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Lunch and books with Marie du Vaure
A great privilege of working in publishing is dining with booksellers. I have yet to meet the bookseller who is not a first-rate conversationalist and a lover of good food. Over the course of a decade, I've had many memorable meals with booksellers where talk about books, current affairs, film, and travel flowed as easily as the wine. This past BEA, I lunched with Marie du Vaure, the head book buyer for Vromon's, a large and well-known independent bookstore that has enriched the Southern California community for over a century with good books and events. While eating mussels with Marie, I was enchanted by both the width and depth of her book knowledge (the defining trait of the indy bookseller), and again realized how lucky I was to be sitting at a table and hearing about books, many of which I didn't know but where Marie's descriptions so struck me that I immediately wanted to run out to a bookstore and hunt them down.
In thinking about that wonderful lunch, I wished most of all to share some essence of that conversation with our readers, and so contacted Marie about book recommendations to post on our blog. She graciously accepted and the following post by Marie details the books she is currently reading in such a thoughtful and vivacious manner that I feel I am still at lunch with her:
"As a book buyer, I find myself reading mostly advance reader's copies for the upcoming season. It is the nature of the job, and I have no complaints about that. I do however bemoan at how quickly I can be lured away from a current book to pick up a future publication. We depend so much on these early reading impressions to make hopefully better decisions on acquisitions. But once in awhile, it is grounding to be in the now of books, of current publications, of literature in the present. A lot of titles have been forgotten or went hazy from the time they were first looked upon in a publisher's catalog. So it is reassuring, and pleasant actually, to be reminded at times of the surprise of stumbling upon an interesting book that has been out. Especially if it is something I should have remembered, a title that should have had my interest. How did I not notice it, what happened that I did not make a note to myself? The dual emotion of my realizing about my imperfect memory and my genuine excitement of discovery is both humbling and galvanizing. Such is how I felt when someone pointed out this short 'entertainment' on life after death called SUM: Forty Tales from the Afterlives, written by David Eagleman, and published by Pantheon.
"The book was actually published back in February. I thought it ironically fitting that here I was, drawn to choosing what my job, which always looks ahead, would qualify as an 'already' book (already out), and that this said book dealt with the notions of what ultimately is even beyond looking ahead, basically the afterlife! This short book was a true delight to read, wholly unpredictable in its imagination and subversively funny. It comprises of forty vignettes describing possible scenarios of life after death. The author, a young neuroscientist, proves himself to be very ingenious and impertinent in his takes, but all stories have a real weight to them in the fundamental question of what do we make of ourselves. These are true philosophical questions put to us in the most innocuous but effective way: the nature of immortality (it is a suffering that God intends to share with us); the notion of faith, in the story named `Oz' (one of my favorites); the paradox of curiosity in the story titled `Descent of Species' (you choose for your next life to see what it is like to be a horse but as you become one, you forget what it is to be human). The weight of memory is handled in many subtle variations. In `Metamorphosis,' one cannot die completely until one's name is spoken for the last time. So there is a waiting room in the afterlife where many of the not-completely-forgotten linger forever, such as historical figures and mere loved ones, constantly evoked, who hope that they might finally fade away from the memory of the living. I was very much seduced by the format and enjoyed the wit that came with these stories. Eagleman's unforgettable parables add up to a satisfying collection that I strongly recommend.
"Another book that was a delayed revelation to me was Robert Boswell's latest collection of short stories titled The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards, published by Graywolf Press. I had heard of Boswell, only good things, in reference to The Geography of Desire and Crooked Hearts. I however never got around reading him. Somehow late back in May, as I was checking the shelves, I came across his book. Not only is the title marvelous but the cover is priceless! I had to pick it up, and I can safely say that if I fell for the package, the content was well worth it too. Boswell's style is unlike anything I have come across so far. There is a real manipulation of sounds, and meanings in and of the language. In the first story I read, `A Sketch of Highway on the Nap of a Mountain', I was caught quite off guard until I realized how the voice of the protagonist, who is a he and/or she, was a direct reflection of her/his hapless mind and synaptic confusion. This was such an uneasy yet wistful story, and the fact that I was thrown off-balance so surreptitiously rendered my curiosity for the other stories even more fervent. I was not disappointed. I read `Miss Famous' (I chose the stories out of order, I tend to do that with collections, unless something says otherwise) and I found myself riveted by the very unspectacular life of Monica, a cleaning woman who desperately wants to be 'special,' mostly to try to get back a married boyfriend. Some of her clients have strange habits and Monica's snooping reveals odd parts of their lives. She fiddles with the idea of writing about them, and becoming famous that way, and impressing her former boyfriend. But one knows that will never happen and the more she elaborates, the less she believes it. The pettiness of her life clashes with the quirkiness of her own clients' lives. By hinting at the undisclosed existences of these other people, Boswell manages to have us absorbed by the secondary characters, yet allowing the central one to develop and to act as their intermediary to our fascination. 'A Walk in Winter' is another one that stayed with me for a long time. It's a more straightforward story, about a young man returning to North Dakota in the middle of winter to identify his mother's bones, although she disappeared in the wilderness when he was still a child. What unfolds is an unexpected truth that flips his world around. We find ourselves grateful for the local sheriff and his secretary who, no matter how clumsy they come across, do provide an emotional shelter to this young man. Boswell has offered us a solid and variegated work peopled by imperfect individuals he portrays with genuine concern and respect. I have truly loved every story and I think this is a collection that every one should possess. I will confess also that I have been using the title as a little mantra of my own, when I need to keep things in perspective….. The-Hey-day-of-the-In-sen-sitive-Bas-tards. You should try it.
"Last but not least, published by New Directions itself, is The Armies by Evelio Rosero, translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean. This is actually a book that is slated to come out in September. I was sent an advance copy some time ago and read it right away in just a couple of sittings. I have to say that my interest in South American literature has been revived from a long slumber thanks to the selection and translations of particular works by New Directions. They always offer very original work of powerful impact. So trusting their choice, I dove into The Armies. I was rewarded by a searing novel that reads like a long crescendo, starting with the hush of smiles and gossip and ending in a scream of violence. One is lulled into thinking that the emotions the story stirs can remain within manageable confines, but the ruthlessness of the conflict between different armed factions in a small town in Colombia overrides the safety of any self-assigned ideal.
Ismail and his wife Otilia live a quiet retired life. Ismail spies on the beautiful wife of his neighbor and Otilia keeps busy with the community of San Jose and the upcoming yearly visit to her friend Geraldina, whose husband disappeared four years ago. Ismail decides to skip the yearly event and somehow from that point on, his world slowly disintegrates. Otilia herself disappears, military forces come and go, guerrillas and drug traffickers ruin the town, and killings and executions happen. Random kidnappings, random releases, lives obliterated, and time starts to contract and extend simultaneously. Ismail becomes a walking dead, never leaving San Jose, wandering the hills and slipping through the armies' lines. His perception of things becomes surreal as he witnesses sorrow, anguish and shocking death, and he starts losing grip on his world. As a ghost of himself and a specter of a former life, he is the single witness to the destruction of all that stood for the sweetness of ordinary existence. Rosero wrote a disturbing yet necessary novel, intimating the terrible dislocation of people thrust into the heart of darkness. He sends the reader right into this madness, as a victim of it through his style and narration rather than as a spectator. There is no going back once you have stepped into the turmoil.
"So these are the three books that have permeated my last few weeks. I feel more enriched as a reader now that I know them."
While I know that many readers avail themselves of booksellers' expertise for new discoveries, I admit that I never talked much with booksellers until I started working in the industry. I was one of those silent persons roaming the aisles, never realizing that there's so much wealth of information, thoughtful knowledge, and often strong literary opinions (and quite enjoyably so) in bookstores. Talking with booksellers has opened my reading habits, making me both a more diverse yet discriminating reader that allows me to get the most of my reading hours. If you have not yet talked with your local bookseller, you have a wonderful new experience awaiting you.
— Soo Jin


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Louisiana Department of Revenue announces enhanced effort to collect funds owed state
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) announced Friday a new tool to enhance its efforts to collect overdue debts owed to agencies across state government.
The new Federal-State Offset Program will allow the state to intercept payments owed by the federal government to vendors and contractors for the payment of non-tax debts owed to the State of Louisiana. The program will collect an estimated $11 million per year.
Under this initiative, a participating state agency will submit to the program delinquent debts it has made extensive efforts to collect through communication with the debtor. The program will match those debts to a federal database of taxpayers, vendors and contractors owed refunds or payments by the federal government. If there is a match, the program will claim those refunds or payments and forward them to the state agency for payment of the outstanding debt.
For example, if a contractor for a federal agency owes fines or other payments to the Department of Health and Hospitals, LDR will claim any payments due the contractor from the federal government and forward them to DHH.
This program adds to the tools that LDR uses currently to collect overdue debts to the state. Since 2001, LDR has operated a program called the Federal Tax Refund Offset. Under this program, LDR intercepts federal income tax refunds to satisfy individual state income tax debts. The Federal Tax Refund Offset program has collected an average of $21 million per year for the state since it began in 2001 and a total of $137.2 million since July 2008.
The Federal-State Offset Program announced Friday complements an integrated strategy announced in September by Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater to streamline agency collection efforts across state government.
LDR is developing an implementation plan for the program that includes a request for proposals (RFP) for a system to match Louisiana debtors with federal vendors and contractors.

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For small businesses, communications tapped out on mobile devices has replaced direct, verbal communication and the nuance and personality that create effective work relationships can be lost, says Intermedia's Serguei Sofinski. by Serguei Sofinski, Intermedia, Special to ZDNet News
Click here to read the full article.
Small businesses have created a collaboration crisis
Started by Josetann , May 03 2010 10:12 AM
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Posted 03 May 2010 - 10:12 AM
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Posted 07 August 2012 - 05:32 AM
Tough one for small Business!!!!!!!


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Thursday, 18 December 2008
Gingerbread Muffins
These gingerbread muffins from Nigella Lawson are absolutely delicious!! they are a favourite in my house and with friends. I often make a batch to put in Christmas hampers. am sending these to Happy Cook from My Kitchen Treasures for her Home made Christmas Gifts event.
preheat oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6
250g self-raising flour
1/2 t bicarbonate of soda
1/2 t baking powder
1 1/2 t ground ginger
1 t ground cinnamon
1/4 t ground cloves
1 egg
50g dark muscavado sugar
50g light muscavado sugar
150ml full fat milk
1/4 t balsamic vinegar
6 T vegetable or corn oil
4 T golden syrup
4 T black treacle
Place first 6 ingredients (the dry) in a bowl and set aside.
In another bowl (she used a large mixing jug with a spout) add the egg and dark and light muscavado sugars. Whisk slightly. You don't want to get too much air in these muffins. Add the milk, vinegar, oil, golden syrup and treacle. Mix again.
Pour the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients, combine, leaving slightly lumpy.
Place paper liners in a 12 muffin tin - these are not oversized muffins. Pour batter into tins.
Bake for 20 mins.
Labels: Blog event, muffins, Nigella Lawson
7 comments:
- Happy cook said...
I love this muffin and it looks so yumm.
Thankyou for sending this to my event.
- 19 December 2008 at 00:58
- Donna said...
YumYum Sweetie!! These look Wonderful!!!hughugs
- 19 December 2008 at 04:23
- That Girl said...
homemade gifts are the best kind!
- 19 December 2008 at 08:27
- Jerri - Simply Sweet Home said...
Oh! I've never had gingerbread muffins before. These sound good!
- 19 December 2008 at 18:00
- Sam said...
They sound delicious, I love gingerbread!
- 19 December 2008 at 19:16
- Ruth E said...
Hey Dell, what a great idea for a gift, they look tasty
- 19 December 2008 at 23:28
- Dee said...
Interesting, the addition of balsamic vinegar. I just made some Supernatural Brownies for prezzies, but this would be perfect for guests to take home. Thanks Dell :)
- 20 December 2008 at 12:13
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Kotaku - After five years with the team, Sony Computer Entertainment America PR man Jeff Rubenstein recently left the company. In leaving, though—or at least for being there for five years before he left—we get a chance to see something neat.
it would have been more impressive if they made it a working controller.
Read my name! To bad it's not sold.


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2G: Court defers hearing on Swamy's plea to Oct 5
A Delhi court on Saturday fixed October 5 for hearing arguments on a plea by former MP Subramanian Swamy that the written statement given by former telecom minister A Raja to the JPC on 2G scam be placed before court.delhi Updated: Aug 17, 2013 12:41 IST
A Delhi court on Saturday fixed October 5 for hearing arguments on a plea by former MP Subramanian Swamy that the written statement given by former telecom minister A Raja to the JPC on 2G scam be placed before court.
The matter, which was scheduled for arguments on Saturday, was deferred as the counsel appearing on behalf of Swamy told the court that the former MP had written a letter to Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar on the issue on whether Raja's statement to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) was "privileged".
The counsel told special CBI judge OP Saini that they are awaiting the reply from the Lok Sabha speaker and after seeking clarification on this issue, Swamy would advance arguments on his plea.
He informed the judge that it would take around a month to get the response and thus the court should defer the matter.
Swamy had earlier argued that Raja's statement to the JPC is an important piece of document to arrive at the truth and the logical conclusion in 2G spectrum case.
He had also alleged that examination of witnesses of the CBI is "incomplete" as they have not discussed the meetings which took place regarding the allocation of 2G spectrum during Raja's tenure as telecom minister.
He had said that Raja's statement to the JPC speaks about various meetings which took place regarding allocation and pricing of spectrum.
Swamy had also pressed for summoning of then finance ministry officials Sindhushree Khullar and Shyamala Shukla as witnesses to explain the file notings during those meetings.
On May 4, Swamy had approached the court saying, "In order to ensure that all aspects of the case are examined, actual culprits may be booked, tried and punished it is necessary to summon the complete written statement filed by Raja before the JPC."
Swamy has sought summoning of Raja's April 22 written statement to JPC chairman PC Chacko along with the draft report of the JPC, the draft report of the Public Accounts Committee and also that of Shukla, the then director of infrastructure, and Khullar, the then additional secretary of economic affairs department, to ascertain the truth.
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Price tag to restore chimney about $1mBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
May 23. 2013 8:12PM
NASHUA — It could cost the city nearly $1 million to restore the iconic Millyard Chimney to its original height.
A bid for the restoration work was revealed this week, prompting city officials to decide whether it is worth the price tag to keep the historic structure standing.
John Vancor, project manager for the Broad Street Parkway, told aldermen that International Chimney of Buffalo, N.Y, estimates it will cost about $921,700 to restore the aging chimney to its previous height of 180-feet. The chimney was shortened by about 15 feet two years ago because of deterioration at the top of the structure. However, engineers have since recommended reducing the chimney even further to about 100 or 150 feet because it may not meet state codes.
"I certainly would like to see it restored, but it is not for me to say if we should exceed the budget," said Vancor, adding $650,000 was previously allocated for the bridge restoration. About $40,000 of that has already been spent.
International Chimney offered several alternatives to the project, which include restoring the height to 180 feet, keeping it at the current height of 165 feet or lowering it to 150 or 120 feet. The cost estimates range from $674,000 to nearly $922,000 for the tallest height.
"I think it is a fascinating structure to begin with," said Alderman-at-Large David Deane, noting there is a lot of vertical cracking throughout the brickwork. The chimney, added Deane, looks a bit odd standing by itself now that the surrounding Boiler House has been razed to make way for the parkway.
Despite the high price estimates for the restoration work, Vancor said the aldermanic Committee on Infrastructure that the Broad Street Parkway is currently under budget by about $3 million. He said the original budget of $67.3 million is now actually closer to $64.3 million.
In order to save the failing chimney, the interior circular liner of bricks will need to be removed before steel or fiber reinforcements are put in place, Vancor said.
The city has owned the chimney since 1991. Alderman-at-Large James Donchess submitted a proposed resolution to his fellow board members more than a year ago, asking that the chimney be preserved and either maintained at its current height or restored to its previous height of 180 feet. His resolution was unanimously approved in April 2012, although the cost of the project was just revealed this week.
The Millyard chimney is part of the system that powered the mills with steam about a century ago. The Millyard — including its chimney — has been recognized by the National Register of Historic Places because of its start in 1826.
Vancor said he is meeting with representatives from the New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources and the state Department of Transportation to review this matter further on June 13.
"We really want to move as quick as we can," added Vancor, stressing no decision has been made on which alternative to pursue.
If the tallest height is selected, the chimney, which has the word 'MILLYARD' written vertically downward on the structure, the chimney's top will be about 15 feet above the letter 'M.' However, if the shortest length of 120-feet is chosen, the chimney's top will end at the letter 'A,' Vancor said.


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There is not enough evidence to say whether screening adults without vision problems for glaucoma has any clear benefit, according to a government-backed panel.
Between 2 and 4 million people in the U.S. have the degenerative eye condition, which occurs when there is damage to the optic nerve fibers that run between the eye and the brain.
In its new recommendations, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) says there are not enough data showing tests for glaucoma are accurate and that treating early glaucoma ultimately prevents vision loss and improves quality of life.
"At this point, probably the most critical gap in the evidence is an approach to screening that actually works," said Dr. Virginia Moyer, chair of the Task Force from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
She said a full-on eye exam that could adequately detect early signs of glaucoma takes a long time and is "way too complicated for a primary care appointment."
In looking over past studies, the USPSTF found some evidence that treating early glaucoma can reduce the chance people will develop tiny defects in the visual field, which are usually unnoticeable.
One 2007 review showed a 38 percent lower chance of those defects with treatments such as medicated eye drops, compared to sham treatment with a placebo or nothing.
However, there is "inadequate evidence" that treatment for people without symptoms can prevent more serious vision loss and blindness, the panel wrote Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
"It's clear that the treatment can improve the disease," Moyer told Reuters Health. "It's not crystal clear that the treatment of disease before it's noticeable improves the outcome."
What's more, most glaucoma tests available in primary care offices aren't very accurate, according to the USPSTF, and can't discern when vision problems are likely to get worse. That could lead some people who never would have developed advanced glaucoma to be diagnosed and treated unnecessarily.
Dr. Angelo Tanna, a glaucoma researcher from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, said screening can still be useful when performed by an ophthalmologist.
"I agree, we don't have strong scientific evidence that proves that screening for glaucoma helps," Tanna, who wasn't involved in creating the new guidelines, told Reuters Health.
"But there's very compelling common sense knowledge that screening for glaucoma is a benefit," he added. "There's no question that identifying and treating glaucoma reduces the risk of progressive vision loss."
He pointed to recommendations from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, which call for regular eye exams for adults with frequency varying by age. For example, the group says people younger than 40 should have a comprehensive exam every five to ten years, and those aged 65 and older should be evaluated every one to two years.


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Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) August 01, 2013
In view of the frequent occurrence of animal epidemic diseases over the years, the Chinese government has increased investment in epidemic prevention and implemented compulsory immunization system. Beginning in 2004, it has gradually included highly pathogenic avian influenza, highly pathogenic PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome), classical swine fever and peste des petits ruminants in the national compulsory immunization coverage following the FMD (foot-and-mouth disease), thus leading to rapid growth in animal vaccine market size.
In 2004-2012, China's animal vaccine market size grew at a CAGR as high as 26.4%, up to approximately RMB 9.1 billion in 2012 (including net import). For years to come, the market is expected to continue to maintain a growth rate of 15% or so, to RMB 15.9 billion in 2016.
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Chinese animal vaccine products include swine vaccine, poultry vaccine, cattle & sheep vaccine, pet and other vaccines. As pig and poultry breeding is the core of China's animal husbandry, swine and poultry vaccines account for more than 85% of China's animal vaccine market. In addition, the emerging pet industry is boosting vigorous growth in demand for pet vaccine, while there are few commercial pet vaccines from Chinese animal vaccine companies, mainly dependent on imported products with stiff prices. In future, the Chinese pet vaccine market will usher in large room for promotion.
In 2006, China carried out compulsory veterinary drug GMP certification, raised the industry access threshold, which brought a substantial decline in the number of animal vaccine enterprises, accompanied by increased industry concentration. In 2012, among domestic leading animal vaccine enterprises, China Animal Husbandry Industry Co., Ltd. made the highest animal vaccine revenue of RMB 1.17 billion, with market occupancy up to 12.9%; followed by Qingdao Yebio Bioengineering Co., Ltd (Zhejiang Shenghua Biok Biology Co., Ltd holds 38% stake), Xinjiang Tecon Animal Husbandry Bio-Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong Dahuanong Animal Health Products Co., Ltd., Inner Mongolia Jinyu Group Stock Company, etc.
The Chinese animal vaccine market can be divided into two segments, i.e. government-procured compulsory immunization vaccines and market-oriented vaccines. Currently, there are merely five kinds of compulsory immunization vaccines, and more vaccines are market-oriented. However, in China, compulsory immunization vaccines still hold a market share of over 50%, with highly fierce competition but limited growth potential; by contrast, market-oriented vaccines will enjoy a larger space for development no matter in new product development or in animal protection improvement.
This report mainly covers the followings:
Market size, market structure, competition pattern, etc. of global animal vaccine industry;
Market size, market structure, competition pattern, import & export, etc. of China animal vaccine industry;
Policy environment, social environment, downstream demand, etc. of China animal vaccine industry;
Scale & structure prediction for China animal vaccine market and market segments;
Operation, animal vaccine business, forecast & outlook, etc. of 10 animal vaccine producers in China.
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Derry/Londonderry Chamber names citizen- and business-of-the-year awardsBy CHRIS GAROFOLO
Union Leader Correspondent
September 24. 2017 1:12AM
DERRY - The executive director of the local Boys & Girls Club and a Derry-based soup kitchen will receive the Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Commerce's citizen and business of the year awards.
The chamber announced Thursday that Art McLean, director of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Derry, will be presented with the 2017 Citizen of the Year award at the organization's annual dinner on Oct. 19 at Birchwood Vineyards in Derry. The chamber will honor Sonshine Soup Kitchen as its Business of the Year.
Chamber members selected McLean for his instrumental role in the success of the club since 1974 and his passion for working with children. He also sits on many other boards in the community, including the Derry Veterans Assistance Fund, the Viviana Leon Memorial Foundation and the Derry Rotary Club, and previously served as chairman on the Town Council.
The chamber also recognized the soup kitchen and its volunteers for providing free nourishing meals to individuals and families in need since 1989.
The kitchen recently moved into its new location on Crystal Ave after more than 20 years in the First Baptist Church, offering the nonprofit a larger, centralized location. In 2016, the kitchen averaged 53 meals daily and have served roughly 13,000 since opening its doors 28 years ago.
"This amazing honor is a super miracle," said Linda German, chairwoman of the soup kitchen's board of directors. "Our motto is, 'Believe it. Miracles happen every day.'"


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My Life in Film: Part Three
Chris Gould's series continues with part three of the movies that shaped his life...
1997: Starship Troopers
This is another odd year, in that I didn't realise how many major films were released in 1997. Some of the more memorable ones include The Fifth Element, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Boogie Nights, Gattaca (a recent discovery), Jackie Brown and L.A. Confidential. In fact, Tarantino's Jackie Brown would have made the top spot if not for the presence of Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers. Space Nazis travel to the other side of the galaxy to fight giant bugs. What's not to like?
1998: The Big Lebowski
Blade, American History X, BASEketball and Orgazmo provide the guilty pleasures for this year, as do Deep Rising and The Faculty (the last two because I watched them endlessly on cable when I moved into my own house). I'll always have a soft spot for Lost in Space because it was one of the first DVDs I ever owned (as part of a triple pack with The Shawshank Redemption and The Mask). My favourite Phantasm film, Oblivion, arrived in this year, as did Ronin and the silly antics of the original Rush Hour. Of course '98 also saw the release of the critically acclaimed Saving Private Ryan. However, the number one spot goes to the Dude, in the Coens hugely enjoyable comedy. It's a film that's really grown on me over the years and is the comedy that I'm most likely to pull out if I fancy a good laugh (infact I recently bought the HD DVD release).
1999: The Matrix
1999 always sticks in my mind as a particularly good year for films. It was, of course, the summer of Star Wars because of the release of The Phantom Menace, but '99 also saw the arrival of The Mummy, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Being John Malkovich, Dogma, Galaxy Quest, The Green Mile, Magnolia, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Fight Club. Now they're all great movies, but the only film that actually delivered something I'd never seen before was The Matrix, with its blend of high-tech special effects and traditional martial arts. To this day it remains one of my favourite films and I really bought into the mythos of the franchise.
2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
After the greatness of 1999, 2000 was a bit of a let-down (both cinematically and life in general). Battle Royale, X-Men, American Psycho and Memento were all decent enough, but the film I look back on most fondly is Crouching Tiger. I wasn't really into Asian cinema back in those days and this was the first time I'd seen a big-budget wushu film on the cinema screen, but I really enjoyed the mix of martial arts and stunning cinematography. Oh, and it introduced me to Zhang Ziyi, for which I am eternally grateful. Having recently watched the Blu-ray release I can safely say that it's lost none of its charm in the intervening years (and neither has Ziyi).
2001: Donnie Darko
Okay, so I'm sure everyone expected me to pick The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as my choice for this year, but I went with Donnie Darko. It's a brilliant little film that requires you to think rather than passively absorb events (at least in its theatrical cut form). It's just a pity that director Richard Kelly has failed to live up to the high standards he set with his début film. This year's guilty pleasure comes in the form of Evolution (it's like Ghostbusters with aliens, although not as good), while Ghost World ticked the 'quirky' quirky box with great turns from Steve Buscemi, Thora Birch and a (then) relatively-unknown Scarlett Johansson.
2002: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
2002 was a relatively decent year for films. I enjoyed Zhang Yimou's martial arts epic Hero, while The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers built on the success of the first film (even if I do prefer the longer cut). Spider-Man proved that it was possible to make a half-decent film about the wall-crawler, and Blade II introduced me to Guillermo del Toro and provided a great action flick at the same time (although my memories are tainted because my house was robbed while I was at the cinema watching it). The Bourne Identity reminded me just how ridiculous the Bond franchise had become, the underrated Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can was a surprise find and Punch-Drunk Love proved that Adam Sandler had one decent film in him. However, I still had to go for the Star Wars film. After the disappointment of The Phantom Menace I welcomed the larger scale and increased action, although I could have done without the general crapness of the love story.
2003: Oldboy
This year was also a decent one, with Tarantino's incredibly hyped Kill Bill: Volume 1 doing just about enough to hold my interest, even if it did feel like someone cut the film in half to generate more revenue (oh wait, they did). The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was a predictable Oscar-winner, while X2: X-Men United proved that superhero movies could be both intelligent and entertaining. I'm the one person who enjoyed both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions (yes, really), and Finding Nemo was the first Pixar film I really got into. However, it is a little-known Korean film based on a Japanese manga that takes the top spot. I missed it in 2003, but caught it a year or so later on DVD and it has since become one of my favourite films.
2004: Team America: World Police
Yet another decent year. In fact, 2004 was a pretty damn good year. Shaun of the Dead was a front-runner for the top spot, but that was until I remembered Parker and Stone's marionette movie, which is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Honourable mentions also go to Kill Bill: Volume 2, Sideways, The Incredibles (my personal favourite from the Pixar stable), The Bourne Supremacy, the Dawn of the Dead remake, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Garden State (hey, it's Natalie Portman), Hellboy, Kung Fu Hustle and Spider-Man 2, which is among the best superhero films around.
2005: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
There were some really big event films in 2005. George Lucas finally unveiled the final part of his live-action saga with Revenge of the Sith, Sin City was a comic book brought to life on the screen, and Batman Begins washed away the bad memories of the Schumacher years. However, It is yet another film from Korean director Park Chan-wook that sticks in the mind. While Sympathy for Lady Vengeance seems to be the most derided of his 'Vengeance Trilogy', I personally thought it was a great film and I thoroughly enjoyed Lee Yeong-ae's performance.
2006: Dreamgirls
2006 was probably the last great year in cinema for me. It was a year when I wasn't disappointed by any of the big-budget event movies and I was surprised by a number of films that I wouldn't normally have bothered to see. Obviously I have to mention the Oscar-winning The Departed, along with The Prestige, Blood Diamond, Superman Returns (I like it), Apocalypto, Children of Men and Casino Royale, but I was also enchanted by Little Miss Sunshine and Pan's Labyrinth. Slither provided the comedic horror, but my pick of the year has to be Dreamgirls. I've never been a huge musicals fan, but this was probably the most fun I had at the cinema all year and the songs (and vocal talent) still amaze me. Plus, I sort of have a thing for Jennifer Hudson...
2007: Hot Fuzz
I'm finding it easier to remember films from the more recent years in this list, so I have quite a few favourites from 2007. Lars and the Real Girl was a quirky, brilliant comedy, 300 was a graphic novel come to life, Amy Adams delighted in Enchanted (although I thought she was Isla Fisher when I first saw the poster), Fincher's Zodiac was compelling viewing, Matt Damon was on fine form with The Bourne Ultimatum, and Charlie Wilson's War was the most enjoyable Tom Hanks film since Catch Me if You Can. Of course I can't forget the two heavyweights of the year, the Best Picture-winning No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood. However, for all of these heavyweight films, I ended up going with a British comedy from the guys who brought us Shaun of the Dead (partly because I felt guilty about snubbing them in '04).
Well that's another ten years over and done with. I enjoyed looking back over this period of my life, as it was really the first time in this series that can can honestly say that I remember exactly where and when I saw all of the films. Again, some of the selections surprised me, because more 'worthy' films have lost out to movies that I keep going back to time and time again (with 2006's Dreamgirls being the best example). I hope you enjoyed reminiscing with me once again, and that you'll join me in part four of this list. However, with only two years to write about so far, it may take some time to appear. Having said that, there's every chance that I'll write it as some sort of work-in-progress. We shall see...
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Inside Rachel Zoe's Brand-New NYC Hair Salon, DreamDry
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From the second you waltz through the elaborate glass doors and enter the chevron-patterned foyer of DreamDry, it's at once apparent, Rachel Zoe's been there. "We all joke that the inside of the salon looks exactly like Rachel's place," one hairstylist told us.
This week, we popped by the celebrity stylist's just-opened blowdry and styling salon, located in NYC's Flatiron District, to check out the products, test out the services, and see what happens when RZ's signature flair is translated to, uh, hair. In one word, DreamDry was ba-na-nas — in the best way possible! (Sorry, had to...)
When you first walk in, you'll find four iPads secured to the wall, each of which feature a slideshow of all the Hollywood-inspired hairstyles available for your choosing.
For $40 flat rate you can get the "Audrey," a high polished bun; the "Farrah," loose waves; or the "Brigitte," super-sexy wave, to name a few. Or for just $20 to $30, you can pick from a slew of dry-styled (meaning no wash included) looks like fishtails, waterfall braids, or side chignons.
As for the products, Zoe naturally went with a fashion favorite brand — Oribe! Our stylist's desk was loaded up with all the good stuff. Check it out:
When our blowout and waterfall braid was complete — clearly all those braided styles at Fashion Week inspired us! — our stylist snapped a photo of it, and uploaded the pic to DreamDry's Dossier, an online database where you can keep track of your past hairstyles and rack up rewards points.
DreamDry is located at 35 West 21st Street and is open from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Not a Big Apple resident? Here's a sneak peek of what the salon looks like inside:
A fluffy, velveteen couch sits perched above a chevron-print floor in the reception area.
The DreamDry logo upon entering the salon.
The end tables are chock-full of chic reads.
How cute are the stylists' desks? Very Rachel Zoe, no?
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Located at 342 North Washington Drive Sarasota Florida, the B.J. Palmer Memorial Home is owned and operated by the B.J. Palmer Historic Home Foundation, a non-profit organization. This Florida home, where B.J. lived out his final years, is situated on Pansy Bayou - a manatee protected waterway. The home is laced with personal memorabilia, historic chiropractic publications and artifacts, and a collection of original furniture owned by B.J. Palmer. This domicile memorializes B.J. as "The Developer of Chiropractic" and will remind you of how B.J.'s faith and perseverance resulted in an on-going service to humanity.
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Completely renovated in 2011 to preserve its historic legacy, this home provides an excellent choice for dynamic small executive meetings, family gatherings or the perfect getaway. A short 5 minute walk offers the enchanting Circle of St. Armands that provides an unforgettable experience for visitors from around the globe. Over 130 exclusive shops, gourmet restaurants, and art galleries surround St. Armands Circle Park and its Ring of Fame, a tribute to circus greats from all over the world. Circus magnate and former owner of St. Armands, John Ringling, envisioned and developed the concept of a premier shopping plaza roundabout with adjoining luxury homes. Decades later St. Armands Circle has fulfilled John Ringling's dream. A combination of palm lined streets and lush tropical plantings create a graceful synthesis of past and present.
St. Armands Key is just a few miles from Downtown Sarasota with its myriad of cultural activities and restaurants. Take your time and walk through historic Sarasota or spend the day at The John and Mable Ringling Museum which includes the Ca' d'Zan Mansion, The Museum of Art, The Circus Museum, and the Historic Asolo Theater. B. J. Palmer was an avid fan of the circus and was instrumental in the creation of the Circus Hall of Fame. He was a collector of circus memorabilia including the world famous circus wagon "Two Hemispheres". The Circus Hall of Fame became home for "Two Hemispheres" which was the largest and most colorful circus wagon ever built.
B.J. Palmer (r) and Vern Link with the Two Hemispheres Band Wagon, circa 1950
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Enjoy solitude and the beauty of the ocean cove at North Lido Beach located on Lido Key. The beach is very private and a short ten minute walk from the Palmer home. At the southern tip of the beach is South Lido Park. The Park is bordered by four bodies of water and offers views of the Gulf and the skyline of downtown Sarasota. Visitors can enjoy playground equipment, nature trails, and a picnic area shaded by Australian Pines, and more.
The B. J. Palmer Memorial Home is waterfront property to Pansy Bayou, a manatee refuge. The Florida manatee, or sea cow, is a large aquatic mammal that can be found in shallow costal waterways. These gentle giants are endangered throughout their range and can grow up to 15 feet long with a weight of 3,000 pounds. Pansy Bayou is considered a manatee habitat and provides a place for these protected marine mammals to eat and rest. Manatees are born under water and calves drink their mother's milk. Calves weigh around 40 pounds at birth and are dependent on their mother for nutrition. Adults are voracious grazers of water grasses, weeds and algae found in the backyard bayou.
The B. J. Palmer home offers complete privacy and tranquility and the perfect opportunity to embellish the rich history of Palmer's later years. With only the sounds of sea birds to interrupt your day the home offers a full kitchen and dining room, 3 bedrooms (2 queen, and a set of twins) and 3 bathrooms on the main level, a breezeway for reading and reflection, Wi-Fi, leisure room with cable TV, and patio. The library and intimate living room contain Palmer's Roycroft furniture, Grand Piano and numerous other one of a kind artifacts. The bedroom and bathroom of Colonel Palmer, as he was known to many of his circus friends, remains intact and is available for viewing. Additionally, a private suite on the upstairs level called The Hideaway is furnished with a king bed, bathroom, private sitting area, separate entrance from the main house, and private deck.
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REYHANLI, Turkey—In this southern Turkish town known as "little Syria," the Syrians now dare not to show their faces.
Some 60,000 have fled Syria's civil war to Reyhanli, a Turkish town near the Syrian border. On Tuesday, many were in hiding, fearing violent reprisals from angry Turks after two car bombs ripped through the town's main thoroughfare around lunchtime Saturday, killing at least 50 people.


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Seared Salmon
When you've got a sin to confess, it's generally better to just come right out with it, so here goes: I am lazy with my salmon. I do a little salt and pepper and lemon, or maybe some sort of soy sauce thing, and yes let me just say it now, I've been known to slather a bunch of Trader Joe's gyoza dipping sauce on it and pop it under the boiler.
These preparations are born out of habit. We eat salmon at least once a week in my house, because everyone likes it, it cooks in a jiffy and it is healthy stuff. I believe I start off in a good place by purchasing my fish only from the Drydock Fish Company, which has a booth at the Beverly Hills farmer's market on Sundays. (The only downside to this is that everyone loves this purveyor, so things tend to get a little rowdy around the salmon cooler and the fish monger starts yelling at everyone and I have to throw an occasional elbow toward a cougar who is getting pushy with her canvas shopping bag. But otherwise this is the best fish in Los Angeles. Should you be visiting.)
But while my kids have become accustomed to salmon with soy sauce, the adults have gotten a little bored with it. So I asked my husband to look over the salmon recipes on food52, and come up with one to test for this blog, (or, as he prefers to call it, "That vehicle you have for promulgating the myth that you clean up after yourself in the kitchen.")
He chose Seared Salmon with Cinnamon and Chili Powder, and I could not have been happier, because it required me to do little more than reach into the kitchen cupboard and start cooking. I'm going to warn you right now, SippitySup is a bossy fellow. He calls you out for your desire to prematurely flip your fish; he won't stand for it. He proclaims the wine you will be drinking (pinot noir), and will brook no free will on this either.
But as is the case with many bossy people, you best listen, because he does lay out of a very good roadmap for getting this fish right the first time.
What you're working with is a basic spice rub, with an emphasis on the heat of chili with the fragrant nuttiness of cinnamon. I have an inherent aversion to canola oil, so I used peanut oil (discovered a few blogs back with tofu and now my new favorite pan lubricant) but that is the only variation I made to the recipe. I did however double it because I had two large slabs of salmon; I suggest you do the same as SippitySup wants you to rub both sides of the fish and you don't want to come up short.
Do as he says and cook it the exact amount of time that he calls for. Use the cast iron pan, please.
Cook up some nice rice and maybe a green something or other to go with, and in half an hour you are going to find yourself awash in that feeling that, really, no one needs to eat in a restaurant. Just get someone else to clean the pan.
Seared Salmon with Cinnamon and Chili Powder
Serves 1
- 1 salmon fillet with skin attached, sized to suit your appetite
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- enough canola oil to barely slick the skillet
- 1 dash sesame oil
- Wash and completely dry the salmon fillet.
- In a small bowl mix chili powder, cinnamon, and the salt and pepper. Sprinkle this mixture on both sides of the salmon fillet. Heat canola oil and sesame oil in a non-stick or well-seasoned cast iron skillet. Choose a skillet that is plenty big enough to avoid steaming the fish for the crispest possible skin.
- When the skillet is very hot, but not yet smoking; add the salmon, skin side down. Cook it until the skin is very crisp, dark brown and releases easily from the skillet This should take 3 to 4 minutes. Do not be tempted to check or move the fish around in the skillet during this time. You will only succeed in making it stick to the skillet or worse ruin your beautifully crisp skin.
- You will notice that the fish gets lighter colored and more opaque. Do not let it cook more than about 1/4 of the way through at this point. You might be worried that the rest of the fish seems quite raw, but honestly this is a good thing. Once the skin has crisped flip the fish, and cook it an additional 2 (maybe 3) minutes more. Do not let it cook all the way through. The fish will continue to cook after it leaves the pan. Your goal is a succulent flesh graduating from a rare center outwards to a crispy crackly skin.
- Serve the fish warm or at room temperature with a slightly chilled Pinot Noir (yes, Pinot Noir... trust me). Dining alone is no excuse for a poor wine pairing.


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Your tour will continue through the city's impressive Beacon Hill Park, complete with free flying peacocks and the world's tallest freestanding totem pole. After enjoying the sites of old town and Chinatown, you'll enter Victoria's Inner Harbor. This lively area is home to the Royal British Columbia Museum, numerous street performers, craft vendors, food stalls, legislative buildings and the world famous Fairmont Empress Hotel.


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text: NCM Fathom brings the ultimate stage spectacle - The Met: Live in HD - to movie theatre screens nationwide. The broadcast of Bizet's opera Carmen will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres. One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen "is about sex, violence, and racism-and its corollary: freedom," says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet's drama. "It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It's sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking."


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An almost $400 million infusion into the Army's Stryker program comes with strings attached from lawmakers who want to know more about a stockpile of unneeded replacement parts that built up at an Auburn warehouse during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
The defense budget President Barack Obama signed Christmas week sets aside the money to buy or modify Strykers, but it states the Army cannot spend the full amount until it tells Congress what it's doing to dispose of the $900 million worth of Stryker parts Defense Department auditors found at the warehouse in 2012.
The bill, called the National Defense Authorization Act, orders Secretary of the Army John McHugh to produce a report to the House and Senate Armed Services committees that details whether any of the parts can still be used for a military purpose and outline what's being done to sell the rest.
Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., requested the limitations on Stryker funding in the $526.8 billion defense bill. She wanted to hold the Army accountable to the recommendations outlined by the Defense Department Inspector General in its report on the parts stockpile, said a Democratic staff member on the House Armed Services Committee.
The parts accumulated during fast-paced war years in which General Dynamics continually revised the Stryker to counter threats in Iraq and Afghanistan. There now are 17 varieties of the vehicles, including heavily armored ones with slanted hulls specifically designed to deflect mines in Afghanistan.
Those changes saved lives, but also created a complicated repair and replacement process that the Army is working to standardize with its other ground vehicle programs.
"The (Stryker program) is being executed in a dynamic environment from the moment the vehicles came off the production line," Paul Rogers, the Army's former deputy director of ground combat vehicles, told auditors in 2012.
Until recently, the Army relied on contractors to maintain the 20-ton, eight-wheeled machines. Now it's opening positions for enlisted Stryker mechanics so men and women in uniform can take more responsibility for the upkeep of the vehicles.
The Defense Department Inspector General published three audits of Stryker contracts since 2012 that suggested the Army did not create incentives to control costs for work on the infantry vehicles. The company's last $1.6 billion maintenance contract reimbursed General Dynamics for its purchases of parts and provided a fixed fee in each year of the agreement.
In return, General Dynamics was expected to keep 90 percent of the Army's almost 2,600 Strykers ready for deployments. The company exceeded that goal, typically hitting a 96 percent readiness rate.
Yet that focus encouraged General Dynamics to stock up on unnecessary inventory at taxpayers' expense, according to the first audit of the company's maintenance contract. The audit suggested the Army overspent by $335.9 million on the first five years of the deal.
The second audit, released in November 2012, drew the most attention because it suggested the Army was sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of replacement parts at the Auburn warehouse.
Most of the parts were obsolete, such as $57 million worth of infrared equipment that had not been used since 2007.
In some cases, the Army kept buying gear it didn't need, such as replacement gears for a suspension problem that surfaced between 2007 and 2009. General Dynamics solved the underlying problem in 2010 but kept buying the unneeded replacement gears.
Neither the Army nor the company took full responsibility for the parts in the Auburn warehouse. Each party believed the other side was responsible for tracking the parts, according to the report.
The audits recommended the Army take ownership of all of the parts and enter them in its equipment-tracking systems.
The warehouse is a 730,000-square-foot site owned by the federal government but managed by General Dynamics.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is considered the home of the Stryker. It first was developed for infantry brigades at the base just before the Iraq War, and Lewis-McChord has more Strykers than any other Army post.
Logistics officers from Lewis-McChord's 7th Infantry Division visited the Auburn site last year after The News Tribune published a story on the Inspector General audit. The soldiers were in the midst of their own effort to catalog the inventory of Stryker parts at the base. They found most of the warehouse parts to be outdated and ill-suited for current variations of Stryker vehicles.
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Avery And Mark Will Go Face-to-Face Over Lexie On Grey's Anatomy! Exclusive
Grey's Anatomy star Jesse Williams opens up about what's next for the on-screen love triangle involving his character Jackson, Lexie and Mark!
Grey's Anatomy's season is coming to a close and one big storyline that's captivated fans this year is the Lexie-Mark-Avery love triangle. We spoke to actor Jesse Williams who plays Jackson Avery on the hit series and he revealed Mark and Avery will be going face-to-face over Lexie this season. He also spoke about whether Lexie and Avery or doomed!
We asked Jesse whether he thinks Avery and Lexie are doomed in their relationship, which bloomed late this season after their friendship turned into something more. "I don't think they are doomed, that's a little strong. I think that Jackson made a decision these last two seasons to really bear down and focus on his work. You notice that he has not been romantically involved with anybody because he's in a new home, in new place, and there's the shooting he loses two of his close friends, it's like starting over, starting over, starting over. And then he can't resist and he's developed a real relationship and attraction to Lexie, that began platonically," explains Jesse.
But what about Lexie rebounding from her bad split with Mark over his impregnating Callie? The musical episode showed she still clearly had feelings for Mark, even though she ended up going home with Avery. Jesse says, "So he put his neck out at maybe a bad time because she's obviously wrapped up in something that is pretty serious that is then wrapped in something even more serious. So it is not ideal timing and he's aware of that. He's made that clear to her and she's made a commitment to him. Especially with the fast forward episode we had last week, we're months into this relationship, so I don't think he's doomed." However the actor admits it's not all smooth sailing for Avery/Lexie lovers. "There's absolutely some decisions that have to be made […] but we will find something out I think this season."
Jesse also revealed that Mark's not exactly an innocent bystander in all of this drama. "I kind of hope [Mark gets in the way], I think that's an interesting story. I think their relationship is a very interesting one. I can totally separate myself from that and I like watching it. I like Jackson and Lexie together as well so I don't see why [Mark] wouldn't get in the way in some form. It could just be with her. [But also] two guys working in the same place everyday … why wouldn't they deal with it? What I can say is that Jackson and Mark have a face to face."
Yay!! We can't wait to see what goes down between the two gorgeous guys fighting over little Grey. What do you guys think of the love triangle? Are you Team Mark or Team Avery?
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STOCKTON - In a "very unusual" case, a man who fled to Mexico the day his trial began in Stockton and was then convicted and sentenced in his absence had a brief appearance in court Friday, three years later.
STOCKTON - In a "very unusual" case, a man who fled to Mexico the day his trial began in Stockton and was then convicted and sentenced in his absence had a brief appearance in court Friday, three years later.
Mario Martinez Pe�a, 26, was a wanted fugitive when a jury found him guilty of child abuse resulting in death, and subsequently a judge sentenced him to 25 years to life for killing his girlfriend's 11-month-old child.
Describing it as a "very unusual" case, San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Angela Hayes said attorneys and the court decided to proceed without him in 2009 after Pe�a posted bail and fled the country.
But after three years on the run, authorities have caught up to Pe�a. He was extradited to San Joaquin County.
Hayes said Pe�a could have been transferred directly to a California prison, since the case had been adjudicated, but for some reason, he was scheduled back in San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Terrence Van Oss' courtroom Friday.
Van Oss had sentenced Pe�a three years ago.
At Friday's hearing, defense attorney Berthier Maciel raised an issue with absence of a probation report. The Probation Department typically prepares a report using interviews and the convict's background to be used by state prison officials in determining an inmate's classification and housing.
Hayes argued in court that Maciel agreed to carry out the defense without his client in 2009 and waived the right to a probation report back then.
Van Oss agreed the case is settled, including an appeal that was rejected by the state, and, therefore, the trial court no longer has jurisdiction over Pe�a's matter.
"Mr. Pe�a created this situation," Van Oss said, adding he was not suggesting Pe�a deserves no consideration.
"But it's just too late," Van Oss said. "There's just nothing I think this court can do for him."
Nevertheless, Van Oss is giving Maciel an opportunity to look into the probation report matter.
Sheriff's reports say medical responders were called to Pe�a's Lathrop home on Feb. 4, 2008, on a report of an injured child.
The child, 11-month-old Jacob Leon, was taken to a local hospital for treatment, then flown to Oakland Children's Hospital.
Pe�a told Lathrop deputies he had given the baby a bath and went to another room to answer the phone. Pe�a said he ran to the bathroom after hearing a noise only to find Jacob lying on his back in the bathtub.
Medical reports, however, didn't match Pe�a's account. Doctors said the baby's injuries were consistent with a violent physical assault. Jacob succumbed to his injuries just days later.
Pe�a was charged with Jacob's death. Before his trial could even begin, Pe�a's girlfriend, Jacob's mother, reported the defendant had disappeared from the couple's home.
She said she found a suicide note in which Pe�a said his body would never be found and the Sheriff's Office should not look for him.
In the days that followed, Hayes said Pe�a had been posting his activities in Mexico on his MySpace page.
"He was having a grand ol' time," Hayes said.
Pe�a was booked into San Joaquin County Jail on Sept. 14, where he was brought by U.S. marshals after his extradition from Mexico. He had been in Mexican custody for several months.
Van Oss continued Friday's hearing to Oct. 15, allowing Maciel more time in his pursuit of a probation report.
"For someone who doesn't have a rap sheet, it should make a difference," Maciel said in a Stockton court hallway.
Pe�a will be held at the county jail until that hearing.
Hayes said that, although Pe�a's trial proceeded in an unusual manner, cases have been tried in a defendant's absence before.
Other than the probation report issue, she doesn't anticipate the trial and sentencing will be challenged, because the course was completely lawful.
"He is a convicted baby killer," she said.
Except for one statement, Pe�a's relatives were reluctant to comment.
"Mario es inocente (Mario is innocent)," Manuela Pe�a, Mario Pe�a's mother, said in Spanish.
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Visit her blog at recordnet.com/courtsblog.


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Twin explosions in Yemeni capital wound 20
Sep. 26, 2013
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Two explosions on a busy street in Yemen's capital wounded 20 people on Thursday, the Interior Ministry said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the troubled Arab nation.
Residents were unharmed in the first blast, but as a group gathered around the site of the explosion a second blast struck, wounding 20, a security official said, adding that the explosives had been hidden underneath a pile of trash. He released the information on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The country has been rocked by turmoil over the past two years and is fighting al-Qaeda's local branch, also known as the al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The group seized significant swaths of territory during political upheaval in 2011 that led to the ouster of longtime autocratic President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
The new U.S.-backed president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, spoke out against Saleh in a speech Thursday. Hadi, who was Saleh's vice president before taking power in a deal brokered by Gulf Arab powers, hailed Yemen's Arab Spring uprising as the end of an "era of family inheritance" — a reference to Saleh's nearly three decades of rule in which he stacked key security posts with relatives.
His comments come as national dialogue talks aimed at mapping out the country's future are underway.
Some delegates in the dialogue have suggested a 30 percent quota for women on the panel that the president will appoint to write a constitution. Other delegates have called for broader use of Islamic law in the new charter, which has yet to be drafted.
Religious hardliners hold sway however in Yemen, a religiously conservative country.
Influential hardliner Abdul-Majeed el-Zidani on Thursday called for a stronger a role for Islamic law in the country's new constitution.
Though not a participant of the national dialogue, el-Zidani, a leader of the main opposition Islah Party, said the constitution must strengthen its wording to surpass current language citing Islam as the basis of laws.
Speaking to students at the religious Iman University, el-Zidani said Islamic law must be the only source of legislation and that the constitution should state its rejection of any laws that counter "the laws of God."


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LANSING — Sen. Judy Emmons' legislation to recognize the sacrifice made by many Vietnam War veterans by allowing them to be awarded high school diplomas was unanimously approved on Tuesday by the Michigan Senate.
"Our veterans sacrifice much in service to America, and many veterans put the defense of liberty before their own education," said Emmons, R-Sheridan. "I sponsored this bill as a way to thank a generation of men and women for their service in Vietnam. To show our appreciation, this reform would allow schools to award a high school diploma to veterans who served in the Vietnam War instead of completing high school."
Currently, Michigan allows school boards to award high school diplomas to veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict.
Emmons' measure, Senate Bill 389, would extend that special recognition to veterans of the Vietnam War, defined as service between Feb. 28, 1961 and May 7, 1975.
"To some people, a diploma may seem like a small thing, but to our veterans and their families it is an important acknowledgement of everything they gave up so that we could remain free," Emmons said. "Michigan has expressed its gratitude to World War II veterans in this manner since 2001, and I co-sponsored the 2003 measure that extended this tribute to veterans of the Korean War. Now it's time to include our Vietnam veterans in this recognition."
Under Emmons' bill, qualified veterans must have served honorably during the Vietnam Era, must have enlisted in or been drafted into the armed forces before high school graduation and must not have subsequently graduated from high school.
An application form for the diploma would be submitted to the school district the veteran was enrolled in at the time of enlistment and could be completed by the veteran or on his or her behalf by a spouse, sibling, child or grandchild.
SB 389 now heads to the House of Representatives for consideration.
The post Senate approves Emmons' bill to award high school diplomas to Vietnam War veterans appeared first on Senator Judy Emmons.


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By Emily Orthwein
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
Persevering through hard times is something all too familiar for Jarvis Ray, a 6-foot-6 TCU senior basketball player from New Orleans. Through thick and thin, he always has a smile on his face.
Ray grew up playing basketball in New Orleans from a very young age.
"I've been playing basketball for a very long time, ever since I was five years old," Ray said. "The first thing that got put into my hands was a basketball."
At the beginning of Ray's eighth grade year in 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive hurricanes ever, ranking in the top five of deadliest hurricanes in the history of the Unites States.
While Ray was in class, him and his brother were told to evacuate immediately. Their mother, Elaine, was stranded at work. Ray went months without talking or knowing if his mother was even alive because she could not get to a phone.
"Katrina was a very hard experience to go through," Ray said. "Most people think that it's why I pushed myself so hard into basketball, but I was thinking and worrying about my family the whole time."
After evacuating to Houston for a few days, Ray then moved to North Carolina to finish out the school year.
As a student athlete, Ray has made an impact on the TCU community and its basketball program. Ray will do anything for his teammates to make them feel better, making them laugh, and pushing them to work harder no matter what obstacle is in their way. Ray says that it helps him realize that he needs to take some of the advice he gives other people, making it a two-way learning experience.
Head coach, Trent Johnson, also leaves a major impact on his players, especially Ray. The second-year head coach has built up TCU's basketball program by coaching his players to be better people on and off the court. Johnson teaches them that 'the ball will stop bouncing eventually,' and the importance of getting a degree and learning how to be ready for life after basketball.
"Coach Johnson teaches us to grow as men," Ray said. " He treats us like men and expects the same respect back. So we all work hard on the court and in school to prepare for our futures after basketball. [Coach Johnson] has made me a better person."
Johnson is a mentor to all of the players, but Ray has a few personal mentors on and off the court. On the court, Ray looks up to, Karviar Shepherd, a freshman and starting center for TCU.
"Even though [Shepherd] is younger than me, I look up to him because he will never lead us the wrong way," Ray said. "He's a young player, but a hard-working one who doesn't act his age. If I'm out of line on the court, he will grab me and tell me to calm down."
Off the court, Ray's mother is his biggest mentor. Her name is tattooed on the inside of his arm. She will call him after every game and tell him to work harder and to be the best he can be.
"I would do anything for her," Ray said. " I don't know what I would do without her. She gives me tough love but will never steer me wrong."
Family is important to Ray. It is a family trait to be hard working, which motivates Ray to do the same thing every day. Ray's mother would do anything for him and his brother growing up, working two to three jobs at a time. Ray is jumping the hurdles in his life to move that family trait on.
"With all of the set backs I've had in my life, I've changed the way I approach different situations," Ray said. "It changed my study habits and work ethic on and off the court. I keep fighting every day to be better."
Chris Hall, Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine, has seen Ray grow as a student athlete as well for the past four years at TCU.
"Jarvis has been through a lot in his time here," Hall said. "He keeps things light but when its time to come into work, he comes in to work. Having to go through Katrina and live through that, it's humbling, but it will never be the same. He has not let little obstacles get in the way of pushing himself through his tough times."
It is just as important to Ray's family as it is to himself to graduate from a school like TCU, considering he will be the first out of his immediate family to graduate from college. It says a lot about the type of person Ray has become, being a student at TCU. Nothing will stop him from over coming that obstacle to graduate in May.
"It means so much to my family and I to graduate from a terrific school and go out to make my own path," Ray said. "It's an amazing feeling because I know where I came from and to be here now, being happy, playing basketball, about to get my degree, will not only make me happy but it will make a lot of people happy."
The future looks bright for Ray. His goal is to try to play somewhere professionally but nothing is more important to him than getting his degree.
"The basketball is going to stop bouncing sooner or later," Ray said. "But no one will ever be able to take my degree away from me. I will always have that to fall back on."
Ray hopes to use his situation to help make a statement to his younger cousins and kids everywhere that it doesn't matter what you have gone through or where you come from. Ray says, "if you work hard you can get your degree even if you've struggled, you've struggled for a reason."Ray's story should bring inspiration to the younger generations that with hard work and dedication you can attain anything. Though Ray will graduate soon, he has left an impact on TCU's campus and basketball program as an example for younger Horned Frogs to look up to.


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Grass-finished beef market sees growth
In five years, the market for grass-finished beef has grown from less than 50 producers to 1,200 companies, said Allan Nation, editor, The Stockman Grass Farmer.
Though grass-finished beef amounts to only one percent of the market, that one percent amounts to a billion dollars, he told producers at the recent Nebraska Grazing Conference.
"What we are learning about how to finish an animal with no grain can be used by others to greatly lower the amount of grain fed and allow a producer to finish an animal much more cheaply than in the present high-grain system," he said.
Success with grass finishing requires early-maturing, mid-sized cattle, Nation said. A steer would finish at about 1100 pounds and a heifer slightly less. Today, most cattle in Nebraska are bigger than that. The heifers finish at about the optimum size for steers, he said.
Nation recommends that producers start with heifers because they finish and mature faster than the males. In fact, a good animal for a producer who just wants to "dip your toe into grass finishing" is a heifer that didn't breed.
To develop select-to-prime grade fat marbling, an animal must gain 1.67 pounds per day for at least 60 days, Nation said.
For stocker cattle, high-protein, cool-season pastures are great, he said, but it's really hard to gain fat on that kind of ration. To gain fat, the animal has to have energy. The energy in the grass comes from the sun, Nation said, and so the highest energy is in the top two or three inches of the grass blade.
"So for a finishing system, we have to have a luxury grazing system where we allow the animals to cream the top two or three inches of the grass to get that high energy component," he said.
Some people worry that they will waste grass, but producers can clean up the remaining grass with stockers or pairs.
To critics who say grass-finished beef is not as palatable as grain-finished, Nation says that tallgrass beef in Kansas yields a higher percentage of prime grade animals than grain finished.
Grass energy is highest late in the day and when the days are longer, so the easiest time of year to finish animals is on the longest day of the year. The best grass-finished beef is usually around the Fourth of July.
Going into the fall, when the grass comes out of its summer slump from the heat and starts to grow again, we have a second spring, Nation said. The grass is low in dry matter then and gains drop. In Nebraska, on cool-season pastures, the animal is about as good as it will get by the end of August – unless the producer holds it into the frost season.
Once the frost hits the grass, it puts dry matter back into it and cattle do excellent. We get a second season after the first light frost where we can really finish animals in Nebraska on cool season grass. We need to feed them some hay to keep the dry matter high, though.
For those who want to try entering a new market, the grass-finished beef market offers a lot of opportunities, Nation said. And the techniques producers are learning in order to produce select-to-prime grade grass-finished beef can help other producers to reduce grain costs.
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Old Mc Donald had a farm, ei,ei,o. And on that farm he had some cows, chicks, pigs, ducks, etc…
That's how I started learning about farming when I was a child. I soon learned that not all farms had cows and all the other animals. I was disappointed but understood that farms can still be farms with only one or a few kinds of animals. My farm education was enhanced by regular visits to my uncle's, formerly my grandfather's farm, and with daily summer walks down the road to see the neighbor farmer's baby pigs. I also visited friends who lived on a farm and got squirted with hot milk right out of the source. Building forts with hay bales and running through cow pastures trying to avoid the cow pies all added to my growing knowledge of farming. It was a gradual education filled with warm summer days and scheduling holiday meals around milking time.
As years went by, I learned that some farms didn't have any animals at all, other than maybe a dog or a cat. They grew crops. Things like peas and grains that were processed in large plants that we drove by as we went into a nearby city for events there. As a teen-ager, my friends and I always took really deep breaths as we drove by the whiskey distillery, where we knew the local grains had been delivered.
I learned about plants by working in the flower garden with my mother. She had a really green thumb and loved plants and working the soil. I don't think she really wanted to ever leave the farm where she was raised. The flowers, a tomato plant and a few rows of lettuce kept her tied to her roots.
All of this came back to me as I participated in the Annual Agricultural Literacy events at area schools. In the two classes where I read, one second grader said his family had chickens, one little girl admitted to having bunnies and two children lived near the woods. That was the extent of the farming experience for about 30 children in the rural area where I live.
How, I asked myself, are these children and all the others in New York State going to learn about the source of their food and how it is produced? In this day of electronic technology which children are exposed to from almost the moment of their birth, do they even know about Old McDonald?
Luckily there are signs of hope. Schools teachers are willing to invite volunteers into their classrooms for special activities related to farming and agriculture. The recent Agricultural Literacy events around the state are evidence of that. While interacting with the children, it was apparent that they were very open to learning about how their food is produced. It was obvious that school trips to farms and orchards had paid off. The children remembered what they had learned and seen and were quite happy to share what they had experienced. Reading and stories about agricultural activities and production helped to reinforce that learning.
Teachers around the State have also been participating in training sessions on how to use the Food, Land and People curriculum that has been developed to incorporate agriculture into the everyday lessons on math, literature, science, and the arts. The curriculum, designed for all ages and grades, blends easily into the state required teachings and comes with lesson plans, activities, and teaching aids. Information on the trainings is available for interested teachers and schools from www.agclassroom.org/ny/programs
There are other ways for children to learn about agriculture besides going to school. 4-H has been teaching children about farming and other subjects for over 50 years. Children do not have to live on a farm to participate and, in many cases, do not even have to own an animal. There are general agricultural activities and specific ones, such as dairy, beef, horses, sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits, and, in certain areas, llamas and alpacas. Information on 4-H activities is available from the local 4-H program in the Cornell Cooperative Extension office.
Parents can encourage children to learn about agriculture by taking their children to area agricultural activities like the County Fair. There farms and 4-Hers demonstrate the results of their activities by having their products and animals exhibited and judged by experts. Children can go to the barns and watch animals being groomed for showing and watch the animals being judged. They may see animals being fed and dairy cows being milked. They may even learn to move quickly if they see and animal raise its tail!
Besides County Fairs, many County Farm Bureaus may hold A Day on the Farm or Open Farms where families can tour the farm and see how it operates. They can ask questions, see demonstrations and participate in activities that are scheduled. They may be able to sample products that are produced on the farm.
Farmers' markets are also a place that children can learn about their food and how it is produced. There the farmers are willing to talk with and answer questions about how they grow and harvest the food they have to sell. Children have an opportunity to see food that is fresh, touch and smell it, and sometimes, even taste it.
So, while most children in New York no longer live on a farm, they still have plenty of opportunities to learn about farming and agriculture. If agricultural organizations, schools and teachers, youth organizations, and parents work together, children can experience agriculture in a variety of ways. So, Old McDonald may not be needed anymore, because experience is really the best teacher.


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May 28, 2012 (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) --Chris Sale struck out a career-high 15, Adam Dunn hit a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox extended their winning streak to six games with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday.
Sale (6-2) gave up one run, three hits and walked two in 7 1/3 innings while finishing one strikeout shy of the team record. Jack Harshman struck out 16 against Boston on July 25, 1954.
Sale struck out his 15th batter, Jose Molina, with a runner on third and two outs in the seventh. He retired his final batter, Rich Thompson, on a grounder to lead off the eighth.
Chicago took a 2-1 lead during the sixth when Gordon Beckham singled and scored on Dunn's 16th homer. Dunn has gone deep 11 times in May.
Matt Moore (1-5) allowed two runs and four hits over seven innings for Tampa Bay.


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Bob Seger Reveals Fall Tour Plans
After 50 years of rocking, Bob Seger is ready to retire from the road — but he has a few things he wants to take care of first.
That list includes a run of October shows that will take Seger and crew into New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Tampa, Orlando, Dallas, Denver, and Vancouver. Specific dates for the shows — and additional stops — will be announced later.
As Silver Bullet Band sax player Alto Reed explained to Rolling Stone in a recent interview, Seger felt he had unfinished business on the road: "We did a few dates on the East Coast, but we couldn't do Madison Square Garden and we didn't do Philadelphia or Pittsburgh."
Aside from warming up for the fall tour, Seger has also been in the studio — a recent Facebook post informed fans that he'd been recording at Ocean Way in Nashville, working on a possible new album.


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Graziano da Silva meets with Sierra Leone's Minister of Agriculture, Food Security & Forestry
19 February 2014, Rome – FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met Sierra Leone's Minister of Agriculture, Food Security and Forestry, Joseph Sam Sesay at FAO headquarters today.
The Minister thanked Graziano da Silva for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) support and for the related national agriculture investment plan, which once finalized allowed the country to raise 50 million dollars from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GASFP).
Graziano da Silva and Minister Sesay discussed the excellent results obtained from the Smallholder Commercialization Programme (SCP), a five year flagship programme to transform agriculture from subsistence to a commercial endeavour approved by the government of Sierra Leone in 2008 as a response to global food price volatility.
The Minister lauded FAO's support in its formulation and implementation, and informed the FAO head that the programme is entering a new phase in which they hope to continue close collaboration with the Organization.
One of the major objectives of the Smallholder Commercialization Programme is to intensify and diversify agricultural production. The main activity included under this objective is the training of farmers through Famer Field Schools, helping farmers organize themselves into Farmer Based Organizations and formation of Agri-Business Centers, which provide a number of services including input supply, processing and linking to markets.


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Running apps, like Personal Running Trainer, are receiving the lions share of digital downloads...
Richmond, VA (PRWEB) January 04, 2013
Running app sales have taken off leading up to and during the first week of 2013. Fitness experts and exercise enthusiasts are in agreement that the technology craze has enhanced awareness and a basic desire for people to get off the couch and into the streets.
New Year resolutions are partially responsible for the spike in downloads. Another variable in this new-found interest in running apps, is the subtle ways that Apple and Google have positioned themselves this year. Both companies have launched new operating systems, complete with new devices and smartphones. The competition between the two companies spurs innovation and creativity among mobile app developers, as well as new twists and innovation to the running app genre.
While losing weight is no easy task, there is no reason to get discouraged. There are websites that offer free tips and training plans and there are several new fitness apps available to get you moving in the right direction. Running apps, like Personal Running Trainer, are receiving the lions share of digital downloads, followed by walking, yoga and biking apps, according to sales figures from the Apple iTunes App Store. The addition of tech to the cardio or weight training routine can have the bonus effect of pushing your workouts to the next level. The advent of digital watches, pulse-rate monitors, pedometers and other devices has brought kinisiology and the science of fitness to the forefront of the American subconscious.
The ease and convenience of being able to keep track of your heart rate, distance traveled and keeping tabs on your progress levels are all engaging the user in a way that is fun, convenient and non-evasive. The need for expensive devices from your neighborhood electronics store is obsolete with the creation of workout apps and wireless, portable devices available online.
The brilliance of this new technology is that a user can monitor their progress in real-time with jogging maps, previous lap times, calorie burn statistics and other analytics. Having this information at one's fingertips is the reason that the industry is on an upswing.


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The Stipend Schedules are approved by the EVMS Graduate Medical Education Council and reviewed annually and adjustments made as economic situations allow. The 2016/2017 schedule is outlined below:
4th postgraduate year
- Post Graduate Year 4 - $58,913
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For further information, please contact the Office of Graduate Medical Education at 757-446-6190.
Health Insurance: A health insurance plan is provided at no cost to the fellow. Fellows may add coverage for a spouse and/or minor dependents through a cost-sharing program. Information regarding the plans is provided in the New Resident Orientation materials. The premium for the least expensive plan is provided by the Eastern Virginia Medical School. If the fellow chooses an alternative plan, the difference between the least costly plan and the plan chosen will be the responsibility of the fellow, and the cost will be automatically deducted from the monthly stipend check. The major plans provide hospital, medical and major medical benefits to the trainee. Coverage begins on the first day of the contract month and ceases on the last day of the contract period. An optional dental plan is available. The entire premium for the dental plan is the responsibility of the trainee.
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