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Mac and cheese is all-but-universally beloved. Even a bad version is likeable enough. That said, takes that incorporate creative ingredients—or lingering ingredients from the fridge—are even better. Here, andouille sausage, jalapeños, and habaneros offer an update, while a breadcrumb topping gives it a bit of crunch.
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My life beyond kids keeps me sane
After my daughter was born, all I wanted was to be a stay-at-home mom. I imagined I'd spend my days pushing my daughter in a stroller through the park in the mornings, scrapbooking our family memories when I could sneak in some "me time" as she napped in the afternoon, and then I'd prepare a pictorial-worthy family meal every night.
It didn't exactly happen that way.
I did eventually leave my full-time job when my daughter was 4 and my son was 1. I was ready. Bring on the stay-at-home momminess! But what happened the next six months shocked me – I was miserable. The reality of spending most days snail hunting with my daughter or waiting for a child to fall asleep or wake up, and the stark loneliness of staying home with two small kids, wasn't what I imagined, but I didn't dare tell a soul. Are you kidding? After all the dreaming, planning and sacrifice, I couldn't acknowledge I was two "Dora the Explorers" shy of a total breakdown. Even if Elmo himself came and knocked on my door for a little heart to heart – I wasn't going to say I was going a little crazy.
That's about the time I came across this thing called a blog and decided I would start one of my own. I had been a journalism major in college and always loved to write and tell stories. I had my own blog, and the Orange County Register asked me to blog for the new OC Moms. At night after the kids were in bed I'd stay up late writing, making videos and connecting with other moms online. Blogging was just the spark I needed to keep me from leaping into the waiting arms of a deep depression.
I love my kids. It wasn't being a mom that was causing me to spiral, it was the lack of connection to the "pre-mom me" and to other people. I'm a social person and I needed to spend time being creative and then share that part of me. I discovered that being a mom was just like anything else. I couldn't rely on other people to flip that happy switch. Once I took it on myself to find what made me feel balanced and content – ta da! I was happy.
Blogging is undeniably dominated by women – mostly moms – and here's why: Our blog is all ours. Moms rightly spend most of their days pouring their energy into everyone else's needs; the kids, the boss, the husband. But a blog is our own space and we can make it look, say and be anything we want, and that's empowering.
I believe the Internet and Etsy, blogs, message boards and Twitter have been revolutionary for women, especially moms. Through online networks, a stay-at-home mom in Iowa can sell her handmade scarves internationally, or a working mom can take night classes online to help her career. Or, as in my case, she can write on her blog and become a columnist, writer and local TV host, all while her kids are asleep or in school.
For some moms it might be volunteering at a women's shelter or selling Avon. Whatever the spark is, I encourage moms to stay connected and keep pursuing their passion. It helps keep you sane and secure. When I started blogging, I didn't know I would eventually become a single mom. Now, I have turned my passion into a full-time career. I just kept moving toward what I loved to do, working hard and taking every opportunity that came my way. That's a good recipe for success, either in a career or as a mom.
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"I've Served My Time In Hell"
So thought many a weary Marine after the bloody, interminable battle for Guadalcanal. It was only a dot in the ocean, but upon its possession turned the entire course of the Pacific war
February 1966 | Volume 17, Issue 2
On June 30, the entire division was organized into 300-man, eight-hour, three-shift working parties for around-the-clock stevedore duty. A command line-up was hastily put together. Ghormley was theatre commander, number one in the South Pacific—and a new boundary was drawn between him and General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the Southwest Pacific. Commander of the task force that was to go to Guadalcanal was to be Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who had commanded the carriers at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May. To command the amphibious force, Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner was named. And Vandegrift's place, as commander of the landing force, was directly under Turner.
The line-up looked good on paper. If there was a weakness it was at the top. Instead of pulling his people together in the little time left, Ghormley shoved off for a powwow with MacArthur in Australia.∗ The outcome was a joint'message Io Washington asking that the Guadalcanal operation he postponed; the two "found themselves in agreement as to the doubtful feasibility of this first offensive," as one official history puts it. In short, Ghorniley, bearing the top responsibility for the operation, did not believe in it.
∗ In a technical sense Ghormley was ordered to meet with MacArthur. But there cannot be lhe least doubt that he could have asked the Joint Chiefs, from whom the order had come, to let him forgo this mission for others more important in setting up his own command and ironing out its operational details.
The request was disallowed. Then, on July 28, when the tactical commanders met at Koro for the rehearsal, they discovered that there were serious unresolved differences between them. Fletcher astonished the others by revealing for the first time that he had no intention of risking his carriers in the waters of Guadalcanal for more than four days. This was a blow to Vandegrift and was not happy news to Turner.
The task force, in the luck of the draw, was concealed by squalls and an overcast as it moved from Koro to Guadalcanal. The first notion the Japanese had of its presence was at daylight August 7. At 0647, the traditional signal, "Land the landing force," was sent by Turner, and the Marines went over the side—"paled by days of inactivity … dripping with sweat … their dungarees clinging to their bodies," a man who was there remembers.
The first flight of Zeros had been scheduled to land on the Guadalcanal airstrip later that morning! The Japanese had just completed a 3,600-foot, coral-surfaced runway. The race was won, and the landing was unopposed, a stroke of the best fortune. At Guadalcanal, the Japanese simply took off, leaving behind (another stroke of good fortune) all their food and road-building equipment, and even a batch of propaganda leaflets.
But there were two separate assaults, and the one directed at Tulagi and its adjoining islands, Gavutu and I anambogo, ran into some nasty opposition from the Kurc forte, which was still there. In July, the Japanese had brought a construction unit to Guadalcanal, relieving the Kurc men. In a prophetic dclcnse, the Kure men burrowed into the faults of the coral-hillocked islands, and the Marines had to blast and burn them out. There were two days of hard fighting.
Meanwhile, unloading was not going well. Low-flying Kettys from Kabaul attacked the American Iransports on the first day, slowing down the flow of supplies. The second day, August 8, they came back again in broad daylight and set fire to the transport George F. Elliott .
By nightfall, when only a fraction of the Mariiie supplies were ashore, Admiral Kletcher sent a message to Admiral Ghormley: "In view of the large number of enemy torpedo planes and bombers in this area I recommend the immediate withdrawal ol my carriers." He ordered his carriers to change course for the southcast, and sailed away from Guadalcanal.
This left Admiral Turner the ranking American officer on the scene, with his transports and a protecting force of cruisers and destroyers, only a few of which had ever worked together before, operating tinder an Australian, Admiral V. A. C. Crutchlcy.
At 2032, Turner summoned Vandcgrift and Crutchley to his command ship, McCawley . Because it would lake several hours to get there in his barge, Crutchley came on in his flagship, the cruiser Australia .
Now Turner gave Vandcgrift the really bad news. Hc was going to have to pull out and take the transports (and the stipplies still unloaded aboard them) with him. Hc couldn't stay without Flctchcr's air cover. He would stay through pan of the next day, leave in time to be out of there before deep dark set in. It is recorded that Vandegrift had a few angry words to say before he went ashore. Mcforc Crutchley left, he asked Turner about a report he had heard that a Japanese forte was on the way down to Guadalcanal.


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Move over Baby Jesus. In an unusual turn-about, atheists will be utilizing all but 4 of 21 holiday display spaces provided by the city of Santa Monica, CA.
More here: http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-los-angeles/atheist-displays-dis...
Happy to oblige. I wish I could have shown pictures of all the atheist displays.
Hi Hugh,
Interesting, and thanks.
I liked this part the best.
One last note: All the holiday displays at Santa Monica's Pacific Palisades Park will be protected by security fencing this year. Season's Greetings.
A little irony makes a good ending, hehe!
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Outing Club, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1923
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Outdoor activity and the promotion of good health was important at F.S.N.S. A Walking Club was formed in 1921 and the students tracked the number of hours they spent outdoors as a friendly competition. This is a group at Clearwater Lake around 1923.
Evening walks and weekend hikes were popular, with Mt. Blue and Tumbledown Mountain as regular destinations. In the early 1930s, hiking activities sponsored by the school's Athletic Association allowed the girls to earn points towards a letter jacket.
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DENVER (AP) — A new delivery helped Barry Zito look like his old self.
San Francisco's 33-year-old lefty tweaked his delivery and toyed with the Colorado Rockies, throwing a four-hitter for his first shutout in nine years and Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer to lead the Giants to a 7-0 win Monday.
It was San Francisco's first win after losing three one-run games at Arizona, the Giants' first 0-3 start since 1984.
Zito looked a lot like the pitcher who won the 2002 Cy Young award with Oakland and nothing like the one that managed just three wins during an injury-plagued 2011 season.
"I couldn't be happier for Barry," said Giants cleanup hitter Aubrey Huff. "It's no secret he gets buried by the fans, the media and all. To see him go out there and put up a complete-game shutout in Colorado, all the haters out there — that's for them."
Zito (1-0), who hasn't lost to Colorado since Sept. 25, 2008 — a span of nine starts — allowed three harmless singles and a double. He didn't walk a batter and struck out four in tossing his fifth career shutout and first since April 18, 2003, against Texas, and helping the Giants avoid their first 0-4 start since 1950.
"That was just fun to watch," Huff said. "I never wanted to scoop up a ball at the end there for the last out harder in my life for a pitcher. He's been going through some tough times this spring and to come out here and do what he did in Colorado after an 0-3 start, it's just amazing. Just when you think you've seen it all in baseball."
Zito worked on a new delivery this spring, crouching more to give him a lower center of gravity, bending his front leg more to get lower to the ground. But he had trouble keeping his pitches down in the strike zone, so after two bad outings last week in his final Cactus League starts, he pitched in an extended spring training game to iron out the kinks.
It worked wonders.
"It's been said many times that spring training's overrated," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
In command of his cutters, curves and change-ups, Zito set up one hitter after another with 84 mph fastballs that produced 15 pop-outs.
"He got a lot of weak pop flies, kept us off-balance," Todd Helton said. "But we got to put together better at-bats. I think we will. I think nerves were a little involved. So, hopefully next game we'll come out relaxed and swing the bats better."
Zito thanked Bochy for letting him go out for the ninth to complete his 112-pitch masterpiece.
"It was really satisfying," Zito said. "I had a tough spring and made the adjustment I had to make and I think my start in the minor leagues last week had a lot to do with it, just being able to work on stuff without worrying about getting guys out."
Hector Sanchez called a terrific game that helped keep the Rockies guessing.
"He just has a good feel," Zito said. "He's not scared to go out there and call a pitch that may not be a normal pitch to throw in a certain situation. If things get under pressure out there, he's just always mellow."
Sandoval gave Zito all the support he'd need with a two-run shot over the right field wall in the first inning off Jhoulys Chacin (0-1), and Brandon Crawford hit a bases-clearing double off Matt Reynolds in the fifth.
Chacin, who led the Rockies in wins, ERA, innings and strikeouts last season, gave up four runs, all earned, on four hits and five walks in four shaky innings as the Rockies lost their third straight after an opening day win at Houston.
Chacin walked the bases full in the third and then hung a 2-2 curveball that Hector Sanchez hit for an RBI single. Angel Pagan drove in another run with a hard groundout to first to make it 4-0.
"Just going to forget this one and go get them next time," Chacin said.
Notes: Colorado LHP Drew Pomeranz, who started the season in the minors because the Rockies don't need a fifth starter until April 15, will start for Double-A Tulsa at Corpus Christi on Tuesday. ... The teams take a day off before returning to Coors Field Wednesday night when Guthrie (1-0) faces Tim Lincecum (0-1). ... The game was briefly delayed in the fifth while medical personnel carted off a female fan through the left-field tunnel after she was struck in the face by a foul ball off the bat of Michael Cuddyer.


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We recently told you that the actor might quit the popular Sony TV show and looks like things have already happened
Yuvraj Thakur who plays Sammy Shergill in Bade Acche Lagte Hain (BALH) recently said that he can't connect with his character. He played a husband to Pihu (Sonia Balani) and was about to father his illegitimate child with Suhani (Ekta Kaul). Apparently, the actor was in talks with other production houses for new shows and better roles. Yuvraj wanted to play roles of his age. Besides that, the actor apparently also got into a verbal tussle with the creatives and the production team of BALH. Following this, the television actor quit the show.
Yuvraj said that he was disappointed the way things ended and he would have loved to part ways with the production house more amicably. As for his future, the young actor claims that there are a few things in the pipeline and his future definitely looks bright. Well we surely hope so.
Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telelfilms however, did not take the resignation well. They made a statement claiming that Yuvraj Thakur did not quit but was kicked out from Bade Acche Lagte Hain. Mitu Kumar, Creative Producer of the popular daily soap claimed that Yuvraj was unprofessional and would often come late on the sets. When pulled up for his tardiness, the actor apparently often threatened to quit. A source also claimed that Yuvraj wanted to get the same treatment as Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar. Balaji Telefilms could not put up with his tantrums and unprofessional behaviour and hence kicked him out.
Now we heard both the versions and find it hard to believe that a newbie would ask the production house to treat him like the veterans. This seems like a situation of sour grapes. While we agree, may be the actor was late – a little more than people liked him to be, but that in no way is a valid enough reason to fire someone, no?
Bade Acche Lagte Hain has taken several leaps in the last two to three years and the storyline is now getting rather boring. If an actor feels that he cannot justify the constant change in his character, wethinks he has the right to voice it out, no? Frankly, we agree with Yuvraj, his character Sammy made absolutely no sense to us and we are glad that the actor had the courage to get up and leave.
Kicked out or not, the production house is now on a lookout to find a new face. While we suggest they make appropriate changes to the show and end it soon; it's not like they listen to us. Right, BollywoodLifers?


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Hasbro POTF2 Y-Wing Fighter mint in box. The box was the best one in the store, but cannot be considered mint, considering the type of packaging they used. There are a couple of ripples/creases in the clear plastic on the edges. The cardboard box has some ripples on one end.
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New forums : custom avatars ?
Would be nice to be able to choose our own avatars for the narcissic in us :P
P.S. Could use the specify url feature so the user would host his own image to avoid taking some disk space on your severs…
It's under consideration. We're unsure of whether or not we want to support avatars at all, as they tend to clutter up the look of a board (although some of you may respond that this would be difficult as it already looks cluttered as it is). Another problem with loading URLs from another site is that A. that site and image might not be there for as long as that user's posts are available from this site, resulting in a broken image and B. some browsers have security settings that won't load images if they're hosted on another site.
Personally, I'm torn. I kind of like them, but on the other hand, I'd rather this site not look like a 9-year-old girl's Trapper Keeper. It is this line of reasoning that led us to remove the "FUDcode" and "Smilies" options.
On Jan 15, 2006, at 8:57 PM, wallace winfrey wrote:
> It's under consideration. We're unsure of whether or not we want to
> support avatars at all, as they tend to clutter up the look of a board
The argument in favor of avatars is the same argument in favor of
icons. Avatars allow you to visually inspect a page quickly for posts
from a certain person rather than reading the name of the user of
every post. Think about how the Dock in OS X would work if every icon
were replaced with a name. It should be much more tedious and time
consuming to find what you're looking for.
This should be a user setting:
"Show Avatars."
"Do not show avatars."
> It is this line of reasoning that led us to remove the "FUDcode"
> and "Smilies" options.
This should also be a user setting:
"Display emoticons as images"
"Do not display emoticons as images."
That said, I'd prefer sane defaults (do NOT show emoticons as
images), but leave the ultimate decision up to the user.
– John
Good point !
On around Jan 16, 2006, at 2:57, wallace winfrey said something like:
> It's under consideration. We're unsure of whether or not we want to
> support avatars at all,
I said this before the new list went public, but I'll say it again for
the benefit (?) of everyone now. My vote was:
Kill those damn' "avatars"!
They make the online forum look like a discussion of which Barbie doll
people like.
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Frankly, i agree with this. I got too much anime stars, little boys
"funny" sex gifs and childish names like SupaKilla305, BlackThirteen,
Bobby SixKilla or ImTheBossAndIFuckYa on my "NDS Hacking" forum ! On
em411.com, it's not better… Are you sure this is a good idea to move
to a "forum like" list ?
Avatars are fun! However I agree, they are abused and maybe shouldn't be visible in the posts. How about allowing avatars in Member profiles? That way if you're interested in someone's avatar, you just check out their profile.
Or just have an option to hide all avatars for people that don't want to see them, that would be nice.
Speaking strictly from my own experience in building a community online, the moment I allowed custom avatars, participation went way up. Many people like associating some personlized image with what they spend time saying.
However, as has been pointed out, it can get ugly. One thing that works well (in my opinion) is to limit the size of the custom avatar to 64×64 pixels. How bad can it be if it's the same size as everyone else's? The forums that really look bad are the ones where you can upload huge custom avatars.
Otherwise, having a preset list of 20 avatars to choose from is a poor compromise. Do you really need 100 people being the jitter cat? Why bother…
In my forums, I've supplied several thousand good-looking avatars in a variety of themes, all 64×64, and then allow custom avatars of the same size. It maintains a more uniform look while allowing people to have some individuality. You can check here if you're interested: [url]http://www.karma-lab.com/forum[/url]
PS: Also, I don't understand why FUDcode (presumably some sort of vB or BB Code) is turned off… No URLs?
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New York Gift Basket Ideas
A New York gift basket is the best way to say thank you to a friend who loves the New York cuisine. Whether as a gift for an anniversary, as a New Year gift, or a Christmas gift, this gift basket will surely please the receiver. Here's how you make it easily without having to spend a lot of money.
New York Gift Basket Ideas: Foods to Include
Baked Pretzels- These are foods which are prepared using dough in a distinctive knot-like shape. They can be made soft or hard and savory or sweet. Add the recipe.
Black and White Cookie - A black and white cookie is a soft shortbread whose white part is due to the icing of vanilla fondant, and the black half is made using dark chocolate fondant. Add the recipe of this cookie.
New York-style pizza, reuben sandwich, muffins, knish and strip steak can be purchased from a specialty store and arranged neatly over the base in the basket. Add cans of Dr Brown's soda and bottles of beer.
New York Gift Basket Ideas: The Basket
When making the basket at home, you must first of all decide the budget. A pre-decided budget will make your planning easy. The add-ons that have to be added to the basket also depend on the budget to an extent. There are several retailers that may offer some discounts. Research well before you buy things for making this gift basket.
You can decorate a simple basket using colorful ribbons or flowers. Use shredded paper to make its base and add the items neatly on top. Cover the basket with a cellophane sheet and add a gift tag along with a bow on top.
These are just some suggestions for making a beautiful gift basket. Using your creativity or adding a personal touch will certainly add more to their appeal. These gift baskets will be appreciated by one and all. So, go ahead and make your own New York gift basket.
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Ale To the Chief: White House Releases Beer Recipe 340
wiredmikey writes "Sam Kass, White House Assistant Chef and the Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives, after much buzz, today released the recipe for White House Honey Ale and White House Honey Porter, two brews made right on site at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. According to Kass, the White House Honey Brown Ale is the first alcohol brewed or distilled on the White House grounds, as far as they know. "George Washington brewed beer and distilled whiskey at Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson made wine but there's no evidence that any beer has been brewed in the White House. (Although we do know there was some drinking during prohibition)," Kass wrote in a blog post. The recipe can be found here along with a short video 'Inside The White House Beer Brewing' which shows the brewing in process. Your tax dollars hard at work yet again!"


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Picking up one (1) (I) (a) rare candy please!
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2,000 coins for 20 Pokeballs, please.
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text: 2013 Nissan Sentra: This Is Pretty Much ItRaphael Orlove4/23/12 2:30pmFiled to: Nissan SentraBeijing Motor Show2013 nissan sentranissan sylphybeijing auto showNissanSentraVideoClips164EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Today at the Beijing Motor Show, Nissan unveiled the Sylphy. But don't be fooled by the name; this is the US-bound 2013 Nissan Sentra in disguise. Advertisement Nissan won't admit on the record that the next-gen Sentra is basically what you see in front of you, but this is it. What we're not sure of is if our Sentra will get the same 1.8-liter four-banger and XTRONIC CVT drivetrain as the Sylphy, but otherwise the two look identical.The proof is in Nissan's teaser video for the 2013 Sentra, showing a car that is missing the Sylphy's chrome grill bars and wood interior trim, but is an exact match in every other way.Joint head of both Renault and Nissan, Carlos Ghosn is aiming for Nissan to reach 8% of global car sales by 2016. At the moment, Nissan holds 6.4% of the global market with 4.8 million vehicles. While the Sylphy and a re-started Datsun brand are supposed to pick up sales in developing markets, the Sentra will be busy with the new Altima and some new SUVs adding 200,000 units in America. We'll have to see the fit and finish of the car in person to really judge what we think of the new Sentra. At the moment, there's very little to get excited about. Advertisement We'll see the squigglier, Altima-aping seventh-generation Sentra in the States sometime later this year.Reply164 repliesLeave a reply


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Some clarification, Coinneach meant 'comely' originally - I suppose 'handsome' is more accessible or something, though I think that should be changed and if people need to run to their Websters to look up 'comely' then good - perusing a dictionary is becoming a lost art form ;o) In modern Scots Gaelic is cuanna/cuannar, in Irish cuanna which means 'fine' as well as 'handsome'. In modern language, còinneach which looks identical to coinneach actually means 'moss' which in Irish is rendered caonach.Also coinneach is just Gaelic, not Irish. Scots and Irish Gaelic are closely related but often differ in formation of specific words. The surname form was actually Mac Coinnich, Scottish through and through. The Z in the modern MacKenzie form represents the medieval letter yogh, pronounced as a y glide at the time.
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Like most films that deal with the Holocaust, Emmanuel Finkiel's ''Voyages,'' which will be shown tonight and Wednesday at the New Directors/New Films Festival, honors the imperative to remember. It bears little resemblance to films like ''Schindler's List'' and ''Life Is Beautiful,'' which try to reconstruct the horror of Nazism in order to contain it within the soothing parameters of conventional narrative. Nor does it undertake the painstaking documentation of Claude Lanzmann's ''Shoah,'' or ''The Sorrow and the Pity'' by Max Ophuls.
Rather, ''Voyages'' evokes the terrors of the past by showing them to be out of reach. Time's power to heal -- or at least to dull -- even the most hideous wounds may be the greatest tragedy of all.
''Voyages'' is set in the secure, ordinary world of the present. Its three linked stories take place in clean, friendly, post-Communist Poland, in the middle-class neighborhoods of Paris and in the bright bustle of Tel Aviv. Moving slowly and confusedly through these hectic landscapes, which seem perfectly indifferent to history, are a collection of elderly Jews trying to find a way to reconcile the blandness of the modern world with what they know of its recent past.
Mr. Finkiel, who worked as an assistant director on Krzystof Kieslowski's ''Three Colors'' trilogy, shares with his ex-boss a knack for infusing the banalities of contemporary Europe with an air of strangeness and uncertainty. He is also a slow and subtle storyteller, allowing narrative information to seep in through the edges of his long takes.
At first you're not sure that what you're seeing has any narrative momentum at all. A group of French survivors is taking a bus tour of Poland, stopping at a Jewish cemetery and driving past the monument to the fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto before making their pilgrimage to Auschwitz. In the middle of nowhere their bus breaks down and, although none of them mention it, the situation seems like a hideous cosmic joke. A bus transporting Jews to a death camp will not reach its destination. Is this merciful or cruel?
Meanwhile we witness the emotional unraveling of a woman named Rivka Adler (Shulamit Adar). Just as her anger and despair seem to be heading for a catharsis, her story vanishes into another one, which itself seems to have blossomed from an incidental conversation on the bus. A widow living in Paris (Liliane Rovere) receives a letter from a man in Lithuania claiming to be her father, who she always assumed had died in the camps. After more than 50 years she takes him in, but the emotional and genealogical truth of their relationship has been obscured by time and distance.
The third panel in Mr. Finkiel's triptych -- the simplest and strangest of his fragmentary tales -- turns out to be the key to the other two. It follows Vera, a round-faced, tireless emigre from Russia, as she traverses Israel in search of a distant cousin. To her bemusement no one in the Jewish homeland speaks a word of Yiddish, and she looks strangely out of place surrounded by palm trees and good-looking young soldiers. What can she do but keep moving until she finds someplace to sit and rest?
''Voyages'' is, given its subject, a film of remarkable subtlety and restraint. Mr. Finkiel's characters carry themselves with heartbreaking dignity. The history of the Jews in postwar and post-cold war Europe is carved into their faces, but it's an alphabet nobody knows how to read. This movie operates in the limbo between memory and oblivion that we recognize as daily life. It bears courageous and stringent witness to the impossibility of bearing witness.
Written and directed by Emmanuel Finkiel; in French, Hebrew and Russian, with English subtitles; directors of photography, Hans Meier and Jean Claude Larrieu; edited by Emmanuelle Castro; produced by Yael Fogiel; released by New Yorker Films. Running time: 111 minutes. This film is not rated. Shown today at 9 and Tuesday at 6 P.M. at the Roy and Niuta Titus Theater, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan, as part of the 29th New Directors/New Films series of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Department of Film of the Museum of Modern Art.
WITH: Shulamit Adar (Rivka), Liliane Rovere (Regine), Esther Gorintin (Vera), Nathan Cogan (Graneck), Moscu Alcalay (Shimon) and Maurice Chevit (Mendelbaum).
Correction: March 29, 2000, Wednesday Because of an editing error, a film review on Monday about ''Voyages,'' Emmanuel Finkiel's Holocaust movie in the New Directors/New Films series at Lincoln Center, misidentified the director of another Holocaust film, ''The Sorrow and the Pity.'' He was Marcel Ophuls; Max Ophuls was his father.
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I lost my job today...
Sequester and uncertainty caused by government shutdown (company does mostly government contracts).
Yay Republicans! (clapping) (bouncy ball) (sarcasm)
Hmmm...Well I saw a Rainbow farting Unicorn being eaten by a recently let go Gubmint worker drone!!!
It was horrible!!!May the FORCE be with you!
What a shame
Government workers being in the same boat as everyone since 2007.
Their days of thinking they were safe from reality doing easy jobs that they couldn't get fired from ( no matter how much they f*cked up) are GONE !!!
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Dear a2liberal,
You did not lose your "job" today because you never had a "job" in the first place.
Your so-called paycheck was never based on compensation for the value of a good or service you provided. No, your paycheck was money that was confiscated from someone in the private sector that got up every morning and worked to generate a good or service that someone else was willing to pay for. The government took money out of that workers pocket involuntarily under threat of imprisonment, reducing his ability to provide for his family, just so you could receive his earnings and convince yourself that you had a "job".
Bottom line, the government that once employed you produces nothing of value. They have no money to bankroll your paycheck beyond money they decide to confiscate from actual workers that create a good or service that people willingly buy in the free market. Any pay you received had nothing to do with your work but rather because the government was corrupt enough to take it from real workers that earned it and transfer it to you. It is not real, it never was real.
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The NFL world was waiting for Bill Callahan to respond to serious allegations levied against him by former Oakland Raiders receiver Tim Brown.
Tuesday night, Callahan -- now an assistant coach in Dallas -- came back with a response in a long statement. This wasn't a typical stale, robotic statement. Callahan expressed deep sadness and anger -- and used a couple of legal buzzwords as well.
Brown suggested that Callahan "sabotaged" the Raiders' chances of winning Super Bowl XXXVII. Brown said Callahan essentially tanked the game because he wanted his good friend and former Oakland coach Jon Gruden, in his first season in Tampa Bay, to win. The Buccaneers won 48-21. ESPN analyst Jerry Rice backed Brown's claims based on Callahan changing the game plan late in the week before the Super Bowl. A number of Oakland players, including former quarterback Rich Gannon, have taken Callahan's side.
Here is Callahan's statement via ESPNDallas.com:
"There are many people who are disappointed by the outcome of Super Bowl XXVII, but none more than me. While I fully understand a competitive professional football player's disappointment when a game's outcome doesn't go his team's way, I am shocked, saddened and outraged by Tim Brown's allegations and Jerry Rice's support of those allegations made through various media outlets over the last 24 hours.
"To leave no doubt, I categorically and unequivocally deny the sum and substance of their allegations. Like every game I ever coached on the professional or collegiate level, I endeavor to the best of my professional ability to position my team to win. To suggest otherwise, especially at this time when it involved the Super Bowl, is ludicrous and defamatory.
"I have always honored the spirit of competition that drives us to sport as children and, for the lucky few, sustains us in adulthood. Any suggestion that I would undermine the integrity of the sport that I love and dedicate my life to, or dishonor the commitment I made to our players, coaches and fans, is flat-out wrong. I think it would be in the best interests of all including the game America loves that these allegations be retracted immediately.
"I want to extend my personal and my family's deep appreciation to the coaches, players and fans that have come forward and thoughtfully spoken out against these ill-conceived allegations."
The fact that Callahan used the word "defamatory" and asked for the allegations to be "retracted immediately" leaves open the question of whether Callahan plans legal action. Unless Brown can prove his allegations in a court of law, Brown could have created a headache for himself.
Now that Callahan has struck back hard, it will be interesting to see if Brown continues to make the claims or if he backs off.


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MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- People who speak two languages have enhanced hearing processing, which improves their attention and memory skills, a new, small study says.
Northwestern University researchers recorded the brainstem responses in 23 English- and-Spanish speaking teens and 25 English-only speaking teens as they heard speech sounds in two conditions.
Under quiet conditions, both groups had similar results. But when there was background noise, the bilingual teens' brains did better at detecting speech sounds.
The findings show that being bilingual changes how the nervous system responds to sound, according to the researchers.
"People do crossword puzzles and other activities to keep their minds sharp," study co-author Viorica Marian, a bilingualism expert and associate professor of communication sciences, said in a university news release.
"But the advantages we've discovered in dual language speakers come automatically simply from knowing and using two languages. It seems that the benefits of bilingualism are particularly powerful and broad, and include attention, inhibition and encoding of sound," she explained.
The study appears April 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Bilinguals are natural jugglers," Marian said. "The bilingual juggles linguistic input and, it appears, automatically pays greater attention to relevant versus irrelevant sounds. Rather than promoting linguistic confusion, bilingualism promotes improved 'inhibitory control,' or the ability to pick out relevant speech sounds and ignore others."
More information
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association has more about the benefits of being bilingual.
-- Robert Preidt
SOURCE: Northwestern University, news release, April 30, 2012
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First off, I'm exhausted, and it's only been three days. How do people do this for a longer event like a Brier? Yes I did the Roar of the Rings in 2009 and that was long, but it wasn't as tiring. I think I did more 'watching' and less 'working', if you consider I worked 5 draws at the Roar in 8 days, yet I've worked 5 draws at the Cup in 3 days. Believe me, Twittering takes a lot out of you! I think it's also the lack of proper meals (Booster Juice counts as my 5 fruit/veg a day, right?), and the fact that I've been standing/walking on concrete floors - my feet are killing me. Could be the lack of sleep too? I'll prepare better next time.
It's worth it though. Because it's awesome.
This morning, I had to enter the real world: I had to go to work for a couple hours. And it sucked. Not work, I love my job, but the real world. There were no people in beige volunteer jackets. The ceilings were lower. And it was daylight. Weird. I love living in Curlingland, and I reckon next week will be tough, getting used to that real world again and all. I was glad to return to the venue for the afternoon singles game. The CCA hasn't fired me yet, so I picked up a laptop to live tweet the game.
Which was a bit of a disaster. I knew the rules of singles, but good grief the scoring was complicated and confusing! I don't think it helped that they weren't displaying scores, so I had to rely on the arena announcer, and the TSN radio feed (which sometimes overlapped or contradicted the numbers, so eventually I just used Curlcast - yay for the people who update that!!). It took me a few 'ends' to figure it out, so my first few tweets were, um, less than stellar (sorry CCA!). Thank goodness I was sitting beside a friend, @1CathyC, so between the two of us we got it eventually. I heard we even made it onto TSN as an audience shot. Lesson learned: stick to the media bench so the viewing public don't see you in the crowd with a laptop. I hope that was ok as I was in my uniform so it was all official looking, and no one probably noticed (shh, don't tell the CCA!).
Let's get this party started!
Ladies Singles
Mens Singles
Commercial Break! Let's all stand around, lean on our brooms and chat to each other. I love 'leaning on broom' shots!
I really liked singles - it was exciting. It went by really quickly and kept my attention. Actually, it was incredibly stressful as I tried to keep up with the live scoring, but nevermind that, what I watched was enthralling. And there were some awesome shots made! I'd watch singles again in a heartbeat. I've read a lot of negative chatter on Twitter about how stupid mixed doubles and singles are, but I completely disagree. It was fun to watch, and it looked like it was fun to play. What more do people want?
'Dinner' started out as usual: return laptop, chat to nice IT people, chat to nice volunteers in the volunteer lounge, then head over to the Patch for the Coaches Q&A. I had only been in the Patch for a few Qs, when the host announced the lineup for autographs was low and if no one else wanted any the teams were going for dinner.
Blurry Coaches and Captains
Wait. What? Autographs?!!
I totally thought the autograph lineup happened on Sunday (what else are they going to do in the 4+ hr gap in between games?)! I rushed upstairs, grabbed a free poster and got in line. Again, I'm a poor fangirl and never know what to say to these awesome athletes I totally admire, but it was fun. Small talk was made, nothing stupid came out of my mouth and oggling was kept to a minimum so it turned out ok. Everyone was super nice. There were lots of laughs too.
Yep, that's everyone!
Andrea poses for my camera. I wonder if this is fun for them?
You knew I'd throw in a photo of one of my favourite teams!
Stoeckli makes a joke about Strubin and everyone laughs.
Cheryl Bernard was lovely to chat to.
Can't believe I met these guys!
I talked a bit to the Norwegian team, as I wanted to say "Hi!" for another Twitter friend, @RedArgyle. The team totally knew who he was, and send "Hi!"s back. I noted @RedArgyle was disappointed the pants haven't made an appearance, and Christopher Svae stood up and said "The pants are right here!" because of course he was wearing a pair. He was also very kind to pose for a photo for @RedArgyle (and all of you!). Nice guys, the whole lot of 'em.
I also had a quick chat with John Morris, mentioning we missed him on Twitter (@johnnymocurler). He said he was locked out of his account but he would fix it soon when he got a new phone. That's something for y'all to look forward too.
K-Mart and co, always a crowd favourite.
After all this excitement, it was time for my regular refill/garbage shift. I was solo tonight, and missed having a partner to chat with, so I made a point to visit all the lounges a few times and stopped often to talk to the security volunteers who I have gotten to know a bit. I was pretty busy the whole night moving around beverage stock, and only caught the last bit of the last end of the evening draw.
And wow, was that the best bit of the game to catch! One game went down to a draw to the button, and in the end not only did North America win the game, but they ended up getting enough points to win the whole cup! The players immediately jumped over the boards of their bench and they all had a really sweet group hug on the ice.
I never get tired of this view.
Last rocks...
North America wins the Continental Cup!
It's too bad team World wasn't a bit closer. I imagine turnout for tomorrow's games will be low, between the fact that they don't count anymore and the 4+ hr gap in between. (Who's idea was it to NOT plan something like a Q&A or whatever during those 4 hrs?) I'll be there though!
So a good day.
A popular topic of conversation this week has been the lack of younger volunteers. Even the lovely older retired folks agree more younger people are needed to take over as they gradually become unable to volunteer. I totally agree. There are very few volunteers my age or younger. Very few. What happens in 5, 10, 15 years? Why is it so hard to get young people out? Is it the cost? (Yes, we pay to volunteer. It covers the uniform and adds accountability so people actually show up for their shifts. This event cost $100.) Then maybe juniors should pay less than others? Should seniors pay less than? I'd 'Sponsor A Junior' if it meant more of them came out, and hey, I'd 'Sponsor A Senior' too. Do clubs/programs get a chance to have their young people involved? Is it the time commitment? I suppose not everyone is able to take vacation days to volunteer, and it's hard if you're in school. I don't have the answers, but there are certainly some questions that need to be discussed if curling event volunteering has a future.
On a more happier note, I was talking to a group of volunteers about possibly volunteering for some events in 2012. Though I was waffling about all of this previously, I've decided that if my supervisor approves the time off, I'd love love love to volunteer for the 2012 Scotties in Red Deer AND the 2012 Brier in Saskatoon. I doubt I could do both as they're quite close together and during a busy time at work, but I reckon I'll make it to the Brier at least - I've already got a couch to sleep on all reserved! I wonder if I could work out another tweeting gig?
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Monday, July 23, 2007
Alibaba.com in Business Week...
...and it is not about their success in China, it's about their business platform supporting the trade of shark fins. The persistence is paying off and mainstream media is taking notice. The article, Sharks Circle China's Alibaba.com, was written by Bruce Einhorn.
Alibaba.com continues to stand by their position saying: "We had an open dialogue with activists, we took their suggestions and opinions on board and reviewed our policies…. We decided that our current policy is the appropriate policy at this time." - Alibaba spokeswoman Christina Splinder.
There was not much of a dialogue with the "activists" - more like fluff that did not mean anything and an attempt to brush them off.
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"We had an open dialogue with activists, ... " - Alibaba spokeswoman Christina Splinder
Simply not true. One is not a plural word. It was private, not open. And quite clearly, nothing was taken on board. So we are not just into spin, it is lies. - 7/24/2007 9:25 PM
- Wolf Leander said...
brian: to the point, as always!!
i have already written a brief note to cristina spindler challenging her quoted statement. - 7/24/2007 11:05 PM
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Time Warner Cable Delivers TV Service in Mineral City, OH
If you're a resident in Mineral City, OH, you've discovered that Time Warner Cable is your telecommunications provider, and that's good news for you. Did you know that 94% of Mineral City residents, or 715 people, watch their TVs on a regular screen? Time Warner Cable has great specials on television programming packages to suit your needs.
Time Warner Cable has the programming package you are looking for, whether you like blockbuster movies, top-rated sports or even local TV shows. With advanced features like TWC TV™, Time Warner Cable gives you the ability to watch TV and manage your DVR from any of your wireless devices.


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Open bottles and cans with this popular patented Original Beverage Wrench bottle opener custom keychains.
Get your brand cooking with a silicone custom spatula that's available in a variety of handle and head colors!
These large silicone custom spoons are imprinted on the handle with your logo and are a great addition to any kitchen!
This promotional wine opener with corkscrew adds distinguished style to every promotion.
Handy heavy-duty promotional clip made of injection molded plastic tightly seals bags to keep your food fresh or holds your documents together to keep organized.
Credit card design of this custom bottle opener easily fits into wallets, pockets or purses.
This imprinted wine opener with Teflon corkscrew lets you celebrate every promotion.
Ruggedly designed, this ice cream promo scoop makes scooping out ice cream a breeze.
An easy to grip promotional bowl mixer and custom bowl scraper for mixing and preparing food in bowls or pots.
A handy Keep-It Clip Custom Logo Bag Clip that is sure to be used again and again!
If you are looking for a unique giveaway for a restaurant opening or an Asian inspired event, these plastic custom chopsticks are the ideal gift!
Record the tastiest creations from your kitchen inside these customized journals with convenient write-in content pages.
These promotional journals will help recipients fine tune their wine sense and get to know their own palate!
Get your logo noticed in the kitchen with customized kitchen utensils like this OXO Good Grips peeler.
Get a large perfect sized scoop of your favorite foods with this logo scoop that has an easy-to-use swing lever.
Slice your pizza with ease while promoting your brand with an OXO Good Grips custom pizza cutter.
A promotional pizza cutter that is supremely handy in the kitchen!
ePromos has a smorgasbord of restaurant & food promotional items, so let us help you pick the perfect products to advertise your eatery. Promotional products can make a big impact in keeping your restaurant on top within the competitive food industry. Creative promos, such as imprinted beer mugs, embroidered polos, or glow ice cubes, will make your restaurant or franchise stand out from the rest and keep people coming back for more.


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by Kate Heyhoe
I can make fresh pasta if I want to. Honest. I have all the equipment—rolling machines (manual and electric), mixer attachments that extrude the dough, ravioli cutters, and more. As a dedicated foodie, I also have the creative spirit, a stockpile of semolina flour and other specialty ingredients, and thousands of cookbooks for inspiration and advice.
But what I don't have is time.
So instead of making pasta from scratch, I started playing around with Asian wonton and spring roll wrappers. These sheets of wheat or rice dough aren't quite the same as the fresh semolina pasta I used to buy in Italy. In fact, they're more versatile, quite delicate, and remarkably easy to use—immediately ready to stuff and be cooked. Whereas Italian pastas are primarily boiled, these handy helpers take on wonderfully different dimensions when fried, boiled, steamed and even baked. They can be crisp and crunchy, springy and slightly chewy, or soft as clouds.
Raised by my Korean mother, I grew up on mandu, the Korean version of Chinese potstickers. Both are made using wonton wrappers. But wonton wrappers and their rice paper brethren can also be used to make other international dumplings and finger foods—Russian piroshki, Mexican taquitos and even Italian ravioli. No wonder professional chefs like Jacques Pépin, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and Ming Tsai use wonton skins and rice paper to wrap up such exotic fillings as crab and goat cheese, chestnuts and mushrooms, or foie gras and halibut.
Creativity unleashed! Once I became familiar with the versatility of Asian wrappers, the endless possibilities drove me forward. What I truly love about wonton and spring roll recipes is that they're quick, tasty, and fun to make and eat. They can be finger foods, soups, salads, main courses or desserts. Cooks always seek new inspiration, and some may even attempt a Charlie Trotter recipe at home. However, Asian wrappers encourage culinary creativity, even within the confines of busy lifestyles and average cooking skills.
Another advantage of using pre-made wrappers is consistency: they're always the same. Anyone who's ever made fresh pasta for the first time, or even experienced pasta makers who are a bit out of practice, know that it takes some skill to get the dough just right-not too dry or moist, evenly thin but durable, and not overcooked. With wonton and rice paper wrappers of decent brands, the cook can be confident that their pasta sheets are perfect every time. There should be no guessing or variances in cooking times, dough flexibility or durability. What a relief!
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The Cardinals Are Off Today After Just One Game Played! Here's Why!
The St. Louis Cardinals opened the 2016 Major League Baseball season yesterday with a game in Pittsburgh. There are still 161 games left to be played and a lot can happen between now and then. But you can't get to game 162 without playing game #2 next. So many of you may be asking, "Why do they play one game and have to take a day off before playing game #2?" Well, here is your answer.


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Telstra is on track to meet its full-year earnings targets after lifting first-half profit by nearly nine per cent.
The telco giant on Thursday said its net profit rose to $1.597 billion in the six months to December 31, from $1.468 billion in the previous corresponding period.
The profit rise came on the back of strong growth in customer numbers which helped push revenue up 1.5 per cent to $12.6 billion.
Telstra added 607,000 new domestic customers and 321,000 international mobile customers during the first half.
Chief executive David Thodey confirmed the telco was on track to meet its full-year earnings targets of low single digit total income and earnings growth.
"We will continue to focus on improving customer satisfaction, growing customer numbers, simplifying the business and taking advantage of new growth opportunities," he said in a statement.
"We are making good progress but there is more to do."
Mr Thodey said Telstra had enjoyed customer growth in key products and services, including its mobile business.
Mobile revenue grew by 4.6 per cent to $4.56 million, with Telstra adding 607,000 Australian customers to its network.
The number of Telstra's total mobile customers had risen to 14.4 million, with 6.9 million postpaid subscribers and 3.3 million mobile broadband users.
However, total revenues from Telstra's fixed line business continued to fall, dropping four per cent in the first half to $3.7 billion despite a rise in broadband internet customers.
And Telstra's digital media revenues fell seven per cent, with the division's directory business Sensis suffering a 12.5 per cent slide.
Telstra flagged that it expects to incur significant costs this financial year for the renewal of existing spectrum licences.
New licences will also come up for auction later in the year.
Telstra maintained its fully-franked interim dividend at 14 cents a share.
It still intends to maintain a 28 cent fully-franked dividend for the full year.


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Tagged: Egypt
In this edition of the New Internationalism newsletter, we look at good and bad news from the world of wars and rumors of wars, uprisings and suppression of uprisings, media coverage and media collaboration.
If we truly believe in the value of democracy, the value of freedom, and the power of the people's voice, we will support Egypt and its new president on their journey toward a free and democratic society.
Many of the secular activists and organizations who had played such a central role in the Arab Spring uprising came together with the Muslim Brotherhood in a unified front to challenge the military's continuing seizure of power.
A new documentary takes three different looks at the Egyptian uprising.
The Nasserite candidate Hamdeen Sabahi came in third in the first round of the Egyptian presidential election. Is his Dignity Party the wave of the future?
Much has been written about the Egyptian revolution. A new book offers fresh, first-hand analysis.
Egypt's presidential election ought to be celebrated as a great success for the forces of democracy in Egypt and the Arab world.
Have conservatives ever met a junta they didn't like?
The Arab revolts disrupted a dispiriting pattern in the Arab world, and these political and intellectual challenges continue to resonate.
The victory of Islamists in Egypt is a victory for democracy.


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Mexican Eggs in Potato Shells
Baking potato | 9 Ounce, baked (1 piece) | |
Sour cream | 2 Tablespoon, divided | |
Margarine | 1 Teaspoon | |
Minced onion | 2 Tablespoon | |
Minced green bell pepper | 2 Tablespoon | |
Seeded minced jalapeno pepper | 1 Tablespoon | |
Tomato | 1 , blanched, peeled, seeded and diced | |
Eggs | 2 | |
Cheddar cheese | 1⁄2 Ounce, shredded |
1) Cut the potato lengthwise in half and with the help of a spoon, scoop out the pulp. Leave ¼-inch-thick shells. Reserve the shells.
2) Combine together the potato pulp and 1 tablespoon of sour cream in a small mixing bowl. Mash and keep aside.
3) Melt the margarine in a small non-stick skillet and add the peppers and onion. Saute over moderate-high heat, frequently stirring, till the vegetables are tender-crisp, about 2 to 3 minutes.
4) Add the tomato and continue to cook, frequently stirring, till the contents have heated thoroughly and the flavors have blended. This takes another 2 to 3 minutes.
5) To the pulp mixture, add half of the sautéed vegetables and stir well to combine thoroughly.
6) Into each of the reserved potato shells, spoon half of the pulp mixture.
7) In a 1-quart microwaveable shallow casserole, set the potato shells.
8) With the back of a spoon, make a deep indentation in each potato-€™s center.
9) Into a small dish, break a small egg and then slide it into 1 indentation. Repeat with the remaining 1 egg.
10) With the help of a toothpick, pierce the membrane of the yolks in several places very lightly, taking care to not pierce the yolks.
11) With plastic wrap, tightly cover the casserole.
12) Microwave on Medium (50%) for about 3 minutes, till the egg whites are opague.
13) Over each egg, sprinkle half of the cheese and cover once again with the plastic wrap.
14) Microwave once again on Medium for 1 minute, till the cheese is melted.
15) With half of the remaining vegetable mixture and sour cream, top each portion.
16) Serve the preparation while it is still hot. Serve the remaining vegetable mixture on the side. Mexican Eggs in Potato Shells makes a good side dish as well as appetizer.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size
Calories 339 Calories from Fat 112
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13 g19.4%
Saturated Fat 5.2 g25.9%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 226.7 mg75.6%
Sodium 136.7 mg5.7%
Total Carbohydrates 43 g14.2%
Dietary Fiber 2.9 g11.4%
Sugars 4 g
Protein 12 g23.7%
Vitamin A 22.4% Vitamin C 51%
Calcium 11.9% Iron 13.1%
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Use your creativity to bring all kinds of ideas to life, from animation to production simulations, and from game studies to web design.
In Purdue's computer graphics program, you will turn your ideas (and ideas of others) into 3D models, digital animations, videos, interactive products and more.
Wherever people need to visualize a final product or another world, the skills of a computer graphics graduate can help.
The CGT degree in New Albany focuses on entertainment and media design. Courses include topics such as 3D modeling, animation, game studies, web programming & design, graphic design, illustration, photography, digital audio and video production.
Majors: Animation, Game Studies and Web Programming & Design
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- Opportunities to get involved with student groups at IU Southeast and our own ACM SIGGRAPH Student Chapter.
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Saturday, August 3, 2013
KINGSTON, N.Y. -- A 39-year-old Lake Katrine man is facing numerous charges for allegedly having drugs, including cocaine, drug paraphernalia, guns and ammunition at his home, according to Kingston police.
Terry C. Whitfield, of 55 Leggs Mills Road, was arrested by Kingston police detectives, members of the Special Investigations Unit and Ulster town police on Thursday and charged with two counts of felony criminal possession of a controlled substance and the misdemeanors of criminal possession of a weapon, two counts of criminally using drug paraphernalia, criminal possession of a controlled substance and criminal possession of marijuana.Ā
Police said they executed a search warrant at his home on Thursday that turned up a substantial amount of cocaine and currency, a KelTac folding rifle, ammunition, illegally possessed prescription drugs, drug paraphernalia and marijuana.
Whitfield was taken to police headquarters, where he was charged and being held in the lockup pending arraignment.


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Although it does not look it here, this is a very busy road that runs through the bottom of Widcombe, rather spoiling the approach to one of the most interesting areas in Bath. The alternative to this road (on which there is no parking) is pedestrian access via the sort of underpass that makes you think you are going t...
A second shot of my favourite place to chill in Singapore, this time shot at dusk. Such a pity that it isn't more detailed, but my Pro had broken and there was only so much time I was prepared to stand taking shots by hand. For those of you who prefer a more naturalistic render, there is an alternative version he...
Another shot of Marina Bay, Singapore. This is taken from further along Olympic Walk to get around the problem mentioned in gigapan.org/gigapans/97576. I am very pleased with this image because it was taken without the use of a robot. Click tinyurl.com/661sngpr for more of my images from Singapore. ...


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Honey-Poached Pears with Crème Fraîche
6 Servings- 1 cup honey
- 5 tablespoons whole star anise
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Pinch of fine sea salt
- 6 medium firm but ripe pears (about 21/2 pounds), peeled, quartered, cored
- 1/2 cup crème fraîche or sour cream
ACTIVE: 2 min
Combine 2 1/2 cups water, honey, star anise, lemon juice, and sea salt in large saucepan. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Add pears; reduce heat and simmer until tender, turning occasionally, 4 to 6 minutes, depending on ripeness. Using slotted spoon, transfer pears to medium bowl. Boil liquid and star anise until reduced to 1 cup syrup, about 22 minutes. Pour syrup with star anise over pears. Cover and chill until cold, about 2 hours. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
Remove star anise from syrup. Divide pears and syrup among 6 bowls. Top each with dollop of crème fraîche and serve.


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As someone who's spent his entire life in love with and learning about our fantastic planet, it's dynamics, it's history, it's wonders, I've seen a lot of documentaries, some good, some awful and a few excellent. Recently I've discovered one of the best Earth education videos I've seen regarding our planet's dynamics.
I'm sharing it here because I've often talked about the Global Heat Distribution Engine and fear (based on various blogosphere responses I've received) that this concept flies right over the head of most. Well, this presentation of our planet as the living organism it is - goes a long way to making our one and only planet's complex dynamics and interactions understandable. It's a hour and a half tour describing what scientists have observed and learned about our planet.
It rarely mentions our current AGW warming situation, instead focusing on describing how the various components of our climate work together to spawn weather. If you're interested in learning about how our planet functions, this video is a must-see.
Earth From Space (HD)
Published on Aug 20, 2012 Playtime: 1:31:32 Earth Playlist- http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDF0C6F1C044E103F
Venture on an epic quest to discover the invisible forces and occurrences that sustain life on this planet and - for the first time - see these processes in action in EARTH FROM SPACE.This sweeping two-hour {yippy 29 minutes of commercials we get to miss} special reveals the Earth's deepest mysteries, captured in breath-taking detail, and raises profound questions and challenges the old assumptions of how it all works.
Using the latest CGI technology, and joining NASA and the world's foremost Earth scientists, EARTH FROM SPACE transforms raw satellite data into a visible spectrum, offering viewers authentic, high-definition moving images that vividly illustrate these processes at work.
In consultation with more than 220 scientific experts from 18 international Earth sciences research agencies and academic institutions, highlights from EARTH FROM SPACE reveal:
A hurricane - observed from the inside - is an intricately-organized structure.
See how it bonds water to atmosphere, and releases heat into space, cooling parts of the Atlantic by 4C.
The Amazon produces 20% of the Earth's fresh water.Where does all this water go and what is its effect on air circulating around the planet and life across the globe?
See how solar storms puncturing great holes in the magnetic field raise new questions about the disruptive effect they have on life on a microscopic level.
Data shows that the top three meters of the ocean stores more heat than the entire atmosphere - overturning the long-held assumptions about how the ocean controls weather and climate.