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Musician Marilyn Manson performs Sunday at the Grand Sierra Resort Casino.
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Marilyn Manson doesn't want to be shocking. In fact, he says that's impossible.
"I think the only thing you can be in today's world is chaos and confusing," Manson said. "You can't be shocking. The minute Kennedy was shot on color TV you can't be shocking. You can be chaos and confusion (and that) is what brings the interest, the attention."
Attention is what Manson aims to get when he hits the concert stage, and entertainment is what he aims to deliver. ...

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The Clash-London Calling
The Punker's hymn.
kXnPunk's Website
Acid Bath - Dead Girl
Baker Street, by Foo Fighters
Stutter, by Elastica
Final Countdown, by Europe. Oh shut up, it's a great song.
Laid, by James
Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns, by Mother Love Bone
Such a great song, love the solo!
NP: Alice Cooper - Halo of Flies
Theli's Website
Eminem-Lose Yourself
Chris Bell - Speed of Sound
I wanna rock-Twisted Sister.
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A blaze in the Northern Sky--Darkthrone
^^^Great song!!!
Impaled Nazarene-Blood Is Thicker Than Water
Mad how I like this band.
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Death-Evil Dead
Motorhead - Love Me Like A Reptile
Jack Off Jill-Rabbiteen
Love that girl's voice. Very cool song too.
They are great. Girl can freaking sing like mad.
Helloween - Where The Rain Grows.
Helloween - Mr. Torture.
Keeper of the seven keys-Helloween.Classic Metal song.
Too much information.
Mind your own Business - Hank Williams
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
The Shangri-Las - Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)


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For the Bill Murray lovers The 7 greatest Bill Murray stories ever toldhttp://www.ranker.com/list/the-7-greate
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Vince Vaughn
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Also, I'd say Kyle Chandler. And I think he's going to be awesome in Super 8.
here are a few of mine...
MALE:Sean PennRobin WilliamsClark GableMontgomery CliftPaul NewmanRobert DiNeroDustin HoffmanJames DeanJames Franco
FEMALE:Natalie PortmanDrew BarrymoreMeryl StreepAudrey HepburnMarilyn MonroeHalle BerryReese WitherspoonKathy BatesKate WinsletAnne HathawayJennifer Love HewittMila KunisCherJean HarlowAnne BancroftBrooke Shields
Tina Holmes
Geoffery RushKate BeckinsaleKate WinsletNatalie Portmanand some foreign actors no one's ever heard of
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Morgan Freman , Mark Walburg or how ever you spell their names
Godzilla_Rules's Website
Samuel JacksonBill PaxtonBruce Campbelllance HendricksonJohnny DeppJack NicholsonChristian BaleBrad PittJeff BridgesChristopher WalkenBruce willisJason StathamChristopher LeePeter CushingDonald Pleasance
DirtyGirl's Website
Al PacinoRobert DeNiroJames DeanJack NicholsonHumphrey BogartPaul NewmanKurt RussellMax von SydowLon Chaney
Anna Karina (The most beautiful woman ever to walk the face of the earth, in my opinion!)Jodie FosterAudrey Hepburn
BoboJojoJimmy ProboscisCharlie GastonJennyDos FunkengroovinBig GeorgeLittle George
Wait, this isn't a favorite monkey thread?Damn.
azathoth's Website
1. Jack Nicholson2. Nick Nolte3. Robert DeNiro4. Al Pacino5. Denzel Washington6. Paul Newman7. Burt Lancaster8. Gene Hack Hackman9. Clint Eastwood10. Val Kilmer11. Ray Liotta12. Sylvester Stallone13. Rutger Hauer14. Robert Downey Jr.15. Kiefer Sutherland16. Boris Karloff17. Kevin Bacon18. Donald Pleasence19. Martin Landau20. Jeff Bridges21. Johnny Depp22. River Phoenix23. John Goodman24. Bill Mosely25. Sid Haig
Burt LancasterNick NolteJames WoodsJack NicholsonHmmm..Robert DeNiroLeslie NielsenAl PacinoMany others I will come back to this hopefully at some point
Edward NortonAdrian BrodyJ Gordon~LevittRyan GoslingJames FrancoViggo MortensenTimothy Olyphant
wonderlust's Website
1 Jason Statham2 Bruce Willis3 Samuel L. Jackson4 Morgan Freeman5 Eddie Murphy6 Jack Nicholson7 Keanu Reeves8 Simon Pig9 Uma Thurman10 Johnny Depp11 Jamie Lee Curtis12 Sigourney Weaver13 Anthony Hopkinsthere are more ofcourse
Edward Norton.Kevin Spacey. John Cusack. Morgan Freeman. Jason Statham Paddy Considine Laurence FishburneChristopher Eccleston.Joseph Gilgun.
There are more that I like but couldn't name them all. There are a few who I really have liked but haven't done many parts are are not well known.


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Santa Clara University Program Trains Leaders to Enact Social Change on a Global Level
Friday, Jul. 23, 2010
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 23, 2010 —A Colombian activist seeks restitution for women displaced by internal war. A former policewoman in Malawi expands the reach of her four care centers for children orphaned by AIDS. A Pakistani woman trains mountain residents to protect themselves against climate change.
These global entrepreneurs, and 18 others, are coming to Santa Clara University July 31 through August 7 to receive training and coaching as part of the University's inaugural Global Leaders for Justice (GLJ) program. Their visit is part of a three –month effort to help experienced leaders creatively break through business barriers and expand their network of global peers. Most of the international leaders receive scholarships to attend the program.
The GLJ program seeks to build on the success of a related program that has taken place at SCU for the past five years: the Women Leaders for the World (WLW) training and coaching program, sponsored by the Global Women's Leadership Network (GWLN).
Both GLJ and WLW focuses the participants on answering the question "Who are you as a leader?" as a way to spark innovation, foster global citizenship, and expand the capacity and network of women leaders. To date, WLW has trained 100 graduates in 29 different countries. For example, one alumna, a former teen widow in Kenya, successfully expanded a project to shelter and educate women in her country escaping genital mutilation. The program helped her become a stronger advocate for the women and to locate supporters worldwide.
GLJ is a joint effort between Santa Clara University's School of Law, the SCU Leavey School of Business, and the GWLN. Santa Clara University houses the program, and GLJ leaders oversee a five-member coaching team that will spend three months after the program helping the participants enact their visions.
The inaugural 21 attendees at the program are from Armenia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, India, Italy, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Tanzania, and the United States. Their stories or biographies, as well as information about the program and faculty, are available at GWLN's website.
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Most of the sessions and training at GLJ take place in private meetings. Two events will be open to the public and the press: A public dialogue focused on global innovation, and a graduation ceremony at which graduates will summarize their project visions.
The public event details follow:
Global Innovation Dialogue: The Power of Transformative Justice event, August 5, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Locatelli Student Activities Center, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, Calif. 95053. Please pre-register online at www.scu.edu/business/GIDrsvp/
Graduation Celebration: August 7, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Locatelli Center, Santa Clara University.
About Global Leaders for Justice
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Corn is one of the most versatile and best-loved veggies you can grow. It's been cultivated for thousands of years, increasing in popularity over time, as its attributes have become more and more obvious. Not only is it delicious in a wide variety of dishes as well as fresh from the stalk, but its uses go well beyond the culinary world. From Corn-on-the-cob and popcorn to syrups and cereals and an abundance of other products (edible and not!), this tasty vegetable is truly remarkable!
Choosing a Variety
When choosing what type of Corn to grow, you'll be able to pick from white, yellow, and bicolor varieties as well as consider a number of other traits that affect taste and tenderness. Here's a list of different hybrid varieties and their main characteristics:
Regular Sweet Hybrids -- Traditional, old-fashioned Corn flavor, delicious without an emphasis on sweetness. High yielding.
Sugar Enhanced Varieties -- Sweeter than regular strains, and with a sweetness that lasts longer after the Corn has been picked. A creamy, tender texture and no planting isolation needed from other Sweet Corn.
Super Sweet Varieties -- Bred for twice the sweetness of regular Corn. Will hold their tenderness and sweetness up to two weeks. They must be planted in totally warm soil and kept isolated from other types by 200 feet or 14 days planting time.
New Triple Sweet Varieties -- Wonderfully sweet, but they were bred to add more original Corn taste to the sweetness, improve crunchy texture, and hold their flavor and sweetness even longer. Requires no isolation from other Sweet Corns.
When to Start
Corn is best sown outdoors in situ after all danger of frost has past in spring. Sow in warm soil -- optimum temperature is at least 60 degrees F. Sweet Corn can be started indoors 2 weeks before the last frost at a temperature of 70 to 75 degrees F, but direct sowing is recommended.
How to Start
If you want a continuous crop, sow every two weeks until early spring. Sow at a depth of 4 times the size of the seed in rows that are 24 to 36 inches apart. Plant in full sun in a rich, moist, well-drained soil. Once the seedlings appear, thin them to 3 to 12 inches apart. If you have started them inside and are transplanting them, do so when they have at least two sets of true leaves and allow them the same amount of space as previously mentioned. Expect germination in 7 to 10 days.
Special Considerations
Cross-pollination can occur between different varieties of Corn, affecting taste, color, and other qualities. To prevent this, isolate each type by at least 700 feet, or allow at least 14 days between times of maturity.
Do not plant sooner than 10 days to 2 weeks after the date of the last killing frost. If you plant too early, your seedlings may die or their growth can be delayed.
Since Corn is wind pollinated, it's better to plant 4 or more short, side-by-side rows than 1 or 2 long rows. This will help pollination and ear development.
Growing Tips
Pests and Problems to Watch For
Plants grow to 15 feet tall by 3 feet wide with long, strap-shaped green leaves. It is grown for the sweet corn that is eaten fresh (it also cans and freezes well) and for the dried kernels that become Pop Corn. Harvest sweet corn when the silks have dried; harvest pop corn when the stalks have dried. Sweet corn cobs are also used as animal silage and the stalks as fodder
Note: These seed counts are estimates. The actual number of seeds per ounce/pound may vary slightly.
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|(M) 1/4 lb
|(G) 1/4 oz
|(N) 1/2 lb
|(H) 1/2 oz
|(L) 1 lb
|(J) 1 oz
|(R) 2 lbs
|(K) 2 oz
|(S) 5 lbs
* A few varieties may have a different (P) Pkt seed count than the quantity listed; check the specific variety's description for the number of seeds per pkt.
Superior Germination Through Superior SciencePark Seed offers some of the highest-quality vegetable and flower seeds available in the industry, and there are a number of reasons for this.
First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University InspectedTo make sure we are providing the best seed product possible and that our customers will get the highest number of seedlings from every packet, we conduct our own germination testing and have quality-control measures in every stage of our seed-handling operation. We hold ourselves to standards that are at or above federal and state standards, including testing specific crops more frequently than recommended by federal guidelines. And in order to maintain our organic certification, we welcome Clemson University to inspect us annually to make sure our organic seeds, which are stored and processed separately, are being handled properly.
Hand Packed By Experienced TechniciansPark Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold StandardAnd many of our seeds are packed in our exclusive Fresh-Pak gold foil packets, which are lined to keep moisture out, so the seeds stay fresher for longer. We carefully pack very tiny or fragile seeds in crush-proof vials to ensure safe delivery to your home. Some of the small seeds are also offered as "pellets" (have a clay coating) to make sowing and growing easier. When it comes to the kinds of seeds we offer, we are constantly seeking something new and provide many unique and hard-to-find varieties from all around the world. Our on-staff horticulturists are ready and available to share their expertise to help you with the success of these seeds, so you can grow a beautiful and productive garden!
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
The ancient Native American technique of growing Corn, Beans, and Squash together in an arrangement called the Three Sisters is the ultimate in companion planting and helps increase harvests, naturally!
Corn acts as a support for climbing bean vines, the beans fix nitrogen in the soil for the high feeding requirements of corn and squash, and the squash provides mulch and root protection for the corn and beans! After cooperating beautifully in the garden, corn and beans form a complete protein when eaten together! How's that for a mutually beneficial relationship?
The Three Sisters are all easy to direct sow in the garden and are a great project for children, teaching them about the beauty of natural harmony while providing a fast-growing reward for their efforts.
Make the best possible use of your garden space this season, and try growing the Three Sisters! Just follow the easy steps listed below, fertilize well, plant other companions like herbs to assist with pest control, and you'll be harvesting your best crop in no time!
In May or June when soil has warmed:
Shape a flat-topped circular mound of soil about a foot high and 2 feet across at the top, sloping outward toward the base. Plant a circle of corn seeds on top, about 5 or 6, and water them in well, tamping down your soil mound firmly so it doesn't wash away in the first rain. Space the mounds 3 or 4 feet apart in the garden.
Since all corn grows on sturdy, dependable stalks, the variety you choose depends on the flavor, disease resistance, and holding ability you want. Sugar Buns is a Sugar Enhanced (SE) yellow hybrid with absolutely scrumptious golden kernels and is positively scrumptious. For SE whites, you can't beat Silver Princess, with extra-long ears bursting with flavor. And for the sweetest ears yet, you absolutely must try Corn Mirai, available in Yellow, White, Bicolor, and even a Mini!
About two weeks later:
When your corn reaches about 5 or 6 inches high, plant Bean seeds (6 to 8 of them) around the edges of the flat top or about halfway down the sloping sides of the circular mound. Push the seeds down deep into the soil and, if you're planting on the slope, make sure the soil is nice and firm. Add a bit of Nature's Aid at planting time to help the Beans fix nitrogen.
To get your Beans to climb up the cornstalks, choose Pole rather than Bush varieties. Smeraldo is far and away the best-tasting Pole Bean, with flat pods up to 10 inches long on vigorous 4- to 6-foot vines. Park gardeners rave about Kwintus, a super-early performer with succulent pods on stringless 8- to 10-inch pods. And is the classic name in Beans, with top-quality dark green pods that are both stringless and fiberless, even if you pick them a bit late. We even have Blue Lake available in organic seed!
One week or so after that:
Plant Squash seeds around the base of the mound, on flat ground. You can make them radiate around the mound, or just go in the direction you have available space! 6 to 8 seeds in a ring around the base of the mound is usually plenty.
The traditional Squash family member for this Sister is Pumpkin, with its all-American flavor and long growing season. For a quicker harvest, grow Summer Squash varieties such as organic Early Summer Crookneck or Zucchini such as space-saving Eight Ball Hybrid.
When everything begins growing...
Thin the plantings to 2 or 3 Corn stalks, each with no more than 2 Bean plants winding around it. (You'll need to help the Beans get started growing up the stalks). The Squash is going to vine along the ground, so the number of plants you need depends on how far apart your mounds of corn and beans are, how long the vines get, and how much walking space you need in the garden.
Add a FOURTH sister: Sunflowers!
Sunflowers attract birds, thus tempting them away from your corn plants. They shade the vining bean plants while also adding support. Plus, they're beautiful! It's a win-win situation!


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Charles Surber, Jr., 42, of Morristown, TN, was killed shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 21 At the Petro Truck Stop, formerly Savoy, on Highway 418.
According to a report at the Luna County Sheriff's Office, Surber was underneath a semi for an unspecified reason when the driver backed up over him, then pulled forward and drove around the truck stop without realizing what had happened.
According to the LCSO, an employee at Petro saw the man lying on the ground after the semi pulled away.
A sheriff's deputy arrived first on the scene to find the man bleeding from his forehead and unconscious. Surber died before emergency medical services arrived.
It was unclear why Surber was under the semi and who the driver was. Calls to New Mexico State Police for more information were not returned.
The following day, Saturday, saw another accident near the intersection of Highways 9 and 11. At about 8:30 a.m., deputies were dispatched to the area after a resident of Anthony drove through a stop sign and was struck by a 2004 Ford Ranger.
The truck had a Denver family inside, including a six-year-old boy, an 11-year-old female, a 15-year-old male and three adults. All of the truck passengers were transported to Mimbres Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the Nissan said the two stop signs near the intersection were confusing. He was cited for failure to yield.
Later that Saturday, shortly before 4 p.m., a vehicle was struck as it attempted a u-turn on the east side of town near the intersection of Pine Street and Highway 549.
According to the LCSO report, a resident of Hurley was driving a 2012 Honda Civic east on Pine St. when she missed her turn and decided to make a u-turn. As she attempted the turn, a 2011 Ford F-150 struck the Civic. The truck driver is from El Paso. No injuries were reported.
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Tuition and fees net of financial aid for undergraduate and graduate students account for 57% of total operating revenue.
Student housing and dining contribute 10% of operating revenue, while all other auxiliary
operations account for 2% of the total.
Expendable philanthropic contributions account for 5% of total revenue for operations. Gifts to
endowment and gifts for construction (i.e., not expendable for operations) are in addition to
this total.
Endowment distributions, combined with earnings on short-term investments of operating cash balances, provide 4% of the revenue budget. (The market value of NYU's total endowment at August 31, 2014 was approximately $3.5 billion, of which $793 million was for the NYU Langone Medical Center.)
The budget assumes a total return on endowment investments of 6%. Distributions
from endowment to support operations are calculated using the fiscal 2013 distribution
amount plus 1.5%, which was the increase in the New York Metro Area CPI for the
twelve months ending December 31, 2013.
Income from commercial real estate represents 2% of the revenue budget.
Sponsored research accounts for 5% of total revenue, and sponsored educational programs
account for 10% of the total.
Clinical income from dental patient care provides 2% of operating revenue.
All other sources of revenue total 3%. This category includes many relatively small items such
as service payments from the School of Medicine, annual appropriations from the State of New
York, and transfers from non-operating funds.
Another way to view the expense budget is by purpose of expenditures.
The combined rate of increase in undergraduate tuition and fees in the fiscal 2015 budget over the prior year is 2.9%, while the rate of increase for room and board charges for a typical arrangement of an entering freshman is 1.0%. Compared with 25 peer private non-profit institutions, NYU's rates of increase for tuition and fees and room and board are below the group's median and mean.
In a national study of 517 private institutions' endowments at June 30, 2013, NYU's total endowment (including the School of Medicine) was the 19th largest in total size, but 165th in endowment per student (or $77,231 per student).
The Endowment is invested with a long-term orientation. For the five years ended August 31, 2014 the Fund has delivered an annualized return of 9.1% per year, outperforming the passive 60/40 blended benchmark return of 8.2% while incurring one-third less drawdown exposure and volatility. This means that on a risk-adjusted basis the Fund has performed very well, achieving both a higher level of return while also delivering a more stable source of spending support for the University's operating budget than the long-term passive benchmark. For further information, please visit the Investment Office webpage.


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Saturday is Monday of game week for the No. 2 Ducks
Saturday was essentially Monday for the Ducks who came off their bye week (Chip Kelly's improvement week) to travel to Arizona State on Thursday night.
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Pat O'Connor, 61, of Pontiac protests the government shutdown Thursday in front of the McNamara Federal Building in Detroit. The rally is one of more than 100 similar protests taking place across the country. O'Connor works for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. / Kimberly P. Mitchell/Detroit Free Press
Nick Carnes
Two weeks ago, a small group of wealthy Americans shut down our federal government. They werent lobbyists. They werent big campaign donors. The millionaires who shuttered our civil institutions didnt have to buy influence from our politicians. The millionaires who shut down Washington are our politicians.
On both sides of the aisle, the vast majority of our lawmakers represent the most privileged slice of American society. If Barack Obama, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell had sat down to talk about how to solve the budget impasse, no one at the table would have a net worth of less than $1.7 million.
And they arent alone. Working-class jobs manual labor and service-industry positions make up a majority of our labor force, but people from those kinds of jobs make up less than 2% of Congress. Meanwhile, millionaires who make up less than 5% of the country control all three branches of the federal government: They have a majority in the House, a filibuster-proof super majority in the Senate, a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court, and a man in the White House.
Were letting people with personal fortunes that insulate them from the rest of society decide how much to spend on the schools and hospitals and other public goods that everyone else depends on.
Of course, its impossible to know how our lawmakers would have behaved during the government shutdown if more of them had come from the classes of Americans who have been hit hardest during the crisis. Some members of Congress have taken steps to share their constituents pain some even refused their congressional salaries.
But the evidence suggests that our lawmakers would probably go much farther to protect the middle and working classes if more of them came from those classes themselves. Lawmakers from more affluent backgrounds tend to be stingy with social safety net programs, flimsy with business regulations, weaken protections for workers, and approve tax policies favoring the rich. Lawmakers from the working class, on the other hand, tend to take the needs of American workers more seriously even in the face of pressure from lobbyists, wealthy donors and extremist groups.
If our political institutions were made up of the same mix of classes as the people they represent, our lawmakers probably wouldnt have shut down the government over a health care law. Our white-collar government comes at a high price not just for the less fortunate, but for all of us.
But it doesnt have to be this way. Ive found hard data that suggest there are droves of talented, politically capable working-class Americans out there who would make great politicians. And when they run for office, they tend to do well. But many of these potential candidates are being screened out long before Election Day by practical barriers, such as the difficulty of taking time off work to campaign or the high cost of running for public office.
However, innovative programs to recruit and support middle- and working-class candidates are showing tremendous promise. In New Jersey, the AFL-CIO runs a Labor Candidates School; its graduates have won more than 700 state and local races. Pro-worker groups have launched similar programs all over the country. This year, Oregon, California, Nevada and Maine were all home to campaign boot camps for politically talented blue-collar workers.
Programs like these are some of the most promising new directions in the fight for government that represents the will of the people. But until they really take root until candidates from middle- and working-class backgrounds stop being the exception and start being the rulewere going to be stuck with a white-collar government, one that can turn on a dime when big banks are in trouble, but squabbles and struggles when funding for retirees, veterans and children is on the line.
Is it time to start electing more middle- and working-class people to political office? That depends: Are you happy with how millionaires are running our country?
Nicholas Carnes is an assistant professor of public policy at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and author of the soon-to-be-published book White-Collar Government: The Hidden Role of Class in Economic Policy Making.


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Domino's Topping Fiasco
File this one under not for the faint of heart (or stomach!). In 2009, a video surfaced of a Domino's Pizza employee sticking cheese up his nose and then stuffing it into a sandwich. Both the employee and his co-worker, who shot the video, were fired and charged with food tampering.
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As a fan of the yellow label Jim Beam Rye, I wonder how the two compare?
As a fan of the yellow label Jim Beam Rye, I wonder how the two compare?
If I find a Ri1 on sale cam I'll compare the two and let 'ya know.
Although I also like the yellow label Jim Beam Rye, the Ri1 is better IMHO. Better mouthfeel, much more complexity, etc. Just better in just about every aspect. And for my palate, the Knob Creek rye is a touch better than Ri1.
Moving on, there are a few notable rye whiskies we do not carry, namely Rittenhouse (when available, weak sales) and the new Knob Creek ($$$/quality ratio) and George Dickel. Nonetheless, our rye sales rankings are as follows:
#1 Old Overholt(?!)
#2 Bulleit
#3 Sazerac (although would be higher if it weren't allocated)
#4 Finger Lakes Distilling McKenzie Rye
#5 Jim Beam Rye
#6 (Ri)1
#7 Templeton
#8 Whistle Pig
Truth be told, sales figures for each of these ryes are fairly close. There are no runaway "best-sellers" in this category. (Ri)1 actually sells alright in this market--within a few bottles of Jim Beam Rye and the others. Also, thrilled to see the McKenzie Rye performing so strongly, even at the higher price point.


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A Syrian passenger plane is seen after it was forced to land Oct. 10 at Ankara airport. The plane was forced to land in Ankara on suspicions that it was carrying weapons, Anatolia news agency reported. (Adem Altan / AFP)
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DAMASCUS — Syria accused Turkey of hostility on Oct. 11 after it intercepted a passenger jet en route from Moscow that Ankara said carried military equipment and ammunition for the Damascus regime.
As the tensions between Damascus and Ankara soared, rebels fighting forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad won more territory as they bid to secure a "buffer zone" in a swathe of land abutting the Turkish border, an AFP reporter said.
U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi waded back into the Syrian fray, meanwhile, holding talks with officials in Saudi Arabia, which like Turkey has called for Assad to quit and supports the rebels.
Ankara scrambled two jets Oct. 10 to force down the Syrian Air Airbus A-320, Turkish officials said, after receiving intelligence its cargo did not comply with civil aviation rules.
The aircraft, which had 35 passengers on board, was grounded for nine hours before it was allowed to resume its journey to Damascus, as Turkey said it confiscated unspecified "objectionable" cargo.
Damascus said the interception was "hostile and reprehensible" and "another sign of the hostile policies of the Erdogan government, which harbors (rebels) and bombs Syrian territory."
It furiously demanded Turkey return the cargo it had seized at Ankara's Esenboga Airport.
"Turkish military aircraft ... forced the plane to land without giving prior warning. The military aircraft were so close that there could have been an accident," said Syrian Air director Aida Abdel Latif.
But Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Oct. 11 that the plane carried military equipment and ammunition for the Syrian regime.
In remarks televised by NTV news channel, he said the cargo was "equipment and ammunition shipped to the Syrian Defence Ministry" from a Russian military supplier.
Erdogan did not name the Russian supplier but said it was the Russian counterpart of Turkey's Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation, which is the Turkish army's main provider of military equipment.
Russia, a top Damascus ally and its biggest arms supplier, said Ankara had put the passengers' lives at risk and denied the plane was carrying weapons or military equipment.
"We are concerned that this emergency situation put at risk the lives and safety of passengers, who included 17 Russian citizens," said Russia's foreign ministry.
Tensions have been running high between Ankara and Damascus since the eruption of the conflict in March 2011 and were inflamed after a series of shell strikes from Syria on Turkish soil, including one attack that killed five civilians last week.


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Firefighting crews pour water onto a unit after a fire at a Chevron refinery on Aug. 7, 2012 in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/The Contra Costa Times, Aric Crabb)
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California workplace safety officials have fined Chevron $1 million in connection with a fire last year at the company's San Francisco Bay Area refinery that sent a cloud of gas and black smoke over residential areas.
The state's Division of Occupation Safety and Health said Wednesday that its investigators found "willful violations" in Chevron's response before, during and after the Aug. 6 fire in Richmond.
The agency says the company didn't follow the recommendations of its own inspectors and scientists to replace the corroded pipe that ultimately ruptured and caused the fire. They also charged the company with not following its own emergency shutdown procedures when the leak was identified.
Smoke and gas from the fire prompted thousands of people to seek medical treatment, with many complaining of eye irritation and breathing problems.


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Todd Bertuzzi of the Red Wings says he dreads having his team's playoff hopes boil down to one penalty shot in a shootout. (David Guralnick/Detroit News)
Detroit — The excitement proved too seductive for those overly concerned about the marketing of the NHL.
The shootout is a ticking bomb, poised to destroy the fairness that supposedly governs the regular season — the time now drawing to a close before the so-called second season, the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Picture this.
On the last day of the schedule, two teams playing each other are tied for the last playoff spot in one of the conferences.
After three periods, the game is tied. No goals are scored in the overtime.
They go to the shootout. It's scoreless through two rounds. One team scores in the third, and the puck is on the stick of the third shooter, at center ice.
The entire season is on his stick.
A couple of dozen players and families, coaches, management, owners, businesses in the area of the arena and the emotions of hundreds of thousands of fans who attended games and perhaps millions watching on television are utterly dependent on his success.
Determining everything is one person's success on a play once saved only for the rare occasions when an opponent's illegal maneuver stops a clear breakaway or a puck is illegally frozen in the goal crease.
Actually, forget about imagining the scenario. It already happened.
On April 11, 2010, in the last game of the season between two teams tied in the standings, the Rangers' Olli Jokinen failed to score on Flyers goalie Brian Boucher.
Philadelphia went to the playoffs. New York did not.
More overtime?
What kind of sport decides the participants in a two-month championship tournament, after a seven-month season, by having players perform an event mostly suitable for a skills competition or rare penalties?
Do dueling kickers ever engage in solitary rounds of field-goal attempts to decide the participants in the NFL playoffs? Do NBA players compete with 3-point shots to determine playoff spots?
How about a home run derby if two baseball teams are tied after 162 games?
Eight years after it was instituted by the NHL to prevent tie games in the regular season and increase the popularity of the game, it is well past time to call a charade a charade.
End the shootout.
Either that, or as Ken Holland suggested in 2008, at least institute two rounds of overtime before going to the shoot-out.
"If you do a dry scrape of the ice with two Zambonis, it takes about six minutes," said Holland, who knows, because he once asked Al Sobotka and his staff at Joe Louis Arena to undertake the task and timed them.
"Clean ice, two overtime periods. You can go four-on-four, then three-on-three."
In the first eight years,shootouts have determined the results of about 12-15 percent of games.
"It is my belief that more and more games are going to be decided by a shootout," Holland said. "There is more parity this year than there was last year, and there will be more parity next year than there was this year."
Holland brought his proposal before the NHL Board of Governors five years ago and he was forced to settle for a small victory in 2010: Shootout victories are not counted in the first tiebreaker to determine the standings.
Regardless, wins in shoot-outs still count for points.
"I already tried it once," Holland said, smiling. "I am waiting for someone else to give it a shot."
Even some players who are regular, successful participants in the shootout fear the possible.
"You know that it's going to come down to two guys with the playoffs on their sticks, at some point," said Todd Bertuzzi, of the Red Wings, who is 16-for-43, or 37.2 percent, in career shootout attempts.
"I'd feel sorry for whoever it is. No one wants to be one of them?"
Dubious tactics
Meanwhile, the way some players approach the task has become a tawdry exhibition.
On March 11, Kaspars Daugavins of the Senators skated in on Tuuka Rask of the Bruins with his stick blade inverted on top of the puck, pressing it down to the ice. It is a hockey-on-the-backyard-rink trick that my older brother used to pull on me all the time — 50 years ago, when we were kids.
When Daugavins got to the crease, he did a 360 degree turn and tried to shove the puck, still under the inverted blade of his stick, past Rask.
Rask made the save.
By the next morning, many hockey people and fans were outraged at the silliness.
A YouTube review of Patrick Kane's shootout goals for the Blackhawks demonstrates that, as goaltenders including Miika Kiprusoff and Niklas Backstrom have complained, Kane occasionally does come to a stop while performing one of his super-slow-motion shots.
By rule, "the puck must be kept in motion towards the opponent's goal line..."
The play ends, and the referees should blow it dead, "anytime the puck ... comes to a complete stop."
When Kane pauses, cocks a leg behind him and then begins to move the puck back-and-forth in front of him, again, the whistles should have been blown at the break in proceedings.
Similar stop-and-go complaints were made by the Kings against the Canucks' Alex Burrows on Jan. 29 and by the Blue Jackets against the Canucks' Mason Raymond on March 12.
Some goalies — such as the Kings' Jonathan Quick — even complain about Burrows after they make the save.
Rules do allow for the so-called lacrosse maneuver, in which shooters pick up the puck with the blade of the stick and sling it at the net, and "the spin-o-rama," in which the shooter completes a 360-degree turn.
The reason they had to write the spin-o-rama in is because it clearly conflicts with the rule that "the puck must be kept in motion towards the opponent's goal line."
The mere fact that the term "spin-o-rama" appears in the NHL rules should have provided a clarion warning that something is amiss in the game.
Some goalies say it is all getting a little ridiculous. They are right.
In reviewing Burrows' play for TSN.ca, the former veteran NHL referee Kerry Fraser said that by rule, the move was legal. But it also was unfair to the goalie, Fraser said.
So, maybe unfair should be illegal? Rules in sport do tend to enforce fairness.
And by clearly not enforcing the rules for a penalty shot, which also govern shootout attempts, some referees render goalies utterly superfluous.
The NHL is setting itself up for another fall.
And make no mistake, the detonator is timed and ticking.
If left unaddressed, at some point the shootouts and the honored-in-a-breach rules regulating them will cause fans to wonder aloud, "Who is running this game?"
Shootouts by the rule book
In the NHL during the regular season, a tie score at the end of regulation results in a five-minute overtime period of sudden-death play, with teams skating four per side rather than the customary five. If the score remains tied, a shootout ensues. Three players for each team will take penalty shots against the opposing goalie, with extra players partaking if necessary until one team has the lead after the teams have taken an equal number of shots.
Each team receives a point for the tie at the end of regulation.
The team winning the shootout gets a second point in the standings.
If two teams are tied in the standings at the end of the season, the first tiebreaker is the number of wins, eliminating wins in shootouts, a statistic called ROW, or Regulation and Overtime Wins.


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Journalism Award Winners Announced
Today, Earth Day Network is proud to announce the winners of the first-annual Healthy and Sustainable School Food Journalism Awards!
In October 2012, Earth Day Network – in partnership with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, The Edible Schoolyard Project and the Epstein-Roth Foundation – kicked off the competition in honor of National School Lunch Week, asking U.S. high school students to submit articles about the importance of healthy and sustainable food in their schools.
We received dozens of submissions from all over the country – everything from the correlation between healthy diets and improved academic performance, to the ecological damage caused by large agribusinesses, to the need for a good balance between nutrition, portion, and taste.
Best-selling author and food activist Michael Pollan selected the winners from among an anonymous pool of finalists chosen by a panel of judges at UC Berkeley.
The six winners will receive cash prizes: $1,500 for first prize, $1,000 for second prize, $500 for third prize, and $300 dollars for each of our three fourth prize winners. In addition, all of the six winners will receive $200 for their journalism classes.
And the winners are…
1ST PLACE: RACHEL ARMSTRONG, Apopka High School – Apopka, FL
Congratulations to first prize winner Rachel Armstrong, of Apopka High School in Apopka, Florida! Rachel's article for The Insight, Apopka High's newspaper, highlighted the various obstacles that stand between schools and healthy school lunches, including cost and the inability of schools to provide locally-grown produce. Rachel welcomes the new USDA standards for school food, and suggests that every school should be equipped with a dietary specialist. Her reporting included interviews with fellow students, school administrators, and politicians such as Florida Representative Bryan Nelson and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson.
"I feel very strongly about the traditional values of journalism and its goal to inform its audience. When it comes to the importance of healthy, environmentally sustainable food, I believe reporting is a perfect tool to inform the public of the necessity of healthier options. If schools continue to provide a diet of overly processed food, those who rely on school meals for nourishment will have a much lower quality of life in the long-run." – Rachel Armstrong
2nd PLACE: MARIEL KLEIN, Jesuit High School – Portland, OR
The second prize winner was Mariel Klein, a 12th grader from Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon. In her article for The Jesuit Crusader, Jesuit High's newspaper, Mariel explores the problem of kids continuing to choose unhealthy options even when healthier ones are available. She also suggests that inadequate kitchen facilities contribute to the inability of schools to provide fresh meals. And she examines a school whose cafeteria was built to serve 400 students – but is now serving over 1,200. Her reporting included interviews with fellow students and cafeteria staff as well as research about the contractors that provide the school's food.
"In exploring the issue of healthy, environmentally sustainable school food, I brought to light several roadblocks at Jesuit including the outdated, inadequate kitchen facility which limits the ability of our cooks to prepare fresh meals. My hope is that by drawing attention to this fixable problem, it becomes a topic of discussion for our school and therefore a priority for some of our fundraising dollars. We've even contacted the chairs of our annual auction to suggest donations be earmarked for a new kitchen." – Mariel Klein
3rd PLACE: ADITI BUSGEETH, Alief Taylor High School – Houston, TX
Aditi Busgeeth, of Alief Taylor High School in Houston, Texas, was awarded third prize. In her article for The Den, Taylor High's newspaper, Aditi explored the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which went into effect across the country in 2012. She also discussed childhood obesity, the link between healthy food and academic performance, and the environmental degradation that results from corporate farming. Her solution? To provide more locally-grown produce, encourage positive views of healthy food, and regulate food waste.
"I entered the contest because I believed it was a great opportunity to raise awareness about the need to revise nutritional guidelines to create appealing and environmentally-friendly school meals. Sustainability is truly within reach, and school lunches are a progressive first step toward a healthier and environmentally aware generation of Americans." – Aditi Busgeeth
4TH PLACE: CECILIA SEITER, Oakland Technical High School – Oakland, CA
Cecilia Seiter, a 12th grader from Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, California, was one of three fourth prize winners. Her article for The Scribe, Oakland Tech's newspaper, focuses on the lack of fruits and vegetables available to students. She goes on to cite the correlation between poor nutrition and health problems, behavioral issues, poor academic performance, and a lack of focus. Her reporting featured interviews with teachers and fellow students about their experiences with the school lunch program.
"I participated in the competition because I believe that access to healthy food is vital to a person's well-being. I wanted to be able to voice my opinions - and the facts - about the quality of the food in our cafeterias and the healthy alternatives that are available. I hope that all schools give their students the opportunity to eat healthy lunches and promote the welfare of the environment and of themselves."
4TH PLACE: SOPHIE HOLLIS, RJ Reynolds High School – Winston-Salem, NC
Sophie Hollis, also a fourth prize winner, comes from RJ Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In her article for Pine Whispers, Reynolds High's newspaper, she discusses the importance of serving local and sustainable foods, both for their nutritional value and the benefit of the local economy. Her reporting included interviews with local farmers, cafeteria staff, and fellow students.
"I wrote the article primarily to investigate how much of an effort my school was making to serve healthy meals to students. I am aware that there is a population of students that attend R.J. Reynolds High School who don't get to eat meals other than the ones served to them at school. It's important that the meals they do get are sufficiently nutritious. Furthermore, it is important that students who buy lunch are served healthy choices so that they form healthier habits as early as possible. Being a part of the first generation with a shorter life expectancy than our parents, I think it's very important that we learn how to eat right, and the school system has a significant role in promoting that."
4TH PLACE: RAND MICHAELS, Traverse City West Sr High School – Traverse City, MI
An 11th grader from Traverse City West Senior High School in Traverse City, Maryland, Rand Michaels was also awarded fourth prize. Rand's article for The Occidentalist, WSH's newspaper, featured research on the people and policies that shape school lunch programs as well as analysis of some of the avenues for providing healthier, more environmentally sustainable meals. He also wrote about the inadequacies of current USDA regulations and called on schools to provide more local and sustainable foods and to better educate students about the importance of nutrition.
"I participated in the Healthy Sustainable School Food Journalism Contest because I want to help spread the word that offering healthy, sustainably grown food in our nations school systems can inspire our generation to make permanent healthy lifestyle choices that will not only lower the incidence of chronic disease and obesity, but also lessen the impact of our agricultural system on the environment."
All of the participants should be applauded for engaging their fellow students in a critical debate about the importance of healthy, local, and sustainable food in public schools. It's essential that young people be informed about these issues and that they have the opportunity to voice their opinions.
Our sincerest thanks to all who participated, and congratulations to the winners!
To read all of the winning submissions, click here.


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That Danny Granger (injured knee) didn't play in the Indiana Pacers' game tonight against Charlotte wasn't a surprise. That David West didn't participate was unexpected.
West took a swipe to his left eye in Monday's loss to Brooklyn, and it was still swollen when he met with coach Frank Vogel this morning. Making the power forward inactive was the only decision to make.
"His eye is still not in very good shape," Vogel said at 11 a.m. "He could barely open (his eye)." ...


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- Caesar Salad
- Steel Cut Oats
- Family Dinners
- Chili
- Tailgate with Pork
- Plate Size
- Pizza Night
- Halloween Fun
- Pumpkin Fun
- Popcorn: A Poppin' Good Snack
- More Fruits and Veggies Please
- Thanksgiving Preparations
- Hectic Holiday Snacking
- Pomegranates
- Holiday Brunch
- Festive & Flavorful Holiday Appetizers
- Stuff Your Stockings in Good Taste
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- Live Healthy America in Iowa!
- Blue Zones: Power 9 Principles
- Foods and Drinks to Rev You Up
- Step Up Your Game with Super Edible Bowls
- Frozen Fruits and Vegetables
- Lean Beef to Lower Cholesterol?
- Tropical Fruits
- Reduce Your Sodium
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Lean Beef to Lower Cholesterol?
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Hy-Vee dietitian Jen Heringhausen joined the J-Crew on this Monday morning to explain to you how you can eat lean beef every day and lower your cholesterol!
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If you're looking for the Mr. Linky page so that you can join in, it's RIGHT HERE.
I've said it before, and I've said that I'll say it again, so I'll say it again: If you don't have a target, you're sure to miss it.
Read to Me 2007 is a mission to encourage reading to children. Most of us know that reading to children is a good thing. Most of us are busy. Most of us are selfish with our time (alright, I won't saddle you with that, but I will admit that I am selfish with my time). Goals are important to me, and accountability is important to me, too. So, I'm going to set some goals for reading to my children and I'm going to invite you to do the same.
Anyone who thinks that reading to kids is important and is looking to change their habits in some way, be it reading more or reading differently. This could involve a classroom teacher, moms and dads, grandparents, aunts, or caretakers.
- Share your goal: I want each of you to think about where your desire lies in reading with your kids and how your actual output matches that, and if it's lagging, what might you do to improve it? A goal should be a realistic stretch, but also attainable. If you aren't reading at all consistently, don't commit to reading six picture books a day. Do you have a certain subject you'd like to tackle with your children? Do you have certain books you'd like to read? Maybe you'd like to work more variety into your regular lineup, in genre or authorship. Perhaps you have done a great job of reading with your younger children, but you'd like to tackle a family read-aloud or a book just for the tweens and teens in your life. How are you planning to make these goals happen?
- Read. The mission will open on February 19 with a Mr. Linky for all participants to post their goals on their own site and link up and will close the week of March 19. Hopefully after participating for at least two weeks, a new habit will be borne.
- Report back. You can post throughout the mission with achievements and struggles, but be sure to link back the week of March 19.
If accountability and goals aren't enough to keep you focused, I will be awarding one $10 gift certificate to amazon.com. The prize will be random, based on all those who post an intro post and a reflection post at the end. However, I may have some prizes for those who have made the most change or read the most, or at least an honorable mention here on the site.
I will be posting more on the WHYs later this week and throughout the mission as motivation and encouragement.
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Carlisle 'bypass' to open on Tuesday
Last updated at 10:38, Thursday, 09 February 2012
The long-awaited Carlisle Northern Development Route is to open on Tuesday.
The 5.1-mile link from M6 junction 44 at Kingstown to the A595 at Newby West was due to open early in April this year.
But contractor Birse Civil has completed the job ahead of schedule.
Cumbria County Council was today announcing the opening at its cabinet meeting.
The first section, between junction 44 at Kingstown and Kingmoor Park, opened last August.
When the full route opens motorists travelling from the west will be able to reach the M6 and the A689 and ultimately the A69 without travelling through Carlisle city centre.
The council forecasts a significant fall in traffic volumes on Wigton Road, Castle Way, Scotland Road and Kingstown Road as a result.
The Carlisle Northern Development Route (CNDR) is part of a £176 million Private Finance Initiative scheme.
This also covers construction of the road and its maintenance for 30 years along with maintenance of 92 miles of the A7, A594, A595, A596, A689 and A6071.
The CNDR skirts the west of the city crossing Orton Road, Moorhouse Road and Burgh Road.
There are be nine roundabouts, bridges over the River Eden and West Coast Main Line railway and a cyclepath/footway throughout.
Councillors recently approved the proposals for a 40mph speed on the section between the M6 and Kingmoor Park.
The national 60mph speed limit will apply on the rest of the route.
The CNDR project has not been straightforward.
The crossing over the River Eden had to be redesigned in the wake of the 2005 floods.
Costs soared as a result requiring the Treasury to approve extra cash.
Then Dexia, the Franco-Belgian bank that was putting up the money, was hit by the global credit crunch.
Barclays, National Australia Bank and SMBC stepped in instead.
Work was delayed to allow a team of ecologists to remove great-crested newts.
Construction work finally began in the autumn of 2009. Around 170 people were employed on the project.
An intensive engineering operation was required to replace Kingmoor railway bridge in just 58.5 hours.
A 40-strong team had to work around the clock over the Christmas holiday in 2009 to bring the old bridge down while the West Coast Main Line was closed.
First published at 10:13, Thursday, 09 February 2012
Published by http://www.newsandstar.co.uk
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We drove on this 'bypass' last week and although I like not having to go through Carlisle city, it was a bit dissapointing to have to navigate all the roundabouts. It's a pity it wasn't made a dual carriageway with slip roads off and on. However I will prefer to use the A689 than have to drive thru the city.
When are people going to learn how to use the roundabouts on this road? My son has just failed his driving test because some moron doesn't know lane discipline. Read the Highway Code or get some lessons.
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I like to pack red and green curry into the park. That and some coconut milk powder and some rice make a KILLER dinner.However, it's VERY pungent and has a lot of smell.It's not a typical bear food so I"m wondering if you guys think it will attract bears.
I'm a big fan of curries in my camping food, and have done so in black bear country with no issues. Below is a link to a podcast from Practical Backpacking that contains an interview with a Black Bear expert from Yosemite and is quite educational:http://www.practicalbackpacking.com/show/tag/yosemite/My take away from that podcast is that any food can attract Black Bears regardless of how pungent it is. The key is correctly dealing with your food so that the bears do not become habituated to humans by successfully getting at your food. I will continue to enjoy my curry!
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Heck with the bear!I savor currie dishes almost every meal, even breakfast! I also put on salads!So, if your camping any distance near me, and start cooking a currie dish, I bet I'll be at your camp before the bear even gets a wiff!
If worried, cook before camp. Although, frankly curries are pungent and well.....I wouldn't worry. But that is me. Curry is though a great human repellant when one sweats....lol!
Try the Opsacks. They really hold in the smell. I put a bunch of curry paste packets in there to keep the curry from stinking up the rest of my food and once inside, I couldn't smell them at all.
Just make it spicy. It'll remind em of bear spray and they'll be afraid.
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Today was the first grey chilly day of the season. Chicken soup was the topic of discussion at the playground after school. Ella literally came crying to me when one of her friend wouldn't share another sip of her mom's homemade chicken noodle soup. Out of a the thermos no less. While comforting Ella and listening to her cry, I decided that I was also in the mood for chicken noodle soup. Almost to the point of tears too! So together we looked up a recipe on my iphone.
And like always, I became consumed with finding the perfect recipe. I wasn't in the mood for the typical chicken, onion, carrot, celery, noodle combination. I wanted something different and so I asked the father of the girl with the chicken soup. What was in that soup that made Ella sob for more? Dill and Turnips. Ha. And that was that. I had my recipe. Below is the one I loosely followed tonight. I added a turnip and leek just because. I also used bone-in thigh and leg meat instead of breast meat. I'm positive it's not as healthy, but I don't like the way the breast meat always tastes bland and over cooked in soups. Have you noticed that too?
The result: It was so good I seriously forgot to take a picture of the finished product! AND my kids ate turnips, leeks, and parsnips for dinner. Jokes on them!
What's your favorite comfort food? Mine: Besides chicken noodle soup, it's mashed potatoes. I never make them as good as my dad. Sometimes mine are lumpy. Watery. Dry. I'll have to ask him what his secret is to perfect mashed potatoes. PS Happy Birthday Dad!
Here's the Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe from Food and Wine
- 1 1/2 quarts canned low-sodium chicken broth or homemade stock
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 carrots, halved lengthwise and cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces
- 4 parsnips, halved lengthwise and cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 3)
- 1 cup wide egg noodles (about 2 ounces)
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley (optional)
- In a large pot, combine the broth, onion, carrots, parsnips, salt, and pepper and bring to a simmer. Add the chicken breasts to the pot and simmer until just done, about 10 minutes. Remove the chicken; bring the soup back to a simmer. When the chicken breasts are cool enough to handle, cut them into bite-size pieces.
- Meanwhile, stir the noodles into the soup. Simmer until the vegetables are tender and the noodles are done, about 5 minutes. Return the chicken pieces to the pot and then stir in the dill and the parsley.


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Santa took a break from his busy schedule to stop by the police substation on Avery Street.
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Sam Cohen, Williamsville South's Sr. RB/LB, accounted for 374 all-purpose yards, including 219 yards rushing, score 4 TDs and recorded 8 tackles in the Billies' win over Williamsille East.
Austin Mietz, Akron's Sr. QB, rushed for 160 yards and 1 TD while passing for 165 yards and 3 TDs to lead the Tigers to a victory over Fredonia.
Nate Wilkinson, Iroquois' WR, caught 5 passes for 141 yards and 3 TDs to lead the Chiefs past Hamburg.
Mike Torrillo, Sweet Home's Sr. QB, passed for 231 yards and 3 TDs to lead the Panthers past Williamsville North.
Kyle Deween, Niagara Falls' K, booted a 27-yard field goal to give the Wolverines a last-second 15-14 win over Kenmore West.
Preston Summer, Cheektowaga's Sr., accounted for 209 all-purpose yards and 3 TDs in the Warriors win over Lew-Port.
Nick Vallone, St. Mary's Jr. RB, rushed for 251 yards and 4 TDs in the Lancers' win over St. Francis.
Mike Wawrzyniak, Maryvale's Jr. QB, rushed for 252 yards and 4 TDs and returned an interception for a TD to lead the Flyers past Lackawanna.
Jake Sisson, Jamestown's Jr. QB, passed for 3 TDs and rushed a TD in the Red Raiders' win over Orchard Park.
Connor McMahon, Kenmore East's QB, scored a TD as time expired to give the Bulldogs a 20-19 upset win over Starpoint.
Adam DiMillo, Timon/St. Jude's Jr. RB, rushed for 248 yards and 3 TDs to lead the Trojans to a league-clinching Title win over Lake Shore.
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An Australian study has found that laughter may be the best medicine for patients suffering from dementia.
The SMILE study, conducted in 36 Australian residential aged-care facilities, used staff members acting as "Laughter Bosses" who worked with humor practitioners with comedic and improvisation skills — not unlike "Clown Doctors" used in hospitals to aid recovery and lift mood in children. The teams worked with residents suffering from a number of dementia-related ailments and found that laughter may be just as effective as mood-enhancing drugs in relieving patient agitation.
The idea for the study came from Jean-Paul Bell and Dr. Peter Spitzer, co-founders of the Australia-based Humor Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides clown doctors as humor therapy for sick children.
According to the study, between 70 and 80 percent of dementia patients suffer from troubling agitation that hinders caregiver efforts, often leading to unmet patient needs. Traditionally, patients are treated with antipsychotic prescription drugs, which cause thousands of deaths and strokes each year. The study found that, through humor therapy, agitation dropped by about 20 percent among patients, comparable to results achieved through pharmaceutical treatment.
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In a study of mice, Georgetown University Medical Center researchers found that social isolation and fatty foods elevated levels of a neurotransmitter in the brain associated with insulin resistance and breast cancer.
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"We have yet to translate these findings to humans, but it does suggest that social isolation is a potent stressor and initiates a robust central nervous system response," said lead author Allison Sumis.
In a controlled study, the team found that 92 percent of mice who were isolated and ate a high-fat diet developed tumors, and 67 percent of the animals who lived in groups but had poor diets experienced abnormal growths. Of the rodents that ate normal diets, 36 percent ended up with tumors — whether they were isolated or not.
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