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Protected areas usually are designated and managed to keep wild species that
live within the area from becoming extinct. Even after an area has been set
aside as protected habitat, extinction or population declines may still occur
as a result of changes in environmental conditions related to climate change,
land use in surrounding areas, or widespread pollution. Climate change is likely
to induce vegetation change that will force wild plant and animal species to
shift their distribution in response to the new conditions. For example, a variety
of changes in butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, and other migratory insects
have been recorded in green corridors of Japan in recent years (Ubukata, 2000),
and shifts have been recorded in the ranges of many North American, European,
Arctic, and Antarctic bird and insect species (see Section
5.4). If the protected area is not large enough to contain an area that
will be suitable under the new climate conditions, a species may become locally
extinct. In contrast, protected areas that are large enough to cover an elevation
or a latitudinal gradient should allow species to make adjustments along the
gradient as conditions change. In some cases, such as in coastal areas, habitat
may simply be lost as a result of factors such as sea-level rise, with no potential
area for species to migrate.
Frontier forests in Asia are home to more than 50% of the world's terrestrial
plant and animal species (Rice, 1998). Risks to this rich array of living species
are increasing. For instance, of the 436 species of mammals and 1,500 species
of birds in Indonesia, more than 100 species each of mammals and birds have
been declared threatened (UNEP, 1999). Similar trends also are seen in China,
India, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. In India, as many as 1,256 higher plant
species, of more than 15,000 species, are threatened (Sukumar et al., 1995).
Coastal areas are likely to be at risk from climate change-induced sea-level
rise. A rise in the water level of estuaries will reduce the size and connectedness
of small islands and coastal and estuarine reserves and increase their isolation.
The Yangtze (Changjiang) and Mekong deltas on mainland China and the Mai Po
marshes in Hong Kong are refueling stops for migratory birds, especially ducks,
geese, and shorebirds. The presence of these birds may be threatened by the
disappearance of coastal marshes as a result of increases in sea level from
global warming (Li et al., 1991; Tang, 1995). Similarly, the Rann of Kutch in
India supports one of the largest Greater Flamingo colonies in Asia (Ali, 1985;
Bapat, 1992). With sea-level rise, these salt marshes and mudflats are likely
to be submerged (Bandyopadhyay, 1993), which would result in decreased habitat
for breeding flamingoes and lesser floricans (Sankaran et al., 1992). In addition,
about 2,000 Indian wild asses in the Rann of Kutch could lose their only habitat
in India to rising sea level (Clark and Duncan, 1992).
The Sundarbans of Bangladesh, which support a diversity of wildlife, are at
great risk from rising sea level. These coastal mangrove forests provide habitat
for species such as Bengal tigers, Indian otters, spotted deer, wild boars,
estuarine crocodiles, fiddler crabs, mud crabs, three marine lizard species,
and five marine turtle species (Green, 1990). With a 1-m rise in sea level,
the Sundarbans are likely to disappear, which may spell the demise of the tiger
and other wildlife (Smith et al., 1998).
Species that live in mountainous areas also are particularly at risk of losing
habitat as a result of changes in climate. Extreme temperature conditions may
cause these protected areas to undergo major changes, partly because of high
rates of variation in habitat structure that naturally occur on mountain ranges
as a result of changes in slope, steepness, and exposure. Protected areas also
may be subjected to extreme surface runoffs because of rapid melting of winter
snow. Because many Asian mountain ranges are east-west oriented, there will
be little room for species to shift their ranges toward cooler mountainous habitat.
An additional barrier to wildlife movements in mountainous habitat derives from
the fact that many of the larger reserves in central Asia are located along
international borders. Depending on topography, if these borders are heavily
fenced, most of the larger terrestrial vertebrates will not be able to respond
spatially to changes in their environment.
Besides loss of habitat, wild species are at risk from changes in environmental
conditions that favor forest fires and drought. For example, forest fires under
unseasonably high temperatures in Nepal may threaten local extinction for red
pandas, leopards, monkeys, deer, bears, and other wild animals. If the frequency
of these extreme events increases, the frequency of fire also may increase.
Similarly, increases in the frequency of dry spells and local droughts may decrease
populations. For example, drought-related decreases in the density and persistence
of Green Leaf Warblers have been recorded on their wintering grounds in the
Western Ghats of south India (Katti and Price, 1996). In desert ecosystems,
protected areas often are located around oases, which are the basis for the
existence of much of the local fauna. Protected oases often are far apart, so
droughts that cause a decline in local forage often cause mass mortality because
animals may not be able to move on to adjacent oases. The frequency of these
droughts therefore is a key component in the viability of populations in such
protected areas (Safriel, 1993).
Climate change is likely to act synergistically with many other stressors,
such as land conversion and pollution, leading to major impacts on protected
areas and species (see Chapter 5). Currently designated
major protected areas in Asia need to be examined with respect to the ability
of their species to shift in range in response to changing climate, as well
as with respect to how much habitat could be lost. Many speciesespecially
those in coastal areas and mountainous habitatscould experience large
population declines; some may become extinct at least in part because of climate
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Tomato Penne
Loaded with grape tomatoes that literally burst with sweetness, this pasta dish is a surefire kid pleaser. And with a surprisingly simple recipe, this dish is a good one to get the kids involved in. And once it's on the table, you'll feel good knowing they're gobbling up tomatoes and red bell peppers, which are chock full of vitamin A, vitamin C, and fiber.
What You Need:
- 1 recipe Roasted Red Pepper Pesto
- 12 ounces gluten free penne pasta or other short pasta (brown rice pasta works well)
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 10 ounces sweet grape tomatoes
- ½ sweet yellow onion, chopped
- 2 cups spinach, optional
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese, shredded (optional)
- ¼ cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, grated (optional)
What You Do:
- Prepare the red pepper pesto and set aside.
- Cook the pasta al dente as directed on the package.
- In a large sauté pan, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
- Add the tomatoes and cover with a lid. Cook until they begin to soften and pop, about 5 minutes.
- Add the onion and cook for about a minute.
- Add the spinach, if using, and sauté until the leaves begin to wilt.
- Stir in the red pepper pesto and cook until the pesto just begins to bubble. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the cooked pasta and toss well. Cook another minute, just until the pasta is heated through.
- Plate and enjoy! For a cheesier baked version, pour the pasta into a casserole dish and top with mozzarella and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheeses. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for about 20 minutes until the cheeses are melted and bubbly.
- Serve as a main or side dish.
For non-vegetarians, boost the flavor and heartiness by stirring in a can of oil-packed tuna before serving.
Did You Know?
Lycopene, found in both tomatoes and bell peppers, is thought to help protect against cancer and heart disease.

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Evolving Rational Functions
Lesson 5 of 12
Objective: SWBAT explain why dividing by zero causes a function to become undefined and will be able to solve for these domain restrictions algebraically.
Big Idea: Students build a rational function to investigate the relationships between a graph, an equation, and the undefined values that restrict the function's domain.
At the start of class today, I give students two minutes to practice their presentations about why a function is undefined when we divide by zero (See Homework Section of Lesson 1 in this unit for more information about the initial assignment). After these two minutes are up, I want each team to work together to pick what they think is "the best explanation".
As students debate which explanation is the best, there may be some critiquing of reasoning and constructing arguments occurring (Math Practice 3). I help students by praising and highlighting good conversations that I hear around the room. When necessary, I prompt students to challenge a table mate's explanation. I might ask, "Does that make sense to you?" or "Does anyone think it is not fully correct?"
This activity concludes with team presentations. If nobody on a team wants to present, I will make a general statement like, "The person with the most colorful shoes will present." Normally, I find that students aren't necessarily going to jump up and volunteer to present. I allow team time before presentations to give students an opportunity to gain confidence. A student who doesn't know what to say or what to do, can at least have some time to learn from their team before they stand in front of the class.
Today, I expect a variety of different explanations about why dividing by zero is undefined. It is important that students understand this fact before they continue on to the rest of today's lesson.
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After students have completed the Building Rational Functions worksheet, I formally define asymptotes for students by presenting the definition on page 3 of the Flipchart: Evolving Rational Functions. Students should add this to their personal dictionaries. Then, I have students demonstrate their understanding of finding vertical asymptote. I ask students match graphs to equations (see pages 4 and 5 of the Flipchart).
The closure activity should be completed without a calculator.
During the final phase of class, I plan to review students' responses to the question on page 4 of the Flipchart by discussing vertical asymptotes, intercepts, test points, and horizontal asymptotes. I also want to point out the fact that 1/x will continue to give us a smaller and smaller numbers as x gets larger and larger, but it will never evaluate as zero. I use this example to help my students to develop an informal understanding of the idea of a limit.


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I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!
Happy National Ice Cream Month! In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared July National Ice Cream Month in recognition of the 90% of Americans who say they love ice cream. In fact, according to the International Dairy Foods Association, 9% of the milk produced in this country goes towards ice cream production. The ice cream industry generates about $21 billion in sales each year!
Do you have a favorite flavor? The US definitely does--vanilla. The top 5: vanilla, chocolate, cookies 'n cream, strawberry and mint chocolate chip.
Saturday, July 17 is National Ice Cream Day, so grab some friends and indulge in a cone at one of the many local custard stands.


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'Of course' — Reflections on the Elizabeth Eaton installation
My first reaction to Norma Cook Everist's article in the "Living Lutheran" on Bishop Elizabeth Eaton's installation as Presiding Bishop of the ELCA was the journey that has brought the ELCA to this historic and significant moment in time. As I read the story the second time through, Norma's words and reflections took on a deeper meaning for me. As a woman and as a final year seminary student I paused and took time to reflect on my own journey of faith towards ordination.
The first steps for me began when the ELCA was yet a dream. It was in 1963 and I was a seventh grade student attending a fall confirmation retreat. I remember the inside of the church and the pew I was sitting in with many of the other students. Our intern pastor was standing on the chancel floor in front of us by the communion rail and talking with us about listening to God's voice and answering God's call to ministry. Intern Hullett told us that God had spoken to him as a teenager; and that God might also be talking to one or more of us during this retreat. As he ended his discussion, Intern Hullett asked if any of us felt God's calling, and if so, he would like to pray with us about it. As I sat in that pew, I felt a voice calling me. I wanted to go up to talk with him. Instead, I felt confused, and scared, glued to my seat in the pew – praying God would show me what to do.
It was a time when there were no women pastors in the Lutheran Church in America. There were no role models for me to follow in my church body. In fact, when I found the courage to talk with my pastor about becoming a pastor, he laughed at me and said, "Are you crazy? This is not a job for a woman. Only men become pastors." I felt alone, without strength, without courage, and without support from anyone to go forward. This view was further reinforced by my sophomore English teacher when she gave me a failing grade on my term paper. The assignment had been to write on what career path we would take after completing high school. I had written on becoming a pastor. The teacher's rationale for failing me was that becoming a pastor was not considered a viable career for a woman at that time. I was then sent to our high school guidance counselor and told to consider the more appropriate careers of teacher, nurse, secretary, or wife and mother.
How the world has changed. How I have changed. The seeds of God's calling which were planted over forty years have grown, matured, and blossomed. That young girl is no longer confused and scared. That young woman has walked out in faith. Today I have found the strength and courage to answer God's calling to Word and sacrament ministry. Today I have found those role models and a support system that were lacking so many years ago. Today I have a pastor who believes in me, encourages me, supports me, and mentors me as I travel on the journey God placed in my heart so many years ago.
"Of Course," doors have been opened. Hearts have been changed. Women are now embraced as they begin seminary. "Of Course" there is still work to do. As I remember the paths along my journey, I appreciate the "Of Course" moments along the way and embrace my final year of seminary, anticipating my ordination next year.
Donna Runge, final year M.Div.
People from across the country and from as far away as Jamaica, South Africa and Australia responded on facebook and by e-mail to the "Living Lutheran" article. Here are a few of their comments:
While the decades roll on, I look forward to the day when even those opposed to the ordination of women in the Lutheran Church of Australia will look at each other and say, "Of course."
Tanya Wittwer, Adelaide, Australia, WTS graduate
Leigh Newton also wrote from Australia: Thanks so much Norma. Yes, this is significant across the world. Some of us are far behind. We have been functioning in fear for so long. I used your article as inspiration this afternoon for our congregation's motion on calling suitably qualified women or men when we need to call pastors. "Can't you wait just a few more years?" The motion was carried, 21 to 7! Significant in a church that doesn't ordain women. Let's see what this means for the broader church down the road.
Leigh Newton, Adelaide, Australia
I loved the article! Of course, of course I did! I had no idea all of the pain women must have gone through to pave the way for future women of the church. I had no idea at all and I appreciate you sharing it with everyone.
Terese Touvelle, 2nd year WTS diaconal ministry student
Paula wrote: The Spirit of God, RUAH, herself was present though out the millennium, bringing wisdom (Sophia) and Shekinah (glory) to each corner of our world and lives, Of Course! Thank you for being in the vanguard with us from our corner of Lutheranism (LCMS) to the ecumenical and interfaith days to which we now proclaim the Gospel that God has said, "Yes, I love you all, always."
Rev. Paula Hepola Anderson, WTS graduate
This past weekend I performed a wedding for one of my college roommates, and yesterday I had to take the marriage license to the post office. The clerk saw the envelope and congratulated me on my marriage. I explained that I did not get married but instead that I was the pastor at the wedding. My heart dropped just a little as I saw the look on the clerk's face, not fully understanding what I had tried to explain.
"Of course…" "Of course…" Your words reminded me of the long way we have to go, but yet how far we have come and that gender does not define the Good News proclaimed from my own lips or anyone's lips.
Rev. Shannon Arnold, WTS graduate
I just read your article about the installation. I cried while reading it. For the first time in my life, I've been experiencing what it is to be a "woman" in ministry. A man stopped me on the street because he had never seen a woman in a collar before, and he had "questions." Another man purposely neglected asking me to participate in a community event as a religious leader because I was a woman. I've always shrugged my shoulders and said, "I've never been treated differently than anyone else," whenever anyone has asked me about my being in ministry, but I forget that the very act of being asked that question is telling. I am newly inspired and energized by the article.
Jen Dahle, WTS Intern
I remember when I wanted to be a Lutheran minister years ago. I was told, "Women aren't ministers." And before that I was told, "Girls aren't altar boys." Your extremely important narrative about the history of women in the Lutheran church brought chills to my skin. I remember. Let us not forget the sisters who went before."
Rebecca Crystal, Unitarian Universalist Seminarian
From South Africa: [My wife] Solveig printed out your piece, "Of course," and I read it slowly—grinning and often at the point of tears, not sure nor really caring whether they were tears of joy or sorrow. And all the way through, your words pulled up memories of Connie Kleingartner. She was one of our first. We saw her move from tentative decisions about whether she should really try to do "regular" ministry or perhaps a "special ministry,". . . to her decision to be part of Wartburg's first House of Studies in Denver. . . [Connie was ordained in 1977 and served in many places, including as a professor at LSTC] to the news of her battle with cancer, to the quiet report of her death. For us, an unforgettable part of the larger narrative.
Rev. Dr. Peter Kjeseth, WTS professor emeritus, and "Dean of Women Students" at Wartburg in the early 1970's


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Q. My question is twofold: Is it possible to show repentance in hell? Is it possible to have a change of will in hell? That is, can one who has willfully turned away from God and wound up in hell turn back toward God?
— Charlie Hauser, Bensalem, Pa.
A. Here's a reply from Father Reginald Martin:
In the supplement to his Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas devoted several pages to the fate of the damned. What he wrote is terrifying. The will, he says, consists of two parts: the "natural will," which is God's gift, always calling us to goodness, and the "deliberate will," the choices of which are our responsibility. In hell, the damned are eternally aware they ought not to be there, and that they have chosen their fate.
Throughout this discussion, St. Thomas stressed that choices made while we live cannot be changed after death. Sin is a turning away from God, so the damned can no longer embrace God's goodness and turn — or return — to him. Moreover, they experience the pain of God's judgment and the loss of any reward they might have enjoyed.
To repent of sin "directly" means to hate sin and to shun its evil. The damned cannot express this repentance because the possibility of choice ceases when we die, and the damned died embracing the evil of sin. However, we repent of sin "indirectly" when we hate it because of something attached to it. The damned certainly regret their punishment, so they are capable of indirectly repenting their fate.
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Use a potato masher to break up the potatoes while adding about 1 cup of the reserved liquid, to just 'wet' the potatoes.Add more, for desired creaminess. Spoon the potatoes into a serving bowl and serve immediately. NOTE: You can keep the potatoes warm, on very low heat. The extra milk/cream can be added right before serving. Works beautifully!
Back to the fish:
Cook 2 pieces at a time. Fry for 1½ to 2 minutes, then carefully turn the fish over to cook the other side.With a spoon, baste the fillets with the butter sauce. Repeat basting to ensure the fish remains moist. Once the other side is cooked (about 30 seconds) carefully remove the fillets from the pan to a serving platter.
The lemon zest works well in the potatoes, and as a side dish with fish. I've used this technique to make galric smashed potatoes by adding whole garlic cloves to the milk and omitting the lemon zest. So good!
All three printable recipes are at the bottom of this post. Tyler Florence-- yes, he's one of my favorite Food Network chefs.
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The comedy Bridesmaids was one of the breakout movies of the summer, grossing more than $285 million worldwide and earning critical acclaim for its strong cast, especially star Kristen Wiig.
Director Paul Feig put together a must-see movie list for the Morning Edition feature we've decided to call Watch This — and though it's not all comedies, Feig tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that Peter Bogdanovich's 1972 screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? was his Star Wars — meaning it was the movie he had to see over and over again.
"When I was a kid, I'd never seen a screwball comedy," Feig says. "So for me this was just this mind-blowing, new type of comedy. ... I went bananas for it."
The movie, which stars Ryan O'Neal and Barbra Streisand, centers around four identical bags and the people who own them. One of the bags is owned by O'Neal's character, musicologist Howard Bannister, Ph.D., who's being pursued by the beautiful yet chaos-attracting Streisand.
"She's just in love with this nerd, and she's chasing ever after him," Feig says. "Which is, I think, why I liked it too. ... Anything that showed that you could be a nerd and girls would be after you, I was all for."
The Human Tornado (1976)
Feig calls the cult blaxploitation film The Human Tornado "possibly the greatest movie ever made."
The film stars Rudy Ray Moore as Dolemite, aka the titular Human Tornado. If you watch the movie trailer, you'll see that it's not exactly safe for all audiences.
From the opening scene, where Dolemite introduces the film preening around in a huge cape with the opening credits on the back, Feig says the movie is just "spectacular."
The Human Tornado employs many classic tropes of its era: fight scenes with added sound effects, multiple gun battles and a story that's way over the top.
"There's a haunted house and a witch, and then there are bad guys trying to shut down a club. It is just minute for minute the greatest movie experience," Feig says.
If you get a group of friends together and rent the movie, Feig says, you won't be disappointed — and you will not stop laughing.
Risky Business (1983)
Before Tom Cruise was a megabucks-earning superstar, he danced in his scanties — to Bob Seger's "Old Time Rock 'n' Roll' — in the teen comedy-drama Risky Business. Feig says the movie blew his mind.
It's not that Feig, who was in film school at the time and thinking about getting in to the business, was a particular fan of teen sex comedies. What blew his mind about the movie was the soundtrack, from the German electronic group Tangerine Dream.
"[The music] is very, very not comedy," he says. "It was the first time I realized that you can make something that's funny, and if you put this kind of music on top of it, it just makes it resonate more."
Never mind the iconic scene with Cruise in his skivvies; Feig says the moment that stuck with him most is a scene later in the film. Things have fallen apart, and Cruise's character, who's fallen in love with the prostitute Lana (played by Rebecca De Mornay), is riding through the streets on a bicycle.
"And he gets to her, he hugs her, and the camera is going around with the music playing. It's so beautiful, and it chokes you up," Feig says. "I just can't say enough about that film."
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
If there's one movie on Paul's list that emphasizes pure cinematography, music and powerful imagery above all else, it has to be director Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi. The title is from the Hopi language, and translates roughly as "unbalanced life."
The movie has no actors, no lines of dialogue and consists primarily of slow-motion and time-lapse footage of cities and landscapes.
"They have these great moments where people are just staring at this camera in ultra slow motion, and it's just mind-boggling," Feig says. "It really makes you think about humanity and want to know that person's story and get inside their head."
One of the big drivers of the film is the powerful and often ominous music by the famed minimalist composer Philip Glass. Recently, Feig caught a screening of the film with the score performed lived by the New York Philharmonic and the Philip Glass Ensemble.
"It was so moving and emotional. ... That's the power of film, and that's why we love to do what we do," Feig says.
The Conversation (1974)
Francis Ford Coppola's psychological thriller The Conversation stars Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert for hire; he's a loner living an obsessively private life who gets swept up in a plot of suspicion and intrigue.
As with Koyaanisqatsi, the film's simple piano score plays an important role — though it's more subtle.
"The way that this piano creates this feeling of the solitude of his life really just brings it home,' Feig says.
Coppola made the movie between filming the first two installments of the Godfather trilogy. In fact, The Conversation was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture — but lost to The Godfather: Part II in 1975.
"This is heresy," Feig says, "[but] I kind of think it is Coppola's best movie. It's just so good."
Behind one of last summer's biggest movie hits was director Paul Feig. "Bridesmaids" was a comedy about female friendships starring Kristin Wiig as a madcap maid of honor.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: I wanted to go over some ideas for the bachelorette party.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: I was thinking Las Vegas.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: Strip club.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #4: Disneyworld.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: Fight club. Go to a fight club?
No, we're not going to go to a fight club.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #4: Oh, okay.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: We're going to be the fight club.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: Vegas, it is.
INSKEEP: Before Paul Feig directed that blockbuster, he made his name in TV comedy, directing "The Office" and serving as co-creator of the beloved cult series "Freaks and Geeks." We got Paul Feig, the self-professed geek, into our studios recently for our series talking with Hollywood insiders about what movies and TV we need to see. We call it Watch This.
You have sent us a list of your films and the description of them. And here's a film on your list about which you write: This was my "Star Wars" - meaning, I guess, the movie that took over your brain and you had to see again and again and again.
INSKEEP: So that movie was, for you...
PAUL FEIG: That was "What's Up, Doc?" - which was Bogdanovich's, like, tribute to screwball comedy. But I - when I was a kid, I'd never seen a screwball comedy. So, for me, this was just this mind-blowing, new type of comedy that was, like, fast-talking, and had all this, like, kind of intrigue in it. And I just - I went bananas for it.
INSKEEP: So Peter Bogdanovich, the director here, right...
FEIG: Yeah.
INSKEEP: ...is putting together this movie that is an homage to earlier movies, where basically everything - it's almost a Buster Keaton kind of thing? I mean, everything is completely nuts.
FEIG: Yeah. It's all about these several bags that are the exact, same bag. And one is jewels in it. One has government secrets and it. One has - Ryan O'Neal plays Howard Bannister, and it has his rocks. He's the musicologist who finds music in rocks, which is crazy. And then Barbra Streisand is hilarious, and she's...
INSKEEP: Barbra Streisand?
FEIG: Yeah. Oh, yes. She's just like in love with this nerd, and she's chasing ever after him, which is why I think I liked it, too. It's like, hey, he's a nerd and he had a beautiful woman after him.
RYAN O'NEAL: (as Howard Bannister) What do you think you're doing?
BARBRA STREISAND: (as Judy Maxwell) I think I'm taking a bath, aren't I?
O'NEAL: (as Howard Bannister) If you're not out of here in two minutes, I'm calling the police.
STREISAND: (as Judy Maxwell) Who do you think they'll arrest, the girl in the tub or the guy with his pants down?
O'NEAL: (as Howard Bannister) I am not joking now. I do not like to act rashly. But you are the last straw that breaks my camel's back. You are the plague. You bring havoc and chaos to everyone. But why to me? Why me? Why? Why?
STREISAND: (as Judy Maxwell) Because you look cute in your pajamas, Steve.
FEIG: Anything that had - that showed that actually you could be a nerd and girls would go after you, I was all for.
INSKEEP: Now, you've also got a movie on here called "The Human Tornado," another highbrow selection.
FEIG: "The Human Tornado" is possibly the greatest movie ever made.
FEIG: It's - Rudy Ray Moore plays his character Dolemite. And the first movie he made was called the "Dolemite," which was kind of a blaxploitation film, but it's crazy - like, it has these insane fight scenes, where he's really out of shape and doughy. But this one, he really pulled it together.
I mean, and it's - from the very first moments it starts, he comes out kind of wearing this, like, wrestler's outfit, but with this enormous cape that - he's put the opening titles for the movie on the back of the cape. So he comes, and he's preening around...
FEIG: And it's just spectacular. And then the story is nuts, because there's like a haunted house and a witch. But then, like, the bad guys are trying to shut down a club. I mean, it is, just minute-for-minute, the greatest movie experience you'll have. Like, get a group of friends together, rent this movie and you will not stop laughing.
RUDY RAY MOORE: (as Dolemite) If you crave satisfaction, this is the place to find that action. Come into this theater as its next attraction. It's the picture that will put you in traction, "The Human Tornado."
INSKEEP: Well, maybe this is a good moment to mention a movie on this list, which I think we're going to take a moment to explain what it is. But this is all about powerful music and powerful images. But if I recall correctly, there's not a single line of dialogue in this movie, "Koyaanisqatsi."
FEIG: Yeah, correct. It's all imagery, and it's really - I mean, the story of it is kind of starting primordial, seeing, you know, volcanoes and this kind of thing, and then sort of the vast wilderness, and then, like, the Grand Canyon. And then you slowly come into the cities, and you start seeing cities. And, you know, it's got a little political agenda against pollution and all that.
But what it is, it's a lot of time lapse. It's either ultra-slow motion of things or...
INSKEEP: Like people walking down a street...
FEIG: Yeah, exactly, where you just see faces and you're focusing on faces. And they have these great moments where people are just staring at this camera in ultra-slow motion. It's just mind-boggling, because it really makes you think about humanity and want to know that person's story and get inside their head.
FEIG: But this Philip Glass score is just one of the most moving, magnificent things. And I was lucky enough recently, the New York Phil projected the movie and they had Philip Glass and this full orchestra, with a 50-person choir doing the soundtrack to the movie. And it was so moving and emotional. I mean, that's the power of film. That's why we love to do what we do.
INSKEEP: Yeah, when I saw this movie at Morehead State University in Kentucky, people walked out of the theater kind of stunned, I guess, and maybe endlessly repeating the one word that is the sung the entire time.
FEIG: (Singing) Koyaanisqatsi.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Singing) Koyaanisqatsi.
INSKEEP: You also praised the score in a totally different movie, a Gene Hackman film from the 1970s called "The Conversation."
FEIG: Yes. Oh, this is such a great movie. But yeah, it's just piano. It's - David Shire did this minimalist piano score. And look, there's been other minimalist piano scores, like the one in "Eyes Wide Shut," Kubrick's last film, that I find a little too minimalist, because it's like...
(Singing) Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun.
It's just, like, one note over and over again. But this is this beautiful kind of minor-key score, because it's a whole movie about a guy - Gene Hackman plays this professional eavesdropper. He's able to mic people and bug people and hear things. And he gets caught up in this intrigue with this couple, and it's - Robert Duvall is in it. And it's an amazing, amazing film.
But the way that this piano creates this feeling of the solitude of his life - because he is this guy, he, you know, listens to other people. He hides in the shadows. It really just brings it home.
FEIG: It's a movie that Coppola made. He directed, and it was between the two "Godfathers," I believe. I think it's, in a weird way - and this is heresy - I kind of think it's Coppola's best movie. When I walked out of the theater - it was in college - completely numb, like oh, my God. You can do it - because I was such a comedy nerd up until that point. And then that made me go, like, wow. You can - there's actually - you can do drama, and it can be great and engaging.
INSKEEP: Oh, which explains your later dramatic career with programs like "The Office" and so forth?
FEIG: Yes...
INSKEEP: Completely out of it.
FEIG: It really stuck, as you can see.
INSKEEP: Well, Paul Feig, thanks very much.
FEIG: Steve, thank you so much. I've had so much fun, and thanks for letting me talk endlessly.
INSKEEP: Paul Feig's movies "Bridesmaid" is out on DVD now. And you can see his complete list of movie recommendations at npr.org.
It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Hello! i have Vegan of about 4 years now. 5'8
Got serious into lifting weights when I first went vegan for about 9 months. Weighed about 220
Wasn't serious about cardio, basically just ate tons of food and lifted heavy.
Stayed at around 220-225 for about a year.
After I moved I did about 2.5 years of 3-4 days a week (lots of slacking) going to the local park and doing box jumps/pull ups/ push-ups, and other calestenic workouts but was never super serious about it ate like crap. And rode my bike about 20 miles a day.
Dropped down to about 200-205
Since right after Christmas I have been going to the gym 6 days a week sometimes seven
I started out doing mid/light weights, with high reps, and hitting the tread mill and row machine each day before I would lift.
Dropped weight pretty fast, went down to 182 which is the least I have weighed since I was 14.
Roughly 2 months ago I switche up my routine,
Started lifting 5 x 5. Still doing cardio before each workout.
Mon: Focus on back, with some shoulder exercises, some ab workouts to finish up
Tue: chest, with light arms (triceps, and light bicep)
Wed: legs, heavy ab workout after
Thur: shoulders, some back exercises
Fri: arms, chest and abs.
Sat: do some cardio run/row machine, hit the heavy bag swing some kettle bells.
Sun usually rest.
Since I started this I have focused on eating as healthy as I possibly can. No bread/pasta.
Eating as much raw food as possible.
Example would be: breakfast oatmeal/ dry granola, head of broccoli, avocado, banana, lots of water
Workout. Protien shake,
Then ill have salad with black beans tofu sprouts etc
Snack of trail mix
Dinner soup with tofu, raw or steamed brussel sprouts, maybe a little brown rice and beans
Snack hummus and raw veggies or dried fruit.
I drink around a gallon of water each day.
So in two months I went from roughly 180 to 197.
I have a lot more muscle mass/definition then I did before.
My arms are getting a little vascular which I have never had.
My issue is, I have lost a lot of weight in my stomach/sides/lower back.
But not nearly as much as I've wanted to.
Someone told me I'm retaining water to gain muscle that fast.
Anyone have any tips or pointers to losing more body fat?
My goal is to be around 175-180 and cut. I've always been a really "stocky" person,
And rather obese when I was younger
Cardio I keep doing more of. Couldn't run a mile when I first started now I do a mile in about 8.5 min an row fast and hard for about 5 min.
New member
Introduce yourself. Tell us about your training history, how long you've been vegan, share some of your goals and some of your interests.
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Nice! What's your name? Where are you from? You've been going strong since December, so what's different now that in the past that keeps you so motivated?
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C.O. wrote:Nice! What's your name? Where are you from? You've been going strong since December, so what's different now that in the past that keeps you so motivated?
Patrick, Rochester ny, 26 years old.
Access to a good gym near where I live.
Plus just wanna be in great shape for once in my life.
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Nice, I was only in Rochester once in my life. Very memorable party in a park that I ended up getting in a car from Buffalo the night before with some friends that I made that night at a different party I went to by myself because I was visiting from Oregon and it was my birthday and none of my cousins wanted to come out. So Rochester is a magical place in my eyes, haha, I can never go back I'm sure it will tarnish that quickly on a 2nd visit.
That's cool, motivation seems to be the biggest hurdle for most people. It always great to hear everyone's unique story.
That's cool, motivation seems to be the biggest hurdle for most people. It always great to hear everyone's unique story.
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Looks like you have your diet dialed in pretty good. Impressed! That's usually the biggest battle for most.
Looks like you have your diet dialed in pretty good. Impressed! That's usually the biggest battle for most.
If it's important to you, you'll find a way. If it isn't, you'll find an excuse.
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A late push higher left stock indexes mostly higher and the Standard & Poor's 500 at another record high.
It was the fifth straight gain for S&P 500.
The market drifted between small gains and losses for much of the day before a slight recovery in the last half hour.
The S&P 500 rose two points, or 0.1 percent, to 1,959.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 14 points, or 0.1 percent, to 16,921. The Nasdaq composite lost three points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,359.
Kroger rose 5 percent after the supermarket operator raised its earnings forecast for the year. American Apparel jumped 7 percent after the company's board said it would fire the CEO.
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BELFAST (Reuters) - Pro-British militant groups are instigating riots that have rocked the Northern Irish capital Belfast in the past month, a police officers' representative said on Sunday as officers came under attack again.
The violence stems from protests over the removal of the British flag over Belfast City Hall. It has been among the province's worst since a 1998 peace accord ended 30 years of conflict in which Catholic nationalists seeking union with Ireland fought British forces and mainly Protestant loyalists.
Fireworks, bottles and bricks were flung at officers for a fourth successive night on Sunday although a police spokeswoman said the trouble was not on the scale of the previous night, when police came under attack with petrol bombs and gunfire.
By Sunday, 70 people had been arrested, including a 38-year-old man detained on Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder over the shooting.
Police had said that members of pro-British militant groups helped to orchestrate and had taken part in the first wave of violence in early December. The Police Federation for Northern Ireland (PFNI) said the recent attacks showed this was now clearly the case.
"What it quite clearly demonstrates is the fact that paramilitaries have hijacked this flags protest issue and they have now turned their guns on the police," federation chairman Terry Spence told BBC radio.
"It is very clear that there are leading members of the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) who are exploiting this and are organizing and orchestrating this violence against police officers who are out there trying to uphold the law and prevent anarchy on our streets."
Both the UVF and Northern Ireland's other main loyalist militant group, the Ulster Freedom Fighters, ceased hostilities in 2007 and decommissioned their stocks of weapons following the signing of the peace deal.
At least 3,600 people were killed in the 30 years of violence before the 1998 peace deal.
In scenes that recalled that earlier strife, pro-British loyalists began rioting in early December after a vote by mostly nationalist pro-Irish councilors to end the century-old tradition of flying Britain's Union flag from the city hall.
Analysts said that, although the violence was worrying, the small numbers of protesters indicated they might be unable to develop any strength.
"Clearly the violence is a step up in terms of what's happened more recently but they're simply not getting people out on the street," said Peter Shirlow, a professor at Queen's University who has spoken with protesters in recent days.
"Protestants are annoyed about the flag but they're even more annoyed about the violence. There's no stomach for this, that mass mobilization is just not there anymore."
The police federation's Spence said, however, that it was the most challenging time for police in a decade. Church leaders and community workers held talks behind the scenes on Sunday to try to quell the violence.
Militant Irish nationalists, responsible for the killings of three police officers and two soldiers since an increase in tensions from 2009, have also not reacted violently to the flag protests, limiting any threat to the 15 years of peace.
The British-controlled province's first minister, Peter Robinson, said on Friday that rioters were playing into the hands of nationalist groups who would seek to exploit every opportunity "to further their terror aims".
The moderate nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) party said on Sunday that shots had been fired using a ball-bearing gun at the house of one its councilors in Belfast, shattering windows.
(Reporting by Eamonn Mallie and Padraic Halpin; Editing by Angus MacSwan and Jason Webb)


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He has been in the property sector for 22 years, and for the last 18 with Lend Lease, where he has held a variety of positions. Initially he worked in the main stream property business. Following the 2004 tsunami Duncan worked on a secondment with the United Nations in Sri Lanka as a housing advisor, after which he moved into sustainability. The Tsunami killed 39,000 people and left 80,000 without homes.
The experience of working in Sri Lanka was the link to a future career in sustainability and resource conservation. In 2007 after two years as sustainability manager in Australia, Duncan accepted a role in the UK business as sustainability manager and brings his experience from Australia to the UK, especially in the areas of workplace trends and resource scarcity, in particular, water and energy.
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Public invited to talk by co-founder of the Institute for Humane EducationUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Zoe Weil, co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education, is coming to UH Mānoa to give a public lecture on how to be a "solutionary." She is considered a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement that works to create a humane, peaceful, healthy and just world for all people, animals, and the environment through education.
The free lecture will take place on Friday, March 14, at 6 p.m. in the Art Building Auditorium. After the lecture, Weil will hold a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event from the UH Bookstore.
Weil will address enduring questions which perplex us all, including: How can we solve the grave problems in the world? What role can each person play? How can each of us make choices in our life to do the most good and least harm and transform unjust systems into ones that are peaceful and sustainable? In this interactive presentation, Weil will offer tools and inspiration for becoming a "solutionary."
Weil is the author of several books, including Nautilus Silver Medal–winner Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life (2009), The Power and Promise of Humane Education (2004), and Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times (2003).
Weil received a Master's in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School (1988) and a Master's in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania (1983). She is certified in Psychosynthesis counseling, a form of psychotherapy which relies upon the intrinsic power of each person's imagination to promote growth, creativity, health, and transformation.
This free public lecture is made possible by the late Dr. Dai Ho Chun through his estate gift, which established The Dai Ho Chun Endowment for Distinguished Lecturers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Colleges of Arts & Sciences. Chun was a distinguished and visionary educator.
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Jessica Sanchez: National Anthem at the Pacquiao-Bradley Fight!
It looks like American Idol's Jessica Sanchez has some new celeb fans – One Direction's Zayn Malik and Miley Cyrus!
The 16-year-old entertainer was spotted with the British heartthrob at the Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley, Jr. fight where she sang the national anthem on Saturday (June 9) in Las Vegas.
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Miley also showed Jess some love via Twitter saying, "U singing the anthem was worth watching the fight! U nailed it! I would've jumped up and screamed if I was there!"
Although boxer Manny lost the fight, he was all smiles as he posed with Jessica backstage.
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Golfstat National Rankings
Following their victory at the Sea Best Invitational earlier this week, Liberty's golf program moved up to No. 24 in the latest Golfstat rankings.
Liberty and North Florida finished tied atop the 16-team leaderboard Sea Best Invitational, both carding 22-over par 886 at the famed TPC – Sawgrass – THE PLAYERS Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Liberty was declared the victor based upon the Flames' stronger finish on the final day. The Flames closed with a nine-over par 297, while North Florida was one of 13 teams in the 16-team field to card a double-digit over par score on Tuesday (16-over par 304).
The last time the Flames were ranked inside the Top 25 by Golfstat was at the conclusion of the fall season in 2012. On Dec. 12, 2012, Liberty was listed at No. 24 by Golfstat.
Liberty's victory helped the Flames move up 13 spots in the Golfstat ranking. The Flames entered the Sea Best Invitational ranked No. 37 in the final fall Golfstat rankings of 2013. Liberty also moved up one spot in the Golfweek rankings this week to No. 35.
Following Liberty's 23rd NCAA Division I team title, the Flames will return to Florida next week to participate in the Gator Invitational. The two-day, 54-hole event on Feb. 15-16 is hosted by Florida at its home course (Mark Bostick Golf Course) in Gainesville, Fla.
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The ability to allow kitchen countertop receptacles located below the countertop is more limited than some have interpreted.
Important changes have been made that reduce the number of required receptacle outlets on island and peninsular countertops and restrict the ability to use a receptacle below a countertop to serve that counter space. The question is, without invoking Sec. 90-4, can an AHJ permit a receptacle below the top of a wall-mounted counter, such as under the front lip, and can receptacles be put below certain other counter spaces without review by the AHJ?
The EC&M panel's response
We think that receptacle outlets must only be in certain locations, and then only with the inspector's permission. The rule in question is the first sentence in Sec. 210-52(c)(5) and the exception following:
(5) Receptacle outlet location. Receptacle outlets shall be located not more than 18 in. (458 mm) above the countertop...
Exception: Where acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and to meet the special conditions as specified in a or b below, receptacle outlets shall be permitted to be mounted not more than 12 in. (305 mm) below the countertop. Receptacles mounted below the countertop in accordance with this exception shall not be located where the countertop extends more than 6 in. (153 mm) beyond its support base.
a. Construction for the physically impaired.
b. Where island or peninsular counter space construction precludes practical mounting above the countertop.
The rule does two things, only one of which is clear. It sets the maximum distance above a counter at which a receptacle can be allowed for that counter space, namely 18 in. It also requires receptacles to be above counter spaces, unless the exception applies.
We recognize that the literal text doesn't actually say this, and that a receptacle 30 in. below the counter would, in fact, not be "more than 18 in. above the countertop." Since the exception sets limits on receptacles below countertops, if you say the main rule would allow receptacles below countertops by right you are leaving the exception without any meaning. Remember, the exception is permissive and therefore won't apply if the rule is satisfied. Code provisions must be read in concert to the greatest degree possible, and interpreting the rule to require receptacles above the counter is the only way to give voice to both the rule and the exception.
The next question is whether in the exception there are two independent qualifications (inspector acceptance and placement restrictions) either of which is sufficient, or whether both of those qualifications must be met at the same time.
We think that both must be met simultaneously. No comma sets off the opening phrase, and the word "and" is a coordinating conjunction that joins elements of a sentence that have equal weight. Although we agree that the wording could be clarified, we think that the contrary interpretation is incorrect because it would allow receptacles below countertops by right in handicapped construction and on peninsulas and islands. This would be inconsistent with the wording in condition "b" that cannot be applied without considerable judgment on the part of the inspector.
Although a code-making panel statement cannot substitute for the literal text, this interpretation agrees with their position:
The basic text requires that the receptacle outlet be located not more than 18 inches above the counter top. However, an exception has been added to permit the receptacle below the counter top, with permission from the authority having jurisdiction [emphasis supplied]. This permits the local authority to make a judgment as to whether or not the construction of the island or peninsula necessitates the receptacle to be mounted below the counter top.
That statement clearly shows that both the inspector's judgment and location restrictions are intended to be involved. We think the literal text does support that intent.
In summary, to place a receptacle below a kitchen countertop you must have permission, which may only be given in two cases. You may do this in kitchens requiring handicapped accessibility, whether or not the countertop is located against a wall. Secondly, it can be done on an island or peninsular counter, provided the "construction precludes practical mounting above the countertop."


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The Moriah Fund has awarded the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies a three-year $220,000 grant to support the work of the center on behalf women, children, and other refugees fleeing persecution.
CGRS protects the fundamental human rights of refugee women, children, LGBT individuals, and others who flee persecution in their home countries. CGRS provides legal expertise and training; engages in impact litigation, policy development, and research; undertakes in-country fact-finding; and uses international human rights tools address the root causes of gender-based persecution.
The grant provides three years of operating support, from 2013 through 2015. It will also fund development of the first comprehensive study of asylum adjudication trends in cases involving the persecution of women.
"It's gratifying to receive support from a wide range of foundations. The Moriah Fund uses a philosophy of concern for the disadvantaged, and a commitment to equity and justice, that is very much in line with our goals and work," said Karen Musalo, director of CGRS.
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Nebraska Postgame Versus Kent State
*-Dylan Talley went over 20 points for the second time this season with a career-high 27 points (NU high was 22; career high was 25). Talley also added six rebound and three assists.
*-Brandon Ubel posted his second double-double of the season and third of his career with 17 points and a career high 13 rebounds. Ubel's previous rebound high was 12 against Southern.
*-Mike Peltz grabbed a career high six rebounds, including four on the glass.
*-David Rivers had multiple blocks for the second time this season
*-Kent State shot a season-high 57.1 percent against NU (Previous high was 46.7 percent by UNO on Nov. 18)
Kent State Head Coach Rob Senderoff
Opening Statement
"This was a great team effort for us, coming on the road and getting the win against a Big Ten school. We haven't done that in a long time, and we have a pretty good program, but winning on the road against a Big Ten school doesn't happen often for us. Great win for us and our program."
On Chris Evans play
"Chris played really hard, and the biggest thing for us is him making sure his main focus was on winning, which it was. He made a ton of winning plays for us and made some really tough baskets. He is a good player, and he stepped up tonight and played really well."
On if the victory tonight can be a high point going into the conference season
"Yeah for us it is something to grow on. We have a really young team, seven new players and even the returners are all in new roles except for Randal (Holt) and we have one returning starter. For us to win here, it is a great start for us, and is something we can look to when we get into conference play, and when we play tough road games."
Nebraska Head Coach Tim Miles
Opening statement
"Well I credit Kent State. I thought they did a great job with their offensive execution. I can question our effort all I want, but at the end of the day they made some great plays. I thought they executed really well."
On if their switch to the zone defense slowed the offense or if it was something else
"Well we missed some shots. I think some of our guys let their offensive performance, or lack of it, affect their defensive effort. You could just see wheels turning a little bit, especially on a guy like Ray Gallegos. Andre Almeida, I thought, felt like they were spacing him out and driving him. He was just a little uncomfortable. Instead of responding with a little more edge or intensity, I think we kind of go downhill."
On if Kent State is a team that stresses getting into the paint
"Yes, I think they did. We knew that No. 5 was going to post up a whole bunch. He was tough, and the Goodson kid was the guy who was averaging three or four points per game that they had expectations for. He got benched last game and then came out and played like gang busters. Then Ortiz comes out and hits two 3-pointers right in our mug. We just let some guys hurt us who hadn't been doing those things. We knew Holt and we knew Evans. Those guys were going to be go-to guys, no doubt about it. I thought from the games that I've seen, and I've seen most of their games, that this was their best game and their most complete game."
On if a team has mobile big guys if it is a concern
"At this point I've got a lot of concerns. Yes, obviously that's a concern, but I question our mental readiness and I have to put that on me. I actually thought that we had practiced alright. Shavon kind of came as a late scratch but even that doesn't matter. I thought we practiced alright and I thought that we would be ready to go. Sometimes when you're in a break, and the guys don't have any kind of routine, then they don't handle it very well."
On if he sensed tired legs toward the end or if it was more mental
"To me it was more mental. I think our guys are in really good condition. I think that (Strength) Coach Tim Wilson has done an outstanding job with them. I feel like I can play them. There are a couple of guys that I thought I should get them out quick and get them back in, but I thought we just did a poor job defending all night. And then we start the second half first five possessions with three turnovers. That led to some easy baskets for them and just momentum for them. That's not the way to grind. We had eight straight stops in the first half and then to go into the locker room and to come out and absolutely give it back to them."
Nebraska Guard Dylan Talley
On if it seemed like Nebraska took the momentum at the end of the half
"I felt like we were, I felt good about the game. I felt like we didn't come out with the spark we should have in the first half, and then we came back and got into it, and then we just didn't come out with the spark in the second half. They were on the attack all 40 minutes.
On if it is one of those nights the spark is not there
"I don't know what it is. We are just going to have to get it together, coming to practice tomorrow and going hard, because the schedule is not getting easier. The competition stiffens up. We got to compete if we want to win. You aren't going to win if you don't compete for 40 minutes."
On the teams overall defensive intensity
"As a team it wasn't how it should have been, it wasn't how it usually is, it is not how we practiced it. That's on the players and me as a senior, we got to do better than that. There is no excuse to come out like that. We have to do better."
On Kent State changing into a zone at the end of the first half
"We worked on it at practice a lot. We go against it in practice, Coach (Miles) prepared us well, so we were prepared for it. I think a lot of it was because of our defense, we didn't have the same intensity we usually have, and we had to have if we want to win any game."
On if Nebraska is ready for a road game
"We are ready for a road game. It is all mental, it is all mental, if we come prepared we can compete, and if we come prepared and compete for 40 minutes I think we will be okay."
On if the team thinks they owe Wake Forest from last year
"Yeah, I feel like we owe everybody one, we got to play. We are trying to win every game we can. Every game is circled on the calendar."


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Learners model how the Moon's volcanic period reshaped its earlier features. The children consider that the broad, shallow impact basins contained cracks through which magma seeped up. A plate in which slits have been cut is used to represent an... (View More) impact basin and a dish of red-colored water is used to represent the pockets of magma within the Moon's upper layers. When the model impact basin is pressed into the "magma," "lava" fills in the low areas through the same process that produced the dark patches, or maria, on the Moon. Children may examine a type of Earth rock (named basalt) that is also found on the Moon and that would have been shaped by the processes explored here. This station investigates the Moon's "teen years," when it was one to three billion years old. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
Learners model how impacts throughout the Moon's history have broken rocks down into a mixture of dust, rocks, and boulders that covers the lunar surface. They consider how the dust will continue to hold a record of human exploration - in the form... (View More) of astronaut bootprints - for countless years in the future. Children may examine a type of Earth soil ("lunar soil simulant") that is similar to what is found on the Moon's surface and that would have been shaped by the processes explored here. The children create their own records of exploration by making rubbings of their shoes. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
In this activity about the Sun's influence on plant growth, learners will create a plant box and observe that a plant will grow towards the Sun, its primary source of energy. By periodically collecting data on the growth of the plant, they can come... (View More) to their own conclusions about why the plant grew towards the sunlight. One to two weeks are needed to grow plants for this lesson; also, time is needed to construct the plant box. Potting soil and bean seeds are needed for this activity. (View Less)
This is an activity about the concept of direct versus indirect sunlight. Learners construct and use a sun angle analyzer to investigate the effect of angle on area illuminated. The fraction of light on each square of the analyzer is then calculated... (View More) and compared. A discussion at the end relates the results to the amount of sunlight falling on different parts of the Earth and the effect this has on temperature and seasons. Reprinted with permission from the Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS). (View Less)
This is an activity about magnetic fields. Using iron filings, learners will observe magnets in various arrangements to investigate the magnetic field lines of force. This information is then related to magnetic loops on the Sun's surface and the... (View More) magnetic field of the Earth. This is the second activity in the Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: An IMAGE Satellite Guide to the Magnetosphere educators guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about Earth's magnetosphere. Learners will use a magnet, simulating Earth's protective magnetosphere, and observe what occurs when iron filings, simulating the solar wind, blow past and encounter the magnet's field. This is the... (View More) third activity in the Exploring the Earth's Magnetic Field: An IMAGE Satellite Guide to the Magnetosphere educators guide. (View Less)


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Educational Opportunity Program Contributes to California's Economic Success
For over 40 years, the California State University's Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) has provided educational access and opportunity for more than 250,000 low-income and educationally disadvantaged students throughout California, the majority of whom are first-generation college students.
EOP services include admission counseling, academic advising, peer mentoring, courses offered in conjunction with academic departments, student success workshops, tutoring, Graduation Writing Test preparation, and supplemental financial assistance. Summer Bridge may offer courses in the areas of math, English, ethnic studies, study skills and orientation, as well as provide tutoring, academic advising, seminars and other retention activities and services which may vary from each campus. Check out the EOP at each campus to learn more.


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Mercy Health Heart Mini Marathon kicks off
Mercy Health Heart Mini Marathon kicks off
Thousands of tri-staters gathered for the Mercy Health Heart Mini Marathon and Walk in Cincinnati early Sunday.
The event at 6th and Broadway streets started at 7:45 a.m. and aims to raise money for the American Heart Association's research and education programs.
The event is expected to raise about $24 million with a record turnout of more than 23,000 people.
The 15K and half-marathon started at 7:45 a.m. Sunday.
The 5K began at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, followed by a kids fun run at 11:30 a.m.
The 5K and 10K Heart Walk and 1K Steps for Stroke begin at noon.
A celebration on Fountain Square was planned for after all the races.


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He may be one of the most influential music executives in the world, but Clive Davis was never a music geek. He didn't like rock 'n' roll as a teen, doesn't describe that lightning-strike moment when sound first truly explodes. He didn't collect albums, and seldom paints himself as an aesthete. Yes, throughout his new autobiography, "The Soundtrack of My Life" (Smon & Schuster, $30), he's attending concerts and knows talent when he sees it — he signed Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston — but more with an ear for commerce than for challenging musical norms.
Davis offers a sense of this in his proud description of himself at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, where hippies, rockers and folkies including the Grateful Dead, Simon & Garfunkel, Janis Joplin and the Who set the tone for the rock explosion to come.
"Here's what I wore to the revolution: A V-neck tennis sweater in the traditional white, maroon and black, over white pants," recounts Davis, then the president of Columbia Records. "In reverse-hip sense, that outfit probably made me the most far out person on the fairgrounds ..."
For nearly half a century, Davis, 80, has been a dominant figure in the music business. From the mid-1960s to the present, he headed multiple major labels including Columbia, BMG and the Sony Music Group, and founded Arista and J Records. He has been a ubiquitous voice, and ear, of the biz, and fostered genres including arena rock, soul, funk, punk, disco, hip-hop, early electronic dance music and R&B.
In the process, Davis witnessed cultural history firsthand. He signed artists including Janis Joplin (whom he calls "one of the best investments I ever made"), Bruce Springsteen, Sly Stone, Patti Smith, Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys, and played key roles in the careers of Bob Dylan, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Notorious B.I.G., Carlos Santana, Outkast, Kelly Clarkson and Aretha Franklin, among hundreds of others.
This success has understandably bred confidence in Davis, a trait that on occasional lapses into self-aggrandizement. When David Geffen suggests Davis partner with him at Asylum Records, for example, Davis calls the offer "a characteristically incisive move" on Geffen's part; Davis too brags that Johnny Cash always addressed him as "Mr. Davis." And he's lent his name to both a theater and an institute at New York University. If only he'd step off his pedestal and detail the business he helped revolutionize.
Tracing his beginnings in blue-collar Brooklyn, the loss of his parents at an early age, his journey through Harvard Law School on scholarship and his rise in the record business, Davis portrays himself as a driven young man whose way with numbers, instincts, luck, acute sense of a shifting marketplace and keen ear for hits helped land him in a front row seat to legendary moments.
Davis' first industry job, for example, was as a lawyer at Columbia Records, home to a young Bob Dylan. Davis was asked to inform a cocky young Dylan that his song "Talkin' John Birch Society Blues" was libelous and couldn't be released.
Several years later, he writes of meeting with Janis Joplin at CBS' Manhattan offices after they signed a contract — she wanted to seal the deal with sex. Davis politely declined.
It was the era of big money and huge, competitive egos, a time when executives raided rosters for superstars and label heads negotiated musicians' contracts "like kids swapping baseball cards that just happened to be worth millions of dollars."
The pages of "The Soundtrack of My Life" are filled with fantastic scenes and revelations: Davis took classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz to an East Village discotheque at the peak of disco's popularity. The executive once suggested that Sly Stone tone it down with the "glittery outfits, the coordinated stage moves and the platinum hair."
Davis swears he didn't know Milli Vanilli lip-synced (and he declines to note that Whitney Houston did the same during her memorable rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl).
This book, Davis' second autobiography, is also the moment that Davis has chosen to publicly reveal his bisexuality, and what seems to be a swinging lifestyle after years of marriage: "There were married couples, gay couples, and single men and women, both straight and gay," he writes.
Unfortunately for the narrative, he includes this information not as it's occurring in his life, but shunted to the final chapter, where he in one brief section explains the seeds of his sexual evolution. Had he included mention of these rendezvous as they occurred in his life, the reader's image of Davis as a detached, lawyerly businessman with a good ear would have been disrupted early on. Instead, the revelation's placement leaves more questions than answers (most of them gossipy, of course).
The most bittersweet and heartbreaking chapter regards Davis' signing of a teenage Whitney Houston to Arista. He goes through his life with the late singer, whom he helped make one of the bestselling recording artists of all time. Davis reprints a number of letters he wrote to Houston over the years, including a tough one written after she performed at a Madison Square Garden concert in 2001.
It began, "When I saw you Friday night at the Michael Jackson concert I gasped. When I got home, I cried. My dear, dear Whitney, the time has come." He pleads with her to get help. His telling is touching, and reveals in detail both the depth of his love for both her person and her artistry.
His insight, however, on backstage business dealings and the way in which his companies dealt with profound technological changes remains frustratingly one-dimensional e_SEmD and does a disservice to history.
Surprisingly, "The Soundtrack of My Life" deals very little with the details of Davis' industry, which has shifted massively in his lifetime. He mentions the "era of the blockbuster album" without including his perspective on why this was so. During his reign, in fact, three format shifts occurred, each of which changed not only the financials but artistic decisions. He doesn't discuss the advent of either the cassette or the compact disc, and sidesteps discussions of payola, racism and controversies involving independent radio promoters, and avoids details of typical label contracts, which were often notoriously unfair to young artists.
Most glaring, despite heading the thriving Arista label when online file-sharing service Napster and MP3 technology upended the entire business, and moving to BMG as digital supplanted physical and the repercussions were being felt, Davis ignores the issue altogether with a late-book declaration that formats never interested him.
It's a cavalier explanation, especially for someone whose presence was so transformative. As a witness to so many shake-ups, Davis could have offered so much insight into the boom and bust of his industry. Unless he chooses to write a third memoir, the full extent of his impact on the music world will remain incomplete.
Clive Davis' Book Deals Little With Music Industry
He may be one of the most influential music executives in the world, but Clive Davis was never a music geek. He didn't like rock 'n' roll as a teen, doesn't describe that lightning-strike moment when sound first truly explodes. He didn't collect albums, and seldom paints himself as an aesthete. Yes, throughout his new autobiography, "The Soundtrack of My Life" (Smon & Schuster, $30), he's attending concerts and knows talent when he sees it — he signed Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston — but more with an ear for commerce than for challenging musical norms.


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NEWPORT, N.C. (AP) — The National Weather Service is warning of the possibility of coastal flooding in Dare County into next week.
The Weather Service office in Newport says the advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Forecasters say winds, dune erosion and high tide will create overwash on N.C. 12 north of Cape Hatteras. The weather service says water is expected on the road a few hours before and after high tides.
The highway was badly damaged by Superstorm Sandy and has been closed at times since the storm.
This article was provided by The Associated Press. (Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Fitness pro Kathy Smith looks toned, together, serene. But Smith, fitness book author and exercise-video star, is also the mother of two young daughters. She's juggled a nursing infant, a demanding toddler, and a ringing telephone -- and felt like she couldn't add one more thing to her "to do" list. "It's easy to put exercise on the back burner," says Smith.
Still, she says, when it comes to fitness, moms shouldn't let themselves off the hook. "To say 'I don't have time' is doing yourself a disservice -- and you'll have lost your momentum, your routine, and your physical strength by the time your priorities shift in a few years and you can devote more attention to getting in shape," she says. For Smith, the key to fitness is consistency, not long workouts: "Even 10 minutes can be important."
Exercise experts agree: Just 30 minutes of moderate activity three times a week promotes good health. You can split your workouts into 10-minute segments and still reap the benefits: a healthier heart, stronger bones, less stress, and -- yes! -- less fat and more muscle.
Lauren Purcell has written about health and fitness for many national magazines.
Total-body conditioning
Body benefits: Works the major muscle groups, which in turn burns the most calories.
What you need: A chair or low, flat surface that's about knee-high; light (1 to 3 pounds) and medium (5 to 7 pounds) weights.
Bare-minimum (10 minutes): Perform each exercise for 1 minute, moving slowly but steadily.
Even better: Repeat the routine 1 or 2 times.
Squat (tones thighs and buttocks)
Stand, feet about hip-width apart. Tighten your abdominal muscles. Bend your knees and lower your torso, reaching back with your tailbone out as if you were about to sit, until your thighs are parallel to the floor (or as close as you can get). If you need help balancing, raise your arms and clasp your hands as you lower yourself. Pause briefly, then contract your buttocks and slowly stand up. Repeat.
One-Arm Row; right arm (tones back, shoulders, arms)
1. Stand, left foot 2 feet in front of right, knees slightly bent. Lean forward, left hand on a chair or low, flat surface (with back parallel to floor). Hold a medium weight in right hand, arm down.
2. Lift weight up to waist. Point your elbow directly back, not to the side. Keep your back level; don't "roll" your shoulder up to the ceiling to help lift the weight. Use your back muscles to do the work. Pause, then slowly lower. Repeat.
One-Arm Row; left arm
Switch weight to your left hand and place your right foot in front. Repeat move on left side.
Backward Lunge (tones thighs and buttocks)
Stand, feet about 18 inches apart, hands on hips, abdominals tight. Step back on your right foot and bend both knees so that your left (front) knee is directly over your ankle and your right (back) knee is bent; your heel will lift off the floor. Push off your back foot to return to starting position. Repeat, with the left leg stepping back. Continue, alternating legs.
Push-Ups (tones chest, shoulders, and back of arms)
Get on your hands and knees, with wrists beneath your shoulders, feet raised.
Keeping your neck in line with your spine, bend your elbows and lower your body until your chest nears the floor (as you tire, you can lower just halfway). Pause, then press back up to starting position.
Step-and-Pull (tones inner thighs)
1. Stand, feet wide apart, toes slightly turned out, hands on hips, and knees bent so thighs are parallel to the floor, or as close as you can get.
2. Keeping your right foot flat on the floor, drag it toward your left foot, straightening your knees until you're standing upright as your feet come together. Keep knees "soft" (not locked). Now work the other leg: Step out to the side on your left foot, and slowly drag it in toward your right one. Continue, alternating feet. Try to let your inner thigh control the movement.
Biceps Curl (tones arms)
Stand, feet about hip-width apart, knees "soft"; or sit on the edge of a chair. Hold a medium weight in each hand, palms at sides and facing in. Slowly bend both elbows to lift weights, rotating your wrists so your palms face your shoulders at the top of the movement. Keep your elbows close to your body. Slowly lower; repeat.
Triceps Kickback (tones back of arm)
1. Stand, right leg in front of left, knees slightly bent. Lean forward, placing left hand on a chair, so your back is almost parallel to the floor. Hold a light weight in your right hand; keep elbow bent and raised.
2. Slowly straighten your arm without moving your elbow. Focus on contraction in the back of upper arm. Pause, slowly lower, and repeat.
Lateral Raise (tones shoulders)
Stand, feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, abs tight. Hold a light weight in each hand, arms by your sides, palms facing in. Slowly lift your arms out to the side until your elbows are at shoulder level. Pause, then slowly lower. Keep your elbows slightly bent throughout move.
Crunch (tones abs)
Lie on your back, with knees bent, feet flat. Place your hands behind your head for support, but don't interlock fingers or pull on your head. Keep your elbows out to the side. Tighten abs, and lift your head, neck, and shoulder blades off the ground as a unit; don't tuck your chin in and curl up. This is a very small movement -- just a few inches off the floor. Pause, then slowly lower to floor. Repeat.
Interval walking
Body benefits: Cardiovascular fitness, plus toning for your buttocks, thighs, and calves.
What you need: Good walking shoes.
Bare-minimum (10 minutes): Complete the 3-minute warm-up and 7 one-minute intervals.
Even better: You may find that once you get moving, 10 minutes goes by quickly. In that case, go for 20 or 30. One idea: Walk 10 or 15 minutes in one direction away from home -- you'll have to walk the same distance back.
For 3 minutes, walk at a comfortable pace to warm up. On a difficulty scale of 1 to 10, this should be about a 3.
For 1 minute, step it up until you're no longer just strolling. Level of difficulty should be a 6 or a 7.
For 1 more minute, return to level 3 for a moment to recover. Alternate between difficulty levels for 5 more 1-minute intervals.
Cardio circuit
Body benefits: The quick aerobic intervals burn calories, while the toning moves add muscle tone.
What you need: Some fast-paced music to get you moving, a sturdy chair, a jump rope (optional).
Bare-minimum (10 minutes): Do each move for 2 minutes.
Even better: Repeat entire circuit, or, for more of a challenge, do 4 minutes of each exercise.
Knee Lifts (cardio)
A good warm-up: Stand with feet shoulder-width apart. Lift right knee waist-high, then lower. Repeat on left. Continue at a steady, smooth pace (approximately 1 lift per second). Keep torso upright; don't lean back.
Squat with Side Leg Lift (toning)
Stand, feet hip-width apart; bend your knees until your thighs are nearly parallel to the floor, your tailbone back as if you're about to sit. As you slowly rise, lift one leg out to the side, then lower it. On the next squat, lift the other leg. Continue at a steady pace, alternating legs.
Jumps (cardio)
With a jump rope, or without, jump at a fairly quick pace (slightly faster than 1 jump per second).
Rear Leg Lifts (toning)
Stand about 2 feet behind a chair and lean forward, elbows on the chair back. Lift your right leg as high as you can (no higher than parallel to the floor), foot flexed. Pause; slowly lower. Shift weight to right foot and lift left leg. Continue, alternating legs.
Side Lunges (cardio)
Stand, feet together. Punch your right arm forward and diagonally across your body (if straight ahead is 12:00, punch toward 10:00), while reaching back diagonally with your right leg (toward 4:00). Touch your back toe to the floor. Repeat with your left arm and leg. Maintain a fast, steady pace, keeping hips and shoulders facing forward as much as possible.


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What is the power of one book? Can it do more than enlighten and entertain individual readers? Can it impact the heart and soul of a community, help us to open new lines of communication and lay the groundwork for a stronger and better Forsyth County? We believe that On the Same Page, the Library's community book reading program, has the potential to do just that. On the Same Page seeks to broaden appreciation of literature through the shared experience of reading and discussing a single work of literature. It offers us a unique opportunity to see things through a different perspective, one that will only expand our understanding of the world around us.
The Forsyth County Public Library also sponsors an annual celebration of poetry that complements On the Same page, called On the Same Poem, in which participants read and discuss a single poem.
Now in its 18th year, On the Same Page continues!
2018 Book Selection
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
September 8 through October 20, 2018
Following the heartwarming conclusion to her Deborah Knott
series, New York Times bestselling author Margaret Maron returns with a thrilling new mystery
featuring NYPD detective Sigrid Harald.
Sigrid is still reeling from the untimely death of her lover, acclaimed painter Oscar Nauman, when she is called to investigate the deaths of two homeless men in the West Village. The police at first assume an overdose, until they realize that one of the men shows no signs of drug use. Then when containers of poisoned takeout food are found nearby, Sigrid's case is suddenly much more complicated. As Sigrid investigates, she uncovers an intriguing neighborhood history: a haughty mafia widow and her disgraced godson, a retired opera star with dark secrets, an unsolved hit-and-run, and the possible discovery of a long-missing painting that will rock the art world. Soon the case is fraught with myriad suspects and motives. Who killed the two homeless men, and why? And which one was the intended victim? Or was the poisoned food meant for someone else entirely?
Throwing herself into the murder investigation to distract herself from her personal grief, Sigrid still can't stop wondering what led Nauman across the country to the winding mountain road that took his life. Until she meets a man who may hold the answers she seeks . . .
Join us this fall for a month-long series of programs, including book discussions, a murder mystery party, and Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors featuring author Margaret Maron! It all begins August 20 with our kickoff event, "An Afternoon with Michael Malone" at 3:00 pm at Reynolda Manor Branch. It all culminates on September 30 with our finale event, "Death at the Library: A Murder Mystery Party", held at 6:00 pm at the brand-new Central Library! Click here for a full schedule of On the Same Page book discussions, film screenings, lectures, and other related events!
Take Out: A Sigrid Harald Novel by Margaret Maron
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Serena by Ron Rash
The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
The Road to Devotion by Cameron Kent
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
The Land Breakers by John Ehle
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee


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Fresh pineapple is a fruit that I try to keep on hand at all times. In fact, one of my favorite snacks is fresh pineapple and non-fat cottage cheese. Ever since I discovered my pineapple slicer gadget, it's a breeze to work with fresh pineapple.
I've developed a better appreciation for mango, ever since my husband squeezed fresh lime juice over the mango slices. I like the flavor combination. This is where my inspiration came to make a pineapple-mango salsa.
Until recently, I did not fully understand how to slice mango! Those of you who work with this fruit, know what a weird pit you have to try and work with. I read about OXO's mango splitter in a foodie magazine and I decided to buy one (a couple of years ago). I have to say that it's a great gadget for people (like me) who want shortcuts. Yes, that's me! I'm a gadget person. I can assure you that I use all of my gadgets, or I get rid of them. This one has proven to be worthy of my drawer space.
Let me show you:
I like to slice the bottom of the mango, so that it balances on my cutting board a lot better.
Now that I figured out that the pit is in alignment with the narrow part of the mango, I align the pitter...
Push, down...and there you have it!
I take a paring knife and slice the fruit, invert the peel and cut off what I need. This technique works best for me-- or, you could peel the mango like an apple and then slice it. Whatever floats your boat.
To make the salsa, my ingredients were fresh pineapple, mango, red onion, fresh cilantro (that's growing out of control in my garden), jalapeno, lime juice and salt & pepper, to taste.
I am growing my own jalapeno, but my plants won't bear fruit for at least another month. My tongue can only handle medium heat, so I make sure to remove the membranes and the seeds.
To the fruit and jalapeno, I add the onion and lots of cilantro. If you don't like cilantro, it's a shame. I suppose you could substitute parsley, but we love the tang of cilantro. Besides, it's in my Mexican D.N.A. to love cilantro. Last, I add the juice of one lime...or two.
Pineapple-Mango salsa speaks summer to me. Sure, I'm a little early, but I do live in California. We love this salsa because it pairs so well with fish, pork-- or it can be used as a dip.
I decided to grill a pork tenderloin (always a staple in my fridge and freezer). I wanted to season it with a Mexibbean flavor, so I used the Mexican seasoning that I make.
Seriously, why buy it? I always keep the spices on hand anyway-- cumin, chili powder, oregano, paprika and garlic powder. I use this blend for quick meals like tacos or fajitas. I rubbed the seasoning into the pork tenderloin and marinated it in the juice of 2 limes, some minced garlic and olive oil-- for about 30 minutes.
On impulse, I opened up a can of black beans, drained them and seasoned with a little bit of cumin and chili powder and garnished it with light sour cream.
This is a very low-fat and healthy dinner-- and very flavorful. Enjoy!
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