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In case you missed it, the theme here in Tampa at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday was: "We Built It." Intended as a reference to building a business, the three words also suggested another construction project under way — a bridge to female voters.
Ann Romney, the wife of presidential nominee Mitt Romney, was obviously the focal point for the strategy. But long before she came on stage for her mission of humanizing her husband, the convention had been shown a parade of female officials and officeholders.
Prominent among these were Sen. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Govs. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma and Nikki Haley of South Carolina, all elected in 2010 and all given coveted speaking slots in the evening program (as Gov. Susana Martinez of New Mexico will have Wednesday). And while none of these speakers is likely to displace the memory of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska in 2008, all were forceful in attacking the Obama administration and promoting the gospel of female Republicanism.
Earlier, the arena had been lit up by Mia Love, the mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, and a candidate for Congress in that state's 4th District. Love was featured first in a video that only hinted at her personal electricity. The Brooklyn-born daughter of Haitian immigrants, Love (nee Ludmya Bourdeau) became a Mormon when she married her husband, whom she met while he was serving his Mormon mission.
The delegates were also introduced to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Eastern Washington, a familiar face on Capitol Hill who, as vice-chairman of the House Republican Conference, is the highest-ranking woman in the congressional ranks of the GOP. Rodgers will be a recurring "host" of subsequent sessions as well.
Even Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, the bluff and burly siege gun who provided the night's keynote address, seemed to have gotten the memo. He saluted his mother at length in his recollection of his childhood. He called her "the enforcer" and added that in the "car that was their marriage, my father was the passenger." And when excoriating President Obama's health care law, Christie got a roar from the crowd by saying it would "put a federal bureaucrat between a woman and her doctor."
The afternoon session was much the same, as Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus called one woman after another to the lectern and often turned to female members of state delegations to make motions. Women making an appearance on stage included Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Nebraska state Sen. Deb Fischer (running for the U.S. Senate), as well as convention co-chair Virginia state Rep. Barbara Comstock.
Any observer would have noted the effort being made to advertise the rising of women in the GOP. And indeed, the need for such outreach could not be more glaring. The gender gap, a factor in presidential elections for decades, became starkly dispositive in 2008. Among men, John McCain and Barack Obama were essentially tied. But among women, the advantage for the Democrat was about 12 percentage points, a crushing blow given that more women voted than men.
This summer, some polls show Romney clearly leading among men but Obama once again leading by double digits among women. And unless the increasing propensity of women to outvote their male counterparts is reversed, this is an edge that could once again determine the outcome.
Republicans have, of course, tried to emphasize female voters before, if not quite so obviously as they are doing here. But the ever greater numbers of women in the delegations and onstage, and even the inclusion of Palin on the ticket in 2008, have not been enough to reverse the trend.
One reason may be the party's commitments on certain issues of special concern to many women. Among these is abortion, which has become a partisan dividing line. This year's Republican platform once again supports the Human Life Amendment, which gives constitutional protections to fetuses. Vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan has also supported "personhood legislation" to establish the legal definition of life as beginning at fertilization, which would arguably outlaw not only abortion but some forms of contraception.
There is not really a debate in the GOP anymore about abortion. But this year the platform committee's work has had greater visibility, in part because of Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri making televised remarks about "legitimate rape."
The platform committee's chairman, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, has also been a lightning rod on the issue. Last year he supported a proposed state law that would require an invasive ultrasound before a woman could have an abortion. McDonnell later withdrew his support for that language, but not before it had attracted national publicity at a time when he was being mentioned for vice president himself.
When speaking to the full convention, McDonnell did not mention the abortion issue. And other speakers rarely did in Tuesday's speeches. Only Rick Santorum, the former senator from Pennsylvania who was among Romney's rivals for the 2012 nomination, paid extensive attention to abortion or gay marriage. The latter issue is another on which women's views are moderating faster than men's. And, largely for that reason, it is not expected to have nearly the salience it has had in Republican campaigns over the past few cycles.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies boosted their orders in November for manufactured goods that reflect investment plans even though total orders were unchanged for the month.
Factory orders were flat in November, compared with October when orders had risen 0.8 percent, the Commerce Department said Friday. Durable goods, everything from autos to steel, rose 0.8 percent while nondurable goods fell 0.6 percent, reflecting falling petroleum prices.
Orders for core capital goods, a category considered a proxy for business investment plans increased a solid 2.6 percent after a 3 percent rise in October which had been the strongest gain in 10 months.
Factories appear to be recovering slowly from a slump earlier in the year although there are still concerns given a weak global economy that is restraining U.S. exports.
The back-to-back increases in core capital goods followed a period of weakness that had raised concerns about business investment, a driving force in the economic rebound.
Analysts believe that companies will boost spending further on computers and other equipment to expand and modernize now that Congress and President Barack Obama have reached a deal on taxes that will remove uncertainty that had been weighing on business investment decisions.
The last-minute agreement approved by Congress on Tuesday and signed by Obama on Wednesday averts widespread tax increases and delays deep spending cuts that had threatened to push the country back into recession.
In other hopeful signs for manufacturing, the Labor Department reported Friday that manufacturied added 25,000 jobs in December, the most in nine months. And the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday that its index of manufacturing activity rose in December compared from the November reading.
Economists believe factories will be helped in 2013 by rising auto sales. Automakers announced results for December which left sales for the entire year 13 percent higher than in 2011. Economists are forecasting further gains in 2013 as Americans seek to trade-in their old cars, whose average age now tops a record 11 years.
The economy grew at an annual rate of 3.1 percent in the July-September quarter, much better than the 1.3 percent pace in the April-June period.
But economists expect growth slowed in the final three months of last year, partly because of the uncertainties surrounding the fiscal cliff.


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The Woman Dress
by Giada Colagrande
The film stars Italian actress Maya Sansa and is set to a haunting soundtrack, written especially for the film by electronic pop trio Au Revoir Simone.
Following The Powder Room – Zoe Cassavetes' dreamy story of opulence and glamour, and MUTA – Lucrecia Martel's film noir filled with mutant fashion divas – The Woman Dress is again set in an all-female world of glamour and desire. But this time fashion obsession is taken to its most extreme conclusion, in a metaphysical tale of transcendence and ritual.
A coven of elegant witches attends a bubbling cauldron, their shadowy cavern hung with the ghosts of dresses. Maya Sansa is undressed and led to a bath, and her finger pricked to draw blood. The witches – played by Heather D'Angelo, Erika Forster and Annie Hart of Au Revoir Simone – circle, chanting in strange tongues. As the smoke clears we see Maya Sansa has made the ultimate sacrifice, transforming herself into the object of her desire – a beautiful blood red dress
The film, featuring key dresses from Miu Miu, draws on a surreal cinematic language, with its red velvet curtain, reverse-speak and dreamlike mise-en-scène.


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CHICAGO: Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has resigned effectively ending a once-promising political career months after the civil rights icon's son went on a mysterious medical leave while facing separate federal investigations.
Just two weeks after voters re-elected him to a ninth full term, Jackson sent his resignation letter to House Speaker John Boehner, citing his ongoing treatment for bipolar disorder and admitting "my share of mistakes."
The House Ethics Committee is investigating his dealings with imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and for the first time Jackson publicly acknowledged reports of a new federal probe believed to be looking into his possible misuse of campaign money.
"I am aware of the ongoing federal investigation into my activities and I am doing my best to address the situation responsibly, cooperate with the investigators, and accept responsibility for my mistakes," he wrote, adding "they are my mistakes and mine alone."
Jackson, 47, disappeared in June, and it was later revealed that he was being treated at the Mayo Clinic for bipolar disorder and gastrointestinal issues. He returned to his Washington home in September but went back to the clinic the next month, with his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, saying his son had not yet "regained his balance."
Jackson told reporters that his son resigned because he did not believe he could continue with his political career and try to regain his health at the same time.
"He made the decision to choose his health," said Jackson.
The elder Jackson said that his son had wanted to hold a news conference to discuss his decision to step down but did not believe he could do so without "breaking down."
He also said there is no way of knowing how long it will take for his son to recover from what he characterized as an "internal unresolved challenge."
"It's not the kind of illness you can put a timetable on," Jackson said, adding that he is confident that his son "will get well in time."
Jesse Jackson Jr. first took office in 1995 after winning a special election in a largely urban and Democratic district and began his career in Washington with a star power and pedigree that set him apart from his hundreds of other House colleagues.
But despite high expectations, he largely went unnoticed as a policymaker. Instead, he gained a reputation for quixotic pursuits such as trying to impeach President George W. Bush and push through constitutional amendments that had no chance.
He attended an elite private school in Washington and earned a law degree and a master's in theology. Over the years he bragged about spending his 21st birthday in jail after being arrested in an anti-apartheid protest, co-authored books with his father and developed his own a charismatic speaking style, with near perfect diction and often punctuated by finger pointing.
Shortly after taking office, he was deemed People magazine's sexiest politician in 1997 and became one of the most outspoken and quoted liberals in the House. There was a near-Hollywood buzz over his newly svelte figure in 2005 when he quietly dropped 50 pounds, disclosing months later that he had had weight-loss surgery.
Perhaps his shining moment as a Democratic leader was in 2008, when Jackson served as the national co-chair of Barack Obama's presidential campaign. He had his sights set on U.S. senator or Chicago's mayor.
Then came Blagojevich.
Though never charged, Jackson had to repeatedly dodge allegations that he was involved in discussions about raising campaign funds for the now-imprisoned former governor in exchange for an appointment to Obama's vacated U.S. Senate seat.
Jackson – who testified at Blagojevich's second corruption trial – always maintained that he was innocent and that his name would be cleared. Through the proceedings it was revealed that Jackson had an extramarital affair, something his wife detailed in a front-page newspaper interview.
The congressman kept a low profile for years, avoiding interview requests and public appearances.
It wasn't until this year that glimpses of Jackson's former self emerged. He was forced to campaign seriously for the first time in years when former Rep. Debbie Halvorson put up an intense primary challenge. He easily won and gave a triumphant victory speech with his wife and children by his side.
Neither Jackson's family nor staff ever fully explained what was happening with the congressman's health or if he'd return at all. A few times, staff seemed optimistic and so did voters in his Chicago-area district where he easily won re-election to a ninth full term this month despite, despite his only communication with voters coming through a robocall in which he asked for patience.
The timing of Jackson's leave and the way it was handled invited more scrutiny. Jackson's leave was announced just after a former fundraiser connected to the Blagojevich allegations was arrested on unrelated medical fraud charges.
The resignation left the House committee's investigation in the air. Since Jackson is no longer a congressman, the panel no longer has the power to punish him but could release a final report detailing its findings.
Reaction to his resignation was swift.
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that she'd spoken with both Jesse Jackson Jr. and his father and accepted the news with "great sadness."
Rep. Danny Davis, a fellow member of Congressional Black Caucus, said Jackson's senior position on the House Appropriations Committee and his leadership would be missed. But he also said the way in which Jackson was leaving tarnished his image.
"It certainly does not leave his legacy untouched in as positive light as one would have hoped and wanted," he said.
He declined to comment on the federal investigation, saying he had no details, but the issue did appear to resonate with some voters.
"It was time," said retiree Gloria Pryor, who has voted for Jackson several times. "If he's done the things he's accused of doing then he should leave and apologize to the people of this community."
The vacancy left by Jackson's departure creates a rare opportunity for someone else to represent his district, which is made up of South Side Chicago neighborhoods, several southern suburbs and some rural areas.
Even before the resignation the gambit of potential successors floated around Chicago. Prominent Chicago attorney Sam Adam Jr., a onetime attorney for Blagojevich and R&B singer R. Kelly, said he'd be interested. Other names circulating are Chicago Aldermen Sandi Jackson and Anthony Beale, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Halvorson.-AP
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by Emmanuel Ortiz
Before I start this poem, I'd like to ask you to join me
In a moment of silence
In honour of those who died in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last September 11th. I would also like to ask you To offer up a moment of silence For all of those who have been harassed, imprisoned, disappeared, tortured, raped, or killed in retaliation for those strikes, For the victims in both Afghanistan and the USAnd if I could just add one more thing…
A full day of silence
For the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have died at the hands of US-backed Israeli forces over decades of occupation. Six months of silence for the million and-a-half Iraqi people, mostly children, who have died of malnourishment or starvation as a result of an 11-year US embargo against the country.Before I begin this poem,
Two months of silence for the Blacks under Apartheid in South Africa, Where homeland security made them aliens in their own country. Nine months of silence for the dead in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Where death rained down and peeled back every layer of concrete, steel, earth and skin And the survivors went on as if alive. A year of silence for the millions of dead in Vietnam – a people, not a war – for those who know a thing or two about the scent of burning fuel, their relatives' bones buried in it, their babies born of it. A year of silence for the dead in Cambodia and Laos, victims of a secret war …. ssssshhhhh…. Say nothing … we don't want them to learn that they are dead. Two months of silence for the decades of dead in Colombia, Whose names, like the corpses they once represented, have piled up and slipped off our tongues.
Before I begin this poem.
An hour of silence for El Salvador …
An afternoon of silence for Nicaragua …
Two days of silence for the Guatemaltecos …
None of whom ever knew a moment of peace in their living years. 45 seconds of silence for the 45 dead at Acteal, Chiapas 25 years of silence for the hundred million Africans who found their graves far deeper in the ocean than any building could poke into the sky. There will be no DNA testing or dental records to identify their remains. And for those who were strung and swung from the heights of sycamore trees in the south, the north, the east, and the west…100 years of silence…
For the hundreds of millions of indigenous peoples from this half of right here,
Whose land and lives were stolen,
In postcard-perfect plots like Pine Ridge, Wounded Knee, Sand Creek, Fallen Timbers, or the Trail of Tears. Names now reduced to innocuous magnetic poetry on the refrigerator of our consciousness …So you want a moment of silence?
And we are all left speechless
Our tongues snatched from our mouths
Our eyes stapled shut
A moment of silence
And the poets have all been laid to rest
The drums disintegrating into dust.Before I begin this poem,
You want a moment of silence
You mourn now as if the world will never be the same
And the rest of us hope to hell it won't be.
Not like it always has been.Because this is not a 9/11 poem.
This is a 9/10 poem,
It is a 9/9 poem,
A 9/8 poem,
A 9/7 poem
This is a 1492 poem.This is a poem about what causes poems like this to be written. And if this is a 9/11 poem, then: This is a September 11th poem for Chile, 1971. This is a September 12th poem for Steven Biko in South Africa, 1977. This is a September 13th poem for the brothers at Attica Prison, New York, 1971.
This is a September 14th poem for Somalia, 1992.
This is a poem for every date that falls to the ground in ashes This is a poem for the 110 stories that were never told The 110 stories that history chose not to write in textbooks The 110 stories that CNN, BBC, The New York Times, and Newsweek ignored. This is a poem for interrupting this program.
And still you want a moment of silence for your dead?
We could give you lifetimes of empty:
The unmarked graves
The lost languages
The uprooted trees and histories
The dead stares on the faces of nameless children
Before I start this poem we could be silent forever
Or just long enough to hunger,
For the dust to bury us
And you would still ask us
For more of our silence.If you want a moment of silence
Then stop the oil pumps
Turn off the engines and the televisions
Sink the cruise ships
Crash the stock markets
Unplug the marquee lights,
Delete the instant messages,
Derail the trains, the light rail transit.If you want a moment of silence, put a brick through the window of Taco Bell, And pay the workers for wages lost. Tear down the liquor stores, The townhouses, the White Houses, the jailhouses, the Penthouses and the Playboys.
If you want a moment of silence,
Then take it
On Super Bowl Sunday,
The Fourth of July
During Dayton's 13 hour sale
Or the next time your white guilt fills the room where my beautiful
people have gathered.You want a moment of silence
Then take it NOW,
Before this poem begins.
Here, in the echo of my voice,
In the pause between goosesteps of the second hand,
In the space between bodies in embrace,
Here is your silence.
Take it.
But take it all… Don't cut in line.
Let your silence begin at the beginning of crime. But we, Tonight we will keep right on singing… For our dead.EMMANUEL ORTIZ, 11 Sep 2002
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Gov. Patrick Ventures On Slew Of Overseas Trips In Final Years In Office
As he nears the end of his second and final term, Gov. Deval Patrick's wanderlust has kicked into high gear.
In the past 18 months, Patrick has embarked on a whirlwind tour of the globe, stopping in such far-flung places as Colombia, Ireland, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Panama, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
The governor says the trade missions have attracted capital to the state and raised Massachusetts' profile in an increasingly global economy.
The slew of trips marks the most active overseas travel period of Patrick's nearly eight years in office, according to an Associated Press review of the governor's official schedules by the Associated Press. During his first four-year term, Patrick made just one trade mission to China.
The governor says the trade missions have attracted capital to the state and raised Massachusetts' profile in an increasingly global economy.
"It's opening doors for business leaders to new markets, and they've made the most of it. We see it in job creation here. We see it in increased sales as well," Patrick told the AP last week.
The trips have also made it easier for Massachusetts businesses to find markets and clients in other parts of the world, he said.
The trade missions have also drawn criticism.
When Patrick embarked on a trip to Panama and Mexico in March, some Republican lawmakers faulted him for leaving Massachusetts amid heightened scrutiny of the Department of Children and Families after social workers lost track of a 5-year-old Fitchburg boy, who was later found dead.
And when Patrick picked China for his first trade mission in 2007, he found himself under pressure from human rights activists, Tibetan activists and even some fellow Democratic lawmakers, who urged him to stand up for the principles of freedom and human rights. Patrick said he politely raised the issues during a luncheon with a senior Chinese foreign ministry official.
Patrick's entourage on the trips typically includes business leaders and cabinet secretaries. He's pointed to a series of deals that he said are the direct result of the trips.
Traveling to China, for example, resulted in agreements signed between life science and clean energy groups in Massachusetts and China, a new exchange opportunity for the University of Massachusetts and a nonstop air service from Boston to Beijing, according to Patrick.
Patrick's second trade mission was in 2011, after he'd won election to a second four-year term. That 10-day trip included stops in Israel and the United Kingdom.
After the trip, UK-based companies Cambridge Consultants, Sagentia and TotalMobile announced expansion of jobs in Massachusetts while the Israeli biotech firm EarlySense announced the addition of jobs and established its U.S. headquarters in Waltham, he said.
The state typically picks up the tab for Patrick while business leaders accompanying him pay their own way. The 10-day trade mission to Israel and the UK in 2011, for example, cost the state about $300,000, Patrick said at the time.
A portion of the state's costs on some of the earlier trips - about $130,000 - was also picked up by a pool of funds raised by businesses that wanted to partner with the state in promoting Massachusetts overseas.
Patrick said a visit to Brazil later in 2011 launched what he called a "new era of collaboration" in agricultural research and development with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation.
Patrick's pace of trade missions picked up with a slew of trips from February 2013 to June 2014, when he returned to Israel and stopped in the United Arab Emirates.
During the trip, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev announced the establishment of a fund to pay for faculty and scientists at the two schools to work together on research opportunities.
Patrick's travels even caught the attention of the White House. President Barack Obama asked him to attend the July inauguration of President-elect Juan Carlos Varela in Panama, where Patrick had visited in March on a trade mission.
"Being away for 24 hours to respond to the president's request to represent the United States at a foreign head of state's inauguration is a pretty great honor for the commonwealth," Patrick said at the time.


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What We Might Learn From Snoring Weather Cats
Sometimes it feels like all the fancy meteorological machinery and prognostication equipment is actually working. And that the weather folks may finally be able to predict — albeit with constant updates and countless hedge words — what the weather is going to be.
At least for the next day or so.
But is that good enough?
H.H.C. Dunwoody didn't think so. Dunwoody was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Service, predecessor to today's National Weather Service. In an 1883 book -- commissioned by the U.S. War Department and approved by the chief signal officer — Dunwoody lamented that "the ablest meteorologists of today, aided by the most perfect meteorological instruments and the results of years of accurate instrumental observations, are still unable to give reliable forecasts of the weather for a longer period than two or three days, and frequently not longer than twenty-four hours."
It was Dunwoody's belief that the meteorologists should not only focus on advancing forecast technology, but on studying the natural world as well. "It is possible that a more accurate observation of the condition of plants or the condition or actions of animals," he wrote in the introduction to Signal Service Notes, Issue 9, "might lead to some valuable suggestion in this important field of investigation."
Scientific inquiry meets adages and old saws. Producing perhaps a sort of Old Scientist's Almanac.
Double Rainbow
To further the pursuit, the Signal Service gathered folk wisdom from here and yond, proverbs concerning the sun, the moon, the stars, winds, rainbows, mist and fog: The appearance of two or three rainbows indicates fair weather for present, but settled and heavy rains in a few days.
And proverbs pertaining to plants, such as clover, onions and seaweed: Onion-skins very thin / Mild winter coming in; / Onion-skins thick and tough, / Coming winter cold and rough.
... animals, such as bats, dogs, rabbits, mice and swine: Bats flying late in the evening indicate fair weather.
... and miscellaneous matter, such as lamps, rope, soap, smoke and aching teeth. Lamps, from the manner in which they burn, forebode weather. Before rain they burn less bright, the flame snaps and crackles ...
Feline Forecasters
And cats. Lots of cats.
"Cats have the reputation of being weather wise," according to the book. "It is almost universally believed that good weather may be expected when the cat washes herself, but bad when she licks her coat against the grain, or washes her face over her ears or sits with her tail to the fire."
Now in 2014, we seem to be doing pretty well with the technology. Maybe we should focus some of our attention on the world around us — especially cats. As these weather proverbs from that long-ago book suggest:
- When cats sneeze it is a sign of rain.
- When a cat scratches itself, or scratches on a log or tree, it indicates approaching rain.
- The cardinal point to which a cat turns and washes her face after a rain shows the direction from which the wind will blow.
- When cats lie on their head with mouth turned up expect a storm.
- When cats are snoring, foul weather follows.
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ATLANTA (AP) – Coach Paul Johnson blames himself for Georgia Tech's struggles with, of all things, the spread option offense.
Since Johnson's first season in 2008, the Yellow Jackets have led the nation in rushing, and they're 10th this year, but last week's home loss to Virginia Tech exposed several uncustomary weak spots.
Johnson says he and his staff must do a better job of teaching individual responsibilities in the scheme and basic fundamentals of spread option success.
Georgia Tech managed only 10 points against Virginia Tech, and Johnson says the Yellow Jackets (3-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) can't afford another poor performance when they visit No. 14 Miami (4-0, 0-0 ACC) on Saturday.
Johnson is insisting that players focus on their assignments better and he says the coaching staff must improve, too.
The Jackets were a mess against Virginia Tech with six false start penalties. Quarterback Vad Lee threw two interceptions and lost a fumble.
Miami, like Virginia Tech, has 13 takeaways this season, and the Hurricanes have given up only three touchdowns in the 10 drives that reached their 20-yard line.
Johnson expects that Miami coach Al Golden to align his defense "in an odd front" for most of the game in an attempt to disguise a 3-4 front as a 4-3 and keep Georgia Tech's offensive line guessing.
Hurricanes linebacker Denzel Perryman leads a unit that's quick enough to close in space quickly and keep the Jackets from breaking off long runs on the perimeter.
"It's been a tough matchup for us," Johnson said. "I felt like we should've won the game here last year, but we didn't get it done. They're always pretty talented. They're usually very fast and athletic and they're hard to hit big plays against. We haven't had many big plays the last three games."
Johnson hopes he sees a good sign with an improved tempo in practice this week. Last week's meltdown has caused everyone – players and the coaching staff – to work with "a little more urgency" and avoid a fifth straight loss to Miami.
"Sometimes you talk about it and you say it, but when you're winning, they ain't listening," Johnson said. "They're not hearing you. Well, if they watch that on tape, they hear me. They see that we've got to do better, and we've got to coach better."
Every day in practice, the Jackets spend 20 minutes on the option drill. Johnson believes everyone needs to pay closer attention to detail, particularly for an offensive line that starts three fifth-year seniors and for a group of receivers that sometimes doesn't hold blocks long enough to create big gains on the ground.
"Head-scratching stuff," Johnson said. "In every game, we've turned defenders. The other night, we get an option pitched toward our bench, which could've been a huge play."
Lee attempted 24 passes, not exactly what Johnson had in mind when he designed a spread option running attack to pound opponents and take lots of time off the clock.
Even worse, on a night in which the running game stalled, Lee had just seven completions against a Virginia Tech blitz that pummeled a Yellow Jacket offense that wasn't blocking crisply.
"Clearly we didn't do a good job of explaining it to our kids because out of the seven times we did it, we blocked it wrong five," Johnson said. "So that comes back to us. If they block it wrong once or they get run over, that's them, but when you're not blocking the right people, that comes back to me."


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Dutchess County and four other mid-Hudson Valley counties have the nation's highest rates of Lyme disease, an illness transmitted by the bite of a tiny — and insidious — tick.
An exclusive Poughkeepsie Journal analysis of state and federal data shows:
- Dutchess County had the highest number of reported Lyme cases -- 6,407 -- nationwide from 2002 to 2006, the latest period for which federal figures are available.
- Columbia ranked first nationwide in the proportion of Lyme in the population, or per-capita, rate; Dutchess, Greene, Putnam and Ulster counties placed second, third, sixth and eighth, respectively. Orange was 11th.
- Though current Lyme rates by county are not available nationwide, state data for the top 10 Lyme counties previously show Columbia and Greene counties in first and second in 2010. Dutchess and Ulster fell from the top 10.
"This is something we need to take extremely seriously," said Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook. "It's an enormous public-health issue."
Lyme disease is caused by the bite of a black-legged tick, also called a deer tick. This year, there could be 50 percent more nymph ticks, the most threatening type, than in any of the past 21 years, Ostfeld's research shows. That's because of a bumper crop of acorns that swelled the ranks of white-footed mice; mice, not deer, chiefly infect the ticks that later bite people.
In its initial stages, Lyme disease can cause a red rash akin to a bull's-eye, joint aches, fatigue and fever. It is easily treated with a short course of antibiotics when caught early — a tricky proposition because ticks often are missed and symptoms dismissed. Later cases can be far more difficult, studies show.
"I was so desperately ill," said Jill Auerbach, 69, of the Town of LaGrange, who left work at IBM Corp. after suffering memory, speech and heart problems from advanced Lyme that, 15 years later, are better but can recur. "I really thought my life was over."
Doctors targeted
Treatment for such cases is complicated by a contentious debate in scientific and medical circles over the long-term use of antibiotics, which Auerbach said helped her. Many seriously ill patients say they have difficulty getting care, while doctors willing to give antibiotics in chronic cases have been targeted by state-licensing officials for treating outside of medical protocols.
"We have some doctors in New York state that have actually had success treating chronic Lyme patients (and) ... in some cases, they have been investigated," said U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, a Columbia County Republican who hosted a conference on Lyme disease in May. "The state and federal government should recognize the controversy and push toward a resolution." (Please see Sunday's special report on the controversy over chronic Lyme disease.)
Lyme rates have soared nationwide in the past decade, rising 82 percent from 1992-96 to 2002-06 as the disease migrated from Lyme, Conn., where it emerged in 1975, to areas primarily north and west. More than 30,000 cases were reported nationwide in 2010, including 6,300 in New York. Early studies by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated the actual number nationwide may be three to 12 times higher, depending on varying reporting methods.
Reported Lyme cases in Dutchess actually declined 43 percent in the five years ending 2011, compared with the previous five years, while jumping 48 percent in Ulster. But because the population of infected ticks remains strong, experts theorize Dutchess physicians may be reporting fewer cases, which can be viewed as time-consuming and, said Michael Caldwell, county health commissioner, even pointless in a known endemic area.
Regardless of fluctuations, he added, "In Dutchess, it's always pretty much a bad Lyme year."
Other states with counties in the top 10 for Lyme rates nationwide were Connecticut (two) and Wisconsin (three). Only one other state — Delaware — had a county in the top 40 , while a quarter of them were in New York.
As Lyme spreads nationwide, New York counties likely will lose their unwelcome distinction at the top of the U.S. county rate list. But the changed ranking may be unrelated to disease incidence.
Starting in 2008, 18 counties, including the entire Hudson River corridor, began to report Lyme disease estimates under a process "developed to help ease the burden" — and heavy cost — of reporting on localities, said Jeffrey Hammond, a state Health Department spokesman. Officials use a complex formula that includes counting all cases in which the signatory rash was found and extrapolating from a random sample of others that have been verified for Lyme.
Cases uncounted
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not accept estimates, creating an odd and worrisome paradox.
"Most of the counties that use the estimation process are the hardest- hit counties," Kiersten Kugeler, a CDC epidemiologist, wrote in an email to the Journal, "and therefore have lower numbers reported to CDC."
For example, New York state health officials reported a Lyme disease rate for Dutchess County in 2010 of 177 per 100,000 residents; the CDC's rate for the county is 50, said Kugeler, who released data regarding selected state counties at the Journal's request. Columbia's rate reported by the state was 623; the CDC rate for Columbia was 222.
The underreported data, which count perhaps a third of local cases, will make tracking the disease difficult and may undermine its urgency and funding, advocates fear.
"States that are highly endemic are going to start a downward trend" in numbers, but not cases, said Pat Smith, president of the Lyme Disease Association, a national nonprofit organization based in Jackson, N.J. "It's a paper drop, and it will impact any funding."
Caldwell maintained the labor-intensive counting process — involving two full-time staff members, since reduced to a half-time person — needed revision and expressed hope that any federal money to the state would be distributed by need.
"The state certainly knows we are a hot spot," he said.
To avoid Lyme disease, health officials warn that when going into backyards or woods, tuck socks into pants, wear light clothing, use repellents and avoid brushy areas. Frequent body checks are recommended, as is putting clothes in a dryer for 20 minutes after hiking or gardening.
With problems of diagnosis and disagreement over treatment, "the only thing we have in our bag of tricks these days is prevention," said Auerbach, the Lyme patient and chairwoman of the Hudson Valley Lyme Disease Association.


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Marines killed in training Mon. were young
Published 9:38 am Thursday, March 21, 2013
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — They're called "leathernecks" or "Devil Dogs," but some of the Marines killed in a desert training accident this week were just a year or so out of high school, their boyish faces not yet weathered by life's hardships
Just 19, Pfc. Josh Martino of Dubois, Pa., had already spent nearly half his young life dreaming of becoming one of "the few, the proud." He had joined in July and was hoping to marry his fiancee later this year before being deployed to Afghanistan, his mother said.
"Since he was probably 8 years old he wanted to be a Marine," Karen Perry said Wednesday after meeting with military officials to start planning her son's funeral. "That's all he wanted to do."
Lance Cpl. Josh Taylor, 21, also seemed to have been born for the Corps. The Marietta, Ohio, native had talked about being a Marine since he was about 5, said his grandfather, Larry Stephens. Josh, too, was planning for a wedding, scheduled for May.
Both young men were among seven members of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force killed late Monday when a mortar shell exploded in its firing tube during an exercise at Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada. Eight men were injured, some severely.
A decade after the invasion of Iraq and nearly 12 years since the United States launched the global war on terror, Americans have become wearily accustomed to the sight of flag-draped coffins being solemnly offloaded at Dover Air Force Base. But news of such loss on American soil, far from any foreign battlefield, has the power to shock.
During the past dozen years, barber Kenton Jones has touched the heads of many Marines and their family members. And they have touched him. Some of the men who've sat in his chair at Sharpe Cuts II — just up a busy highway from Lejeune's main gate — came home from the Middle East in coffins.
Staring out his window, he couldn't help wondering whether any of those killed or wounded in Nevada had come under his shears.
"During a time of war or whatever, the occupation … you kind of expect it," he says. "But when it happens here, it seems senseless and it seems like a loss that could have been prevented."
Down the road in Jacksonville, Marine veteran Guy Henry Woods led out-of-state relatives on a tour of the Beirut Memorial, built to honor the 241 Marines, sailors and other American service members who died in a 1983 truck bombing that destroyed their barracks in the Lebanese capital.
Woods, 66, was wounded twice in Vietnam and spent time in a U.S. Navy hospital in Guam. Surrounded by curved glass walls etched with the names of the fallen, Woods said it mattered not whether these Marines died in an accident here at home or on a distant battlefield.
"They put that uniform on, they gain the same respect as anybody that's been to war," the grizzled 20-year veteran said over the sound of the dancing water in the memorial's fountain. "That's the way I personally look at it myself. I still respect them, and I sympathize with them for what happened."
The explosion Monday caused an immediate suspension of the use of 60 mm mortars by the Marine Corps, with an exemption for troops in Afghanistan, U.S. military and Marine officials said. Marine units on the warfront may continue to use the mortars with the review and approval of their commanders. U.S. military officials in Afghanistan said they have not stopped using the mortars there.
The suspension, which will be in effect until the accident investigation is complete, largely affects units that are training, although those Marines could use the larger and more powerful 81 mm mortar systems if needed.
At Camp Lejeune, an 170-square-mile base and home to about 50,000 uniformed troops, counselors at the Naval Hospital were gearing up to offer help as the ripples from Monday's tragedy began reaching family and friends, barracks mates and survivors, said Dr. Sawsan Ghurani, director of mental health programs at the hospital.
"It's so unexpected that it's more of a shock than if you'd been mentally prepared" for battlefield casualties, said Ghurani, a psychiatrist and Navy captain. "You hope people don't die in war, but it is a common occurrence and whereas, in training exercises, it's very rare."
The ages of the victims make it even worse, Ghurani said.
"For me, it's especially tragic when they are so young and still have so much left to give in life and to experience in life that it just seems unfair," she said. But, she added, "The nature of the military culture is to be selfless."
The seven Marines killed ranged in age from 19 to 26. Some had served overseas; others were training for their first deployment.
While many had long dreamed of being Marines, some were already making plans for a life after the Corps.
Twenty-six-year-old Aaron Ripperda of Highland, Ill., joined the service after graduating from a St. Louis culinary school and finding the job market flat. His father tried to gently dissuade him.
"He told us he always felt like he had a calling to join the Marines," Kent Ripperda told The Associated Press from his home in Marine, Ill. "I guess maybe it was a prestige thing."
During a 2010 deployment in Afghanistan, Ripperda's mobile unit was responsible for transporting food to bases in the region, Justin Bergstrom, a fellow Marine, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in an email.
"He did talk about his cooking abilities," Bergstrom wrote. They joked about him being able to keep his fellow Marines fed.
Kent Ripperda said his son was eager to go back to college and "get on with his life."
Roger Muchnick, 23, who grew up in Westport, Conn., had already pulled one tour in Afghanistan and was thinking about returning to college after his enlistment was up, said his grandfather, Jerome Muchnick.
Muchnick played on the football and lacrosse teams at Staples High School and went on to play lacrosse at Eastern Connecticut State University, where he studied business. In a biography on the university's website, Muchnick said the one thing he would like to do before he died was "live," and that his most embarrassing moment was getting caught lip-synching in a school talent show.
"He was a fabulous kid. Just fabulous," his grandfather said. "He was at the top of his game when this happened. … You can't imagine losing a very handsome, 23-year-old grandson who was vital and loving."
Lance Cpl. William Taylor Wild IV, 21, joined the Marines shortly after graduating in 2010 form Severna Park High School near Annapolis, Md. His mother, Elizabeth Wild, said he was in a weapons platoon that was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in November. He already had been deployed twice to Afghanistan and once to Kuwait.
Wild said her son always wanted to go into the military, like his father, who is a command chief in the Air Force Reserve at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
The military Wednesday night identified the other Marines who were killed as Lance Cpl. David P. Fenn II, 20, of Polk City, Fla., and Lance Cpl. Mason J. Vanderwork, 21, of Hickory, N.C.
Both joined the Marines in June 2010 and were deployed to Afghanistan in 2011, a spokesman for the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force said in a written statement.


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LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan boaters and snowmobilers would be held to the same drunken driving standards as drivers under legislation introduced in the state House.
The bipartisan package of bills was introduced by Republican Reps. Matt Lori of Constantine and Dave Pagel of Berrien Springs and Democratic Rep. Andrew Kandrevas of Southgate. The legislation would set the legal blood-alcohol limit for boat, snowmobile and off-road vehicle operators at 0.08 percent.
The lawmakers say that under current law, people can legally operate snowmobiles and boats with a 0.10 blood-alcohol content.
Pagel says in a statement that snowmobilers "should be held to the same standards as drivers when it comes to alcohol consumption."
Lori says the bills would improve the safety of Michigan's lakes, snowmobile routes and off-road trails.


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Nakamura Clear First at Halfway Point of Sinquefield Cup
GM Hikaru Nakamura played World No. 1 GM Magnus Carlsen to an exciting draw in round 3 of the inaugural Sinquefield Cup.
By Brian Jerauld
Games annotated by GM Ian Rogers and GM Ben Finegold
SAINT LOUIS (September 12, 2013) -- At the 1959 Candidates Tournament, Hungarian GM Pal Benko, desperate to refute the "hypnotic stare" of the legendary Mikhail Tal, pulled from his pocket a defense never tried before: Reflective sunglasses. Tal had decisively won every match of their career to that point.
In the third round of the Sinquefield Cup, GM Hikaru Nakamura decided to try out Benko's variation.
The eccentric American No. 1 strolled into the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on Wednesday, donning a pair of shades for his game against Norway's Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen, perhaps through hypnotism, decisively held the lifetime series between the two at 7-0 with 13 draws.
"For the first time in his life, Carlsen has to look at his opponent and see himself," quipped GM Ian Rogers, who was offering live commentary to a crowd at Lester's restaurant nearby the Chess Club. "That will be scary."
GM Magnus Carlsen seemed uncomfortable at times but maintained his composure to secure the draw against tourney leader GM Hikaru Nakamura.
The plan didn't work out so well for Benko, who was wiped off the board in 20 moves. Tal eventually threw him a bone by allowing perpetual check saying: "When I want to win against Benko, I win; when I want to draw, I draw."
Nakamura's version of the defense was good enough for a legitimate draw against Carlsen, maintaining the standings at the tournament's halfway point.
Heading into the rest day, Nakamura stands as the front-runner with 2.5/3 points, while Carlsen trails just a half-point behind in second place. Armenia's Levon Aronian sits in third with 1/3 after battling to a draw with reigning U.S. Champion Gata Kamsky, who earned his first half-point of the tournament.
"I just felt like doing something different," Nakamura said with a smile. "Why not? Life is short, might as well have some fun every once in a while, considering how overly serious chess seems to be at times."
It was Nakamura's first time commanding the black pieces this week, and he responded with the King's Indian Defense after Carlsen's 1. d4, which had produced positive results against the American in the past. But Carlsen's 10. b3 brought the game into fresh territory, and Nakamura's response of 10. … g5 gave the battle a sharp edge.
Though both players each had an hour on their clock by the 16th move, the board had ventured into a position that Nakamura normally enjoys – a unique pawn structure and heavy tactical lines with plenty of potential pitfalls. Eventually, the Norwegian's clock became a factor.
GM Hikaru Nakamura was unable to secure his first-ever win against GM Magnus Carlsen in classical play. The draw brings his lifetime record against Carlsen to 0 wins, 7 losses and 14 draws.
"It was a complicated game so, to some extent, I needed to use time," said Carlsen, whose clock fell under a minute while he thought on his 31st move, still nine moves away from time control. "But often when you think for a long time, you don't come up with the best moves."
To the contrary, the play of both grandmasters down the stretch was incredibly accurate, setting off fireworks when Carlsen recaptured with 21. Rxc3, allowing 21. … Bf5, winning the exchange. 34. … Rxb7 was dangerously interesting and Nakamura's only choice to push forward, despite bringing a white pawn to the seventh rank. This became a liability that ultimately locked all the remaining major pieces to their current squares. Nakamura offered a handshake after 42. … h5.
Carlsen-Nakamura annotated by GM Ian Rogers
Kamsky had been aggressive coming into the Sinquefield Cup. "This is an event where you can just play chess and there are not consequences," he said after a first-round loss to Carlsen. Yet heading into round 3 he had nothing to show for it and appeared to change his strategy for his matchup against Aronian.
World No. 2 GM Levon Aronian split the point with U.S. No. 2 GM Gata Kamsky in round 3.
Kamsky seemed less interested in finding an advantage in the opening, allowing early equalization but simultaneously working his army into a rock-solid position by move 13. From there, the U.S. No. 2 leaned on his position to slowly increase white's advantage – but something fizzled along the way.
"I just didn't want to lose today," Kamsky said. "I had a really nice edge, and then there was an opportunity to increase the edge. At the moment, that was my original intention, but then somehow I got sidetracked and actually got into a worse position, which I was actually really lucky to save."
Kamsky blamed his 22. Rac1 for leading him astray, not executing on his plan to push e5 and getting his knight to e4. A temporary lack of solid ideas for white ushered in opportunities for Aronian's black army, equalizing with 25. … Qe7 and going on the attack by 32. … f5. Momentarily, the advantage seemed greater for Aronian, who opted out of a draw by repetition with 37. … Bd5. Regardless, it allowed Kamsky to trade the queens off the board and go on to defuse the situation. The players agreed to a draw six moves later.
Kamsky-Aronian annotated by GM Ben Finegold
Standings After Round 3
No. | Name | Rating | Total |
1 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2772 | 2.5 |
2 | Magnus Carlsen | 2862 | 2 |
3 | Levon Aronian | 2813 | 1 |
4 | Gata Kamsky | 2741 | 0.5 |
Pairings for Round 4 - 09/13/2013
No. | White | Rating | Result | Black | Rating |
1 | Kamsky, Gata |
2741 |
- | Carlsen, Magnus | 2862 |
2 | Aronian, Levon |
2813 |
- | Nakamura, Hikaru |
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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir this week addressed a letterto dozens of "former and current senior government officials" pleading with them to return an estimated US$4b in "missing" government funds. The Globe and Mail reports that the US$4b reportedly stolen would add up to approximately 2 years' worth of oil revenues for the country, which upon seceding from Sudan took about 75% of Khartoum's oil reserves with it (amounting to some $5b worth of annual income, according to the Petroleum Economist trade publication). Some US$60m has reportedly been recovered, but continued mismanagement, graft and badly bid contracts (most notably, for food imports) means that additional funds still remain unaccounted for and may be unrecoverable.[1]
Despite the emotional plea from Kiir, in an unencouraging sign for transparency in South Sudan this past April, the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Party that Kiir leads "voted against a bill seeking to make contracts and information about the young country's oil industry more transparent by making it available to the public."
From the Sudan Tribune:
The lawmakers' decision has created some public criticism. As well voting against the Petroleum Bill, which would have required the government to provide justifications for oil contracts with individual companies, MPs also voted against publishing sales and production data.
During deliberations, George Bureng, an SPLM member of the National Assembly representing Central Equatoria State said he would prefer to see that oil related information be limited to only relevant institutions not the general public because information about oil could be used against the country by her enemies, referring to Khartoum.
"It is good to allow [the] public [to] access any information but sometimes there is sensitive information which cannot be made available to the general public", Bureng told the house.
Tensions are high in both Khartoum and Juba as a result of a recent conflict over the disputed oil fields in Helig (which was occupied by South Sudan) and the border region of Abeyi (which was occupied by Sudan). Though the fighting has died down, talks on establishing a demilitarized zone have stalled, the AFP reports from Addis Ababa, where the African Union-brokered talks are taking place:
Peace talks to end weeks of fighting between Sudan and South Sudan were deadlocked Tuesday after failing to agree on where to set up a demilitarized zone along their contested border.
"The position of the parties is still rather far apart on these issues, "South Sudan's foreign minister Nhial Deng Nhial told reporters during a break in the week-long talks, which still continue despite the lack of progress.
"We have not yet been able to agree on the line from which the safe demilitarized border zone is going to be drawn," Nhial said, but adding he remained optimistic a deal could yet be reached.
Further complicating these talks is the arrival of delegates from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement – Army North (SPLM/A-N). This organization is the branch of the SPLA, whose leaders dominate South Sudanese government, still operating in Sudan (the SPLA was founded in 1983). Small Arms Survey notes that because "the political and military high command in the SPLM/A-N significantly overlaps," "the political and military goals of the organization can be viewed as one since it is now an armed opposition movement in Sudan."
As a result, though SPLM/A-N delegates were invited to the talks by the African Union, Khartoum has "excluded" them from the talks. Fighting in Sudan's Nuba Mountains between the SPLM/A-N continues, and the continued iciness between Juba and Khartoum over the SPLM/A-N's insurgency seems irresolvable. Khartoum's armed forces are reportedly too worn down by years of attritional counterinsurgency operations in Darfur and the "Three Areas" provinces (including the Nuba Mountains) to launch a full-scale operation against South Sudan, but refuse to give up any more territory to the SPLM/A-N. Meanwhile, Juba simply does not wish to lose a force operating in the border provinces of the regime whose embrace it just escaped from. Plus, there is the question proposed by Philip Thon Aleu to a South Sudanese governor last summer that offers insight as to why Juba would be hard-pressed to accept any "compromise" initiated by Khartoum over the "Three Areas" region:
The SPLM was joined by people from South Kordofan, Blue Nile and people from other parts of the country who are not from South Sudan. How do you think about those people who are not part of south Sudan's freedom today? And what is the way out?
Resistance to demobilization of secessionist militias and some SPLM units is already proving to be a challenge for South Sudan. And neither side is likely to make the first move towards a ceasefire with or recall of the SPLM/A-N – which has its own particular goals, of course – for fear of being perceived as "weak" in the eyes of the other.
No "great power" better understands (and plays off of) these clashes than the People's Republic of China. Beijing is Khartoum's primary arms dealer, but at the same time presents itself as a mediator to both countries and take's the bulk of the two countries oil exports. Even though most of Sudan's oil now lies in South Sudan, the extensive damage to facilities (and investor flight over the past several years) and continuing transit dispute between the two countries means that the Chinese have a long way to go in implementing a comprehensive plan for the country.
Though Beijing just reached an agreement to build up South Sudanese "infrastructure," a pipeline agreement was conspicuously absent. South Sudan is landlocked, and has since 2005 depended on Sudanese facilities or trucks to deliver its crude to ports, paying Sudan transit fees. China does not wish to alienate Sudan, with which it has a much closer relationship, yet South Sudan has the most potential for growth – and as bad as Sudan's economy is, South Sudan's is much worse, and much more dependent on foreign aid with strings attached.
It's about a lot more than the oil for Juba and Khartoum, but oil is the prism through which the two government's "great power" backers will most likely see their conflict.
An unknown percentage of the lost money is thought to have been pocketed by officials to buy property overseas. Interestingly, last year, the Oakland Institute reported that American speculators were buying up South Sudanese properties. ↩


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One of the quick and simple short order items from the rice chapter is baked vanilla rice peaches. It occurred to me that I never make rice pudding, and Texas peaches are in season right now, so it was the right time to put the two together. This may be the easiest form of rice pudding ever prepared. For four large peaches or six small ones, you will need one half cup of cooked rice. I used jasmine rice. To the rice, add one quarter cup of cream, a tablespoon of sugar, and a teaspoon of vanilla. Cut the peaches in half and remove the pits, and spoon some rice mixture into each piece. Place in a baking pan, sprinkle tops with demerara sugar, cover with foil, and bake at 350 F for 20 minutes. That's the entire recipe. When you remove the pan from the oven and lift the foil, you will be taken aback by the vanilla-peach loveliness emanating from within. Fresh peaches have a pretty fantastic aroma by themselves, but combined with vanilla, it's taken to another level.
The demerara sugar melted into a glossy syrup in the pan, and I spooned it back over the peaches. Also, I had some local, organic blueberries which I thought might look nice on the plate, and I dusted the tops of the peaches with a tiny bit of cinnamon. This was simplicity and comfort-food and fruit and dessert and possibly breakfast all in one very simple dish. When something is this easy and this good, it's always a little surprising. But, the best part is realizing that I can whip this up anytime with very little effort.


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Seriously, that's not enough room?
I see nothing to complain about. Get back to us when you pick your bike up off the street for the fourth time after some incompetent parallel parker knocks it over with their SUV. When I owned a motorcycle people used to sit on it to eat lunch--until I joined the Satan's Helpers, that is. After that, nobody messed with me.
Another symptom of Brooklyn's transmogrification are these ugly and misshapen bicycle sculptures, which I passed recently as I trawled the Manhattan Bridge on a Citi Bike looking for hot Cat 6 action:
I'm not sure what they're going for here, but my best guess is it's supposed to represent what you'll look like after a run-in with one of Brooklyn's many homicidal drivers:
Though if they were looking to create a really shitty version of Storm King then I'll say they nailed it:
In any case, my shivers of disgust gave way to trembling anticipation as I mounted the approach to the Manhattan Bridge, and I knew the Cat 6-ing was going to be good because people in Evel Knievel helments were detangling their headphones:
I had chosen a goodly steed at yon Citi Bike stable too, because the transmission held onto gears 1, 2, and 3 without popping out again:
When it comes to Citi Bike gearing, one outta three ain't bad, two of three is pretty darn good, and unfettered access to all three is almost unheard of.
(By the way, if you're wondering what's on my wrist, it's hair. And if you're wondering what's buried in the hair on my wrist, it's some kind of "smart watch." See, I once missed a text while riding my bike, and now I'm legally required to wear that electronic monitoring bracelet until I die.)
Some people mistakenly think Cat 6 racing is all about sheer power, but the fact is that bike-handling is crucial, especially when you have to circumvent "foot salmon:"
If you're unfamiliar with the Manhattan Bridge, the north side is entirely for bikes, and the south side is entirely for pedestrians, but the pedestrians don't want to have to walk all the way across Canal Street (for which I can't entirely blame them), so they're just like, "fuck it."
This means the Cat 6 racer's bike-handling skills have to be sharp. Really sharp. Like Peter-Sagan-on-Adderall sharp. Fortunately, I happen to possess just such a skill set. That's why when there's a cyclist in front of me, another coming towards me, and a pedestrian in the far left, I'm able to slip right through the crack:
Get it? Crack.
The only thing sharper than my bike-handling is my wit.
A full 45 seconds later I was still laughing at my own joke--until I was attacked by a Fred or Fred-Like Object with a jersey that said "beard" on it:
It was on! I attempted to screw on my "race face," but unfortunately I had left it in my other pants. And no sooner had this registered with me than I heard the words every Cat 6 racer dreads--"On your left!"--at which point I was overtaken by a neon specter from the past:
He then proceeded to open a gap on me faster than an ice-cold can of Coors Light on a hot day:
Despondently, I looked out over the Big Skanky, which I understand a certain commenter went swimming in this past weekend:
I then thought about how we had a huge amount of rain last week, and how when that happens the local waterways fill up with untreated sewage, and then I threw up in my mouth.
Soon I crested the span and hit the downhill, where I spotted the clear winner of the day's best-dressed award:
I mean, come on, let's have some credit where credit is due. His kerchief matches his socks for chrissake!
Furthermore, it was pretty hot out , and even though he was riding in a blazer and on a climb he was as dry as a one-liner. Meanwhile, I was wearing a t-shirt and going downhill, yet I was sweating like a Zoobomber in a minyan.
Yes, Team Citi Bike acquitted itself well yesterday:
Look at that speed!!!
It must have been a double-points day or something, because the pace was relentless:
Then, I caught my twin adversaries, Beard Fred and Beer Fred, at the bottom of the bridge, but like the pro Cat 6 racer that I am I kept my distance so they wouldn't know I was racing them:
By the way, did you know they're making helments in the Citi Bike colorway now?
Really, the only low point for Team Citi Bike yesterday was this guy, who totally botched the remount and got dropped by CETMA Rack Guy and Shirtless Guy:
Shirtless Guy will not be winning any sartorial awards for yesterday's stage, this I can assure you.
Meanwhile, this guy was not only wearing a shirt, but he was also wearing every single fixed-gear fashion accessory ever invented, right down to the fanny pack and the star tattoo:
There are two things you can always count on in this town--a fixie rider having a star tattoo, and an SUV parked in the bike lane in front of the bike shop:
Here's an inadvertent "selfie" of Your Humble Blogger:
Yes, I ride around New York City taking pictures with my smartphone like an idiot, and if you're wondering how a Citi Bike brakes coming off the Manhattan Bridge when you're only using one hand, the answer is, "Not very well at all."
Still, I do it anyway, and the only thing I enjoy more than taking pictures of cracks while Cat 6ing is taking pictures of other people taking pictures:
I like to think somewhere somebody also took a picture of me taking a picture of that person, so please let me know if one pops up on Instagram.


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