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Sheriff: Calif. teen planned attack on classmates
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TAFT, Calif. – A 16-year-old student armed with a shotgun walked into a rural California high school on Thursday, shot one student and fired at others and missed before a teacher and another staff member talked him into surrendering, officials said.
The teen victim was in critical but stable condition, and the suspect, whose pockets were stuffed with ammunition, was still being interrogated, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said at a news conference Thursday evening.
The suspect used a shotgun that belonged to his brother and went to bed Wednesday night with a plan to shoot two fellow students, Youngblood said.
Surveillance video shows the alleged shooter trying to conceal the gun as he nervously entered Taft Union High School through a side entrance after school had started Thursday morning.
When the shots were fired, teacher Ryan Heber tried to get the more than two dozen students out a back door and engaged the shooter in conversation to distract him, Youngblood said. Campus supervisor Kim Lee Fields responded to a call of shots fired and also began talking to the teen.
"They talked him into putting that shotgun down. He in fact told the teacher, 'I don't want to shoot you,' and named the person that he wanted to shoot," Youngblood said.
"The heroics of these two people goes without saying. … They could have just as easily … tried to get out of the classroom and left students, and they didn't," the sheriff said. "They knew not to let him leave the classroom with that shotgun."
The shooter didn't show up for first period, then interrupted the class of 28 students.
Youngblood said the suspect alleges the two students he targeted had bullied him for more than a year, but the sheriff couldn't confirm the allegations.
"Certainly he believed that the two people he targeted had bullied him, in his mind. Whether that occurred or not we don't know yet," Youngblood said.
Youngblood did not release the student's disciplinary record, saying he didn't have it.
The shotgun is believed to belong to the boy's brother and was in the boy's home, Youngblood said.
The Sheriff's Department did not release the boy's name because he was a juvenile and had yet to be charged. But many students and community members said they knew the boy and said he was often teased, including Alex Patterson, 18, who went to Taft with the suspect before graduating last year.
"He comes off as the kind of kid who would do something like this," Patterson said. "He talked about it a lot, but nobody thought he would."
Trish Montes, who lived next door to the suspect, said he was "a short guy" and "small" who was teased about his stature by many, including the victim.
"Maybe people will learn not to bully people," Montes said. "I hate to be crappy about it, but that kid was bullying him."
Montes said her son had worked at the school and tutored the boy last year, sometimes walking with him between classes because he felt sorry for him.
"All I ever heard about him was good things from my son," Montes said. "He wasn't Mr. Popularity, but he was a smart kid. It's a shame. My kid said he was like a genius. It's a shame because he could have made something of himself."
The wounded student was flown to a hospital in Bakersfield and was listed in stable but critical condition Thursday evening. Officials said a female student was hospitalized with possible hearing damage because the shotgun was fired close to her ear, and another girl suffered minor injuries during the scramble to flee when she fell over a table.
Officials said there's usually an armed officer on campus, but the person wasn't there because he was snowed in. Taft police officers arrived within 60 seconds of first reports.
Bakersfield television station KERO reported receiving phone calls from people inside the school who hid in closets. About 900 students are enrolled at the high school, which includes ninth through 12th grades.
Wilhelmina Reum, whose daughter Alexis Singleton is a fourth-grader at a nearby elementary school, got word of the attack while she was about 35 miles away in Bakersfield and immediately sped back to Taft.
"I just kept thinking this can't be happening in my little town," she told The Associated Press.
"I was afraid I was going to get hurt," Alexis said. "I just wanted my mom to get here so I could go home."
Taft is a community of fewer than 10,000 people amid oil and natural gas production fields about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
The attack there came less than a month after a gunman massacred 20 children and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., then killed himself.
That shooting prompted President Barack Obama to promise new efforts to curb gun violence. Vice President Joe Biden, who was placed in charge of the initiative, said he would deliver new policy proposals to the president by next week.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a statement that her father had attended Taft Union and she has visited the school over the years.
"At this moment my thoughts and prayers are with the victims, and I wish them a speedy recovery," Feinstein said. "But how many more shootings must there be in America before we come to the realization that guns and grievances do not belong together?"
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Yet another Ian Bell century, and yet another Shane Watson injury, have soured Australia's drive towards victory at Durham, leaving the the fourth Test hanging in the balance.
Bell's unbeaten 105, his third hundred of this Ashes series, left England 5-234 in their second innings at stumps on Sunday, a lead of 202 that in itself will not be straightforward for Australia to chase, let alone if a great deal more is added on Monday.
The tourists, with a first-innings lead of 32, had been well on top when Ryan Harris ripped through the England top order, leaving them 3-49, with a dynamite spell either side of lunch.
However, Bell once again made up for the shortcomings of his teammates above him, partnering in a century stand with Kevin Pietersen (44) that frustrated Michael Clarke's side and had him coasting to three figures again with little to no trouble.
The 31-year-old with the textbook technique is the ultimate Ashes late bloomer. It took him 31 Test innings against Australia before he finally landed a Test century, in Sydney at the tail end of the last series in 2010/11.
Now, with a trio of tons over the past month, he has notched up four hundreds in his past five Ashes contests. More worryingly, England have never lost a Test when Bell has made a hundred.
The latest one wrested the advantage from Australia, whose fortunes took a further nosedive when Watson left the field midway through his seventh of the day with hip and groin pain. He did not return and the status of his injury was unclear, but Australia were hopeful he would be able to bat if required on Monday.
"It's obviously not a good sign when anyone gets injured but I don't know it's as bad as first thought," Harris said.
"When I left the rooms they were talking about him batting but they'll assess it tonight and see how he pulls up in the morning.
"You never want anyone limping off, especially someone like Shane Watson, who is a pretty big player in your team. He's obviously a little bit disappointed."
While Australia bemoaned the rain that drowned their ambitions of victory at Old Trafford a week before, had the weather not intervened in Manchester the outstanding Harris (3-74) almost certainly would not have featured at Durham.
A body that he throws at full throttle into his action, leaving nothing in reserve, has not been kind to him. Knees, ankles, shoulders, hips; you name the injury, he has probably had it. Only once before in an international career truncated regularly by injury has he strung together three consecutive Tests. And on that occasion, at the MCG against England in 2010, he broke down.
The mere seven overs he bowled on the final day of the third Test due to the washout meant, however, that Australia felt comfortable rolling the dice with him here for a third straight match.
That paid off handsomely on Sunday when, steaming in from the Lumley end, Harris finished off England's top three in quick time.
His ball to displace the off stump of Joe Root (2) was as good a delivery as has been sent down this series, the rival of James Anderson's beauty to Clarke at Trent Bridge, leaving the young England opener helpless as it zipped off the wicket.
When Alastair Cook (22) and Jonathan Trott (23) followed, the latter via a top-class grab over his head by Brad Haddin, Harris had England on their knees.
Bell and Pietersen, however, steadied the ship. Pietersen, who after getting stuck into Lyon at Manchester deadpanned that he liked to go after any spinner he faces, played the Australian orthodox with significantly more respect as Clarke planted three men on the on-side rope.
The restraint satisfied Pietersen for a time, but after tea he got itchy feet. He could have been stumped on 39 when his attempted skip and flick off Lyon went haywire. Five runs later he fell to the spinner for the second time in the match when a leading edge spooned up sufficiently for a lunging Chris Rogers to grab it at extra cover.
Bell went on with the job in combination with Jonny Bairstow (28) until Lyon deceived the young Yorkshireman. While there was a wobble on 97 - Bell's tentative cut off Bird edged over Clarke at slip - there was no stopping the series' most prolific batsman, even when he was knocked off his feet by some Harris chin music.
Australia, who will have their medical team assess Watson's fitness on Monday morning, could well rue the lack of runs they managed to compile earlier on Sunday.
Resuming at 5-222 they were rolled for 270, with Graeme Swann removing Rogers (110) and Brad Haddin (13) promptly, and only Harris's handy 28 ensuring some kind of first-innings lead.
Harris, though, believes Australia are capable of chasing whatever they are set to win.
"[The pitch] is not breaking up as much as we probably thought. It hasn't had as much sun as it could have had," he said. "The new ball is the key. If you get through that it comes on really nice. It's gotten quicker than what it was on the first day as well. If we just bat well we will chase whatever the target is."
The end of Harris' and Australia's innings was comical. Surprised to be given not out by umpire Tony Hill when thumped on the pad by Stuart Broad (5-71), the moment Harris saw the replay on the ground's big screen he began walking off, knowing the ball would be shown on review to be striking halfway up middle stump. The England team followed and Hill, enduring a forgettable series, was left to raise his finger to a vacant pitch when another of his decisions was overturned.
"The English guys asked me if I had hit it and I said 'No, I didn't and I can't believe he didn't give me out'," Harris said. "It was breaking middle."
Chris Barrett is Chief Sports Reporter of The Sydney Morning Herald.

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I was reading this post over at No Trick Zone about a new study that indicates that half of recent Arctic warming is directly attributable to soot. In reading I came upon a paragraph which strangly reminded me of something a biology teacher told our class way back in Junior High (now called Middle School for some reason). The paragraph which took me down memory lane was this:
And another important factor in warming from 1980 – 1998 (there has been no warming since 1998) are the oceanic oscillations, which were in their warm phase from 1980 – 1998. That doesn't leave much room left for CO2. Call it the incredible shrinking CO2 warming effect.The particular teacher, his name escapes me, was actually a PE teacher who additionally taught biology as an elective course, which makes his lecture even more ironic and not at all political correct. Of course this was back in the late sixties and PC was just beginning to rear it's ugly head. Anyway what this PE/Biology educator explained to us disinterested hooligans was this, (I paraphrase. it was a long time ago):
"Modern science tells us that for every cigarette you smoke you shorten your life by the amount of time it takes to smoke it. They say that for every adult drink you consume you additionally shorten your life span by a few minutes depending on the quantity you drink. Certain foods you eat, most of which I enjoy, will additionally shorten your life span. I have done the calculations and have determined that I should have been dead five years ago"
Of course the statement was met with a great deal of laughter and cheer being as most of us were at the very beginning of our experimentation phase of life for these and many other
Which brings me back to global warming. I thought wouldn't it be interesting if someone would go through the scientific literature for the past decade or so and see exactly how much global warming could be explained by factors other than CO2. Could it be possible that there exist enough scientific literature, peer reviewed of course. to show that in fact global warming has been or is in the process of being wiped away by the scientific literature the juggernaut of modern climate science is generating.
As strange as this may seem being that all those thermometers allegedly point in the other direction, the
I have neither the expertise or the discipline to search all this out but I did take a little time to investigate the possibility that science, slowly but surely is scientifically destroying at least the alarmist version of global warming.
As an example I will simply point to my last post about the advancing forest taking over the tundra. Somewhat tongue in cheek I wondered:
Which brings up an interesting thought, will these advancing green monsters be able to keep up with mankind's insatiable appetite for demon fossil fuels? In fact have the wizards of modeling projections factored in these new marauding forest into any of their scenarios of doom and gloom?As it turns out at least some studies have been done on increased vegetation caused by CO2 and global warming negating global warming. The folks over at World Climate Report
point the way in an article appropriately titled "CO2-induced Vegetation Growth Slows Global Warming" What makes this even more delicious is that it is done by NASA and NOAA Scientist partially using the same models they use to fry us.
A new study has identified a negative feedback between carbon dioxide-enhanced vegetative growth and global warming—the denser that vegetation becomes, the greater the cooling influence it has on any global temperature rise. The enhanced vegetation doesn't offset all of the projected warming, but a sizeable chunk of it—13% globally, 20% over land areas, and more than 50% over the eastern United States. And this negative feedback is not included in current climate models.So there you go 13% of projected Global Warming gone in one fell swoop, cha ching. And we don't even know if they included the marauding forest of the great North country in their study.
A research team of scientists from NOAA, NASA, and the University of Maryland, led by Lahouari Bounoua set out to study how changing vegetation characteristics induced both directly by enhanced atmospheric carbon dioxide levels (recall that CO2 is a plant fertilizer) as well as by climate changes that are favorable for plant growth (increased temperature and/or precipitation) may feedback on the projected climate changes. The authors note that there has been some previous work on this topic, but that their current work (just published in the peer-reviewed journal Geophysical Research Letters) uses a different modeling approach and includes plant responses not included in earlier studies.
But 13% is just chicken feed compared to what the experts admittedly can't explain (emphasis mine):
So the heat that is supposed to be there, well it just ain't. But don't worry or do worry it'll be back you just wait and see. By the way the El Nino is gone, just like it always does. As far as this hide and seek heat other reputable scientist say that explanation is well ...just bunk
"Missing" heat may affect future climate changeApril 15, 2010BOULDER—Current observational tools cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a "Perspectives" article in this week's issue of Science. Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) warn in the new study that satellite sensors, ocean floats, and other instruments are inadequate to track this "missing" heat, which may be building up in the deep oceans or elsewhere in the climate system.
"The heat will come back to haunt us sooner or later," says NCAR scientist Kevin Trenberth, the lead author. "The reprieve we've had from warming temperatures in the last few years will not continue. It is critical to track the build-up of energy in our climate system so we can understand what is happening and predict our future climate."
The authors suggest that last year's rapid onset of El Niño, the periodic event in which upper ocean waters across much of the tropical Pacific Ocean become significantly warmer, may be one way in which the solar energy has reappeared.
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So here we have another 50%, not of future heat, but heat that should already be here, 50% plus 13% equals 63% ...cha ching.Trenberth's [and co-author, NCAR scientist John Fasullo], however, are grasping for an explanation other than the actual real world implication of the absence of this heat.
- First, if the heat was being sequestered deeper in the ocean (lower than about 700m), than we would have seen it transit through the upper ocean where the data coverage has been good since at least 2005. The other reservoirs where heat could be stored are closely monitored as well (e.g. continental ice) as well as being relatively small in comparison with the ocean.
- Second, the melting of glaciers and continental ice can be only a very small component of the heat change (e.g. see Table 1 in Levitus et al 2001 "Anthropogenic warming of Earth's climate system". Science).Thus, a large amount heat (measured as Joules) does not appear to be stored anywhere; it just is not there.
I know, I know what you're thinking. If the scientist admit that the heat their models predicted are actually 50% less than called for, then the heating necessary to grow all those new plants in the other study won't happen.
Unless of course the heat which is hiding in the deep sea like some ancient sea monster surfaces from the depths as Kevin of NCAR warns and smites Mother Earth. Then Mother Earth shall retaliate with more vegetation and marauding forest to combat the fire breathing Leviathan from the depths of the Sea.
Interesting isn't it, how such a major admission from Kevin of NCAR, he of IPCC and climategate fame should simply be ignored in the relentless narrative of global warming. If alarmist scientist admit that 50% of the projected heating just isn't there, though it may be hanging out in the Marianna Trench, why does the rest of the scientific community continue to spit out model driven research papers as if those model projections were actually happening?
Even the study on increased vegetation due to global warming is based on the modeled projections of global warming which Kevin of NCAR admits is ...well LOST. Perhaps there is an island somewhere with mystical powers keeping our marooned Joules captive.
This of course means our marauding forest are at the very least, on hold. It also means that nearly every study being done based upon those models that are off by "roughly half" are not only assumptions based upon an assumption, which they have always been. They are in fact assumptions based upon a provably and admittedly wrong assumption.
Ah climate science what have you wrought. But you do make for good comedy.
I am reasonably certain that by now my former PE/Biology teacher has passed on, hopefully many years past when the scientist of that time projected he should. It is now only a matter of time and the real world intrusion on climate science's fable before we laugh at their inability to see that life and reality are not projections of mathematical formulas entered into computers by obsessed ideologues. Rather a wonderfully complicated evolving universe unfettered by the silly constraints imposed on it by egotistical scientist. If not for them this theory would have been dead, years ago.
'Professing to be wise, they became fools'


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Strawberry Hedgehog Soap and Creme Giveaway
When I think about all the vegan beauty products that I've reviewed over the years, Strawberry Hedgehog always tops my favorites. Whether you're looking for organic and vegan soaps, body crémes, facial moisturizers, bath salts, or sugar scrubs, Strawberry Hedgehog has the best of the best. Tracy, the mastermind of this business is a soap making wizard! She's always coming up with creative new soap scents to match the seasons.
The last time we had a Strawberry Hedgehog giveaway on VBR, it was a huge success, so I'm very excited to present this new giveaway! Three (3) very lucky VBR readers are going to each win 1 soap (any scent they choose) and 1 jar of organic whipped body créme – that's a $30 value!
All you have to do to enter to win is go to Strawberry Hedgehog's website and pick out your favorite scent for the soap you'd like to win and simply comment below. I know my favorite scent would be Sandalwood-Vanilla! The 3 winners will be randomly selected and announced on May 22nd. Good Luck! Now go! What are you waiting for? 😉
Update: Winners of the Strawberry Hedgehog giveaway are: Kylie, Holly B., and Zenimue! Congrats!
(winners were selected using random.org)
Tracy was kind enough to send me a jar of her whipped body créme to try and lemme just say, she has perfected this recipe. This is insanely creamy, smooth and nourishing–I'm literally obsessed with it. It has such a delicately sweet smell and it goes on like buttah.
Check out how pure these ingredient are…
Ingredients: Herbal tisane, organic aloe vera juice, veggie emulsifying wax, veggie glycerin, organic sweet almond oil, organic apricot kernel oil, organic fair trade unrefined shea butter infused with herbs, organic fair trade cocoa butter, grapefruit seed extract, rosemary extract, vitamin e (soy), organic food grade extracts
You all are definitely in for a treat! I can't wait to hear what you guys think about Tracy's beauty products.
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Rose blush or volcanic swirl ????
They look good enough to eat. I would choose the key lime-ylang ylang. Thanks
I would love to win Pure Lavender or Volcanic Swirl! I would have chosen Sandalwood Vanilla based on comments here, I didn't see it listed on the site! 😛
Thanks so much for the chance! 🙂
It's a toss up between Volcano Swirl and Mini Black Licorice.
Volcanic Swirl or lemongrass/ginger!
Ooohhhh – Bamboo Detox! Sounds good!
Oooh, so many to choose from!!! Sandalwood vanilla I think would be my fav!
I'd love to try Volcanid Swirl!!!! Looks devine!!!
So hard to choose! The tea-tree rosemary facial and the lemongrass-ginger look especially good. I think the tea-tree rosemary comes on top though 🙂
Volcano Swirl, although am currently using candy cane and really enjoying it….
Love, love, LOVE the Straberry Hedgehog products. I'd love to try the mintaccino soap… sounds amazing. Thank you for this fun giveaway – happy Thursday!!
Wow, these all look so good!
I'd have to go with Herb Garden or Jasmine-Geranium.
volcanic swirl, yes please!
Tracy's whipped body creme is TO DIE FOR. I'm a new addict. It has a perfect subtle scent and feels amazing.
I adore Lemongrass Ginger and orange clove, but lavendar is also awesome! Peppermint is also a favorite! I love them all!
The shea butter is also fabulous!
Rose blush and jasmine-geranium are close seconds.
Pure lavender is heavenly. 🙂
Pure Lemon, please(:
OMG Yum! I would love eucalyptus-lime!
They all look so good! I think I need to choose Volcanic Swirl since I love purple and black so much : )
mmmm sweet white sage!
Mmmm, pine needle-bergamot sounds delice!!
Jasmine-geranium sounds beautiful!
I'm writing a paper on the potential health risks associated with parabens in cosmetics — I have hence resolved to only purchase all-natural vegan products like these! The pine-needle/bergamot sounds enticing!
Rose Blush rules!
Bamboo Detox for sure!
Wow. The whipped body creme ingredients sound yummy. I would love to try the mintaccino soap. Mint and coffee? Divine!
I would love to try the sandalwood vanilla! Her soaps are absolutely amazing!
Volcanic Swirl! It looks so cool!
I absolutely love your site!!! Vegan products can be expensive so I love reading what other people think of them before I try it, and I'm obsessed with making my own products out of everyday ingredients so your tips like washing hair with beer and the green tea + cucumber toner are perfect for me. Thank you!
i would really love to try their venus soap (it looks so pretty haha) or the pure peppermint! that sounds like it would be sooo refreshing.
I would pick key lime-ylang ylang.
Sweet orange clove!!!
I think bamboo detox sounds awesome as does pine needle-bergamot how does one decide???
I would pick the tea-tree rosemary facial. My face needs some serious organic TLC!
I am intrigued to smell the jasmine-geranium scent. I think I'm going to buy some of that body creme even if I don't win, it sounds fantastic! I have to have thick, rich, cremes that leave my skin feeling dewy (I rather enjoy feeling a bit greasy, but not the nasty kind of greasy, of course!)
Ooooh I'd love to try patchouli-orange!!! That body cream looks heavenly 😮
sweet orange-clove sounds yummy!
Oh my gosh, I'm going to have to try a ton of these scents! But my fave is Sandalwood so I'll pick Sandalwood Vanilla too!
I love pure lavender-so relaxing and smells so good. <3
Just found your website via Gabriel Cosmetics. I am just starting to go vegan/green/organic with my beauty regime and was so happy to find your site!
I think my pick would be Jasmine-Geranium!
Most of them sound pretty good, but my first choice would be the Rose Blush!
Some key lime ylang ylang would be so wonderful! I love everything Tracy makes, she's a genius!
Sandalwood Vanilla would be dreamy…
I beat you to the punch on lemongrass/ ginger…lol
I too was surprised that there are not more citrus freaks .Lemon/citrus aroma makes my whole body smile 🙂
I'd pick the patchouli-orange guess I'm a hippie at heart. Woot woot cleansing vegan goodness. Wish my local Whole Foods had Strawberry Hedgehog soaps.
My vote is Peppermint! I absolutely loved that one~unfortunately I am all out of it…in fact I am all out of it all together!!!
Bamboo Detox, please!
I am in love with the whipped body creme, and almost OUT! :0 also loving the soaps that I have tried, but would like to try the patchouli-orange!!! yay!
OOOH! I'm intrigued by lemongrass ginger!
I'd go for the Jasmine-Geranium but they are all fabulous! Winning would rock–I'm one day away from being out of the Whipped Body Creme (sad face)!It.is.the.best.
Key lime-ylang ylang is very intriguing!!
so hard to choose, but I think that tea tree rosemary is still my fave (second fave, the awesome pure lavender!!! ), both so yummy!
I would love to try the Mintaccino!
I'd like to try Bamboo Detox!
I have loved every single thing I have gotten from Strawberry Hedgehog. Favorites soaps so far: sweet orange clove soap and the facial cleanser soap. The body creme is super fantastic. If I were to win, I would like to try the pine needle-bergamot.
I've had the pleasure of trying Strawberry Hedgehog Soaps and they are fabulous. They are luxurious and smell wonderful! My pick would be the Pine Needle-Bergamot soap.
Thanks to both you and Tracy for hosting this giveaway!
I am truly in love with Pure Lavender. It relaxes me and makes me want to just sit an enjoy a long bath or just a good facial washing. It is the best way to make a person happy in my opinion.
OOH…I want to try the sweet orange/clove!
sandalwood vanilla soap, I will take your recommendation on that Tracy! Thanks!!
Strawberry Hedgehog products are the greatest thing ever! If you haven't tried them you're missing out!
Personally, she had me at key lime-ylang ylang. MMM…. key lime.
I love me some eucalyptus-lime!
I think trying eucalyptus-lime would be fun because I just installed a "lyptus" wood (made from eucalyptus, a sustainable wood species) vanity in my recently remodeled bath!
Everything Tracy makes is awesome. Love the lemongrass/ginger — no, wait — the sweet orange clove — no, wait — the… I could keep going but I really want to try the bamboo detox!
I think the pine needle bergamot sounds intriguing!
patchouli orange is my favorite, I haven't tried the juniperberry yet but Id love too. 😉
I'd like to try the jasmine-geranium and I'm dying to try the whipped body creme!
juniper berry. reminds me of the mountains
i looove strawberry hedgehog. 🙂 eucalyptus lime is my favorite!
Volcanic Swirl! The sample I just received was awesome!
Lemongrass anything!! Sinking happily in gooey Lemongrass quick sand is definitely on my bucket list
So I guess lemongrass /ginger is my must have indulgence 🙂
I love and NEED this product in a big way!!!
Thanks Sunny:)
These look delish. I want to eat some of the white sage! 😉
I love all things spicy & all things citrus so sweet orange-clove gets my vote!
I love everything Tracy makes!
I would love to try the Sandalwood Vanilla one!
I love her eucalyptus lime soap. Simply divine!
i vote for bamboo detox! this is the first i've heard of strawberry hedgehog but i'm so absorbed by their website right now. i used to work for a holistic health center and we used to make soap there so it was hard when i moved and had to seek out new vegan natural soap makers trying to find which ones i like best usually i just rock whoever's at the farmers market and can answer my million questions about how they make their soap hope i win!
I have been looking for some fab new vegan lotion. But I must say the mintaccino sounds yummy.
Sweet White Sage is my vote!! Thanks. 🙂
SANDALWOOD VANILLA!!! Even though I want them all, can't decide. Can I win a sampler, please? ;P
I can't believe no one picked lemongrass ginger yet! I love citrus.
Tracy is the best and her products are awesome! One of my favorite smell combos is sandwood vanilla…so warm and relaxing! (=
Sweet White Sage sounds amazing! Thanks for the contest 🙂
Eucalyptus Lime is amazing! LOVE the whipped body creme. I could use this stuff by the gallon!
Oooh I love that lemongrass ginger soap!
sandalwood vanilla
Sandalwood Vanilla 🙂
Thanks! I hadn't heard of Stawberry Hedghog but will be taking a closer look at all the wonderful products on their website. The soaps all sound so wonderful…hard to choose between the lemongrass-ginger and the key lime ylang ylang, but the lemongrass edges ahead.
i think mine would be eucalyptus lime. looks good enough to eat!
Oh, Sweet White Sage! ^^
oh my gosh – sandalwood vanilla sounds delish! yes please!
Three really caught my eye: bamboo, sweet white sage, and sandalwood vanilla.
If I had to choose one, it would be the sandalwood vanilla though. Thanks for the contest.
Rose Blush please!
I love love love you!!! Sandal wood vanilla!!!!!! For sureee!
I would love to win Sweet White Sage!


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- Mercedes
Rosberg signs two-year contract extension
Mercedes has put an end to speculation linking it with a move for Fernando Alonso by handing a two-year contract extension to Nico Rosberg, according to a BBC report.
Rosberg's contract was due at the end of the current season and a team spokesperson would only comment as far as saying Mercedes has "long-term relationships" with both its drivers. The deal comes in the same week as the comments of Dieter Zetsche, the chairman of Mercedes-Benz Cars, that Alonso is "maybe the best driver in F1".
Those comments gave weight to the rumours which started in Spain that Mercedes may be working on a deal to sign Alonso in the future. Mercedes is keen to stress that Zetsche also said the team has the best driver line-up in F1, but that it was not reported in the media.
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Almost everyday women get killed by their fathers, brothers, uncles or male relatives for family honour. Almost everyone calls these killings 'honour killings'. If killing of the family members are necessary for protecting the family's honour, then men would have been killed too. But it hardly happens. It is true that in many backward societies it is not as shameful for men to have affairs or extra-marital affairs as it is for women. But even in some backward societies sometimes some people try to do justice to the people. You can not just go on naming the killing of women 'honour killing'! It is nothing but cold-blooded murder of women. You have to get rid of deep rooted misogyny in your society. I know it is not easy. But it's not so hard if you want to do it.


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Ellen DeGeneres had Gwen Stefani giggling like a schoolgirl Thursday.
The comedienne invited her to appear on her eponymous daytime talk show Thursday, where Stefani plugged her new album, "This Is What the Truth Feels Like."
"Your CD comes out in a couple of weeks, and it's amazing how quickly this happened," DeGeneres said. Stefani agreed that it was "unbelievable" given that she wrote "four or five" songs in January. "It's just really cool to make music and be in real time and share it with everybody and feel everybody's love and support and energy," the "Make Me Like You" singer said. "It's just been a magical record."
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DeGeneres soon moved on to other topics – like Stefani's boyfriend, Blake Shelton. "So, let's talk about Blake," she said as photos of the couple appeared on the screen behind them (check it out in the video above around 3:20 mark). As a series of pictures showed her sitting in Shelton's lap at Clive Davis' Pre-Grammy Gala, Stefani said, "I thought it would be a good idea not to talk about Blake, to see what would happen..."
"OK," DeGeneres said. "Let's just look at pictures then."
"They didn't have enough chairs at that event?" she teased. "You had to sit on Blake's lap?"
"She's so good because you just think you're talking to a normal person, then she'll just throw one in," Stefani said to the audience, to which DeGeneres jokingly replied, "I am a normal person."
DeGeneres then mentioned NBC's "The Voice," joking about tabloid engagement rumors in the process. "When he popped the big question – about you being his mentor – how did he do that?" she asked.
"Did you rehearse that before?" Stefani asked with a laugh.
"Yeah. OK," DeGeneres admitted. "I thought it out."
"I want to be on that show as much as possible," Stefani said. "It's just...I got so much out of it."
"You did!" DeGeneres said, alluding to her romance with Shelton.
Season 10 of "The Voice" premieres Monday, Feb. 29 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. C.
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Glam-gal songstress Ke$ha gave one of her adoring fans a dollar sign tattoo with a needle and ballpoint pen.
"Are we in heaven right now? Ke$ha heaven?" the super fan asked as the star drew the symbol on his ankle, then stabbed his flesh. The inky encounter was captured in a YouTube video.
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Ke$ha warned the fan that it might hurt, but he was quick to impress his beloved singer with his nerves of steel.
"I'm tough as nails, just go for it," he said as he lounged on a black leather couch, dressed in torn jeans and hoop earrings. "This is fun. I feel like I'm in prison."
The grungy pop-star famous for her single "Tik Tok," has long had a fascination with inking and getting inked.
In a MySpace video she posted in February 2009, she announced: "Anyone who gets my face or name tattooed on their body, I'll make it the cover of my record."
That never happened, though she did tell Details magazine that when the record came out, she got a tattoo of her own.
"That night we got a little crazy, and we thought it was a really good idea to give each other tattoos to symbolize such a special event in my life," she said. "My friend tattooed 'YEAH!' on my foot."
The star says she has five tattoos.
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Those who are gluten intolerant truly 'live in fear' of getting 'glutened'. Glutened is an expression that's been coined to mean that you inadvertently consumed gluten. And for those with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity a little gluten in a food can create negative health ramifications that last for hours, days, weeks or months – literally.
When it comes to cooking oils, they are generally found to be in the 'no worries' category when it comes to gluten. Recommended oils such as olive or coconut are made from fruits or nuts that contain no gluten naturally. Other less desirable oils such as canola, corn or safflower not only are made from substances that are naturally gluten-free but they are so refined that any protein that could have potentially caused a problem has been removed.
Typically labels on oils don't specify that they are gluten-free because they don't have to. Olive oil has a single ingredient – olives – and they are not a gluten-containing fruit. Some more refined oils may have an ingredient list on the bottle because in addition to the oil itself there are additives such as carotene, lecithin or citric acid that have been added to help the oil from going rancid. These oils are not the healthiest overall and not ones that I recommend for daily cooking, but the additives are gluten-free.
In the world of gluten intolerance we can never be anything less than vigilant and this post illustrates why.
Imagine my surprise when a patient pointed out that her cooking spray contained gluten. I never use cooking sprays which is probably why I hadn't thought about the fact that such a product could contain gluten, but in over 20 years of educating patients about hidden sources of gluten, it honestly had never come up before.
Now that it has, let's review the products on the market and what you should be alert for:
Sprays such as Pam Baking, Pillsbury Baking Spray, Spectrum Canola Baking Spray and Bak-Klene Nonstick Baking Spray all contain gluten. They all clearly stated on the ingredient list of the can that gluten was present. If you've done much baking you'll be familiar with the process of greasing and flouring baking pans. These products are attempting to 'make your life easier' by having both ingredients in one spray bottle.
Wal Mart's brand and Pam cooking spray (vs baking spray) state theirs does not contain gluten though both companies label theirs cans with a warning of potential cross-contamination.
So the lesson for this blog is – ALWAYS, ALWAYS READ THE LABEL!
Even if you 'think' you know what's in something and even if you've bought it before and it was fine – READ THE LABEL. Too often patients get into trouble thinking that something 'shouldn't' have gluten and therefore they don't bother to read the label. Or, something that was 'safe' in the past has changed its ingredients and it now does contain gluten.
When dining out oil can become a problem from a cross-contamination issue. While your French fries may very well be gluten-free, if they're deep fried in the same oil that just fried the tater tots, you're in trouble. The gluten coating from those tater tots is in the oil and now, to some degree, on your French fries.
So when ordering anything deep fried, ensure the restaurant has a dedicated fryer that they use for their gluten-free products. If not, you are risking gluten contamination.
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May 19, 2014 by Corey A. Edwards
The New York Times calls the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival "the dance center of the nation" and you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would disagree with that.
Started by modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn in the 1930's, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival is America's longest-running dance festival, has been designated a National Historic Landmark, and is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts.
Jacob's Pillow Farm, named after a large, pillow shaped rock on the property of this rural Massachusetts acreage (the zig zag road leading to the farm was referred to as "Jacob's Ladder" so … ), was purchased by Ted Shawn in 1931 as a retreat for the first US, male dance company. Ted Shawn hoped to help expand the role of men in modern dance and ended up not only doing so but also establishing a far greater appreciation and awareness of modern dance in the US in general.
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Rove Dismisses Facts to Attack Obama's Pre-K Education Proposal
Fox News political contributor Karl Rove attacked President Obama's proposal to expand pre-kindergarten education as too costly, despite the fact that investment in pre-k education returns more money than it costs. Rover further disregarded the reality that federal spending, including the 2009 stimulus, can often result in net savings.
On the February 13 edition of Fox News' Happening Now, host Jon Scott asked Rove about the pre-k education proposal the president outlined in his State of the Union address. Rove acknowledged that he has no evidence detailing the cost of the president's proposal, but claimed that similar plans would cost $25 billion. When Scott pointed out the return on investment, Rove dismissed it:
SCOTT: But you heard especially with regard to that universal pre daycare kind of thing, universal pre-kindergarten kind of thing the president said that for every dollar you spend on that kind of a program, you get something like $14 back.
ROVE: Well that's how we justify everything. The president justified the stimulus by saying if we spent money on the stimulus, 800 and some odd billion dollars that it would grow the economy. Look, we have tried this idea that we can spend our way to prosperity for four years.
Contrary to Rove's assertion, economists agree that the stimulus has a successful record of creating jobs and preventing a deeper economic recession. Rove also failed to take into account the economic benefits of pre-k programs specifically. For instance, according to Scholastic, "Economists say that the return for every dollar invested in preschool can be anywhere from $2 to $17 when you total the drop in special education, grade repetition, and crime, and add the value of a more productive workforce." A 2005 study by the University of Texas' Children's Learning Institute estimates the return on investment at somewhere between $7 and $8 for every dollar spent, and National Head Start Association study pegs the benefits at $9 returned for every $1 invested in Head Start alone.
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Location: Dutchess County, NYS
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:40 pm
Post subject: finishing steak in oven
I like steak charred on the outside and rare on the inside. It's always hit or miss when I char steaks in black iron skillet over a gas flame and then put into oven to cook it (barely) through. I would love to know the exact times and temps for a 1 1/2" thick strip or sirloin steak or porterhouse started in a very hot skillet on top of the gas stove. It has been suggested that as soon as I turn the steak over I should put the steak AND the same hot skillet into a preheated 350 degree oven and leave it for ??? minutes. Or should I have a pan preheated in the 350 oven and char both sides in the black skillet on top, before putting steak into oven in the other hot pan...or transfer the steak, charred both sides, to a cold pan for the finishing in the oven, or should the oven be hotter or cooler than 350? And, vastly important, for how long?? I wish there were a chart...usually the supermarket steaks one buys are more like 1" thick, and they nearly always come out overcooked. And one does hate to keep cutting into the steaks to see whether they are done))) Please advise. Should be SO grateful finally to have a clue! Then I'll start asking about how exactly to soft poach an egg in the microwave....
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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:11 pm
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pittsburgh style, eh?
preheat oven 325'F
preheat pan, smoking hot +
sear steak - charred will take 3-5 minutes
cut 1 minute off initial time for second side
pop into the preheated oven in the hot pan
for 1-1/2 inch thick cool rare at center I'd go no more than 6 minutes in the oven
some odd thoughts on your msg:
"flip & put directly into oven" - this will not give you the char on the second side. for a char you must use the smoking hot blast furnace pan - cast iron is excellent, do NOT use non-stick.
on a one inch thickness, you will really need a very hot pan to get the char out side and rare inside. could be difficult without a 17-20 k BTU burner.
you'll need a couple trials to perfect the technique - there's not a lot of wiggle room for the cool rate center - so be accurate in your sear time per side.
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It's almost impossible to to advise you. All the steaks you buy will be different in some way. The type of cut, the 'exact' thickness, where you buy it & for how long it's been hung, all these issues need to be factored in on the day, so a guidance chart won't really help.
If you find your steaks are too overcooked for your taste then it seems the time they spend in the oven is too long.
The one single best peice of advice I received from a chef is that when the steak comes off the griddle it should be placed on a warm plate & covered, then left to rest for 5mins to allow the juices to seep back into the middle of the meat, the residual hot juices will continue the cooking process & give a moist mouth feel. It shouldn't need to go into the oven.
But it really is all about experience, it's always better to undercook as it can always go back in the griddle again for an extra minute or two.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:18 am
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And that last post seems completely relevant to steaks...
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:04 pm
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While that egg poacher design works, and the plastic wrap allows for an almost no-clean-up operation, making it a good solution for my own breakfast when I'm running against the clock, for company, I would prefer most of the traditional egg poachers found here:
The traditional poacher gives a perfectly shaped egg, evenly cooked, with a simple clean-up.
Maybe this can be moved to an egg thread.
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Michael Chu. The OP was planning to ask about poaching the perfect egg - I merely pre-empted her enquiry. No need for snippiness now!
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:02 am
Post subject: how to finish a steak in the oven
Thank you all so much. I have eagerly read each and every opinion, and welcome any and all further thoughts on the subject of how to finish steaks in the oven. I tried the suggestion of Dilbert, I think it was, the first post, who referred to "Pittsburgh style" and it was right on. And the latest post, just above this one, from Howard, leads to a terrific site that anyone interested in the subject should relish. Thank you, Michael Chu, for such a fun and satisfying and responsive site! It beats any other cooking site I've encountered or even cleaved to))))))Thanks again.:-)
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Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 9:17 pm
Post subject: Egg poaching
I used the link on egg poaching by B3TA and I looked at all his methods prior to the one using microwavable cling wrap. Now I am pretty old, but way back in the stone age, when I took home econmics (stop laughing) we were told you had to put vinegar in the water when you poached an egg. I think you would get a much better result with any of the "egg directly in the water" methods. I believe the vinegar helps the white stay together. But, I am not an engineer. I'm just married to one.
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Add the custom command to your Splunk deployment
You must add the custom command to the appropriate
commands.conf configuration file.
Review the following topics.
If you use Splunk Cloud, you do not have filesystem access to your Splunk Cloud deployment. You must file a Support ticket to add a custom search command to your deployment.
The tasks to add a custom command to your deployment are:
- Create or edit the
commands.conffile in a local directory.
- Add a new stanza to the
commands.conffile that describes the command.
- Restart Splunk Enterprise.
Add a new stanza to the local commands.conf file
Edit the local
commands.conf file, to add a stanza for the command.
Each stanza in the
commands.conf file represents the configuration for a specific search command. The following example shows a stanza that enables your custom command script:
filename = <string>
stanza_name is the keyword that is used in searches to invoke the command. The
stanza_name is also the name of the search command. Search command names must be lowercase and consist only of alphanumeric (a-z and 0-9) characters. Command names must be unique. The
stanza_name cannot be the same as any other custom or built-in commands.
chunked=true attribute specifies that the command uses the Version 2 protocol.
filename attribute specifies the name of your custom command script.
filename attribute also specifies the location of the custom command script.
For example, to create the custom command "fizbin", you create a stanza in the
commands.conf file.
[fizbin] chunked = true filename = fizbin.py
Other attributes that you can use to describe the custom command are explained later in this topic.
Describe the command (Version 2 protocol)
Version 2 of the Custom Search Command protocol dynamically determines if the command is a generating command, a streaming command, or a command that generates events.
Additionally, an authentication token is always sent to search commands that use the protocol.
The attributes that you can specify with the protocol are described in the following table.
|Additional command-line arguments to use when invoking the custom search command script. Environment variables such as $SPLUNK_HOME, are substituted.
|The name of the script to run when the custom search command is used.
|When users click a link or type a URL that loads a search into Splunk Web, if the search contains risky commands a warning appears. This warning does not appear when users create ad hoc searches. Specify this attribute if your custom search command is risky. Examples of build-in risky commands are
delete and
dump. To determine if your custom command is risky, see Safeguards for risky commands in the Securing Splunk Enterprise manual.
|The maximum size chunk, the size of metadata plus the size of the body, that the external command can produce. If the command tries to produce a chunk that is larger than the maxchunksiz value, the command is terminated.
|The maximum number of seconds the custom search command can pause before producing output.
Read more about these configuration attributes in the commands.conf.spec topic in the Admin Manual.
Describe the command (Version 1 protocol)
Some of the attributes you can use to describe your custom command using the Version 1 protocol specify the type of command.
- You need to understand the differences between the types of commands. There are four broad categorizations for all the search commands:
- Distributable streaming
- Centralized streaming
- Generating
- Transforming
- For a comprehensive explanation about the command types, see Types of commands in this manual. For a complete list of the built-in commands that are in each of these types, see Command types in the Search Reference.
- Describe the type of custom search command in the commands.conf file.
- Specify either the
generatingparameter in commands.conf file. Use these attributes to specify whether it is a generating command, a streaming command, or a command that generates events.
- You can also specify whether your custom command retains or transforms events with the
- Specify either the
For a list of configurable settings, see the commands.conf reference in the Admin Manual. For example:
generating = [true|false|stream]
- Specify whether your command generates new events.
- If stream, then your command generates new events (generating = true) and is streamable (streaming = true).
- Defaults to false.
streaming = [true|false]
- Specify whether the command is streamable.
- Defaults to false.
If the custom search command retains or transforms events, include the
retainevents attribute:
retainsevents = [true|false]
- Specify 'true' if the command retains events, similar to the
dedup, or
clustercommands. Specify 'false' if the command transforms events, similar to the
- Default is false.
These are only a few of the attributes that you can specify in the stanza for your custom search command.
You can see the full list of configuration attributes in the commands.conf.spec topic in the Admin Manual.
Restart Splunk Enterprise
After you add the custom command to the appropriate
commands.conf file, you must restart Splunk Enterprise.
Changes to your custom command script, or to the parameters of an existing command in the
commands.conf file, do not require a restart.
See also
Select a location for your custom search command
Control access to the custom command and script
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 6.4.0, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.3, 6.4.4, 6.4.5, 6.4.6, 6.4.7, 6.4.8, 6.4.9, 6.4.10, 6.4.11, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3, 6.5.4, 6.5.5, 6.5.6, 6.5.7, 6.5.8, 6.5.9, 6.5.10, 6.6.0, 6.6.1, 6.6.2, 6.6.3, 6.6.4, 6.6.5, 6.6.6, 6.6.7, 6.6.8, 6.6.9, 6.6.10, 6.6.11, 6.6.12, 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5


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Review: Made for best performance
Today we'll talk about Thermalright Archon CPU cooler, which launched sometime towards the end of 2010. Weighing in at 806g (without the fan and socket mounting parts) and measuring 17cm in height, Archon is a heavyweight CPU cooler with imposing tower looks and, hopefully, extraordinary performance.
The specially designed heatsink should provide improved dissipation. The package comes with Thermalright's silent TR-TY 14cm fan and since Archon's heatsink is 53mm wide, you can strap it with another 14cm fan in the so-called push-pull mode.
Archon's competition in the high-end CPU cooling segment is pretty strong, but while there are many good coolers, not many stand out as being really special. So, let's move on and see whether Archon has what it takes to stand out of the crowd.
As we're used to seeing from Thermalright, packaging is a small but sturdy box.
You'll find the name of the product on one side of the box, and that's pretty much the only information that says what's in the box.
Archon is cozily sitting inside protected with polyurethane foam.
Thermalright ships its TR-TY 140 fan (140mm) with Archon cooler as well as fan-clips for two fans and parts for mounting the cooler on AMD and Intel sockets.
Two manuals with plenty of pictures will help you mount Archon in no time.
Archon's heatsink measures (L)155mm X (W)53mm X (H)170.25mm, which means it's a high tower-design cooler. Although its dimensions are similar to those of other high end tower coolers, it's clear that Thermalright did some work on heatsink and heatpipe design.
You can find Thermalright's listed specs below.
Each of the 50 aluminum fins is made out of one 0,5mm thick sheet of aluminum. By bending them at several points, Thermalright narrowed the heatsink to 155mm, which is compatible with most systems. Such a construction should improve airflow through the heatsink and of course, improve cooling performance.
Thermalright also improved airflow by leaving a hole in the midle of the heatsink, something the company has done on some of its previous coolers (for instance the HR-02 that we tested here).
As you can see, the cooler has six heatpipes but only two were bent in the traditional U form.
Archon uses the so called "Pressure Vault Bracket" for mounting, just like most other Thermalright coolers. This allows for introducing pressure from 40 to 70 pounds.
The copper base comes with mirror-like finish.
Thermalright's Archon comes with TR-TY 140mm PWM fan with maximum RPM of 1300. The fan can churn out 73CF airflow with maximum noise of 21dBA.
Archon is only 53mm thick so it should not interfere with your memory modules, not even when you strap it with a fan.
Archon supports Intel sockets 775/1155/1156/1366 as well as AMD sockets AM2/AM2+/AM3. Naturally, larger cases will provide maximum compatibility whereas smaller ones will require you to do some math. The following picture can help you with checking whether Archon will fit in your case.
Archon can be used with one or two fans and, as you can see from the picture below, they are mounted to the cooler via metal wires (fan-clips).
The procedure is simple enough – mount the wires on the heatsink first and fasten the fan. The wires are pretty tough and it is advised to mount them before the cooler is on your motherboard.
The manual features plenty of pictures and you won't have any problems mounting the cooler.
You can mount the Archon vertically or horizontally – Thermalright's moutning system will take it either way.
There's just enough room between the cooler ant the rear panel to mount another fan.
Archon's heatsink is 42,55mm above the CPU, which means that we could have mounted it horizontally without memory getting in the way. Note however that memory modules with tall heatspreaders, such as Corsair Dominator series, will not allow for horizontal placement of Archon.
In short, mounting Archon on EVGA's FTW 3 went without a hitch. However, you still might want to check out Thermalright's compatibility list, which can be found here.
For instance, Thermalright warns users that P55 might introduce problems and the company said:
"Archon's length measures 155mm, so the first step would be confirm the position of your first vga slot on the motherboard, especially ASUS P55 series users, please take note of the following installation instruction.
Normal ATX board would have space for 7 vga slots, but most motherboard manufacturers would only supply six PCI slots, this is because the area of the first slot is often taken by the north bridge, but due to the new P55 design, there will be no north bridge, so the first slot would be used as a primary VGA slot.
Before installing the Archon CPU cooler, you may confirm by looking at the I/O ports, right below the I/O port if there is a close-by first slot, then you will need to have your vga card installed in the second PCI-E slot, to have enough space for Archon, please see below.
If the position of your first PCI-E slot is in the second slot, then you may install the Archon without any problem, please see below
Since Thermalright Archon is 170mm tall, you must have a case at least 190mm wide. In case you have a fan on the side panel, you'll have to take it off before mounting Archon. Archon fit like a glove in our Corsair Obsidian 800D.
We performed our testing in Corsair Obsidian 800D case with three reference fans running at 900RPM (room temperature about 22°C). Our weapons of choice were EVGA's X58 FTW3 motherboard and Core i7 930 CPU. The temperatures were measured at reference 2.9GHz as well as after our overclock (we pushed the CPU to 3.6GHz).
For the first test with Archon we used one 14cm fan. We're talking about Thermalright's TR-TY 140 fan (900~1300RPM) which ended up being enough for Archon's excellent performance. The case's rear panel houses a 14cm fan that pushes the air out, so we've got ourselves a neat push-pull setup here.
The 14cm, 900 RPM fan on the case's rear panel does great to improve cooling and ultimately, adding another fan on the cooler's tower heatsink made little difference.
We used Prime95 to put a 100% load on all Core i7 930's cores, so bear in mind that we're talking about a scenario that will most probably never happen. We measured temperatures on all four cores using AIDA64 (the successor to Everest), and put average values in the tables. We used Gelid's GC Extreme paste.
High end CPU cooling segment packs plenty of strong competition but Thermalright Archon has proven that its extraordinary performance deserves a place in top spots.
If you're shopping for a cooler you should note that Archon is 17cm tall. Archon's standard packaging includes Thermalright's quality TY-14cm fan. Archon is 55mm thick and if it fits in your case, it probably means that it will take two fans without getting in the way of your equipment.
We were sent a standard Archon package with one TR-TY 14cm fan by pc-cooling.de and it costs about €60. However, if you want two fans you can head over to pc-cooling.de and purchase the same package with two fans for €70, here.


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Suppressing the Positive Aspects of Muslim Life
In order to analyse the image of the Islamic community portrayed by Germany's media, Kai Hafez and Carola Richter of the University of Erfurt scrutinised a variety of television shows (including talk shows, documentaries, and reports) that addressed the issue of Islam and were broadcast over a period of almost 18 months (from July 2005 to December 2006). They also examined the context of the reports in question.
The authors of the study came to the conclusion that this context was negative in over 80 per cent of all cases, whereby the issues of terrorism and extremism were the most frequently addressed of all (23 per cent).
While only just under 20 per cent of all reports highlighted the everyday world of Muslims or religious issues relating to Islam, the remainder of the reports covered a variety of issues ranging from the difficulties of integration, religious intolerance, fundamentalism, the repression of women, and human rights.
Polarisation in an attempt to influence public opinion?
By focussing on such themes, Islam is primarily portrayed as a problematic issue. Hafez and Richter quite rightly ask whether the broadcasting companies are really meeting their obligation to provide the public with substantiated information or whether they are doing the work of those who would wish to polarise in order to influence public opinion.
They do not criticise the reports as such, but instead the fact that the broadcasting companies neglect to portray and report on the less spectacular, everyday lives of Muslims in Germany. According to the authors of the study, a hugely distorted image of Islam is created by suppressing positive aspects in this way and by not highlighting examples of successful integration and peaceful, everyday co-existence.
This is why the authors call, among other things, for greater thematic pluralism in order to prevent such a one-sided negative stereotype being peddled in the media. Most of Germany's public broadcasting companies are considered to be credible, model media. Their influence on the media as a whole is considerable.
Muslim representatives in the supervisory bodies?
With this influence comes a particular social responsibility – a responsibility that is not being discharged when it comes to their reports on Islam. In order to counteract this development, Hafez and Richter recommend that representatives of the Muslim community get involved in the supervisory bodies of the broadcasting corporations by means of the system of rotation which is generally applied in these cases.
The authors quite rightly point to other religions' potential for violence to prove that violence is not a purely Islamic phenomenon. Nevertheless, it would have been preferable for them, by way of comparison, to also highlight the violence of political systems. After all, the loss of civilian lives is often taken into account in the war against terror and in the name of freedom, democracy, and human rights.
The myth of "high-quality television"
All things considered, the study dispels a few myths. It claims, for example, that Germany's public broadcasting companies are idealizing their own image by referring to their products as "high-quality television" in comparison with other channels.
Moreover, the study shows that Islamophobic websites such as akte-islam.de, politicallyincorrect.de, or buergerbewegungen.de are now part of the mainstream despite the fact that the people behind them like to portray themselves as outsiders who are fighting to have their voices heard by a naïve and uncritical public.
Let us hope that other studies will be conducted both on this subject and on the private television sector.
Sabine Schiffer
© Qantara.de 2007
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
Muslims in the Media
From Journalistic Objects to Journalistic Subjects
When Islam is covered in the German media, discussion frequently mixes together political, social, and religious issues. Debate on Islamic topics can only gain in sophistication the more that Muslims themselves become involved in producing media content. By Mona Naggar
Arab Media under Discussion
"In the Arab World, the Media Are Seen as Part of the Conflict"
What effect do images have on television viewers, and what are their expectations of the media? Qantara.de talked with three Arab media representatives, Khaled Hroub, Nakhle El Hage, and Aktham Suliman
Islamophobia in French Media
An Imaginary Conception of an Essentialised Islam
In his book "Imaginary Islam: The media's construction of Islamophobia in France", the political scientist Thomas Deltombe reveals certain parallels in the way Islam is perceived by the French media and by ultra-conservative Muslims. By Bernard Schmid


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Asia Society Texas Center Opening Reception with Special Guest DJ Qbert
HOUSTON, November 8, 2012 — Asia Society Texas Center in collaboration with Zulu Creative hosted an opening reception for two art exhibitions: Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter and kip fulbeck: part asian, 100% hapa. Both exhibitions highlight the diversity among the featured subjects in the exhibitions, as well as the viewers. The exhibitions will run through April 14, 2013.
The opening reception featured the turntable wizardry of DJ Qbert, an internationally renowned Filipino-American performer and composer credited with championing the turntable as a musical instrument. DJ Qbert is recognized for developing some of the most important works that have shaped the hip-hop and electronic music landscapes. Houston-based DJ Henry Chow set the stage with minimal techno and electronic beats. Glen Gondo & Sushic®, the Sushi Company, provided a live sushi bar.
A diverse mix of nearly 1,000 guests were in attendance. Asia Society Texas Center wishes to acknowledge and thank the opening reception's host committee, comprised of respected leaders in the Houston arts community: Laurette Cañizares, Sacha Nelson Chapel, Carolyn Casey Figueroa, GONZO247, Anthony Guevara, Viet Hoang, Morgan Holleman, Solkem N'Gangbet, Heather Pray, Eva Sagisaka, Ashley Small, Kim Stoilis, Jerome Vielman, Dandee Warhol, and the Asia Society Texas Center Young Professionals.
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VMware Workstation (VMware)
Reviewed by Mike Riley
From its humble yet highly innovative beginnings less than a decade ago, VMware Workstation has created a sea change in the information technology industry. Developers, network engineers, system administrators and software testers all immediately benefited from VWware Workstation's ability to encapsulate and completely isolate a guest operating system within a host OS. And unlike previous attempts at this technical feat, VMware did virtualization faster, cheaper and better. As a consequence of the product's success, VMware has built its company into the leading virtualization technology provider. While several commercial and open source alternatives are available, few have achieved the success and industry accolades bestowed upon VMware. The Jolt judges proudly present yet another significant award to VMware's trophy case and welcome VMware Workstation into the Jolt Hall of Fame.


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White House cautiously welcomes Ukraine accord
With Ukraine's embattled president and opposition agreeing to a deal that will bring early elections, the White House expressed guarded optimism on Friday that the accord will bring an end to the political violence in Kiev and lead to lasting changes in Kiev.
In a statement, the White House said the agreement, which was facilitated by France, Germany and Poland and reached after all-night talks, was consistent with the Obama administration's call for deescalating the violence, constitutional reform and early elections.
But Russia did not sign on to the deal and some protesters continue to press for Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's resignation.
"We support the efforts of all those who negotiated this agreement, commend the courageous opposition leaders who recognized the need for compromise and offer the support of the United States in its implementation," the White House statement said. "Now, the focus must be on concrete action to implement this agreement, which we will be monitoring closely."
The White House called for immediate implementation of the agreement, and said it was essential that Ukraine's parliament quickly pass the constitutional changes.
The Obama administration, which has been weighing direct sanctions against the Yanukovych government for days, is not dropping the threat of action yet.
"There must be accountability for those responsible for the violence and the casualties that have resulted since the crisis began, and we remain prepared to impose additional sanctions as necessary," the White House said.


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KINGSTON — Ulster County's longtime economic development guru, March Gallagher, will be leaving in August to take a job with Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress.
KINGSTON — Ulster County's longtime economic development guru, March Gallagher, will be leaving in August to take a job with Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress.
Gallagher had just taken over the newly-minted county Office of Business Services, meant to help entrepreneurs looking for financing or assistance in starting a business. She's also the former head of the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency.
Gallagher will become the chief strategy officer for Pattern, a nonprofit regional research, policy and planning think tank.
Suzanne Holt, assistant deputy county executive, will take Gallagher's place. Holt will start on July 20, while Gallagher will start at Pattern on Aug. 5.
"March is a tenacious and aggressive individual that has spent the last few years bringing jobs into Ulster County," said Dave O'Halloran, former chairman of the Ulster IDA.
O'Halloran said Gallagher has a knack for quickly getting results from organizations like Empire State Development, which is an important funding source. He said Holt will have the advantage of knowing the lay of the land in Ulster.
Before joining Ulster County Executive Mike Hein's office, Holt practiced law in the private sector, served as director of client services at the Medicare Rights Center, and was counsel to numerous New York City legislative committees, according to Hein's office.
Hein said he looks forward to collaborating with Gallagher in her new role at Pattern.
"March has been instrumental in our overhaul of the economic development infrastructure within Ulster County in an initiative to enhance coordination and better assist the business community," said Hein.
Pattern for Progress President and CEO Jonathan Drapkin said he was pleased to have recruited Gallagher.
"Her blend of skills, knowledge and reputation for getting the job done make her an asset to the entire region," said Drapkin.
Hein credited Gallagher with helping retain businesses such as Bread Alone and Gillette Creamery, and attracting new ones, including Farm2Table and the Nevele. She also represented Hein on the state's Regional Economic Development Council.


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July 24, 2014
By Destiny Brooks
L.A. Watts Times Intern
July 26-27 on Central Ave between 42nd and 43rd streets the 19th annual Central Ave Jazz Festival will take place. The festival is free, and will showcase jazz talent and vender food of all types. The festivities start at 11am on Saturday, and end at 7pm on Sunday.
For 19 years, the Jazz Festival has commemorated the rich and often forgotten history of LA and Central Ave. Back in the 30s and 40s, Central Avenue and the surrounding area was a hub for jazz musicians and black culture. During this time, while blacks could legally play in all white clubs, they were still barred from living in all white areas. Due to the segregation, many black musicians had to stay in the Dunbar Hotel.
At the festival, guests will be greeted with amazing new and old talent, like the Bravo Medical Magnet's Latin band, Patrice Rushen & Ndugu Chancler, Kamasi Washington & Next Step, and the LAUSD Beyond the Bell All-City Jazz Big Band.
Food will also be served at the event. Soul Food, jambalaya, tamales, and many other types will be served at the booths.
Like most community festivals, while there will be food and music all around, there will also be informational venders present. Several clinics and hospitals will be offering free basic health screenings, along with tips to live healthily. Bringing proof of your Los Angeles address will put you in the running to get a free fruit tree.
There will also be an arts pavilion where both amateur and professional artists can gather and show off their pieces.
As always, this event is family friendly. Parents are encouraged to bring their children, as there is a youth pavilion that will have activities like arts and crafts and face painting.
For more information on talent, venders, and schedules, visit the Jazz Festival's website at: centralavejazz.org.


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I'm guessing that he created the sweet artwork on this card, too. My dad always was very creative. And smart, too!!
I hope my sister, Cindy, shows this to the boys. I think they'll be tickled to see what their Papa Cow did when he was a little guy in grammar school.
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text: Elisabeth Freeman came to this country as a small child with her brother John and sister (Clara) Jane, and their mother, Mary Hall Freeman, who came estranged from her husband. Mary worked for St.Johnland, an orphanage on Long Island for a time, and the children lived at the orphanage for some time. Elisabeth was far from wealthy, did not go to college, and as a woman, her opportunities were limited. She was involved with the Salvation Army and regularly attended meetings which she found uplifting. Her chance encounter on a trip to England with the British suffragettes led to a career as a professional speaker and organizer. Continued-


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Boot camp-style fitness classes have become popular over the past few years, but last week, students at a Wisconsin high school had a chance to have a more authentic military fitness experience.
About 40 U.S. Army soldiers visited Fond du Lac High School and put students through the paces of a military workout as part of a new community relations program sponsored by U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion in Milwaukee. The Pathways to Success program focuses on reducing childhood obesity.
An estimated 1,000 or more students participated in the free program. Similar events are planned at other schools in the area.
Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Hohmann, a station commander at the Milwaukee Recruiting Battalion, told the local Fox TV affiliate, Fox 11, that the program is a means for serving the community, not for recruiting.
Although the Pathways to Success program does not aim to find new recruits, encouraging physical fitness in young adults is one of the Army's current concerns. In 2009, a report by a group of retired armed forces leaders revealed that 27 percent of the country's youths were not physically fit to serve in the military, and obesity was the primary disqualifier.
Other Army events are addressing the obesity issue at an even younger age. Earlier this month, Fort Hood (TX) held a fitness event for children of the local Venable Village Elementary School. The event was held in conjunction with Michelle Obama's national Let's Move initiative, which promotes a healthy, active lifestyle for children. The first lady was briefed on the consequences of childhood obesity and lack of physical exercise on the military's recruitment efforts during a January visit to U.S. Army training center Fort Jackson (SC).


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