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Pretty images and great ideas make it easy to think about nutrition.
An Antioxidant Infographic
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Did you know that one cup of blackberries contains the most antioxidants of all the berries out there? You would if you had this nifty infographic found on Pinterest, which also serves as a great guide to some healthy ingredients you should be eating every day.
Sandwich Options
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Pass on your usual peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which is loaded with sugar, and opt for a more creative hand-held lunch. This image found on Pinterest is a great start for thinking outside of the (lunch) box. Don't forget about mushrooms, avocados, and tomatoes!
A Healthy List
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Sometimes it's easy to forget you should be including fruits, veggies, and grains in your recipes, but this handy list found on Pinterest is a great reminder. Print it out and stick it on your fridge next time you need some nutrition inspiration. Or go the eco-friendly route and bookmark it in your browser. You can even make it the background on your desktop (Too far?).
What Not to Eat
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After taking a look at this image found on Pinterest, you might find it's easier to skip the drive-thru. Don't let the "fastness" fool you. You're sacrificing your health in the process. Plus, it's not necessarily less expensive than much healthier whole foods from your local grocery store.
What to Eat
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On the flip side, these are the things you should be eating, according to this insightful infographic found on Pinterest: raspberries, garlic, and spinach, just to name a few. Include these in your diet!
The Healthy Trail
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Even the most health-conscious eaters question their food choices at times. Next time it happens to you, simply turn to this "Is This Food Healthy?" trail found on Pinterest. It's a great guide, not to mention funny.
Sad but True
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It's sad to think about, but it's true. Healthy eating is paramount and this powerful image found on Pinterest is a good mantra for everyone.
New Eating Rules
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This infographic created by the Harvard School of Public Health is now being shared on Pinterest constantly. We consider it our "new eating rules." It provides some simple ways to change your life for the better—one bite at a time.
Healthy Snack Station
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What a great idea found on Pinterest! Forget cookie jars and potato chip bags. Package your healthy snacks like so—it's quite inviting, isn't it?


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MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2009) - BioSyent Inc. ("BioSyent") (TSX VENTURE:RX) announces that its subsidiary BioSyent Pharma Inc. has signed an exclusive product development, supply and distribution agreement with a new partner for a new product under its Hospital Products Division. The product will be launched after Health Canada approval. This agreement represents the second new partner, with whom BioSyent Pharma has signed an agreement in the last two months.
BioSyent Inc. continues to concentrate on its pharmaceutical strategy to source products that have been successfully developed and proven to be safe and effective; manage these products through the regulatory process and product registration (approval); and once approved, market these products in Canada. These pharmaceuticals will compete in both the branded and generic market segments and will not require further product development investment other than regulatory costs.
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ABC 7's meteorologist Mike Caplan, reporter Frank Mathie and former ABC 7 Anchor Joel Daly teamed up to host the coverage of bagpipers, floats, marching bands and marching politicians that make this one of the most celebrated events in Chicago each year. The Parade kicked off on Saturday, March 16th at noon.
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The 2013 St. Patrick's Day Parade Grand Marshal was none other than Notre Dame's head football coach, Brian Kelly, who led the Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season.
Thousands of marchers, parade units, marching bands, floats, horses and a few leprechauns are featured as the parade proceeds from Balbo Drive, north on Columbus Drive to Monroe Street. Always a must-see in the parade, the Shannon Rovers bagpipers bring a touch of Ireland to Chicago as they have for the past 87 years.
Once again this year, ABC 7 Chicago's float featuring Stacey Baca, Ravi Baichwal, Tracy Butler, Steve Dolinsky and John Garcia, is part of the St. Patrick's Day Parade tradition.
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"Black and Blue" Review
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I do not live in Michigan anymore so I knew that I wouldn't be able to catch a local screening of Black and Blue. However, the producers of the film, Stunt3 Multimedia, already have the documentary available on DVD, and I took advantage of a special offer through MVictors.com to buy the DVD with free shipping. I watched the film today and was enthralled.
For those of you who do not know, Black and Blue is the story of the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech game, where Michigan and Georgia Tech forced black Michigan player Willis Ward to sit out due to racial prejudice, and the stand that his teammate and future Speaker of the House and US President Gerald R. Ford took in support of his friend.
Black and Blue is done in Ken Burns style, with narration and music over slowly-panning still photographs, a few film clips, and interviews with experts, including Greg Dooley of MVictors, John U. Bacon, Civil Rights historian Tyran Steward, Richard Norton Smith, a prominent biographer of US Presidents who has worked at several presidential libraries and got to know Ford on a personal level, one of Ward's grandsons Samuel Thomas, and For'd son Steve Ford. The film also includes audio and video of interviews with Willis Ward done in the 1970s. The music is all recordings of the Men's Glee Club singing traditional Michigan songs, and Black and Blue includes many great photos of the Michigan campus of the day.
If Three and Out paints an unflattering portrait of Lloyd Carr, Black and Blue does the same for Fielding Yost, who is set up as the primary antagonist--and for good reason. Bacon talks about Yost's racial attitudes, both known and assumed, and relates a story where Yost and football coach Harry Kipke had an intense argument over Kipke's desire to recruit Willis Ward out of Detroit Northwestern High School. Bacon says account vary, but some say that the two men actually came to blows.
One of the most interesting parts of the documentary is that it shows some of the correspondence from Georgia Tech to Michigan, begging Yost to sit Ward out (in accordance to the practices of the time, Georgia Tech would sit out a player of "equal ability") or cancel the game before either school received bad press over the incident. Yost made his decision over the summer, but his attempts to keep the story quiet backfired and blew up into a national story.
Black and Blue then covers the controversy, including several letters and telegrams sent to Yost and Kipke by alumni who objected to Michigan bowing to southern racism. It even includes the transcript of a meeting of the Board in Control of Intercollegiate Athletics where the members tried to manage the scandal. Yost even hired Pinkerton Detectives to provide security to the Athletics administrators and to spy on the student groups that supported Willis Ward.
As the protests raged, doubt began to creep in that the game would be played. Even so, Gerald Ford told Harry Kipke and his father that he was quitting the team. He only decided to play when Willis Ward asked him to play the game. Though the whole team was bitter about Ward's benching, at the 11th hour it was announced that the game would go on. In a final indignity, Yost banned Ward from the entire stadium, not just the sideline. He had to listen to the game on the radio at his frat house.
As the game started, a Georgia Tech sophomore, Charlie Prescott, started mouthing off an hurling racial remarks at the Michigan team. According to Ward, Prescott called Ford a "nigger-lover." Ford, who was slow to anger his whole life, lost his temper. The next play, Ford and one of the guards hit Prescott so hard that they knocked him out of the game. They told Ward on Monday that they dedicated that block to him (Ward gave a big smile in the interview at the end of that story). In an excellent bit of film editing, the film ends this emotional moment with the Glee Club singing "The Victors" while panning a photo of Ford in his pre-snap position.
Unfortunately, Ford said later that the Georgia Tech game ruined the 1934 Michigan team, despite the ugly 9-2 victory against the Yellow Jackets (Michigan scored a punt return touchdown, and the lack of offense and two safeties, combined with terrible weather and the Ward scandal made for a really terrible day). Interestingly, as Michigan lost its last five games to end the year 1-7, they only scored 12 points. All 12 were scored by Willis Ward.
Black and Blue asserts that not only did the incident wreck the Michigan football program until the arrival of Fritz Crisler in 1938, it also had an obviously negative impact on Willis Ward to the point that he lost his love of athletics. Ward was the star of the football team but was a much better track athlete. He was one of the only athletes to ever beat Ohio State's Jesse Owens on the track, and Ward was widely considered to be a favorite to win gold medals for the US Olympic team in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. But the Georgia Tech game scarred him so badly that he did not want to suffer similar humiliation at the hands of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, so he refused to join the US Olympic team.
Black and Blue also covers the friendship between Ford and Ward after graduation, when Ford helped Ward campaign for office and encouraged his appointment to a judgeship. Their friendship also informed Ford's support of Civil Rights legislation in the 1960s and his public support for the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies that may have played a role in the Supreme Court's 5-4 vote in favor of its legality. Also to the film's credit, it covers Yost's softened racial stand after the Georgia Tech game when he forced the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago (where the Big Ten was founded and where all Big Ten teams stayed when they played Northwestern or Chicago) to accept Ward as their second-ever black customer.
In the end, Black and Blue is a wonderful and interesting story about the friendship of two men, one white from Grand Rapids and one black from Detroit, who were involved in an ugly incident of racial prejudice, and how Ford used the incident to champion Civil Rights for African-Americans for the rest of his life. I knew about the Willis Ward incident before I saw Black and Blue, but I learned quite a lot. I would like to have seen some more coverage of Harry Kipke's role and the role of University administrators in the incident, and they discuss an unpublished Michigan Daily editorial covering the incident by Arthur Miller, but do not show it (I am not sure it exists, but if it does it would have been really interesting to see). If you have the time, I highly recommend going to see it, it is very well done and it is an important but not widely-known part of Michigan football history and ultimately American history.


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Eagle-eyed ChocolateMission readers will have seen that Lindt have not only redesigned the packaging for their milk chocolate Excellence bars, but they have also introduced two news varieties. If you are wondering what the other two flavours in the range are, you might want to See HERE for the original Extra Creamy variant, and See HERE for the Crunchy Caramel.
If my UK readers take a look in their supermarkets, it is likely they will see the entire Lindt Excellence milk chocolate range on some sort of offer. Lindt seem to be coupling this relaunch with some very welcome in-store discounts to entice consumers. In the FMCG business we call this a penetration drive (basically discounting products to get people to trial them!), and in my local Sainsbury's both these bars on show today were priced at a very affordable £1 each.
Before I launch give you my opinions on how these two new ones tasted, I should first pass comment on the new packaging. The actual changes are very subtle, but I think the cleaner background makes the range look more modern. Long story cut short I think the new designs are every bit as good looking as the previous, and they give the same premium brand feel of the previous with just a little bit of reinvigoration.
Lindt Excellence Caramelised Hazelnuts
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'Lindt milk chocolate generously blended with caramelised roasted hazelnuts'
Seasoned readers will know that when it comes to hazelnuts I always prefer them to be implemented in a whole nut style rather chopped in to smaller bits. This particular chocolate was a perfect example of why I am of that way of thinking, as the small, granule like pieces of nut failed to cut through in the taste. Admittedly the cream based sweet cocoa flavours of the Lindt Excellence chocolate are stronger tasting than your average milk chocolate, but the smallness of the nut pieces hampered their input in to the taste, and they more just spoilt the texture by giving it an unwelcome grittiness. Despite the hazelnuts not having great cut through, there was still a terrific milk chocolate at the base of this bar which still made it a very tasty offering.
7.8 out of 10
Lindt Excellence Roasted Almonds
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'Creamy milk chocolate with slivers of roasted almonds'
I should probably stop myself from trying to second guess these things, but this was one out of the two variants being showcased today that I fancied the least. As I hope you can see in the photo above these almonds nut pieces implemented in this bar were few in number, but were actually bigger in size, which surprise-surprise made them have a better influence on the taste. Just as with the previous bar the chocolate was still as gorgeously creamy, but there was an extra raft of savoury butter nut hints in the latter development of the melt. Unlike the hazelnut bits in the last bar, the smoother cut almonds didn't hamper the softness of the melt, and in comparison were pleasant to crunch on once the chocolate had melted entirely. This was a great quality milk chocolate, with a very tasty nut influence - big thumbs up!
8.8 out of 10
Overall I was never expecting to write this, but when it came to these two bars my preference firmly lay with the Roasted Almonds flavour. In the past I have tended to find hazelnut chocolates to be more flavoursome than almond ones, however this just wasn't what I experienced here. Although the hazelnut bar was disappointing, I must stress the credit that the almond bar deserves, as it was certainly one of the better almond bars I have ever tasted in the last few years of writing this site. One thing that can be said about both chocolates is that the quality of the milk chocolate is absolutely superb for the price you pay. It might not be quite as rich as some of the up market offerings like Hotel Chocolat etc, but the double cream lead taste has a terrific vanilla hinted finish, quite simply it isn't a million miles away in terms of quality. For what it is worth my recommendation would be to go for the Roasted Almond flavours if you are picking between the two - it would be great to hear some of your opinions if you have tried either.


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Signage is one of my favorite aspects of travel, so much so, that sometimes it feels like it's all I take pictures of. Upon moving to Paris, I knew to expect a lot from the food, architecture, art, nature, etc, but I completely forgot how wonderful the typography is! The above is a short video by Live the Language highlighting Paris through its typography, I suggest checking out their videos for London, Barcelona and Beijing as well.
PS. French handwriting? Off the hook!


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Healthy Teen Girls: HIV Risk Reduction
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00787696
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 7, 2008
Last Update Posted : October 20, 2011
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|Condition or disease
|Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral HIV/STD risk reduction
|Phase 1 Phase 2
This study is a longitudinal analysis of STD/HIV exposure among adolescent female offenders in Mississippi, a population that is disproportionately African American, and at higher risk than adolescents in general due to their propensity to engage in a variety of risk-taking behaviors, earlier onset of sexual behaviors, and the greater prevalence of mental disorders, substance abuse disorders, maltreatment, and family dysfunction. Based on social cognitive theory and Fisher and Fisher's (1992) IMB (Information, Motivation, and Behavioral skills) model, we will evaluate a drug abuse related HIV risk reduction intervention and compare outcomes against a STD/HIV information and health education control condition.
Approximately 400 females committed to the state reformatory/training school for girls will be recruited for participation. The research design will consist of alternating cohort/waves of about 50 subjects each. One treatment condition will be administered at a time with a washout period between cohort/waves. Over a three year period, one half of subjects will get 18 hours of STD/HIV prevention and one half will get 18 hours of Health Education. All subjects will receive one individual counseling session designed to enhance motivation for behavioral change just prior to release from training school. Before and after the intervention, subjects' social competency skills, condom application skills, and health knowledge will be measured. Before intervention and at 6-month and 12-month follow-up, self-report measures of alcohol and drug use, condom use, sexual risk behaviors, and measures of victimization, partner risk, condom attitudes, self-efficacy, and communication related to condom use and risk reduction will be collected. Urine tests for the detection of 2 STDs (chlamydia and gonorrhea) will also be performed at admission to Columbia Training School and at 6-month and 12-month follow-up.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|333 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|HIV Risk Reduction Among Young Incarcerated Females
|Study Start Date :
|September 2003
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2008
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2009
Experimental: Skills Training
intervention group received information, motivation and skills training: condom application, assertive communication & problem solving
Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral HIV/STD risk reduction
18 60-minute group sessions plus 1 individual health and safety planning session
Active Comparator: Health Education
Comparsion group received information and motivation
Behavioral: Cognitive-behavioral HIV/STD risk reduction
18 60-minute group sessions plus 1 individual health and safety planning session
- number of partners and frequency of sexual risk behaviors [ Time Frame: at 6 & 12 months ]Sexual behaviors included condom use in the 3 months prior to each assessment. Unprotected sex occasions (USOs) was calculated by subtracting the number of condom-protected vaginal and anal intercourse occasions from the total number of vaginal and anal intercourse occasions. Sex under the influence is the number of times participant reported sexual intercourse after drinking alcohol or using another drug. Safer sex was categorized as sexually abstinent or consistent condom use.
- infection with chlamydia or gonorrhea [ Time Frame: one year ]
- reproductive health knowledge [ Time Frame: pre and post-intervention ]Assessed as the number of correct answers to 37 treu/false and multiple choice questions
- condom application skill [ Time Frame: pre and post-intervention ]Measured by observing participants apply and remove a condom from a penile model and a 10-item checklist
- Communication skills [ Time Frame: pre and post-intervention ]Assessed during three role-play vignettes that place the respondent in a high-risk sexual or drug use situation and asked them to respond to a series of three escalating prompts as though the situation was actually happening.
- Perceived barriers to condom use [ Time Frame: at baseline, 6 and 12 month follow-up ]assessed using the Condom Barrier Scale (St. Lawrence, Chapdeline, et al., 1999)
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female, ages 13 to 17 years, committed to Columbia Training School, who provide written informed assent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Acute or chronic physically illness that would preclude participation as determined by facility physician; placement in maximum security unit; study participation during a prior commitment
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00787696
|United States, Mississippi
|Columbia Training School
|Columbia, Mississippi, United States, 39429
|Principal Investigator:
|Angela A. Robertson, Ph.D.
|Mississippi State University
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|Responsible Party:
|Angela A. Robertson, PhD, Research Professor, Mississippi State University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00787696 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01DA017509 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|November 7, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|October 20, 2011
|Last Verified:
|October 2011
Keywords provided by Angela A. Robertson, PhD, Mississippi State University:
HIV prevention
female adolescent offenders
sexual risk reduction
alcohol and other drug abuse
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases


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Katie Holmes is proving she has the common touch in the wake of her split from Tom Cruise by mingling with commuters and tourists on the New York subway.
The former Dawson's Creek star stunned the world when she filed for divorce from Cruise in June (12), and their marriage was officially ended in August (12) when the settlement was signed.
Holmes has since been seen frequently walking the streets of the Big Apple with the couple's daughter Suri, six, and now she's taken to riding subway trains around the city.
The actress is pictured in the new edition of Life + Style sitting on an E Train in Manhattan, wearing sunglasses and checking messages on her phone.


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Give your cat a nose-to-tail exam, making sure that its ears and teeth are clean and odorless, fur is free of parasites, skin is lump- and bump-free, and weight has remained stable.read more
Name: BOOBEAR
Age: 9 Years
Owner: REBECCA HAUKAP
Hometown: MUKILTEO, WA
Likes: talking..he really does talk
Dislikes: sudden noises
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I adopted Boo from the pound at 7 weeks of age. He was Ferrel and I was told not to bother with him. He did scratch, hiss and hide from me for a couple weeks, but was soon a momma's boy! He took the place in my heart when I lost another kitty that I didn't think I'd ever get over. Boo filled the void perfectly. I love him so much. He is now 14 and I start to cry at the mere thought of having to say goodbye one day.
Cats reach full skeletal development when they are this old:


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Happy birthday, kiddo!
Thank you. that was awesome of you.
Assange is a hero!!!! Shame on you usa!!!!
Assange is a hero!!!! Shame on you usa!!!!
Assange is a hero!!!! Shame on you usa!!!!
Assange is a hero!!!! Shame on you usa!!!!
I hope you haven't died or gotten into trouble with alcohol. I remember one thread you made saying that you don't get the normal buzz from your drinks anymore. I got worried seeing it but I didn't say anything. I don't know much of anything about you and didn't want to assume/seem like I was assuming. Hope you're doing okay.
Where have you been lately?
I was wondering if you ever did join the NoGoodbyes discussion board??
Ugh, fine. I'll show you a photo from a while ago, okay?
I offered this bitch to carry her dress to the front of the store at my workplace today as a polite gesture and she blew up at me. Usually when I make that offer (for big bags and dresses) people either accept or politely decline. But this bitch treated me to a lovely batch of sarcastic comments, and threw holy water on me for good measure. I wish I had her telephone number, then I'd give it out. Flame for great fucking justice. I'll PM you the link to my photo. Happy?
Being polite is offensive nowadays. When did this become official?
To be honest this is the first time I have taken you seriously. You should post spme pictures of yourself!
lolno. I seriously have ink all over my face.
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Let's say you could extract a gram of pure cocaine from a common aerosol product, using only a plastic bag and the freezer compartment of your refrigerator. Or imagine that with a few pennies' worth of Styrofoam, you could construct a silencer for the gun that every citizen today ought to carry. In Philip K. Dick's novel A Scanner Darkly, the drug-addled Barris believes he can accomplish these home-handyman projects, so nifty and delusional–or perhaps he just pretends to believe. Maybe his megalomaniacal incompetence is a show, put on by the duplicitous Barris to distract other druggies from his real purposes, whatever they might be; or maybe he simply, pathetically hopes someone will take his boasts at face value, until the cocaine inevitably fails to crystallize and the gun goes boom.
Motives repeatedly get lost in the narcotic haze of A Scanner Darkly–both in the novel and in Richard Linklater's film adaptation, which comes into theaters ripe with the taste of your own well-masticated tongue. What's clear is that this adaptation would have been unthinkable without a nifty, semi-homemade technology of its own, which actually works: a system that turns live-action footage into metamorphic animation using computers much like the one on your desk.
Linklater first toyed with this technology in Waking Life (2001), in which he played with software developed and overseen by Bob Sabiston. You might say that Waking Life was the 1.0 Slacker release of a Linklater animation, since it offered instead of a plot a profusion of freely associated narratives, each segment of which blossomed forth in its own visual style. In A Scanner Darkly, Linklater has again relied on Sabiston's ingenious aerosol-and-Styrofoam technique, but this time he's applied it not just to a plot but to an obsessively intricate one, in which betrayals are piled upon suspicions heaped on double-dealings propped up by deceptions and brain malfunction, until the teetering structure resembles a model of the Brooklyn Bridge built out of burned matchsticks; and all of this is animated (under the supervision of Tommy Pallotta) in a single visual style that may be likened, appropriately enough, to camouflage.
The screen becomes a continually reassembled puzzle of flat, pulsing blobs of color–tans and browns, a saturated green like late-August leaves, pinks that sometimes suggest the onset of liver disease–here creeping around one another's borders, there floating one over another in thin layers. Figures shift and blur into the ground; the ground won't stay put. At its most extreme, this camouflage effect is localized in the "scramble suits" worn by the story's narcotics agents, who disguise themselves beneath an electronic fabric that swarms with fragmentary images of human features, rapidly and randomly projected. This isn't solely a matter of protecting the undercover cop's identity. In the '60s-era opposition of dopers versus straights–a binary scheme that Linklater preserves from Dick's novel–the narc ostensibly upholds social norms and so must have not one public face but many, conforming to the "vague blur" of consensus. Inside the scramble suit, though, dwells a watchful individual, hidden, isolated and disaffected. As the camera penetrates to this inner self, the animator's patches resolve into an image that's stable, more or less, and legible. It's Keanu Reeves.


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But, Anne Burrell changed my opinion. I am quite sure it was the same Food Network show that inspired me to make Cornish Game Hen with Pomegranate Molasses, that also featured this recipe. I was inspired to make this recipe because I liked the idea of making a brown butter filling, with layers of apples that are sauteed in butter, a little sugar and brandy! While I'm not a huge fan of pie crust, there's something about a tart that I much prefer-- especially a tart with an all-butter crust. I made the dough a few days ahead of time. Yes, you can use store-bought, but I can promise you that it won't taste anyway near as good as this recipe. I wouldn't lie about this.
I used five apples, instead of six. I used a combination of Jonagolds and Granny Smith. If you have an apple, corer, slicer then it's fast and easy to do. You want the apple slices to be fairly thin. In a skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoon sugar.
Anne Burrell is my gal. So is Ina and Tyler. But, I'm definitely on an Anne Kick these days. I have her debut cookbook, and am loving it. I can't wait to find more time to dive into those recipes. A printable recipe card is at the end of this post.
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The Big Idea 2013
Aquaponics, trayless dining, closed-loop oil system and seven more big ideas.
Resident Chef for A Day
Normandy Farms Estates, Blue Bell, Pa.
As a team we decided we wanted a way to pull our residents into dining, to show them what really happens in the kitchen. We wanted them to become part of the process more and to see exactly what goes into putting out each meal. So we started a resident chef program, where we invite residents into the kitchen to help prepare a meal for their fellow residents.


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National awards for lifesaving and meritorious acts are made only for outstanding and unusual acts that demonstrate unusual heroism, skill or bravery and reflect Scouting ideals, based on the following criteria:
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The situation does not meet the criteria for a National Court of Honor award but the act is deserving of recognition. The case is not extraordinary, did not call for unusual skill and was not exceptional in nature but was of outstanding service and did reflect the high ideals of Scouting.
Heroism is defined as conduct exhibiting courage and daring, skill, and self-sacrifice.
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CASTLE ROCK -- On warm summer weekends, the entrance to Castle Rock State Park can overflow as outdoor buffs from the valley and the coast meet at the Summit for a hike through what many regard as an unrecognized gem.
Now the Sempervirens Fund wants to replace Castle Rock's ramshackle entrance, pursuing a $4 million, six-acre plan that adds a relocated gateway, more parking, new buildings, pavilions and trailheads and a small amphitheater. The project also would bring water, electricity and flush toilets.
"We know what we've got. This is a beautiful park. We wanted to be downscale on the improvements, but to do enough so that people will come here and use it. After all, it is a public resource," said Reed Holderman, Sempervirens' executive director.
Sempervirens Fund has shepherded Castle Rock since its 1960s inception, even stepping forward to rescue the park in 2011 when it was designated for closure. The group kicked in $250,000 to keep the park open.
The facilities upgrade is intended to meet growing demand and bolster the park's profile, making it a destination for schoolchildren and possibly community events. It also will make Skyline Boulevard safer by moving the entrance a quarter-mile east and getting parked cars off the road.
Sempervirens is kicking in $1.5 million, with a matching amount coming from the family of the late Robert C. Kirkwood, a former state assemblyman and controller who later ran the San Francisco Water Department, and after whom the new entrance would be named.
The Los Altos-based group is trying to raise the next $1 million, which would allow them to construct new park buildings.
Kirkwood was a part-owner of Partridge Ranch, which included a 33-acre plot nestled along the park's northern border that Sempervirens purchased in 2010 for the new entrance. One of his sons, Bob Kirkwood, is a well-known conservationist.
"I have kind of a special or almost unique connection to that particular property, and to the park itself," Kirkwood said of the family's donation. "We really thought it was a wonderful way to remember our father, by dedicating the entrance to him."
Castle Rock is known as a climber's paradise at the top of the Santa Cruz Mountains, with vertical rock formations that lend the park its name. It is also home to redwood forests, waterfalls and coastal vistas, offering some of the best hiking in the county.
Fans were devastated when it landed on a statewide closure list during the state's fiscal crisis. Sempervirens -- a group that was reinvigorated in the 1960s by Dorothy Varian, widow of Silicon Valley pioneer Russell Varian, specifically to preserve Castle Rock -- rode to the rescue.
By that point, the group already was working to improve the park with a new entrance and better accommodations for hikers, some of whom use the area as a jumping-off point for the Skyline-to-the-Sea-Trail running through Big Basin State Park. Holderman hopes parking fees and rentals could generate revenue and offset the cost of running the park.
"Our interest is getting people into the redwoods, getting rock climbers into this area," Holderman said. "It's in our best interests that, one, people get out in the property, and two, they have a good experience."
Holderman said Sempervirens expects to host several community meetings on the project. It likely would take a year or more before construction gets under way.
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The film simply doesn't come together fluidly. Smaller parts aren't on par with the lead role, and special effects are overdone and cheesy. At times, the essence of Shakespeare's poetry is drowned out.
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Far less daring than her 1999 "Titus," which took an electrifying, stylized approach of a lesser-known play, The Tempest in comparison looks disappointingly middle-of-the-road.
She (Taymor) doesn't capture Shakespeare's tone (or his meaning, I believe), but she certainly has boldness in her reinvention.
Theatrically ambitious, musically busy, and in the end cinematically inert - clearly reflects the authorship of myth-loving director Julie Taymor.
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Flashy, uneven Shakespeare movie has some scary stuff.
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Parents need to know that this sometimes-scary adaptation of one of Shakespeare's final plays is all about revenge. The central character, Prospero, has been changed to a woman (Prospera); she's powerful, though not exactly a positive role model, given that she's the one consumed by vengeance. Two of the male characters are seen in skimpy costumes and/or semi-nude, and there are some frightening fantasy images and threats of violence. One character is portrayed as a comical drunk who uses alcohol to influence another character's will. Teens who enjoy Shakespeare may find it an accessible adaptation, but kids who aren't fans of the Bard likely won't be interested.
Messages: The main thrust of The Tempest is revenge, as Prospera tries to get even with those who wronged her years before. She plays cruel tricks on her visitors and eventually gets everything she wants. Most of the characters behave selfishly and squabble amongst themselves. There are no consequences for any of this behavior. Prince Ferdinand and Miranda are the only ones who rise above this, coming across as both naïve and redeemed by true love.
Role models: Prospera -- a powerful woman and a single mother -- is an interesting role model, if not exactly a positive one: She withholds information from her daughter and is bent on revenge. And aside from the story's pair of young lovers, there are no other admirable characters; most of the players are selfish and/or cruel and pay no consequences for their behavior.
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The future of Matt Brown is one that has been brought into the conversation on a daily basis since he scored his seventh straight victory recently by finishing Erick Silva.
Some view Brown as the next contender to the UFC welterweight title, while others feel he needs another win – or maybe two – before getting his crack at Johny Hendricks and the belt.
On Wednesday's edition of "UFC Tonight," Brown was brought up by analysts and hosts Chael Sonnen and Kenny Florian.
Currently, Hendricks is still recovering from bicep surgery that was needed after he won the title in a fight with Robbie Lawler. It was vacated when Georges St-Pierre decided to step away from MMA after defending it vs. Hendricks.
"I'd like to see him fight Nick Diaz," Sonnen said. "I want to see someone fight Nick."
Diaz, a former contender, remains retired. He announced his decision to leave the sport after a loss to St-Pierre, and the UFC has offered him a handful of chances to return – all of which he has said no to.
Florian went with another Top-10 fighter in deciding who Brown should face next, saying, "I'd like to see him fight Hector Lombard.
"He's very exciting and has a lot of power," Florian said. "Matt can't be in a boring fight, but Hector is so explosive and so powerful. He's a great contrast to the lanky Matt Brown."
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Thread: How'd my draft go?
How'd my draft go?
I'll kind of do this in the same format SFiB did his last fantasy post. I think I did pretty well, but I'd like a second opinion. 10 team standard scoring. No PPR.
1.6 - Ray Rice
Couldn't believe he was there at 6. The bad thing is, Chris Johnson and Arian Foster were also there. I'm glad I took Rice over Foster, because Foster's injury scares me (plus I saw a regression from him anyway), but I still don't know if I made the right move skipping on CJ. I had no clue he was going to be there at 6, so I didnt really prepare myself to look into him. I like Rice this year with Leach blocking and an improved offensive line though.
2.4 - Roddy White
My fantasy herpes. Follows me every year. This was an easy pick for me, considering the next best WR was Hakeem Nicks. Nicks is good, but he's not Roddy White. I also considered Brees here, but I took the gamble that Rivers would be available in round 3.
3.6 - Phillip Rivers
Yes he was there. Him being here made this an easy pick. He was the 2nd to last of the elite qbs taken (P. Manning the other, wouldnt touch him with a ten foot pole). Rivers is consistent every year, and he gives me stability at the QB position for the first time in the past 2/3 years for my fantasy teams. If he wasn't there, I was prepared to take Vincent Jackson.
4.4- Miles Austin
I have a feeling if Romo stays healty, Austin will tear it up this year. He's Romo's goto guy, and he's a perfect WR2 behind Roddy. I had to decide between Miles and Blount, but I took Miles. Looking back at the draft, I probably would have taken Blount. There's a serious drop off at RB a little later down the road.
5.6- Jahvid Best
He's a huge injury risk, and if he gets hurt im f**ked. It's tough to have him as a RB2, but he looks very good in the preseason and I think Detroit's offensive will be explosive this year. His upside is Jamaal Charles like, and if that happens I win the league. If the opposite happens, I'll be looking for a trade quickly. I didn't consider anyone else at this position, because I couldnt wait any longer for another RB, and the drop off after Best is HUGE.
6.4 - Vernon Davis
He's been extremely consistent the past 2 years, so I just about know what I'm getting with him. With that said, I still don't feel comfortable with Davis repeating last year's performance. I still think it's a good pick, especially since the talent taken in the 6th round was kind of suspect. I also considered Percy Harvin and Dez Bryant, but I figured I needed a dependable TE. I normally always wait on TE's.....not this draft though.
7.6 - Dez Bryant
I was shocked to see him fall to the 7th round. I don't like idea of pairing up Dez and Austin together, but Dez has the potential to be a top 10 WR. I considered nobody else here, and scooped up Dez right away.
8.4 - Tim Hightower
I know the warnings of avoiding Mike Shanahan running backs, but I chose to ignore them. He looked incredible in preseason, but more importantly why I took him was because there was NOBODY else I would even consider taking in the 8th. I thought about Collie but I was determined I needed another RB. The other RBs available were R Matthews, Spiller, Addai, Benson, Grant, Lawfirm, Beanie Wells, and Ingram. They all suck.
9.6 - Joe Flacco
Now was the time to get a backup for Rivers. I really wanted Bradford, but he was drafted a few picks before me, so I had to go with Flacco. The fan in me says I hope he's better than Rivers by week 3 (lol), but to be real Flacco's never going to start, but in case he does I feel 100% comfortable with him getting a spot start during Rivers bye week.
10.4 - Jimmy Graham
He's going to have a monster year. If my feeling that Vernon will regress this year is true, Graham will come in seamlessly. If he doesnt, I have trade bait for that much needed RB2.
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11.6 - Plaxico Burress
Complete 100% gamble. There's a good chance he's going to be awful, but in the slight chance he reverts back to his old self, I all of a sudden have an abundance of riches at WR. Looking back now, I should have taken Mike Tolbert, but my draft strategy is basically to collect lottery tickets after 10, which is exactly what Plax is. Also considered Santana Moss and Johnny Knox.
12.4 - Pierre Thomas
Mark Ingram is a rookie. Rookies have 6 weeks to learn the offense. Give me the vet over the rookie every day of the week, especially this year. I don't really expect much, but if Ingram goes down, Thomas will get most of the touches in an explosive offense. I like the gamble.
13.6 Steve Smith (Car)
Same thing as Plax. He's a lottery ticket. He'll probably be bad this year, but the upside of Cam Newton is high enough for Smith to emerge from the dead. If he does, more trade bait for a RB. I wanted Julio Jones (huge upside) and Lee Evans, but they were taken the 2 spots in front of me.
14.4 - Giants defense
Sacks, sacks, and more sacks. While defenses were flying off the board in round 6-10, I was worried I'd end up with the Bills defense. I was estatic to see NYG there in the 14th. Snatched them up immediately.
15.6 Davone Bess
He's more valuable in a PPR league, but more receptions is never a bad thing in any league. He also lit up teams in the last quarter of 2010, so I'm taking a late draft flyer on a breakout candidate.
16.4 Matt Bryant
Dome kicker on an explosive offense. How the f**k did he drop this far? Reason number 2376 why you should wait on kickers.
17.6 Nate Burleson
Caught a TD pass in every preseason game so far. Number 2 receiver in a potentially explosive offense. Love this pick for round 17.
So my final team goes as follows
QB - Rivers
RB - Rice, Best
WR - White, Austin, Bryant
TE - V. Davis
K - M. Bryant
DEF - Giants
Bench - Flacco, Hightower, P. Thomas, Burress, S. Smith (CAR), Bess, Burleson, Graham
I think I did awesome. What do you guys think?
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Yeah, that's a really good job. I love Vernon Davis this year - I've had him targetted in every draft, but I always seem to wait a round too long and he gets sniped right before I pick. Backing him up with Graham is a solid move. I think by mid-season you might be struggling on deciding which one to start every week. A good problem to have.
Dez was a no-brainer, even with Austin on the roster. I'm high enough on the Cowboys offense that I think they can both put up solid numbers week in and week out. Overall I really like the WR group you've got.
Not sure how the hell Rice fell to #6. I can understand Foster and CJ dropping, but with those guys dropping I've been seeing a lot of drafts with Rice going #1 or #2 overall. I wouldn't second guess too much about passing up CJ. I think as long as you get one of the top RBs, by year's end you're not going to see a whole lot of difference. The first round RBs are like a minefield in my opinion. None of them will be head and shoulders above the rest; you just need to avoid the guys who are going to crash back to earth this year and finish well below the others (like Foster).
You just need Best to stay healthy. I think he will - I don't really shy away from 2nd year guys who were hurt as rookies (look at Mendenhall). I'll chalk those up to fluke injuries and take my chances, especially when it's something like turf toe.
Very nice draft. If that team's not in the playoffs I'll be pretty surprised (assuming everyone stays healthy, of course).
Re: How'd my draft go?
I think Hightower is nice off the bench. He could be up for some huge games.
The only questionmark is Shanahan. He changes RBs more than most people do underwear...
Re: How'd my draft go?
Right now, I'm 4-2. I started 4-0, but some bye weeks screwed me up.
My team is completely different that I had drafted it. Hightower is gone. I swindled an owner into trading me Ryan Matthews for Vernon Davis as soon as Vernon got hot.
I kept hearing all through the end of preseason and the beginning of the season how awesome Mark Ingram looked, and how he was going to get more involved as the season went on. I ended up trading for him.....
for Steve Smith (after his week 1 hot start, sold high) :grbac:
dropped flacco for tebow, plax for greg little, burleson for earnest graham, thomas for eric decker, and somebody else who I cant remember for Sidney Rice.
My WR have all the potential in the world, but they're holding me back (White, austin, dez). I'm not sure if I should package one of them for somebody more consistent, or ride it out.
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Re: How'd my draft go?
Good catch on Vernon Davis. He just starting piling up stats all of the sudden. Hows he doing on your fantasy roster?
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"Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better."
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I am thinking about this today as I try to approach my (huge) to-do list with creativity and vision instead of dreariness and dread. So much of life is mundane; why shouldn't I see these tasks as creative opportunities? We were made to be creative, I believe, so why not unleash it every day?
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We've covered many of our favorite designs from Milan Design Week 2008 this past week, but there was lots of intriguing eco design that we still haven't touched on yet: Steven Burks' eco-minded 'Cappellini Love' tables, lots of LED oriented lighting, waste-diverting floor coverings made from scrap materials, and innovations for portable functional spaces are just a few of the highlights we don't want to leave out from our Milan Coverage. From Tuttobene, Satellite and around town, here is a selection of great green designs we spotted while out and about in Milan last week.
Swedish design studio Jantze Brogård Asshoffpeek was at Salone Satellite, we love their subtle consumption reminder in the 'greenhouse' trash receptacle.
Stephen Burks' recycled paper tables 'Cappellini Love' are made by artisans in South Africa using recycled, shredded magazines. The pieces are bonded with a non-toxic adhesive and hardener for the surface.
Charlotte Tangye Design exhibited with Small Factories in Milan. We thoroughly enjoy her sliceform Godolphin Chandelier with LEDs and her Living Lampshade, which provides a frame for a climbing plant to grow around a waterproof lightfitting.
Down in the trendy Tortona district, Pircher had its Planit Eco-house on display. It's a prefab house designed for energy efficiency using PEFC certified sustainable materials.
The festival introduced the world to StreetSurfer, which brings the world of surfing, skating and snowboarding to the humble bicycle. The design gives a smoother, stabler ride, as well as enabling turning with a simple lean of the body.
'Feliz' by Manon Juliette is a tactile floor covering made from leather scraps. Its modular design means you can buy the exact quantity you need. The design was recognized with a Toon van Tuijl Design Award for its social commitment – its production in Brazil employs people with disabilities.
We dropped into sustainable accessory manufacturer asaplab to discover this shopping bag designed by Massimo Varetto. The design uses the classic plastic bag form, as this has the highest load carrying capability (per square inch of material) of any bag design. However, it's been recreated in a much more long lasting material: asaplab's vegetable tanned leather.
Asaplab also had its 'Recycled Knit' range of products on display, made from rather lovely, colourful cashmere that was mistakenly ordered by other, larger companies. Asaplab saved it going to landfill by using it in a range of cheerful products, like these sleeping masks.
Jetske de Groot had her wonderful 'Multiple Family' chairs on display. It's a simple but charming concept: a new chair is made from the remnants of old to produce a unique piece, full of character.
Libby LED, by Alexander Harris, re-interprets the Library Lamp of the early 1900s, refitting it with energy-saving LEDs and steel made using a low energy manufacturing process. Finished in solvent free coating and completely recyclable, it's also been designed for easy disassembly.
We found Dutch designer Elmo Vermijs cooking up a storm in his portable kitchen, designed to bring communities together through the act of cooking and eating together. We certainly made a few friends while enjoying his delicious Thai curry. His community-focused design also prioritizes sustainability, as the canopy is made of reclaimed wood, the seats are made from old Dutch fruit crates, and all the food is vegetarian and organic.
Dutch designer Jack Brandsma had his SpareSpace work on display. His lightweight, portable units are designed to instantly turn any unused space into workspace for young professionals.


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The Safety, Health and Return to Employment (SHARE) initiative was launched in 2004 with the purpose of reducing occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities within the Federal government. The initiative was scheduled to run for three years, and established four goals in the critical areas of safety, health and injury case management, with performance measured based on improvement from a baseline of FY2003:
- Reduction of total case rates for injuries and illnesses by at least 3% per year;
- Reduction of case rates for lost time injuries and illnesses by at least 3% per year;
- Increase in the timely filing of injury and illness notices by at least 5% per year;
- Reduction of the rates of lost production days due to injuries and illnesses by at least 1% per year.
After the Federal government made great strides toward meeting all four goals by the end of the first three years of the initiative, in 2006 President Bush extended the SHARE initiative through FY2009, reaffirming the Administration's commitment to improving workplace safety and health conditions for Federal workers, while also reducing the financial costs to America's taxpayers. While performance of Federal agencies under the extension of the SHARE initiative continues to be measured based on the goals shown above, changes have been made to the methodology by which some agency targets are set. For an explanation of these changes, and to view major agency targets for each of the SHARE goals for FY2007 through FY2009, click here.
On November 28, 2007, an interagency meeting was held to discuss agencies' progress toward meeting the goals of the SHARE initiative, as well as update agencies on FECA program performance and current and upcoming program initiatives. To view the presentations from the meeting, please click here.
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The table below provides SHARE goal progress for the departments and five largest independent agencies. For additional detail, please visit the OWCP SHARE site or the Injury/Illness Statistics sites. Click on a link in the table below to view goal-by-goal progress statistics for an agency.


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Ansarra earned his Bachelor of Science degree in human development and family studies from Cornell University in 1983, where he was also a member of the varsity basketball team. He earned a Master of Science degree in urban studies/planning and development from Southern Connecticut State University in 1996.
Prior to his appointment as the Senior Associate Athletics Director, Ansarra served as the Associate Director of Athletics from 2000-2004 as well as the Assistant Director of Athletics/Compliance Coordinator from 1995-1999 where his responsibilities included enforcing NCAA, institutional and conference mandates including eligibility, scholarships, rules and regulations.
From 1998-2001, Ansarra served as Special Council to the President for African American Affairs where he served as a liaison to faculty, staff, students and community constituents on issues of diversity and equity, provided conflict mediation and referral. He also served as the Assistant Director of Admissions from 1988-1995 where he was responsible for recruiting and marketing strategies and outreach, budget management and grant administration.


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The University of Hawai'i System's "15 to Finish" team took the spotlight on the national stage today, at the Complete College America (CCA) conference in Denver, Colorado.
The CCA, a non-profit national alliance of 33 states, invited the UH to serve as a national model for its highly successful "15 to Finish" campaign that encourages students to take 15 or more credits each semester and graduate on time -- two years for an associates degree and four years for a baccalaureate degree.
"It was such an honor. This team has been working on this for over a year and a half, and to be asked to come here and share it with these 22 states and the District of Columbia is a real tribute to our ten campus effort. To think that what we've done in Hawai'i is going to inform these states -- we should all be so proud," said Linda Johnsrud, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost, UH System.
The aggressive "15 to Finish" publicity and advertising campaign resulted in significant increases in the number of UH freshmen taking 15 or more credits. In the fall of 2011, only 15 percent of UH freshmen across the state took 15 or more credits. That increased to 24 percent one year later, following the campaign.
UH Manoa saw an increase from 38 percent to 56 percent.
"It's always hard to get large numbers of students to do something different. So that makes it even more significant what the University of Hawai'i has done. And that's one of the reasons that we call it a game changer, because they're moving the numbers significantly. That's why all these states came through a blizzard to get here to listen to the Hawai'i team and learn about their program," said Stan Jones, CCA president.
"The University of Hawai'i System is really a model that we're using across the country. We have 22 states and the District of Columbia that are extremely interested in launching a "15 to Finish" campaign in their own states, and Hawai'i is going to lead the way," Jones said.
Johnsrud's "15 to Finish" team also includes Pearl Iboshi, Director, Institutional Research and Analysis; Joanne Itano, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; Joanne Taira, Senior Executive for International/Strategic Initiatives; and Teri Yamashige, Communications Specialist for Hawai'i P-20.
"But although we did the campaign, we were building on the foundations laid by each of our ten campuses to make this possible," Johnsrud said.


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Porsche 918 Spyder: Like a Prius that Goes 211 MPH?
German sports-car maker Porsche unveiled the production version of its 918 Spyder, a plug-in-hybrid supercar, which, like your neighbor's Toyota Prius, uses a combination of gasoline and electric power to improve acceleration while boosting fuel economy in around-town driving.
That pretty much covers the similarities.
The all-wheel-drive 918 generates 887 horsepower from a V8 engine and electric motors on its front and rear axles, sprints from zero to 60 miles an hour in 2.8 seconds and has a top speed of 211 mph.
The company said the new car "demonstrates the potential of the hybrid drive to a degree never seen before" and represents "the gene pool for the Porsche sports cars of the future."
Porsche said the 918 Spyder traces its ancestry to racing cars including the company's LMP2 RS Spyder, which served as a foundation for development of the new car's 4.6-liter V8 engine.
The 918 has five driving modes designed to cover missions from a fuel-saving commute to full-on track-day driving. In the E-Power mode the car travels up to 18 miles on battery power alone and can accelerate to 60 mph in about seven seconds. The next mode is "Hybrid," which uses the gas engine and electric motors to maximize efficiency in everyday driving — much like other hybrid cars.
A "Sport Hybrid" setting is designed for "more dynamic situations" and "Race Hybrid" allows the car to be driven as if it is competing in an endurance race.
The last setting, "Hot Lap," is a sort of hyper version of the race mode that boost the 918's power to the maximum "for a few fast laps," the way racers set up their cars for qualifying sessions.


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All Aspect Warfare chronicles the adventures, mishaps and all around tomfoolery of an "elite" team of combat marines who crash landed on the enemy planet they were sent to completely destroy. Stranded and left for dead on a planet with a deployed thermo-nuclear weapon ticking somewhere, their only chance of escape lies deep within hostile territory. With no way of locating the weapon, their's is a race against time to get off the planet before detonation.
Set on a remote four hundred square mile stretch of a near desolate planet, the game features fast and furious action in first or third person perspective, vehicular and aerial combat with a vast array of player controlled air, ground and naval assets. With six playable classes, over twenty first person weapons of mass destruction, thirty player controlled units and breathtaking vistas, this open world game is best in class.
Instant action missions for quick engagements, an involving multi-branching campaign storyline that never plays the same way twice and various multiplayer modes, the game offers something for every action gamer. Whether you are a first or third person gamer or a flight combat jock, the game has something for you to excel at and enjoy with your friends.
Powered by an all new Shader Model 3.0 based game and graphics engines featuring dynamic climate and weather systems, time of day simulation, atmospheric light scattering, High Dynamic Range lighting, topological variations, an advanced terrain engine with high definition rendering at any altitude, (not just high altitude like those other guys) advanced AI, high end flight dynamics and avionics systems, a fluid character animation engine and a host of other advanced technologies including terrain vegetation generated using the award winning SpeedTreeRT suite, All Aspect Warfare represents total immersion in a breathtaking world.
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- Class based, with six (two pilots and four marines) playable first person character classes with various strengths, weaknesses and restrictions.
- Over twenty-four first person weapons of varying types which range from pistols and sniper rifles to machine guns and various grenades.
- Over thirty playable units including ten vehicles, six gunships, twelve fighters, three shuttles and a naval unit. All units are class based. e.g. marines cannot fly gunships or fighters; pilots do not have access to advanced weaponry, some marines have jetpacks etc. All units supported in multiplayer with multiuse positions (e.g. driver, gunner, passengers).
- Gamers are free to play any aspect based on their strengths. Not a first/third person shooter fan and prefer the exhilaration of aerial combat? Then take on various aerial sorties including escort, SAD, SEAD and CAP missions while supporting ground troops. Not an air combat jock but prefer the immediate threatening presence of hand-held weapons of mass destruction? Then you'll feel right at home with various weapons and toys including jetpacks, target laser designators (so your air combat friends can easily id targets) etc.
- Full squad command of up to four NPC characters with an intuitive orders interface system.
- Engaging campaign storyline switches player from one character class to the next as the story moves forward. e.g. carry out a mission as a marine to destroy a hostile surface to air site so that in the next mission, as a combat pilot you can then engage the primary target without being shot down.
- Instant Action missions introduce gamers to the various aspects of playing the various aspects of the game.
- Comprehensive in-game tutorial – with audio voice over - teaches various aspects of infantry weaponry as well as use of vehicles, gunships and fighters.
- Two player co-op allows gamers to experience the campaign scenario with a friend.
- Fully integrated in-game document viewer with quick access to game commands, manual and tutorial documents.
- All Aspect Warfare scheduled for release during the first half of 2009, a wide public Beta is planned prior to release.
The PC DRM scheme requires an Internet connection for a one-time activation but (i) does not require physical media to be in the drive to play (ii) does not limit the number of owner activations (iii) does not install any drivers which would otherwise impair the operation of the owner's computer. Check the official website for more information about the ByteShield gamer friendly DRM scheme.
All Aspect Warfare is schediule for release on PC on May 18, 2009 while the Xbox 360 edition will launch Q3 2009 (pending Microsoft approval)
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The fight for sustainability in agriculture and food production is one of the great fronts in the battle for a truly sustainable future. It's easy to see the corporate control, reliance on fossil fuels, and grand industrial scale of the U.S. food system and wonder whether food sustainability will ever be possible. We seem to have largely forgotten activities that were once cultural mainstays, such as eating with the seasons, cooking from scratch, and enjoying a family dinner.
For a long time, the movement for sustainable food and agriculture has progressed in a slow and (pardon the pun) organic fashion: farmers markets sprout up here and there, a community plants a garden, books and documentaries draw attention to yet another nuance of sustainable food production. Yet conventional industrial agriculture still sells the lion's share of the world's food.
The small-scale, localized, decentralized nature of the food movement at first seems a weak point: can this ever compete with the industrial-agricultural machine? But it may in fact be the movement's great strength, as it mirrors the locality and sense of place that are the cornerstones of a sustainable food system.
Amid this national backdrop of increasing concern about food, one particular movement has made almost incredible progress in the space of only a few years: the push to bring sustainable food to college campuses and dining halls.
The initiative began en masse about three years ago, with a national grassroots activist group called the Real Food Challenge. The group developed a document called the Real Food Campus Commitment, which is presented to university presidents who are urged to sign on and promise that their schools will purchase at least 20 percent "real" (or sustainable) food by the year 2020.
Three years ago, there were no signatures. Today, there are more than 17, and many more joined two weeks ago on Food Day, a national campaign organized by Center for Science in the Public Interest and endorsed by Real Food Challenge. The day has become symbolic for students, as many chose to have their signings of the Campus Commitment coincide with Food Day.
Until early 2012, even multiple signings of the Commitment were not certain to have any real effect. College foodservice companies often obstructed implementation of the Commitment by refusing to provide purchasing invoices to calculate the types of food being purchased.
Dozens of Real Food Challenge student activists at a recent national conference. Image courtesy of Real Food Challenge
In the last year and half, that has changed. Aramark, the third largest college food provider in the United States, rescinded an internal memo preventing dining managers from cooperating with students working with Real Food Challenge. Sodexo, the second largest provider, signed a national agreement with Real Food Challenge to make all purchasing invoices available to students who are calculating the sustainability of the dining service.
Real Food Challenge is currently negotiating for the same agreement from Chartwell's, a subsidiary of the largest college food provider in the nation. Together, Aramark, Sodexo, and Chartwell's parent company, Compass Group, provide the vast majority of college foodservice in the United States.
The bottom line is that students, working with health and environmental activists but without significant political or financial resources, have managed to have a major effect on the business practices of some of the largest corporations in the nation. This is important not merely because it demonstrates the power of grassroots activism, but because it indicates a changing standard of competition in the college foodservice industry.
Within a few years, no company will be able to ignore sustainability or rebuff students' requests for transparency. In fact, we're already seeing this: Aramark, which has been the most troublesome of the "big three" providers, recently lost its chance to administer two large contracts at Brandeis University and Johns Hopkins University because of student activism.
The question now is whether these unprecedented successes will snowball and lead to a rapid transformation of the food system, or whether the foodservice corporations will balk at making more than minor changes to their large-scale industrial business model.
In the future, this could be the norm rather than a niche. (Image courtesy of NatalieMaynor via Flickr)
It's not yet possible to answer this definitely, but a few points suggest that the first scenario may very well be possible. It is clear that foodservice companies will increasingly be unable to ignore the demands of students to bring sustainable food to their campuses. This in turn might have a cascading effect on their broader business models and even the entire food economy, as sustainable food suppliers and manufacturers gain market share and recognition.
And because food is such a powerful—and indeed universal—part of life (everyone eats after all), there is a good chance that the food movement will only grow stronger, helping to drive the momentum of the transition to a sustainable society one company, one campus, and one market at a time.
How quickly we can achieve food sustainability, and what exactly a sustainable food system will look like, are still open questions. But even now, the building blocks are in place for the transformation of our food system.


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