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BRISTOL, Tenn. - The King College softball team played on campus for the first time in program history Tuesday, but Tusculum (Tenn.) College crashed the party with wins of 2-1 and 5-2.
After the doubleheader King's record went to 5-11 while Tusculum owns a 17-4 record. The Lady Tornado has Mars Hill (N.C.) College on the schedule for a Wednesday doubleheader at 2 p.m. at home.
King scored the first run at the new field in the second inning when Shauna Haga (Blountville, Tenn.) singled to center to allow pinch runner Tasha Dean () to score from third. Dean ran for Kendall Brabson (Bean Station, Tenn.) who doubled to start the inning. Brabson went onto finish with two of King's four hits in the game.
Both of Tusculum's runs were scored in the sixth thanks to a RBI single by Ashley Burke and she later scored on a passed ball.
Samantha Watts (Nashville, Tenn.) was tagged for nine hits in seven innings of work for King. She struck out four and only one of the runs was earned.
Tusculum's Erin Searcy struck out eight Lady Tornado batters on the mound.
In the second contest the visiting Lady Pioneers scored a run in both the second and third innings before a three-run fourth to cap the scoring.
The Lady Tornado did not give up a two-out single in the final inning to right by Christy Kooch (Knoxville, Tenn.) pushed in both of King's runs. Kooch had a hit earlier as well.
Cassie Ringstaff (Richlands, Va.) was 2-for-4 in the leadoff spot for King.
Savannah Ewing finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the second game for Tusculum after a 2-for-4 effort in game one.
Rachael Wilmoth (Morristown, Tenn.) scattered 10 hits and four of the five runs were earned.
Elizabeth Johnson did not give up an earned run around seven hits as her record went to 9-0.

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An HIV vaccine would work like other immunizations by using dead or weakened doses of the virus to allow the body to build antibodies. "It may be [a] three or more shot [regimen], and it will control the virus, not prevent it," said Harriet Robinson, chief of the Emory Vaccine Center, one of dozens of facilities worldwide that are working on HIV vaccines. Across the nation, 30 volunteers are testing the safety of a vaccine created at Emory. If it proves safe and effective, the Emory vaccine would be on the market in five years, according to Robinson.
Even if a vaccine proves only 30-40 percent effective, as current estimates predict, it could still displace AIDS as the global leading cause of death for persons ages 15-59.
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05.16.04; Patricia Guthrie
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Officials announced the game was moved to 1 p.m. Friday.
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The snow, which reportedly fell at 2 to 3 inches per hour in the early afternoon, left crews scrambling to clear major roads in the college town of roughly 110,000 residents.
"The Mizzou Women's Basketball program appreciates the support of our fans, but we understand that your safety is most important," MU said in a statement. "If you decide to venture out tonight, please travel safely."
LSU (15-10, 6-6) is on a two-game winning streak and trying to improve its prospects on the NCAA tournament bubble after sitting at No. 55 in the Ratings Percentage Index, according to collegerpi.com.
The Lady Tigers flew into Columbia Regional Airport, then bused 12 miles north along Highway 63 to its hotel, LSU spokesman Bill Martin said. The issue was trying to navigate a team bus the remaining 3 miles to Mizzou Arena with Stadium Boulevard — a major north-south road in Columbia — covered in snow and plows focusing their efforts on Interstate 70 and Highway 63.
The heavy snowfall started at roughly 8 a.m. and forced the university to cancel classes. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon also declared a state of emergency for the entire state. Emergency crews had trouble reaching accidents because of abandoned cars and vehicles stuck in roadways, according to a report by the Columbia Daily Tribune.
Aside from treacherous conditions reaching Mizzou Arena, the officiating crew for the game also faced potential issues reaching Columbia after flying into St. Louis. Around 3 p.m., the Missouri Department of Transportation reported that all four lanes of I-70 along a three-mile stretch east of Columbia were closed for several hours as plows tried to clear a path, meaning the major access point into the city was effectively shut off.
By playing Friday, LSU and Mizzou (15-11, 4-8) face a quick turnarounds for Sunday matchups. Missouri, which has lost three in a row since upsetting No. 9 Tennessee, travels to Auburn for a 2 p.m. tipoff, and LSU hosts No. 8 Kentucky at the same time Sunday in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.


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Sunday, August 5, 2007
Looney Tunes on Youtube...criminal or the best thing to ever happen to Looney Tunes?
But unlike modern rock bands, nearly all of the people who created the Warner Bros. classic cartoons have passed away. Their characters and films live on, but in the past few years, Warner Bros. itself has done little to promote them. Aside from the wonderful "Golden Collection" DVD series, the 5th volume of which is due this fall, merchandising has dwindled, TV airings have literally stopped, and the future of Warner Bros. classic animation is literally in the hands of fans who want to keep it alive.
Through websites like Youtube, Dailymotion, and Myspace, hundreds of users have dusted off their old tapes of Looney Tunes from TV, digitized them, and shared them with the world. Full-length movies, even full TV shows, are a pain to upload and a chore to watch online...but 7-minute shorts are ideal entertainment for the internet. In response to the phenomenon, it seems Warner Bros. has decided to team up with sister company AOL to create "in2tv.com", where one can watch hundreds of Looney Tunes and several modern cartoon series including "Taz Mania", "Pinky and the Brain", and "Batman: The Animated Series." It costs neither the company nor the viewer anything, and only serves to promote the plethora of DVD releases. Given the choice between a low-resolution video of one episode in a 4-inch box and a DVD set of pristine copies of lots of episodes for 40 bucks or less, I'd definitely buy the DVD. Yet another interesting fact...In2TV actually links to cartoons posted by random users on Youtube!
So before they change their minds, browse Youtube. Search "Merrie Melodies", and you'll find a treasure trove of classic cartoons. I'll leave you with these:
"tree For Two"
"Gopher Goofy"
"Go Fly A Kit"
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Where I come from, In2TV doesn't work, the DVDs are HMV exclusive so if they don't have stock - too bad, so my only other option is to watch the limited selection on Boomerang (about two 30s, a few 40s, 50s bar a few [e.g. Rabbit Rampage, Lumberjack Rabbit aren't shown], a couple of the 60s shorts, a couple of the Daffy/Speedys, nearly all the 60s Road Runners). I must have seen Ali Baba Bunny about 20 times.
So no black and white/the missing shorts/the WW2 shorts/Daffy and Speedy/Cool Cat (bar 1)/the TV specials (apart from Spaced-Out Bunny which like Cool Cat is every 5 years or so)/the 90s/2000s revival shorts. Plus the quality is scratchy for some of them.
If only the DVDs were slightly cheaper and more avaliable (I can understand the restoration costs, but nearly everything is about twice/three times more expensive than the US [£40 about US$80 for Golden Collection 2]), I would buy them in a heartbeat, but I don't resort to piracy unless it is the only option which I don't even consider for something like Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies.
- Yawackhary
- August 6, 2007 at 6:33 AM
- Cyber Fox said...
There's a slew of toons companies like Warner Bros. don't give two flips about anymore due to they are whoring series like Scooby-Doo to death like Crusader Rabbit, Cattanooga Cats, The Raccoons, All of the Terrytoons, Hoppity Hooper and amoung others. I believe people have the right to see these properties that these corporate morons refuse to show us
- August 7, 2007 at 6:20 AM
- Martin said...
Because i live in Canada, i try to watch cartoons on In2TV.com but it didn't work. I can't understand why it's just Americans peoples who could watch them. It's the same problem on CN and Disny Channel tough. I can't undersrtand!!
- August 9, 2007 at 7:14 PM
- cath said...
You tube is a perfect to watch your top TV series or movie trailers. When I was a kid I used to watch looney tunes.
- July 29, 2009 at 8:32 PM


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Meredith's two pharmacies in growing moodBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
September 09. 2013 5:47PM
MEREDITH — With the opening Monday of the new, permanent location of the Hannaford pharmacy next to the supermarket, the temporary nature of the town's two pharmacies is coming to an end.
For most of the past decade and all of this one, Rite-Aid was the sole pharmacy in Meredith.
The store shared space in the Meredith Bay Plaza with a Hannaford supermarket until Rite-Aid's contract expired in January, and Hannaford decided it wanted to expand.
So Rite-Aid needed to find a new home.
Hannaford has completed much of its expansion, adding significantly to its 32,000-square-foot supermarket, said Joe Gentile, the general manager of the Hannaford store.
After opening for the first time in January in about 2,000 square feet of a neighboring outlet mall, the Hannaford pharmacy finally moved into its new, approximately 8,000-square-foot section of the supermarket Monday morning.
"It's great to have more space," Gentile said. "It's better to have the pharmacy in-house, obviously, and they have a lot more space to work with now. It's better for our customers."
Since January, Rite-Aid has been operating out of a 2,000-square-foot store space it moved to in a vacant building at 343 Daniel Webster Highway.
That's about to change, though, as the new 15,000-square-foot Rite-Aid store is nearly completed, according to Ken Linesman, owner of Newland Development of Hampton, which represents Rite-Aid's interests in Meredith.
The new Rite-Aid on Route 25, between the Irving Plaza and Trinity Episcopal Church, will be open in November, Linesman said.
"That's the plan, to move everything over to the new place by November," he said.


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India Mahdavi Brings Technicolor Landscapes to Design Miami/ Basel
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India Mahdavi finds inspiration in film, not surprising for a designer who cites James Bond as a hero; and like 007, the objects and spaces she designs are sexy, chic, and a little bit mod. Now based in Paris, her eclectic practice hints at her global roots. Mahdavi designs objects and interiors that are at once stylish and playful, with organic shapes and bright colors—like her signature Bishop stool, a ceramic interpretation of the chess piece, and her lacquered-wood Flower table. "I don't like flat pieces," she has said. "My favorites are graphic, whimsical, and colorful." Her luxe style has won her the international jetset's approval, as well as high-profile interior design commissions including London's Bungalow 8, Mexico City's Condesa DF hotel, shops for Givenchy worldwide, and the Paris apartment of fashion designer Alber Elbaz.
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Illinois Senator Mark Kirk took the final steps on his long journey back to Congress Thursday.
He received a standing ovation from colleagues as he climbed the steps leading to the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol.
As he reached the top, he saluted and said "Reporting for duty."
"To have all his colleagues Democrats and Republicans lined up on the stairs just had to make him feel wonderful and that kind of warm bipartisan welcome had to make him feel good," his fellow Illinois Senator Dick Durbin said.
There was symbolism and drama as Kirk made his way up the stairs.
The moment was witnessed by five dozen members of Congress who gathered on the steps of the senate to cheer Kirk.
There were 45 steps for Kirk to make with help from his best friend in the Senate, Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Vice President Joe Biden
"You got all day pal," Biden told Kirk.
With his four prong cane, Kirk slowly climbed with some pauses and explosive applause.
At the top opposing political warriors Senate President Harry Reid and Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were there to welcome back the junior Senator from Illinois.
"I really think Mark has an opportunity here," Durbin said. "He can make this a better Senate just by virtue of the fact that so many people respect what he's done."
"The senator has shown a lot of grit and perseverance and as I said before, don't you think we need more of that in congress now?," Representative Tammy Duckworth said. Among those watching all this were the doctors who treated Kirk at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and a therapist Kirk called his inspiration.
"I have seen him go up tons of stories," physical therapist Mike Klonowski said. "We have done it out there throughout our therapies but it is really something else to see him do this today."
In the early days after his stroke, Kirk, couldn't balance himself on a floor mat, Klonowski said. There has been much progress since then on display for the world today.
Despite a triumphant, symbolic climb, Kirk's rehab will be lifelong.
The stroke affected the right side of his brain. Kirk spent a year relearning how to walk in intensive physical therapy.
He will still likely have significant limitations, but things like his speech, sometimes halting, should continue to improve.
"Memory and attention and concentration, we fully expect that those functions will improve. In fact, those are the functions that tend to improve the longest and the latest beyond a stroke," his doctor at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Elliot Roth said.
There is no good way to predict the progress that Kirk will make or to what extent he will be able to handle the stress and strain of a rigorous job.
His doctors said that they believe he will be able to handle it and one key thing he has working in his favor, they said, is that he has a will to make it work.


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RU Professor Jim Borling helps write the book on music therapy
For more than 30 years, Jim Borling, professor of music and the director of music therapy at Radford University, has used music to help people heal themselves. For the past two decades, he has become further known for his use of music therapy process while specializing in the treatment of addiction.
"My approach to working with substance abuse is multi-dimensional," Borling said. "I address the biophysical needs, psycho-emotional needs and psycho-spiritual needs of a person through music."
Borling has published several chapters in texts on music therapy. Most recently, he has contributed "Music Therapy and Addiction: Addressing Essential Components of the Recovery Process" to "Developments in Music Therapy Practice: Case Study Perspectives," edited by Anthony Meadows; and "Considerations in Treatment Planning for Addictions" to "Treatment Planning for Music Therapy Cases," edited by Anita Gadberry.
Borling's contributions synthesize his practical experiences in treating addiction with music. Although it is a challenge to frame the complicated interactions between substance abuse and music therapy in a single textbook chapter, the experience of writing for scholarly publications produces a new type of understanding for students, Borling said.
"It takes some pretty focused work," he said. "What constructs help students learn? I'm trying to capture the art of music therapy, the science of health change, and articulate it in an academic way."
The hard work of writing a textbook chapter doesn't benefit only students. By challenging himself to present his work to his academic community, Borling has seen that work through a new lens.
"I've become an even deeper believer in what I do," he said. "I feel even stronger about my field. It has deepened my perspective."
In addition to his dedicated work with students, Borling is a busy man outside of RU as well. In addition to his responsibilities as an educator, he maintains his own music therapy practice, MusicVisions LLC in Roanoke, and works with the intensive outpatient program Avenues to Recovery Inc.


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The decision to hire Sarkisian was an interesting move due to the similar pedigree Sarkisian shared with fired Head Coach Lane Kiffin. In fact Kiffin and Sarkisian were so close during their time co-managing the offense under former Head Coach Pete Carroll that the duo was known as "Sarkiffian". Like Kiffin, Sarkisian is an attempt to recapture the greatness the program enjoyed under Pete Carroll.
Perhaps the decision makes sense. Sarkisian has proven at Washington that he has the ability to turn around the program. The cupboard is also far from bare at USC as the Trojans proved in the run they made under Orgeron. Sarkisian is bringing in his defensive coordinator from Washington, Justin Wilcox, who brings a solid reputation for teaching defensive football. From all accounts Sarkisian is much more charismatic and press friendly than Kiffin and should charm rather than alienate the USC boosters. He'll need to turn on the charm immediately and rebuild any potential relationships that the resignation of Orgeron created. Orgeron was a popular figure, especially among the players.
The issue with the decision for Haden is if it doesn't work out. Choosing Sarkisian, like staying with Orgeron, is an easy decision to second guess. If the Trojans don't have success under Sarkisian it's Haden who will receive the bulk of the criticism. A bold move, such as hiring Jon Gruden or making a strong play for Chris Peterson may have insulated Haden a bit from the potential critics who will surely pop up if Sarkisian doesn't enjoy instant success. The scene in Los Angeles is quite a bit different than when Kiffin took over. In Jim Mora Jr. the UCLA Bruins have a real program and are primed to become the football power in Los Angeles. The success of UCLA is more competition for the coveted Southern California recruits. The competition is even greater with the improvement of the Arizona State and Arizona programs. Both Arizona schools have hired head coaches with a national reputation that run exciting wide-open offenses. They are quickly becoming desirable destinations for many USC targets.
The Trojans have a potential superstar quarterback in Max Browne, who was able to complete his redshirt season with both Kiffin and Orgeron resisting the urge to pull his redshirt. The program has one more season before they have full available scholarships so it makes sense for Sarkisian to usher in the Max Browne era immediately, as early as spring practice. If Browne can bring some excitement into the program the Trojans can charge into 2015 with all of their NCAA sanctions lifted and a potential Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback.
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Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:43 pm
Post subject: Holiday Party
Witht he holiday season fast approaching I thought it might be fun if we had a virtual party right here.
What I'm thinking is we can design a tapas/mezze/small plates party. We can do this one of two ways. Either just post a list of recipe titles and have those interested ask for the recipe, or post the title and recipes immediately.
Personally, I prefer the first approach, because otherwise the list can become too cumbersome. But I'm open to play either way.
What say you all?
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:10 pm
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I am all in. Whatever the majority decides on, I will abide.
Live as if to die tomorrow. Learn as if to live forever.
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:28 am
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great plan - I'm in ! I was just thinking about the holidays the other day...nice to get some inspiration from you guys. I'm fine with either option !
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Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:30 pm
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Well, I thought it was a good idea, but apparently not.
There have been more than 200 views of this thread, but only two responses. So I guess nobody much is interested in participating.
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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:00 pm
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I believe that if you start with YOUR list ( first option) , you'll get more answers/ demands of recipes/ participation rates. It will also give an exact idea of what you have on your mind, as I personally don't understand the "party" part of your plan. It sounds as an opportunity to exchange party recipes, a very good idea indeed, but where does the forum's party fit in?
Good luck
No more war, more exptraordinary party recipes!
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Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:24 pm
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Well, we'll give that a try, Simona, and see what happens.
I used the word "party" loosely, just to mean that if we all got together (obviously not feasible) to have a tapas/mezze/small plates party, these are some of the dishes we might put on the table.
So, here's a starter list:
1. Seafood lollipops with peach gastrique.
2. Miniature Kentucky Hot Browns.
3. Sausage, Shrimp & Cantaloupe skewers.
4. Gougere in assorted shapes and fillings.
5. Chicken Shiu Mai with Mango Sauce.
6. Pear and Gorgonzola Filled Won Ton cups.
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:55 pm
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To this virtual table I shall bring:
gouda and dried pear scones
- a bowl of
- some
cheese thins
- a batch of
Jo Jo potatoes
- and a salad of
grated carrots and beets
Oh, and if I have time to bake it, I'll bring a loaf of
starter bread
also, and a couple of bottles of biodynamic wine from the corner wine shop.
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:48 pm
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KYH, nice list.
I would like very much to get your recipe for :
- Seafood Lollipops with peach gastrique ( gastric peaches? -intriguing). Isn't that one of your secret recipes?
I will think about some entrees and/or deserts for "our" New Year virtual party .
Thank you .
No more war , what for GS are peach gastriques?
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Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:10 pm
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I'll be happy to come with some
half-dollar size corn fritters (very approximately 4 cm.),
small baked potatoes stuffed with corned beef hash,
and mushroom-shallot tarts.
Yes, please post about the seafood lollipops!
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Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:12 am
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No, there's nothing secret about this recipe, Simona. It's just complex to execute, considering the various cooking techniques involved and that it's actually several recipes combined.
I first developed it as a seafood sausage. When making it that way it includes crayfish tails, mixed in after grinding the other ingredients, to provide a little tooth. For the lollipops, however, the tails make the forcemeat too coarse, and they can fall apart when frying. If you want the flavor of the crayfish, grind them with the other ingredients.
While using small skewers to create lollipops makes a more dramatic presentation, you can skip that stage, and just serve the balls alone.
In total, it requires:
Seafood forcemeat
Fish stock or equivalent
Cornmeal batter
Peach gastrique
Seafood Forcemeat
1 lb raw shrimp, peeled & deveined
½ lb raw tilapia or other white-fleshed fish
½ dozen raw oysters
6 oz cooked crab meat
1 shallot, minced
1 tsp fennel seed, coarsely ground
1 tbls dry tarragon or 1 tsp fresh
2 tbls parsley, minced
¾ tsp white pepper
2 egg whites
2 tbls cream
Cut tilapia in small pieces. Toss with the shrimp, crabmeat, tarrgon, parsley, fennel seed and pepper so that spices are evenly distributed. Run through a meat grinder, using the medium plate.
Lightly beat egg whites and cream. Incorporate into the seafood mixture
for the seafood balls:
1 recipe seafood forcemeat
Several cups fish stock
Bring stock to a slow simmer. Drop seafood forcemeat, by double tablespoons, into liquid. Allow to poach a few minutes, turning frequently, until balls just firm up. Remove from liquid and set aside. Ball can be refrigerated, covered, for up to two days.
make a batter:
In a deep bowl, combine 1 cup fine cornmeal, ½ cup flour, salt, pepper, an egg, lightly beaten, and enough milk to make a medium batter.
Insert a short skewer into each seafood ball. Dust with corn starch. Dip in the batter, swirling to cover completely, assuring that some batter contact the stick.
Deep fry at 350F until balls are browned and crisp on the outside. Drain well. Drizzle with peach gastrique, or serve the gastrique as a dipping sauce in small bowls.
I first came up with this sauce after stopping at a farm market in Maryland which had all kinds of fruit ciders, including peach. Peach cider is difficult to find, though, so you can substitute peach juice, peach nectar, or even agave juice or nectar for the same effect.
Peach Gastrique
1 cup peach cider or nectar
Scant ½ cup red wine vinegar
1-2 tbls sugar
Combine ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to boil, lower heat, and reduce at a fast simmer until syrupy.
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I would take care of some of the desserts.
- miniature classic tiramisu
- dark chocolate mousse, unsweetened whipped cream at the top and sprinkeled with the caramel-au-beurre-salee-powder I found at G. Detou (no,
found at G. Detou)
- lemongrass or earl grey infused creme brulee
- tarte tatin or dutch apple pie
- some red fruits in wine jelly or fruits on skewers with perhaps a creme anglaise-dip.
- a nice lemony cheesecake
All ofcourse in miniature (uhm, perhaps not too miniature
?!?) or individual portions, applepie maybe still in its in mini-molds?, served in beautifull glasses or on crisp, small white plates.
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Swan I was hoping someone would bring dessert! Is there such a thing as "classic tiramisu"? I thought it was a "There are as many recipes for fried chicken as there are southern cooks" situation. I've never made it, but would like to. Can you recommend?
Clotilde's peacamole is intriguing--
when you get to the perfume part! Has anyone here tried it? In the comments with the recipe people wrote that they've made it over and over.
I love the grated beet and carrot salad--always add sunflower seeds and feta or blue. Lived on it for a week when it was first posted!
KYHeirloomer, the oysters got lost in your post--are they ground with the other fish? I have a grinder (only because I live with a hunter!) so I'd like to try a simpler version of this. I figure I'm using a grinder because a food processor would make the mix too fine/liquidy?
I'd use just shrimp and one other fish for this (a project for me) the first time. I'll adjust the amounts. Would you say the mixture is cooked through after the poaching? Or does the frying finish cooking the fish as well as browning the batter?
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As should be obvious, Ginger, any combination of seafood would work with this. Originally I didn't include oysters at all, until I saw Cat Cora make "seafood corndogs." She used only oysters and shrimp.
Sorry about the ommission. If you include oysters, grind them raw, with the other ingredients. But go easy, as the oyster flavor can easily dominate all the others.
I chose tilapia for this because I wanted the finned fish to provide bulk more than flavor. Most seafood sausages use salmon, which is fine if you want that flavor. But I wanted the shellfish to predominate.
The corn batter is just my preference. You could use any batter you prefer. A tempura would be ideal, in fact.
The poaching basically precooks the balls, but not all the way through. Basically you're forming a shell that holds the balls together. I use a 2-tbls sized disher (mini-ice cream scoop), and poach them for only two or three minutes, rolling them in the poaching liquid to assure even coverage. The frying then completes the cooking, as well as browning the crust. For perspective, when I make seafood sausages they poach for 10-15 minutes.
When she made her seafood corndogs, Cat Cora piped the mixture directly into the poaching liquid, to form logs. That's another option.
And yes, you're right. Do not use a food processor for this, for the reasons you gave.
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Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:52 am
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Gingerpale, I'm sure there are a LOT of versions of Tiramisu out there, all nice/nicer/nicest, but I prefer one I got a long time ago and it works. Usually if we order a tiramisu somewhere we enjoy it, but add' but it's not better then mine'
I'm travelling now and as I want to give you the correct proportions I'll find and post the recipe next week when I'm back at the HK homebase!
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ok! Thank you both for replying to my questions -- it will be fun to do these for real. Looking forward to Simona and Bainst checking/chiming in.
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Two old football coaches, by chance, sometimes meet up at Baltimore Ravens training camp.
Jack Harbaugh and Gary Moeller.
Brothers-in-arms of gridiron battles past, now retired. Hair, greyer. Legs, gimpier. Voices, a tinge raspier. But still possessing the same fire for life, the same passion for a kid's game.
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About their careers. And, especially, about their boys.
John and Jim Harbaugh, and Andy Moeller.
Jack Harbaugh's and Gary Moeller's careers crossed paths for only four years, in the mid-1970s at the University of Michigan, as assistants under Bo Schembechler. That's when their boys met.
The trio became instant friends, and it was then – as children – that each began dreaming of a life in football, just like their dads.
Ever since, the sons' paths have been crossing and criss-crossing far more frequently than their dads' ever did, both on the field and off.
But never more significantly, or serendipitously, than next Sunday in Super Bowl XLVII.
John Harbaugh – Jack and Jackie Harbaugh's oldest of three children – is the 50-year-old head coach of the Baltimore Ravens.
Jim Harbaugh – the middle child – is the 49-year-old head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.
Andy Moeller – Gary and Ann Moeller's one son out of four children – is the 48-year-old offensive line coach of the Ravens, under John.
In a moment that has fate blushing and coincidence shaking its head, the Ravens – with John and Andy – will square off against Jim's 49ers next Sunday in North America's No.1 annual sporting spectacle.
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In the mid-'70s as kids, the trio goofed off together, played backyard sports together, competed against one another in organized league sports, and got in trouble together – such as on one famous occasion when the Harbaugh boys unintentionally interrupted the high holy proceedings of a precisely scheduled Bo Schembechler Wolverine football practice, which aroused the hair-trigger wrath of the larger-than-life man they all worshipped then, and, in more than a few ways, still emulate now as coaches themselves.
While Schembechler retired from the profession in 1990 and died in 2006, his coaching tree yet grows – a soaring, solid Savannah oak with gravity-defying branches snaking every which way.
It boasts four national-champion college head coaches: Jack Harbaugh himself (Western Kentucky, Division I-AA, 2002), Bill McCartney (Colorado, 1990), Lloyd Carr (Michigan, 1997) and Les Miles (LSU, 2007).
A week from now the Bo tree adds a Super Bowl champion head coach from the pro ranks, whose last name is Harbaugh.
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John and Jim Harbaugh met Andy Moeller soon after their dad, Jack, left the University of Iowa football staff to join Schembechler's at Michigan in '73.
John was age 10, Jim 9, Andy almost 9.
Jack became the Wolverine defensive backs coach and served directly under Gary Moeller, then defensive coordinator.
So it all started with a Harbaugh working under a Moeller.
It was an enormous step up the coaching ladder for the elder Harbaugh, who had been relocating his family about every two years for a decade while moving up the ranks. Just six years earlier he'd been an assistant at Morehead State.
Now he was assisting one of the brightest, fieriest, exacting head coaches in all of college football – in the big-time. Schembechler's '70s teams were outstanding: 96-16-3 (.848).
This was the zenith of his 21-year career at Michigan, an era now principally remembered for the "Ten Year War" – when Schembechler's Wolverines and Woody Hayes' Ohio State Buckeyes annually fought tooth-and-nail for the Big Ten championship and Rose Bowl berth in their monumental, season-ending clash.
"Jack really fit in well with the Michigan coaches," Gary said. "He's very fundamental, just like his sons. You know, technique and all those things were important to him. And he could really communicate with the players, as well."
Off the field, away from all that intensity, the Harbaugh and Moeller families became close, especially the kids.
"They'd hang out while going to practice, and watching practice," Gary said. "John and Jim showed up with Jack, and Andy would come with me at times.
"We all really got to know one another better at the bowl games. They would spend lots of time together – all the kids did. We had a large staff of kids, really. On occasion, the families would get together in Ann Arbor too."
The Harbaughs and Moellers lived in different areas of town. The youth football league fielded teams by district. John and Jim played on the Packers, Andy on the Wolverines.
So 1973 was the first time Jim competed against Andy in organized football.
As is always the case in youth football, many youngsters didn't have a clue what to do. These three boys sure did, though.
"You'd see some kids with the facemask turned the wrong way," Gary said with a laugh. "They were just little kids. But our boys knew how to play the game, because they'd watched it so closely.
"They had fun playing against one another. I think they did in basketball, too. I know they were on opposite teams in that too."
Over the next four years, John, Jim and Andy grew closer.
"They had the same group of friends as younger kids," Gary said. "They saw one another quite a bit."
By January 1977 the boys had entered their early teens. But that's when the Moellers left Ann Arbor, for the University of Illinois hired Gary to be its head football coach.
The Harbaughs remained in "A-squared" until 1980, for seven years in all – by far the longest time the boys spent anywhere.
"We look back, and growing up mainly at the University of Michigan when they were in elementary school and junior high school, they loved sports, had a passion for sports," Jack said in a teleconference call on Thursday with wife Jackie and daughter Joani. "They enjoyed being around the game."
The famous story in Michigan circles is the day the Harbaugh boys lived to tell about interrupting a Schembechler practice.
Here they were playing catch off to the side of the field, as the Wolverines practised before some big game. But, as inevitably happens, the ball bounded the wrong way – onto the practice field, stopping proceedings.
Jim went out to fetch it. Schembechler went nuts, barking at Jack to get that something-damn kid off his something-damn field.
At Ravens' training camp this past August, I asked John if that story were true.
"Absolutely! But who do you think was the one who sent Jim out there to get the ball?!" John said, laughing. "And Bo threw Jim off. I was the older brother. It was my prerogative."
Gary Moeller laughed, too, at his boss's reaction.
"Bo loved to holler at those young kids, because he liked to see them take off. They probably enjoyed it as much as they were scared about him getting on them."
The way John set up Jim to get reamed by Bo speaks to their sibling rivalry.
It was intense. Not that you wouldn't expect that from two highly athletic-minded brothers, born only 15 months apart.
Jim had a burning desire to not only compete in everything, but be the best in everything – and win at everything. As Jack said a couple of years ago in an NFL Films documentary about the family, a teacher once complained to him that little Jim competed too hard. Jack was appalled that an educator would actually want to drive that spirit out of his hyper-motivated son.
John, meantime, discovered at an early age that his younger brother possessed far more natural athletic ability that he did – which probably only further stoked his own competitive fires. No damn little brother of his was ever going to outdo him in anything, if he could help it.
Even if, as athletes, he couldn't.
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Both John and Jim played football in high school – John for four years at Ann Arbor's Pioneer High, Jim for two years there before playing two more in Palo Alto, Calif., after dad Jack had left Michigan to work for Jack Elway (yes, John Elway's dad) at Stanford.
John, a 6-foot defensive back, played college ball at Miami of Ohio – where Schembechler and Moeller had coached in the 1960s. Injuries kept him from playing much.
Jim, a 6-foot-3 quarterback, was an all-region player at Palo Alto High in his senior year, 1981. After having idolized Michigan's option-wizard quarterback Rick Leach from 1975-78, Harbaugh as a high-schooler came to similarly admire Stanford's starting quarterback at the time – one John Elway.
Just last week, Harbaugh was saying how he was still miffed he hadn't been heavily recruited by the big colleges. Yet Michigan's scholarship offer was no legacy gift, Gary Moeller said: "He was somebody that we definitely recruited."
So back to Ann Arbor went Jim, as a freshman football recruit. Who joined him in that incoming class?
Andy Moeller, a star linebacker at Ann Arbor's Pioneer High.
The Moellers had moved back to town in 1980, after Illinois fired Gary for going 6-24-3 (.227) in three years; Schembechler welcomed him back on his staff.
Reunited, old buds Jim and Andy both redshirted at Michigan in 1982, then saw spot action at their positions in 1983. Andy played quite a bit at inside linebacker in 1984, then started his final two years.
Jim started five games at QB in 1984 before breaking his arm, then broke out as one of college football's most efficient, big-play quarterbacks in 1985 and '86.
"Their junior and senior years, I think, they roomed together in a house – a bunch of guys lived in that house," said Gary, who coached his son as Michigan's defensive coordinator. "When they both came back for a fifth year, they each went to separate apartments. They still got along well."
In 1986, Harbaugh was everybody's second-team all-American (behind Miami's Vinny Testaverde) and finished third in the Heisman Trophy balloting.
Perhaps most importantly to Harbaugh, he became the 1980s version of his idol, Leach: A Michigan quarterback who dazzled with his arm and his feet, and who usually won the big games. Harbaugh even ran some option plays out of both the I-formation and wishbone.
And, as Leach had done twice in the late '70s, and as no Michigan quarterback has done since, in his senior season Harbaugh led the Wolverines to Pasadena by defeating Ohio State at Ohio State in a game for all the marbles. No small feat.
That day in 1986 says as much about Jim Harbaugh, the competitor, as anything ever could.
A week earlier, the Wolverines had been 9-0 and ranked No. 3 until a gutting, last-minute loss in their home finale to Minnesota.
Instinctively, Harbaugh surmised that his devastated teammates needed something to rally behind, with a trip to Columbus only days away and a Rose Bowl berth still there for the taking.
So Harbaugh shocked his teammates and – you better believe it – his coaches when he told the Detroit-area press corps on the Monday before that Michigan would beat Ohio State – guaranteed.
What did he just say?!! Yup.
No Michigan player under Schembechler had ever done anything remotely as bold. Yet the old man did not rebuke him. He, too, must have sensed the need.
Down in Columbus, Harbaugh's guarantee was akin to spray-painting the entire city blue. Ohioans like Wolverines as much as Hugo Stiglitz liked Nazis in Inglorious Basterds. They now liked Harbaugh even less.
And he reveled in it.
The Buckeyes came out stoked, dominating the first half to take a 14-6 lead at the break. But in the second half, with tens of thousands of Buckeye fans either chanting his name in derision, or screaming their lungs out to try to drown out his offensive signals, Harbaugh didn't flinch an inch.
In fact he was so poised, confident and self-assured in that second half, he continually made it appear as though he were struggling to yell out audibles to his teammates above the catcalls, which egged on the Ohio Stadium crowd to yell all the louder – which is exactly what he wanted.
Jim Harbaugh wasn't audibling into anything. He intended to send those taunting Ohioans home not only with broken hearts, but hoarse throats.
Meantime, Andy Moeller helped to settle down a defence that had been shredded in the first 30 minutes both on the ground and, especially, through the air by quarterback Jim Karsatos and his favourite pass target, Cris Carter, the future Minnesota Vikings star.
In the end, Harbaugh had the third best passing day in series history (261 yards), Moeller and the defence stiffened and Michigan won 26-24.
The Wolverines – led by their two co-captains, Jim Harbaugh and Andy Moeller – thus earned their first trip to the Rose Bowl in four years.
"Jim and Andy provided excellent leadership that year," Gary said. "They did that because they were hard-working kids. They saw that in other people all the way while growing up. They both worked hard. That's the leadership you sometimes provide."
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Unsurprisingly, John, Jim and Andy all wound up pursuing careers in football.
Jim, of course, went on to have a solid 15-year turn as a quarterback in the NFL – mainly with the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts.
It was with the Colts that he earned the nickname "Captain Comeback," for rallying the team to so many come-from-behind victories and taking it, in 1995, to within a whisker of reaching the Super Bowl.
Neither John nor Andy played football after college. Both went into coaching. Even before his NFL playing career ended, Jim started to coach as a volunteer assistant for his dad at Western Kentucky.
While John and Andy got jobs more than once along the way thanks to dear old dad, or dear old dad's connections, and while Jim's fame as a player undoubtedly helped him when he launched his coaching career in earnest in 2001, the following must also be said.
Each paid his dues – starting out by working insane hours, doing the joe-est of jobs, for peanuts, at the lowliest levels.
They've earned this.
John has been head coach of the Ravens since 2008. Jim has been head coach of the Niners since 2011. Andy joined John's first Ravens staff as assistant offensive line coach, then two years ago ascended to primary offensive line coach:
Jack reiterated this week that he is elated his sons chose to become coaches.
But wouldn't a coach know better than anyone the life-sucking hours the profession demands, and thus want his sons to pursue something else?
Answered Gary Moeller about Andy:
"It's what he wanted to do … I think you're always happy when your kid is happy in his career. Yeah, we know the bad parts of the job, so you always worry about those, like you said – the long hours. But that's part of it. And if you enjoy your work, it goes fast.
"It's worked out well for Andy, obviously being part of the Super Bowl. It's something that's hard to get to. You can't believe how many great players or coaches who have long careers who never even get into Super Bowls."
John reportedly earned $4 million in 2012, Jim $5 million, and Andy probably about $200,000.
Asked what Schembechler would make of the trio's coaching successes, Gary said:
"He would like how these guys have made it … He had great success himself, and to see that happen for these kids, it's the same type of thing. He'd be very proud."
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Every now and then, I read a quote from John or Jim Harbaugh and chuckle.
Few besides a balding Michigan football historian like me probably ever suspects that some of their sayings, and actions, descend straight from one Bo Schembechler all those years ago.
Such as last year, when one of the Harbaughs – or maybe it was both – inspired his NFL players by telling them their one and only overriding concern had to be "the team, the team, the team." That was a classic Schembechler creed; look it up on YouTube.
Or when Jim gets gruff with reporters in news conferences. Sometimes it sounds as though he's actually impersonating Schembechler's legendary snippiness.
I asked John in that training-camp interview last summer if I was right about all of those allusions.
"Yeah, you're right. That's exactly what it is, absolutely," he said. "It's Bo. And for us, too, it's Jack. It's our Dad. And our Dad was a part of that. We've heard Bo-isms since I was in fifth grade and Jim was in third grade, when we were at Michigan."
Mantras don't get your team to the Super Bowl, however. Good coaching does.
And one of the chief reasons the Harbaugh boys are winning, and winning big, at the NFL level – together they've been to five conference championship games in seven years, for goodness sake – is because they've also tapped into the bedrock Schembechler formula for winning football games.
Not his passé option-I offence, or his now archaic 5-2 slant defence. It's something much more rudimentary, underneath all those X's and O's.
"I think we know what good football looks like," John told me of his and Jim's successes. "It's irrespective of how you move the ball. It pertains to good football. Good, solid, field-position football.
"You don't make mistakes. You play solid defence. You don't turn the ball over. You get first downs, and you control the clock. And you can do that any way you want. You can do it throwing, you can do it running; you can do it blitzing, you can do it playing (zone) coverage."
Thus, John said, his and Jim's NFL success is "really founded on those principles … And for us, the principles remain the same – they're written in stone. Methods can change, but the principles are in stone."
Jack Harbaugh and Gary Moeller should have plenty more pride-swelling stories to regale each other with for years to come.


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Dianne Dumanoski, author of The End of the Long Summer: Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth, examines a possible tipping point of climate change—a point reached when individuals take on the societal values that perpetuate environmental destruction.
"This is not, basically, a crisis only for the earth," she says. "This is fundamentally a human crisis. And in the longer run, the earth is going to be fine. This is not about the planet ultimately. Earth has survived all sorts of catastrophes. What's at stake is the stable climate that has allowed for the kind of civilization we have right now."
"It's critical that we do everything possible to avoid the worst," Dumanoski says of economic globalization in its current form, which she sees as "putting ourselves on a giant Titanic."
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Anne Hathaway gets into character as Catwoman in this first look from her new film, The Dark Knight Rises.
The Christopher Nolan-directed action flick features the return of Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne and Batman, as well as Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine.
The film will also feature new roles from Joseph Gordon Levitt as John Blake, Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate, and Tom Hardy as the villainous Bane.
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Fall brings a plethora of different colors as the leaves begin to change, but one not often found on trees becomes a predominate shade during October.
Fall brings a plethora of different colors as the leaves begin to change, but one not often found on trees becomes a predominate shade during October.
Pink can be seen many places. As a sports fan, I witness it during many games. It can be seen on jerseys (even for boys' sports), socks, wristbands, gloves, caps and more. Even the tough professionals of the National Football League find ways to wear pink gear.
I did become a bit concerned with the pink explosion when my son carried a pink jersey and red shorts through the house before a soccer game this week. Thankfully, he was only putting the red shorts up, and donned white shorts for the match.
Most people know by now that pink symbolizes the fight against breast cancer. October serves as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which began in 1985. The sports teams use the pink uniforms and accessories as a way to show solidarity with other groups bringing attention to breast cancer.
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women except for nonmelanoma skin cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most recent statistics, from 2008, show 210,203 women in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer, and 40,589 women in the U.S. died from breast cancer.
My family has been affected by breast cancer. My grandmother first was diagnosed with breast cancer in the mid-1970s and then died from a recurrence in 1986 at the age of 74. Nino, as we called Juanita Thomas Wright, was a strong and loving woman whom I greatly respected. One thing I recall about her battle with cancer was she chose less aggressive treatment the second time she fought the disease, remembering how bad she felt from her treatments the first time.
Breast cancer often runs in families, and my mom was diagnosed with the disease in 1997. She had surgery that included a mastectomy and then chemotherapy. She has remained cancer free since then, although she now has Alzheimer's disease.
Mom's treatments made her sensitive to high temperatures. We also noticed memory problems, which we initially contributed to a condition called chemo brain. But now we wonder if that was the early stages of Alzheimer's; her father also suffered from dementia.
In addition to sports teams, newspapers also help raise awareness of breast cancer. The Dispatch published its special Think Pink section Sept. 26. It featured stories from survivors, treatment options available at hospitals and preventative measures women can take to lower their risk. Some newspapers even print such sections on pink paper; maybe we can do that in the future.
Some of the best stories involve those who have survived breast cancer or are still battling it. I hope you read Dwight Davis' Our Neighbor feature on Friday about Matthew Lio, an 8-year-old boy who donated $40 to a classmate's mother who is fighting breast cancer. His 3-year-old sister chipped in another $10.
Matthew's emotions when he learned of the woman's situation mirrored what many of us feel: anger, sadness and a desire to do something. Children often set the best examples for adults, and Matthew's selflessness certainly should cause all of us to examine what we're doing to help those in need. It may be making a donation, it may be raising awareness, or it may involve an act of kindness or prayer for someone dealing with breast cancer or other issues.
I hope during the next few decades to see major advances in the treatment of all diseases, but certainly breast cancer and Alzheimer's disease, two that hit home for me. Perhaps breast cancer won't bring the same level of dread for my sons' generation as it does today. Wouldn't it be great if some day pink represents the victory by medical science over breast cancer?
Chad Killebrew is executive editor of The Dispatch. He can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 215, or at email@example.com.


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Number of members: 620
Year established: 1922
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Sunday, December 07, 2008
The Holiday Party
Our surroundings were lavishly decorated. Beautiful. But it was different.
Not one person talked about it directly. No one dared. Spouses, loved ones, even some kids. Mingling. We smiled courteously. We talked about the kids, what they were doing, how they were fumbling and stumbling through adolescence and their formative years. We liked that topic because it mattered. We talked about how nice she looked or how handsome he was, probably because in the big scheme of things, it really didn't matter.
We talked, we smiled, had a drink, had a mushroom, and later, tried to dance.
That's because we knew we were lucky. Lucky to be standing there exchanging pleasantries.
And lucky to have a job.
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- OHN said...
So true. Many of the hospitals and businesses in our area made the decision to not even host parties this year.
You can almost palpate the uncertainty in peoples lives. Complete strangers chat in the checkout line at the grocery about prices and how they are cutting back.
There is a different feel this year. Those of us that have jobs are more appreciative.
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If you work in a big expensive hospital, then I would be very worried. If more people start losing their insurance, then it is less likely they will come to get their elective procedures performed and will likely defer more expensive treatment as well. Your area is a case in point that you have made previously. Catheter ablations may be the most effective treatment in the long run, but if you have to pay the whole tab, will people simply say no thank you, I will take my coumadin and beta blocker for now. It must cost a pretty penny for one of those!
As I have said before, hospitals will be the next shoe to drop as the economy crumbles.
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Ok Chris, you talk the talk, but what is it?
The constituents of this blog are varied. Some know what OCR and Data Capture is, some do not. Some know they need it but now necessarily how to use it. Others know how powerful it is and have a good understanding of what is out there, but not the best practices. So taking a step back let me tell you what it's all about. It's about saving money, and reducing the cost associated with paper based operations.
OCR is commonly used to encompass all of the recognition technologies out there. It specifically stands for Optical Character Recognition. This is simply the process of taking an image scanned or digitally received and converting from an image to text. While OCR can be used to mean ICR, OCR, Data Capture, OMR, and barcode processing, it is really the process of extracting ALL of the typographic text from an image document and converting it to a digital format. ICR is hand-print extraction, OMR is filled in bubble extraction, and barcode is, well barcode extraction. These later recognition technologies make up Data Capture.
Data capture is the process of extracting field data pairs to be exported in a structured format. It does not have to necessarily get all the information on a document, and is very highly dictated by business processes. Data Capture incorporates ICR, OMR, Barcode, and OCR to extract the data from fields. Fixed From Data Capture are forms that don't change page to page, and are usually hand-print. Semi-structure forms are 80% of the documents someone sees. Data Capture is usually a more complex technology as compared to just full page OCR.
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After a whole bunch of waiting, it is what we thought it was, to mangle a paraphrase from former Cardinals coach Denny Green.
The Eagles have confirmed that the trade of Kevin Kolb to the Cardinals is happening, for corner Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and a second-round pick. ESPN 97.5 radio reporter Adam Caplan says Kolb has agreed to a $63 million contract extension with Arizona, over 5 years, about $20 million guaranteed.
Eagles corner-kick returner Jorrick Calvin was a Cardinals rookie last year, before being traded to the Eagles Aug. 30 Rodgers-Cromartie recently mentioned Calvin as his only friend on the Eagles. Calvin was happy to hear the trade confirmed.
"That's my dude!" Calvin said. "Real good guy, real good person ... He brings a lot of speed, real good coverage ability, (he's) a lockdown corner.
"He took me under his wing when I got to Arizona, he taught me a lot of things at corner, taught me how to be a good pro -- making good decisions, on and off the field. That was one of the guys I really looked up to in Arizona."
Rodgers-Cromartie, anointed last night by Andy Reid as the right side starter though he has primarily played the left for the Cards, will have to learn Juan Castillo's defense on the fly.
"He's a real smart guy at corner," Calvin said. "It will be no problem for him to come in and learn the defense."
Observers were starting to compare the Kolb trade talks to Congress's debates on the debt ceiling.
"I think process takes a long time, whatever you do," Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said, when asked about the negotiations. "You want to make sure that you're exploring all options for your team and getting the best possible outcome for both sides."
"It's a busy time, We're constantly looking at options and evaluating options. We're not done," Roseman said. He didn't want to talk about other possible moves, but you have to think if Vince Young is being released, as reported, the Eagles would have interest as a backup. Running back Darren Sproles and lionebacker Stephen Tulloch also have been linked to the Birds.
Kolb, drafted in the second round in 2007, a year ago was opening camp as the designated successor to Donovan McNabb. But he suffered a concussion in the season opener and lost the job to Michael Vick.
Reports about a Kolb trade involving Rodgers-Cromartie began to surface before the 2011 draft in April, at a time when the lockout prevented teams from trading players. Trades were allowed starting Tuesday morning, and fans grew frustrated that Kolb hadn't been dealt. But the Cardinals probably did not want to part unconditonally with a second-round pick, a pretty prized commodity in the NFL. The Eagles probably had to do some squeezing.
Also today, the Eagles have placed Brandon Graham and Winston Justice on the physically unable to perform list for the start of camp. Asante Samuel and Jeremy Maclin were excused from reporting and practicing today for personal reasons.
Corner Trevard Lindley and left tackle Jason Peters left the afternoon practice early. Peters was sweating profusely.


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