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WACO (AP) — Baylor finishes No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the second straight year.
The Lady Bears were the top choice for the final 11 weeks of the season and received all 40 first-place votes for the fourth straight week.
Baylor (32-1) will host the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, which begins Saturday. The only hiccup on the season for the Lady Bears was a loss to Stanford in the middle of November.
The Lady Bears were followed by Notre Dame, Connecticut, Stanford and Duke. The Irish edged UConn last Tuesday to win their first Big East tournament title. Notre Dame's only loss this season came to Baylor.
California, Kentucky, Penn State, Texas A&M and Tennessee round out the first 10. With so few games this past week, the Top 25 remained unchanged from the week before.
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True to his word, Texans coach Bill O'Brien got down to three quarterbacks before training camp.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Texans have released T.J. Yates.
That gets them down to the law firm of Ryan Fitzpatrick, Case Keenum and Tom Savage, which will allow a more equitable division of repetitions in O'Brien's first training camp as head coach.
Yates played in an emergency role in 2011 when the Texans were good, and he was decidedly OK. But he fell behind Keenum last year, and never made up the ground under a new administration.
Considering the Ravens' perpetual search for a backup to Joe Flacco, and Gary Kubiak's new role in Baltimore as offensive coordinator, that's a possible landing spot.

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Finance Minister Mike de Jong is officially "disappointed" at the latest news of under-the-table payments to public-sector executives in B.C.
Hey Mike: You should be more than "disappointed." You should be mad as hell.
It started with revelations of unreported payments to executives at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, where president Alan Davis and another executive received $50,000 "pre-employment contracts" not properly disclosed to government.
Now comes word of even more.
The government says the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) has been overpaying the CEO of the B.C. Cancer Agency through a lucrative contract that was not properly approved.
Dr. Max Coppes was hired in 2012 for $500,000 a year, even though the government's maximum salary cap for the position was $400,000.
Now the government has ordered that the good doctor's salary be surgically reduced by 10 per cent as a "symbolic" gesture.
This is ridiculous. It's not Coppes's fault he accepted what was offered to him. The real culprits here are the people who approved the contract.
The government says Coppes's contract was "negotiated" by Lynda Cranston, the former CEO of the PHSA. Cranston resigned last year after approving 118 raises for other health-care managers in contravention of government policy. But if Cranston negotiated the contract, who approved it? The PHSA board of directors?
"No, the board did not approve the contract, though they were aware an offer had been made," PHSA spokeswoman Theresa Kennedy told me Wednesday.
Kennedy said the board members — who are still in place — assumed the contract met provincial salary guidelines, but they didn't know what the guidelines were. Oh, that's just great! Then why have a board of directors at all?
Meanwhile, the CEO of the Royal B.C. Museum also bagged bonus bucks that the government says it didn't know about.
Jack Lohman was given a "secondary contract" that included more than $50,000 in perks and bonuses. Again, the payouts were not properly reported and approved.
The government's response? De Jong says the government is cutting the museum's $11.8-million annual operating grant by $53,000 as punishment.
Lohman's contract, meanwhile, is being stripped of three annual business-class upgrades for flights to London, one of the unreported perks he received.
Once again, they are penalizing the wrong guy. It's not Lohman's fault he accepted a contract in good faith. And cutting the museum's operating grant just penalizes the museum and the people who visit it.
Where are the consequences for the people who approved the perks and payoffs?
The government says Lohman's secondary contract was "signed" by John Williams, the former chairman of the museum board.
Isn't it interesting — and convenient — that the government is pinning this stuff on two officials no longer with the public service?
Was the secondary contract approved by the museum board? A museum spokesperson could not answer the question Wednesday.
Don't wait for any heads to roll on this one. That's not the way this government operates. When your money goes down the drain, they want you to forget the whole thing as quickly as possible.
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Businesses targeted in overnight robberies
Robbers hit several metro businesses and some incidents turned violent.
A Kwik Shop near 36th and Leavenworth streets was robbed by a man and a woman on Thursday. Police said a store employee was beaten over the head with a rifle.
While the man attacked the employee, police said the woman stole cigarettes. The assailants ran off, and a customer found the beaten employee.
Omaha police Officer James Shade said authorities want to get those people behind bars. He said police need community input to help stop these crimes.
"If there's a convenience store in your neighborhood, take an extra second look over your shoulder make sure that clerk is OK and everything's all right," he said.
Later Thursday, around 8:30 p.m., police said three men covering their faces walked into the China Taste near 24th and Cuming streets.
One of the men showed a gun, hit the employee in the face with it and then ordered the employee to open the register.
That's when a second man went around the counter to grab the money, police said.
The three robbers were last seen running west through the parking lot.
China Taste employee Lei Chen said the situation was frightening.
About two hours later, two men wearing scarves held up the Tobacco and Phones 4 Less at 20th and L streets.
Officers said one of them pointed a handgun at employees and got cash before the men ran off heading south.
Council Bluffs police are also looking for an armed robber.
Police said a gunman wearing a dark hoodie got away with cash from the Kum and Go just north of Mall of the Bluffs around 3:30 a.m. Friday.
Shade said those who see something suspicious can call investigators at 402-444-5652.


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To make HTTP/HTTPS connections to a broker, a client application needs an appropriately configured connection factory administered object. Before configuring the connection factory, clients wishing to use secure HTTPS connections must also have access to SSL libraries provided by the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) and must obtain a trusted root certificate.
If the root certificate of the certification authority (CA) that signed your application server's (or Web server's) certificate is not in the trust store by default, or if you are using a proprietary application server or Web server certificate, you must install the root certificate in the trust store. (This step is not needed for ordinary, non-secure HTTP connections, or if the CA's root certificate is already in the trust store by default.)
Import the root certificate.
Execute the command
JRE_HOME/bin/keytool -import -trustcacerts -alias certAlias -file certFile -keystore trustStoreFile
where certFile is the file containing the root certificate, certAlias is the alias representing the certificate, and trustStoreFile is the file containing your trust store.
Confirm that you trust the certificate.
Answer YES to the question Trust this certificate?
Identify the trust store to the client application.
In the command that launches the client application, use the -D option to specify the following properties:
javax.net.ssl.trustStore=trustStoreFile javax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=trustStorePassword
To enable HTTP/HTTPS support, you need to set the connection factory's imqAddressList attribute to the URL of the HTTP/HTTPS tunnel servlet. The URL has the form
where hostName:portNumber is the host name and port number of the application server or Web server hosting the tunnel servlet and contextRoot is the context root directory you specified when deploying the tunnel servlet on the server, as described above under Step 4 (HTTP and HTTPS): Deploying the Tunnel Servlet.
You can set the imqAddressList attribute in any of the following ways:
Use the -o option to the imqobjmgr command that creates the connection factory administered object (see Adding a Connection Factory).
Set the attribute when creating the connection factory administered object using the Administration Console (imqadmin).
Use the -D option to the command that launches the client application.
Use an API call to set the attributes of the connection factory after you create it programmatically in client application code (see the Message Queue Developer's Guide for Java Clients).
It is not necessary to configure multiple application or Web servers and tunnel servlets in order to access multiple brokers; you can share a single server instance and tunnel servlet among them. To do this, you must configure the imqAddressList connection factory attribute as follows:
where brokerHostName is the broker instance host name and instanceName is the name of the specific broker instance you want your client to access.
To check that you have entered the correct values for brokerHostName and instanceName, generate a status report for the HTTP/HTTPS tunnel servlet by accessing the servlet URL from a browser:
The report lists all brokers being accessed by the servlet, as shown in Example C–1.
To use an HTTP proxy to access the HTTPS tunnel servlet, set the system properties http.proxyHost and http.proxyPort to the proxy server's host name and port number. You can set these properties using the -D option to the command that launches the client application.


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314 BedfordBy Christopher Bollen
"Love amid apocalyptic urban debris, love amid pimps and drug pushers, love on staircases scattered with used needles … can barely pay the rent." This was not an atypical note to find myself jotting down in my early twenties, part of a scribbled, half-legible foray into a novel I would never write. I wrote this in 2002, three years into my very first no-lease, single-occupant New York apartment and one year before I would eventually leave it, fleeing on grounds of emotional distress for a nondescript studio in Gramercy across from the Thirteenth Precinct (note my subconscious need for police protection). The cloying repetition of the word love suggests a rather flagrant tendency toward romanticizing crime and poverty, the ellipses symptomatic of someone too undisciplined to develop a thought. The only real character of this imaginary novel is the building. At least it was for me during the years that I called 314 Bedford Avenue, between South First and South Second streets on the grimy, sun-bleached south side of Williamsburg, my home.
To pass by the six-floor tenement now is not to see the building I lived in a decade ago. DuMont Burger has replaced the Puerto Rican dry cleaners in the street-level store front, where I never recall a single person entering or exiting with pressed shirts or anything approximating a claim ticket. Green metal café tables have taken the place of the wheelchair-bound homeless man with no legs who lived and slept seated for nine months of the year outside the entryway, his single mode of communication being "don't touch me!" whenever anyone asked if he needed help. The building's facade, still the color of a sick tongue, seems to have been water blasted, and the fire escape has been skinned and painted. As New Yorkers, we all live in a peculiar state of location upgrade, a kind of reverse Manderlay, where places we had once known have outpaced our own internal soft-focus (as an exercise, I recommend replacing the word nature with real estate developers in the opening page of Rebecca). Memory must do the decay work of time, and it is here at 314 that I remember the black, rusted iron gates of the front door, the hallway swabbed in yellow plaster, the chipped linoleum floor tiles attempting a marble mosaic, the five flights up to my apartment where, even drunk at 2 A.M., I had to be careful not to step on syringes, used condoms, sleeping prostitutes, and take-out ketchup packets. Read More


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Sony Ericsson Reveals Game Plan With Xperia Play
The long-rumored PlayStation phone is finally here.
Today, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Sony Ericsson unveiled the Xperia Play.
While the device does not have the PlayStation namesake, it has a slide-out controller pad, complete with the four inconic PlayStation buttons: The circle, cross, square and triangle.
The phone was one of three announced today by Sony Ericsson, the joint venture between Sony and Ericsson.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Play will be available globally in select markets starting in march at an undisclosed price. The first carrier to carry the device will be Verizon Wireless.
But it's a little unclear how the Xperia Play will fit into Sony's wider lineup of portable gaming devices.
Sony recently announced the NGP, a gaming device that has nearly every capability of a phone, except for the ability to make a call. It has a forward- and rear-facing camera, as well as 3G connectivity to allow for constant Internet access. In addition, Sony continues to maintain the PlayStation portable, or PSP, brand.
Xperia Play will run on Android's latest operating system, Gingerbread, and is the first certified PlayStation smartphone, meaning it will have access to PlayStation's strong catalog of game content.
The content will be key to the device's success.
But smartphones already on the market today, especially the iPhone, have a wide variety of inexpensive games to pick from. Microsoft has also integrated Xbox features and many of its console's games into the Windows Phone 7 experience.
Sony Ericsson said it will have 50 titles available at launch. It has partnered with key publishers in the gaming industry to make great titles available at launch, including EA's Need for Speed, Sims 3 and a world-first multiplayer version of FIFA 10 for mobile. Other titles will come from Glu, Activision and Gameloft.
But of course, all of these games will have to be tailored to the Xperia Play's one-of-a-kind game controller, making for a longer development time.
As Sony Ericsson prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary, it believes it has successfully made the transition to building smartphones, banking on the Android operating system. Still, it remains a small niche player with a global market share of four percent last year.
Sony Ericsson forecasts modest growth in units in the global handset market for 2011.
Sony Ericsson also unveiled the Xperia Neo and the Xperia Pro, two smartphones also running Android's Gingerbread. The pro will have a slide-out Qwerty keyboard and will be aimed at business users. The Pro will be available in Q2, and the Neo will be available by the end of Q1. Prices were unavailable.


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[QUOTE]Originally posted by hehbris
[B]this is because this war is not a war were some individual entities are involved but this war is
against global terrorism.
[QUOTE]If this was a war against global terrorism then why isn't england and ireland combatting against terrorism on their home front, why aren't UN missions being sent to various war-lord run military states in africa? Or what about the FARC in Columbia? If the US were really set on eliminating global terrorism, then shouldn't they be bombing suspected locations of that psychotic abortion doctor killer in the US, is he not a terrorist?
Not according to the Laws of the US where he works he isnt, just the people who threaten his life...oh isnt that some sort of terrorism?
and each country is against terrorism.
[QUOTE]looks more like each country is against the taliban and bin laden, if even that. If each country was against terrorism then shouldn't the United Nations be the primary leaders of such a campaign? I don't recall Kenya showing any significant support, or somalia, or lebanon, or Argentina. Do we see China, a world super power doing much to contribute?
No...we have Syria..that well known bastion of not supporting terrorist groups.....did anyone mention Contra? or Sandanista?.
and that will be end of global terrorism...
[QUOTE]The entire world's terrorist population consists of only Bin Laden? That is a little naive.
why does pot, kettle and black spring to mind?
[/I]This is certainly not a campaign against terror, it is a campaign in favor of US policy and protectionism. The US are not the only victims of terror in this world, as a matter of fact terrorism is not even a concern to most americans.[/I]
Probably not, but then it isnt to most people unless they have the problem.
[/I]As for this ridiculous question, Bin Laden right now is the most sought after and recognizable person on this earth right now, why the hell would he go to england? [/I]
Couldnt Agree with you more. Wales, Scotland or Ireland (either) are much nicer at this time of year.


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21st Harvest Crusade Offers Hope for Hurting
When bad things happen, the general tendency is to blame God for it, said evangelist Greg Laurie.
But Laurie and award-winning music artist Steven Curtis Chapman have defied the norm by not only turning to God when they faced their darkest days but also by testifying of the hope they still have in Jesus.
"Here's the hope that we have ... even when He takes something, is there any better, safer place that we could ever leave anything than in the hands of God?" Chapman said Sunday evening at the 21st annual Southern California Harvest Crusade.
"We know that He will restore even what He takes away," he added.
Both Chapman and Laurie lost a child in 2008. The singer/songwriter lost his 5-year-old adopted daughter, Marie Sue, in a car accident and Laurie's 33-year-old son, Christopher, died in a car accident just a couple months later.
The two prominent Christians continue to hurt from the loss but hold on to the hope that they'll join their children some day in heaven.
On Sunday, during the three-day Harvest Crusade at Angel Stadium, Laurie hosted for the first time an evening of hope, specifically geared toward the people who are hurting.
The evangelist wanted to address a topic that everyone ponders and what author and apologist C.S. Lewis has called atheism's most potent weapon against the Christian faith – suffering.
Why does God allow suffering and tragedy in the world? Why does He allow suffering in the life of the good person and, even more, the godly person? Laurie posed to tens of thousands of people.
"A lot of times Christians are accused of having our head in the clouds like we're out of touch with reality," he said. "I think Christians are more realistic than nonbelievers are.
"We have our feet firmly planted on the earth because we'll talk about something like death, and life and the meaning of it. We're not afraid to," he stressed.
When Laurie received the call two years ago that his oldest son of two died in an automobile accident, it was the darkest moment of his life. He didn't know if he could handle it.
But he assured the public that God was there.
"If God wasn't there for me I would've given it all up (i.e. preaching) but God was there and that's why I'm here tonight," he said.
So why do bad things happen to godly people?
"I don't know," the evangelist said to some laughter.
"We don't have to have cause and effect for everything," he said. "Sometimes just bad things happen."
Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family who now leads a new radio ministry called Family Talk, also went on stage Sunday to address the big question.
The consensus among theologians, he said, is that "we live in a fallen world that has been cursed by sin" so sickness and sorrow are inevitable.
"It is part of this life in an imperfect world," he put it simply.
Dobson pointed out that Jesus told his disciples that they will have tribulation and he never tried to hide that fact.
"Sooner or later Christians will hit a wall when there's nothing to hold you but the presence of the Lord," he said.
And it's likely that people will never be able to make sense of certain tragedies or get an answer to their questions, he noted.
But Dobson encouraged those facing a crisis to leave it in God's hands and take the next step in faith.
"Our reaction should be faith first. For some reason God values faith above almost anything else," he explained.
Each night, evangelist Laurie offered the thousands at the stadium and watching via webcast the opportunity to accept Jesus Christ and to do it publicly.
While other religions of the world essentially tell followers what "to do," Laurie stressed that Christianity, in contrast, says "done, not do."
"Do you think that God, the Father, would have allowed His son to suffer like this if good works got us to heaven?" he posed. "Christ died in our place ... so we can be pardoned for the wrongs we have done."
He said on the final night, "That's the hope Christians have ... we're going to heaven."
The Aug. 6-8 Harvest Crusade drew a total of 118,000 people along with another 290,000 via webcast. More than 11,700 people made decisions for Christ.


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I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas with friends and family - and planning for an even better New Years!
This Christmas, 2 of my favorite cousins got engaged with weddings planned for just around the corner in 2010. I'm so excited. I've never been so excited for a wedding in my life, but these two, I love them so much and I'm super stoked to see them both walk down the isle.
I'm not sure how you feel about the up coming new year, but 2010 is a big one for me. I have a lot of changes happening, which means a lot of expectations going into this year and therefore lot to look forward too.
So if I don't get to say it later this week... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
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{Nature_and_Environment.10.29}: Tom Elliot {telliot} Mon, 04 Apr 2005 17:17:53 CDT (HTML)
{Nature_and_Environment.10.30}: Tonu Aun {tonu} Mon, 04 Apr 2005 17:22:35 CDT (3 lines)
Hi Tom! Also have to add that the enviromental studies of the impact have mainly been discouraging. The tradeoff *might* be acceptable but there is considerable impact.
{Nature_and_Environment.10.31}: Tom Elliot {telliot} Mon, 04 Apr 2005 17:24:08 CDT (HTML)
{Nature_and_Environment.10.32}: Tonu Aun {tonu} Mon, 04 Apr 2005 20:24:23 CDT (2 lines)
Solar, no disagreement here --- that's why the * --- on balance going tidal and wave seems preferable IMO to current practice if we are careful.
{Nature_and_Environment.10.33}: ... {wren1111} Fri, 15 Apr 2005 02:51:57 CDT (HTML)
{Nature_and_Environment.10.34}: ... {wren1111} Fri, 15 Apr 2005 03:12:32 CDT (HTML)
ENERGY FROM ALGAE http://www.accesstoenergy.com/view/atearchive/s76a5002.htm
A more sophisticated way of collecting solar energy biologically is to grow algae that can be induced to form fatty substances suitable for refining into petroleum products.
Algae have been grown for some time as health food ingredients and in oxidation ponds for wastewater treatment. Under normal circumstances, algae contain mainly hydrocarbons and proteins; the fat content does not exceed 20% of the total dry weight. But in 1980 it was discovered that under nutritional stress¾limited nutrients or saline environment¾certain microalgae will accumulate up to 72% of their weight as lipids (fatty substances).
So by starving them you make them grow fatter? Only in a sense: by limiting their food, you make them form a higher percentage of their body weight as fat.
A typical algal mass has a heating value (heat produced by combustion) of 8,000-10,000 BTU/lb, which is better than lignite; but the heating value of algal oil and lipids is 16,000 BTU/lb, which is better than anthracite.
Another species of freshwater algae, Botryococcus, is thought to be
responsible for present petroleum reserves, for it is capable of
synthesizing hydrocarbons. It is hoped (but not yet certain) that the
hydrocarbons extracted from this and other species can be readily
processed by the present petrochemical industry to produce gasoline
and other petroleum products.
{Nature_and_Environment.10.35}: Karen Iwamoto {kai28} Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:36:29 CDT (10 lines)
we recently moved to central Massachusetts (ok, 6 months ago now...i have to stop saying that) & found out an oil co-op that supplies a bio-diesel blend for home heating fuel. They have to blend it since at lower temperatures (i don't rememeber how low), bio-diesel apparently congeals. but the pricing is competetive with, if not cheaped that, regualr #2 fuel oil (home heating fuel). http://www.massenergy.com/MECA_BIOIL/index.htm its not a great solution, but its a start
{Nature_and_Environment.10.36}: James River Martin {rivertree} Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:48:41 CDT (3 lines)
Not our ass phalt. http://www.bikeforest.com/catastrophic_climate_change.jpg
{Nature_and_Environment.10.37}: ... {wren1111} Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:59:03 CDT (HTML)
Peter Ash, of Lawford, Somerset, attached a generator to his hamster's exercise wheel and connected it to his phone charger.
Elvis does the legwork while Peter charges his phone in an economically and environmentally friendly way.
He came up with the idea after his sister Sarah complained that Elvis was keeping her awake at night by playing for hours on his exercise wheel.
"I thought the wheel could be made to do something useful so I connected a system of gears and a turbine," he said.
"Every two minutes Elvis spends on his wheel gives me about thirty minutes talk time on my phone."
The teenage inventor was given a C for his project and has been
awarded a D overall for the course.
{Nature_and_Environment.10.38}: Tom Elliot {telliot} Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:43:12 CDT (HTML)
{Nature_and_Environment.10.39}: {bshmr} Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:51:41 CDT (8 lines)
>"I thought the wheel could be made to do something useful so I connected a system of gears and a turbine," he said. > Based on the above quote, the student might be a problem. Alternator & generator would be typical terms for spinning thingies *g* which produce electricity. Turbine, as a term, denotes a bladed, wind-screw type of device explained by fluid dyanmics and the like, not magnetism or EMF. OTTOMH, that is.
{Nature_and_Environment.10.40}: Tonu Aun {tonu} Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:36:55 CDT (1 line)
Yup, bshmr -- that might be the reason for the gentlemans' "C". :-)
{Nature_and_Environment.10.41}: Helge Hafstad {hhaf} Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:14:42 CDT (6 lines)
The idea was excellent though! Think of all the energy being wasted around the (western) world in gyms where all kinds of exercise machines could be set to produce electricity... "Get you body in shape - create some current tonight!" :D
{Nature_and_Environment.10.42}: James River Martin {rivertree} Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:25:09 CDT (1 line)
This looks good. http://www.localenergy.org/index.html
{Nature_and_Environment.10.43}: Richard Witty {gisland} Mon, 05 Sep 2005 15:31:24 CDT (1 line)
Don't you live in Santa Fe James?
{Nature_and_Environment.10.44}: James River Martin {rivertree} Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:32:02 CDT (9 lines)
Yup. I have talked with Mark Sardella, Executive Director of Local Energy, a while back ... when he was working with Southwest Energy Institute. More recently, I've been trying to connect with him by phone, but the result is a game of phone tag, so far. Unfortunately, it isn't easy in SF to achieve a quick comprehensive overview of what's going on in SF regards "sustainability" matters and organizations. So I could live here and not learn of Local Energy until days ago.
{Nature_and_Environment.10.45}: James River Martin {rivertree} Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:00:03 CDT (5 lines)
"The End of Oil : On the Edge of a Perilous New World" by Paul Roberts. {Currents.893.2874}
{Nature_and_Environment.10.46}: James River Martin {rivertree} Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:01:53 CDT (1 line)
{Nature_and_Environment.10.47}: Try Grass {bshmr} Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:14:09 CST (10 lines)
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March05/grass.fuel.ssl.html Don't let grass grow under your feet -- burn it as economical, environmentally friendly biofuel, Cornell expert urges ITHACA, N.Y. -- Grow grass, not for fun but for fuel. Burning grass for energy has been a well-accepted technology in Europe for decades. But not in the United States. ...
{Nature_and_Environment.10.48}: ... {wren1111} Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:39:54 CST (HTML)
Quiet Revolution Wind Turbine
{Nature_and_Environment.10.49}: Tom Elliot {telliot} Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:44:02 CST (HTML)
I'm checking with the wind folks now to see what they have to say.
{Nature_and_Environment.10.50}: ... {wren1111} Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:07:23 CST (HTML)
There are practical ways in which we could immediately start to
save our species from ecological and social crisis and our planet
from being destroyed by our greed. So why arent we adopting them?
What prevents us from desiring a simpler and better way of life?
{Nature_and_Environment.10.51}: ... {wren1111} Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:29:16 CST (HTML)
Despite it's biggotted premises, this is a hopeful article about the
rise in solar use.
{Nature_and_Environment.10.52}: Tom Elliot {telliot} Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:37:34 CST (HTML)
But of course solar energy is about more than heat...
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Spend quality time with your community eating healthy and sustainable food. We make it easy.
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Our locations are great settings outside the classroom for interaction among faculty, students, and staff. We also provide catering for campus events, from full conferences to birthday parties.
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… Juan Silverio, INF: According to Bell, there was a bit of a discrepancy in Silverio's papers over his age, so he ended up spending last year with the White Sox Dominican team. But Silverio was back for a great instructional league showing this past fall and might have physically outgrown the shortstop position.
"I'm not sure if he fits at shortstop or third base, but he has great hands and is a strong kid," said Bell of Silverio, who will start 2010 with Class A Kannapolis. "We are happy to have him back. He has to be considered one of our higher-prospect kids."
Silverio hit .321 with the Rookie Dominican Summer League team, including eight home runs, 11 doubles, 10 triples and 56 RBIs.
Jared Mitchell, OF: The potential leadoff man of the future, the 2009 first-round Draft pick has earned Bell's endorsement as a potential top of the order standout.
"He's freaky fast, strong and very athletic," Bell said. "He's a very intelligent kid. Very coachable."
Don't look for Mitchell to contribute at the big league level this year. Due to Mitchell's reduced baseball experience as a two-sport athlete at LSU, Bell said the White Sox "will be slower with him then we would be with most No. 1 picks."
Dayan Viciedo, 3B/1B: Look for Viciedo to play both third base and first base this season, probably starting the year for Triple-A Charlotte. Bell said the present reports out of Miami from bench coach Joey Cora and Minor League pitching coach Jose Bautista have been solid concerning Viciedo's ongoing conditioning work and that Viciedo could contribute offensively at the big league level in 2010.
"Hopefully they won't need him, but I think he surely can contribute if needed," Bell said. "His feet need work defensively, and I don't know if his footwork will ever be good enough at third. But the kid has great hands, and Dayan adjusts on the fly as well as any kid in the organization."


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Sunday, May 2, 2010
A Rainy Rainbow Day
9 comments:
- Unknown said...
Sounds like a great party was had by all. And Julie, have you not learned anything from me with my three staph infections in the foot??? Ttt, Ttt Ttt.
- May 2, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- julie said...
Eh, you still have the foot, can't have been that bad!
- May 2, 2010 at 3:49 PM
I heart my big
- May 2, 2010 at 10:02 PM
- Unknown said...
Um, yeh and that is why I am supposed to wrap it every night to keep the swelling down.
- May 3, 2010 at 9:09 AM
- cake said...
thrilling, indeed! that cake is amazing. i also love the picture of the girls in their matching over the top rainbow wear. it does look like sydney might have had a couple of outfit changes throughout the day, no?
glad to hear you are taking care of your foot. but honestly, you couldn't have before then, you had a rainbow party to throw!
- May 3, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Seriously rocking food at your party! If you're looking for another career, you might want to add party planner to your list. Hope your foot is feeling tons better by today!
- May 3, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- chocolatesuze said...
awesome cake dude love how you didnt ice the sides so you can see the beautiful colours of all your layers
- May 4, 2010 at 3:55 AM
- Mama Jenn said...
The rainbow cake looks GREAT! One of my boys saw the cake and immediately told me that that was what he wanted for his birthday...unfortunately, I already made the cake...and it is not a rainbow cake!!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog!
- May 5, 2010 at 12:41 AM
- julie said...
Yeah, Sydney had a few outfit changes throughout the day--not because she got her clothes dirty, mind you, but just because costuming is V important.
The rainbow birthday cake didn't last very long. Wonder if I should make another one...
- May 5, 2010 at 8:55 AM


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XCOM is no X-Com.
That is to say, don't expect the upcoming first-person shooter XCOM from 2K Marin to be a new version of turn-based strategy classic X-Com.
In this video, the developers talk us through some of their reasoning, all while walking us through the game's back-story, technology and gameplay.
The idea, they tell us, is that this game is meant to be an origin story. The developers want to make you feel what it's like to be one of the squad members in the game, and not the top-down commander.
Fair enough, but I'd still love a new version of that strategy game. Could you make that one next please?
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Laboratory of Ichtyology and Coastal Fishery
Laboratory of Ichthyology and Coastal Fisheries in IOF currently employs 5 research scientists and 2 PhD students. Since monitoring of status and changes of ichthyocommunities is a complex issue the scope of work of our Lab encompasses as many different aspects as possible to get an accurate insight through:
• systematic research of fish biology and ecology (coastal fish community composition, biological characteristics and distribution of species)
• population dynamics and stock assessment of characteristic, commercially important coastal fish species
• qualitative and quantitative catch structure, demographic structure of the most important stocks
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• evaluation of selectivity properties and destructiveness of fishing gears
• estimating the potential impact of global climate changes on fish biodiversity and other living resources in the Adriatic Sea
• collection of new ichthyological data
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• preparing recommendations for conservation, sustainable use and management of coastal living resources
The activities of our Laboratory are supported through various national projects and monitoring, mostly financed by MZOS and MPRRR but it is important to point out that exploration of coastal ichthyocommunities by this Lab goes as far back as the last 65 years. Also, there is a good informal cooperation with all marine biologists at institutes in neighbouring countries. Moreover, every year some post-doc students and Fulbright scholars spent some time working and participating in all lab activities. List of papers cited in Current Contents (39 published for period 2007-2009 and further 10 in revision process) for permanent scientific activity on project 001-0013077-0844 is on the web page: http://bib.irb.hr//.


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In a classroom at Dedham High School, the conversations among the teacher and the students switch almost seamlessly from Spanish to English, then back again.
A world map with five yellow flags marking where the students' families come from is tacked to the wall. The students tease teacher Alison Reilley just as often as she teases them.
After Reilley asks a question in Spanish about arepas, or corn cakes, Veronica Arango replies in English, "Oh, those are so good,'' earning her the nickname "Señorita Spanglish" from Reilley.
This isn't a typical language class where students are taught Spanish phrases and their English translations. Instead, it's a class of five native Spanish speakers learning more about Spanish.
Reilley proposed the Spanish for Native Speakers class last year after Dedham High principal Ron McCarthy asked teachers to write new curriculums so the school could offer more electives. For this course, the first semester is focused on learning about the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. During the second semester, students will explore immigration and their own family histories.
Her goal is to help reach a growing population of students who may not be benefiting from traditional Spanish courses.
"The population of Latinos in the US is soaring, and if we are going to focus on teaching the whole student, we need to make sure we are reaching the needs of those Spanish speakers," Reilley said.
According to 2012 Census data, Massachusetts is home to 627,654 residents who identify as Hispanic or Latino, 1,353 who reported living in Dedham. Those are increases from the 428,729 statewide and 567 in Dedham reported in the 2000 Census.
Dedham High School has 784 students, according to its Massachusetts school profile, with nearly 10 percent identified as Hispanic, many of whom already speak a variety of Spanish dialects. While the school doesn't have comparative data, Reilley said she has seen an increase of Hispanic students in the past decade.
The Dedham High program appears to be unique. Many schools have English as a Second Language courses that teach English grammar, language, reading, and writing skills to non-English speakers, but don't encourage native languages.
Some schools, such as Brockton High, have two-way language programs with half of the class made up of English speakers, the other of Spanish speakers, and students are taught in both languages.
The two-way program at Framingham High School allows native Spanish speakers who have recently arrived in this country to participate, but only if they can write and read in Spanish at a proficient level.
What makes Reilley's class different is that she doesn't focus entirely on language. That happens, but it comes along with the main goal of having students explore their own cultures and backgrounds.
Her students speak three dialects of Spanish — from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico. It means that sometimes they don't pick up on something Reilley or another student says, but she'll write out versions of the phrase or word and point out how it differs from the others.
Reilley spent many years traveling and volunteering in Spanish-speaking countries. Through learning first-hand about various cultures, Reilley said, she realized there was plenty to teach students who already knew the language.
"Designing this course was a dream for me," Reilley said. "I love to travel and tap into other cultures, and I could work all of that into this class."
About 90 percent of the class is taught in Spanish, but English is sprinkled in to help explain concepts or teach the students translations. All five students still take the required math, language arts, and social science classes in English, a key difference from language-immersion programs.
Arango is a senior whose family immigrated to Dedham from Colombia five years ago. Arango spent her first four years in the Dedham Public Schools' ESL classes, but transitioned out of that program this year. She wanted to find a class where she could learn but also hold on to her first language.
"I don't want to forget my language," Arango said. "A lot of my friends know Spanish, but they don't speak it anymore."
Reilley's lesson plans so far have included a variety of presentations and projects about Spanish-speaking countries. During a recent class, students were putting together slide shows about Costa Rica to present to students at the nearby Avery Elementary School.
Having the students teach the younger grades not only helps them learn more Spanish, Reilley said, but also helps with their English, and they love it.
"They are all excited now. When I pass by, they say hi to me," junior Ivan Nova said about the partnership the class has with Avery fourth-graders.
Other projects have included reading children's books out loud in Spanish then translating them with the help of the younger students.
"This class is more about culture than regular [Spanish] classes, more about presentation, spelling, research projects, and what they take from this will give them a huge advantage," reilley said.
It's the additional challenge that Arango and the others want to capitalize on.
Karen Rivera is a sophomore and began speaking English at age 7. She speaks both languages at home but said she's never focused on writing or reading in Spanish — a large component of her class at Dedham High.
"I've always spoken Spanish, but that doesn't mean I know how to spell or where to put the accents, and I'd like to learn to read it a little better," Rivera said.
It's a benefit that, according to the Center for Applied Linguistics, couples with the fact that many native speakers, like Reilley's students, speak varieties of Spanish that are considered "non-standard."
"Some students may already use oral Spanish in familiar context but need to develop their academic Spanish and reading and writing skills," a pamphlet from the linguistics center said.
Some critics of programs like the one in Dedham say that the students would do even better learning more English but, according to McCarthy, there's a chance for them to do that here, too.
"The students are able to not only speak their native language in a classroom setting for a year, it helps with those speaking skills and learning English," he said.
Looking forward, Reilley is hopeful that next year will bring more students and more opportunities.
Students will read the book "La Travesía de Enrique" by Sonia Nazrio and discuss their own journeys while trying to disprove common misconceptions about Spanish-speaking countries and immigrants.
"I want them to be proud of their native cultures and customs," she said.
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DHAKA (REUTERS) - On a bustling Dhaka street full of buyers looking for deals on export rejects and designer fakes, a flight of stairs leads up to an anomaly in a country known for producing international clothing brands - a global high street fashion store.
Uniqlo, owned by Japan's Fast Retailing Co, is opening two stores in Bangladesh, a favourite low-cost sourcing hub for many international retailers but a country where, until now, they have not sold their clothes.
Inside the brightly lit confines of the larger of Uniqlo's two Dhaka stores, staff frantically rushed among stacks of clothing manufactured exclusively for the local market to add the final touches before a grand opening on Friday.
The Japanese retailer, in a tie-up with Bangladesh's Grameen Bank, founded by Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, has dared to venture into a US$70 billion (S$90 billion) retail market untouched by global chains, where about 30 million people make up the middle-income bracket.
In April, more than 1,100 garment workers died in the collapse of a eight-story building in Bangladesh, putting pressure on international fashion brands to improve worker safety and livelihoods.
At 90 sq metres, the Dhaka store is a far cry from Uniqlo's large-format shops elsewhere and stocks mostly menswear - women in Bangladesh, a largely Muslim nation, still prefer to wear traditional clothes.
A group of college students, who looked curiously at the store from across the street, had never heard of the brand.
"The store looks good from the outside. I can shop here for Eid, but not always," said Mr Jamshed Robin, a 25-year-old political science student, looking at the price catalogue.
Eid al-Fitr is a key religious holiday and marks a major shopping period for Muslims.
A typical slim fit pair of jeans here costs 990 taka (S$14.50) and a short-sleeve shirt costs 890 taka, before a 5 per cent local tax. That means they are aimed at the small but growing middle class, rather than the masses who make up the ranks of garment factory workers and who earn a minimum monthly wage of US$38.
Uniqlo, on its website, says its T-shirts cost 20-30 per cent more than those sold in the local market, and says it is banking that customers will pay a little more for the higher quality.
"We're not selling Uniqlo products, we're going to be selling Grameen Uniqlo which is more geared to the local market, for between about 200 and 1,000 yen (S$2.54 - $12.70)," said Mr Naoto Miyazawa, a Fast Retailing spokesman in Tokyo.
Fast Retailing has so far not joined a global safety pact for factories in Bangladesh drawn up after April's disaster at the Rana Plaza complex, in an industrial suburb north of Dhaka, preferring instead to ramp up its own inspections.
Mr Miyazawa said the company had not yet decided whether to sign up to the pact because its details were still unclear.
Uniqlo is investing US$4.6 million in Bangladesh. The company describes the initiative with micro-lender Grameen as a "social business venture" on its website and plans to reinvest the profits to alleviate poverty in rural areas.
"We want to deliver innovative designs and fashion to the middle class customers here and have plans to open more stores across several cities that will create more jobs," said Mr Yukihiro Nitta, chief executive officer of the joint venture.
Uniqlo will hold 99 per cent of Grameen Uniqlo Ltd and Grameen Healthcare Trust will hold the rest.
At its second store, in a residential middle-class suburb, the power goes out twice before its restored with a generator.
Outside, 28-year-old sales executive Omar Iqbal is eager to check out the glistening store.
"It will be nice to wear a global brand to work," he said."Will their clothes have the Uniqlo logo on them like Adidas does?"


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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
My first Interview! Shiela Stewart
I decided to bring a new feature to my blog. Interviews! Who doesn't enjoy a good interview, right?
My first victim-uh, interviewee was my critique partner and best writing buddy, Shiela Stewart. Her books are awesome! She has three books out right now that are part of her Passion series. I've read them all, and LOVED them.
Anyway, I asked her if she'd do an interview with me and she was very excited. Until she read the questions. Then she called me strange. Weird, huh?
So without further ado, the below is my interview with Shiela Stewart. The uncut version.
1. On a scale of 1-10, how awesome do you think I am? Be honest. You can go higher than 10 if you like.
10 1/2 I would have given you 11 but you didn't share any cake with me a few weeks back.
2. Is Vic still mine?
He's still yours I have to warn you, Julia just bought this really kick ass meat cleaver for her restaurant and she's not afraid to use it to defend what's hers.
3. I guess I should ask about you. What do you think of my writing?
I like your writing but you're not fast enough. ;)
4. Time for the hard hitting questions… What did you have for breakfast?
Toast and coffee with a dollop of tasty lips.
5. I heard you live in Canada. Any igloos?
Oh sure, they're everywhere. I live in one myself though it's tough in the summer. I have to have the air-conditioning cranked on high to keep it from melting. LOL
6. If you had a choice between having lunch with me or Nora Roberts, who would you pick? (Not that I have to ask…we all know what your decision would be. Right? I'll have cake!)
You of course, because I'll be having dinner with Nora. LOL
7. Do you think bribing someone with cake so that they pick you over Nora Roberts is wrong?
Absolutely. Especially when there really is NO cake. Give it up woman. LOL
8. Okay, I guess I should get back on track. I heard you've written like a hundred books. Is that true?
Yes I have, and I'm working on the one hundredth and one now. It's called, "Strangling Mel in the Fast Lane" LOL
9. Can you slow down your writing so I can catch up?
Only if I end up having a lobotomy. LOL
10. Okay, this is your turn to add whatever you want. Promote, etc… I'll be over here napping-err-paying close attention.
Stop snoring so loud so I can talk about myself.
What's to say that hasn't already been said…wait, nothings been said here so I have free reign.
I have five books out right now, in both ebook and in print. Kidnapped, Secrets of the Dead, Discovery in Passion, Escape in Passion and Mercy in Passion. And coming this July, the first book in my Darkness series, Seducing the Darkness will be released. There are a total of five books in the series.
I have a contest right now for all those that sign up for my newsletter. You're name will be entered in a draw to win a free signed copy of Discovery in Passion. To sign up, send me an email at: firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject line " Newsletter sign up" And your name will be entered.
To find out more about me and my books, go to www.shielasbook.ca.
Thank you Mel for this wonderful and bizarre…I can't call it an interview because there really was no interview to be had so I'll call it a conversation. Always a joy to chat with you. Now get busy writing.
I want to thank Shiela for being such a good sport! And please keep an eye out for her vampire series. I've read and loved all three of them and that's saying something for someone who doesn't like paranormal!
Also, don't forget to look at yesterday's post where you can win a $20 gift certificate from Amazon.com!
Tomorrow: Melly's Thoughts.
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2 comments:
- J.K. Coi said...
LOL, Melly and Shiela, that was a riot. Thanks!
- April 23, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- Shiela Stewat said...
Hi J.K. Thanks for popping by.
Yeah, this was a hoot to do. Mel has a whicked sense of humour, just like me. :)
- April 23, 2008 at 1:22 PM
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Degree in Nursing Ibiza
What is it?
The main objective of this study programme is to ensure that future professionals are able to work in the different social and institutional contexts related to health on the local, national, and international levels while carrying out the multidimensional responsibilities inherent in their roles. There are a large number of employment opportunities in nursing, and it is a licenced, regulated, and closed healthcare profession.
What will you learn?
Upon completion of the programme, nursing students will be able to play an important role in health promotion, disease prevention, and treating persons with illnesses or disabilities at any stage of life.
What will you be able to do once you finish?
Nursing offers a wide variety of career options both in Spain and in other European countries. It is a licenced, closed, and regulated health profession with its own professional field, as set out in the Health Professions Organisation Act. Areas for professional practice include: healthcare (primary, specialised, public health), teaching, management, and research.
After completing this programme, graduates have the option to sign up for:
- Official university master's and doctorate programmes (Regulatory agreement of 22 November 2011 which ratified the administrative regulation regarding the teaching of official bachelor's and master's degree programmes at the University of the Balearic Islands and Decree 43/2015 of 2 February which amends Royal Decree 1393/2007 of 29 October which lays out the regulations for official university teachings, and Royal Decree 99/2011 of 28 January which regulates the teaching of official doctorate programmes), and
- The nurse practitioner programme, offered by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (Royal Decree 450/2005 of 22 April regarding nurse practitioners (B.O.I. of 6 May)).
Travel and Learn
The UIB offers students the chance to take part in different exchange and mobility programmes:
- Exchange and mobility programmes: to complete part of your studies at another university in Spain, the European Union, and around the world, or to get work experience at businesses in the European Union, managed by the International Relations Service.
- Volunteer work experience and projects with university development cooperation programmes in least developed countries, run through the development cooperation programmes managed by the Cooperation for Development and Solidarity Office (OCDS).
High-quality official study
Legislation requires that official Spanish Degrees receive positive evaluations by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA). This process is called verification, and it serves to ensure that the development programme in which you will participate will provide the skills and learning results that it is supposed to.
See the official degree study plan report
The European Higher Education Area requires that a system be in place to ensure the quality of degree programmes .
Bachelor's programmes are subject to assessment and are continuously improved upon in order to guarantee their prestige and recognition within Europe. You can see the results of the assessments at results section .


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Three Mozilla Board Members Resign over Choice of New CEO
Mozilla named a new chief executive this week to lead the non-profit Web organization as it tries to keep its Firefox browser relevant in the mobile age. The appointment has proved controversial in more ways than one.
Three Mozilla board members resigned over the choice of Brendan Eich, a Mozilla co-founder, as the new CEO. Gary Kovacs, a former Mozilla CEO who runs online security company AVG Technologies; John Lilly, another former Mozilla CEO now a partner at venture-capital firm Greylock Partners; and Ellen Siminoff, CEO of online education startup Shmoop, left the board last week.


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Mar 05 2008
Full Committee Oversight Hearing: The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on recent amendments to the Russian Suspension Agreement (Hearing Room SD-366)
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room 03:00 PMThe purpose is to receive testimony on the impacts of the capability of the United States to maintain a domestic enrichment capability as a result of the recently initiated amendment between the United States and the Russian Federation on the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation.
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Review: Saeco Lavazza A Modo Mio Extra Coffee Machine
I have spent a very happy few weeks or so testing, on a daily basis, a Limited Edition Blue Saeco Lavazza A Modo Mio Extra Coffee Machine (the coffee machine isn't supplied with a shot glass).
The coffee machine arrived with five boxes of Lavazza Modo Mio coffee capsules, which includes one box of decaffeinated. There are eight capsules in each box, all of which are excellent in taste quality and also have a great after taste, giving a true Italian espresso.
If you are, or have been thinking about buying a coffee machine which takes capsules, then hopefully you will find the following information useful.
The coffee machine is quickly set up and can at the press of a button produce an espresso and steamed milk, which you can make effortlessly and extremely quickly. Within a very short time you will learn how to make a good espresso and also how to texture the milk.
Photograph showing the water tank which slides off for filling.
To Make an Espresso: Place a capsule in the slot, pull the loading lever forward and down, press coffee brew button, the machine will make an espresso, press the coffee brew button to stop the flow and return the lever to eject the used capsule.
This is one of my best efforts at foaming the milk - not quite there yet, but as you can see from the photograph I have made microfoam.
This photograph is to show, that with practice, the milk can be textured and you will then get a far superior latte. Still not quite enough texturing though to make latte art. The instruction book gives full details showing how to achieve textured milk and latte art, it just needs practice.
This coffee shows one of my earliest attempts at foaming the milk - this is the equivalent to how coffee looks on the high street. Not bad but can be improved upon.
Forget all about foam and all of the bubbles you are presented with at some coffee shops, and sadly, in some of the independent coffee shops too. You can produce much better foamed and textured milk at home with the Lavazza coffee machine.
Fabulous range of colours.
Chic, no mess and easy to use.
The machine is supplied with 5 varieties of coffee capsules, each box containing 8 coffee capsules.
Lavazza coffee is excellent quality.
Lavazza coffee capsules can be bought in most supermarkets.
It is possible to quickly learn how to foam milk to a good standard.
With practice you can foam the milk to a very high standard.
After a short time practicing steaming the milk, it is possible to texture the milk, and if you are clever enough, make latte art.
The machine is capable of making an espresso, as good as or better than, any high street chain coffee shop.
Preheating the machine for 20-30 minutes (although no mention of this is made in the manual), I believe you can expect to make an espresso which exceeds the quality you can buy on the high street.
There is a draw which holds up to 10 empty capsules and these only need to be emptied out every few days and the draw can then be cleaned too.
Minimal cleaning required.
There is a User Manual A Modo Mio Coffee Menu giving detailed instructions for making everything from an espresso to a caffe mocha.
The steam wand is about 1cm too short which may make it difficult to foam the milk until you get used to using a suitable jug and steaming the milk.
It is essential to buy a small stainless steel jug, preferably from Lavazza, to ensure the jug is the correct size.
The User Manual has a few errors with regards to the steaming button operation.
Pressing down the steaming button manually is uncomfortable.
Summing Up:
One of my passions is coffee, and for the last few years I have owned a Gaggia Classic Coffee Machine and a Rancilio Grinder. I also buy top quality freshly roasted coffee beans, which from the time they are freshly roasted, arrive on my doorstep approximately two days later. My coffee machine has now been fitted with a PID, which in layman's terms means, good brew temperature control.
As I already own a coffee machine, it is impossible not to make comparisons whilst testing and reviewing. This was a wonderful opportunity to try a quality coffee machine which takes top quality coffee capsules, and can also foam the milk. I know I will use this machine on a weekly basis, even though I have used my Gaggia for a few years now.
The Lavazza coffee machine has given my Gaggia Classic a run for it's money and other than a few niggles, I'm in love. If you can afford it, I would suggest looking at the Premium model because it will dispense a measured shot of coffee, and also you don't have to keep the steam button pressed down.
The Lavazza coffee machine can make a range of coffees. It surely has to be one of the best coffee capsule machines on the market. RRP £125.
Thank you for the fabulous Lavazza coffee machine.
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Coppin St. crushes Delaware St.
Eagles improve to 3-4 on season
Michael Murray led all scorers with a career-high 28 points as Coppin State sealed a 73-54 victory over Delaware State on Saturday in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
Murray shot 11 of 15 (73.3 percent) from the floor and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. Sterling Smith scored 15 points, and Taariq Cephas finished with 10 assists and 12 points. The Eagles (3-4, 1-0) shot 10 of 20 from 3-point range.
The Hornets (2-7, 0-1) led for the first five minutes of the game, but once Coppin State took the lead with 14:27 left in the first half, it never trailed again in the contest.
Casey Walker scored 18 points after shooting 7 of 14 (50 percent) from the floor, and led two other Hornets players in double figures. Kendal Williams scored 16 and Tyshawn Bell finished with 12 as all of Delaware State's points came from starters.