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With the departure of three starters from the 2013 Hempfield Area tennis team that finished at the bottom of the Class AAA Section 1 standings, Spartans coach Jerry Way wasn't sure what to expect from this season's team.
But when Hempfield kicked off league play with a 3-2 victory against two-time defending section champion Penn-Trafford, Way thought his team may have a chance to make the WPIAL playoffs for the first time since 2009.
"I thought: 'Is this really happening?'" Way said. "I didn't know how good we would be, but I knew we would always compete."
At singles, Hempfield returned its No. 1 player, senior Matt Abraham, and No. 3 player, Keisuke Sakuma. Sakuma scored the lone singles win in the opening victory against Penn-Trafford.
The Spartans' No. 2 singles player from last season, Zach Iezzi, did not return, but Hempfield replaced him with Miguel Sesma, a foreign exchange student from Madrid, Spain.
Way hadn't been introduced to Sesma until the first day of practice.
"A teacher brought him out to the first day of practice and said he was going to play tennis for us, and I was like, 'OK,'" Way said.
"But he's been pretty good for us. He never really played competitive tennis before. He just hit with his dad. But he's so fast and he gets to anything. If he had stronger strokes, he'd be a very strong player."
At doubles, two seniors, Dane Leone and Dom Sackett, occupied the No. 1 position, while sophomore Luke Persin and senior Anthony Colosi saw the majority of time at No. 2 doubles. Persin is the only player in the starting lineup who will return to the team next season.
Two other seniors, Bailey Keilbach and Reno Scalzetti, also saw time in the starting lineup.
After the opening win against the Warriors, Hempfield beat every team in the middle and bottom of the section standings, but couldn't pull another victory against the upper-echelon teams in the league.
The Spartans dropped both matches against Greater Latrobe and Franklin Regional, the two teams that tied for the section championship.
Hempfield also lost the return match with Penn-Trafford, 4-1. Sakuma earned the lone win.
So the Spartans finished fourth in the section with a record of 9-5 and missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. But Way was still pleased with the season.
"As long as my guys compete well, that's all I can ask, and they did that each match," Way said. "All they can do is the best they can and see what happens and I think we did pretty well this season."


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Toro y Moi stretches out on latest tour
September 30th, 2013, 6:00 am by PETER LARSEN, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERIf Chaz Bundick were any older, he might have grown up and embarked on his career as a musician with much less knowledge of all the beats and sounds and rhythms that had come before him. But Bundick, 26, who performs as Toro y Moi, is a child of the Internet, and exciting new discoveries were never more than a click and a keystroke away.
"Definitely the Internet changed everything," says Bundick, who brings a full band version of Toro y Moi to the Observatory in Santa Ana on Monday. "I remember finding out about My Bloody Valentine through a friend showing me a link on YouTube.
"Internet changed my life when I was in college," he says. "For the first part (of my life) finding new music was through word-of-mouth. Once college came, I could soak in more sounds quicker."
The speed at which he sampled from an endless buffet of sonic delights is reflected in the changes reflected in the three albums he's released in the past three years.
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The surviving family members of Randy California, the late guitarist of the band "Spirit," are suing Led Zeppelin for copyright infringement claiming that "Stairway to Heaven" is based on Spirit's song "Taurus."
Over 200,000 people from the United States alone, will be traveling to Brazil this summer for the FIFA 2014 World Cup, while another quarter-million f...
She's a vocalist who once said "each phrase for me has a certain gestalt" and she invites you to savor both the notes and the spaces between them. Souza is spectacular in a João Gilberto kind of way -- you have to listen attentively to fully appreciate all the nuances.
In a dimly lit wine bar on the eastern edge of Manhattan, a troupe of seven unabashed performers are steaming up the room with the spirit of Brazil. Infinite While It Lasts is an immersive sensual experience in which passion triumphs over pretension.
After all, music soothes the savage beast. And there's plenty of wild legislators roaming the government corridors that could use some calming down. Jazz dudes may have found the elixir: jazz is Xanadu minus the Xanax.
When I asked my pop-music-obsessed friends to pick a favorite melody from the past 50 years I overbooked, assuming that a fair number would have bette...
Jan Swafford's slate.com essay "The Most Beautiful Melody in the World" inspired me to ask my most popular-music-obsessed friends to name their favori...
If "This Guy's in Love with You" means anything, Herb Alpert and Lani Hall's show at the Café Carlyle offers, in Alpert's words, "music that is very déjà-vu."
This week our playlist includes music by Dave Brubeck, Everest, Ravi Shankar, Tinariwen, Fats Waller, Frankie Miller and more.
It's very clever that Barbra Streisand's "new" album, Release Me opens with a song called "Being Good Isn't Good Enough", as most of this collection is material that Streisand deemed "good, but not good enough" for placement on the respective albums they were recorded for.
If you were to ask me, "How does that work?" I would say "It's all musical affinity," and it's very hard to explain why you're on somebody else's wavelength.
Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd's album Jazz Samba, which launched the bossa nova craze in the United States, celebrates its 50th anniversary this month.
This is the rainiest month in Rio and the waters that wash away the residue of Carnival also usher in the school year, a return to work and all of the things that September means for Americans.
This week, we feature music by Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Pat Benatar, Etta James, and more.
On a frigid December night I squeezed into the Sub T Lounge in Wicker Park to warm up beneath the undulating Balkan rhythms of Black Bear Combo.
Their songs were the soundtracks for generations who lived during days when it seemed as though anything were possible and a great leap forward was about to occur.
Paulinho Garcia, the Brazilian-born Chicago guitarist and vocalist, is one of the city's -- if not the country's -- major interpreters of the classic Brazilian repertoire.
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CONCORD — New Hampshire's Senate will wait to see whether the House will break a long tradition of rejecting casinos before acting on its own gambling legislation, Senate President Chuck Morse said Tuesday.
CONCORD — New Hampshire's Senate will wait to see whether the House will break a long tradition of rejecting casinos before acting on its own gambling legislation, Senate President Chuck Morse said Tuesday.
Morse, a casino supporter, outlined the chamber's next step after the Senate Ways and Means Committee voted 4-1 to recommend passing a bill that would allow the state to issue two casino licenses. The House has repeatedly rejected casino legislation, most recently last May, when it killed a Senate bill that authorized one casino.
Gov. Maggie Hassan has said repeatedly she supports only one casino, which the House proposal would authorize. The House bill is the product of a special commission charged with developing regulations for a future casino.
State Sen. Lou D'Allesandro sponsored the bill the House rejected and the latest Senate effort. He told the committee that New Hampshire desperately needs revenue. His bill would earmark most of the state's profits to road improvements, higher education and economic development.
D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, said he added a second casino license to the latest bill to answer critics who complained last year's bill created a monopoly and was tailored to one location — Rockingham Park race track in Salem.
"I don't gamble. I'm bringing this legislation forward because New Hampshire needs something," he said.
The Lottery Commission estimates two casinos with a total of 5,000 video slot machines and 240 table games would generate $168 million for the state and about $480 million for the two license holders once fully operational in 2018. The state also would get about $125 million from application and licensing fees.
The committee approved an amendment to restrict the casinos to a maximum of 1,500 seats for entertainment. D'Allesandro said that is to protect the Verizon Wireless Center in Manchester, which has about 10,000 seats.
Jim Putnam testified against the bill for the Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling and Casino Free New Hampshire.
"Any revenue the state might gain from casinos and slot machines will be negated by crime, addiction and social costs associated with expanded gambling," he said.
Kensington Police Chief Mike Sielicki testified against the bill on behalf of the New Hampshire police chiefs association. Sielicki said crime and problems with addiction would rise.
South Hampton Police Chief Eddie Edwards said the state has a poor track record of funding programs it promises to earmark money for and he questioned if the promises in D'Allesandro's bill would be any different.
Ways and Means Chairman Bob Odell, the lone no vote, said over the years casino supporters have said money was needed for all sorts of things.
"This is a Christmas tree distribution system. It's never been about how the money is used. It's, 'We want a casino,'" said Odell, R-Lempster.
But Morse, a Salem Republican, argued legalizing a casino is a non-tax solution for New Hampshire and one that will create spinoff jobs from the economic development resulting from the state having money to finish the expansion of Interstate 93 from the Massachusetts border to Manchester.
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2013-09-13 - New Swedish Doom Gathering AVATARIUM have just revealed the cover artwork and tracklist of their upcoming self-titled debut album which will be unleashed November 1, 2013 via Nuclear Blast. The band features legendary Doom Metal pioneer Leif Edling on bass, Marcus Jidell (EVERGREY) on guitar, Lars Sköld (TIAMAT) on drums, keyboardist Carl Westholm and singer extraordinaire Jennie-Ann Smith.
The front cover was created by Swedish artist Erik Rovamperä (CANDELMASS).
Commented Erik: "As opposed to many contemporary artists eager to express their inner emotional turmoil my ambitions as painter stand first and foremost from a lifelong love of hardrockin´music and the inherently darker iconography of that genre. I'm seldom one to channel personal experiences in my art but rather view my work as part of the Heavy Metal tradition forged by likes of Derek Riggs, Ken Kelly and many more. In the specific chase of AVATARIUM my sources of inspiration have come to include the heretical idolatry of the pre-Christianized cults throughout ancient Europe and esoteric allegories of the late medieval secret societies"
Guitarist Marcus unveils an insight on the birth of »Avatarium«: "We are very proud to present the first but not the last AVATARIUM album to you. When we started to demo the songs on this album we had one thing that we thought was extremely important, we wanted to make music that was heavy, dark and poetic.
Also we had an urge to make an album with a very organic sound and no fixing and trixing in computers but just try to make great emotional music. During the whole process we have been looking for feeling rather than trying to make everything technically perfect.
I think that everything really came together the first day Jennie-Ann came in the studio and sung 'Moonhorse'. She had everything we looked for in a singer: Rock n' Roll attitude, Jazz and Blues feel, a big and powerful voice and yet so able to be fragile and extremely tender in her interpretation of the songs. If you like heavy, dark riffs and big guitars, emotional, raw and bluesy vocals, thunderous and groovy drums I am quite sure that you'll like AVATARIUM."
The tracklist of »Avatarium« reads as follows:
01. Moonhorse
02. Pandora's Egg
03. Avatarium
04. Boneflower
05. Bird Of Prey
06. Tides Of Telepathy
07. Lady In The Lamp
Side A
01. Moonhorse
02. Pandora's Egg
Side B
01. Avatarium
02. Boneflower
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01. Bird Of Prey
02. Tides Of Telepathy
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01. Lady In The Lamp
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We're no strangers to the fact that Fred Falke is one of the most brilliant producers within the French touch genre. With his amazing collaboration with Burns on the shelves, he's certainly become an icon, near to legend in the industry and this new piece of his is no exception to the fact. The remix package of Metronomy's The Look is set to be released on April 4th but it seems they're prioritizing this soulful remix of his since it hit the market this very day through Because Music.
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Steamboat Springs How would you like to get out of town way, way out of town next year?
The Steamboat Springs Rotary Club is accepting applications for local high school students ages 15 to 18 interested in expanding their horizons, perhaps learning a new language and exploring foreign cultures by being a Youth Exchange Student.
"It totally changed my life," former exchange student Melissa Mahosky said. "It's totally worthwhile; it's so much fun."
Mahosky, who spent a year living in Ciudad Balles, Mexico, encourages local students to be open-minded and jump on the opportunity.
It might be because Steamboat Springs is such a spectacular place in itself that, recently, not many local students applied for the international scholarship. Last year, not a single student applied, and the adventure went unused.
Anna Poulsen, currently a junior at the University of Colorado, decided to apply for the trip a few years ago after meeting an exchange student from Slovakia who spent a year in Steamboat as part of the same program.
"We became really good friends, and he just had such a great time I decided I wanted to go somewhere, too," Poulsen said. "It was really hard, but I learned a lot. Personally, I think it's a great program. There are so many really positive aspects to it, like becoming bilingual. It's a really good skill to have. Also, learning about a different culture firsthand, there's nothing else like it."
An additional bonus to spending a year abroad is that it takes student-travelers to all kinds of places, not just a single host town or city. Poulsen was able to travel to England, and she also saw most of France.
"It just opens a lot of doors," she said. "And it forced me to become adaptable and flexible. You just have to."
Rotary Club member Chris Stillwell, owner of the Nite's Rest Motel and a host for students staying in Steamboat, believes there will be an upsurge in interest in the program this year.
"We made a presentation last year at the high school, and most of the students really interested in going just weren't quite ready yet they weren't juniors and seniors," he said.
Students who are interested in traveling to almost any region of their choice including Belgium, France, Mexico, Australia, Italy, China and Japan can consider themselves applicants to become ambassadors of goodwill.
"If you keep your eyes and mind open and erase any expectations you might have, you'll learn a lot," Mahosky said. "I met so many people and did so many things that most people never get a chance to, and I certainly wouldn't have had a chance to if I hadn't gone."
The purpose of the Rotary Youth Exchange program is to build bridges of understanding among the peoples of the world by assimilating to a host country's culture and language.
Young ambassadors will live with one or more appropriate host families and attend high school or other pre-university schooling. The program is all about building international goodwill "one student at a time."
"It's a really great program," Stillwell said. "I highly recommend it to anyone who demonstrates a real want to go."
If selected, the student's family is responsible for airfare, spending money and the application fee. The application fee is $450, which includes the cost of administering the program, outbound orientations and health insurance. A $350 refund will be made if the student is not placed.
Interested students should pick up a short form application at no cost at Nite's Rest Motel, 610 N. Lincoln Ave., in downtown Steamboat. Short form applications are due Friday. Completed applications should be dropped off at the Nite's Rest or faxed to 879-5199. The Steamboat Rotary Club will review the applications, interview the applicants and make its selection the week of Oct. 2.
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A Battle of Taste and Environmental Convictions for Ecolabeled Seafood: A Contingent Ranking Experiment
Consumers face pressure from environmental groups to modify their seafood purchase decisions based on concerns about fisheries' production practices. Existing research provides little information indicating whether seafood consumers are willing to change purchasing behavior based on a product's environmental attributes, to the exclusion of other attributes. We describe a contingent ranking experiment addressing preferences for fresh seafood, allowing for choices among different species, some displaying an ecolabel. Results suggest consumers consider overfishing sufficiently important to contemplate changing the species of fish they buy; however, they are unwilling to choose a less-favored species based solely on the presence of an ecolabel.
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U.S. News Washington Post Examines HIV/AIDS Outreach Efforts Aimed at African ImmigrantsSeptember 2, 2008 The Washington Post on Tuesday examined HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants in the U.S. According to the Post, some health researchers say that the "message" that HIV/AIDS also affects Africans in the U.S. is "growing in importance as they become increasingly concerned that the AIDS epidemic ravaging sub-Saharan Africa is following migrants from that continent to America." According to the Post, there are no "precise" national data about HIV/AIDS among African immigrants. However, studies conducted in places such as Minnesota and the Seattle area, which have relatively large African immigrant populations, have found much higher HIV/AIDS rates among Africans. Studies in Canada and Europe have found similar results, the Post reports. In the district area, information on country of origin "varies so much by jurisdiction and is so spotty that it provides only a blurry snapshot," according to the Post. However, a recent district Health Department survey conducted among groups that provide HIV/AIDS services to impoverished populations in the region found that 10% of those clients were born in Africa. In addition, of the 31,256 AIDS cases reported in Maryland through September 2007, African immigrants accounted for 716, or 2.3%, of the cases -- slightly higher than their percentage of the population, which is about 2%. In Montgomery County, Md., 392, or 15%, of all reported AIDS cases were among Africans, who account for about 4% of the population. According to officials with Maryland's AIDS Administration, they are unsure how to explain the disparity between the Montgomery County and statewide data because reporting about country of origin by health providers is "often inconsistent or incomplete," William Honablew, an administration spokesperson, said. Other officials said that it is possible that health providers in Montgomery more routinely offer HIV tests to immigrants and record country of origin data more reliably. According to Honablew, the large majority of AIDS cases among African immigrants in Maryland have been recorded in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, and the AIDS Administration is planning an HIV program targeting African communities in those counties. In Virginia, country of origin was recorded in 26% of the 1,062 new HIV cases reported in 2006, according to the state Department of Health. African immigrants, who account for less than 1% of the population in the area, accounted for 5% of all 1,062 newly recorded cases. According to the Post, African immigrants "almost certainly would account for a higher share if national origin were consistently recorded." According to a study conducted by a Seattle-King County epidemiologist, African immigrants in 2003 and 2004 accounted for at least 13% of the 639 new HIV infections in nine Northern Virginia counties. Many health care providers and researchers said they believe that most HIV-positive immigrants contracted the virus in their homelands in part because the virus is diagnosed in the later stages in many cases. Because few educational materials aimed at African immigrants are available, outreach workers sometimes use materials written for U.S.-born blacks that have little cultural relevance for Africans, the Post reports. In addition, stigma often presents a large obstacle. Because African immigrant communities are "segmented and tight-knit," providers say that African immigrants "fear they would know a doctor or interpreter from the same community and that word of their condition would spread," according to the Post (Brulliard, Washington Post, 9/2). Back to other news for September 2008
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Is it possible to influence people as they sleep and give them their perfect dream? Today sees the launch of a new study that uses a specially designed iPhone app in an attempt to improve the dreams of millions of people around the world. If successful, the study will allow people to create their perfect dream and so wake up feeling especially happy and refreshed.
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We play games non-stop at our house! This is a perfect thing to make for our family – or as a quick gift! Creating My Way To Success made Battleship folders. Genius!
Me Sew Crazy has done it again with her fabulous clothing! This embroidered tunic is something I would totally wear!
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Cluck Cluck Sew made these beautiful pillows!
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The Cottage Home made this so pretty so easy Burlap no sew lamp shade.
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Gluesticks made cinnabun-nies {hehehe} Actually the recipe is called 90 minute Bunny Rolls. I was just trying to be funny.
Gosh am I just showing off today or what? On We Are the Joneses {my other blog!} I posted the recipe for these Blender Rolls. I love them. So easy - quick (really only about 5 minutes of actually doing anything!) and SO good. Did I mention - no kneading so no messy flour counters to clean!
That night we used them as hamburger buns...tell me that this doesn't look delish!
I love lettuce wraps. SOOO good. I made them all the time last year because we had yummy lettuce growing in our garden. Our best bites has a recipe that I can't wait to try out!
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I love the images of the Native Garden Tour! Thanks for coming by our place and giving me just the tips I needed for using my camera to better advantage! I thought i was going to learn something about my garden but instead learned something about my camera:)


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A Simple Day
I feel like I've just been cooking, cooking, and cooking some more! My stocked up fridge (stocked before Hurricane Sandy hit) is practically empty now, and so yesterday we went simple.
As you can see, brunch was scrambled eggs, but it wasn't just any ordinary scrambled eggs! I'm not talking about adding smoked salmon or anything fancy into the eggs, I'm talking about cooking the eggs a la Gordon Ramsey style!
If you don't know what I'm talking about, then take a look at this video! You don't have to add the cream or even the butter – coconut oil is fine (although I definitely think it tastes better with butter here (just saying)) – but it's the slow stirring and not adding the salt too early that makes all the difference. I love just how creamy this makes the eggs! If you've seen this before, then you'll know that the eggs are just simply delicious. (Ignore the comments about needing bread with the scrambled eggs…)
Just a note: the eggs may seem a bit too runny to you because you might be so used to over cooked scrambled eggs, but of course you do need to make sure your eggs are cooked!
After the initial egg excitement, I sat back and watched the traffic build up across the bridge into Manhattan (while doing some work of course). What a sea of red!
Dinner was some salmon soup again (recipe here) while catching up on Sunday's episode of Revolution.
Watching Revolution after so many people on the East Coast lost power this past week made our dependence on power even more poignant. And to everyone who lost power over the weekend, I've heard that some of the power may be back up this weekend. I hope everyone who is without power or who has encountered flooding is staying safe and warm.


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Week 0 of the high school football season is in the books and now it's on to Week 1. I know it's confusing, but there are 11 weeks in the season so as to give each team a week off from play. So, with that cleared up lets get to this week's game, Mason vs. Goldthwaite.
Mason is a great town. It is located on the very edge of the Standard-Times southeast coverage area right on the edge of the Texas hill country. If I had to choose a town to live in, other than San Angelo, in the Standard-Times coverage area it would be Mason. It's a beautiful place. And, they've got one heck of a football team as well. I had the opportunity to cover Mason in 2011 when they won a state championship at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Loads of fun.
On Friday night Mason was playing longtime rival Goldthwaite, also emerging as a great football program in the last few years. Reporter Monique Ching and I made the hour and half drive through rolling hills of green to get to the Puncherdome, an old-time looking stadium that looks more like a horse track grandstand than a football stadium. Monique is a general news reporter, but is currently our primary videographer and is producing a football feature video each week during the season. Here is the link to her first video from last week featuring Robert Lee High School's new stadium.
Mason pretty much dominated the game in the first half scoring three touchdowns before the half leading 19-0. Mason's first touchdown came when quarterback Elliot Bibb connected with Miguel Castillo for a 36-yard pass. The second score was set up by a strong defensive stand which gave the Punchers excellent field position on Goldthwaite's 28-yard line. Seven plays later Mason scored on a 2-yard run by Raul Silguero putting Mason up 13-0 with just over 11 minutes to play in the half. On Mason's next offensive series Silguero scored his second touchdown of the quarter from 5 yards out giving Mason a 19-0 lead at the half.
After leaving at the half to transmit photos back to the office, I managed to get back with about 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Fortunately, I didn't really miss any action while I was away. Mason managed to score once more and Goldthwaite scored in the waning moments of the fourth quarter. Mason walked away with a 26-7 victory, their third win over Goldthwaite in three years. The only thing left for the day was to load up on coffee and make the long drive back home.


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Pearl barley makes a wonderful risotto: It retains its distinct chew while easily releasing its starch to create a risotto as creamy as one made with Arborio rice — and with barely any stirring. Since I can't be bothered to make vegetable stocks ahead and I don't like canned versions, I've made the most of the asparagus in this dish. Using the stalks, tips, and even the cooking water makes the risotto sing with asparagus's springtime flavor.
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I worry that barley can be too mealy, but this risotto was wonderful. Like others suggested, I added mushrooms which nicely accompanied its earthy taste and texture. I drizzled truffle oil over the risotto before serving.
I love barley risotto, and have made several recipes from this site. This was very good, but like a few of the other reviewers, we found it a touch bland. I doubled the recipe and the leftovers the next night were enhanced by reheating with the addition of a touch of red pepper flakes. The entire dish also seemed to come together better after sitting overnight.
Made this one exactly as written -- so those "4-forks" are for THIS recipe... Easy (once I found the pearled barley -- thanks Whole Foods clerk!) and REALLY flavorful. Made it on a cold night in November, so it might have been a little too "spring" for the table -- maybe some mushrooms next time and a little less lemon zest? Rave reviews from my guests, nonetheless -- this is a keeper!
I had to chuckle at the first seven reviews beginning with Stevecoffey. All comments were interesting but not about the recipe at hand. It is hard to critique accurately something when you have molded it in your own image to where it bears only a passing resemblance to what originally was at hand. Anyway, I am going to try this as I love asparagus risotto. Thank you all.
This couldn't have been easier. Following the recipe (by which I mean NOT using chicken stock as others have suggested) results in a fresh, spring-y, taste sensation that brightens up any day. I always think of barley as heavy, wintery, mushroomy, and meaty. Here it shows another side. I guess it is the asparagus & lemon that bring it there. I enjoyed this very much.
I did not want to buy so much asparagus since it's expensive this time of year so I bought half that amount but unfortunately neglected to cut the amount of lemon zest I used so the result was a bit perfume-y. Also, I did not bother with the hazelnuts as I didn't want to make a special trip to the Whole Foods just for them. I'm not sure they would have had them anyway. I am not sure if I would make this again anyway because, while I like chewy things, this was a bit too chewy. It wasn't bad but it didn't bowl me over either.
Very tasty and healthy dish. I had only two cups of asparagus stock after cooking both the chopped pieces and reserved tips. Instead of diluting the stock with 2 cups water, I used 2 cups chicken stock for the 4 cups of liquid necessary to cook the barley.
I didn't think this was worth the effort. We especially didn't care for the raw garlic taste. I think there are better uses for good asparagus.
Very nice risotto. I omitted lemon since didn't have any on hand, and instead of wine used dry cooking sherry. Also, I added some sautéed button mushrooms and used baby asparagus. At the end, I added too much water, so the risotto was very watery, but definitely will make it again.
Excellent recipe. A few changes: I added sauteed baby bellas, omitted lemon rind because I didnt have a lemon on hand, and used cider vinegar in lieu of white wine, again because we didnt have any on hand. The mushrooms were a great addition.


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89In a vintage in which so many wines are big and powerful, the 2011 Dolcetto d'Alba stands out for its silky personality and utter refinement. Floral notes meld into expressive dark blue and black varietal fruit in a gracious, mid-weight Dolcetto of incomparable elegance and finesse. Firm Dolcetto tannins appear on the finish to support the fruit and add balance. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2015. Wine Advocate.October, 2012 |
Azienda Agricola Luciano Sandrone is an Italian wine producer based in Piemonte. The winery is well known for the production of single vineyard Barolo: Cannubi Boschis and Le Vigne. In addition to Barolo, Sadrone also produces Nebbiolo d'Alba, Barbera d'Alba, Dolcetto d'Alba and a Langhe Rosso called Pe Mol.
The Sandrone winery was founded in 1978, with the simple mandate to make this best Nebbiolo possible. Luciano Sandrone was able to purchase a small portion of the famous Cannubi vineyard and began making the wine in the garage of his family home. In 1982, he attended VinItaly and sold almost the entire 1500 bottle production of his 1978 vintage. Soon after, the production grew with the slow and steady acquisition of more land, as well as the addition of wines made from Dolcetto and Barbera.
Upon release of the 1989 and 1990 vintages, the winery became a sensation. Both vintages of the Barolo Cannubi Boschis (made in tiny quantities) caught the attention of Robert Parker, who subsequently scored the wines 97 and 100 points respectively. At the time this was one of the few Barolos to ever obtain a perfect score from Robert Parker.
Today, the winery has a total of 27 hectares (75% owned) and produces an average of 95,000 bottles per year. All of the wines in the range are made in the same way, with painfully low yields and an emphasis on showcasing terroir. Minimal oak is used in the cellar and the resulting wines are elegant, pure and some of the most beautiful expressions of Nebbiolo, Barbera and Dolcetto.
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Yay! I'm still peeved the sequel to shadow dragon never came out here because of all the cool crazy stuff that was apparently in that game, but I will be happy to play this one nevertheless. At least it's not a remake.
Having finished it a few weeks ago, I can confirm that Shin Monshou no Nazo is a much more interesting game than Shadow Dragon ever was. Now if only the translation patch would get finished at some point. Then I could probably comment on the story too.
Awakening takes place in Archanea, which has me a little worried that some references to the events in Shin Monshou no Nazo could get lost, but on the other hand, the game takes place so long after the earlier games that I can't imagine many of the events being relevant.
I don't know; Fire Emblem 4 takes place 1000 years before the Archanea games, but it still manages to fit a reference to it in there. (If there is obscure knowledge on Fire Emblem 4, I am there to know the shit out of it.)
Are all of those older ones that never came to america worth playing still?


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Tory MPs have told the PM to stick it on Lords reforms. This causes problems with the sandal wearing mung bean eaters they are in coalition with, who were hell bent on Lords reform.
Mr Cameron will not back down on boundary reforms but senior Tories are discussing other policies which could be "offered" to the Lib Dems. A reform of political party funding or more support for green energy are thought to be on the table.
Cameron may not be Boris but he is strategically sensible. He nailed the proportional representation referendum unlike John Key, and he is not going to let the hippies stop him reforming boundaries.


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Visiting the Haghia Sophia
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Mar 10, 2011
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Mar 28, 2011
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Temperature: 17 degrees
Weather: cloudy periods
The Haghia Sophia, one of the world's foremost architectural wonders, was the next place we visited and was located right across from the Blue Mosque. Therefore, we didn't have very far to walk, mind that I could have walked miles!
Being called the Church of Holy Wisdom or Aya Sofya in Turkish, it used to be a church, an Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque and now a museum since 1934. This impressive gigantic building stood firm today despite countless wars and earthquakes. It was built in 537 AD.
Its exterior deep red walls had a soaring dome of 101 feet in diameter which rose 183 feet from the ground. Now that I knew the building's total height, I also knew that it was higher than the Blue Mosque! Interesting fact! It was quite a stunning building to admire!
Stepping inside, we kept our shoes on this time, several scenes were painted on the walls and ceilings one of them being the Virgin Mary holding the Infant Christ whereas others, Islamic elements. Interestingly, when the church was converted to a mosque, the church's mosaics like the Virgin Mary and many more were all plastered over only to be discovered in the 1930s.
In a corner stood a huge marble urn which from reading the sign, I learned that it was carved from a single block of marble and was brought here from Pergamum in the 16th century! Pergamum, remember the name of this ancient city….I've been there on day 14 of my tour!
The urn was stunning!
Looking all around me, the vast interior of the Haghia Sophia had a very complex structure ranging from several arched openings extended by half domes to numerous columns on each side of the nave, this being the main body. It also had an upper gallery which is the direction Michel and I took once Daghan gave us time to wander around.
In order to reach the upper gallery, we had to walk in a passage that resembled a tunnel more than anything else due to its darkness and thick brick walls. It wasn't a stair case with steps; it was simply an inclined passageway that eventually brought us higher and higher. After all, this was an ancient building dating more than 1500 years ago!
From the upper gallery, the view below was absolutely beautiful. Being higher, we could appreciate more the details of the columns, arches and wall paintings. It made our little trip up here through the dark tunnel called passageway all worthwhile!
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March 26, 2008
Olympic human rights activist Yang Chunlin was sentenced to five years imprisonment Tuesday for 'inciting subversion of state power' by championing his cause with the slogan, "We don't want the Olympics, we want human rights."
While being taken from the courtroom, police shocked him with electric batons in front of his family. The 20-minute trial took place in the Jiamusi City Intermediate People's Court in Heilongjiang Province.
Rejecting that the Chinese authorities' judicial system is legitimate, Yang refused to sign the court document and insists he will not appeal his sentence.
Yang, a 53-year-old unemployed factory worker, is also is a freelance writer under the pen-name, "Wei Houren." At the end of 2006, Yang advocated for farmers who lost their farmlands in Fujin City, Heilongjiang. He collected over 10,000 signatures on an open petition letter titled, "We want human rights, not the Olympics." On July 6, Yang was arrested by the National Security Bureau in Jiamusi. On August 13, he was charged with 'inciting subversion of state power.'
Yang's attorney Li Fangping stated that his client received a sentence that was unduly harsh. He said Yang will now have ten days to decide whether to appeal.
Yang's sister, Yang Chunping, explained that the court hearing, beginning at 3pm on the afternoon of March 24, lasted about 20 minutes in total.
"The court sentenced him to five years imprisonment and two years deprivation of political rights, on charges of 'inciting subversion of state power' because he posted articles online attacking the ruling regime," said Chunping.
"When asked for his opinion of the verdict, [my brother] declared that the Chinese judicial system isn't legal at all. So what kind of opinion could he have over the sentence? Because his behavior is in complete compliance with the country's freedom of speech laws, his sentencing was not legal. Therefore, he refused to sign on the written judgment. He also expressed that he would not appeal, a decision he had already determined."
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After the hearing, Chunping said her brother was quickly taken away from court. His family members wished to say a few words to him, urging him to reconsider an appeal. But court police prevented any contact with his family by shocking Yang with electric batons.
"Our family members only wanted to tell my brother to appeal, but the police didn't allow him to speak. They used electric batons to shock him several times," said Chunping. "My brother was hurt so terribly that he covered his abdomen with his hands. Upon witnessing this tragic scene, my family members all cried loudly in protest and officers quickly threw my brother into a police vehicle."
"Although my brother didn't sign the sentence in writing after the hearing, the court forced my sister to sign a copy for relatives. We don't know whether this will have any legal effect."
With no signature Yang's sentence was still valid, said Attorney Li Fangping, as the court had an open hearing.
If Yang did choose to appeal, Li said he would still continue to represent him. But said the case is possibly over, as Yang had openly expressed that he would not appeal.
The court was contacted following the hearing, but no one answered the phone.
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Cleveland Clinic physicians recently became among the first in the U.S. to implant a new miniature leadless cardiac pacemaker that stimulates the heart to a regular rhythm without the connecting leads or wires of a conventional device.
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If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the device could improve patient comfort by:
- Replacing a surgical procedure with a percutaneous one (through the skin)
- Eliminating the visible lump and scar on a patient's chest
- Removing the need for activity restrictions to prevent dislodging of conventional leads
A Cleveland Clinic patient with a slowed heartbeat is the third in the nation to receive the Nanostim device as part of an international, multicenter clinical trial testing its safety and efficacy for FDA approval. The procedure was performed by Daniel Cantillon, MD.
The Nanostim device resembles a small, metal tube and is a few centimeters long – less than 10 percent the size of a conventional pacemaker. Using a small flexible tube, doctors placed the battery-operated device into a vein in the leg and guided the pacemaker through the vein into the heart. The battery is expected to last about eight years.
The device and the less-invasive procedure used for implantation are aimed at lowering infection rates, speeding recovery and improving mobility afterward.
Traditional pacemaker surgery
Conventional pacemakers are placed under the skin of a patient's chest, with insulated wires called leads that doctors guide into the heart and attach to the heart muscle. The conventional pacemaker can be seen under the skin and its placement leaves an incision scar. After receiving a pacemaker, a patient must limit certain activities to avoid dislodging the device.
Conventional pacemakers can be implanted in a special electrophysiology lab or during surgery, and although complications are uncommon, infections in the "pocket" under the skin where the device is implanted occur in 2 percent to 3 percent of cases. Areas around the leads can become infected as well.
Pending results of the clinical trial, the Nanostim device could be an important milestone because of its use of nanotechnology, which allows unprecedented miniaturization and the ability for doctors to implant the device directly in the heart, Dr. Cantillon says.
"Complications arising from traditional pacemaker surgery most often involve either the leads or patient's chest incision. This device has neither," Dr. Cantillon says. "Its miniaturization allows implantation directly into the heart using a catheter delivery system introduced from the femoral vein."
Opportunity to advocate and innovate
Cardiac pacemakers treat a too-slow heart rate called bradycardia. The pacemaker closely monitors the heart's electrical rhythms. If the heartbeat is too slow, the pacemaker provides electrical stimulation to regulate it.
More than 4 million patients around the world have a pacemaker, and 700,000 new patients receive one each year. A pacemaker keeps people's heart rhythms at the proper speed so that they feel well or to avoid dizziness or fainting.
"This innovation could improve patient care if the North American clinical trial results are favorable," says Dr. Cantillon, who holds a position on the study's steering committee. "Through our participation in this trial, Cleveland Clinic has a significant opportunity to advocate for quality and patient safety in parallel with innovation."
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S0307 Phase III Trial of Bisphosphonates as Adjuvant Therapy for Primary Breast Cancer.
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RATIONALE: Zoledronate, clodronate, or ibandronate may delay or prevent bone metastases in patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer. It is not yet known whether zoledronate is more effective than clodronate or ibandronate in treating breast cancer.
PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying zoledronate to see how well it works compared to clodronate or ibandronate in treating women who have undergone surgery for stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Breast Cancer |
Drug: clodronate disodium Drug: ibandronate sodium Drug: zoledronic acid |
Phase 3 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Phase III Trial of Bisphosphonates as Adjuvant Therapy for Primary Breast Cancer |
- Histologic confirmation of disease recurrence [ Time Frame: scans or biopsy at recurrence ]
- Sites of first disease recurrence [ Time Frame: Disease assessments are completed every 6 months for 5 years then annually for 5 years or until death or recurrence ]
- Disease-free survival [ Time Frame: Disease assessments are completed every 6 months for 5 years then annually for 5 years or until death or recurrence ]
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: follow up completed every 6 months for 5 years and then annually for 5 years or until death ]
- Zubrod performance status [ Time Frame: Assessed every 8 weeks for 6 months then every 3 months while on treatment, then every 6 months for 5 years then annually for 5 years or until death ]
- Correlation of inherited germ-line single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP, rs2297480) in farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FDPS) with adverse event of acute phase reactions [ Time Frame: collected at baseline ]
Estimated Enrollment: | 5400 |
Study Start Date: | July 2005 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | May 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | March 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: Arm I
Patients receive zoledronate IV over 15 minutes once a month for 6 months and then once every 3 months for 2.5 years.
Drug: zoledronic acid
Given IV
Active Comparator: Arm II
Patients receive oral clodronate once daily for 35 months.
Drug: clodronate disodium
Given orally
Experimental: Arm III
Patients receive oral ibandronate once daily for 35 months.
Drug: ibandronate sodium
Given orally
Detailed Description:
- Compare disease-free survival and overall survival of women with resected primary stage I-III adenocarcinoma of the breast treated with adjuvant zoledronate vs clodronate vs ibandronate.
- Compare the distributions of sites of first disease recurrence in patients treated with these drugs.
- Compare adverse events in patients treated with these drugs.
- Correlate parathyroid hormone related protein status and N-telopeptide levels at baseline with disease-free survival and sites of first recurrence in patients treated with these drugs.
- Investigate whether there is an association between inherited germ-line single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP, rs2297480) in farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FDPS) and the adverse event of acute phase reactions in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, multicenter study. Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 treatment arms.
- Arm I: Patients receive zoledronate IV over 15 minutes once a month for 6 months and then once every 3 months for 2.5 years.
- Arm II: Patients receive oral clodronate once daily for 35 months.
- Arm III: Patients receive oral ibandronate once daily for 35 months. Treatment in all arms continues in the absence of disease recurrence or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 6 months until disease recurrence and then annually for up to 10 years.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 5,400 will be accrued for this study.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Histologically confirmed primary adenocarcinoma of the breast
- Stage I-III disease
- No evidence of metastatic disease
Must have undergone lumpectomy or total mastectomy for primary disease within the past 12 weeks, or have completed chemotherapy within the past 8 weeks
- Axillary evaluation per institutional standards
Currently receiving or planning to receive standard adjuvant systemic therapy comprising chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or combined chemotherapy/hormonal therapy for breast cancer
- Patients who are at low risk for disease recurrence and for whom adjuvant systemic therapy will not be prescribed are not eligible
- Patients who receive biologic agents only or local radiotherapy only (without chemotherapy and/or hormone therapy) are not eligible
- Additional therapies are allowed including radiotherapy and biologic agents (e.g., trastuzumab [Herceptin^®], bevacizumab, or hematopoietic growth factors)
- Neoadjuvant therapy or hormonal therapy alone is allowed provided study entry occurs ≥ 12 weeks after completion of surgery
Patients with skeletal pain are eligible provided bone scan and/or roentgenological exam are negative for metastatic disease
- Suspicious findings must be confirmed as benign by x-ray, MRI, or biopsy
Hormone receptor status:
- Not specified
- 18 and over
- Female
Menopausal status
- Not specified
Performance status
- Zubrod 0-2
Life expectancy
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Not specified
- Creatinine ≤ 2 times upper limit of normal
- Creatinine clearance ≥ 30 mL/min
- No renal failure
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- Fertile patients must use effective contraception
No history of esophageal stricture or motility disorders
- Gastroesophageal reflux disorder allowed
- No other malignancy within the past 5 years except adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, or adequately treated stage I or II cancer in complete remission
Biologic therapy
- Prior or concurrent hematopoietic growth factors allowed
- HER-2-targeted therapies allowed
- Antiangiogenics allowed
- See Disease Characteristics
Endocrine therapy
- See Disease Characteristics
- Concurrent radiotherapy to the breast, chest wall, or lymph node group allowed at the discretion of the treating physician
- See Disease Characteristics
- Prior neoadjuvant therapy allowed
- Prior bisphosphonates for bone density allowed
- No other concurrent bisphosphonates as adjuvant therapy or for treatment of osteoporosis
No concurrent enrollment in clinical trials with bone density as an endpoint
- Concurrent enrollment on any other locoregional or systemic therapy breast cancer study (including cooperative group studies) allowed
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00127205
Study Chair: | Julie R. Gralow, MD | Seattle Cancer Care Alliance |
Study Chair: | Robert B. Livingston, MD | University of Arizona |
Study Chair: | James N. Ingle, MD | Mayo Clinic |
Study Chair: | Carla I. Falkson, MD | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Study Chair: | Alexander H Paterson, MD, FRCP | Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary |
Study Chair: | Elizabeth C. Dees, MD | UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Study Chair: | Mark J. Clemons, MD | Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre |
Responsible Party: | Southwest Oncology Group |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00127205 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CDR0000437061 S0307 ( Other Identifier: SWOG ) U10CA032102 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number ) |
Study First Received: | August 3, 2005 |
Last Updated: | January 4, 2017 |
Keywords provided by Southwest Oncology Group:
stage I breast cancer stage II breast cancer stage IIIA breast cancer stage IIIB breast cancer stage IIIC breast cancer |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Diphosphonates Skin Diseases |
Ibandronic acid Zoledronic acid Clodronic Acid Bone Density Conservation Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on March 29, 2017


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Over 5000 desperate children ended up on the streets last Christmas. We're urgently working to prevent this happening this year to children like Rosie.
Rosie's story
Rosie hadn't planned what she would do when she ran away, she just had to escape the violence. Cold, hungry and lonely, she wandered the freezing streets with no idea where to go.
Child abusers look out for runaways – as they're often so vulnerable that they mistake attention for kindness. So when a group of older men approached Rosie and said she could come back to their house for something to eat, she gratefully agreed to go with them.
They took her to a squat. There were people arguing, taking drugs and drinking alcohol in every room – and it quickly became clear to Rosie that none of them wanted to help her.
They tried to get her drunk and Rosie didn't know how to get away.
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Thankfully, a member of the public had seen Rosie being taken away and called 999. The police took Rosie from the squat and called one of our projects, and we quickly sent a project worker, Claire, to help Rosie.
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Rosie after running away last December
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The welcome centre, in the village of Liberchies, allows you to discover the Pays de Geminiacum, a beautiful, natural region in central Belgium.
The welcome centre includes:
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- The Django Reinhardt Interpretation Centre, named after the famous jazz guitarist born in Liberchies
- A showcase of local products to discover and taste.
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The Liberchies Museum invites you to discover the permanent exhibition dedicated to the archaeological digs on two Gallo-Roman sites in Liberchies, Brunehaut and "Les Bons Villers", and its many finds in a specially adapted room.
230 rooms highlight all we know today about the little Gallo-Roman town.
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Saturday and Sunday: 2pm to 5pm
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Accessible to disabled people.
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Tourist information on the town PONT-A-CELLES
Visit our partners' webpages
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- The Bois du Cazier Glass Museum
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