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RENTON, Wash. (AP) One thing Pete Carroll learned in his nine years at Southern California was how to handle blowouts. Once the Trojans got rolling in the middle of the past decade, there were plenty of lopsided scores.
So when he faced another blowout situation in the NFL on Sunday in Seattle's 58-0 rout against Arizona, Carroll felt his team handled the sometimes uneasy situation in proper fashion.
``You either have a sense for it or you don't and I do. I'm tuned in,'' Carroll said. ``I do know that it looks like the score just keeps going. This was a day yesterday where the ball just kept coming our way. It was a terrific day for us, but I understand, I get it.''
Seattle's romp was one of the biggest shutout victories in NFL history. According to STATS, LLC, with game information back to 1950, only New England (59-0 over Tennessee in 2009) and the Los Angeles Rams (59-0 over Atlanta in 1976) posted larger shutout wins.
And Seattle's victory very easily could have been worse. The Seahawks (8-5) kicked short field goals twice in the third quarter and set a new franchise record for most points scored on Leon Washington's 3-yard touchdown run with 2:32 remaining.
That late touchdown led to some criticism of Carroll on Monday.
``Every situation we talked through. What you're trying to do, and here is probably the key, what you're trying to do is make first downs. You're trying to get first downs and keep the football, with the sensitivity of the situation,'' Carroll said. ``You know you're going to run the football like crazy, which was awesome and we love to do that. We got a lot of things done yesterday and unfortunately on the other side that was a very hard day for those guys. I get it.''
One of Carroll's goals was to get backup quarterback Matt Flynn some significant playing time in the second half after spending the entire season on the bench behind Russell Wilson. For the final 25 minutes of the second half, Wilson got to be a spectator while Flynn played for the first time since Week 17 of last season with Green Bay.
Flynn threw nine times during the span of four drives in the third and fourth quarters. Six of the nine passes were called ``short'' by the official game book, and the one curious decision was Flynn's throw to the end zone on fourth-and-23 from the Arizona 33 halfway through the fourth quarter. The pass fell incomplete.
Seattle ran the ball 25 times in the second half.
``It was the first time Matt had gotten in a game and we just didn't have an opportunity, and he needs to play, he needs to get ready because he's one play away from leading this football team,'' Carroll said. ``In that instance and this is for years, I've always taken a look at what our special needs are. He needed to throw the ball a little bit. He threw the ball nine times. We threw the ball 22 times in the game. It was nothing. And if you noticed he threw a variety of things just so we could get some stuff on film. He got his feet wet, kind of.''
Now the challenge for Seattle is not letting the victory become a lingering hangover going to Toronto on Sunday to face the Buffalo Bills.
It's a possible trap game for the Seahawks coming off such a huge home victory and with a home showdown against San Francisco that was flexed by the NFL on Monday to be the Sunday night game that week.
If New England beats the 49ers this weekend, that game on Dec. 23 could be for the lead in the NFC West. But Carroll wasn't interested in entertaining thoughts of what lies a week ahead or the novelty of being the Sunday night game.
``Yeah, whatever, it's moved back a little bit,'' Carroll said. ``That's two weeks from now. We just stay in the hotel a little bit longer and then go play.''
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Why pumpkin soup you ask? We just finished reading and listening to a cute story all about pumpkin soup.
Pumpkin Soup - Book & CD set by Helen Cooper, read by Kathleen McInerney. Macmillan Young Listeners (August 2009); ISBN 9781427207401; 32 pages; paperback and CD
Book source: Review copy received from publisher
Is there such a thing as too many cooks in the kitchen? Duck, Cat and Squirrel enjoy making pumpkin soup together. Each animal has his own specific task -- Cat slices the pumpkin, Squirrel stirs in water and Duck adds the salt. Happy with this set-up, they cook up delicious batches of pumpkin soup. But one day Duck decides to take a turn at stirring the soup and ends up stirring up a mess of trouble instead. Luckily friendship reigns and the trio eventually sort things out. Soup makes everything better, especially when prepared together with thoughtful, sharing friends!
Cooper's Pumpkin Soup won the prestigious Kate Greenaway medal in 1998. The illustrations of the animal friends and surrounding woods are top-notch and completely adorable. Cooper doesn't scrimp on the details. Readers who look closely are awarded with little treats like pumpkins on the china, a pair of tiny bugs that watch the story unfold and other interesting carvings on the furniture. It's worth a re-read just to have a chance to stare that the pictures! The book is the first in a trilogy, preceding A Pipkin of Pepper and Delicious!
Pumpkin Soup is a book that's a lot of fun to read-aloud. The liveliness, drama and pacing of the text also makes it the perfect choice for the audiobook format. Kathleen McInerney skillfully uses her voice to play up the dialog between the friends and bring life to the characters. She even makes slurping noises! Early on in the book, readers learn that the animals like to perform music and the audiobook background tunes add to the musical flavor already alluded to in the book. We did notice a few differences between the written and spoken text (trudged is trotted in the book and the narrator substituted the word pleased for happy), but the changes didn't detract from the listening experience. Also, for those with beginning readers should be aware that this audio version does not include page turn signals. It's not a big deal for us, but I know those page turn signals matter to some listeners.
We had read Pumpkin Soup together in the past before we received the review copy, so it was especially interesting to hear it narrated by a professional. After listening to this audio, I think I need to work a little more on my own read-aloud performances! Now that my daughter is able to read herself, she loves following the words, discovering new words and learning the correct pronunciation of those she does not know. It's great for her to have the chance to listen to skilled narrators use voice inflection and other narration tricks. Her enthusiasm for audiobooks rubs off on her little brother, too. Listening to audiobooks is an activity that both my kids can enjoy together, at home and in the car.
Macmillan Audiobooks for Young Listeners offers several other titles for children including Snow by Uri Shulevitz, Shrek by William Stieg and James Herriot's Treasury for Children. I'm hoping to bring home a few more of Macmillan's audio titles soon for my kids to enjoy.
Related Links
Helen Cooper - Website
Macmillan Audiobooks for Young Listeners
We felt a little hungry for pumpkin soup after reading this story. The Pumpkin Soup paperback version provided with the CD did not include a pumpkin soup recipe so I turned to other blogs for suggestions. The most enticing recipe I found was one on Brown Eyed Baker that includes apples (although The Pioneer Woman also recently published one that looks delicious, too). While it was tempting to try a recipe made out of an actual pumpkin, I had a few older cans of pumpkin in my cupboard that I wanted to use in a recipe, so I opted for Pumpkin Soup with Apple & Spices recipe.
It turns out the book was a bigger hit than the soup. While my husband and I thought the recipe turned out OK, after one bite our kids refused to eat it! I can't say I can completely blame them. I didn't like pumpkin-y foods when I was a kid either -- not even pumpkin pie!
Let me know if you have a to-die-for pumpkin soup recipe you think we'd enjoy. I'd like to give pumpkin soup another try sometime. Our house did smell delightful while we were making the soup!
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Bank of America, Banking and OWS, Elizabeth Warren, Goldman Sach, Republicans, Scott Brown, United States Senate Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs, Wall Street
After Spending $9 Million To Defeat Her, Wall Street Watches Sen-Elect Warren Join Banking Committee
By Pat Garofalo on Dec 4, 2012 at 5:00 pm
The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim reported Tuesday that Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren, a dogged consumer advocate whose critique of Wall Street excess was a centerpiece of her campaign, will join the Senate Banking Committee. Wall Street spent boatloads of money to prevent Warren's election, but now, as the Center for Responsive Politics noted, she will have oversight of the rules and regulations under which banks operate:
The securities and investments industry contributed just $245,000 to Warren and spent $3 million supporting her opponent Scott Brown, according to OpenSecrets data from mid-October. The industry was Brown's top supporter.
The Financial/Insurance/Real Estate sector followed suit and contributed $6 million to Brown and a puny half-a-million to Warren. Businesses also favored Brown heavily, and his top contributors came straight from Wall Street. And though there wasn't much outside spending in the race because of a pledge made by the two candidates, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, whose members include business and financial interests, spent $400,000 on the race in support of Brown and against Warren.
Several Senate candidates supported by Wall Street wound up losing. As a member of the Banking Committee, Warren will have the opportunity to stand against both the watering down of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law and new misguided efforts to reduce limits on Wall Street.


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Dear Hostesses,
If your Shabbat and Passover Holiday table setting decor is starting to look about as old as your wedding photos, then its time to wipe your table setting slate clean and dare to think past your same old table cloth and boring white napkins. Update your holiday table scape and watch your friends and families eyes light up as they enter the room. Sometimes we just never get to uncover the rainbow of creativity hidden under our daily "to do" list of cleaning and cooking. Well, The Jewish Hostess has appeared here on your laptop just to give you that extra nudge to spark the FABULOUS inner hostess within!
1- Start with your holiday theme and color scheme. Is it a holiday? A dinner party? Are you in the mood for a hot bright color on your table? OR just a calm romantic feel?
For my modern/rustic Tu bishvat table photo shoot this year, I wanted to inspire my Jewish Hostesses with the fresh feeling of trees, nature,and the beautiful fruits of the Shiv'ah Minim of Israel.
I found a gorgeous hot pink cherry blossom fabric from the Marimekko shop in Crate and Barrel and had it cut to size. I left the edges raw on both ends because:
1- I really don't sew, and
2- the raw edge fit in perfectly with the rustic look.
I borrowed the tree trunk bases, and the plastic monstera leaves (also pictured below- on the jungle themed Purim table) from my sister in law. For tons more table setting pics , recipes, and details about this Tu Bishvat table setting, please visit me at The Jewish Hostess.com.
Below, I used ombre blue macarons in plastic canisters to create a modern day sweet menorah centerpiece for my Hanukkah table decor. Silver and blue carried the evening with placemats, silverware, dreidels, and royal blue cake pops as place card holders. The lit candles in the center added a soft ambiance to the room as everyone served themselves at the buffet.
2- Use elements from the holiday theme on your table. This past Rosh Hashanah, I used 2 white curvy horns (you can see one of the horns in the center of the table below) that I found at a gift show in NYC. I also bought miniature honey jars from Amazon. Mini white tasting spoons held pomegranate seeds in front of each place setting. My homemade Rosh Hashanah jelly apples were the hit of the night!
I also bought wooden honey dippers online,and I purchased burgundy velvet to use as napkin rings at 99 cents a yard.You don't have to spend a fortune on napkin rings, and oh, what a difference a napkin ring does make!
3- Mix the old with the new! The dishes navy and gold dishes above were my mom's. I still remember them being stacked up in the dining room for my brother's disco/dinner party in the 70s. Mix your old dishes with modern stemware, flatware and simple dishes like the Annie Glass dinner plates above.
4- Change your table scape STYLE ! Just like we get tired of putting on the same outfit every other day, that's how you should feel with your table scape. You should see the proud look on my married girls faces every time they bring their families over for shabbat. Once in a while I even get a slight nod of recognition (did I see a smile??) from my teenage son before he rushes out of the house. One time he even helped me fold the napkins for our last year's Tu Bishvat table !(below).
(p.s.)If you think that I actually potted those beautiful hyacinth plants for Tubishvat, well I've got a secret to share! I actually picked them up at the flower district on 28 street in NYC. Brought them home, and threw some bright orange kumquats onto the moss. In the center of the crated grass I placed a cake plate and mounded some new fruits atop. Voila!
5- Reinvent your old drinking glasses, bowls, ribbons, table cloths and more:
The table below was one of my first creative holiday tablescapes. Two days before Purim, I ran to the 99 cent fabric shop and found the animal print, used sterling drinking glasses given to me as a wedding gift and transformed them into vases. I Bought some Purim masks online, stuck them into my "NEW" vases with flowers from the corner store. I then bought a silver chain trim and cut and glued the trim into napkin rings. As you can see, I mixed blue black, burgundy and red, (colors that I wouldn't think of using on my table) and it was even prettier in person.
Think of floating flowers in bowls, using pretty salad plates to pass appetizers, and pretty wood baskets to hold your challah rolls.
6- Layer! Layer, Layer!
The table below was created by my sister in law and I for a jungle themed Purim. We layered a bridge table cloth (turned it on the diagonal), bought plastic monstera leaves online, layered with wooden disposable plates, cheap jungle themed fabric used as napkins, and tied it all together with wooden napkin rings. Again, we had a ball at the flower market picking out bright tropical leaves and flowers. Remember to pop out your table with COLOR!(#8 below) I rummaged through my closets and found an orange (my favorite color) salad bowl that looked amazing and added another layer of dimension to our table scape. Can you see the hanging jungle themed paper lanterns in the back room? Another layer that added to the ambiance of the evening.
7- BE CREATIVE!!! One of my favorite tables were from a Passover table setting contest that I ran last year. Two teenage girls surprised their mom for the holiday and created their Passover table decor from scratch. Blue fabric was folded into a runner and laid across the center of the table representing the splitting of the sea. Their family name was printed in gold lettering and attached to each hagaddah on top of each place setting. Sequin trim was transformed into napkin rings, and blue vases with simple flowers topped it all off. Imagine how great their mom felt!
8- Use COLOR to EXCITE!!! Studies have shown that bright colors add to the hunger factor, and instantaneously put us in a good mood. Below, my neighbor used striped Mexican blankets and pillows that she owned, to dress up her holiday decor. (You can actually find Mexican table decor HERE)
Always remember to use flowers, bright candles,or an eye popping napkin to shake up a ho hum table.
9- Create your own place cards! For the Sheva Berachot table that I whipped up in honor of my niece's wedding, I had an inked stamp made up with their name, ordered lime green ink and had every guest's name printed on each place card. Since we had the groom's family over for the first time, every new guest had a comfortable place to sit. I placed the teens together, and the bride and groom's parents next to us. It made everyone feel important and added a touch of color to the table. (more pics of this table to come soon….)
10- Try NOT to let your guests know that you were sweating in your bathrobe cooking all day!!! (see photo below)
NOW ITS YOUR TURN! I hope that I've inspired you to dig into your storage closets, run into a fabric shop, borrow table decor from a friend, and browse your local florist for unique vases, containers and gorgeous flowers, and maybe you will decide to make place cards for your guests!
p.s. Be happy!!! There is nothing more fun than knowing that you're beautiful table scape has added to the ambiance and excitement of the evening.
One last request- TAKE PICTURES!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR HOLIDAY TABLES!!! CLICK HERE to email your pics to me.
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"To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." — Isaac Newton
A predominant issue arising from my work is the discovery of the difference between a node and a link. A node type represents a state type while a link type represents a transaction between state types. However I am finding there are a limited number of node types (self-ordered states) and link types (self-ordered state actions).
In the diagram below, each polyhedron is a first frequency geodesate and has a unique polytrope/polytype combination. A polytrope is the number of edges per polyhedron vertex. A polytype is the number of polyhedron vertexes. This is not the final version. I am still working to purify my geodesate concept.
What I am revealing here is that each of the seven Node Types on the Left has only one Link Type on the right. In the same way that an association is composed of a source node type and target node type, an association is composed of a source link type and target link type.
Here is an example of a homogenous Entity to Entity association:
Here is an example of a hetergeneous Entity to Positity association:
Having considered this it is now possible to conclude that there are a unique set of nodes each with a unique link which can be used to build homogeneous or heterogeneous associations. In otherwords, each node type can perform only one action type. It is the reaction type of the target node type that makes the action reaction combination unique in the system.
Let's look at some examples of node type and link type associations:
- To identify a positity, positifies an identity.
- To objectify a projectity, projectifies an objectity.
- To chronify a chronity, chronifies a chronity.
- To projectify a quantity, quantifies the projectity.
- To qualify an identity, identifies a quality.
Fourty-nine possible type combinations exist. I think there are even more types which I will explore with Archimedean Solids and higher frequency Geodesates in later posts.


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The Sognefjellet is a mountain pass in central Norway, joining the Sognefjorden in the East with the Ottadalen in the West.
At 1,434 metres above sea level the Sognefjellet is the highest mountain pass in Northern Europe, and it is only accessible in the summer with a varying opening time.
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The road forms part of Norwegian Highway Route 55.
Despite being one of the most remote and rugged roads in Europe, the Sognefjellet is easily accessed by public transport, with two buses daily in the summer leaving Sogndal on the South-West side, and Lom in the North-East side, connecting with buses to Otta (route information on Fjord1 [1]).
By bicycleEdit
British newspaper the Guardian named the Sognefjellet one of the top 10 cycle rides in the world (Guardian (2007) [2]).
By busEdit
From Sogndal the bus headed out from the town and joins the Lustrafjorden, the very end of the Sognefjorden – the longest in Norway. The road impressively and smoothly traverses its shores to the village of Skjolden where the waters end.
From there the route heads steeply up past gulleys and streams, menacing waterfalls, impassable rapids, into the cloud, and beyond. The glacier and rain-fed rivers get ever wilder, until, dramatically, the road sweeps onto the flat plateaux.
The landscape is bare rock, and even in July ice is all around: floating in opaque blue lakes, in great drifts covering whole mountain-sides, and hanging from peaks higher-still, the great glaciers of the Jotunheimen. Other than a couple of hostels there is little but rock and ice, and our trusty road, the Sognefjellet.
As suddenly the road joined the plateaux it leave it: at Krossbu the road glides into the virgin Bøvre river valley, a narrow scar in the highlands, fringed with dizzying waterfalls, which gradually widens and opens out into the Ottadalen at Lom. From there it connects to buses towards Otta, you can also catch servies from here back East.
- The Lustrafjorden arm of the Sognefjorden, the longest fjord in Norway and the second longest fjord in the world.
- Norway's largest glacier, the Jostedalsbreen Glacier.
- Galdhøpiggen, the highest mountain in Norway.
There are a couple of hostels up on the plateaux, bustling with skiiers and hikers.DNT [3] and Sognefjellet [4].


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From purely a fan's perspective, that was maybe the best football game I've seen in a long while. Wild, erratic, well-played, well-coached, hard fought, with everything on the line between two unbeatens. The game was of course won on a magnificent pass from Graham Harrell to Michael Crabtree, who -- twisting, turning, ripping -- not only caught the ball but scored a touchdown. Below are a few more specific observations regarding the game.
Clock Management
First, clock management. Immediately after the game, a reporter asked Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell, when he saw that he was down with only a minute twenty-nine remaining, what he was thinking:
HARRELL: We're gonna win the game. . . . They left us too much time.
The successful offense Tech runs was of course the predicate for having any success on a drive like that (gotta throw and catch), but you have to give yourself a chance. Tech did it exactly right: They did not stupidly try to spike the ball, instead calling all the plays at the line (and without an excessive amount of communication); they did not overdo it with downfield passes nor all dump-offs to the running back (you generally just need to throw most passes past the first down marker); and although they didn't end up needing it, they preserved their time out.
It was a great drive, and it was well-orchestrated. I saw a commentator say something along the lines of "they had failed to use all their time outs" and further that "had Crabtree been tackled on the final play, they would have lost." Not only were both statements wrong (or at least carried the wrong sentiment) they also didn't flow together.
Tech intelligently kept their final timeout; had it been anyone else besides Michael Crabtree (assuming he caught it) he would have been tackled, and the time out would have allowed them to get their field goal unit on the field. And the rest -- the no spikes, the efficient communication -- was an application of the trappings of good clock management teams that I have previously described.
Texas's 91 yard stop-and-go
Second, I may draw this up in more detail later, but Texas's ninety-one yard TD was well designed and it was a good call. Throughout the game, the Longhorns had run the traditional curl/flat combination: the outside receiver would run a twelve-yard curl back to the quarterback, while a slot or running back would run to the flat. The play is designed to pull the flat defender to the sideline and to be completed in front of retreating defensive backs.
The base play had seen only marginal success: McCoy had completed a few of these, but this was also the combination that he had tried to throw on the pass intercepted and returned for a touchdown (the flat defender had drifted to the flat but had stayed in position to come back under the throw to the curl).
The touchdown was not only a stop-and-go, it was curl/flat and go. The slot ran the flat route and the outside receiver ran downfield and put his foot in the ground at about ten to twelve yards. This is a big reason why the cornerback bit so hard: he was not only reacting to a receiver but he was also reacting to what he thought was a route combination. It was a good call.
Mike Leach
Leach, for all his oddities, is a heck of a coach. Tech outplayed Texas the entire game, and it's a cliche, but there's only a handful of guys on Tech's roster who could have made Texas's. Also, Tech's defense played well, and much has been made about Tech's ability to run the ball better.
But this game's ending was fitting: A frantic last minute drive, all passes, and a touchdown pass on the sideline. And even further, the play itself was typical Leach: a basic play that Tech runs all the time (four verticals), but it was a play they had practiced so often that it was going to work.
Which gets back to the macro story about what Leach does. Leach and his offense are sui generis. As a result, a lot of coaches do not like Leach. Not on a personal level, but they are dismissive because he's so different. His success undermines their traditional approaches to the game. Too many football coaches are walking stereotypes right out of central casting; whereas sometimes the fact that Leach is head football coach for a major program seems like a Seinfeld plotline.
And that offense. As Michael Lewis described in his great New York Times Magazine piece on Leach (of somewhat renewed interest now), it's not an "offense" in the traditional sense: Leach's offense is "in effect, an argument for changing the geometry of the game."
It's funny that even fans who only casually watch the game immediately realize that Texas Tech is not the same "spread" that is so in vogue across football (in fact, it is Texas's offense that resembles that "spread"). It's his brainchild. It's a pass-first offense that is actually almost amazingly staid (Leach runs the same plays that he ran when he got there; the same plays he ran at OU; the same he ran at Kentucky; which all are mostly the same ones they got from BYU in the 1980s), but with lots of slight variants. New tags to move a guy here and there, to flip the play, and others. But always the freedom and variance with the offense has come by allowing the quarterback to find the right play and the receivers to get open.
In Leach's offense, the receivers do not really run "read-routes," but he does give them plenty of freedom to beat their men and settle in zone holes.
In the end, I'm not sure if you can really emulate Leach's offense per se. The current BYU staff has lots of ties to Leach and they are having great success and Sonny Dykes is the offensive coordinator at Arizona with mixed results. There are others. But Leach is just plain a "different" guy, so he could care less whether his offense looks like other offenses -- and in fact I'm sure he wants it to be different -- and this allows him to always push football's boundaries in ways other coaches cannot.
So the season is long, success in football is always ephemeral, but for now, in Leach's ongoing case against the football traditionalists (Leach has a law degree), his argument against the "geometry of the game" looks pretty persuasive.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The trial began Tuesday for the last teen accused in the 2009 attack on Michael Brewer.
Matthew Bent, now 17, faces second-degree attempted murder charges for allegedly being a part of the group that threw rubbing alcohol on Brewer, then 15, and then igniting a lighter. Bent is pleading not guilty.
Brewer's mother, Valerie Brewer, took the stand first on Tuesday morning, recounting the day her son was set on fire.
"I'm standing in the front yard and the trauma hawk flies over my head," she said.
Valerie Brewer could barely give her testimony before breaking down and being brought tissues and water.
"I walk into the (emergency room) and he's laying on a gurney, and he has blisters all over him," she said as she brought up the memories of what her son looked like after being set on fire that life-changing day in October 2009.
Valerie Brewer described what she said her family is still suffering from, nearly three years after the fiery attack.
"The night terrors that we still live through on a weekly basis -- he wakes up screaming in the middle of the night that he's still on fire," she said.
The prosecution claimed Bent masterminded the attack.
"I'm going to tell you to hold Matthew Bent responsible for his actions," state Prosecutor Maria Schneider said in her opening statement.
The state is claiming Bent instructed Denver Jarvis to pour rubbing alcohol on Michael Brewer while Jesus Mendez flicked the lighter, which ignited the teen in flames. Both have already pleaded no contest and are currently serving prison terms. Jarvis received eight years behind bars, and Mendez was sentenced to 11. But, Bent's defense team claims he had nothing to do with the attack.
"He was there, but he did not, he did not have any involvement in this, and that's why he's entered his plea of not guilty," defense attorney Perry Thurston said in his opening statement.
Michael Brewer's sister, Melissa Durke, took to the stand, testifying she witnessed Bent threaten her brother and then steal their dad's bike as payback for an alleged unpaid debt.
"He says to my brother, 'I have something for you, Michael. Do not go to school,'" Durke testified.
Judge Michael Robinson allowed only a portion of Bent's interrogation video to be played for jurors. On the tape, Bent does not discuss the fire, only the bike, which he claims he did not steal.
Bent faces 30 years in prison if convicted. He is also facing burglary and grand theft charges involving the stolen bike.


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Teen attacked while walking to school
Albuquerque police investigate teen's assault
Albuquerque Public Schools said a teenage girl was violently assaulted by a person while walking to Eldorado High School Tuesday morning.
The teen was attacked in an arroyo near Juan Tabo Boulevard and Comanche Road.
The arroyo is a popular shortcut for Eldorado students walking to and from school.
Gaining access to the arroyo isn't difficult, as most of the gates in the area are unlocked. Even when there is a barrier, there are plenty of other ways in.
"Especially going under the bridge, you just don't know what is under there or what is going to be on the other side," said area resident Bob Millner.
The girl was discovered at a doctor's office pleading for help.
"A female had come into the office obviously battered, obviously injured, in absolute hysterics, screaming," Albuquerque police Sgt. Ferris Simmons said.
Police scoured the arroyo for evidence on Tuesday. At one point, officers used the bomb squad's robots to find the tiniest shreds of evidence.
"They're right now conducting interviews, canvassing the area and really trying to put together the pieces of this puzzle," Simmons said.
The school's principal sent an email to parents explaining the situation.
Albuquerque police are looking for a person of interest in the case. He is described as a white man with brown, buzzed hair and several tattoos. The man is around 5 feet 4 inches tall and has a stocky build.
Call Albuquerque police at 505-242-COPS with any information on the case.
Albuquerque police took to the streets Tuesday night to issue warnings to parents to be vigilant of their children.
The girl's age and extent of injuries was not known, but police said she was at the hospital recovering and is expected to be physically OK.


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The card comes in quite small but sturdy and attractive packaging. PowerColor PSC+ HD 6950 Vortex II looks pretty nice and the hood makes the card resemble the futuristic racing car pictured on the box.
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Two members of the Hope track and field team have received ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV honors in the cross country/track and field division.
Distance runner Seth Weener of Grandville, Mich. (Grandville HS) and sprinter Nora Kuiper of Parchment, Mich. (Parchment HS) have been named to the all-district first team and are now eligible for Academic All-America consideration.
Weener, a recent graduate, received all-conference (MIAA) honors in both cross country and track during his career. This spring he was the conference champion in the 1,500 meter run He was co-captain in both cross country and track & field. An accounting major who maintained a 3.82 GPA, he was the recipient of a "Fifth/Graduate Year Scholarship" from the Michigan Accountancy Foundation and the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and a Deloitte & Touche Accounting book award. He was also active in co-curricular activities serving as a member of finance committee for the student-organized Dance Marathon that benefited the Children's Miracle Network, raising $120,878 this year.
A chemistry major with a 3.96 GPA, Kuiper will be a senior in 08-09. This spring she achieved NCAA All-America distinction by finishing fifth at nationals in the 100-meter dash. She is a three-time conference (MIAA) champion in 100-meter dash (2006-07-08) and holds the conference record (:12.13) in the event. She became the first woman in MIAA history to be an All-American in 100-meters Her time of :12.03 at nationals was career-best.


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I, myself, am almost always charged the Sumner Tunnel toll by taxi drivers, for them to go back through the tunnel to return to Boston, even though it's the law that they aren't supposed to charge East Boston residents. When this happens, I go to: www.cityofboston.gov/police/hackney/taxi.asp and then click on Complaints & Lost Property and compete the form. And then Hackney gets a money order from the taxi driver and mails me the reimbursement for what I was overcharged. And, to top it off, even though the drivers charge the Tunnel fare, they don't return to Boston via the Tunnel. They go down Meridian Street, and through Chelsea and Everett, into Boston via Route 99.
I've complained to both LaMattina's and Basile's offices about this, and am always told they'll pass along the message and look into it but, as far as I can tell, nothing has been done. I've asked them to propose legislation to allow Hackney to charge the drivers a penalty when this happens. As of right now, the only "punishment" is that they have to present a money order to reimburse the passenger what they overcharged. That's not a consequence, since they're only giving back money that was stolen in the first place. If there were some sort of punishment (especially monetary), maybe they wouldn't take a chance to overcharge. As of now, it's worth the chance, because there's no punishment, so why not try..."


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In today's music business there are a lot of bands and artists who deserve deals, but with the industry in the state it is and the uncertainty of labels giving new bands money, they now want to see some kind of exposure first and getting a song in a film or TV show is a massive step and one of the best chances of nailing the record deal, so with that in mind...
Alexander Johnston, head of CMI Music Group is an Industry Composer / Producer and Music Supervisor for various Hollywood and Global Film Production companies, Film Producers and writers. He is regarding as one of the best new producers/composers at present and because of this, he is sought out by various companies to either compose or over see the music for the various projects.
He is looking for songs of all genres and styles for placement in Film and TV, it really can be anything, he wants to hear it all, as he is a great believer in everything should have a chance and he is convinced there are real quality people out there not getting the shots the deserve
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Can Hagel Be Stopped?
Re "Hagel, Amid Criticism Over Israel Views, Nominated for Defense Secretary" (front page news story, Jan. 11):
The playing field must not be left to Chuck Hagel's ardent defenders, a coterie of the usual suspects who seek to deflect legitimate criticism by portraying him as a victim of the "Jewish Lobby."
While the odds undoubtedly favor Senate confirmation, it can still be stopped. Hagel's nomination must first be voted out by the Senate Armed Services Committee. Its membership is comprised of fourteen Democrats and twelve Republicans. Were just one Democrat to align with the Republicans in opposition, the tie vote would block the nomination from going to the full Senate.
Significantly, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is a member of that committee. Her office (www.gillibrand.senate.gov/contact) is the most important place to direct opposition to Hagel's confirmation. Not only would a Defense Secretary Hagel be bad for Israel, he would be bad for America as well.
Richard D. Wilkins
Syracuse, NY
Reform vs. AIPAC (I)
I fear the Reform movement is terribly misguided in publicly urging that the U.S. passively accept the recent successful Palestinian UN initiative ("Reform, AIPAC Take Opposing Positions on Penalizing Palestinians for UN Move," front page news story, January 4).
The Palestinians acted in what they perceived as their own interests, something they are certainly entitled to do as a general proposition. But it also flies in the face of a whole host of UN resolutions, in particular 242, which ended the 1967 war and the Oslo Accords. Israel has a right to be able to rely on both.
The Reform movement is doing nothing less than papering over these serious breaches. It will only encourage the Palestinians to abandon previous agreements and seek ever greater leverage.
Alice Geiger
(Via E-Mail)
Reform vs. AIPAC (II)
It is unfortunate, but the sad truth is that AIPAC's hard-line, Likud-leaning advocacy really does not reflect the views of most American Jews.
Most Jews in this country are ardent liberals on both domestic and foreign policy, and their views are much closer to those of President Obama and J Street than they are to Netanyahu and AIPAC.
Leibel Kornman
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Israeli Politics
The old adage that there is nothing certain in politics is being proven once again in the current election campaign in Israel ("Despite Big Lead in Polls, Bibi's List Shows Slippage," news story, Jan. 4).
Who would have thought that a high-riding and confident incumbent prime minister like Benjamin Netanyahu would show signs of weakness at such a crucial point in his reelection campaign? Unfortunately, this will only encourage the Palestinians in their recalcitrance in the hope that a weaker leader is in the offing – either a chastened Netanyahu or, eventually if not immediately, someone new with diminished expectations for Israel.
Shimon Katz
History At The Great Synagogue
I think I recently made history at The Jerusalem Great Synagogue. For three Shabbatot in a row, I received the aliyah of kohen.
The first Shabbat I received the aliyah as the former mara d'atra of the Melbourne, Australia Mizrachi kehillah. The second Shabbat, the internationally known philanthropist Jack Nagle from Los Angles, California – a congregant from when I served as rav of Congregation Shaarai Tefila – told the gabbai to honor me with the aliyah of kohen. And the third Shabbat, the crowd was smaller than usual – since the chazzan and choir were not performing – and I, to my surprise and shock, was the only kohen in shul.
Even longtime worshippers could not recall the last time a kohen received an aliyah three Shabbatot in a row. I may well have been the first.
Rabbi J. Simcha Cohen
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Setting Boundaries
In his Jan. 11 "Expounding the Torah" column, Rabbi Abraham Stone pointed out that the word Mitzrayim (Egypt) is related to the word metzorim (boundaries.) He says that "one of the reasons we mention the exodus every day in prayer is because the exodus in a spiritual sense is supposed to be a daily occurrence." He goes on to say that "people feel various boundaries every single day, and every day we should seek to free ourselves from our boundaries…"


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"Babel No More": Facts and Fables of Linguistic Superheroes
My friend Laura knows four languages plus "bits and pieces" of six others. That's impressive, but it's not quite in the same league as folks who pick up languages the way George Clooney picks up starlets: with frightening ease. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a lot written, in academic or popular literature, on hyperpolyglots: people who know not just two or three languages, but six or ten or twenty.
Fortunately, Michael Erard has filled that gap with his new book Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners. Erard's compelling, continent-spanning tome sifts through the legend, lore, brain science, and more lore surrounding the subject of extreme language-learners. Hyperpolyglots scale lexical mountains that would exhaust the average linguaphile, and Erard is an expert tour guide, weaving an enjoyable, enlightening tale in which he's the Indiana Jones of hyperpolyglots, braving snakepits of exaggeration and hoax.
One thread that ties the book together is Giuseppe Mezzofanti, an 18th-19th century Italian priest and professor said to have spoken 30 languages, or maybe 50, or even 72, depending on what you read. Mezzofanti claimed he could learn a language in two weeks and was variously described as "the most accomplished linguist ever seen," a parrot, and (in his own words) "an ill-bound dictionary." The story of Mezzofanti is an extreme example of how hyperpolyglots are viewed to this day, as Erard writes, "The hyperpolyglot embodies...the linguistic wildness of our primordial past and the multilingualism of the looming technotopia. That's why stories circulate about this or that person who can speak an astounding number of languages—such people are holy freaks. Touch one, you touch his power."
Erard investigated Mezzofanti's papers in his home of Bologna, which is appropriate given how hard it is to know the truth from the baloney about hyperpolyglots. Part of the trouble is that at any time, past or present, it's frightfully hard to say what "knowing" a language really means. In the days of Mezzofanti, "knowing" was more likely to mean reading and translating, but these days we expect people to be able to converse like a native. Erard discusses and validates the different levels of language learning, disputing the "all or nothing" view (you're nearly as good as a native speaker or you're diddly) in favor of "something and something"—a more pragmatic, friendly view of the various levels and abilities that exist.
A lot of this book is devoted to explaining concepts like the Geschwind-Galaburda hypothesis (which suggests a genetic link between hyperpolyglottery and other traits) and clarifying terminology such as hyperpolyglots (who tend to be solo, socially withdrawn, studious types) vs. multilinguals (who live in a place where many languages exist, so it's natural and economically beneficially to use them). But there's no lack of the big picture either, which is appropriate for such a practical topic. In an ever-shrinking world, monolingual doofuses like myself are increasingly ill-equipped. Erard does a nice job of reminding readers how practical and essential language learning is, for individual careers as well as national security.
Erard's writing is crisp and compelling, with one tiny exception that might just be a pet peeve of my own I should stop feeding. I don't care for stuffy, literary-ish, scene-setting descriptions like "Over the palm trees, the sun was barely squinting, and already the traffic lashed the dusty intersection..." Fortunately, there's not much of this sort of thing to slow us down. I much prefer Erard's understated wit, like when he follows an absurd language claim with a dry retort ("You could poke out an eye reading such boasts") or lambastes a crappy teacher who "taught like a jaded stripper."
Anyhoo, you might think tales of these "Olympic athletes of languages" would make language-learning seem more difficult and out-of-reach, but Erard provides a sort of encouragement by clarification. By showcasing the hard work that even the most gifted hyperpolyglot puts in, he demystifies their spooky talents. Their stories are reminiscent of how Michael Jordan is known for being one of the most talented and hard-working players ever: these Michael Jordans of language show the same self-nurture of their natural talents. Few will ever be Jordan-esque or
Mezzofanti-like, but we can all improve, and falling short of perfection is OK. As Erard writes: "A language isn't reserved for the perfectly calibrated native speaker. Words have currency even if they're not perfectly wrought."
In addition to a wealth of info on contemporary hyperpolyglots, Erard does find a type of Holy Grail regarding the legendary Mezzofanti. Erard also comes to some intriguing conclusions about hyperpolyglots as a whole, but I'd be a spoilsport to give too much away. You'll have to go on this ride yourself, and I recommend that you do. Maybe the best review I could this bookis that it makes me want to fan the dying flames of Spanish and American Sign Language that are flickering pathetically in my monolingual brain. After reading such inspiring tales of neuro-plasticity, I feel like I should be giving my own membranes a better workout.


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Monday, January 18, 2010
Color Isolator
Other artists have developed special viewing scopes for isolating colors. You can make one yourself by painting a 3x3.5 inch card half white and half black. Then punch a hole in each corner. Looking through those holes allows you to isolate a given color against white or black. You can also compare two different nearby colors through side-by-side holes. You can test a mixture by putting a daub of paint next to the hole.
The limitation of any such device is that the illumination on the scene may so far exceed the range of your pigments that no single one-to-one match is possible. A related problem is that the tone of the white card changes as the illumination on the card changes, so you have to hold the card exactly at the right angle relative to the light to get a useful comparison.
Previously: Color constancy.
8 comments:
- Unknown said...
This is so interesting. It is such a metaphor in and of itself. IT seems to say that everything is relative. Color included. And we almost can't evaluate things for ourselves int he context of its surroundings. So fascinating to think of this in relation to greater concepts. Great post. (even if you were just talking about color)
- January 18, 2010 at 9:01 PM
What a splendid idea! I'll have to try this; I'm curious where I'll be surprised at the actual color.
Also, just wanted to say I've really been enjoying your blog; my boyfriend recently pointed me here since we're both tools-obsessed, and the wealth of artistic information astounds me. All the little bits here and there really add up and have me think in greater depth about my own art. Color is not my forte, but I hope someday to grow stronger at it.
Thank you for inspiring all us blooming artists out there. :)
- January 18, 2010 at 9:04 PM
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- January 19, 2010 at 10:12 AM
- My Pen Name said...
Mark Carder has a 'color checker' which allosw you to put a dab of paint and check it against the isolated color
He emphasizes that it only works when the light on your subject and your work area is exactly the same.
It's not a panacea but a helpful learning tool. i don't own it but:
looks like you could make one yourself fairly easily.
one thing i have found is that my pallet color throws me off far more than expected.
- January 19, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Charley Parker said...
It's astonishing sometimes how different an isolated color is from what you see in the context of the surrounding colors. Great topic. Thanks.
- January 19, 2010 at 10:34 AM
- Larry said...
I remember coming across this guy on the internet years ago. It's meant for beginners and I can't imagine painting this way, but the color checker or isolator is a good tip.
- January 19, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- James Gurney said...
Thanks for mentioning the Carder method. Someone sent me a link a while ago, and I forgot his name. He explains the problem very well, and has come up with a clever solution. I think these devices work best for portrait or still life painting where the light on the subject and the painting can be carefully controlled.
- January 19, 2010 at 1:13 PM
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Another thing to do when painting en plein air, is to add a three or four more intervening value strips between the black and white. Three or four at most since that's all an artist needs in the field to mass the larger shapes.
Any more than six values may complicate things unnecessarily, or diffuse the painting's design. And who has time for establishing more than six values in a plein art painting when the light is in constant in movement anyway?
Great blog.
- January 19, 2010 at 3:07 PM


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'Burger Land,' George Motz's New TV Show Airing in September on the Travel Channel
Congratulations to our friend and hamburger documentarian George Motz on his upcoming hamburger-themed TV show, Burger Land, based on his book Hamburger America. The two-episode pilot will air on the Travel Channel on September 2 at 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., with each episode featuring four burger joints (three from Motz's book and one chosen by a local). Whether the Travel Channel decides to go with a full season depends on the viewership of the pilot, so don't miss it!
Episode 1: Wisconsin
- Wedl's Hamburger Stand in Jefferson, WI
- Village Bar in Madison, WI
- Pete's Hamburgers in Prairie du Chien, WI
- Solly's Grille in Milwaukee, WI [AHT review]
Episode 2: New Jersey
- Rossi's Bar & Grill in Trenton, NJ [AHT review]
- Hamburgao in Newark, NJ
- White Manna in Hackensack, NJ [AHT review]
- White Rose System in Linden, NJ [AHT review]
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- Chicagoland Burger Triptych with George Motz and Nick Kindelsperger
- Odd Griddles and Techniques from George's Motz's 'Burger Bites'
- George Motz Makes a Smashed Burger
- Grilled: George Motz Redux
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Friday 25 January
|Colobus (1)
The mammals is a large, sturdy colobus monkey with an attractive black-and-white coat (2) (3). Glossy, black fur covers much of the body, but contrasts with short, white hair surrounding the face, a u-shaped, cape-like mantle of long white hair that extends down the shoulders and across the lower back, and a bushy white tuft to the tip of the tail (2) (3) (4) (5). Although not clearly resolved, eight mammals subspecies are currently recognised, each occupying a distinctive range and exhibiting slight variations in appearance. The main features that set the subspecies apart are the length and colouration of the mantle, which sometimes appears creamy or yellow, the length of the tail, and the extent of the tail tuft. At birth, the hair of infant guerezas is completely white, in striking contrast with the predominately black fur of the adult guereza (2).
Guerezas generally live in small, cohesive groups, typically ranging in size from 3 to 15 individuals, but occasionally up to as many as 23 (2) (6). These social groups sometimes support several adult males, but normally comprise one adult male, accompanied by several adult females and juveniles. Despite being a diurnal species, the mammals spends over half the day resting, with the remaining hours of daylight devoted mostly to feeding and moving about. When active, this primarily arboreal species can be seen bounding through the canopy, leaping the gaps from tree to tree. The guereza sleeps during the night, with a single group generally occupying several adjacent trees nearby a source of food. To communicate, the guereza employs various vocalisations, the most distinctive of which is an impressive roar usually made by the dominant adult male and echoed by males in neighbouring groups (2). These roaring bouts, which usually take place during the night or at dawn, are thought to play a role in male-male competition and help maintain spacing between groups (2) (6).
Leaves and fruit are the main constituents of the guereza's diet (2). In order to derive adequate nutritional value from leaves, the guereza, like other colobus monkeys, has evolved a large, multi-chambered stomach, capable of digesting enormous amounts of foliage, with the help of gut microbes that efficiently break down cellulose (2) (4) (5). The guereza itself is a source of food for several predators including crowned hawk-eagles, chimpanzees and possibly leopards (2).
Reproduction takes place at all times of the year, with the adult male, or dominant male in multi-male groups, normally having exclusive access to the females members of the group. After a gestation period lasting just over five months, the female usually gives birth to a single white-haired infant. For the first few months of an infant's life, it is the focus of the group's attention, and is frequently handled, particularly by the females. When moving about during this time, the infant always hangs onto the fur of its mother's chest, but after around 20 weeks becomes more independent, and after 50 weeks no longer clings to its mother or suckles (2).
The guereza has a relatively widespread, central African distribution, extending from Nigeria, Cameroon and Gabon in a band eastwards across to Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania (1) (2).
The guereza is found in a wide range of wooded habitats, including all types of closed canopy forests up to an altitude of 4,500 metres, gallery forest and wooded savannah, with a particular preference for degraded or secondary forest (1) (2) (3) (4).
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2). Subspecies: Colobus mammals caudatus (Mt. Kilimanjaro guereza), C. g. kikuyuensis (Mt. Kenya guereza), C. g. guereza (Omo River guereza) and C. g. occidentalis (Western guereza) classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. C. g. gallarum (Djaffa Mountains guereza), C. g. dodingae (Dodinga Hills guereza) and C. g. matschiei (Mau Forest guereza) classified as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List. C. g. percivali (Mt. Uaraguess guereza) classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List (1).
The mammals remains relatively widespread and abundant, and, owing to its tolerance of forest degradation, is considered to be one of the least threatened species of colobus monkey (1) (2). However, while the species as a whole is a low priority for conservation, several subspecies are in a more precarious state than others. Clearance of forests for agriculture is a major concern for some mammals populations, particularly those belonging to the subspecies C. g. gallarum and C. g. matschiei, both of which have a relatively small range in East Africa. Unfortunately, in the absence of recent survey work, it is not known how much pressure these populations are under. Consequently, both subspecies are currently listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, as is C. g. dodingae which was last recorded in the 1960s. The persecution of guereza for bushmeat and pelts is an additional threat in parts of its range. In particular, commercial trade in guereza skins is believed to be putting C. g. percivali, the only subspecies classified as Endangered, at considerable risk of extinction (1).
A priority for mammals conservation is to carry out further research to resolve the uncertain taxonomic status of the different subspecies, and to accurately determine the conservation status of those subspecies currently classified as Data Deficient (1). Work is currently underway to collect baseline data on C. g. percivali in Kenya, which will establish appropriate conservation initiatives for this Endangered mammals (7). Fortunately for the species as a whole, not all guereza populations are under significant threat and many occur within protected areas (1).
For further information on the guereza and this species' conservation see:
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In a way, this starts with Willie Randolph as long as he's still managing our team. Willie Randolph commenced on the New York Mets adventure of a lifetime in the middle of February three years ago, as did Jason and I.
Watching Randolph's Welcome Back press conference Friday, I felt an unusual kinship with Willie. Skip said something about starting his fourth season here. Has it really been that long? I know that it has, I know that he kicked off his first Spring Training in 2005 and I know that it is now Spring Training 2008, so it all adds up. But gosh, is this really his fourth year on the job, the fourth year of the Willie Randolph Era?
More to the point, are we really beginning the fourth year of Faith and Fear in Flushing? Given that our first day of posting was Willie's first day of helming, February 16, 2005, I suppose we are.
Happy third anniversary, FAFIF family. I don't know Willie except from TV but I've gotten to know many of you and can say that it is the friendships I have gained and had enhanced because of this blog that tastes — à la the mythical Champagne our manager suggested he and his players would sip last September — sweetest of all. Hence, our glass is raised to you who read us and you who write us and you who meet us at the game and you who wear our shirt [1] in your travels and you who tell two people so they tell two people…and you who prefer Yoo-hoo to Champagne for that matter. Here's to you who have been with us to now and you who will be with us again.
If blogging at its best represents community, I suppose Faith and Fear, when the Mets were at their worst, was our communal crying, cursing, growling and gnashing towel. Hard to glance back at our third year without taking into account September 2007 (the subject that just happened to dominate Willie's presser) and how we all died inside a little, maybe a lot. But as one whose self-appointed task it was to chronicle that which killed us as it was in the process of doing us in, I believe we came out of it stronger because we came out of it together. I'd rather die inside with all of you than die inside alone…if those are indeed my only Met options.
Maybe they won't be in Willie Randolph's and our fourth year. The Mets — we hope — will do what they can to right recent wrongs, while we continue to vigilantly keep company, share common ground and root that our rooting grants us the victory we celebrate so gleefully in this space that all the confetti Lower Broadway can bear will have nothing on the blizzard of words we will be not dreading, but dying to write. Can't say for certain what the Mets will do next, but I can assert with assurance that however our team plays on the field or in my mind, I will be extremely happy to come home to Faith and Fear in Flushing and live it to the hilt alongside my partner and among every one of you.


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Walnut, butternut
Juglans species
Trees and Shrubs, Fruits and Vegetables
Sow just covered in fall, or in spring after stratifying a few weeks, with point oriented upwards; protect from squirrels. Well-draining, deep and very fertile soil; full sun. Typically two or more are required for cross-pollination. Note that all can adversely affect the growth of neighbouring plants, and require ample room to grow. Zones 4-9
Juglans nigra, black walnut, is hardy to zone 4-8, and does well even in heavier clay soil. Juglans cinerea, or butternut, grows in zones 3-7
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English walnut, Persian walnut (Juglans regia)
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You must use the award money to undertake research in a European country or countries other than your own. It is not intended to cover all your expenses – you must be prepared to supplement it. Money will be given out in two parts: one part in time to book travel and the other on acceptance of your report.
The Scholarships are open to British nationals, and those of any other European country. Applicants are required to have been in full-time education at some time during the 12 months preceding their application and should be aged 18 - 26 at the time they travel. Your application will be considered in the light of your age and experience.
When drawing up the list of candidates to be interviewed, and when deciding who should be awarded scholarships the selectors consider academic qualifications to be less important than enthusiasm and the ability to carry through an independent project in a foreign country.
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- Prepare a summary of an investigation, which you would undertake in at least one other country. You may use your own country for comparison but the costs of this part cannot be funded from the scholarship. You would normally be expected to visit another country or countries for between 6 weeks and 3 months. One of the countries could be outside Europe provided your project concerns the effect(s) of some modern European influences on that country.
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Immune-Boosting Herbs and Spices from Your Spice Rack
By Dr. Kira SchmidJust like us, plants have to fight off microorganisms. Most of the vegetables we enjoy, in particular herbs and spices, have natural infection-fighting properties.
Cooking with herbs and spices not only helps with flavor, but also imparts immune-boosting effects. Let's take a look at a few spices that are probably in your spice rack right now.
Ginger Kills Bacteria & Reduces FeverThis versatile spice is derived from the root of the plant, and a variety of amazing phytochemicals have been isolated from ginger and found to possess antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, fever-reducing, and pain-relieving properties.
Traditional Indian Ayurvedic medicine utilizes ginger root as a digestive aid for young infants with colic and for adults with indigestion. Ginger is a natural remedy for nausea and vomiting due to seasickness and morning sickness of pregnancy.
For example, a study involving morning sickness of pregnancy found that one gram of ginger taken by mouth significantly reduced the frequency and severity of nausea episodes1. Be aware that if you take the drug warfarin, a well-known blood thinner, there is the potential for interaction with ginger, so avoid ingesting large amounts of ginger while taking warfarin.
Fungi Hate RosemaryThe leaves of the herb rosemary are used fresh as well as dried in traditional Mediterranean dishes to impart fragrant aromas of evergreen. Rosemary has strong antioxidant properties, and research shows that rosemary extract has both antibacterial2,3 and antifungal properties4.
Furthermore, exciting preliminary research suggests that rosemary's relatively high level of carnosic acid may help reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and stroke. Four to six grams of ground, fresh rosemary leaves is a typical therapeutic dose for boosting immunity during winter months.
Garlic Prevents Cold & Flu SymptomsThis remarkable culinary herb has a wide array of health benefits ranging from cardiovascular protection to immune stimulation. The chemistry of garlic is complex, with over 100 different substances that contribute to its effects.
The most significant feature is garlic's high concentration of sulfur compounds, which are responsible for both the aroma of garlic and its effectiveness against bacteria, viruses and fungi. During the cold and flu season it is advantageous to take either a clove of fresh garlic or a supplement daily since it has been demonstrated to significantly reduce both the number and duration of colds5.
Numerous studies have established garlic's antibacterial properties as well.6,7,8,9 For example, garlic is effective at killing the Helicobacter pylori bacteria, a virulent organism that grows in the stomach and is associated with stomach ulcers and stomach cancer10. In laboratory studies, compounds found in garlic were effective at killing even drug resistant H. pylori.10
Since most people infected with H. pylori show resistance to antibiotic treatment, and because garlic is known to act synergistically with antibiotics, treatment with garlic may be an effective approach.
Oregano Preserves Immune FunctionThe leaves of this nutrient-dense herb contain calcium, vitamin C, beta carotene and omega-3 fatty acids. The oil of this herb has antimicrobial and antiviral activity and may be most promising in fighting yeast infections11.
Oregano oil in combination with clove oil has been tested against the yeast Candida. In a study on immunosuppressed animals, oregano and clove oil reduced candida growth in samples of oral tissue.
In another study12, the active components in oregano and clove oil were shown to reduce fungal load and decrease candida infection in animal models of vaginal candida infection12. The authors concluded that these oils could be a promising product for the treatment of vaginal yeast infections.
Cloves Reduce Pain & Fight BacteriaThe oil from this warm, aromatic spice is approved in Germany as a topical analgesic and antiseptic. Not only do compounds in this spice confer antibacterial and antifungal benefits they also help fight the aging process.
The high amounts of phenols found in cloves are associated with the ability to block the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs)13. AGEs are non-functioning compounds that are associated with many age-related conditions like wrinkling of our skin or cataracts.
Basil is a Natural Cancer Fighter
Current research trials indicate that apigenin may reduce DNA oxidative damage, inhibit the growth of human leukemia cells, induce cancer cell death, act as an anti-inflammatory, and as a muscle relaxer14.
Thyme is a Natural Cough RemedyThis popular Mediterranean herb is a common ingredient in cuisine and has a strong, savory flavor. Thyme is a traditional cough remedy and continues to be used widely in Europe for this purpose.
Thyme in the form of a tea, a syrup or a steam inhalation may be beneficial for bronchitis15. The active component of thyme, thymol, is also found in a variety of mouthwashes to reduce oral bacteria and plaque buildup16.
Turmeric is an Immune Magic Bullet
Since curcumin inhibits the inflammatory pathways in the body, it can be effective against the aches associated with arthritis or even relieving a head cold. Curcumin is known as an immune modulator and can improve the ability of specialized immune cells to engulf and destroy germs17.
Mushrooms are Immune Support PowerhousesSeveral species of edible mushroom have been found to provide powerful immune support, including the popular maitake and shiitake.18,19,20 There is ample evidence to suggest that the specific phytonutrients in these mushrooms optimize the immune response to cancer and pathogenic microorganisms.
Chief among these are beta glucan and other polysaccharides. These natural compounds stimulate a system-wide immune response — activating macrophages, interferon, T cells, and natural killer cells — to prevent the proliferation and spread of cancer cells21.
Beta glucan also reinforces the body's resistance to infectious disease by increasing the activity of phagocytes (specialized immune cells that engulf and destroy germs).22 In animal models, it has also been shown to boost resistance to viral infections23.
The Spice of LifeIf health and wellness are your top priorities, don't neglect the immune system. It fights bacteria, viruses, fungi, molds and even cancer cells. Simply put, if you want to expand your healthy life span, boost your immune system with herbs and spices.
How many of these herbs and spices do you have in your cabinet?
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The reconstructed Exhibition Hall today. After 170 years the Long Island Fair continues as the only county fair sanctioned by New York State for the counties of Queens, Nassau and Suffolk.
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Exploring Long Island's 19th-Century Living History Museum
OLD BETHPAGE VILLAGE RESTORATION provides visitors with a unique and wonderful opportunity to step back in time and experience life in a recreated mid-19th-century American village. The 209-acre village includes an assortment of homes, farms and businesses.
Each fall, the village hosts the Long Island Fair, a traditional county agricultural fair that draws tens of thousands of visitors. Most of the year the village supports a steady series of family-friendly events and exhibits. One of the events included are the old-time "baseball" tournaments.
Old Bethpage Village Restoration (OBVR) came into existence in 1963, when Nassau County acquired the Powell property, a 165-acre farm located on the Nassau-Suffolk border. The acquisition of the land and the plan to develop a historic restoration were timely, as rapid post-World War II development on Long Island had taken a toll on the area's landmarks.
Although OBVR never existed as an historic entity, it represents a typical rural Long Island farm village of the mid-19th century — one whose roots can actually be found in the earlier Dutch and English settlement of Long Island.
During the 1640s, the colonial settlers founded town "spots" throughout the region that functioned as commerical and social centers where taverns, general stores and meeting houses were built. Townsmen received a centrally located town lot as well as outlying fields to use for grazing livestock, growing crops or havesting firewood.
By 1700, the English had gained control of Long Island, townships controlled whatever land had not already been distributed and the economy had expanded to include trades dependent on the sea and land. Life remained quiet, unhurried and closely tied to nature — patterns that were evident until well into the 19th century and that can be experienced at OBVR.
IN 1963, PLAINVIEW'S HISTORIC MANETTO HILL METHODIST CHURCH was the first structure to be saved and moved to the Powell property. Today, there are 51 historic buildings, seven reconstructions and the site encompasses 209 acres. Buildings were selected based on their architectural detail and historic significance, with the goal of establishing a representative sampling of historic structures.
The Manetto Hill Church (above), dating to 1857, and the Long Island Fair Exhibit Hall (above) are two of the dozens of buildings at OBVR.
After buildings were moved to the village, they were carefully restored to a specific point in their history and the lives of the former occupants thoroughly researched. Each structure has been scrutinized for clues to its role in community life, authentic hardware, shingles and glass sought — with the help of wills, deeds and inventory lists — so the structures could be authentically furnished (in some cases with pieces original to the building).
Among the historic buildings is the Schenck House, built around 1730 and one of the oldest Dutch farmhouses remaining in the U.S. The house displays typical massive Dutch framing, particularly on the first floor ceiling joists, which span 32 feet. Other notable features include a side gabled roof with flared eaves, round butt shingles, heavy window sash and a massive stone jambless fireplace.
Another is the Benjamin House, built in 1829 by William F. Benjamin, a Congregational minister, farmer and pastor to the Shinnecock and Poosepatuck Native American tribes. (One of Benjaman's brothers, Simeon, wasa prominent merchant and a founder of Elmira College, the first institution of higher learning for women.) The Benjamin House was constructed in the late Federal country style and its furnishings reflect the lifestyle of this relatively affluent farmer and respected minister.
Visit Old Bethpage Village to see these buildings and others and allow yourself to be transported into an earlier time in the history of Long Island and New York.
Sustainable Farming at Old Bethpage Village
IN 2007, THE COUNTY INTRODUCED the Restoration Farm at Old Bethpage Village. The farm, which is operated by a private business, Restoration Farmers, employs sustainable, organic agricultural principles and follows the "Farmer's Pledge" of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York. The farm itself is 7 acres and is located at the southern tip of the Village. The farm's produce is available to the public through a farm stand at the entrance to the Restoration Farm at 14 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road (Spagnoli Road) (Wednesdays from 4 - 6 p.m.; Sundays from 10 am - noon, June 2 through October 30) and via the Community Supported Agriculture program.
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