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Just in time for those of us making very early holiday gift lists, TrekMovie has news of the ideal present for the comic-book-reading Star Trek fan in your life. Especially if that happens to be yourself: A DVD compilation spanning 35 years (and five publishers) of four-color voyages called Star Trek The Complete Comic Book Collection.Produced by GITCorp, the DVD will include PDF versions of more than 500 different Star Trek comics from Gold Key's original 1967 series all the way through to DC/Wildstorm's early 21-century efforts (IDW and Tokyopop's more recent series won't be included, but are still in print for you to read the old-fashioned way):
Each issue is being scanned by the company, cover to cover, including all of the advertising, and stored in individual PDF archives. GITCorp is using an interface similar to their prior DVD comic collections to access the PDFs in the collection. The DVDs can be used on both Windows and Macintosh computers. Putting together a collection spanning four decades has not been an easy task, especially due to the fact that Trek comics have been produced by so many different publishers over the years. According to Ray Pelosi from GITCorp, it has been a daunting to get all the comics and to sort out all the licensing issues required to bring it to market and he thanks CBS Products for all the help they provided to make it all happen.
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WANAKA, New Zealand (August 9,2012) Sixty of the world's top snowboarders are preparing to make their way to the first annual Burton 'High Fives' snowboarding competition. Presented by MINI, the four-day invitational snowboarding event will take place at Snow Park NZ in Wanaka, New Zealand from August 15-18, 2012.
Top riders confirmed for the Burton High Fives event include Mark McMorris (two-time X-Games gold medalist),Sebastien Toutant, Danny Davis, Roope Tonteri, Ryo Aono, Iouri Podladtchikov (World Snowboarding Championships gold medalist), Kelly Clark (Three-time Olympian), Enni Rukajarvi (X-Games gold medalist), Shelly Gotleib, Hannah Teter (Olympic goldmedalist), Queralt Castellet, and Southern Hemisphere riders Stef Zeestraten from New Zealand and Scott James from Australia.
The riders attending Burton High Fives will be in for a fun week in New Zealand as the new event brings Kiwi-inspired off-snow team challenges into the competition fold. Here's how it works. During the first night at High Fives, event organizers will name 12 team captains. The riders with the best rankings in the global world ranking list will get to be captains. Then, each team captain will select a team of five riders. From that point forward, every activity that a rider participates in will earn points for his or her team. So for example, if a rider wins the skeet shooting contest and then goes on to place third in the halfpipe finals, his/her team will ear npoints for these results.
The fun begins on August 15th with the off-snow team challenges, which include skeet shooting, knife throwing, an ATV off-road challenge, jet boat trials and the MINI Countryman Winter Driving Challenge. On August 16th,the off-snow team challenges continue along with slopestyle and halfpipe practice. Then on Friday, August 17th, the slopestyle finals will go down, followed by the halfpipe finals taking place on Saturday, August 18th.
As far as prizes go, the halfpipe and slopestyle competitions will each award a total cash purse of $35,000 as well as TTR points. In addition to cash prizes individual slopestyle and halfpipe results, there is also a $10,000 cash prize for the team with the most points from both the off-snow team challenges and the traditional halfpipe and slopestyle competitions. That's a total prize purse of $80,000 in cash – the largest to date in New Zealand snow sports history.
In addition to the exciting daytime activities, Burton is proud to announce the following evening entertainment at Opium Bar in Wanaka, the official Burton High Fives party venue hosted by Skinny. All gigs are FREE, but get there early as capacity is limited:
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My version of P.F. Chang's Beef a La Sichuan
P.F. Chang's Beef a La Sichuan
Yesterday was day two in my weekly menu planning and Bryan's last day of classes for his first semester as a 1L, so I decided to celebrate I would try to tackled one of our favorite P.F. Chang's recipes – Beef a La Sichuan. Ever since this was put on the gluten-free menu at P.F. Chang's it is all Bryan will order. I usually order the Chang's Spicy Chicken (it's amazing if you haven't had it yet, you should). Sadly though we don't have a P.F. Chang's close to us so I've been searching online for "copycat" recipes for this dish. I really only found one, but found plenty of pictures of the dish which didn't help me at all. The recipe I found was pretty good, however it didn't have any measurements for the ingredients! Seeing as we hadn't had this in a while I had to think back to what it tasted like and try to build a sauce based on memory-honestly I got it on the first shot…not sure if I should be proud of that or kind of embarrassed. If you don't know Chinese food is my biggest weakness and seeing as I can't go to any restaurant and get something I do my best to create recipes inspired by my favorite Chinese/Asian dishes.
I found the recipe on RecipeLink.com and like I said it had no measurements so below is my measurements along with RecipeLink.com's directions. Now this recipe is a little in-depth with the preparation so be prepared to spend a bit of time in the kitchen the first time-but I promise it is worth it. I'm sure you can always find some shortcuts, like finding celery and carrots that are already julienned for you but I wanted to do it start to finished myself. The original recipe called for green onion stems but seeing as we don't cook/consume onions in our house we just omitted them but you can add them in if you wish.
P.F. Chang's Beef a La Sichuan
Stir Fry Ingredients:
1 Pound Flank or Sirloin Steak Sliced thin
3-4 Medium Celery Stalks -Julienned
2 Medium Carrots – Julienned
Green Onion Stems (Optional)
1/2 Cup Peanut Oil or Canola Oil (you may use less if using a non-stick pan, I only use about 1/4 cup)
1/4 Cup Corn Starch
1/2 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes(or whole Tien Tsin Chinese Chili Peppers work great)
1 1/2 Teaspoons Sesame Oil
Sauce Ingredients:
3 Tablespoons Gluten Free Soy Sauce (I use San-J)
2 Tablespoons Gluten Free Hoisin Sauce (I use Dynasty)
1 Tablespoon Garlic Chili Paste
1/2 Teaspoon Chinese Hot Mustard
1 Teaspoon Rice Wine Vinegar
1/2 Teaspoon Chili oil/or Mongolian Fire Oil (made by House of Tsang) -(Optional)
1 – 2 Teaspoons Brown Sugar
1 Teaspoon Minced garlic
1/2 Teaspoon Minced Ginger
1/2 Teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
Mix all of the sauce ingredients together and set aside.
Julienne your carrots and celery and set aside. It is important to get these done first because when it comes time to stir-fry them, it is a very quick process.
An important step is "velveting your beef" – Thinly slice your beef and place in a bowl. Add the cornstarch and toss to make sure each piece is thoroughly coated. Set aside for 10 minutes.
Rinse beef free from all cornstarch and pat dry – you do not want any moisture or the oil will splatter when you add the beef to the pan.
In a skillet (or wok), fry the sliced meat in hot peanut (or canola) oil until crispy to your liking. Remove from oil, drain on paper towels.
In the same pan (or wok) add the following ingredients in this order with sesame oil: stir-fry celery, crushed red pepper flakes (or Tein Tsin Chinese Chili Peppers) followed by carrots. Do not over cook these ingredients – you want them to be nice and crispy. Add fried meat and green onions. Add sauce and bring to a fast boil, cook for 1 minute and serve immediately over white or brown rice.
This last step should take only 3-4 minutes – it is a very quick process so be sure to keep an eye on it so it doesn't over cook.
I sliced my beef a little bigger than P.F. Chang's does but not by much and didn't fry it as much as they do. Some times the beef can become a bit tough when it is fried too long so I left mine a little tender but still had a slight crunch to it.
The veggies were perfect – like the directions above say DO NOT OVER COOK them – they are supposed to be nice and crunchy. This process goes very quickly.
I drained off most of the remaining oil from frying the beef before adding the Sesame oil and veggies. I didn't wan it to be too oily.
The recipe called for Chili Oil but I couldn't find it anywhere around me (my grocery stores aren't so good with stocking "international" cuisine products) so I left it out and didn't miss it at all.
The sauce was created from memory so if you have had it more recently and attempt to make it at home please adjust the measurements to your liking.
I cooked this in a wok but you can use a large sauté pan.
We had not leftovers!! Like I said this is Bryan's favorite dish.
Who says you have to go our to have great Chinese food when you can easily make it at home! It may take a little longer to make it but it is so worth it and helps save you a little money too.


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Kinston Charter schools were discussed at Tuesday�s State Board of Education meeting, and Kinston Charter Academy was in the hot seat.
Kinston Charter schools were discussed at Tuesday�s State Board of Education meeting, and Kinston Charter Academy was in the hot seat.
The school was brought before the board because of its three-year run of disciplinary issues coupled with notable financial struggles.
Administration is working tirelessly to keep the school open and said an impromptu rule change resulted in a few late payments.
The State Board of Education sent a letter to all charter school administrators dated Sept. 5, 2012 regarding disbursement of cash advanced effective July 1, 2012. The Division of School Business wrote it was modifying the third installment of funds to help the cash flow.
The school has previously been able to ask for advancements on those allotments, which became restricted until the end of February.
�(The rule change) left us in a situation where we were short on cash flow, so it caused us to be late on some payments,� said Ozie Hall Jr., Kinston Charter principal. �When we did get our next allotment, we paid it. It was all paid up when the meeting took place. (The Board of Education meeting) was simply a report to the state board that we had been late paying it.�
He said the school had upfront payments on facilities and operations, leaving staff to either borrow money or just be late.
While he said all payments are up-to-date, the school is still in a financial rut � a possible threat to keep the campus open.
�One of our biggest obstacles is funding,� said Hall, noting charter schools don�t get capital or lottery funds. �We have to struggle with what we have. Right now we are in the middle of a fundraising campaign in order to keep the school going, to keep the doors open and to provide a quality program.�
He said interested donors should contact the school.
Money problems are just one side to Kinston Charter�s turmoil. Although the school has met expected growth every year but one, students are still performing significantly lower than state average levels.
Last school year, the K-8 school�s overall reading level was 38.1 percent compared to the state�s 71.2 percent level. Kinston Charter�s math score was 36.4 percent compared to the state�s 82.8 percent.
�We have a very high-poverty student population, and we traditionally have scored below other student population,� Hall said. �We have been struggling to try to implement programs to meet the needs of this particular student population.�
Kinston Charter students are 98 percent African-American and last year, the free and reduced lunch population reached 97 percent.
Hall said the school has admitted many students who have suffered some type of abuse and who have disciplinary problems. The administration is working with the state on behavioral programs to meet the students� needs.
In the classroom, the school recruited teachers nationwide who had multiple licenses in order to boost student performance. Last year, 67 percent of Kinston Charter teachers were fully licensed teachers compared to the state�s 92 percent.
�These students deserve a sound, basic education just like any other students,� Hall said. �We believe we�re making progress this year.�
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Popular Fitness Advice—Debunked, Part 1by marta
"Burn more than 1,000 calories by doing this group fitness class." "Maximize fat burning with high intensity interval training." "Yoga can cure almost everything!" We come across headlines like these everywhere from magazines to blogs to twitter. But should we heed to all this advice?
Many popular fitness practices often come from studies and/or research conducted on particular fitness matter; nevertheless, many factors play a role in the results and cannot be considered one size fits all.
The key here is to understand what is behind some common fitness expertise and how you can make the most out of them. There are many out there. Here is the first of a two-part look at some popular advice and what they really mean.
1. "High intensity cardio: better results in less time"
It has become the most popular fitness advice: ditch the hour-long, low intensity cardio for a 20 minute high intensity interval training (HIIT) workout in which you alternate short periods—from 30 to 60 seconds at maximum intensity follow by the same duration or longer the recovery period. Boom!: you burn more calories and finish sooner.
Not so fast. HIIT definitely will add a metabolic stress that ignites the endocrine system in such a way that even after your session ends you still burn calories. In fact, studies show this effect can last more than 14 hours. The benefits show up in your waistline and your heart in terms of better blood pressure and aerobic capacity.
However, when looking at theses studies one important element stands out: the interval intensity is around 90% of VO2max. In other words, very, very high intensity. You can barely say a word or two.
As you may have experienced, this out of breath state is hard to maintain and can be quite painful, and not something everyone can do. So you may not see the promised results because you cannot consistently reach this high intensity stage.
My Advice: HIIT is a great way to tax your metabolism, muscles, and heart. But if you cannot hit the high level, tweak your workouts so you can still receive the same overall benefits. For example, if you have to lower the intensity then the duration should go up. Here are some other tips for a more doable moderate interval intensity training session:
– Perform a 10 minute low to increase moderate intensity warm-up.
– Do 20 minutes HIIT—60 seconds-30 seconds or 60-60 seconds. For the high intensity exercise, simply makes sure you work hard, but do not go all out. Your effort should feel like you can complete the interval without being exhausted. Get out of your comfort zone so you can speak a short sentence.
– Perform a 10-minute moderate to low intensity cool down.
2. "Burn more than 1,000 calories per hour by doing (fill the blank)"
This headline makes a splash in almost every fitness magazine whether the story is about whole body resistance training, Zumba, cross-fit, or boot camps. People believe any activity perceived as a high intensity easily burns high figure calories. But that is not necessarily true.
"A big factor in determining the number of calories expended is a person's body weight," says Richard Lopez, Ph.D., professor of exercise sciences at Florida International University. "For example, if a 200-pound person exercises for an hour and we assume that he or she exercises with the same efficiency of a 100-pound person then the 200-pound person will expend twice as many calories."
But it's not that simple. You also have to take realistic intensity into consideration. It is difficult for anyone to burn 1,000 calories per hour let alone someone who weighs 200-plus pounds. To expend this amount per hour you have to consume the approximate equivalent of 200 liters of oxygen/hour. For a 132-pound female this is the same as running a 6-minute mile pace for an hour.
Likewise, other variables, such as movement efficiency and the degree to which movements are actually performed, factor into the equation. "The bottom line is that a 1,000 calories per hour is heavy to very heavy exercise," says Lopez.
My Advice: Don't focus on calories, but on generating enough effort. Make sure you break a sweat. True, the harder the intensity, the more calories you will burn, but don't think that a single class will do the trick if you don't put out the right effort. Put in the work and you will see and feel the results.
3. "Do yoga to prevent back pain"
Anyone who has tried yoga knows it helps build core strength. And why is this so important for your back? Studies show that non-specific chronic low back pain may be related to lack of strength in the core muscles: abdominals, glutes, hips, and lower back muscles.
In fact, one study showed that 10-weeks of yoga intervention combining breathing, stretching, strengthening and mindfulness exercises, increased quality of life, decreased fear avoidance beliefs, and decreased pain disability in people who experienced non-specific chronic low back pain.
But this does not mean ALL yoga is ideal for tricky backs. Some styles like Ashtanga or high intense hybrids like "Power Yoga" may be too intense. However, most yoga classes are adoptable to an individual's physical limitations, while others are designed to address specific health issues, including the back and core.
Still, injuries in a yoga class can occur especially when you try too hard or not mindful. "You can't zone out in a yoga class—that is setting yourself up for injury," explains Aileen Febles, Certified Yoga and Prenatal Yoga Instructor at The Sports Club LA/MIA (www.thesportsclubla.com).
While men often see their natural lack of flexibility as a weakness, when it comes to injury prevention it can be a valuable asset. A less flexible person will have a more challenging time, but they won't get injured as quickly as someone more flexible. The reason? "They won't be able to push and strain their ligaments or muscles like someone who is flexible and doesn't know or understand their level of boundaries."
My Advice: Do yoga for a stronger back—but be careful. Here are some other tips from Febles to back up your back:
– Iyengar yoga is the best yoga style for anyone dealing with an acute or chronic injury as it utilizes many props and other supportive equipment.
– If you experience acute lower back pain, do not engage in any forward bends without proper support like blocks or straps. This will help you from aggravating a sore back by putting too much compression on the spine.
– An experienced teacher should guide you during twisting poses to ensure flexion takes place through the hip joints and not the lower back. Otherwise, the facet joints can become irritated and the posterior ligament can be strained, which can lead to further injury.


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One of the things I was really looking forward to with regards to our move was settling in somewhere and really connecting to the community and to the people within the community. Now, I am fully aware that this cannot happen overnight. And I am also fully aware that sometimes it's hard to do, especially when so many people have been here for so long and are already connected. Plus, working full time and spending a lot of time working on our house hasn't helped with being out in the community. But, I was confident that it would happen.
Part of me was really looking to connect with local moms and expand my small group of friends in the area to something a bit larger. Something where our kids were playing together and we could coordinate playdates and spontaneous weekend BBQs- you know just like happily ever after TV stuff. I realize that this, in and of itself, is somewhat unrealistic and ridiculous. I don't mean the playdates or BBQs, but rather the idea that it would happen easily and right away.
The other part of me was extremely excited for my kids to start making lifetime friends. As of right now, we have no future plans to leave this area. I'm currently unemployed but all of the positions I'm considering would not require us moving. And my husband, while employed but hunting, is not looking for something that would require relocation. We want to settle in for the long haul and that's why we chose this area. That being said, I want our kids to settle in and start finding the friendships that they will have with them forever.
I think about the women that I'm friends with now. Some of them are friendships that are no more than 5 years old. Some of them go all the way back to Kindergarten. There is something about each of the friendships that is special and unique and important. I want my kids to have that.
And I'm worried that they won't.
I watch my kids and how they interact with other kids and I worry that, in some way, we've failed them. My son especially. My son is so smart. I mean like, I used the word exceptional to describe him to someone at the school district a few weeks ago. And as a result of his being such a brainy kid, I worry that he somewhat lacks the social skills that will help him make friends. Plus, we've had him in two different schools in the past two years and I don't think that has helped matters. Hopefully, the fact that he will be in his permanent school starting in September will help. But the other day at the lake I had to hold myself back from pouncing on another kid as I witnessed an innocent interaction between him and my son.
The kids love the lake. They would play in it for hours if I let them. While I'm not even close to a lake person, I love that it's steps from our house and it's easy and wonderful entertainment for my kids. So, needless to say, we spend a fair amount of time there. Me on the beach, them in the water. We were down there for swimming lessons and my son was watching this group of boys play with a football in the water. He was only a few feet from their game and it was obvious that he was not included in the game but I really think he wanted to be. (He says he just wanted to watch). So, I'm eyeing the scene and trying to rationalize why these kids, who were maybe a year or so older (if that) than my son weren't asking him to play. And then this red headed kid turns around, says something to my kid and splashes him in the face. As I type this I want to cry, just as I did that day. It hurt to watch this kid do that to my kid. It made me upset. In some ways, it actually brought me back to my own childhood. Within minutes of the incident there was thunder and we had to get going.
So, we left and as we walked I asked my son about the incident. I asked him why this other kid splashed him. He said he had no idea. I asked how he responded, he really didn't. And that's when I told my kid to do something I never, ever, thought I would say. "Look, bud, the next time something like that happens you turn to the kid and say, 'I really didn't like that.' then splash him back and walk away."
My son was dumbfounded. And so was I, really.
His response to me, "But two wrongs don't make a right."
"Well, yes, you're absolutely right about that but you also need to stand up for yourself. That kid had no reason to splash you or say whatever he said to you. You have to stand up for yourself and for what is right. Don't EVER let anyone treat you like you don't matter."
"Ok, mommy."
Do I know if my advice was right? No. As a matter of fact, it probably wasn't. But I REFUSE to watch my kid get treated like he doesn't matter and I refuse to watch him be excluded simply because he's not Mr. Personality or Mr. Sports. Those kids don't know what they're missing in him.
So, I sit on the beach now and as much as I don't want to, I watch him like a hawk. I want to make sure that he's not being excluded. I want to make sure that no one is treating him like he's not even there. I also want to make sure that he's standing up for himself.
And then I watch as his sister, surrounded by a group of girls, comes to his rescue and invites him to play with them. His response?
He splashes them and walks away.
Clearly, we have a bit of work to do.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Forever Friends
One of the things I was really looking forward to with regards to our move was settling in somewhere and really connecting to the community and to the people within the community. Now, I am fully aware that this cannot happen overnight. And I am also fully aware that sometimes it's hard to do, especially when so many people have been here for so long and are already connected. Plus, working full time and spending a lot of time working on our house hasn't helped with being out in the community. But, I was confident that it would happen.
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Recently, I got into a Facebook comment exchange with a longtime friend of mine from back home in Providence, RI. He identifies as a conservative. I had posted an article that argued that a portion of the reason for the Republican Party gaining so many seats in Congress was that youth of color did not come out to vote in the same numbers as they did in 2008. This, I argued, was another factor supporting the argument that the election results did not signify a conservative shift in the American populace; rather, it reflected the disillusionment and anger of voters who felt that President Obama and the Democrats did not deliver on the progressive change they had voted for.
This topic warrants its own post, and I probably will dedicate one to it. We'll see.
What I want to discuss here is a comment that he made about taxes and the size of the government. He decried the size of the government, and how they are becoming ever more invasive into our freedoms, mentioning as one example an excise and sales tax on alcohol. I don't know much about the size or extent of the tax he was talking about; however, it made me think about all of the recent hoopla over whether or not we need to cut taxes, and about the larger role of the government in all of it.
My friend ain't no millionaire (Sorry, that's how we see it back home!). He comes from a working class family, and from 6th grade to 12th grade he went to the same public schools I did. The point is, he is not benefiting from corporate tax breaks and cutting income taxes for the rich. Leaving the rest of his political beliefs aside, some of that concern is valid—it's not merely right wing blabber. We are in an economic crisis, and we are being hit hard. For the latter, I don't include everyone in society. That "we" is regular working class people. Higher taxes on things that affect our everyday life are going to unfairly burden us with the brunt of paying for state and federal deficits.
Now, let's take a look at two of the recommendations of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform—a "bipartisan" panel appointed by the President and charged with the task of coming up with solutions to the nation's long-run fiscal problems. They proposed eliminating the deductibility of health benefits and mortgage interest. These are tax breaks that Nobel Prize-winning economist, Paul Krugman, says, "whatever you think of them, matter a lot to middle-class Americans." Krugman goes onto point out that the gained revenue will not be used to reduce the deficit, "but to allow sharp reductions in both the marginal tax rate and in the corporate tax rate."
I take issue with the use of that term, "middle-class," which most often just refers to "middle-income" working class people; however, the picture is clear. Here, Krugman is spot on again:
It will take time to crunch the numbers here, but this proposal clearly represents a major transfer of income upward, from the middle class to a small minority of wealthy Americans. And what does any of this have to do with deficit reduction?
What we have is yet another example where working Americans has to bear the brunt of the economic crisis, while the wealthy consolidate their wealth. It is measures like these that give can validate the calls for "smaller government" and fuel anti-tax hysteria. It also, if implemented, will probably contribute to a weakening of the economy and an increase in the budget deficit because: 1) working class people will have less money to spend, thereby lowering demand; 2) the rich people are less-likely to put that newfound money into the economy; and 3) tax flows from the wealthy will diminish leading to a decrease in government revenue and probably increase long-term deficits.
The problem is that measures like these are pursued because the Democrats are not willing to do what is necessary—due to them being controlled by financial and corporate interests—and after the midterm elections, they do not have the ability to even if they wanted. Absent of increased taxes on the wealthiest 1-5% and a massive fiscal stimulus, the tab has to be picked up by us. Republicans are able take advantage of this fact—though once they also fail, or even make things worse, it could be a different story.
This is what people like my friend do not get. It is not a matter of "small government" or "big government"—do those preaching small government speak out against the massively funded military industrial complex or militarized borders? It is a matter of whose interests the government is serving; it is about political power. And the reality is that our economic system of capitalism relies on a strong government to rescue the elite that run it when they overplay their hand.
Until we can mount a counter-force to corporate interests controlling government by building a social and political movement, and eventually think beyond the limits of our current economic arrangement to imagine a system based on equitable cooperation and true freedom, working people will always be the hand that holds the silver spoon.
John Cronan Jr is a restaurant worker, organizer, and a masters student at the Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies. Currently, he is a volunteer organizer for the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY). John is also an avid Boston sports fan.


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I usually come back from time to time to WoW, much like what happens with ToB.
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This past weekend I attended another SQL Saturday. This one was held in Louisville, KY. Malathi Mahadevan and her volunteers put on a fantastic, well organized event. There were four tracks with a total of 24 technical presentations.
This particular SQL Saturday is an example of just how impressive a small local event can be. Of the 15 individual speakers attending, seven of them were SQL Server MVPs. So, does Louisville happen to be an MVP hotspot? Nope. Most, if not all of them, traveled to Louisville on their own time and their own dime. As you can imagine, the presentations were of the highest quality, which is pretty amazing for a free event.
Just as at the other SQL Saturdays I have attended, I organized a WIT panel. The panelists were Julie Bloomquist, Kim Tessereau and Sarah Barela. Our discussion focused on education and on encouraging the next generation of IT professionals. Once again, the discussion was lively and positive. One very interesting note about this session was that there were more men in the audience than women. I am sure that is a first.
Mike Cole's precocious daughter, Devone, was the youngest participant in the room. One interesting comment from Devone was that we are becoming too dependent on technology. She has a point. Even with the tools that we have, such as calculators, we still need to know how to solve problems on our own. We also need backup plans for outages.
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WASHINGTON, Friday, March 29, 2013 - Migratory birds, water fowl and other wildlife now have a new place to call home. Thousands of acres of marginal farmland were converted back to native tall-grass prairies and wetlands in the nation's largest restoration effort of its kind.
Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge spans about 30,000 acres over northwestern Minnesota and was once land used for, crop production, cattle and sheep grazing but is again thriving with wildlife, Greg Bengtson, NRCS Glacial Ridge project manager said.
"You're looking at basically the size of a township," Bengtson said. "That's a huge area."
In the last 10 years, Bengtson led the conservation effort with technical advice and funding while working with 30 other partners to put about 2,000 acres a year into a permanent easement in NRCS' Wetland Reserve Program. Most of the area belonged to The Nature Conservancy but 11 other landowners also participated in the Polk County project.
With these combined efforts, the Glacial Ridge is the largest contiguous tract of WRP in Minnesota and is the largest tall-grass prairie and wetland restoration project in U.S. history.
Wetlands provide habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife. Portions of the area are open to the public for hunting, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service puts out blinds were folks can go, sit and view the courtship of the greater prairie chickens in the spring, which is an interesting sight, Bengtson said.
"The males all gather and dance and try to attract a female. They puff up and have an orange air-sac. It's a neat thing to watch," he said.
In Minnesota, the bird is on a special-concerns list, meaning they have low numbers and are in need of more habitat. Greater prairie chickens need large expanses of grass like those found on Glacial Ridge.
Along with the improved habitat for the chicken and other plants and animals, the Glacial Ridge restoration provides other benefits for the local community.
"(Wetlands)improve the quality of the water running off the site and into the township," said Bengtson. The new public drinking-water wells for the city of Crookston are located on Glacial Ridge.
In addition to supplying clean water, the restoration is also giving flood prevention.
"Flooding (here) is a huge issue. Restoring wetlands on Glacial Ridge will hold a lot of that water back and slow down water flowing north," said Bengtson.
Several different agencies and universities now do research studies on the grounds, and the information can be used in the future to develop models that will help predict drought, flooding and wetland shifts to protect people and wildlife.
Minnesota is not the only state making a difference through the Wetlands Reserve Program. Visit the local NRCS service center for more information or www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/wrp.
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Family First NZ, a registered charity with the Charities Commission headed by Chief Executive Trevor Garrett, has today released the results of a Curia Market Research poll it commissioned into moral issues involving a survey of 600 15-21 year olds nationwide. In its media release, based on an analysis of the poll results, it attacks the views promulgated by three registered charities – Family Planning Association, and the two "gay" lobby groups Rainbow Youth and the NZ Aids Foundation. It also makes another call to the government to effect a law change that gives an unborn child the same human rights as any other human being.
Family First NZ states:
A nationwide poll of 600 young people aged 15-21 poll has found that they hold conservative values on sex issues – which are significantly similar to the views of parents.
When asked "Do you think sex education in schools should teach values, abstinence and consequences such as pregnancy, or just teach safe sex?" only 19% supported just the 'safe sex' message currently being taught in schools, with one in three (34%) wanting 'values, abstinence, and consequences such as pregnancy' taught instead, and a further 42% asking for a combination of both – especially amongst older teens. The support for just the 'safe sex' message dropped even lower for the older teens.
"This is a direct rebuke from young people to the 'use a condom' and 'everyone's doing it' messages being pushed by groups like Family Planning, AIDS Foundation and Rainbow Youth," says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.
"Many parents were rightly horrified last year when details of what was being taught in schools under the guise of 'sex education' surfaced. Judging by the results of the current approach – which is a good place to start – sex education has been an utter failure. New Zealand has one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the OECD, our STD rates are out of control and the number of teenage girls having abortions continues to rise."
"For those youth who are sexually active, they are not being told the truth. Groups like the Family Planning Association and the AIDS Foundation are perpetuating the myth that as long as you use a condom, you can pretty well do what you like in terms of promiscuity, experimentation, and fringe behaviours – with little or no information on the physical or emotional ramifications or prevention of disease."
In one example, a mixed class of boys and girls were asked by the AIDS Foundation if they had masturbated lately and were given condoms and strawberry-flavoured lubricant. They were also given a leaflet featuring graphic pictures, terms including "cock" and "wank", and advice on the best condoms. Reports last year highlighted that children as young as 12 are being taught about oral sex and told it's acceptable to play with a girl's private parts as long as "she's okay with it". In other cases, 14-year-old girls are being taught how to put condoms on plastic penises, and one female teacher imitated the noises she made during orgasm to her class of 15-year-olds. One concerned father took his 12-year-old son out of a sex education class at his all-boy school after he came home upset about what had happened during one of the lessons. It included a question-and-answer session that focused on, "I have learned that my girlfriend has a thing called a clitoris. I really want to play with it. Is that okay?" The answer was: "Yes, if you ask her and she's okay with it."
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PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers rookie point guard Michael Carter-Williams was released from the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday after spending three nights being treated for a skin infection on the front of his right knee.
The early front-runner for NBA rookie of the year missed his third consecutive game Monday night against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Wells Fargo Center. He missed four games earlier this season with a bruised arch in his left foot.
There is no timetable for his return.
"Really — and it's boring but it's all I know — it's day-to-day," Sixers coach Brett Brown said. "You know what I know. He'll travel with us. We'll continue to monitor him. We will obviously err on the side of being smart and cautious with him, but he's back with us. He'll be on the bench tonight as my fifth assistant coach, and I'm happy to have him back."
POWER RANKINGS: 76ers slip sans rookie
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The 6-5 guard was unavailable to answer questions immediately before Monday's game.
"I seen his leg and I was like, 'Man, what is that?' " Sixers forward Thaddeus Young said. "It was like all swollen and red and stuff like that. I was like, 'You might need to go get that checked out.' And he was like, 'I did get it checked out.' I was like, 'You might need to get another opinion or something.'
"I didn't touch his leg," said Young, whose locker is next to Carter-Williams'. "I definitely moved over to the next seat, though. I definitely wanted to know what it was."
Carter-Williams was limping during shoot-around Monday morning. He is under the care of Sixers team physician Brian Sennett and infectious disease specialist Neil Fishman.
Is or was Carter-Williams' infection contagious?
"I don't know," Brown said. "I think that the doctors have answered most of our questions. I think the releases that have come out are pretty, as honest as we can be, and I think that's really all I know, as well."
Carter-Williams was named the NBA Eastern Conference rookie of the month last Tuesday, becoming the first Sixer to earn the award since Allen Iverson in April 1997, then recorded the first triple double of his career in a 126-125 double-overtime victory against the Orlando Magic at the Wells Fargo Center.
He leads all rookies by averaging 17.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 7.3 assists, an NBA-high 3.1 steals and 36.7 minutes in 15 games.
"I'm glad to see him doing better," Young said. "I'm glad to see he's back walking around, moving around. Hopefully we'll get him back soon and he can step back on the court and help us win games."
Jason Wolf writes for The News Journal of Wilmington, Del., and is a member of USA TODAY Sports' NBA power rankings panel.
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This e-book shows you how to construct a comfortable, light-weight chair for a child 1 – 3, approximately 45 – 50 pounds. The chair is 8 inches from the floor, 21 inches tall.
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You will need two 10 foot pieces of PVC pipe, a pipe cutter or hacksaw, and a yard of fabric.
There are 8 instructional pages with 28 pictures.
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I've only made one, but it was very simple, and I plan to make more.
Have made for both grandchildren. They use outside and bring in to watch movies. Great gift and fun to personalize with name/color, etc. Did glue pvc pipe as 2 year old kept taking it apart!
My husband and I did this together and loved it. Our grandson loves it also.
This was a wonderful project. My husband did the construction and I did the sewing. I used vinyl because my grandson loves to eat as he watches his movies sitting in his chair and I wanted to make it easy to clean. I machine embroidered his name on the back. This was one of his second birthday presents. He LOVES it! Thanks.
This chair was so easy to make! It came out adorable and best of all my grandson
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Very well written pattern. Very easy to make. My greatgrandson loves it!
made one for my grandson, super easy to make and very cute when finished!!
I made one of these for my daughter's second birthday and everyone who sees it wants to make one for somebody they know!! I could have made hundreds (about 25, LOL) and made a fortune selling them!! Oh well, next
Made two for Christmas. Fun, economical, useful gifts. Thank you for the great pattern!
Love the pattern. Easy directions with multiple pictures. A feeling of pride and accomplishment when presenting the final product to the recipient. Thank you.
Like this pattern . My husband and I have made so many of these, great instructions for cutting the pvc and sewing. We paint the pvc, chairs turn out really cute. Teresa- November 19, 2012
Absolutely loved this pattern! I made 2. one for my son who is turning 3 this week ( Star Wars fabric) and 1 for my gran daughter who is also turning 3 (hello kitty). For the base piece I used decorator fabric on the bottom and on top the the regular fabric one. I also made matching pillows. Each one was painted to match with
I love this pattern!
I made this for my grandson's first birthday. My husband did the cutting and I did the sewing. Then we both put it together. Went together fast and easy. Good instructions with plenty of pictures. It made a big hit at his birthday party.
This cute little chair was so easy and so much fun to make! I am getting ready to start on my second one and when I'm done I will have to go out and find people with toddlers so I can make more! Instructions are very clear and easy to follow.
Excellent pattern to buy! Got the pvc yesterday and built the chair in no time at all today. Easy and consise instructions make this pattern so simple to do.
This was so easy to make and the pattern instructions were very simple. Great project will be making many more.
So easy to make and adorable!!
My grand-daughter just loves it. Gave it to her for her first b-day. Can't get her out of it. Great design. My only problem was that the fabric I got stretch a little. I didn't think canvas would do this but it did. All I had to do was restitch it.
I love this pattern! After I made my new grandson a chair, all his cousins wanted one. It looks like I'm going to be busy this summer. The instructions are very well written and easy to follow. If I can do it anyone can lol!
I love this pattern and my little Grandbabies love their
I have made 5 of these. They are extremely easy to make. I personalized each one using my embroidery machine.
fanatstic idea and what a really simple and quick project to make. They make Great gifts!!!
OMG, this pattern is so easy to follow and so adorable.
I have made several of these for the grandkids and they love them! The directions are great and easy to follow.
I made two of these for my grandkids for Christmas. I enlarged one of them for my grandson because he was 4 and was afraid it would be too small.Very easy. I did glue the pvc together.
So cute! And a terrific addition to the lawn furniture! Makes great gifts too!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this pattern. It was fun to make and very clear directions. These made great birthday gifts.
Awesome!!! Easy to follow and understand :) Totally cute!!!
Made these for birthday presents for all the grandkids. Easy to complete. Love them
made for a gift....so super cute!
Its fantastic. Here is summer time now, and we did it to use them at pool area.
It's a hit with my 20 month old!! It's sturdy enough to take his "abuse", and he just loves having his own chair! I know several others who have had chairs made for their kids, and they share my opinion!
These chairs are ADORABLE! My little girl looks so sweet and comfy sitting in it, and it is small, sturdy, and easy to move around in our small living room. The cover is removable and washable which is wonderful with a little one, and the PVC can be wiped clean in a flash. We love ours!
Great pattern very clear instructions! I loved making them and am working on more. I had twins that are 3 and a 6 year old and I made one fore each of them and they fit in them perfectly! They love them and the possibilities are endless! I love that you can easily change covers out! We are working on Christmas covers!!!
OMG, this was the easiest project ever to do. We had the chair cut and put tohgether in less than 20 minutes, Ito took me a little longer with the fabric. My son Is 20 years old and he loved to make this for his niece., We are making more tomoroow. So easy. I usually never put in a testimonial.... This is how pleased we are.... Thank you


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Shifting the perception of timeshare as a viable—and beneficial—way to
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good news is we are working more closely with ARDA's International Foundation
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for all our communications.
While ARDA may be in the early stage of this effort, Orlando's Economic
Development Commission (EDC) is in the middle of a multiyear campaign of its
own to change the perception of Orlando as more than a vacation destination. At
ARDA World, Jennifer Wakefield, vice president of Communications and Marketing
at the EDC, presented on how their campaign "Orlando. You don't know the half
of it" is doing—she shared many good tips and lessons learned!
EDC first conducted research to determine perceptions about Orlando and created
a 40-person committee of business leaders to help identify its mission and
guide the strategic plan. The integrated campaign targeted local influencers
and utilized paid elements, media partnerships, business promotions, national
PR, social and online efforts, and stakeholder engagement for the initial
launch, followed by a sustained PR effort. Their performance indicators are
being measured through awareness, engagement and submissions for business investment,
and they are well on their way to success! To find out more about this
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Technology and Innovation Headline Social Good Summit (NEWS BRIEF)
By Themrise Khan in New York
(HN, September 19, 2011) - "Early to bed, early to rise, have a good time and advertise."
This was one of the many sound bytes media mogul and billionaire extraordinaire Ted Turner gave out at the opening of the Social Good Summit in New York today.
Organized by the 92Y, Mashable and the UN Foundation, the Summit brings together a range of social entrepreneurs and social media activists, for quite literally, the social good.
The summit runs parallel all week with the opening of the United Nations General Assembly.
The initial focus was heavy on technology and a wired world for "doing good". From education, to clean water to maternal health, the key message was that technology, new media and the youth, are a lethal contribution to rid the world of poverty.
But using social media for global good has its pitfalls, as Ted Turner openly declared that the print media was "gone". For someone whose business is the broadcast media, that's quite a declaration. But whether one downloads the Economist on an iPad as Mr. Turner regularly does, or manages an online site to provide young graduates with jobs in the non-profit sector as idealist.com does, its hard to say whether the speed of the social media can keep pace with the speed of natural and man-made disasters.
This is why Turner had strong words to say about cuts in military spending to redirect towards more local causes at home, like alternative clean energy, a cause close to his heart. As Chairman of the UN Foundation, Turner would also like to see an end to nuclear arms and a reduction by 10% in global military budgets, every year for ten years.
For someone whose business has been the media all his life, the fact that the CNN giant thinks the US media focuses too much on itself and not enough on the rest of the world, is something many of us would like to admit, but are perhaps a tad bit fearful of doing.
But most of the initiatives showcased today, were far from being focused on the US.
From the One Laptop One Child Initiative which has 3 million child users globally, to USAID's initiatives of using text messages to inform global programmes with real life statistics, to providing maternal healthcare for women in developing countries, it's the rest of the world that social media for social good is trying to change.
But despite the tweeting, blogging and online fundraising that has spurred a new generation of "do-gooders", there is still a lot to be done and done properly, as philanthropist Howard Buffet, grandson of another billionaire mogul, surprisingly candid views on the failure of corporate and non-profit philanthropy around the world showed.
But the Summit has tried to begin on a very optimistic note in dark times.
With world leaders congregating in New York this week to debate some very controversial issues, one hopes the optimism rubs off the right way.


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The Casa de Alfena is an eighteenth century manor house, attached to a set of farm buildings and old goldsmith shops, which were adapted to a unit of rental accommodation and a museum of gold. The Casa de Alfena only just been built in 1860, when Jose da Silva, a wealthy merchant of jewelry, and great-great grandfather of current owners, Francisco de Sousa and Maria Carvalho and Carvalho de Sousa Idalina, it added the imposing portal. In the late 40s, the various activities of manufacturing and marketing of gold in the family are integrated in the same company, under the responsibility of Adelino Antonio Rebelo, the then owner of the house Alfena. It is also during this period that the company can grow significantly, benefiting almost instant prosperity of many miners of tungsten in the areas of Basto and Barroso. The Casa de Alfena presents itself, well, not just as an eighteenth century building, but as the axis of rotation of a family tradition and deep connection with the activity of manufacturing and marketing of gold, and agriculture. It is located in the village of Travassos, a village - shop with tradition in the manufacture of filigree on the banks of River Ave The idea of â??â??creating a Museum of Gold follows the efforts of the owner, goldsmith who over fifty years of activity, has been collecting loot and documentation. The floor, the manicured gardens, the waterfalls and fountains surrounding the pool provide a tranquil setting this house which invites lazy and regain strength. The proximity of the spa and Geres National Park Peneda-Geres, with its seventy thousand acres of ecological reserve and breathtaking landscapes, where they join the ethnographic and archaeological aspects, make this house an ideal place to discover the region .
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Super Bowl ads this year morphed into mini soap operas.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shrugged off aliens so he could get more milk for his kids in a Super Bowl spot for the Milk Processor Education Program. Anheuser-Busch's commercial told the story of a baby Clydesdale growing up and returning to his owner for a heartfelt hug years later. And a Jeep ad portrayed the trials and triumphs of families waiting for their return of family members.
The reason for all the drama off the field? With 30-second spots going for as much as $4 million this year and more than 111 million viewers expected to tune in, marketers are constantly looking for ways to make their ads stand out. And it's increasingly difficult to captivate viewers with the cliche plots of babies, celebrities, sex and humor that they've become almost immune to — unless there's a story attached.
"A lot of advertisers are running long commercials to tell these stories that engage people often in a very emotional way," said Tim Calkins, clinical professor of marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. "These spots that tell stories really stand out in the clutter."
Video: Watch all the 2013 Super Bowl Commercials.
Chrysler started the long-format commercial trend last year, with a two-minute spot starring Clint Eastwood that became very popular.
This year, Chrysler led the trend again with its two-minute salute to troops and their families. The ad featured Oprah Winfrey reading a letter from the Jeep brand to encourage families to stay hopeful.
"Wendy Ochoa, a high school teacher who lives in Novi, Michigan, said the ad was very emotional. "It tugs on your heartstrings, how can it not," Ochoa, 44, said.
Meanwhile, Anheuser-Busch pulled at heartstrings with a spot about a baby Clydesdale growing up and moving away from his farm and his trainer. The horse remembered the trainer after returning for a parade, and raced to hug him.
"The Budweiser commercial with the Clydesdale made me cry," said Wendy Ponzo, 49, who was watching the game in Pont Pleasant, N.J. "I can relate to that."
Lincoln's 90-second ad was inspired by Tweets by fans about road trips sent to Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."
The ad shows adventures during a fictional road trip. A woman picks up a German hitchhiker, and they go to an alpaca farm, get stopped by turtles crossing the road, and drive through a movie set.
Rap pioneer Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons and Wil Wheaton, who acted in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," made cameos.
Audi's 60-second ad featured an ending that was voted on by viewers prior to the game. The ad showed a boy gaining confidence from driving his father's Audi to the prom, kissing the prom queen and getting decked by the prom king.
The Audi mini-epic was a favorite of Super Bowl viewer Stephanie Bice, 39, a business development director in Oklahoma City.
"It was fun and whimsical," Bice said.
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Not all of the storytelling ads were dramatic, though.
Samsung's two-minute ad showed Seth Rogen ("The Guilt Trip" and Paul Rudd ("Role Models") getting called in to do a "Next Big Thing" ad for Samsung. But they're agitated once they realize that they're sharing the spotlight. LeBron James, an NBA basketball player for the Miami Heat, makes a cameo, appearing on the screen of a tablet.
The ad won over some fans in the ad world.
"I could watch the Samsung ad over and over again," said David Berkowitz, vice president at digital marketing agency 360i. "It's as good as any Seth Rogen movie."
Budweiser, a long-time Super Bowl advertiser, also told mini-movies in its two of its ads. One showed rival 49ers and Ravens fans each creating a voodoo doll for the other team with the help of R&B legend Stevie Wonder. In the other ad, fans go to great lengths to curse a rival fan's "lucky chair."
"It's only weird if it doesn't work," reads the copy.
And Mercedes-Benz's 90-second ad had a Faustian plot.
A devilish Willem Dafoe ("Spider-Man") shows a man everything that comes with a Mercedes-Benz CLX: A date with supermodel Kate Upton, dancing with Usher, driving around with beautiful girls, getting on the cover of magazines including Vanity Fair and GQ, getting to drive on a racetrack.
He almost signs his soul away for the car. But then he sees a billboard that says the car starts at $29,900, and doesn't sign.
Although many advertisers tried to pull people in with lengthy story lines, there were a few that stuck with short, quirky spots with no particular plot.
GoDaddy.com's spot was one of them. It showed a close up, extended kiss between supermodel Bar Refaeli and a nerdy guy wearing glasses to illustrate GoDaddy's combo of "sexy" and "smart."
Best Buy's 30-second ad in the first quarter starred Amy Poehler, of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," asking a Best Buy employee endless questions about electronics.
"Will this one read "50 shades of Grey to me in a sexy voice," Poehler asks about an e-book reader. When the staffer says no she asks, "Will you?"
And Oreo's ad featured a showdown in a library between people fighting over whether the cookie or the cream is the best part of the cookie.
The joke? The fight escalates into thrown chairs and other destruction, but because the fight is in a library, everyone still has to whisper.
What has been your favorite Super Bowl commercial? Share your thoughts below.
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Toy-Filled Chocolate Eggs Legal in US
(LEBANON, N.J.) -- Kinder Surprise eggs — the chocolate delicacy filled with a (surprise!) toy — have had a big impact on people's lives. Consider the Winnipeg woman who nearly paid a $300 fine when she tried to cross the Canadian-U.S. border with one (the candy is illegal in the U.S., but more on that later). Or the highly creative man who used one to propose to his girlfriend.
Or the New Jersey businessman who loved them so much he wanted to make sure future generations of American children could enjoy them as much as he does.
That would be Kevin Gass, the co-founder of Candy Treasure LLC, a Lebanon, N.J., candy company. About a week ago, Gass unrolled Choco Treasure, a Kinder-inspired chocolate egg with a toy inside. This is a big deal, because this type of product hasn't been legal in this country since 1938, when the Food and Drug Administration passed the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which prohibits any "non-nutritive component" (for example, a toy) from being embedded in a confectionary product, as the Foodbeast reported.
Gass figured out a way to legalize his new product.
"This is the biggest kids' candy in the world, and we think it tastes great. It's fun, and we spent quite a bit of time to make it safer and also as much fun as the original," Gass told ABC News, adding that he worked with the FDA and a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission certified lab to make sure the product was safe for children of all ages. To wit: Submerged inside each egg is a capsule that separates the two halves of the chocolate. The capsule also has ridges around the side, so even a young child can tell there's something there.
Other than safety, one of Gass's biggest challenges was finding a toy that would appeal to adults and kids alike, even though children are the target audience.
"Young kids love stickers. Adults don't want stickers," said Gass. So he and his team have come up with gizmos that offer something for everyone: A mini deck of cards–all 52 of them! A tiny 3-D puzzle. A teensy little rubber squirty toy.
So far, the Choco Treasure, which costs between $1 and $1.49, can be found on the company website, at Target and SuperValu stores, and at Economy Candy, in Lower Manhattan.
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This flash montage by a youtube user from Venezuela really demonstrates how international the World Youth Day participants are. It's set to the World Youth Day Theme Song - Receive The Power.
Look for the cool T-Shirt logo toward the end - "Catholicism is not a spectator sport"
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On Feb. 18, the Colorado Senate presented the House of Representatives with a take-it-or-kill-it ultimatum on a spending bill for the Department of Public Safety. The disagreement centered on whether more funds should be made available to process criminal background checks for gun permits. At that point, it looked like developing a state budget was going to be a very difficult task.
When the original "Star Trek" debuted in September 1966, our nation was about to be torn apart by an unpopular war in Vietnam and by race riots at home. In the nearly half-century since, the science-fiction juggernaut spawned five additional television series and 12 movies on its way to becoming a cultural icon.
At first, many assumed "Star Trek" to be an escapist space opera, but it didn't take long for the writers to begin secreting much bigger issues into their scripts, from racism to war to civil rights.
You know you've reached a certain point in life when a longtime friend is recognized as a legend. And so it was for Laurie and me last week when we attended the Colorado High School Activities Association Hall of Fame induction dinner to see South Jeffco resident Marcia Neville be inducted.
By Jeffco Sheriff Ted Mink
As my term in office approaches its final days, I'm experiencing a great deal of personal reflection. I'm sure everyone goes through a similar process of recounting how they reacted to a situation or event, sorting out in their mind if they could have done something different — while recalling the successes and failures along the way.
Olli Maatta, a 20-year-old hockey player from Finland, was living the dream. A year ago, he broke into the Pittsburgh Penguins' lineup as a teenager and became one of their regular defensemen, and he was widely recognized as being among the National Hockey League's top rookies.
Council of Homeowners Organizations supports Foothills' mill-levy boost
After review and discussion of the issue at our Oct. 1 meeting, the members of the Council of Homeowners Organizations for a Planned Environment have voted to support Foothills Park and Recreation District's mill-levy request in the upcoming election.
Whether playing ice hockey at The Edge, enjoying a sunny afternoon at Clement Park or attending a community gathering at The Peak, the lives of countless South Jeffco residents are touched on a regular basis by the Foothills Park and Rec District.
"The history of liberty is the history of resistance."
— Woodrow Wilson
I have remained stubbornly silent about the new school board majority for many months, mainly because I felt the three new members deserved a chance to prove that the hysteria about hidden agendas was an overreaction.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
After the movie "Jaws" made people so afraid of shark attacks in 1975 that there was a demonstrated reduction of swimming in the ocean, the marketing people at Universal Studios came up with perhaps the most memorable tagline in move history when they introduced "Jaws 2" in 1978 with: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water."
By Carol Brzeczek
The Colorado Open Records Act provides citizens with a process to gain access to public records. Under Colorado law, information packets no longer constitute "work product" under CORA once they "are produced and distributed to the members of a public body for their use or consideration in a public meeting."
When I was a junior at Steamboat Springs High School in 1975, there was a huge controversy when the Boulder County clerk began issuing same-sex marriage licenses. It was a national story, but it was really big news in Steamboat, as the clerk had grown up there and her father was the longtime clerk in our county.
Leading up to the Republican gubernatorial primary June 24, the Colorado Springs Gazette ran an editorial May 19 urging candidates Mike Kopp and Scott Gessler to drop out of the race to ensure that Bob Beauprez would win the nomination over Tom Tancredo. The Gazette argued that Tancredo was not a viable candidate in the general election and that Gov. John Hickenlooper's re-election would be a sure thing if Tancredo became the Republican nominee.
Maybe they just got tired of being called the new conservative majority.
How else can you explain school board members Ken Witt, John Newkirk and Julie Williams voting to pay, including performance incentives, new superintendent Daniel McMinimee almost 40 percent more than his predecessor and to give him a five-year contract despite the fact that he's never been a superintendent before? The decision doesn't meet any definition of conservative I've ever heard.
Board majority disregarding community
Parents and citizens of Jefferson County ought to feel outraged at the recent actions of the new majority members of the school board. Let's see. What's happened so far this year?
• A decision to provide all-day, paid kindergarten at Lasley Elementary in Jeffco is on the chopping block, something parents and community members of this county had already voted on and approved.
Just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right. Or, perhaps more importantly, smart.
When the Jefferson County Board of Education designated Daniel McMinimee as the sole finalist to serve as the new superintendent of schools, it met the requirements of Colorado law. What the board — or, more specifically, the board's majority of Ken Witt, John Newkirk and Julie Williams — didn't do was to learn from earlier miscues that how you do things is just as important as what you do.
McCasky's pleas for county funds are absurd and hypocritical
By Lesley Dahlkemper
School Board President
While there are many opinions about how we should educate our children in Jefferson County, we can all agree on one underlying principle — we care about our children, and we want the best for them.
Jeffco schools have struggled over the last three years to manage more than $60 million in state funding cuts without hurting kids. We have reduced costs, closed under-enrolled schools, trimmed staff, streamlined administration and cut compensation.
A 'Colossus' waste of money
I know it is the wrong word, but it is so appropriate that I just had to use it. Doesn't it remind you of a giant marble statue used to deify some ancient ruler? Well, that is what the crosswalk at Wadsworth and Bowles is: a $3.5 million waste of taxpayer money.
State needs more revenue to avoid devastating cuts
As a parent and taxpayer, I am saddened and outraged by the ill-advised path that we are on in the name of reducing spending.
We are in a race to the bottom — to become last in the nation for education funding. Colorado is 48th in funding K-12 education, 49th in funding higher education, and we are falling faster every day.
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SHIPROCK, N.M. -- Hard to translate into Navajo, Star Wars is. But not impossible.
Every quote that Star Wars geeks thought they knew from the first-ever film in the series, 'Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope,' will be translated into the native Navajo language, Dine.
It will be the first major motion picture to be translated and then voiced-over in the language.
'It is one of the best movies of all time,' said Manuelito Wheeler, director of the Navajo Nation Museum.
Navajo Nation Museum and the Parks and Recreation Department recently teamed up with Lucasfilm, which gave the tribe permission to dub the film. Lucasfilm produced the original movie in 1977, as well as the series that followed.
The effort aims to encourage the Navajo people to learn the language or continue speaking it.
'Youth around the world have been inspired by the theme of Star Wars that every individual has the power within them to become a hero,' said spokeswoman for Lucasfilm Lynne Hale in a phone interview Tuesday. 'We are thrilled that the youth of the Navajo Nation will now see the film in their native tongue.'
The Navajo Nation is the first Native American tribe to dub the film into its own language, though worldwide the movie has been shown in more than 50 other languages, Hale said.
The Dine version is scheduled to debut July 4 at the Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, and the tribe is hoping to show it in area theaters later in the year.
Whether people will be able to ever purchase a copy of it is not yet known.
'Anything's possible,' Wheeler said.
Auditions for voice-over actors are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 3 and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 4 at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock. Those interested can call 928-871-7941 to book a time slot. Walk-ins also are welcome.
The script already is translated though words like light saber took a little more thought and actors and actresses will be expected to be fluent in Din and be able to act.
Actors and actresses chosen for the parts including Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Han Solo, C-3P0, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Grand Moff Tarkin will record their parts in a studio owned by Knifewing Productions in Gallup.
'I'm not such a big fan of Star Wars, but I do know the magnitude it will have,' said Knifewing Segura, the owner of the production company.
Segura will be in charge of the recording, and Deluxe Digital Studios, a production company based in Hollywood, Calif., will be in charge of sound editing. Lucasfilm will assist in the process by sending Deluxe all of the other sound elements needed to dub the film.
The editing will be professional, and it is hoped that the Din language will fit smoothly into the conversations on screen.
'They will make sure that it looks good,' Segura said.
Wheeler said the tribe could not release any of the translated script and could not disclose the tribe's investment in the project.