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DEARBORN, MI- Saturday marks the 75th anniversary of the United Auto Workers' historic "Battle of the Overpass" with Ford Motor Co.
On May 26, 1937, the UAW had already organized General Motors and Chrysler, but Ford was holding out.
The UAW felt it had a sufficient base for membership at Ford's Rouge plant, but the workers were apprehensive because of their unfamiliarity with unions and Ford Motor's anti-union stance, according to the Henry Ford Museum.
In an attempt to unionize Ford, labor leaders went to the Ford Rouge Complex overpass, which connected the front entrance of the complex to Miller Road, to speak with workers and hand out leaflets. They were however met by Ford security personnel who attacked and beat them.
The event was captured by news photographers. Numerous of the photos can still be found online.
According to the UAW, a group of leaders and members planned to commemorate the anniversary by gathering at the overpass this morning.
"This is an opportunity to recognize how much has been achieved in these 75 years," said UAW Vice President Jimmy Settles, who directs the union's Ford branch, in a statement. "What drove us apart in 1937 now brings us together to produce some of the world's highest quality and most popular cars and trucks."
The event was expected to include unfurling banners from the overpass with the theme: "Working from a dark beginning toward a bright future," according to the UAW.
Today, the Ford Rouge Center is Ford's largest factory and employs about 6,000 workers, represented by UAW Local 600, which has about 25,000 active and retired members.


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Twitter's one of the few places you can get athletes unfiltered, which can be a little scary. And hilarious.
Each morning we'll throw up a few weird things athletes are talking about on Twitter.
Allan Houston might not be welcome in NY after this:
My man Dan Klores did a good job putting together the ESPN movie about Reggie Miller vs Knicks. There were actually a lot of funny parts.
Don't write bad things about John Daly:
here's the JERK who writes NON-NEWS article on debut of my show--CALL & FLOOD his line & let's tell him how WE feel 904-233-8776 Gary Smits
Haha we all at this WWE wrestling match!!...it's soo funny..
Patrick Hayes is the editor of It's Just Sports. He writes for Full-Court Press, the Flint Journal and Technorati. Follow him on Twitter.

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In a blog posting on blogspot a 14 year old kid named Anthony has discovered a Javascript Gmail vulnerability.
Anthony wrote "Apparently javascript will run if it is withing the preview of the message" meaning that hackers could grab email addresses or possibly steal cookies and compromise Google accounts. It's surprising that this vulnerability existed and who knows how long this has been a hole.
According to Anthony the Javascript he sent to himself was from a Yahoo account, emailing from Gmail to Gmail accounts filters the code out.
24 hours after Anthony discovered the issue Google have now fixed the problem but have not issued a statement regarding this latest privacy slip up.
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By JOHN LOCKWOOD
SPRINGFIELD - The mid-19th century in America saw a host of inventions that made everyday life easier for people, such as railroads, the telegraph - and gas lighting.
Springfield, in fact, was one of the first cities to use gas lights.
Up until then, people had to rely on such things as candles and lamps. Not only was the light weak, but it had to be renewed fairly often - candles burned down, lamps ran out of oil.
The old way of doing things was also bad news for the world's whales. An entire whale-hunting industry had long since sprung up. The whale oil was used in lamps, and also as an ingredient in candles. There was an ad, for example, selling 10,000 gallons of whale oil in the Nov. 20, 1848, issue of the Springfield Daily Republican, as it was then called.
Gas lighting changed all that. It was a steady source of light and always available, as long as one paid the monthly gas bill.
In 1847, the Springfield Gas Light Co. was founded by James D. Brewer, Albert Morgan and Henry Gray. On Feb. 9 of that year, the Statehouse passed a bill incorporating the company. The state Senate followed suit on Feb. 10, and that same day, the governor signed the bill.
The act allowed the three men to form their company "for the purpose of manufacturing and disposing of gas in the town of Springfield." It also allowed the company to "hold real estate in value not exceeding in value fifty thousand dollars; and the whole capital stock shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars."
It took a little while for the new system to catch on.
Not until the July 10, 1848, issue of the Springfield Daily Republican could the newspaper report, "The Gas Company are putting up their pipes in the stores and shops on Main St."
Later, in the Jan. 29, 1849, issue, "The first Gas Street Light in Springfield has been located on the south corner of State and Main streets. It began its philanthropic efforts on Friday evening (January 26), and diffused its brilliant light, like a patient star, through the live-long night."
A few days later, the Springfield Daily Republican greeted gas lights in its Feb. 1, 1849, issue with, "By the way, that gas - that a blessing it is! It is fairly exhilarating to walk down Main Street in the evening, and see the gas-lights smiling forth from the gay windows, and flooding the whole street with brilliance!"
The world's gas lights became obsolete on Oct. 22, 1879, when Thomas Edison conducted his first successful trial of the electric light. Even so, gas could still be used, and still is, of course, for heating.
John Lockwood, a free-lance writer, lives in Washington, D.C.
His sources for this column include: Springfield Daily Republican, July 10, 1848, page 2; Jan. 29, 1849, page 2; and Feb. 1, 1849, page 2; also, the Boston Post, Feb. 10, 1847, page 2; Feb. 11, 1847, page 2; Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Aug. 1, 1848, page 2; and the State Library of Massachusetts.


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Anyone looking at Turkish newspapers or television these days would be forgiven for thinking Turkey was in a deep political crisis over government plans to lift a decades-old ban on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf in universities. The two sides — the secular Turks who long held sway here and the newly empowered pious Turks — are debating the issue in the winner-take-all way Turks like to talk politics. The liberal daily Radikal found the tension rising so much that it ran a front page headline this week reading "Republic of Fear" with a reprint of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream" on the cover.
Turkey's Veiled Democracy
The Rome trip's over and it's back to other interesting religion topics — like Islam in Turkey.
EU pressures Turkey to boost rights for non-Muslims
Turkey has signalled it may soon amend a free speech law that has been a stumbling block in its drive to join the European Union. Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin said this on Tuesday soon after the European Commission issued its annual progress report on Ankara's membership bid. The interesting angle here for this blog is that the EU criticism singled out not only the much-criticised law on "insulting Turkishness" but also current restrictions on freedom of religion.
Rapid change as Turkey strives to match Islam and democracy
It is now clear that Turkey, a country to which Western visitors have often applied adjectives such as "timeless" and "slothful", is changing profoundly, and with un-Oriental speed.
A visit to an Armenian church in Islamic Iran
The rest of the world often forgets that there are Christian churches dotted across the Muslim world and some of those communities date back to the earliest years of the faith. Fredrik Dahl and Reza Derakhshi from our Tehran bureau recently visited a remote medieval outpost of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Their report says:
Ball in Vatican's court after Muslim dialogue appeal
An unprecedented call from 138 Muslim scholars for better Christian-Muslim understanding had a Warholesque 15-minutes-of- fame in most media last week. Their letter to world Christian leaders got covered widely in English-speaking media (including by Reuters) and much less so in many European countries, possibly because the news conferences presenting it were in London and Washington. Some reactions from Christian leaders were included in the reporting that day. The following day, the reaction from the Vatican — the main addressee of the letter that represents more than half of Christianity — made for another story (here is our report and the original Vatican Radio report in Italian).


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As an educator, sometimes I wonder what I did before the Internet. I can't imagine teaching without Google, Promethean Planet, Brain Pop, or History.com. Now, it's hard to envision my life without Pinterest.
I'm not sure who first introduced me to the web site, but I have to admit that I'm addicted. It's a feeling similar to when my son first told me about Ebay years ago. "Think of anything in the world, Mom, and you can find it on Ebay," he said, excitedly. I asked him to type in "sea shells" and we both stood amazed at the pages filled with starfish and sand dollars.
As far as I'm concerned, however, the online auction site cannot hold a candle to my new love with its thousands of ideas, suggestions, and board creations.
Since it's so close to Easter, I have searched Spring wreaths, hand-made baskets, how to dye the perfect egg, and recently I stumbled onto the neatest idea, glow-in-the-dark Easter eggs. Of course, I pinned them all to my board.
If you aren't a "pinhead" and you don't have a gaggle of followers, don't despair. According to various reports, Pinterest users have plummeted from 12 million users to a mere 8 million. Some are saying it was just a social media fad and the popularity of the web site is fading. I sure hope not; I was late jumping on the bandwagon. I have now just begun to fill my head (and my board) with hundreds of ideas from social studies lesson plans to short summer hairstyles for older women.
When I ran across the Easter egg idea, which simply consists of glow sticks cut into pieces and placed in plastic eggs, I wondered if anyone or any organization in Covington was going to have a "moonlight" Easter egg hunt. I searched around and sent out several e-mails, but I didn't find any in this area.
I did, however, find one "traditional" hunt planned for Easter Sunday, along with a few special Easter services.
Lakeshore Church on 15261 Brewster Road will be having two Easter services. The first will be at 8:30 a.m. and the second at 10:30 a.m. on March 31. According to Office Administrator Michelle Castille, there will be egg hunts after each service.
Jason Wood, pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church at 16330 Hwy 1085, notes that their Easter worship service is set for 10:30 a.m. Still, no mention of Easter eggs filled with glow sticks.
As I was searching frantically for happenings during Easter in both Goodbee and South Covington, I had a feeling that something was strongly pulling me away from my e-mails and church bulletins. Yes, it was Pinterest, and now I am seriously thinking about having my own "after dark" Easter Egg Hunt. Perhaps it may even turn into a party.
Currently, I'm off to my favorite website to find a few ideas.
Maybe someone has pinned a good recipe for deviled eggs.
If your organization has an Easter Egg hunt or a special religious service planned for Easter weekend, please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 985.778.6744. Thanks!


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Site buildings on the edge of "transitional zones,"
such as the edges between flat plains and rolling
landforms or at the edge of (rather than within)
riparian areas. There are two basic types of sites:
• Building compounds that create protective
enclosure and human scale. Compounds
create their own windbreaks and shade.
• A single consolidated structure that should
be set back from major roads. It can be set
against a landform so building mass merges
with the horizon.
Figure of flat plain profile:
Building set back at an extended distance from road.
Figure of rolling plain profile:
Building set into the edge of the hill.
Riparian zone profile:
Building set at edge of established growth of a riparian area.
Figure of building cluster with wind-break
Figure of building set back from road and low plants providing a visual base for the building.
Buildings and structures of this province cannot
be easily screened by vegetation or landforms.
Poorly designed structures are visible for miles.
Structures should not overwhelm or dominate
their natural settings. Yet buildings for public
visitation should not seem insignificant within
their landscapes.
• Build structures that are low profiled and
layered horizontally upon the landscape.
• Make buildings compact to retain heat and
conserve energy.
• Avoid tall, stand-alone buildings—they look
awkward when set into vast landscapes.
• Use landscape elements, such as native
grasses, to help relate the building scale to
the sweeping landscape.
• Use porches to reduce the appearance of
mass in buildings.
Figures demonstrating inappropriate Massing and Scaling:
Isolated, tall structure on a plains landscape and
Small structures sprinkled on the landscape.
Figure of entry sequence to public facility:
Main road
Landform screening
Entry point
Parking beyond
Figure of the relationship of the scale of details to the scale of the landscape.
Figure of grasses defining a finer scale landscape.
Figure of an acceptable cluster of buildings in a horizontal grouping.
Figure of clustered structures conforming to the landscape.
Figure of a low structure set into the landform.
Figure of layered, horizontal lines fitting into the landscape.
Roof elements include the roof itself, eaves,
dormers, skylights, and other features that
penetrate the roof.
• Roofs and gables should have a low or flat pitch.
• Forms should be simple, with continuous
horizontal lines.
• The roof should appear solidly connected to the
• Porches are desirable.
• Moderate overhangs should be used to provide
summer shade and allow for passive solar
heating in winter.
• Roofs should be made of smooth to finegrained
materials using medium-toned colors.
• Roof materials should reflect heat without
creating glare.
• Roofs should slope to withstand high winds.
Figures of inappropriate elements such as:
Excessive overhangs and
Complex roofs
Figure of appropriate element:
Simple, horizontal roof
Figure of porch element reducing apparent mass of a building.
Figure of porch as a transition element and protection
• Build straight walls, although some Native
American buildings, such as Mandan lodges,
featured curved walls.
• Construct walls from a single material without
a strongly articulated separate base.
• Use light frame walls predominantly.
• Consider using rammed earth or hay bales
for exterior walls.
• Integrate the base with a berm.
Walls should appear anchored to the
land or rooted as though they grow
from the land. This can be accomplished
• Change of plane.
• Change of material.
• Use of uniform window sills.
Figures comparing a building with a heavy, inappropriate base with one rooted in the land.
Figure of walls used to emphasize the horizontal:
Fine-grained vertical wall
Strong horizontal wall
Massive earthen/masonry wall GREAT
• Make windows more extensive on the south side.
• Align windows to create a horizontal pattern.
• Save energy and create a pleasant work
environment by using clerestory windows to
provide "daylighting" or allow natural light to
illuminate interiors.
• Make entries obvious to first-time visitors.
They can be marked and sheltered by a porch,
which can double as interpretive space or as
an outdoor work and meeting space. Porches
provide a transition between the intimate
indoors and the vast outdoors.
• Make windows energy-efficient through the use
of low-E and triple-glazed glass. They should
be operable to provide natural ventilation.
• Include vestibules or air locks for entries
making them energy efficient.
Figures of comparing inappropriate random openings with an appropriate horizontal sets of windows.
• Enclose rather than expose structural elements,
such as beams and trusses. This provides for
greater energy efficiency, lower maintenance
costs and procedures, and clean architectural
• Make buildings lightly framed but well-insulated.
Figure of thermal mass in earthen structure.
Figure of a light frame structure with structure elements not visible.
• Use a fine texture and nonreflective building
• Avoid such materials as massive boulders
and heavy logs and timbers, which are not
native to the Great Plains.
• Use suitable "native" materials, which include
walls made from rammed earth, straw bale,
and smaller-scaled sandstone.
Suitable manufactured materials for siding
• Wood lap siding.
• Stucco.
• Corrugated metal (for roofs and siding).
• Poured concrete.
• Split-face concrete block.
• Finely detailed precast concrete panels.
Acceptable roof materials include:
• Metal.
• Composition shingles (thick,
architectural grade).
• Concrete tile.
• Sod.
Figure of a range of roof materials including:
Composition and
• Study the landscape for cues.
• Use darker colors at the base of walls and
lighter colors for the tops of walls.
• Use darker colors or earth tones (buff, tan,
ochre) for expanses of walls, with brighter
accents such as orange, sienna, green, or
white for trim.
• Use neutral roof colors between light and dark,
avoiding white or reflective materials.
Figure of inappropriate color use of dark tone roof and medium tones at the bottom and
figure of appropriate color of medium tone roof and darker tones at bottom.
Figure of plants to study for color cues:
• Light brown and yellow
• Grass greens
• Light and pale yellow highlights
• Straw yellows
• Pale violets and blues
Figure of shading with a west side trellis
Figure of shading with a south side fixed overhang
Figure of deciduous vegetation located to west for summer shading and winter solar gain
Figure of a solar chimney
Figure of topography used to shelter north winds


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Millerslocal came to life back in August 2010. It was never going to be a full-blown website to start with. I used to take a coupla shots here and there if I'd done surfing for the day, and I was over trying to memorise ou's emails addresses so that I could send them their pics. Cos hey, we all dig shots of us surfing right? I decided it'd be far easier if I could just stick them all onto a website, and then the surfers could just go download them from there instead. So that's how Millerslocal.co.za came into being. It's kinda evolved from there....
Why Millerslocal? Well, it's my front yard, literally. And I've surfed it almost every day it's had a wave for the past 10 years - from shin high to well overhead. I know pretty much every nook and cranny of the reef. I just haven't found the one that has my watch in it yet. But that's another story...
PE might not be surf city central, but we make do with what we have, and are lucky to have a super cool local crew. So if you're a PE surfer, then this is your site - feel free to send us your photo's, thoughts, idea's, suggestions or random mutterings. Go ahead, write an article, tell us a story....whatever. Cos local is lekker!
We're really grateful to have a bunch of dedicated surf photag's that bring you the eye candy you see on the site. Check out who's who behind the lens, so you can put a name to a face.
Emergency numbers you should have
Save these PE beach-related Emergency numbers in your phone. Let's hope you never need em, but save 'em anyhow:
Beach Managers Office:041 506 1423
Coastal Water Rescue: 082 990 7620
Gardmed: 041 373 6777
Else dial 10111 if you're very patient!
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A pedestrian struck by a car on Interstate 195 in Swansea on Tuesday night has died.
A 2009 Nissan Versa traveling eastbound driven by Robert Walsh, 18 of Tiverton, Rhode Island, struck a pedestrian in the left travel lane at 11:55 p.m., state police said.
The victim, Jason Luciano, 32 of Swansea, died at Rhode Island Hospital. Neither Walsh nor his two occupants were injured.
The left travel lane of I-195 eastbound was closed until 2:47 a.m.
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BOSTON - Jacoby Ellsbury remained out of the Red Sox lineup, but manager Bobby Valentine said he is close to playing.
The club and its manager remain evasive on the nature of Ellsbury's injury, but it has been termed minor.
"It's just something we don't want to make worse, that's for sure,'' Valentine said.
Ellsbury has been out since Friday. Valentine said the outfielder wanted to play Tuesday, but the training staff wanted to wait at least another day.
Asked if that meant Ellsbury might play Wednesday, Valentine said "'I'm not going to make out the lineup a day in advance, but he's close.''
Che-Hsuan Lin started in centerfield Tuesday night against Tampa Bay.
Ellsbury had been in Sunday's original lineup, but was scratched for the game against Baltimore.


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I'm busily at work revising Corral Nocturne right now, so such prosaic things as blog posts are falling by the wayside a bit. When once I get back into the swing of a project, especially after a long drought, it is hard to pry me away from my notebooks for anything whatsoever. I will be posting the answers to the Western movie quote quiz on Saturday—but I must say (in my best Captain Renault voice) I am shocked, shocked, that there haven't been more entries! Clearly I have a lot of work to do in making Western fans of you all.
If you're really anxious to read something written by me in the meantime, you can click over to The Western Online, where I have a new interview up about Left-Hand Kelly, favorite Western movies and novels, and more.
(Or I suppose you could just buy one of my books.)


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State Police in Swiftwater arrested a man they said drove drunk with his son in the back seat, then assaulted police officers as they were trying to arrest him.
Police said they pulled over Gonzalo Cortez, 37, after observing him driving erratically on Route 611 heading north toward Mount Pocono, Monroe County. A state trooper stopped Cortez, who pulled off Route 611 in the Shop-Rite plaza.
The trooper then did a field sobriety test on Cortez, which police said he failed.
As the trooper arrested Cortez for DUI, he began resisting the trooper and bit the trooper on his right wrist, police said. Additional police were called in for back-up, and Cortez continued resisting, and police said he bit another officer from Pocono Mountain Regional Police.
Police said Cortez had his eight-year-old son in the back seat during the incident.
Cortez is charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of children, resisting arrest, simple assault and DUI.


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The Choir presenter and choirmaster Gareth Malone has said that One Direction's Niall Horan would be among the singers on his choral wishlist.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror's Notebook magazine, Malone revealed that Beyoncé is another person he would like in his choir, as is the Duchess of Cambridge, because he thinks "a girl with her education can probably sing".
Of adding Horan to the line-up, he said: "He seems like the friendly face of the band so he'd be nice to have in the choir and good at keeping the tenors in order."
Of Beyoncé, he said: "She's quite fierce but an acceptable singer - very flexible vocally and physically."


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New designs for
medical and automotive applications will drive growth of powder metal and
ceramic injection molding (PIM), says Randall M. German,
mechanical engineering professor at Mississippi State University and author of "Powder
Injection Molding: Design & Applications."
"Asian PIM will
grow nearly 11 percent per year, while Europe and much of the rest of the world
will grow at a more modest 8 percent per year," German said in a
presentation at the PIM World Congress held recently in Washington, D.C.
One example of new
medical products is a 17-4 PH stainless steel articulation gear used in a
surgical stapling unit made by metal injection molding to a density of more
than 7.65 g/cm3. Parmatech
Corp., Petaluma, California, won the grand prize in the
medical/dental category at the World Congress for the part. The MIM part has an
ultimate tensile strength of 130,000 psi, yield strength of 106,000 psi and a
25 HRC hardness.
MIM is gaining ground because it combines functions in complex, net shapes that
require no finishing operations. The Parmatech part has tight tolerances and
provided a 70 percent cost savings compared to machining the gear from bar
Parts Get Smaller
There's a trend
toward increasingly smaller parts in MIM, partly due to high powder costs. Most
parts weigh between 5 and 10 gm, says German, although parts range from
0.002 gm to 1.3 kg. The North American PIM companies sometimes trend
toward higher mass parts for medical applications, according to German.
There's also significant interest in microminiaturized medical parts.
More than one-third
of sales by North American PIM producers go to medical and dental applications.
"For continued
growth, MIM needs to focus on competitive advantages that help defend the high
component cost when compared to forging, machining, casting and related
technologies," says German. "One goal is to improve dimensional control, second
is to reduce process costs and a third is to shorten the time to production."
German says the
total PIM industry consists of 360 firms, of which less than four-fifths
practice metal injection molding. The U.S.,
Germany and Japan account
for 57 percent of global PIM sales. Global PIM sales in 2007 reached 1.07
billion, says German.
materials dominate metal injection molding, although there is tremendous
interest in new materials' systems such as tungsten alloys and titanium.
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Uprooted Kashechewan evacuees will be able to vote locally.
CORNWALL, Ontario - Hundreds of Kashechewan residents will be able to vote in the looming provincial election - despite being far from home.
Approximately 360 evacuees were forced to leave the remote Northern Ontario area last month for temporary residency at the Nav Centre in Cornwall.
It is the second time in two years the Eastern Ontario city has opened its arms to them, but it is a first for local Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Returning Officer, William Upper, in assisting the First Nations peoples in heading to the ballot box.
"We were contacted by Elections Ontario yesterday afternoon to see if we might be able to provide assistance for them to vote, such as ensuring ballots, voting boxes and staff," he explained. "It's a little bit unusual, but we adapt and make the necessary adjustments. Our responsibility always has been to eliminate barriers for people to vote.
"It makes you feel good."
An advance poll will be set-up at the Nav Centre, 1950 Montreal Road, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday. In addition, Kashechewan guests will be able to cast their ballot on polling day, June 12, at the same host location.
When the polls close each day, Upper will then sign-off on the ballot boxes and seal them, before sending them off on a flight to Electoral District 093 which represents Kashechewan.
"We don't count the ballots here (in Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry)," he emphasized. "We make sure they're administrated properly, and then we forward them on.
"It's a real privilege for us to participate in this process."
In an interesting aside, Upper added, one of the Cornwall returning office employees, Karen Ferguson, was employed in Kashechewan for a number of years, and speaks the Cree language.
"Karen will be our polling clerk at the location for both days," he said.


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In 1905, Seema Weatherwax was born to radical Jewish intellectuals in Czarist-ruled Chernigov, Ukraine. Her 100 years of life have spanned continents, the history of modern photography and decades of social change.
Part biography, part oral history, "Seema's Show: A Life on the Left" (University of New Mexico Press paperback, $19.95), by Portland author Sara Halprin, reveals to readers Seema's extraordinary life – her struggles, her activism for social and racial justice and her relationships with famed photographers, writers and intellectuals of the 20th century.
At 17, Seema got her first job drying prints in a photo finishing lab in Boston and joined the newly founded Young Communist League. At 33, she was hired by Ansel Adams to run his Yosemite darkroom, and at 37 she married writer Jack Weatherwax and devoted herself to his causes and writings.
When Jack died in 1984, Seema began a new life of independence, becoming active in Santa Cruz, Calif.'s political scene. In 2000, at the age of 95, she exhibited her own photographs in her first show.
"Seema's Show" details the persecution in and eventual escape of Seema's family from Russia, events that forever shaped her activism. Now a board member of the Santa Cruz NAACP, her life has been devoted to the advancement of justice.


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Does anyone know if the HD spotbeam for Knoxville, TN locals would make it to Tri-Cities, VA and/or Nashville, TN?
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Well since you allready figured it out maybe you can help me. I just need to know how good the game is before I buy it.
Ok, so I feel really dumb, but I cannot for the life of me figure out fishing in this game. Please help a nitwit out.
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Well since you allready figured it out maybe you can help me. I just need to know how good the game is before I buy it.
I kept pulling up whenever I felt anything. There are little fake bites that kept fooling me. You have to wait for it tell you on screen.
So far the game is fun, but nothing like a final fantasy game. It feels more like a zelda style game. The combat is a bit of a let down and there is no real spells or leveling. Also, there is a severe lack of itemization. You can equip a ring, an amulet, and earings. You can also put an emblem on your back, but I don't think it does anything.
It is still fun, but not what I expected. Actually, as I typed this message out I realized how much of a let down this game actually is. Rent it first.
"So far the game is fun, but nothing like a final fantasy game. It feels more
like a zelda style game. "
Its NOTHING like a Zelda game. I really like the zelda games (except for Ocarina of time- which I have to admit is sort of like Crystal bearers in its repetitiveness) and I find Crystal Bearers very dull. The only semi-interesting part is that there are hidden areas if you look for them. You don't get any valid hints from the few people that can talk (only the moogle) and most people are only there to bump into you and steal your gold. You cant sell stuff, only buy and what the heck are the jacket emblems for? Layle is more like a 15 year old street kid than a fighter - in looks, manners, and speech. And a lot of us seasoned Final Fantasy, Zelda and Dragon Quest players are far past that stage of our lives - with no desire to go back. This game is all side-games with little or no core game. I like a good core-game with a few side games.
I'm almost finished with the Crystal Bearers, but I'm not sure I will ever finish it, as I am being totally frustrated by the lack of any kind of usable MAP in this game.
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Just How Empty Is NOM's Promise to Fight D.C. Over Marriage?
Reacting faster than most Gay Inc. groups, the National Organization for Marriage is already spitfiring after D.C.'s marriage vote. Maggie Gallagher & Co. are promising, via Twitter, to take down Councilman David Catania's radical homosexual activist agenda.
"The people of D.C. have a right, guaranteed by the charter, which is D.C.'s constitution, to vote to protect marriage. Politicians on the city council are acting as if they have the right through legislation to deprive citizens of D.C. of their core civil right to vote, but we will not let them get away with it," says NOM exec director Brian Brown in a statement. "We have one message for David Catania and the rest of these politicians today: this fight is not over. We will go to Congress, we will go to the courts, we will fight for the people's right to vote and we will win!"
To be fair to Mr. Brown, if he does get Congress to intervene, it will be pretty freakin' remarkable, because it's only happened three times in the past 25 years.
Bring it on Maggie. DC has more gays per captia than any other city in the nation, many of us have experience working in politics….so it would be facinating to see a bunch of hillbilly out of towners try to come in here and attack that City Council. That council knows the mood of the city.
What a bunch of douches!
I agree with Gary… when has it been ok to vote on a persons civil rights? Do you think Blacks would be free if "the people" in the southern states voted on wether it should pass for thier region?
Do what you must in your hicktown, but leave my city alone. As a matter of fact, bring of NOM to SE-DC to recruit our wards, and we will see if you ever are seen again.
While Congress is unlikely to overturn the vote directly, it is ridiculously easy to slap riders on the DC appropriations bill to prevent the district from spending any money on recognizing same-sex marriage. DC voted to legalize medical marijuana in 1998. Congress first prevented DC from even counting the votes in the referendum, and then blocked the district from spending any money to implement it. The block was just lifted two days ago.
"I'll get you my pretty…and your little dog too!"—- Maggie Gallagher
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I agree, so does the Post and most analysts, that it is unlikely that Congress will intervene. Very unlikely (and the Courts have already twice determined that the DC charter prohibits votes on civil rights).
Importantly, FakeName is correct that Congress can intervene in other ways, such as prohibiting expenditures for same-sex marriages. I kinda hope that rigorous attempts ARE made. That seems to be the only way for us to know who are and who are not our friends (ie., Democratic state senators in NY). Speaker Pelosi has under the authority of her speakership, the ability to keep ANY legislative attempts to sidetrack DC's marriage-equality from being ALLOWED to be even heard in any committee or brought to the floor. Senate majority leader Reid has similar powers. Lets see the Democratic leadership HAVE TO STAND UP FOR marriage equality, OR show that they are users-and-abusers of gay support.
I am so tired of hearing that there are more important issues than DADT, ENDA; I am tired of hearing that we have to wait for "the right time". So, bring on a challenge in Congress; I want to see Pelosi, Reid, the DNC, and the many others the gay community have supported for years, turn around and support us.
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While Congress is unlikely to overturn the vote directly, it is ridiculously easy to slap riders on the DC appropriations bill to prevent the district from spending any money on recognizing same-sex marriage. DC voted to legalize medical marijuana in 1998. Congress first prevented DC from even counting the votes in the referendum, and then blocked the district from spending any money to implement it. The block was just lifted two days ago.
A point on our favor, the DC approps bill isn't up for votes in the next 30 days and if Congress does nothing in the next 30 days it becomes law. So if congress THEN tried to overturn it later it opens up immidiate cases against DOMA etc… in federal court by DC residents who were married during that time. I don't see congress jumping into that pool.
And people wonder why we call it hate. Anyone who has such anger and passion to beat down a group of human beings isn't "protecting" anything. They are working out of hate.
Oh Brian. Has Maggie not strapped one on yet and schooled you in the delights of sodomy? So much hate. And what's that? You're going to the courts? You're going to beg radical, "activist" courts to help you? God, what a fucker you are.
Cam sez: "A point on our favor, the DC approps bill isn't up for votes in the next 30 days and if Congress does nothing in the next 30 days it becomes law."
It's two different things. Once the mayor signs the bill, Congress has 30 days to act on it. If it doesn't, it can still at a later date go after funding via an appropriations bill.
@ Ken Harvey. That woman is mentally ill, Im serious. And then I dont mean schizophrenic or something similar, but a hardcore personality disorder. Really disturbed woman.
I'm not sure who I'm more upset at….NOM, or the people who fall for their insanity and vote against equality.
No she is not mentally ill. She is determined. Just like you are. Just like you were after Maine lost and New York got lost too.
This is a fight, people. I think its great that Washington got this down. But the fight is still 45 states ahead…which implies that her side still has the majority by a wide ass margin. The problem here is America is politely homophobic..screw the polls. I do not trust them anymore. You would be surprised and appalled if you knew just how homophobic. I actually think that is where many races unite….homophobia. Imagine that amount of uniformity and togetherness to defeat a cause…this is a very powerful thing. I cant remember which black activist pastor that said if the Klan was marching against gay marriagew he would march right along with them.
We need to unite also. I am sorry to say this but your side is too white. Aside the asian gay soldier…where are the minorities? You need to unite them. That is the only way you would make a beneifical stand and convince the public and the lawmakers that this is not a "gay agenda" but a real civil rights issue. A people issue. It will also win you support because every one will see a bit of themselves in your cause. All i see is a bunch of white men shouting for their rights!
You blast the church..ok cool. Do you realise how difficult this is for people to support you? You need their support. You need to stop protesting churches..i mean what has that gained you? Other than affirming that yes, gays are the immoral people trying to destroy God's teachings. These acts are reactive and not well thought out. You cannot defeat an institution as powerful as that one…forget it. Focus your energy and money where it will be useful…the courts. Go to the courts, take it all the way to the Supreme Court.Congress will be forced to listen and make changes.
Brian Brown and NOM arent stupid. They know how high their contacts are and how far they can go. I really do not think they are threatening idly so wake up and take them seriously.
@naghanenu #14.
Such incoherent non-sense. Have you been drinking?
You say, this is a fight. You're glad Wash DC has gay marriage. And then you say: "your side is too white." "Your" side? And then you say: "Your side needs to unite minorities." What the hell are you actually trying to say?
I know that California is a fucked up mess – but do you honestly think that a state like that, where ~48% decided to reject gay oppression – that all those people where white? In California, the new republic of Mexico, aka Dumpland?
Homosexuality is a common occurrence across all races, in every population, on every continent, in every country on the face of the Earth. It is not the job of one race to unite other races in the pursuit of equality. Heterosexual oppression alone should be enough to motivate ANYONE of ANY race to get off their asses and do something about it. And if a particular race decides to not join in the fight – that's their own fucking problem. Thank God there are others who march forward. And Thank God that the pursuit of equality is not actually limited to any one race, as is in your mind in your alternate reality.
HellIsWaiting… WOW
Did you fall out of bed and hit the side of your brain that logic comes from? Christ!!!
Of course, this is a white fight, so far. Are you blind? How many black gay activists are you seeing on TV? How many Latinos? Where are the asians? Unless you want to tell me its only whites that have gay people who want marriage equality.
This looks funny, man. It does. I can go to a rally for NOM and see everyone. And i mean everyone. This suggests unity. You think because they go around asking people who are too scared to admit they do not support gay marriage that is what you need to win this thing. Dont be silly.
Get your minorities to wake up and be seen. They can get support on your side. Its sad. You ignore good advice and carry silly signs and picket churches. Wow wonderful for you. I can see all the progress you have gotten.
The equality message is strong enough to encompass all. It takes time. If this were a pregnancy, we'd be in the morning sickness phase. Naghanenu said some valid points, so much so that, for a fleeting moment, I imagined Naghanenu to actually be Maggie Gallagher, under a pseudonym. Shivers. It might well be the turpentine, but I would hope Maggie would see how creepy these nom-skulls really are and bail out. Writing to Queerty under an anonymous name, giving us insight to our failures, would be random, but not impossible. I'll shut the Hell up now and clean brushes.
DC already voted on gay marriage. It's called a legislature, and we voted in them in to pass laws.
Try winning a seat in DC outside Ward 8 on an anti-gay agenda.
@naghanenu: DC is a majority black city, and it's mayor has been black since 1978. You cannot win an election in DC on an antigay agenda in 7/8 of the city's wards.


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Mythinformation: The Citizens of Ebey's Reserve (COR) doesn't support our pilots. Reality: COR actually supports the pilots by advocating moving them to an OLF that would provide a safer 21st century training facility instead of a World War II relic that is too short to allow Growlers to land on, and where essential dark (night) practice is increasingly impacted by night traffic on State Highway 20 and surrounding unchecked development, like well-lit Admirals Cove.
Propaganda: The OLF cannot possibly be moved — too costly —totally impossible. Reality: In the Norfolk, Va., area the Navy recently was set to construct a new OLF in the lowlands of North Carolina about 100 miles south, and it was publicly preparing to buy everyone out within the affected 65-decibel contour. Well, the North Carolina folks would have nothing of that, but it does show that an OLF over 100 miles away was no problem. So, the Navy has the money, and the wheat fields of eastern Washington would be a similar distance without public opposition because "the public" is wheat and mice and no lights at night.
Myth: The jets don't fly that often at OLF, so not a big deal. Reality: In 2012 the Navy practiced at OLF 22 percent of the days in the year. That is nearly a quarter of the days in the year. On those days they managed to get in 5,239 overflights or 66 on each day of they flew, each hitting 110-120 dB.
Mythinformation: The OLF jet noise is just an annoyance that folks need to get over. Reality: You don't get over deafness, and that is only one of the health impacts. The actual noise data indicates that folks in the Coupeville area are exposed to way more decibels than can be tolerated without permanent loss of hearing, and that includes tourists and kids and families at Rhodendron Park. See the information on the Citizens of Ebey's Reserve website. Audiologists agree with the EPA and NIOSH on that — fully. Note, the Port of Seattle purchased all homes within the Sea-Tac 75 dB contour, recognizing that aircraft noise above those levels are harmful to humans, yet all of Admirals Cove is within the 75 dB noise contour.
Mythinformation: Buyers were informed of and signed off on the jet noise when they bought their property. Don't like it? Move. Reality: Many were not informed and others' ownership preceded the implementation of that notice. But the notice is a farce, and the county's information is a whitewash of the impacts. Meanwhile duped buyers do move away with great regularity and with each exploited family the real estate agents profit going in and out. It's a Ponzi scheme, a class-action lawsuit just waiting for a straw to put it in motion.
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Nyla J. Gehr , 72, of Sherman, N.Y., passed away Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at her home.
She was born May 30, 1940, in French Creek, N.Y., the daughter of the late Harry and Ella (White) Gehr.
Nyla graduated in 1958 from Sherman Central School. She then worked at Welch's, then she traveled to California, living there for a year, then she moved to Florida. She moved back to Sherman, and worked in West Seneca during the week, and traveling back to Sherman to be with her family. Nyla retired when she was 50, in 1990 to take care of her mother and father. She lived on the family farm till her passing. Nyla loved her activities of bingo and cards and getting together with friends and family, traveling nightly if possible to do the activities, she also loved her cats.
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Nyla is survived by her sister, Marian Hoeft, Mayville, N.Y.; three nephews and two nieces: Gary (Lori) Hoeft, Port Crane, N.Y., Steven (Debbie) Hoeft, Amherst, N.H., Chery (Karl) Gatto, Robert (Therese) Hoeft, South Riding, Va., and Susan Hoeft, Mayville, N.Y.; 10 great-nephews and two great-nieces.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers: Rex Herbert Gehr, Jan. 3, 1970, and Robert Lavern Gehr, Aug. 28, 2000.
The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at the Spitzer Funeral Home, Sherman, with Pastor Rick Maas, of the Cutting Community Church, officiating. Burial will be in Mina Cemetery. The family will receive friend from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made any Animal Shelter; or a Humane Society of one's choice; or the Stanley Hose Co. Fire Department, P.O. Box 574, Sherman, NY 14781.


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Marcelle's cousin uses this curry dip with boiled shrimp, but you can use it on boiled potatoes, steamed asparagus or sliced tomatoes.
Makes about 1 cup
1 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon curry powder (try Madras curry powder, if you can find it)
1 teaspoon horseradish
1 teaspoon tarragon vinegar
1 tablespoon minced onion
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Combine all of the ingredients in a small mixing bowl and whisk to blend well. Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 3 days.


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Staten Island Academy's boys' varsity basketball team earned the No. 6 seed for the NYSAIS Class C playoffs, the Advance has learned.
However, despite facing No. 3 seed Berkeley-Carroll in the first round, the Tigers will host the game on Thursday (5 p.m.) because B-C's gym is not state certified, according to SIA assistant coach Chris Bruno.


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5/12 Cubs lineup
Happy Mother's Day. Here's the Cubs lineup:
Castro SS
Ransom 3B
Rizzo 1B
Soriano LF
Hairston RF
Sweeney CF
Navarro C
Barney 2B
Feldman P
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CUBS ROCK, CUBS ROCK. We are on our way. Great fun game! Thanks guys!
Way to go Cubs. We'll take a win any way we can get it. We need to win 2 or 3 of the next series to gain some more ground before we take on the Sox at month end.
Mamma Mia has a valid point. Look at the WP stat for the Cubs staff this year, there have also been a few passed balls. Not sure but think the Cubs had a team record 5 WP's in one inning this year?
I agree Jasper, Mamma usually brings valid points and substance to this blog. Glad you picked up on that too instead of dismissing it out of hand with a chuckle…. Do you think Gregg will be ACTIVELY shopped by the trade deadline? Which other pitchers do you think will be targeted by Hoystein as trade bait? I'm thinking Feldman, Garza (of course) and maybe Villenueva.
Also don't forget we got Baker rehabbing also… it remains to be seen what his stuff will be like since his last setback but could be a very good value… But any of Garza, Feldman, Wood, Villenueva could be trade bait. Plus we got Vizcaino in the same situation but a higher ceiling. Someone will get traded its just a matter of when
Joey and Petrey, trades are something I anticipate any time. In fact, I already check often each day. Who will be traded, I have no idea.
Feldman, first three starts were awful, now he looks like an ace. trade him or keep him, he is only 30. Villanueva has been very good all year, can he continue, he will be 30 this year. Wood, I would not trade, in fact I hope he gets a Rizzo/Castro like extension.
Samardzija does not want an extension yet, which leads me to believe he will be asking for every penny he can get come FA time. Depending on what I could get, he is a trade candidate ( my opinion only )
Garza coming back, they are going to have to put him into the rotation hoping he does well to get somebody of quality for him. So do you go to a 6 man rotation or pull someone from the starting rotation?? You also might take into account that Jackson has a history of starting slowly and is ready to get hot.
In another month or so, Baker will be back.
All very tough questions as to trade. In my opinion, Wood is the only untouchable. A 26 y/o lefty who is just starting to figure it out. If he gets traded, I think its a huge mistake.
Shark actually does want an extension… he wants a 5 yr with 2 additional options but the cubs are offering only 4yrs and 1 yr option…. Shark isn't going anywhere yet. Wood is young and left handed I see your point but honestly he isn't UNTOUCHABLE. Anyone of these guys is going to take a deal that benefits the Cubs so don't expect us to just give anyway our surplus pitching. If anything these guys so to the bullpen and sure it up to the point that our weakness then becomes only hitting….. You also won't be seeing a 6 man rotation IMO. You might see some spot starts and more than likely someone go down injured so they will get their shots. If you were to make me answer the question who is the first to go to the bullpen I would say Villanueva just because I think he would be most comfortable with that role. And about Garza…. his value is crazy low right now, I kinda want to get him locked into a team friendly deal longer term. There are very few top talents becoming FA anymore so why not try and lock him up so our rotation isn't a problem in the future?
Everything I state petrey is really just my opinion. We are all baseball fans, Cub fans or we would not be here. When I state that Wood is untouchable, that is my opinion. Alot of times for reasons unkown, it takes lefty's longer to mature or get it. Wood is only 26 (??) and starting to really do well, thats my reasoning and opinion on him.
On Shark, again my opinion but I would do about what you stated the Cubs are offering. Again, my opinion but as Cubs Management you have to evaluate what a guy is worth or his value. Sounds like they did that and made an offer. Should the Shark feel like he is worth more and management dont, trade him ( while there is value ) and let him get more elsewhere. As a life long Cubs fan, I am just a fan, no hero worship, you dont want to Be a Cub, sign a contract, Bye!
You may remember me stating during Spring Training that Barney's value would never be as high as it is now. Meaning trade him. Marmol, last July, trade him. Garza got hurt, or trade him last July. Heck, I would trade Castro for a nice return, simply because of errors and lack of concentration.
Rizzo and Wood are the only untouchables in my opinion.
i wasn't bashing you… just throwing my opinion out too…. I was all over the Barney trade too… too bad we missed that boat
petrey was not bashing you at all. Just saying my statements are all opinion. I could better my opinions if I worked in the front office, but I am just your average Cub fan.
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Carole Gervasi of Eltingville is a first generation Italian-American who loves to cook. The busy mom of twin toddler girls recently started a small business, Delish Dishes, that keeps her moving, traveling to women's homes for cooking demonstrations, and catering parties. She also maintains a blog, Foodwinenfriends.blogspot.com.
Most recently, she has settled into the kitchen at Casa Belvedere. The Italian cultural foundation at 79 Howard Ave. on Grymes Hill launched a cooking school in November called "In Cucina" and Ms. Gervasi is orchestrating the program in its early stages.
"We started classes at Notre Dame [Academy], in the kitchen across the street," said Ms. Gervasi, adding, "The thing I heard from students was that they wanted to see the mansion and be in it."
As a result, beginning on May 11, the Friday night spring classes will be held in Casa's 80s retro kitchen. By the time classes wrap up on June 22, the school will move likely into its new digs, a state-of-the art cooking center.
What will that kitchen look like when the construction is complete? It will have shiny white, wooden cabinets, donated by GD Cucine and custom-manufactured in Italy, according to the cultural foundation's executive director Lou Calvelli. The flooring will be porcelain designed to look like dark wood planking. Countertops will be crafted of stainless steel, stone and butcher block, the construction and design of which were sponsored by Colavita USA.
"It's designed to be an instructional kitchen with commercial capabilities," Calvelli said.
In Cucina can accommodate up to 10 students at this point, Ms. Gervasi said.
"We start at 6:30 and finish cooking at 8:15 p.m," she explained. "We have wine. We talk. We share stories." And, there's even a tour of the mansion.
Classes, which can be given as a gift, are $75 each with discounts offered for enrolling in all six classes in the series.
For additional information, on the cooking classes contact Casa Belvedere at 718-273-7660 or go online at Casa-belvedere.org.
The accompanying recipe for traditional ravioli was included in the inaugural In Cucina cooking classes last fall.
(Makes about 2 ½ cups)
1 pint ricotta
1½ cup grated cheese (Pecorino Romano)
2 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped fine
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 pinches each of salt and pepper
1 egg (optional)
In a medium mixing bowl, combine all ingredients together. Stir well.
(Yields about 24)
Note: You will need a pasta machine for this recipe.
3 cups all-purpose unbleached flour, plus more for dusting
1 teaspoon salt
6 large eggs
2 tablespoon olive oil
In the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment, add flour and salt. Add eggs one by one, allowing the mixer to break them apart. Add olive oil. Using a spatula or wooden spoon, scrape down the sides of the bowl. Once the dough catches the hook, the dough is ready to be hand-kneaded. If the consistency of the dough is too dry, add a bit more olive oil. Remove from the mixing bowl.
On a floured surface, knead dough for 7 to 10 minutes. Form into an oval ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest for 45 minutes on the counter.
Unwrap the dough and cut it into quarters. Shape each quarter into a rectangle. Put the pasta machine on the lowest setting and feed the dough through the machine. (Every pasta machine is different.) Keep feeding the dough through, each time on a higher setting and with a dusting of flour. Around setting 6 you should have an almost translucent sheet of dough.
Put the rolled out dough on a floured surface. Using a teaspoon, add a dollop of filling to each sheet leaving enough space for each ravioli. Take a second sheet and cover. With your fingers make sure you seal the ravioli.
Cut the ravioli into squares using a pizza or pastry cutter. Let dry for 30 minutes, or until the pasta dough hardens a bit. Use cornmeal to separate the ravioli and keep them from sticking.
Boil ravioli in salted water. Cook until they float.
— Carole Gervasi, Delishdishes.com


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UPDATE: A Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen employee said a man who looked to be in his late teens or early 20s was injured and bleeding from the head after a fistfight with another male in the food court. He was helped by an off-duty nurse before medical personnel arrived. Another man involved in the fight fled the scene.
Police Monday night said further information was not immediately available.
GRANDVILLE, MI -- Police are responding to RiverTown Crossings Mall, where witnesses told emergency dispatchers a person was stabbed in the head.
The stabbing was reported about 6:10 p.m. Monday, March 24, near Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen, in the mall's food court. A male was seen running from the scene and was last spotted in the parking lot outside JCPenney, dispatchers were told.
The victim was reported to be conscious and breathing, and an ambulance was called to respond on the second-highest medical priority.
Police are trying to make contact with the suspect near the mall, according to dispatch traffic.
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Without a doubt, Dell just hard launched what might be the biggest set of innovations in a mobile package yet. A reader of ours got back to us about the story he read on Mirror.co.uk and well, got us intrigued. Dell started selling new generation of Latitude Z business notebooks, but this time around, the company didn't stop at introducing one big thing: the level of innovation with Latitude Z is just something we did not expect in the PC world, and you can bet that Steve Jobs wouldn't put this amount of new technology in a single generation either.
Dell launched three notebooks from the series, but the immediate "wow" effect for Latitude Z is a wireless charging dock on the top model [$2159]. This dock requires a $50 Dell Wireless 420 mini-card, but you can opt for a Wireless Docking Station [Ultra Wide Band] option too – you can connect all of the peripheral devices such as monitor, mouse, keyboard to it, instead of loading the notebook with cables ? after all, typing on a Latitude Z when it is on that Wireless Inductive Charging Stand could become a painful experience due to height.
The notebook itself comes with 16" HD LED-backlit screen. The 1.46cm [a little more than half an inch] thick body comes with a lot of attractive features, such as a soft-touch LED-backlit keyboard and a multi-touch touchpad. On top of the LCD panel you have a 2MPixel webcam featuring autofocus and two noice-cancelling microphones. Besides chatting, the webcam can be used as a business card scanner and actively acts as a secure guard.
If you move away from the notebook, the camera will detect that you are no longer in front of the screen and automatically lock the computer. But it doesn't stop there – the display itself also brings an interesting feature – EdgeTouch LCD sensor i.e. a side of the pane is actually touchpad and enables you to put application shortcuts and the like. Overall, this may prove more useful than having a whole screen reactive to touch, since going left and right on a 16" touchscreen might prove counter-productive.
What makes things interesting is the fact that Intel Core 2 Duo 1.4 or 1.6 GHz isn't the only CPU in the system either. Brace yourself: Latitude Z also features an ARM processor for instant boot capability. This is the first time that we heard a laptop comes with two CPUs for increased battery life [mini-OS runs off ARM CPU and does not invoke Intel CPU].
System memory packs either two or four gigs of DDR3 memory, you can add one or two SSDs which can come with encryption technology. The baseline 64GB SSD does not offer Encryption, but 128GB and 256GB models do. For $1100 extra, you can enjoy in 512GB of encrypted storage on your notebook. In order to fit all the technology into the 1.46cm body something gave way. In the case of Latitude Z, that "something" was the optical drive. You can get an external slot-loading DVD burner included in price or pay an additional $448 for a Blu-ray option. For that price, we would say – get a PlayStation 3 [highest quality BD playback device]. But hey, you might need Blu-ray for your business needs.
All in all, we're thoroughly impressed. Head out to official Dell Latitude Z Product Details page and see the features for yourself.


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Staying In The Hole
I like Rick Santorum, I really do – but…. This morning I tried to ease up on him a bit, even give him some advice:
One, he was confused about the words "theology" and "moral values." Secondly, he was really trying to make a point about the HHS ruling ("oppressing religious freedom") not attack Obama on theological grounds. I can see this. A devout Roman Catholic, confronted with an Evangelical audience, might stumble over "Evangospeak," the word he was probably wanting is "worldview."
If his appearance on "Face The Nation" not too long after publication of that advice is any measure, he tried to take said advice. Here is the total exchange on religion:
BOB SCHIEFFER: So, Senator, I've got to ask you. What– what in the world were you talking about, Sir?
RICK SANTORUM: Well, I was talking about the– the radical environmentalists. That's why I was talking about energy, this– this idea that– that man is– is not– is here to serve the Earth as opposed to husband its resources and be good stewards of the Earth. And I think that is a– a– is a phony ideal. I don't believe that that's what– that's what we're here to do. That– we– that– that man is here to– to use the resources and use them wisely, to care for the Earth, to be a steward of the Earth. But we're not here to serve the Earth. The Earth is not the objective. Man is the objective. And– and I think a lot of radical– a– a– a lot of radical environmentalists have it upside down.
BOB SCHIEFFER: Well, how does that translate into some sort of theology that the President's theology–
RICK SANTORUM (voice overlapping): Well, it's– it's a world view.
BOB SCHIEFFER: –is not based on the Bible. I mean that suggests that he's not a Christian.
RICK SANTORUM: No, I wasn't suggesting that President's not a Christian. I accept the fact that the President is a Christian. I– I just said that when you have a– a– a world view that– that elevates the Earth above man and– and– and says that, you know, we can't take those resources because we're going to harm the Earth by– by things that are– that– that frankly are just not scientifically proven, for example, that politicization of the whole global warming debate, I mean, this is just all– all– all an attempt to, you know, to centralize power and to give more power to the government. And– and it's not questioning the President's beliefs in– in Christianity. I'm talking about, you know, his– the– the belief that– that man is– should be in charge of the earth and should have–
BOB SCHIEFFER (voice overlapping): No, but once–
RICK SANTORUM: –dominion over it and should be good stewards of it.
BOB SCHIEFFER: I– I don't want to just spend the whole program on this, but was your–
RICK SANTORUM (voice overlapping): Good.
BOB SCHIEFFER: –use of the word theology, perhaps, you could have had a better word than that? I mean, don't you know that– that–
RICK SANTORUM (voice overlapping): It–
BOB SCHIEFFER: –or do you wonder that– that might lead some people to suggest that you were questioning the President's faith?
RICK SANTORUM: Well– no, because I've repeatedly said I don't question the President's faith. I've– I've repeatedly said that I believe the President is a Christian. He says he is a Christian. But I'm talking about his world view or his– the– the way he approaches problems in this country and I think they're– they're different than how most people do in America.
Imagine that – he used the word "worldview" Too bad he could not get it right. More on this momentarily.
I have to confess to not getting the mention of environmentalism at all. The full transcript of his remarks yesterday has not been released, but what has, including what was released by the Santorum campaign itself, makes no mention of environmentalism or energy policy at all. I honestly cannot tell if he is trying to establish some context or simply making one up from whole cloth. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he is establishing context. Did he have a manuscript of his speech? If so, why not release it an give this claim credibility? If he was shooting from the hip, wasn't there a staffer there recording what was being said for transcription? Oh wait that's right – shoestring staffing in Camp Santorum. Yep, organization matters.
But let's turn back to "worldview." Schieffer did not really let him up for air on this thing, so let's see if there were any additional comments from Team Santorum. WaPo's "PostPolitics" blog reported later in the day:
In an interview Sunday, a spokesman for Santorum's campaign said the candidate was not judging Obama's private religious beliefs. But, spokesman Hogan Gidley said, "theology" was still the right word for what Obama had wrong.
"Theology's a worldview. And Obama sees the world differently. I mean, someone who apologizes for America's greatness, and someone who thinks the government knows best on health care, I mean those are different theologies," Gidley said. "Rick is separating the two. One's own personal religious beliefs are different than a worldview or a theology as it relates to governing and the government."
What? "Theology's a worldview?" OK, we're into doublespeak here. Let's turn to Wikipedia:
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.
A comprehensive world view (or worldview) is the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society's knowledge and point-of-view, including natural philosophy; fundamental, existential, and normative postulates; or themes, values, emotions, and ethics….Additionally, it refers to the framework of ideas and beliefs through which an individual, group or culture interprets the world and interacts with it.
Those are pretty different things. Hopefully theology is a part of the "entirety of knowledge" that goes into forming a worldview, but worldview and theology are very distinct things.
What we have here is a very bungled bit of political optics. Obama clearly does have a very different worldview than pretty much all of us in the Republican big tent – but that can result from an emphasis on sources of knowledge other than theology, not reflecting at all on theology specifically. But what Santorum clearly wants to do here is imbue the discussion of the worldview of Obama with religious significance and thereby capture the Evangelical/Social Conservative vote. Put more plainly he is trying to play the same game on the opposite side of the aisle that Obama played at the Prayer Breakfast.
Frankly, Obama was wrong at the prayer breakfast and Santorum is wrong here. Both Article VI and the First Amendment make it plain that we do not use theological or scriptural argument in an effort to place God's imprimatur on policy decisions or discussions. The PostPolitics piece we linked to earlier made a broader point:
The usual rules for talking about faith on the campaign trail call for candidates to speak about their religion in uplifting, accessible generalities. Now, Santorum seems to have cast himself as a candidate bold enough to tell others where they're wrong.
"He has this internal tic, of wanting to get into what I call theological disputation. And theological disputation is a loser," said Jacques Berlinerblau, a professor at Georgetown University who has studied the use of religion in U.S. politics.
Obama too violated the "usual rules" when he tried to Biblically prooftext his policies at the Prayer Breakfast. But such is not license for Santorum to do the same. Somehow a reference to lemmings and "two wrongs…" seems to be in order.
If Santorum wants out from under this mess, I think it is time to say "Oops" and move on.
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Police converged on different key sites throughout the county Friday, taking part in a training exercise aimed at increasing public awareness and showing police presence.
The New Jersey State Police conducted a THREAT detail (Target Hardening Response and Emergency Activation Teams), which is a comprehensive deployment of state, county and local resources with goal of mitigating crime and potential terrorist activity in targeted areas.
"It's a Homeland Security exercise and collaborative effort between federal, state, and local agencies," said New Jersey State Trooper Gary Brandt of the Homeland Security Branch, Events Planning Squad.
Salem County Prosecutor's Office, Sheriff's Office, Salem City Police, Lower Alloways Creek Police, Pennsville Police, and Carneys Point Police were all involved with the drills, said Brandt.
They worked in conjunction with the Federal Air Marshal, the United States Coast Guard, and the New Jersey State Police Special Operations Section.
A total of about 50 participants took part in drills at the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station on Artificial Island in Lower Alloways Creek Township and the Finlaw Building in downtown Salem City, as well as the DuPont Chambers Works in Deepwater, said Brandt.
"The purpose is to increase public awareness, increase vigilance, gather intelligence, and show an overall police presence," said Sgt. Brian Polite, spokesman for State Police.
The three areas are considered "critical infrastructures," or facilities of high importance in the county, said Bob Bratty, critical infrastructure coordinator for the county.
"It's possibly a deterrent to someone planning on doing something harmful to one of these infrastructures," said Bratty. "It's a proven fact that agencies who do these types of drills are able to more successfully deter threats."
Police remained at each facility for one and half to two hours, he added.
"If anyone passing by sees the strong police presence, they see that the area is pretty protected," he said. "It's a show of force. We want to protect infrastructure as much as possible."


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Daily air quality forecasts for ozone will resume Monday.
The Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the Jefferson County Health Department collaborate on monitoring air quality in the Birmingham area.
The Health Department keeps a year-round watch on particulate matter, or concentrations of soot in the air. Particle pollution can rise to unhealthy levels throughout the year, while ozone is primarily a problem in the warmer months.
Ozone is forecast from spring into early fall by ADEM.
The daily air quality forecast is available via the Internet at ADEM's website, at Jefferson County's website, or at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's AIRNow website.


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