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George S. McGovern, the three-term US senator from South Dakota who defied the odds to win the Democratic nomination for president in 1972 only to suffer at the hands of Richard Nixon one of the worst electoral defeats in US history, died Sunday in hospice care in Sioux Falls, S.D. He was 90.
On Election Day, Mr. McGovern carried only the District of Columbia and Massachusetts, which added to political folklore the bumper stickers, "Massachusetts: The One and Only,'' and "Don't Blame Me, I'm from Massachusetts."
"Just the assurance that one big, important state preferred me to go to the White House over the incumbent president meant a lot to me," Mr. McGovern said in a 2004 Boston Globe interview. "I have genuine affection for Boston and Massachusetts."
Mr. McGovern's nomination marked a crucial turning point for the Democratic Party, which in just eight years went from Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory of 1964 to Mr. McGovern's landslide defeat. The sharp leftward swing represented by Mr. McGovern's nomination created enduring scars.
Employed by Democrats as well as Republicans, the terms "McGovernite" and "McGovern wing of the party" lived on in common, and derogatory, use long after Mr. McGovern was defeated for reelection to the Senate in 1980.
He lost his seat in the Reagan landslide of that year.
The GOP victory could be seen as climaxing the transformation of the Republican Party that began with Barry Goldwater's loss to Johnson in 1964. Unlike 1964, which also saw a highly divisive triumph of one wing of the party over its mainstream, 1972 was an end rather than a beginning: the death knell of the famed FDR coalition, which had dominated US politics for 40 years and given the Democrats control of the White House for all but 12 of those years.
Mr. McGovern's fervent opposition to US involvement in Indochina and the general perception of his radicalness -- best encapsulated, however inaccurately, as "acid, amnesty, and abortion," a harshly reductive summary coined by then-Senate minority leader Hugh Scott -- thoroughly alienated three already wavering mainstays of the coalition: the South, labor, and white ethnics.
Yet Mr. McGovern's leftism is easily exaggerated. The most popular Democrat of the past 40 years, President Bill Clinton, helped run the McGovern presidential campaign in Texas. And Mr. McGovern's nomination could be seen as affirming an even longer-standing Democratic tradition than that of the FDR coalition: Midwestern progressives heading the ticket. William Jennings Bryan, Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, and, later, Walter Mondale shared with Mr. McGovern heartland roots, unabashed liberalism, and a poor showing in the Electoral College. The most recent exemplar of that tradition, Barack Obama, met with more success.
In his 1977 autobiography, "Grassroots," Mr. McGovern recalled that it was Stevenson, "my first genuine political hero,'' who inspired him in 1952 to become more than a merely nominal Democrat. He had considered himself a strong progressive before that but had remained true to the Midwestern tradition of nonpartisanship and "voting the man." It was one of the few legacies of the Great Plains he abandoned. From his flattened vowels to his high moral tone, Mr. McGovern remained very much a product of what the poet Hart Crane once called "the prairies' dreaming sod."
As the son of a Methodist minister, George Stanley McGovern came by that moral tone naturally. He was born on July 19, 1922, in Avon, S.D., a community of about 600 people. His parents were Joseph C. McGovern and Frances (McLean) McGovern. He excelled as a high school debater, despite what he later described as his "inhibited style of speech delivery,'' and entered Dakota Wesleyan University, in Mitchell, S.D., to which the McGoverns had moved a few years after their son's birth.
Mr. McGovern interrupted his studies to enlist in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Prior to shipping overseas, he married Eleanor Stegeberg, who had been a fellow student at Dakota Wesleyan, in 1943. He served as a B-24 pilot in Europe, flying 35 combat missions and receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
After obtaining his bachelor's degree, in 1946, Mr. McGovern studied for the ministry at Northwestern University. He found himself increasingly drawn to the study of history, however, and switched to that discipline. He received his master's in 1949 and doctorate in 1953. His doctoral thesis, "The Colorado Coal Strike, 1913-14," was published in a revised version in 1972 as "The Great Coalfield War."
Mr. McGovern taught history and politics at his Dakota Wesleyan for several years, then gave up academe in June 1953 to become executive secretary of the South Dakota Democratic party. Crisscrossing the state, he compiled a file of 40,000 3x5 cards on individual voters and began to rebuild a party that then held only two seats in a 110-member legislature. Such assiduousness paid off in 1956, as Mr. McGovern was elected US representative in an upset victory over the Republican incumbent.
Having won reelection in 1958, Mr. McGovern challenged GOP senator Karl Mundt in 1960, losing to him by a single percentage point while running 18,000 votes ahead of the national ticket. Two years later, when Mr. McGovern took South Dakota's other Senate seat by a margin of 597 votes, that one-point differential would have seemed enormous.
In between the races, he headed the Kennedy administration's Food for Peace program, later detailing his experiences in a book, "War Against Want" (1964). Feeding the hungry remained an abiding concern for Mr. McGovern. During the 1970s, he joined with US Senator Bob Dole, a Kansas Republican, to expand the federal government's food stamp program. From 1998 to 2001 he served as permanent US representative to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization.
In recognition of his work against hunger, Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 2000. Mr. McGovern was also author of "The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time" (2001).
Agriculture had been Mr. McGovern's primary concern in Congress, but the Vietnam War changed that. "From 1965 until the last American soldier left Vietnam in April 1975, the war was never far from my thoughts," he once wrote.
He called his 1964 vote in favor of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which authorized US military action in Indochina "the one I most regret during my public career.''
A leading critic of administration policy, he was urged to run against Johnson as an antiwar candidate in 1968. Mr. McGovern was tempted, but declined because he faced reelection. Two weeks before the Democratic Convention, he did enter the race (to little effect) as a surrogate for the slain Robert F. Kennedy, a close friend, who once described Mr. McGovern as "the most decent man in the Senate."
A year later, Mr. McGovern was in Chicago. He paid a courtesy call on Mayor Richard J. Daley and spoke of the need to heal the wounds left by the convention. "Yes," Daley replied, "that is important because I think our presidential nominee in '72 will either be you or young [Edward M.] Kennedy."
Paving the way to Mr. McGovern's nomination was his selection, in 1969, to head a committee on "party structure and delegate selection." The McGovern Commission, as it became known, opened up of the selection process for 1972. As a result, the delegates chosen were far more representative of the liberal makeup of the party, but also far less representative of the electorate as a whole.
As House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. later put it, Mr. McGovern "was nominated by the cast of 'Hair.' "
The front-runner for the nomination, Senator Edmund S. Muskie, was a moderate, as was Humphrey, Mr. McGovern's leading challenger after Muskie's campaign faltered. But Mr. McGovern's opposition to the war energized a large and committed following, and he secured the nomination.
Opinion polls showed President Nixon enjoyed a commanding lead, and the personal contrast between the two was as striking as the political. The novelist Norman Mailer called his account of the 1972 conventions "St. George and the Godfather." Mailer was a McGovern supporter, but even an unbiased observer would have to concede that the title got at a larger truth. In fact, as much as Mr. McGovern's views, it was his perceived preachiness that disaffected many voters. "Come home, America," he urged in his acceptance speech (which, through anarchic convention management, was not delivered until nearly 3 a.m. EDT). As many listeners were put off by Mr. McGovern's suggestion that America had gone astray as were by doubts as to how he defined "home."
Mr. McGovern's hopes of winning the White House effectively ended soon after the convention with his handling of the disclosure that his running mate, Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, had undergone shock therapy for depression.
After initially backing Eagleton, Mr. McGovern removed him from the ticket, naming former Peace Corps director R. Sargent Shriver as his replacement. The damage had been done, however, and Mr. McGovern's indecisive handling of the affair, and, in particular, the statement that he backed Eagleton "1,000 percent," dogged the rest of the campaign. Almost as damaging was an earlier proposal of a $1,000-a-year guaranteed income. Though the measure little differed from Nixon's own Family Assistance Plan, it was taken to be another example of Mr. McGovern's radical bent.
Mr. McGovern took a little more than 38 percent of the popular vote and 17 electoral votes. "Dear George, If you must lose, lose big," Goldwater wrote him in a consolation note.
"That letter gave me the first big lift I had after the election," Mr. McGovern later recalled.
Within a matter of months, the unfolding Watergate scandal discredited Nixon and gave Mr. McGovern a new luster. "As the Watergate scandal deepened," he ruefully put it, "it seemed that no one had voted for Nixon. Soon I felt like a version of Will Rogers: I had never met a person who didn't support me, though I'd lost 49 states."
In 1974, Mr. McGovern won reelection to the Senate. After his defeat in 1980, he announced his candidacy for the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination. He withdrew from the race after the Massachusetts primary, where he had finished a respectable third. He also briefly considered a run for the presidency in 1992, but never entered the race.
A year before that, while taking a flight from Washington to New York, Mr. McGovern found himself sitting next to Nixon. "We had a nice talk," Nixon told an aide the next day. "He was always a very decent guy" and, Nixon added, "had the guts to stand up for what he believed in."
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Whose conversion is this?
Here's a story of a Christian conversion. Can you guess who's talking?
So one Sunday, I put on one of the few clean jackets I had, and went over to [a church]. And I heard [a pastor] deliver a sermon … And during the course of that sermon, he introduced me to someone named Jesus Christ. I learned that my sins could be redeemed. I learned that those things I was too weak to accomplish myself, He would accomplish with me if I placed my trust in Him. And in time, I came to see faith as more than just a comfort to the weary or a hedge against death, but rather as an active, palpable agent in the world and in my own life.
It was because of these newfound understandings that I was finally able to walk down the aisle of [this church] one day and affirm my Christian faith. It came about as a choice, and not an epiphany. I didn't fall out in church, as folks sometimes do. The questions I had didn't magically disappear. The skeptical bent of my mind didn't suddenly vanish. But kneeling beneath that cross [at the church], I felt I heard God's spirit beckoning me. I submitted myself to His will, and dedicated myself to discovering His truth and carrying out His works […]
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Terry Sylvester started his musical career at the famous 'Cavern Club' Liverpool in the early 1960's, his first group 'The Escorts', appeared at the 'Cavern Club' with 'The Beatles' on many occasions.
When 'The Beatles' played at the 'Cavern Club' for the last time on the 3rd August 1963, Terry & 'The Escorts' were handpicked by 'The Beatles' to share the stage with them. In 1965 Terry joined the 'Swinging Blue Jeans'. Terry got his big break in December 1968, when he was asked to replace Graham Nash in 'The Hollies', his first single with them, 'Sorry Suzanne' reached # 3 in the UK charts, & his first album 'Hollies Sing Dylan' went to # 1. Read Full Bio…
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White Sox notes from Sept. 25.
Bobby Jenks has heard all the criticism and seen all the struggles, but the one consistent member of the White Sox bullpen has hope for the team's current group of relievers. In fact, the closer has so much faith that he would like to see the whole group return in 2008. "Yeah, as far as guys-wise, I don't know who's going to be back, whether or not they're going to have a fire sale in the bullpen or make one or two moves, but I think a lot of the guys will be back regardless," Jenks said. "Whether that's on this team or Triple-A, up and down during the season, who knows? But I think the majority will be here next year on this team." It's been well documented how the Sox broke spring training camp with a group of flamethrowers and how that experiment failed big-time. Now they have a group that includes a submarine left-hander (Mike Myers), a sidearm-throwing right-hander (Ehren Wassermann) and pretty much every type of reliever out there, be it a junkballer, hard thrower or whatever. "Right now, we have a bunch of different looks, and it would be nice to see that come back next year and everybody be real consistent," Jenks said. As for Jenks, who was named one of the 10 finalists for the DHL Delivery Man of the Year on Tuesday, the key to his success and the advice he would give would-be teammates is keeping the ball down in homer-happy U.S. Cellular Field. "I've been doing that really well this year, and I think that may be the only difference," Jenks said. "I've been hitting my spot so many times, when I do make a mistake, it doesn't hurt me in those big situations." The Bonds That Tie Us Barry Bonds isn't returning to the San Francisco Giants next year, but he's probably not coming to the South Side, either. "I don't see him playing every day in left field," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "We have the DH (Jim Thome), and our DH is doing pretty good. I cannot say nothing because I don't know what (general manager Ken Williams) has in mind. To me, I want some speed. The only way, like Kenny say, the only way you have speed is when people are on base. Right now, he's not in my plans, but maybe Kenny's plans." The Week That Was Josh Fields was named American League Player of the Week after going 11-for-21 (.524) with three homers, six RBI and 10 runs from Sept. 17-23. He had a .615 on-base percentage and 1.190 slugging percentage. Mark Buehrle (April 16-22) is the only other Sox to receive the honor this year. Tune In The Sox announced that Saturday's game against Detroit is to begin at 6:05 p.m. at U.S. Cellular Field. It had been listed as "TBA." More White Sox news is at www.dailysouthtown.com/sports.


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A guide to understanding Fed's actions Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, many investors expect it to announce a shift in course. What they don't want are any surprises.
Pretty much everyone expects the Fed to take its first step toward slowing the economic stimulus it's supplied since the financial crisis and the Great Recession swept through the economy five years ago.
Yet it's also assumed the Fed will do so gingerly: with a small cut in its monthly Treasury and mortgage bond purchases -- from $85 billion to perhaps $75 billion. Those purchases have helped keep long-term loan rates ultra-low to encourage borrowing and spending.
The Fed is also expected to stress that while it's slowing its bond purchases, it plans no change anytime soon in its benchmark short-term rate. It's kept that rate at a record low near zero since 2008. Investors will be watching for anything the Fed says about this rate, which affects rates on countless business and consumer loans.
Here's what to look for from each of four key events Wednesday: a statement the Fed will issue when its two-day meeting ends; the Fed's updated economic outlook; Chairman Ben Bernanke's news conference; and the reaction of investors:
This is where the Fed would announce its first slowdown in bond purchases. Many economists expect the cut to come entirely from the Fed's $45 billion a month in Treasury bond purchases. That would leave untouched its $40 billion a month in mortgage bond purchases.
The reasoning: The mortgage bond buying is intended to keep downward pressure on mortgage rates. The Fed likely doesn't want to diminish its support for the housing market, whose gradual but steady comeback has been a pillar for the U.S. economic recovery.
The statement is also where the Fed could strengthen its commitment to keep its key short-term rate at a record low. In December, the Fed began saying it expects to keep this rate near zero at least until unemployment falls to 6.5 percent -- as long as the inflation outlook remains mild. Unemployment is now 7.3 percent. And in the past 12 months, consumer prices are up 1.5 percent, below the Fed's 2 percent inflation target.
The Fed could stress anew that 6.5 percent unemployment is merely a threshold, not a trigger, for any rate increase. Which means it might choose to keep the benchmark rate at a record low for an extended period even after unemployment has dipped below 6.5 percent.
That's especially true if unemployment is dropping mainly because more people have stopped looking for work, rather than because employers are hiring lots of people. The government doesn't count people as unemployed once they stop looking for a job.
This is one of four meetings each year when the Fed updates its economic outlook, based on individual forecasts of board members and regional bank presidents. It's likely to downgrade its outlook as it takes account of reality: The U.S. economy hasn't grown as fast this year as the Fed had expected.
In their previous forecast three months ago, Fed officials predicted that the economy would grow between 2.3 percent and 2.6 this year and between 3 percent and 3.5 percent next year. Most economists think the economy will have grown 2 percent -- at best -- this year and roughly 2.6 percent next year.
The Fed will update its forecasts for unemployment and inflation, too.
Besides updating its outlook for 2013, 2014 and 2015, the Fed will offer its first economic predictions for 2016.
These numbers will be watched for any hint that the Fed has grown more or less optimistic. More optimism could mean the Fed feels the economy could handle future rate increases relatively soon. Less optimism could signal that any rate increases remain further off.
This will be a major event -- and not just because it will likely follow the Fed's announcement of a pullback in bond buying. It's also Bernanke's next-to-last news conference as chairman before his term ends Jan. 31. (His final news conference will follow the Fed's last meeting of the year in mid-December.) Early this week, Lawrence Summers withdrew from consideration for the chairman's job, leaving the Fed's vice chair, Janet Yellen, as the leading candidate. Obama could announce his choice later this month.
As always, Bernanke will use his news conference to try to clarify any decisions the Fed announces. He's surely hoping for a more positive response than he drew at his June news conference. There, he said he'd been "deputized" by his colleagues to describe a possible path toward slowing the bond purchases. Bernanke said the slowdown would likely start before year's end and be completed by mid-2014.
He stressed that any Fed moves to scale back its support would hinge on how the economy fares. But investors didn't hear such assurances. They responded in panic to the prospect that the Fed would soon reduce its support for the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 560 points in two days.
Investor response to a pullback in bond purchases is expected to be mild if the Fed announces a slight reduction of around $10 billion a month. That's particularly true if the Fed balances its move by underscoring its commitment to keep its benchmark rate low far into the future.
Economists generally think the Fed has done enough, through comments from Fed officials, to prepare the markets for the start of a modest and gradual reduction in bond purchases.
Yet if the Fed's initial move to trim the purchases is larger than investors expect, watch out. The reaction could be turbulent. And if the Fed surprises everyone and decides against trimming its bond purchases at all?
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Those of us in Monterey this year watched in awe as E O Wilson unveiled his inspiring TED Prize wish to create an Encyclopedia of Life. (If you weren't there, you can see it at the link above). As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of his constituents, the insects and small creatures, to learn more about our biosphere. We know so little about nature, he says, that we're still discovering tiny organisms indispensable to life; yet we're still steadily destroying nature. Wilson identifies five grave threats to biodiversity (a term he coined), using the acronym HIPPO, and makes his TED wish: that we will work together on the Encyclopedia of Life, a web-based compendium of data from scientists and amateurs on every aspect of the biosphere.
In Washington DC this morning, the first big step in that dream came true. Five major scientific institutions, backed by a $50m funding commitment led by the MacArthur Foundation, announced the launch of a global effort to launch the Encyclopedia. Ed Wilson described today's announcement as a dream come true.


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Thursday, March 20, 2008
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Sisters by Design Week 3
Sisters by Design Part Three is in the store now! Enjoy part three of this wonderful collab kit by The Twisted Sisters. Filled with fun and funky colors, these playful papers and elements will have you eagerly scrapping your most clever layouts! Part Three is designed by Amanda Thorderson
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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Saturday, March 08, 2008
A Couple of Layouts of the Day!
The first one comes from 3 Scrapateers! I received their layout of the day for my layout "The Family". I made this one for the Amazing Digi Scrap Race. We were supposed to scrap our favorites: color (red), element (those flourishes), and subject (my family, of course!) I used my new kit "Les Jardins du Manoir" for the layout! I also used photo actions from Holly McCaig.
The next layout of the day (this one at Digitals) was also one I made for the Amazing Digi Scrap Race! This one we were supposed to "vent" in our layout and use blending modes. For "Footprints" I used a background from my Count Your Blessings kit and blended it with little Emily's feet.
Journaling was from a journal entry I made while I was taking a Mind and Nature class at The University of Utah. We were on vacation in Blanding for the 4th of July and had just come home from visiting a dinosaur museum.
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I find that I can never look at things the same way as before. When we talk about the dinosaurs that lived on earth 250 million years ago, I now have a timeline to put them into. I found myself telling my children, "If we looked at earth from the point of view of a 24 hour clock, dinosaurs would have been here at 10pm." It has also been humbling to view these reptiles that were victim to a mass extinction, knowing that we may be headed for their same fate. I wonder what type of organisms will survive this extinction and what they'll think about us when they dig up our artifacts.
As I lie under the night sky looking upward toward a magnificent fireworks show, I wonder, "When our artifacts and fossils are found, will they tell the whole story?" Will they know our wonder and thrill of seeing the colors burst forth in the blackness of night? Will they know the heady aroma of a rose wet with dew? Will they know the simple joys of holding a child's hand as you walk along the beach at sunset? What part of Lucy's story are we missing; or the story of anatomically human humans? When their children were sick, did they softly brush the wet hair off their fevered brow? Did they look up at the same night sky and thrill at falling stars?
I am fascinated by the footprints made by dinosaurs that have been found throughout the world. From these footprints, they are able to discover mating rituals, migration patterns, and social behaviors. It makes me ponder the roles I'm playing, and the footprints I'm leaving behind. How will my footprints be interpreted? Will they show an interconnected web of family and social relationships? Will they portray me as a person who watched over others and the environment? How will the human race be viewed? Will we be commended for saving the world from a mass extinction, or will we be known as the ones who caused an annihilation of epic proportions that led to the extinction of all life forms on earth, ourselves included?
It is humbling to think about, and yet motivating at the same time. We don't have to go the way of the dinosaur. We can live in harmony with the natural world and lighten our footprint on the earth. We can fight for changes large and small. Government policy can be changed and personal habits can be changed. We are not on a theme park ride that we have to travel to its inevitable conclusion. The end is not an inescapable foregone conclusion. We can detour, change direction, and switch rides.
Confucius said, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Where will our journey lead and are we willing to take that first step? Will another creature be fascinated by our footprints or will our descendents find pride in our ability to save the planet from a disastrous conclusion? When the final curtain falls, will it be of our own making?
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Young women compete for Miss Rodeo Nebraska title
Four women are vying for the opportunity to promote Nebraska and the sport of professional rodeo during a year-long reign.
The 58th Annual Miss Rodeo Nebraska and Miss Teen Rodeo Nebraska Pageants kicked off Sunday in conjunction with the Nebraskaland Days and Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte.
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Current titleholders, Miss Rodeo Nebraska 2013 Samantha Chytka and Miss Teen Rodeo Nebraska 2012 Karlie Osborne are hosting this year's events.
Miss Rodeo America 2013 and other out-of-state rodeo royalty also traveled to North Platte to be a part of the festivities.
Contestants came from all over the state to compete in categories of horsemanship, personality, speech and appearance. The four days of the pageant include a written test, patterns performed on horseback, TV interviews, modeling and a public speech.
Dakota Clough, 20; Tashonna Frye, 20; Gina Jespersen, 23; and Emily Taylor, 22, have spent months preparing both themselves and their horses for competition. The judges will watch everything that they do this week, and it needs to be done with polished perfection.
"I spent hours in the saddle of a variety of trained horses working on horsemanship," said Taylor. "Research, studying and practice have helped me prepare for the numerous portions of this pageant, such as speech and knowledge interviews."
These young women are not only competing for the privilege of wearing the crown, but the opportunity to travel around the country as an ambassador for Nebraska.
The winner will continue to represent a western lifestyle and be a role model for women. She will also receive scholarships to help her complete her duties as Miss Rodeo Nebraska 2014.
"I feel that the Miss Rodeo Nebraska Pageant is important for young women because it allows them to develop skills that they will use for the rest of their life. It promotes women of high moral and ethical standards and encourages them to grow as individuals," said Jespersen.
The 2013 Miss Teen Rodeo Nebraska Pageant also started on Sunday and follows the same format. Competing for this title are Robin Ferguson, 15; Jennaya Frye, 16; and Riyatta Frye, 18. The winner will assist Miss Rodeo Nebraska with her duty of promoting a western lifestyle.
Many events are open to the public, including a free autograph session by visiting royalty on Tuesday evening and the coronation of Miss Rodeo Nebraska 2014 at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo on Wednesday.
After representing Nebraska for a year, Miss Rodeo Nebraska will go on to compete in the Miss Rodeo America Pageant during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.


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Sigi Schmid's dominance over his former team is finally over.
The Columbus Crew beat their ex-coach for the first time ever, scoring a 2-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday. The win improves the Crew's all-time record against the Sounders to 1-3-3 in MLS play.
To do it, they got a pair of goals on each side of halftime from Justin Meram and Emilio Renteria. In between they got some more strong play from goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum, who had his second straight big performance on the west coast.
OPTA Chalkboard: Crew happily absorb Seattle pressure
Meram opened the scoring against the run of play, continuing his recent hot streak by scoring his third goal in as many games. The second-year forward was able to get between Adam Johansson and the goal to hit a diving header off a Dilly Duka cross, easily beating Ryan Meredith in the 15th minute.
That was pretty much the Crew's only real threat of the first half, as they were mostly content to let the Sounders hold possession. The Sounders held 60 percent of the possession at halftime and outshot the Crew 8-3, but never really tested Gruenebaum.
Aside from a few chances in which the final pass just wasn't there, the Sounders' best opportunity came deep into first-half stoppage time. Midfielder David Estrada was able to control a ball at the edge of the penalty area and sent in a cross that found Alvaro Fernandez all alone in front of the goal. But Fernandez's header back toward the near post went just wide.
It wasn't all good for the Crew, unfortunately. Around the 45th minute, defensive midfielder Danny O'Rourke to some kind of ankle injury. The Crew's captain had to be taken off the field in a stretcher and was replaced by rookie Kevan George, who would go toe-to-toe with the Sounders midfield for the duration.
Seattle came out in the second half looking to pull one back immediately, and nearly got it in the 51st minute. Estrada was again the provider, getting out wide and crossing to the spot for Fredy Montero. The Colombian controlled beautifully before ripping a shot that Gruenebaum parried wide for his best save of the evening.
The Sounders would put four more shots on frame by the 55th minute, with Gruenebaum denying them each time.
That set the stage for Renteria to finally break out. The Venezuelan had suffered through a terrible start to the 2012 season, going goalless after placing second on the Crew with eight tallies in 2011.
He finally got on the scoreboard, and did so in spectacular fashion, looping home a half-volley from 30 yards over Meredith.
The goal sequence started with what seemed to be an innocuous throw-in from around midfield. But Renteria out-muscled Estrada and let loose, just beating the retreating 'keeper for the 2-0 Columbus lead with 14 left to play. It proved to be the fifth goal the Sounders have allowed in their past three games.
Seattle called for all hands on deck for the last 15 minutes, but were rarely able to threaten Gruenebaum's net.
With the loss Seattle drop to 7-3-2, and 0-2-1 in their last three. They're back in action on Saturday when they travel to the Home Depot Center to face Chivas USA.
Columbus, meanwhile, climb into the Eastern Conference playoff race with 15 points (4-4-3), and are undefeated in their last four. They return home to host Chicago on Saturday.
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
|What We Saw
|Emilio Rentería
|Checked back into midfield to always provide an outlet. Disrupted Seattle's distribution. And hit a bomb of a goal to finally break his duck.
|Andy Gruenebaum
|Didn't have to be as spectacular as last week in San Jose, but still provided a few highlights and was always strong off his line.
|Justin Meram
|The switch has been flicked for the second-year forward. He's playing with confidence on and off the ball. Especially in front of net.


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This is a sequel to an earlier post on the Weinberger-Yu paper referenced below. Weinberger and Yu state their main conjecture as follows. Let \(G\) be a discrete group.
Conjecture 1.1. If \(\{g_1, · · · , g_n\}\) is a collection of non-identity elements in G with distinct
finite orders, then
(1) \(\{[p_{g_1}], · · · , [p_{g_n}]\}\) generates an abelian subgroup of \(K_0(C^*(G))\) having rank \(n\);
(2) any nonzero element in this abelian subgroup is not in the image of the assembly map \(\mu \colon K^G_0 (EG) \to K_0(C^∗(G))\), where \(EG\) is the universal space for proper and free \(G\)-actions.
Recall that, for \(g\in G\) of finite order \(n\), \(p_g\) is the projection in the group algebra defined by averaging the powers of \(g\), that is \(p_g = \frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}g^k\).
The authors then add: "In fact, we can state a stronger conjecture in terms of K-theory elements coming from finite subgroups and the number of conjugacy classes of nontrivial finite order elements. Such a stronger conjecture follows from the strong Novikov conjecture but would not survive inclusion into large groups." In this post I want to expound this perhaps slightly mysterious paragraph.
The Baum-Connes assembly map (for groups with torsion) runs from the equivariant K-homology of the space \(\underline{E}G\), the universal space for proper \(G\)-actions, to the K-theory of the group \(C^*\)-algebra of \(G\). In low dimensions, it is well known that this map can be described by using a Chern character – see the papers of Baum-Connes and Matthey referenced below. In particular, Matthey's theorem 1.1 includes a diagram of assembly map which incorporates an injective homomorphism
\[ \beta_i^{(t)}\colon H_i(G;FG) \to K_i^G(\underline{E}G)\otimes{\mathbb C} \]
for \(i=0,1,2\), where \(FG\) is the collection of finitely supported complex-valued functions on the finite order elements of \(G\), on which \(G\) acts by conjugation. In particular, \(H_0(G;FG) \) is simply the vector space spanned by the conjugacy classes of finite order elements. From the Baum-Connes conjecture (in fact, from the injectivity of the Baum-Connes assembly map) it would therefore follow that \(K_0(C^*(G))\otimes{\mathbb C}\) contains a summand of rank equal to the number of conjugacy classes of finite order elements of \(G\). This is, of course, at least equal to the number of distinct orders of finite order elements, since conjugate elements of \(G\) have the same order. Thus we would obtain part (i) of the authors' conjecture (in a strengthened form) form the injectivity of the BC assembly map (which is what they are referring to as the 'strong Novikov conjecture' above). Their part (ii) would also follow from BC injectivity comparing the homological version of the LHS of the Baum-Connes assembly map with the corresponding homological version of the LHS of the ordinary assembly map (involving \(EG\) rather than \(\underline{E}G\) ).
Weinberger and Yu don't stop at this point for two reasons, which I think are related.
(a) They want a conjecture which will "survive inclusion into large groups". What they mean by this is that if \(G\) is a subgroup of some larger group \(G'\), they want a lower bound not just for the rank of \(K_0(C^*G)\) but also for \(K_0(C^*G')\). Now "the number of conjugacy classes of finite order elements" does not behave monotonically under inclusion of subgroups – non-conjugate elements in \(G\) can become conjugate in \(G'\) and in fact if \(g_1,g_2\in G\) have the same order then there will always be an HNN extension \(G'\) in which they become conjugate – but "the number of distinct orders of finite order elements" obviously does behave monotonically in this situation.
(b) Related to this is the method of the authors' proof of the conjecture which appears to involve embedding finite subsets of \(G\) in larger groups or spaces. The point is that by some kind of decomposition procedure, which incorporates the flexibility to increase the size of the group, one can prove Conjecture 1.1 even in some situations where the injectivity of the Baum-Connes map itself seems to be out of reach.
I'll try to say more about the proof next time.
Baum, Paul, and Alain Connes. 1988. "Chern Character for Discrete Groups." In A Fête of Topology, 163–232. Boston, MA: Academic Press.
Matthey, Michel. 2004. "The Baum–Connes Assembly Map, Delocalization and the Chern Character." Advances in Mathematics 183 (2) (April 1): 316–379. doi:10.1016/S0001-8708(03)00090-2.
Weinberger, Shmuel, and Guoliang Yu. 2013. "Finite Part of Operator K-Theory for Groups Finitely Embeddable into Hilbert Space and the Degree of Non-Rigidity of Manifolds". ArXiv e-print 1308.4744. http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.4744


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Mary "Babye" Voth
Madison—Mary Grace ("Baybe," "Peg") Voth passed away on October 31, 2012, at Oakwood Village University Woods (West) in Madison. Mary was born on September 24, 1920, in Highland, Wisconsin, to Ignatius and Rose (Schneider) Minter. She graduated from Muscoda High School in 1938. Mary married Robert Voth in 1943. She worked for Sears for 28 years, starting in women's fashion and retiring as the head of human resources at Sears West Towne.
Mary and Bob traveled to 49 of the 50 states. She loved boating and was active in the Four Lakes Yacht Club following her retirement. She also enjoyed knitting, stitching, playing cards, completing jigsaw puzzles, gardening, and ushering at the Children's Theater of Madison. She especially enjoyed assisting her niece with her folk art ornaments at the annual Holiday Art Fair at the Civic Center.
For ten years, she delighted in volunteering at her grandnephew Brady's elementary school, Elm Lawn, where she was affectionately known as "Aunt Babye." She was a warm, kind, and endearing woman with a charming smile who always put other people first. In her later years, she enjoyed the friendship and compassion of her many friends at Saukdale and Oakwood.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and siblings, Fred, Leroy, James, and Ruth. She is survived by nieces, nephews, and their children.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at OAKWOOD VILLAGE UNIVERSITY WOODS (WEST) RESURRECTION CHAPEL, 6201 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI, at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, with Monsignor Donald J. Heiar of St. Thomas Aquinas officiating. A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until time of service on Tuesday at Resurrection Chapel. A private interment will follow.
Memorials may be sent to St. Thomas Aquinas, 602 Everglade Drive, Madison, WI 53717, Agrace HospiceCare, 5395 E. Cheryl Parkway, Madison, WI 53711, and Oakwood Foundation, 6201 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705.
Mary greatly appreciated the warm care she received from the Oakwood staff of Tabor Oaks and Hebron Oaks, the staff of Agrace HospiceCare, and Dr. Kristen Steffen, UW Health.


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After presenting Scouting magazine readers with a mystery location, complete with a photo and description, we asked a simple question: "Where Am I?" The feature appeared in our September-October issue. (If you missed it, you can read it here.)
An impressive 577 of you knew that the correct answer was the Cimarroncito Reservoir at Philmont Scout Ranch. We took those 577 answers, gave each a number, and then used a random number generator to come up with the winner: correct answer No. 151. That number belonged to Jim Weeden, a committee chairman with Troop 80 in the Mecklenburg (N.C.) County Council.
Along with the glory of winning, Weeden receives a $100 gift card to the BSA Supply Division, which he can use at his local Scout Shop or at scoutstuff.org. Congratulations!
If you're interested in giving our "Where Am I?" reader contest a try, check out the November-December edition of the quiz here. You have until Jan. 4, 2010, to submit your answer. Good luck!


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This is another recipe from The Sisters' Cafe. The marinade had a great flavor. Unfortunately I was unsuccessful at my attempt at heating coals for my BBQ (Mike was gone and I was just trying to do what I remember seeing him do) so I had to bust out the George Foreman. I bet it's even better when actually barbequed though.
¼ c. chopped green onions
3 Tb soy sauce
2 Tb sesame oil
1 Tb vinegar
1 Tb brown sugar
1 Tb chopped fresh ginger
1 Tb chopped garlic
1 tsp dry mustard
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
¼ c. toasted, crushed sesame seeds
Combine above ingredients. Marinate steak 4 hours and barbecue.
Sesame Flank Steak
This is another recipe from The Sisters' Cafe. The marinade had a great flavor. Unfortunately I was unsuccessful at my attempt at heating coals for my BBQ (Mike was gone and I was just trying to do what I remember seeing him do) so I had to bust out the George Foreman. I bet it's even better when actually barbequed though.
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Feta Pork Chop Skillet
Trying all these new recipes out has me getting brave enough to buy meat other than chicken and ground beef. I saw this recipe on The Sister's Cafe and thought it looked really good. I love adding new flavors to our menus and this one was a huge hit. Ella ate all her meat and even asked for more!
1 t crushed dried rosemary
1 t dried basil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 pinch black pepper
1 T olive oil
4 pork chops (I used 3)
¼ c fresh lemon juice
2 oz (or more) crumbled feta cheese with basil and sun-dried tomatoes (I used 4 oz)
1-2 yellow summer squash or zucchini, remove seeds and slice (I have never removed seeds from them so I didn't...I used 3 zucchini and 2 squash because I love them, but I did have to take the meat out at the end so I had more room for them all to finish cooking)
In a small bowl, stir together rosemary, basil, garlic, and pepper. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Dip pork chops in lemon juice, and spread both sides with herb mixture.
Place pork chops in skillet, drizzle with some of remaining lemon juice, and sear both sides, about 7 minutes per side.
After a few minutes, add sliced squash to edges of pan. Reduce heat to low.
Sprinkle feta on top of chops; cover skillet, and cook until cheese begins to melt, about 5 minutes.
(We served over rice)
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Chicken Tikka Masala
LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this! I saw the recipe on The Sister's Cafe blog, but she got it from The Pioneer Woman. I thought it looked and sounded good, but must admit I was getting a little nervous while I was making it. It used large quantities of spices I wasn't very familiar with so I wasn't quite sure how it would taste in the end, but it was a hit!
3-4 chicken breasts (I used 3 small ones)
1/2 c plain yogurt (I used FF sour cream)
6 Tb butter (divided)
kosher salt
1 large onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 in. chunk fresh ginger, peeled and minced
1 T. salt
3 T. Garam Masala
1 T. sugar
28 oz. can diced tomatoes
1 1/2 c heavy cream
2 c Basmati rice, uncooked
1 T ground turmeric
4 c. water
fresh cilantro
chili peppers (I used ground red pepper to give it some spice)
frozen peas
Start by seasoning the chicken breasts with Kosher salt. Next sprinkle them on both sides with coriander and cumin. Then coat the chicken with the plain yogurt. Set the chicken on a metal cooling rack over a foil-lined cookie sheet and place it about 10-12 inches below a broiler for 5-7 minutes on each side. It should have slightly blackened edges. Remove from oven.
To a rice cooker add 2 cups Basmati rice, 4 Tb butter, 1 tsp salt, 1 Tb ground turmeric and 4 c water. Cover, turn on your rice cooker and walk away.
Next dice the onion and saute with 2 Tb butter over med-high heat until slightly browned. As the onions cook, mince your garlic and ginger. Add to onions with 1 Tb salt.
At this point add 3 Tb Garam Masala spice. If you like it hot, add a chili pepper or two. (I just used some ground red pepper) Add the tomatoes and continue cooking and stirring, scraping the bottom of the pan to deglaze it. Add about 1 Tb sugar and allow this mixture to simmer on medium for 5 minutes.
After the Tikka Masala sauce has had a chance to simmer for a bit, add in the 1 1/2 c heavy cream. Now chop up your chicken breasts into chunks and add them into the sauce.
A handful of chopped cilantro is a nice addition if you like cilantro. You can also throw some frozen peas into the cooked rice, give them a stir and allow the heat of the rice to cook the peas. (We aren't fans of peas around here but I did put in the cilantro and the added green made the dish prettier...and tastier of course)
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Spinach and Feta Rice
I found a great deal on Feta cheese last week so I bought it and then began a search for a new recipe to use it. About.com pulled through for me again and I found this one. I ended up making it for lunch and it was SO good! It completely hit the spot and was easy and healthy as well. I definitely will be making this again soon!!!
•3 Tablespoons olive oil
•1 large onion, chopped finely
•2 large garlic cloves, minced
•1-1/4 cups uncooked long-grain rice
•2 cups chicken broth
•1/4 cup dry white wine
•1-1/2 (10-ounce) packages fresh baby spinach leaves (remove any large stems), very coarsely chopped
•2 medium tomatoes, seeded and chopped
•1 cup crumbled feta cheese (or bleu cheese)
•Salt and fresh-ground black pepper, to taste
In a large heavy saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and cook, stirring, about 5 minutes or until soft. Add the rice and stir about 2 minutes or until the rice is translucent.
Carefully add the chicken broth and wine. Stir to mix well and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook about 15 minutes or until the rice is almost tender.
Stir in the spinach, cover and cook another 8 minutes, or until all the liquid has been absorbed. Mix in the tomatoes and Feta cheese and season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
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Labels: feta, gluten-free, meatless, rice, spinach
Triple Layer Rice Krispie Treats
I have been meaning to try out this recipe from The Sister's Cafe for awhile and now that I have a huge supply of Rice Krispies (thanks to Kroger's sale!) I couldn't wait! I found my chocolate layer a little hard to spread so I added some extra marshmallows to the plain layer and next time will do that for the chocolate layer as well. We topped ours with chocolate and they were delicious (and messy)!
Peanut butter layer:
1.5 Tb butter
20 large marshmallows
1/3 c peanut butter
3 c rice krispies cereal
Melt butter in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Stir in peanut butter and remove from heat. Add rice krispies and stir until well coated. With buttered fingers, press into buttered 9x13 pan.
Chocolate layer:
1.5 Tb butter
20 large marshmallows
1/2 c milk chocolate chips
3 c rice krispies cereal
Follow instructions under pb layer - substituting peanut butter with chocolate chips! Press chocolate layer evenly on top of pb layer.
Original layer:
1.5 Tb butter
20 large marshmallows
3 c rice krispies cereal
Follow same instructions, skipping adding anything at end. Press original layer on top of chocolate layer.
Top with melted chocolate chips if desired!
Ella and Addie loved helping count the marshmallows out and then melting them!
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Maria's Italian Meatballs
I found this recipe on about.com when I did a search for recipes using ground beef. I ended up using ground turkey instead and they were great. Simple ingredients, easy preparation and lots of flavor. The recipe makes lots of meatballs too so I froze half of mine to save for later.
•1 lb lean ground beef or turkey
•1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs
•1/3 cup water (more or less)
•1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
•1 medium onion
Mix all ingredients together. Don't add all of the water at one time. Mixture should be moist but not so that the meatballs fall apart.
Shape meatballs to desired size and place on a broiler pan (I wet my hands before shaping each meatball and it helps make a nice meatball.) Broil until outside is slightly brown on one side and then turn and broil the other side. When finished, add to spaghetti sauce and simmer at least 20 minutes.
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Southwestern Enchiladas
A big thank you to Kathy from the blog Three on Food for suggesting I give these babies a try! I am in love with them and can't wait to make them the next time we have people over for dinner. They were SOOO delicious and she is right...don't get weirded out by the pecans!
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/4 cup chopped onion (I used extra)
1 Tbs. margarine or butter
1 (3-oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened (I used 4 oz.)
1 Tbs. milk
1/4 tsp. ground cumin (I used 1/2 t.)
2 cups chopped cooked chicken (I used a can of chicken)
6 8-inch flour tortillas (I used 9 corn tortillas)
1 can cream of chicken soup (I used 98%FF)
1 (8-oz.) carton sour cream (I used FF)
1 cup milk (I used 1/2 heavy cream I had left over and 1/2 1% milk)
5 or 6 chopped pickled jalapeno peppers (I was worried about them making the enchiladas too spicy, but I cleaned the seeds out and the spicy-ness was just right!)
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 Tbs. chopped pecans
In a medium skillet cook the 1/4 cup pecans and onion in butter till onion is tender and pecans are lightly toasted. Remove from heat.
In a bowl combine the softened cream cheese, the 1 Tbs. milk, and cumin. Add nut mixture and chicken. Stir together till well combined.
Spoon about 1/3 cup chicken mixtures onto each tortilla near one edge; roll up.
Place filled tortillas, seam side down, in a greased 2-quart square baking dish.
In a bowl combine soup, sour cream, the 1 cup of milk, and the pickled jalapeno peppers. Pour the soup mixture evenly over the tortillas in the baking dish.
Cover with foil; bake in a 350 degree oven about 45 minutes or till heated through.
Remove foil. Sprinkle enchiladas with cheese and the 2 Tbs. pecans. Bake for 4-5 minutes more or till cheese is melted. (I even like to turn on my broiler to get the cheese a little golden).
Makes 6 servings.
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Labels: chicken, enchiladas, gluten-free, mexican/southwest
Rustic Lemon-Onion Chicken
This is the other recipe from The Next Food Network Star, Melissa d'Arabian, that I served with the mini-potato gratins. We LOVED the combination of flavors...definitely something new compared to our usual fare. I also loved that it looked so fancy, but was still easy to make.
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, sliced in half crossways (butterflied, cut all the way through)
1 teaspoon dried thyme, plus 1 small bunch fresh thyme, leaves chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup all-purpose flour (could skip this to make it gluten free)
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup white wine, optional
1 cup chicken broth
3 lemons, juiced
1 to 2 tablespoons butter
Spinach "bed", recipe follows
Season chicken with dried thyme and salt and pepper. Heat a large saute pan over medium heat and add the oil. Dredge the chicken in flour, add to the hot oil and saute until cooked through. Set chicken aside to rest on plate tented with foil.
In same saute pan, over low heat, add onions and fresh thyme and cook until aromatic.
In a measuring cup, measure out wine, if using, and broth, and add the lemon juice. Turn the heat up to high, and deglaze the pan with the broth mixture until starting to reduce.
Remove the pan from the heat and finish the sauce by whisking in butter. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Place a bed of cooked spinach on a serving platter, top with the chicken. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and serve.
Spinach "bed":
1 bag pre-washed fresh spinach
3 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon butter
1 lemon, juiced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Microwave spinach in a microwave-proof dish with a few tablespoons of water on high for 5 to 6 minutes, or until hot. Drain, and toss with butter, lemon juice, and salt and pepper, to taste.
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Individual Potato Gratins
I made extra of these because I just knew I would love them and I did!!! They were SOOO good and SOOO easy to make! Thank you to the new winner of the The Next Food Network Star, Melissa d'Arabian, for the fabulous recipe! (and thanks to Mckell for telling me about it!) I made her Rustic Lemon Onion Chicken to go with them and they were both fabulous!
Vegetable spray
2 large russet potatoes, roughly peeled and thinly sliced
1/2 cup grated Swiss cheese
2 green onions, finely chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3/4 cup heavy cream
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Spray 8 muffin tins with vegetable spray. Layer potato slices, cheese, and onions into each muffin cup. Season with salt and pepper and top each gratin with 1 or 2 tablespoons of heavy cream. Cover with foil and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, removing the foil halfway through cooking time. Invert gratins onto plate and serve.
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Beef and Snow Pea Stir Fry
This recipe is from the blog Favorite Family Recipes. I wasn't sure how good it would be with only the snow peas and no other veggies, but it was great! The meat had a great flavor from the marinade and I loved the crunchiness of the snow peas with it. Mike and Ella really liked this one too and they're not big on stir fry.
1/3 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
1/3 cup chicken broth
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 pound boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1/8 inch strips
1 tsp cornstarch
2 cups fresh snow peas
4 tsp canola oil, divided
-In a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, broth, and garlic. Reserve 1/4 cup of mixture for later.
-Place beef in a resealable plastic bag. Add the larger part of the soy sauce mixture; seal and mix. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
-Place cornstarch in a small bowl. Stir in the reserved 1/4 c. soy sauce mixture until smooth; set aside.
-In a nonstick skillet, stir-fry snow peas in 2 tsp hot oil for 3-4 minutes or until snow peas are crisp-tender and bright green. Remove and keep warm.
-Drain and discard marinade from beef.
-In same skillet, stir-fry beef in remaining oil for 2 minutes. Stir cornstarch mixture; add to skillet.
-Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Combine with snow peas.
-Serve over rice.
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Leftover 'Dillas
We eat quesadillas at least twice a week and throw whatever we have around in them. The girls' favorite is ham and cheese which we eat instead of ham sandwiches. I've been enjoying THE most yummy 'dillas (this is how Ella used to say quesadilla and it stuck) with my book club leftovers though and had to share.
The layers...
Corn tortilla
Spread cream cheese (leftover from our pepper jelly/cream cheese & cracker plate)
Spoon Black Bean Salsa (a leftover too)
Place some thin Avocado slices on top
Cover with 2% Mexi-blend shredded cheese to hold together
Corn tortilla
I just used the last of our black bean salsa and I'm so sad! These were SOOO good!
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Labels: appetizers, gluten-free, mexican/southwest
Greek Potatoes
Another recipe emailed to me from my friend Camille. I'm holding Preston and typing with one hand so this is the exact recipe she sent w/o my commentary. YUM!!!
8 large potatoes, peeled, cut into large wedges (about 6-7 wedges per potato)
4 garlic cloves, minced (more garlic is a good thing, less garlic is a no-no for this recipe)
1/2 cup olive oil
1 cup water
1 tablespoon oregano (get the Mediterranean, it's the best!)
1-1 1/2 lemon, juice of
sea salt
fresh coarse ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 440°F A reviewer has suggested spraying the baking pan with Pam - that sounds like a great idea!
Put all the ingredients into a baking pan large enough to hold them.
Season generously with sea salt and black pepper.
Make sure your hands are very clean and put them in the pan and give everything a toss to distribute.
The garlic will drop into the water/oil solution but its flavour will permeate the potatoes, and this way, it won't burn.
Bake for 40 minutes.
When a nice golden-brown crust has formed on the potatoes, give them a stir to bring the white underside up, season lightly with a bit more sea salt and pepper and just a light sprinkling of oregano.
Add 1/2 cup more water if pan appears to be getting dry, and pop back into oven to brown other side of potatoes.
This will take about another 40 minutes.
Do not be afraid of overcooking the potatoes- they will be delicious.
Note: I often melt a bouillon cube in the water; if you do, make sure to cut back some on the salt.
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Ellington Darden, Ph.D.
The Ultimate Lat Routine
The latissimus dorsi muscles are the largest of the upper body and they need intense work to reach their full potential.
by Ellington Darden, Ph.D.
In the early 1970s, Arthur Jones designed an ultimate-lat routine that consisted of five Nautilus machine exercises, performed back-to-back, with minimum rest in between. These were the machines and the exercises:
Jones always said that this five-exercise routine, properly performed, would produce several times the rate of progress of standard lat exercises. I tried the cycle in various workouts and each time I received a massive pump to my latissimus-dorsi muscles.
The Nautilus Behind-Neck Machine provided one of the most unusual lat exercises ever invented. From a seated position, as shown, the round pads on the sides of the triceps were rotated down to the waist. The exercise was like doing a behind-neck chin, without the bar in the hands. Thus, the lats were targeted directly, with no involvement of the hands and forearms. Most trainees were not skilled enough to keep their upper arms in the correct place – and they felt it in their chest more than their lats. As a result, the Behind-Neck Machine – unlike the Pullover – was never popular.
Since most trainees do not have access to any of these Nautilus machines today, what would I recommend as free-weight substitutes?
Here are my suggestions:
Straight-arm pullover: This is the same style pullover that I recommend doing after squats or leg presses in some routines. Lie crossways on a bench with shoulders on the surface and head and lower body off the bench. Hold a dumbbell at one end with both hands and position it over your chest. Lower the dumbbell slowly beyond your head and stretch your lats. Raise the dumbbell smoothly to the over-chest position and repeat until failure. Quickly turn 90 degrees on the bench and get ready for the bent-arm pullover.
Bent-arm pullover: Whatever you handled on the straight-arm pullover, you'll be able to do 50-100% more resistance on the bent-arm version. Lie faceup on a bench with your head barely off the edge. Anchor your feet securely underneath. Have a spotter hand you a heavy barbell. You hands should be spaced 12 inches apart, with the barbell resting on your chest. Move the barbell over your face and head and lower it smoothly until it almost touches the floor. Keep your arms bent. Stretch in the bottom. Pull the bar over your face to your chest. Repeat the lowering and lifting for maximum repetitions.
Pulldown to chest on lat machine: Stabilize your lower body under the overhead bar. Grasp the bar with an underhand grip with your hands shoulder-width apart. Pull the bar smoothly to your chest. Pause. Return slowly to the stretched position. Repeat until momentary muscular failure. Release the bar and immediately move to the bent-over row.
Bent-over row: Place your feet beside two moderately heavy dumbbells. Bend over grasp the dumbbells in a parallel fashion with your palms facing each other. Keep a slight bend in your knees to reduce the stress on your lower back. Pull both the dumbbells upward, to the sides of your thighs, and pause at your waist. Lower slowly to the bottom and repeat for maximum repetitions. After the last repetition, quickly get to the chinning bar.
Negative-only chinup: You'll need a chair or bench for assistance. The idea is to do the positive work with your legs and negative with your upper body. Since your biceps and lats will be well fatigued by now, it will take a focused effort on your part to do even 3 or 4 negative chins . . . and initially you won't require any added resistance.
Place the chair or bench directly under a chinning bar. Climb into the top position with your chin over the bar. Hold onto the bar with an underhand grip and space your hands shoulder-width apart. Remove your feet and lower your body very slowly to a dead hang in 8 to 10 seconds. Climb back to the top position and repeat for as many repetitions as possible. Stop when you can no longer control the downward movement, which is usually a lowering time less than 2 to 3 seconds.
After a couple of workouts, and with the proper arrangement of your available equipment, you should be able to move from one exercise to the next within 3 seconds or less – which is the goal. The five-exercise cycle – each exercise performed for one set of 8 to 12 repetitions – should take no longer than 7 minutes.
Once you get the hang of the routine, do it intensely and progressively for no more than twice a week, for two consecutive weeks.
Is this free-weight version as good as Jones's original Nautilus routine?
No free-weight exercise will ever take the place of the Behind-Neck and the Pullover machines. The Behind-Neck and the Pullover, especially the Pullover, supplied direct, rotary resistance to the upper arms – a characteristic that cannot be duplicated with free weights.
This lat routine, however, is as good as it gets with free weights. You'll still be able to see significant muscular improvement in two weeks.
Apply it seriously, widen your lats – and let me know your thoughts?
Ellington Darden
Ontario, CAN
Florida, USA


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Gavin Starks
Founding CEO, Open Data Institute
With a unique background in business, technology, science and media, Gavin has broad and deep knowledge of how data can change the world.
He began developing internet-based research tools in 1993, and joined Branson's award-winning Virgin Net (now Virgin Media) in 1995 as its fifth team member.
In 2006 he created AMEE, raising over $10m from world-class venture investors including O'Reilly, USV, and Amadeus (organising the world's environmental data, standards, and calculations into a simple web-service). In 2011 he joined the UK Government's "Energy Sector Board" as part of their Midata open-data initiative.
Having helped to kick-start the streaming media industry in Europe in the late 90's, Gavin created award-winning media-technology service, Tornado, selling it to a larger media group in 2003. He then helped create the digital media supply-chain, as founding CEO of world-leading digital distributor, CI. CI was the first company to deliver digital products to iTunes, and delivered Amazon US ~25% of its download store at launch.
At the UK's Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory he worked on systems designed to map and interpret the universe. He created courses and lectured in Engineering and Music at Glasgow University, and has degrees in Astronomy (B.Sc.), and Electronic Music (M.Mus.). He co-created a co-operative harbour on the Thames where he now lives, as a musician has released his own album, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.


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SCORE to hold financing workshop: Business briefs
SCORE to hold financing workshop in Norwalk
"Financing Small Businesses," a free SCORE and People's Bank workshop, will be held Feb. 12 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Norwalk City Hall 125 East Ave. Check-in will be 5:30 p.m. Presenter Peter Carnes, a SCORE counselor with debt and equity corporate finance experience, works with clients regarding financing plans, involving strategic planning, acquisition and diversification activities. The event will feature a discussion with Carolyn Welch, vice president of Connecticut Community Investment Corp. and Michael Keady, vice president of People's United Bank. For information and to register, visit www.scorenorwalk.org or call 203-831-0065.
Brokerage signs lease at First Stamford Place
John F. Dillon and Co., an international freight brokerage and logistics company, has signed a direct lease for its headquarters at Malkin Properties' First Stamford Place. JFD, a subtenant at 300 First Stamford Place since 2009, converted to direct tenancy through 2018 for its 4,155-square-foot space on the second floor of the building. Jeffrey Newman, executive vice president of Malkin Properties, represented the landlord in this transaction, along with senior leasing associate Kim Zaccagnino and leasing associate Tara Long. The tenant was represented by Mike Nelson of CBRE.
Greenwich hairdresser travels to Australia event
Becker Chicaiza, of Becker Salon, in Greenwich was part of an international group of hairdressers to attend L'Oreal Professionnel's World Tour in Australia last fall. The week-long trip included special workshops at the new L'Oreal Academy in Melbourne and additional training in Victoria. Named one of the five top salons in Greenwich by Beauty & Style Magazine, Becker Salon participates in Fashion Week in New York City, Fashion's Night Out in Greenwich and fashion events at Saks in Greenwich.


text: rezzy_S13 17 Posted February 5, 2013 (edited) I cant express how pumped i am to see this Dave covering some of Rick Springfield's songs wow, all those that appreciate Grohl's contribution to music will see this and hopefully not beat me to a ticket to attend. Sound City Players is the band Dave Grohl is currently playing with at the moment (Getty Images) Dave Grohl is bringing his Sound City Players to perform in Sydney. "We're learning all of [Rick Springfield's] songs because we're doing gigs where we're going out with all the people from the Sound City movie and doing shows," Dave Grohl told Nerdist. "We're doing an LA show, we're doing a New York show, we're doing a London show, we're doing a Berlin show, we're doing a Sydney show, we want to do South By Southwest with all these musicians." Earlier On Music In some breaking "tour plans" news, Dave Grohl has revealed he wants to take his Sound City Players supergroup out on the road. "We plan to do shows all over the world," Dave Grohl told Billboard magazine. Given Dave's love affair with Australia - he always supports this country on any release - it's not too far-fetched to think Australia would be in their schedule. Let's hope so because Dave has big plans for the show including an interactive element. "When I came up with the idea of taking all these performers to the live stage a few months ago, my idea [was] to have video presentations between each performance. We'll have that at the next shows." Dave Grohl debuted his supergroup at the Sound City premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah on January 18. The group backed by the Foo Fighters include Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Slipknot's Corey Taylor, Brad Wilk (RATM), Alain Johannes (QOTSA), Rick Springfield, John Fogerty, Stevie Nicks, Chris Goss and punk legend Lee Ving. Meanwhile the DVD and soundtrack to Dave Grohl's directorial debut, Sound City is out March 8. The album is available for pre-order on iTunes. Dave had the idea of doing a film about the famous recording studio after buying a custom-built Neve 8028 recording console from Sound City Studios last year. "The board, built in 1972, is considered by many to be the crown jewel of analog recording equipment, having recorded such artists as Neil Young, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Guns and Roses, Metallica, NIN, RATM and countless other musical legends over the past 40 years," says the official press release. Sound City Tracklisting 1. Heaven And All – Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl, Peter Hayes 2. Time Slowing Down – Chris Goss, Tim Commerford, Dave Grohl, Brad Wilk 3. You Can't Fix This – Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee 4. The Man That Never Was – Rick Springfield, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear 5. Your Wife Is Calling – Lee Ving, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Alain Johannes, Pat Smear 6. From Can To Can't – Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen, Scott Reeder 7. Centipede – Joshua Homme, Chris Goss, Dave Grohl, , Alain Johannes 8. A Trick With No Sleeve – Alain Johannes, Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme 9. Cut Me Some Slack – Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear 10. Once Upon A Time… The End – Dave Grohl, Jessy Greene, Rami Jaffee, Jim Keltner 11. Mantra - Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme, Trent Reznor Im a massive Foo Fan/Grohl Fan and just want to check im not the only person here pumped for this!! What are your thoughts on this event? Edited February 5, 2013 by rezzy_S13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Head coach Brant Tolsma announced the signing of 15 student-athletes to the 2013-14 Liberty men's and women's track & field squads.
As Liberty's 2013 outdoor track & field season winds down, head coach Brant Tolsma announced on Monday that 15 student-athletes have signed to attend Liberty University for the 2013-14 academic year. The signees, which include eight future Lady Flames and seven future Flames, hail from 13 different states. They will join a Liberty squad which recently swept the 2013 Big South men's and women's outdoor track & field team titles. "Once again we are excited about the athletes who have committed to join our incoming class," Tolsma stated. "I believe they all chose Liberty because of our unique mission and their desire to grow in faith as well as academically and athletically. "On the men's side, we are trying to replace a senior class that scored 112 points at the Big South Outdoor Championship, and we think these athletes will help us do that. They will be arriving at Liberty in a very exciting time of progress. I believe their Liberty experience will be unmatched by any previous class. It is a great time to be a Liberty Flame and we welcome them to our family!" Profiles of the new signees follow, listed in alphabetical order by gender.
Women's Signees Katie Bouton (Flower Mound, Texas) – Bouton has been a part of some successful team efforts at Lewisville Flower Mound High School. In 2011, she helped the Lady Jaguars finish third at the 2011 Texas UIL Class 5A State Cross Country Championship and become the first girls team in school history to medal at the state meet. This season, Bouton, who has clocked 2:20.20 for 800 meters, was part of Flower Mound's third-place distance medley relay team at the Texas Relays.
Kelsee Derr (Turlock, Calif.) – Derr, of Pitman High School, recently captured her fourth consecutive Central California Conference title in the 100 hurdles and ran a leg on Pitman's 4 x 400 relay school-record effort of 4:01.36. An all-around performer, Derr owns personal-best marks of 15.44 in the 100 hurdles, 45.40 in the 300 hurdles and 16-9 in the long jump. She placed ninth in the pentathlon at the 2009 USA Youth Outdoor Championships. Read an article about Derr signing with Liberty
Shaneil Fairclough (Bronx, N.Y.) – Fairclough has clocked times of 12.07 seconds for 100 meters and 25.49 seconds for 200 meters while attending Taft High School in the Bronx. As a sophomore, she placed fifth in the 100 final at the PSAL City Championship and helped her team capture the state 4 x 100 relay championship in a time of 46.97.
Oasis Hernandez (Emporia, Kan.) – Hernandez is a three-time Kansas 5A state champion for Emporia High School. She won her first state title in the 200-meter dash as a sophomore, before a most impressive performance at the 2012 state meet. Hernandez was victorious in both the 200 and triple jump, while placing as the state runner-up in the 100 and long jump. Her personal-best marks include 11.97 for the 100, 25.00 for the 200, 18-8.75 in the long jump and 39-3.25 in the triple jump. Read an article about Hernandez signing with Liberty
Jessica Proehl (Kingston, Ohio) – Proehl has been a regular Ohio Division II state contender in the distance events during her four years at Zane Trace High School. She placed eighth at the 2012 Ohio Division II state cross country meet after finishing 15th as a junior in 2011. Proehl's performance at the 2011 state cross country championship helped Zane Trace place second as a team. Proehl, who has clocked times of 5:16.06 for 1,600 meters, 11:21.84 for 3,200 meters and 18:17.21 in a cross country 5K, came in eighth in the 3,200 at the 2012 Ohio Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
Hannah Scherlacher (Sparta, N.J.) – Scherlacher, of Jefferson Township High School, recently placed second in the 1,600 and third in the 800 at the 2013 NJAC Championships – Small Schools. She has posted times of 2:21.31 in the 800 and 5:15 in the 1,600, while recording indoor school-record efforts in the 600 (1:45.16) and 1,600 (5:25.19).
Brooke Shelton (Winston-Salem, N.C.) – Competing for Ledford High School, Shelton won the 2013 North Carolina 3A state pole vault title after finishing second in 2012. Her career-best clearance of 12-0.5 came inside the Tolsma Indoor Track Center, where Shelton defeated a field of collegiate pole vaulters to win the event. Read an article about Shelton's state pole vault title
Mary Witmer (Ephrata, Pa.) – Witmer recently helped Ephrata High School win its first-ever Lancaster-Lebanon League championship by finishing first in the 100 hurdles (14.68), 300 hurdles (42.32) and triple jump (37-1) while splitting 56 seconds for the victorious 4 x 400 relay quartet. She then broke the Pennsylvania District 3 Class AAA 300 hurdles record with a personal-best time of 42.11 seconds on Saturday. Last season, Witmer was the Pennsylvania AAA state runner-up in the 300 hurdles and broke the Lancaster-Lebanon League meet record with a 37-11.5 triple jump. Read a feature article on Witmer's track & field success
Men's Signees Ryan Davis (Pompano Beach, Fla.) – Davis, of Highlands Christian Academy, captured back-to-back Florida 1A state titles in the 300 hurdles as a junior and senior. His winning time in 2012 was a personal-best 37.54 seconds and made Davis the first individual state champion in school history. Davis, who has clocked 14.44 for the 110 hurdles, finished third in the event at the 2012 state meet and fourth this season. He placed second in the 400 hurdles at the 2012 Golden South Classic, racing to a time of 53.75 seconds. Watch a video of Davis' 2013 state championship race in the 300 hurdles
Zach Davis (Sparta, N.J.) – One of two Sparta, N.J., natives among this year's signing class (also Hannah Scherlacher), Davis attends Sparta High School. He quickly excelled at the high jump during his first year of track & field competition, clearing 6-8.75 to place fifth at the 2012 New Balance Outdoor Nationals. This year, Davis has boosted his personal best to 6-10.25, breaking the 27-year-old Sussex County record. He was the first Sparta athlete ever to win an indoor New Jersey Meet of Champions title and placed fourth in the Penn Relays high jump competition. A versatile athlete, Davis has also long jumped 21-3.5, triple jumped 44-3 and thrown the javelin 169-10. Read a question-and-answer interview with Davis
Stephen Hayes (Atlanta, Ga.) – Hayes has posted times of 11.12 in the 100 and 22.51 in the 200 while attending Mountain View High School. He placed fourth in both events at the 2013 Georgia Region 7-AAAAAA meet.
Blake Kohring (Pemberville, Ohio) – Kohring is a standout hurdler at Eastwood High School who placed fourth in the 60 hurdles at the 2012 Ohio indoor state meet and finished seventh this season. Kohring, who also plays football for the Eagles, owns personal-best times of 8.27 in the 60 hurdles, 14.83 in the 110 hurdles and 40.64 in the 300 hurdles. Watch a video highlighting Kohring as the Sentinel-Tribute Athlete of the Week
Stephen Racanelli (Forest, Va.) – Racanelli of Brookville High School already has good memories of the Tolsma Indoor Track Center. It was the site of his Virginia Group AA state titles in the 55-meter dash and 4 x 200 relay in February, as well as his third-place finish in the 300-meter dash. Racanelli's winning time in the 55, 6.50, established a new school record. Also a wide receiver on Brookville's state championship football team this past fall, Racanelli won three events at the recent Seminole District Championship, including the 100 (10.85), 200 (21.74) and 4 x 100 relay (42.85). Read the Lynchburg News & Advance article about Racanelli signing with Liberty
Colin Schultz (Las Vegas, Nev.) – A Liberty High School senior, Schultz ran a personal-best, meet-record and state-leading 800-meter time of 1:52.77 to win at the 2013 Arcadia Invitational. This past weekend, he captured the Nevada Division I state title at 800 meters, after placing fifth a year ago. Schultz, who has also pole vaulted 13-0 this season, competes in cross country and wrestling as well. Watch a video of Schultz's 800-meter victory at the Arcadia Invitational
Trevor Van Asselt (South Lyon, Mich.) – Van Asselt has rewritten the school record book at South Lyon High School this season. His shot put mark of 51-0.25 eclipsed a record which had stood for 44 years, while his 167-1 discus toss shattered a 32-year-old mark. As a junior, Van Asselt placed eighth in the discus at the Michigan Lower Peninsula Division I meet.
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Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold (LP, CD)
Long Beach's Avi Buffalo comes back after four years with a great new album, At Best Cuckold. Opening track "So What" reveals gleaming guitars and casually brattiness that shows Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg and his band cleaning up some of the psych clutter from their still excellent debut in favor of a streamlined sound, but they're still weirdos at heart. Serpentine lullaby "Memories of You" softly jangles with country-rock guitars, proggy touches and funny lyrics like "bitch I'm on fire…I'm a cheeseball on fire." It speaks to the band's ability to reference classic bands while putting out their own vibe. It's hard to pull off a "Here Comes a Regular"-style vulnerable acoustic-guitar song like "Two Cherished Understand," and Avi Buffalo does it by keeping it short, sweet and ultimately unique. Part of that uniqueness comes from Zahner-Isenberg's way with a non sequitur—"I ran over two dogs, then I ate them after," he admits amid a fizzy Western backdrop on "Think It's Gonna Happen Again." And he gives the best breakup line of the year on "Oxygen Tank," singing, "A man carrying an oxygen tank is gonna come kill me and my family too if I don't stop seeing you." The Flaming Lips comparison still haunts them a bit, yet these songs still have personality for days, so who cares, ultimately. "These birds seem so fucking free/they're nothing compared to me" Zahner-Isenberg sings faux-sweetly on "Overwhelmed With Pride," and it's tough not to believe him. Avi Buffalo will be at Amoeba SF Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. and Amoeba Hollywood Sept. 17 at 6 p.m.


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Welcome to the calm before the Grimm storm.
When the fantasy procedural wraps up its third season on Friday (9/8c, NBC), the fun begins when Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) start the final countdown to their big day. The last thing to check off the list is the celebratory rehearsal dinner. What could possibly go wrong there?
Add new fall shows to your Watchlist now!
Check out this exclusive sneak peek of MonRosalee's friends and family giving their pre-wedding toasts:
That wasn't too bad, was it? But was that really Juliette (Bitsie Tulloch) who gave the speech? Last we saw, that meddling Hexenbiest Adalind (Claire Coffee) had created a potion to impersonate the veterinarian. Need a reminder? Watch the latest episode here.
Grimm airs Friday at 9/8c on NBC.


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Toasters not taxing
Thanks for running the article on The Toaster Museum (http://www.readthehook.com/92433/news-toaster-museum-kitchen-nostalgia-p...)– we appreciate the continued interest in the status of our project.
One important clarification: the article stated that we intend to set up a non-profit organization when, in fact, we have been a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation (this means donations are tax-deductible) for some time.
The next few months are going to be key in determining whether the Toaster Museum can actually be re-opened here– any of your readers who are interested in helping us attain this goal can visit us online at toaster.org.
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Not wrongly, Von Worley frames the Empire of the Gilded Parabola as evil and (more wrongly) the other fast food outlets as a scrappy alliance of insurgents. Says he:
In this and the following graphic, each individual restaurant location has equal power. The entity that controls each point casts the most aggregate burger force upon it, as calculated by the inverse-square law – kind of like a chart outlining the gravitational wells of galactic star clusters, but in an alternate, fast food universe.I.e., black space is McDonalds land. The only other contiguous territory of any real scale belongs to Sonic, across much of Texas and subsidiary areas. But Jack in the Box shows some strength in the Southwest, Burger King's got a far-flung string of outposts from the Southeast to the Northwest, and even Hardee's puts up a fight in the Carolinas. Dairy Queen, which I had always thought of as sort of the village pub of small Texas towns, actually looks to be even stronger in precisely the areas of the Upper Midwest which are most prone to actual blizzards.
By far, the largest pocket of resistance is Sonic Drive-In's south-central stronghold: more than 900 restaurants packed into the state of Texas alone. Sheer density is the key to victory!
The rebels already have the numbers – over 24,000 locations in total – but they've divided and conquered themselves by strict adherence to the peacetime principles of brand identity and corporate structure. This is war, and for the sake of self-preservation, all must be sacrificed! Kings and Queens: get used to hanging with the common folk. Tone down the sarcasm, Jack. And everyone, please, stop yanking Wendy's pigtails! Y'all need to work in harmony to succeed with the winning strategy: an Alliance!
Go to Von Worley's post to see another map that shows that as a combined force, the upstarts swamp the McHegemon.
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Hardcore weightlifters willing to take the sport to the extreme may find themselves on a cycle that stacks Halotestin and Testosterone.
Drugs such as Halotestin and Testosterone are neither for beginners nor the faint of heart because they can have powerful effects and consequences.
Steroid cycles and stacking has become part of the modern era of weight-trained athletes.
Following a first-time use, athletes discover that taking two or more anabolic or androgenic drugs seems to have a greater impact than the same dosage of a standalone product.
The sum can be greater than the parts.
In terms of athletic gains, stacking drugs can help make bodybuilders bigger, stronger and develop increased greater muscular endurance.
The flip side to running a Halotestin and Testosterone stack is that the sum can be greater than the partswhen it comes to the dangerous side effects.
That's led many veteran strength and physique athletes to adopt steroid alternatives that jack up the body's natural ability to get bigger and stronger.
But those who are determined to cycle Halotestin and Testosterone, these are some of the pros and cons. By understanding how the two drugs work, interact and the inherent dangers, you can make an informed decision.Kupiti pravni steroidi online ovdje.
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Halotestin generally comes in 5mg tablets and Test is an injectable that runs 200-250mg per ML.
The oral-injectable stack is common and this one is more oriented toward strength gains. That makes it a darling with powerlifters preparing for competition.
A 4-week competition cycle may start off with a 2 ML shot of Test weekly and 10mg of Halotestin daily.
If you look online, you may find bodybuilder recommendations for 10-12 week cycles on Halotestin. But Halotestin is so liver toxic that we don't recommend it.
You might use Test beyond the 4 tjedna, but the stress to the liver that Halotestin can cause means 4 weeks should be your maximum on that drug.
Competitive cycles tend to ramp up into high dosages quickly, and are the riskier ones.
This stack could increase at the 2 week mark leading right up to the show. A powerlifter might add 1ML to the run and 1 tablet daily as well.
We don't recommend taking more than 40 mg of Halotestin daily. zapravo, the safest place to be with Halotestin is in the 10-20 mg raspon.
Post steroid therapy will be needed as the body will likely shut down its own production completely.
Many will incorporate other drugs such as Deca or Dianabol depending on experience and goals. A Halotestin and Testosterone stack alone tends to be relatively low in water retention by comparison, which helps lifters make their weight class.
While this stack may provide a competitive edge, the old saying about the bill coming due holds true.
This anabolic/androgenic steroid has been around since the 1950s and has enjoyed modest popularity among bodybuilders even though its rating seems to favor lean tissue building.
Halotestin (Fluoxymesterone) je anabolički rating od 1,900 and a lower androgenic rating of 850.
That should indicate that it's the type of steroid that could be used in a cutting regimen. That hasn't been the most prominent use of Halotestin.
Like Anadrol that rates high on the anabolic side but actuals delivers massive androgenic effects, Halotestin favors strength gains.
Ovaj lijek, kao Anadrol, causes the body to ramp up its red blood cell count and that helps carry oxygen and nutrients into the muscles. The delivery system is a key factor in making muscle gains.
Despite the drug's scientific indicators, it does not reinforce the lean tissue growth one might expect. Kao Anadrol, Halotestin is a raw power drug.
The feeling of strength it creates can be turned into real gains on every movement in the gym.
Users see their bench press poundages go up. Valja, deadlifts…add another plate. From a purely goal-oriented perspective that all sounds fantastic, pravo?
While it may be true that hardcore lifters can channel that sense of Hulk-like strength into the gym, it can also spill over into everyday life in dangerous ways.
Opet, that's another reason why many old school lifters switch to healthy steroid alternative products that don't have a huge downside.
Testosterone is widely considered a base steroid that others are stacked on top of.
The injectable often finds itself mixed into syringes with anything from Deca Durabolin to Parabolin brands. In terms of steroid stacks, think of Test as the foundation that bodybuilder put down.
There are several different types of Test but the primary ones are Cypionate and Enanthate.
These baseline drugs are considered middle of the road in terms of strength and tissue building. Neither has an extreme anabolic or androgenic rating and that makes them suitable to use in a cycle geared in either direction.
The practical difference between Cypionate and Enanthate is that veteran steroid users find that Cypionate has longer potency in the system.
Considering that a drug cycle usually includes a shot once or twice each week, that idea may be more myth than reality.
Both types of Test work by increasing the level of hormones in the body.
By injecting synthetic hormones that overwhelm normal levels, the recovery and nutrient delivery process is heightened.
Steroids only work if a strong effort is put into exercise and a nutritional diet is followed.
They aren't magic beans, just enhancers. Test users that put in the work often report gains of 10-20 pounds of mass and increased strength levels across the board.
Consider that Test is a common illegal steroid and sale and possession can land you in cuffs. Ali, determined gym junkies may be willing to take that risk.
Consider that no doctor is going to write you a prescription.
That means the drugs purchased from a gym dealer may have been concocted in makeshift lab or someone's basement and could be contaminated.
Now consider the side effects.
Testosterone comes with the commonly understood side effects that include water retention, akne, glavobolje, distorted cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and gynecomastia (Sise).
Now throw Halotestin into the mix.
Halotestin has a gym nickname, "Vijenac svjetla," and it is anything but saintly.
Kao Anadrol, Halo is considered one of the most dangerous drugs for roid rage.
Ask a seasoned powerlifter and they'll tell you that roid rage is not a media myth. Halo and Anadrol are useful in the gym because that extreme aggression can be directed at the weights. Pain equals anger when taking Halo and the rage can grow exponentially.
The problem with drugs like Halo and Anadrol is that users cannot turn the rage off after leaving the gym.
Many find themselves in an almost altered state doing things that are far out of character. The health and aggression issues are some of the reasons that many people have switched to steroid alternatives.
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The essential kitchen tool, with clever features, stylish design, great functionality, and the latest technology
Extra Wide Chute & Small BowlThe wide chute eliminates the need to cut most ingredients. The small bowl is perfect for processing small quantities.
Auto PulseThe Auto Pulse provides the automatic function of short bursts of processing.
Storage DrawerThe on-board drawer conveniently allows you to store all attachments away when the appliance is not in use.
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