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If you think rice recipes are oh-so-ho-hum, think again. Even if you didn't grow up in places like South Carolina or Louisiana, where this grain reigns, you'll love the delicious pops of Southern flavor we've added to easy rice recipes that anybody can make. Get a taste of the Lone Star State with Texas Caviar Rice and Beans—and ramp up the Tex-Mex even more by topping with guacamole, salsa, and sour cream. Lime juice and jalapeno bring summery zest with a kick to our Southwest Chicken Rice Bowl. For a Louisiana-tinged rice recipe, try Slow-Cooker Red Beans and Rice or Skillet Sausage 'n' Rice—or "go Gulf" with Shrimp-and-Pesto-Rice Salad. Brush up on the basics with Fried Rice 101, an easy rice recipe enlivened with chili garlic sauce, bell pepper, and sweet green peas. Want something healthy and pretty? Try our Chicken-and-Wild-Rice Salad. They're all quick dinner ideas—and delicious.


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Jesuit Father George V. Coyne, president of the Vatican Observatory Foundation and former director of the Vatican Observatory, will be honored by the American Astronomical Society Jan. 4.
The AAS will present the American-born astronomer with the George Van Biesbroeck Prize for his leadership of the Vatican Observatory Summer Schools and its mentoring program for young astronomers, as well as for his role in promoting connections between science and religion.
The prize will be presented at the start of the society's 215th meeting in Washington.
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Wendell Burnette: Crafting Space
Award-winning architect Wendell Burnette discusses his distinctive approach to architecture, one based on developing consensus to create buildings that are timeless and valuable to their clients and users. This methodology extends to using "locally appropriate construction systems and materials" to create "soulful places for our clients, our constituents, our communities, and our world."
Burnette is the 2012 Regnier Distinguished Visiting Chair at Kansas State University.
Co-sponsored by Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning, and Design and the Kansas City Design Center.


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The soccer life of San Jose Earthquakes forward Cornell Glen has always been about walking a tightrope, but perhaps never more so than right now.
But ever since he joined San Jose prior to last season, Glen's health has also been an issue, with nagging muscle injuries often making his availability a week-to-week proposition.
After replacing ineffective striker Ryan Johnson in the starting lineup, Glen showed why he has averaged a goal every 95 minutes of play in his MLS career. He tallied three matches ago against Philadelphia and, in San Jose's match last month against league-leading Los Angeles, Glen made the run that ignited the sequence that led to the Quakes' first goal.
Even so, San Jose coach Frank Yallop is loath to overuse him, wary of incurring another injury.
"We want to get him fitter, so he doesn't get injured, but we don't want to push him too much to get injured," Yallop said. "That's the big issue. It's a tough one."
Glen, who missed several weeks with a hamstring injury earlier this season, is currently nursing what he terms a "slight" groin strain. In order to save him for this past weekend, in which Glen started in a 1-0 home loss to Seattle, the team held him out of practice last Tuesday, giving him drills meant to keep in shape without aggravating the pain.
"I'm probably 90 percent," Glen said. "[The groin injury] is sore, but otherwise I'm doing OK. It's a matter of getting game time, match time and match fitness. Once I'm match fit, I think I can always perform well and help the team as best as I can. It's a matter of getting time in, week-in and week-out, and getting the body used to it."
Glen drives some fans nuts with his propensity to get whistled for being offside, but that's part of the cost of business in using him, since courting that risk is necessary for him to be most effective.
"He unbalances defenses," Yallop said. "I think he's done a nice job of running the line and being dangerous. He's always trying to get a breakaway. And he adds a different dimension to our team. It doesn't always equate to us winning, but it gives us a different look."
On offense, Glen fits in just fine with Yallop's counterattacking plan for this roster. But hounding the opposition with terrier-like tenacity is – another prized Yallop trait among forwards – is not exactly Glen's game.
"If it's working for us, it's probably the best thing that we play that way, and play on the counterattack," Glen said. "So far, it's not going too bad, but it's not going too well, either. There's a lot of stuff we've got to work on."


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Being a Yale man ("Boola, Boola, Boola, Boola!" goes the ol' school fight song) Ken Agostino's in good company. Bill Clinton, William F. Buckley Jr., Sinclair Lewis, Cole Porter are, or were, too. Well, he's on a different sort of campus now, one, in its own way, also of the highest learning. Once again he finds himself in good company. NHL company.
It has been my honour and privilege over the past 30 years to care for children and adolescents who have been diagnosed to have ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) or ADHD, when there is also an element of hyperactivity combined with inattention. Every time I attend a lecture on this topic or engage in continued education, I am amazed by how various experts in the field agree to disagree on the causes, treatments and prognosis of ADHD/ADD.
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows," Bob Dylan sang. But these days, a guide through the seemingly endless flurry of pop culture offerings is just what we need. With that in mind, here is what's on the radar screen in TV, music and film for the coming week.
CALGARY — She is the odds-on favourite right now to become the next President of the United States — if she decides to run for the position as one of the world's most powerful and influential leaders. But before then, Hillary Rodham Clinton, former U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, and First Lady, will pay a visit to Calgary.
Standing behind me waiting to check in to the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess hotel is none other than Julius Erving, the basketball legend known as Dr. J. He actually nods and says hello. Dr. J is in Arizona for one reason — to play golf.
Inequality for All: Four stars out of five — He's a little man with a great big message: Robert Reich says the United States of America is betraying its fundamental ideology of equality by allowing the income gap to widen. Using one of Reich's Ivy League lectures as the basic structure for his film, director Jacob Kornbluth follows Reich's steady train of thought into every station — without missing a single chunk of America's crumbling landscape along the way. The former labor secretary to Bill Clinton, as well as a respected adviser to several other Presidents (of both partisan stripes), Reich sets up two kinds of cycles: a virtuous cycle where the economic ladder is accessible and promotes a healthy society, and a vicious cycle, where the income gap is so wide it prevents social mobility and kills the American dream. Using interviews from the rich and the poor, the film articulates a compelling — if one-sided — argument about the need for a living wage, affordable education and health care that does not bankrupt the middle class. Special features unavailable.
The four women in matching blond wigs, pink bustiers and shiny short shorts have just fired off the confetti cannons at the Ghostbar Dayclub. The DJ cranks up the tunes and a group of friends dressed as 1980s sitcom characters hits the dance floor with a whoop.
LOS ANGELES — Former U.S. president George W. Bush is headed to The Tonight Show next week to talk about his post-White House years with Jay Leno, NBC said Tuesday.
Not long ago Steven Chu was one of the most powerful and influential people in the world in the energy industry. As President Barack Obama's Secretary of Energy, Chu was at the heart of discussions forming energy policy for the United States.
You are obliged to scroll back a ways. Quite a stretch, matter of fact. All the way to 1995. To put it in some sort of historical context, O.J. Simpson went on trial in 1995. The DVD format was announced in 1995. The Russian space station Mir launched and Forrest ("Life is like a box of chocolates") Gump swept the Oscars,
The Netflix series House of Cards is a critical darling these days, nominated for multiple Emmys. A saga of political skullduggery, it's set in that centre of global power, Washington D.C. But at least one plot thread reminded me of recent events in Alberta. And it involves an evolving political issue: When we are judging our elected (and unelected) representatives, just what constitutes an unforgivable sin?
It seems that good ol' illicit sex and drugs are no longer enough to punt a politico from office.
I watched a lot of professional basketball this year, probably too much. By June I was following the playoffs obsessively.
Troubled pop star Justin Bieber is racking up moron mileage points and losing fans by the minute.
The results of the British Columbia election tell a number of stories. The first is that pollsters, having again gotten it so wrong, have lost a lot of credibility and political parties should think twice about whom they hire.
It's a diplomatic failure at the highest level: Bill Clinton couldn't get Led Zeppelin to reunite.
Writers love to discover stories that are extensions of their own. But what happens when you're a playwright whose perfect story turns out to have a gigantic, unforeseen twist that turns the whole thing upside down?
A popular air show has cancelled plans to stage a re-enactment of the devastating World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after protests, officials said Thursday.
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Huskers Sweep Titles, Top Michigan State
Lincoln, Neb. - The No. 7 Nebraska women's gymnastics team swept all four events and the all-around competition en route to a 196.700-192.100 win over conference foe Michigan State (0-2, 0-1 Big Ten) on Saturday evening.. The Huskers (1-1, 1-1 Big Ten) were powered by excellent performances on bars and beam in front of 2,165 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
"This is a great team performance and a great team win," Head Coach Dan Kendig said. "I'm most proud that, after two meets, we haven't had any major mistakes. We've got more in us, though, and we're going to keep plugging and working to get to where we want to be."
Junior Emily Wong was tops for the Huskers on Saturday, posting stellar performances on all four events to earn three individual event titles and the all-around title. Wong earned awards on vault (9.90), uneven bars (9.95) and beam (9.925) en route to a 39.650 in all-around competition. Freshman Hollie Blanske also had a breakout performance on floor, posting a 9.90 to earn the floor title for the Big Red.
"Emily had an incredible night," Kendig said. "I'm also proud of Hollie. A few days ago, we weren't sure if she would go tonight, but we're glad she did. She tumbles big and she did great."
Nebraska started the night on vault, hitting a solid score of 49.050 on the evening. The Huskers were paced by Wong, who hit a season-high 9.90 for the event title. Adding to the Huskers' efforts were senior Janelle Giblin and sophomore Jessie DeZiel, who picked up identical marks of 9.85.
The Spartans had early struggles in their first rotation, but pulled together on their final two routines to post a score of 47.650 on bars. Following the first rotation, Nebraska led Michigan State by a score of 49.050-47.650.
NU moved to bars on the second rotation, where the Huskers exploded for a 49.450, the 10th-highest mark in school history. The team was led by a trio of Huskers that scored 9.90s or higher to finish 1-2-3. Wong led the Big Red and the meet for the second consecutive rotation, nailing a career-best 9.95. Jennifer Lauer and DeZiel each added a 9.90 on the evening, while Hollie Blanske and Janelle Giblin each picked up scores of 9.85.
Michigan State picked up a mark of 48.450 on vault in their second event of the evening. After two rotations, Nebraska extended their lead to 98.500-96.100.
In the third rotation, the Huskers took to the balance beam to try to match their strong showing last week against Michigan. The team posted another excellent showing, finishing with a 49.150. Wong continued her stellar performance, earning a 9.925 on beam to lead the meet and match her career-high. Jennifer Lauer showed her strength on beam as well, earning a 9.875, while Nathe added a 9.80.
MSU finished with a 47.850 on floor to put their team total after three rotations at 143.950. With only one rotation remaining, Nebraska led the Spartans 147.650-143.950.
Nebraska completed their evening on floor exercise, posting a team score of 49.050, paced by Blanske's meet-winning mark of 9.90. The floor performance and Blanske's win were her first as a Husker. Wong added a 9.875 for the Big Red, while DeZiel chipped in a 9.80 to seal the victory for the Huskers.
After Michigan picked up a 48.150 on beam to finish the night, Nebraska's officially earned the 196.700-192.100 victory over the Spartans. Wong's 39.650 was tops in all-around competition, with DeZiel in second at 39.325. Lauer added a 39.200, and Giblin finished at 38.975. Michigan State's all-around efforts were led by Lisa Burt, who earned a 39.125.
Nebraska will go on the road for the second time in three meets next weekend, facing 21st-ranked Ohio State on Friday, Jan. 25. The Huskers will take on the Buckeyes at 6 p.m. CST in St. John Arena. NU will return to Lincoln the following weekend, welcoming Illinois to the Devaney Center on Friday, Feb. 1. Fans can purchase tickets online at Huskers.com or by calling the Nebraska Ticket Office at 1-80-8BIGRED.
Name Vault Bars Beam Floor All-Around
Jordyn Beck --- --- --- --- ---
Hollie Blanske --- 9.85 9.775 9.90 ---
Jessie DeZiel 9.85 9.90 9.775 9.80 39.325
Janelle Giblin 9.85 9.85 9.65 9.625 38.975
Kailyn Hawkins --- --- --- --- ---
Amanda Lauer --- --- --- --- ---
Jennifer Lauer 9.70 9.90 9.875 9.725 39.200
Ariel Martin --- --- --- --- ---
Madison McConkey --- --- --- --- ---
Kassandra Nathe --- 9.775 9.80 --- ---
Jamie Schleppenbach --- --- --- --- ---
Brittany Skinner --- --- --- --- ---
Desire' Stephens 9.75 --- --- 9.75 ---
Emily Wong 9.90 9.95 9.925 9.875 39.650
Team Score Vault Bars Beam Floor Total
Nebraska 49.050 49.450 49.150 49.050 196.700
Michigan State 48.450 47.650 48.150 47.850 192.100


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AMD and ATI merged, users waited for a product supposed to rock
the gaming world. As time was passing, more and more details came to
the surface concerning an upcoming chipset with the codename "RD790".
This chipset has several interesting features like PCI Express v2.0 and
up to four PCI-e slots that could enable a possible Quad Crossfire
setup to further enhance video graphics performance. Gigabyte, one of
the lead manufacturers released to the market the GA-MA790FX-DQ6 with
several interesting features. This new board is supported to support the
upcoming AM2+ socket compatible processors (Phenom), which unfortunately
haven't been released yet to the market. In this review we will examine
how well Gigabyte's RD790 proposal performs against a very popular AM2
board, the Asus M2N32WS Pro, that is based on Nvidia's 590SLI.
- AMD/ATI RD790 chipset
Sometime ago, DailyTech posted some information about the upcoming RD790. The article mentioned that there will be two reference boards Mako and Wahoo.
Mako is the single processor reference board with support for socket
AM2 and AM2+ processors which we will review today. It consists mainly of two ATI chipsets, the RD790 and the SB600.
The PCI Express lane configuration for Mako is as follows:
two full-speed PCIe x16 slots, one physical PCIe x16 slot with four
lane signaling for physics, one physical PCIe x4 slots with two lanes
shared between Gigabit Ethernet and SATA and one PCI slot. These lanes can be further divided to deliver four PCIe x8 slots as well. PCI Express 2.0 will be supported as well.
Gigabyte delivers the first board that supports AMD AM2+
Phenom™/ AM2 Athlon™64 series processors. The GA-MA790FX-DQ6 supports
Dual Channel DDR2 1066 and comes with Quad PCIe 2.0 graphics interface
with ATI CrossFire technology support (two x16 or four x8). The chipset supports 41 lanes of PCIe 2.0 and can run CrossFire and the future Quad CrossFire.
Other features on this board include a Realtek ALC 889A
codec with DTS Connect support, featuring 106 dB Signal to Noise ratio
enabling Blu-ray and HD DVD high quality Full Rate Lossless audio
playback, onboard Dual Gigabit LAN with Teaming function support and
Quad BIOS solution for multiple layers of protection. There
are also 4 eSATA ports, 1394 and S/PDIF
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1. Supports AMD AM2+ Phenom™/ AM2 Athlon™64 processors and support 4000/ 2000 MT/s FSB.
2. Supports DDR2 1066 memory for outstanding system performance.
3. Quad PCI-E 2.0 graphics interface with ATI CrossFireX™ technology support (two x16 or four x8).
4. Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
5. Features dual high speed Gigabit Ethernet and one IEEE1394
6. Ultra Durable 2 motherboard features High Quality CPU Power design
with Ferrite core chokes, Low RDS (on) MOSFET and Solid Capacitors.
7. Durable Capacitors that take advantage of Japanese manufactured SMD
(Surface Mount Device) solid capacitors for enhanced system durability.
8. All New Copper SILENT-PIPE that includes heat sinks covering MOSFET modules, the north bridge and the south bridge.
9. Audio controller from ALC 889A codec and DTS Connect, featuring 106
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Lean for Systems Engineering with Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering
Lean for Systems Engineering with Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering
Sep 2011
336 pages
""Bohdan W. Oppenheim has pulled together experience-based insights of experts across industry, government, and academia into a comprehensive sourcebook for lean systems engineering principles and practices. This book can educate those new to lean engineering, as well as provide new insights and enablers that best-in-class organizations will want to adopt."" Dr. Donna H. Rhodes, Principal Research Scientist, SEAri and LAI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
""Lean for Systems Engineering is targeted at the practitioner who is trying to make systems engineering more effective in her or his organization or program, yet its scholarly underpinnings make the text very suitable for teachers. Educators and trainers who wish to weave lean thinking into their systems engineering curriculum will find this an invaluable text."" Earll M. Murman, Ford Professor of Engineering Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
""At last, a book that distills years of research and scholarly inquiry into a concise and coherent form for both the student and practitioner. This book will become the favored guide and 'must read' for any engineer and manager trying to establish and maintain lean practices and principles in their systems engineering/product development processes. J. Robert Wirthlin, PhD, Lt. Col., USAF, Program Director of the Graduate Research and Development Management Program, Air Force Institute of Technology Visiting Faculty, U.S. Air Force Center for Systems Engineering
""A vital contribution to linking lean practices to systems engineering. I will definitely use it as a reference for my course and writings on a value approach to product and system development."" Dr. Stanley I. Weiss, Consulting Professor, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
""Taking the opportunity to develop and refine the Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering provided clear direction for Lean Engineering Accelerated Planning at Rockwell Collins. The Lean Enablers form a solid basis for Lean Product Development. Following this checklist and methodology promotes Lean value and waste eliminationand commonsense best practices."" Deborah A. Secor, Principal Project Manager and Lean Master, Rockwell Collins
""Bo Oppenheim has been at the forefront of lean systems engineering for the better part of the last decade...An ardent advocate of lean systems engineering, the author has offered an honest appraisal of where lean systems engineering stands today. Practitioners interested in lean systems engineering will find the Lean Enablers especially useful."" Azad M. Madni, PhD, Professor and Director, SAE Program, Viterbi School of Engineering; Professor, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
List of Enablers and Subenablers in Chapter 7.
List of Figures and Numbered Text Boxes.
1. Introduction.
1.1 Introducing Lean Systems Engineering and Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering.
1.2 Organization of the Book.
2. A Brief History of Recent Management Paradigms.
2.1 From TQM to Six Sigma and Lean.
2.2 Lean Six Sigma.
3. Lean Fundamentals.
3.1 Value.
3.2 Waste.
3.3 Lean Principles.
3.4 The Lean Symphony of the Principles.
4. Lean in Product Development.
4.1 Review of Progress.
4.2 The Method of Lean Product Development Flow (LPDF).
5. From Traditional to Lean Systems Engineering.
5.1 Successes and Failures of Traditional Systems Engineering.
5.2 Waste in Traditional Systems Engineering.
5.3 Beginnings of Lean Systems Engineering.
5.4 Lean Systems Engineering Working Group of InCOSE.
5.5 Value in Lean Systems Engineering.
6. Development of Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE).
6.1 Strategy.
6.2 Development of LEfSE).
6.3 Survey.
6.4 Benchmarking with NASA and GAO Recommendations.
6.5 Version 1.0 and Awards.
7. Lean Enablers for System Engineering.
7.1 Organization.
7.2 Tables with Lean Enablers for Systems Engineering (LEfSE).
8. General Guidance for Implementation.
8.1 General Guidance for Implementing LEfSE.
8.2 Early Case Studies.
Glossary of Abbreviations.
Glossary of Idioms, Colloquialisms and Foreign Expressions (bold and italicized in the text).
Appendix 1. INCOSE Web Page with LEfSE.
Appendix 2. Mapping of LEfSE onto INCOSE SE Processes.
Author's Biography.


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Fox that bit NC toddler, mom tests positive for rabies
Fox that bit NC toddler, mom tests positive for rabies
Animal control officials say a fox that attacked a Cumberland County woman, her child and their dog has tested positive for rabies.
Cumberland County Animal Control director Dr. John Lauby said the woman was in her yard, playing with her 2-year-old son and their dog when the fox came into the yard and attacked them.
According to animal control, the fox bit Johnson when she tried to stop it by grabbing it and throwing it. A release from animal control said the fox then began to attack the dog's leg before the woman's husband killed the fox Sunday night and called animal control.
Lauby said the fox was sent to the State Veterinary Lab in Raleigh for testing, and he learned Tuesday that the test was positive.


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Eat It: Chicken Breast That Passes My Test
There are only so many ways to make chicken breast interesting, and pan searing it with a roasted red pepper puree and warm quinoa, spinach, sunchoke and pickled ramp salad ($13) is now at the top of my list.
Seared to a salty, juicy perfection, it's the sweet combo of the roasted red pepper puree combined with the acidity of the pickled ramps that make today's chicken breast special exceptional. The addition of the warm quinoa/spinach/sunchoke salad not only helped me feel healthily inspired by this meal, but also brightened up the plate in colour and texture.
The next time someone tells me chicken is boring, I will site this dish and prove that sometimes chicken breast can pass the test.


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A five-state coalition, warning that decades of damage inflicted by man and nature could take a $350 billion toll, called Wednesday on the White House and Congress to make an urgent commitment of massive, long-term aid to protect the battered Gulf Coast, its fragile ecosystem and its oil, seafood, shipping and tourism industries.
"The Gulf Coast is coming to the end of its borrowed time, I'm afraid," R. King Milling, the chairman of America's Wetland Foundation, said in unveiling a report containing 30 recommendations for coastal restoration from Florida to Texas, steps estimated to cost tens of billions of dollars at a time of fiscal frugality in Washington.
"Unless we act decisively and boldly, coastal degradation will continue to accelerate and will outpace our efforts to combat it," Milling told a news conference. "And the region's irreplaceable resources – oil and gas, navigation, fishing and that remarkable ecosystem – will be gone in a matter of decades. This is not conjecture. This is fact."
The report summarizes the results of forums held over 14 months in 11 communities from Florida to Texas – including Biloxi, Miss. – in which more than 1,100 local leaders were asked to set aside partisan or parochial differences and join in a common cause.
It estimates that the Gulf Coast could face $350 billion in cumulative economic losses over the next 20 years from storm surges, rising seas due to global warming and sinking land masses due to mistaken management of the Mississippi River.
The recommendations include calls for urgent federal action to fast-track coastal restoration projects and eliminate conflicting federal policies, and for adopting long-term strategies to defend shorelines against storm surges, such as the wall of water that Hurricane Katrina unleashed on Mississippi and Louisiana in 2005.
They call for a stable, sustained budget for the Army Corps of Engineers to dredge the Mississippi River and distribute the sediment for coastal restoration, rather than allowing it to be carried into the Gulf of Mexico, where fertilizer nutrients have created a dead zone that eliminates oxygen for marine life.
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who joined her Republican colleague David Vitter and officials from Mississippi, Alabama and Texas at the event, vowed to "fight politically at every level across party lines to save this most special and spectacular place."
Milling criticized Washington policymakers as taking a shortsighted approach to the complex threats in the gulf, among them hurricanes, oil spills and an overflow of Mississippi River sediment.
In comparison to the $140 billion in post-Katrina recovery costs in Louisiana alone, earlier projections of $14 billion for restorations that might have prevented much of the damage look like a bargain, he said. Now, he wrote in introducing the report, Louisiana needs another $50 billion to repair a jagged shoreline that's so long it could stretch coast to coast.
Tina Shumate, the director of coastal management for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, said the recent reconstruction of a sea wall in Bay St. Louis, Miss., had prevented the flooding of hundreds of homes from a storm surge late last month during Hurricane Isaac.
Sizable pots of money already are flowing to the affected states. In the aftermath of British oil giant BP's 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout, which sent hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the gulf, each of the five states has received $100 million in restoration money from the oil company.
Then last year, after a united push by congressional delegations from those states, Congress passed the RESTORE Act, which dedicates to those states 80 percent of the penalties recovered by the U.S. government in a Clean Water Act suit against BP. Landrieu said those funds could total between $5 billion and $20 billion.
Asked how she'd pry loose money for the gulf amid the nation's fiscal crisis, Landrieu said she was pushing for the federal government to allot 37.5 percent of the royalties collected on gulf oil leases for restoration efforts, noting that the U.S. government has reaped more than $100 billion already without sharing any of the money.
She said the battle wasn't just to save the coastline, but also "to save a culture."
"We need the federal government to step up the pace," Landrieu said, "and not just when a hurricane is barreling down our throat, not just when a hurricane has flooded our communities, not just when people are swimming for their lives out of their homes."
"We need our federal government to give this coast the respect that we deserve," she said.


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MUS228 Classical Voice Studio
Applied voice students develop performance skills in workshop setting, performing regularly and observing one another. Analysis of individual performances guided by the instructor. Students also receive weekly half-hour coaching with an accompanist assigned by the professor. Co-requisite, MUS220 Applied Voice.
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The average person sleeps around eight hours a night — which amounts to a third of your life spent in bed. But despite the amount of time that we find ourselves tucked under our covers, most of us don't give much thought to the place we plant our bodies when night falls (or when a nap calls). While it's well-known that getting enough sleep is vital to our health and our ability to function effectively, many of us don't consider the fact that the quality of sleep we get also plays an important role. One way to improve your night's sleep is to invest in a high-quality 100% natural mattress. One of our favorites here at Inhabitat is by Coco-Mat, a family-owned, eco-minded company producing sustainable beds designed for the deepest of slumbers. Each of their beds is made from multiple layers of natural materials that provide optimal, elastic support to the human body, without the use of metal springs. The eco-friendly company only utilizes natural materials from renewable sources, such as coco fiber, natural rubber, wool, cotton, sea weed, horsehair, silk, linen, wood and goose down (read: no toxic chemicals or retardants). Established in 1989, Coco-Mat has developed a global following – and they recently set up shop right in the heart of New York City!
The importance of a good night's sleep
If you've found yourself tossing and turning some nights, or find that your bed feels more like a cardboard box full of springs than a cozy place of respite, your mattress may be the source of these woes. A Harvard medical study revealed that 75% of people encounter sleep difficulties at least a few nights each week. Although a short-lived bout of insomnia is generally nothing to worry about, chronic sleep disruptions and sleep loss can contribute to health problems such as weight gain, high blood pressure, and a decrease in your immune system's power. Given how many hours you spend sleeping, it's a good idea to invest in a quality mattress that's going to keep the Sandman coming every night – a Coco-Mat mattress is guaranteed to last 20 years.
Coco-Mats' system provides perfect support for all body types, creating the best possible conditions for a healthy and relaxing sleep. Their 4-Layer Bed was developed after years of experience in mattress-making. Coco-Mat combines four top products in one bed system: bed-mattress, mattress, natural rubber top-mattress and goose down topper. Moreover, each individual layer consists of a specific combination of all-natural materials, giving the bed the elasticity your body requires.
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Toxic chemicals in mattresses and how they affect your health
After a series of mattress fire fatalities, a new law was enacted in 2007 requiring all newly produced mattresses to contain enough fire retardant to withstand a 2 foot wide blowtorch open flame for 70 seconds. As a result, now nearly 90% of mattresses (including those geared towards baby and kids) are being sold laden with highly toxic fire retardants to meet this standard. Unfortunately, while it is possible to meet this law in other, safer ways, flame retardants are the most cost-efficient for manufacturers, and long-term effects on human health are not considered. The average mattress can contain everything from boric acid (a reproductive and developmental toxin used as a pesticide) to antimony (a possible carcinogen that causes heart and lung damage) to decabromodiphenyl oxide (a possible carcinogen that causes hair and memory loss) and more.
Chemicals can leach though pillow and mattress covers, being absorbed through the skin, and direct exposure has been noted to cause everything from skin irritation, learning and memory deficits, cancer, heart, lung and kidney damage, and SIDS and birth defects in babies. As it stands there are no proven health risks from the substances in mattresses, but this is mostly because tracking their long-term, accumulated effects is virtually impossible (note: the law is just five years old).
Coco-Mat has passed the flame test by using 100% natural wool which is a natural flame retardant. Coco-Mat is committed to making beds that are chemical-free and 100% organic.
Coco-Mat: A natural alternative that's good for you and the earth
Unlike mass-produced mattresses, Coco-Mat forgoes treating its sleeping products with chemicals, and they rely exclusively on ecological, non-toxic, and non-aggressive dyes (if materials are not used in their natural state and color). They only employ natural materials to make their beds, mattresses, and cribs – much like the bedding used by the greats back in the day. "Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: they used to sleep on mattresses made out of cotton, made out of seaweed, made out of aroma therapy. So the principle is the same," says Coco-Mat's co-founder Paul Efmorfidis.We follow the tradition of all these wise people, and nowadays we produce non-metal beds and mattresses."
Coco-Mat mattresses are made using layers of sustainable materials that range from rubberized coconut fiber, goosedown, horse hair, cactus, sustainable hardwood, cotton, wool, linen, down, lavender and jute. The company never uses metal in their beds, and they are built to be as easy on the environment as possible. While the mattresses are all-natural, Coco-Mat is still able to meet federal flame retardant standards. In fact, they are currently the only company that uses a layer of wool as a fire retardant and they have passed the tests required by the federal government.
Additionally, Coco-Mat is committed to protecting the environment and manufacturing products in a way that minimizes the company's footprint the earth. Their products are all handmade in a manufacturing unit in Xanthi, Greece; the workshop comprises a total of seven buildings in an area covering 269,000 sq ft. The factory typically maintains a 96% recycling rate, and the company has invested heavily in new production methods that minimize the amount of waste and cut-offs, often reusing remaining materials to make additional products. The mattresses are even packaged in sustainable, reusable packaging when being shipped.
Where to find these fab mattresses
Coco-Mat mattresses can be found in over 2,700 luxury hotels across the globe, and their popularity has grown so much that they've opened 60 stores in 11 countries. Most notably, earlier this year they opened a 5,560 sq ft flagship store in the hip and trendy SoHo neighborhood of New York City (at 49 Mercer Street). The two-story shop is the company's first in the US and it invites customers to learn more about their signature mattresses and their "sleep on nature" mantra. If you're in town, we highly recommend that you stop on by, learn a bit more about what goes into making them, and of course give them a try for yourself.


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HONOLULU (AP) — The National Weather Service has downgraded Hurricane Julio to Category 1, the least powerful level.
Sam Houston, a forecaster with the weather service, says Julio's winds have weakened to about 92 mph or 80 knots.
The hurricane is about 355 miles northeast of Hilo and 510 miles east of Honolulu. Julio is expected come closest to Hawaii early Sunday and linger near the state into Monday.


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Iran: Hijab Crackdown Intensifies as Election Anniversary Nears
It might be hard to imagine that a woman's attendance at a university would be contingent upon the way she dresses. But during Friday Prayers at Tehran University on May 21, Ayatollah Jannati, an influential member of Iran's Guardian Council, suggested just that, demanding that a strict version of the Hijab Islamic covering be a requirement for female students. "The university and students are both under your control and you can select the students based on this condition," he told officials. "If not, let the Disciplinary Committee enter the action. A student needs his [sic] grade, he has no choice, he will do as you order him."
Hijab - covering the whole body except the face with a scarf or veil - is mandatory for all Iranian women. But in a country in which almost 70 percent of the population is under 30 years old, and where women have outnumbered men in university attendance two-to-one over the past several years, more and more young women are adopting a sort of stylish Hijab that is coming under growing fire from conservatives.
During the summer, when temperatures rise to over 30 degrees C., the Hijab gets skimpier. The sleeves of the fashionable manteaus (women's dress tunic) are cropped shorter, exposing wrists and forearms. Hems rise well above the knees and the more tailored designs accentuate the natural curves of the female form.
This, over tight jeans that may expose a bit of the ankles and a head scarf that may slide back a bit, or dance around the neck - well, you get the picture.
Ali Motahari, a conservative Member of Parliament, said earlier this month on Iran's national television, "If there is no standard Hijab, they won't know where to stop."
"It would turn into Europe, rest assured it would be like Europe," he said, "Especially because Iranian ladies have fertile grounds for this (not wearing Hijab) and there was an example of this during the Shah's era."
Before the 1979 Revolution, the Hijab was optional. Now after 30 years of Islamic dress codes, mainly invented by the Iranian authorities, many women are edging towards the pre-revolution lifestyle and attire.
It has not escaped the notice of religious hardliners, particularly with the one-year anniversary of Iran's disputed Jun. 12, 2009 elections approaching. In a recent sermon, Kazem Sadighi, Imam of Tehran's Friday Prayers, drew a connection between extramarital sex and natural disasters.
"[Attractive women] will cause young men to feel stirred and to rebel and follow their desires [and] then they would engage in illicit sex and fornication would increase in the society," he said.
"According to our religious narratives, this is one of the reasons for some sudden calamities," he said. "When fornication is on the rise, earthquakes abound."
Efforts to enforce a strict Hijab go back to 2003, when the Women's Cultural and Social Council of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council approved the Development Plan for Hijab and Chastity. In 2005, it was disseminated to various government offices and organisations. But in 2009, the media announced that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had put the plan on hold - curiously right around the time of his re-election.
This year, authorities have finally begun to implement the plan, which defines specific duties for two dozen cultural and military organisations involved in enforcing the Hijab and a culture of chastity. For example, the police force is responsible for 21 tasks, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) is responsible for 32 tasks, and so on.
However, many women, like 29-year-old activist Saba Vasefi, do not welcome government interference in their private lives.
"I believe Hijab is an invisible political tool for the stagnant, patriarchal politics... a view that gives priority to woman's sexuality over her other human dimensions," Vasefi told IPS in a telephone interview from Tehran.
"Undoubtedly, the totalitarian system's patronising way of thinking encourages people to deny their bodies, wear unkempt clothes, and gravitate toward sadness, and it has no room for human health and development. This thinking cannot be effective in reducing abnormal behaviour in the society," she said.
"The type of covering that the government promotes and is enforcing lacks harmony with the Iranian society's common preferences," a Tehran University professor told IPS on the condition of anonymity. "Even in the Quran, Hijab and clothing are addressed as relative issues and not absolute ones and nowhere in the Quran is there a mandate for a particular dress code."
Ali Qolizadeh, a student activist, told IPS that the authorities have stepped up monitoring of people's dress and that "for example, in most universities they have placed individuals at the entrance gates who issue notices to female students."
"Other than the type of clothes, this problem could also be caused for male and female students who have had normal conversations throughout the campus," he said. "In many cases, just for a simple conversation with a classmate from the opposite sex, the Disciplinary Committee would accuse students of illicit relations."
A mandatory Islamic dress code is not what the grand Ayatollahs promised the Iranian people in the fist place. Right after the 1979 Revolution, one of Ayatollah Khomeini's close allies, the influential cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Taleghani, said, "Hijab is not mandatory, even for Muslim women, let alone for religious minorities...We do not say women shouldn't go to offices [to work], and nobody else is saying it either."
By Omid Memarian
May 27, 2010
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Putnam County 4-H Building Receives Monsanto Award
Due to the generosity of Robert and Janice Ray of Unionville and the effort of Classic Kids 4-H Club Leader Kelly Valentine, the Putnam County 4-H Building was the recipient of the Monsanto "America's Farmers Grow Communities Grant Award". The $2,500 award will be used to continue the re-modeling effort now going on at the building which is located at the City Park in Unionville. The re-modeling includes updating kitchen and bathrooms and adding insulation and central heating air conditioning.
The 4-H Building is utilized by not only the county 4-H program but is truly a community building. Representatives from each of the six 4-H clubs in the county make up the building committee which is the administering body of the building. These same 6 clubs are responsible for setting up and tearing down as well as checking the building all throughout the Putnam County Fair, one of the larger fairs in North Missouri. County-wide 4-H events such as Achievement Day, Day Camps and the Fair utilize the building as do wedding receptions, family reunions, educational programs and many other events throughout the year.
The Ray's have had family involved in 4-H in the past and continue to today also. Their hope is that updating this community facility is one way to allow young people to live and work here as well as to remain in our community, partly due to the skills they obtain through the 4-H program.
Putnam County 4-H wishes to thank Monsanto, Robert and Janice Ray and Kelly Valentine for their help with the re-modeling of the Putnam County 4-H Building .
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Elena Bulatova was born in Alexandrov, Russia, where she began painting and creating at a young age. As her sister recalls, Elena dreamed big from an early age and set out to earn a gold medal in third grade, an award for near perfection at school. As she grew older, her interests expanded to include public administration and economics. After graduating from Moscow State University with honors and the gold medal in 2006, she was the only Russian student to receive the prestigious Fox Fellowship in 2007 to attend Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Since arriving in Palm Springs a few years ago, Elena has split her time between painting and working in her own gallery, Elena Bulatova Fine Art, located in the heart of downtown Palm Springs. Elena blossomed as she focused on producing abstracts in a studio in the art district, and grew to also have her own space on the main strip, N. Palm Canyon, in Palm Springs, California, which now includes her innovative mixed-media sculptures and artists collected from around the world. Elena was nominated by CV Independent readers as the best Best Local Visual Artist in their inaugural Best of Coachella Valley 2014-2015 contest. She was also one of the first artists to sell pieces during the Art Marketing Mind's first art fair experience during "ArtSpot" at the Intrepid Gallery hosted by Red Dot Art Fair in December of 2012. Paintings by Elena Bulatova are also included in International Contemporary Masters Volume VII, presenting the work of artists and trends in art all over the world. In December 2015, Elena decided to open a new gallery in Las Vegas, on Gallery Row, beside some of the art world's giants (Richard MacDonald, Dale Chihuly, and Richard Lough Jr.). This new location has situated her in a truly global market, and in a sentence, we offer the best contemporary and mixed-media paintings and sculptures in the world.
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Oscar-winning director Ron Howard is to make a new documentary chronicling the early part of The Beatles' career, with the full support of the band and their families.
His film will focus on the period from their days performing in Liverpool's Cavern Club and their Hamburg residency up to their final paying concert in San Francisco's Candlestick Park in 1966.
The story was previously covered extensively in the Beatles Anthology series of films in the 1990s.
Howard - who picked up an Academy Award for A Beautiful Mind - will cover what are known as "the touring years" in his film. After the Candlestick Park show, the Fab Four concentrated on the studio, playing publicly on only one other occasion with their rooftop gig in 1969 at their Savile Row HQ in London.
The new film is being made with the "full cooperation" of Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well as the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison - Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison.
Howard said he was "excited and honoured" to be working "on this astounding story of these four young men who stormed the world in 1964".
He added: "Their impact on popular culture and the human experience cannot be exaggerated."
It was the band's visit to the US in early 1964, along with a first celebrated appearance on popular US programme The Ed Sullivan show, which demonstrated the impact they had made on a global scale.
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Sorry it has been so long since I recorded. Work, weather and such prevented it.
Lots of updates this week. A bit about the animals, about cooking, about knitting and spinning too:)
In the knitting update I just have to share the new sweater I am planning to cast on this week--Pas de Valse
by Marne MacLean. Although it may seem like I have plenty to be knitting on;) I do need a simple knit for when I'm hanging around others. Something that happens quite a bit this month. I'll be knitting this out of Malabrigo sock.
My first purchase from Make One. Yes I have a new LYS! I'll be teaching spinning and knitting there starting in January.
You can find the dinner roll recipe in the Holiday Baking issue 2009 of Cook's Illustrated.
One thing I forgot to mention in the podcast is that I have started blogging again. I took a season off, but I'm back to it. Deb on the Web is active again;)
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MOSCOW The lower house of the Russian parliament Friday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban adoption of Russian children by Americans, sending the contentious legislation a step closer to President Vladimir Putin's desk.
Putin hasn't said whether he will sign the measure into law if it passes its next stage of being approved by the upper house.
Some top government officials including the foreign minister and the education minister have spoken flatly against the bill, one part of a larger measure by angry lawmakers retaliating against a recently signed U.S. law that calls for sanctions against Russians deemed to be human-rights violators.
It nonetheless received strong approval in Friday's third reading in the State Duma, passing by a vote of 420-7-1.
The upper house, the Federation Council, is likely to consider the measure Wednesday, vice-speaker Alexander Torshin was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency.
Torshin said there is "serious basis for supposing the draft bill will be supported by the Federation Council."


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Sustainability was a focal point from the project's conception. "The facility was designed to be equivalent to a LEED Silver-rated facility as established by the United States Green Building Council's LEED Green Building Rating System," says Cobb. Though the building is designed to achieve LEED Silver certification, administrators decided not to obtain LEED certification because they wanted to direct the money toward providing more student services, says Schoonover.
Energy-efficient features include demand-control ventilation, low-volume exhaust hoods, composting, Energy Star-rated equipment (where available), heat-recovery refrigeration units, locally sourced materials, LED protector shelf lighting, pulpers to reduce food waste and heat-reclaiming dishmachines to reduce energy consumption. In addition, daylight sensors on the dining room lighting serve to control the level of energy that the fixtures deliver.
Another sustainable feature will be the previously mentioned green space that will occupy the site of the former Gordon Commons. "It will feature an outdoor plaza and lawn for event programming, game-day barbecues and outdoor movie screenings," Cobb says.
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Deliveries come in through the covered underground receiving dock. "The city had limitations as to which streets the dock could come off from, and it couldn't be on the mall side," Pellegrino says. Rather, it is located perpendicular to one of the main arteries on the east campus.
"We had to review several concepts to figure this out in addition to where the dishroom and customer exit should be," Pellegrino says.
Staff place delivered items in storage on the lower level, which houses the three central production areas: the central bakery, the cook-chill and the entrée and catering areas. Storage includes two dry storage rooms, four walk-in coolers and three freezers. "We've set up systems in order to identify deliveries that should go directly up to the second floor to the market stations," says Julie Luke, associate director of dining and culinary services.
At the central bakery, staff make pastries and pastry cream fillings, bars, pies, cakes and cupcakes using worktables, a revolving rack oven, multiple mixers, a dough press and sheeter. This area also holds a battery of equipment under an exhaust hood including ranges, a 2-section convection oven, a 6-gallon kettle and a 12-gallon kettle.
At the cook-chill area, staff use a pair of 80-gallon kettles, a pair of 100-gallon mixer kettles, a 40-gallon pasta kettle, a pasta basket and lift, a cook-chill tank and pump-fill station to prepare soups, taco meats, macaroni and cheese, and salsas. "Since we've opened, we've worked to incrementally build up production," Luke says.
Staff use basic recipes for beef and chicken soups that the chefs at the various dining facilities can customize with ingredients such as rice and vegetables. "This way, chefs can apply their creativity and make products their customers like," Schoonover says.
Staff take finished packaged products to the cook-chill tank for quick temperature reduction, store them in a walk-in food bank refrigerator and take them out as ordered for transport to dining units.
When developing the central kitchen, designers faced several challenges, including the complexity of the steam and water piping. "Our goal is always to conceal as much of this piping as possible; that goal is often at odds with codes and the university's desire to have the piping and valves accessible," says Carlson. "At Gordon, the pipes ended up exposed, which pushed the equipment forward. The center of the hood, where the hoist rail was located, didn't line up, so adjustments had to be made. We had to modify the hoist that lifts the pasta and the cook-chill tank baskets so it can drop into the kettles and tank."
"Electrical connections had to be placed so they didn't interfere with the electrical cord on the hoist," says Jill Anderson, senior project manager, Robert Rippe & Associates. "The cord operates like a fishing reel. When it comes back, it must coil up so it doesn't hang down and interfere with the equipment below. We had to figure out where the electrical connections could come in to work correctly."
Another challenging situation for the project teams was eliminating the heat from the refrigeration systems on the lowest level of this three-story building. "We had to pay extra attention to where the refrigeration lines were routed, which was as high as three stories up because the building is in a tight urban site and lines can't go on the ground," Anderson says. "We used water-cooled compressors for the refrigeration systems and the ice makers. The heat from the cooking water is used to heat a hot water storage tank, and when the need for building hot water is met, the water is sent to a rooftop condenser to get rid of the excess compressor heat."


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By Emily Orthwein
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Most student-athletes' first priority after graduation is to play professionally, but when you are as academically talented as TCU Junior, Megan Smith, holding and breaking school records is just a fun pastime.
Smith is from Olathe, Kan. and is a pre-pharmacy major at TCU.
Smith broke school records both in the discus and hammer throw her first year at TCU, making marks of 161-5 in the discus and set hammer throw standard of 152-1. Smith recently broke her discus record at the TCU invitational in March, marking almost 15 feet past her personal record.
"Breaking my freshman year record was unexpected but a pleasant surprise," Smith said. "I've been doing really well in practice but breaking at a meet is a whole other feeling. A lot of joy was going through my mind right after it happened. I was just thinking, 'I cant believe I did it."
Smith came to TCU ranked as one of the nation's top shot putters and a two-time all-state selection in both the shot put and discus, but premature success has not stopped Smith from moving forward and reaching even higher goals her last years at TCU.
"I am always working to improve my marks," Smith said. "I work a lot on technique and it finally clicked and came together. I would like to get more consistent reaching the 180s in discuss. Reaching 190 would be an awesome mark to hit by the end of the season."
Smith gives a lot of credit to her coaches and especially her throwing coach, John Kenneson.
"Coach Kenneson is really laid back and I respond well to that," Smith said. "He has taught me to not concentrate on the marks I get, but to compete for myself and to not take things so seriously."
Both Coach Kenneson and Smith have worked hard these past two years to restructure the technique she had coming out of high school.
"There are only two people in this world that will truly know what it has taken to get her technique where it is today– that is her and I," Kenneson said. "She has reached a nice level of 'throw fitness,' so combing that along with her technique, we've taken a big step forward in her progress. It is a very exciting time for her and for all of us."
TCU moving to the Big 12 Conference has made a major impact on the track and field program. The Big 12 is one of the top throwing conferences in the nation, and Smith made tremendous strides in the league, making TCU a strong participant.
Smith was a top recruit for Division I universities but she chose TCU. Smith committed to TCU because she was comforted by the family-like atmosphere TCU's track and field program offered her.
"When visiting TCU, it seemed like a big family and I really liked that," Smith said. "I didn't get that feeling from other schools, like I did with TCU."
Joining the track team in high school was never a thought in Smith's mind until she wanted to get more in shape for basketball. Doing so, Smith found her love for throwing.
"I wasn't very good at running so I picked shot put and figured out that I was pretty good at it, and that is when I decided to seriously pursue throwing on a collegiate level," Smith said.
Smith has made her own on TCU's track program. Head Coach Darryl Anderson has been with TCU for 10 seasons and thinks Smith is a "phenomenal young lady."
"She has done great things for this program," Anderson said. "She's very bright in the classroom and she has blossomed into one of the better girls in the country right now for discuss. We are lucky to have her in our program."
Smith comes from an athletic family as her little brother, Braden Smith, just committed to Auburn University for football.
Underneath making scholastic and athletic achievements for TCU, she is just your average college student who enjoys hanging out with her friends and watching movies. She calls herself a movie fanatic who has seen almost every movie made.
There are more achievements to come for Smith as she finishes off her throwing career at TCU.
"I hope to set more records that people will come and try to beat," Smith said. "I just hope my teammates will remember me as one of the family, as a role model, and supporter."Smith already plans to attend pharmacy school after graduation while still pursuing to throw in competitions.


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On and after November 28, 2001, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service shall use the authorities provided in the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 [7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.] to finance the acquisition of existing generation, transmission and distribution systems and facilities serving high cost, predominantly rural areas by entities capable of and dedicated to providing or improving service in such areas in an efficient and cost effective manner.
The Rural Electrification Act of 1936, referred to in text, is act May 20, 1936, ch. 432, 49 Stat. 1363, as amended, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 901 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 901 of this title and Tables.
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Last week Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., the publisher of the New York Times, fired the executive editor, Jill Abramson. He promoted her then deputy, Dean Baquet, to the top job. The facts behind the firing may eventually come out. It appears they involve a dispute between Abramson and Sulzberger over equal pay, and Baquet and Sulzberger's unhappiness with how Abramson went about trying to hire the Guardian's Janine Gibson to run the paper's digital operation as Baquet's editorial co-equal. Whatever the facts, the humiliation of Abramson's public firing has rightly produced a firestorm of criticism aimed at Sulzberger and the paper's unseemly and possibly discriminatory handling of internal management challenges.
Abramson was the first woman to lead the New York Times. Like many men in leadership positions, her management style has been described as brusque, autocratic, mercurial. She is also widely praised for her brilliance as a journalist and editor, and for leading the paper's digital expansion and financial recovery. By contrast, sources have likewise described Bacquet as even-tempered and non-confrontational on the newsroom floor.
This narrative sounds remarkably similar to the storyline that evolved during the Democratic primary campaign when Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton fought for the top of the presidential ticket. In a 2008 debate, Obama turned to Hillary and said, "You're likeable enough, Hillary." Women can be exceptional leaders, the remark suggested, but they may well lose in their climb to the top if they cannot do so with a smile. To make the Obama-Clinton-Baquet-Abramson analogy a bit more explicit, Baquet, many Americans now know, is a light-skinned African-American man.
Let's assume that Baquet's apparent ultimatum to Sulzberger -- she goes or I go -- was justified because of the lack of transparency in the Gibson hire. And let's assume too that Sulzberger did not fire Abramson because she hired a lawyer to help her achieve equal pay with her predecessor. We're still left with the sobering truth that women in American institutions must not only excel at their professions, but also, as Ann Friedman wrote in New York Magazine , "...(unlike men) they're expected to downplay their confidence in order to seem nonthreatening and likable -- or face professional consequences." This "emotional labor," Friedman writes, "is the unwritten responsibility in every woman's job description."
The unfinished business of gender equality in the United States will surely get more attention if Hillary Clinton runs in the 2016 presidential election. For now, I am reminded of Brazil's 2010 election, when Dilma was widely criticized because she appeared neither likeable nor willing to squander energy on that "emotional labor." Whether Brazilians fire Dilma or promote her to a second term later this year, at least they can be sure that the issues, not the gender intangibles, will determine the electoral outcome.
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Pac-12 M5: 02.07.14 EditionPosted by Connor Pelton (@ConnorPelton28) on February 7th, 2014
- The Inferno turned into The Library for the first 11 and a half minutes of last night's Oregon State–Arizona State contest at Wells Fargo Arena, where the Sun Devil students decided to pay homage to former star James Harden by staying silent until their team reached the 13 point mark. The only problem? Arizona State struggled to find the hoop early on, and the lack of noise from the crowd let the Beavers relax and jump out to an early lead. No harm, no foul as the Devils would eventually pull out an 86-82 victory in overtime, but head coach Herb Sendek would prefer it if that tradition came to an end.
- It's safe to say Arizona State wouldn't have topped the Beavers without a record setting performance from senior center Jordan Bachynski, whose seven blocks put him first on the list of Pac-10/12 swat leaders at 279. Bachynski did even more damage on the offensive end of the court, however, gashing Oregon State's bigs for 15 points. He passed former great Anthony Cook to become the conference's leader in blocks, who played for rival Arizona.
- Down the road and through the desert, #2 Arizona stormed back late last night to squash an upset bid from a desperate Oregon team, prevailing for a 67-65 victory in its first game without sophomore forward Brandon Ashley. Just as they did against UCLA, Washington, and Stanford, the Ducks failed to close out a game they very well could have won, resulting in another heartbreaking loss. Wildcat guard Nick Johnson led all scorers with 18 points in the win. For additional reading, be sure to check out this postgame piece from our very own Drew Murawa, as he examines just how much Arizona loses without Ashley, and what the Cats will need to do in the final month of the season to earn a top seed in the NCAA Tournament.
- Joe Lunardi released his latest Bracketology yesterday, and while Arizona is no longer the top overall seed in the bracket, it still is a one seed in Lunardi's projections. UCLA and Stanford follow on the six and nine lines, respectively, and then we get to the bubble. California and Colorado are 10 seeds, while Arizona State sneaks into the field as an 11. Oregon is listed as the first team out of the field, but that could change if it comes back home with a split against the Arizona schools.
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Dragon's Dogma introduces an innovative team system to the genre. Known as Pawns, these three AI partners fight independently, demonstrating prowess and ability they have developed based on traits learned over time from the player and their actions. By utilizing the Xbox Live online entertainment network or PlayStation Network, players will journey to the Rift where they can share their own Pawns with friends and be rewarded with treasure, knowledge of the world and strategies for taking down enemies. Conversely, players can borrow friends' Pawns with the specific skills or experience required to tackle a particular quest. In addition, Dragon's Dogma will ship with thousands of ready-made Pawns for players to pick their allies offline.
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen delivers a huge brand new area, missions, enemies and more, plus all of the content from the original game.
Just off the Gransys mainland is the cursed Bitterblack Isle where gamers will embark on an all-new quest to discover an underground realm, complete with new terrifying foes and incredible treasure. Owners of the original Dragon's Dogma will be able to export their existing characters and all other saved data to continue their journey as the Arisen, and face a new threat that has emerged from the cavernous depths. Players will be able to take their characters to new heights with brand new high-level skills and augments as well as all new weapons and armor sets. Furthermore, owners of the original Dragon's Dogma will receive 100,000 Rift Crystals, unlimited Ferrystones and the Gransys Armour Pack consisting of six brand new costumes for free, upon purchasing Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
For those that missed Dragon's Dogma the first time around, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen provides the opportunity to start their journey from the very beginning before tackling the all-new content.
Based on player feedback, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen will make the Dragon's Dogma gameplay experience even more satisfying with improvements such as easier travel and a more intuitive menu system. For those who already own Dragon's Dogma and then purchase Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, these improvements will be automatically retrofitted to their original game save data.
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen will be available at retail stores across North America for X360 and PS3, and as a download from PSN on April 23, 2013 for $39.99.
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The federal government will fully control an online marketplace where Michigan residents can buy health insurance required under the federal health care law.
The Republican-led state Senate adjourned Thursday without voting on a bill calling for Michigan to have a role in the health exchange. GOP Gov. Rick Snyder says it was the last day to act.
Snyder wanted to partner with the federal government by spending a $31 million federal grant to set up the website. Now the state must spend $8 million of its own money to link computer systems to the federal exchange.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal judge has named a former Baltimore police commissioner to implement reforms at the Oakland Police Department that were mandated by the 2003 settlement of a civil rights lawsuit.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson appointed Thomas Frazier to serve as compliance director of the department. Frazier will have the power to spend city funds and replace staff, including Police Chief Howard Jordan.
Frazier, a Vietnam War veteran who served for nearly three decades in the police department of San Jose, California, is scheduled to take his new post next week.
Frazier will be responsible for enforcing reform mandates resulting from a civil rights lawsuit known as the Riders case that was settled in 2003. In the suit, Oakland police were accused of beating suspects and planting evidence.
Henderson had threatened the Northern California city with a federal takeover of its police force for failure to make changes. In December, the judge said he would name a compliance director instead. Frazier's appointment allows Oakland police officials to continue to operate with some independence.
Oakland, a city of about 400,000, had 131 homicides in 2012, making it one of the country's most dangerous places. It also has a history of civil unrest and police violence.
"We believe we can work well in collaboration with Mr. Frazier to accelerate our efforts to reach full compliance with the outstanding reform tasks," Mayor Jean Quan said in a statement issued with the city administrator and police chief.
Oakland agreed to 51 police reforms, including changes in the way officers are investigated and disciplined. Attorneys who represent plaintiffs in the case say reforms are still not being implemented.
Frazier will be paid $270,000 annually, according to court documents. He will answer to Henderson.
Frazier ended his career with the San Jose Police Department as deputy police chief. He is also a former director of the community policing office of the U.S. Justice Department, a senior lecturer at Johns Hopkins University and a consultant.
His firm, Frazier Group LLC, investigated Oakland's handling of the Occupy protests and in a report it handed down a harsh critique of the police force's response to the demonstrations.
William Bratton, the former Los Angeles police chief and Boston police commissioner, was hired by Oakland officials in January to come up with strategies for reducing crime. The decision was criticized by some residents opposed to aggressive tactics that they believe he may help oversee.
Following Frazier's appointment, Bratton will continue to work with the police chief, who will monitor the day-to-day operations of the force.
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Two teenagers signed last summer for a combined $5.75 million and a fourth-year pro who turned 20 last month drew special mention today when farm director Randy Smith reviewed the 36-prospect mini-camp soon to end.
"Joe Ross and Austin Hedges have been as advertised," said Smith of the pitcher and catcher, each drafted last June and persuaded to forgo scholarships to UCLA. "Those kids are mature beyond their years. They both have a ton of talent."
Sixteen years old when he signed for $1.2 million out of Venezuela, the corner outfielder Luis Domoromo "has a chance to have a breakout year,"said Smith after watching the lefty the past two weeks. "He's lost some of his baby fat. He's very strong. He's a guy who should hit for a high average."
Games against other franchises's minor leaguers begin Thursday.
The camp afforded extra coaching for select minor leaguers who are entering their first full season or jumping to a new level.
Expected to open the season with Single-A Fort Wayne, Ross, Hedges and Domoromo are part of a farm system judged to be baseball's best by ESPN.com's Keith Law, Baseball Prospectus's Kevin Goldstein and FanGraphs.com. Baseball America places the system third, its loftiest address since it was second entering 1987.
Matt Andriese, a righty pitcher drafted in the third round last year, is questionable for Lake Elsinore's season opener after straining an oblique muscle. "He's had a terrific camp," Smith said. Another righty who played college ball in Riverside, Matt Lollis, listed at 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds in last year's media guide, aims to lose a few pounds before the season arrives.
Hedges, 19, is putting to use muscle gained last summer while the Padres and his adviser, Scott Boras, worked toward a $3 million signing bonus. The catcher's righty bat may trail his heralded mitt and arm by less than thought last spring.
"The time he had off between the end of his high school season and when he signed -- he put it to good use," Smith said. "He's a much bigger man than we anticipated. His bat is further along than we anticipated. He can drive the ball to right field."
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Senior year, he led and mentored freshmen to continue the team's legacy. Haris has also pursued a passion for literature. In 2011, he was selected out of 185,000 contestants internationally to receive the Writing Portfolio Gold from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, for which he earned a $10,000 scholarship. At Carnegie Hall, Scholastic also awarded him a Creativity and Citizenship Award, Best-in-Grade Award, three Gold Medals, and a Silver Medal, for his creative writing on issues of diversity, social justice, and multiculturalism.
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Once my dearie asked me why not planting petai in the pot at balcony. I laughed. Should not had laughed at him the petai he knew were those peeled and/or canned. He got very excited when he saw the REAL petai in the pods, so the very first dish from my new kitchen was this smelly goody.
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- Dwiana P said... on
- 17 January, 2008 07:19
OH may... I miss Petai so bad!! hardly to find here:(
- Mat Gebu said... on
- 17 January, 2008 22:18
Jgn lupa suruh TAK, tanam petai dalam pasu okeyy!!
- kak pah said... on
- 19 January, 2008 01:46
Sambal petai...wowwww my hubby fav tu.. sini kita org beli yg dlm botol dr Thai..mmg sedap jugak... kat oriental shop mmg byk..
- m3rni3 said... on
- 20 January, 2008 17:56
he liked it?!?! wow .. amazing ..
- Lydia said... on
- 21 January, 2008 02:12
dwiana, lots of petai here now... does petai has season?
Mat, tak payah tanam lah. Banyak ada juallllll
Kak Pah, dulu i beli dlm tin punya... cap ayam!
m3rni3, T is more Malaydia than me. He always ask for petai, sambal kangkung etc...
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Mobile Workforce Bill Introduced in Senate
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Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, introduced the AICPA-backed Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2011, S. 3485, on Aug. 2, 2012. The bill would establish a uniform national standard governing the withholding of state income taxes for nonresident employees. It includes several key components designed to alleviate the burden the current state income tax withholding system places on traveling employees and their employers. For the vast majority of states, the legislation contains minimal or no revenue impact.
"By introducing this legislation, Senator Brown helps continue the momentum in the Senate that we gained by the bill's passage in the House," said Barry C. Melancon, CPA, CGMA, president and CEO of the American Institute of CPAs.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1864, its version of the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2011, by voice vote on May 15.
Both bills would establish a uniform requirement that nonresidents would have to work in a state for more than thirty days before becoming subject to out-of-state income taxes. The change would make state income tax withholding easier to administer and would help ensure that states and local jurisdictions get the taxes they are owed.
The AICPA is a leading member of the Mobile Workforce Coalition, which is working with Senators to pass the legislation. Recently, the AICPA was a signatory to a Coalition letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urging that S. 3485 be considered by the Senate.
The AICPA is coordinating grassroots efforts with the state CPA societies and with members of the Mobile Workforce Coalition to obtain Senate cosponsors to S. 3485.
"Senator Brown's legislation is an important first step in the Senate. We applaud his effort, and we look forward to working with him to gain passage of this important measure and to it being signed into law," Melancon added.
See the June issue of The CPA Advocate for details about House passage of H.R. 1864.


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