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Who wants to be one of the big names should take it step by step. Especially if you want to enter the World Cup circus aged 17, especially when this circuit is full of big names you have looked up to in the past.
Markus Schairer did so and prepared himself not only physically but also mentally for the task of being a top boarder crosser. And this strategy paid off.
In 2004, the year of his first World Cup appearance, he grabbed Bronze in his first ever snowboard cross Junior World Championships. The next year, "Max" placed second and added another sbx runner-up title to his belt in 2007. The same year, he also celebrated his first top ten results in the World Cup by placing 4th in Lake Placid, USA and 6th in Stoneham, Canada.
The next season, everything was set for the man hungry for success. Indeed, everything looked fine in the 2007/2008 winter when things started off with a sixth rank at the season's opener in Chile. In addition, after some disappointing WC results in Europe, the St. Gallenkirch resident got his first nose of how it is being on a podium and thus in the focus of the international media by securing second at the X-Games in Aspen.
But then, a cruciate ligament rapture was equivalent to a long competition break.
However, setbacks sometimes make you stronger, especially if you are such a focused athlete as Markus is. Beginning of 2009, the rider blessed with good constitution, strong will and the never give-up attitude celebrated an impressive comeback.
Within just a few months he not only took the scene by storm earning his first two World Cup podiums as second of Arosa (SUI) and Bad Gastein (AUT) but also claimed his first big title. In Korea, Schairer crowned himself World Champion (2009) by edging off one of the sbx scene`s super stars, Xavier de le Rue, to second crossing the finish line just a few inches ahead of the Frenchman.
A new man was born as Markus also started off an incredible series claiming back-to-back wins in Canada (Cypress and Stoneham) also adding another triumph in La Molina (ESP) to his belt.
But once again, another knee injury suffered already in Sunday River, USA, overshadowed his incredible season which was topped with the SBX World Cup title.
Luckily, Markus was able to fight back again during summer always having in mind his big goal of an Olympic medal at Vancouver 2010.
Everything looked good when the friendly and outgoing rider came back from his second injury break. In four World Cup races, he made it to the big finals twice when Austria's hope for an Olympic medal was thrown back again at the X-Games.
Schairer went down hard in a horrible crash in his quarter finals suffering five fractured rips only two weeks before the major event in Vancouver took place. However, he managed to compete, disappointingly ending up 23rd.
But looking at his snowboard cross history, with all those setbacks being forced to handle at quite a young age, one thing was always sure: after a down comes an up!
And once again, the Vorarlberg rider made to the top of the world claiming Silver at the 2013 World Championships underlining that he is back to business, maybe stronger than before, right in time for Sochi 2014.


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It was a big thing. It is still a big thing. The thing is the bridge at Ball's Ferry. Way back some seventy years ago, the skeptics said that it was a bridge to nowhere. There were no highways leading to either side of the 1,683 foot long bridge. None of this mattered at all to the thousands of people from surrounding counties who gathered to get a closeup look at the first bridge over the Oconee River on the final day of March 1939. It was their bridge. And, they were proud of it. Last Friday a dozen seniors came back to relive old memories and remember the day when as kids they walked across the bridge for the first time.
Dennis Holder, Chairman of the Wilkinson County Board of Commissioners, hurriedly organized a ribbon cutting before the new bridge is scheduled to go into operation on Friday, January 22nd. A call was sent out to find as many of those people who were there the day the original bridge was dedicated to come back and walk across the bridge before it is opened to vehicular traffic.
Marlene Tompkins came. She was five years old when she watched her daddy, Mr. Cecil Lord, as he pushed wheel barrows full of cement and dumped them into wooden forms used to support the bridge. Mr. Lord kept the ferry at night and worked on the bridge during the day. "It was good work and he was glad to get it," Mrs. Tompkins added.
"I remember seeing 15 hogs cooking on the bar-b-que grill about where the new bridge is now," said Frank Mills. "My father bought me a new pair of shoes to wear. He got them from Mr. Murray Hall's store in Toomsboro. I think he paid five or six dollars for them. Before it was over, I had worn them completely out," Mills chuckled.
A.W. Stuckey was there too. "I walked all the way across the bridge and then came back on the bottom side," he recollected. Stuckey remembered that the folks from Washington and Johnson counties met the folks from Wilkinson and Laurens County in the middle of the span. "I remember seeing lots of dignitaries everywhere. When the primary celebration was over, there was a big dance in the middle of the bridge that night. The bridge was really swaying that night." the ol' man recalled.
Perry Dominy's most vivid memory came just before the keynote speaker came to the podium. "I was a senior in high school and was trying to get a good look," Dominy remembered. As the Army band from Fort Benning was playing, someone suddenly shoved him out of the way. That someone was Gov. E.D. Rivers who was making his way to speak to the assembled multitude. "Gov. Rivers was never a favorite of mine," said Dominy, who added, "the bridge was a political football. He recalled that there were no roads there at the time because until that point travelers crossed the muddy river a short distance to the north at the ferry.
"My parents thought I was too little. So, I didn't get to come" said Annie Loyd Mason. But, Annie Mason was there last Friday. After seven decades Annie got her chance. She stepped onto the spotless concrete bridge and walked.
Paul and Hayden, great grandsons of Mary Holland Duke, were there to help her retrace her steps. Betty Paul and Polly Sumner Brinson, who were students at Ball's Ferry School back in 1939, were back to walk again. Betty remembered masses of people everywhere. Polly thought about her daddy, Eugene Sumner, who helped build the bridge.
Charles Paul came with his mother Betty and brought his daughter Layla along too. This time there would be three generations walking across the new bridge. Layla was glad to see her grandmother get a chance to do it again. Paul, who helped round up participants, crosses the bridge every day. "It is more than just a bridge, it is a bridge to the future," said Paul, who believes his great grandchildren will be using this bridge into the next century.
Those who gathered on the west end of the bridge were greeted by Commissioner Holder, who thanked Georgia state senators Gillis and Brown for their roles in securing the ten million dollars in state and federal funding for the new bridge. Holder also thanked the members of the Ball's Ferry Park Association, which is composed of citizens from Wilkinson, Baldwin, Washington, Johnson and Laurens counties, for their dedication in establishing a state historical park. He also thanked the D.O.T. officials and project managers for the bridge, Chris Jordan and Kevin Joiner.
The project, which is slated to begin later this year, is now being tolled while environmental studies are being conducted on the burrowing crayfish, which lives along the banks of the river. The commissioner told the crowd that the new bridge will create a change in direction and offer a better entrance into the state park.
Cecil Hodges, of Washington County, was only eight at the time of the first dedication. He remembered school children were all lined up to walk across. "Before we began, we were told not to walk in step because it may cause the bridge to wobble and collapse," Hodges fondly remembered.
Mary Alice Jordan, a leading Washington County historian, was present lending her support to the bridge and the new park. Mr. Byron McCook, at 93 years, was a grown man back in 1939 when he crossed the bridge for the first time on foot. Mr. Byron responded, "I am just glad to be here again."
Kimberly Watkins was the first to accept Commissioner's Holder's invitation to walk across the bridge. Stopping only a few times to see if she could spot a gator flopping around in the suddenly warmer waters, Hopkins was the first to make the one-third of a mile trek to the Washington County side. "I wanted to be able to tell my five-year-old son, who was fascinated by the bridge building equipment, that I was one of the first to walk across the bridge," commented Hopkins. "People don't realize the history we have in our county. You always hear about the negative parts. But, I wouldn't trade living here for anything in the world." Right behind Mrs. Watkins was Connie Etheridge, the first of the repeat walkers to make it to the other side.
The new bridge took exactly seventeen months to complete. Workers of the Rogers Bridge Company installed more than ten thousand feet of beams and placed nearly 450 tons of reinforced steel into the new bridge, which is some 37 feet longer than the old one. They poured more than four thousand cubic yards of concrete. Heavy contractors dumped and graded 140,000 cubic yards of dirt along the approaches.
Today people will continue to cross the river on the new bridge at Ball's Ferry, but on a wider and safer bridge. No longer are there any doubters about the new one, which now and forever will always be the bridge to everywhere.

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Matthew 4:7 Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'"
Test everything. Hold on to the good. (1 Thessalonians 5:21)
Religions need books because they don't have gods.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21 Do not treat prophecies with contempt, but test them all; hold on to what is good. Is talking about takeing prophecies from other religion to try and prove them wrong but if they cant to keep them for them selfs. It has nothing to do with Testing GoD
Quote from: violatedsmurf80 on November 14, 2011, 08:32:51 AM1 Thessalonians 5:21 Do not treat prophecies with contempt, but test them all; hold on to what is good. Is talking about takeing prophecies from other religion to try and prove them wrong but if they cant to keep them for them selfs. It has nothing to do with Testing GoDOh, so now you're saying prophecy does NOT come from God?
10 'And when Jehovah your God brings you into the land that He promised to your ancestors AbraHam, IsaAc, and Jacob – that He would give you great and beautiful cities that you won't build, 11 houses that are full of all sorts of good things that you won't put there, wells dug in rock that you won't dig, vineyards and olive groves that you won't plant, and where you will eat and be filled – 12 you must be careful not to forget Jehovah your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of slavery. 13 So, you must fear Jehovah your God and serve only Him! You must stick to Him and swear by His Name.14 'Don't follow other gods, such as the gods of the nations around you, 15 for Jehovah your God (who is among you) is a zealous God. Otherwise, Jehovah your God will be very angry with you and [He will] destroy you from the face of the earth.16 'You must not test Jehovah your God as you tested Him in the [desert]. Note* This verse is a reference to an event described in Exodus 17:1-7 where the people of Israel, afraid of suffering from thirst due to a lack of water where they were, began complaining and doubting God despite supposedly having already been miraculously freed from Egypt, seeing Him part the Red Sea, and actually hearing Him speak from a smoking mountain.1 Then the entire gathering of the children of IsraEl left the Sin Desert, following the order of their camps, and the Lord told them to camp in RaphiDin. However, there was no water for the people to drink, 2 so they started shouting at Moses and saying, 'Give us water to drink!'And Moses asked them, 'Why are you shouting at me, and why are you asking Jehovah to prove Himself?3 Well, the people were very thirsty there, and they complained again to Moses, saying, 'What's the point? Did you bring us up out of Egypt to kill our children, our cattle, and us with thirst?'4 Then Moses called to Jehovah, and said, 'What should I do with these people? Why, before long they'll stone me!'5 And Jehovah replied to Moses, 'Go before the people and bring along some of their elders. Then take the walking stick that you slapped the [Nile] river with into your hand, and go 6 to the rock in the dry place (Horeb). And look! I'll be standing there before you! [Then you must] hit the rock, and water will pour from it, and the people will [have something to] drink.'So, Moses went before the Sons of IsraEl. 7 And he named that place Proof and Shouting(Massah, and Meribah), because of all the shouting of the children of IsraEl, and because they wanted Jehovah to prove Himself when they asked, 'Is Jehovah among us or not?'17 You must absolutely keep all the Commandments, decisions, and rules that He gave you. 18 And you must do everything that is pleasing and good before Jehovah, so that things may go well for you, and so that you may enter and inherit the good land that Jehovah promised to your ancestors… 19 where He promised to chase away all your enemies before you.
9 Then [the Slanderer] took him into JeruSalem and put him on a high battle tower of the Temple, and said, 'If you're a son of God, jump down from here, 10 because it's written:He'll order His messengers to protect you,11 And they'll lift you up on their hands,So you won't bump your foot on a stone.' 12 But Jesus replied, 'It is said, You shouldn't put Jehovah your God to the test.' 13 So after the Slanderer finished his tempting, he went away until the designated time.
[...]It was know that when they started to run out of parchment they would shorten the sentences
so ya he does not mention other religion, but with the Romans moving around it is obvious during that time what he was talking about,
not so much in this day and age because people tend to take this crap for what it means and not know any of the history of the writing.
This is so stupid an apology that it makes me think that you must have had a head injury. The Bible speaks many times on false prophets. Paul's message is clear. He asks his fellow Christians to test what other Christians said.
No. It is not at all obvious. You may think that there were other gods involved, but you have no proof whatsoever. You are just making things up. Basically you are telling lies to support Christianity.
As there are no original documents (http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=91#_Toc439066004) and as Paul is believed to be, at best, the author of only seven of the Pauline EpistlesWiki, and, as there is scant proof that Paul was actually a real person, then as you say, we do " not know any of the history of the writing. "By and large the Romans saw Christians of that time as harmless idiots - much as we do today.
Quote from: Graybeard on November 14, 2011, 01:40:58 PMThis is so stupid an apology that it makes me think that you must have had a head injury. The Bible speaks many times on false prophets. Paul's message is clear. He asks his fellow Christians to test what other Christians said. OK, Even if this was so, why would he want to test other Christians? could it be because of an influence that was not christian religion.
It is also goes with 1 John 4:1-3. It was to save the purity of the christian religion that's all it was for.
Can I test Zeus, he is throwing lighting bolts all around here tonight....
MONROE, Ohio — A six-story statue of Jesus Christ was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, leaving only a blackened steel skeleton and pieces of foam that were scooped up by curious onlookers Tuesday.
Is not every intercessory prayer a test? The god is tested by it's followers billions of times a day, poor bastard.


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But the public education system needs some fixing
"It's inspiring that Barnard decided to have this type of event and give us a forum to honestly talk about the issues that are impacting us as teachers. It gives me hope that the public really cares about the direction of public education," said Vanessa D'Egidio '08, one of five alumnae to participate in the discussion "Are the Kids Alright? The Crisis of Education in America" held during Reunion. Moderated by Dr. Lee Anne Bell, professor of education and Barbara Silver Horowitz Director of Education at Barnard, the 90-minute session was a revealing, emotional call to action.
Augusta Souza Kappner '66, president emerita of the Bank Street College of Education, opened the program by providing some perspective on current policy. She spoke about how her daughter, a 12-year veteran of the Oakland, California, public school system, spends much of her own money each school year on supplies and materials. "We hear in the media that teachers are inept and lazy and that they don't care about whether or not their students are succeeding," Kappner said. "Teacher bashing has become a kind of national pastime—at least for politicians, businesses, and some foundations. We're told that if they were any good in the classroom they would be able to close the achievement gap between rich and poor kids, between black and Latino kids and white kids."
Public school classrooms have become a revolving door for teachers with many departing soon after they arrive. Students have less than a 50 percent chance of getting a teacher for math or science that is actually prepared and licensed in one of those fields. In international comparisons, the United States ranks 29th out of 40 countries in science and 35th out of 40 in math. Finland ranks first in science and second in math using programs adapted from previous U.S. models.
According to Kappner, racial and economic inequalities are exacerbated by a number of factors, such as funding public education by property taxes. A crucial thing for all public school students is high-stakes testing, which focuses on English and mathematics. "As testing becomes more and more important, the curriculum begins to narrow," Kappner said.
Indeed, the four teachers on the panel have witnessed how standardized testing has shaped a child's daily learning experience. Each of them also shared how motivated she feels by her students and how that motivation keeps them returning to the classroom in the face of frequent frustrations. "They have few advocates in the world that actually listen to what they have to say. School is one of those places [they're heard]," said Joanna Yip '04, who teaches 11th and 12th grade English at International High School in Brooklyn.
D'Egidio, who teaches at an independent school, sees herself as an agent of change. "What keeps me teaching is being able on a daily basis to impact the students that I work with," she said. Brett Murphy '09 has taught at three schools in four years, leaving one school that focused exclusively on test preparation and another where it was discovered student scores had been altered. Now teaching social studies at Sunset Park High School in Brooklyn, she added, "A movement toward something that is fairer and more just is what keeps me [going]."
Schools have become politicized and teachers have to fight to deliver a quality of education they believe in.
Megan Robertson Hurley '01 teaches high school English in Arkansas. She noted the difference between preparing kids to get into college and providing them with the skills to complete college. "Kids are not asked to think critically until 11th grade," she said. Kappner agreed with this, saying many kids are not being taught how to analyze information, which will be essential to success in college.
Bell asked each of the panelists: What would make it easier?
Murphy said qualified and caring school administrators, noting that her current school is the first one where "I don't walk into school and think that there are going to be five things that go wrong every day that have nothing to do with my classroom."
D'Egidio declared that equity should be a priority. Yip would like more time to teach her students, who are all new immigrants. Hurley pointed to high quality leadership. "Deep-thinking leadership that knows how to use a long school day well," she said.
Government must understand and remedy the current disconnects between education goals and realities, added Kappner, and societal influences must be factored into the equation.
Next question: How to have an impact?
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Coming back from a season-ending knee injury in 2010, Matson proved once again to be a force to be reckoned with at the plate as the slugging infielder put together a record campaign in 2011 en route to earning First Team All-Big West honors as a first baseman. After a slow start, Matson went on a tear as she finished the season hitting .325 overall while upping her average to .377 in conference games. The Big West's top run producer, Matson led the way with 50 RBI, second most in Pacific program history, while driving in a conference best 22 in 21 Big West games. Her 50 RBI marked just the sixth time in Big West history and second time in program history a player had reached such a mark. In addition, Matson became just the third Tiger in program history to hit the 40 RBI, 40 Run, plateau in a single season as the junior added 43 runs scored, fifth most in single-season history, to her totals. On April 22, Matson picked up her 100th career RBI as she became just the sixth Tiger in program history to hit the century mark. The slugger added 11 home runs and had 22 combined extra-base hits of her 50 total hits to post a .610 slugging percentage. The queen of the hit batter, Matson led the league with 20 hit by pitch while adding 28 walks, a total which helped her post a .490 on-base percentage, second best in the Big West. She earned one player of the week award as she picked up the weekly honor on April 18. The award was the second of her career after earning honorable mention honors as a freshman.
2010 (Junior):
Nicole was granted a medical redshirt for the 2010 season after suffering a season ending knee injury seven games into the season. Prior to the injury, Matson had posted a .261 batting average with one home run, three RBI and five runs scored.
2009 (Sophomore):
Despite suffering a leg injury that held her out of action sporadically throughout the season, Nicole remained the Tigers' most dangerous offensive threat when in the lineup, leading the team in RBI (32), home runs (5), doubles (11), slugging percentage (.537), on-base percentage (.425) and stolen bases (7-for-7), while finishing second in runs scored (25). Additionally, Matson posted a .325 batting average and tallied 40 hits in 123 at-bats in 38 starts and 43 games played in which she was a pinch hitter in five contests. Throughout the year, Matson was among the conference's top hitters, finishing the year in the top-10 in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, RBI and doubles. During the season, Matson was the lone Tiger to earn all-conference player of the week honors as she took home the award on March 2. To win the award, Matson helped propel the Tigers' offense over the weekend at the Cox Invitational in Gainesville, Fla., where she tallied a .444 batting average, posting eight hits in 18 at bats. Of her eight hits, five came in the form of extra base hits as the sophomore shortstop tallied five doubles throughout the weekend to finish with a team-best .722 slugging percentage. Additionally, Matson led the way for the Tigers with eight runs scored and seven RBI as Pacific posted 31 runs over the five games.
2008 (Freshman):
After an excellent season, Matson became the second Tiger since 2004 to earn Big West Freshman Player of the Year honors, while also claiming All-Big West Honorable Mention status. She established herself as one of the Tigers' top offensive threats. In her first season of action, Matson co-led the team in home runs, blasting seven home runs and ranking fifth in the conference. Her seven homers tied for eighth all-time in a single season in Pacific program history. In addition to her home runs, Matson finished the season with 31 runs scored and 30 RBI, ranking sixth and 10th in the Big West, respectively. Nicole was able to consistently produce at the plate, leading the team with a nine-game hitting streak from April 19 to May 9. On the field, Matson excelled as one of the Tigers' most impressive defenders, putting aside early struggles to become one of the top defensive shortstops in the conference.
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In her four seasons as a Valencia Viking, Nicole won four Foothill League titles, helping continue a school-best streak of seven-straight seasons ending the year at the top of the league. Dominating league play, Matson capped off her high school career by leading the Vikings to their first ever California State Championship as well as their first ever National Championship. The No. 1 ranked team in the country in 2007, Matson and the Vikings went 32-1 en route to the title. On the field, Nicole excelled at the plate, batting .412 (second on the team) with 26 RBI, seven doubles, four triples and a team-high four homeruns. In addition, Matson scored a team-best 24 runs and swiped five bases on the year. For her play, Nicole was named Second Team All-State by CalHiSports.com and earned First Team All-CIF, All-Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) and all-league honors. As a junior, Matson garnered First Team All-CIF, All-SVC and all-league honors and was named the Most Valuable Offensive Player in the league after batting .421 with 19 RBI, five homeruns and 10 stolen bases as the Vikings finished the season 27-5. Off the field, Nicole was named to the school's honor roll in each of her final two year at Valencia.
Nicole Matson was born in Northridge, Calif. She is the daughter of Karen and Wes Matson. Nicole has one brother, Devin. In her fifth year at Pacific, Nicole is working on a graduate degree in curriculum instruction after earning her BA in sports pedagogy over the summer in 2011.


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In August of 1963, the Amuzu theater in Southport was the place to be on Saturdays
In August of 1963, the Amuzu theater in Southport was the place to be on Saturdays. There were kiddie matinees for children and tickets were only 50 cents for adults. But because of segregation, blacks could not sit in the main auditorium and were restricted to the balcony, which everyone called the crow's nest.
"The theater sold separate tickets for the crow's nest," Howard Lee, who was then a 17-year-old high school student and a member of Brunswick County's NAACP youth group, said in a recent interview. "They would never sell you a ticket for downstairs."
Inside the ticket booth was another high school student, Bill Furpless, who attended the all-white Southport High School. His grandfather had built the Amuzu in 1918 and in keeping with the Jim Crow laws of the South at that time, the family had run it as a segregated theater ever since.
"We didn't like having to segregate, but it was the law at the time," Furpless said in a recent interview in Wilmington, where he now lives. "We were not against anyone."
Furpless's father died in 1962, and after that Furpless and his mother went on running the theater.
They talked about integrating it when the civil rights movement started in the late 1950s. But Furpless said they began receiving anonymous phone calls from whites who threatened them if they let blacks in.
"This was our livelihood. We were worried and trying to stay in business," Furpless said.
Then came the March on Washington in August 1963. Howard Lee and other NAACP youth attended the March and heard Martin Luther King Jr. encouraging participants to take action.
"It gives me goose bumps now remembering how much it fired us up," Lee said.
With their eyes opened wider to the injustice of separate-but-equal living, Lee and others in the youth group began nonviolent protests to integrate Southport's establishments, including the Amuzu theater.
Lee and other NAACP youth activists started lining up at the Amuzu each night, requesting tickets for the main auditorium. Each time, Furpless and his staff, worried about the threats to their business, refused to sell them seats.
Finally, one night toward the end of August, about 35 people showed up to protest, Lee said. Someone called the Southport police, who came to break up the crowd.
"Everyone thought we called the police, but we didn't have a phone in the theater," Furpless said.
"There was some pushing around and finally the police grabbed five of us from the youth group," Lee said. "I was scared to death. I'd never been in trouble before."
There was only one police car in the town at the time, and they squeezed all five teenagers into it.
Howard and four classmates were locked into the Brunswick County jail, located in downtown Southport.
"Word got around in the black community and people started gathering around the jail," Lee said. "They started singing protest songs, we could hear it through the window in the jail. They sang freedom songs for about three to four hours, everyone started coming out. I'll never forget that feeling."
At one point, the crowd swelled beyond 100 people. Southport chief of police at the time, Herman Strong, decided to disperse the crowd using a smoke bomb.
"I don't think he intended to. We all liked Chief Strong. But he threw it right in the middle of the crowd," said Nelson Adams, a fellow NAACP youth protester and classmate of Lee's.
The bomb landed right at the feet of one of the protestors, who was badly burnt and lost the sight in one eye.
"It was terrible, but it was an accident. A few years later I worked for Chief Strong and he was one of the best bosses I ever had," Adams said.
Eventually, the crowd cleared and the Southport 5, as they became known, were released from jail the next day.
"After that, we noticed that blacks stopped coming to the theater," Furpless said.
Almost a year later, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964.
"We integrated the theater on that same day," Furpless said.
Finally, two Saturdays later, the first black people came to the theater and sat in the main auditorium.
"I still remember, we showed The Evil of Frankenstein that night, it always stuck in my mind," Furpless said.
The Amuzu theater stopped showing films in 1980 and now is used for live shows.
About a year ago, Furpless said, one of the actors in a live show found out that the theater used to be segregated and felt offended.
"I felt terrible about it, like I did back then," Furpless said. So he wrote a formal letter of apology, which was read one Sunday in February 2013 in all the black churches in Southport.
"We wanted to make up for the past," Furpless said. "Hopefully, people will forgive us."
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Farmers are being encouraged to develop safety plans to reduce hazards around their properties, as part of National Farm Safety Week.
The week aims to raise awareness about safety issues in rural communities across Australia.
This year, there is a focus on issues like the use of quad bikes on farms and making farms safer for children.
Tony Lower from the Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety says farmers should think about what actions they can take to reduce hazards.
"One of the things we're really encouraging people to do this year is to actually start thinking about having a plan in place for the actions and the steps they need to take to make their farms safer and to make the work they do safer as well," he said.
"So we're hoping that through these steps we can reduce both the fatality and also the injury record for the industry."
Mr Lower says it is working to address long-standing safety issues.
"The issue of quad bikes and also for children's safety on farms ... that involves a whole range of potentially hazardous environments," he said.
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Hathaway's 'fun' on Song One set
Anne Hathaway has joked that she couldn't stay away from music after her Oscar-winning turn in Les Miserables.
The actress, who won an Oscar for her performance as Fantine in Tom Hooper's musical remake, revealed that it was "fun" to have a guitar to hand as she filmed drama Song One, which also stars English musician Johnny Flynn.
"This was the first film I made after Les Mis, and that was an experience that was so defined by music. I was really happy to go to another set, where music was a part of the give and take every day," she said at the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
"It was one of the things that connected us and one of the things that defined the experience. Plus it was just fun. It's fun to have a guitar there."
Anne plays an archaeologist, who strikes up a friendship with her injured brother's favourite musician, in Kate Barker-Froyland's film. The actress and her husband Adam Shulman also helped to produce the movie.
"I felt very hypnotised by it when I first read it. But I just loved spending time with the characters - they're genuinely good people with issues that I thought felt really real," she explained.
"For me, the movie is about what happens when you're on the wrong side of the emotional equation and suddenly, you get a searing insight into how wrong you are... and this is about my character's journey to correct that mistake."


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Melzer, Andujar exit Casablanca
Casablanca, Morocco – Fifth seed Jurgen Melzer and two- time defending champion Pablo Andujar were sent packing Tuesday at the Moroccan Grand Prix tennis event.
German Tobias Kamke upset the Austrian left-hander Melzer 6-3, 6-3, while qualifier Pablo Carreno-Busta knocked out his fellow Spaniard Andujar 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 on the red clay at Complexe Al Amal.
Andujar beat Albert Ramos in last year's all-Spanish finale here.
Another opening-round upset came when Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez took out sixth-seeded compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-3.
Eighth seed Grega Zemlja of Slovenia avoided an upset by overcoming German Matthias Bachinger 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-2) on Day 2.
Also on Tuesday, Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen beat Moroccan wild card Younes Rachidi, 6-3, 6-7 (8-10), 6-1; Slovenian Aljaz Bedene dropped Frenchman Marc Gicquel 6-1, 6-4; Italian qualifier Filippo Volandri foiled Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3, 7-5; and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin came back to best Spaniard Albert Montanes 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Mathieu beat Montanes in the 2007 Casablanca final.
The top seed this week is Swiss slugger Stan Wawrinka, who titled here in 2010 and will face Slovenian Blaz Kavcic in the second round on Wednesday.
The winner of this $525,000 tournament will earn $96,000.


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Obey the Giant: Life in the Image World
August, 2001 - 224 pagina's
Design critic Rick Poynor explores the thinking behind contemporary visual culture - intriguing and fascinating appraisal. In the twenty-first century, commerce and culture are ever more closely entwined. This new collection of essays by design critic Rick Poynor takes a searching look at visual culture to discover the reality beneath the ultra-seductive surfaces. Poynor explores the thinking behind the emerging resistance to commercial rhetoric among designers, and offers critical insights into the changing dialogue between advertising and design. Other essays address the topics of visual journalism; brands as religion; the new solipsism; graphic memes; the pleasures of imperfect design; and the poverty of "cool". Around the world, many are now waking up to the dominance of huge corporations - invariably expressed by visual means. This pointed and provocative counterblast arrives at a moment when critical responses are vital if this mono-culture is to be challenged. It offers inspirational evidence of alternative ways of engaging with design, and it will appeal to any reader with a questioning interest in design, advertising, cultural studies, media studies, and the visual arts.
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(Money Manager) - Some of us are planners and some of us are not. The phrase "make a plan" can make some us run for cover. At some point in our lives we will all need to make plans and provisions for our loved ones we will leave behind. Estate Planning is a critical tool to ensure our loved ones are taken care of once we are gone by making sure that our estate is disposed of in the manner we desire it to be.
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Bucking a trend by cities in East Volusia and Flagler counties, DeLand declined to pass an ordinance outlawing the sale of synthetic drugs — a decision questioned by an advocate of tougher enforcement against the substances.
DELAND — Bucking a trend by cities in East Volusia and Flagler counties, DeLand declined to pass an ordinance outlawing the sale of synthetic drugs — a decision questioned by an advocate of tougher enforcement against the substances.
Mary Swiderski, a DeLand resident and executive director of the Volusia Council of Governments, has urged municipalities in Volusia County to take steps to ban the substances until state legislators take up the issue in next year's session.
Synthetic drugs are chemical compounds designed to mimic the effects of illegal drugs such as marijuana or cocaine. The compounds are often sold as incense or bath salts in convenience stores and over the Internet. Synthetic drugs skirt existing drug laws because their chemical makeup is slightly different than the illegal substance they mimic and they're often sold marked "not for human consumption."
Swiderski knows the pain caused by synthetic drugs, as her son has used them in the past.
Both she and her son made an emotional appeal to DeLand city commissioners Dec. 17, speaking as private citizens of the city and urging them to reconsider their rejection of an ordinance this month that would have banned the sale of synthetic drugs through the city's code enforcement procedures.
Ultimately, commissioners voted down the ordinance and unanimously passed a resolution urging the state Legislature to take action instead.
Swiderski expressed frustration that DeLand and other cities on the county's west side haven't tackled the issue as vigorously as those on the east side. Currently, Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach Shores, Edgewater, Holly Hill, New Smyrna Beach, Ormond Beach, Port Orange and South Daytona have taken action against synthetic drugs. The Flagler County cities of Palm Coast and Bunnell have passed similar ordinances.
Swiderski says the problem is too serious to wait for state legislators to act. The Volusia Council of Governments supports "just a temporary ordinance that would sunset 60 days after the legislative session in 2013," she said.
"DeLand has always been a hub for substance abuse, as well as Daytona. At least Daytona has taken a position on this," she said last week.
DeLand city commissioners expressed concerns about the wording of the ordinance, saying that simply banning "herbal incense" or "bath salts" might be overly broad and ban legitimate products.
Some commissioners also expressed doubt that the ordinance would significantly reduce the amount of synthetic drugs in DeLand, given that users could simply go a few blocks away to a store in an unincorporated area and purchase them.
There were also concerns about further clogging up DeLand's already overwhelmed code enforcement board.
"The city commission, I think, took the action they thought was appropriate," Assistant City Manager Dale Arrington said last week. "They did indicate they wanted to work with the state of Florida and the Florida League of Cities."
Sgt. Chris Estes of the DeLand Police Department said it is difficult to know exactly how much of a problem synthetic drugs are in the city because for statistical purposes, offenses involving synthetic drugs are lumped in with other drug crimes.
"We cannot put a finger on a particular identifiable incident that stands out that was related to any of that," he said. "With that, there are certain retailers within the city that do sell some of the time."
State Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an emergency rule banning 22 synthetic drugs on Dec. 11. Earlier in the year, the state Legislature approved a measure that added dozens of the substances to Florida's list of "Schedule I" drugs, which essentially bans them.
In light of the attorney general's emergency rule, Sgt. Estes said the department is looking at how to move forward on the issue, both from an enforcement and an educational standpoint.
"This isn't something that has raised its ugly head, such as other drugs have," he said.


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Meet three fathers who run businesses with their sons
For the first two decades of life, fortunate sons have a father to look up to, to go camping with, to play with. So often, though, the bond loosens as the boy goes away to college or pursues a career far away from home.
Sometimes, fate keeps father and son together, working side-by-side and sharing their lives over front-end alignments and carpet installations.
Meet three fathers who run businesses with their sons. In some cases, it's not the life they dreamt of for their sons, but in each case, the fathers and sons have maintained a lifelong bond, something they agree is invaluable.
Robert McKoy Jr. missed eight months of work with a debilitating illness that baffled medical professionals from Wilmington to Durham.
While he was dealing with finger discoloration, tremors, sleeplessness, chronic pain and a 40-pound weight loss in a month's time, McKoy briefly worried that his company, Professional Contract Services, might suffer if his illness persisted. Professional Contract Services installs tile, vinyl and carpet for commercial and residential clients.
McKoy needn't have worried about the company. He could trust his second-in-command with his life. Somebody dependable, professional and knowledgeable who could carry on in his absence – his son, Robert McKoy III.
Robert III learned the business just like his father did, working after school even before he was a teenager, fetching tools and picking up skills through instruction and osmosis.
He was a fast learner, Robert Jr. said. "Maybe it's in his genes."
His skills were important to keeping the family business running, and so was his pedigree. Some clients wouldn't let just anybody in their homes. But everybody who trusted Robert Jr. trusted Robert III in his absence.
"When I was sick, I think I would have lost a lot of business if my son wasn't working with me," Robert Jr. said. "(The clients) would be like, 'If your son's gonna come, then it's fine.' "
Some clients have known Robert III since he was a boy, just as they knew Robert Jr. as a young man taking orders from his own father, Robert Sr.
"They know his work ethic and trustworthiness, so that kind of helps," Robert Jr. said
Robert Jr. and Robert III both have enough education to work professionally with computers. Instead, they work with their hands.
Robert Jr. said he and his son are able to leave the business at the office, so to speak. If there's a disagreement at work, it's over when the job is finished.
Not every day is perfect. Robert Sr. once had to drive Robert Jr. to the emergency room, and Robert Jr. later had to drive Robert III to the hospital.
Robert Jr. showed off a scarred finger tip he had sliced off while cutting some vinyl. Robert Sr. had told him repeatedly to keep the knife below his hand, but he made a mistake and ended up at the emergency room.
Robert Jr. didn't trust his son with knives and saws when he was a novice on the job site, but Robert III still ended up with a cut on his leg. Working in the back of a truck, Robert III knelt down on a box. What he didn't realize was that it was a box of razor blades. When he moved, a blade slashed him. He didn't feel the pain, but he felt the blood running down his leg. Robert Jr. drove his son to the emergency room, where he got 17 stitches.
Recently, they kneeled next to each other while installing vinyl flooring in an apartment kitchen. Robert Jr. wore tennis shoes and casual pants; Robert III wore jeans and work boots.
They worked seamlessly, efficiently and with hardly any discussion. They are both professionals with an understanding of how to do the job. They are also a father and son spending time together.
"I couldn't put a value on it," Robert Jr. said of working with his son. "Money can't buy that. Kids grow up and sometimes families have a tendency to grow apart because of the obligations you have. With us working together, our obligations pulled us together."
Robert Jr. recalled a moment when his father expressed how proud he was that Robert Jr. had taken the company and expanded it. His father was friends with the late James Jordan, father of basketball superstar Michael.
"I know he's proud of his son," Robert Jr.'s father told him. "But I'm just as proud of you as he is of Mike."
Robert Jr. feels the same way about his own son. And he certainly understands the value of family.
When Robert III needed a couple hours off work to attend his son's kindergarten graduation, he didn't need to worry about asking the boss for time off.
He knew his dad would understand.
Tim Davis likes to quote the foreboding adage, "Don't go into business with family or friends."
He quotes it because he's the exception to the rule.
In 1976, Tim's father, Jack, opened Smokers Emporium, the precursor to Davis & Son Tobacconists. Jack retired 20 years ago, but Tim has kept the family legacy alive, helping customers choose the right tobacco, pipe or lighter and passing down his father's knowledge.
The store is punctuated with memorabilia – tobacco tins bearing logos of Sir Walter Raleigh and Prince Albert, packages of Lucky Strike cigarettes and Orphan Boy tobacco from decades ago. Press clippings of the Davises and photos from bygone days when Riverfest held a smoking contest decorate a wall in the back.
Running a tobacco shop – for a while, the Davises ran two – wasn't always easy. Jack had a garage full of inventory before he had a lease on a store, and the long hours at the old Long Leaf Mall location meant that many dinners were eaten in the shop.
Throughout the process, Tim felt the encouragement of his father.
"He has always asked my opinions and valued what I said," Tim said.
Tim started helping his dad price products when he was a junior at Hoggard High School and his dad was still headmaster at Cape Fear Academy. Except for a brief time in college, he's been involved in the business that he has taken over from his father – a pipe dream that turned into a source of income and provided a lifelong connection for father and son.
"It's immeasurable," Tim said about working with his dad. "I couldn't have even thought about having it any other way."
Little Ronnie Reaves can point to the spot where he used to rock in his bassinet next to the service counter at Greenfield Alignment. He's not so little any more, but even at 29 everyone calls him Little Ronnie.
His father, Ronnie Reaves, opened the garage the same year Little Ronnie was born. About 10 years ago, Little Ronnie came to work for his dad. Now, he practically runs the place.
That wasn't Ronnie's plan.
"I tried to get him to do something else where he wouldn't get dirty," he said.
But Little Ronnie had grown up building four-wheel drive trucks with his dad, and he was destined to take over the business.
At 61, Ronnie spends less time in the bays working on alignments. Most days, he'll pull in around 8:30 and Little Ronnie will already have the doors open and be planning the day's schedule.
There was a time when he first started working, Little Ronnie said, that he was the one coming in late.
"We bumped heads a lot," he said.
"I was pretty tough on him," Ronnie said. "Now I'm the one that's late."
There's a lot less head-bumping these days.
"I think we get along really well for a father and son working this close together," Ronnie said.
When Little Ronnie burned his foot and was unable to work on vehicles for more than a week, Ronnie realized just how much work his son had been doing.
It's a sign that the garage is being passed from father to son, so gradually that it's almost imperceptible. Over the past three or four years, Little Ronnie has taken over the scheduling, in addition to the blue-collar work.
"This is his," Ronnie said. "He'll continue with it. It's a good, honest living."
Little Ronnie said he's still learning every day. And the knowledge comes from Dad.
"He's pretty much taught me everything I know," he said.
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Sophia was the 9th child of Eva Dauer and Joseph Plenzler. I have located Sophia on the 1900 and 1910 census records for the family and have also located her baptismal certificate. It seems Sophia disappears into history!
Sophia was born April 25, 1897 and baptized May 2, 1897 in St. Anthony's parish. Her baptismal record is transcribed below:
Ego infrastriptus baptizavi: Sophiam Plencner
Natam: 25 Aprilis
ex Joseph Plencler et Eva Dauer
Patrini fuerunt: Joannes Przybylski, Josepha Jawkowiak
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Gordon F. Severson
Feb. 15, 1926 - Sept. 21, 2011
Gordon F. Severson of Waukesha died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, at Waukesha Memorial Hospital at the age of 85.
He was born on Feb. 15, 1926, in Milwaukee, the son of Gordon Berg and Esther (nee Hinze) Severson. He was a graduate of South Division High School and Milwaukee School of Engineering. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army with the Tenth Mountain Division in Italy during World War II. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart.
On May 22, 1948, he married the former Arlene Meister in Milwaukee. He had worked for Sears in sales and the service department. He then worked for Singer Controls and later the Department of Defense before retiring in 1988. He was a proud lifelong member and past commander of the American Legion, member of the Civil Air Patrol and Milwaukee Concertina Club.
He will be sadly missed by his wife, Arlene of Waukesha, along with their children, Dale (Barbara) Severson of Waukesha, Wayne Severson of West Allis and Eric (Michele) Severson of the Town of Waukesha. He is further survived by four grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Florence.
Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. until the 7 p.m. funeral service Friday, Sept. 30, at Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 1110 S. Grand Ave., Waukesha. The Rev. Steve Keilly will be presiding. A private family burial will take place at Highland Memorial Park.
For further information, please call Randle-Dable Funeral, Cremation and Preplanning Services at 547-4035, or go to www.waukeshafunerals.com for directions or to leave an online tribute.


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Remember when I asked last weekend if the Braves were still relevant? Some of you wrote and said no, that I was worrying about nothing. Others who are sharp on your Mets' history understood the concept: The Braves will always hold a spot in the Mets' consciousness.
Back-to-back weekends the Mets lose two of three to a team they should beat. They've now lost six of their last ten games. Not the stuff of a pennant contender. This team is showing it is not deserving of the playoffs. Not with that bullpen anyway.
Today was another meltdown. I don't want F-Rod. I want a solid bridge to whomever they get to close next year. I'm not worried about the playoffs anymore because with that pen even should they get there, winter will come soon enough.


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Cowboys RB Dunbar out with sprained left foot
August 19, 2013
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys running back Lance Dunbar has a sprained left foot, putting his availability for the season opener in jeopardy.
Dunbar had a protective boot on his foot Monday when the Cowboys returned to practice at Valley Ranch after the first month of training camp in California.
Coach Jason Garrett says Dunbar is certainly out his week and will be day to day after that.
The second-year running back was making an impact during camp. In Saturday's loss at Arizona, Dunbar had a 43-yard reception and another 18-yard catch. He fumbled at the end of the long catch.
Garrett hopes that it's "just a mild setback" for Dunbar.
Dunbar has eight rushes for 45 yards and six catches for 83 yards in three exhibition games.


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time well spentMonday, January 12, 2009
Have you tried any of the Martha Stewart Collection available at Macy's? Well, it just so happens that she has a cast iron pot perfect for making winter meals. Perfect for making bread. And the perfect thing to use your gift card on from a Christmas gift.
I slept with it next to our bed. Because the directions say to let it rise in a 70˚ room. Well, our downstairs is colder than that. (Much colder.) And since heat rises, I decided to bring it upstairs, with specific instructions to the kids not to jump on the dough.
The dough has to sit for 12-18 hours. After that amount of time, you punch it down, form it into a ball, and it looks like that. Up there. (That whole timing thing always gets me. But, starting it at 4:00 on a Saturday afternoon, seemed to be great. I didn't touch it again until noon the next day. 20 hours? Oh, I know, but things happen and that was the earliest I could get back to it. It was ready for dinner on Sunday night. Seems like a long time to wait for a loaf of bread, huh? Really, you do little while waiting. I promise.)
I resisted the urge to swaddle, and just folded the towel back over the top. And let it sit for 2 hours.
Popped it into the pot and then into the oven. When I removed the lid it looked like that. Just like the recipe said it would. You should try it. You won't be sorry. Just sorry you didn't have more.
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How funny! I just made this bread this weekend also. But I didn't baby mine AT ALL (well, I tried putting it in a "warmer" room, but our entire house is way too cold) and I just wanted to let you know that it turns out great even if your dough is a soggy mess. It really is a hardy recipe!ReplyDelete
wow - looks so good I can almost smell it! Love your blue photo too... what a great idea xReplyDelete
That looks so delicious, but sounds so labor intensive! It's an interesting way to make bread.ReplyDelete
wasn't it fun? and easy.ReplyDelete
i will make it again and again!
Well, we did get a couple of gift certificates and I've been dying to make an easy bread that wasn't just the yummy beer bread I learned about from Turkey Cookies, feeling as though I should really stretch to rise, if not knead. :) If all it takes is a cast iron pot, well, I'm there! The 70 degree thing could be a problem, at least right now, this January, even upstairs. But, it's so worth a try!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the recipe and can't wait to see what you do for purple today!
70 degrees! Never ever in our house in winter. I'd have to take it to the playroom on the third floor and lock the door so the cat couldn't get it!ReplyDelete
Yummy, huh? Now you are going to want the artisan bread in 5 minutes a day cookbook. It's crazy easy without as many timing issues.
Wow you bread looks and must taste amazing. I love the taste of freshly baked bread, I must try this receipe.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
My problem is that when I want bread, I want it NOW. Tomorrow, after all, is when a diet should be starting. But yours looks really, really good. I love Martha. I miss her online store, with all the fun crafty crap that I JUST HAD TO HAVE THIS INSTANT... and never seemed to be able to make look like her stuff. But I still miss it.ReplyDelete
Oh I am so happy for your success. I am gluten intolerant but thought I just might be able to get a decent loaf with this recipe. I tried it a few months ago and the loaf was heavier than the cast iron pot! Awful. The whole family still talks about it.ReplyDelete
Seeing loaves like yours makes me miss the gluten and that doesn't happen often for me. I'll have to enjoy it vicariously through you :-)
Thanks for the recipe! I bought my MS cast iron pot (cream) after New Year's, on sale. It's been used three times so far for soup - bread is next!ReplyDelete
i've been wanting to try that bread. but i don't have the right pot. yours is GORGEOUS, by the way. i may have to go visit macy's. soon!ReplyDelete
- Kari1/13/2009
I love this bread recipe! It turns out fabulous every single time! I'm a so-so cook and baker, but I feel so amazed and proud of myself every time I make a loaf of this bread. I too was worried about the temp in my house being too cold (64 degrees at night) for it to turn out, but no worries it works great! As a special treat for the kids during step 3, I"ll "fold" pepperoni slices and pizza cheese into the dough, let it rise for the hour or so directed then bake. I serve it with pizza sauce and the loaf disappears. Another thing I've added during step 3, is a little container of flavored feta cheese crumbles. Say it with me....YUM! Have fun with it.ReplyDelete
very interesting..but it does seem like something I would become a slave too. At one point I tried the Amish friendship bread and had to give it up because it was becoming less and less enjoyable even though the bread was always amazing. I think the breadmachine is as homemade as I can get right now. I'll just enjoy your pictures. :)ReplyDelete
House on Hill Road said it! Artisan bread in 5 minutes a day is the ONLY way to make bread...I literally have a fresh loaf daily and never wait more than 40 minutes per loaf!ReplyDelete
Give the book a try it's fabulous.
And she's coming out with a new one this year with recipes for those with wheat allergies.
there is something in the air.ReplyDelete
i have bread on the brain.
Thanks for the link. The current Eating Well magazine has an article about no knead breads written by someone who has a book out on the topic.ReplyDelete
I have a true cast iron dutch oven (think dark metal that can rust when not dried properly)that came from my great grandmother's home. It is used more than any other pot or pan that I own. They are truly handy.
Mmmm... that looks delicious. I've been meaning to try that recipe, too:)ReplyDelete
you know,I have this book...I just need to actually USE it! mmmmm looks great!ReplyDelete
Your baby is so sweet, and so is that blue pot! My mom claims that I won't be able to life my Dutch Ovens when I'm her age:)ReplyDelete
The color of the dutch oven is so pretty. I love it! And the bread looks yummy.ReplyDelete
Ooh, I've been looking for a dutch oven (or dutch oven lookalike) for a while now. And as I have only one pot in the house (and lots of baking gear in general) it would be a welcome addition...ReplyDelete
I even have a Macy's gift card!
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I have a spectacular interview for you. I welcome the granddaddy of gay comix, Howard Cruse. He is here as part of The Erotic Mind
podcast series. As you know, for well over a year now I've been chatting with noted erotic artists, both visual and literary, from all over the freakin world in an effort to try to uncover something of the creative process involved in this specialized art form. Howard is the most senior person to join me in this effort. And he brings with him a historical perspective unlike that of any other of my previous guests.
In fact, I think it is safe to say that very gay or lesbian who has put pen to paper to create a comix or cartoon over the last 40 years can trace his or her lineage back to the groundbreaking work of my guest. This is remarkable stuff, kids; you don't want to miss a moment of this.
Howard and I discuss:
- His erotic novel, Stuck Rubber Baby.
- Why he's know as a bigfoot cartoonist.
- Adding words to his illustrations.
- Why he contends his work is not erotic per se.
- From Headrack to Claude.
- The evolution of the character, Headrack. in Barefootz.
- The man behind Claude of Then There Was Claude.
- Being there — The Stonewall Inn, June 1969.
- His personal coming out story.
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There's so little good news about energy, this technology breakthrough is heartening.
Self-Cleaning Anodes Could Facilitate Cost-Effective Coal-Powered F...
Maybe in 50 years or so "clean coal" could become a reality, since the CO2 waste stream would facilitate carbon capture.
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Let's cheer, a breakthrough in electrochemical flow capacitor technology (i.e. battery design) by a team from Drexel.
Making 'Renewable' Viable: New Technology for Grid-Level Electrical...
Another much needed technical breakthrough!
Photovoltaics from Any Semiconductor: Opens Door to More Widespread...
A technology that would enable low-cost, high efficiency solar cells to be made from virtually any semiconductor material has been developed by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California (UC) Berkeley. This technology opens the door to the use of plentiful, relatively inexpensive semiconductors, such as the promising metal oxides, sulfides and phosphides, that have been considered unsuitable for solar cells because it is so difficult to taylor their properties by chemical means.
In April, Japanese researchers found hints we might be headed for another Maunder minimum.
Sun may soon have four poles, say researchers
The sun may be entering a period of reduced activity that could result in lower temperatures on Earth, according to Japanese researchers.
Officials of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and the Riken research foundation said on April 19 that the activity of sunspots appeared to resemble a 70-year period in the 17th century in which London's Thames froze over and cherry blossoms bloomed later than usual in Kyoto.
In that era, known as the Maunder Minimum, temperatures are estimated to have been about 2.5 degrees lower than in the second half of the 20th century.
Solar panel made with ion cannon is cheap enough to challenge fossi...
Silicon-based solar panels can be surpassed as a new method allows any semiconductor material to be used. This breakthrough promises to make solar power competitive with fossil fuel, once it's commercialized.
Agulhas Current Is Said to Attenuate the Effect of Melting Ice
While melting Arctic ice and increased freshwater runoff in the North Atlantic have been slowing the thermohaline circulation (also called the Global Conveyor Belt), planetary heating is actually strengthening another section of it. The Agulhas current, flowing westward around the southern tip of Africa into the Atlantic, has been accelerating the past 17 years.
Desalination technology improvement ready to go commercial. Half the cost of current technology.
Siemens R&D project demonstration
In The End of Global Warming: How to Save the Earth in 2 Easy Steps
an assistant professor of finance Noah Smith says,
Solar power, long believed to be unworkably expensive, has actually been falling in cost at a steady exponential rate of 7 percent per year for the last three decades straight. Because of this "Moore's Law for solar", electricity from solar panels now costs less than twice as much as electricity from coal, and only about three times as much as electricity from gas. Furthermore, technologies now in the pipeline seem to ensure that the cost drop will continue.
Within the decade, solar could be cheaper than coal. Within two decades, cheaper than gas. When that happens, assuming we also have electric cars, it is game over for carbon emissions. [emphasis mine]
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However, earlier in the article he hails natural gas from fracking as the first Easy Step to end Global Warming. I get so frustrated by finance and energy guys hailing the lower CO2 of fracked gas as a miracle cure.
Although gas does release carbon, it only releases about half as much as coal for the same amount of electricity.
Meanwhile they totally ignore the greenhouse effect of the methane which fracking releases and the enduring water contamination.
There is no evidence of any water contamination from Fracking.
The more methane you release from the ground.The less methane to contaminate the ground water. Eat more Meat!!!
The first five high-power, direct-current Supercharger stations, located along several of California's most traveled routes, are now open. Tesla plans to create a Supercharger corridor cutting across the country, including a stretch between central Ontario and western Quebec, within two years.
Tesla Motors Launches Revolutionary Supercharger Enabling Convenien...
At a Tessla supercharger station in about half an hour you can could add enough charge for 150 miles of driving with the 85kWh Model S pictured below.
The electricity used by the Supercharger comes from a solar carport system provided by SolarCity, which results in almost zero marginal energy cost after installation. Combining these two factors, Tesla is able to provide Model S owners1 free long distance travel indefinitely. Each solar power system is designed to generate more energy from the sun over the course of a year than is consumed by Tesla vehicles using the Supercharger.
If you live near enough to any of these stations, and are thinking green, the cars are pricey.
I take it back, this isn't such good news as it first seemed to be. Only the Model S Tesla electric cars can use these stations and even the $50,000 Model S can't. So this is just for people who can afford a $60,000 car.
Tesla announces Supercharger network
Tesla has made its Superchargers proprietary, only usable by its Model S, and of that vehicle, only those equipped with the two highest range battery packs.
This study proves that 3 to 4 year crop rotations, alternating corn and soy with other crops such as oats or alfalfa (photo below) is more profitable than monoculture and reduces water pollution. When animals are integrated into the system, more benefits accrue.
Crop Rotation Generates Profits without Pollution (or, What Agribus...
Over the course of the experiment, average corn yields were 4 percent higher, and average soybean yields 9 percent higher, in the longer rotations compared to the conventional system. Furthermore, the researchers found that the longer rotations were just as profitable as corn-soy alone.
Fertilizer use was higher in the 2-year rotation than in the more complex systems. And this difference increased over the course of the experiment, with the 3- and 4-year rotations requiring even lessof these inputs in the later years, probably due to cumulative improvements in soil quality over time.
The longer rotations reduced herbicide use by a whopping 88 percent compared with the conventional system, with little difference in weediness. Furthermore, the ecotoxicity of the systems (as measured by the freshwater toxicity of the herbicides used) was 200 times less in the longer rotations. Given everything we know about weed resistance and rising herbicide use on U.S. farms (including this new estimate), strategies that help farmers control weeds with less herbicide are critically needed.
Longer rotations substitute labor for other inputs. Some people will no doubt see this as a strike against crop diversification. But with energy costs on the rise and unemployment stuck just under 8 percent, that's starting to seem like seriously fuzzy logic.
Through a balanced portfolio approach to agricultural sustainability, cropping system performance can be optimized in multiple dimensions, including food and biomass production, profit, energy use, pest management, and environmental impacts.
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Former U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday during an appearance on NBC's Today show he would feel comfortable sending his family to the Winter Olympics in Sochi despite security concerns that seem to be mounting by the day.
Romney, who served as CEO for the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City mere months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks said he believes the Russians have taken effective measures to secure areas within the Olympic zone.
MEMO: U.S. athletes cautioned to limit team gear
"There's never been a games I know of that have been so targeted for specific threats as you're seeing in Sochi," Romney said. "At the same time, the level of security preparations appears to be at an unprecedented level. So I think people can recognize that the hard sites will be safe. The athletes will be safe, spectators when they're in the venues will be safe. But it's the soft places you can't be 100% certain will be entirely safe but my guess is the Russians have done everything humanly possible to protect the games."
A series of suicide bombings in southern Russia, likely set off by Chechen rebels who have previously threatened the Games, have raised concerns about the potential for a terrorist attack either in or around Sochi. The level of cooperation from the Russian government on intelligence issues has also come under question from U.S. lawmakers.
Some have also worried whether the concentration of police and intelligence forces around Olympic venues will create areas of vulnerability elsewhere.
BRENNAN: Perspective needed on Sochi Olympics
Reports surfaced this week that Russia was looking for three potential "Black Widow" suicide bombers, including one who may have slipped into Sochi before heavy security measures were put in place in January.
Romney said those reports suggested the Russian intelligence system was working,
"The intelligence work is frankly the key to keeping the games secure," he said. "Yes, the hardened targets can have fences around them and patrols and so forth but in an area as large as Sochi you needs to have extraordinary intelligence work and that's what happened with our games that gave me confidence they'd be safe.
"Now and then we'll hear reports of an individual they're looking for. That suggests they have pretty good intelligence. All in all it seems to be a very effective security program but again, there's no 100 percent guarantee."


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