for our younger son in August. He is giong in the Army.
We are planning on it for the 4th of july! We weren't going to at first, but then we met a few of our neighbors and now we are going to hold a little get together. Ribs, bbq chicken, potato and egg salad, sweet tea and whatever else we feel like making..oh I cannot wait!!


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Abandoned Apple Store in Kuwait
Date: Wednesday, January 19th, 2005, 07:28
Category: Archive
Pictures of the abandoned Apple Store in Kuwait. Very eerie. Read More…
Pictures of the abandoned Apple Store in Kuwait. Very eerie. Read More…
Audible Inc just announced a number of NFL game packages to be sold for listening on an iPod, starting with this Sunday's games. Details are available in this AP release. Read More…
On Wednesday, Intel will announce a new line of processors, code named, "Sonoma". This new chipset will handle graphics processing approximately twice as fast as the previous silicon. Both Intel and Microsoft have joined together to design products that will compete directly with those latest offerings from Apple. Also in the Wednesday announcement, Intel will reveal the details of a new generation of personal computers and pocket sized consumer devices from 50 different manufacturers around the globe.
Click through for the rest of the story.
According to DigiTimes, Quantra and Asustech have been tapped to build Apple's G5 laptop designs, and will be shipping units to Apple in second quarter 2005.
According to Taiwan-based DigiTimes, Apple will start receiving shipments of G5-based notebooks in the second quarter of this year. Original Equipment Manufacturers Quanta Computer and Asustek have purportedly been tapped to build Apple's designs, and both are supposedly shipping the new notebooks at some time in the second quarter of this year. Apple surely can't be pleased that this news has leaked out of Taiwan, accurate or not. I was surprised when I saw the data because just this week Apple's VP of Worldwide Sales and Operations said in the company's quarterly conference call that a G5 notebook "would be the mother of all thermal challenges." Thus, we cannot be 100% certain that these products are this far along in development, but it does strike us as curious that Asustek is reported as building both iBooks and iBook G5s.
Read more in this story on ARS Technica "Apple G5 notebooks coming in second quarter 2005?"
Every year at this time, post Macworld Expo, its good to reassess your hardware and software lineup and see what lies ahead. More than ever these last few years the big need has been toward integration and the ease of use for products to work with each other. Look at how high Apple has scored with iPod and iTunes ? they really have and still do steal the show. Read More…
New Blog devoted to covering Apple Computer in the Enterprise Computing space.
I'd like to announce that I've started a blog to cover Apple Computer products and services as they relate to the Enterprise Computing space. I have several articles currently, which cover some of the latest releases of Apple enterprise hardware and software, as well as a review of the support options for Xserve and Xsan hardware.
Dan Frakes has posted the software titles mentioned is his "Mac Gems" conference session with Ted Landau at last week's Macworld Expo SF 2005. Definitely a good read…
Every quarter Apple unloads excess product inventory via a sale to employees and friends called "QPromo." To order any of the following you'll need to have a friend inside Apple that is willing to order it for you. QPromo always provides an interesting peek into what Apple products aren't selling so well and to what products may be coming.
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Daniel A. Shockley sends along this list of some of the products and services that were discussed at this weekend's Philadelphia PowerBook Users Group (PPUG) meeting.
Keyword Assistant, free
Keyword Assistant is a plugin for iPhoto. It is a little popup window that lets you quickly add existing or new keywords to iPhotos. It has auto-complete when you start to type in an existing keyword.
TuneTags, free
TuneTags is a (separate) application that works with iTunes to let you add keywords, or "tunetags" to your music.
Have you ever realized that many songs do not fit into just one genre? Or, you want to note which songs are good for Driving, are Romantic, or just about anything else useful to know? You can make playlists for these things, but it would be better if the song itself could be marked with many different keywords, or "tunetags" that let you know more about each song. Then, smart playlists could be made that show you all your good 80's Driving music, or Romantic Folk music, or Defiant Rock music or even music good for getting psyched before a competition.
TuneTags lets you mark each song using many tags from a list, or Library, of tags. It comes with a starting Library of tags, but you can add your your own to the Library as you think of new tunetags that describe your music.
Disclaimer from Dan Shockley: I wrote TuneTags using AppleScript Studio. I hope to re-write TuneTags using Objective-C as I learn it, and add something similar to Keyword Assistant's interface (auto-complete, etc).
Etymotic 6i Headphones
Noise-deadening headphones, US$150
Griffin SmartDeck, US$25
Cassette adapter for iPod that uses the fast-forward, etc to control the iPod. Not much more than a plain cassette adapter.
Griffin BlueTrip, US$150
Wireless Bluetooth Audio for iPod (like their FM transmitter: iTrip)
Griffin Airport Express Stand US$25
Position your AX to get better range, manage cables, etc.
Capacity Meter, free
Monitors battery status, and gives you the actual capacity in milliwatt-hours
iSale, US$25
Application to submit and manage eBay auctions that is eBay-certified.
Delicious Library, US$40
Scan the UPC codes of your books, CDs, and games, Library downloads the info and artwork from Amazon.
iLap, US$60
Laptop, er, notebook stand for PowerBooks. (Pictured above.)
Boinx StopMotion US$40
Software to create stop motion animation (a.k.a. claymation and time lapse recording) used by educators, professional and amateur film makers.
Boinx, Mousepos
I have an iPod Shuffle on order and just picked up a set of Sony MDR-NX1 earbuds with an integrated lanyard. I'm sure that I will have to do a little modification to make it all work, but it sure looks better than the spaghetti in the iPod Shuffle TV commercials.


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She's a doll of a mommy.
That's because this mommy is a doll, a 19-inch plaything lifelike enough to tote both a briefcase and baby.
The Mommy Doll -- brainchild of two real-life moms -- is an attempt to reflect the roles modern-day mothers play, says Sue Murphy Ogden, a Baltimore native who created the toy with partner Cindy Stern.
There are black mommies and white mommies. Mommies "off to work" in black pumps and red suits. Mommies "out for fun" in sweat suits and Reebok-style sneakers. And mommies "on the go" in polka-dot dresses.


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Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is of the belief that rumours linking Jermain Defoe with a White Hart Lane exit are off the mark.
It emerged on Tuesday that the 31-year old striker had agreed a bumper four-year deal with MLS club Toronto FC who he will join ahead of the 2014 season but Villas-Boas suggests that talk is simply untrue.
"I can't stop stories coming out (about Defoe)," he said.
"At the moment the feeling is that the player is happy, he wants to get into the Premier League team for sure. His opportunities have come more from Europa League games.
"At this time we've started more games with (Roberto) Soldado but Jermain is working hard to get into the team."
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BERLIN (Mar. 22)
There has been a serious decrease in the amount of indemnification payments made by the Berlin authorities, Rolf Lowenberg, an official of the West Berlin Jewish Community, today told a meeting here of a Nazi victims organization.
Mr. Lowenberg reported that whereas Berlin had paid Nazi victims 7,000,000 marks in indemnification payments last August the city was now averaging less than 2,000,000 marks a month. He noted that this drop was not the fault of the local authorities, but of the Federal Government which had passed an Indemnification Law then failed to adopt implementation regulations for that law.


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It's been quite a while since I've posted here regularly, but I'm finally ready to change that. My buddy Mediha just helped me move the site over to a new server and re-did the store section of the web site. It works much better now than it ever did before. We've also changed the design just a tad, with a bar at the top of this window that takes you to different sections of this site. I've separated the mosque section for now, and will get to it once I start posting daily. In addition to this blog, I've also started blogging over at patheos. Patheos, an interfaith site, recently acquired Altmuslim as well as Muslimah Media Watch.
Now that I've got the formalities out of the way, three beautiful things to kick off a new chapter of hijabman!
1. My wife regularly laughs in her sleep. About an hour after we go to bed, in the off-chance that I'm still awake, I hear MrsHM let out a joyous burst of laughter. I'll ask her why she's laughing even though she's in a deep slumber and usually I'll get an unintelligible answer– something like, "The movie and penguins." After some further prodding her mostly-sleeping self will give up trying to explain, "I don't know, it's just something in my head…"
Hearing your partner laugh whilst sleeping has got to be one of the best feelings in the world. I figure that if shes delighted in a subconscious state, she must be enjoying her life in a conscious one. It's a beautiful thing to know that your partner is content– not to mention a relief!
This morning, after another night of laughter, she told me she was dreaming of being pregnant. Foreshadowing?
2. When your partner zings you.
Me: "What are you thinking about?"
MrsHM: "That I wish you would move faster so we can watch the movie before I fall asleep."
Me: "I thought you were thinking about how much you loved me.
MrsHM: "I already finished thinking about that, because you're moving so slow."
3. Old ladies and doughnuts. In a moment of weakness, I ended up at the locally-owned doughnut shop ready to savor a toasted coconut ring of heaven. As I parked my car, I noticed a frail-looking older woman in the passenger seat of a pickup truck. Upon entering the doughnut shop, I found her retirement-age female companion picking out one of each type of doughnut. By the end of her purchase, she had a full two-dozen doughnuts. While opening her pocketbook to pay the cashier, she smiled gratefully, "Thank you so much, there's a lovely 90 year old woman outside waiting for these."
For some reason, this made me so happy. My friend Laura said it perfectly:
"There are so many things about a 90 year old eating 2 dozen doughnuts that make me smile, I'm not sure where to start. Mischievous old ladies doing the things they couldn't do when they were kids (because of rules and parents) or when they were adults (because of dress sizes and social expectations) is just, beautiful."
Maybe I should put a hold on my doughnut eating so I can live to enjoy doughnut eating at 90.


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Our 8-year-old: "What's the name of this library? I like it."
me: "Barnes & Noble. I like it, too."
intentionally seeking beauty, impatiently curious, infinitely blessed
Ashley says
Cute! We have that same little kitty. 🙂 Our local B&N is closing the first of the year. We all feel that it's quite the tragedy! 🙁
Lori Seaborg says
Oh, it is! Whatever would we do?!
Jill says
sweet little face, Lori!


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When teaching a phonics skill it's often helpful to use a key word and picture to help the students remember the sound to the letter combinations. For the ir/er/ur phonics bundle, my fabulous artist created "bird" themed borders and game boards and they turned out absolutely adorable! This phonics bundle contains 11 hands-on activities for teaching and practicing the ir/er/ur r-controlled vowels. The activities are great for either small group instruction or for activities within your independent literacy centers. Here's a quick peek at several of the activities in this bundle.
Of course, when teaching a skill, it's always helpful to have a word list on hand. Providing your students with a white board and then giving them words to spell using ir, er or ur is a great activity to wrap up any session. If you'd like just the word list just click on the link below.
Just click the following link to download the word list for free! ir ur er Word List
The ir/er/ur Phonics Bundle also contains an anchor chart to use when introducing these r-controlled vowels. You can keep this posted throughout the days of teaching this skill and then after for the students to reference during their writing time. You can also download this chart by clicking the link below.
Just click the following link to download the free anchor chart! ir ur er Anchor Chart
So now for the activities…. One of my favorite activities in this bundle is the Climb & Slide activity. It's played just like the old game of Chutes and Ladders, but just with a phonics-twist to it. When you download this bundle you'll received two Climb & Slide game boards. There's a little bit of assembly, but once laminate, you'll have an activity that will last for years!
There are also two classic game boards in this ir/er/ur Phonics Bundle. Just as with the Climb & Slide game boards, you'll need to glue the templates on the file folder and laminate. Since I create quite a few game boards I order plastic spinners (I included the link in the download), but using a paperclip and a pencil works great as a spinner too. The Climb & Slide and the game boards are ideal activities for independent centers.
No bundle would be complete without the classic game of Bingo. There are five bingo cards in this bundle making it perfect for a small group activity.
I really like activities that have the students use the phonics skill in writing. I was once told that a student has not yet mastered a phonics skill until you see that he/she can use it correctly in writing. That's why I incorporated a writing component in three of the activities in this bundle. There are five differentiate Dry Erase Phonics templates (first set contains the easier words). This activity has a self-checking feature which makes it great for independent practice. Students simply write "ir", "er" or "ur" using a dry erase marker in the blank for each word and then, when done, turns the card over and checks their responses. Using a velcro dot to adhere the card to each template works perfectly and keeps each card with it's corresponding template. Because the templates are laminated, they can be used over and over again.
The other activity that incorporates a writing component is the Write the Word activity. Again, because of the self-checking feature, it's ideal for independent centers. There are four Write the Word templates in this bundle. For this activity, the students order the word cards and then writes the word under the correct column. When done, they turn over the answer key and check their responses. I placed the cards in a baggie and clipped it to the template with a brass clasp and then used the velcro dot again to adhere the answer key.
The game of Bump! is a fun game for two students. There are five Bump boards in this bundle and the directions for playing the game are printed on the back of each game board as with each of the activities. For this game, students take turns rolling a die, reading the words and trying to be the first player to get rid of all their chips. The fun part comes in when students "bump" their opponent off a space and locks the space with two of their colored chips.
The word sorting activity is helpful when introducing the phonics skill during small group instruction. A writing component was added to this activity, however, the full word is written on the back so if you choose not to have your students write the words you can use the other side of the card.
Just word cards are included for word reading practice. Place them on a 1″ loose leaf ring and you can easily grab them anytime!
Five Race to the Top game boards are included in the ir/er/ur Phonics Bundle. Your students will need dice, chips and the game boards. The first to complete a row wins the game. Super simple, but the students love it!
Another super simple and fun activity is the 4-In-A-Row game. Students play in partners each having their own colored chips. They read the word and then place their chip on the square. The first player to have four of their chips in a row wins the game.
The best part of the phonics bundles is that they were designed to fit in these 15″ x 11 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ Sterilite containers that I picked up at Walmart. Storage space in classrooms is always at a premium and I wanted to be sure there was a practical way to store all the activities.
The ir/er/ur Phonics Bundle can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store or through the Make, Take & Teach website.
If you like the ir/er/ur Phonics Bundle you may be interested in our other bundles designed to teach targeted phonics skills. I've included a link to each bundle below. They all fit in those Sterilite containers for easy stacking and storage!
ai/ay Phonics Box, ee/ea/y Phonics Box, ie/igh/y Phonics Box, oa/ow/oe Phonics Box, ew/oo/ue/ui Phonics Box, ou/ow Phonics Box, au/aw Phonics Box, or/ore/oar Phonics Box, Wild Old Words Phonics Box, oi/oy Phonics Box


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From my colleague Lauren Stanforth:
A Schenectady man tried to drive off with a limo full of ladies celebrating a bachelorette party early Sunday morning, until they realized he wasn't their assigned driver and wrestled him from the wheel.
Saratoga Springs Police said Tyler Bellick, 22, was drunk when he stumbled out of the Saratoga Casino and, unable to start his own car, got behind the wheel of the coach.
"As I was going to sit down, the limo took off," said Michele Swart, 38, a bachelorette who was partying with a dozen friends at the racino's nightclub.
Swart bumped her head. She shouted. One friend, Carla Rinaldi, jumped over the limousine's divider and grabbed Bellick's neck with one hand while shifting the vehicle out of drive with the other, Swart and Dan Plumley, owner of All Occasions Limousine, said. (more …)


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A/N So this is my first fanfic on this site. For the sake of the story Christine is 7 and Parker is 14. I haven't really fully thought out the concept of the story if I want it to be a bunch of one shots or an actual story. Never the less, just expect a lot of fluff.
I don't own BONES but I wish I did.
"Hi daddy!" Christine Booth said as she jumped into the backseat of her dad's FBI issued SUV.
"Hi sweetheart, how was the last day of fourth grade?" Booth replied. To this day, he still wonders how her 7 year old skipped not only one but two grades of school. Takes after her mother, he thought.
"Great! Look at my report card. All A's!" handing over the paper to her dad. Yup, definitely her mother. Booth chuckled.
"When are we going to pick up Parker?" Christine said with excitement "I haven't seen him in months."
"His flight gets in at 9:00 tonight." Booth misses his son too. Parker has been back and forth between England and Washington DC every few months due to Rebecca taking a new position in London, England but Booth doesn't get to see him as much as he would like. "We're going to pick mommy up from the Jeffersonian, eat dinner, and head to the airport."
"Yay! I can't wait to spend the whole summer with him!" as she reached into her backpack for her book. "We will go swimming, the zoo, the museum, the park…" Booth just continued to smile as Christine's list kept going on and on.
Christine quickly unbuckled her seatbelt, leaped out of the SUV and ran towards the Medico-Legal Lab of the Jeffersonian as Booth followed closely behind her. Christine loved spending time at the Jeffersonian. She loved the bugs that Hodgins would show her, the big projector screen that Angela would let her play on, the science experiments that she would get to do with the squinterns but most of all she loved her mom's office. She found the artifacts very fascinating and the couch, it was so comfortable.
As the doors to the lab opened, she ran in, discovering her mother on the platform. She quickly stopped right before the stairs knowing not to set off the alarm. She made that mistake once, the sound of the alarms were terrible, she were only a few petri-dishes on the platform so Christine knew that she was allowed to be up there today.
"Hey Bones!" yelled Booth as he entered the lab.
"Hey Booth. Hi Christine, how was your day?" Brennan said as she saw her little girl eagerly waiting at the bottom of the stairs to come up.
"Fantastic! I'm sad that school is over." Christine answered while Booth slid his access card in the slot allowing them to enter. Christine walked up to her mother to give her a hug. Brennan then gave Booth a quick kiss.
"Eww" Christine said while both her parents laughed.
"I'm just going to be here a little while longer then we can head over to the diner for dinner" Brennan said "I think Angela is in her office with Michael, Christine. Booth, there are some files from the last case that you need to sign off on in my office."
"Yeah sure, got it." As Booth turned around, Christine was already entering Angela's office.
Michael , or Mikey which everyone calls him, was Christine's best friend. They were only a year apart and since their mother's practically did everything together, they would too.
"Hey Mikey! Hey Angie!" announced Christine as she entered Angela's office. Her office was always cool with all the art that's displayed around her office.
"Hey! Look at what my mom's trying to do with the Angelatron." Michael replied.
"Hi sweetie" Angela said with a determined look on her face "I'm trying to program this hockey game that you'll be able to play on the Angelatron…here this should do the trick."
The screen turned on revealing the start screen with two teams. "Sweet!" exclaimed Michael as he passed Christine the second controller.
"I'm going to kick your butt at this!" Christine said.
"Not if I kick yours first!" replied Michael.
"Have fun kids. I'm going to go check on Bren." Angela said while leaving the room that was filled with laughter.
An hour passed by, maybe two. Christine really didn't know because the game was too much fun. The two kids took their eyes off the screen as four adults entered the room.
"Hey kids, time to go!" Booth said while entering the room "—Hey is that a hockey game? Can I play!?"
"Booth, were going to be late if you play another round." Brennan replied.
"Really quickly?"
"You don't want to keep your son waiting at the airport, do you?"
"Fine, your right. Come on Christine." Brennan, always the logical one thought Booth.
"Bye guys, see you on Monday." The family said as they walked out. During the past few years Brennan has finally promised to stop working on weekends unless she absolutely had to. Booth took pride in knowing that he was the one that convinced her to doing so. Maybe it was Christine…maybe just a bit.
"See ya." The other family replied.
"Well I'm going to play a round with my son before we leave." Hodgins said loudly knowing Booth would hear and be jealous as he reached for the controller.
"Not a chance" replied Angela as she shut off the Angelator "We're going to have a nice family dinner tonight."
"Awwwwwwwww" the boys groaned but they knew better than to argue.
On the drive to the airport, Booth could only understand about half the words that were coming out of his partner's mouth but somehow their daughter could understand all of it, let alone be interested in the topic. He was glad that when Parker was here, they could talk about sports in the car instead of squinty things.
"So the human skeleton changed when we started to walk on two feet?" questioned Christine.
"Yes, bipedalism caused changes to the skeletal structure. There is the s-curve in the spine, the pelvis is much wider and shorter, the sacrum is flatter, and there is a bicondylar angle in the valgus knee, just to name a few." Brennan replied excitedly. She loved it when her daughter would ask questions and become so fascinated in science.
Bicondylar angle in the valgus knee? Is that even English? This was definitely a 'I don't know what that means' kind of moment. Booth thought. I love these two but seriously, this squint talk needs to stop.
"Yeah, bipedalism is very exciting" Booth said sarcastically, "But let's help me find a parking space."
As the three of them walked into the airport, Brennan looked down at her watch. "It's 8:30, were still early. We will also probably need to wait for Parker to get his suitcase and to get through customs."
"And you were the one saying that there was no time to play that hockey game on the Angelatron" Booth said while Brennan gave him a disapproving look. Avoiding the subject he continued, "Hey Bones, you want some coffee?" pointing over to the coffee shop in the corner.
"Yeah sure. Get a cookie for Christine? Also some food for Parker while you're at it. He will be hungry after he lands."
"Got it." Booth smiled and shook his head as he walked away and heard his two favourite girls continue their talk about bipedalism.
"Do you see Parker?" asked Christine.
"Nope not yet" her parents replied.
A few minutes later they spotted a teenager with long blond hair with a big grin on his face as he spotted Booth, Bones, and Christine.
"Parkerrr!" Christine exclaimed, running up to him.
"Hey Chrissy, how's my favourite sister doing?"
"Parks, I'm your only sister."
"Yeah and my favourite." He laughed. "Hi dad. Hi Bones." Giving them both a huge hug.
"Hey buddy"
"Hi Parker, how was your flight?"
"There was a lot of turbulence, I'm glad that I'm back on the ground." He replied.
"How's England?" his father asked.
"It's alright. I missed all of you though."
"We missed you too" said Brennan as the four of them walked towards the SUV.
"Hey dad, do you have some food?" Parker asked. Brennan handed him a sandwich. "Thanks Bones! I'm starving!" As he took a big bite into his sandwich he looked over at Christine.
"Hey Chrissy, why are you so quiet?" asked Parker.
"I'm just thinking of all the fun that we're going to have. We will go…" Christine continued her whole list without even taking a breath.
Now that his little sister is on a roll, she probably won't stop talking until they got home. That didn't matter though. He missed the excitement, playful arguments, and seeing his old man lose those arguments. Oh, he sighed, how much he missed home.
A/N This chapter was meant to set everything up. I learned about the bipedalism stuff in my anthropology class so I thought I would include it. Look forward to pranks, swimming, and family time.


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South End neighborhood association to elect board at next meeting
Members of the Blackstone/Franklin Square Neighborhood Association are set to vote to elect new executive board at the neighborhood group's upcoming monthly meeting.
The neighborhood association is scheduled to meet Tuesday, June 12, at 7 pm in the Franklin House Library on East Newton Street to vote for new officers and on a number of other issues.
According to the agenda, the meeting will include the election of the executive board, and should lead to new some new officers on the board since the current president, secretary, and treasurer are not running for re-election.
Members will vote on the expansion of the South End's Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial designed to honor the Puerto Rican men and women who served during all of America's wars.
Another vote will be on a zoning change that would allow Pathways to Wellness to lease a property on the corner of Washington and West Newton streets.
There will also be a vote on a letter seeking to move a station of the city's bike-sharing program, Hubway, from the street on Washington Street to the sidewalk.
The association's next monthly meeting is scheduled for July 10 and will act as a reception for the recipients of the association's book scholarship.
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An unusually wet July meant increased sales of rain gear for Juneau merchants.
"I'd say we were up about 15 percent," said Ron Flint, managing partner at Nugget Alaskan Outfitter in the Nugget Mall. "We don't get visitors like they do downtown, but we get the people who work in the visitor industry who are on the docks and elsewhere. They come in and have to gear up."
Total precipitation for July at the Juneau Airport was 7.26 inches, about 3 inches above normal, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bob Tschantz. The total was upped significantly by heavy rainfall on July 22. About 2.39 inches were recorded at the airport - the highest daily rainfall total on record for July.
"It was just a wetter than normal pattern," said Tschantz. "Last year we had 6.65 inches of rain for the month."
Total rainfall this year is 31.51 inches, 6.5 inches above normal but slightly less than last year's January-through-July total of 32.15 inches.
Packable rain gear and perennial favorites such as Helly Hansen are among the brands that have sold well at the Nugget Alaskan Outfitter, Flint said.
"We've got a lot of different styles of raincoats, so it's really hard to single out one style," he added. "Obviously the lighter-weight stuff in the summer."
Betsy Fischer, owner of the Foggy Mountain Shop downtown, also said the heavy rain led to an increase in sales of gear.
"We have a fairly steady business," she said. "We certainly experience a little more when it's very rainy as it's been this past year. I wouldn't say we've seen a significant surge because the locals know that even when the weather's nice it's going to rain eventually."
Foggy Mountain's sales of summer items are slightly lower than usual, she added.
"Those sales are a bit down, but we get those optimists," Fischer said. "I call them the eternal optimists. (They) come in on rainy days and buy shorts and sandals."
Despite the impact on business, James King of Trail Mix said Juneau's hiking trails didn't seem to be affected by the rain.
"A lot of our trails have water and mud on them whether it rains a little bit or a lot," King said. "It hasn't really affected trails that much. It might have affected the number of users that went out on them."
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