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March 20, 2003
Students in classrooms everywhere are invited to explore the frozen landscapes of Colorado's Rocky Mountains in two live webcasts March 25 and 27 with scientists from NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), other federal agencies and many universities studying the role of snow-cover on Earth's weather and climate. The team is studying snowpack from the ground, air and space this winter and spring to improve forecasts of springtime water supply and snowmelt floods.
The 2003 NASA-NOAA Cold Land Processes Experiment began in February and runs through March 31. It is being conducted in the central Rocky Mountains because of the wide array of different terrain, snow, soil and ecological characteristics. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is contributing scientists, airborne instruments and JPL-managed satellite data to the effort.
The interactive webcasts will allow students to become virtual participants in the experiment. They will gain an understanding of how remote sensing is used in Earth science research and how scientists verify data from airborne platforms and from satellites 705 kilometers (438 miles) above Earth.
On Tues., March 25th at 10 a.m. Pacific time, participants will rendezvous with Dr. Claire Parkinson, project scientist for NASA's Aqua satellite, to discuss activities being conducted by the Aqua satellite science teams. On Thurs., March 27th at 10 a.m. Pacific time, students will venture into the field to learn how satellite, aircraft, and on-site ground measurements are combined to study surface hydrology. Both webcasts feature Aqua satellite data, live two-way communication with the NASA DC-8 airplane flying over the study area, and live chat sessions with researchers, who will answer emailed questions. To access the webcasts, log on to http://spioffice.gsfc.nasa.gov, and click on "RESOkit."
The webcast is geared toward students in grades 5 through 12. Each webcast lasts 60-75 minutes and will be archived and video-indexed for long-term access. Content is aligned to National Science Education Standards. Video vignettes, satellite imagery, photos and video interviews will highlight the importance of snow cover, snow water content and hydrologic study in cold regions.
The experiment studies landscapes where water is seasonally or permanently frozen. Cold land regions form a major component of Earth's hydrologic system. Scientists are using skis, snowmobiles and aircraft to survey and sample snow, and microwave measurements from satellites and aircraft to measure characteristics and the freeze/thaw state of the land surface and snowpack.
Measurements from four aircraft; NASA's Terra, Aqua, and JPL-managed QuikScat satellites; NASA's JPL-managed SeaWinds scatterometer aboard Japan's Midori 2 satellite; and Canada's Radarsat satellite; are gathering snow data by remote sensing. Ground and aircraft data will be compared to satellite data to determine satellite data accuracy. Researchers hope someday to measure snow and ground characteristics from space. Ground teams, however, are crucial in ensuring instruments are reading correctly.
Researchers from several NASA field centers are conducting the experiment with NOAA scientists from the National Weather Service's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center. Other participants include the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and its Agricultural Research Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Region Research and Engineering Lab, the U.S. Geological Survey and graduate students from universities worldwide. It is sponsored by NASA's Terrestrial Hydrology and Earth Observing System programs and by NOAA's Office of Global Programs to address broad interagency objectives in hydrology, water resources, ecology and atmospheric sciences.
NOAA is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through research and prediction of weather and climate-related events, and providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources. NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is dedicated to understanding Earth as an integrated system and applying Earth system science to improve prediction of climate, weather and natural hazards.
For information/images, see: For information/images, see: http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/2003/0215clpx03.html. The experiment website is: http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/~cline/clp.html. NASA's Land Surface Hydrology website is: http://lshp.gsfc.nasa.gov/aboutls.html; Airsar is: http://airsar.jpl.nasa.gov. NOAA's website is: http://www.noaa.gov. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center website is: http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil. The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.
Contacts: JPL/Alan Buis (818) 354-0474
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
Cynthia M. O'Carroll (301) 614-5563
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C.
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news
developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
White House Sides With Companies in Drug Discount Lawsuit
In an unexpected move, the Obama administration is supporting
drug companies accused of overcharging public hospitals and clinics
that look after large number of poor Americans.
The Supreme Court case involves a lawsuit brought by Santa Clara
and Santa Cruz Counties in California against a number of
pharmaceutical makers. The lawsuit alleges that hospitals and
clinics in the counties didn't receive obligatory discounts when
they bought drugs from the companies,
The New York Times reported.
Fearing a rash of lawsuits, the Justice Department officials
told the Supreme Court that hospitals and clinics cannot sue drug
makers to enforce their right to discounts or to be reimbursed by
companies that overcharge.
"You can parse the legal issues, as the Justice Department has done. But the bottom line is that a lot of poor people and a lot of safety-net providers are not getting the discounts they are supposed to receive," Sara Rosenbaum, a professor of health law and policy at George Washington University, told The Times.
More than 15,000 hospitals and clinics across the U.S.
participate in the discount program, which reduces prescription
drug prices by 30 to 50 percent. These facilities spend more than
$6 billion a year on drugs.
Music Triggers Release of Pleasure Chemical: Study
Listening to music causes the brain to release dopamine, a
chemical that makes people feel pleasure, says a new study.
The researchers at McGill University in Montreal said their
finding helps explain why music is so popular across cultures,
msnbc.com reported.
The study included eight people who regularly experienced chills
when they heard particular parts of certain pieces of music. Brain
scans revealed where and when their brains released dopamine as
they listened to music.
Only instrumental music was used in the study, which shows that
the dopamine response doesn't depend on voices, said researcher
Valorie Salimpoor. She added that further work is needed to find
out how voices might contribute to the feeling of pleasure when
listening to music,
msnbc.com reported.
The study was published online in the journal
Nature Neuroscience.
Previous research has shown that dopamine helps us feel pleasure
while eating and having sex.
Illness Outbreak on Cruise Ship
An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that affected 150 of
2,336 passengers and three crew members occurred last week on the
Royal Caribbean cruise ship Radiance of the Seas.
The illness was marked by diarrhea and vomiting,
USA Today reported.
After the five-night voyage ended in Tampa on Saturday, the
Radiance of the Seas underwent a ship-wide cleaning before it
departed on its next cruise.
Increased prevention efforts have led to a decline in the number
of such outbreaks on cruise ships in recent years,
USA Today reported.
In 2010, there were 14 outbreaks of illnesses on cruise ships
operating out of U.S. ports, compared to 15 in 2009, 21 in 2007,
and 34 in 2006, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Von I. Meyer allegedly threatened to set his wife on fire before saying he would 'kill as many people as he could' at a nearby elementary school.
INDIANAPOLIS — A northern Indiana police chief says he believes a man facing felony charges for allegedly threatening to "kill as many people as he could" at a school was bluffing.
Interim Cedar Lake Police Chief Jerry Smith said Sunday he doesn't think 60-year-old Von I. Meyer was serious when he made the alleged school threat Friday hours before a deadly shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school.
Smith says Meyer allegedly told his wife during a heated argument he would kill her and "as many people as he could" at "the school." Meyer's wife works at Jane Ball Elementary School near their home.
Meyer was arrested Saturday and is being held without bond.
Police found 47 guns in Meyer's home, but Smith says most of the weapons were antique guns.
Meyer's home is less than 1,000 feet from the school and linked to it by trails and paths through a wooded area, police said.
Police said in the statement that they notified school officials and boosted security at all area schools Friday — the same day 26 people, including 20 students, were shot and killed at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
On Saturday, officers served warrants at Meyer's home and arrested him. The statement said police had learned that Meyer kept many weapons in his older, two-story home and "is a known member of the Invaders Motorcycle Gang."
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Marlon Wayans Talks 'A Haunted House': Part I
Marlon Wayans came into town this week to promote his new film, A Haunted House, conduct a question and answer session with fans and take time to meet with various media folks. Directed by Michael Tiddes, A Haunted House was written and co-produced by Marlon and longtime collaborator Rick Alvarez. House also stars Essence Atkins (Are We There Yet?), Nick Swardson, Cedric the Entertainer, and David Koechner (Anchorman).
As I was making my way to the interview site, I thought about how the Wayans dynasty had impacted American culture. Very few names in Hollywood evoke immediate expectations of funny than Wayans. The family brand name became famous the moment audiences were treated to their ground breaking comedy sketch show In Living Color. The comedy was edgy and the show an instant classic. Conceived by older brother, Keenen Ivory Wayans, the show also included just about every other member of the Wayans close knit family during its run from 1990-2001. The youngest sibling of the Wayans clan, Marlon, didn't actually appear in the sketch show, but he is credited with writing material for a few episodes during the 1992 season.
Sitting alongside Lauren Veneziani of DCFILMGIRL, I learned that Marlon had already made some early morning publicity events, but when he arrived he appeared fresh and relaxed for our comfortable sit-down. For someone with such a legacy in the industry, he came across so grounded. It was more like sitting with an old friend you haven't seen it awhile, sitting back and shooting the breeze.
This interview started with Marlon answering a question regarding which of his previous characters might have stood a chance against the paranormal visitor in House. Besides Shorty Meeks (Scary Movie) staying alive "…Loc Dog would live cause he probably...would have ran… after he shot him up" On his most recent character; "…the guy in GI Joe, Ripcord, he would have definitely died." And "If you can't survive GI Joe you got a problem."
I wondered why his brother, Shawn, wasn't a part of this film: "I love working with my brother, I just think this time didn't really lend itself to it." "…I think this was kind of like my coming out party. This is my taking off the training wheels and seeing what kinds of tricks I can do on the bike by myself." This particular movie "is more an extension of the (Wayans) brand rather than a departure."
In regards to being compared to Scary Movie this one is "similar but different". When I made the mistake of connecting him to the upcoming Scary Movie 5; "We're not involved in Scary Movie 5 at all", as their participation ended after Scary Movie 2. In regards to the differences between this movie and the current crop of non-Wayans Scary Movies; "It's like a father on Maury Povich and he has his two kids sitting there and they look just like him and this girl sitting there going no, this this is your baby and he's going…it's white with green eyes …I'm black with nappy hair. It's not my baby." Marlon went on to describe the difference between the groups (Dimension Films, Lionsgate) that try to "mimic" the Wayans "flavor". A Haunted House is "is even different than Scary Movie…the original ones we wrote. This one is more of a horror comedy with parody moments than it is a parody". House is "its own story, its own group of characters, it has a relationship, it has somebody you want to follow with intentions, something to follow with obstacles".
With A Haunted House being released in January and Scary Movie 5 being released next April, it was easy to assume that jumping ahead of the other movie was intentional on a few levels. Marlon stated that he wrote this "a year and a half to two years ago" and although you would think that after having their pitch idea used (excluding them) for Scary Movie 3 that there would be bitterness, but Marlon wishes Scary Movie only "love and success, just glad it's not on the same day as mine."
He wanted something different, a film that focuses on a couple rather than just on a singular person that the Paranormal movies all seem to revolve around. He wanted to focus on the story and not produce a film that seemed to be nothing more than a series of vignettes stitched together. With that he also was looking to show very funny moments that would actually happen in real life such as a scene where Malcolm "packed up the moving van" "and left her there" because that's "what any normal person would do in a situation like that".
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School is about to let out for summer vacation. When that happens hundreds of children in the ArkLaTex are in danger of going hungry.That's because these children rely on subsidized lunches at school. In fact, more than 23% of children in Louisiana are what's known as food insecure. There is something we can do about it. There is a network of food banks in our area that provide free, nutritious meals to children in need throughout the summer.They are the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana, the East Texas Food Bank, Harvest Texarkana and the Regional Food Bank. If you are members of a church or civic organization or have kids in school, organize a food drive and support these ArkLaTex food banks. Let's help keep our kids from going hungry this summer.I'm James Smith.
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Democrats are not acknowledging the president himself pounced on high gas prices as a candidate in 2008.
"Exxon's making $40 billion a year, and we're paying $3.50 for gas," Obama said in one TV ad. "I'm Barack Obama. I don't take money from oil companies or Washington lobbyists, and I won't let them block change anymore."
What has changed since then is gas has steadily climbed to now reach a national average of $3.81, more than 30 cents above where they were when candidate Obama taped that commercial.
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How quickly liberals forget...oh thats right...its easy to forget when "yourrrr" newspapers dont remind you of the "hope & change" you were promised...never gave you a quiver up your leg...lol...
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The PPRC -- Pastor-Parish Relations Committee -- plays an important role in the United Methodist Church, including annually advising the Bishop whether or not the appointed pastor should remain at their church or itinerate to a new congregation. While the PPRC is instructed to "engage in biblical and theological reflection on the mission of the church" (Book of Discipline: 180), it is not asked to undertake its work in remembrance of baptism.
Such remembering could make a significant difference in the ways a PPRC functions.
Consider this: Many United Methodist congregations schedule a Reaffirmation of the Baptismal Covenant early in the new year. This is good discipline, since a Wesleyan theology of baptism affirms that the sacrament "signifies the whole working of God's grace," but that the human response to that grace "will need to happen during the course of a lifetime" (UM Book of Worship: 81-82). In other words, daily remembrance of baptism is Christian duty, and that remembrance ought to be foundational to all the workings of our congregations. Even our committee meetings.
Remembrance in the sacramental sense -- "do this in remembrance of me" -- has a particular meaning: to make the power of a past event present in the now. When the Bread and Cup are received "in remembrance," the entirety of Christ's saving work in the passion and resurrection are present at the Table. At the font, the unshakable Word of God is pronounced, naming the one baptized as God's Own. The blessed one may turn her back on God's Word, but the Word to her and about her remains potent.
What if the PPRC began its meetings with a reaffirmation of the baptismal covenant, casting all its deliberations in terms of responsiveness to the sacrament? What if it were convicted that all it does ought to be done as if its members were encircling the font? Would it then have a different perspective on its work, seeing it as ministry vital to the nurture of the congregation?
What if the PPRC saw itself as always on journey from the font to the Kingdom, instead of merely performing one more administrative function in the life of the church? Would those on that journey see their work -- their ministry -- differently?
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A Swiss court has granted Roman Polanski bail on Wednesday, accepting a whopping $4.5 million to allow him to remain under house arrest at his chalet. But Polanski will remain in prison for up to ten days while the Swiss government mulls over whether or not to accept the appeal.
The Swiss Criminal Court reversed its original decision of rejecting the bail, saying it was confident Polanski's huge bail would keep him from fleeing. Polanksi will remain at his chalet in the Swiss resort of Gstaad under house arrest and monitored by an electronic bracelet.
But Polanski is still viewed as a high flight risk.
This verdict does not affect the Swiss Justice Ministry's decision of whether Polanski should be extradited to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
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Tigers' skipper Jim Leyland isn't the only one who likes to light up in the dugout. Thanks to a Michigan smoking ban back in 2010, Leyland has to find another way to fulfill his urge.
Rangers manager Ron Washington is more fortunate (if you can call it that). On Sunday the camera caught Wash mid-puff. Our legal team is checking out whether Washington was breaking any laws at the time. But our human element tells us that the dugout is no place to be blowing nastiness in peoples' faces. Of course, we know about Washington's past cocaine problems, so at least this is a lesser form of addiction. But it still doesn't belong in the dugout.
Get the patch, Ron.
Seriously, you are going to put your legal team on an incident like this? He's a grown man, if he wants to puff on a cig in a big stadium, let him. If your concerned with the health of the players in the dugout, last time I checked they are all adults and could say something to the coach about his smoking bothering them and besides they make plenty of money to afford decent health insurance!!!! You're legal team needs to get a life!
He can't smoke but they can all chew that nasty smelling gross looking tobacco? really!!! come on....its his choice and more power to him for enjoying it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! smoke 'em if you got 'em
This is just a stupid subject. He's a grown man. Years ago it looked like the dugout was on fire with all the guys smoking. Put your legal team on something worthwhile like finding Manti Teo's girlfriend.
As Wash the Great once said; "that's the way baseball go" FN idoit.
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Longtime Phoenix television news anchor Bill Close has died at age 91.
KSAZ-TV announced Monday that Close died Sunday afternoon. Details weren't announced.
KSAZ used to be known as KOOL-TV, where Close worked for 29 years as news anchor and later vice president for news until he retired in 1993.
He took the TV job in 1964 after an 18-year career at Phoenix radio station KOY.
Close was known for his no-nonsense delivery and his signature bolo tie on television.
A gunman burst into the newsroom and held Close and a cameraman hostage on the air for five hours on May 28, 1982. Close had to read a rambling statement from the gunman he finally surrendered to police.
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What is Baconfest Chicago?
Baconfest Chicago is a full day celebration of bacon: a Fest to end all Fests. Baconfest's roster of bacon-inspired activities, bacon-foods, and bacon-spirits comprise the greatest single culinary and cultural festival ever dedicated to Bacon and Bacon only.
We estimate that over 3,000 bacon aficionados will visit Baconfest in April 2012 at the UIC FORUM located just minutes from Downtown Chicago on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
At the Bacon Vendor Expo, artisan bacon-makers and bacontrepreneurs will display, sample, and sell their multitude of local craft bacons and bacon-related products on the floor of the Vendor Expo. Grab a Baconfest Chicago: Guide to Bacon playbill and walk around. You'll have landed in a bacon-lover's Nirvana.
At the Bacon Chef and Bar Expo, chefs from Chicago's hottest restaurants prepare and serve small plates starring bacon. Chicago's finest mixologists and brewers quench our throats made parched from all that delicious bacon with their refreshing bacon-based and bacon-inspired cocktails and brews.
To celebrate special achievement, we give out Golden Rashers (the Oscars of the bacon world) to pro and amateur chefs as well as the winners of our Bacon arts poetry, video, song, and other contests.
Best of all is that the above mentioned bacon debauchery helps support an amazing cause: The Greater Chicago Food Depository! Although Baconfest itself is not a charity, we support the GCFD at our event: we run a food drive and provide the GCFD with a cash donation. In 2011, Baconfest donated $25,000 cash plus collected food at the event which the IPPA matched pound-for-pound in ground pork totaling over 65,000 pounds of food donated to the GCFD by our event!!
For an overview of the event, see this great feature that aired nationally on the Food Network in Fall 2011: http://baconfestchicago.com/our-cable-debut
When is Baconfest Chicago?
Saturday April 14th, 2012.
Inspired by guest and chef feed-back from last year, and the OVERWHELMING interest from chefs/restaurants in joining us on April 14th, this year's Baconfest Chicago will be divided into TWO exhibition sessions, a Lunch Shift and a Dinner Shift. Each shift will feature a "VIP Hour" prior to the 2.5 hour "General Admission" period.
You may choose one of the two session times below:
The VIP Hour for the Lunch Session will be between 11:30am and 12:30pm. General Admission is from 12:30pm-3pm.
The VIP Hour for the Dinner Session will be between 5:30pm and 6:30pm. General Admission is from 6:30pm-9pm.
In past years, Baconfest tickets have sold out extremely quickly. If you want to buy tickets for April 2012, we suggest you sign up for our email-list at http://baconfestchicago.com/contact/join-mailing-list. You can also follow us on Twitter (@baconfestchi) and like us on Facebook (http://facebook.com/baconfest).
How much are tickets?
For 2012, VIP tickets are $150.00. General Admission Tickets are $75.00
Purchase tickets here: http://baconfestchicago.com/tickets/
What is included?
Each year we try to make Baconfest better and better which means that there will always be new additions and some pruning to keep everything fresh. That said, in past years a ticket to Baconfest has included:
- Access to the chef area and many tasting portions of the chefs' bacon-ingenuity.
- Drink Tickets, each one good for a hefty tasting portion of each liquor sponsor's wares.
- Access to Baconfest's Vendor Expo with samples of vendor wares (as available) and the opportunity to purchase pre-packaged retail bacon-related products.
- A swanky Baconfest gift bag to fill up with swag.
- A souvenir Baconfest Chicago's Guide to Bacon publication.
Access to the chef area? What's that about? How much bacon will I get to eat?
We will have tasting portions of bacon snacks from approximately 55 chef stations per shift. First come, first served until portions run out. We know there will be die-hards who will attempt to eat everything. We will not call you an ambulance. We know that some people will be happy to get tastes of their top 10 chefs. We anticipate that everyone will have bacon coming out of their ears before the day is out.
Can I get seconds of any of the dishes?
Will we be retina scanning you to see if you've already been to a table? No. Do we trust your sense of fairness and respect for fellow guests? Yes!
Why two sessions this year?
Last year we had one big session, but were unable to accommodate all of the people that wanted to attend Baconfest. With two shifts this year, we hope to accommodate all of the guests, chefs and vendors that want to participate while preserving everything we love about Baconfest.
What if I don't drink?
We cannot offer a discount for non-drinkers, but you are welcome to come to the event and enjoy all the rest of the fun on offer. And we will have soft drinks and water on hand.
Are kids allowed?
We recommend leaving kids 10 or under at home. There will be a lot of people walking around with hot food, some will be drinking. Though we hate to discriminate against the next generation of Bacon-lovers, it's in their best interest that we advise not bringing kids under 10 years of age. Kids over 10 will need to have a ticket.
Why are tickets nontransferable?
We want to discourage ticket-scalping. We don't think there's a lot of value added by having tickets floating about in a secondary ticket market (ie. scalpers and resellers). We have calculated our ticket price to be a good match for the value of the experience received and would hate to see someone pay way more than our intended ticket price for the same experience as somebody who paid the face value. So, we check IDs to make sure that the ticket holder is the same as the ticket purchaser and we limit the number of tickets that each person can buy. If you have a legitimate, non-secondary-ticket-market-related need to transfer your tickets, drop us an email and we'll try to accommodate you as best we can.
Is this an April Fools Joke?
No. See PRESS for highlights from years past if you are skeptical.
If only seeing is believing for you, then watch this great feature that aired nationally on the Food Network in Fall 2011: http://baconfestchicago.com/our-cable-debut
Who is behind Baconfest?
Baconfest Chicago is the brainchild of the Baconfest Triumvirate: Michael Griggs, Andre Vonbaconvitch and Seth Zurer. See our Bios for more detail.
I saw the Bios: all they talk about is your day jobs. Do you guys have any qualifications to run Baconfest aside from an unsavory obsession with America's favorite cured pork product?
Well. Yes. We have a deep network of contacts in the Chicago food world and the passion to make Baconfest a reality. Plus our track record of fun and flawless Baconfest Chicago events speaks for itself.
Why Baconfest?
Please read our Manifesto. Also, seriously? You're asking why about something called Baconfest? I think you know the answer to that question.
I don't live in Chicago. Is there a Baconfest in my city?
There may be. Baconfest Chicago is not the only Baconfest in the world. Since we started our planning, we've found an unofficial network of baconfests that have existed for decades. We're not even the first Baconfest in Chicago – in 2010, the people at Risque apparently threw a Baconfest. There is a Bacon Fest in Des Moines, Atlanta and Smithfield, UT. A related category of event, called BaconCamp, has been held in San Francisco and future baconcamps are planned for Vancouver, Seattle and Miami. Scratch the surface and you'll see that Baconfest Chicago is part of a global bacon community. Join up! (But we think we're the best).
Um, I'm Jewish.
Excellent question. We think our Facebook friend Paul Libman had some deep insight into Baconfest when he posted this Haiku to our group:
Bacon seduces
all that is Jewish in me.
Mom rolls in her grave.
The Midrash explains the relationship between Baconfest and Judaism when it discusses the role of the Apikoros – or heretic. Derived from the Greek epicurus (as in Epicurean!), in Jewish culture the Apikoros is anyone who has broken away from the Rabbinate; or more generally, someone who has abandoned the specific adherence to the strict rules that govern observant Jewish life in favor of a "rational", critical approach to life. Since medieval times, the Apikoros has been valued and feared for the critical distance and skepticism about dogma that he/she brings to the study of Jewish identity.
We at Baconfest are skeptical about sumptuary laws, whether they are the rules of Kashrut, the practices of Halal, the municipal ban on Foie gras or the modern habits of the ovo-lacto-vegetarian. We respect the deliciousness that can come from imposing narrow restrictions on one's dietary habits, but choose to apply only those restrictions that serve our vision for a happy and fulfilled life. Does that make us hedonists? Yes. I think it does.
That said, perhaps you will enjoy the tee-shirts or photography contest.
How can I help Baconfest?
You can:
- Spread the word. Blog about us. Tweet about us. Put us in your status updates. Make our logo the background for your desktop. Talk about us to the national food press. Write articles about us in your magazine / newspaper / newsletter. Follow us on Twitter and "like" us on Facebook while you are at it!
- Send us your suggestions – we're looking for chefs, bacon-makers and creative bacon entrepreneurs to include in Baconfest.
Some additional links to more great info!
Who was there in 2011?
Here are the chefs: http://baconfestchicago.com/announcing-baconfest-chicagos-2011-exhibiting-restaurants
Here are the vendors: http://baconfestchicago.com/category/vendors/vendors-2011
Here are the sponsors: http://baconfestchicago.com/category/sponsors/sponsors-2011
Pics or GTFO!
Happy to oblige! http://baconfestchicago.com/resources/press
What cool content is here?
Our Manifesto: http://baconfestchicago.com/about/manifesto
The Chicago Reader's Bacon Noir: http://baconfestchicago.com/watch-the-chicago-readers-bacon-noir-video-pure-genius
2011 By the Numbers: http://baconfestchicago.com/2011index
Who won the 2011 Golden Rashers: http://baconfestchicago.com/2011goldenrashers
I want to be a part of this!
Sponsorship opportunities: http://baconfestchicago.com/become-a-sponsor
Restaurant opportunities:http://baconfestchicago.com/be-a-chef-at-bfc
Vendor opportunities: http://baconfestchicago.com/become-a-vendor-at-bfc
Be our guest:http://baconfestchicago.com/contact/join-mailing-list
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In my last post, I mentioned that I am working on four pieces right now. That's one more piece than my optimal number. The one extra piece is a huge one for soprano and eight instruments, and I had hoped to have it done by now. The premiere isn't until October, so I'm not sweating, but it has been a long and bumpy ride.
I started this piece last July. I thought it was done in January, but then I had one of those oops-I-don't-think-this-is-going-to-work moments, and I had to completely rethink my approach.
There are a lot of challenges involved, but one of the most difficult comes from the fact that more than 90% of the text, which I'm writing myself, is spoken. I have this ongoing fascination with the ways that stories are constructed, and how those constructions can map onto live music. Sometimes singing is an appropriate way to explore this fascination, but more often I need spoken text. I've used actors with varying degrees of success, but sometimes I need a performer with more sophisticated musical knowledge. So this piece is scored for a soprano who mostly speaks and occasionally sings. That's not a foolproof recipe – in fact, it's a scenario that any sane composer should avoid like the plague – but it's what I need to do for this piece, regardless of how much more difficult I am making things for myself.
This particular instance poses an extra challenge, because the first-person narration comes from an inanimate object.
(And here's an insert for all of those people who find anthropomorphism distasteful: a lot of inscrutable things become clear when you look through inanimate eyes.)
Anyway, I'm at a funny stage with the piece. I've decided it's time to create a piano/vocal score — always a frustrating process, winnowing down all those fascinating instrumental details to just two staves. The spoken text makes the process even more exasperating, since text spacing and musical spacing follow very different rules on the page. My music notation software happily updates the measure spacing with each new note, zipping my text off the margins into unselectable territory. To add to my aggravation, I'm creating this version of the score to get a different perspective on the flow of the piece, and there is a very real possibility that I will discover a flaw requiring extensive renovation – in which case I will have to create a whole new piano/vocal score once I revise the piece. If that turns out to be the case, I will definitely be at the point of WHY-OH-WHY-DO-I-DO-THIS-TO-MYSELF???
But the answer is easy. I have a sound in my head, I have a particular unfolding of ideas in my mind, and I'm in a state of perpetual, slow torture until I figure out how to give them life.
Reminds me of the composer who informed his audience, "I've had this music annoying the hell out of me for the last two years. Now it's your turn."
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75 years ago, on this date, Billie Holiday recorded a song that Time Magazine would call song of the century: Strange Fruit, a song written about a lynching in the South.
Holiday first performed the song at Cafe Society in 1939. She said that singing it made her fearful of retaliation but, because its imagery reminded her of her father, she continued to sing the piece making it a regular part of her live performances. Because of the poignancy of the song, Josephson drew up some rules: Holiday would close with it; the waiters would stop all service in advance; the room would be in darkness except for a spotlight on Holiday's face; and there would be no encore. During the musical introduction, Holiday would stand with her eyes closed, as if she were evoking a prayer.
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Unknown Monster Dug Up In Cambodia?
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A video has surfaced of what appears to be a giant unknown monster being dug out of the ground in Cambodia. The long, fat, slug-like creature is surrounded by a crowd of ecstatic onlookers watching as the horrifying beast is hoisted onto a trailer. What is it?? More Here: http://www.adguk-blog.com/2013/11/unknown-monster-dug-up-in-cambodia.html ADG Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alien-Disclosure-Group/189249627773146 Follow ADG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ADG_UK
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The57ironman November 17, 2013 4:08:24 PM CET
...omfg....it's a baleen whale
danwiberg9 November 17, 2013 3:56:08 PM CET
Yep, NO QUALITY CONTROL HERE. I offered to do it for free, no takers. I guess the Administrators of this site would not want me to send a messsage to their authors, "Nope this is bullshit I will not allow it to be posted."
Drcassiel November 15, 2013 11:54:37 PM CET
that's a freaking whale you moron! even the guy on the video says in Cambodian its a blue whale! monster are my cock!
Tonighttheyfly November 15, 2013 10:57:56 AM CET
Whale I think.
PedroAcevedo08 November 15, 2013 10:08:56 AM CET
If you don't know that is a dead whale, you need to go back to school...
Rev165 November 15, 2013 5:20:43 AM CET
first of all this video is a complete lie .....only an idiot would not be aware of this fact......let alone be able to sit around hitting Firefox's re-loader over and over for 48 hours in order to keep this lame video in the top views for 2 days strait..........yes people just post any video you want on disclosetv and set firefox's reloader and you too can pretend to have a top video.....
Smegma November 14, 2013 10:02:55 PM CET
I wouldn't be eating in any ofthe local seafood restaurants for a fwe months until that puppy cylces through the system there.
DarkHeart November 14, 2013 8:29:05 PM CET
Who the hell couldn't tell it was a whale ?
Rachelwordsmith November 14, 2013 7:04:30 PM CET
it's a wale of a tale
No1nptkulr November 14, 2013 3:37:49 PM CET
Scroll down just a tad and look at the blue whale. The film is the exact copy of the picture. The next time someone wants to show something they do not understand, please do not mislead us to try to get hits on their post. This blue whale is too fresh to be dug out of the ground, and if it had been dug up it would only be bones. Please do not post with a misleading title.
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What's For Lunch Today? Yogurt and a Spring Salad
If we're talking about lunch, it's only fitting that we discuss what we're actually eating! Today: A yogurt cup, and a light green salad. What about you? What did you eat for lunch? Inspire us with your lunch-packing flair!
Every time we do one of these lunch threads, we get SO many new ideas for lunch from our readers! Here are a few past threads:
Previous Lunch Roundups:
• What's For Lunch Today?
• What's For Lunch Today? Tartine and Potato Salad
• What's For Lunch? Blueberry Yogurt and Homemade Graham Crackers
• What's For Lunch? Vanilla-Honey Yogurt, Strawberries, Salad, Bread and Homemade Butter
What are you eating for lunch today?
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green salad with feta, olive oil, and a drop of white wine vinegar, vanilla yoghurt with granola and dried berries, and chips and garlic salsa! Im so full!
A very traditional homemade veggie soup. Tomato/Celery base with peas; carrots; kidney, lima, and green beans. It really needed some bread but I forgot this morning.
Thai Kitchen instant soup, but I add fresh bell peppers, zucchini, onion, fish sauce, hot sauce, lime juice...YUM!
sauteed beet greens with a light sage butter sauce.
oooh I am embarrassed to say... but I'm cleaning out my pantry/fridge because I'm moving cross-country next week... so a can of soup, 2 wedges of laughing cow cheese, 2 tortillas, and a Dove chocolate peanut butter promise.
Spring mix salad with roasted chicken, radishes, grape tomatoes, chickpeas, ricotta salata, yellow onion, balsamic dressing, and Maldon salt, which makes anything taste better.
Haha ditto: salad and yogurt
A cup of miso soup, some japanese potato salad, and a piece of leftover Easter candy.
i have been having the worst day - which is just an excuse for the sorry food i ate...
a little tiny bit of leftover mashed potatoes, some strawberries with honey (because they weren't sweet) and then i proceeded to lick all of the chocolate of all of those peppermint sticks that are covered in chocolate, which have been in my desk since chrismas. honestly, i have disgusted myself as well...
but usually, it's a grain salad with fresh fruit.
Not much flair - two slices 2% swiss cheese, non-fat vanilla yogurt, strawberries.
Your tuna salad post yesterday inspired me to bring some for lunch today. Tuna salad on a bed of spring mix greens, and an apple.
Chicken salad, rustic walnut/date bread, and a sliced apple. Apples always taste better sliced.
Rice pilaf w/ almonds & pickled peaches & shredded ham. And I've been snacking on Target's Caramel Cashew trail mix all day. It's addictive.
quinoa, hard-boiled egg, and a marinated bean salad
Salad w/baby spinach, radishes, mushrooms, and sauteed tofu.
Toaster-oven grilled cheese (provolone on whole wheat). Baby carrots that were almost frozen from being shoved into the back of the office fridge. Glass of water.
Then I felt bad about my lunch after placing my bridesmaid dress order for a friend's wedding...apparently my waist measurements are a bit out of scale. Grr.
Salads will be my focus now...grilled cheese s/b a treat anyway, but I was lazy this morning and out of fresh veg.
Ham sandwich and a kasha salad I cobbled together. It was accompanied by a discussion as to how people actually can eat a Carl's Jr. burger for lunch AND still function.
Faux chicken noodle soup with homemade eggplant/vegetable stock because I'm getting over a cold. Eggplant does wonders for thickening/creamifying the broth!
bahn mi — the king of sandwiches
Leftover chicken/apple/rosemary pot pie.
Oddly, not very filling. I am hungry again already.
Leftover chickpea and orecchiette soup with 3 egg whites thrown in for added protein (leftover from Sunday's hollandaise sauce) with baby carrots on the side. Very filling.
Wow is everyone here on a diet?
I'm having a bagel with cream cheese, cottage cheese, avocado spread and tomatoes. With some chocolate on the side.
Good mother stallard beans and rice, topped with an odd little concoction of sauteed veggies: mushrooms, shredded carrot, diced onion, diced tomato, garlic powder, S&P and a hearty amount of smoked paprika. I also had some fresh pineapple on the side. It was filling and very tasty.
Homemade hummus with carrots and celery, TJ's crunchy curls, dried plums and mango, and a pb&j on homemade multigrain bread. All packed in my laptop lunches box (www.laptoplunches.com). That was enough for lunch plus a 4pm snack.
Spinach salad with radishes, slivered almonds, avacado and salsa for dressing, a cup of miso soup and laughing cow cheese with Kashi TLC crackers. Oh and two pickles and two big green olives!
"Wow is everyone here on a diet?"
Trader Joe's Frozen Spinach Pizza. Mmmmmm.
I was supposed to eat brown rice and asparagus from home, but a co-worker shared his chicken lavosh with red pepper hummus wrap and some tabouleh! Thanks pal!!
spinach, apple, fennel salad w/ sunflower seeds plus humus and whole wheat pita with an orange for late day snacking.
Sushi and sashimi. I went out with my sister.
I generally eat a lot for lunch, since I'm most hungry during the morning/afternoon and significantly less in the evening.
Seriously, way too healthy/small of lunches! I had a good old fashioned ham and cheese sandwich, with celery sticks and loads of peanut butter. and a mini-orange (cutie).
@burp_excuzme, Good lord, no kidding. I can't eat just a salad for lunch or I'm ready to eat my arm by 2 pm.
I had leftover "expedited" tagine from this week's Minimalist column. It's fantastic and I will DEFINITELY be making it again. And chocolate. And healthy snacks on both sides of that lunch.
Left over home made chicken chilli and a banana.
Today I had a green lentil salad with orange bell pepper, celery, pea shoots, walnuts and a rice vinegar dressing. One the side were seared marinated tofu steaks dipped in salsa.
A black bean and grilled sweet potato burrito, on a whole wheat tortilla with a little shredded parmesan.
I had a picnic lunch in a bento box, with a little leftover veggie rice stir fry, fresh whole wheat bread, carrot and cucumber slices, and homemade hummus. There was also a compartment with apple and strawberry slices, but the toddler claimed all of those for himself.
Plain yogurt with fresh fruit, orange, and leftover asparagus and penne pasta with a creamy lemon-ricotta sauce. It's just as excellent as a cold salad as it is fresh and hot. :)
Meh, my day turned into something of a fustercluck--my father went to the emergency room, so my mother and I spent the day at the hospital. I had packed roasted vegetables and garlic bread (which spent the day fermenting in my car), but what I actually wound up eating was a roast beef sandwich and yogurt parfait in the hospital cafeteria.
@burp_excuzme Thank God I wasn't the only one! There's no way that a sprig of side salad greens and a sip of milk can satisfy me for lunch. Le sigh.
Lunch at the dining hall of my work place:
Tomato soup
Some kind of meatballs
Noodle (not the Far Eastern version) with bryndza cheese
Baklava with walnuts
I believe those lunch program makers are not on a diet...
Pasta salad with walnuts, rocket and apple cubes. Trying to branch out from the sandwiches.
i don't really think it's a diet thing - i just don't have enough energy to make it through the rest of my day if i eat white, simple carbs, or anything too heavy. i keep it light and then do a couple of snacks, but i do find that grain salads with lots of veggies are a pretty good way to keep my energy going throughout the day.
Gotta agree with burp_excuzme...other people must not need nearly as much fat or protein as I do to feel satiated.
A bit of leftover broccoli raab with white beans, half a roll, and an itty bitty roasted sweet potato. In other words, whatever I could get together this morning!
a carrot and grape tomatoes with homemade hummus
followed by a hefty portion of homemade jambalaya.
I'm eyeing the cinnamon sugar pita chips for dessert.
I eat a lot for lunch.
too much, but so delicious. i had two crepes filled w/ mozz, avocado, roma tomato, fresh basil, olive oil, salt and cracked pepper. so yes, i ate an entire avocado and an entire roma tomato in one sitting. but it was so good!!! and half of a brownie. =)
Membrillo and Manchego bocadilla. Sun-filled days always make me (and my gustatory system) reminisce about Spain.


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Genetic markers for smoking initiation, smoking cessation, and heavy smoking have been identified by researchers who hope that the information could someday be used to identify individuals at high risk of nicotine addiction and match them to effective treatment, HealthDay News reported April 25.
University of North Carolina researchers found a genetic variant on chromosome 15 that appears to be related to heavy smoking, while researchers at Oxford University found that genes on chromosome 15q25 seemed to be related to the number of cigarettes smoked daily.
Icelandic researchers also found a link between chromosome 15 genes and tobacco use and identified genes related to nicotine metabolism.
Norman Edelman, a consultant with the American Lung Association, said the findings could alter perceptions about smokers, who often are blamed for their tobacco-related illnesses. "Now we can see some had to fight a genetic predilection while being addicted by an aggressive tobacco industry while they were children, as almost all smokers start as teens or preteens," he said.
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This September, Sting will release his first collection of all-original songs since 2003. According to the New York Times , it's called The Last Ship , and it was inspired by the material that Sting has been writing for a musical of the same name.
According to the Times, The Last Ship will feature several songs from the musical, which Sting hopes will open on Broadway next year. There are also songs the ex-Police man wrote for the show, but decided not to use.
As previously reported, the musical The Last Ship was inspired by Sting's childhood growing up near a shipyard in England. Set in the 1980s, it's about one family's struggle to survive the decline of the shipbuilding industry in Newcastle, England.
The Times describes one song on the disc, "And Yet," as a "jazzy funk number," while the title song is "a waltz-time folk tune, heavy with Christian imagery." Yet another, "Dead Man's Boots," is described as "a tense dialogue between a father who works in the shipyard and a son who wants to do something else with his life."
Sting's last collection of original pop songs was 2003's Sacred Love. Since then, he's put out greatest hits packages, a holiday album, a symphonic disc of his previous songs, and even a collection of songs written by a Renaissance lute player.
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