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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused solely on abstinence, according to a plan that cleared the state Senate on Wednesday.
The bill, which senators approved 37-21, was headed to Gov. Pat Quinn's desk. A spokeswoman said Wednesday that the Chicago Democrat supports it.
Current state law says the emphasis for schools that teach sex education should be on abstinence as the norm, and districts are allowed to opt out of teaching sex education completely.
The new legislation outlines that sex education in grades 6 through 12 would still teach abstinence, but include information on protection for safe sex and STDs. Districts would still have the option of not teaching it and parents could inspect teaching materials and opt out their children.
"Abstinence-only is not effective," Democratic Sen. Heather Steans, a bill sponsor, said during floor debate. "Abstinence-only education does not have the same impact."
She and others including Chicago Democratic Sen. Mattie Hunter said young people would be better served with all the information possible.
However, opponents — several Republicans and the conservative Illinois Family Institute among them — objected to the bill saying that abstinence-only programs teach valuable principles. Some lawmakers claimed the bill would affect school districts' local control.
Illinois Board of Education officials said they do not track how many of the roughly 860 school districts teach sex education since it's not required.
The bill was praised by Planned Parenthood, which pointed to the high STD rate among Illinois teenagers.
Chlamydia cases among 15 to 19 year olds accounted for 35 percent of all reported cases in Illinois, according to 2011 state Department of Public Health data, the latest available. Gonorrhea cases among teens in that same age range accounted for 33 percent of all reported cases in Illinois.
"The goal of any top quality sexual health education program should be to help young people make responsible, healthy decisions," Carole Brite, president and CEO of Illinois' Planned Parenthood, said in a statement. "Studies show that sex education that covers contraception and disease prevention results in teens who (are) more likely to delay sexual activity and use protection when sexual activity does occur."


text: The first part of Kinoglaz is set in a rural village peopled by Russian peasants. A group of children (referred to as Young Pioneers) mobilize the adults into the new covenant of Russian society under communism. Since the Young Pioneers can read and keep up with the new Soviet literature, and dutifully poster the town with relevant information, they are able to sway the grown-ups away from the filthy, over-priced open-air market run by privateers toward the neat and reasonably-priced food co-operative run by the government. The children help an old widow harvest her grain and build a camp where they practice marching and hold pro-Leninist rallies; the red flag is raised. The positive activities of the Young Pioneers earn some of the children a trip to Moscow. When the action moves to the city in the second part, all of the urban ills awaiting the Young Pioneers are exposed: there are scenes showing drug addicts, a tuberculosis sanatorium, a lunatic asylum, black marketers, and other societal riffraff. Also shown is the funeral of a worker and family man who has been murdered by men who frequent the local tavern; as the Young Pioneers' clubhouse is located directly above this drinking establishment, the children redress the balance of justice in littering it with leaflets. These images serve as a warning against the temptations of decadence and evil -- though the connection of such moral degradation to capitalist society is implied, it is never openly stated. At the close of Kinoglaz, there is the promise and a demonstration of new technologies such as electricity delivered to the home and the miracle of radio.~ David Lewis, All Movie Guide

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Vatican Science: How Pope Benedict Reconciled God and the Big Bang
God or the Big Bang? Why not both? Things aren't all black and white in the Vatican, it seems.
Pope Benedict XVI made headlines last week during a sermon that made a case for the similarity of science and religion, two disciplines on quest for the truth. Christopher T. Baglow, director of the Pope Benedict XVI Institute for Faith, Ethics and Science explained the nuance the pope tried to convey.
"The Italian word in question is concorrenza, which means 'rivalry,' not 'concurrence,'" he told FoxNews.com. In other words, Pope Benedict pointed out that God and the Big Bang aren't at odds -- not that they don't square up.
Surprised? Don't be. The church has long argued for a reconciliation of science and faith. Reality is a far cry from the caricature often seen in pop culture, in movies like "The DaVinci Code" and "Angels and Demons" that portray the Catholic Church as butting heads with science.
That's good fiction, but it's just not true.
In fact, it was a Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Georges Lemaitre, who first proposed the Big Bang theory in 1927, on the basis of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, according to the American Natural History Museum in New York. The current Pope wrote about it in a 1995 book, and John Paul II called science a "highway to wonder" way back in 1979.
The Big Bang debate is just one example of the line Vatican scientists must walk. And there are many scientists indeed at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome, where Stephen Hawking and friends have discussed topics as diverse as biology, astronomy and chemistry.
Not all scientists believe there will ever be accord between science and religion, of course.
"Reconciling science with Christian religion is impossible," Zbigniew Jaworowski, a medical doctor, and a professor emeritus of natural sciences at the Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, in Warsaw, Poland, told FoxNews.com. "Let the Pope stick with his sacred book, and let science follow its way."
The Academy will continue to try, however.
It recently appointed Werner Arber, a Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist, as president, and plans a working group this spring on the fate of mountain glaciers. Last fall the Pontifical Academy sponsored a lecture by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re that sought to reconcile the relationship that science and faith have with water. Recent sessions have focused on "human neuroplasticity" and "the scientific legacy of the 20th century."
And the Catholic Church is not the only organization studying the nexus between science and religion these days. At Saint Olaf's College in Northfield, MN, the topic is a regular subject of inquiry.
"We have a relatively new program called Science Conversation that in part regularly addresses the science vs. religion' issue," spokesman David Gonnerman told FoxNews.com.
Binghamton University in NY offers a for-credit course of study called "Evolutionary Religious Studies" as well, which offers an introduction to the study of religion from an "evolutionary" perspective. Even the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is getting involved. At the group's 2011 meeting in Washington, D.C. next month, a scholar from Syracuse University will present a paper entitled, "Teaching and Learning about Biological Evolution in the Muslim World," as part of a panel discussion on evolution and religion.
For years, the Church has sought a reconciliation of science and faith. Back in 2005, French Cardinal Paul Poupard, in a news conference at the Vatican, said that the church wanted to help end the "mutual prejudice" between religion and science.
The project was apparently motivated by Pope John Paul II's 1992 declaration that the church's 17th-century excommunication of Galileo was a grievous error stemming from "tragic mutual incomprehension." Galileo was condemned for supporting Nicolaus Copernicus' discovery that the Earth revolved around the sun; church teaching at the time placed the Earth at the center of the universe.
"The permanent lesson that the Galileo case represents pushes us to keep alive the dialogue between the various disciplines, and in particular between theology and the natural sciences, if we want to prevent similar episodes from repeating themselves in the future," Poupard said at that news conference.
There is hope for a reconciliation of science and religion among some scientific minds today. The work of this pope and his predecessor may be starting to yield results, said Jeffrey Schloss, chair of natural sciences and director of the Center for Faith, Philosophy and the Biosciences at Westmont College, in Santa Barbara, Calif.
"The [Pope's] comments on the Big Bang fully accept the science of the evolving cosmos and don't claim any laws were miraculously broken," he told FoxNews.com.
"They only suggest that prior to any laws that were describable scientifically, there was a Being who devised them and brought them into existence -- through the Big Bang," he said.


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With 40 shopping days left in the season, a few retail names stand out ahead of earnings, Deutsche Bank retail analyst Charles Grom said Tuesday on CNBC.
Grom held a "buy" rating on Target, which reports quarterly earnings on Thursday, and a price target of $68 per share.
By comparison Wal-Mart, which also reports this week, was trading at a multiple of 15, compared to 10 a year ago. Target, meanwhile, was trading at 12 times forward earnings, making it a better risk-reward, he said.
Two other names that stand to benefit this shopping season include Kohl's and Macy's, which were both trading at roughly 10 times forward earnings.


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Citrus Grove gives families room to spread out – and come together. The three bedrooms upstairs are complemented by a huge game room, perfect for a movie night. The Owner's Suite is conveniently located on the first floor, along with flex space that serves as a den or fifth bedroom. The connected gathering room, café area, and kitchen with island invite everything from mealtime to homework.
Home Features
- Above-slab BoraCare with Sentricon Termite Colony Elimination System on the perimeter of home
- Designer Fiberglass Front Doors with Chrome Finish Hardware
- Front porch with textured concrete (per plan)
- Hurricane Shutters Included
- Hurricane shutters provided with designated storage in garage
- MI® Windows
- Sea Gull Lighting® exterior coach light(s)
- Sherwin Williams® Paint with 5-Year Limited Warranty
- Vapor barrier under entire home
- The Cove Series
- Access to Owner's Entry online homecare portal
- Carbon monoxide detectors in common areas
- Homeowner's Limited Warranty Program
- Leak Protection for 5 years
- Mechanical Systems for 2 years
- Sentricon® Termite treatment system
- Smoke detectors in all bedrooms
- Structural Integrity for 10 years
- Taexx® Tubes-In-The-Wall™ patented pest defense system
- Workmanship and Materials for 1 year
- 12" Tile Flooring in Foyer, Kitchen, Baths and Laundry Room
- Shaw® carpet in designer colors
- Chrome Rim Shower Door (per plan)
- Comfort Height Vanities in all Bathrooms
- Elongated Water Saving Commodes
- Moen® chrome faucets
- Vikrell® Tub in Secondary Bath (per plan)
- White Wall and Floor Tile in Owner's Bath Shower
- WilsonArt® Laminate Countertops with Drop-In Sink
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- Granite countertops, tile in the common areas, designer kitchen cabinets, an energy-saving package, the Taexx® built-in pest control system and plenty of garage space.
- 20'9"x17'4" game room on 2nd floor
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- 36" Designer Birch Cabinets, with Crown Molding
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Humble Bundle with Android 5 Review
What costs what you want and comes with four games for your PC and phone? The Humble Bundle with Android 5, that's what! Last time I reviewed a Humble Bundle sale it was the Humble Indie Bundle 7 that contained, at launch, 5+1 games, with the +1 being the beat-the-average reward, Dungeon Defenders. That reward is back in this bundle along with Super Hexagon. The basic bundle, what you get without beating the average, is Beat Hazard Ultra, Dynamite Jack, NightSky HD, and Solar 2. All of these games are available for Windows, Mac, Linux and, possibly in modified form, Android. With the partial exception of Dynamite Jack, their soundtracks are also included in the bundle. (The exception is explained in that game's section.)
For those unfamiliar with it, Humble Bundle is a company that puts together bundles of media and sells the bundles using a pay-what-you-want model. If you beat the average of what everyone is paying though, you will receive additional content, in this case two games and their soundtracks. Usually the content of the bundles are indie games, free of DRM, and come formatted for multiple platforms, but we have seen music, movies, and books bundled this way as well.
When you purchase one of these bundles, you get to choose where the money goes: the developers; Humble Bundle itself; and/or charities. The charities will sometimes change, but for this bundle they are the two regulars, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play.
Before getting to the reviews of the games in the bundle, there are some points I have to explain. One is that I am friends with the developers of Dungeon Defenders. For that reason, I can only give you a description of the game and not a review. As the game has not changed since the previous bundle review, you can read what I wrote there about the PC version. The Android version is quite different though, so I have additional comments to reflect that addition in this review.
As I have access to the soundtracks outside of their games, I will also comment on them. After all, they are part of the gameplay experience, and you may wish to listen to them outside of the game.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android phone, so I have downloaded and played each of these games on it as well as my desktop. You can learn more about the phone from the TalkAndroid review: Verizon Galaxy Nexus review – Does it live up to the hype?.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I have not played these games to completion, but only until the point that I feel comfortable commenting on and critiquing the games. Since the sale is available for a limited time only, I want to do my best to get this review out before it ends. To that end, this review has also been written before any additional games are added, which often happens half-way through the sale.
With that taken care of, we can dive into the games and see what buying the bundle gets you, and if it is worth it!


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2016 Honda FourTrax Foreman 4x4 ES for sale in Hilliard, OH
2016 Honda FourTrax Foreman 4x4 ES Ready For The Biggest Jobs. And The Biggest Adventures. The ATV that gets the job done. You probably have a go-to person in your lifeâ someone that you can count on in a pinch the one you can count on when you need something done done right done now and done without excuses. On the jobsite or the shop floor itâ s probably the shop foreman. And in the world of all-terrain vehicles thatâ s the Honda Foreman. The Honda FourTrax Foreman has long been the workhorse of the ATV world the machine smart riders look to when big jobs or big adventures call. Strong rugged famously reliable and able to do it all the Foreman is the boss of both ranch and trail. Its proven fuel injected 500-class engine offers excellent power and fuel efficiency. The strong chassis offers a long suspension stroke for better handling and a smoother ride perfect for rough terrain. Find yourself in a less than ideal situation? The front differential lock will help maximize front-end power. And finally all of these features are wrapped up in some tough aggressively styled bodywork and some new color choices for 2016 that further set Foreman apart from the competition. Recommended for riders 16 years of age and older. Honda recommends that all ATV riders take a training course and read their owner's manual thoroughly. ATVs Utility


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Crase family benefit
A benefit has been scheduled to help a local family struggling with illness.On Dec. 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the Panama Elementary School cafeteria, a benefit will be held to help Tim Crase and his family. The event will feature a silent auction and will offer hamburgers and hotdogs and a pie and cake auction. All proceeds will benefit the Crase family.Organizers said that Crase was diagnosed with colon cancer shortly after losing his job at Whirlpool in Fort Smith, Ark. Since becoming unemployed, Crase has had no income with while battling the disease. Crase's wife, Sandy, has been working, but the mounting costs of Crase's treatments have put a serious financial burden on the family.According to organizers, Crase recently learned that his colon was clear of cancer, but doctors are still monitoring his thyroid and lung. Doctors also have told Crase that the neuropathy, or nerve damage, brought on from chemotherapy, is permanent and that he likely never will be able to work. Not only is the neuropathy permanent, but the condition will never improve, only worsen.Crase is scheduled to undergo another surgery, but his hospital is requiring fees in advance of the procedure.Silent auction items still are being accepted, as are pies and cakes. For more information or to make a donation, contact Torey Royston at (918) 721-1669.


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Rockies stop home slide
PLYMOUTH — The tone was set early and reinforced often as Plymouth's Rockies got a home win against Northern Lakes Conference foe Elkhart Memorial 35-6.
Plymouth had lost its last five home games going back to the 2011 season but dominated a conference opponent to pick up its first home win of the new season. It could be said that the game was pretty well decided in the first possessions for each team.
Coming into the contest the Crimson Chargers had just three points in the 2012 season but took the opening kickoff and put together a 65-yard drive that found them with a first and goal at the Plymouth 5 — almost before the home crowd could take their seats.
Plymouth held.
"I really think we needed to settle in a little bit," said Plymouth head coach John Barron. "We put in a new scheme last week, and it takes some time to get acclimated to that. I really feel like that stop really set the tone and then in the second half Kyser (McCrammer) got a big pick to spur us."
After "the stop", there was "the drive".
Plymouth took the ball at its own half-yard line in its first possession of the game and proceeded to drive for over seven minutes, 99 yards and a touchdown.
From there — as they say — it was all downhill. Especially for Rockie fullback Sam Stevens.
Earlier in the week Barron had stated that "…Sam can beat you by himself…" and the senior made a prophet of his head coach. Stevens scored on a 9-yard run on that first drive, just the harbinger of things to come. He ended the night with 289 yards on 25 carries and scored four touchdowns, including scoring runs of 31 and 77 yards to go with a pair of two-point conversions.
"Sam was just being Sam, and until they stop him we're just going to keep feeding him the ball," said Barron. "We got some great blocking up front and our offensive coordinator Mike Kershner deserves a lot of credit too."
"Our linemen are really big and they work really hard," said Stevens of those who paved the way for his big night. "They did a great job tonight."
Plymouth (3-2, 2-1 NLC) is at home again next week against NLC foe Wawasee. Elkhart Memorial (0-5) will be at home with a non-conference game against South Bend Clay.
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Score by Quarters
Elk. Mem.: 0 6 0 0 — 6
Plymouth: 6 6 23 0 — 35
Scoring Summary
First quarter
P — Sam Stevens 9 yd run (Jacob Frantz kick blocked), 1:12
Second quarter
P — Stevens 15 yd run (Ike Kastner rush failed). 5:46
EM — Dimetri Chatman 6 yd pass from Blake Kramer (Kendall kick blocked), 0:24
Third quarter
P — Stevens 31 yd run (S. Stevens rush), 8:26
P — Stevens 77 yd run (S. Stevens rush), 4:24
P — J. Drudge 17 yd run (J. Frantz kick), 2:09
RUSHING: (Elkhart Memorial 24 for 74 yards) Kramer 8-36; Troutman 6-17; Slone 6-11; Vaughn 4-10. (Plymouth 45 for 392) S. Stevens 25-289; J. Drudge 3-36; I. Kastner 7-33; E. Eads 4-16; C. Bastardo 1-9; K. Lacefield 3-8; J. LaFree 2-1.
PASSING: Elkhart Memorial-Kramer 18-28-2-145; Trowbridge 0-2-0-0; Platz 0-1-0-0. Plymouth-I. Kastner 3-5-0-9.
RECEIVING: Elkhart Memorial-Chatman 11-119; Rickey 2-18; Platz 2-8; Youngs 1-7; Troutman 1-minus 3; Slone 1-minus 4. Plymouth-E. Eads 2-11; D. Brooke 1-minus 2.
Tackles: Kyser McCrammer 6, John Stillson 5, Vincente Vasquez 5
Records: Plymouth 3-2, 2-1 NLC; Elkhart Memorial 0-5 (0-4 NLC)


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Classic games include a vintage bw telecast from 1971 featuring Hull, Mikita & Esposito, the 1991 NHL All-Star Game from Chicago Stadium & the 2009 NHL Winter Classic from Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL (November 13, 2012) Comcast SportsNet, the television home for the most games and most comprehensive coverage of the Chicago Blackhawks, will provide viewers with a special trip down memory lane this month as the network has announced it will replay three Chicago Blackhawks Classics telecasts beginning Friday, November 16 at 7:00 PM CT.
Chicago Blackhawks Classics will be hosted by Comcast SportsNets Pat Boyle, who will be joined in-studio on a rotating basis by Blackhawks game announcers Pat Foley & Eddie Olczyk, along with Blackhawks Hall of Famer Denis Savard & Blackhawks team historian Bob Verdi among other special guests.
Comcast SportsNet will televise its next Chicago Blackhawks Classic on Friday night, November 16 at 7:00 PM with a vintage 1971 re-air of a black and white Hockey Night in Canada telecast featuring Hockey Hall of Famers Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, Tony Esposito and the Blackhawks taking on the rival Maple Leafs. In addition to former Blackhawks RW Cliff Koroll (who played in this game in 71) joining Boyle on set, this special telecast will also include an original interview with Mikita, who discusses that unique time period in our history, along with the strengths of that particular Blackhawks team. Additional games on Comcast SportsNets Chicago Blackhawks Classics schedule in November include the memorable 1991 NHL All-Star Game from the old Chicago Stadium and the 2009 NHL Winter Classic featuring the Blackhawks hosting the Red Wings in a game for the ages at historic Wrigley Field. NOTE: These games will only be made available within Comcast SportsNet Chicagos viewing territory.
Fans are also encouraged to visit Comcast SportsNets Blackhawks section on CSNChicago.com (CSNChicago.comBlackhawks) for the latest NHL news 247 from Blackhawks Insider Tracey Myers (via Twitter @TraMyersCSN), plus fans can interact during the games via Twitter by utilizing the HawksClassics hashtag.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS CLASSICS on Comcast SportsNet
Friday, November 16 at 7:00 PM
December 11, 1971: Chicago Blackhawks at Toronto Maple Leafs
This vintage black and white Hockey Night in Canada telecast from Maple Leaf Gardens features the on-ice brilliance of Blackhawks Hall of Famers Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita, and Tony Esposito. This special re-broadcast will include an original interview with Mikita from Blackhawks Insider Tracey Myers.
Tuesday, November 20 at 7:00 PM
January 19, 1991: 42nd NHL All-Star Game (from Chicago Stadium)
Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War had officially begun just two days prior to the 42nd NHL All-Star Game in Chicago, but this memorable game in league history will always be known for the patriotism shown by every single fan in attendance at Chicago Stadium via numerous American flags hanging from every bannister at the old barn to an emotional singing of our national anthem. The All-Stars representing the Blackhawks in this game included Chris Chelios, Steve Larmer and Jeremy Roenick. Among the Hall of Famers playing in this game included Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Steve Yzerman, Paul Coffey, Patrick Roy, Ray Bourque, Guy LaFleur and Denis Savard (as a member of the Canadiens).
Tuesday, November 27 at 7:00 PM
January 1, 2009: NHL Winter Classic - Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks (from Wrigley Field)
In what will go down as one of the greatest events in Chicago sports history, the Blackhawks hosted the rival Red Wings at arguably the most iconic sports venue in the nation Wrigley Field. The ecstatic sold out crowd endured freezing-level temperatures in a game that forever solidified the Winter Classic as an annual event for the league. This NHL on NBC re-broadcast was also the highest-rated hockey game shown in the U.S. in 33 years.
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A new online database mapping Chinese investment in Australia is the latest tactic the federal government is using to fast-track talks on a free trade deal with Beijing.
Trade Minister Andrew Robb on Thursday launched the interactive resource in Shanghai as Prime Minister Tony Abbott schmoozed business leaders at the Boao Forum on the southern island of Hainan.
Mr Abbott has been struggling to convince China that Australia wants its business, with concerns in Beijing about foreign investment rules holding back talks on a free trade agreement.
He wants an FTA with Australia's largest trading partner as soon as possible, and is optimistic he can achieve one by year's end.
The latest initiative to spur talks contains detailed analysis and animated infographics of Chinese investment in Australia by year, industry, geography, dollar value and investor type.
It will serve a dual purpose by also informing Australians about the realities of Chinese investment at a time when concerns around farm buy-outs and housing purchases is rife.
"This online resource increases knowledge about Chinese investment in Australia and will help inform public debate," Mr Robb said.
So far the resource - soon to be in app form - has recorded more than 180 deals worth $60 billion involving Chinese enterprises in Australia between September 2006 and December 2013.
Mr Abbott has used his visit to North Asia to reassure China it can live with the rules governing foreign investment in Australia, saying more proposals have been approved than rejected.
Mr Abbott has brought a massive business and political delegation to China to impress on its leadership how badly he wants to finalise an FTA with China.
Talks have been dragging on for nearly ten years, and the elusive deal with Beijing remains the missing piece in Mr Abbott's "trifecta of trade" - the other two countries being Japan and South Korea.
But the message seems to be getting through, with Premier Li Keqiang personally assuring Mr Abbott that China is also keen to fast-track a deal.
In a speech at the Boao Forum attended by Premier Li and business leaders, Mr Abbott stressed he wasn't just in China to talk business.
"We don't just visit because we need to but because we want to," he said.
In a sign of deepening ties beyond trade, both leaders also agreed to a series of high-level defence exchanges later in the year.


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By Robert Youngs, Jr.
KALAMAZOO - After two solid victories to open the 2013 campaign, the Kalamazoo College football team returned home to Angell Field to take on the Eagles of Benedictine University. The result wasn't what the Hornets had hoped for, as the visitors soared away triumphant, 28-23.
"I like the way we made a game of it at the end," said Kalamazoo College Head Coach Jamie Zorbo. "We've got to clean some things up, and we'll do that."
Two late third quarter touchdowns by the Eagles and an early fourth quarter score were just a tad too much for the hosts to come back from. Eagles quarterback Cyle Schultz connected with wideout Blake Anders for two of those tallies, and Schultz found pay dirt with his feet from five yards away.
Kalamazoo wasn't going quietly, and it responded, trailing 28-10 in the final stanza. Starting from its own 25, the K offense put together a 14-play, 75-yard drive in 3:30 that culminated in a touchdown pass from signal caller Justin Danzy (Southfield/Southfield) to Cameron Shegos (Burton/Flint Kearsley).
Following a 3-play, -3 yard drive in 1:32 for the Eagles, things looked even bleaker after a Benedictine punt trapped the Hornets at their own 10 yard line. With excellent blocking, the Kalamazoo offense surprised everyone when Elijah Hamilton-Wray (East Lansing/East Lansing) took a draw handoff and went 90 yards to the house, cutting the score to 28-23.
"We busted one at the end of the half last week," said Zorbo. "It's something we went to and that's the kind of player [Hamilton-Wray] is -- if he gets the edge, he's pretty tough to catch."
"It was a nice play to spark us."
Despite the late heroics, K didn't have enough timeouts to get the ball back, and two onside kick attempts weren't successful, either.
The Hornets began strong and opened the scoring in the second quarter on an eight-yard strike from quarterback Justin Danzy to Cameron Shegos, who made a highlight-reel catch in the southwest corner of the south end zone at Angell Field, keeping both feet in the field of play while doing so.
Benedictine didn't waste much clock in answering, engineering a a six-play, 29-yard drive in 3:29 to tied the game 7-7 with 9:54 remaining in the first half. Both teams traded empty drives to end the half.
Statistically, Kalamazoo churned out 438 yards of offense and averaged 6.3 yards per rush and 8.2 yards per pass completion. Also, K was 7-of-17 on third down and enjoyed 27:17 in time of possession, only five minutes less than the visitors.
Danzy led the Hornets with his arm in the setback, completing 35-of-50 passes for 287 yards and two touchdowns. Danzy was only sacked once, had a long completion of 31, and finished with a passer rating of 127.4.
Hamilton-Wray led the ground attack, rushing six times for 98 and a score. Erran Briggs ran eight times for 38 yards. Danzy also chipped in with 10 attempts for 15 yards.
Josh Wise (Perry/Fowlerville) was Danzy's favorite target on Saturday, catching nine passes for 92 yards. Alex Dietrich (Gobles/Lawton) caught eight passes for 72 yards.
"[Danzy's] a smart kid and he's going to make good decisions with the football," Zorbo said. "He's been doing that for the last couple weeks, and he's getting better."
Defensively, linebackers Connor Rzeznik (Walled Lake/Walled Lake Central) and Blake Simon (Grand Ledge/Grand Ledge) had seven and five tackles, respectively. Simon had two tackles for loss. Ryan Gregory and Alex Burkholder each had pass a break-up.
"For the most part, I thought we did a good job containing their running game -- they have a really talented running back," said Zorbo. "I thought our front seven did a pretty good job of shutting down their run."
Kalamazoo falls to 2-1 with the loss and travels to play the University of Chicago on Sept. 28. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Eastern (6 p.m. Central). The Hornets will remain on the road for their MIAA opener Oct. 5 at Trine.


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I love a good plan. I don't always follow my plans, but I love to have them. They give me a way to focus my energy on the step at hand. Otherwise, I'd be like a squirrel chasing leaves instead of gathering nuts.
My plan for this quilt was this…1 charm pack of 42 beautiful prints and solids each deserving of their own special place….Set in a grid of 6 x 7 squares with a 1″ sashing and two borders.
For an added bit of interest, I gave them a little twist. Every other block is twisted twice. Thus, the center of the quilt requires 2 sets of blocks…21 of each. These blocks finish at 6″ square, or 6 ½" before they are sewn into the top.
I also put tiny twisted blocks in the corners of the outer border. This is the third kind of block you will need to make. You make 4 of these. To make these blocks you need to hold onto your scraps. DO NOT CHUCK THEM when you trim the charms for the double twist blocks.
1 charm pack (42, 5″ squares)
1 ½ yds black solid
1 3/4 yds white solid
½ yd inner border
½ yd binding (cut 2.5″ with wof)
3 yds backing
- Open the charm pack and put every other patch of fabric in a different pile. Go through the whole pack until you have 2 piles of 21 patches. This will put approximately half of each color way in each pile.
- Cutting Directions:
- Block A – Single Twist
- From black
- cut 3 5″ width of fabric (wof) strips
- cut each wof strip into 14 3″ pieces
- you should have 42, 3″x5″ rectangles
- sub-cut each rectangle once on the diagonal for a total of 84 triangles.
- If you are using a patterned fabric for the background DO NOT LAYER YOUR RECTANGLES WITH LIKE SIDES TOGETHER WHEN YOU CUT THEM. This will result in half of the triangles leaning the wrong direction. The resulting blocks will look like the icons on your i-phone when you start to move one. Check out my sample blocks…The difference is subtle. Look at the long and short edges of the triangles and how they relate to the center. These blocks are NOT the same. If put together in a quilt I believe they would seem to be jumping and turning all over the place. If both sides of your fabric are the same (like in a Bella solid) this isn't an issue.
- From charm pack
- 21 5″x5″ patches
- From black
- Block B – Double Twist
- From white
- cut 3, 5″ wof strips
- cut each wof strip into 14 3″ pieces
- you should have 42, 3″x5″ rectangles
- sub-cut each rectangle once on the diagonal for a total of 84 triangles. *Mind the warning in block A
- From black
- cut 3, 4″ wof strips
- cut 2 wof strips into 17, 2 3/8″ x 4″ rectangles
- cut 8 more 2 3/8″ x 4″ rectangles from third strip. SAVE rest of strip.
- sub-cut each rectangle once on the diagonal for a total of 84 triangles. *Mind the warning in block A
- From charm squares
- trim 21 charms to 3 3/4″ squares
- From white
- Block C – Tiny Double Twists
- From black
- USE scrap from cutting of Block B (It should be around 23″ x 4″)
- cut 8, 2 1/4″ x 4″ rectangles
- sub-cut each rectangle once on the diagonal for a total of 16 triangles. *Mind the warning in block A
- From white
- cut 1, 1 3/4″ x wof strip
- cut 8, 3″ x 1 3/4″ rectangles from strip
- sub-cut each rectangle once on the diagonal for a total of 16 triangles. *Mind the warning in block A
- From charm trimmings saved when cutting Block B.
- You should have a pile of scraps measuring 1 1/2″ x 5″ and just as many measuring 1 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ (You have way more than are in my picture….38 more pieces actually.)
- Select 13 pieces and sew them together along their longest edge. Like the picture below, only way bigger.
- Iron seams open
- Trim this pieced scrap to 13 ½" x 2 3/4″
- cut 4, 2 3/4″ squares
- This works well for A Stitch in Color. If you are using a different fabric line it might not. In that case cut these 2 3/4″ squares from your inner border fabric.
- From black
- Sashing
- From black
- cut 3, 6 ½" x wof strips
- cut 41, 1 ½" x 6 ½" rectangles (28 from one wof strip and 13 from a second.)
- SAVE rest of second strip with the third strip.
- From white
- Cut 2, 1 ½" x wof strips
- Sew white strips to black strips in step 4.1.3. along long edge.
- Iron seams toward the black
- Cut 30, 1 ½" x 7 ½" rectangles from pieced strips. These will look like black match sticks with white heads.
- SAVE the rest of the black and black/white bits for use in the inner border corner stones.
- From black
- Inner Border
- From bits saved in step 4.2.5.
- cut 4, 1 ½" squares
- From inner border fabric
- cut 5, 1 ½" x wof strips
- From bits saved in step 4.2.5.
- Outer Border
- From white
- cut 5, 4 ½" x wof strips
- From white
- Binding
- Cut 6, 2 ½" wof strips
Time for a break. If you have completed all of this cutting and prepping, the rest of the quilt should go together easily. (I made mine at a retreat, in about 6 hours of dedicated sewing. )
Piecing Directions:
- Block A – Single Twist
The goal is to make 21 blocks like this one. They will each have a different center.
- Align a black triangle with the stubby angle 1/4″ over the edge of a 5″ charm and the pointy angle 1/2″ over the parallel edge.
- Sew 1/4″ seam along the long black edge. If you are careful not to stretch the fabric, you don't have to pin.
- I've noticed that when using a machine with a 1/4″ foot, I can align my needle at the intersection of the two pieces and edge of the fabric right next to the flange of the foot and everything comes out where it should. The seam will start and stop at where the edges of the fabric intersect.
- Iron the seam toward the black.
- Repeat on next side, 3 times until all four sides are added.
- Trim to 6 1/2″ square. Really. Do this. I sized the pieces so that they would be big – to make the piecing easier. If you don't trim them it won't work right.
- If you have a 6 1/2″ trimming square center the center so that as close to 1/4″ of black is between the points and the edge.
- It is fine if it isn't perfect. Even if you sew a corner into the seam allowance when you piece the blocks together it will still look square. The blocks are set in black – your eyes will fill in any corners that are missing.
- Make 21.
- Block B – Double Twist
- The goal, again, is 21 blocks.
- These will each have a different center and two twists.
- Add the black triangle to the trimmed charm in the same manner that you added them to the whole charm for Block A.
- Trim blocks to 5″ squares.
- Add the white triangles just like you did the black ones in Block A.
- Iron towards the white.
- Trim to 6 1/2″ squares.
- Make 21.
- Block C – Tiny Double Twists
- This block is the corner stone for the outer most border.
- Yeah, you make these just like you made blocks A and B…only the pieces are smaller and you start with the white triangles next to the center block.
- After adding the first twist (white) trim the block to 3 1/2″ square.
- After adding the second twist (black) trim the block to 4 1/2″ square.
- Make 4.
- Center
- Arrange blocks in a grid 6 blocks by 7 blocks alternating every other block.
- NOTE: to my OCD friends this quilt does not come out even. If you are really OCD you have already noticed this, and probably chosen not to make it…or you have altered the pattern. If you aren't then you are doing it right if only the corner blocks on one side match.
- Step away from your arrangement and see if you still like it. If you can't get very far from it try taking a quick photograph of it with your cell phone. Look at the picture to see if the distribution of colors pleases you.
- If you have a design wall this is a good time to use it. If you don't there are other options. You can put them on the floor or lay them on a bed. You can close the drapes and pin your blocks to them. Or use the shower curtain. Use your imagination.
- You can also just wing it. Random is good – but I haven't met many people who are actually happy with random.
- Vertical Sashing
- Once you are happy with the layout sew a black "stick" to the right side of the first 5 blocks in each row.
- Sew the rows together:
- (block, stick)(block, stick)(block, stick)(block, stick)(block, stick)block
- Iron seams toward the black sashing.
- Next make the horizontal sashing.
- You need to make 6 rows of horizontal sashing.
- Sew 6 matchsticks together along the skinny side with the white block pointing toward the right.
- Sew one plane stick on the end of the last match head.
- Iron seams toward the black sticks.
- Place one matchstick row between each row of blocks.
- Attach horizontal sashing.
- Snuggle sashing seams and pin in place
- Iron seams toward horizontal sashing.
- Borders
- Inner border
- Measure your quilt's length and width. Write it down.
- It should be something like 41 1/2″ x 48 1/2″, give or take.
- Sew one 1 1/2″ border strip to each of the skinny ends.
- Iron seams toward the border.
- Trim excess.
- Sew the remaining three skinny strips together, end for end.
- Cut two strips from this that are the length of your quilt as it was when you wrote it down. (It should be 2″ shorter than the top is now.)
- Sew a 1 1/2″ black square to the ends of each of these strips. Iron seams toward the border strips.
- Snuggle corner seams together. Pin in place.
- Pin remaining length of borders in place.
- Sew on long borders.
- Iron seams toward border fabric.
- Outer border
- Measure your quilt's length and width. Write it down.
- It should be something like 43 1/2″ x 50 1/2″, give or take.
- Sew 4 1/2″ border strips together end for end….making one very long and skinny strip.
- Cut 4 lengths from this strip that are equal to the measurements you just wrote down. (2 that are the length of the top and 2 that equal the width.)
- Sew short edges of the border on first.
- Iron seams toward the border.
- Sew a tiny double twist square to each end of each of the long strips. Iron seams toward the border strips.
- Snuggle corner seams together. Pin in place.
- Pin remaining length of borders in place.
- Sew on long borders.
- Iron seams toward border fabric.
- Inner border
- Layer and Quilt as desired.
Cindy Sharp
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We've been on quite the journey with this little boy over the years, all though he'd probably be very put out to hear me calling him a little boy, but that's completely beside the point. Since the day Morgan could speak he's had a high ambition in life: to get a library card & read all the books in the library.
When we lived in America he wasn't permitted a card at our local library until he was 5. The highlight of his fifth birthday was getting his very first library card, & honestly when you're battling pink eye & the restaurant you've been dying to go to turns out to be as horrible as your parents warned you it would be, I suppose a library card really is an amazing thing.
It was the same year we started working on basic phonics & learning to read. It was a slow process from the start for him, because while he knew what each letter was on it's own & the sound they made putting them together in words was much harder for him. We really thought it was immaturity & just kept chugging along the best we could.
Throw in an international move two new reading curriculums & a couple of years & Morgan made some progress but was still not reading at grade level. For his second grade year we fully focused on reading to help him along. He now had basic three letter words reasonably under control, but throw a new word into the ranks & he struggled terribly with it. Slow & steady was starting to become slow & slower.
We played lots & lots of phonics games, sang lots & lots of songs, & plays games that encouraged blending skills. Something seemed to click for him & we climbed over our current hurdle & made reasonable progress until we got to long vowel sounds. Things came to a screeching halt again & while we eventually cleared that hurdle we seemed stuck after that.
There were a lot of tears on both sides of the line & at one point I told Mr S that I didn't really look forward to teaching the next one to read. In fact, I intentionally put Jayden off far longer then I would have normally due to the struggles I was having with Morgan. I ended up putting Jayden off so long that he was reading simple BOB books well before we'd had any official phonics lessons. In the mean time Morgan was dutifully working his way through memorizing list after list of Dolch words which I hoped would help spur his reading along.
We noticed Morgan doing a lot of squinting one day & decided it might be time to get his eyes checked. Three appointments later we'd managed to turn up that something was going on but our Eye Dr had no idea what it was. Morgan was annoyed with the appointments, & we were frustrated that we weren't really helping him.
One day while reading about Vision Therapy I was on a website that had 3 second videos of what children might see happening on a page if Vision Therapy could be beneficial for them. One of the videos showed a sentence jump forward & backwards. Morgan happened to walk by while I was reading the website, pointed to the video & said, "Is that a video? That's what happens when I read." It was so matter of fact when he said it that I was completely taken aback!
I spent a few days doing more research & asking questions everywhere I could think to ask them. I was given so much information that I couldn't even fathom where to start. Several people suggested I start with an Irlens specialist because it would be the quickest to rule out. For me, it was also the only specialist in Tasmania on my list of people to seek help from. What a blessing!
We emailed the Dr & waited to see what would happen. A week later we heard back from her husband telling us that Dr F was in America & wouldn't be back until September. He'd have her get in touch with us then & if we'd like he could mail us some information. You have no idea how this house laughed at hearing that the one Dr we wanted to see was America!
It took a while, but we finally connected directly with the Dr & had an appointment to go see her this week. We had to make a "really, really, really, if this drive is any longer my legs might start running on the floor of this car Mom" kinda drive. The boys were absolute troopers, but the three and a half hour drive nearly did them in. Mind you, I think most of that was because they were really eager to view the city we were driving to.
Dr F is a wonderfully sweet Dr who helped Morgan feel at ease straight away. Before long they were chatting like old friends, & he was laughing about the things her grandsons {who happen to live in America} did while she was visiting, & he was telling her what he hopes to do when he grows up. They got down to business fairly quickly which normally involves a lot of questions being asked & reports being read.
Morgan was blessed that his mother is also his teacher because I could give a first hand report of when & where things started going awry for him. I could tell her what studies he excels at & which ones he struggles with. When his reading is best & when it's not. You're getting the point now right? We'd also sent in a completed questionare beforehand so that helped speed a few things up too, which is good because showing up early we still went over our allotted time!
Morgan tried out using something called overlays which are simply colored bits of plastic that you lay on a page to see how the colors help make things clear for your eyes. He whittled down the pile really quickly & then moved on to trying out colored lenses. While they say colored the lenses are actually only tinted so when you read the print & page are not actually green, all though there may be a green tint to them.
It was a much slower process for the colored lenses as he had 48 different shades to work though. He was completely worn out by the time we had it narrowed down to a reasonable amount of colors & his eyes were very tired. Dr F gave Morgan a nifty pair of dark green tinted glasses to wear to get use to how his own glasses will work for him. His tint will be different then the tint he's using as his colors seem to be a combination of colors, but what he's borrowed has all ready made a huge difference.
We'd popped into a library before our appointment & Morgan was well stocked with books. When we got to our cabin for the evening & he pulled out the robot {above picture} to make I quietly said, "If you are working on anything that requires reading don't forget you have the classes Dr F let you borrow." He put them on, but only for a short time. It wasn't until he was reading his library books & things started to blur & jump around on him that he grabbed the glasses. I was all read in bed at this point, but heard him exclaim to his little brother, "WOW! I knew these glasses would work because I didn't think Dr F would lie to me about it, but I had no idea they'd work this quickly!"


text: Synopsis: In a remote hilltop house, high school student Jill Johnson settles in for a routine night of babysitting. With the children sound asleep and a beautiful home to explore, she locks the door and sets the alarm. But when a series of eerie phone calls from a stranger insists that she "check the children," Jill begins to panic. Fear escalates to terror when she has the calls traced and learns that the calls are coming from inside the house. Jill must summon all of her inner strength if she is going to fight back and make it out of the house alive.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Fri 10th May 2013 23:40 UTC
"The Lumia 928 sports a 4.5-inch AMOLED display (PureMotion HD+), 8.7MP camera (PureView, Carl Zeiss, OIS and Xenon flash), 4G LTE connectivity, wireless charging, three HAAC microphones and a loud speaker. It's an improved Lumia 920." This is the Lumia that will turn Nokia and Windows Phone around. I'm super-serious you guys!


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Fun Game
Never played the OG so I don't know how this compares. But on it's own, as a first time exprience, this game is fun. Everything about it is so ridiculous but it all works so well. The gameplay is super smooth and the shooting is a lot of fun. Highly recommend it.


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Crisis Actors in the Twilight Zone
In a post-fact world, all you have to do to stir up the rubes is suggest conspiracy. The conspiracy doesn't have to make any sense at all; it simply needs to conform to ideology. It now appears that the rhetoric of conspiracy today demands a high level of pathetic outrageousness to get attention.
Take the whole "crisis actor" thing as an example. Gene Rosen is caught up in this now because many anti-government gun nuts so want the Sandy Hook massacre to be something other than what it actually is that they are willing to point fingers at parents and other residents. The claim: they are actors working for the government.
You can scratch your head until it bleeds. There's no making any sense of that.
Here's what would happen if the government actually tried to use actors to deal with the press: Even in the current sorry state of American reporting (stenography, actually), the press would find out and have a gleefully good time pointing it out after much huffing and puffing about being hoodwinked.
But, obviously, to the anti-government gun nuts, the press is a liberal tool of our socialist president. Nothing — not even a list of biases worse than partisan bias — will change fevered minds.
Crisis actors do exist, but they are far more likely to be employed by public relations firms than government. The case of Nayirah — a person acting as a young nurse giving testimony to the non-governmental Congressional Human Rights Caucus on October 10, 1990 — provides an excellent example.


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FORT HOOD, Texas—A military prosecutor says an Army psychiatrist accused of the deadliest mass shooting ever on a U.S. military installation planned to "kill as many soldiers as he could."
The trial of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan began Tuesday under heavy security at Fort Hood. The 42-year-old Hasan doesn't deny killing 13 people and wound 32 others in a November 2009 rampage on the Texas base.
Prosecutor Col. Steve Henricks told a jury of 13 military officers the prosecution will show them that Hasan picked the date of the attack for a reason.
Hasan is representing himself. Even though Hasan doesn't dispute the charges, military law barred him from pleading guilty because he faces the death penalty if convicted.


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i fell bad for her but at the same time, I'm not....
it wouldn't be fun if you went to your prom w/ your date w/ only 7 people attending...
but you wouldn't be comfortable either to be w/ your fellow classmates starring at you like an outcast...
but seriously.....that's love,
they should be put to her situation for them to know what it feels like....retards!
It's all okay, people! Ellen Degeneres came in and saved the day...
She gave this girl a bunch of scholarship money for college. And a vacation or something. (Ellen was oh so sad that she was being discriminated against.)
But I agree with rivalend...the latest controversial topic is what's highlighted, but what about the other kids that are being discriminated against?
"You have no effect on me because you are flat chested!" - Laharl (Disgaea)
That's really messed up
she must have done something wrong/ unacceptable in class
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
(not literally because she's a lesbo..prolly more than that)
that's why she was discriminated
i hate to love him, but i do!!!!!!!!!!
silliness i swear people these days get worked up over the most insignificant things i mean really who cares if they are lesbians? those parents are paranoid and stupid
Sorciére de Gré, Pucelle de Force
another show of how much people suck
i always get; ~the fuzzy end of the lollypop~
Damn. that is sucks and mean
KiLLaVieT wrote:
her own prom, selfish? wth are you guys talking about? that's like inviting my bro to my birthday at the bowling alley, while I go to the amusement park with my friends, because i'm embarrassed of him. and then saying damn he's ****ing selfish cause he had his own party at the bowling alley.
LMAO I gotta say ur comparison makes no sense but at the same time describe this situation to a T
......you've never seen crazy shit until you've been in new york city....
Homophobes need to burn.
Life is a bitch, so if its easy you're doing it wrong
Another reason for me to hate prom. Lovely
I would have wreaked havoc on the homophobes. I don't think what they did is right at all.
I can't believe my profile is still here
Sad, but the whole time all I could think was, "But proms are pretty boring in general anyways." May be she should just find better places to date, she's to good for their little jerk circles ._.
Tom-san spanks Shizu-chan as punishment for having a perfectly round derriere
I wonder, there were 7 people at that prom, I assume 1 was her and another was her date, then there were the two mentally challenged students, so I wonder who the other 3 people were, and just what they did to not get invited.
Honestly this was utterly wrong, they are seriously THAT freaked out by an open lesbian that they choose to trick her and have a secret party, intentionally hiding it from her? I'm sorry if her being there would somehow have made them uncomfortable, honestly though that is simply the intolerance leaking out of them that causes that if they were more accepting there wouldn't be a problem.
I am glad for the two mentally challenged kids, they got to have a lot of fun and hopefully they never thought or cared about why so few others were there. Though the fact they would have been picked on says a lot about that school and the "values" the students have.
i also feel bad for the mentally challenged kids. at least they had fun. wtf is wrong with parents and people in general nowadays? if i was invited to the prom, i would have organized a whole group of my friends who dont discriminate against anyone(about more than a hundred or so) to come to that prom instead. make that prom even bigger than the one organized by the parents. we'll probably have more fun than them as well.
procrastination and regret


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Of the many ways to enjoy chicken, Chicken Marsala is among the tastiest dishes out there. The wine in the dish imparts an earthy, deep flavor, as does the addition of fresh mushrooms and prosciutto, the Italian word for "ham."
Chicken Marsala is a popular entrée in Italian restaurants and relatively easy to duplicate at home. It is also a satisfying and filling meal, especially when accompanied with fettuccine pasta or, if you prefer, rice or some small red potatoes seasoned with garlic and rosemary.
When making Chicken Marsala with boneless chicken breasts, it is important to pound them thin with a mallet, making them a good substitute for costlier veal cutlets, which are classically used to make the dish.
Chicken Marsala can be put together quickly, making it ideal for a mid-week meal, but it is also elegant enough for serving to weekend guests. A mixed green salad dressed with simple vinaigrette is nice with Chicken Marsala as well.
Marsala wine should be a staple in the pantry, along with other fortified wines such as sherry, port and Madeira, as they can be used in a number of recipes, including desserts, such as trifle, Sabayon, zabaglione, tiramisu and more.
Sue Ade is a syndicated food columnist with experience and interests in the culinary arts. She has lived and worked in the Lowcountry since 1985 and may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 843-683-0375.
1½- to 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Flour for dredging flour
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus more as needed
4 tablespoons olive oil, plus more as needed
1 large shallot, finely chopped
4 ounces prosciutto, thinly sliced into strips
½ pound mushrooms, thickly sliced
½ cup Marsala wine
¾ cup low-salt chicken broth
Parmesan cheese, preferably Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for garnish
Italian flat leaf parsley, minced, for garnish
1 pound cooked fettuccine pasta, cooked al dente, for serving
Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper, then dredge in flour, shaking off excess. Melt butter and oil in a large, heavy skillet or pan over medium-high heat. When the butter begins to foam, lower heat to medium, adding half the chicken to the pan and cooking until golden brown, about 1½ minutes per side; transfer to a plate. Repeat with the remaining chicken. Add the shallot and prosciutto to the pan and sauté until fragrant, about 30 seconds, being careful not to let the shallot burn or prosciutto dry out. Add the mushrooms to the pan and sauté until tender and the juices evaporate, about 5 minutes. (If needed, add more butter or oil to the pan.) Season with a bit of salt to taste. Add the Marsala, cooking down for a few minutes until the alcohol evaporates and the liquid is reduced by about a third. Add the broth and simmer for a few minutes to reduce the sauce a bit more. Lower heat to medium and return the chicken to the pan along with any juices that remain on the holding plate.
Cook until chicken is heated through, turning chicken to coat, about 1 minute. Adjust seasonings and sprinkle with parmesan cheese shavings, garnishing with minced fresh parsley. Serve with fettuccine pasta. Makes 4 servings.
1 (3- to 4 pound) whole chicken, cut up
1 cup flour to coat chicken
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ stick butter, plus more as needed
2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for frying chicken
1 pound mushrooms, sliced thick
2 shallots, minced
4 ounces prosciutto, chopped
½ cup Marsala wine
1 cup chicken stock
2 teaspoons cornstarch
¼ cup heavy cream
Italian flat leaf parsley, minced, for garnish
Rice or Small Red Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary (recipe follows), for serving
In a shallow dish, combine flour with salt and pepper; set aside. Wash chicken pieces in cool water and drain, but don't allow the chicken to dry or the flour won't stick to the chicken. Coat chicken with flour, shaking off excess. Pour oil into a large ovenproof skillet or pan to a depth of ¾-inch. Heat over medium-high heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350 degrees when placed in the oil. Fry chicken, skin side down, until skin side is golden brown, then turn, and brown the other side. Remove chicken from pan and drain. When cool enough to handle, remove oil from pan and wipe clean with a paper towel. In the same pan used to cook chicken, heat butter with 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat until butter begins to foam. Add mushrooms, shallots and prosciutto to the pan and sauté until mushrooms are lightly browned and have just begun to release their juices, about 8 to 10 minutes. (If needed, add more butter to the pan.) Season to taste with salt and pepper. Return the chicken to the pan, then pour wine over all and cook for 1 minute. Dissolve cornstarch in the chicken stock and add to pan, cooking until thickened. Stir in cream, but do not allow cream to boil. Cover pan with pan cover or aluminum foil and bake in a pre-heated 350-degree oven for 40 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Garnish with parsley. Serve with rice, or potatoes, for serving. Makes 4 servings.
Small Red Potatoes with Garlic and Rosemary
3 pounds small red potatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
3 garlic cloves, crushed
3 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary
Salt and fresh ground pepper
Scrub potatoes, paring a narrow strip of skin from around the center of each potato. Cook the potatoes in a large pot of salted boiling water until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain well. In the same pot used to cook the potatoes, heat olive oil and butter over medium heat. Add garlic and rosemary and cook until garlic softens. Add potatoes, stirring gently to coat potatoes with oil/butter, rosemary and garlic mixture. Watch closely; do not let garlic burn. Remove potatoes from pot and season with salt and pepper to taste.
(Pronounced "pro-shoo-toh")
Proscuitto is an Italian word for salt-cured, air-dried ham from the rear leg or thigh of a pig. There are two kinds of prosciutto - "crudo," which is cured and aged, and "cotto," which is pre-cooked. After prosciutto is cured, it can be lightly cooked as a flavor enhancer for sauces for pasta and other dishes, or eaten as is, served in thin slices, at room temperature, with fruits such as melon, figs or dates. Quality prosciutto is fragrant, soft and rosy pink. Parma Ham, from Parma, Italy is known as the "true" prosciutto. By law, and as overseen by the Parma Ham Consortium, only hams produced and cured in the region around Parma may become Parma Ham, which is an "all-natural product made with only pork, salt, air and time."
Flat leaf parsley has more flavor than curly parsley and its leaves are not as "rough" as curly parsley, therefore giving it a softer mouth-feel. To store fresh parsley, rinse the bunch in water, shaking off excess; blot well with a paper towel. Using a clean paper towel, wrap parsley in the towel, then seal the towel in a plastic bag. Place bag in the refrigerator. Your parsley should keep for a week or more when stored in this manner.


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BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and also Anglo American, whose chairmen have actually all presented their purpose to tip down, additionally are generating wholesome cash moves, positioning them below drive to supply even more money once more to investors.
The responsibility to find the ideal candidates is specifically pushing for BHP Billiton and also Anglo American as a result of the increasing affect of major investors at each companies that have actually elevated uncertainties over their long term course.
UNITED STATE activist financier Elliott – which holds a risk of concerning 4 % in BHP's London-listed supplies – has actually taken good idea concerning the intentional separation of incumbent Jac Nasser to launch an advertising and marketing project to shock the field's biggest miner.
Elliott's propositions feature getting rid of BHP's twin business building, dilating its oil and also gas items and also returning additional money to investors.
BHP has up to currently dismissed them and also great deals of various investors have actually furthermore been unconvinced, nonetheless state the attack highlights the will certainly for a durable brand-new chair to once more up the Chief Executive Officer and also unify a diverse investor base.
Anglo American's brand-new board principal might also should care for a brand-new portion sign in. In a while after incumbent chairman John Parker presented in February that he would certainly tip down, Indian miner Vedanta's chairman Anil Agarwal made use of an exchangeable bond to get a considerable eat of Anglo American supplies and also acquisition influence.
The favorite to lead Rio Tinto's board is Sam Laidlaw, previous Chief Executive Officer of Britain's best power service provider Centrica, which Rio made a non-executive supervisor in February this 12 months, 4 profession possessions discussed, speaking on scenario of privacy.
BHP has actually discussed it's going for 50 % ladies in its paints power inside a years, nonetheless the possessions discussed finding a woman chair with the supply and also relish might in the meantime be difficult.
All 4 possessions discussed Gail Kelly, previous leader federal government of Australian banks Westpac, that was when a very early favorite to trade Nasser, was when currently not being believed to be nonetheless decreased to supply a description why.
Various names that 2 of the possessions discussed were believed to be had actually been outward bound Dow Chemical's employer Andrew Liveris and also an existing BHP supervisor, Malcolm Broomhead.
One prospect mooted to be Anglo's brand-new chairman, 2 of the profession possessions state, is Guy Elliott, a previous leader financial policeman of Rio Tinto. None of the ones reviewed as a feasible prospect was when right now to be had for statement.
Anglo's chairman Parker's eight-year period incorporated managing the after effects from the miner's expensive 2007 financing in Brazil's Minas-Rio iron ore procedure, which experts state will certainly deal with to validate the funding investment.
Talent scouts discussed that despite the fact that 3 gigantic companies had actually been done in search of brand-new heads of discussion forums on the similar time, the swimming pool of feasible candidates was when huge for this type of worldwide sector.
Plan Bingham, a partner at finest federal government employer Odgers Berndtson, discussed there will certainly need to be no shortage of other individuals prepared to load the tasks, which supply requiring circumstances, currently not just from investors nonetheless from broader changes, similar to turning out brand-new period.
That calls for all a md's polite capabilities in bargaining with federal governments interested in conceivable procedure losses. "Candidates will certainly recognize there is a exchange time table to ship. It is a gorgeous awesome time when the longer term should be various other from the previous," Bingham discussed.
The brand-new board leaders will certainly note a generational change for mining companies that experience invested the moment considering that products expenses dropped in 2015 and also very early 2016 slicing costs, advertising off items and also reorganizing their business to enliven cash go with the circulation.
Their precursors had actually supervised multi-billion dollar procurements on the leading degree of the product cycle, saddling their solidity sheets with big cash owed.
Currently the pursuit gets on for brand-new methods to establish with out making the comparable mistakes as in advance of.
Bruce Duguid, a supervisor of Hermes EOS, which suggests on more than 260 billion kilos ($332billion) in customer items, states any type of worldwide mining chairman desires a range of capabilities "to regulate the various stress on its sector kind".


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|2011-12-09, 14:40
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Well, if this episode has been just a prelude, then the next Shana Yuji confrontation is going to be pretty awesome, since Shans has got a lot stronger compared to before. It also seems that Yuji has been holding back a little, during the time where he kidnapped Shana, but in their future confrontations I doubt that's going to be necessary, but we will see about that in the next few episodes.
Apart from that Bal Masque is in a pretty tough situation, but if they manage to protect the God Gate until Yuji returns then, I'm quite sure that the appearance of the SoF is going to be enough to reverse their situation.
On a bad note, it seems that the next episode is going to be about Satou and Margery, which is a little disappointing, since the situation around Serieden is definitely more interesting at the moment.
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Yup Shana is finally starting to tap into her true potential, the next fight with Yuji is going to be great.
All of these credits being animated, oh boy im a sucker for these things, this season is amazing
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The presence of intense battle scene has made me greatly adore Episode 8 onwards, not forgetting of course the almighty Episode 4.
Is it just me, or did Dantalion just have a "data orgasm", happily collecting them till not really obeying Yuji's command?
It is thrilling to see Shana receiving a major power boost up, after a period of self-realization. Well, her newly-developed Unrestricted Spells such as "True Crimson", "Soaring Flame", "Judgment" and "Conviction" will certainly come in handy in future battles. She just need absolutely everything in her disposal to fight the seemingly invulnerable Snake of the Festival Sakai Yuji, in order to reach out to his heart. On a side note, Shana wasted no time in urging Wilhelmina, Khamsin and Rebecca in pursuing Yuji, showing no sign of fatigue and uneasiness from imprisonment in Seireiden thus far.
It is pretty obvious that Wilhelmina was extremely worry about the safety of Shana. And yet, when she saw Shana safely walking towards her, she chose to conceal her sigh of relief and was firm. It must be difficult for Wilhelmina for not showing her soft spot for Shana, knowing that doing so may overly pamper Shana in the long run. That is why she trained her to be disciplined in Tendōkyū. Having said that, she was upset that Shana did not require her help to escape from Seireiden. Ironically, isn't one of the objectives of training in Tendōkyū that Shana becomes independent? Anyway, we all know that Wilhelmina shows great deal of care of Shana. It is more than what is necessary for what was requested by Mathilde Saint-Omer, who only wanted Merihim (Shiro) and Wilhelmina to train the next Flame-Haired Burning-Eyed Hunter.
I was a bit disappointed in Rebecca's performance against Purson. Yes, Purson had a home ground advantage and was able to effectively hide from the view of Rebecca. Still, I was hoping that she had a 50-50 chance against him. If it wasn't the element of surprise, she might not be able to defeat him. Sigh.
Question: Why did Lamies prohibit Wilhelmina from going to the central area of Seireiden? His serious tone seemed to suggest that the place hides something important. The body of second Tyrant / Silver, perhaps?
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oohhh Love it... as the episodes go by it's getting better and better.... oh yeah!
Love the "Shinku! Hien! Shinban! Danzai!" will she use it again?? because I can see that it's really powerful.
A great episode.
Next Episode will be the "sleeping beauty" right.....
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Featuring sudden power-ups and new techniques, without any training or effort to acquire them! And as always, god-awful animation!
Convenient that Rebecca didn't die when her opponent had her totally beat. Must be hard to decide whether to stand around looking at things you can't do anything about or kill off a powerful opponent who is temporarily extremely vulnerable, lying beat in front of you without any means to defend themselves.
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I wasn't very happy with this episode. Bad guys are all pushovers, flame haze get hit and get up, bad guys "crimson lords" die in one hit. Every. Time. These "crimson lords" also typically are one-trick ponies. I think Decarabia is cool but I suspect he's joining the battle as an excuse to slap him around too.
Tired of easy wins for the Flame Hazes, the closest the denizens ever got was "stalemate" at the beginning.
I feel no fear for the Flame Hazes, even if they get beat up it goes away in a few moments and the always walk out the winner aside from the random one at the beginning of the show. The bad guys tend to be very simply designed with nothing real special about them aside from how flammable they are.
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^ I actually prefer fights to be handled like this than to slow down everything and focus on each single fight ala Bleach. We don't have enough time to dwell on the minor cast, so it's best to give them the atmosphere of conflict while the real battle happens elsewhere.
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Crimson Lord gets hit, explodes
Thing is its leaving the impression these bad guys are all weak pushovers while the flame hazes are invincible. I should at least feel like they are a potential threat. The fighting feels hollow to me, the bad guys feel SO pointless when I new fight starts I am already tired of it because I know the outcome. he's gonna blow up after venting hot air. I don't want drawn out pointless fights ala bleach, but I would like this "war" to feel like one.
It just feels like its trying to take all this fighting very seriously, but its so nice to the good guys, it can't.
edit: basically if this war is to be taken seriously, I should at least feel the flame hazes are in danger. They aren't.
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Hmm, so Purson (the lion), Uvall (the camel) and Ribesal (the scarab beetle) have been killed?
Eh, they're named fodder anyway. Purson's ability is mere disruption, Uvall summons beeeees, and Ribesal can be killed easily by an area-of-effect attack.
i.e. The three are all named fodder.
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Marcus H. has summarized it nicely. The forces left behind at Seireiden are second-rate team which is of course weaker. The stronger members of Bal Masque such as Trinity and Sabrac are following Yuji. On the other hand, Rebacca and other Flame Hazes at Seireiden are some of the stronger Flame Hazes. Of course, there are weaker Flame Hazes, but they should be outside Seireiden, waiting for the command from Sophie. So, it is understandable that it is much easier to defeat the current enemy force at Seireiden.
May I remind you that Yuji single-handedly defeats Shana, Wilhemina and Margery in Episode 4 in this season, without breaking a sweat. During Season 1 and Season 2, you can also see that most of the times, the Trinity had the upper hand over Shana and others. In my opinion, Bal Masque are slighty stronger than Flame Hazes. I shall let other Shana experts to explain the answer in a much better way.
Question: Where is Sabrac? I do not see him near Yuji, Trinity and others.
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edit: makes sense its weaker ones left behind, but I really hate the powerful sounding title "crimson lord" being attached to 1 trick pony pushovers. Everything just going so perfect though, pretty much the whole way through. And the lion guy looking way to blab random likes to give reed time felt lame.
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@Marcus H.
Well said. Both Purson and Uvall, as you said, are respectful of their opponents, probably because they feel that they can convincingly defeat their opponents. However, when they are about to lose for real, they will stop being respectful and start to panic naturally.
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Shana's powered up now. Feel pity for Uvall, you are totally her guinea pig.
Loved the scene when Shana's silhouette (in Wilhelmina's PoV) overlapped with Mathilde's.
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