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"Secretary Davis, Christmas tree, 1921." James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor in the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administrations, moonlighting as Santa Claus. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Washington circa 1914. "H.E.F. & A.W.L. in Detroiter." Herbert E. French, driving, was the owner of National Photo Company; "Artie" Leonard was one of its photographers. They're at the Tidal Basin on the Inlet Bridge, with the Washington Monument in back. National Photo glass negative. View full size.
The Raleigh Hotel at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington circa 1920. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
May 9, 1960. A landmark image in the history of modern architecture: Julius Shulman's nighttime shot of Ann Lightbody and Cynthia Murfee in Case Study House No. 22, the Stahl residence in the Hollywood Hills, overlooking Sunset Boulevard. Architect: Pierre Koenig. The photo, taken with a Swiss-made Sinar 4x5 view camera, is a double exposure: Seven minutes for the background, then a flash shot for the interior, the house lights having been replaced with flashbulbs. There's a fascinating account of the image at Taschen, where you can order a book on the Case Study houses. View full size | L.A. Mag article.
Oak Park, Illinois, 1952. My grandmother (left), mother (center), and aunts. One of my cousins is leaning against the wall, her feet visible in the lower center of the photo. The occasion was probably a holiday, as the ladies are wearing their Sunday best, and that huge cooking pot had to have held a turkey. My mom, the only adult in the photo who's still with us, thinks it may have been Christmas. 35mm slide. View full size.
Washington, D.C., circa 1922. "Star Building from air." The Washington Star newspaper building at the center is at the intersection of 11th Street N.W. and Pennsylvania Avenue, which runs diagonally across the photo. The big building with the tower us the Old Post Office. There's a lot to see here, including laundry hung out to dry. National Photo Company glass negative. View full size.
September 23, 1926. "White House dog, medicine balls." And that's all they wrote. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Christmas 1953. Oak Park, Illinois. My cousin Tom experiencing the thrill of his first Lionel electric train. My Uncle Bill is manning the transformer, and my dad, who was a real-life railroad engineer, is on the right. 35mm slide. View full size.


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Huskers Slip to Nittany Lions 4-3 at Home
Lincoln, Neb. - The Nebraska women's tennis team (8-15, 0-10 Big Ten) were defeated by Penn State (6-16, 2-8 Big Ten) by a score of 4-3 at home on Friday. The Huskers sealed the double point early but were unable to stop the Nittany Lions rally comeback, dropping four of the singles matches to give up the lead and the match.
In doubles, Nebraska's Maike Zeppernick and Izabella Zgierska dominated Penn State's Katherine Whiteaway and Carmen Sandor 8-1 at the No. 2 while fellow Huskers Mary Hanna and Maggy Lehmicke ousted the Nittany Lions' Dasha Sapogova and Katia Blik 8-6 at the No. 1, giving the Scarlet and Cream the doubles point. The match between at the No. 3 court between NU's Hannah Sulz and Lisa Andersson against PSU's Marie Frederique-Bedard and Taylor Shukow was 7-7 and the tie-breaker at 5-1 in favor of the Big Red with Sulz and Andersson en route to a victory but the match was called early and didn't finish once the point was decided.
In singles, Nebraska's Sulz swept Penn State's Lisa Petruzillo 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 6 while fellow Husker Zeppernick also claimed a victory at the No. 4 over the Nittany Lions' Shukow 6-2, 6-2 pushing the match total to 3-0 in favor of the Big Red. PSU's Katherine Whiteaway began comeback rally at the No. 5 where she defeated NU's Andersson 7-6 (7-1), 6-0.
Penn State's Blik continued the rally at the No. 2 where she toppled Nebraska's Zgierska 6-4, 6-4 while fellow Nittany Lion Sandor grabbed a victory over the Huskers' Hanna 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 to tie the match at 3-3. The final point was earned at the No. 1 court by PSU"s Sapogova against NU's Lehmicke 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to give Penn State their second Big Ten win and leave the Huskers without a conference victory so far this season.
Nebraska plays their "Senior Day" final regular season match against Ohio State at home on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m. and will honor senior Zeppernick during the match for her final home match of her career.
Nebraska - 3
Penn State - 4
Lincoln, Neb.
1. Dasha Sapogova (PSU) def. Maggy Lehmicke (NU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
2. Katia Blik (PSU) def. Izabella Zgierska (NU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Carmen Sandor (PSU) def. Mary Hanna (NU) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
4. Maike Zeppernick (NU) def. Taylor Shukow (NU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Katherine Whiteaway (PSU) def. Lisa Andersson (NU) 7-6 (7-1), 6-0
6. Hannah Sulz (NU) def. Lisa Petruzillo (PSU) 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish (6, 4, 5, 2, 3, 1)
1. Mary Hanna/Maggy Lehmicke (NU) def. Dasha Sapogova/Katia Blik (PSU) 8-6
2. Maike Zeppernick/Izabella Zgierska (NU) def. Katherine Whiteaway/Carmen Sandor (PSU) 8-1
3. Lisa Andersson/Hannah Sulz (NU) vs. Marie Frederique-Bedard/Taylor Shukow (PSU) DNF
Order of finish (2, 1)

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ATLANTA (AP) — As the Powerball jackpot soars, the Georgia Lottery is making progress in repairing some of its machines that are taking a long time to process tickets.
The lottery could not say how widespread the problem was Monday or provide other details.
However, spokeswoman Tandi Reddick said the slowest transaction times were between noon and 1 p.m. Reddick says since then, performance has improved significantly.
The lottery on its Facebook page apologized to customers and said the terminals are downloading upgraded software.
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $425 million. Officials at the Multi State Lottery Association say equipment problems were not reported in the other 41 states that have Powerball.
James Lee says the machine in his downtown Atlanta convenience store was running slowly Monday afternoon and that it led to some arguments between annoyed customers.
Associated Press writer Phillip Lucas contributed to this report.


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OCCA strengthens the arts by ensuring that the Oregon coast has a rich and vibrant arts community through support and promotion of arts organizations and individual artists.
This directory represents the coastal areas of Oregon, which include Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Coos, and Curry counties and the coastal towns of Lane and Douglas counties. OCCA is the regional arts council for this area. Learn more about OCCA's regional arts activities.
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The Columbia River Maritime Museum is one of the finest maritime museums on the West Coast. Six Galleries, the Great Hall, and the Lightship Columbia interpret the Pacific Northwest's rich maritime history.
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KALA is the ground floor presentation space and upper loft production office of HIPFiSHmonthly, the Columbia Pacific Region's free alternative monthly newspaper. KALA features monthly exhibits in conjunction with Astoria's Second Saturday Art Walk, and live performance; including music, theater, authors and more. For events at KALA, visit our website.
The Liberty Theater, in the heart of downtown Astoria, was designed to transport you to a Venetian Palace and is one of Oregon's best examples of a 1920's vaudeville-motion picture palace.
The mission of the Lower Columbia Diversity Project (LCDP) is to engage pro-actively with diversity issues in the region, educate the community on the benefits of diversity, tolerance, and inclusion, and provide a forum through which individuals, groups, and organizations may address concerns relating to diversity in the community.
The North Coast Chorale is a welcoming; community-based non- profit organization dedicated to the presentation of great choral literature and is committed to the promotion of music education.
You'll find us at our winter and spring concerts as well as special events such as the Messiah Community Sing-along to benefit local foodbanks, collaborating with the Astoria Music Festival, and other concerts.
Partners for the PAC is a coalition of local arts organizations that has joined forces to assist Clatsop Community College with maintaining the CCC Performing Arts Center (PAC) for affordable public arts and educational events.
Tempo Gallery is an artists collective located in downtown Astoria.
Tempo's eleven members create art in numerous mediums from oil, to photography, watercolors, jewelry making and printmaking.
The Tempo Collective shares gallery space with the Astoria Music Festival.
Trails End Art Association is the longest active art association on the Oregon Coast. We provide classes and workshops, gallery shows and special events. New members are warmly welcomed!


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Last Updated on Thursday, 04 April 2013 14:56 Written by Deb Egenberger Thursday, 04 April 2013 14:35
Eight members of Brady's first Science Olympiad team will compete in the state competition later this month after earning medals at a contest in Ogallala last week.
Educational Service Unit 16 hosted 140 students from 10 area schools in its first regional Science Olympiad contest on March 27.
Four teams of two students each from Brady placed in the top two in their competition category and will advance to the Lincoln contest April 20.
Fifth-graders Tad Grasz and Matthew Walker were first in the helicopter division; seventh-graders Lexi Simants and Emery Swan were first in Crime Busters; sixth-graders Madysen Stiens and Madison Barner won Keep the Heat; and sixth-graders Addie Hild and Emily Mann finished second in Metric Mastery.
The Brady Science Olympiad participants are coached by fifth-grade teacher Angela Johnson, sixth-grade teacher Jeralyn Callahan and junior-senior high school science instructor Tony Munter.


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Documentary Sheds Light on Thriving Community Gardens
By Carol Dreibelbis
In A Community of Gardeners (2011), filmmaker Cintia Cabib offers an intimate look at the vital role that seven community gardens play in Washington, D.C.
At Common Good City Farm, a work-exchange program enables local residents to volunteer in the garden in exchange for fresh produce. One volunteer explains just how important the garden is for her: "The garden plays a big role in my life because it feeds me. I live out of this garden: whatever I get every Wednesday, that's what feeds me for the whole week."
At Fort Stevens Community Garden, an organic garden run by the National Park Service, gardeners from around the world grow fruits and vegetables that are native to their homelands in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The National Park Service also provides land and water for the Melvin Hazen Community Garden, which was once a World War II victory garden.
Nature's Retreat at C. Melvin Sharpe Health School serves as an outdoor classroom. This handicap-accessible school garden enables physically and cognitively disabled students to undertake a more sensory approach to learning. One student remarks in the film, "I plant marigolds and I water the flower bed. I just like the fresh air."
The Pomegranate Alley Community Garden fills an alleyway once known for little more than drug dealing. Neighborhood residents transformed the space into a garden that currently holds 13 plots. Similarly, at the Marion Street Garden, neighbors and volunteers cultivate once-abandoned land. This intergenerational garden offers educational opportunities for people of all ages. (more…)


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Linda Smith Thomas, 68, of Oak Ridge, passed away at Tennova Hospice, Knoxville, on Nov. 23, 2012.
Linda Smith Thomas, 68, of Oak Ridge, passed away at Tennova Hospice, Knoxville, on Nov. 23, 2012.
She was born on May 12, 1944, in Oak Ridge, to parents Dwight H. and Lavada Bacon Smith.
Linda worked for the State of Tennessee as an Eligibility Counselor, and she was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Oak Ridge.
Linda is survived by her mother, Lavada B. Smith, Oak Ridge; four daughters, Wendy Averitt (Will) Euless, Texas; Jodi Holloway (Greg), Brenham, Texas; Sally Mahon (Russel), Houston, Texas; and Lindsay Mitchell (Andrew), Little Elm, Texas; her sister, Carolyn Roberts, Oak Ridge; nine grandchildren; and two nephews and three nieces.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Dr. G. David Lovett officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be in the form of donations to Operation Smile, providing medical care for children worldwide, so that they can have a beautiful smile, 6435 Tidewater Drive, Norfolk, VA 23509, 1-888-OPSMILE.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday evening at Weatherford Mortuary.
An online guest book may be signed at weatherfordmortuary.com.


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Pharrell, Ciara, Miley Cyrus And More Show Skin In The Sheets For 'W Magazine'
It's always a gem when we get a glimpse into the personal lives of the rich and famous, but we never thought we'd get right there in the bedsheets. W Magazine did us all a favor and assembled some of our faves in their "Pillow Tweet" segment from their March 2014 issue.
Photographers Mert and Marcus captured monochrome photos of Pharrell, Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell, Ciara, Miley Cyrus and more rolling around in their bedsheets, in an effort to show how they sexily lounge and check their social media. Miley even let the nips out in this one (again)…
Anyway, flip through to see some of the shots and check out the entire roster over on W Magazine.
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AIKEN, S.C. – A day after the King University softball team opened conference play with a split, the Tornado jumped back out of conference to take on USC Aiken. The Pacers got a stellar pitching performance en route to a 4-0 game one victory, and took the second game 7-6 on walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Tornado leadoff hitter Chrissy Melcher continued her hot streak as she started the day with a double to right center in game one. However, she was stranded there as Pacer pitcher India Kornegay started to settle in. She sat the Tornado down in order in the second before the USC Aiken offense got on the board in the second inning.
Ashley Metts drove in the first run with a double before the Pacers (12-3) plated another on an error to take a 2-0 advantage.
King (8-11) tried to start a rally in the third inning as Tori McComas reached an error to start the frame, and Stephanie Rodriguez followed with an infield single. However, Kornegay got three straight strikeouts to end the threat and keep King off the board.
USC Aiken plated two more runs in the fourth inning, and that was all Kornegay needed as the Pacers took game on 4-0. Kornegay struck out 13 and only allowed three hits in the complete game victory.
Melcher, Rodriguez and Hannah Smith all registered hits for King while Hannah Light tossed all six innings in the circle. Light struck out six and allowed four runs, three earned on eight hits.
The Tornado offense awoke in game two behind Melcher as she extended her hitting streak to 17 games. She singled through the left side, was sacrificed to second by Rodriguez and advanced to third on an error. Melcher later scored on a Fallon Thomas fielder's choice to give King the lead. Smith followed with a double, and Amber Walker ripped a run scoring single before Cheyenne Delffs came up with the big blow. With two outs, Delffs laced a two-run double to left center to give the Tornado a 5-0 lead.
However, USC Aiken answered with three runs in the bottom of the frame, capped by a Magan Thrower home run. Melcher was quick to answer as she led off the second inning with a home run, extending King's lead to 6-3.
The Pacers didn't go away however, as their offense came alive again in the third inning. The Pacers got a pair of RBI singles before Alyssa Cook ripped a run scoring double with two outs that evened the score at 6-6 after three innings.
The score remained the same until the bottom of the seventh inning when Metts reached on an error to spark a Pacer rally. An infield single put runners on the corners with one out. Light then induced a foul out, and looked to get out of the jam, but pinch hitter Makenzie Barbor rolled a single to shortstop that scored the game-winning run as USC Aiken took the game 7-6.
Melcher led the King offense, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored while Delffs drove in a pair of runs. Melcher extended her hitting streak to a career-best 17 games. Her previous best was 14 games during her freshman season.
King returns home on Wednesday when they host Wingate University at 1:30 p.m. The Tornado are also home on Thursday at 1:00 p.m., when they host Shorter University.


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Product-Reviews writes: We all know that Tesco has become a fantastic way of picking up a new game at a reduced price upon launch. We have seen it with Call of Duty and FIFA in recent years and it looks like Tesco has once again had the last laugh against retail rivals GAME in relation to Rockstar's latest effort.
Who still buys their games at GAME anyway with Tesco's crazy prices? Can pick up a cooked chicken and a Red bull with the price differences.
GAME has always cost more, so Tesco or Sainsbury's has always been the better place to shop.
I have been waiting years for game to go under they rip people off and then wonder why they are sinking. With online shopping and supermarkets being better priced game need to start changing their ways.
The other day a shop worker was trying to sell the psvita to this poor guy with like one game and 8gb for over £200 i told the guy to do one and advised the buyer where to get the better deal. The shop worker said but your paying for the convenience of having it now so i said then why is your psvita games priced at £35 when i can download them for less without having to leave the house. The shop worker blushed and walked off.
Well game was going under they did actually go bankrupt got saved by another investor i hoped they learnt there lesson with greed prices.
They dont deserve to be apart games industry i used to prefer EB before game took over.
If you looking to save few pounds and pre order for free and get your game day before launch plus reward system to save even more money. Go to www.shopto.co.uk free delivery too
Its deadicated games online retailer for several years now even beating Play.com
Tesco's prices: brilliant.
Tesco's delivery: not so much.
That's the only faulter of them. Most times I've preordered from them I don't get what I want on release day.


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Kids and families can now take Sid the Science Kid on-the-go with a new mobile app available for iOS devices. The app, which launches today, coincides with the DVD and iTunes release of Jim Henson's Sid the Science Kid: The Movie, a feature-length film following the adventures of Sid and his curious friends.
Sid the Science Kid – Sid's Slide to the Side is the first in a new app format from Mindshapes called an "Appisode," enhanced story–based adventures that feature rich learning and game and play activities, all wrapped around a storybook. This fun and interactive Appisode is a new approach to mobile learning sure to get kids engaged and entertained with their favorite franchises. The Appisode features songs, interactive games, reinforced learning activities, and colorful characters from the Sid the Science Kid television program on PBS.


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Choosing the Right Law School / Seton Hall vs. Pace ($$$)« on: June 23, 2008, 05:51:07 PM »
Should I forgo large amount of scholarship money from Pace (Tier 3) to go to Seton Hall? I really like Seton and want to get a dual degree that Pace doesn't offer. But I have trouble coming to terms with being in that much debt. Any thoughts? I'm driving myself crazy.


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By Kiki Keane and Rachel Womek
Due to a scheduling conflict involving the watching of a certain show called "Game of Thrones," Rachel is absent for this blog session. So, I (Kiki) will be doing it today.
Today is the one day a week that is eagerly awaited by all, I'm sure. It is goal day! The day that we humble bloggers take stock of our accomplishment (ha!) and failures.
I'll do Rachel's first:
Technically Rachel didn't set any goals last week, or at least she didn't post them. But this is what she wishes me to put under the "goals met" category: 1) Practiced photography 2) Read 4 books and 3) Watched a couple of movies (I think Hunger Games was one of them).
New Goals: 1) Read 1984 2) Survive the school week
What goals did I meet this week? Well…I'm tired of giving excuses (mainly because I'm running out of them) and I'm sure you're sick of reading them, so I won't waste the space. I accomplished exactly 1.5 out of 3. Actually, that's better than last week! I did half of what I set out to do, so I won't beat myself up to bad. I finished one book (Carrie, by Stephen King) and I worked on my novel (I won't be winning the Pulitzer anytime soon).
New Goals: I am simply going to do a cut and paste from last week… 1) Finish at least one of the books I've started and read 1984 2) Work on my book 3) Watch a movie 4) Not panic or have a panic attack about any of the following: my unemployment/bum status, lack of funds for my upcoming move to Egypt/N. Africa/Mid-East, the fact that I am a single (not actually something I'm upset about), unemployed, soon to be 28-year-old woman with a cat who lives with her grandparents (don't judge!).
Collective Goals: 1) Practice Arabic 2) Be blogging goddesses!
Newsy Things:
1) The latest on N. Korea: S. Korean government will be reduced "to ashes"
2) 'Gaia' scientist was an 'alarmist' about climate change
3) Sudan bombs S. Sudan; 3 killed — moving photos


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I had a great experience at the Smithsonian Resident Associate's program Food Writing Class with Monica Bhide. I first came across Monica and her talents as a writer and chef at Svelt Gourmand (and made a little post about it) back during the May Blogathon.
Monica's class was part honing our food writing skills and part creatively marketing our work to viable sources. The day ended with a fantastic panel discussion with DC area food writers and publicists that has sparked a few writing ambitions in my little heart.
Monica also spent a little time on the subject of recipe development, which inspired me to take my own recipe creations a little more seriously. A few tips I learned from Monica on recipe development:
- Eat and drink a lot of different things and be curious! Develop your palate by cooking and eating many different things.
- There's really no such thing as an original recipe. For a recipe to be yours, you must have at least 4 ingredients different from other similar recipes, and use a different method of preparing or combining them.
- If your recipe is adapted from someone else's, say so – there is nothing wrong with working from a proven recipe and adding your own touches.
- If you tasted a recipe and then figured out how make something very close to it, use the term "inspired by" and credit the place where you tasted it.
- Get bored with the "same old", and be willing to try almost anything! (more…)


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Purslane & Dandelion Salad with Tempeh Croutons
Rose Harrissa and Ras El Hanout make a great marinade for pork chops
Homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs
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Blueberry Buttermilk Breakfast Cake
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Falafel: lightened up, vegan, and ready to impress.
Strawberry Milkshakes - The flavour you remember from childhood! So easy it's difficult to stop making it!
Steak With Stout Beer Mushroom Sauce.
Smooth and creamy dark chocolate cheesecake covered in white and milk chocolate toppings….yum.
Roasted Eggplant with Sun-dried Tomatoes - a versatile dish to be used as a dip, spread or a side.
Easy roasted chicken with paprika, cumin, coriander and 5-spices.
Spicy cheese-stuffed fried olives.
Spicy chocolate cupcakes filled with Nutella chili chocolate ganache and chili cream cheese frosting.
Chocolate Lego pieces on top of a vanilla cupcake with a colourful Lego centre.
Sesame sourdough bagels
Breast of lamb with cauliflower purée and butter blanch celery.
Frisée salad with roast mushrooms and shallots - a hearty late-winter salad
A surprising new twist on greek yogurt sauce - Cinnamon-ziki!
DIY Meyer Lemon & Thyme Infused Salt: effortlessly fancy, endlessly versatile!
Panko Cheddar Crusted Chicken Fingers. Crispy, crunchy and cheesy.
Traditional south Indian Filter Coffee. With step by step pictures and tips...!
Furikake Popcorn Recipe ~ Homemade popcorn infused with Japanese ingredients, and it's highly addictive.
Chocolate birthday cake
VIDEOAt a night market in Taiwan, an ingenious street entertainer swiftly draws a complex dragon figure using hot caramel, then puts it on a stick and makes it into a lollipop.
Garlic Steak: A simple and great way to enjoy steaks, especially if you love garlic in everything like me.
Chinese Roast Pork Belly recipe with info on how to get perfect crackling skin.
Grilled Champignons with Olives. Tasty, very easy, healthy and quickly
Chow's Pastrami Hash Recipe
Mole-Inspired Pork Shoulder with Crackling Cornmeal Cakes
Pigeon peas and rice, with saffron and artichoke hearts. Served with jerk-spiced roti. Simple, elegant, and delicious! (and vegan!)
Low Carb Hummus ~ Made with tahini and zucchini - you won't believe how much it tastes like the real thing!
Pesto & Potato Pizza w/ Candied Applewood Bacon and Sweet Bell Pepper - may very well
Bacon Scallion Pancakes with Soy Maple Dipping Sauce
Asparagus & Pancetta Quiche with all butter pastry
Butterscotch banana cake
Chow's Sazerac Jelly Shots Recipe. Created in New Orleans in the mid-1800s, the original Sazerac contained just sugar, bitters, and Cognac.
Caramelized Onion and Gruyere Tartlets
VIDEOThe Story of Sushi ~ A short film featuring beautiful handmade miniatures and a rallying call to promote sustainable fishing.
Magically delicious homemade Lucky Charm marshmallows.
Transform plain Cheerios to Honey Cheerios in 3 minutes - you control the sweetness
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookies
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The ABCs of QRM
Why a regulation you haven't heard of matters as much as Fannie and Freddie.
Practically everyone who is concerned about the future of the housing market is focused on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Treasury is leaking details of its overdue plan for the hobbled mortgage giants; the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing so Republicans could rant about the evils of government involvement in the housing market; think tanks are holding conferences to devise solutions.
But behind the scenes, there's another huge debate taking place, one that has every bit as much potential—maybe more—to shape the housing market. It involves a provision in last summer's Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, one that was inserted partly due to Lou Ranieri, the former Salomon Brothers bond trader and executive who helped create the modern mortgage market back in the 1980s. The provision is called the qualifying residential mortgage, or QRM. What is a QRM? Well, that's precisely the cause of the debate. The answer will play a big role in determining who can get a mortgage at what cost.
One of the factors that made the housing bubble so big was that financial institutions that made mortgages were able to sell them off, whether to Wall Street firms or to Fannie and Freddie, thereby ridding themselves of the risk. Over time lenders became increasingly indifferent to the question of whether the borrowers could pay. (Many of them couldn't, as we all know now.) To fix this, Dodd-Frank imposed a requirement that mortgage companies keep 5 percent of the risk on their own books even when they sold off the loans. The idea was to give lending institutions a financial incentive to care about their borrowers' creditworthiness—"skin in the game," as the requirement is colloquially called. Banking regulations also compel lenders to maintain capital against that risk, thereby increasing their cost. Five percent may not sound like a large commitment, but for smaller institutions that operate on a thin margin (community banks, independent mortgage companies) it's huge. Even big banks, which face a slew of new capital requirements, find it a headache.
As Lou Ranieri watched Congress enact this so-called risk-retention requirement, he began to worry that while it was necessary for some types of mortgages, it could also limit, unnecessarily, the availability of all mortgages. "We need to come out of this [crisis] with a functioning housing market," he says. What Ranieri calls "old-fashioned mortgages"—traditional 15- or 30-year loans where the borrower pays off interest and principal every month, and where the loan is fully documented, among other things—held up fine even at the height of the crisis, according to analysis he presented to members of Congress. Was it really necessary for lenders to keep "skin in the game" for such super-safe mortgages? (Ranieri also thinks that just as stockbrokers can be held liable for selling customers unsuitable products, those in the mortgage lending chain should be held liable for selling unsuitable mortgages, whether those mortgages are old-fashioned or not. But that's a slightly different discussion.)
So, with input from Ranieri, a bipartisan group—Democratic Sens. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Kay Hagan of North Carolina and Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia—inserted a provision into the financial reform legislation stipulating that old-fashioned mortgages (i.e., those that met certain time-tested guidelines) would be exempt from the skin-in-the-game requirement. These were the mortgages labeled "qualifying residential mortgages." Congress left the details of what could and could not be considered a QRM up to a clutch of federal agencies that includes the banking regulators, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency, * which oversees Fannie and Freddie. They are supposed to issue a final regulation by April 21.
That rule will likely have a huge impact on what sort of loans lenders offer, and to whom. Smaller, thinly-capitalized mortgage originators can't afford to keep any of the risk, and other lenders simply don't want to keep it, so mortgages that don't qualify will be more expensive and harder for average consumers to get. Or, as the Mortgage Bankers Association predicts, loans made outside the QRM framework "will be costlier and likely to be made only to more affluent customers." J.P. Morgan Chase estimates that the 5-percent risk-retention requirements could increase rates on loans that don't qualify as QRMs by up to 3 percentage points.
Decisions about the QRM will also have a big effect on Fannie and Freddie (assuming Fannie and Freddie are still around when the rule takes effect). Because lenders will have to retain 5 percent of the risk on any nonqualifying loans that they sell, they will probably sell fewer such loans to Fannie and Freddie. In effect, how QRMs are defined will dictate which mortgages end up on the government's books. So if the government is going to maintain any kind of role in the housing market, then taxpayers have skin in the QRM game too. In which case, shouldn't the government tailor regulation of QRMs to minimize that risk?
The difficulty is that neither the regulators themselves, nor the industry, agree on what a qualifying mortgage should be—and whether minimizing risk should be the only criterion. The stricter the definition—for instance, requiring a 30-percent down payment—the fewer homeowners will get QRM mortgages. That's fine if your goal is to make sure that qualifying mortgages never default. But what if your goal is to make sure home mortgages remain affordable and widely available? Using Census Bureau data, the research firm Height Analytics calculated that in 2009, 47 percent of homebuyers who borrowed money to purchase their home made a down payment of less than 10 percent. So even requiring a seemingly modest down payment of 10 percent would disqualify about one-half of all prospective borrowers from obtaining QRMs. "As a result, these borrowers would have to take out a mortgage with a significantly higher interest rate or their efforts to buy a home could be restricted," Height Analytics noted.
Requiring a high down payment also stands to benefit the bigger players. Wells Fargo, which made some less-than-pristine loans during the subprime mania, sounded like a recovering alcoholic in a letter to regulators last fall that said a 30-percent down-payment requirement would provide a "simple and balanced" definition of a QRM. Big banks can afford to keep loans that don't qualify on their balance sheet. Smaller institutions can't. The Community Mortgage Banking Project, a coalition of mostly smaller lenders, argues in a position paper that a restrictive QRM definition would concentrate lending in the "too big to fail" banks. Operating in a less competitive market, the big banks could boost profits by charging higher rates to consumers who didn't qualify.
At the opposite pole is the Mortgage Bankers Association, which represents many non-bank mortgage originators whose business models depend on selling off the loans they make. The MBA wants even very risky loans in which borrowers pay only interest, not principal, to qualify as QRMs. "[U]nnecessarily constraining the mortgage market," the MBA wrote in a letter to regulators last fall, "will not only deny the American dream of homeownership to many qualified persons, it will further depress the housing market and threaten the economic recovery." Of course, that's the same reasoning the MBA applied before the subprime crash.
Then, there are the mortgage insurers, companies such as MGIC and Radian, for whom the QRM represents nothing less than an existential threat. Mortgage insurance exists because Congress requires it on loans with a down payment of less than 20 percent that are bought by Fannie and Freddie. But if a QRM by definition requires a 20-percent down payment, what place will there be for mortgage insurance? So mortgage insurers are arguing that insurance makes mortgages safer for both borrowers and lenders, and are applying their considerable lobbying clout to stay in the game.
As for the regulators, sources say the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which traditionally care more about the safety and soundness of the financial system than they do about homeownership, are pushing for a conservative down-payment requirement—at least 20 percent. But they are meeting some resistance, too. A fixed down-payment requirement "would likely result in a furor on Capitol Hill," notes Height Analytics, because it would block such a large percentage of buyers from qualifying for a less costly loan. Although the housing-focused agencies like HUD and the FHFA haven't made public statements, the general sense in Washington is that they want a less strict standard in order to promote affordability and accessibility.
Sources in Washington say that the regulators will propose a rule requiring a hard down payment of 20 percent. But that would be controversial, and with all these conflicting agendas, the research firm MF Global predicts "very little chance" that we'll see a final QRM rule by the April 21 deadline. A "more realistic deadline," it says, "is mid-summer." A lot will ride on the regulators getting this right.
Correction, Feb. 13, 2011: The article originally misstated the name of the FHFA as the Federal Housing Finance Authority. (Return to the corrected sentence.)


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stanford University announced Wednesday that it is joining an initiative co-founded by Harvard and MIT to develop a computer system that allows colleges to offer free online courses, a collaboration that school officials said would benefit both educators and students around the globe.
Stanford already has its own fledgling platform for delivering massive open online courses, or MOOCS. The university has decided, however, to suspend work on it in favor of the system created by the two East Coast universities as a separate nonprofit enterprise, called edX, said John Mitchell, vice provost for online learning and a computer science professor at Stanford.
Stanford still plans to offer some of its courses through Coursera, a commercial Internet course provider founded by two Stanford professors. But with the demand for online learning increasing rapidly, it makes sense for academic institutions to team up instead of compete, Mitchell said.
"Together, I think we will have a chance to produce a much better platform than each of us would be able to do individually," he said, adding that the software that emerges from the alliance has the potential to become the "Linux of online learning."
As part of the collaboration, elements of Stanford's Class2Go system will be incorporated into edX before the program's source code is made available for the asking June 1, edX President Anant Agarwal said. Since the first class went up on edX last year, an MIT electrical engineering class taught by Agarwal, the founders had always planned to share it so outside programmers and researchers could adapt and refine it, he said.
"I really believe this will enable true, planet-scale application of online education," Agarwal said.
While some future Stanford courses will be produced using edX, Stanford plants to retain its own online course portal instead of using the edX website to register students, which colleges such as the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Texas at Austin now do.


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ATLANTA (AP) — Louisville's got next.
Now, Syracuse and Michigan are playing to see which other team gets to stay on the court.
The Wolverines and Orange have tipped off the second half of the Final Four doubleheader at the Georgia Dome.
The winner between the No. 4 seeds will play Louisville, which rallied from a 12-point deficit to defeat Wichita State 72-68.
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LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says at least 19 foreign tourists were killed as their hot air balloon crashed near the famed ancient city of Luxor. The casualties included French, British and other nationals.
The official says there was a fire and an explosion and that the balloon then plunged from the sky and crashed into sugar cane fields west of Luxor on Tuesday. Luxor is 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to the media.
An Associated Press reporter at the crash site says he counted eight bodies as they were put into body bags and taken away.


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By Samuel P. Jacobs
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new fundraising group allied with President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that it will not accept corporate donations and will release the names of donors who give more than $250.
The announcement by Organizing for Action, a nonprofit group formed by former Obama advisers, comes amid criticism from Republicans, government watchdog groups and others that the group could be used not just to advocate for Obama's agenda, but also to sell access to the Democratic president.
Because it is organized under U.S. law as a nonprofit, OFA, as it is known, may raise unlimited funds from individuals and corporations without disclosing its donors - as long as its advocacy focuses on issues rather than promoting candidates.
Similar groups poured tens of millions of dollars into the 2012 election campaign, much of it to support conservative and Republican candidates. Obama criticized the efforts, particularly the anonymity of donors to such groups.
Now, however, Obama's allies are using the same formula to fund campaigns pressing for gun control and increased taxes on the wealthy, key parts of the president's agenda.
Organizing for Action is planning an event next week in Washington for donors who have given more than $50,000. Those who give at least $500,000 can get a seat on the group's advisory board and access to Obama and other administration officials, according to the Los Angeles Times.
That arrangement has drawn blistering criticism from some in Washington.
"Judging by recent reports, Organizing for Action should be renamed Paying for Access," The Washington Post editorial page said on Sunday.
Jim Messina, Obama's former campaign manager and the national chairman of OFA, said on Thursday that every three months the group will release the names of all its donors who give more than $250, along with how much they donated.
The group, Messina said, also will prohibit donations from corporations, federal lobbyists and foreign donors. A spokeswoman for OFA said the group will accept contributions from unions, a big supporter of Obama's Democrats.
"We believe in being open and transparent," Messina wrote in an opinion piece published by CNN.com.
Messina's statement was the first time that OFA had detailed the level of transparency the group will provide about its funding.
The move may not satisfy campaign finance reform advocates.
"Voluntary disclosure is voluntary," said Bill Allison, editorial director of the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan group that seeks more transparency in campaign finance. "There is no way to check whether this is where they are actually getting the money or not."
Republican strategist Karl Rove's group, American Crossroads, which spent more than $100 million during the 2012 campaign, released an online video this week mocking OFA, saying it had put the White House up for sale.
"There has been some confusion about what Organizing for Action is and is not," Messina wrote in his op-ed. "Organizing for Action is an issue advocacy group, not an electoral one."
Messina said that the group's ads would disappear from the airwaves in the months before the next congressional elections in November 2014.
"We will not advertise inside the campaign window," a period defined by election law as 60 days before a general election, Messina said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday.
"We are not a political organization, so the midterms don't matter to us," Messina said.
Obama supporters and campaign finance watchers predict that Organizing for Action has the potential to reach a broad audience, but Messina said that the scope and ambition of the group is still unknown even to its organizers.
One donor, a former Obama fundraiser, said the group wants to raise "tens of millions of dollars," an amount that could make it a significant player in American politics - and a counter to conservative nonprofits.
Messina declined to provide a specific fundraising goal for his group.
"We're figuring it out right now," he said as he stepped outside of an OFA board meeting late Wednesday.
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This is the fifth year in a row that Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church has cooked a Thanksgiving meal for those in need, and church member Latricia Temple says they are expecting about 100 people each night, and that's more than they've served in years past.
"We are anticipating a large crowd and with that we will do whatever is necessary to accommodate the mass."
Church members were hard at work cooking meals for both days of feeding. Monday's menu featured red beans and rice and baked chicken, while Tuesday will feature baked chicken and homemade scalloped potatoes. They say the reason they do it is for the people in need.
"Tonight they can expect some soul food from our heart. It's a community effort and we want to make sure the community feels like it's the holiday season, so what we're going to do is we're going to feed them., and we hope they'll stay and fellowship with us."
Pastor Timothy Jones believes that it's the church's duty to provide to those who are less fortunate, and to help them any way they can.
"We want to be able to meet needs. We want our community to know that we are a beacon of light for them, and we are just trying to reach as many people as we can during this time of the season, and to show God that we're grateful for the blessings that he's given to us."
Ms. Temple would like for any and every one to come visit Tuesday evening.
"Just come out and have a fellowship of gospel and blessed time."
The Thanksgiving feeding will continue Tuesday from 4:00 to 6:00 PM at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church located at 1803 10th Avenue in Meridian.


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FREDERICKSBURG, VA – The York College men's tennis team saw their 2013 season come to an end as the Spartans dropped a 9-0 decision to #25 Mary Washington in the semifinals of the 2013 Capital Athletic Conference Tournament.
The top-seeded Eagles improve to 12-10 overall as they are ranked sixth in the region. The Spartans conclude their season with a mark of 12-9.
The Eagles cruised in the doubles as they posted 8-0 victories in the first and third doubles match and notched an 8-1 win in the second doubles contest.
The Spartans didn't fare much better in the singles matches as the Eagles won all six in straight sets. Mary Washington won six of the 12 sets by a 6-0 score.
The Spartans conclude the season with 12 wins, which ties the second-highest total in school history. The 2008 squad holds the school record with 15 victories.


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God's Call to be a Nobody for Him: World Christian Week at CIU
By Melissa McCutchan
CIU Student Writer
Columbia International University students were challenged to be nobodies for God during the 2013 World Christian Week at CIU Feb. 26-March 1.
The keynote speaker for the week, which is devoted to CIU's core value of World Evangelization, was Dr. Michael Oh, the founder and president of Christ Bible Institute and Seminaryin Nagoya, Japan, and executive director/chief executive officer of theLausanne Movement.
The week also offered an opportunity for students to meet with a variety of cross-cultural workers, representatives of missions agencies, and participation in cultural activities from around the world.
Oh, a Korean-American, focused the final Chapel message of the week on denying one's self for the glory of God and for the sake of the nations.
"I believe God is calling us to be nobodies for Him," Oh said. "Who is Michael Oh? I have prayed, 'Lord, make me like the widow in Mark 12. Nameless and poor, but pouring out all I have for You.'"
Oh also hosted a Japan-themed night including a sampling of Oh's sushi recipe, and a time of encouragement about the state of missions in the world.
"I love hearing that Christianity isn't dead," sophomore Josh Edwards said. "In America, we always hear that it is, but God's not done yet."
Other Chapel speakers included Dick and Doreen Corley who spoke of God's faithfulness in their ministry in Iran and Turkey, and John and Bonnie Nystrom, Bible translators who have served the Arop people of Papua New Guinea since 1987.
"We went so the Arop could have the same privilege we have – to know God in our heart language," Bonnie Nystrom said.
In the evening, students and missionaries connected in the lobbies of the CIU residence halls for "Fireside Chats." Missionaries shared testimonies of God's faithfulness and poured wisdom into students.
Faith Hansen, a missionary to Japan told students, "You should pray, 'Lord, show me a need, because I want to be there.'"
Classes were cancelled on Thursday as students participated in a Prayer Day that focused on reaching the nations with the gospel.
"Our prayer was for God to be glorified," freshman Hannah Lingenhoel said. "I enjoyed seeing students pray and being able to pray myself. I really felt God moving."
Overall, World Christian Week served to mobilize the student body for the mission field and encourage students to consider their future plans.
"I was reminded He can do the impossible," freshman Jacqueline Reimschisel said. "Even when it seems we can't do something, with His resources impacting the nations has no end."
To hear Chapel messages from World Christian Week check out: http://podcast.ciu.edu/. To view photos from World Christian Week shot by student photographers Emily Howell, Timothy Wolff and Christine Benz, check out CIU's Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciuimpact/sets/72157632912470949/


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News Release
For Immediate Release
June 14, 2013
Anthony I. Blenkinsop, Director of Charitable Trusts
(603) 271-3591
New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster announces that, pursuant to the requirements of RSA 7:19-b, regulating acquisition transactions involving New Hampshire health care charitable trusts, The Memorial Hospital at North Conway ("Memorial Hospital") and MaineHealth have submitted a proposed affiliation agreement to the Charitable Trusts Unit of the Attorney General's Office for review. If the proposed transaction is completed, MaineHealth will become the sole corporate member of Memorial Hospital with certain reserved powers over Memorial Hospital's governance and operations.
The Charitable Trusts Unit will conduct a review of the proposed transaction in accordance with the requirements of RSA 7:19-b. Prior to making a final determination, the Director shall accept input from any member of the public wishing to provide comment on the proposed affiliation transaction. Public comments should be directed to the Director of Charitable Trusts via letter or email, with the subject line "Memorial Hospital/MaineHealth Proposed Affiliation" at the following addresses:
Charitable Trusts Unit
33 Capitol St.
Concord, NH 03301
New Hampshire Department of Justice | 33 Capitol Street | Concord, NH | 03301
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Nov. 8, 2003
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -
Drew McAthy scored his 13th goal of the season and Johnny Alcaraz scored the first of his career to lead UC Santa Barbara to a 3-1 Big West soccer home win over UC Riverside.
McAthy scored the Gauchos' first goal on a penalty kick at 41:06. UCSB was awarded the penalty kick when Matt Kubota was taken down on the box by a UC Riverside defender.
The Gauchos made it 2-0 just over five minutes into the second half when Alcaraz took a perfect through-ball from Memo Arzate and hit a slow roller to the far post. UCR goalkeeper Josh Alexander, who was defending the middle of the goal, tried in vain to scramble after the ball but he could not get there in time.
The Highlanders cut the UCSB lead in half at the 53:17 mark when forward Edgar Alejo came-up with a failed clearing, one-touched the ball to the top left corner where forward Jordan Arias cracked a hard shot past Gaucho goalkeeper Dan Kennedy.
Santa Barbara got an insurance goal at 82:05 when a Matt Kubota shot was deflected by a Riverside defender and Gene Deering pounced on it and shoved it past Alexander.
In the match, UCSB outshot UCR by a 23-7 count and Alexander recorded nine saves for the Highlanders.
The victory improves the Gauchos' record to 13-4-1 overall and 5-3-0 in the Big West. The Gauchos are in second-place, one-point back of Cal State Northridge and three-points up on UC Irvine. UC Riverside drops to 6-9-1 overall and 2-5-1 in the league.
UCSB will play its final match of the season on Wednesday, November 12 when it hosts Cal State Fullerton at 7:00 p.m.


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There is a bit of trend in comedy jumpers this season. You only need to check out River Island's selection to see how prevalent they are. If you want knitwear that doesn't have to be teamed up with paper hats and plastic cracker jewelry that you can wear all winter long then check out this lot.
These are our favourites of the season. All classic jumpers. All very stylish and a little more conservative than our last selection.


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Five years after Natasha Richardson was fatally injured during a ski trip, Liam Neeson admits that the experience of his wife's death at age 45 "was never real. It still kind of isn't."
Talking to Anderson Cooper on "60 Minutes," the 61-year-old actor said, "There's periods now in our New York residence when I hear the door opening, especially the first couple of years ... any time I hear that door opening, I still think I'm going to hear her."
He described what happened after her March 2009 fall during a ski lesson north of Montreal, which came almost 15 years into their marriage and left her brain-dead from swelling of the brain.
"She was on life support ... I went in to her and just I told her I loved her, said, 'Sweetie, you're not coming back from this, you've banged your head. I don't know if you can hear me but this is what's gone down. And we're bringing you back to New York and your family and friends will come,' and that's more or less it."
Neeson said they'd made a pact that if either of them went into a vegetative state, the other would "pull the plug." Two days after the fall, the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson was taken off life support at a New York hospital.
"Donated three of her organs, so she's keeping three people alive at the moment," Neeson said. Her heart, her kidneys and her liver. It's terrific ... and I think she would be very thrilled and pleased by that."
On a lighter note, the star of the upcoming movie "Non-Stop," which opens next Friday, joked a bit with Cooper about the slew of action films he's had in recent years.
"I'm 61 years of age, man, you know?," he said. "Going around, fighting these guys, yeah, I feel a wee bit embarrassed, you know?"
What can we say, we're still "Taken" by his performances.
The full interview will air Sunday on CBS.
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Virginia Motor Fuel Road Tax
Effective July 1, 2002, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation that eliminated the Virginia Motor Fuel Road Tax program. This means that if you operate only in Virginia and your vehicle has three or more axles or the gross weight is 26,001 pounds or more, you will no longer be required to file quarterly motor fuel road tax reports or display road tax decals on your vehicle.
This legislation does not apply to International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) carriers who operate vehicles licensed under the International Registration Plan (IRP) in Virginia and other jurisdictions. These carriers must continue to display IFTA credentials and file quarterly IFTA tax reports.
Also, effective July 1, 2002, if your Virginia Motor Fuel Road Tax license and decals have been suspended for failure to file motor fuel road tax reports or pay assessed taxes, you will not be able to renew any of your vehicle registrations or your driver's license until you have satisfied all tax liabilities. Please contact DMV at (804) 249-5130 (voice) or (800) 272-9268 (deaf and hearing impaired) if you have questions.


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About Bryan Duncan
It took over twenty years from his entry into the gospel music world, but Bryan Duncan finally became a star during the mid-'90s, hitting number one on Christian radio ten times from 1993 to 1997. He had formed the Sweet Comfort Band in the early '70s and recorded half a dozen LPs with the band, but after the trio agreed to split in 1984, he released his debut solo album Have Yourself Committed just one year later. By 1993's Mercy, Duncan had begun a parade of hits, including "Love Takes Time," "I'll Not Forget You" and "You Don't Leave Me Lonely."
Born in Ogden, Utah as a preacher's son, Duncan began writing songs as a teenager while living in North Carolina. He also picked up the guitar, and was encouraged to perform professionally while studying at college. He founded the Sweet Comfort Band in 1972, with drummer Rick Thomson and bassist Kevin Thomson, and the group gave many songs to the gospel community over their decade-long existence, while recording critically acclaimed LPs for Light Records. After Sweet Comfort's 1984 farewell tour, Duncan began recording with a solo album for Light. After another LP for Light and two for the Myrrh label, he signed to Word for 1989's Strong Medicine and gained some success with its follow-up, Anonymous Confessions of a Lunatic Fiend.
The release of Mercy in early 1993 began an astonishing string of Christian radio hits for Bryan Duncan, ten number ones in all and five just from Mercy: "Love Takes Time," "You Don't Leave Me Lonely," "Into My Heart," "When It Comes to Love," and "I'll Not Forget You." Duncan continued recording, and released Slow Revival in 1994 and a praise album in 1996. His major follow-up to Mercy was Blue Skies, released in early 1997. ~ John Bush
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"This plan includes a wider sidewalk, a turnout with more viewing space, new seating with cobblestone, double-sided seating benches [and] planting areas along the walls so kids can't climb over the wall and slide down the bluff, which is badly deteriorating," she said at the La Jolla Town Council's Nov. 8 meeting.
The plan also includes teardrop landscape structures that will help channel traffic in the area, which is prone to pedestrian traffic congestion during busy summer months and weekends.
"This is one of the most-visited sites in the world and certainly one of the most beautiful," she said. "Unfortunately, the city does not have the funding to do this."
The one-time $250,000 price tag to restore the area is only valid if construction of the walkway coincides with construction of the city-funded lifeguard tower project, which is expected to begin next May.
"Only if we proceed immediately can we take advantage of sharing [the city's] construction team and using their contractors," she said, adding that permitting for the project has also been waived should the projects overlap.
In a revised attempt to solicit funds for the project, Minick has completed a grant proposal form that she urges residents to distribute, along with a personal letter of recommendation among grant-giving foundations to help raise funds for the beautification effort.
"What I'm asking of you is not a donation of money. There's nobody in this room, including me, who doesn't know people who have foundations," she said. "What I'm asking you for is to finish filling this out, put a name on it with a personal letter saying, 'La Jolla Parks & Beaches is a legitimate organization, I have personally viewed this plan and it is legitimate, and it is something that will greatly improve our environment.'"
A donation in the full amount will be recognized with a commemorative sign at the site, while donors of $35,000 or more will be honored with name plaques and donors of $5,000 and above will be recognized with names on cobblestones.
"We need to fix this," Minick said. "It's probably the most awful-looking spot in our entire community."
The beautification plan, which is has been named LJPB's top priority, has received a wealth of support from La Jolla's community organizations, including the Town Council, La Jolla Community Planning Association, lifeguards and the community's joint subcommittees.
"This area is a disaster and something that we cannot be proud of," she said. "I really hope that we can get our community together, express our pride in our community in this way and get this sidewalk built."
To obtain a grant proposal brochure or for assistance drafting, call Minick at (858) 459-5939 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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A&E Network's original scripted drama series, "Breakout Kings," returns for an action-packed second season. From Matt Olmstead and Nick Santora, writers/producers of the hit series "Prison Break," "Breakout Kings" follows an unconventional partnership between the U.S. Marshals' office and a group of convicts as they work to catch fugitives on the run.
In "Breakout Kings," veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp (Laz Alonso, Avatar, Fast and the Furious 4: Fast & Furious) and Ray Zancanelli (Domenick Lombardozzi, "The Wire," "Entourage") decide to reject protocol and take an unorthodox approach to their work: using former criminals to catch current ones. They form a special task force composed of the three most elusive convicts Ray ever captured: Lloyd Lowery (Jimmi Simpson, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,"), a former child prodigy and behaviorist/psychiatric expert who excels in psychoanalysis; Shea Daniels (Malcolm Goodwin, American Gangster), an ex-gang banger who knows how to work the system, both in prison and on the street; and Erica Reed (Serinda Swan, Tron: Legacy, "Smallville"), a sexy expert tracker who learned her trade from her bounty hunter father. Charlie and Ray also employ the services of Julianne Simms (Brooke Nevin, "Worst Week"), a civilian who acts as the "funnel" for the group – all information, tips and data go through her.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man arrested in a drug case is back in custody after donning scrubs and then walking out of an Albuquerque hospital where a police officer had left him unattended.
The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/ZHpwst ) reports that the officer didn't handcuff 39-year-old Jonathan Kahl at University of New Mexico Hospital because he had swollen hands.
Suspicions were raised when Kahl was seen pushing a hospital cart while wearing blue jeans under the scrubs, but he had already left the hospital by the time the exits were secured.
That happened last weekend. He was back in custody after being arrested Tuesday on suspicion of shoplifting.


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Western papers drop D.C. reporters
The Washington, D.C., office of the Salt Lake Tribune's Thomas Burr and Matt Canham resembles most newsrooms. A few pieces of art cling haphazardly to the walls; piles of paper spill from one reporter's cubicle. It feels busy, even if it's not nearly as lively as it was a few years ago, when 14 correspondents shared a bigger office, filing stories for papers out West. Today, Canham and Burr share this space on the ninth floor of the National Press Club with just four other reporters from Western newspapers. Together, they represent most of the region's remaining D.C. press corps.
The Tribune's leading competitor in Utah, the Deseret News, closed its bureau in 2008. The Denver Post, once the biggest of the bureaus from the West, is down to one correspondent from four. The Rocky Mountain News, once the Post's competitor, no longer exists. The Las Vegas Sun, Albuquerque Journal, Great Falls Tribune, Arizona Republic, Omaha World-Herald and Idaho Statesman all still maintain one-person bureaus. The Las Vegas Review-Journal and the Salt Lake Tribune are the last of the Western papers to keep two reporters trawling the halls of Congress and staking out press briefings at the Department of Interior.
"We don't have the competition we used to, and I miss it," says Burr, who has been on the beat for six years. Until recently, he was president of the Regional Reporters Association, which has shriveled from some 200 members to more like 70.
The decline of D.C. bureaus is not a new story; there's been a fair amount of hand-wringing over what staff cuts mean when big stories break and the press is needed to hold the government accountable. Given how much of the West is under federal control -- 70 percent of Utah, for example -- and how acutely debates over land, water and energy affect the region, one could argue that Western states have even more reason to want reporters in the capital.
Although the number of D.C. bureaus has fallen by half since the mid-'80s, the number of specialty papers and newsletters geared toward Washington insiders and industry types has increased by the same percentage. Energy & Environment Publishing, one of the biggest in the genre, has 45 reporters and editors, some of them expats from Western papers. Reporters still pack congressional galleries, says E&E energy reporter Mike Soraghan, formerly of the Denver Post -- they're just not writing for regional papers: "You look around at the room and it's like, where's this crisis in journalism?"
But it requires a pricey subscription to view most of these new publications' content, and the writing is aimed at an audience that wants agency and legislative minutiae, rather than a broader view of on-the-ground implications for the citizens back home. "The 'balance of information' has been tilted away from voters along Main Streets thousands of miles away to issue-based groups that jostle for influence daily in the corridors of power," the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism wrote in a recent report.
Writing for readers in the West requires an understanding of the issues at stake as well as of the complicated relationship between those states and the federal government, says Salt Lake Tribune managing editor Terry Orme. Even if the reporters aren't native Westerners, they're directly connected to the region through their profession. This is essential when it comes to covering issues like oil and gas development, or the nuanced and often emotional debates around designating wilderness areas or listing endangered species. And a wire service dispatch, from Reuters or the Associated Press, can't be counted on to provide the details desired by local readers.
A physical presence is also essential for understanding the processes and personalities involved. There are pieces that only a D.C. reporter can do, Orme says, citing Canham's 2009 feature on how the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance shifted its tactics to gain protections for red-rock wildlands under a Democratic administration and a more favorable Congress. Although many press conferences and hearings are webcast these days, that doesn't give reporters the opportunity to bypass flacks and canned press releases and buttonhole lawmakers or officials.
D.C. reporters can also give regional stories a national perspective. Suzanne Struglinski, who reported for the Deseret News until the bureau closed, remembers when six coal miners and three rescuers were killed at Crandall Canyon Mine in 2007. Utah reporters were on top of the local story, but it was Struglinksi who delved into the federal mine-safety issues the disaster raised.
But nothing drives reporters quite like the fear that someone else might tell the story first, or better. "It's the classic one-upmanship that reporters are all about," says M.E. Sprengelmeyer, who covered D.C. for the Rocky Mountain News. He fondly recalls the heated debates over the confirmation of George W. Bush's first secretary of Interior, Gale Norton. The competition between him and the Denver Post to turn out the best stories was "just feverish." And that's the rub. "When there's not as many people out here, things might get missed," says the Tribune's Burr. "I never want to miss anything; I hope that if I do somebody else catches it. But what if there's no one else there?"


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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
A Red Shoe In
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diggin' the red, but you're making me nostalgic for the lovely pink shoes i brought back from france back in the day.......ReplyDelete
You never have a bad day when you wear red shoes...or read about them on your blog.ReplyDelete
A lot of cute shots, I love your street photography :) The angles and tilts - you capture the movement of the pedestrians so well.ReplyDelete
Nice watercolor, too!Replies
when you're shooting on the sly you take whatever you can get angles and all..Delete
there's a big helping of luck if I get anything at all most of the time when shooting in the street.
I want the red lace-ups!ReplyDeleteReplies
Sometimes I think you use a magnifying glass when you read my posts!Delete
You see stuff I never noticed.
LOVE the painting. Great post. In fact I got to thinking about some Red shoes I bought some time ago and hardly ever wore and went looking for them. I had put them away in a box. Sling black, slight heel, just what I love to wear in Summer. I am going to start wearing them because of this post. Thanks for reminding me. I always thought they were hard to wear with anything, but I am seeing here they aren't.ReplyDeleteReplies
I never owned a pair of red shoes until I got my one pair of Repettos (which have seen the rain too many times). In fact I'm convinced they are rain-makers!Delete
Now I'm having more FUN!
Oh. I want to see this Ring you bought. Interesting about the Little Red Riding hood fixation there.ReplyDeleteReplies
you can see my RED RIDING HOOD RING hereDelete
I'm currently obsessed with everything res: shoes, bags, clothing.. :) great post!!ReplyDelete
I LOVE red accents too Karolina!Delete
Makes you feel happier IMHO
Great now that I have orange:)ReplyDelete
That little girl and the watercolor of the shoes are both so adorable.
The ring sounds too cute too.
i'm also wearing red shoes amidst the torrential rains here in the Philippines! i love the perspective of the flats you made. superb!ReplyDeleteReplies
Red shoes are rain-makers IMHODelete
Change to black and the rains will STOP!
Thanks Ea :)
L O V E the painting, Carol!ReplyDelete
The Little French Girl in Red with white Birkenstocks, now that's a daring way to defy fashion dictates and show good sense!
Love the painting of your little red ballerinas!ReplyDelete
I bought some red sandals in Ireland and have been searching and searching for just the right red thing to wear them with...Replies
Oh just wear them with a slash of RED lipstick!Delete
DEEE-Lightful as always, Carol!ReplyDelete
Les petites chaussures sont adorables (the painting).ReplyDelete


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What is GMT?¶
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Considering its flexibility at no charge, people worldwide are using GMT in their work and at home. Most users of GMT are Earth, ocean or planetary scientists, but there are apparently no limits to the kind of applications that may benefit from GMT: We know GMT is used in medical research, engineering, physics, mathematics, social and biological sciences, and by geographers, fisheries institutes, oil companies, a wide range of government agencies, and last but not least innumerable hobbyists.
The map above illustrates the spreading of the current GMT release around the world based on web traffic. Each colored circle in the map above represents a 15x15 arc minute block with one or more users who downloaded GMT. Download geolocation is based on MaxMind's freely available GeoLite data.


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Storm delays lift already strong US auto sales
DETROIT (AP) — Superstorm Sandy gave an extra boost to already strong U.S. auto sales last month, although carmakers warned that uncertainty over the "fiscal cliff" could undo some of those gains.
Most major companies, from Toyota to Chrysler, posted impressive increases from a year earlier. Only General Motors was left struggling to explain its 3-percent sales gain and large inventory of unsold trucks.
The storm added 20,000 to 30,000 sales industry wide in November, mostly from people who planned to buy cars during the October storm but had to delay their purchases, Ford estimated. People who need to replace storm-damaged vehicles are expected to drive sales for several more months. GM estimates that 50,000 to 100,000 vehicles will eventually need to be replaced.
News Corp.'s new media co. to be named Fox Group
NEW YORK (AP) — News Corp. said Monday that its new publishing company will keep the News Corp. name, while its separate media and entertainment company will be renamed Fox Group.
The conglomerate announced plans this summer to split into two public companies, one for its newspaper and book publishing business and the other for its fast-growing movie and TV operations. Rupert Murdoch will serve as chairman of the new News Corp. and chairman and CEO of Fox Group.
The new News Corp. will control newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and New York Post as well as Dow Jones Newswires. Fox Group will include 20th Century Fox film and television studios and the Fox TV channels among other properties.
Europe takes on tech giants and their tax havens
PARIS (AP) — A storm is brewing in Europe as nations try to force Internet powerhouses like Google and Amazon to pay more taxes.
Governments, hungry for money to prop up their struggling economies, are accusing the technology giants of incorporating themselves in low-tax countries so they can avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars to countries such as Germany, Britain and France — where most of their European income is derived.
In Britain on Monday, a lawmaker pushing to tighten laws said the multinationals' ability to escape corporate taxes "is outrageous and an insult to British businesses and individuals who pay their fair share."
Pope joins tweeting masses with Pontifex handle
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Benedict XVI, the pope known for his hefty volumes of theology, is now trying brevity — spreading the faith through his own Twitter account.
The pontiff will tweet in eight languages starting Dec. 12 using his personal handle (at)Pontifex, responding live to questions about faith during his weekly general audience, the Vatican said Monday.
Within six hours of the Vatican's announcement, Benedict had already garnered nearly 150,000 followers on the English version alone, with thousands more following him in the eight other language accounts.
US manufacturing shrinks in November to 3-year low
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing shrank in November to its weakest level since July 2009, one month after the Great Recession ended. Worries about automatic tax increases next year cut demand for factory orders and manufacturing jobs.
The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its index of manufacturing conditions fell to a reading of 49.5, down from 51.7 in October.
Readings above 50 signal growth, while readings below indicate contraction. Manufacturing grew in October for only the second time since May. The ISM is a trade group of purchasing managers.
US builders boost spending 1.4 percent in October
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. builders increased their spending on construction projects in October by the largest amount in five months.
The Commerce Department said Monday that construction spending rose 1.4 percent in October. It was the largest gain since a 1.7 percent increase in May.
The increase raised spending to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $872.1 billion. That's nearly 17 percent higher than a 12-year low hit in February 2011.
Delta Air eyes bigger slice of NY-London travel
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The skies between London and New York are full of business travelers, and Delta Air Lines wants more of them.
Delta is looking into buying a big stake in Virgin Atlantic, the second-biggest airline at London's Heathrow airport. New York-to-London is one of the world's most important travel routes, and Delta currently flies fewer flights to Heathrow than its main U.S. competitors, American and United.
On Monday, Singapore Airlines said it is in discussions with "interested parties" to sell its 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic. A person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press that Delta is in talks with Singapore Airlines about buying the Virgin Atlantic stake. The person requested anonymity because the talks are ongoing. The Singapore Airlines statement said the talks may or may not result in a deal.
Archer Daniels Midland raises offer for GrainCorp
NEW YORK (AP) — Agribusiness conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland Co. is increasing its buyout offer for GrainCorp by almost 4 percent and disclosed it has already added to its stake in the Australian grain handler.
Under the revised bid disclosed Monday, it would cost ADM about $2.33 billion to buy the rest of the Australian company.
ADM said that it owns 19.9 percent of GrainCorp Ltd., up from 14.9 percent when it made its first bid in October.
Saputo to buy US diary supplier Morningstar
MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian cheesemaker Saputo Inc. is bolstering its position in the U.S. by pursuing the largest acquisition in its history, a $1.45 billion deal to buy Morningstar Foods.
Montreal-based Saputo said Monday that it is expanding its U.S. operations by adding dairy and non-dairy products to its current operations as a cheese manufacturer, distributor and exporter. The move effectively replicates the breadth of its operations in Canada, creating a U.S. division of comparable size.
Morningstar has about 2,000 employees and 10 manufacturing plants in the U.S.
Pfizer laying off some US sales representatives
NEW YORK (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. is starting another round of layoffs, targeting U.S. sales representatives who promote Pfizer primary care medicines to doctors.
New York-based Pfizer isn't giving details on how many salespeople it employs, how many will leave or when that will happen. Individual salespeople haven't been notified whether they'll be furloughed.
A Pfizer spokesman confirmed changes are coming but says details about the sales force are proprietary.
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The Dow Jones industrial average fell 59.98 points to close at 12,965.60. The Standard and Poor's 500 dropped 6.72 points to 1,409.46. The Nasdaq composite was down 8.04 points to 3,002.20
Benchmark oil closed up 18 cents at $89.09 per barrel. Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, fell 31 cents to $110.92 per barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
Heating oil fell less than a penny to end at $3.056 a gallon. Natural gas rose 3 cents to $3.59 per 1,000 cubic feet. Wholesale gasoline lost less than a penny to close at $2.727 a gallon.


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WPIC Goes for High Tea at The Windsor Arms
On Wednesday, Lataysha, Kim, Danielle and myself went to the Windsor Arms for their High Tea. If you have never been, then it is an experience you should have at least once. Danielle and I have been fortunate enough to have gone a few times at various venues for Mother's Day with our mother & grandmothers, and for Bridal Showers etc.
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Schaffer paper noted as one of most cited in journal's history
A paper by Meinig School Associate professor Chris Schaffer wrote a paper co-authored by André Brodeur, José F. García, and Eric Mazur that has been noted by the Optical Society of America journal Optics Letters as one of its most cited articles. The paper, "Micromachining bulk glass by use of femtosecond laser pulses with nanojoule energy," was highlighted as the journal's 34th most cited paper in the history of the journal.
Since 1977, Optics Letters (OL) has been advancing the science of optics and photonics by publishing high-quality papers rapidly. In celebration of the journal's forty years, Optics Letters is publishing the 100 most cited papers of all time in 2017.
For more info: Chris Schaffer; Schaffer-Nishimura Lab; The Optical Society; Optics Letters; Most Cited Articles in Optics Letters


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