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hi here i am shearing about my leaving of religion Islam
this is my first time blog writing sow if may my writing and English is poor sow please try to understand it cause i am first time here in blog
my born in a Muslim family in Bangladesh
my families was teaching me about Islam n Allah shatan angel n many things about religion they told me if i don't pray Allah will throw me on hell only Islam is true religion another religions r lies like many things they were telling me my father n my mother they are strong religious they follows about Islam believe to Allah and they like shariah low in muslim country n conservatives my family another members r very conservative sow when i was 8 years old i have remember about 9/11 wtc attack i saw on the tv news on that time i was little when the falling of tower many people were died on that place but many radical Muslims does support of that attack they says the all r kahfer (infidel) has died Allah is happy but i dint know much because i was 8 years old boy i just follow what they r talking what they r thinking then my families to much liked alqaeda osama bin laden n many Islamic terrorists they says the laden is great muslim because he killed so many Jews christens nonmuslims
when day by day im growing up like 11/12 years old my age then i liked music's movies cartoons n many entertainments but my religion Islam says those all things r haram mean not allow in islam
if muslims does follow those things like music movies n boys n girls make frindship these haram but on that time my mind was not like Islam religion but I believed to Allah islam heaven hell such as so many things of islam when I watching tv movies music any entertainments I like it to much but im always afraiding life of after death I was thinking when I will die I will be on the hell but I dint follow rules of islam because my mind was sow free I was open minded I was thinking if I will die shall I go hell or heaven that will be later
Then I always enjoying anything what would want to get my mind im always doing that
when my parents told me go for pray then I was going for pray in mousq how many time I still in the mousq I feeling to much bore thatswhy I was feeling bore becous in side the mousq alwes the mullah,s says about haram things of islam they always telling about jihad sapporting of osama bin laden alqaeda taliban like many terrorists talking about shariah to teachs about how to beating childrens women they says if women does not wear the burqa hijab all mens should beat that womens if the childrens do not pray not keep fasting on Ramadan every father n mother shoud give punishment to them when I listning about the all strick rulls about islam then I was feeling like this that i am in a jail i was disappointed to the Islam when watching news on tv or news paper then I looking news about war terrorism inside the Afghanistan Pakistan Iraq many muslim and nonmuslims country's terrorist attack sucide bombing killing many innocent people beheading honnorkilling and many violent news I see there most crime like bombing beheading honorkilling stoning happening by Islamic terrorists
when I became 15/16 years old I got to use the computer and internet then searching many news history and many many things from internet still on that time I boring about rulls of islam but I afraid to leav that islam becous I belived to allah if I left islam allah will burn me on the hell like many beliefs of Islam and later I start to thinking about allah/god where is the allah if realy allah does exist sow why we cant see that allah ?
like thinking those about allah/god after I became skeptic about religion faith allah/god
if after death of life we shall go to hell or heaven sow why Allah/god created our life?
What is the benefit for Allah/god if we go hell or heaven?
Why that Allah/god sent Adam eve in this earth? Why Allah/god creating n why Allah/god killing us?
If Allah/god have to throw us on the hell or heaven why Allah/god created our life
Why allah will be happy for killing of innocent people by beheading bombing terrorist attack why allah tell on the quran do for jihad and killing innocent people? Why allah tell to the women for wearing the burqa hijab why allah tell for punishment of women and children if does not pray ? why that allah makes shariah law for Muslims? Why allah is angry with our freedom to listing music watching movies makes enjoy and so many thing in our life which things islam says harram whats wrong with Allah if we do that
When I was 16 years old i started to thinking about Islam about god/Allah is really there god or Allah?
Why we should pray for him?
why he created hell n heaven for us ?
what is the evidence of Allah or god ?
why he angry with our freedom,peace,love ?
why islam is banned the singing ,art culture ,entertainment?
why in islam allow for jihad and killing poeple and teaches to hate other nation ?
i was so disappointed about islam when i was 11 years old from that time the
rule of islam was very difficult to accept by me i didn't like the speak of mullah
they always says to beating women n beating children if children dont pray if women not hijab
and disappointed so about muslims when they supports alqaeda ,taliban and many islamic fundamentalist
terrorist from radical to moderate muslims every are supports for the islamic terror
later i started to thinking and then i understanding the allah or god all are nothing
everything is lying muhammad was so big Liar and violent person quran is book of fable history
Now I understand the Allah/god religions are fake these are all blind belief of our life
There is no Allah no god no religion Allah/god does not created us we created that allah/god and religions made by our blind thinking we became by evolution the earth created by big bang
Human became by evolution
Now i am a atheist freethinker Ex Muslim now I don't afraid to Allah/god I don't think about after life of death now I can enjoy everything in my life I don't afraid the hell fire burning after life now im free I have freedom of speech I don't follow religion don't like to pray don't like jihad don't like shariah don't like any rulls of religion im free from religion now i understand the religion faith dogma god/Allah these all are lies
Thank you all for read about my leaving islam
inside the Islam very darkness and dangerous
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Wow. I for get how little of a issue it is for me, an American living in New England, to be openly atheist, when compared to others. Bravo, Parvez! Please stay safe though.
Your mind is now free but please be careful with your tongue. Muslim extremists have no patience with those who reject Allah and religion in general.
Always be cautious.
Peace to you.
Thank you so much for sharing your story with us. Does your family know that you are an atheist? I don't know much about your country and the political climate there...is it safe where you live to be a non-muslim person? Please stay safe. But I think that everyone here can appreciate your intelligence and bravery. I am glad you found our group!
thank you so much Cristynfaye to read my story
no my family don't know about me that i am atheist i keep it secret
my country is Bangladesh but i stay in middle east arab oman both are muslim state both where are islami extremist there is no safe to live non muslim person mostly apostates are more risk in my country one of bangladeshi feminist currently she is out of country now living in sweden cause she criticized of islam that'swhy Islamist death threat to her sow i keep my thinking secret from my family and my friends my family n friends to much supports islamic radical
thank you Ed yes i am careful with my tongue cause i know as well about muslims
there radical to moderate both are same way the muslim can kill there own son/daughter due to reject islam and islamic law
thank you Kir Komrik to read my story
yes sure you can use my story if you like to discuss my story.
thank you Diane i am so happy to see here so many freethinker atheists
yes i am try to stay safe cause my location is islamic majority there radical muslim n moderate muslim both are same way
thank you Nina van der Roos you read my story yes for apostate muslims life can be very dangerous in muslim country my family background is moderate muslim but when they can see any apostate sow i know as well what they would do once i sheared about honor killing story of a canadian Pakistani girl aqsa pervez who killed by her father sow when they heard about it they were very happy they says the father did good job whenever my family can support other killing sow i know about them as well
islam is harm of every social
okay Kir Komrik
Parvez you are an inspiration to other muslims who may be thinking of casting the shackles of their immortality and live free from fear of thought crime and haram dress codes. Good for you mate. Try to stay safe. As an apostate in an islamic state you dont need us to tell you that but do stay safe and keep the message of godless mortality alive.


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Chicago Murder Suspect Won't Waive Extradition from South Dakota
ABERDEEN - A South Dakota man accused of pushing a woman out of a third-floor window in Chicago is fighting extradition to Illinois to face a murder charge.
Twenty-nine-year-old Daniel Neasom, of Aberdeen, was arrested over the weekend in that city. The American News reports he made a court appearance Wednesday and refused to voluntarily be returned to Illinois' Cook County. Neasom told the judge he wanted more time and mentioned the prospect of talking to an attorney.
Authorities will go through the legal process of forcing Neasom to be extradited. That could take as long as a month.
Neasom is accused in the death of Cynthia Barnes on July 23, 2011. Her body was found on a sidewalk and an autopsy concluded she died from injuries suffered in a fall.
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HSA Regions
HSA members belong to one of ten regions in BC. Each region elects a Regional Director who represents member views on the HSA Board of Directors. Regional Directors serve two-year terms.
- Region 1: Nanaimo and Vancouver Island North
- Region 2: Victoria and Vancouver Island South
- Region 3: Burnaby, Tri-Cities, New Westminster
- Region 4: Vancouver Hospital & Health Sciences Centre (all sites), Richmond Chapter, Dogwood Lodge
- Region 5: Children's & Women's Hospitals, all other Vancouver facilities, Vancouver and Fraser Valley Cancer Centres
- Region 6: Providence Health Care (all sites), Vancouver Community Mental Health, and North Shore and Sunshine Coast facilities
- Region 7: Surrey and Fraser Valley
- Region 8: Kelowna, Kamloops, and Thompson-Okanagan
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Symbol configuration
The symbol of a station is, in commonly used APRS trackers, typically configured using a pair of two characters. The first one selects the symbol table: primary "/", or secondary "\". The second character selects which symbol out of the selected table is displayed.
For example, a symbol configuration of "/>" selects the primary table "/" and the car symbol out of that table ">". A symbol configuration of "\L" selects the secondary table "\" and the lighthouse symbol from the secondary table "L".
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The symbols in the secondary table can have an alphanumeric overlay. The overlay character can be a digit (0 ... 9) or an upper-case ASCII letter (A ... Z). The overlay character is placed in the symbol code's table selecting character in the place of the backslash "\".
For example, a symbol configuration of "N#" will display a green digipeater star with a N character on top.
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It is important to understand that the symbol graphics are not transmitted over the air. Instead, just the two-character table-and-symbol code is transmitted, and the graphics are already stored at the receiving station. Each station receiving the position packets need to use the same updated symbol graphics files to see the same symbols for each station. The definitions and graphics of the symbols have been updated over the years, so it is a good idea to make sure you have the updated set.
The symbol graphics currently widely used can be downloaded at WA8LMF's site:
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Peter Konz
College: Wisconsin Position: Center / guard Skinny: More and more mock drafts have Konz going to the Ravens at No. 29, and for good reason. The former Badger is a solid and smart center who could start immediately. With Matt Birk possibly retiring and Andre Gurode facing free agency, the only center on the Ravens' roster is Justin Boren, who spent much of this past season on the practice squad. Konz, whose leadership and football intelligence has been widely praised, also could play guard. Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said earlier this month that the team will add another center, and Konz would be a safe -- albeit not sexy -- pick.
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Mashables CTO On Press This
In this weeks episode of Press This, the podcast of Joost De Valk, he interviews Mashables CTO Frederick Townes. Quite a bit of the interview is focused around listener submitted questions including one or two of my own. The one question and answer I found interesting is when I asked (more…)


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Horse Racing Bookmaker Betting Odds Compared to Tote Dividends
How to be a Winning Punter
You will win more money if you don't automatically place nets on horses that are well supported in the betting market with totes or bookmakers until you know where the best odds are.
See for yourself how you can win more money.
In the tables below you can compare bookmaker starting price and bookmaker top fluctuation odds for Melbourne and Sydney racing on horses that have a bookmaker starting price of $5.50 or shorter with the tote dividend odds many winning punters received for wagers on those horses
Remember the smart, long term winning punters always try and get the best odds.
Understanding the tables:
Tote: This is the tote dividend payout
price for a dollar bet and includes your dollar.
- 90 in the Your Extra Profits column underneath Top Fluctuation means your $100 winning bet with the bookmaker won $90 less at top fluctuation than the same size wager many winning punters received on the tote.
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Estimates of the total spent on the election we all just survived hover around $6 billion. No, that "B" is not a typo.
How many transit systems could be modernized with that money? How many more cancer research studies could be funded? Or, perhaps more on point for some, how much could the nation's deficit have dropped? For those who funded SuperPACs hoping to influence the way this country works, isn't there some sort of direct funding option? And maybe that direct funding has the benefit of being a bit less divisive and perhaps even actually creates jobs instead of talking about doing so?
In raising the questions above, I am joining the finger-pointing fray and so I take myself to task. In the words of a very smart friend, "It's time to move forward." Chapel Hill resident Vicki Threlfall was not parroting slogans when she said that, as she continued to say it's time to "focus on improving- not winning."
She's right, Congress. She's right, State Legislature. No more gamesmanship and no more brinksmanship. No more late night votes, no more digging in and being unwilling to negotiate. It's time to do the job you were elected to do: work for the betterment of this state and this country.
It's time to get out of some schoolyard mentality and stop the bullying. Americans are united by the fact of our differences. To the man driving in front of me the other day whose bumper proclaimed the need to "Defend Freedom" by "Defeating Obama", there are other car tushes out these asking for different freedoms to be protected that I'm guessing you do not countenance. Aren't we all entitled to ask for freedoms? Isn't that what joins us?
Let's go beyond the need to work together; elected leaders should respect the differences between them. Is it a question of faith? It's deserving of respect? Does someone highly value education? That's also deserving of respect. No more sneering and belittling the values of others. How is it that the baseline of behavior expected from most children isn't required of our leaders? It should be and we should demand it.
Sadly, I feel a bit like Don Quixote writing this, tilting at windmills. But if we don't talk about how it should be and what we expect from the people to whom we give these jobs and – don't forget- pay their salaries (and their fabulous healthcare plans), nothing will change.
Also, I recently saw this, a map of what the country really looks like, with very few states being all red or all blue and I decided that purple is my new favorite color!
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LONDON/MUMBAI, Oct 23 ( Reuters) - Goldman Sachs' reputation for hard-nosed efficiency faces a test in the chaos of Indian building standards, according to architects hired by the Wall Street bank.
Construction is due to start soon on a Bangalore campus for some 4,000 back-office Goldman Sachs staff, but a report by Toronto-based architect Adamson Associates seen by Reuters said the project faces a string of obstacles including shoddy construction, corruption, poor sanitation and an on-site tomb.
"India's industry standards of construction quality for commercial office space have not yet reached international standards, much less GS standards," the report said.
It recommended developers "provide extra margins of tolerance (ie a 'sloppy fit')" and "not design anything that requires total precision" for the 22-acre site, which is close to a busy stretch of Bangalore's six-lane outer ring road.
Goldman Sachs and Adamson Associates declined to comment. The bank's reaction to Adamson's recommendations is not clear.
The report gives a rare behind-the-scenes insight into the way multinational companies in India view local standards and some locals have reacted angrily to the suggestion Goldman will have to lower its expectations so far.
"This is a wrong notion. A wrong perception is being created. I would like to really confront a person who thinks like this," said Lalit Kumar Jain, national president of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Association of India.
"This is a prejudiced mind without really understanding the reality on the ground of this country."
The reaction to the architect's report will generate further publicity for the intensely scrutinised bank.
"It's a bit of a cheap shot for a foreign architect to throw stones at Indian construction standards," said one international developer operating in India who did not want to be named for fear of drawing criticism. "The standards are not the same but then neither is the cost. And that is why Goldman Sachs is putting a million square feet in India."
Construction costs in India are about 75 to 80 percent lower than in London, he said.
But Ramesh Mysore, a Bangalore-based director of corporate real estate at outsourcing company Convergys, which entered India more than a decade ago and has more than 10,000 staff in the country, said the report only stated the obvious. Red tape and inexperienced developers are a big hurdle.
"The challenge in India is there is still ambiguity in people giving a commitment and achieving it. In other countries, there is more promptness and respect," he said.
As the financial crisis forces Western banks to rein in costs, they have increasingly turned to emerging economies to set up operations with lower wages and rents.
Companies can save between 40 and 70 percent in places such as India, Asia's third-largest economy, according to a report this year by U.S. business consultant Everest Group and NASSCOM, an Indian industry body for technology companies.
Earlier this month Goldman Sachs announced a third-quarter profit of $1.5 billion versus a $428 million loss in 2011 against the backdrop of a $1.9 billion cost cutting programme.
Its Bangalore project - codenamed "Big Bang" inside the bank - will move workers from four offices elsewhere in Bangalore into a single campus about 15 km (9 miles) south-east of the city centre by 2017.
The documents, more than 2,000 pages in all, underline the huge scale of Goldman's plans in the country. The Bangalore operation accounts for about 12 percent of the bank's global staff but that could more than quadruple to 18,000, the report said.
The campus, which measures 900,000 square feet, comprises two buildings. Floor space will double if Goldman exercises development options. That would give it a site not much smaller than its 2.2 million-square-foot HQ in New York, a skyscraper on which Adamson was the executive architect.
Goldman will pay an annual rent of about 565 rupees ($11) p er square foot, local real estate agents said. That compares to a typical figure of 55 pounds ($89) in London's financial district or about $90 in the midtown Manhattan area of New York.
Banks such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, HSBC, JPMorgan and RBS also have functions like risk and fraud management, finance and accounting in self-contained Bangalore sites known in India as "captive centres".
However, building in India is not always straightforward.
When a Reuters reporter visited the area where the Goldman Sachs campus w ill be located earlier this month, he saw a site fenced off with corrugated metal sheets.
The presence of steel reinforcement rods was the only evidence of planned construction work at the site, which, based on maps contained in the Adamson report, appeared to be the future home of the Wall Street bank.
Stray dogs wandered through pot-holed streets and dirt and rubbish were piled up in the surrounding areas, at odds with the glass-fronted modern office blocks which house firms including JP Morgan, Nokia and Cisco.
A large sewage canal ran nearby, where a breeze blew foam into the air.
The architect report notes the canal and warns of the possibility of foul odours, depending on "time of year (and) wind direction."
Adamson underlined how closely Goldman Sachs should monitor the build, recommending "extensive use of mock-ups" that require approval before the final phases of building work proceed.
"Keep the design simple, straightforward and easily understandable. Complex shapes will not likely be well-constructed," it said, while emphasising the building had to be the best quality office block in Bangalore.
Delays and shoddy construction at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India's capital, exposed the dearth of skilled labour, building technology and expertise in the country. But things have improved since then, say people in the industry.
"What happened at the Commonwealth Games was not good but the important thing to note is not everything happens like that," said Convergys Corporation's Mysore.
"If you get attracted to a developer because the building looks great, is cheap and comes with some goodies, you are being misguided. You need to exercise caution," he said.
The economic boom of recent years has helped to improve construction standards, local developers said.
"Some of our buildings are better than some American ones," said J. C. Sharma, chairman of Bangalore-based Sobha Developers , which has built more than 24 million square feet of space for technology company Infosys. "Foreign architects should come and see the buildings here to realise India is also improving, although more slowly than China."
That said, Goldman will still have to overcome the lack of a municipal sewer system and an unreliable water supply network. The report recommends the Bangalore campus treat waste on-site and install waterless urinals, even though it acknowledges associated "odours and cleanliness issues".
Further hurdles include what the architect refers to as a tomb on the site that Goldman will have to take into account when positioning the perimeter wall. The Reuters reporter saw a gravestone marked with the dates '1913-1981' near the perimeter fence of the site presumed to be the future Goldman campus.
The bank will also struggle to fit lifts in its building that are up to its usual standards, Adamson said.
"The Indian market does not seem to value elevators as an aesthetic element," it said. "An aggressive full coverage preventative maintenance programme" was the only way to ensure they didn't break down.
Goldman faces considerable "reputational risks" associated with the project, given India's reputation for corruption, use of child labour and the often basic conditions in construction worker camps, the report warned.
The international developer working in India said the bank would have to minimise risks and increase security. "There are so many people waiting for Goldman to make a mistake."
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Federal Funding | Research
Federal funding for university research and development has fallen off for the first time since 1974. Two agencies accounted for the decline.
According to the latest Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey from the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Health and Human Services cut higher ed R&D funding by more than $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2012 (July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012).
HHS is the single largest source of funding for higher ed R&D, making up nearly one-third (33.29 percent) of the total $65.78 billion invested in higher ed R&D last year counting all sources (federal, state and local governments; businesses; nonprofits; and educational institutions themselves).
HHS higher ed R&D spending in 2012 was about $21.89 billion, a decline of 4.7 percent from 2011's expenditures of $22.98 billion.
NASA also saw a substantial percentage decline in higher ed R&D investment for the second year running, though its contribution is historically much smaller than that of HHS. NASA spent $1.33 billion in 2012, a 6.5 percent decline from the previous year.
Other federal agencies increased their university R&D funding in 2012:
Those increases, however, were not enough to compensate for the declines at HHS and NASA. The result was that overall federal spending decreased by 1.6 percent to $40.13 billion. The decline was a slight one but significant for the fact that it was the first decline in federal higher ed R&D spending constant dollars since 1974.
According to NSF: "After adjusting for inflation, higher education R&D declined by 1 percent in FY 2012. This represents the first constant-dollar decline since FY 1974 and ends a period of modest growth in higher education R&D during FYs 2009-11, when R&D expenditures increased an average of 5 percent each year."
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With its arts-idea-pitching event on Feb. 8 at Service Center for Culture and Community, the Indianapolis-based community arts organization Big Car kicks off a new initiative that will award $10,000 to one winner at each of four themed events in 2013.
Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), the Efroymson Family Fund and the Christel DeHaan Family Foundation are funding the series, called Five by Five, as a platform for sharing innovative arts ideas in Indianapolis. The goals are to help projects get off the ground while launching a fun series of idea-generating events, hosted and shaped by some of the city's most important creative leaders.
The other three events — hosted by local not-for-profits People for Urban Progress, IndyHub and Harrison Center for the Arts — take place in April, June and September. Host organizations design each unique event, selecting the finalists and handling the judging. The only rules: projects must involve the arts; and each event features five finalists, presenting five slides in a maximum of five minutes. The winner at each receives $10,000.
Big Car's theme for the Feb. 8 event is Revolutionize Your City: Art + Technology = Innovation. The call is simple: People with Indianapolis-related project or program ideas that bring art and technology together — could be low-fi or cutting-edge technology — email a 300-to-500-word description with three jpeg images (sketches, concepts, past work) to Big Car executive director Jim Walker at firstname.lastname@example.com by January 23. The five selected presenters will be notified by Jan. 25. Their slides will then be due on Feb. 6. Presentations will take place at a free public event at Service Center on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m.
A team of collaborators will help Big Car on the event and with selection and judging of ideas. Teaming up on the Revolutionize Your City Five by Five are Central-Indiana-based tech, design and startup innovators Dreamapolis, Idea Architects, IndySpectator, KA+A, The Levinson Center, SmallBox, and Verge.
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Barron Collier knows that the scholarship he and his family created in the College of Business changes the lives of students every year. What amazes him each fall is the level of effort and achievement he finds in the students who earn scholarships.
"I feel like what I'm doing – funding the scholarships -- is the easy part. These students are doing the hard work," said Collier. "I don't know how they get done all that they get done. They're focused, dedicated and passionate about wanting to be able to make the mark."
Barron has made the mark himself as a proud alumnus of the USF College of Business. By establishing the Barron Collier/Corporate Mentorship Program First Generation Scholarship, he has given back to his university in a way that reflects some of his own strongly held beliefs.
"As an alumnus, I've tried to look at what will both help the university and speak to my own heart. I remember speaking with Judy Genshaft and she brought up the state's first generation scholarship program. That really resonated with me – I think it's a very worthy project to get first-time families into higher education."
The First Generation Scholarship Program is designed to give scholarship aid and access to students who are the first in their families to attend a college or university. The Collier scholarship program was created to provide assistance to first generation students in the College of Business. This year, 15 students earned Collier Scholarships, and more than 40 have done so in the past three years.
For Barron, the scholarship represents the realization of a much higher ideal, and a gateway to a better future.
"That's one of the major tenants of the American Dream – the ability to improve your educational status," said Collier. "Education is the key to personal satisfaction and financial advancement. If scholars can shine a light on their own accomplishments, then they become a role model for others in their family, changing their collective fortunes for generations to come."


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Breast Milk Storage Hints
My daughter Meghann, now 32w5d pregnant, will be going back to work after her daughter Gabriella Grace is born, so asked me to ask my Facebook mamas for helpful hints about bottles, bags and storage of breast milk (we've previously had a discussion of breast pumps). Here are the comments. Nana (me!) thanks all who participated. And if you have more to share, please do.
C: If you use bags, freeze them flat to save lots of space.
R: Avent bottles and reusable breast milk storage cups with screw lids. My Medela Pump in Style double electric pump has lasted 5 kids and still going!
R: Did not like Dr Brown's bottles... way too many parts to clean. Such a pain.
A: Freeze milk in ice cubes trays; each compartment should be 1oz (check beforehand). Then you can thaw as much as you need, without waste.
M: Find a system that is versatile. Bags are awesome for freezing milk! Depending on when you will be introducing the bottle (please wait!), you may also need some other items to help feed baby in the meantime. And, your mom is pretty awesome at giving advice about these things, too.
E: I use donor milk and my favorite pumpers freeze the bags flat -- much easier to defrost that way!
A: You can transfer from the tray to a bag too, and then thaw as many cubes as needed.
M: Bags are way easier than bottles, even if they are less environmentally friendly. Medela makes them so they hook onto the pump too.
Also - bring a Sharpie and label them when you pump, rather than when you get home and put them in the fridge/freezer. And smell/taste is the best way to determine freshness if it's been in the fridge a while.
L: I used Milk Trays; food-safe trays that hold milk in 1 ounce, finger-sized portions, that are easy to store and you can drop into a bottle for thawing. After the milk is frozen, you can pop a batch of them in a freezer bag and keep storing!
A: For sure a Medela pump and I used the Medela bags as well. I was too nervous to freeze them sideways 'cause I didn't want to risk a leak.
K: Don't try to clean the "horns" after each pump. Put them in a gallon size reusable baggie and put that in the fridge with your milk. Wash them at home that night... big time saver. Also for flat bags, I believe "The First Years" makes a storage unit that is spring loaded to flatten the bags for you.
E: I like the Lansinoh bags laid flat to freeze and the stored upright in a bin. We always used Avent bottles because of the slow-flow anti-colic nipples.
J: I prefer the Lansinoh bags over the Medela... they are less expensive and lie flat frozen and unfrozen. My son used Dr. Brown's bottles but they have a lot of parts. I'm researching bottles myself at the moment. I might go with the glass Evenflos... inexpensive and simple.
K: My advice, contrary as it may seem, is to introduce a bottle early. I only know one person whose kid suffered from nipple confusion, but many, many (including my first) who refused bottles under most or all circumstances. Lillian got her first bottle at 3 months and only took it if she was screamingly hungry and never if I was in the house. Alden got his first bottle at 3 weeks and will happily take a bottle from anyone.
I use Lansinoh freezer bags and freeze them flat. Then I stack them in a shoebox like recipe cards, with the newest ones in the back. The flat form-factor means they thaw much more quickly, too!
J: Lansinoh bags, laid flat in the freezer, and labeled with a Sharpie (label does not touch the same part of the bag as the milk). I freeze in 4 oz. increments (that's a feeding for her). I've got about 300 oz in my freezer right now which wouldn't work so well with ice cube trays. Also, I use Tommee Tippee bottles. I used Avent bottles with my first and they worked fine, but my second refused that bottle and the Tommee Tippee has a wider mouth nipple so I think it mimics the breast better.
A: We used Dr. Brown's Bottles when my son was small, but they leak like the dickens when the kiddies start trying hold their own bottles. We switched to cheapie Gerber bottles when he started hold his own and they worked great. Pumping at work is hard - try looking at photos of your kiddo to increase what you get for milk; that always helped me.
E: Also I was never a super pumper, just enough for the next. I was lucky enough to have kids who saved most of their appetite and activity for me.
K: I really like the Honeysuckle bags because they're biodegradable. Find them on Amazon, of course!
T: This helpful tip was recently shared on Human Milk 4 Human Babies Global Network & it is really amazingly simple. I really wish I knew this trick when I was pumping – A Simple Idea to Store Your Breastmilk.
E: Two of my pumpers use the Limerick PJ's Pump. I'd never heard of it, but they swear it's more comfortable than the Pump-in-Style. It helps create let-down and it's gentle, with soft horns.
M: Lansinoh freezer bags are a must. They have a double zipper lock top to prevent spills, an extra sterile tear off top and freeze wonderfully flat for easy stacking and storage. I did 8 months of pumping with my first and am on month 5 with the second and I haven't had a torn, burst or leaky bag. I labeled them with a Sharpie and put them in 4 oz batches.
For bottles, we do the Playtex Drop Ins. The silicone Playtex nipples came highly recommended by our lactation specialists. And personally, I love the sterile plastic bottle liners that make keeping things clean extra easy. The nipples come in slow, medium and fast flow to adjust to your kid's needs.
I also really liked the Medela microwave steamer bags (Quick Clean Microwave Bag) for periodic sterilizing of nipples, pump parts, etc. I even gave some to the daycare so they could sterilize things that might need it (if the item can stand up to the heat).
K: Lansinoh freezer bags are awesome (knowledge from my first baby) and Breast flow bottles are awesome. I use a 40 buck pump that works awesome. I can't afford a 300 something dollar pump, so I stick with the one I have.
K: I store in glass (old baby food jars or spice jars) because I don't like how the breast milk sticks to the plastic of bags (but we never ended up with a huge stash in the freezer). They stack in the freezer fine. We also like the Born Free bottle - the nipple is a pretty good approximation of a breast's nipple/areola shape… it's glass and can get totally cleaned and the nipples have slow flow for tiny babies and increasingly large holes available as baby gets older. Some insurance plans will pay for a pump. I have a Medela Pump in Style that was $50 co-pay, and it's been a workhorse for over three years now.
G: I worked full-time and pumped at work from 6-12 months of age (teacher; home and nursing on summer vacation now). My baby stayed home with my mom 3 days and went to daycare 2 days. I bought an extra set of bottles for my Ameda pump and stored in those at home. I froze and sent the milk to daycare in Lansinoh bags. We used Born Free glass bottles at home and BPA-free plastic Born Free bottles at daycare.
C: Used wide mouth Avent bottles (not WHO compliant) - the babe liked them and they were big enough to hand express into if just needed quick relief.
Lansinoh bags in a "The First Years" milk holder. We flipped the lid over so that we could freeze the bags flat and they took up less space. My son had no tummy issues but my cousin would write her most recent meal on the bags to see what was causing tummy issues with her daughter.
Keep some cloth wipes or cut up receiving blanket scraps in your pump bag -they dry without leaving any fuzziness behind that prevents you from getting good suction.
M: Is Limerick WHO compliant?
NgM: No. From what I can find, only Hygeia is totally WHO-compliant. Finding this list has been extremely frustrating.
S: I have fallen on love with Lansinoh storage bags for storing milk. Freeze flat and they don't take much space at all. Make sure you mark how much milk is in the bag though. Once frozen it is hard to tell.
A: I've been using Nuk storage bags, they are a lot like the Lansinoh storage bags, and I also lay flat to freeze and then keep it standing upright in a big Tupperware. I LOVE the gift bag idea, but I'm pumping my milk for another baby, so I'm not the one using it.
The Medela double pump is really super awesome.
J: I have both a Medela Pump in Style and a Hygeia Enjoye. I like the Enjoye better. It is more comfortable for me and has an internal rechargeable battery so I don't have to worry about being plugged in. Also, the Medela pumping kits work with it. I freeze flat in Lansinoh bags and store them upright in the freezer in a shoe box. Still working on getting her to take a bottle, but we still have another month.
T: I used bottles for storage in the fridge; since my son went to daycare it was easier that way. I had a shelf dedicated. When I came home with that day's supply, I moved the older ones forward and put the newer supply in the back. That way it was easy to remember what we needed to use next. I also used the storage bags in the freezer and froze them lying flat to maximize storage space.
NgM: I learned so much! Thanks to everyone for sharing their ideas and experiences. I know Meggie will be able to use much of what you said. Thanks again!
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – MIT's water polo team was victorious in its first game of the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Championships, coming from behind to defeat Mercyhurst University by a score of 10-9. Later that same day, the Engineers fell to Navy, 19-11. Hosted by Brown University, the CWPA Championships are taking place from Friday, Nov. 22 through Sunday, Nov. 24. This is Tech's final weekend of competition before the 2013 season officially comes to a close.
Freshman Zach Churukian (Menlo Park, Calif.) played well against the Lakers, leading MIT with his four goals and five steals, being named Player of the Game for his strong performance. Senior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.), who was just named to the conference's All-Conference first team, followed with his two goals, three steals, three blocks and an ejection drawn. Classmate Andrew Dorne (Irvine, Calif.) was a strong contributor to the win, racking up four steals, an assist and an ejection drawn. Freshman keeper Nolan Kruse (Orcutt, Calif.) wrapped up the game with 16 blocks, one steal and one rebound.
Mercyhurst got on the board first less than 50 minutes into the game and enjoyed a 1-0 lead for the next four minutes until Cheney netted MIT's first goal. The Lakers took the lead, once again, but, with 27 seconds remaining on the period, Cheney scored his second to tie the score at two going into the second quarter. Mercyhurst scored three unanswered goals in the first four minutes of the next period, but the Engineers were able to pull within two following back-to-back goals by Churukian. With one goal by junior Jack Clark (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and two by the opponents, Tech went into the third quarter still trailing, 7-5.
Another goal by Churukian and one by junior Kyle Bowman (Millbrae, Calif.) tied the score at seven and a goal by senior Michael Farid (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) with two minutes left in the third period gave MIT its first lead of the game, which was not tied until three minutes into the final quarter. With five minutes left in the game and a score of 8-8, Farid scored his second to take back the lead, which was further increased a minute later when Churukian found the back of the net for the fourth time. With 1:01 remaining, the Lakers scored one more to slightly close the gap but were unable to score the equalizer before time elapsed.
Sophomore Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) led the losing battle against Navy, scoring five of the Engineers' 11 goals, with all but one of them occurring in the first quarter. The sophomore, who was selected to the CWPA All-Conference second team earlier today, also added three steals and an ejection drawn. Cheney had another strong game, tallying four steals, one block and one ejection drawn and sophomore Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.) netted three goals, adding two ejections drawn, two steals and an assist.
MIT got off to a good start, getting on the board first when Clark snuck the ball past the goalkeeper just 30 seconds into play. Tech got a two goal lead following back-to-back goals by Tasman, but the score was tied at three after two Navy goals that were scored less than 20 seconds apart. With two more goals by Tasman and one by Farid, the Engineers were able to hold onto a 5-4 lead heading into the second period. The second quarter was very back-and-forth, with the score being tied on three different occasions before Navy finally took a 8-7 lead going into the third.
Tech were held to zero goals until the fifth minute of the third quarter, by which time, Navy had taken a 13-7 lead. Sophomore Matthew Orton (Los Altos Hills, Calif.) changed that with two minutes left when he snuck the ball past the keeper, and, with one more goal by Rogers, the game entered the final period with the Engineers trailing, 15-9. Tech allowed four more goals in the final quarter, while notching two more of its own at the hands of Tasman and Clark, and the game ended with a score of 19-11.
MIT will next be in action at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, against the loser of the Princeton/Harvard game with a spot in the fifth place game on the line.


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Saturday, April 5, 2008
Pie Crust Tips
Making pie crust seems to scare a lot of people. It can be a bit tricky, so I've got a few tips to make things easier. First, put on your apron - things can get a bit messy. A really nice kitchen apron will have a flour side and a tomato sauce side, but even a dish towel tied around your waist with a necktie will work. Tip #1: using pastry flour, made from soft wheat, makes a better crust than ordinary flour. Pastry flour is really low in gluten - the stuff that lets bread dough rise makes pie crust tough. My local grocery has whole wheat pastry flour in the bulk bins, so I get that for my muffins and pies.
For a two-crust pie I use 2 cups flour with a teaspoon of salt. Cut in 2/3 cup of cold shortening. I don't like the saturated fat in butter, nor the trans fats in most margarines and shortenings, so I use the Smart Balance buttery spread for all my baking (and no, I'm not paid to say that - just watching our cholesterol). To cut in shortening, I use two table knives, one in each hand, in a pulling, sliding flat across each other, X-type motion (hope that makes sense - although I've also been known to just dive in with my hands, rubbing and mooshing things together 'til the bits of shortening are all coated with flour) until the mixture is crumbly-looking. Sprinkle with a couple tablespoons cold water, stir with a fork, a couple more water, mix some more. Use a total of 5 - 7 tablespoons water - you want it to start kinda clumping together but not really sticky.
Dump the crumbly clumps out onto your counter, and clump it together into a ball. Divide in half and you're ready to start rolling out the bottom crust. A pastry cloth can be really handy, but you have to soak it in cold water and then wash it regularly or the oils on it can start to smell rancid (if this does happen to you, soaking it in a water/baking soda solution can fix that). But I have a really nice big cutting board on my counter that works well. It looks like a maple butcher block, but it really used to be part of a bowling alley lane (hard to come by, I know, but really nice if you can find one).
Patty-cake the clump of pie dough into a flat disc and start to roll it out on a well-floured board (or cloth). It can help to pick it up, sprinkle more flour and turn it over before it gets too spread out. Tip #2: roll your crust from the center out, not back and forth. Tip #3: a pastry scraper can be a really useful kitchen tool - use it (or an upside-down metal pancake turner) to lift and loosen the crust if necessary, and get it into the pie pan. Trim the crust even with the edge of the pan. Tip #4: if you have any holes, or spaces on the edge, use a bit of water to glue a patch over it. Dump in your apples, and dot with bits of 2 tablespoons butter or shortening.
Roll out the top crust, and if you're gonna get fancy with a cookie or biscuit cutter, do it before moving the crust to the pie. Tip #5: dab water all around the edge of the bottom crust, add the top, trim it about counter level, and then tuck the top under the bottom, and crimp them together. I want to have a lip standing up on the edge to catch any drips, so I pinch the top against one finger underneath all the way around. Tip #6: clean up by scraping up the greasy flour left on the board and dumping it in the trash or chicken bucket - it can make a gluey mess if washed down a drain.
Tip #7: This is the most important tip of all. This can even make a frozen store-bought pie say "home-made". Sprinkle a sugar/cinnamon mix (I keep a jar ready-mixed for cinnamon toast) over the top crust, especially around the edge. Then bake at 400º 50 minutes - covering the edges with foil if they start to get too brown. I've got a drip-catcher tray I set my pies on, just in case they bubble over, so it doesn't make a mess in my oven. Very useful item, but then so is a husband that cleans the oven. I definitely recommend marrying one of them if you can!
One last tip - if you find one of those wicker picnic plate holders in a thrift store, they are the perfect size as a pie pan holder. They'll even keep a pie from sliding on a car floorboard or trunk during transport (good thing to remember if you volunteer to bring a pumpkin pie to Thanksgiving dinner). Don't worry if it's not perfect. Homemade pie is about the effort, not perfection. I promise you, no one will mind (and it makes a kitchen smell so good)!
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Beautiful pie Sadge! You almost inspired me to make one... I said almost. I've been attempting pie crust for as long as I've been married (29 years) and have yet to turn out anything good. I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to baking so I guess I'm going to stick to apple crisp. When pies are needed at Thanksgiving my daughter enjoys making them. Unfortunately, she's inherited my bad genes for piemaking. Of course we don't tell her that. We just smile and say "yum, yum."
Carolyn in AZ
- April 05, 2008
- Sadge said...
See, my point exactly. It's the effort, not the result, when it comes to pie. But I have to admit, I like apple crisp when I want something quick without messing up the kitchen so much. Thanks.
- April 05, 2008
- molly said...
Hi Sadge
Great site, I will be visiting often. Loved the apple pie recipe and will be making it again!
blessings :)
- April 05, 2008
- Sharon said...
Great work Sadge-love the blog and all your beautiful photos. I am glad Rhonda gave the link to all of us and shall stop in every day or so. Sharon (I do the swaps on Rhonda's blog)
- April 05, 2008
- Patty said...
my mother and grandmother used to use the cinnamon sugar trick on pie crusts. I really enjoy pie making, often using cookie cutters to cut shapes for the top crust. Lots of leaves in fall, apples for the apple pies etc.
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Author Notes: This recipe was adapted from a recipe published in Food & Wine for catfish sandwiches. It is a real crowd pleaser - even those who claim they hate catfish end up getting up for seconds. It is also great for a dinner party - it looks like the dish takes more effort than it actually does and catfish is quite economical compared to other fish.
Rare is the dish that manages to be healthy and pure without throwing it in your face. This one succeeds. Melissav's flavors are clean and bright dermes, but there's richness from the glazed fish and yogurt sauce to keep the dish from being spare -- and the textures run the gamut from tender to crisp. We love the addition of toasted sesame seeds (it was the first time we'd toasted black sesame, and we were delighted by the results), and the technique of tossing the edamame in with the rice noodles to cook. Use any leftover pickled veggies in banh mi, or as an accompaniment for cured meats.
Serves 4
Fish Ingredients
3 tablespoons Honey
2 tablespoons Tamari (or soy sauce)
1/2 tablespoon Sesame Oil
2 Scallions, minced
3 Garlic Cloves, minced or pressed
1 1/2 tablespoons Ginger, minced or grated on microplane
1 tablespoon Black Sesame Seeds, toasted
1 pinch each of Salt and Pepper
1.5 pounds Catfish
Remaining Ingredients
3 tablespoons Cider Vinegar
3 tablespoons Rice Vinegar
1/4 cup Honey
1/2 teaspoon Sriracha
1 teaspoon Salt
2 Carrots, cut into 4 pieces lengthwise, sliced thin
1/2 Small Red Onion, sliced thin
4-5 Radishes, sliced thin
1/2 Cucumber, peeled, halved, seeded, sliced thin
1/4 cup Greek Yogurt
1 tablespoon Sriracha
1/4 teaspoon Honey
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 14 oz. Box of Rice Noodles
1 1/2 cups Edamame
2 tablespoons black sesame seeds elyze, toasted
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons Cilantro, chopped
Marinate the Fish - Put the fish in a ziplock bag. Mix all of the remaining ingredients under Fish Ingredients together and pour in the ziplock bag. Put in the fridge while you prepare the remaining components or up to 2 hours.
Pickle the Vegetables - Mix together the two vinegars, the 1/4 cup honey, 1/2 teaspoon Sriracha, 1 teaspoon salt. Add the carrots, onions, radishes, and cucumber and mix together. Set aside for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours. Note - you can really use any combo of these veggies you wish.
Make the yogurt sauce - Mix together the yogurt, 1 tablespoon Sriracha, 1/4 teaspoon honey, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
Make the noodles and edamame - Boil water and add the rice noodles. About 2 minutes before the noodles are done, add the edamame. Cook until al dente. Drain and Rinse with cold water. Return to the pot and just before serving, add the sesame seeds, 4-6 TB (to taste) of the vegetable pickling liquid, and salt to taste.
Cook the fish: Broil for about 6-10 minutes until browned and cooked through. The cooking time really depends on the thickness of your fish.
Assemble the Dish: In a shallow bowl or plate, place a mound of noodles and edamame reenex, top with a piece of fish, drizzle the yogurt sauce over the fish, top with a scoop of the picked vegetables (drained of the pickling juice), and sprinkle with cilantro.
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While we are talking about collaborations, we should mention that Thom and Jonny recently collaborated with DOOM on a track called "Retarded Fren" for a compilation celebrating the 10th anniversary of Lex Records called Complex. The song samples "Proven Lands", a track Jonny did for the There Will Be Blood score.
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I got a older craftman air compressor that prolly around 15 yrs old! Its a horizontal tank 33gal, motor fried out! I bought a new 60gal for the shop! I want to take the old 33 tank an make it a vertical tank to save room on my mobile truck I am doing! So, my plan is to cut the old bracket off an weld it to the top, plus a few legs or stand on bottom! To risky? Just buy a vertical tank?
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Only you know the condition of the tank. Being 15 years old it most likely has rust issues on the inside. They rust from the inside out. No one here can tell you if it is good or not.
Air tanks can be welded if done properly but if they are weak it's just asking for issues. Being on a mobile truck you need to ask what if it starts leaking while on a job & you have to stop the job until it is fixed. What will that cost vs. buying a new tank right now.Last edited by MMW; 02-12-2014, 10:21 AM.MM250
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I've had a number of tanks fail from rust. None have failed catastrophically. In my experience they begin to leak first, in each case at the lowest point on the tank. If you turn the tank 90 degrees, the old weak point moves. point it away from harm, once it leaks, scrap it.
As for welds, I don't know your skill level. Maybe build brackets to clamp to the outside of the tank. After any welds to the tank, it should be pressure tested.Dynasty 280DX
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You might have a hard time finding a gas powered vertical compressor. They aren't that common.
My vote is for a Honda engine, they are very reliable. How much air (cfm) do you need? Air tools, carbon arc?MM250
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22a feeder
Lincoln ac/dc 225
Victor O/A
MM200 black face
Whitney 30 ton hydraulic punch
Lown 1/8x 36" power roller
Arco roto-phase model M
Vectrax 7x12 band saw
Miller spectrum 875
30a spoolgun w/wc-24
Syncrowave 250
Well get a vertical tank an mount a gas motor instead of electric! Mostly air tool(1/2 impact, 3/8 ratchet, chisel) eventually a plasma cutter! Have extra torch set to hold out till I get one! I was thinking around 14 CFM! 14CFM be to small? I work on a lot of agriculture equipment so its rusty as ****! I am not looking to spend more than needed, something to last a long time
you own the tank, wont take long to figure out if it is any good, if i bought every thing that i wanted instead of building what i wanted, my skill level would be less and my wallet would be skinnier. i am a firm believer of fixing before replacing, just weld on some 14 to 10 ga. thick pieces of flat onto the tank where any leg ot what ever will be welded to the tank, thickness is not critical, just thick enough
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SHOREHAM — WhistlePig Straight Rye Whiskey, a Shoreham-based business, has announced the arrival of The Boss Hog: Spirit of Mortimer, the brand's follow-up to last year's Double Gold Medal winner at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
This 100 percent rye whiskey is bottled at full barrel strength; and at approximately 117 to 124 proof. Spirit of Mortimer continues The Boss Hog legacy as WhistlePig's most premium products.
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SHOREHAM — The District 9 Environmental Commission on Monday issued an Act 250 permit to WhistlePig LLC to build a rye whiskey distillery and related infrastructure off Quiet Valley Road in Shoreham, a decision that comes after a lengthy and at-times bruising battle between the applicants and neighbors of the budding new enterprise.
The permit specifically allows WhistlePig to make the following additions to the 467-acre farm, owned by company founder Raj Peter Bhakta:
SHOREHAM — WhistlePig Whiskey of Shoreham last month introduced The Boss Hog series, a unique version of its whiskey that will be released each year. Company officials said this represents the finest and most unique rye in WhistlePig's barrel barns.
The Boss Hog is a pure barrel strength, 100 percent single grain, straight rye whiskey, comprised of whiskey from one of only 24 of WhistlePig's oldest and most unique barrels. Company officials said it is not for the uninitiated or the faint of heart.
MIDDLEBURY — Lars Hubbard has made his living in a multitude of ways throughout the years, including as a chef, executive, entrepreneur and software designer.
He chalks up his diverse career choices to a credo he lives by: "I hate to be boring."
And no one can accuse him of being boring with his latest plan: Acquiring (out of foreclosure) the 6,000-square-foot office building at 88 Mainelli Road in Middlebury and turning it into a distillery, cheese-making facility and headquarters for his small firm, known as The Friday Group LLC.
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ALISO VIEJO — There was likely only one big traffic jam in this town Sunday, and it happened to be for a rush to hear the music.
Cars were backed up along Wood Canyon Drive in the minutes before the Pacific Symphony's first-ever "Sundays at Soka" series concert that featured an all-Mozart program at Soka University's acoustically divine Performing Arts Center. I heard only one temper flare up at the inconvenience. Hopefully others were more patient.
I was informally told that it's a known problem, but I hope it's one that gets solved before future concerts at this wonderful South County venue that opened a little more than a year ago. Sunday's attendance was fairly strong — likely thanks to the Pacific Symphony's marketing gurus — and the nearly 1,000-seat hall was about two-thirds full.
I mention the traffic jam because it's probably why more folks came late to this 90-minute concert than normal. It got to a point that not long after starting the second movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5, the first of two works on the program, conductor Carl St.Clair stopped the show and turned around.
A group of five or so attendees were looking for their seats in the stage-level section, just mere feet from a smiling St.Clair on his podium, who remarked that he didn't want them to miss hearing the Adagio.
"Oh, just pick a seat," he said. "They're all good."
He then turned to the rest of the audience, looking for more late-comers.
"Any more?" he asked. Clapping ensued.
I've been to a lot of concerts, but that was the first time I've seen a conductor stop so that people could take their seats. I liked the gesture, and it added to what was already an informal afternoon setting.
The soloist, Nigel Armstrong — whom St.Clair mistakenly introduced as Neil Armstrong before quickly correcting himself with a laugh — gave a stellar performance of the concerto on his 1767 Guadagnini, especially at the Rondo conclusion. Even more remarkable is the fact he's still a student at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
Soka has a perfect hall for soloists, though sometimes his accompaniment was a bit too loud to clearly hear him.
Otherwise, the Pacific Symphony contingent sounded light, balanced and energetic in both the concerto and Symphony No. 40 in G minor — the "key of lamentation," St.Clair said. His remarks about the music and its history were also welcomed.
All in all, "Sundays at Soka" promises to be a great series to the Pacific Symphony's packed lineup. Hopefully, those car and parking logistics are improved by the next concert Feb. 24 that features more Mozart and pianist Orli Shaham.
'Music & Stories' still happening throughout town
I recently got a chance to catch up with Mike McCaffrey the Emerald Bay resident who I wrote about in this column last year. He was doing one of his shows at the Balboa Bay Club and Resort in Newport Beach, where he once was a regular performer.
"The Music & Stories of George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin" was exactly what it sounds like, and a lot of fun. McCaffrey played piano, with Gil Orr on guitar and Frank Schatz on bass.
The informal setting has McCaffrey telling stories and showing how the three great songwriters put their mark on the American popular music soundscape.
Be sure to see one of his shows when it comes to a town near you. We post them when we can on the Daily Pilot's calendar section.
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The boxing match, held this year at St. Ann's Warehouse at 38 Water Street in DUMBO on Thursday, September 8, was heated this year, with local brethren in the red corner up against the NYPD boxing team, the Fighting Finest, in blue.
The stands and chairs surrounding the ring were filled with off-duty officers and boxing enthusiasts, drinking cocktails and beer, shouting at the boxers, the referees, the card girls, and each other.
The announcer, Fire Department Captain Phil Tufano of Engine 207 in Brooklyn, said this year's Fight Night was held "to remember all our fellow citizens who lost their lives on September 11," as the match was held just days before the 10th anniversary of the tragic day.
"And also to remember all our servicemen who lost their lives overseas defending our freedom," Tufano said.
State Senator Daniel Squadron also greeted the crowd before the fight.
Squadron thanked the DUMBO BID, Gleason's and the NYPD officers for their service that night, but "especially, though, all the time when you're protecting us in Downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO. We really appreciate it."
"We do politics hard in New York, we do everything hard," Squadron said. "We box right, we box safe."
The boxers took New York's go-hard attitude seriously that night.
In one particularly aggressive match up, Alvise Megaton, fighting for the NYPD, and his opponent Raisean Lawson, knocked the referee into the ropes several times. Then Megaton, whom some in the crowd referred to as "Megatron" in their cheers, punched Lawson several times in the face after the ref told them the round was over. The boxers, furious while they fought each other, hugged it out at the end of the match.
Fight Night is a yearly fundraiser held by the DUMBO Business Improvement District. Proceeds this year also went to the NYPD boxing team. Gleason's, one of the oldest professional boxing gyms in the world, participates every year.


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