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Garza strikes out 10 in Cubs' 7-2 win over Brewers
Errors lead to Brewers second straight loss
Matt Garza struck out 10 in seven solid innings and Dioner Navarro hit a three-run homer, sending the Chicago Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday.
Garza (3-1) had his third consecutive strong outing. The right-hander allowed one run on eight hits and a walk while throwing 101 pitches.
Garza, who can become a free agent after the season, is expected to be one of the top pitchers available on the trade market as the July 31 non-waiver deadline approaches.
The Cubs broke the game open with four runs in the third, capped by Navarro's seventh homer. Milwaukee made a pair of errors and all the runs in the inning off Wily Peralta (5-9) were unearned.
Garza spent the first seven weeks of the season on the disabled list with a left lat strain sustained in spring training. He was making his eighth start since returning on May 21, and has given up only two earned runs over 22 innings in his last three outings.
Peralta gave up seven runs, three earned, on eight hits and a walk while striking out two in five innings. He allowed the leadoff batter to reach base on singles in each of the first four innings, and three of those runners scored.
Milwaukee's Juan Francisco homered for the third consecutive game, his ninth this year, but committed a costly error in the fourth that led to three unearned runs.
For the second consecutive game, the Cubs took advantage of Milwaukee errors and fielding miscues. Ryan Sweeney singled leading off the second inning, stole second and moved to third on a wild pitch.
Brian Bogusevic, starting in left field for the second straight game in place of Alfonso Soriano, doubled down the left-field line to score Sweeney and make it 1-0. One out later, Darwin Barney's liner went off Peralta's glove for a single that scored Bogusevic.
Starlin Castro led off the third with a single and stole second. One out later, Sweeney's liner to left went off the glove of Caleb Gindl for a two-base error, making it 3-0.
Anthony Rizzo struck out for the second out. Bogusevic then hit a hard grounder to third, and Aramis Ramirez's throw to first was in time but went off Francisco's glove for the second error of the inning.
Navarro followed by hitting the first pitch from Peralta down the right-field line for a three-run homer to make it 6-0.
An error by second baseman Rickie Weeks in the fourth inning Wednesday night allowed two unearned runs to score in a 5-4 Cubs win over the Brewers.
NOTES: Cubs prospect Jorge Soler has a stress fracture in his left leg and will be out four to six weeks. Soler was selected to the World Team for the All-Star Futures Game, but will be unable to play. He was batting .281 with eight home runs and 35 RBIs in 55 games for Class-A Daytona. ... The game began with the roof open, but when rain threatened it was closed in the fifth inning. ... Sean Halton made his major league debut with a pinch-hit single in the fifth for Milwaukee. He was recalled from Triple-A Nashville before the game. ... Weeks extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Brewers SS Jean Segura ran his streak to 10 games.

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The purpose of the Thermochemical Database Project is to make available a comprehensive, internally consistent, quality-assured and internationally recognised chemical thermodynamic database of selected chemical elements in order to meet the specialised modelling requirements for safety assessments of radioactive waste disposal systems.
During the first part of the project, a high priority was assigned to the critical evaluation of the data of inorganic compounds and complexes of the actinides uranium, americium, neptunium and plutonium, as well as the inorganic compounds and complexes of technetium.
The second phase of the project provided for further needs of the radioactive waste management programs by updating the existing database and applying the TDB methodology to new elements present in radioactive waste (as fission or activation products): nickel, selenium and zirconium, and also simple organic complexes of the key elements treated in phases I and II.
The third phase started in 2003, with three new reviews on thorium, tin and iron (part 1), and with the constitution of an expert team for the preparation of guidelines for the evaluation of thermodynamic data for solid solutions.
The fourth phase (2008-2013), included in its program of work three reviews concerning molybdenum, iron (part 2) and ancillary data and the initiation of two state-of-the-art reports on cement minerals and high ionic strength solutions. Work is still ongoing with phase IV reviews.
The fifth phase of the TDB project entered into force in 2014.
The programme of work for the fifth phase of the Thermochemical Database (TDB) Project consists in the:
The unique feature of the TDB project is that the data are evaluated and selected by teams of leading experts drawn from universities and research institutes around the world, through a critical review of the existing primary experimental sources. The TDB reports documents the process leading to the selected values.
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The TDB project aims to produce a database that:
The database compiles formation data (Gibbs energies, enthalpies, entropies and heat capacities) for each aqueous species and solid phase of interest, as well as chemical reactions and their corresponding thermodynamic data. Non thermodynamic data (diffusion or kinetics) and sorption data are not considered in the TDB project.
A detailed description of the project is set out in the TDB-0 guideline.
The data selected in the reviews are made available in the TDB review reports, which are the principal output from the project.
The project has so far produced 13 authoritative volumes of thermodynamic data for actinide elements and fission or activation products.
Links to other sites that also contain thermodynamic data are provided.
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6 pounds gone this week! I feel like I am on the Biggest Loser!!! (which, by the way, my children are way obsessed with!)
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Weight Loss Update
Posted by Mom to 5...Daughter of the King at 10:11 AM
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- Anita said...
You go girl!! Man, we need to get together cuz I need to start taking it off again too!!
- November 15, 2010 at 7:52 AM
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Based on your comments from the blog and the poll, it looks like you are requesting some information and guidance on how to move your arms when you swim freestyle? So, here we go. Freestyle is what you would call an asymmetric swimming style. Well, asymmetric is a strong word, but almost. What I mean by this? Imagine you are laying on a floor on your stomach (Note: Freestyle is not swam on your stomach, but rather on your sides. This is only for visualization purposes.), face down and your arms are along side of your body. Move one arm along the floor to the front of your head. Now you have one arm in front of your head and one at a side, this is quite asymmetric, isn't it. As opposed to symmetric swimming style where both sides of your body do the same things, so both arms would move from the position along side of your body to in front of your head at the same time.
Chances are though, that it is not the arms that you should focus on first. I'd suggest starting with your body and head position and then moving onto the feat of moving your freestyle arms. Once you have the windmill arm rotation going, you can focus on other things like how to catch more water (how to move your arm/hand through the water to go faster) or how to position your head while swimming freestyle, what to do with your hips or finally what to do with your arms when they are above the water which I will discuss in my next posts, so stay tuned.
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William Crawford Webb, born July 30 1907, was the twelfth of thirteen children born Mary Jane "Mollie" Patten and John Thomas Webb. He was born near Ray City,GA (fka Ray's Mill) and grew up on his father's farm in the 1329 Georgia Militia District where, along with his ten brothers, he helped with the farm labor.
Several of his brothers served in the military. One brother, Shellie Loyd Webb, was killed in the sinking of the Otranto during World War I. It was not until 1928, when William was 21 years old, that his brother's body was brought home from Islay, Scotland (see The Long Trip Home.)
During World War II, William C. Webb joined the Army enlisting on April 3, 1943 at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, GA. He served as a Private, First Class in the Medical Corps of the Army Air Force. By December of 1943 he was at Drew Field, Tampa Florida.
That Christmas the base newspaper, The Drew Field Echo, ran a headline story on the new base hospital. "It is the U. S. Army Medical Corps which keeps 'em healthy," the paper said.
The story continued, "In the Station Hospital at Drew Field, the medical staff consists of doctors, dentists, sanitary engineers, veterinary officers, administrative officers, nurses, and highly trained enlisted men of all ranks and grades. The entire staff is bound together by a common ideal — to remove the fetters of disease and injury from the men in training in order to make them more effective combatants on the far-flung battle fields of the global war."
His corps was honored in the Christmas paper, but Christmas was not to be for William Crawford Webb. In late December, he had been furloughed and had gone home to Ray City, GA. Following a tragic accident, he was classified DNB by the Army – "Died, Non-Battle."
His obituary ran in the Nashville Herald:
The Nashville Herald
January 4, 1944
PFC William Crawford Webb Passed Away in Atlanta, Dec 23
PFC William Crawford Webb, 37, died a the Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta Saturday afternoon December 23 at 1 o'clock following injuries received when he fell out of a car enroute from Ray City to Moody Field a fews days earlier in the week.
PFC Webb had spent his entire life in this county before entering the U.S. Army in April, 1942. He was the son of the late J. T. Webb and Mrs. J. T. Webb of Ray City. In 1927 he was married to the former Miss Doris Knight, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lester Knight.
At the time of the accident PFC Webb was at home on furlough and had been stationed at Drew Field, Tampa Fla. in the Medical Corps. Following his injury he was rushed to the hospital at Moody Field and then carried by plane to the hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday.
Funeral services were held December 26 at 3:30 o'clock at Pleasant Church in Berrien County. Rev. Charlie Vickers of Nashville, and Elder John Davis of Pearson, conducting the services. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Survivors include beside the wife nine children. Terrell, Heyward, Louise, Donald, Thomas, Bennie K., Jimmie, Linda, and Dean, all at home, his mother, Mrs. J. T. Webb of Ray City, and nine brothers, Dr. M. L. Webb and L. O. Webb of Tifton, L. H. Webb, H. P. Webb, and M. B. Webb of Ray City; H. W. Webb of Valdosta, U. T. Webb, J. T. Webb of Miami, Fla., and Sgt. Homer Webb of U. S. Army, Ill.
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Gustav Rehberger: Tough Guys and Manly Men
"After seeing so many incompetent artists touted in all the magazines," lamented Stahl, "it seems damned unfair and short-sighted that a talent like his goes unheralded and unsung."
The public may not have known Gustav Rehberger as well as some other illustrators of the 40's, 50's and 60's, but clients in the magazine, advertising and film industries were certainly well aware of the artist.
In 1959 he illustrated a campaign for Marlboro consisting of six ads. I can't imagine any other artist who could have portrayed the look of the tough guy more emphatically.
Rehberger had already worked on ad campaigns for a great variety of national clients by that time, including Abbot Labs and Amoco, Dupont Textiles, Sheraton Hotels and the United States Treasury, among others.
All the while, Rehberger was also working for Hollywood. Between 1953 and 1976, Gustav Rehberger created advertising and promotional art for films like "Helen of Troy"...
"Moby Dick"...
"The Defiant Ones"...
and the NBC Television series, "I Spy".
In all Rehberger worked on 29 film and television productions. Pamela Demme, Rehberger's widow, graciously supplied the photos below of an unused painting from the 1961 production, "One-Eyed Jacks", starring Marlon Brando.
Beginning in 1972, Gustav Rehberger began teaching at The Art Students League in New York City. One of his former students who contacted me wrote, "his hair was long and wild (in the back)and gray, and he always smiled... I never saw him angry or down."
Speaking about her late husband's 21-year-long teaching career at Art Students League, Pamela says, "His students adored him. I agree. He was a master draughtsman and a great teacher. He could teach a lamp post to draw! "
And in an interview in the summer 1975 issue of The Illustrator magazine, Rehberger offered this advice to the aspiring young artist:
"Learn the basic truths thoroughly in order to become strong and able to express yourself in any direction. Many young artists want to be free too soon, before building up reservoirs of knowledge to tap. This kind of unequipped freedom will lead, sooner or later, into an artistic nothingness and make the artist wish he had learned his lessons well."
"I find there is all the freedom in the world within the laws of artistic truth."
* You'll find all of today's images in my Gustav Rehberger Flickr set.
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After all these years of TI I just came to the question of why is it that many of the color illustrations that I've seen tend to have cool highlights and warm shadows?ReplyDelete
An excellent week of postings, Leif, with a lot of interesting information about a strong and colorful personality in the arts. Once again, we are in your debt for the work you do.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:07 AM
Great choice with the Gustav postings. I am so glad to have seen his work. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Wowwww! He did that legendary painting for "The Defiant Ones" movie poster as well as the "I Spy" promo art?? Fantastic!!ReplyDelete
And is that really a stick going through that guy's butt?? Quite an unusual approach to teaching anatomy but one I guess I'd better heed.
Thank you all for your comments!ReplyDelete
Shane; could it be that my scanner is poorly calibrated...? I have no idea.
David; I really appreciate hearing that. As for being in my debt, don't worry about it for now. One day I may ask you to help me dispose of a body. I hope I can count on you.
Matt; you're welcome :-)
Les; Yes. And yes.
I was honored to have been his monitor at the Art Student's League. for a year in the 80 and study with him for 5 years. A great and under appreciated artist.ReplyDelete
When my mother (1912 - 2001) was in third grade in Chicago, Illinois, she and Gustav were the shining "artists" in the class. The teacher would award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize each week for the best artwork, and he and she (Lucille Larson) would alternately receive the 1st and/or 2nd place prizes. So, I have always followed his work. He also did a beautiful series of "Sacred" illustrations that appeared in Family Circle Magazine in the 1960's. I love his ability to convey the muscles and movement! Thanks for this blog, but when I try to sign up, it says "Website not available."ReplyDelete
I took his class at the Art Students League way back I think after I had graduated from High School. I remember a demonstration he did, I didn't understand everything he was saying back then but I was amazed at the results on the paper and the memory staid with me many years latter- I understand it now. He also had a great sense of humor.ReplyDelete


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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on deadly package bombings in Texas' capital city (all times local):
4:40 p.m.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley is defending his department's statements that initially downplayed the first of three package bombs that went off in the city as an isolated incident.
Manley said Tuesday that investigators at the time were working under the theory that a March 2 package bomb was related to a nearby house used to stash drugs that police busted a few days earlier. The explosion killed a 39-year-old Austin man.
After two more explosions happened Monday, police were criticized for not warning Austin residents to be on the lookout for suspicious packages. A second blast killed a 17-year-old teenager and a third one wounded a 75-year-old woman.
Authorities say they have received 265 calls about suspicious packages since the two explosions Monday. None turned out to be a threat.
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A leader of Austin's black community says the families of two people killed by separate package bombs knew each other.
Nelson Linder is the longtime president of the NAACP chapter in Austin. He said Tuesday that the two victims are related to well-known members of the black community in Texas' capital city.
Authorities say 17-year-old Draylen Mason was killed Monday by an explosive left on his doorstep. The teen died nearly two weeks after 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House was killed by a similar package.
Linder says he doesn't believe in coincidences.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley says authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, in addition to a $15,000 reward already offered by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Police say there have been no major developments in their investigation of three package bombs sent to homes in Austin, Texas.
Authorities say they plan to hold a news conference Tuesday afternoon to provide an update on the probe, but there have been no significant changes.
A package bomb left on a doorstep killed a 39-year-old man on March 2. Two similar packages at separate homes Monday killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded two women.
Police have not identified the latest victims but said all were either black or Hispanic.
Austin Police Chief Brian Manley at first suggested that the attacks could constitute a hate crime. He subsequently appeared to back off that idea while still saying that authorities have not ruled anything out.
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Austin police say they have received more than 150 calls reporting suspicious packages after three package bombs exploded at homes in less than two weeks in the Texas capital.
The police department tweeted the figure Tuesday. Authorities have urged people receiving unexpected packages to call 911 without handling, moving or trying to open them.
A package bomb left on a doorstep in Austin killed a man March 2. Two similar packages left at separate homes Monday killed a 17-year-old and wounded two others.
Investigators originally suggested that the attacks could constitute a hate crime because the victims were all black or Hispanic, but they now say they are looking at all possible explanations.
The FBI and other federal agencies are also investigating.
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Police say the bombings in eastern Austin are likely linked. Two occurred Monday and one on March 2.
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As you may recall, I gleefully reported in February that WhiskyLive, the Whisky Magazine sponsored tasting conference, was planning to come to Los Angeles in October.
Well, unceremoniously and without explanation, the Los Angeles event has been dropped from the WhiskyLive calendar. I emailed the good people at Whisky Magazine to inquire but received no response. However, they announced on one of the Magazine's forums that they had a problem with the venue and will try again for next year.
It looks like the second biggest city in the US will again lose out on a major whiskey event.
I will shed a solitary tear into my Lagavulin and hope for better things in 2009.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Whiskey Wednesday: WhiskyLive is Dead
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Among the small and elite group of American artists referred to by Time magazine as The Irascibles, and who made up the groundbreaking movement known as Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s, Clyfford Still was arguably the most irascible and vociferous. Among a generation of American artists who were attuned and sensitive to the potential commercial and political exploitation of their art, Still was undoubtedly the most suspicious of institutional culture. He had little need for "middle men" to present his art and ideas. As a result, critics, curators, and private collectors were often the object of his scorn. Moreover, Still sought to maintain complete control over the exhibition and distribution of his paintings. In this regard, he was unwilling in most circumstances to allow his paintings to be represented in group shows, or to be sold to private collectors who did not exhibit a commitment to the work.
Many of Still's most complex paintings were made during the 1950s, a period when darkness and light found a tempered balance in his imagery. It is during this decade that the artist achieves his goal of having "space and the figure . . . resolved into a total psychic entity."(1) In the Modern Art Museum's 1956–J No. 1, Untitled, 1956, a black, craggy gesture is combined with attenuated areas of yellow, ochre, red, orange, and white, creating a Gothic spaciousness unique in twentieth-century abstraction.
Cutting through the right center of 1956–J No. 1, Untitled is a "black wing" that would seem to act as a coda to Hubert Crehan's designation "Black Angel in Buffalo." The dark feathery form tears open its surrounding field to reveal a rich, dark core. Commenting on the work, Still noted, "Maybe he [Crehan] was right. There is his 'black angel.'"(2) In 1956–J No. 1, Untitled, Still isolates the two sides of his aesthetic—his sense of the power of extreme light and extreme dark—as well as the radical psychological extremes they evoke. Perhaps more than any other Abstract Expressionist, including Mark Rothko, who is often discussed in these terms, Still throughout his career seemed preoccupied with using darkness. As Still put it, these are "not paintings in the usual sense; they are life and death merging in fearful union."(3)
— Michael Auping
(1) Quoted in Clyfford Still (Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1963): 5.
(2) Seymour H. Knox, in Michael Auping, Interviews with Seymour H. Knox, 27 September 1987, 12 October 1987, and 6 November 1987 (unpublished).
(3) Letter to Betty Parsons, 26 September 1949. Betty Parsons Papers, Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art, Midwest Regional Center, Detroit, Michigan, microfilm no. N68/72.


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UVA crime: Bill would yank big cases from campus cops
When a serious crime occurs on campus, who should investigate? A bill making its way through the Virginia legislature would strip campus police departments of their authority over murder and rape investigations, and would require local police to take the lead–- something some victim advocates believe would result in more thorough investigations of the most serious crimes.
"In my mind, the local police are highly trained–- they have a Special Victims Unit, have people dedicated to that particular type of task," says sexual assault victim advocate Susan Russell, founder of the website uvavictimsofrape.com and a driving force behind the bill. Campus police, with their typically smaller staffs, she says, remain well-suited for leading investigations into the more common crimes reported on campuses: theft, simple assault, and trespassing.
Russell, who helped write the bill now known as HB2490, found a sponsor in Delegate Paula Miller (D-Norfolk). The bill will go to vote on Friday, February 4 in the Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee, and if it passes, will proceed to the House floor.
Russell has personal experience with campus rape investigations. As detailed in the Hook's November 2004 cover story, "How UVA turns its back on rape," her daughter, Kathryn Russell, reported getting raped by a fellow student earlier that year at UVA. The alleged assailant was never criminally prosecuted and was permitted to stay at school. Kathryn transferred, and in 2009, her story was the subject of an extensive investigative report on the handling of campus sexual assault by the Center for Public Integrity.
Another high-profile case involved Liz Seccuro, who was raped in a UVA fraternity house back in 1984 and whose assailant pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault in 2006 after apologizing for his crime. Seccuro claims that she too suffered from a UVA administration that, as she alleges in a new book, Crash into Me, didn't take the crime seriously. She has long maintained University authorities told her that because the incident took place on University property, local police had no jurisdiction. (But as she found out two decades later, when Charlottesville police agreed to investigate, that was never true.)
Russell asserts that in both her own daughter's and Seccuro's cases, the proposed law would have resulted in a more thorough investigation and a better chance at a successful prosecution. While legislative watchdog Waldo Jaquith calls it a "sadly necessary step," not all victim advocates support the bill as it's written.
S. Daniel Carter of the nonprofit organization Security on Campus agrees that local police should lead murder investigations, but he disagrees they should take charge of all rape cases.
"We feel it's reasonable to train and equip campus police to investigate sexual assault because it's relatively frequent," says Carter, whose nonprofit seeks an amendment that would leave campus police leading sexual assault investigations with input and assistance from local police. (The issue of campus crime is also being considered at the federal level with the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, which would force colleges and universities to more clearly define their sexual assault policies and expand student education on domestic and other types of violence.)
Russell says she'd be willing to consider such an amendment if it would help the bill pass–- and as long as local police departments are notified in every case so they can make their resources available. Whatever happens, she feels today's victims will be better served than her own daughter was seven years ago.
"You have to hope that when something bad happens to you, you can turn it around and help someone else," she says.
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I have always believed that the UVA administration is incompetent, and indifferent to the beliefs of Virginia residents. I am really astounded to read that UVA police does not report to the Commonwealth law enforcement authorities. Now I know why the problems exist. And to boot, the Legislature (or Govenor) needs to revoke UVA authority to set salaries of its professional staff. The averages posted last year for professors is COMPLETELY out of line with other State averages and its individual citizens.
Is there any chance that the local police would devote any real resources to this issue? I am not currently familiar with Charlottesville. Reading The Hook and many of the local papers looks like the local culture is a lot of blaming the victim, bemoaning the good old days when women werent allowed out, and advising women to travel in packs for safety. What about the culture of the local police force? This publication has talked about the police frolics (boom boom parking)at a local farm that was a crime scene, there is a lot of talking on especially this forum (from GB an x officer) about local police evading the law successfully. They certainly werent too worried about previous rapes. Why would the police change now? Is anyone looking at equipping/ the police to deal with issue? If there is, why cant they devote any resources to the crimes against women that have already been committed.
This would be a splendid idea. The problem with UVa police is that unlike the city and county forces who must answer to the Commonwealth Attorney's office, they only have the University administration, people not versed in the law.
A prosecutor is interested in whether or not a crime was committed, and whether or not their is enough evidence to bring a case to trial. University administrators on the other hand may be more interested in smoothing things over, handling it in-house.
That is totally inappropriate in the case of a felony. University officials should have no input in whether or not charges are brought for a crime.
The Liz Securro case is a prime example. She contacted the University Police and the Dean of Students Office, who failed to tell her that since the alleged rape occurred in a fraternity house offcampus it was under the jurisdiction of the Charlottesville Police. Only when she contacted Chief Tim Longo was she able to obtain justice.
It might even be better to disband the separate UVa police force and have units of the City and/or County whose "beat" is University property, and who would answer to Dave Chapman or Denise Lunsford and not some dean.
First off, let me say this... I would prefer the Virginia State Police come in and investigate any serious crime such as rape and murder at the University of Virginia. But then of course we would have the debate that it appears the VSP hasn't accomplished much in the Morgan Harrington abduction and murder. This is not true. They have done wonders with what little they have had to work with so far. One of the biggest problems in this abduction and murder was the fact that the John Paul Jones arena and surrounding parking lots were not declared a "crime scene" for a very long time.
As far as "GB, the x officer", I feel Charlottesville and Albemarle County are blessed to have a vast majority of decent hard working and capable officers. This includes the Virginia State Police troopers and investigators that are assigned to Albemarle County. Let there be no mistake though, the rookies are playing havoc with this opinion of mine lately. Maybe the chiefs will wise up someday soon. But getting back to the point, I still think a small band of truly rogue cops should not tarnish the image or accomplishments of all.
The proposed change in wording to HB2490, which will debated on Friday in Richmond, would state:
"The chief law enforcement officer of a public or private institution of higher education, or his designee, shall immediately notify the local law enforcement agency or Virginia State Police of the locality in which the institution of higher education is located of (i) the death of any person on the property of the institution when such person is medically unattended and (ii) any report alleging that a rape or sexual assault has occurred on the property of the institution. Upon notification, the local law enforcement agency or State Police may, at the request of campus police or the victim, assume responsibility for leading the investigation. The campus police department and all other employees of the institution of higher education shall cooperate with the local law enforcement agency or State Police in conducting the investigation and shall provide any assistance requested by such agencies."
So breaking this down, the bill:
1. Requires local agencies or State Police to be notified of an unattended death or sexual assault.
2. Once the notification has been made to the local department, campus police OR the victim can request that the local department be the lead in the investigation.
3. Campus police and all other employees must cooperate with local law enforcement and provide any help/info deemed necessary.
Many people living in the Commonwealth, to include most lawmakers, are under the assumption that local law enforcement has the jurisdiction to investigate any crime that occurs on a college campus. Unfortunately, that assumption is wrong. Campus police have jurisdictional rights for dormitories and classroom buildings. Local law enforcement may be called in to assist, but unless the University or college transfers jurisdiction to them, campus police retain jurisdiction.
This bill would change that. Whenever a felony crime occurs on campus property, the local law enforcement would be called and jurisdiction could transfer because of the nature of the crime - if either the campus police or the victim requested that the local department take the lead. Universities should welcome this clause as it would relieve them of the scrutiny that exists during the the prosecution of these crimes.
This bill is not meant to demean the hardworking campus police, but to aid them. It allows the crime to also be investigated by the local police, who are highly trained and staffed to handle crimes of this magnitude.
Why this bill? Because as the HOOK repeatedly reports, campus police tend to turn a blind eye to campus rape crimes. They treat them as administrative matters. Rape is a felony crime and should be investigated and handled as a felony crime - and women's groups should applaud this new bill as a breakthrough in campus sexual assault reporting.
And just to get the facts on my daughter's case right, she wanted to press charges but the campus police improperly investigated and poorly documented her case and as a result, the Commonwealth Attorney did not have all the facts presented to him to make a proper decision about accepting the case for prosecution. He could have sent the case back for further review, knowing the documentation was lacking, but he chose not to do so. The university refused to release jurisdiction to the local police so that they could investigate the rape. The bottom line is that my daughter's rapist was allowed to go unprosecuted - and 6 months later, he raped another coed and even though he was found guilty by a UVA Sexual Assault Board, he was allowed to remain on campus. If the local law enforcement had been able to properly investigate the case right after it was reported to the UVA campus police, that 2nd coed would not have been raped. HB2490 would allow for both agencies, campus police and local law enforcement, to work TOGETHER to investigate any alleged rape case, thereby insuring that the victim has the best possible resources working for her when reporting this felony crime. It would also protect the accused, knowing that the facts would be properly documented and thereby reduce the number of false accusations.
If you want to show support for HB2490, please send an email by Thursday evening to the bill sponsor, Delegate Paula Miller, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hollowboy says: This would be a splendid idea. The problem with UVa police is that unlike the city and county forces who must answer to the Commonwealth Attorney's office, they only have the University administration, people not versed in the law
Uh, hello, I think the admin is quite versed in the law. Why do you think they have been able to dance around these issues to begin with? And doesn't UVA have a LAW school? It is because they are well versed in the law they have been unable to be held accountable for the crimes committed on campus or involving students.
Definately take all crime out of UVA's hands and put it in the VSP hands. I don't even know if the local LE can pull themselves away from the badge bunnies long enough to do their jobs.
Thank you for keeping these stories about crimes against women to light. Without education and awareness, change will never come.
Please keep up with these stories. They give me hope that it will make a difference to future students.
I did not mean that the UVa administration did not know the law. Its that they chose in many cases not to treat sexual assault as a crime, instead handling as a school disciplinary issue, like cheating on a test. Which often meant little or nothing was done.
The bill was heard before a subcommittee of the Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety this morning at the General Assembly in Richmond and the subcommittee unanimously recommended reporting the bill to the full committee. After lengthy discussion in committee, the bill was referred to the Virginia State Crime Commission. The Commission will review the bill, its recommendations, language, jurisdictional issues, victims rights issues, and work with Delegate Miller to come up with comprehensive language that will make our campuses safer and ensure that victims have a strong voice in the process.
Thanks Susan for all your work on this, and for keeping us informed. Hopefully all states will follow, I know other college towns are dealing with this same issue...UVa is not unique, it's just that it's here, and this is the news we read.
Thank You, Susan!
Great. There's a possibility of far fewer foul-ups by fake cops with a money-leaching university's interests at stake.
GSOE I actually agree with you here. However, do you think that young officers grow into the job, or do you think they come in with a "bad" or "good" disposition? The state police have there own issues. I agree with the overall "goodness" of the police, but the younger ones do seem to be more "aggressive."
A young female PVCC student was attacked on the corner in September by a guy she had met earlier in mellow Mushroom trying to get her to go back to Rugby Road with her. She escaped his rape attempt behind the Clark statue - but with a huge black eye and three broken ribs.
She describes her attacker as a "UVA frat boy." Therefore, UVA cops and the local media covered the story up. This is how this place works. Has for a long time.
THANK YOU, Susan!
And just yesterday the Cavalier Daily had a story about a male UVa student who was assaulted on 15th St by 4 men he told the police he thought were involved with frat rush.
They took his wallet and cell phone. He found his wallet on the ground but not his phone. Honor charges for stealing, anyone?
Yet they like to pretend that it is only the "townies" that ever commit crimes against UVa students.


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Liberty freshmen Natalie Barr and Sarah Gipe along with head coach Jodi Murphy, were awarded NorPac season honors on Wednesday night at the NorPac Field Hockey Banquet at Longwood's Blackwell Hall. Barr collected the East Division Offensive Player of the Year award, while Gipe earned the Maria Whitehead Rookie of the Year honor. Murphy was tabbed the Co-Coach of the Year with Stanford's Tara Danielson.
Additionally, Barr and freshman Abbey Basom were placed on the East Division All-Conference team, while sophomore Helen Doolittle earned a spot on the All-Academic team for the Lady Flames.
Stacey de Grandhomme of Longwood brought home the East Division Player of the Year honor, while Davidson goalie Sarah Fisher was voted the East Division Defensive Player of the Year. In the West, Stanford's Becky Dru garnered the Player of the Year award, while her teammate Kelsey Harbin was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year. Lara Kruggel of California was honored as the West Division Offensive Player of the Year.
In just its second year of existence, Murphy has taken the Liberty field hockey program to great heights this season. The second-year head coach has guided her young squad to a conference-best mark of 14-5 entering the NorPac Tournament. The Lady Flames have won eight more games than all of last season, while capturing the NorPac East Division regular season title with a 7-1 mark in conference play.
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Gipe concluded the regular season ranked second on the team with 28 points and 13 goals. The freshman sits in the top 10 in the NorPac in numerous offensive categories, including shots (37), shots per game (1.95), points (28), points per game (1.47), goals (13) and goals per game (0.68). The Pennsylvania native has tallied three multiple-goal games and paced the Lady Flames with four game-winning goals.
Basom started 18 of 19 games this season for Liberty, finishing the regular season with 20 points on seven goals and six assists. The freshman has also tallied 37 shots, which is second on the squad. The Pennsylvania native has tallied a pair of multiple-assist games and one multiple-goal game this season. Among conference leaders, Basom finished in the top 10 in shots (37), shots per game (2.58), points (20), points per game (1.05) and assists (6).
Doolittle, an Interdisciplinary Studies major, currently holds a 4.0 grade-point average and was one of nine players selected to the All-Academic squad. The sophomore started all 19 games for the Lady Flames this season, finishing with four goals and three assists. Doolittle also helped to anchor Liberty's defense, which finished first in the conference in numerous defensive categories.
The East Division regular season champion Lady Flames enter the conference tournament as the No. 1 seed from the East. The Lady Flames battle Pacific in the first round on Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
2012 NorPac Field Hockey Award Winners
East All-Conference Stacey de Grandhomme, MF, Longwood Annie Evans, MF, Davidson Natalie Barr, MF, Liberty Finely Amato, F, Davidson Casey Lammando, D, Appalachian State Jessica Diaz, F, Longwood Christina Verhulst, MF, Longwood Abbey Basom, F, Liberty Alayna Versage, D, Radford Leslie Thomas, F, Appalachian State Sarah Fisher, GK, Davidson
West All-Conference Lara Kruggel, MF, California Becky Dru, D, Stanford Kelsey Harbin, D, Stanford Emily Tregoning, MF, Pacific Alex McCawley, MF, Stanford Deanna Kennedy, D, California Casey Wollbrinck, D, UC Davis Maddie Secco, MF, Stanford Shannon Elmitt, MF, California Hope Burke, F, Stanford Dulcie Davies, GK, Stanford
East Player of the Year Stacey de Grandhomme, MF, Longwood
West Player of the Year Becky Dru, D, Stanford
East Offensive Player of the Year Natalie Barr, MF, Liberty
West Offensive Player of the Year Lara Kruggel, MF, California
East Defensive Player of the Year Sarah Fisher, GK, Davidson
West Defensive Player of the Year Kelsey Harbin, D, Stanford
Maria Whitehead Rookie of the Year Sarah Gipe, F, Liberty
All-Academic Team Hope Burke, Jr., Stanford Brit Donaldson, Sr., Davidson Helen Doolittle, So., Liberty Emily Knapp, Jr., Appalachian State Emily Mecke, Sr., UC Davis Jordan O'Reilly, Jr., California Caitlin Smith, Jr., Longwood Emily Trudeau, Sr., Pacific Alayna Versage, Jr., Radford
Sheryl Johnson Academic Excellence Award Emily Trudeau, Sr., Pacific
Julie Nagel Extraordinary Teammate Dana Wetmore, Appalachian State
Co-Coaches of the Year Jodi Murphy, Liberty Tara Danielson, Stanford
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A Tale of Two Wins – Angels vs. Blue Jays
I'll spare you the unnecessary Dickens parody. Suffice to say this weekend's games against the Blue Jays were two very different wins for the Angels, one ugly but ultimately effective and the other, as pretty a pitching clinic as one could ask for.
Saturday's game was quite the weird one. When I spoke longingly of single admission double headers a post or two ago, this is not quite what I had in mind. Matt Palmer had a rough start and wasn't quite able to complete five innings. This is a shame. I really wanted to see him prove himself. Then we proceeded to work through all seven pitchers in the bullpen with mixed results before Dan Haren – yes, that Dan Haren, from the starting rotation – finished the game and earned the win in the 14th inning. Can I just say, this is why I adore Dan Haren. He's old school, stepping in to do whatever the team needs when the team needs it. I believe he would still make his start tomorrow if the team let him…and I wish they would. Early pitching woes aside, this game was a great battle of the bats for four innings – we were up, then the Jays and so on. Then the runs dried up and hijinks ensued for the remaining ten innings as bad base running, walked batters, butterfingered position players, outright errors and stranded runners abounded on both sides.
There were good plays too, successful pick offs from Jeff Mathis and Rich Thompson, an out at home plate, etc… But the weird overshadowed the good in my opinion and I do not share the announcers' enthusiasm for the bullpen's performance in this game. Yes, they were troopers and prevented runs from scoring for 10 innings, which is no slouch, but they did it with too many walks, too many instances of bases loaded and too many innings that barely ended in disaster. They pulled it off, which is an improvement, but they way they pulled it off makes me question their ability to pull holds and saves off in the future. In the end, the Angels prevailed because of a, shall we say, questionable yet favorable runner's interference call that prevented the Jays from scoring in the 13th, two timely hits in the 14th and the fact the Peter Bourjos is lightening fast. Bourjos hit a two-out double and Maicer Izturis brought him home with single. But it was Bourjos' amazing speed, beating out Juan Bautista's strong, quick throw to the plate by centimeters that really won the game. There is a reason this play was number 9 on MLB's plays of the week this evening.
Sunday's game, on the other hand, was fantastic. Jered Weaver pitched a gem of a start, beating his own single game strikeout record of 12 Ks with 15 Ks in seven and 2/3rds innings. He even managed a pickoff at first base, unusual for Weaver whose long limbs and cross body delivery don't always lend themselves to catching the runner off the bag. It was truly a commanding performance all around and just what the bullpen, completely wiped out from the previous evening's 14 inning marathon game, needed. Hisanori Takehashi came in to get the crucial last out in the 8th inning and Fernando Rodney, closer by default based on the number of pitches he and the other bullpen pitchers threw yesterday, looked like a closer today: three batters, 12 pitches, three outs and done. I am loathe to trust him again, but must give credit where credit is due. He looked good today. Unlike so many of Weaver's starts last season, he had run support this game, including a Peter Bourjos two RBI triple in the 4th inning. I actually think that for most batters, this would only have been a double and that Mark Trumbo might have stuck around at third if Bourjos wasn't on the verge of lapping him, so once again Fleet Pete makes quite the impact.
Any Angels win is a good day in my book, but I really hope to see more like Sunday's this season than Saturday's if at all possible. Of course, if winning this season winds up meaning a lot of 14th inning stretches, I'd rather sing extra Take Me Out to the Ballgames than the alternative. Saturday's abuse of the bullpen (Of? By? Little of column A, little of column B?) has already had a huge impact on the 25-man roster. The Angels optioned Michael Kohn and Kevin Jepson down to the Salt Lake City Bees, activated Scott Downs from the DL and brought youngster Tyler Chatwood up from the Bees. The 22-year old Chatwood, another one of the local prospects the Angels like to recruit, is supposed to get his first major league start against the Indians on Monday in order to give Haren an extra day's rest. I am interested to see how this turns out. I saw flashes of brilliance in Chatwood during Spring Training but also the need for a lot more work. Of course, this means I will get see Haren, one of my two favorite pitchers, start on Tuesday when Seth and I have tickets to the game again…assuming the Angels can wrap up Monday in a mere nine innings and he doesn't close again, of course. 😉


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Thread: 4/14
On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.
The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first American society dedicated to the cause of abolition, is founded in Philadelphia on this day in 1775.
On this day in 2005, the Pontiac Solstice Roadster, a new two-door sports car from General Motors retailing for approximately $20,000, is featured on the reality TV game show The Apprentice.
President Harry S. Truman receives National Security Council Paper Number 68 (NSC-68). The report was a group effort, created with input from the Defense Department, the State Department, the CIA, and other interested agencies; NSC-68 formed the basis for America's Cold War policy for the next two decades.
Noah Webster, a Yale-educated lawyer with an avid interest in language and education, publishes his American Dictionary of the English Language.
Loretta Lynn, a singer who greatly expanded the opportunities for women in the male-dominated world of country-western music, is born in Butcher's Hollow, Kentucky.It's not how old you are, it's how you got here.
It's been a long road and not all of it was paved.
. If you ain't havin' fun, it's your own damn fault
The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history -- the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.
At the very center of this story is John Wilkes Booth, America's notorious villain. A Confederate sympathizer and a member of a celebrated acting family, Booth threw away his fame and wealth for a chance to avenge the South's defeat. For almost two weeks, he confounded the manhunters, slipping away from their every move and denying them the justice they sought.
Based on rare archival materials, obscure trial transcripts, and Lincoln's own blood relics, Manhunt is a fully documented work, but it is also a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before.
The Greatest Manhunt in American History
For 12 days after his brazen assassination of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was at large, and in Manhunt, historian James L. Swanson tells the vivid, fully documented tale of his escape and the wild, massive pursuit. Get a taste of the daily drama from this timeline of the desperate search.
April 14, 1865 Around noon, Booth learns that Lincoln is coming to Ford's Theatre that night. He has eight hours to prepare his plan.
10:15 pm: Booth shoots the president, leaps to the stage, and escapes on a waiting horse.
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton orders the manhunt to begin.
April 15 About 4:00 am: Booth seeks treatment for a broken leg at Dr. Samuel Mudd's farm near Beantown, Maryland. Cavalry patrol heads south toward Mudd farm.
Confederate operative Thomas Jones hides Booth in a remote pine thicket for five days, frustrating the manhunters.
April 19 Tens of thousands watch the procession to the U.S. Capitol, where President Lincoln lies in state. Wild rumors and stories of false sightings of Booth spread.
April 20 Stanton offers a $100,000 reward for the assassins, and threatens death to any citizen who helps them.
After hiding Booth in Maryland, Jones puts him in a rowboat on the Potomac River, bound for Virginia. More than a thousand manhunters are still searching in Maryland. In the dark, Booth rows the wrong way and first ends up back in Maryland.
April 20-24 Booth lands in the northern neck of Virginia, and Confederate agents and sympathizers guide him to Port Conway, Virginia.
April 24 Booth befriends three Confederate soldiers who help him cross the Rappahannock River to Port Royal and then guide him further southwest to the Garrett farm.
Union troops in Washington receive a report of a Booth sighting. They board a U.S. Navy tug and steam south, right past Booth's hideout at the Garrett farm.
April 25 The 16th New York Calvary, realizing their error, turns around and surrounds the Garrett farm after midnight that night.
April 26 When Booth refuses to surrender, troops set the barn on fire, and Boston Corbett shoots the assassin. Booth dies a few hours later, at sunrise.
April 26-27 Booth's body is brought back to Washington, where it is autopsied, photographed, and buried in a secret grave.
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson
Revelation 15:1
And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
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Assistant principal calls Freeport grads his 'second family'
Freeport class of 2013 president Chelsea Campbell, bound for Albright College, delivered a speech to her classmates on the virtues of her favorite sport, golf. Campbell said that golf has taught her patience and sticktoitiveness, and the value of self-improvement.
"My friends have heard it many times before." she said. "But golf is life."
Life lessons come in all different forms, as speakers explained to 375 graduates at Freeport High School's commencement, held Wednesday at Hofstra University.
Joseph Mille, Freeport's assistant principal for the senior class spoke, can relate to self-improvement. In his speech he explained how he initially was totally content working at Bright Cleaners in Lindenhurst. In August of that year, a graduate school admissions officer from Dowling College named Donna Rode came into the cleaners and befriended Mille. She tried to get him to enroll at Dowling's education graduate program, but Mille declined several times -- until she offered him $100 to come in for a meeting to discuss registration.
Mille ended up enrolling at Dowling after the meeting, but didn't forget about the money he was promised.
"Look at the bill," Mille recalled of Rode answering his question about the money. "I knocked $100 off the tuition."
Freeport's valedictorian, Elizabeth Mulé, dared her classmates to pursue excellence and not to second-guess themselves when opportunities present themselves.
"Remember your beginnings, but don't be afraid to go to new places," said Mulé, who will attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology next fall and had a solo in the Freeport Select Chorale's rendition of "Seasons of Love" from the musical "Rent" just minutes before her speech.
Bianca Molina, the class salutatorian set to attend the University of Pennsylvania, asked her fellow graduates to trust in themselves as they move on to the next stages of their lives.
"We must believe that our dreams are worth pursuing in order to achieve them," she said.
But Mille also reminded graduates that futures will always be tied to their past.
"A friend once told me that once Freeport is in your blood; you can never get it out of you," Mille told the graduates. "That is absolutely true. This is now my second home, and you are my second family."


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Today is my birthday. I am a woman of a certain age and I think it is worthy of celebrating, so I made one of my favorite candies, chocolate covered toffee, with a hit of coffee. I never buy Health Heath Bars, but every year I manage to convince my boys to give me them from their Halloween bags. This year was no different. Then on my travels for the book tour I ended up with the ultimate version, which has completely ruined me to the Hershey's product. Not so sweet, a powerful kick of coffee and really lovely bittersweet chocolate. The maker is Poco Dolce and Samantha at Omnivore Books in San Fran turned me onto them after our book signing there. I love her and hate her for that! I bought several varieties and all them were delicious, but the little bag of coffee toffee was like a bag of chips, you can't eat just one. I brought them home and considered not sharing with my husband, but after leaving him at home for 9 days with the boys I figured it was the least I could do to share my candies. Big mistake. He ate them all. Well not really, but they were gone. I had only one choice, make my own. It is surprisingly easy and perfect for wrapping up as holiday gifts or just hiding in your desk drawer, or both.
Every year my husband and my boys set off on the loving task of baking my birthday cake. This year my husband out did himself and made a devil's food cake with cream cheese icing and a fresh raspberry filling. You can see his lovely work at the end of the post.
Chocolate covered Coffee Toffee – inspired by Poco Dolce and Emily Luchetti's Four-Star Desserts
(a must have book)
1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon molasses
3 teaspoons instant coffee powder (I like to use the new Starbucks VIA)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 pound bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, melted and cooled to just above room temperature.
Prepare a baking sheet with a Silpat or parchment or wax paper
In a medium sized heavy-bottomed sauce pan, with a Candy Thermometer attached, bring all the ingredients, excluding the chocolate, to a boil over medium low heat.
Continue to cook and stir the mixture until it reads 275 on the candy thermometer.
The mixture will be much thicker. Stir constantly until it reaches 315 degrees, which will happen pretty quickly. Remove it from the heat and stir until very smooth, just a few seconds.
Pour the toffee onto the prepared cookie sheet.
Using a spatula spread the toffee out into a 1/16-inch thick rectangle. try to keep it as even as possible. Work quickly because the toffee will set fast.
Using a Pastry Wheel or pizza cutter, VERY GENTLY (you don't want to cut so deep that it actually reaches the bottom or you may destroy your silpat) score the toffee into bite sized pieces.
You should get about 60 pieces. Again work quickly so the toffee doesn't set before you are done.
Allow the toffee to sit until it is room temperature and then break apart the pieces.
Melt the chocolate over a double boiler until perfectly smooth. Remove from the heat and allow to cool to just above room temperature. If the chocolate is too hot it will run off the toffee and not give you a nice coating, if it is too cold it will be too thick to work with.
Set up a second cookie sheet with a sheet of parchment or wax paper.
Drop a piece of the toffee into the chocolate. If the chocolate is a touch warm the toffees may crackle a bit, but that is fine.
Using a fork flip the toffee over to coat the other side.
lift the covered toffee from the chocolate and shake gently to allow the excess to fall away and any large air bubbles to come to the surface. As the chocolate cools down the air bubbles may have to be popped by hand. once this starts to happen, just return the chocolate to the double boiler and reheat for a minute to soften the chocolate slightly.
In order to get a nice smooth bottom, without a bunch of excess chocolate (otherwise known as a "foot") you want to scrape the bottom of the fork on the edge of the bowl before laying it to set on the parchment.
Lay them on the parchment until they set up.
Continue dipping until they are all covered in chocolate. Allow them to sit out in a cool spot to set up. Because we are not tempering the chocolate (that is another post) you may want to set them in the refrigerator for a few minutes until they are firm.
You will have a bit of chocolate left over so you can add some decoration to the tops if you wish with a parchment bag. Allow the decorations to set up and then serve or
Fill decorative Treat Bag as gifts for teachers, co-workers, family or yourself.
Thanks Graham, it is the best cake ever. I love you!


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Hello from Mae & Barrie in Nova Scotia Canada.
I have a special interest in visiting Scotland and especially Kintyre in October 2015.
My GGgrandfather Malcolm Wilkie aka. McQuilkan Married Jean Taylor in Skipness Parish in 1820. In 1827 Malcom with family members settled in Ontario.
I have been viewing various Kintyre web sites and over night accommodations appear plentiful. What is the mode(s) of transportation between Campbeltown & Glasgow and how frequent are the trips. On the Isle of Kintyre what type of charter is recommended.
Waiting for comments or suggestions
Bye now
Mae & Barrie


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Rabobank report notes continued profitability a leading cause for infrequent land sales in the Golden State.
The overall value of California's farmland rose slightly in 2011, though trailed behind the same value increases experienced by Midwest land owners.
The information is detailed in "U.S. Farm Land Continues to Dazzle," a report released today by Rabobank's Food and Agribusiness Research & Advisory (FAR) group.
The piece, an update to FAR's June 2011 report 'Blowing the Farm Land Bubble,' notes that according to the USDA, California's cropland land values increased by just 1% in 2011 and 20% overall since 2005. Alternatively, Midwest land values have shown 20% to 30% increases through the latter half of 2011 and into 2012. Rabobank attributes the higher-than-projected growth rate to increased prices for corn, soybean and wheat prices and low interest rates. Within its small increase in statewide land values, the greatest area of appreciation for California has been for land that has reliable water resources.
"California's crop diversity and profitability continues to shield any major overall downturns in land values for the state," said Vernon Crowder, senior vice president and agricultural economist with FAR and contributor to the report. "There are some sectors, like dairy, whose losses affect the land and facility values of those specific sectors, but on the whole the state's farms are well capitalized and diversified."
Crowder notes that steady and strong profits are deterring farm operators from selling, amid attractive offers from domestic and international buyers – many from outside of the agricultural arena. The most sought after land from California buyers is for permanent crops such as pistachios, almonds, walnuts, mandarins and grapes, all which have enjoyed robust yields and prices in recent years. However, the report warns that those crops while attractive now, are more susceptible to corrections in the future, given the costs involved to redevelop the land for other crops.
Rabobank expects that revisions to the USDA data will show that overall farmland value in California increased closer to 5% and will do the same for 2012 with values in the San Joaquin Valley rising near 20% percent. Crowder cautions however that while the short-term outlook for farmland values in California appears attractive, they are subject to various risks.
"Higher interest rates and the appreciation of the U.S. dollar are always factors to consider when you're talking about the outlook of farmland values," said Crowder. "Equally important, water shortages in California can quickly depress land values, as evidenced by the dip we experienced between 2008 and 2010."


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20 Habits that make you fat
Eating fat won't make you fat, any more than eating money will make you rich. Calories make you fat, and most "low-fat" or "fat-free" foods actually have just as many calories as their full-fat versions, because of added sugar and chemicals. And there's no debate on this one: Since we made "cut down on fat" our favorite food craze roughly 30 years ago, the U.S. obesity rate has doubled. Among children, it has tripled. That's a failed food policy if ever there was one
Here are the 20 eating habits you can replace right now:


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Browsing Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering by Author "Yao, Wang, 1987-"
Now showing items 1-1 of 1
Wind-turbine generator for load-following and its applications to primary frequency support and small-signal stability improvement. Yao, Wang, 1987- (, 2011-09-14)In today's power grid, the penetration of wind energy has been increasing. Meanwhile, many relevant issues have been explored. Among them, a novel active power control strategy named load-following has been given attention ...


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[This is a re-post of my review from Fantastic Fest 2012. Pusher opens today in limited release.]
This review is a steal, because it's one review for two movies. Luis Prieto's remake of Pusher is in no way significantly different than Nicolas Winding Refn's Pusher other than Prieto's film takes place in London instead of Copenhagen, and the characters speak the primary language of their respective cities. Both films share the same strengths, and Refn's Pusher is a solid crime flick that takes a lean, gritty premise that runs its protagonist ragged. Prieto doesn't add anything to the formula, but his mixture still works thanks to the aggressive direction, a strong central performance, and tense pacing.
Frank (Richard Coyle) is a cocky drug dealer who always plays it cool even when he's fighting or partying. He's slightly in debt into his supplier, Milo (Zlatko Buric, reprising his role from the original film), but Frank has a line on a big deal that will cover his debt and then some. But in the middle of the deal, the cops bust in, and Frank has to ditch the package. The cops can't charge him for lack of evidence, but now he doesn't have Milo's drugs or his money, and he owes the ruthless gangster £55,000. Frank must then go on a frantic hunt for the money and betray almost every one he knows in order to stay alive.
Pusher is a sharp little movie in how it moves a crime film's periphery character—the poor schmuck who owes a debt he'll never be able to repay—and puts him front and center. From there, we see a character completely unravel to where he's forced to look inside himself only to discover nothing is there. He beats his friend half to death, and ignores the love of his girlfriend, Flo (Agyness Deyn). Survival, when put first, reduces men to beasts, and Pusher effectively captures that by throwing the world into chaos through booming techno music and schizophrenic cinematography.
But this isn't an ugly movie even though Frank is in an ugly situation. The techno music is Frank's pulse, and the bright, garish colors swarm in to where we're swallowed up by a rave. There's also Coyle's captivating performance, and he leaves the impression that he should anchor more movies. And then there's Buric. Buric is an absolute delight in both movies, and while he doesn't break the mold of the gangster (he does that in Refn's I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III), he's still a darkly comic presence in a movie that sometimes could use a laugh.
Prieto has handcuffed himself to Refn's movie, so the remake of Pusher will likely be forgotten since it never makes a strong case for why it should really exist. There are a few nice changes, like Bronson Webb having a different take on the character of Frank's friend Tony, not that Mads Mikkelsen was bad, but the movie doesn't need more mimics (Buric takes care of that). A side-by-side comparison of both movies would likely find a surprising amount of overlap if you ignore the different languages and cities. If reading subtitles was the reason you couldn't get into Refn's Pusher, than Prieto's remake is an acceptable substitute. But locking it into London relegates the remake to simply being an above-average Brit-crime flick rather than breaking free of Refn's breakout film.
Rating: B-


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Alabama - technically I have been here. When I came to America in 2009 I did this big 3 week tour and we arrived at a campsite somewhere in Alabama, had dinner and hung out, went to sleep and left the next morning. I don't count it because I literally didn't see or do anything outside of the campsite.
Arizona - I went to Arizona in 2009 including the Grand Canyon. Tons o Fun and I would love to go back.
|the sun was so bright that it was so hard to keep our eyes open. so.. we covered them.
California - I went here in 2011 with my Mum and we met up with KC and his Mom at Disney. We also drove around LA to see the sites, Hollywood and such. I'd love to go back, specifically to San Fran & San Diego.
Florida - I have been to Disney World twice. I really want to go back to do the Princess Half Marathon (probably Feb 2016). Of course there is so much more to Florida than Disney, and I'd love to see it.
Hawaii - I went to Hawaii with my mum and it was great except KC happened to break up with me and it kinda killed the vibe. I still managed to do lots and have a good time, though I'd love to go back to make some better memories. It is so expensive though.
Illinois - The very first city I went to in America was Chicago (not including LAX of course). I saw Rascal Flatts and did some shopping. Other than that, we go to a small town in Illinois at least twice a year because KC has family there.
Kentucky - I've been here a couple times...
Louisiana - In 2009 we went to New Orleans and a smaller town that I don't remember the name of. A few people went on a swamp tour and we went to a local coffee shop where they were playing the weirdest instruments I've ever seen and made us dance with them. They were the friendliest people I've ever met and wish I could remember the name or had taken photos. We walked from one end of the town to the other in 15 minutes. Small. New Orleans was SOFUN but I would love to go back and be less drunk and remember more.
Maine - Went here recently with the girls. Kind of. In the boat. I count it. Ok, I'm counting it for all the states that I've kinda gone to.
Maryland - We stayed in Maryland the first time I went to DC in 2009. We did stuff, I just barely remember it.
Massachusetts - Boston and Salem, yay!
Mississippi - I think we drove through here. Not sure.
Nevada - Vegas! Been to Vegas 3 times, I love it. So much more than gambling and drinking.
New Hampshire - This is where our friend lives that we went to visit recently, so we spent most of our time here.
New Jersey - Technically I have been here. When we went to NYC in 2009, our tour ended here and most people stayed here. We hung out for a few hours, ate at a Burger King then caught the bus to NYC. We spent like 2 hours in NYC then I went to my hotel and crashed.
New Mexico - I don't remember much, except it was really hot and had lots of pretty shops. We went to Santa Fe.
New York - I spent like 14 hours in the city in 2009, 10 of those in my hotel room so.... yeah. We went back in December and it was amazing.
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio - At the end of my trip in 2009 I went to Columbus on my own to see Rascal Flatts again (don't judge) and do some more shopping. I was so worn out I spent most of my time in the hotel, eating. I have since been back to Cincy (KC's and my 'first date') and just outside Cincy to see Bill Burr with KC.
Pennsylvania - When I came to America in 2011 with my mum, her requirements were Vegas, Disney and Toby Keith. He was going to have 2 shows in PA that fit in our dates, so there we went. York and .. somewhere else I don't remember except I wore thongs (flip flops) and it was freaking freezing, something about a mountain. Mum had fun and we had great tickets for Toby both times, but our hotel was the worst I've ever stayed in and we had massive issues with rental cars.
|an actual photo my mum took of her Toby
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee - I have been to Tennessee 4 times, technically. Knoxville (we stopped to eat), Nashville (2010), Nashville (2012), Gatlinburg (2013).
Texas - I loved Texas. The people were so friendly here. I did get ridiculous, embarrassingly, alcohol poisoningly drunk and it was pretty sucky but other than that, a great time. We went to San Antonio.
Utah - I don't remember much except we went horse riding here and I almost got thrown off the horse because a rattlesnake scared the horse and the guy shot the snake. Scary.
West Virginia - I remember the campsite and going white water rafting (SO FUN) and the super hot guy who was our guide. So fun.
Wisconsin - KC and I drove up here for a Green Bay game and it was the coldest I've ever been. It was fun, but I still can't pronounce the state.
DC - I have been to DC three times, I love it!
Phew! Why do you all have so many states?! When we got back from NYC, KC suggested San Fran for our trip next Christmas.. I about lost my mind. 1) he never suggests travel ever and 2) SAN FRAN!! Not sure if we will actually go, but we'll see. I think I'd rather go to that side of the country in the summer, because it would be nicer weather and we'd have more time.
Where should I go that I haven't been?