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Everyone should experience the fun of educational choices and learning new things. You want to make sure you do well in school. I'm going to tell you my list of things that you need to do while you are still in high school. Tell people how much they mean to you. Teachers work hard to
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To find a motto to live your life by and that you agree with is honestly pretty hard. There are many good quotes out there that people live by, but it's hard to find just the right one that suits you. My life motto is, "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but
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I came back to school excited to start my senior year. When I saw my class list, I was happy to see that I had Mrs. Block (my agricultural teacher) for a class, but then…Ag Communications? What was that supposed to mean? I didn't want to give speeches! I hope she didn't expect me to
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The birds, the bees and baby cows
Most families teach their kids about the birds and the bees. My family taught me about the baby cows, or as we call them on the farm, the calves. Calving season is one of the most important and stressful times of the year for a cow/calf farm. Safe calving procedures are vital to my family's
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Spring Break is here and school is out for a week. Don't want to sit around at home? Well, there are plenty of things out there to do in the great state of Michigan! You can do something fun with little cost. You could take a trip out to Double JJ Ranch & Water Park
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Social Influence on Political Judgments: The Case of Presidential Debates
Version of Record online: 2 MAR 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00561.x
Political Psychology
Volume 28, Issue 2, pages 165–192, April 2007
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Fein, S., Goethals, G. R. and Kugler, M. B. (2007), Social Influence on Political Judgments: The Case of Presidential Debates. Political Psychology, 28: 165–192. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2007.00561.x
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Four experiments investigated the extent to which judgments of candidate performance in presidential debates could be influenced by the mere knowledge of others' reactions. In Experiments 1 and 2 participants watched an intact version of a debate or an edited version in which either "soundbite" one-liners or the audience reaction to those soundbites were removed. In Experiment 3 participants saw what was supposedly the reaction of their fellow participants on screen during the debate. Participants in Experiment 4 were exposed to the reactions of live confederates as they watched the last debate of an active presidential campaign. In all studies, audience reactions produced large shifts in participants' judgments of performance. The results illustrate the power of social context to strongly influence individuals' judgments of even large amounts of relevant, important information, and they support the categorization of presidential debates as ambiguous stimuli, fertile ground for informational social influence.


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I accidently deleted the page that was serving as my wordpress home page. Which file is this, so I can reupload it into my wordpress folder from the download.
I accidently deleted the page that was serving as my wordpress home page. Which file is this, so I can reupload it into my wordpress folder from the download.
Just for the sake of clarity:
Did you delete a post from your admin panel or did you delete a physical file e.g. via ftp?
I deleted the whole page from the admin panel in wordpress ( i meant to click edit, not delete in the admin panel)
Then re-write it. You deleted the content, not the file, so there is nothing to "upload".
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What WP version?
Were you using a Page as homepage? (see in Options > Reading)
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Sit down with yourself and decide what happened :)
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April 8, 2006
Box Score
Reno, Nev. - After winning two shutouts Friday, the University of Nevada completed a sweep of Utah State in a single game 5-2 victory Saturday at Idlewild Park. The win now marks the third straight for Nevada, who improves to 19-23 overall, 4-2 in WAC play, and has now won seven of the last nine straight home games. Utah State drops to 4-24 overall, 0-5 in the WAC.
After a defensive face-off between the two teams Friday, Saturday's game was turned up as Nevada won tying the total number of runs it had in both games the day before. The Pack won the game, but still didn't take advantage of all its opportunities as it left 10 stranded on base throughout the game. The Aggies' Lindsey Benson took the loss earning three of the five runs, giving up six hits in four innings. By contrast, Nevada sophomore Jordan McPherson (Simi Valley, Calif.) recorded the win with a complete game with five hits and seven strikeouts to improve to 12-13 on the mound this season.
Nevada struck first and often, putting at least one run on the scoreboard in each of the first four innings. After the first four batters hit in the first inning, the Wolf Pack had the bases loaded for senior Candice Rainwater (Dana Hills, Calif.) who hit a sacrifice to right field to RBI fellow senior Cindy Elkins (Reno, Nev.).
It continued in the bottom of the second when the second batter of the inning, senior Lindsey Hall (Avondale, Ariz.), popped a shot over the right-field fence for a solo homerun, her first of the season. Two runs scored in the third inning after Rainwater advanced to third when the Aggies committed two errors on the same play, first at second base and then in right field. The bases were again loaded after senior Kari Stockstill (Huntington Beach, Calif.) walked and freshman Katie Stith (Chino Hills, Calif.) was hit by a pitch. Hall then batted and collect a sacrifice fly to score Rainwater, and then freshman Sarah Hunt (Reno, Nev.) doubled to score Stockstill.
Utah State set up to eliminate the chance of a third shutout when they loaded the bases with its first three batters in the fourth inning. Aubrie Stroman brought in the Aggies' first run of the weekend when she hit a hit a sacrifice infield fly allowing Sara Fleming to score. After giving up another run in the bottom of the fourth and scored again in the top of the fifth with a solo homerun by the leadoff hitter of the inning Amy Schiable. That shot would end the offensive effectiveness of the Aggies as nine of the next 10 straight batters were unable to make it on base.
After sweeping the Aggies, Nevada will face its next WAC opponent, San Jose State. After playing the last eight games at home, the Pack will have to return to the road in San Jose on April 14-15. The Spartans are coming off taking two of three games against Louisiana Tech and are now 15-20, 4-4 WAC.
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Adjunct Faculty: Hunter College City University of New York
Education:+ Ph.D., Physics 1999, University of Missouri
+ Publications List
Book recently published:
Origins of the Expanding Universe: 1912-1932, ASP Books.
Advances in Machine Learning and Data Mining for Astronomy, CRC Press.
Recent publications:
- Exploring the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone in the Early Solar System ( AGU , abs/pdf) 2014/12
- Structure in the 3D galaxy distribution. II. Voids and watersheds of local maxima and minima ( abs ) 2014, ApJ 799, 94
- Dismantling Hubble's Legacy? ( abs) arXiv:1301.7294, in Origins of the Expanding Universe 1912-1932
- Challenges for LSST scale data sets (pdf) arXiv:1108.5124, in Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy V
- Galaxy Zoo Morphology and Photometric Redshifts in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: ( pdf ) ApJ 734 L9 [ blogged by astrodatamining.net ]
- Lemaître's Hubble relationsip: Physics Today vol 64, issue 8, Page 8 (2011/08)
- Proceedings of the 2011 New York Workshop on Computer, Earth & Space Science (abs) arXiv:1104.1580v1 (2011/04)
Recent Talks:
- Exploring the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone [March 2015] (abstract)
- Dismantling Hubble's Legacy? [January 2014 AAS mtg] (pdf)
- Dismantling Hubble's Legacy? (pdf, YouTube)
- 100 Years of Cosmology: From Spiral Nebulae to the CMB: (pdf and/or YouTube)
- Big Mirrors, Bayesian Evangelists and the Public: (pdf and/or YouTube )
- Photometric Redshift estimation using Gaussian process regression: (pdf): ETH Zurich 2011/06
- Dark Energy in the Universe - finally a 2nd opinion!: (pdf ): GISS Lunch Seminar (2009/01/07)
- GalaxyZoo Morphology Classification using Machine Learning: (pdf): Uppsala Galaxy Group Seminar 2009/09
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- Post-conference Podcast by Diane Hope featuring yours truly
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In the Juvenile Court
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S.L.B., a minor female child born on 05/15/2007 to Betsy Leigh Heflin Shultz
Case ##: 114-2010-00118, 00119, 00157
TO: Michael Thomas, biological father; Terry Bozeman, legal father; and John Doe, putative biological father
A hearing on a judicial review and a request to change the permanency plan to non-reunification was held on July 20, 2010, and a Provisional Judicial Review Order and Order Changing Permanency Plan to Non-reunification/Adoption was filed on August 12, 2010, having been brought by the Georgia Department of Human Services acting through the Pike County Department of Family and Children Services regarding the alleged deprivation of the above-named Child in the Juvenile Court of Pike County. The Final hearing on the judicial review and change in permanency plan and a hearing concerning the status of retaining or the appointment of counsel for a Termination of Parental Rights Petition will be heard on October 20, 2010. A hearing concerning a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights will be heard on November 1, 2010. Free copies of said pleadings can be obtained from the Clerk of the Juvenile Court of Pike County, Georgia, whose office is located at 16001 Barnesville Street, Zebulon, Georgia 30295.
By reason of an order for service of summons by publication entered on the 18th day of August, 2010, you are hereby commanded to file with the Clerk of the Juvenile Court of Pike County, Georgia and serve upon Tammy M. Griner, Special Assistant Attorney General, P. O. Box 319, Griffin, Georgia 30224 an answer to said pleadings within sixty (60) days of the date of said order for service by publication.
You are further required to lay any and all business aside and to be and appear before the Juvenile Court of Pike County, Georgia at 9:00 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 and at 9:00 o'clock a.m. on Monday, November 1, 2010, then and there to make a defense and to show cause why said Child should not be dealt with according to the provisions of the Juvenile Court Code of Georgia by reason of an order for service of summons by publication.
Witness the Honorable Ben J. Miller, Jr., Judge, this 18th day of August, 2010.
Carolyn Williams
Clerk, Juvenile Court,
Pike County, Georgia
Tammy M. Griner,
Attorney at Law, P.C.
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Attorney General
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Love mine; 26 oz. loaded with 7+1. Waiting on a couple holsters & DO carry locked & loaded!
This is a discussion on Sig 938 is small! within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; A friend showed me their 938 today. I was impressed on how small and light it was. The safety was also very positive (strong feeling). ...
A friend showed me their 938 today. I was impressed on how small and light it was. The safety was also very positive (strong feeling). I was impressed. Gotta get one! He told me he doesn't carry it condition 1.
Love mine; 26 oz. loaded with 7+1. Waiting on a couple holsters & DO carry locked & loaded!
locked and loaded here as well.
great gun.
my primary everyday unless i'm out trail running.
Husband has a 938 and loves it. I have the P238 and carry it cocked and locked, just like others have recommended.
IMHO the only way to carry is locked and loaded, I sold my P238 to get this one.
I have the 'extreme' model and love it. Mine's been almost perfect, I must admit to a failure to feed once and one failure to extract once very early on within the first 4 mag reloads with 115 grn ammo..besides that, been perfect. I'm hoping they come out with a HD (all stainless) model...regardless of resulting weight, like the P238 HDW.
For 1911 style guns, even little ones, the method of carry is C&L, aka, "Condition one and only." Otherwise, you have what is basically an "assault paperweight."
You're right, it is a tasty little morsel of a pistol. It's on my short, short list of guns to acquire.
I would consider this for pocket carry I just don't want to be fumbling a safety from the pocket. IWB I could understand. But on the other hand I figure why not get something with more capacity if your gonna go IWB.
I have 2 and love them both. Great little gun. If you get one get the 7 round mag it really improves the grip. I use a DeSantis pocket holster and always carry in condition 1.
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Like GandV said "condition one and only". It's not a problem, especially with the awesome safety they have. Which is also another thing to not be worried about, you can click it off very easily during your draw stroke, it's a non-issue. They are fantastic little guns.
A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government. --George Washington
Only way to carry is cocked and loaded, but preferably with a gun that has no external safeties such as a Glock.
"If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous... If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid for?" [Clint Smith - Thunder Ranch]
So torn! Love my 238 but regretting not ponying up the extra cash to get the 938!
I may have to go put my hands on one of those to check it out
I have been looking for one but seems like I am a day late, not much on the shelves these days.
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by Heather Hansman, SJMC graduate student/Environmental Center communications coordinator
CU-Boulder has long been the nation's leader in campus sustainability. Students, staff and faculty are continually pushing the boundaries of what is possible in terms of energy conservation, emissions reduction, enhanced literacy and research, and wise use of resources. To stay ahead of the curve, CU continues to develop new and innovative approaches to sustainability.
For instance, after Chancellor Peterson signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment in 2007, the Carbon Neutrality Working Group of the Chancellor's Committee for Energy and Environmental Sustainability has been developing a climate action plan that will outline how CU can get to carbon neutrality.
The plan recently received a positive evaluation of the methodology for projecting and mitigating CU's carbon emissions from the National Renewable Energy Lab. We are now integrating the carbon plan with the financial plan into a cohesive approach.
But the carbon neutrality plan is not just about counting carbon. It will integrate with Flagship 2030, the campus master plan, improved faculty resources, and a more robust climate/sustainability research agenda in order to help cement and leverage CU's place as the most sustainable campus. The plan is slated to be released later this spring, 2009.
Last fall, the CU-Boulder Buffaloes football program and stadium launched Ralphie's Green Stampede, the first zero waste and carbon reduction program ever launched at an NCAA Bowl Championship Series stadium. The first season shattered all previous recycling records, drastically cut our sporting events environmental footprint, and set the stage for continuous improvement towards a completely sustainable process.
CU and the entire Boulder community can be proud of the collaborative efforts being made on the field and in the stadium by the entire campus community in pulling this inaugural nationally recognized effort together. Approximately 80 percent of all the waste generated at the football games was diverted from landfills and either recycled or composted.
CU departments also play a vital part in sustainability. Departments and offices can sign up for the Green Office Program and attain CU Green Office certification. This voluntary effort entails appointing an office Eco Leader and getting an office checkup focusing on recycling and resource conservation. The efforts are minimal and the impacts can be huge.
On an individual level, members of the campus are also working to tackle global warming with the CU Buffs Live Green Pledge. Through the end of April, for every CU faculty, staff or student who signs the CU Buffs Live Green Pledge and commits to three ways they can reduce their carbon footprint, CU will match each pledge with $5 toward campus sustainability projects. These projects will reduce CU's carbon footprint and can range from installing automatic light controls to investing in more renewable energy. This joint effort towards sustainability, from both the school and the community, becomes more and more effective as more people sign the pledge. Pledge to Live Green today!
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BDC REPORTER: Here's a link to story about the number of private mezzanine funds being raised to invest in the U.S. market, based on data supplied by Private Equity industry data gatherer Prequin. The BDC Reporter goes on to speculate about what all this new dosh coming to town will mean for the existing Leveraged Finance players, and more specifically for the Business Development Company industry.
" Of these [mezzanine] funds, 43 primarily focus on North America, collectively targeting $15bn and representing 71% of the total capital targeted."
The article provides color about a couple of the top contenders:
"The largest mezzanine private equity fund currently in market, Crescent Mezzanine Partners VI, is targeting $2.5bn. The fund is the first private equity to be managed by US-based Crescent Mezzanine Partners since spinning out from TWC Group early in 2011. So far it has held one interim close, collecting just over $1bn in capital commitments.
The second largest fund in market, Sankaty Middle Market Opportunities Fund II, is aiming to raise $1bn. The fund is managed by Sankaty Advisors and its fundamentals include purchasing subordinated debt, senior and second lien loans, preferred and common stock and other instruments of middle market companies. ABRY Senior Equity IV is the third largest, targeting $950mn and seeking investment opportunities across North America in business services, communications, information services, media, and technology and telecoms sectors"
WHO CARES ?: The wave of additional mezzanine capital coming to market is additional competition for the established middle market players: both public and private. The BDC Reporter's focus is principally on the former. In this category, the Business Development Company sector is the Leveraged Debt segment most likely to compete with the private mezzanine funds. How much competition is $15 billion ? The answer: Plenty ! Roughly, the entire public Business Development Company sector has loan assets outstanding of $35 billion-$40 billion. Throw in the private BDCs and we'll guess total BDC balance sheet assets must top $50 billion.
NOT EVERY BDC WILL BE EQUALLY AFFECTED: We need to drill down some more, though, to delineate where competition might be the fiercest. As most investors know, the BDC industry has made a major push into two lending segments in recent years where the private mezzanine funds are unlikely to follow. We assume the new private mezzanine funds will not be competing directly for $2mn-$10mn senior secured loans made by Full Circle Financial (NASDAQ:FULL) or by Solar Senior Capital (NASDAQ:SUNS) or PennantPark Floating Rate Capital (NASDAQ:PFLT). Similarly, we doubt most the mezzanine funds will want to compete head to head for the smaller SBIC funded mezzanine and uni-tranche deals that BDCs like Fidus Investment (NASDAQ:FDUS), Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) and Triangle Capital (NYSE:TCAP) specialize in.
WHY NOT ?: It comes down to the economics of the lending business. Mezzanine funds need to generate superior returns to attract investors willing to commit capital for 5-10 year periods. We would guess (which we have to do not having access to the 43 private prospectuses running round America right now) that the 7%-8% yields on new senior secured deals being booked by many BDCs will not achieve the returns required for the new players. Moreover, smaller mezzanine deals can be also be very time and manpower intensive, both in the origination and ongoing maintenance phases. Most of the new and existing private mezzanine groups do not have the infrastructure to find and book and monitor $3-$10mn mezzanine loans. Furthermore, two dozen BDCs benefit from very inexpensive debt capital raised from the SBIC in recent years, which provides them with a competitive advantage.
NEW MONEY'S TARGET MARKET: Our educated guess is that the BDCs in the middle and upper middle of the middle market who provide straight mezzanine and uni-tranche capital will be the most affected. Here's a hint at what the new players will be looking for from a February 7, 2013 article about the existing Sankaty Fund, whose successor entity is in the market for new money, as mentioned above:
" [Sankaty] typically invests $20 million to $75 million in companies with more than $10 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda. The group's money can be used to finance leveraged buyouts, complete recapitalizations or restructurings, provide liquidity or emerge from bankruptcy".
Of course, that's just one of 43 would-be players, so take what follows with a grain of salt till we get more information.
WHO WILL BE IMPACTED: We are most concerned about a half dozen major BDC players who operate in the higher reaches of the middle market, and at higher "attachment points" (another way of saying they take more risk on the balance sheet of their borrowers), in order to achieve yields north of 10.0%. This list is not all-inclusive, and many of the companies mentioned have a mixture of different loan assets, many of which may not see much competition from the new funds. Moreover, it's worth pointing out that the BDCs mentioned often have long standing relationships with certain equity groups which can partly offset the pressure of new competitors. Also, some BDCs have already begun to think outside the box and are developing new sources of income which some of the new players may find hard to duplicate, either because of the length of the loans involved or the industry expertise required.
Nonetheless, we are worried (in the long run) about Apollo Investment (NASDAQ:AINV), Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC), BlackRock Kelso (NASDAQ:BKCC), Solar Capital (SUNS), Fifth Street Finance (NASDAQ:FSC) and THL Credit (NASDAQ:TCRD).
HOW THE COMPETITION WILL PLAY OUT: The great hope is that the abundance of capital in the Leveraged Finance industry will create a boom in buy-outs. The theory is that much of the new capital coming to market will be absorbed by the expansion of the buy-out industry.
More likely, in the short run anyway, is that everyone will compete on price. That's a boon for the Private Equity groups and larger companies seeking to refinance existing debt or make acquisitions, but bad for the BDC lenders who will find more competitors bidding on every new deal, see leverage multiples rise (to please the sponsor groups), and loan yields will drop. It's part and parcel of the business cycle, but could significantly hurt profits. Even a 1% erosion of gross yields might mean a 10-15% drop in earnings per share.
WHAT IS AN INVESTOR TO DO: We would suggest doing what we'l be doing: watching yields on new loans like a hawk in order to determine if they are dropping materially. Also, there will be many rueful comments in the BDC Conference Calls if new players begin to have an unusually large impact on pricing and portfolio growth. This is a risk to BDC profits that, if it occurs at all, will take several quarters to play out.
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Keep in mind that these three mezzanine funds you mention have been lending into the market with their prior funds. Unlike BDCs, mezzanine funds typically don't recycle capital so they need to raise new funds in order to continue lending at their historical pace.
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The Minimalist; The Essence Of Thai Cooking
By Mark Bittman
Published: October 7, 1998
ON one level, it is absurd, even insulting, to try to reduce an entire cuisine to a few ingredients. But in fact, so many of the world's exciting cuisines do have signature combinations and flavors. For instance, any cook presented with olive oil, lemon, parsley, garlic and tomatoes and a few directions could well be on the way toward a terrific Western European dish. And it will have about it a sense of reassuring familiarity.
Not so with many Asian dishes. Even reasonably accomplished cooks sometimes find themselves trembling with trepidation as they dip into Eastern cookery. But core combinations and flavors are there just the same: with only a handful of Thai ingredients, and most of them available in supermarkets, you can duplicate or improve dishes found in the typical neighborhood Thai restaurant.
There are a few ingredients that will be unfamiliar to most American cooks, but the dishes I offer here are consistent with the minimalist mission: even though there is very little fuss, the results are fabulous. I won't pretend, however, that they offer anything like the true breadth of the cuisine.
Thailand, like Italy, is a country of many regional cuisines. There are areas that feature cumin, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg and other spices we associate with India; areas where an abundance of chilies makes the food fiercely hot, and still others that rely heavily on fresh green peppercorns. The country's geography insures that there is no one true Thai cuisine. So the approach I offer here is necessarily selective, though not without its logic.
Just as the cuisines of Paris and Rome are amalgams of the regional cuisines of their countries, the flavors we most often think of as belonging to Thailand are those of Bangkok. Taken from the Bangkok perspective, and for the sake of this discussion putting aside distinct regional differences, there are a relatively small number of ingredients that can serve to define Thai cooking. And there are a couple of overriding principles.
Many Thai dishes are not unlike what we call curries, but although they may contain curry powder, they are more often based on a combination of herbs and aromatic vegetables, rather than dried spices. A typical dish might feature a mixture of garlic, shallots, chilies, lime leaf, sugar and galangal (or ginger).
This intense flavor combination features three basic flavors -- sweet, sour and salty. Chilies, which provide heat (not exactly a flavor), are also ubiquitous, but their quantity is easily and frequently varied according to taste. During my visit to Thailand last winter, several local residents insisted that I would be wise to learn how to say ''not too hot'' in Thai, because most restaurant food is fiery. A search through my notes finds the word ''hot'' used on almost every line.
Herbs are used to freshen dishes, but the trinity of sweet (usually palm sugar or coconut milk, but often ordinary sugar), salty (in the form of nam pla, or fish sauce, and salt) and sour (lime in several forms, and also tamarind) is all-important, and ideally well balanced. Thus, a common snack that perfectly exemplifies the proclivities of the Thai palate is sliced green mango (which is sour) dipped in a mixture of salt, sugar and chili. Even desserts may combine all these flavors; I was served sweet bean pancakes spiked with chilies and a garnish of shallots and lime.
Rice is served at most meals; noodles, which are also popular, are not considered indigenous. (Asked about pad Thai, the noodle dish found in almost every Thai restaurant in America, one chef said to me, ''That's not even Thai, it's Chinese.'') There is short-grain rice (which can be cooked like a long-grain rice, using a ratio of two parts water to one part rice), but even more popular is sticky rice, also called glutinous or sweet rice. It is served not only with savory dishes, but also as a dessert. It is great stuff, and well worth trying.
While the recipes here provide a sense of the basics of Thai cooking, the principles can be reduced even further. Just cook a basic stir-fry or stew of your choice, but flavor it with garlic, either galangal or ginger, chilies, lemon grass and lime, and finish it with nam pla. The dish, I promise, will be just about as legitimate as the stuff you have been ordering from the Thai takeout place on the corner -- and it may be a lot more satisfying, too.
Getting to Know Thai Ingredients
PUTTING together a basic Thai pantry requires a short shopping list, and perhaps a trip to an Asian grocer, although many of these ingredients are also sold in supermarkets.
CHILIES -- Typically small and very hot. Use crushed red pepper flakes if necessary. (Wear latex gloves when handling chilies, or wash your hands very thoroughly afterward.)
COCONUT MILK -- Sold canned, which is most convenient (there is even a low-fat version), but it can be made at home: Combine 1 cup dried (unsweetened) coconut with 1 cup boiling water in a blender. Carefully blend for about 15 seconds, then let sit for 10 minutes. Strain and use the milk. (You can repeat the process with the same grated coconut to make a second, thinner batch of milk if you like.)
GALANGAL -- A close relative of ginger, though somewhat more pungent. Ginger is a good substitute.
HERBS -- Cilantro, mint or basil (especially the exceptionally fragrant Thai basil) are common garnishes. Not strictly interchangeable, but you can cheat.


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But the Basij keep themselves busy as guardians of the public morals. In an average week, Basij nation wide will arrest over a thousand people for "immoral behavior." This can range from drinking beer to getting caught in a brothel. Every week, Basij zealots will seize 500 satellite TV dishes. Watching foreign TV is forbidden. The Basij also patrol the borders looking for drug smugglers, arresting 100-150 a week. By their own count, the Basij stop and admonish (and sometimes slap around) 30,000 people for "unIslamic behavior." The Basij are not very popular with most Iranians. But the Basij have guns, beards and a "we're on a mission from God" attitude that is very intimidating.
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Breakups & Disputes: Write An Email
Hey guys. I'm new to this blogging thing, and I just wanted to share something I've found helpful when getting over a relationship.
I got dumped a few weeks ago. One thing that came of it was her being very cold towards me and not really wanting to talk or explain anything. I had a lot of things to say and wanted to talk about, but she wasn't talking and I didn't want to further push her away. So, I started writing emails to her, and sending them to myself. Sometimes all you need is to say it out loud to free yourself from it.
But it doesn't stop there, because I had things that wouldn't stop bugging me about what happened. I had to work through some stuff, but sometimes you can't work through it if your brain is stuck on it. Writing it down helps in a way of like, gaining an outside perspective.. You know how you can give all your friends the best advice ever, but you can't give it to yourself? Well this is a way of working on that. I think they call it "externalizing". You put the problem outside of you and then you can address it more logically and with a clearer view.
It helped me get a better picture of maybe what was going on with her, it helped me gain knowledge of my self, and has helped me make some choices on where to go from here. I could even see where this might have helped previously in disputes I had, where it seemed like I was repeating myself over and over, and maybe if I had worked things out this way, I would have been better prepared to resolve the dispute when we started trying to work things out.
Anyways, try it if you like, maybe it could help you out. There's no rules on how you have to do it. Most of the emails I wrote stopped in the middle of a paragraph, and I just sent them as they were at the end of the day, or when I wanted to let go of it.
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BEIJING -- When playing at the 2-meter line in water polo, what happens beneath the surface stays beneath the surface.
If you're driving your knuckles into the other guy's ribs, do it with a straight face. Kneeing him in the kidney? Try to keep your hands busy so no one suspects. Even if the scrum gets worse than that, betray no emotion.
And it can get worse than that.
"I've had my eyes gouged, [testicles] grabbed, gotten stitches," American center Ryan Bailey said. "There's tons of stuff that happens."
You even hear about some centers who have been the recipients of uninvited prostate checkups. (Think Chevy Chase singing "Mooooon Riverrrrr" in "Fletch.")
That's Olympic water polo -- a fierce sport above the water line and an international street fight below it. The key is to pretend none of it bothers you -- because once you start retaliating or losing your cool, that's when the refs take notice. A good center comes with the face of a poker player and the hands of a felon.
For the first time in years, the Americans are an Olympic water polo force, advancing to the semifinals in men's play and winning the silver medal in women's play. To get this far, they've had to play with skill, teamwork and confidence. A little underwater brutality hasn't hurt, either. It's part of the sport -- just don't get caught.
The officials can't call what they can't see, and what they can't see is enough to make a Marine cringe.
Water polo is a great sport with an odd corporeal obsession. Maybe it's all the time spent in those small suits. You attend a U.S. practice, and coach Terry Schroeder is bare-chested indoors. Assistant coach Robert Lynn is wearing neither shirt nor pants -- he's walking the deck with whistle and clipboard in a Speedo bikini.
Once the ball is in play, these Olympians are as physical as boxers, wrestlers and martial artists. Except they're doing it while treading water. Try mugging someone while working furiously to keep your head above the surface.
When it gets bad is when people try to take the eyes out. That wakes you up, when someone does that to one of your teammates. Then, when you get your chance, you take your shot and send that guy to the hospital, too.
--U.S. assistant coach Robert Lynn
The roughest stuff happens at the positions of center and center defender, the two players who maul each other at the 2-meter line in front of the goal. Think of the most physical post play allowed in basketball, then multiply it to the verge of assault and battery.
"You have to be a sponge for punishment," Lynn said.
Many want to play center. Not a lot of them last, Schroeder said. They weed themselves out based largely on their ability to dish out and endure punishment.
"You really need to be able to take a beating," said Schroeder, a center himself during his playing days. "You're getting hit over the head with a 2-by-4, and you still have to stay focused on the task at hand, which is directing the offense.
"It's pretty brutal in there, and there's a lot the referees don't see."
That is the hidden art of playing center or center defender. You have to be able to get away with well, not outright murder, but at least a little mayhem.
Bailey, who has played professionally for years in Europe, is articulate and engaging. He's also 6-foot-6 and a sculpted 245 pounds, and would not look at all out of place in an NFL locker room. His 5 o'clock shadow is in full effect by noon.
In other words, he's perfect for the job of playing center -- with one flaw. When play gets dirty, his face gets red and gives him away.
"I'm a big guy, and I like to be physical in there," he said. "It's a one-on-one battle. It's really not fun a lot of the time, but it's my job. I just try to keep a straight face and hope it doesn't turn red."
You have to be a con man, using every trick -- and body part -- at your disposal. If you've taken a cheap shot, you might try to subtly deliver an elbow to the nose while swimming to the other end. If you get a chance to grab an opponent's hand, try to break a finger -- especially a thumb. That reduces his ability to catch, pass or shoot the ball.
Lynn recalled a Hungarian player who used to stick his foot in the suits of opposing centers -- Schroeder among them. Lynn said Schroeder even tried taping his suit to his body to keep the Hun's foot out, to no avail.
Eventually, Lynn said, a Croatian applied a shot to the guy's jewels and put him in his place.
As a center defender, Lynn sometimes approached his work like a hockey goon -- even referencing Marty McSorley, Wayne Gretzky's longtime enforcer sidekick. Lynn was there to play water polo until someone took a cheap shot at him or one of his teammates.
"As long as it's clean, I'm playing clean," he said. "If someone starts trying some stuff, watch out. It's on.
"First time, let me move your ear guard. Next time, I'm breaking your ear. Maybe knuckles in the eye, see if they panic. When it gets bad is when people try to take the eyes out. That wakes you up, when someone does that to one of your teammates. Then, when you get your chance, you take your shot and send that guy to the hospital, too."
Speaking of the hospital: American backup center J.W. Krumpholz found out what international water polo is all about at age 13.
That's when the Californian found himself in a Serbian emergency room, where a doctor with a cigarette dangling from her lips examined his gruesomely gashed left eye. He took stitches to the inside and outside of his eyelid, and nearly had a detached retina.
That was seven years ago. Today, Krumpholz can endure and inflict punishment like a seasoned veteran.
"That's why we play center," he said. "It's awesome."
It's all fun and games at water polo until someone loses an eye. Or gets a foot in the suit.
Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Organizations | Friends of Lulu, the comics advocacy group whose struggles have come to light in recent months, is in danger of losing its tax-exempt status as a charitable organization. Johanna Draper Carlson reports the 16-year-old group appears on the Internal Revenue Service's "List of Organizations at Risk of Automatic Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status," which includes organizations "for which the IRS does not have a record of a required annual filing for 2007 and 2008, and whose 2009 return, due on or after May 17 and before October 15, 2010, has not yet been received." [Comics Worth Reading]
Publishing | One year ago today, Disney announced its intent to acquire Marvel Entertainment. James Hunt looks back at the purchase and its effects: "A year on, the content of Marvel's books has seen no significant shift. It's true that the year-long 'Dark Reign' meta-arc has recently given way to a more upbeat, optimistic 'Heroic Age' meta-arc, where heroes are heroes and villains are villains, but mature readers comics such as Punishermax, Deadpoolmax and, yes, the sequel to Kick-Ass are all still coming out. If Miramax could aim its product at adults from within Disney's backyard, so, it seems, can Marvel." [Den of Geek]
Conventions | Organizers of Fan Expo Canada are being criticized for their handling of larger-than-expected crowds at this year's event, held over the weekend in Toronto. Frustrations over long lines were amplified when, on Saturday afternoon, door sales were closed for three hours and even weekend ticket holders were temporarily locked out. "We took last year's problems, we solved them extremely well to the point where it hurt us in a different area," said Aman Gupta, president and CEO of Hobby Star Marketing, which operates Fan Expo. "We need to find that happy medium." Related: BlogTO looks at Toronto's nerd cred. [The Toronto Star]
Conventions | Abu Dhabi's National Exhibition Centre will play host in March 2011 to what's being touted as the first comic convention in the Middle East. [The Jerusalem Post]
Legal | The Walt Disney Co., DC Comics and Sanrio have sued Chicago Moonwalks Inc., claiming the company is infringing on their copyrights and trademarks with inflatable "bounce houses" that feature Batman, Cinderella, Snow White, Ariel and Hello Kitty. [Daily Herald]
Creators | Nicholas Wroe profiles Tamara Drewe creator Posy Simmonds. [Guardian]
Comics | Barbara Spindel marks the introduction of gay teen Kevin Keller in this week's Veronica #202. "There has not been that much backlash," says veteran Archie Comics artist Dan Parent. "I was prepared, but really it's been overwhelmingly positive. Anyone under 25 thinks it's a non-issue. Even friends of mine who are very conservative, I wasn't sure what their take would be, but they're at least saying, 'I understand it. It's 2010, it's a different world.' " [The Daily Beast]
Comics | Douglas Wolk briefly traces the history of DC Comics' war titles. [Techland]
Comics | Multiversity Comics contributors count down their top "indie" titles. [Multiversity Comics]
Got to laugh at the bouncy castle thing, understandable to a degree but come on.
I really haven't noticed the 'Heroic Age' having a significant change on the quality of the books and to be honest the tonal shift is refreshing after all the doom and gloom. Shadowland also seems unaffected.
IRS are scum and should leave FOL alone.
Guys – Sorry for the confusion about the Multiversity article. This article series is a response to IGN's recent lists, in which they include ANYONE not Marvel, DC or Vertigo (yes, including Icon) as "Indie." We agree entirely that this is not true indie, but it's a response to IGN's series.
As much as I would love to have some sweet Peter Bagge or Jim Woodring action in here, it just didn't happen because of the nature of the article. Thanks for reading though!
Organization and planning have never been a strong part of Fan Expo Canada.


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Cast: Steven Richards, Dominic (II), Paul Carrigan, Ethan Cooper, Scott Mann, Eric York, Tom Colt, Adrian Hart
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Gay Specialty
A blond dude who's fussing around the house after his wife has left is told by a brunet pal, "We could have a little fun." The blond stops, says "Really?" and gets answered orally. But you know what married men are used to. Blond sucks and fucks Brunet's eager asshole over an easy chair. After Blond comes, Brunet eases himself manually, and then cuddles his own balls. On a sofa, two truckdriver types with tattoos and tan-lines neck under a print of God about to touch fingers with Adam.
Between bouts of mutual sucking, one eats out the big, pale, round butt of the other. You may be surprised by which one gets fucked over the couch's arm. And fucked. And fucked.
In a much more polite scene, a middle-class-looking man sucks awake a sleeping man and gets his pants pulled down and his crack fingered for thanks. Their unhurried and romantic sixty-nine rather suddenly cuts to a pastel buttfuck like something out of a young daydream. The camera treats their conjoined crotches like a natural wonder. Tired but happy, they jack.
Next, two of Bacchus' most dependable daddies, Stephen Richards and the graying European who is probably using the name Mark, have a very friendly fuck. Mark's a proud, passionate bottom who sucks harder the faster Richards finger-fucks him. Horse-hung Richards fucks some mouth first, then that eager, upheld ass. Mark seems more eager for Richards' load even than for his own.
In the final pair, the shaveheaded one rims and milks the crophaired one, then gives him a good, solid, basic, hairy-bellied, hairy-holed fuck.