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As Told by Mia: Affinage
On the infamously funny cheese signs at the Bedford Cheese shop, you will find information such as the name, milk type, if it is raw or pasteurized, the location of the dairy farm and… what's that other thing next to the name of the cheese? Meunier? Neal's Yard Dairy? Beeler? Those are the affineurs.
Cards you will find describing the cheeses found in BCS.
Affineur is the French word for those who help cheeses mature to their fullest flavor potential. The process, affinage, is the delicate yet rigorous, task of ripening cheese until the mature state of agreed-upon perfection. It has been said that this was to fit the taste of the king (or queen) or other wealthy patrons. Now cheese is ripened to suit the taste of you! (now doesn't that kinda make you feel like royalty?)
Affinage is about nurturing cheeses and letting them ripen in their own time in order to bring out their best qualities. The affineur matures cheeses in order to bring to light their fullest flavor profiles. To be a successful affineur, one must have a well rounded knowledge of all aspects of the cheesemaking process including land stewardship, animal husbandry, milk production and each step of the cheese making process. An affineur eventually develops skills that include selection, tasting, and the application of ripening treatments for optimum results of all cheeses within their aging facilities, also known as caves.
A core sample taken from a wheel of Grey Goat Gouda (left). Core samples are taken in order for affineurs to try the cheese without destroying the wheel. Skilled affineurs can taste nuances in the flavors of the cheese allowing him or her know if the cheese is ready to eat or needs more time to age.
The setup of the cave or aging facility where the cheeses sit to ripen is extremely important in the cheese aging process. The physical construction of the aging facility is highly influential to developing healthy, delicious cheeses and once a facility is built, affineurs must manage a set of variables within the cave meticulously. Temperature, humidity conditions, duration of aging, the type, degree, and frequency of treatments are amongst an affineur's responsibilities. There are microorganisms present in the cheese when it arrives at the aging facility and the affineur tries to encourage the growth of beneficial ones and eliminate those harmful to the character and quality of the cheese. Adjusting the temperature and humidity in the aging facilities accordingly influences the final product (a few degrees off in either direction can cause undesirable fungal blooms resulting in anything from imparting a bitter taste to more major catastrophes such as causing all of your bries to melt into a pile of goo).
The optimum length of the ripening period depends on the cheese type. As a rule, the harder the cheese the longer it should ripen, and, the longer a cheese ripens, the harder it gets. As a cheese ripens, it continues to lose moisture allowing salt to spread throughout causing it to become more solid ultimately giving the cheese a higher proportion of dry matter. Much care must be taken to continue ripening treatments without causing the cheese to become overly salty.
It is an affineur's duty to understand all of these processes and manage them expertly so that the cheese reaches the peak of its flavor which is well balanced and not overly salty.
Philipe Goux, affineur of Marcel Petite Comte' Fort St. Antoine (left )
Marcel Petite Fort St. Antoine Comte'
"We hand select our cheeses from among the 60,000 wheels slowly and coolly aging in the caves at Marcel Petite Fort St. Antoine. The fort is a former subterranean army fort converted in the early sixties into a colossal cave more reminiscent of an Egyptian tomb than a place to age cheese. Sunk into the side of a hill, fortified with thick stone walls, it offers a cool, damp environment ideal for maturing cheese. For thirteen to eighteen months the cheeses sit in this carefully controlled natural environment…" – Essex St. Cheese Co. website
When you take a cheese home from BCS, you too become an affineur – managing the continuous ripening process from your own refrigerator. Paying attention to small details such as keeping your cheese in a humid environment and not wrapping it in plastic wrap will allow you to keep your cheese fresh and healthy longer allowing you to experience the gradation of subtle flavors as your cheese ages. Enjoy cheese on your terms!
Get comfortable with understanding the nature of how something is made, and how its basic ingredients and handling might affect it. You can approach any cheese with recognition and better understanding by getting to know the different stages of your cheeses life. Remember- cheese is a living thing that needs to be handled with care to ensure its full potential throughout its life. How can you tell when things have gone too far? You'll know. It's that window-cleaner-meets-cat-box moment.
How to Keep Cheese Fresh at Home
Keep it under wraps
- Wrap your cheese in wax or butcher paper or Formaticum paper or cheese bags
- Never keep your cheese wrapped in plastic wrap. This will suffocate your cheese and impart a plastic-y taste
Keep it humid
- Place your cheese in a small tupperware container or in the crisper drawer
Keep a Constant Air Flow
- Open the lid on your tupperware container slightly
For a more visual experience of the affinage process, a video of the two aging facilites of the farms on which I volunteered. Pienza and Montefiascone, Italy
McCalman, Max, Gibbons, David. Mastering Cheese: Lessons for Connoisseurship from a Maitre Fromager. Clarkson Potter, New York, New York. 2009
Wolf, Clark. American Cheeses: The Best Regional, Artisan, and Farmhouse Cheeses. Simon & Schuster, New York, New York. 2008
Eekhof-Stork, Nancy. The World Atlas of Cheese. Spectrum Amsterdam International Publishing, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1976
Essex St. Cheese co. http://essexcheese.com/about/comte/ last accessed: July 23, 2013
Check out the giant underground army fort cave! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=h05NwMe-2rE
Photos & Video
by Mia Vergari


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I sweat so much at practice my ass hurts and now i have "monkey butt"
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Term of endearment: Can be used to describe a significant other or a loved one in a silly way.
I love you Monkey Butt!!
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Regents Hear Financial Update
CHAMA, N.M. August 17, 2009– The New Mexico Tech Board of Regents discussed budgets, research and funding at the Saturday meeting in Chama.
The meeting served as the end of the Regents' annual retreat. President Dr. Daniel H. Lopez reported that preemptive austerity measures taken in 2008 have resulted in a healthy cash balance for the university, despite a 2.5 percent budget cut.
"By continuing to monitor budgets, we'll get through this difficult year," he said. "I'm worried about 2012 because the federal stimulus funding will expire by then. Who knows what will happen with the economy."
Lopez also said the university has submitted a handful of proposals to receive federal stimulus funds, including a request for $11 million to complete a geothermal project to heat the campus.
Dr. John Meason, director of the Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, reported that division has entered into a memorandum of agreement with a technology industry partner with special focus on, but not limited to, unmanned aerial systems technologies at the university's research center in Playas, N.M.
Pending a formal contract, the university and the technology industry partner will collaborate to investigate ways in which to best address needs and problems associated with unmanned aerial system operations and technologies.
The project would include improvements to the Playas airport facility and potentially make use of facilities at the Grant County airport.
Meason and Lopez also reported to the Regents about Tech and EMRTC partnerships in the Middle East.
New Mexico Tech is assisting Sinai University in Egypt to establish an engineering program. Lopez said the collaboration is expected to lead to graduate student exchanges.
In Jordan, Tech and EMRTC are working to establish a blast mitigation program that would serve as a regional research facility.
The university is also working on two projects with the government of Saudi Arabia. Tech is establishing a training program and a separate program to assist Middle Eastern governments deal with sealed source radioactive waste.
Government regulators are increasingly finding medical waste, like cesium and cobalt, being disposed improperly.
"Governments are becoming aware of that problem," Lopez said. "And they're looking to us to assist them in how to handle radioactive materials."
Regent Richard Carpenter asked if these international partnerships would generate a profit and if the curricula have been approved by federal security agencies.
Lopez said each of the programs will generate positive cash flow for the university. He also said each of the collaborative efforts go through rigorous oversight by outside agencies.
Vice President of Research Dr. Van Romero said Tech already educates foreign police officers at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell. He assured the Regents that university personnel are familiar with security rules and regulations.
Lopez also spoke about the university's partnership with the University of Cambridge to develop the Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferomenter.
Lopez and Romero are trying to enlist the assistance of the Sen. Jeff Bingaman to meet with Cambridge officials, who are experiencing belt-tightening in research funding.
The Regents also approved tenure and promotion for President Lopez as a professor in the management department.
Regent Carpenter expressed regret that Lopez had not been given tenure before.
"Previous boards were derelict in not doing this," he said. "This should have been done long ago."
In other action, the board:
- Approved the 2009-2010 schedule of board meetings
- Heard that new student enrollment is just shy of last year's incoming class.
- Awarded a master's degree in biology to Felicia Navarro.
- Approved the five-year facilities plan, which includes these priorities:
- Bureau of Geology, $24.4 million, 2010
- Jones Hall (chemistry/materials), $16 million, 2012
- Wellness Center, $16 million, 2012
- Brown Hall addition, $5 million, 2010
- Research matching funds, $4 million, 2011
- Bureau of Geology, phase II, $6.2 million, 2012
- Officially approved the Research and Public Service Funding requests, as presented at the emergency meeting on July 29.
- Approved a resolution authorizing the sale or disposal of surplus property.
- Accepted the monthly financial analysis for June 2009.
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Account Clerk Typist #028
Civil Service Job: Yes
Vary by employer. (Starting County salary is Part-time: $13.20/hour and Full-time $17.46/hr, effective 1/1/2017)
Information on the Account Clerk Typist #028 position
Vacancy: Eligible List will be used to fill vacancies throughout public agencies within Cattaraugus County.
Fee: The State Civil Service Law requires our office to collect a processing fee from each applicant. The amount of the fee is fifteen dollars ($15) per applicant for Each examination applied for, payable at the time of filing of the application form, by check (personal or certified) or money order, payable to the "Cattaraugus County Treasurer". Cash Will Not Be Accepted. Applicants whose personal checks are returned for insufficient funds will not be considered as candidates for this exam or subsequent exams until such time as restitution is made. Applicants must record the Examination Number(s) and Title(s) on their checks. Refunds of fees will not be issued to applicants who are disqualified for not meeting the minimum qualifications for admittance to the examination, or who do not appear for testing on the scheduled test date. Therefore, Do Not Apply for an examination if you are not sure that you meet the minimum qualifications. Application Fees shall be waived for candidates that are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household or are receiving public assistance and may be downloaded from our website at: www.cattco.org/jobs.
Duties: This class includes a wide group of positions involved primarily with the clerical tasks involved in accounting and auditing. Positions in the class systemize information about transactions and activities into accounts and quantitative records using typewriters and/or data entry machines part of the time. This class and series of titles is distinguished from other clerical positions by the need for considerable arithmetic skill and accuracy. Employees usually work under general supervision. Supervisors are available for consultation on unusual problems and provide instructions concerning new or difficult assignments. An Account Clerk Typist does related work as required.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma;
2. One year of clerical office experience.
NOTE: Experience as referenced above refers to full-time, paid experience. Paid experience gained on a part-time basis will be pro-rated to determine eligibility. Therefore candidates must be specific when reporting number of hours worked.
Special Requirement for Appointment in School Districts and BOCES: Per Regulations of the Commissioner of Education, to be employed in a position designated by a school district or BOCES as involving direct contact with students, a clearance for employment from the State Education Department is required.
Residency: Preference in certification may be given to successful candidates who have been residents of the jurisdiction in which appointment is to be made for at least one month immediately preceding the examination date.
Participation in Multiple Examinations: If you have applied for both State and local government examinations, you must take all your examinations at the State examination center. You will be advised by letter when and where to report for your examinations. If you have applied for another local government examination with another local civil service agency, call or write each civil service agency to make arrangements. You must notify all government civil service agencies with whom you have filed an application of the test site at which you wish to take your examination.
Eligible Lists: Candidates who are successful in this examination and who meet the qualifications will have their names placed on the eligible list in order of final score, regardless of the date on which they filed or on which they took the examination. The names of qualified candidates will remain on the eligible list for one year. Review of questions or appeal of ratings will not be allowed as the opportunity for retest exists.
Subject of Examination: Written test will cover knowledges, skills and /or abilities in such areas as:
- CLERICAL OPERATIONS WITH LETTERS AND NUMBERS: These questions test your skills and abilities in clerical operations involving alphabetizing, comparing, checking and counting. The questions require you to follow the specific directions given for each question which may involve alphabetizing, comparing, checking and counting given groups of letters and/or numbers.
- ARITHMETIC COMPUTATION Without Calculators: These questions test your ability to do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Questions may also involve fractions, decimals, averages, and percents. You may NOT use a calculator or any other type of calculating device to answer these questions or any other questions in the written test.
- ARITHMETIC REASONING: These questions test your ability to solve an arithmetic problem presented in sentence or short paragraph form. You must read the problem, understand the situation presented, decide what must be done to solve it, and apply the appropriate arithmetic operation(s) in the appropriate order in order to determine the correct solution. Knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division is necessary. Questions may also involve the use of percents, decimals, and fractions.
Unless otherwise notified, the use of calculators is PROHIBITTED. Devices with typewriter keyboards, 'Spell Checkers,' 'Personal Digital Assistants,' 'Address Books,' 'Language Translators,' 'Dictionaries,' or any similar devices are prohibited.
RETAKING OF WRITTEN TEST: Candidates participating in an examination for the position of Account Clerk Typist may not compete in a subsequent examination for the position until a period of six months has elapsed.
A Guide for the Written Test for Account Clerk Typist is available at the New York State website: https://www.cs.ny.gov/testing/testguides.cfm
Applications: You may obtain an application from the Civil Service Commission website: www.cattco.org/jobs. Mail or bring completed applications to 303 Court Street; Little Valley, NY 14755.
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Veterans: Disabled and non-disabled war veterans who are eligible for additional credits must submit an application for veterans' credits. Candidates who wish to claim veterans' credits on an examination should request an application and information sheet from the Cattaraugus County Civil Service Commission. Veterans' application forms will also be available upon request at the examination center. The completed forms must be received before the eligible list for the examination is established in order to utilize additional credits.
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NORWICH, England, July 16 (UPI) -- New research suggests tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC -- the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana -- works to slow tumor growth.
Previous studies have demonstrated such effects in lab experiments involving mice with brain tumors, but researchers say the newest research isolates the tumor-shrinking mechanism. The latest study involved mice featuring tumors grown from human breast cancer cells.
When tumors were exposed to THC they once again shrank and eventually died. But researchers were able to discern where the anti-cancer action was happening, the CB2 and GPR55 receptors.
"By identifying the receptors involved we have provided an important step towards the future development of therapeutics that can take advantage of the interactions we have discovered to reduce tumor growth," said Peter McCormick, a researcher at the University of East Anglia's School of Pharmacy and author of the new study, published this week in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
McCormick says these revelations don't mean cancer patients should start smoking pot.
"Our research uses an isolated chemical compound and using the correct concentration is vital," McCormick added. "Cancer patients should not use cannabis to self-medicate, but I hope that our research will lead to a safe synthetic equivalent being available in the future."
The federal government still classifies marijuana as a dangerous drug -- on par with heroin and LSD -- with "no currently accepted medical use."


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Canada NewsWire
OTTAWA, May 2, 2012
Bill to End the Commercial Seal Threatens the Livelihood of Canadian
Families and Small Communities
OTTAWA, May 2, 2012 /CNW/ - Representatives of Canada's sealing
community responded today to the legislation introduced in the Senate
by Mac Harb to end the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
"Mr. Harb's claims are unfounded. The Canadian sealing industry is very
much alive and well," said Dion Dakins, Chair of the Seals and Sealing
Network. "Consumer demand remains strong. And with positive results at
the WTO and the European General Court, we feel there will be a level
trading field for seal products."
Exports between 2005 and 2011 were over $70 million (US) and seal
products were exported to 35 different countries. The price for seal
pelts has increased from 2009 levels at $15 a pelt to $20 - $25 a pelt
in 2010 and 2011 and $32 in 2012.
"The Canadian sealing industry is crucial to the economies of Quebec,
the Maritimes, and Canada's Inuit populations," added Rob Cahill,
director of the Fur Institute of Canada and a leading actor in
international relations for the Canadian seal industry. "The seasonal source of income can account for up to 35 per cent of a
sealer's annual income, and is available during a time of year when
other rural employment opportunities are virtually non-existent."
Estimates from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the province
of Newfoundland and Labrador estimate that between 5,000 - 6,000 people
acquire an income from the seal hunt for their families, communities
and businesses. This amount is approximately one per cent of the total
provincial population, and two per cent of its labour force.
"To put these statistics into context, this is similar to other
locally-important industries such as crop production or forestry that
each account for less than one per cent of Canadian GDP, but their
local economic importance is undisputable," said Cahill.
Denis Longuépée, a sealer from the Magdalen Islands said, "The animal
rights groups are harming our communities and this bill is just another
attempt to crush a viable industry. The facts don't support their claim
that our industry is disappearing." "The animal rights groups and
Senator Harb do not understand the people in these communities."
Longuépée added, "Seal products harvested in our province and in parts
of Atlantic Canada provide significant economic benefit to the regions,
as well as other parts of the world." "With continued market demand for
Omega-3 oils and emerging markets for the use of other seal products in
research and development, and the traditional uses in furs and leather,
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- William Hancock, professor of biomedical engineering, was named a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
AIMBE fellows are leaders in the field who have distinguished themselves through their contributions in research, industrial practice or education and represent the top 2 percent of the medical and biological engineering community.
Hancock's research focuses on understanding the detailed workings of kinesin motor proteins and their role in intracellular transport, cell motility and cell division. His research incorporates single-molecule microscopy, biochemistry and computational modeling to uncover the nanoscale mechanics of kinesins and their microtubule tracks. By combining biomolecular motors with microfabricated structures, he and his colleagues are also working to develop building blocks for future nano-scale diagnostic and therapeutic devices.
Hancock received his doctorate in bioengineering from the University of Washington in 1994.


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Favorites and duds from today's commenting:
Moving quickly today.
Favorites, in no particular order:
Here's a nice inside curveball from Raysism in the Walter Johnson post. That would be a fucking incredible dud from some joke-not-getting idiot using his real name, especially since he doubles down on his turd sandwich, but I'm in a rush tonight. Ray took a shot at the Craig James family as well.
This is really funny, and I hope it's real, from burner bobbeegee in the Dwight Howard post. I don't know if this chick is just nuts or secretly the funniest person on instagram or what, but from my point of view, it's just a funny Deadspin comment.
Nice bait-and-switch from DougExeter in the Best in Show post.
Same post, here's a good bit from chid that uses a frame to put some mustard on a bad joke. I think I have admonished folks in this space for doing this unsuccessfully in the past, but this one works because it's original and timely. In two weeks, it probably won't.
Boy, the Nebraska kicker post was fertile ground, wasn't it? Mantis Toboggan, M.D. showed up and ripped this underrated humdinger for an easy Comment of the Day. This guy has always had a voice of his own, and I'm a big fan. No one else is pulling off that joke. Great work.
Nice, if sad, pull from SonofaPlum in the Olympics Bad Boys post. RIP
Finally, RMJ=H wraps us up with a twofer. The first, a really overtly silly dialogue joke in the Browns Front Office post, managed to end stronger than it began, which is a challenge for this genre. The other was just a good old fashioned insult that won him the comment section, evidently. Too bad they had to shut it all down, I was looking forward to tomorrow!
Total Fucking Duds
If today was exceptionally good for Favorites, it was every bit as good (bad) for Duds. Goddamn, Deadspin comments get more dunderheaded, sanctimonious, lazy and humorless every single day, and it is becoming a serious chore to catalog the bad ones, even critically. It's like crapping in a full porta-john.
This is a disaster.
Fucking auto-playing video in a comment, and worse, it's the fucking Daily Show.
Shut the fuck up, forever, please.
Not a joke. 60 recs.
Defies description. But I'll try. darinh makes a really boring observation. Jackass posts an unadorned video clip, and it's from The Simpsons. Jackass 2.0 replies that he didn't even have to hit play to add to the 58 recs the video received, gets 19 recs himself. terriblehuman (rightly) chimes in to alert darinh that he's already made this stupid joke before (it was more successful last time). What the fuck did anyone do to deserve this trash? Jesus.
Alright, try to recover from this bullshit and have a good night, all. See you Friday, with a new "worst thread ever" if recent history is any indication.


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2012 has not started out the way I planned. It was too early to even have a plan. We were enjoying my sons' last day of the Christmas break last Tuesday and it was bitterly cold outside. We built a fire in our fireplace and we enjoyed a low-burning fire all day. I went into the kitchen to cook dinner and was cooking proscuitto in a skillet when I heard David say, "There's a fire in the wall. I'm not kidding. Get out of the house and call 911.
There was no smoke, no flame, no spark to indicate anything was wrong, so I thought it was a false alarm. But David saw embers under the firebox, felt the wall and hit was hot. So he knew there was a fire.
He was right. We watched the firetrucks pull up and drag the huge hose into our home. The firefighters gingerly pulled the Old Glory quilt down from above my mantel and broke into the den wall. Flames leapt out of the wall, along with huge billows of smoke. We were still outside, but I could see my quilt studio on the second floor fill up with so much smoke you couldn't see inside it.
We all got out okay, the fire was contained to the one wall of the house, and the firefighters put it out quickly. We have more smoke and water damage than anything. But guess what happens to my quilting fabric?
A textile cleaning company removed ALL of it from my studio, will be cleaning it and specially treating it, will fold it back up, and return it to my studio. Same with my quilts. Almost all of them.
So, I won't be doing any quilting for a while, but I'm anxious to see my quilting fabric when it returns. Will it be the same? Better than new? Or not?
We are hugely blessed that this happened during the day instead of in the evening, when we normally enjoy a fire. So we're looking on the bright side and not letting this dampen our spirits or get us down.
Until we deal with the insurance company. Our absolute favorite activity. 😉


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Dusty: A Dream Lives On
Even after their passing, Edgar "Dusty" Bredbenner '50 and his wife, Barbara Northrop Bredbenner, are making a difference for Ithaca College student-athletes and sports fans, not to mention everyone who will benefit from the spectacular public spaces in the new athletics and events center. The College will soon break ground for the center, which is slated to open in 2010 or 2011, thanks to passionate donors like Dusty Bredbenner — who passed away in September 2005, four years after Barbara, but specified in his will that a significant donation would go toward building the center that had been in their (and many others') dreams for decades.
A business school alumnus with a degree in management, Bredbenner played lacrosse at Ithaca and was one of the most involved alumni in College history. He was elected to the IC Alumni Association Board of Directors the year after he graduated, served as its treasurer from 1951 to 1965, and was president from 1966 to 1968. He was a founder and first president of the Sports Booster Club (now the Ithaca Fund for Athletics) and alumni representative to the Ithaca College Board of Trustees from 1970 to 1975.
Bredbenner was inducted into the Ithaca College Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, and he maintained his active involvement by serving on the Athletics and Events Center Volunteer Committee from 2002 until his death. For his lifelong friendship and support of the College he received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1983, and for his outstanding service to the board of trustees he was presented with an honorary doctor of laws degree. Among his numerous community activities, Bredbenner chaired the City of Ithaca Youth Bureau and the Ithaca Youth Advisory Council and was treasurer of the Greater Ithaca Recreation Council. He was also active in the Elks Club and American Legion, as well as with the local, state, and national associations of accountants.
Dusty and Barbara Bredbenner will be recognized through the naming of a space in the new facility.


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Space Agency: Pay No Attention to That Plummeting Satellite
Nov 11, 2013 10:11 AM PT
The European Space Agency has predicted that when its fuel-less, Earth-bound, 2,000-pound research satellite crashes, it will likely crash into the ocean or polar regions.
The satellite was expected to crash down some time on Sunday or Monday, according to the agency, which added, "with a very high probability, a re-entry over Europe can be excluded."
Good news for Europeans, bad news for polar bears.
The satellite will most likely disintegrate upon its descent, according to experts, leaving but a few pieces that will weigh more than 150 pounds.
The satellite, GOCE, was launched in 2009.
[Source: The Associated Press]
British Spy Agency Used Fake LinkedIn Pages to Collect Data
Britain's main intelligence agency deployed fake LinkedIn pages to target employees of a pair of Global Roaming Exchange providers, according to a report from German magazine Der Spiegel.
GRX providers act as a sort of interchange for mobile Internet traffic. There are a couple dozen GRX providers, and the new surveillance revelations discuss two in particular: Comfone and Mach.
Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ -- the rough equivalent of the NSA -- used imposter versions of LinkedIn and Slashdot, a news site, to implant malware.
The arrangement apparently requires a surveillance body to embed a secret server "at key places on the Internet backbone," in the words of security expert Bruce Schneier. That, in turn, requires that the snoopers have partnerships with telecommunications companies.
The placement of the secret server lets it react before a website does, thereby letting the NSA or GCHQ impersonate a website such as LinkedIn.
The lead author of the Der Spiegel piece is Laura Poitras, one of the journalists known to have the keys to the complete cache of Edward Snowden's leaked documents.
[Source: Der Spiegel via Ars Technica]
China's Annual Online Shopping Day Leads to Huge Hauls
"Single's Day," celebrated annually in China on 11-11 -- get it? resulted in huge sales for China's e-commerce king, Alibaba.
Alibaba's online shop, Tmall, pulled in more than US$164 million in the first six minutes. Last year, it took a molasses-like 37 minutes for Tmall to hit that mark.
The whole 11-11 thing started in 2009. In 2012, the November 11 sales went into the record books as the biggest shopping event in the world with more than $3 billion spent online, crushing the $1.25 billion spent on America's "Cyber Monday" in 2011.
This should come as good news to Beijing, which has made no bones about wanting China to be the world's top e-commerce market.
[Sources: The Register; Alibaba]
Anonymous Hacks Singapore PM
People claiming to be part of the hacking collective Anonymous are taking credit for commandeering the official website of Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore's prime minister.
Lee, perhaps unwisely, said that he would track down the group after an Anonymous member posted a video threatening to hack government sites. A day after Lee's threat, his website was hacked.
The hackers posted an image of Anonymous' trademark Guy Fawkes mask, along with the words, "It's great to be Singaporean today."
Anonymous presumably decided to bring their unique brand of justice to Singapore because of media regulations requiring popular news sites to obtain licenses -- and agree to the terms of the licenses, which aren't necessary free speech-friendly. Anonymous folks had referenced these new rules in an online video.
[Source: BBC]
$1 Million Worth of Bitcoins Stolen
Hackers stole more than $1 million worth of Bitcoins from the payment processor inputs.io, according to the site's owner, whose online pseudonym is TradeFortress.
TradeFortress posted a message saying that the attacker(s) penetrated the hosting account via old email accounts. The theft took place in late October.
TradeFortress will attempt to personally pay back customers who had more than 1 Bitcoin stolen; Bitcoins are currently valued at about $330. Some people have apparently written to TradeFortress, accusing him or her of taking the money.
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Justin Bieber Serenades Baby Brother Jaxon at His Birthday Party [VIDEO]
Justin Bieber really loves his little brother Jaxon and little sister Jazmyn! It was Jaxon's 4th birthday (Nov. 20) and The Biebs lead the serenade of 'Happy Birthday' and helped the little one blow out the candle on his cake.
Poor Jaxon started crying when their dad Jeremy Bieber smashed his face into the cake while they were posing for a picture! Poor kid.
"He did it to me, too," The Biebs said about his dad, trying to comfort his little brother, who was beyond pissed that he got cake on his face.
Jax got over it quick and later smashed his own face in the cake.
What a cutie pie, er, cake.
The party took place at the shoot for The Biebs' video for 'All That Matters.'
Jaxon had a star-studded party, as Floyd Mayweather was said to be in attendance, too. Plus, he has Justin Bieber serenading him on his big day. What a life.


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Specifically the Quintessence of the Great Work.
So many of the old masters write about how to make the Quintessence
of Gold but then it appears they say very little about what to do with it.
Some talk about the Augmentation and whispers of accruing large quantities
of gold.
There is mention of a Great Medicine that can cure all diseases of the body.
Then there is the talk of longevity and the possibility of living for hundreds
of years.
Also hints of immortality.
But none of them write openly on how these things may be performed with
this Great Quintessence of Gold.
Is it the Quintessence that works these wonders or am I being misguided in
the way that I'm reading these old books ?
What can actually be accomplished with this Quintessence ?


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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — It's early February and Middlebury is blanketed by snow, but spring thaw will usher in a variety of road, water and sewer-related improvements in Addison County's shire town.
Chief among them a major rehab of the sewer force main that runs from the Rogers Road pump station under Route 7, north to Charles Street, Water Street and then to Cross Street.
Middlebury Director of Operations Dan Werner explained that corrosive soils have caused several failures in the force main during the past few years. Those failures have prompted the state to order Middlebury to repair the force main by this August.
Since replacing the line would require a lot of digging — and therefore substantial disruption to traffic — town officials are hoping contractors can simply slide a cured pipe-liner inside the force main. Werner explained this "slip-line" tactic would require less excavation and fewer headaches for travelers.
Unfortunately, the two firms that have bid on the job have submitted proposals that exceed the town's project estimate of $775,000.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectmen on Thursday made the first of what will be several pitches to the community for local option taxes to partially fund a new in-town bridge, and they learned that not everyone is sold on the idea.
"My concern is that once a tax like this is added, it never goes away," said Scott Jacobs, owner of the Agway Farm & Garden Store, who said he would prefer selectmen find another funding mechanism for what he said was a worthwhile in-town bridge project.
"An extra sales tax isn't going to bring in more business," he added.
Thursday's hearing drew around 30 local residents, retailers and public officials, some of whom weighed in on the notion of levying the local sales, meals, rooms and alcohol taxes by 1 percent each, to raise upwards of $725,000 annually. That money — along with a commitment of $600,000 per year from Middlebury College — would be applied to debt service on a 30-year, $16 million bond issue to fund a new in-town bridge. The bridge would link Main Street with Court Street across the Otter Creek, via Cross Street.
By MEGAN JAMES
HANCOCK — Developments have been slow coming in Hancock since Thomas Fabbioli purchased the former Vermont Plywood plant at an auction last November. Still, the new owner is working with town officials to ensure his vision — transforming the building into a marble processing plant and business cultivation center — becomes a reality.
Fabbioli, who owns Vermont Verde Quarry in Rochester, hopes to use a small portion of the 118,000-square-foot building for cutting and polishing Vermont Verde's serpentine marble, a process that will require six to 10 employees, and rent out the rest of the plant to start-up businesses.
"This thing is very fluid right now," Fabbioli said. "I'm trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together to create something successful."
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Parents Gather Information On Children with Special Needs
Submitted: 04/28/2013
- It almost felt like summertime at The Waters of Minocqua. While the kids had time to play, the adults went to workshops for parents with children with special needs. "The idea is that information and education is the best tool to help your child," said Wisconsin Family Ties Parent Specialist, Jackie Baldwin. "If you don't have the information that you need, it's difficult to make those decisions as to how to help them." Wisconsin Family Ties had three different workshops. One for how to handle a crisis, caregivers taking care of themselves and kids transitioning into young adults."They gave a lot of really good strategies on helping to deescalate as well as kind of reminding you that children can do well," parent who attended workshops, Melanie Smith said."If they can, they will. Everybody wants to do a good job and kids are the same way." Workshop leaders stressed to parents the importance of communication with their kids. Especially when they get older and want to start doing everything they see their friends doing."What you need to do is find that right balance of support in the middle. And usually that involves a lot of negotiation and a lot of work," said Arc of the Northwoods Coalition, Deanna Yost. "A lot of sitting down, being upfront with that, you're son or daughter or whoever you're supporting." Melanie Smith says it's nice to know that she's not the only one going through these types of struggles."Hearing other parents that go through the same struggles as you do is very reaffirming. Because when you have a child with special needs and they have behavioral problems and all you hear are the negatives constantly, it's so nice to hear that people affirm 'hey you're doing a good job.'" Smith said. "It's not through some falls of your own that your child has disabilities. You know your child is a blessing and it might be a little bit more difficult, but that doesn't make them bad or less than other kids." Wisconsin Family Ties will host another event in Madison celebrating Children's Mental Health Awareness Day on May 9th.
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Solar PV Glass Market Research
China solar PV glass market to exhibit remarkable gains over 2017-2024, supportive government initiatives to spur the product demand
The global solar PV glass market is gaining remarkable momentum with escalating investments toward boosting energy efficient technology and conserving the energy mix. Favorable government initiatives and projects toward the usage of clean energy sources to reduce carbon footprints have brought about huge growth prospects for solar PV glass industry over the coming seven years. In 2016, global Solar PV glass market was worth over USD 2 billion and the overall consumption is projected to cross 700 million square meters by 2024, according to a report by Global Market Insights, Inc.
U.S. Solar PV Glass Market Size, By End Use, 2016 & 2024 (USD Million)
The photovoltaic glass is widely used to concentrate sunlight and convert the solar energy into electric energy. Using solar PV cells and glass in building facades and roof lighting systems can result into economical use of solar energy. PV glass can thus be directly used for power generation for small scale sectors. In countries such as the U.S., the government has introduced rebates and subsidies for the installation of solar PV glass. It has also initiated policies such as Investment Tax Credit (ITC), which has significantly reduced the overall cost of the product to boost its adoption. As per a report by EIA, the U.S. boasted of a total installation of over 12.6 GW of solar PV systems in 2016, chiefly for the residential sector.
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The rising demand for solar PV glass across the residential sector has provided a significant impetus to the tempered/toughened solar PV glass market. This product segment provides better thermal stress breakage and mechanical strength to the glass and is therefore safer than its counterparts. The tempered solar PV glass market is thus likely to witness a lucrative growth of 7% over 2017-2024.
China is a major consumer, producer, and exporter of photovoltaic systems and accounted for more than 50% of the overall solar PV glass market in 2016. In December 2016, the Chinese government amended its Thirteenth Five Year Plan to improve the countries photovoltaic energy sector with an aim to achieve at least 23% of efficiency in large scale production of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells by 2020.
UK solar PV glass industry has also been gaining traction of late. In 2016, the UK government proclaimed a complete phase-out of the standing coal fired stations by 2025. Moreover, stringent government regulations for curbing the carbon emissions has resulted into several government initiatives to install rooftop solar PV units, which is turn has raised the regional share for solar PV glass industry.
On the technology front, solar PV glass market is segmented into two types namely float and pattern. The pattern solar PV glass market share is expected to depict an annual growth rate of 6% over the period of 2017-2024, owing to its better aesthetics, easy lamination, non-blinding effect, and desired degree of transparency. On other hand, the float solar PV glass industry also holds a significant market chunk as it finds extensive applications in thin film photovoltaic modules.
Solar PV glass market from thin film CIS / CIGS segment is likely to register a CAGR of 9% over 2017-2024. Moreover, the use of low iron pattern and float glasses for manufacturing crystalline modules has considerably impelled the solar PV glass industry.
The global solar PV glass market is likely to witness strategic collaborations and mergers to expand their network across different regions. Prominent industry players include Guardian Industries, Vidur Glass, Guangdong Golden, Xinyi, Sunarc Technology, Jin Jing, Borosil, and Flat Group.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wed
On this day, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wed. The pair had run away together in July 1814, but because Shelley was already married they were unable to marry for two years, until the death of Shelley's wife.
Shelley, the heir to his wealthy grandfather's estate, was expelled from Oxford when he refused to acknowledge authorship of a controversial essay. He eloped with his first wife, Harriet Westbrook, the daughter of a tavern owner, in 1811. However, just a few years later Shelley fell in love with the young Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, daughter of a prominent reformer and an early feminist writer. Shelley and Godwin fled to Europe and married in 1816.
Shelley's inheritance did not pay all the bills, and the couple spent much of their married life abroad, fleeing Shelley's creditors. While living in Geneva, the Shelleys and their dear friend Lord Byron challenged each other to write a compelling ghost story. Only Mary Shelley finished hers and later published the story as Frankenstein.
The Shelleys had five children, but only one lived to adulthood. After Shelley drowned in a sailing accident when Mary was only 24, she edited two volumes of his works. She lived on a small stipend from her father-in-law, Lord Shelley, until her surviving son inherited his fortune and title in 1844. She died at the age of 53. Although she was a respected writer for many years, only Frankenstein and her journals are still widely read.


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As a Contributing Editor for Creating Keepsakes Magazine, Ali Edwards is also a sought after instructor and celebrated author of several scrapbooking related books: A Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking and A Designer's Eye for Scrapbooking with Patterned Paper . She recently came out with a digital cd for digiscrapping called, "Digital Quick Pages."
With a graphic design background, Ali became interested in scrapbooking soon after the birth of her son. Shortly after, she won a place in Creating Keepsakes' 2003 Hall of Fame contest. Ali also coined the term "Life Artist" which serves to better describe the work that a scrapbooker truly does.
Ali lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband Chris, an elected member of the Oregon state House of Representatives, and her young son Simon.
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Doing radio spots often gives me opportunities to develop ideas for stories. Or, as the case may be, to steal them from the host.
During a visit earlier today with Doug Gottlieb of CBS Sports Radio, the host brought up the Broncos' challenge of replacing center Dan Koppen in light of the absence of director of player personnel Matt Russell and pro personnel director Tom Heckert. Both are suspended in the wake of their recent DUI arrests.
With Russell and Heckert gone, it's unclear who's setting the table for executive V.P. of football operations John Elway. But it is clear that Elway made the decision to sign free-agent center Steve Vallos. It's clear because coach John Fox said so on Monday.
"That has not changed," Fox said. "He has been making the decisions since I have been here. So, that hasn't changed at all. We have a great staff up there that does an excellent job. We have input as coaches. That is the approach John takes. He wants everybody to have input and everybody does. We feel good about our process."
The Broncos apparently prepared to search for new players at all positions before Russell and Heckert were suspended.
"Upstairs, our personnel people do a great job and John and his staff are on it," Fox said. "We have a ready list at every position. Like I said before, that is part of the game and you hate to lose guys, sometimes you lose them temporarily, but you hate to lose them for the whole season especially. But we feel good about who we have lined up, we just have to get him trained in our system and we will get that done."
So, basically, the Broncos believe they will be fine. As long as they don't suffer any more injuries at the center position.


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Whether you regard the DIY crafting revolution as fun, empowering, radical, frivolous, an act of reclamation, an important response to consumerism, harmful to feminism, or merely cool, Faythe Levine's new documentary Handmade Nation will propel the conversation.
In this sneak peek at Levine's film, self-described "craft mafias" across the country talk about the importance of DIY in their lives - as an outlet for adult creativity, a reclamation of lost arts, a vehicle for radical action - and the dramatic growth of the movement.
Handmade Nation
Handmade Nation Trailer [YouTube]
Handmade Nation: Stop Animated Opening Title Sequence [YouTube]
Film: Handmade Nation [Mother Jones]
Crafty Comeback With Indie Edge [Washington Times]
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Lifeguard/Recreation Assistant - Oxford
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- Fusion Lifestyle
- Location
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
- Salary
- £9.69
- Posted
- 16 Apr 2018
- Closes
- 25 Apr 2018
- Ref
- Ferry00135
- Sector
- Sports jobs, Pool Lifeguard
- Job Type
- Temporary
Our Lifeguards/Recreation Assistants have one of the most important jobs at our centres and that is keeping our customers safe in and around the water. In addition to being a stickler for health and safety, as a Lifeguard/Recreation Assistant, you will thoroughly clean assigned areas, set up and break down various activities and events and conduct pool testing according to procedures.
We are passionate about delivering the best customer service and getting your community active. Every Fusion team member plays their part, working within a diverse and dynamic team in a fast paced environment.
The successful Lifeguard/Recreation Assistant will have:
- UK recognised pool lifeguard qualification
- Understanding of relevant health and safety legislation
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to appropriately correct behaviour of pool users where necessary
- Good standard of physical fitness
If you are looking to start or further your career in leisure, with a growing and dynamic company that makes a positive impact on the community, then we want to hear from you.
The benefits you may enjoy as a Fusion team member include:
- 22 days' holiday plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata)
- Gym membership
- Personal mobile phone discount
- Pension Scheme
- Eye test (DSE users)
- Childcare vouchers
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sick pay
- And more.
In line with the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act, all applicants will be expected to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK if invited to interview.
Fusion Lifestyle recognises the benefits of a diverse workforce and we therefore welcome applications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.


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Any kid who ever tap-danced at a talent show or put on a curly wig and auditioned for "Annie" can only dream of being as beloved – or as important – as Shirley Temple.
Temple, who died Monday night at 85, sang, danced, sobbed and grinned her way into the hearts of dispirited Depression-era moviegoers and remains the ultimate child star decades later. Other pre-teens, from Macaulay Culkin to Miley Cyrus, have been as famous in their time. But none of them helped shape their time the way she did.
Dimpled, precocious and oh-so-adorable, she was America's top box office draw during Hollywood's golden age, and her image was free of the scandals that have plagued Cyrus, Lindsay Lohan and so many other child stars – parental feuds, or drug and alcohol addiction.
Temple remains such a symbol of innocence that kids still know the drink named for her: a sweet, nonalcoholic cocktail of ginger ale and grenadine, topped with a maraschino cherry.
Her hit movies – which included "Bright Eyes" (1934), "Curly Top" (1935), "Dimples" (1936), "Poor Little Rich Girl" (1936) and "Heidi" (1937) – featured sentimental themes and musical subplots, with stories of resilience and optimism that a struggling American public found appealing. She kept children singing "On the Good Ship Lollipop" for generations.
She was also a tribute to the economic and inspirational power of movies, credited with helping to save 20th Century Fox from bankruptcy and praised by President Franklin D. Roosevelt himself for lifting America's spirits during a gloomy time.
Her achievements did not end with movies. Retired from acting at 21, she went on to hold several diplomatic posts in Republican administrations, including ambassador to Czechoslovakia during the sudden collapse of communism in 1989.
Former President George H.W. Bush saluted her for "her selfless service to our country" and her film career.
"In both roles, she truly lifted people up and earned not only a place in our hearts, but also our enduring respect," Bush said in a statement.
Temple, known in private life as Shirley Temple Black, died at her home near San Francisco. The cause of death was not disclosed.
From 1935 to 1938, she was the most popular screen actress in the country and was a bigger draw than Clark Gable, Joan Crawford or Gary Cooper. In 1999, the American Film Institute's ranking of the greatest screen legends put Temple at No. 18 among the 25 actresses.
"I have one piece of advice for those of you who want to receive the lifetime achievement award: Start early," she quipped in 2006 as she was honored by the Screen Actors Guild.
But she also said that evening that her greatest roles were as wife, mother and grandmother: "There's nothing like real love. Nothing." Her husband of more than 50 years, Charles Black, had died a few months earlier.
In "Bright Eyes," Temple introduced the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop" and did battle with a charmingly bratty Jane Withers, launching Withers as another major child star. As a bright-eyed orphan in "Curly Top," she sang "Animal Crackers in My Soup."
She was teamed with the legendary dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in two 1935 films with Civil War themes, "The Little Colonel" and "The Littlest Rebel." Their tap dance up the steps in "The Little Colonel" (at a time when interracial teamings were rare in Hollywood) became a landmark in the history of film dance.
Known for a remarkable ability to cry on cue, she won a special Academy Award at age 6 – and was presented with a miniature Oscar statuette – for her "outstanding contribution to screen entertainment."
Temple and her movies were an escapist delight at a time when America was down in the dumps.
Mothers dressed their little girls like her, and a line of dolls that are now highly sought-after collectibles was launched. Her fans seemed interested in every last golden curl on her head. Her mother, Gertrude, was said to have done her hair for each movie, with every hairstyle having exactly 56 curls.
Roosevelt once said: "As long as our country has Shirley Temple, we will be all right. When the spirit of the people is lower than at any other time during this Depression, it is a splendid thing that for just 15 cents, an American can go to a movie and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles."
Temple's mother worked to keep her daughter from being spoiled by fame and was a constant presence during filming. Temple said years later that her mother had been furious when a director once sent the mother off on an errand and then got the child to cry for a scene by frightening her. "She never again left me alone on a set," Temple said.
But Temple also suggested that in some ways, she grew up too soon. She stopped believing in Santa Claus at age 6, she once said, when "Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."
Decades later, her interest in politics brought her back into the spotlight.
She made an unsuccessful bid for Congress as a Republican in 1967. After Richard Nixon became president in 1969, he appointed her a member of the U.S. delegation to the U.N. General Assembly. In the 1970s, she was U.S. ambassador to Ghana and later U.S. chief of protocol.
A few months after she arrived in Prague in 1989, communist rule was overthrown in Czechoslovakia as the Iron Curtain collapsed across Eastern Europe.
"My main job (initially) was human rights, trying to keep people like future President Vaclav Havel out of jail," she said in a 1999 Associated Press interview. Within months, she was accompanying Havel, the former dissident playwright, when he came to Washington as his country's new president.
She considered her background in entertainment an asset to her political career.
"Politicians are actors too, don't you think?" she once said. "Usually if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics."
Born in Santa Monica, Calif., to an accountant and his wife, Temple was little more than 3 when she made her film debut in 1932 in the Baby Burlesks, a series of short films in which tiny performers parodied grown-up movies, sometimes with risque results.
Temple's expert singing and tap-dancing in the 1934 movie "Stand Up and Cheer!" first gained her wide notice.
Her 1942 film "Miss Annie Rooney" included her first on-screen kiss, bestowed by another maturing child star, Dickie Moore.
Her appeal faded as quickly as it had emerged. She missed a shot at playing Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz" when 20th Century Fox chief Darryl Zanuck refused to lend out his greatest asset; the part went to Judy Garland. And "The Little Princess" in 1939 and "The Blue Bird" in 1940 didn't draw big crowds, prompting Fox to let Temple go.
Among her later films were "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer," with Cary Grant, and "That Hagen Girl," with Ronald Reagan.
After her film career ended, she concentrated on raising her family and turned to television to host and act in 16 specials called "Shirley Temple's Storybook" on ABC. In 1960, she joined NBC and aired "The Shirley Temple Show."
Her 1988 autobiography, "Child Star," was a best-seller.
Temple married Army Air Corps Pvt. John Agar, the brother of a classmate at Westlake, her exclusive Los Angeles girls' school, in 1945. He took up acting and the pair appeared together in two films, "Fort Apache" and "Adventure in Baltimore." She and Agar had a daughter, Susan, in 1948. The actress filed for divorce the following year.
She married Black in 1950, and they had two more children, Lori and Charles. That marriage lasted until his death in 2005 at age 86.
In 1972, she underwent surgery for breast cancer and was credited with opening up public discussion about the disease. She issued a statement urging other women to get checked by their doctors and vowed: "I have much more to accomplish before I am through."
Associated Press writers Martha Mendoza and Matt Reed contributed to this report.


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