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April 3, 1995
1. Working with group assignments produces a common set of problems: social loafing,
time constraints, evaluation.
2. The benefits of using group projects are: the group product is better than the indi- vidual products, students feel or become more committed/connected in a group be- cause they learn more from each other than from the instructor.
3. Randomly assign group members to avoid cliques and promote diversity.
4. Set up a time table with checkpoints for progrss and deadlines.
5. Have students take minutes of their group meetings and keep attendance and turn them in.
5. If students have difficulty meeting they may be able to use E-mail to communicate or you may designate class time for working on the group project.
6. Plan some way for geographically or socially isolated students to contribute. 7. Having a series of small projects rather than a single large one allows individuals to learn how to work with each other.
8. Members must be personally accountable for their contributions and must be aware of their accountability. Peer evalua- tion is one way of accomplishing this or have team member roles (assigned by group members). One participant suggested allowing teams to ''fire'' individuals.
9. Include your evaluation procedures in the syllabus.
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A hospital goes "on diversion" when there are not enough beds or staff available in the emergency room or the hospital itself to adequately care for patients.
When a hospital goes on diversion, it notifies area Emergency Medical Services (EMS) units so that they can consider transporting patients to other hospitals that are not on diversion.
Patients still have the right to request transportation to the hospital of their choice. However, going to a hospital on diversion means that the patient may have a lengthy wait before receiving treatment.
A hospital on diversion is not closed and it's emergency room is not closed. Hospitals always accept patients who arrive on their own, or who are brought by family or friends to the emergency room. However, if the illness or injury is not serious, the patient may have to wait longer than usual to see a doctor. Hospitals always accept unstable patients who are bought by ambulances.
So why don't the hospitals just add more beds and hire more people? It would be great if the situation were this simple. Unfortunately, it is not. Although many hospitals have plans to add beds and medical monitors, the staff shortages cannot always be as easily resolved in many communities. Therefore, there are times when hospitals may have beds, but do not have qualified personnel to take care of all of the patients. At this time, diversion remains a safeguard for emergency care.


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Leveling my first toon, a Gnome Warlock, in Ungoro Crater. I was on the quest where you have to escort that guy that keeps passing out and to wake him up you have to douse him with water. My older brother had told me to watch out for the giant T-Rex's. I had been in Ungoro for a while and hadn't seen any giant T-Rex's yet. As I crossed a river the guy I was escorting passed out.
"Dang it all," I said into vent. "Escorting this guy is annoying."
"Just remember to look out for the giant T-Rex's," my brother said.
"Yeah, I think your full of crap. I haven't seen any T-Rex's this whole time...HOLY #$*@!" I screamed out as I turned around after dousing the passed out guy. Through all the mist and fog that chokes Ungoro, I giant T-Rex emerged right behind me.
"Told ya," my brother said with a laugh.
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New Giant Species of Platypus Found In Australia:
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This is a 6 spotted tiger beetle(Cicindela sexguttata) that I found squished on the trail. The second one I've found dead and the second time I have ever seen one. Their eyes are HUGE! according to Science they are the fastest land animal- proportionate to their size. A true Maserati of the Animal Kingdom. Because they are so fast, they have to suddenly stop to refocus their eyes. And it's probably when they stop that they are most vulnerable to joggers running on the trails. They love to hunt on sandy trails which is also prime jogger habitat. So if you like jogging in the parks around your town, look down and watch out for these incredible beetles. And don't squish them. Oh and take off those stoopid earphones, listen to nature you freaks!
Scientists say microbes in the human gut can turn a substance in food into artery-clogging material that can lead to heart attacks and stroke in people with low cholesterol and healthy triglycerides.
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Beth Falkenstein: My tween just graduated from 5th grade. At her ceremony, I was fairly bursting with joy, although not for all the reasons you assume.
Oh sure, I was proud of her accomplishments and filled with the bittersweet realization that my little girl is growing up, et cetera, et cetera. But to be honest, I was equally thrilled with the prospect of her entering a middle school where I am a complete unknown.
I have spent the last six years (nine, if you count my oldest child) being Room Parent, PTA Secretary, Gala Chairperson, and Class Treasurer at her elementary school. At Back to School Night, when the teachers with their puppy-dog eyes would ask for a volunteer to help organize the holiday party, my head would say "No, no!" but my hand would say "Here's your sucker!"
It got so bad that I once even got a call from someone in the main office asking for help with some sort of administrative problem. My face was such a familiar sight around the school that they had started to believe I worked there. The truly sad part was: I was able to help them!
If you are reading this, you know exactly what I'm talking about. That's because you are either just like me, or you are one of those strong-willed parents who managed to sit on their hands while I grudgingly agreed to serve as the Arts Cadre Parent. Well, it's six (or nine) years later and I say it's your turn now.
Next fall, at Back to School Night, when the teacher asks for a Parent Coordinator for the school musical, both of my hands will be firmly anchored under my butt cheeks. And my face will register a faraway, blank expression.
I just hope the telltale guilt in my eyes doesn't give me away.
|Beth Falkenstein was a sitcom writer and freelance contributor to "Self," "Redbook," and "YM" magazines before taking a full time job in her kitchen. She loves her new bosses (ages 13 and 10), and is grateful that they approve of inter-office romance, because Beth thinks her co-worker (Jim, age 45) is really hot.
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OMG, I can totally relate to this! I was an over the top guilt ridden working mommy during my daughters' elementary school years…to the point of exhaustion. I was so relieved to lay under the radar in middle school! Expectations on working moms are out of control!
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Drawing on Scripture Under Gunfire
- Thursday, April 05, 2012
Nightmares seem tame compared to what Jeff Struecker experienced on the streets of Somalia in 1993. As part of an Army Ranger unit intent on saving fellow soldiers in the Black Hawk Down conflict, he called on past Bible studies to find peace.
"Frankly, it was what got me back and forth through the city streets of Somalia," Struecker says about the Scriptures. "Because I didn't have time at that point to crack open my Bible and read some of my favorite passages, I went off of what I remembered and that literally gave me the courage to head into gunfire. God gave me an extraordinary sense of peace."
Struecker recounted Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, Paul's thoughts about being apart from the body and present with the Lord and a litany of psalms while walking — and hiding — in the war-torn streets as gunfire and tragedy enveloped him around two downed Black Hawk helicopters.
Having spent 13 years as an enlisted soldier and another eight as a chaplain, Struecker cherishes having his Bible with him for daily devotional opportunities. But when soldiers can't reach for their Bible, they need to rely on biblical knowledge flooding to the forefront of their minds. Memorization is the only way that can happen, and so it has become a frequent spiritual tool for Bible study to Struecker and his fellow Rangers. It is now Struecker's main mission to etch those same life-changing, peace-giving words into the minds of Rangers on a daily basis.
Major Struecker grew up in Iowa and wanted to experience the world beyond cornfields. He remembers that developing discipline was what drew him to the Army — a trait that has served him well in Scripture memorization.
His discipline was called on when he saved fellow soldiers during the Black Hawk Down quarrel, which was well-chronicled in a 1999 book and a 2001 blockbuster movie, both of which provide Struecker a unique platform to speak to young soldiers. And his 1996 Best Ranger Competition victory (a feat at the top of any Ranger's résumé) earned him enduring respect.
"Before I even have a conversation with younger soldiers I have some credibility. God has given me an awesome opportunity," he says.
After earning an undergraduate degree during his enlisted time and briefly leaving the Army to gain his Masters of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Struecker began serving as an active-duty chaplain in Fort Benning, Georgia.
His love of studying the Bible began just a few years into his Army service. "I started to get really serious about my faith," he says. "I have made an honest effort to take my Bible with me everywhere I go, and study it if I'm in my office, the woods, or combat." His Bible, given to him by an Army chaplain, has been carried all over the world. It is now held together by duct tape.
It is in that tattered Bible that Struecker found the answers to his own biblical questions. He doesn't just look to the bottom of the pages of a study Bible to find answers, he searches for them — a challenge he relays to the soldiers he now mentors.
Life at the base is filled with distractions (e.g., television, internet, video games, relationships), but there is often plenty of downtime on a mission. Establishing a Bible study routine is essential in both locations. "My greatest effort is put into equipping guys to study the Bible on their own. I'm just one guy trying to minister to hundreds, if not thousands, of people so that when I'm not around, they can still get the fruit of the Spirit and the benefits from it."
It is in these Bible studies where relationships are formed and spiritual habits are created. With such a wide spectrum of denominations all coming together, there can be differences of opinion and interesting debates, but those pale in comparison to the bonds forged, Struecker says.
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Ever since Valve opened up "Left 4 Dead" to mod development, both game and zombie enthusiasts have scrambled to recreate their favorite scenes from famous zombie films in the game. Movies like "Night of the Living Dead" and "Dawn of the Dead" are easy targets, but a crew of modders has assembled to work on 'Left 4 Winchester,' a custom campaign based on "Shaun of the Dead." The campaign is broken up in sequence to fit the movie, starting at Shaun's living room (above) and ending in the back room of the iconic Winchester Tavern.
The buzz machine has been firing on all cylinders for the past few months over the fall release of "Bioshock 2," including shipments of records, paper dolls, and misc promotional materials to media outlets. Unfortunately, the news broke yesterday that even with such strong hype, we're going to have to wait just a bit longer to get our hands on the game, specifically the (I'm sure intentionally) vague "2010 fiscal year."
Everyone and their mother is putting out a zombie game these days, and Tecmo is now jumping into the fray with "Undead Knights." Slated for an October release in Japan, it will feature pretty straightforward hack and slash gameplay as well as wacky environmental puzzles that involve using the decaying hordes to cross rivers, topple towers, etc. It's on the PSP so it looks to be about the quality of your average PS2 game, but zombie game completists will find something to love. With a trailer this enthusiastic, how could you not be just a little excited?
Though I tend to ignore the seemingly kiddish Nintendo DS, I occasionally stumble upon a little gem that makes me long for the days where I was playing "Super Mario Land 2" on my Game Boy (the BIG one) with the volume turned down in church. Last month at E3, players got their first taste of "Scribblenauts," an upcoming puzzle action game from 5th Cell and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. While on the surface it appears to be nothing more than a kid's toy, what lies beneath the surface is the making of a really, really cool game.
In this strange world we live in, there's news of the weird and news of the "seriously? no fucking way"! Earlier in the week, the good lord took Lucha minis La Parkita and El Espectrito, but not in a way that would warrant a tearful 10-bell salute.
I've avoided the world of MMORPGS's (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, but you know that you nerd) for quite some time, mostly because I barely have time to play games that don't require me to meet real-time goals. With World of Warcraft blowing up to the point of inviting a parody on South Park, it's safe to say that MMO's have reached far beyond their previous demographic, which included for lack of a better term, basement dwellers.
For whatever reason, I haven't bought a non-XBLA game in months. It could be the fact that it's the summer (yeah right), but it's more likely the fact that nothing has particularly tickled my fancy of late. Apparently, someone was listening to my fanboy longings, as the virtually unknown publisher Slang has announced and demoed "AAA: El Videojuego," a wrestling game based on the popular lucha libre promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), which houses many familiar faces from the lucha bouts on WCW Monday Nitro in the 90's, and more recently, TNA.
Even if you hadn't heard about the movie previously, would you really blink if I told you that Tim Burton is directing a re-imagination of "Alice in Wonderland" with Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter in starring roles? Of course you wouldn't. Although many people are getting sick of Burton's creepy power couple, it seems that he's got a couple of tricks up his sleeve to keep things fresh, mainly using CGI to augment and distort live action, a technique which has come into use recently with action films, but hasn't been stretched (no pun intended) to this level before.
When I was in fourth grade, my parents had a treehouse built for me for my birthday. When it was finally finished, I didn't pretend it was a pirate ship or a secret clubhouse. I grabbed my four giant boxes of cards for Magic: The Gathering, hauled them up the rickety ladder, and proceeded to play with Eric and one of his friends for hours. This was a continuing trend for quite a while, until I foolishly sold my cards to my cousin for a meager $30. That was almost 15 years ago. These days I can legally drink, have sex pretty frequently, and fancy myself to be quite the fun guy.
If "Left 4 Dead 2" is anything, it will be bloody, violent, and a hell of a lot of fun. With all of the hooplah about its "rushed" release, I would have thought that the cover of the game would be the least of everyone's concern. Apparently, I was wrong.
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GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - A local school board member and radio station owner has come under fire for airing an editorial denouncing the holiday honoring slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The broadcaster remains unrepentant and defiant in the wake of community outcry.
Brett Reese is airing the editorial four times daily - up from two - on his station KELS-FM 104.7. He is unapologetic that portions of the editorial that call King a "plastic god," a "sexual degenerate," and "an America hating communist" appear verbatim on a website with links to a white supremacist group.
"Facts are facts, truth is truth," he said, adding that he might pre-empt other programing to air the editorial round the clock. The 40-year-old former carpenter claims he helped build houses for Habitat for Humanity in the Mississippi Delta and once dated an African American woman. He insists he's not racist.
The Mountain States Anti-Defamation League has asked Reese to stop broadcasting the editorial. The school board passed a resolution last week supporting the holiday and calling the editorial "inflammatory and detrimental to our district and community." The vote came after Reese walked out of the meeting.
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Philanthropists thrive because they are happy. Instead of spending their talents and resources on themselves, they help others. Positive karma then takes into effect and give them happiness and more resources in return. The universe doesn't abandon those who are willing to contribute. Be grateful…
Philanthropists thrive because they are happy. Instead of spending their talents and resources on themselves, they help others. Positive karma then takes into effect and give them happiness and more resources in return. The universe doesn't abandon those who are willing to contribute. Be grateful…
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Psychology is a beautiful subject because it can apply to so many things, even philanthropy.
Psychological research has found evidence that us humans may experience feelings of personal distress as early as infancy. In a study by Simner in 1971, infants were exposed to either the sound of a newborn's cry, a synthetic newborn cry, or silence. It was found that infants were three times more likely to cry when they heard the real sound of another infant's cry.
Results from this experiment suggest something very significant: us humans may have an innate capacity to feel another's personal distress.
If this weren't surprising enough, listen to this. According to the article, When Disaster Strikes How Your Brain Responds, when we observe others in distress, the areas of our brain that respond are the same ones that respond as if we ourselves are actually experiencing the distress. Essentially, we are putting ourselves into another's shoes and feeling what they are feeling. This is called empathy. And empathy can lead to sympathy, which can lead to altruistic helping.
This news is promising; looks like our brains are wired to do good! Nonprofits can certainly take advantage of human biology and use it in their marketing strategies. By getting their audience to be empathetic and experience sympathy, whether it is for people or for animals, they can increase the likelihood that they will help.
Charitable organizations may find it difficult to capture the attention of high school and college students; their lives are busy, and they aren't exactly rolling in the dough. Ever heard of the starving college student? Despite these hindrances, there are still ways that nonprofits can approach this young age group, they just have to be strategic and creative about it. Being a college student myself, allow me to take a whack at what I think nonprofits can do to communicate with this audience.
Why reach out to young adults? If nonprofits fail to capture the attention of this age group, not only will they be missing out on valuable volunteering and donations, but they'll also be missing out on a speaker system—a huge, wireless one at that. Yes, our group is in the twitter age. That means our thoughts, opinions, ideas, and our current locations can reach just about anyone in a matter of seconds. If you're a nonprofit looking to spread the values and message of your organization, you cannot miss out on this action.
So how do you use social media to your advantage? You've got to do something big. Make it big, and make it go viral. Get people talking! Make us feel a part of the action; we need to feel a connection or relationship with the message you are trying to send. And lastly, give us a voice. We love to voice our opinions, debate, and stir up commotion.
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Windows being broken with vaitous objects. Also includes scratching.
Sound of a string of dominoes falling over, on wooden table. Recorded on a Tascam DR-40 using internal mics.
Openings and closings of two umbrellas recorded with a Zoom H4 (stereo, 44.1k). Some light restoration applied to clipped bit.
Sound of digging soil.
Double action (two blade) deluxe cigar cutter, opening and closing at different intervals. Record with B1 bla bla bla...
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What happened…
We knew the Lakers would be hard-pressed to win without Kobe Bryant in a seven game series with the San Antonio Spurs, but Friday night's loss was just outright humiliating.
The 31-point deficit in the Lakers 121-89 loss now represents the worst playoff loss at home in franchise history.
A loss which clearly reflected the absence of former MVP's Steve Nash and Bryant, as well as backups Steve Blake and Jodie Meeks. Who's injuries left the team with a starting duo of D-League MVP Andrew Goudelock and second-year point guard Darius Morris. Yikes.
The two guards combined for 44 points on 32 attempts. And while those numbers might appear enticing at first sight, their inability to connect from beyond the arc or contain the perimeter really detracted from any positives they contributed.
Their backcourt depth, which consists solely of Chris Duhon at this point, contributed no points, two steals and a turnover in 25 minutes.
Dwight Howard continues to be outplayed by Tim Duncan in the series, picking up fouls like it was going out of style and prolonging his season-long trend of taking less than 20 attempts from the field.
Howard aided Pau Gasol in giving Duncan a belated birthday gift, allowing the center to drop game-high 26 points on 12-16 shooting. Duncan celebrated his 37th birthday on April 25th and is well on his way to celebrating a first-round sweep.
Stats of the game…
61.2: The percentage the Lakers allowed the Spurs to shoot on the night. A far cry from L.A.'s 43.2 percent.
11, 13, 10: 11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists recorded by Pau Gasol for his first postseason triple-double.
14: Rebounding differential, favoring San Antonio.
37: Bench points differential, favoring San Antonio. Spurs with 46 bench points, L.A. with 9.
1: The number of wins needed for San Antonio to sweep L.A.
Questions moving forward…
With the Lakers clearly out of contention, is there any way Dwight Howard can still convince L.A. that he's capable of being a number one option?
How will the Lakers atrocious postseason performance affect the job security of Mike D'Antoni, or passed off as injuries? If so, was D'Antoni's system a catalyst in L.A.'s injury-ridden roster?
If the Spurs and Lakers had met in a seven game series at full strength and with no injuries, what could have happened?
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Suzi's Blog
Gourmeting Your Own Cheese
I was at my discount liquor store looking, of course, at the cheese section. Great wine at cheap prices. Great cheese at …
Here's the truth. This store offers La Roulade at under $3. If you don't know this cheese, it's new on the market — at least to my eye — and is targeted as a cheaper version of Boursin. Suzen and I have tried it and found it to be basic and bland. There's that peculiar aftertaste, no after feel, where your throat senses dryness. It was not something we would serve to guests.
Tonight, I bought my wine and bought a container of La Roulade. I resolved to find a way to make it taste great, really great with no after feel that I did not like. I had immediate success. My ideas here are far from adamant and you can surely experiment yourself and find other combinations that let you transform a basic, economical cheese into something you'll proudly present to friend or family. Other jams, other herbs, other proportions are all yours to explore.
My "gourmeted" cheese was not dry to the palate. There was no after feel or after taste. There was good balance between the inherent cheese flavor and the garlic notes from the raw garlic and roasted garlic jam.
Ah, before you begin with your cheese. Let me say a word about the photo at the top and the kind folks at Nik Software. I've mentioned before that I now use their HDR [High Dynamic Range] photographic software to combine multiple shots to get one great shot. That shot at the top is combination of three I took with my Cannon: a basic shot and then one underexposed and one overexposed. That single "basic" Cannot shot is right at the end of this blog and what I would have presented before I discovered the tools from Nik. If you are into food photography you should visit Nik Software on the web and see their excellent portfolio of tools. I'll be experimenting with all of them. I'm sure that you'll find them as important for you as that macro lens you have been eyeing.
Gourmeting Your Own Cheese
Yield: 3 ounces
- 1 packet of La Roulade, about 2.5 ounces
- 2 tablespoons of diced chives
- 2 garlic cloves
- Pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoon roasted garlic onion jam [Stonewall Kitchen is my brand of choice]
Unwrap the cheese and put it into a medium size glass. Bowl, using a fork, gently break up the cheese and distribute the herb filling that is "rolled" in the cheese.
Dice the chives and add to the cheese. Mince the two garlic cloves. Sprinkle with salt, and using your knife's flat side, crush the garlic. Scrape and add to the cheese.
Add two tablespoons of the jam to the cheese. Here, many jams will work but Suzen and I love the Stonewall Kitchen products, the cause, and the quality. You could certainly substitute other items here, such as pepper jelly. Just remember: the cheese itself is inherently bland and you do not want to overpower it.
Mix the ingredients well. Refrigerate and save until ready to serve.
Recipe Source: Brian O'Rourke
Photographic Software from Nik Software
Here's the "original" picture. If you look at compare, you'll see that the colors are truer, details lost below in the highlight or shadows are recovered in the picture above. This picture is just okay, but the HDR photo is distinctively better. In particular, compare the "all white" areas in the photo below — where the camera sensor is blown out — with the photo above where the detail has been recovered using that underexposed photo I took as well. Oh, yes, I had a tripod for these shots. Doing this hand held is quite impossible.
And, all I did was use the Nik software from inside Lightroom. I selected the three images I had taken with my Cannon and pressed a button. That's it. I did NOT have to go into Photoshop to try to cover light balance or or exposure or attempt to recover detail on a spot basis. As I've said, this HDR approach produces a better picture with really no extra work. It's a wiz.
Super Bowl Nachos
If nachos are on your menu for Sunday's Super Bowl, then I recommend this version. It's the second best nachos I ever had. The best? On the other side of the border, of course.
Using a great chili recipe [there's one right here] and topping the avocado crema gives you a rich, fulling nosh. This one supports beer, margaritas, and even a dark red wine.
I tried to get the recipe for those best nachos, but I did not speak French. Yes, French. The border was Canada, not Mexico. The restaurant was in Toronto with some refugees from Montreal who spoke French and cooked Mexican.
Food is global. And you"ll enjoy this treat.
Brian's Super Chili Nachos
Yield: serves 4-6
- 5 ounces corn tortilla chips
- 8 ounces grated cheddar cheese [or Monterey Jack or Pepper Jack]
- ¾ cup candied jalapenos, or more depending on your tolerance
- 1 large onion finely diced
- 2 cups chili [ideally Tom Valenti's Texas-Style Chili, recipe follows]
- Sour cream, avocado creama, diced tomatoes, or additional grated cheese as garnishes [avocado crema recipe follows]
Preheat the oven to 475°.
Spread the tortilla chips evenly over pan [half-sheet] lined with foil. Cover evenly with the grated cheese. Evenly sprinkle the jalapenos and diced onions.
Top with the chili. This is best done a spoonful at a time. Just try to cover in bite size globs. Spreading the chili evenly over the other ingredients is not easy, and not necessary.
Bake the nachos for about 7 minutes, until the cheese is fully melted. If the chili is leftovers and has been refrigerated, it may take about 10 minutes to fully heat the dish.
Remove from the oven and serve with the garnishes.
Source: Brian O'Rourke
Avocado Crema
Yield: 1 cup
- 1 ripe avocado, peeled and pit removed
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Variations are unlimited, but consider: chili powder of any variety, garlic, chives, cilantro, or green chili
Puree all the ingredients in a blender or food processor for one or two minutes. Sample the taste and add additional seasoning — salt or white pepper — to suit your palette.
Source: Macho Nacho by Kate Heykoe
Texas Style Chili
Yield: Serves 6+
- 2 pounds beef chuck, cut into 1-inch chunks, trimmed of fat
- Coarse salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Chili powder
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into small dice
- 1 large Spanish onion, peeled and cut into small dice
- 1 stalk celery, cut into small dice
- 2 bell peppers, seeded and cut into small dice
- 10 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
- 2 heaping tablespoons tomato paste
- Pinch of sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
- 1 quart store-bough reduced-sodium beef broth
- 4 plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin, plus more to taste
- 1 ancho chile, seeded, stemmed, and minced
- 2 15-ounce cans red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- Sour cream, grated cheddar cheese, Tabasco sauce, and minced onion or scallions, optional.
Put the meat in a bowl and season with 1 tablespoon each of salt pepper garlic powder and chili powder. Set aside.
Warm the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the meat and cook until browned all over, 7 to 10 minutes, then transfer to a plate and set aside.
Drain off all but a few tablespoons of liquid from the pot. Add the carrots, onion, celery, bell peppers, and garlic, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, until softened but not browned, about five minutes. Add the tomato paste and sugar and stir to coat the vegetables.
Return the meat to the pot sprinkle the flour over the meat stirred in, working quickly to keep it from browning.
Add the vinegar and stir to loosen any bits of flour or meet stuck to the bottom of the pot. Add the broth in small increments, stirring to prevent lumps add the tomatoes proven, and showed chili stir. Bring the liquid to a boil over high heat.
Cover the pot, reduce the heat so that the liquid just simmers, and cook for one hour. Add the beans and continue to cook until they are very tender, about 15 minutes. If not serving immediately, but cool, cover, and refrigerate for a few days or freeze for up to one month. Reheat before conditioning very
To serve, divide the chili among six bowls and pass garnishes at the table in individual bowls, inviting everyone to doctor his or her chili to taste.


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Debate: The Millennial generation has no hope.
For: Stagnating economies, rising youth unemployment and an attitude of entitlement (vs. head down and get on with it) means twenty somethings' futures look bleak.
Against: The digital revolution means anyone with a good idea can make it happen. Financial success isn't everything and actually this audience can follow their interests instead of having to follow a corporate career ladder. Finally in emerging markets such as India, there is a lot more possibility.
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Oct 17 2012: Stefan
What country are referring to? I don't know about your country but make sure the media is not distorting this.
The income gap is not growing (in the U.S.), the media would have you believe this but it just is not so. It has to do with tax laws and false reporting about house hold income.
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Counterparties – Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan's risk question
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This morning, JPMorgan reported $5.4 billion in earnings, or $83 million per weekday. While management trumpeted the increased strength of the company's "fortress balance sheet" (trademark pending), they also pushed back on a Bloomberg report that a bank division called the Chief Investment Office had shifted from risk management toward large-scale speculation.
The CIO division, of course, is where the now infamous trader known as "Voldemort" works, and Bloomberg has compiled more evidence that the bank could have trouble with the Volcker Rule. Bloomberg's reporting contradicts JPMorgan's description of the CIO as a division that uses approximately $360 billion in excess deposits to manage risk, not to make bets for its own account:
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon has transformed the bank's chief investment office in the past five years, increasing the size and risk of its speculative bets, according to five former executives with direct knowledge of the changes.
Achilles Macris, hired in 2006 as the CIO's top executive in London, led an expansion into corporate and mortgage-debt investments with a mandate to generate profits for the New York- based bank, three of the former employees said. Dimon, 56, closely supervised the shift from the CIO's previous focus on protecting JPMorgan from risks inherent in its banking business, such as interest-rate and currency movements, they said.
On today's earnings call, Dimon called the story a "tempest in a teapot."
Dimon's comments are hard to square with one of the CIO division's traders writing a reported $100 billion in protection on a single CDS index. Similarly perplexing was Dimon's statement that, because of CIO investments, JPMorgan would profit from rising rates.
Given Dimon's tone this morning – "It's like having mozzarella for pizza, when it goes up a little your margins go down a little bit … that was a dumb analogy," he said at one point – it's unlikely we'll get much more information about the bank's risk-taking.
Dimon joked: "I constantly read about counterparties." While we're secretly hoping he's talking about us, the bank's actual counterparties are likely still waiting for answers.
And on to today's links:
Must Read
JPMorgan division is ramping up speculative bets in "an unprecedented build-up of credit risk" – Bloomberg
Full text: The JPM Q1 earnings release – JPM
Full text: The Wells Fargo Q1 earnings release – Wells Fargo
Modest Proposals
Sheila Bair: $10 million loans for every American – WashPost
The geography of America's job market recovery – The Economist
The 1% and the 99% – The political economy in 4 charts – The New Yorker
"A debate on inequality, opportunity and politics" – Jared Bernstein
EU Mess
A disturbing look at extreme right-wing, anti-immigrant movements growing in Greece – NYT
Amartya Sen: "There is a democratic failure in Europe" – Economics Intelligence
Europe has a "recession strategy that makes austerity and reform self-defeating" – Roubini
Goldman Sachs tries a new approach: Engaging with pissed-off shareholders – WSJ
Your illustrated guide to "pink slime", "white slime" and "advanced meat recovery" – ProPublica
How a "meat innovator" has been nearly destroyed by the "pink slime" scandal – Bloomberg
Best Buy looking into whether former CEO had an inappropriate relationship with an employee – Star Tribune
It could take 6-9 months for Best Buy to name a new CEO – Reuters
China's GDP falls to a 3-year low in Q1 – Reuters
Rational Markets
AOL's patents and the case against the efficient markets theory – Bloomberg Businessweek
How 25 National Magazine Awards went to 25 male writers – The Awl
Two companies have already filed confidential IPO plans under the JOBS Act – WSJ
Big Numbers
Instagram added 10 million users in just 10 days – TechCrunch
Lloyd Blankfein's $12 million pay package – NYT
18th century shipping mapped using 21st century technology – The Guardian
As we know from AIG the issue with alot of these investments is that you end up with your "excess liquidity" in illiquid products at the exact same time it is no longer "excess". But hey who cares, we are all focused on prop trading and capital reserves to worry about liquidity coverage…
"On today's earnings call, Dimon called the story a "tempest in a teapot." (FS)
Well, I guess that settles it then – no big deal. The rabbis on the Street know what's best, don't they Danny? After all, they got us to where we are now, didn't they? We "muppets" should thank our lucky stars for the privilege of having them take such good care of us.
@MrRFox when you repeat nearly verbatim something from Rolling Stone or MSNBC daily and expect credibility for it… I mean, don't you deserve to be called a 'Muppet' at that point? All you know about banking and finance is that you don't like it, nor the people involved. Congratz! Sound like a modern American to me – I dunno know wat it is but I shure ain't likin it. Or maybe you're just a troll…?
@CDN_Rebel – What? All my post did was bow-down before my masters on the Street, and express gratitude for the selfless devotion to the general welfare that motivates all of their actions. For God's sake, you didn't take any of that (or this) as sarcasm, did you?
Minor point, your headline "China GDP falls…" lead to an article on hina's 8.1% growth rate. Cheap.
I was looking at Chart 16 here (the "real output gap"):
http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/ data-chart-center/Documents/20120413_Fin ancialCrisisResponse.pdf
Am I the only one seeing a trend line that fits both 2000-2003 and 2009-2011 quite nicely? We know there was some crazy stuff going on between 2004-2008. Why is that presumed to be "normal" output? Is there some longer-term rationale for placing the trend line that high? (How can there possibly be, when the economy has changed so much in the last 30 years?)


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Penn GT Level Wind Reels Field Test Report
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Penn recently added several reels to their GT Series. The 320LD and 330LD feature smooth, easy-to-adjust lever drags. The 321GTiLH is made for a left-handed retrieve.
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My MATS Mash-up
I got the chance to take Kenworth's truck, the T800 for a spin in the hills outside Louisville and I can report that it is a very nice truck. Kenworth has "vocationalized" the front end a bit. But I think these refinements – particularly the sculpted fender lines and headlights – give the truck a really sharp, aggressive appearance.
Star Power
Finally, I want to give a nod to Volvo Trucks for giving me an exclusive ride/interview with Ice Road Trucker star Lisa Kelly on the last morning of the show. Lisa is one of the most popular drivers on the show for some pretty obvious reasons. And, as it turns out, she's really cool and down-to-earth. And those whispers you hear that the producers just ran out, grabbed the first pretty girl they found and rushed her through driving school? Well, you can forget them. Turns out she's a damn good driver who knows her stuff. She told me she'd like to get into truck racing soon, if she can. And I think she's got the chops to pull it off. Could she trucking's version of Danica Patrick? I'd argue she already is.
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Isn't it interesting that we - by which I mean the main steam "white" western world - refer to the peoples of countries like Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria, Korea, China, Vietnam, Nepal, Cambodia, not by their country of origin, but by their continent? Africans, Asians…. we don't often refer to Europeans, usually we same German or French etc. And thought we are Americans, our use of that seems to exclude the other North and South American countries. Isn't it an odd quirk of our culture that we relegate others to a vague notation of geography.
Not odd at all it relates to Euro-centric teaching. This is not only a problem within the field of anthropology but within Academia in general.
When we are taught global history in schools, it starts off with early civilizations around the world but then we see a shift in focus to mostly European civilizations. Anything we learn further about non-western countries usually has some sort of tie to European history. Countries in Africa are not discussed in much detail beyond the era of imperialism.
Anthropology, while starting out as a largely western-ethnocentric field posing non-western cultures as primitive, mysterious and/or romanticizing them, has come to be a much broader field that aims to study humanity and the world around us on every possible level. This means that any culture, European cultures included, can be studied in depth from an anthropological perspective.
Still, the past of anthropology lingers and the way we teach about history and culture in our education system influences our future anthropologists and how they describe the world around them. You see anthropology students, especially those of a (western) European background, often come into the field already having these attitudes and a lack of understanding of non-western cultures leading people to discuss non-western countries, peoples, and cultures in a very broad, nondescript, and confused way.
Is it willful racism? I'm not so sure because people aren't often aware of it, but the fact that world/global history is taught in a very ethnocentric manner still to this day suggests that racism indeed plays a part in our lack of understanding of non-western European countries, people, and cultures, leading people to refer to whole continents when they are actually talking about a group of people living in a country or territory within that continent. This needs to be addressed on many levels and requires us to look at and revise our curriculum.
As far as referring to people from the United States and only people in the United States as "American," this issue is controversial. First of all, US citizens are referred to as Americans. That just so happens to be the descriptor for people belonging to this nation. If we are to refer to everyone living in the Americas as "Americans," then we are referring to them by continents and not by country. Going by your argument here, to refer to everyone in the Americas as Americans, we are looking at them and their identity in a very vague and broad way. It is for this reason that despite being in the Americas, peoples living outside of the United States may prefer not to call themselves American. (Ex. People from Canada calling themselves Canadians or people from Bolivia calling themselves Bolivian.)
Other times, people reject national identities altogether and/or refer to themselves by their cultural group. This is important to understand when studying people within specific - rather than vague - regions of the world. People within nations are not necessarily a homogeneous people, even in European countries, and the borders we create around countries are not always consistent with geographical or ethnic borders so to speak.
A whole new world of magic animals, brave young princes and evil witches has come to light with the discovery of 500 new fairytales, which were locked away in an archive in Regensburg, Germany for over 150 years. The tales are part of a collection of myths, legends and fairytales, gathered by the local historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth (1810–1886) in the Bavarian region of Oberpfalz at about the same time as the Grimm brothers were collecting the fairytales that have since charmed adults and children around the world.
Last year, the Oberpfalz cultural curator Erika Eichenseer published a selection of fairytales from Von Schönwerth's collection, calling the book Prinz Roßzwifl. This is local dialect for "scarab beetle". The scarab, also known as the "dung beetle", buries its most valuable possession, its eggs, in dung, which it then rolls into a ball using its back legs. Eichenseer sees this as symbolic for fairytales, which she says hold the most valuable treasure known to man: ancient knowledge and wisdom to do with human development, testing our limits and salvation.
Von Schönwerth spent decades asking country folk, labourers and servants about local habits, traditions, customs and history, and putting down on paper what had only been passed on by word of mouth. In 1885, Jacob Grimm said this about him: "Nowhere in the whole of Germany is anyone collecting [folklore] so accurately, thoroughly and with such a sensitive ear." Grimm went so far as to tell King Maximilian II of Bavaria that the only person who could replace him in his and his brother's work was Von Schönwerth.
Von Schönwerth compiled his research into a book called Aus der Oberpfalz – Sitten und Sagen, which came out in three volumes in 1857, 1858 and 1859. The book never gained prominence and faded into obscurity.
While sifting through Von Schönwerth's work, Eichenseer found 500 fairytales, many of which do not appear in other European fairytale collections. For example, there is the tale of a maiden who escapes a witch by transforming herself into a pond. The witch then lies on her stomach and drinks all the water, swallowing the young girl, who uses a knife to cut her way out of the witch. However, the collection also includes local versions of the tales children all over the world have grown up with including Cinderella and Rumpelstiltskin, and which appear in many different versions across Europe.
Von Schönwerth was a historian and recorded what he heard faithfully, making no attempt to put a literary gloss on it, which is where he differs from the Grimm brothers. However, says Eichenseer, this factual recording adds to the charm and authenticity of the material. What delights her most about the tales is that they are unpolished. "There is no romanticising or attempt by Schönwerth to interpret or develop his own style," she says.
Eichenseer says the fairytales are not for children alone. "Their main purpose was to help young adults on their path to adulthood, showing them that dangers and challenges can be overcome through virtue, prudence and courage."
In 2008, Eichenseer helped to found the Franz Xaver von Schönwerth Society, an interdisciplinary committee devoted to analysing his work and publicising it. She is keen to see the tales available in English, and a Munich-based English translator, Dan Szabo, has already begun work on stories ranging from a miserly farmer and a money-mill to a turnip princess.
"Schönwerth's legacy counts as the most significant collection in the German-speaking world in the 19th century," says Daniel Drascek, a member of the society and a professor in the faculty of language, literature and cultural sciences at the University of Regensburg.
This excites me more than you would believe. Mythology and folklore geek forever
Don't let your preconceived notions about cavemen make you seem like a caveman.
I made a silly little video about what happens when I tell people I study archaeology.
This is actually adorable. "I watched the mummy."
You should have heard by now from the news and at twitter about what happened in my country…
This is big and should be televised.
"Oh! I read this thing about the Pirahã; you've probably never heard of it-"
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If they're in Morphology
This is the best/truest thing I've read in so long (via thesleepingfawn)
But this explains the 90s kids
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Ah, feels good…now that I'm out of school for the summer I can actually focus on posting academic stuff. I know that sounds silly but I was really swamped this semester.
If you're in linguistics or anthropology or linguistic anthropology, chances are you've happened upon Charles Hockett's Design Features of Language at some point, or will happen upon them at some point. They're kind of useful to know! Problem is, it can be difficult tracking down the original articles where he discusses these design features which can be very problematic when trying to cite and source for a paper.
As I worked on my senior thesis on "The Capacity for H. Neanderthalensis to Acquire and Utilize Language" I did happen to find one copy of it not hidden behind a pay wall (it's free). It's an article called The Origin of Speech by Charles Hockett (1960) [click the link to view] The quality could be better as parts of it are faded/hard to read, but it does provide some great visuals like this:
The book, Language files: materials for an introduction to language and linguistics by Bergmann, Anouschka, Kathleen Currie Hall, and Sharon Miriam Ross (10th Ed. - 2007) also introduces Hockett's design features but does not go as in depth as this article. As a side note, this book is still very good to have especially for beginner linguists.
This particular article is great in explaining the differences and similarities between human and nonhuman communication, as well as the general complexities of human language. Of course, much research has been added since 1960 in the field of linguistics and linguistic anthropology. However, it is important to be aware of the previous research done and what contributions have been made already so you're not making wild and uninformed assertions about human language and non-human communication. I figured I would share this article because it can be difficult to find (outside of databases that require subscriptions), and because it's very useful.
Anybody ever buy bedding from Anthropology??
the reviews are either really good and worth the money, or really bad and complaining about seams tearing easily.
No, I find it very difficult to purchase bedding from social sciences.
I would also advise against trying the Australopithecines and other hominids because they're all fucking dead.
When Does Plastic Surgery Become Racial Transformation?
This extensive Buzzfeed article investigates the troubling story of Leo Jiang, a man who has spent years and tens of thousands of dollars on cosmetic surgeries designed to mask his "ethnic" Chinese features. While the phenomenon of plastic surgery is an increasingly common one, Jiang's deliberate attempts at "de-racialization" and obvious psychological issues confound the conversation on beauty, race, and the choice to go under the knife.
Jiang explains his reasoning for undergoing such extensive facial reconstruction, and his childhood trauma being teased as a Chinese "other" growing up in the UK:
"I believed that my ugliness was in part due to my ethnic features. My father thinks I'm ridiculous for building a complex system of beliefs based on that shallow stimulus. He says, 'You've gone and done this, so you must be very proud of it, but initially it was some stupid kids opening their mouths to you.'"
But Jiang's attempts to "Westernize" his own features cannot speak for the decisions of many South Korean men and women to opt for the colloquially-termed "double eyelid surgery," which some have called an overt reflection of the East's fetishization of Western beauty standards. Such a reading may be a simplistic imposition of our own Western understanding of race and beauty into a very different societal context. NYU's Sharon Lee explains:
"Race does not enter the consciousness [in Asia] in the same way it does here. It's easy to pathologize a whole country of people. This notion that Korean women want to become white becomes a really easy answer. That's not to say that race isn't important, but when we stop there we're overlooking much larger structural and historical phenomenons. No Korean woman says, 'I want to look white.'"
Jiang's provocative journey and its implications for the larger conversation on cosmetic surgery's increased ubiquity is explored further here.
This poster's comment on the Buzzfeed article sums up everything I want to say on the issue, forever:
Victoria Le - Brown University:
What a repugnant article, soaking in unquestioned bias, condescension, and racial privilege.
While it was very nice of you to even include opinions from the defenders of these procedures, it's clear that you're completely uninterested in weighing the merits of their arguments or even extending to them real compassion or more than the vaguest and most pitying curiosity for their rationale.
You quote Jiang saying that "Whatever I do, I can't become white," yet you still feel comfortable diagnosing him with the need to "pass" and to "become this new [implied: whiter] person." I'm not saying that racial insecurity has nothing to do with certain Asians' decision to tuck their eyelids or reshape their noses, but you seem unwilling to entertain any other possibilities. Like here: "Protestations of doctors like Cheung aside, the procedure's history belies its original intended purpose." A) That sentence is stupid. No crap the procedure's history belies its original purpose - its original purpose is its history. B) People do things for all sorts of reasons that can have nothing to do with their original intended purposes: get tattoos, keep kosher, wear blue jeans.
And it's one thing to have a firm opinion about an issue, another to let your biases interfere with your sense of journalism. You describe the risks of blepharoplasty and jaw-narrowing surgery without explicitly acknowledging that non-racialized cosmetic procedures pose the same risks.
It's especially sad because there's so much about this issue you could have discussed in greater depth: the generational gap between proponents and opponents of surgical enhancement, the effect of globalization on various cultures, the changing cultural landscape of major Asian cities, how class influences people's decisions about their bodies and appearance, how traditional Western and Eastern ideals of beauty intersect to create the kinds of body modification you see in Asian countries, etc.
Instead we get:
"Bei was undergoing jaw narrowing surgery - a slightly, but only slightly, nuanced version of taking an angle grinder to your lower jawbone" - I love that sneering "only slightly," as if something like a facelift (remove and reattach your face!) isn't a similarly intense procedure. Or as if grinding down the jawbone isn't also done as a part of non-cosmetic surgery.
"I ask if [Jiang's] lost the perspective that this is a medical procedure, and things can go wrong. Again, it doesn't seem to properly sink in" - Again, I love the condescension.
"She was white and had dyed-blonde hair - her own, decidedly less invasive attempt at physical reinvention" - When white people change their appearance, it's fine and not at all symptomatic of a deeper racial sickness.
"After we part, he'll walk to a private dance class for which he's paying $80 an hour…. A few weeks later he'll wake at 5 a.m. for voice and drama lessons to learn how to act confidently in social situations" - How bizarre and snidely insinuating. It's true that there is a specifically Asian market for lessons in confidence, but you might as well mention how Western stereotypes and pressure to conform feed that market.
"where two pretty parents are surrounded by ugly kids" - Yes, "pretty" and "ugly." Not the more journalistic "who have undergone cosmetic surgery" or "who have not undergone cosmetic surgery." I get that the ad itself is invoking a social bias, but could you try not to use language that perpetuates the kinds of attitudes that drive people to seek out cosmetic surgery in the first place?
"It's all a way to muddle the real emotion behind the actions - 16 years ago some dumb people made some dumb comments and it's still dominating his life" - Spoken like someone who's never been the victim of persistent and culturally encompassing racial prejudice (yes, yes, you're only agreeing with Jiang's father, but you have even less of a basis to infer anything about Jiang's psychology).
I'm Asian. I haven't had any of these procedures done, but my mom has (an eyelid tuck), and as far as I can tell, she's happy with her surgery and content with herself in general. If there was a racial component to her decision, she never mentioned it.
But racial prejudice is more than just a few isolated incidents. It's not just that a kid in school can call you a chink or a gook or make squinty eyes to mock you. It's that there are almost no Asian actors or actresses in Western-made film or TV; it's that the Asian (more likely half-Asian) performers who do appear tend to conform to Western beauty standards; it's that stereotypes about Asian impotence and submissiveness are tied to height, penis size, and jaw strength; it's that eye makeup is designed for Western features; it's that you can get passed over for jobs or relationships because of your appearance; it's that people look at the before and after pictures for these surgeries and think the "after" picture is the beautiful one.
When will we finally get sick of hearing white people like the author of this article ridicule racial pathologies among people of color - pathologies which white people helped to create, or at least benefit from without question? If you really cared about Asian self-esteem, you'd worry more about what Western culture is doing to help or hurt Asians, instead of just blaming the victim.
That comment.
You don't give a shit about us. You really don't. You pretend to feel sorry for us. And then you turn your back and casually affirm yourself as the more ~beautiful~ one, among backhanded comments about preserving our natural beauty.
You don't really give a shit about dismantling harmful beauty structures. You don't give a shit about our sufferings or the shit that you did to us. You don't give a shit about our skin, our eyes, our jaw, our cheekbones, our hair and our bodies.
You just want to feel good.
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The Old Town Farmer's Market is now participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.
The new program at the market will allow eligible customers to purchase fresh vegetables, meats, fish, baked good, jams and other items beginning April 27.
The city received a $1,200 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to purchase technology allowing the program at the market and to cover the cost of transaction fees during the first year, according to city Director of General Services Jeremy McPike.
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"It's a great opportunity to open up more access to healthy foods, and we're going to do everything we can to help provide that access," McPike said, adding that the city worked with the local Health Department and the Alexandria Obesity Child Action Network on the project.
A booth will be set up in Market Square for SNAP participants, who will request coin-like tokens there that they can spend with select vendors.
The customers will then purchase goods such as milk or vegetables from a vendor, who will take the tokens and at the end of the market day turn them into the city. In return, the city will reimburse the vendors.
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Participants should note that no change is given from a market vendor so program organizers advise residents to bring small change. For example, if a loaf of bread costs $3.10, the vendor will not be able to return 90 cents to the purchaser if that buyer uses a $4 token. Tokens are available in denominations as low as $1.
McPike said city staff and vendors are now well trained on the new program and questions can also be directed to the SNAP booth staffers.
The Four Mile Run market located just off Mt. Vernon Avenue in Arlandria was the first market in Alexandria or Arlington County to employ SNAP.


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Brand Consultancy And Advertising Agency Definedby Derrick Daye
Nicole, a marketer in Montgomery emailed us this question:
"What is the difference between an advertising agency and a brand consultancy?"
Thanks for asking. Having worked at leading agencies (global and regional) and as part of The Blake Project, a brand consultancy, my experiences lead me to define the two like this:
Advertising Agencies traditionally focus on the execution of creative strategies. That is, they will determine the best marketing vehicle to reach your target audience and will use compelling creative to make a connection and entice a reaction. The best ones are strategic in nature and see tactics as a second step.
A Brand Consultancy traditionally lives by this philosophy: Instead of trying to communicate a brands' features and benefits, they recommend studying the minds of the target audience first and then try to "position" the brand in the mind, taking advantage of the strengths and weaknesses of the brand and competing brands. This process ensures that your brand has selected the most powerful benefits to own and that it has developed the proof points and reasons to believe for those benefits. Brand consultancies also aid companies in any strategy-related brand decisions from brand equity measurement and management to brand extension.
Advertising Agencies and Brand Consultancies both strive to create brand insistence – creating a 'category of one' brand with no substitutes.
From time to time each will work together for the good of the client.
Nicole I hope this brings some clarity.
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These are my daughter's favorite thing to eat for dinner, and she is a very picky eater. It always seems I have to taste test (my excuse) these right off the grill. They are that good that you just can't wait to eat them. I use -Mr. Yoshida's original gourmet sweet & savory marinade and cooking sauce- for the marinade. It's not just great on flank either. I am going to add another recipe that I use with that stuff soon. The only place I have found it is at Costco. It's definitely a must have in this house. Another good marinade sauce is Kikkoman teriyaki with green onions and garlic. They also have a ginger one. Yum!
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In Love with Tripod Floor Lamps
We are obsessed and can't get enough of tripod floor lamps. About 6 months ago, we found a Santa & Cole tripod lamp that was out of the budget, but beautiful to admire. So we set out to find ourselves several tripod lamp options in a variety of prices and styles to share today.
The beauty of the tripod lamp is it complements almost any style of interior. Because the lamp typically has an oversized drum shade, it adds drama to the room. If you want to impress your guests, buy a tripod floor lamp.
The Inspiration: Santa & Cole Tripode Floor Lamp
The Alternatives:
Sandy Chapman Tripod Floor Lamp: $315
Circa Lighting
Lights Up! Weegee Floor Lamp: $290
Photographer's Tripod Floor Lamp: $299
Pottery Barn
Tripod Floor Lamp with Drum Shade: $99
Nova Tripod Floor Lamp: $395.00
Or how about a tripod for the desk or side table for a smaller footprint?
Tronconi Tripod Desk Lamp: $750
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Thanks for posting. I just saw one at a West Elm showroom, but I can't find it on their website or catalog
doesn't walmart carry one?
I LOVE the Santa & Cole lamp so much, but at over $1000, I'll spraypaint the Target lamp tripod black!
A classic, yet one I've never embraced. They've always felt a bit unstable to me. (This coming from a person who recently knocked a floor lamp into a window.)
A word of warning -- last year I spent months considering which one floor lamp to choose for my small apartment -- looking at photos, exploring sites, visiting stores -- and I was yearning for one of these tripods (a couple of the ones I looked at are shown above). Then I really paid atttention to the measurements and marked out the floor space it would cover, and taped a couple of yardsticks together to see how tall it would be. One of these lamps would have eaten my living room, particularly visually. Some of them are gorgeous but they are very big.
"One of these lamps would have eaten my living room, particularly visually."
You're so right - These all need lots of space around them to be visually effective.
If you live in a small space where storage is at a premium, stick w/ an end table w/ drawers and a table lamp on top.
The Tracy from Usona is also an amazing tripod floor lamp. The solid walnut base is gorgeous.
CB2 used to have a very nice tripod lamp, similar to the Santa & Cole one but of course much less expensive. But I had the same experience as Deborah - it would never have worked in my small living room.
I have this lamp...It took me months to decide on one, but I love it. Great quality, and looks great http://www.westelm.com/products/w236/?pkey=x%7C4%7C1%7C%7C6%7Cadjustable%20floor%20lamp%7C%7C0&cm_src=SCH
Yes, Walmart does have a tripod lamp, online: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kenroy-Home-Stilts-One-Light-Floor-Lamp-in-Brushed-Steel/12350391
I also love the Santa & Cole but can't swing the price tag. I with the Target version was a little more refined, the middle ring bugs me.
and by 'with' I meant WISH...
I really love the Sandy Chapman one - gorgeous!
none of the alternatives have quite the right proportions. all of the joints are within or right under the lampshade, and I much prefer the look of the criss-cross, 'figure eight' shape of the santa & cole. there must be another, better option out there. the design isn't exactly novel.
I love Oslo Wood by Northern Lighting, http://www.northernlighting.no/pdf/oslo.pdf
And not just because I live in Oslo :-)
It's not huge at all so you can have it in smaller rooms too. Here's an example in a small apartment listed on Norwegian real estate for sale site Finn: http://www.finn.no/finn/realestate/homes/viewimagewide?reference=4/211/110/14_-1515653627.jpg&finnkode=21111014
I think they are so beautiful, but as some have mentioned, they can eat up a space. Too bad that they use up so much floor space.
Solvi - Thanks for sharing both the product link for the Oslo Wood floor lamp and the photo showing it in a small space. It is absolutely stunning and beautiful in the small apartment.
The concept and construction seem so simple and yet elegant. I wonder if anyone has tried constructing one at home. It doesn't look that difficult. The one from the Pottery Barn could easily be immated with an actual tripod (of course not as pretty) for someone on a tight budget.
Etsy seems to be a decent place to find handmade tripod lamps. Much better prices than at places like Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware. One seller has a whole store dedicated to them! http://www.etsy.com/shop/HandmadeLights?ref=seller_info


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The Spooky Party is a party on Animal Jam. It sells Halloween themed items, and has a clothing store, a furniture store, and a music store where you can buy the den music "Spooky Old Bones," which is Halloween themed music.
- There is an area where you can become a mostly transparent ghost. Your animal fades in color, but returns after leaving the area for some time or entering any water, mud from appondale, the ice winds from the New Years party or snowfort den or being hot in the Wolves only party.
- The party only had one non-member item for sale, the Spooky Gravestone.
- If you go to the top left of the haunted house where the party takes place, click on the line on the wall and a pet bat creator will open up. This was the only way to get a pet bat before the Haunted Forest Party in October 2012 opened up.


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