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"It's an age-old battle between art and commerce and sometimes you have to go to war so that you can live in peace." - Jared Leto, on the band's music ethos over the last two years
"It was a period of intense introspection and growth and challenge, and it was really rewarding. We're really proud of it."- Jared Leto, on their recent album This Is War
"It's going to be total f**king chaos. These shows are just madness, it's insanity."- Jared Leto, on the bands upcoming Aussie shows
May 31, 2010. By Jordana Borensztajn.
A lot of bands claim to fight for what they believe in but very few follow through like 30 Seconds to Mars.
Throughout one of the most tumultuous periods of the band's history – a 12-month period that involved a massive lawsuit, break-up rumours and public statements – the Los Angeles-based trio poured their hearts and souls into their third (very appropriately titled) album, This Is War.
Chatting exclusively to Nova on the phone from Los Angeles, frontman and Hollywood actor Jared Leto says that band put this album together through one of the most intense periods of its career and while incredibly difficult, it's been an immensely rewarding record to make.
In 2008, Virgin Records sued 30 Seconds to Mars for a whopping $30 million because of an alleged breach of contract. After a year of legal battles, the case was eventually settled and the band re-signed with EMI. Leto says this album details all of the struggles they went through, and they're incredibly proud of it.
"This album is really an examination of the idea of conflict, and the inevitability of conflict. For us, we had intense battles with our record company – personal and creative battles – and being sued for $30 million makes you think about conflict," he says.
"But we learnt a lot, too. It was a period of intense introspection and growth and challenge, and it was really rewarding. We knew we had to make record that was everything – so we put everything into and we're really proud of it."
Check out the music video for "Kings and Queens"
This Is War is a grandiose, cinematic and bold delivery, and far more ambitious than the band's previous offerings. "I didn't set out to try to make the big-sounding songs – they just became what they are on this record," Leto explains.
"There are moments of real intimacy and smaller quieter moments, and there are songs that are big and bombastic. I just make the song I hear inside my head, my heart and my gut."
Above everything, This is War communicates the band's driving force throughout its recent record cycle; the idea that you must fight for what you believe in, whatever the cost. Leto says music helped them vent their battles, gripes, frustrations and celebrations, and also gave them a strong sense of resolve.
"It was about a two-year period of my life and I was in the studio virtually every day. It was exciting and beautiful and wonderful but also really challenging and intense as well, and it can take a lot out of you," he explains.
"There was a lot of resolution. There was a lot that we learned in general from this experience and certainly enough so that we could move on."
"We've moved far enough past that to be at a place where we've got some resolution. But it's an age-old battle between art and commerce and sometimes you have to go to war so that you can live in peace."
With a string of gigs lined up for Australia at the end of July, Leto says he can't wait to rock out for Aussie crowds and show them just how much passion and intensity the band injects into its music.
"It's going to be total f**king chaos. These shows are just madness, it's insanity," Leto explains, sounding excited.
"They do get a bit out of control sometimes – in a great way. We're just having the time of our lives and we're so thankful we finally get to come back down to you guys to play these shows."
30 Seconds To Mars tour dates:
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"I want to be a News cameraman ! How do I do that? This must be the $100,000 question, especially from young people. Here's the big SECRET! You are ALL News photographers. With everyone having some sort of smart phone ( some smarter than others) you are all capable of being a News Cameraman, and some of you have been. When you see something out of the ordinary happening, you take a picture or video and send it in to our website. Consider yourself an amateur News photographer. Of course there's so much more involved in this craft. It truly takes years and years of field experience to become a professional News photographer. But I'm amazed at what I see coming in to our site. You must be watching lots of News because based on what I see, there's lots of you who get the idea. Technology has allowed for everyone to take pictures and videos to share with family and friends. Through social media sites there are thousands and thousands of pictures being sent daily. This is fantastic!
The photos on this gallery were taken on my phone. The truth is, I'm probably the only person that's seen these until I shared them with you. You must have tons of pictures on your phone. Right? Share them! Practice. Tomorrow I'll give tips and tricks on how to become a News Cameraman/person. You may be surprised at some of the suggestions. Here's a quick one, "Be your Quarterback". I'll explain tomorrow. Sometimes you just have to look at what's in front of you…Until then.
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DEARBORN (WKZO) -- The Ford Motor Company is launching a new ad campaign for its new C-MAX hybrid.
The Dearborn based automaker will aggressively market the hybrid vehicle against Toyota's well known Prius. The nationwide television and digital ad campaign began Thursday morning on CNN.
Ford says the C-MAX gets better fuel economy and higher horsepower, but does lack the Prius's name recognition. The vehicle began to arrive in dealerships in September.


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Wisconsin's dairy industry began more than 160 years ago before Wisconsin was a state. Since then, Wisconsin has grown to house approximately 12,000 dairy farms and more than 1.26 million cows to become our nation's dairy leader. However, it doesn't stop there. Wisconsin is also leading the way in organic and grass-based dairy farming, reducing the environmental impact on the land and helping more people lead healthier lives. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Wisconsin dairy products.
Filled with calcium, protein and other vitamins and minerals, we all know milk is essential for bone and overall health.
Yogurt is the perfect balance of protein and carbohydrates, making it a great choice for everyday eating.
Nothing screams "Eat me!" more than ice cream, a favorite frozen dessert for hundreds of years.
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Systema - Defense in Confined Space DVDList Price: $49.95$39.95From the most disadvantageous positions and with true professional calmness, Vladimir instantly shoves the aggressor under the desk, smashes him against the wall, traps him in a drawer, sends the knife flying from his hand, then stuffs two muggers into a corner, tangled against each other and unable to move. Itメs as if you are at a big screen action movieナ but the action is REAL! Learn More
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Many won't soon forget the massive ice storm that left parts of southeast Michigan without power around Christmas. Now, Consumer's Energy and DTE Energy are telling state lawmakers they will not ask for a rate increase to cover the $83 million it cost to restore the power. "The cost for our storm, for the ice storm for Consumers Energy, was $48 million. No we will not go to the rate payers," says Dan Malone from Consumers Energy. "We will not ask our customers for any dollars back on this," says Trevor Lauer from DTE Energy. VIDEO: Click on the video player above to watch the report from Fox 2's Tim SkubickThe utility companies also admitted they need to do more about trimming trees. Why not move all the lines underground? "Underground lines last about half as long as overhead; they're much harder to find the outages. So when you have an outage, that outage tends to be about 60-70 percent longer than an overhead outage," says Lauer. The committee was especially tough on the Lansing Board of Water and Light and its Chief Executive Peter Lark, who was in New York for two days during the middle of the wintry blast."BWL and their communications department failed. ... I think, as you look at it, going out of town when 40 percent of your customers are without power, is not a good thing," says Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R), Chair of the Energy Committee. Lark did not attend the hearing in Lansing Tuesday.
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SPRAGUE, Wash.—The mayor of Sprague recently called KREM 2 News to announce that a building which partially collapsed after a storm in September was finally getting demolished. Work began Wednesday, but much to everyone's surprise the partially collapsed building is still there and may be for some time.
A former veterinary clinic was demolished, but that is not the building that partially collapsed.
WATCH: Sprague building collapse hurting nearby businesses
Instead, the building which gave way during heavy rainfall is still a pile of rubble. City leaders condemned the building and the veterinary clinic next-door.
"It would be pretty easy to sneak in there, so it's just a big hazard," said Zeth Swanger.
Yet, on Wednesday only one of the buildings came down.
"Surprise, surprise… but the collapsed building, the eyesore building that we really wanted down, remains," said Mayor John Eagleson.
He and other city officials expected contractors would demolish both. So, KREM 2 News looked into where the mix-up happened.
"I'm not sure if we got all of the information from the contractors that we should have got," proclaimed Eagleson. "And it is amazing that even today, communication 101 seems to be elusive to some people."
The Lincoln County building inspector told KREM 2 News that even he remained under the impression that both buildings would be demolished. Yet, demolition crew said they had a contract to take down the former veterinary clinic only. KREM 2 News learned that the veterinary clinic' owner had insurance. The other building owner did not.
"We always assumed and we let the council and the residents of Sprague know that both buildings would be brought down on this day," said Eagleson. "We are hoping that maybe he can get it cleaned up soon."


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This recipe will have a permanent place in my meal rotation! Every member of my family enjoyed it, and that is quite a feat when you have picky children.
Tandoori Chicken
Randy Mayor; Melanie J. Clarke
Although it's not cooked in a tandoor oven, this vibrant entrée has all the flavors of the traditional Indian dish, thanks to a long marinade.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 chicken breast half)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 146
- Calories from fat: 12%
- Fat: 1.9g
- Saturated fat: 0.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.4g
- Protein: 27.4g
- Carbohydrate: 3.4g
- Fiber: 0.7g
- Cholesterol: 67mg
- Iron: 1.1mg
- Sodium: 234mg
- Calcium: 50mg
- 3/4 cup coarsely chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon coarsely chopped peeled fresh ginger
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Dash of ground nutmeg
- 4 (4-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- Cooking spray
- Place first 3 ingredients in a food processor; process until finely chopped. Add yogurt and the next 8 ingredients (yogurt through nutmeg); pulse 4 times or until blended.
- Make 3 diagonal cuts 1/4 inch deep across top of each chicken breast half. Combine chicken and yogurt mixture in a large zip-top plastic bag. Seal and marinate in refrigerator 8 hours or overnight, turning occasionally.
- Prepare grill or broiler.
- Remove chicken breast from bag; discard marinade. Place chicken on grill rack or broiler pan coated with cooking spray; cook 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done.
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NORFOLK- Students at Eastern Virginia Medical School are opening a free clinic inside the Norfolk Health Department. The HOPES clinic will be by appointment only.
Students have seen 450 patients at the school's HOPES clinic in the last two years and there's a six-month waiting list. They get hands-on experience learning about public health while serving people without insurance.
"Our clinic is just like your doctor's office. You can you make an appointment. You have an ongoing record," said Dr. Terri Babinueau, who oversees HOPES clinic.
EVMS waited to publicize for fear of overbooking these doctors in training. Third year student Krishna Aluri says it happened anyway. He can't count the hours he has worked. "Thousands. Who knows."
"This place runs on financial donations and donated hours," she says. Fourth-year student Caitlyn Valentino knows there's a real need for this service.
"Patients can control their diabetes and hypertension with medicine, but you need a script (prescription) to get to that," she stated.
Now there's a free place they can get it. The HOPES clinic will be in the Health Department building on Northampton Blvd. The hours will be Wednesday and Thursday from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.


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The financial troubles of Greece and other European countries could make them bargain vacation destinations.
This Deal of the Day comes from Joan R. Magee at partner site SmartMoney.
Investors are on edge about Greece's ability to finance itself. Spain, Italy and Ireland are mired in debt woes, too. Could it be a good time to book a trip to Europe?
Not only is the dollar up about 7% against the euro since the beginning of the year -- making everything from baklava to Irish stout cheaper for American travelers -- flights and hotels to some of Europe's weaker economies are looking like bargains.
Spend based on who you are, not who you want to be. Stuff you buy won't transform your life.
This post comes from J.D. Roth at partner blog Get Rich Slowly.
Recently, I wrote about my obsession with gadgets and how much that has cost me over the years. As always, your comments and stories were more entertaining (and instructive) than the post itself. In fact, a comment from "chacha1" gave me a flash of insight. She wrote:
The thing that's a *headdesk* for me is the digital piano in my dining room. It's an excellent instrument, but at the time I bought it I hadn't played regularly for over 10 years. And I've had it over six years and have barely played it.
Oh my word. I've done this sort of thing so many times in the past, and I continue to make this mistake even today. But it wasn't until reading this comment that I realized what exactly I was doing wrong.
A number of wealthy Americans have banded together to insist that their tax rates go up.
Happy Tax Freedom Day to a group of folks I consider real patriots -- millionaires who want to pay higher taxes.
They're the antithesis of the people (generally not economists) who complain that taxes are way too high but add, "Don't touch my (Social Security, Medicare, farm subsidies, or whatever their favorite government program is)."
And these noble rich folks are getting their message out there.
Why do some people who have tons of money pursue extreme frugality?
Everyone loves the "lived like a pauper but secretly a millionaire" stories. We wonder: What would possess people who have lots of money to live like that?
The latest story comes out of Skelleftea, Sweden, where Curt Degerman died in his sleep of a heart attack and left $1.4 million to a cousin. Degerman was a raggedy-looking guy who was a local fixture for decades, picking up bottles and cans and turning them in for cash. It turns out he was partial to mutual funds, Robert Frank said at The Wall Street Journal's Wealth Report.
Week of free visits to national parks is one of the deals offered for Earth Day-Week-Month. Don't forget appliance rebates.
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than make a free visit to a U.S. national park?
In celebration of National Parks Week (which just happens to coincide with Earth Day on April 22), entry to all 392 U.S. national parks will be free April 17-25. Some park concessionaires also are offering special deals that week.
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We're heading into a great time for food deals and freebies. In addition to our normal fare, we've got special deals ahead for Tax Day, April 15, and deals coming up for Earth Day, April 22. We'll be writing separate posts for those days, so check back later.
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Git sub-module tutorial
- 1 Intro
- 2 Create an "official" OMP application repository
- 3 Create pkp library repository
- 4 Add the pkp-lib as a sub-module to the omp project
- 5 Clone (fork) "official" projects
- 6 Create local development repositories
- 7 Start to develop locally
- 8 Another developer joins the team
- 9 Interact with other developers
At PKP we make use of git sub-modules to integrate our cross-application PKP library into applications like OMP. If you follow the steps in this tutorial you'll have some of the most important situations covered that occur when developing PKP applications with git.
This is not a practical "how-to" guide. It is an abstract tutorial that helps you understand sub-modules in a safe playing ground before you use them in practice. This is also not a beginners' tutorial for git. You should already know how to pull and push from/to remote repositories and you should have a good idea of branching and committing changes.
To start, please create a directory somewhere that you can use to generate your test repositories in. You'll need various repositories so make sure that your working directory is initially empty.
We use the following repositories:
- We maintain one public "official" git repository per PKP application and one for the PKP library on github to track changes to our official stable and development releases.
- Every PKP developer maintains personal public forks of these repositories on github.com
- Every PKP developer maintains local repository clones of his public repositories on his own computer for development
Developers use the master branch to track changes to the "official" repositories. They use "topic branches" for their own development and for communication with each other. Developers will only publish changes to their master branches if they meant to go into the next official release.
In our example we create all repositories locally so that you can easily see what happens to them. We assume that you want to work with the OMP application. That is why we call our main repository "omp". The repository for the PKP library which we will integrate as a sub-module into OMP is called "pkp". The "topic branch" will be named "modal" as an example. You'll call your own topic branches depending on the contents of the change-set you wish to implement.
In our example Mary and Juan are two developers that want to exchange code via their repositories. Please exchange the names for your own!
Create an "official" OMP application repository
First we will create a repository that represents our "official" application repository and we insert some initial test content:
mkdir omp cd omp git init echo "official omp project a-content" >omp-a.txt echo "official omp project b-content" >omp-b.txt git add . git commit -m "commit initial official omp project content" . cd ..
Create pkp library repository
In this step we'll create a second repository that represents the official version of the PKP library.
mkdir pkp-lib cd pkp-lib git init echo "official pkp-lib project a-content" >pkp-lib-a.txt echo "official pkp-lib project b-content" >pkp-lib-b.txt git add . git commit -m "commit initial official pkp-lib project content" . cd ..
Add the pkp-lib as a sub-module to the omp project
Please make sure that in the code below you change "/absolute/path/to" to your absolute working directory path.
cd omp git submodule add "/absolute/path/to/pkp-lib" pkp-lib git commit -a -m "added pkp-lib as sub-module to omp application" cd ..
Now you have two repositories that represent the "official" repositories PKP maintains at gitub.com. Next we'll switch to the perspective of Juan who wants to develop code in OMP and the PKP library.
Clone (fork) "official" projects
Juan bare clones both official projects. These repositories represent Juan's personal public remote repositories that he'll usually maintain on github to share his code with other PKP developers.
git clone --bare omp juan.public.omp.git git clone --bare pkp-lib juan.public.pkp-lib.git
Create local development repositories
Juan now creates a local copy of his public omp repository to develop in. He points his sub-module to his public pkp-lib repository so that his changes don't get pushed to the official pkp-lib repository.
git clone juan.public.omp.git/ juan cd juan git submodule init
The submodule init command will create a .git folder within the pkp-lib folder. But it will not yet pull contents from the remote repository. Before Juan can do this he has to point his sub-module to his own fork of the official PKP library.
Juan now edits .git/config and changes the submodule url to
Then he'll download the contents of his public repository to his local repository and create his topical development branches. We use "modal" as a development branch. You may use any other expression that indicates what you're currently developing.
git submodule update git branch modal git checkout modal cd pkp-lib git checkout master git branch modal git checkout modal cd .. git commit -a -m "commit switch to new topical development branch in sub-module" cd ..
Start to develop locally
Juan starts to develop in his local repository, then he publishes his changes
cd juan echo "line inserted in omp project by juan" >>omp-a.txt git commit -a -m "juan edited file in omp project" cd pkp-lib echo "line inserted in pkp-lib by juan" >>pkp-lib-a.txt git commit -a -m "juan edited file in pkp-lib" git push origin modal # always commit sub-module first! See pitfalls below. cd .. git push origin modal cd ..
You can check that the change in the sub-module has been published to Juan's remote repository and not to the official one although .gitmodules still points to the official repository.
Another developer joins the team
Now Mary joins the development team, repeats the setup steps and makes changes to other files (otherwise we get trivial merge conflicts which have nothing to do with our sub-module tutorial).
git clone --bare omp mary.public.omp.git git clone --bare pkp-lib mary.public.pkp-lib.git git clone mary.public.omp.git/ mary cd mary git submodule init
Mary now edits .git/config and changes the submodule url to
Then she pulls the library and makes her own changes:
git submodule update git branch modal git checkout modal cd pkp-lib git checkout master git branch modal git checkout modal cd .. git commit -a -m "commit switch to new topical development branch in sub-module" cd .. cd mary echo "line inserted in omp project by mary" >>omp-b.txt git commit -a -m "mary edited file in omp project" cd pkp-lib echo "line inserted in pkp-lib by mary" >>pkp-lib-b.txt git commit -a -m "mary edited file in pkp-lib" git push origin modal cd .. git push origin modal cd ..
So far so good - now comes the interesting part: Juan and Mary start to share change-sets between themselves.
Interact with other developers
Mary pulls changes published by Juan
cd mary git pull ../juan.public.omp.git modal cd pkp-lib git pull ../../juan.public.pkp-lib.git modal cd .. git commit -a -m "need to commit the changed sub-module ref" cd ..
Mary publishes the changes received from Juan to her personal online repository
cd mary/pkp-lib git push origin modal cd .. git push origin modal cd ..
Mary makes another change to the file Juan changed and publishes her change
cd mary echo "line by mary in omp on top of juan's change" >>omp-a.txt git commit -a -m "mary's change in omp project" cd pkp-lib echo "line by mary in pkp-lib on top of juan's change" >>pkp-lib-a.txt git commit -a -m "mary's change in pkp-lib" git push origin modal cd .. git push origin modal cd ..
Juan pulls everything that Mary has changed (original change + change on top of Juan's change)
cd juan git pull ../mary.public.omp.git modal cd pkp-lib git pull ../../mary.public.pkp-lib.git modal cd .. git commit -a -m "need to commit the changed sub-module ref again" cd ..
Now Juan pushes all consolidated changes to his own repository.
cd juan/pkp-lib git push cd .. git push cd ..
That's it for a start with sub-modules. Hope you enjoyed our tutorial. You may now move on to HOW-TO check out PKP applications from git.
See: Please see the articles "Pitfalls with Sub-modules" and "Git Submodule Tutorial" for for pitfalls to avoid when working with sub-modules. There are some situations in which you may loose local changes from sub-modules or make your remote repository unusable.


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New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils, 1:00 PM at The Prudential Center
Game 3, Eastern Conference Finals (Series Tied 1-1)
Where To Watch: NBC Television
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After splitting the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals with the Devils at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers will now try to regain home-ice advantage on the road as the series shifts to the Prudential Center in Newark for Game 3 Saturday afternoon and Game 4 Monday night. The Rangers are coming off a disappointing 3-2 loss to the Devils in Game 2 on Wednesday night---one in which they let a 2-1 lead slip away, and one in which the team felt it was outworked for much of the game by a hungrier New Jersey squad. That loss was not too dissimilar for their other Game 2 losses to the Senators in the first round of this year's playoffs and to the Capitals in the second round. So far during the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs the Rangers have fared much better in Game 3---riding a brilliant Henrik Lundqvist performance to a 1-0 victory over the Sens and scoring a triple-overtime 2-1 decision over the Caps. The Rangers will be looking to generate more offense on Saturday, especially at even strength. The Blueshirts beat Martin Brodeur twice in Game 2, with both goals coming on the power play. And in Game 1 the Rangers scored only one true even strength goal---whiloe also netting one power play goal and another goal into an empty net. While the Rangers are hopeful that rookie Chris Kreider can continue his strong play---which included two goals already in the series---they are also looking for Marian Gaborik, Brad Richards, Ryan Callahan, and Cral Hagelin, among others, to break loose offensively. Meanwhile the Devils are expected to once again deploy their two most explosive players---Ilya Kovalchuk and Zach Parise---on the same line with Travis Zajac, as they did in Game 2. It is not yet known if New Jersey will dress Peter Harrold or rookie Adam Larsson on defense. Harrold replaced Larsson in Game 2 after Larsson had played in Game 1.
Rangers-Ryan Callahan: The Rangers captain had a strong start to the post-season offensively, but has scored only one goal in the past 12 playoff games. He is still working extremely hard, has been a ferocious hitter (leading the NHL with 73), and a fearless leader, but he has managed just one shot on goal in each of the first two games agains new Jersey. For someone who plays more than 20 minutes per game, and in all game situations, the Rangers need more production from Callahan. And it would be an emotional lift for the others on the team should the popular Callahan finally break through against the Devils.
Devils-Zach Parise: The Devils captain has had some of the best scoring chances of any player in this series, so far, but has yet to score a goal. Henrik Lundqvist stuffed him on three consecutive shorthanded shots in Game 1, and he had another prime chance to score shorthanded in Game 2, but was denied. Parise has one assist in his last four playoff games, and has totaled four goals in 13 playoff games this spring. Should he get untracked, it would cause huge problems for the Rangers.
"Obviously this Game 3 is a huge game, as it has been in each series for us. That's the only thing we are thinking about right now. We're not dwelling on any mistakes we made the other night. We're more focused on what needs to be better in our game. I think we have a good group in here, and we've responded before, and we expect to do the same (Saturday)."-Mike Rupp
The Devils allowed three power play goals in their entire five-game series with the Flyers, and have already surrendered three power play goals to the Rangers in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals. The Devils up-and-down penalty kill surrendered nine power play goals to the Panthers over seven games in the opeining round of the playoffs this year.
Henrik Lundqvist has allowed three goals in only five of the 16 playoff games he has played this spring, including in Game 2 against the Devils Wednesday night. In the previous four games following a contest in which he allowed three goals, Lundqvist has given up a total of four goals combined.
Will the Rangers bounce back and corral Game 3 Saturday on the road in Newark? Share your predictions below.
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By the age of 3 I could read
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read (v.) to translate written text into meaningful ideas within one's own mind. People usually read to gain knowledge or to awaken their imagination. Sadly, the act of reading seems to have been "bred out" of the human race. People these days would much rather desensetize themselves with stupid rap noise and violent, pornographic, and otherwise unintelligent forms of media. If you are in junior high and find it hard to read, do yourself a favor and get help. No offense! Reading is a great and powerful thing, and only by fully taking advantage of it can one open his or her mind to the possibilities of his or her own future.
Ranting is fun. Go read a book. No, your porno magazing doesn't count.
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an attack on one's credibility
Ooh, that was a read!
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When hearing stories like this one, I always like to look into the location where it occurred.
A few fun facts about Steubenville, OH:
- Population of 18,659 (in 2010)
- Median household income significantly lower than the average in Ohio ($31,349 in 2009)
- Home to 23 registered sex offenders
- The ratio of population to sex offender in Steubenville is actually typical for the state of Ohio. But when compared to where I live, which has a population twice as high and only one registered sex offender, it's crazy.
- Crime rate 100 points higher than the US average, according to city-data (418 vs 319.1)
- At least 5 rapes have occurred in this town every year since 2001, with a high of 16 in 02' and a ratio of 32.1:100,000 in 2011.
- 10.6% unemployment
- High amount of adults employed in Educational Services when compared to the Ohio average
- One public High School made up of 671 students
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The nonbinding opinion vote among 723 social conservatives attending what organizers called the "Values Voters Summit" put former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee in second place for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, with 22 percent of the vote, compared with Pence's 24 percent.
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin placed fifth, with 7 percent of the vote. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney placed third, with 13 percent and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich placed fourth, with 10 percent.
Pence, a conservative from Indiana who has championed anti-abortion legislation, also was the straw poll's top pick for vice president. So the convention's organizer, the Family Research Council, declared Palin the vice presidential winner, as she garnered the second highest number of votes for that position.
"What a dream ticket -- Mike Pence and Sarah Palin. That would give the liberals heartburn," said Tony Perkins, the Family Research Council's president.
The top concerns cited by the straw poll voters in making their choices were their opposition to abortion, opposition to high government spending, desire to repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare programs and desire to protect religious liberty and national security concerns, Perkins said.
About 2,000 people attended the convention in Washington.
Speakers included Christine O'Donnell, who won the Republican nomination for senate in Delaware on Tuesday with backing from the "Tea Party" movement.
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Good Question: Alcohol in Frozen Desserts
Dear Kitchen,
Has anyone figured out how to incorporate booze into [frozen desserts]? I know it's a problem because the alcohol doesn't freeze but seems to me that I read a recipe once upon a time.
- Shoshana
Dear Shoshana,
It depends on how much booze you want to add. In this recipe for example (Blueberry Peach Tequila Popsicles, Food & Wine), only 3 tablespoons of tequila are used. The freezing process takes a while, because of the layers.
Alcohol freezes at -173° F (water's freezing point is 32° F), and there's no way your freezer will go that low. So, you have to do something else to get the booze to freeze. I have two suggestions:
The less you use, the closer your mixture will get to being more like water, and thus freezing more easily, so you can try just using a few tablespoons of alcohol in your recipe, instead of, say, half a cup.
You can also try cooking out the alcohol. So if you're going to use rum, for example, simmer the rum over medium-low heat for a few minutes. This will remove the alcohol, but preserve the taste of the rum. If you're making popsicles with booze for the boozing effects, this second solution is probably not what you're looking for.
Good luck!
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Giolitti's gelato in Rome has a Champagne sorbetto. Don't know what's in it, but it sure tastes like fizzy alcohol, and it's not very sweet... Of course it's probably Prosecco, but who's quibbling. Anyway, it's definitely frozen, so there must be a way.
Maybe there is a similar recipe online somewhere... a Sangria or a Glüwein sorbet recipe might be out there also.
Jello Shots!!! With whip cream!!!
I feel a little goofy posting on so many threads, but I have to pipe up on this one. It's a common and incorrect assumption that alcohol can be "cooked out".
I like the taste of ice cream made without too many egg yolks better, so I add booze into my mix all the time to keep it from getting icy if we don't eat it in a day or two. I use about 3 T/ pint of fluid, but my freezer is very cold.
Just to be picky, water freezes at 0 degrees Celcius, not Fahrenheit.
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get your hands on some liquid nitrogen. easy breezy freezy!
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Building resilience and reducing the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on young people in American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities is a challenge.
Whether these young people live in urban areas or remote reservations, "Indian kids have higher rates of just about everything," said Captain R. Andrew Hunt, M.S.W., L.I.C.S.W., a public health advisor in SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. "There are very few services available, particularly those that are culturally and linguistically competent."
To help, Circles of Care, a SAMHSA program, is committed to change these existing conditions. Launched in 1998, the program gives tribes and urban Indian organizations 3-year grants to identify and analyze community needs systematically. The grants provide funding to develop culturally appropriate strategies that can be put into action effectively to serve young people with serious behavioral health challenges. Families of these youth also participate.
With the help of the entire community, grantees develop models of care, create new partnerships, and position themselves to obtain additional resources to help them realize plans for comprehensive and culturally appropriate behavioral health services for children, youth, and families.
Now on its fourth round of grantees, SAMHSA's Circles of Care program currently supports eight tribes and urban Indian organizations across the country. They include the Crow Creek Sioux tribe of South Dakota, the Karuk tribe of California, the Pueblo of San Felipe in New Mexico, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the American Indian Center of Chicago, and the Indian Center in Lincoln, NE.
See a complete list of all Circles of Care grantees, past and present.
"These grants increase the capacity and effectiveness of behavioral health systems serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. "As a result, Circles of Care grantees become equipped to reduce the gap between the need for behavioral health services and the availability of services for children, youth, and families."
San Felipe Pueblo Circles of Care: (left to right) Front row—Christian Gering, Joseph Ansera III, D'Alan Sandoval; 2nd row—Paulina Sanchez, Lindsey Sanchez, Alicia Sandoval, Jimel Sandoval, Reshawna Sandoval, Esther Tenorio; 3rd row—Verna Valencia (orange shirt), Trivia Sanchez, Serrena Sandoval, Bernice Chavez (purple shirt), Samantha Pasena, Tia Sanchez, Gail Aguilar; 4th row—Edward Valencia (navy shirt), Darian Townsend, Bethany Garcia, Julian Valencia (cap), and Paul Valencia (at tree).
At the foundation of the Circles of Care program is the idea of creating a system of care—a coordinated network of holistic, community-based services and supports to help meet the needs of children and youth with serious mental health challenges.
To create a model system of care, Circles of Care grantees bring together the entire community—including representatives from agencies serving children and youth, tribal leaders, spiritual advisers, family members, and young people themselves. Together, they assess gaps in services and develop a plan for filling those "holes." The goal is to create a coordinated system that is community-based, family-driven, and youth-guided.
"What they end up with is a blueprint," said Captain Hunt, who serves as SAMHSA's Project Officer for the Circles of Care program. "In the process, grantees build community coalitions, strengthen partnerships among child-serving agencies, and blend western and traditional approaches to care."
The blueprint might address workforce development, for example. "It's hard to find professionals willing to go out to remote reservation communities," said
Captain Hunt. "The number of Indian mental health professionals is very small." The blueprint might also address the lack of coordination among mental health, child welfare, juvenile justice, and other systems. Or the blueprint might identify ways to incorporate traditional healers or ceremonies into a youth's care.
As a way of increasing their community's sense of relatedness to the process, grantees may develop their own definitions of "serious emotional disturbance." Doing so helps communities reduce the stigma of behavioral health services and incorporate indigenous beliefs about illness and wellness, explained Candace Fleming, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Circles of Care Evaluation Technical Assistance Center at the University of Colorado Denver.
"There's one grantee that uses a phrase meaning 'a strong suffering of the mind and heart,' " she said. "You can see there's a different emphasis here compared to the English phrase 'serious emotional disturbance.' "
The Circles of Care approach is working well, added Dr. Fleming.
Of the 23 grantees that "graduated" from Circles of Care since the program's inception, 9 have obtained direct funding from SAMHSA's Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program—also known as the Child Mental Health Initiative (CMHI). This funding helped put their plans, developed during their Circles of Care grant, into practice. Four others obtained additional funding by partnering with other CMHI grantees. Others used alternative strategies to activate their models developed through Circles of Care.
What's more, said Dr. Fleming, the Circles of Care approach appears to be spreading throughout Indian Country. "With each cohort applying to Circles of Care, there are greater levels of community engagement," she said. "Indian communities are embracing this concept."
For more information about the Circles of Care grantee program, please contact Captain Andrew Hunt at SAMHSA at email@example.com.
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1. How do I sign up for the Popular Culture Studies Major and what should I do?
Students can register for the Major through ICAP. Students will need to fill out a change of major form and meet with Dr. Harkins, who is the advisor for the program.
2. Why Major in Popular Culture Studies at WKU?
- You are interested in an interdisciplinary liberal arts education that includes the study of history, philosophy, sociology, film and literature, folklore, and mass communication among other fields.
- You wish to study the arts and culture of everyday life including television, film, music, sports, advertising, and folklore now and in the past, in the U.S. and around the world.
- You want to be on the cutting edge and be a part of the second major of its kind in the country.
- By combining a Popular Culture Studies major with related major or minor programs, you want to differentiate yourself from the thousands of other liberal arts majors graduating college each year.
- You want to understand the complicated ways producers, marketers, and audiences constantly negotiate the purposes and meanings of popular culture.
3. What can you Do With A Major in Popular Culture Studies?
Popular Culture Studies offers a well-rounded liberal arts background that prepares you to read and write critically and to think analytically, skills that many employers look for in college graduates.
By giving you a deep understanding of those aspects of culture that have the greatest impact on the most people, majoring in Popular Culture Studies prepares you for a wide array of career paths including:
Media production, research, and analysis in such areas as journalism, radio, music, TV and film. In tandem with other coursework, you will know not only the "how" but also the "why" and the "so what"; business, advertising, marketing, public relations and publishing; work in museums, archives and cultural collections; government service, secondary school teaching and administration, and creative writing.
An undergraduate Popular Culture Studies major also prepares you for graduate study in a variety of disciplines including American Studies, Folklore, History, Law, and, of course, Popular Culture!
4. I want to take the Intro. to Pop Culture Studies course but it's full. What do I do?
Keep trying! Unfortunately we can't allow in any more students, but there may be some students who drop before the next semester so keep checking back in. If you are a Popular Culture major, contact Dr. Harkins or the faculty member teaching the course and they can probably arrange an override.
5. Can I get a Minor in Pop. Culture Studies?
No; because of the large number of courses connected to Popular Culture Studies and because of some overlap with existing minor programs, students can currently only earn a Major in the program.


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By Dale Rozeboom, Michigan State University
All farm operators know that taking care of mortality is one of the responsibilities associated with managing the livestock farm. Whether these mortalities are due to natural causes, accident or disease, each one must be disposed of in an environmentally appropriate and biosecure way. In Michigan within the Bodies of Dead Animals Act (BODA) there are several carcass disposal options available under the BODA rules.
Among these methods, animal mortality composting has been gaining acceptance in recent years. Composting is a dynamic process where the carcass is enclosed in a mixture of plant or fiber rich materials such as wood chips, waste feed or used compost. Microorganisms in the mixture will utilize moisture, carbon and oxygen to break down the carcass tissues while releasing heat. Farm operators who use mortality composting ultimately discover that the larger bones of the animal carcass can take a considerable amount of time to be completely reduced. For older animals, significant decomposition of the bones may take 1 to 2 years
BODA rules state that "finished compost has no visible pieces of soft tissue and that the bones remaining at the time of final utilization shall be fully decomposed, or easily crumbled during the mechanical spreading process, or gathered and placed in a new batch of compost feedstock for further decomposition." This is not always possible with animals that were 6 months or older at death, and having undergone just 6 months of composting. On most farms, separation of bones from what would otherwise be finished mortality compost is a manual and undesirable job. Also undesirable, and a violation of BODA, is when mortality compost is spread on the fields leaving whole bones on the surface. They may become a neighborhood nuisance if displaced by pets and wildlife.
So, are there other alternatives for managing the bones resulting from the composting process? One possibility is to crush or grind partially-composted bones and then mix the small pieces back into the compost mix. Is there such equipment and is it affordable? Yes and possibly! For years, companies have been building machines to crush construction debris, recycle pavement and reduce gravel and this equipment could be applicable to bones filtered out of mortality compost.
At the 2013 Michigan Ag Expo the problem of dealing with residual bones from livestock composting will be discussed during a series of daily demonstrations hosted by Michigan State University Extension. Among the strategies that will be highlighted will be:
These demonstrations will take place daily at 11 a.m. on July 16, 17 and 18 at the 2013 Ag Expo in East Lansing, Michigan. Sponsors for this demonstration are Cocoa, AIS, and Allu. For more details see the Ag Expo website.
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The modern medicinal garden is based on designs and plant materials first used in the 14th century in Venice, Italy. Early gardens were founded by members of the medical profession to provide herbs necessary for healing practices and apothecaries.
The medicinal garden at NCC is home today to over 15 herbs and plants that would have been used for healing in a mediaeval garden. Established in 2010 as part of a Science Club student service learning project, the garden continues to be the site of ongoing student learning and several groups since 2010 have been involved in mapping, maintenance and research projects.


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You can call it a gingersnap comeback! Laura and Susan Stachler of Sandy Springs have built a successful cookie shop, and it all started when Susan and her father were being treated for cancer at the same time. The team is making a difference in the fight against cancer, one batch of cookies at a time. Every gourmet cookie baked is made with a little something extra -- a dash of hope inside every gingersnap."I was diagnosed at 22 with Hodgkin's lymphoma a week before college graduation, so definitely not a time in your life you think you are going to be faced with cancer," said Susan.The news made even more difficult for Susan because her father Ken was already fighting non- Hodgkin's lymphoma. During treatment, Susan and her dad even went through chemo side by side. Nine years later, both are now cancer free, and out of their long journey, Susansnaps was born. "I heard ginger was a stomach soother and by a fluke I made about 100 ginger snaps and took them to share at treatment center," said Laura.The name of the Sandy Springs business honors one Susan's recovery, and another's memory. Susan's aunt, and namesake, died from Hodgkin's disease when she was just 28. "She would be very proud. I know that we do something that uplifts other people," said Susan.The mother and daughter are now on a simple mission, and what started as comfort for a few, has grown into a company shipping Susan Snaps across the country."When people call and say we have heard your story and we want to order from you because we think your story will uplift them. That's very humbling and rewarding that keeps us going every day," said Laura.Susan says the cookies have the perfect blend of molasses, with spices and sugar on top. She says a little mother-daughter love goes into baking the cookies.A portion of all cookie sales goes towards the Susan Carver Foundation which donates Susansnaps to cancer patients and hospitals across the metro-Atlanta area.
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Amid rumors the Tampa Bay Lightning are considering moving star players, including Vincent Lecavalier, Lightning ownership appears to be more stable than some suggest.
Sources say Tampa co-owners Len Barrie and Oren Koules are expected to announce a new three year agreement with Palace Sports. Barrie, Koules, Lightning general manager Brian Lawton and a representative from Palace Sports met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman this week in New York to finalize the deal in hopes of ending the speculation ownership in Tampa is on shaky ground.
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It's official, Creative Suite 6 is available as of yester day (May 7) and Creative Cloud will be launched May 11 – Friday. Can't wait.
Here are a bunch of InDesign Tips, Tricks and Tutorials that I've been hoarding. Time to share them.
Working with type:
Using your First Baseline to perfectly align type.
You've set your Baseline control, now to vertically balance columns to avoid widows & orphans.
10 tips to help you master typography.
Advanced Typography primer, covering Special Characters & Glyphs (including Keyboard Shortcuts.)
Text Wrap & Fit Content options explained.
Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
InDesign Basics: (Everything) You need to know starting out with InDesign.
Book mark this page: InDesign Magazine's Tip of the Week.
The Perfect Page: Grids that create harmony.
Building your grid: How to construct a Penguin book cover.
Mind the Gap: tools that help align your objects to the Grid.
Create a Grid on the fly using Live Distribute.
Find yourself using the same elements over and over again? You need to harness the power of Snippets.
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This is the patented device that allows you to operate an existing deadbolt with a remote control. Easily installed with a screwdriver and requiring no permanent alterations to a door, the device simply replaces the thumb-turn mechanism that controls a single-cylinder deadbolt from inside a home. The included radio frequency remote control communicates with the device from up to 80' away. The activator allows residents to unbolt the lock for guests (and re-bolt it when they depart) without trekking all the way to the door, and to quickly enter their home by pressing a button rather than fumbling for a key. The bolt can also be operated by hand or with existing keys. Requires four AA batteries that power the device for up to one year. Brass or Nickel. 4 1/2" L x 3 1/4" W x 1 1/2" D. (10 oz.)
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HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- Authorities in Arkansas say preliminary autopsy results confirm country music singer Mindy McCready's death was a suicide.
The Cleburne County sheriff said in a statement Wednesday that preliminary autopsy results from Arkansas' state crime lab show McCready's death was a suicide from a single gunshot wound to the head.
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Investigators have said McCready apparently shot and killed her late boyfriend's dog before she turned the gun on herself Sunday at her home in Heber Springs, Ark. Authorities found McCready's body and the dog on the front porch where her longtime musician boyfriend David Wilson died last month of a gunshot wound to the head.
Authorities are investigating Wilson's death was a suicide and haven't determined an official cause of death yet.
I never heard of her before she came out as having an affair with Roger Clemmens and I'm a country fan. I then heard of her again when she was on Dr. Drews show. Now I've heard of her again because she killed herself.
I still have never heard her sing and I will have forgotten her name in another month.


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Hey all.
I would just like to address something we've been getting a lot of, and I've been seeing a lot of in the tag.
Just because someone is young, does not mean they look like Hugo.
Just because someone has a messy bowl cut, doesn't mean they look like Hugo.
Also, because someone is brunette, it does not mean they look like Hugo.
I mean, by that line of thinking (young + messy hair + brunette = hugo), you should all think Porter Robinson is a dead ringer look alike.
There are many facial features that we use to differentiate and identify people by in our everyday lives. Let's not forget that, shall we?


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Note: This product has become operational beginning with the 2006 hurricane season.
The tropical cyclone surface wind speed probabilities text and graphical products issued by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) became operational at the start of the 2006 hurricane seasons in the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins. The underlying techniques were developed by researchers at NOAA and Colorado State University, while the products themselves were developed by the Technical Support Branch (TSB) at NHC.
The tropical cyclone surface wind speed probabilities products provide probabilities of sustained (1-minute average) surface (10-meter elevation) wind speeds of at least 34 kt (39 mph, tropical storm force), 50 kt (58 mph), and 64 kt (74 mph, hurricane force) at individual locations in the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins. Also included as a graphic and in the text product (PWS) is the Maximum Wind Speed (Intensity) Probability Table that provides probabilities, in percent, for the maximum sustained (1-minute average) surface (10-meter elevation) wind speed of a tropical cyclone for various intensity categories (dissipated, tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane) and for the five categories of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The probabilities in this table apply to the maximum sustained surface wind associated with the cyclone, and not to winds that could occur at specific locations. Since these probabilities take into account land affects (e.g. weakening after landfall), the intensity probabilities should not be used to infer the intensity of a cyclone at the time of landfall. The probabilities represent the chances of a cyclone having certain maximum winds at a specific time. When a cyclone is forecast to be near land, the maximum wind speed probabilities tend to be more evenly distributed among the various stages (or categories) of tropical cyclones (or hurricanes). While these probabilities accurately represent the chances of a cyclone having a maximum intensity in the various stages (or categories) they do accurately reflect the chances of a storm at specific categories when the center approaches or crosses a coastline (see example in section 3).
The location-specific probabilities and the maximum wind speed (intensity) probabilities are based on errors during recent years in the official track and intensity forecasts issued by the NHC. Variability in tropical cyclone size (wind radii) is also incorporated into the location-specific probabilities.
One separate wind speed probabilities text product is issued with each advisory package for every active tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins. Each text product contains two sections, Section I is the Maximum Wind Speed (Intensity) Probability Table, and Section II is the location-specific probabilities for all three wind speed thresholds (34, 50, and 64 kt). The text products are available at about the same time as the other advisory package text products. Also, NHC issues a set of storm-centered graphical wind speed probability products with each advisory package for each active tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific basins. The graphical wind speed probabilities are immediately available as a preliminary graphic when the tropical cyclone advisory is issued. These preliminary graphics only contain data for one tropical cyclone. Approximately 30 to 45 minutes after advisory time, a set of basin-wide wind speed probability graphics become available which supercede the preliminary graphics. Although the probability data for each tropical cyclone remains the same, the .final graphics. illustrate the wind speed probabilities for all tropical cyclones in the area of interest. The delay that occurs between the preliminary and final probability graphics results from the need to wait a few minutes after the advisory release deadline (e.g., 11:00 PM EDT). This pause ensures that all tropical cyclone advisories have been issued.
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Everybody Hurts, and Today My Body Does Too
Do we really know what's going on behind the veneers of the people in our lives? People tell me – regularly, these days – that my life is on my blog. I prefer to call what I put on my blog a version of my life, the bits and pieces, scattered fragments I don't mind sharing. All true.
But, not all.
We see people every day in Social Media Land, and we make assumptions about them based on what they tell us. Or, what they don't tell us. How successful they are. How frequently they travel. How much they make. How much better one life may be from our own.
Here's what I know.
Everybody hurts. Whether they share it or say it or post it or tweet it, people all around us are bearing crosses as my fingers whirl over the keys, as you read these words. Yesterday, I was chided by happenstance, because I got caught up in life and forgot to remember that sometimes people fade into the ether because they hurt. Because they struggle. Because they don't want anyone to see them cry.
I wish.
This post finds me hurting for others.
And, hurting inside, for me.
Hug somebody you love today. Big and strong. Do it for me. Do it for them. Do it for yourself.
Andra is feeling under the weather today, so this post works at the surface as well as deep down inside. Hoping everyone heals a bit, if only for a moment.
So sorry for whatever has caused the hurt, sometimes we are just baffled by what happens when we aren't looking.November 12, 2012
I truly wish you were here to hug – I'd give you a big hug and I promise I'd squeeze so tight but not tight enough to pop off your head. You are so right on. Everybody hurts. I'm sorry you are hurting. Wrap your arms around yourself and give yourself a big squeeze from me. Take care my friend. Got to go and hug someone.November 12, 2012
Hugs. Feel better soon.November 12, 2012
Right you are, Andra. Everybody carries burdens and it's important to remember that. I am sure that most share only a fraction of their lives on Facebook. It's interesting which pieces of that pie they choose, and when. Hope you feel better soon!November 12, 2012
It never entered my mind that what we read is your life. Blogs are like the chocolate shavings on the whipped cream on the cocoa. Tiny slivers of a life revealed, while the writers are popping the rest of the bar into our mouths.November 12, 2012
Get to feeling better! I would hug ya even when you have a cold!November 12, 2012


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A: Golden Rice is a great example of a public-private partnership working towards addressing major malnourishment deficiency that affects over half of the world's population. Rice is a staple crop in China, India, Indonesia—it can offer as much as 80% of the caloric intake. However, rice does not naturally produce vitamin A, iron and other micronutrients. As a result of the micronutrient deficiency, children that rely on a rice-based diet suffer from impaired immune system, blindness... Continue Reading
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A: I'm a corn and soybean farmer from Indiana with experience raising biotech crops. I like to say that transgenic traits don't directly increase yield. Not yet, anyway. There are currently no traits that have the effect of saying, "Okay, corn plant. Your potential was 200 bu/A, but now, with this gene, it will be 225 bu/A." Biotech doesn't work that way. The yield potential of a particular variety is pretty much all in the breeding of the plant. For corn... Continue Reading
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A: The simple answer to the question is yes. But the simple answer does not adequately provide an explanation or an understanding of the question. To achieve an explanation and understanding, it is helpful to rephrase the question: Does "intellectual property" allow a private company to own the seed created? Beginning in the early 1900s, scientists began to understand the process of developing hybrid plants. Scientists learned to develop two inbred parent lines that, when crossed, produced hybrid... Continue Reading