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In 1937 Life magazine claimed that Madame Chiang Kai-shek was "probably the most powerful woman in the world." As the wife of the man who led China during the crucial years of World War II and the Chinese Civil War, she was certainly one of the most important women of the 20th century. Had it not been for her personal charm and her ability to bridge cultures, it is possible that China would not have joined the ranks of the great powers as early or as smoothly as it did. It was Madame Chiang who put an appealing face first on her nation, which was in danger of being overrun, and later on an anti-communist crusade which, according to some historians, succeeded all too well.
Early Life
Madame Chiang was born Soong May-ling in March 1897, the third daughter and fourth child of Charles Soong and Ni Kwei-tseng. The day on the lunar calendar corresponds to March 5, but since she celebrated on dates varying from March 6 to March 20, it is hard to specify the exact day. She was born in Shanghai into one of the very few Chinese families that believed in the education of women. Both of her older sisters attended college in the United States, and May-ling followed them at the age of 10, first to Macon, Ga., then on her own to WellesleyCollege in Massachusetts.
Becoming Madame Chiang Kai-shek
After graduating at the age of 20, she returned to Shanghai, where she added a traditional Chinese education in rote learning to her Western studies, thereby acquiring familiarity with the cultures of both East and West. Her determination to do something significant with her life was helped by her marriage at the age of 30 to Chiang Kai-shek. From Chiang's point of view their union gave him ready access to money and prestige, as the Soongs were considered one of the most important families in the country.
May-ling started her career in public life by helping Chiang, a military man who had set out to overcome the warlords currently running China, by locating food and medicine for his soldiers. Once he had managed to unite his people under a single authority – or as much as this was possible in such a huge and diverse country – Madame helped him establish a new capital at Nanking. When their new nation was forcibly plunged into war, she became his adviser on foreign affairs, his translator and his window into the Western world, which he did not understand.
The Voice of China
During the previous century the Western powers – Britain, France and the United States primarily – had established so-called treaty ports, Chinese cities on the sea run according to their own laws, which they used for industrial ventures, importing opium and exporting tea, fine silks and china to the West. The initial warlike incursions in the 20th century, however, came from Japan, whose military men had determined to take over their neighbor's vast lands and natural resources. By the time Japan joined Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy in the war against the Allies, Madame Chiang had become the major voice of China, crying out to the United States for help in the fight. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which drew the U.S. into World War II, illustrated the urgency of her message, which had previously fallen on deaf ears.
Pearl Harbor was followed by Lend-Lease, President Roosevelt's solution to the problem of supporting his allies with munitions and money, and in 1942 Madame Chiang flew to the United States to make sure that China received its share. Her initial appearance in Washington captured the nation's imagination and substantial amounts of its treasure. Only the second woman to address the U.S. Congress, she was too smart to beg for money or armaments, but – slight, beautifully built and dramatically gowned - she allowed the big, brave gentlemen who ran the country to contribute to her rightful cause. According to the official book of her visit, "a veritable storm of cheering and handclapping" followed her address to the House of Representatives, and one congressman even admitted that Madame Chiang "had me on the verge of bursting into tears." It was a brilliant performance, followed by a series of similar speeches delivered before enthralled audiences in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Madame Chiang's personal conduct, however, did not always have the same effect as her public appearances. As a guest in the White House, she upset the Roosevelts and their staff by clapping her hands twice loudly to summon the servants – a carry-over from calling the servants in Shanghai. Eleanor Roosevelt explained the problem by noting that their guest could "talk beautifully about democracy, but she does not know how to live democracy." The president, who had been warned about her charm, made sure to keep her at a safe distance in meetings. Upset with the autocratic way she dealt with the press, he tried to get her to go home before her actions ruined his plans to continue to support the Chinese in the ongoing war.
The Cairo Summit
After eight months in the states, Madame Chiang returned to China, and she accompanied her husband in November of 1943 to Cairo for his first summit meeting with Roosevelt and Churchill. Madame insisted on being present at all meetings attended by Chiang in order to translate what he said -- a situation which, according to Churchill's principal military adviser, left the English "wondering whether we were dealing with Chiang or with Madame." But Madame Chiang was worried about her husband's lack of modern education and the limitations of his mind. She wore a typical Chinese dress slit up the sides to these meetings, and when he was speaking, she is said to have constantly crossed and recrossed her shapely legs in an attempt to divert the diplomats' attention from his pathetic performances.
While the Chiangs were in Egypt, there were two attempts on the part of the Chinese at home to unseat him, both of which failed. Moreover, the American general who had accompanied them to the summit, Joseph Stillwell, returned with an order from on high to develop an assassination plan (never carried out) in case the allies needed to get Chiang out of the picture.
Civil War and Exile
Shortly after the end of World War II, China entered into a civil war between Chiang's party, the Kuomintang, and the Communists. It was won by the Communists, primarily because the Chinese were disgusted with the rampant corruption of the government in power. The war ended with Chiang's exile in December 1949 to the island of Taiwan, where Madame joined him.
The next quarter of a century was a quiet time in the Chiang household, punctuated by Madame's trips back to the United States in search of help for a congenital skin disease and an opportunity to piggyback the return of Chiang's republican army to the mainland onto the American forces involved in the Korean and Vietnamese Wars. But none of the American presidents following Roosevelt – particularly Truman, who disliked the Chiangs intensely - was willing to support Taiwan in such a venture. Chiang died in 1975, and his instructions for eventual burial on the mainland remain unfulfilled.
Meanwhile, Madame attended to her good works – primarily orphanages and support for Taiwanese soldiers – and applied herself to painting, a talent she had discovered in her later life. After her husband's death, she made her home in New York, returning occasionally to Taiwan, where she tried unsuccessfully to steer island politics to the right. She herself died in 2003 at the age of 106.


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... will be part of my 2nd Annual Personal Reading Challenge. As I did last year, I will read 52 books by the end of 2011. As part of this goal, I've signed up for the Books I Should Have Read in School but Didn't Challenge. I've committed to the "Literature Professor" Level, and will read 12 selections to meet this challenge. I'll read 12 selections I missed in high school and college.
This past week, a good friend of mine mentioned she was starting El amor en los tiempos del cólera. I own the translation - Love in the Time of Cholera - and will therefore start my reading resolutions with Gabriel García Márquez. I should have read more of his work while in college. Now I get to have "book talks" with a friend and work toward my goals!


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Coaches may downplay intra-district rivalries, but players understand the significance of community bragging rights.
Coaches may downplay intra-district rivalries, but players understand the significance of community bragging rights.
That will be the case Friday, Aug. 30, when the Dublin Coffman High School football team plays host to Dublin Jerome in the opener.
"There's tradition in the Dublin rivalries," said Sam McCollum, a junior first-year starting offensive lineman for Coffman. "You want to go out and see who is the best in Dublin."
Last season, Coffman beat Jerome 48-6 and finished 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the OCC-Central Division.
The Shamrocks shared the league title with Hilliard Davidson.
Jerome finished 4-6 overall and 3-4 in the OCC-Cardinal last year.
"We're definitely looking forward to it, but we try not to hype up any game," Celtics coach Mark Hundley said. "Every game is an important game.
"This is just week one. We have to go out and win it just like we do in week six, or week 10, or whatever."
James Walsh, a 2013 graduate now at Boston College, started at quarterback for the Shamrocks the past two seasons.
Last year, he was 128-for-213 passing for 2,038 yards with 16 touchdowns and eight interceptions and rushed for 558 yards and eight touchdowns.
Junior Ben Beckett (6-foot, 177 pounds) has an edge in experience over sophomore Gunnar Hoak (6-3, 178) in the battle to replace Walsh in the Shamrocks' spread, shotgun offense. Senior guard Jared Nunn (6-1, 327) is the only returning starter on offense.
The four returning Coffman defensive starters are all seniors in linebackers Jackson Hayes, Dalton Maynard and Erik Stein and lineman Kwabena Amponsah. Stein had 46 tackles, five tackles for loss and three sacks last year.
Jerome senior quarterback Jake King (6-0, 175) competed 72 of 146 passes for 793 yards with three touchdowns and six interceptions last season.
Seniors Ian Beith (6-2, 205), Justin Stroup (6-0, 180) and Steve Kidwell (6-0, 190) are looking to fill the void at running back left by the graduation of Donovan Wilson, who now is at Georgia Tech after rushing for a program-record 2,068 yards last season and scoring 25 touchdowns.
"It doesn't matter who we play, we have to be fired up to play every team," Coffman coach Mark Crabtree said.


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Bucktooth Flapper
Idles about.
Vocalizations (on-click)
Found a rare in Stormheim. So these can also be found in the Legion Expansion.
Found a blue H/H one south of grookin hill along the river. What breed is best for these guys anyhow?
Man this guy is making me mad. I have been tring for weeks and no blue.
This pet is easily overlooked for battling, but it's one of very few pets that have a spamable aquatic attack that isn't elemental or aquatic itself. Considering that the Pandaria trainers have a lot of elementals (bonus damage taken from aquatic attacks) accompanied by fliers and aquatics but no mechanicals, this is a solid choice for an elemental slaying spot in your battle team.
Just got my rare, primary, after only three battles. Along river between Grookin Hill and Dawn's Blossom.
i killed 50+ in the last 2 weeks, i leveled like 5-6 pets to lvl 25 on them, AND NO BLUE YET :((
I found several spawned east of Grookin Hill south-east along the river. 2:11am CST.
Found on in the Valley of the Four Winds in the pound at Thunderfoot Fields
I found this as a primary just east of Grookin Hill. It was accompanied by a rare Emerald Turle and an uncommon Spirebound crab. Tough choice, but I already had the turtle and not this one. So now I have a rare Bucktooth Flapper =]
got an uncommon at 24.26 in serenity falls, just got a rare at 25.29, at Serenity Falls. took long enough, but i'm working on getting all rares and leveling to 25.
Good luck.
Found a rare on my first one just east of Grookin hill, next to the river.
I found a few far south near the horde camp on the coast and around the steams/lakes as I was rare hunting.
I find they are also the first mob and I have yet to find one that adds onto another mob, so be on the look out for a Bucktooth Flapper.
Also you can find a LOT of Mirror Strider (that you need also) along the same path of the steams that goes southeast to northwest in the middle of Jade Forest. Also the Mirror Striders are both first mob and adds onto other battles.
Edit: I found making a macro for this doesn't work as it will also target a non capture mob by the same name.
I found one uncommon one lv 23 in the jade forest at 51 77. It's kinda near a cliff with a stream by a bridge. I decided to catch it even though it's uncommon because people dont seem to be able to find them easily. I can always replace it with a rare if I ever see another.. haa
I found one along Slicky Stream NNE of Grookin Hill.


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text: Acreage Shuffle April 26, 2013 08:43 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Sara Schafer Top Producer Editor Email Weather and prices rewrite 2013 crop mix decisions Gene Roney's neighbors had written him off as crazy. Six years ago, when corn topped $4 per bushel, the Vienna, Ga., farmer switched some of his family's peanut and cotton acres—which had been planted to the Southern heritage crops for decades—to corn. In the years following, the Roneys continued to shuffle their crop mix, and in 2012, they sold their cotton equipment and planted the majority of their 2,800 acres in corn, soybeans and wheat. "Now we have a little bit of Illinois in Dooly County, Ga.," he says. "Cotton is still king in our county, but corn has invaded our kingdom," Roney adds. "We are set up to grow and handle cotton, but if corn stays at $4 or $5, I think we'll see more grain grown in Georgia." USDA's March Prospective Plantings report supports Roney's assumption. The report predicts Georgia's corn acres to reach 495,000 this year, a 43% increase from 2012 and the largest corn acreage increase of any state. U.S. corn acres have risen steadily for the past five years. This year, USDA expects 97.3 million acres to be planted in corn, a slight increase compared with 2012 and possibly the highest planted acreage in 80 years. Several states, including Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, North Dakota and Minnesota are predicting record-high corn acreage this year. Farm Journal Economist Bob Utterback says the historically high corn prices of the past year persuaded many farmers to keep corn heavy in their crop mix. "The ultimate driver for the farmer is: How much money can I make, with what level of risk?" he says. "Corn has been a good investment for the risk versus return." Matt and Ashley Leavitt farm in Grano, N.D., an area that is starting to look a lot more like the Corn Belt. Five years ago, North Dakota led the country in barley, durum wheat, spring wheat, sunflower and canola acres and was the second-leading producer of oats. In 2013, the state is handing over a few of those titles in favor of planting more corn. North Dakota farmers have nearly doubled their corn acres in the past five years to 4.1 million. On their 11,000 acres, the Leavitts plan to increase corn acres this year, reduce winter wheat acres and not plant an acre of barley. "Obviously, market price plays a huge role in decisions," Matt says. "If something isn't profitable, we aren't going to plant it." Ashley says she weighs the return on investment for each crop. "Corn and wheat have the same input costs, aside from seed," she says. "As such, you can't justify planting much wheat at current prices." In addition to prices, Matt says crop insurance options are at play. "Our decision to raise corn this year was purely based on crop insurance," he says. "Last year was the first year we had coverage, and this year is the first year we have established yields." Keith Coble, ag economist at Mississippi State University and crop insurance expert, says as farmers start shifting to different crop mixes, crop insurance options need to come into play. Even though there are crop insurance programs for all major crops, not all programs are available in all areas. "Be sure to confirm there is a crop insurance product for the crop in your county," Coble encourages. (click to enlarge) Soybeans and sorghum. Compared with corn, soybean acres have been stable this past five years. Prior to the Prospective Plantings report, many traders and even USDA expected soybeans to gain ground. But the report shows 77.1 million acres will be dedicated to soybeans, slightly down from 2012. Planted area is down in many areas of the Great Plains, but the Corn Belt states hit hardest by drought are increasing soybeans acres. Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois farm management specialist, says there has been a shift away from corn in his state. "That's to be expected based on the trouble we've had with corn-on-corn yields," he explains. USDA predicts Illinois farmers will plant 9.4 million acres of soybeans, a level that could make the state the No. 1 producer. If planting delays continue this spring, that number could become even larger, Schnitkey adds. Grain sorghum is gaining popularity this year. USDA predicts 7.62 million acres will be planted to sorghum, a 22% increase from 2012. Of the 14 major sorghum-producing states, nine plan to increase acres. Missouri leads the country with a 69% increase in sorghum acreage for a total of 110,000. Brent Myers, University of Missouri cereal crops agronomist, says sorghum offers an additional crop option for many Midwestern farmers. "Sorghum has lower nitrogen demands, can be planted later and can handle drought conditions better," he says. From drought to delays. Even though beneficial snow and rain has recently replenished soil profiles in some areas, drought conditions persist from Texas to Minnesota and in much of the West. USDA's Prospective Plantings report is released in late March but is based on surveys completed earlier in the month. Brian Grete, Pro Farmer senior market analyst, says weather challenges are already rewriting acreage plans. "We're seeing corn planting delays in the northern Great Plains," Grete notes. "They aren't going to get all their corn acres planted; that's pretty clear." Also, the crop insurance final planting date for some southern states is at the end of April. Grete believes those states won't reach their intended corn acres either. In the heart of the Corn Belt, Grete believes intended corn acres will get planted. Overall, he expects corn acres will shrink from USDA's March estimate, while soybean acres will grow. Weskan, Kan., farmer John Miller is dealing with drought conditions for the third straight year. "My last really good crop was in 2010," he says. "Since then, my crops have been severely affected by the lack of rainfall." Typically Miller plants corn, winter wheat, sorghum and sunflowers on his 800 acres. However, he didn't plant any wheat in 2012 because it was so dry. This spring, he plans to plant sorghum, and if it rains, sunflowers. To help manage drought conditions, Miller attempted to plant cover crops. "I wanted to get the ground covered to protect from wind erosion, but it was a futile attempt," he says. Even with a bleak weather outlook, Miller says he will still plant sorghum because at least it will provide ground cover. "I'm 60, and someone else will be farming my land 20 years from now," he says. "It's important to do things that will leave the land in the condition that's best for them." You can e-mail Sara Schafer at email@example.com. Back to news


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10 NFL stars who'll face their former teams in 2013
Baltimore Ravens new defensive end Elvis Dumervil , center, holds up his new jersey with coach John Harbaugh, right, and inside linebacker coach Don Martindale last month. (Photo: AP/Gail Burton)
Whoever said you can't go home again certainly didn't have the 2013 NFL schedule in mind. We found ten star players who will have some pretty serious reunion games on their docket this season. Fans may want to check these matchups off on their calendars too.
Elvis Dumervil returns to the building
Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos
September 5, 8:30 p.m. ET, NBC
The Pro Bowl pass rusher's fax faux pas in re-signing with Denver made him a free agent and landed him in Baltimore. Now he returns to Sports Authority Field with the opposition for a rematch of last season's AFC Divisional thriller.
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Steven Jackson tries to run over the Rams
St. Louis Rams at Atlanta Falcons
September 15, 1 p.m. ET, FOX
The Rams' franchise leading rusher gets his chance to compete for a contender. How punishing will he be against his former teammates in Week 2?
Ed Reed's Baltimore homecoming
Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens
September 22, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
Look for a big ovation for the longtime fixture at MT&T Bank Stadium. Reed practiced against Joe Flacco since the Super Bowl MVP was a rookie, something that could pay off in this game.
Peyton Manning returns to Indianapolis
Denver Broncos at Indianapolis Colts
October 20, 8:30 p.m. ET, NBC
The Broncos didn't face the Colts in 2012, so this will be the future Hall of Fame quarterback's first time facing the franchise where he spent 14 seasons and won a Super Bowl.
Greg Jennings is now the enemy
Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers
November 24, 1 p.m. ET, FOX
The veteran wideout defected to the Packers' hated division rival, but not before thanking fans with a full-length newspaper ad. Whether they return the love in his first trip to Lambeau is a different story.
Wes Welker stretches with new Broncos teammates during conditioning drills. (Photo: AP/Eric Bakke)
Wes Welker sees familiar faces at Gillette Stadium
Denver Broncos at New England Patriots
November 24, 8:30 p.m. ET, NBC
After bitter contract negotiations led to the end of his tenure in New England, Welker says he's feeling like a rookie heading into his first year with the Broncos.
Mike Wallace returns to Heinz Field
Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers
December 8, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
The Steelers couldn't afford to keep the speedy receiver and fellow pass catcher Antonio Brown, who they signed to a longterm deal prior to the 2012 season. If Wallace plans to prove he's worth the $12 million a year he got from the Dolphins, this would be a good game to state his case.
Dashon Goldson goes coast to coast
San Francisco 49ers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
December 15, 1 p.m. ET, FOX
The two-time Pro Bowl safety is the biggest loss from San Francisco's NFC title winning team. He'll try to cover his former mates (and new acquisition Anquan Boldin) when they come to Florida in Week 15.
Two rumored deals that are said to be in the works need to happen for these games to qualify, but they could both set up quite nicely if the respective GM's pull the trigger.
Revis Island floats back to the Meadowlands
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets
September 8, 1 p.m. ET, FOX
Whether he stays with the Jets or gets dealt to Tampa Bay, Darrelle Revis looks to be kicking off the season at MetLife Stadium. If he's wearing orange, the reception will likely be a lot less friendly.
James Harrison takes his anger out on the Steelers
Pittsburgh Steelers at Cincinnati Bengals
September 16, 8:40 p.m. ET, ESPN
The ferocious linebacker was cut in a salary dump after he refused to take a salary cut. After he reconsidered following his release, the Steelers told him they still weren't interested. If Harrison ends up finalizing a rumored deal with the Bengals, he'll get two chances to get over the slight, the first taking place in Cincinnati.


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'Glee' Star Darren Criss Isn't Afraid to Be a Lady Gaga Fanboy
Darren Criss may be cool and collected as Blaine on 'Glee,' but in real life, Criss was not afraid to let loose and be a fan boy in the presence of Lady Gaga.
Criss was in the presence of Mother Monster at the Trevor Live benefit, and he wasn't ashamed to admit that he and a bunch of A-list actresses were all beyond stoked waiting for Gaga to make a backstage appearance. She was on hand to accept the Trevor Hero Award, which she received due to her efforts in supporting the gay youth of today.
Criss told Billboard about that starstruck night, saying, "Myself, Amy Adams and Rashida (Jones), a bunch of us were sitting like 12-year-old girls, because we knew Stefani Germanotta, Lady Gaga, was going to walk in." Yeah, Darren, Gaga has that affect on people.
He continued, "We all just kind of casually played it off like we weren't waiting, but then we all said to each other, 'We're all waiting because Lady Gaga is coming in here, right?'" Well, duh.
The TV star did not get a chance to nab some one-on-one time with Gaga, but he was still in awe of her. He said, "We just kind of gawked in silent wonderment. She came in with her stilts and her crew of many, and we all had a really lovely moment together. It was like watching an eclipse."
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To continue my month of rum, I want to turn now to a classic rum cocktail that's sadly little known outside of cocktail-geek circles–the El Presidente. But which El Presidente cocktail? There appear to be at least three. A 1967 issue of Gourmet magazine discusses a version made of gin, orange juice, apricot brandy, pineapple juice, and grapefruit juice, with a little bit of grenadine. My god, that sounds awful, and just the sort of crap people were drinking in the 1960s. Why even bother with the gin? Just use vodka and enjoy your sticky sweet fruit juices without anything flavorful getting in the way.
There's a daiquiri variant (remember, a daiquiri is simply rum, simple syrup, and lime juice) that takes away the simple syrup and adds pineapple juice and grenadine as the sweetening agent. That sounds like a good drink, but it's not what I'm going for.
History in a Glass
Nope, the version I want uses rum, orange curacao, dry vermouth, and a hint of grenadine. This version arose in Havana, during or just before Prohibition. Accounts, however, differ as to the specifics. Cocktail historian David Wondrich attributes it to an American bartender named Eddie Woelke, who fled the Great Experiment and set up shop overseas, as many American bartenders did during those years. Woelke apparently bounced around a lot, tending bar in Philadelphia, New York, Nice, and Paris, before finally coming to Havana, where he created many once-popular cocktails, including the Mary Pickford. By this account, Woelke created the drink at the Jockey Club, naming it for then president Gerardo Michado.
Eric Felten, writing in How's Your Drink?, however, isn't so sure. He offers an alternative explanation–that the drink was created (by an unknown bartender, presumably, since Felten doesn't name names) at the Vista Alegre Club in Santiago. In this version of history, the drink is named not for Michado but for an earlier presidente, Mario Garcia Menocal. Who knows? As Wondrich has said elsewhere, the history of the cocktail is inevitably murky because it's a history that goes down in bars, when people are drinking.
Nonetheless, El Presidente is a drink of Cuban origin, invented to please Americans who traveled to Cuba during Prohibition to drink legally in an exotic environment. Steamships would leave ports in American cities, bound for Havana, and as soon as they entered international waters, teams of stewards would circulate through the ship, bearing cocktails for the passengers. Among the drinks invented or popularized during this period were the daiquiri (and Hemingway's version, the Papa Doble), the Cuba Libre, the Mary Pickford, and the El Presidente.
Varieties of Orange Liqueur
But enough of the history lesson. As I work through my El Presidente variants, I'll be trying various combos of rums and orange liqueurs. The vermouth and grenadine will remain the same, although I may play with the quantities a bit. So it'll be instructive, at this point, to describe and define the classes of orange liqueurs that are on the market. Their differing qualities will bring various flavor elements to play in the drink.
Curacao. You'll notice the recipe calls for orange curacao. This isn't an unfamiliar product; most people who've ever attended a party or two in their lives have seen artificially bright drinks made from a similar product, Smurfy blue curacao. Because of this, curacao has a bad rep, I think, reminding people of cheap party drinks, bad decisions, and awful hangovers. I know that I personally seldom seek out bottles of curacao when I'm restocking my bar.
But curacao doesn't have to be merely another element in a regrettable weekend; a well-made curacao is an excellent ingredient for many different cocktails. It's made by taking bitter orange peels, drying them, steeping them in neutral grain alcohol, removing them (and adding other herbs), and then distilling the results of that maceration. The most common brands available are Bols, DeKuyper, and Hiram Walker. These are, from what I understand, pretty interchangeable in drinks.
Grand Marnier. According to some sources, Grand Marnier is a grand curacao–that is, a premium version of curacao. With a brandy base, Grand Marnier is the richest and perhaps the booziest of the orange liqueurs. Mixing with it requires a subtle hand.
Triple Sec. Sweeter than curacao, triple sec is another orange liqueur. Also made from bitter orange peels, it's triple distilled and therefore higher proof than curacao. Cointreau is a brand of premium triple sec. In fact, Cointreau carried the words "triple sec" on its labels until lesser varieties came along and cheapened the term.
Creole Shrubb. Finally, we have Creole Shrubb, which is a different beastie entirely. Instead of having a base of neutral grain spirit or brandy, Shrubb is based on rhum agricole, a type of rum built on sugarcane juice instead of molasses. Again, this product starts with dried orange peels, which are macerated with spices in sugarcane juice, and then blended into a mix of rhums agricole before being aged in oak barrels. Shrubb is crisper and spicier than any other product on the market.
Mixing up the variants begins tomorrow. Cheers.


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They are talking about many things because they haven´t seen since two years, so they have to talk about life. The woman was buying some fruit while the man was walking down the street. The true friendship never ends.
These children have been studying all morning, so they have to have a break for eating some fruits and drinking a glass of orange juice, because it has got many vitamins for them and for their health.
Mickey has found a new friend and they love each other...well, maybe one love more than another one. The bear loves Mickey more than Mickey loves the bear and we can see them in this picture.
When we were young, we played with dolls like that. We spent many hours with them and with our friends, so today we want to share it with you. You will have to give her some color and show her to your friends.
This girl enjoys listening to this bird. The animal sings everyday and at this moment, the doors are opened and the bird has to sing a different song. You can color it while you are thinking of that song.
They are friends but in this picture they want the same thing. One of them has an orange juice and the others, too. They are looking at it but they don´t think of sharing the orange juice.
Winnie The Pooh and his friend were fishing when, suddenly, Piglet fell into the water and he cannot swim so, his friend had to fish him. It was a different day but both learned many important things and one of them, it was the friendship. After that, they will be friends forever.
If you want to give a present, the birthday cake is the best gift in the world. It has many colors and flavors. This one has four candles, though you can draw many more. If it is an special party, you have to show an special dessert like this. What flavor do you like?.
It´s time to eat so if you are hungry and you don´t want to eat many calories...this is the solution. A sandwich with letucce, cheese and tomato, it´s so delicious and it´s so good for you healthy. Before eating the sandwich, you can color it if you want.
Doraemon is very happy because he is with his friends. One of them is called Nobita who is a child and a bad student. Besides, in this picture, Shizuka appears, too. She is a funny girl and, I have to say that Nobi loves her. You have to color all characters if you like them.
If you have a special party and you want to wear a mask, here you are. Nobody will know who you are, but first, you will have to print, cut and color it. It´s an easy work, but anyway you will need time to do it. Call your friends because the work is easier when you have some help.
The police is coming with a big car, which has headlights in blue and red. The policemen always go around the streets for catching thieves, so our town is safer. Now, we can print this car and then, color it. It´s so easy and funny...Try it.


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SAN BERNARDINO, California (Reuters) - A fugitive former policeman whose charred remains were found in a burned-out cabin in the mountains above Los Angeles following a shootout with sheriff's deputies died from a possibly self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said on Friday.
An autopsy on Christopher Dorner, 33, found he was killed by a single shot to the head, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Captain Kevin Lacy told a news conference. Authorities have not yet determined who fired that fatal round.
"The information we have seems to indicate that the wound that took Christopher Dorner's life was self inflicted," Lacy said.
Dorner was accused of killing four people since February 3, including a deputy shot during the gun battle on Tuesday in Southern California's San Bernardino Mountains, where he had holed up.
A manifesto posted on his Facebook page last week claimed that he had been wrongly terminated from the Los Angeles Police Department and would seek revenge by unleashing "unconventional and asymmetrical warfare" on police officers and their families.
During the news conference, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon stood by his insistence that deputies did not intentionally torch the cabin where Dorner had taken cover.
McMahon has faced questions over his department's tactics since voices were heard shouting "Burn it down!" on an audio recording of the gun battle played on local KCAL-TV and on CNN.
"There is some recordings that I have heard on the news that would suggest that somebody, we have no idea at this point who, made those comments," he said. "We are looking into those and we will deal with those appropriately. I would suggest to you that those comments were made by somebody away from the tactical team."
The sheriff also defended the apparent failure of his deputies to discover Dorner in one of the hundreds of cabins in the Big Bear area, despite assurances that they were making a systematic search.
McMahon said a cabin in which Dorner had hidden had been checked on Thursday evening, hours after Dorner's burned-out truck was found on a fire road in the area, but that deputies had found the door locked with no signs of forced entry.
"We did scour that area thoroughly. Our deputy sheriffs did a great job checking that neighborhood," he said. "My instructions were that we were not going to kick the doors open to unoccupied residences or ones where nobody answered."
Authorities displayed several of the weapons Dorner carried as he fled police, including an imposing Remington Model 700 rifle about the length of a human leg with the word "vengeance" inscribed above the rifle's butt.
Dorner had numerous assault weapons and semi-automatic handguns, as well as 10 silencers, a military-style Kevlar helmet and a tactical vest with high-capacity rifle magazines and teargas canisters attached to it, said San Bernardino Sheriff's Sergeant Trevis Newport.
Police are investigating how he had obtained the weapons.
Dorner had been on the run since at least last Wednesday, when he was named as the prime suspect in the February 3 slayings of a couple, including the daughter of a retired Los Angeles police captain, in Irvine, south of Los Angeles.
The ensuing manhunt involved more than 1,000 officers from over a dozen local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and stretched from the Mexican border to the California desert north of the San Bernardinos.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck called it the largest in the region's history.
Additional reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis and Dan Whitcomb; Writing by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Cynthia Johnston, Bob Burgdorfer and Lisa Shumaker


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The A-List Ab Workout
J. Ryan Roberts
Incline Core Scissors
What you'll need: a pair of 1- to 3-pound dumbbells and a small exercise ball (such as a Mini-Core Ball, $8, naturalfitnessinc.com) or a rolled-up towel
Targets: Back, abs, obliques, and legs
- Lie faceup on floor, knees bent, feet flat, with ball beneath tailbone, arms slightly out to sides, palms on floor.
- Extend both legs directly up.
J. Ryan Roberts
Kneeling Flye
Targets: Back, chest, abs, quads, and inner thighs
- Kneeling on floor with ball between inner thighs, hold a dumbbell in each hand, arms out to sides at shoulder level with elbows bent 90 degrees (like a goalpost), palms facing forward.
J. Ryan Roberts
Core Flex
Targets: Chest, back, arms, and abs
- Holding a dumbbell in each hand, lie faceup on floor with knees bent, feet flat, ball beneath mid-back so that head and shoulders are lifted. MAKE IT EASIER: Do move without dumbbells.
- Bring arms out to sides at shoulder level, elbows slightly bent so palms almost face each other.
J. Ryan Roberts
Child's-Pose Ski Slope
Targets: Back, shoulders, arms, abs, quads, inner and thighs
- Holding a dumbbell in each hand, arms by sides, kneel on floor, squeezing ball between inner thighs.
- Hinge forward from hips and lower butt to heels until forehead touches floor in child's pose, resting hands on floor by ankles, palms up.
J. Ryan Roberts
Upright Oblique Twist
Targets: Back, shoulders, abs, and obliques
- Holding a dumbbell in each hand, sit on floor with knees bent, feet flat and ball behind lower back.
- Lift arms to shoulder level in front of you, palms down.


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Welcome to my site about the Energia Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle (HLLV). Energia is a Russian superbooster used to launch various cargos such as the Russian shuttle and potentially Moon and Mars missions.
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The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona is now officially underway, and that means you have a full day to ogle everything from mid-engine Corvettes to insane diesel Mazda sedans as they blitz around the Daytona International Speedway.
It can be a lot to take in, so we're lucky our man porsche9146 is here to live blog the race.
If you haven't already, you need to check out his handy spotters' guide so you can tell who's who.
The race is on SPEED right now, and it will run to 9 p.m. EST tonight before picking up tomorrow. You should tune in and follow along in the comments. I'll turn it over to porsche9146 now. Enjoy yourselves.
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ECLIPSECON, SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, at the EclipseCon Conference, Oracle , a newly appointed Eclipse Board Member and Strategic Developer, announced it will donate its award winning Java persistence framework, Oracle(R) TopLink, to the open source community. In addition, Oracle announced the proposal of a new Eclipse project to deliver a comprehensive persistence platform based on the contribution of Oracle TopLink, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, source code and test cases.
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With its latest contribution and project proposal, Oracle continues to demonstrate its commitment to the developer and open source communities. Oracle TopLink is the industry's most advanced persistence architecture, offering object-to-relational, object-to-XML, and Enterprise Information System data access through all of the major standards, including the Java Persistence API, Java API for XML Binding, Service Data Objects, and the Java Connector Architecture. It has consistently provided developers with superior performance and choice. Built on industry standards, Oracle TopLink works with any database, any application server, any development toolset and process and any Java application architecture. Since its first commercial release in 1994, thousands of customers have chosen Oracle TopLink to bring greater agility, better decision-making and reduced cost and risk to diverse IT environments. Now, by donating the source code and test cases of Oracle TopLink, Oracle is making the first complete enterprise persistence platform available in open source and to the greater developer community.
"Oracle has been an Eclipse member since its inception and significant contributor," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation. "The donation of Oracle TopLink to the open source community is a win-win for Eclipse and the community. We are excited about the opportunities this proposed project presents and for the community which will gain a complete and comprehensive open source persistence platform."
In addition to its code contribution, Oracle proposes to lead a new Eclipse run-time project to provide a set of persistence services that can be utilized in Java and OSGi environments. Working closely with the Eclipse Foundation, Eclipse member companies and other contributors, Oracle will use the existing code base of Oracle TopLink as the starting point for this project. Through its participation in the OSGi Enterprise Expert Group, Oracle will also work with the group members to create a set of blueprints that define how OSGi applications can access standardized persistence technologies.
"Our latest contribution and added commitment to Eclipse demonstrates Oracle's continued efforts to initiate, lead, support and contribute technology, innovation and resources to the open source community," said Dennis Leung, vice president software development, Oracle. "From our experience in leading several projects, we know that Eclipse has an enthusiastic and vibrant following. We are very excited to grow our involvement by bringing all of TopLink to Eclipse and delivering a comprehensive persistence platform."
"Interface21 has worked closely with Oracle on the integration of Oracle TopLink technology with the Spring Framework 2.0, which has been tremendously successful with the open source community," said Rod Johnson, founder of the Spring Framework and CEO of Interface21. "Now with all of TopLink being available under open source, this provides an even richer persistence platform for the community and we are excited about the proposed move to Eclipse. This will enhance the community involvement that is so important to Spring customers."
Oracle's Commitment to Eclipse
The Eclipse Foundation is one of several open source communities in which Oracle invests significant development resources. As a leading participant in both the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) and the Technology project, Oracle currently leads the JavaServer Faces tooling, Dali JPA tools and BPEL tools projects.
The Eclipse Persistence Platform project will be available free of charge under the Eclipse Public License. For more information about Oracle's development and contribution of open source solutions, visit http://otn.oracle.com/tech/eclipse
About Oracle Fusion Middleware
The Company's comprehensive, standards-based family of middleware software, Oracle Fusion Middleware enables customers to adopt and manage SOAs in heterogeneous computing environments. More than 31,000 customers now use Oracle Fusion Middleware and include leading organizations in the Financial Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care and Public Sector industries. Oracle Fusion Middleware is also supported by 9,000 partners, including leading independent software vendors, value added resellers and system integrators.
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text: Katya Grokhovsky's series Untitled Heroic is deeply complex and familiarly conflicted. For the series Grokhovsky makes use any medium necessary – photography, performance, video, and even a cardboard cut-out installation. The artist seems to attract and repel. The series is at once confrontational, seductive, and wonderfully volatile. By way of her statement, Grokhovsky says that Untitled Heroic is, "A series of performances for photography and video, culminating in a large-scale cutboard cutout installation, whereby a female artist is dealing with frustrating desire to both attract and reject the notion of a male gaze." Grokohovsky's work is also the subject of an upcoming solo exhibit at New York's Galerie Protégé.


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Drug companies are revealing their list prices online for the first time, Bloomberg's Riley Griffin and Anna Edney report , noting that the voluntary move is "a bid to stave off pressure from the...
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Saying he wants to end the "international embarrassment" of the U.S. being the only wealthy country that doesn't provide universal health coverage, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released a new version...
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This first hairstyle started getting pinned on Pinterest.
Oh my goodness! I LOVE that indian princess hairdo! Super cute!
I love all of the pics but the first up do is my fave. I would love for you to come strut your stuff at Bacon Time, anything goes linky fri-monday. Happy New Year!
Holy smokes girl... you can do hair! Love your up dos!
I have a nearly two year old girl and I can't wait to 'do' her hair! Thanks for so many ideas!
thanks for linking up to Make it Monday! I have share your idea on the brassy apple FB page! :)
Happy New Year!
You have so many awesome hair ideas! I especially love that first one :)
Beautiful hair ideas. I can't wait for my little girl to get some hair! {she's 2 1/2 and still barely anything}
I'd love for you to link up and share: http://tutusandteaparties.blogspot.com/2011/12/pinteresting-link-party-week-twenty.html
I love the hair! So creative
Oh I love all the Pretty hair pictures... I love doing hair tutorials... I would love for you to stop in and share here http://shoprubyjean.com/2012/01/sew-crafty-tuesday-linky-4-and-giveaway/
What a great year! All of those hair dos are so cute. My 11 yr old rarely lets me do her hair any more but when she does we have fun! Thanks for sharing!
Maria, hope you are having a blessed new year.
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Now that Apple's on an iOS-like yearly update schedule for the Mac's OS X operating system, it'd be big news if we didn't start to see traces of the next version, OS X 10.9, start appearing in server logs sometime that is soonish. Well, no cause for concern, because the next big cat is out of the bag and stealthily surfing the web. Seth Weintraub from 9to5Mac posted this morning that he'd been seeing 10.9 in his logs, so I checked iMore's and sure enough, it's there too.
We probably won't hear much more about 10.9 until Apple formally announces the beta sometime next year. But if nothing else, you can rest assured newly anointed SVP of Software Engineering, Craig Frederighi and company are already hard at work on it.
And since they might be reading this very post, why not take a minute and let them know what you'd like to see in OS X 10.9? Per-app AirPlay so we can work on one app while mirroring another? iBooks for OS X? Reupholstering of the linen and stitched leather to something more Ive-inspired, like aluminium? Documents in the Cloud that aren't tied to specific apps but can be accessed via a unified repository? A much better, much more social Game Center?
What's on top of your OS X hit-list?


text: Alan Grimes <alangrimes at starpower.net> writes: > Hey, This seems to be a good place to ask a few questions about the > linux packet drivers... It isn't, unless you're running them in a Beowulf or planning to. There are books about this from Coriolis, and there are mailing lists related to driver development. This is not among them.


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text: > if only I could find a tool that is scaled to CPU times ;) > > The Gantt chart was definately what I was thinking of...without even knowing > it. Thanks! It may be worthwhile searching for "gantt" on sourceforge, but I don't think you will be able to get down to the cpu timescales. If you like Perl, Project::Gantt might be helpful, however it does not go beyond hourly level. You could also hand craft your diagram with gnuplot. A few years ago I had a short script that would produce a gantt chart of sge job durations, from a file with <jobid start end> records I produced a file with pairs of lines <start jobid> and <end jobid>, putting a blank line between each pair, then plotted it with the command "plot 'file' with lines". For example, create the following data file preserving the two blank lines 1 1 4 1 4 2 5 2 4 3 6 3 then run gnuplot and give the following command plot [][0:5] 'file' with lines Cheers f.


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Beef dollar sales and pound sales were up 3% and 6%, respectively, in 40 markets during the summer grilling program between June and September 2006. Meanwhile, beef grilling cuts accounted for 67% of total beef dollar sales during the 18-week campaign, according to FreshLook Marketing.
The checkoff-funded program included aggressive consumer advertising and promotions using national radio ads, retail partnership promotions and product sampling in cooperation with major retailers. The aim was to keep beef top of mind with consumers during a period of predicted protein oversupply.
Promotional partnerships with A.1.® Steak Sauce and marinades, Sutter Home wines and Chinet paper products expanded the reach of checkoff funds, says Cattlemen's Beef Board member Don Stewart, co-chairman of the checkoff's Joint Retail Committee.


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text: >we are considering to get an 8node dual cluster. >obvious option is AthlonMP/760MPX. >alternative is Xeon/7500 or now 7501. I am considering the exact same systems. (8 nodes). A third possibility is to wait for 2-3 months and go with the AMD Opteron. In any case, I believe the Xeon's are over-priced and I expect a fairer price in another month or two, as they will have to compete with the Opteron. The biggest difference between the 760MPX and the S2723GNN is the memory bandwidth: It is roughly twice as large for the Xeon system (see http://qcdhome.fnal.gov/qcdstream/). IMHO, SSE2 vs. Athlon is a lesser issue. I am also going to try channel bonding (with two channels) for the Gbit Ethernet. The second channel will be done with a D-Link DGE 550-T card. Brett van de Sande Geneva College 3200 College Ave. Beaver Falls, PA 15010


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The end is nigh for the remaining Blockbuster video locations, as well as its DVD-by-mail business.
In a press release Wednesday, Blockbuster owner DISH Network said the company will close about 300 corporate-owned retail stores and distribution centers.
"This is not an easy decision, yet consumer demand is clearly moving to digital distribution of video entertainment," said Joseph P. Clayton, DISH president and chief executive officer. "Despite our closing of the physical distribution elements of the business, we continue to see value in the Blockbuster brand, and we expect to leverage that brand as we continue to expand our digital offerings."
The release also said the Blockbuster By Mail service launched as a competitor to Netflix will end by mid-December.
Blockbuster still will continue to offer on-demand and other streaming video options from its digital video library and the brand will still be involved with services offered to DISH Network subscribers.
Additionally, franchised and licensed locations of Blockbuster will continue to remain open in the United States and abroad. The company did not mention how many of those types of stores are currently open for business.
Fifteen locations in North Texas are expected to shut down.
In Dallas, liquidation signs were already up Wednesday at the store on Lovers Lane and Greenville Avenue. The store is no longer renting and will close in early December.
"It's kind of sad. They even have the displays and stuff, and you can buy all the posters. It's like they're selling the whole store," said Sheridan Taylor, who uses Redbox to rent new releases and Netflix to watch everything else.
But the Blockbuster location in Pantego does not have any closing signs, and the store is still renting. An employee at the store said he just found out about the shutdown on Wednesday.
John Eastman, who comes in every week, said the location has a group of 10 to 15 loyal customers who come in every week on Tuesday mornings.
"I was here every Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock when they opened up to see what was the new ones coming in," he said.
"I'm going to miss this store, and I'll miss this service, and it was good for me," he said.


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I found this poem today at MDC. I just have to share it here.
Grief is a quiet thing
Deadly in repose.
A raging horror, a thunder of abuse.
Raucous –
Demanding –
Incomprehensible –
Tearing all that one has ever loved.
Fear-ridden and misunderstood;
Ceasing a moment, and through the years,
Returning…to destroy.
To rage
To curse all that is happy –
Or contented,
Or trusting.
To threaten every beauty that is true.
It's a quiet thing.
– Melba Colgrove, from How to Survive the Loss of a Love
Indeed grief is a quiet thing. In real life when someone asks, "How are you today?!" or "How are you doing?" I am compelled to answer, "Just fine!" or something similar. People don't seem to really be asking me if I'm doing better with the expectation that I might actually tell them how hard every day is. People don't understand that it's not terribly easy to just be fine after a pregnancy loss much less after three. They don't want to hear about it – not really.


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Scuderia Ferrari swimming costume for teens
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If you've heard the buzz about the Emily Ley Simplified Banner, then let me tell you – there is a reason! It is out-of-this-world amazing for the busy gal! So amazing, in fact, that they are SOLD OUT. Don't fret, you can WIN a reserved giveaway copy right here so enter below. If you're not our lucky winner (to be announced Monday, December 9th) then keep watch on Emily's instagram & newsletter for any additional planners that might arrive in the mid-Dec. shipment!
Reasons I Love the Emily Ley Simplified Planner
- Size! It's not too big and not too small. It's easy to throw in my purse or in the car for organizing during appointments or on the road. And it has spiral bounding!
- Crisp white sheets! I like to use thin markers and don't like when they bleed through! No problem here!
- Month pages + day sheets! I love both of these! I like a month-glance and the day pages are cute (dinner section? my inner foodie loves that)!
- Pocket: I always have random receipts, notecards, etc and they have a cute place to go! Inside cover has a pocket!
- Style: I love the colored stripes, that look and "feel" of this planner, that "hard to describe" perfect-ness! It's my new FAVE!
- For more fabulous reasons why this planner rocks, click here!
To see all of the items in Emily's shop (my iphone case is an Emily Ley + I'm always getting compliments), visit the shop here! My latest fave? These gold foil coasters that would also make fabulous gift tags with a little punch hole + some ribbon! What a cute stocking stuffer!
Enter to win below + check back Monday to see if you are our big winner!
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Photo Credit: Shay Cochrane
Photo of Emily Credit: Gina Zeidler


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Superstition Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Superstition Wilderness (map) in 1964 and it now has a total of 160,236 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Arizona and is managed by the Forest Service.
DescriptionAlthough there is no guarantee that you'll find buried treasure, you are sure to discover miles and miles of desolate and barren mountains, seemingly endless and haunting canyons, raging summer temperatures that can surpass 115 degrees Fahrenheit, and a general dearth of water. Even the area's earliest known inhabitants, the hardy Hohokam and Salados peoples, established only very small villages and cliff dwellings in this harsh and fabulous country between 800 and 1400 a.d. The Wilderness value of the Superstitions has long been recognized. Established as a Primitive Area in 1939, it was named a pre-Wilderness Act "wilderness" in 1940, and became an official Wilderness in 1964. Elevations range from approximately 2,000 feet on the western boundary to 6,265 feet on Mound Mountain. In the western portion rolling land is surrounded by steep, even vertical terrain. Weaver's Needle, a dramatic volcanic plug, rises to 4,553 feet. The central and eastern portions are less topographically severe. Vegetation is primarily that of the Sonoran Desert, with semidesert grassland and chaparral higher up. Dense brushland covers hundreds of acres. A few isolated pockets of ponderosa pine may be found at the highest elevations. Despite the harsh setting, much of Superstition Wilderness, especially the Peralta and First Water Trails, is overused by humans. These two trailheads receive about 80 percent of the annual human traffic, and the U.S. Forest Service calls the 6.3-mile Peralta one of the most heavily used trails in Arizona. Other trails within the Wilderness are virtually untrodden. There are about 180 miles of trails, ranging from excellent to poor, as well as other unmaintained tracks. Group size is limited to 15 people and 15 head of livestock. Length of stay is limited to 14 days.
Planning to Visit the Superstition Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
- Regulations, Fees, Permits
- Contact the Forest Service
- Visit the National Forest wilderness website
Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Superstition Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors


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Can Facial Recognition Software 'Detect' LGBTQs?
A psychologist associated with Stanford University whose research reportedly helped pave the way for the abuses allegedly wrought in the 2016 elections by Cambridge Analytica insists that computer analysis of facial features can identify, with a high degree of accuracy, who's a liberal and who's a conservative, which people might be more apt to commit certain sorts of crimes... and who's LGBTQ.
Michal Kosinski's work got the interest of highly-placed Russian government officials, according to UK newspaper The Guardian, which ran an interview with him on June 7.
Kosinski's research not only involved AI analysis of people's facial features to determine if there are relationships between how people look and certain personal characteristics, but he also looks into the field of "mass persuasion" - that is, the manipulation of groups of people by way of social media, among other avenues.
Last year The Guardian published an article on the question of whether computers can reliably be programmed to determine who is LGBTQ and who is straight, based on analysis of facial characteristics. Human "gaydar" might depend in part on subliminal cues that include facial characteristics, voice, and movement, but people can also be mistaken when they claim to know by looking who is gay or straight. Recent studies indicate that computers are much more reliable - up to about 80% reliable, in fact, when it comes to determining who is gay or not among men. (So far, computers are only about 74% accurate in determining who is straight or not among women.)
Kosinski suggested to the Guardian in the more recent article that the intelligence community may have some interest in his work, and not just in notoriously anti-gay Russia. But the fields of science and law enforcement have long included those who speculated that certain attributes could be parsed from physiological measurements, made either with the eye or by using tools. The 19th-century practice of phrenology used skull measurements to make claims about the moral character of different people; the Guardian took note of another 19th-century theory, physiognomy, which purported to link visual assessment of physical features with traits such as criminality or homicidal tendencies. Eventually debunked, physiognomy is now recognized as having been built not around scientific principles but rather on racial biases.
Kosinski, however, insists that there could be a genuine connection between facial features and certain innate traits, if for no other reason that the levels of prenatal hormones that influence the way a fetus develops. The same hormones that "masculinize" a brain, for instance, could - according to this view - prompt facial features to develop in certain ways.
Assuming that the field that advocates this belief - dysmorphology - turns out to have some basis in reality, the ethical and legal implications could be profound. A Boston Globe article on the theory pointed out that some of those who promulgate this idea believe that traits such as autism could be detected even before a child is born. Leaving aside concerns about what law enforcement might do based on nothing more than surveillance footage of passersby or photographs taken for I.D.s, what agonizing choices could emergent technologies coupled with such theories present to expectant parents?
More worrisome, perhaps, is the knowledge that - so far, at least - the use of such analysis offers no 100% reliable results. Human biases and assumption, however, do not tend to operate according to the odds. There is no such thing as prejudices that are only 80% in force.
On the other hand, just imagine what it would mean for certain virulent anti-LGBTQ public figures to have their own likenesses subjected to "gay-detecting" facial analysis.


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