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Ansonborough is considered Charles Town's first suburb but it's early beginnings did not come easy. It is rumored that young Capt. George Anson (for which George Street and Anson Street are currently named after) won the 64 acre tract of land in a single game of cards against Thomas Gadsden in 1724. See history lesson on Ansonborough below.
Real Estate in Ansonborough
Homes in this neighborhood range from $440,000 to $3,500,000. There is also a grand selection of condos, many with a harbor view.
Ansonborough History
History of Ansonborough
by Peg Eastman
Ansonborough was Charles Town's first suburb, laid out on lands outside the Grand Modell. Ansonborough takes its name from George Anson (1697-1762) who, as the 26-year-old captain of the H.M.S. Scarborough (his first important command), was sent on patrol duty in South Carolina waters, to protect the region from pirates. He remained from 1724 to 1735 and was well known and very popular in Charles Town. McCrady (2:534) records an old tradition that Capt. Anson bought the tract which later would bear his name, from his winnings at cards. According to another story, McCrady said, Anson won the entire tract in a single game. The area, bounded on the north in early days by Boundary (now Calhoun) Street, and including a tract between King Street and the Cooper River, and running south to a line halfway between Society and Wentworth streets, was part of an original grant to the immigrant, Isaac Mazyck, in 1696, and contained about 90 acres. Mazyck sold 64 acres, more or less, to Thomas Gadsden
On March 26, 1726, Thomas Gadsden conveyed this tract to Capt. George Anson for 300 Pounds Sterling. This was a very large sum of money for such a young naval officer to possess, much less pay out, so it is quite possible that Anson's winnings at cards did purchase the future Ansonborough, but the deed indicates that this was a regular sale, for a specific sum.
After other tours of duty, Anson returned to South Carolina in the "Squirrel," cruising South Carolina and Georgia waters in search of Spanish privateers. Between 1740 and 1744, he took command of a squadron during the war with Spain, commanding the 60-gun frigate "Centurion." His orders were to attack Spanish ships and cities first in the Caribbean, then on the Pacific coast of South America. After his squadron was dwindled by storms and other misfortunes, he completed the circumnavigation of the globe in the "Centurion". After a notable victory over the Spaniards at Cap Fenisterre, in 1747, which netted 300,000 English Pounds in treasure, he was created Baron Anson. Later he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty.
Anson had his Charles Town tract, known as Bowling Green Plantation, laid out in streets and lots in 1745-46 (George Hunter's plat of Ansonborough is dated 1746, but some lots were sold in 1745). In addition to George and Anson Streets, which still bear his name, he named three streets for the ships which had counted most in his career. "Scarborough" and "Squirrel" had brought him to South Carolina. "Centurion" had won him fame and fortune. Scarborough and Centurion streets were later absorbed into Anson and Society streets, respectively, while Squirrel became an extension of Meeting Street.
The original suburb of Ansonborough included the area bounded by King, Calhoun, Anson streets and a line running midway between Society and Wentworth streets and parallel with those streets. Later the name came to be applied to the old suburbs of Rhettsbury, Middlesex and the Laurens Lands, to the south and east of original Ansonborough. Some late 18th and early 19th century houses survive in the area now called Ansonborough, mainly in the northhern part which was spared by the great fire of 1838, which swept through the southern part of the area, sparing only a few houses such as the Rhett House on Hasell Street. The destroyed buildings were replaced by handsome brick houses, most of which date from the 1840s and many of which were built with loans from the Bank of the State of South Carolina, authorized by the "Act for Rebuilding the City of Charleston," passed by the General Assembly in 1838.
The Ansonborough area had fallen into slum conditions by 1959, when Historic Charleston Foundation began its rehabilitation program which became nationally known as an outstanding example of neighborhood rehabilitation. The plan was conceived, financed and administered by the Foundation, which acquired and restored more than 100 houses. The Foundation's pogram inspired individuals and families to purchase and rehabilitate houses in Ansonborough, which has become one of Charleston's most desirable neighborhoods. (H.A. M. Smith, "Charleston and Charleston Neck," 10. Rogers, Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys, 57. Smith & Smith, Dwelling Houses, 281-283. Stoney, This is Charleston, 127, 129. Ravenel, Charleston, The Place and the People, 172-173.)
II. Laurens Square
Now part of Ansonborough, this area, bounded today by Laurens, Anson and Society streets and the Cooper River, was called "Rattray's Green" (for a previous owner, John Rattray) when it was purchased in 1755 by Henry Laurens, later President of the Continental Congress.
Here in 1764, Laurens built his "large, elegant brick house of sixty feet by thirty-eight," with piazzas on the south and east sides overlooking the marshes and Cooper River. He and Martha Laurens created a four-acre botanical garden, containing such exotics as orange, olive, lime, capers, ginger and guinea grass, with the aid of John Watson, an English gardener.
The property was laid out in building lots in 1804 by his son, Henry Laurens the Younger. The family name is commemorated in Laurens Street. (Wallace, Henry Laurens, 63-65. Rogers, Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys, 40, 60. Smith & Smith, Dwelling Houses, 284-290. Ramsay, 2:128.)
III. Middlesex
Now part of Ansonborough, the Village of Middlesex (also known as Gadsden's Green and Federal Green) was laid out by Christopher Gadsden, the Charlestown merchant who became the leader of the Mechanicks party during the Revolution. Gadsden, who had made a fortune trading with the frontier by 1761, closed his stores at Georgetown and the Cheraws and began to develop this suburb, and to build the largest wharf in America in front of it.
Gadsden had the area laid out into six wharf lots and 197 building lots. The suburb was bounded by present-day Calhoun, Anson and Laurens streets and the Cooper River. Gadsden filled the marsh, and in cooperation with his neighbor to the north, Alexander Mazyck, straightened the creek between them by digging a canal which followed the course of present-day Calhoun Street, terminating about where Calhoun crosses Washington Street. The block of Calhoun, between Washington and East Bay, where there is still an open space, was intended as a market place.
Gadsden named his streets for his political leanings. Wilkes Street was named for John Wilkes, the English editor who was imprisoned for having criticized members of Parliament and the Crown. The suburb itself was named Middlesex for the borough which elected Wilkes four times to the House of Commons, only to have that body refuse to seat him. Paoli Street was named for Pasquale di Paoli, the Corsican patriot, and Hand in Hand Corner was named for a patriotic song of Corsica. So Be It Entry was named in defiance of the British. At the time of the adoption of the Federal Constitution, Gadsden's Middlesex became known as Federal Green. (Rogers, Charleston in the Age of the Pinckneys, 41, 60-61. Smith & Smith, Dwelling Houses, 283-284. Stoney, This
is Charleston, 127, 129. Walsh, Sons of Liberty, passim.)
IV. Rhettsbury
William Rhett, scourge of the pirates, acquired The Point Plantation in 1712 and renamed it Rhettsbury. The plantation was divided into streets and lots in 1773 for his
great-granddaughters, Susannah and Mary Hasell, who married, respectively, Parker Quince and John Ancrum.
Rhettsbury was bounded on the west by King Street, on the north by a line running midway between Wentworth and Society streets and parallel with those streets, and to the south on an irregular line, running through the block from King to Meeting, between Market and Hasell streets, thence eastward along Pinckney Street to East Bay, thence eastward in a line running below Pritchard Street and parallel with Pritchard. Rhettsbury consisted of some 20 acres adjoining the north line of the Grand Modell, as well as several town lots within the Grand Modell. When Rhettsbury was laid out in streets, the old Grand Modell boundary was not followed, as was the case with the suburbs to the west, which bounded south on the Grand Modell boundary, along which Beaufain Street was run. (Smith, "Charleston and Charleston Neck, " 7-8. Smith & Smith, Dwelling Houses, 270-277.)


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Delegate Martin offered the following resolution, which was read by its title and referred to the Committee on Rules:
H. C. R 14 - "Requesting the West Virginia Division of Highways to name the new bridge from Pomeroy, Ohio to Mason, West Virginia, the 'Sgt. Jimmy G. Stewart Bridge'."
WHEREAS, Jimmy G. Stewart was born on December 25, 1942, in West Columbia, Mason County West Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Jimmy G. Stewart was killed May 8, 1966, in action in Vietnam after holding his position for four hours against three North Vietnamese assaults. A surprise early morning attack wounded five members of a six-man squad in Company B of the 2/12 Cavalry Regiment left Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart virtually alone and one man against the Vietnamese platoon. He emptied magazine after magazine of ammunition at the enemy force and when they threw grenades at the Company B position, he retrieved the grenades and threw them back at the attacking enemy. Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart held his position for four hours and through three assaults until reinforcements arrived. They found the body of Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart in an enemy foxhole where he had advanced to add his fire to the reinforcements and eight enemy dead near his immediate position and evidence that fifteen others had been dragged away. The wounded members of his squad were recovered and evacuated; and
WHEREAS, Jimmy G. Stewart with conspicuous gallantry and bravery unselfishly gave his life to protect and save his wounded squad members and comrades in arms; and
WHEREAS, Jimmy G. Stewart received posthumously this nation's highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor "For Conspicuous Gallantry and Intrepidity in Action at the Risk of His Life Above and Beyond the Call of Duty"; and
WHEREAS, The life of Jimmy G. Stewart should not go unnoticed; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the members of the Legislature request the West Virginia Division of Highways to name the new bridge from Pomeroy, Ohio to Mason, West Virginia "Sgt. Jimmy G. Stewart Bridge:; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the West Virginia Division of Highways provide and erect a sign at either end of the bridge displaying the name of the bridge; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Division of Highways, and to the surviving family of Jimmy G. Stewart.
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Aug. 8, 2011 (Washington, D.C.) -- Facebook, texting, and instant messaging have positive and negative psychological impacts on kids, teens, and young adults, according to a leading researcher on social networking.
Although teens that frequently use Facebook often show more narcissistic tendencies, for example, they also may be more empathetic than teens who don't, says Larry D. Rosen, PhD, professor of psychology at California State University in Dominguez Hills.
And although social networking can distract youngsters from studying, it also offers teens and young adults an appealing tool for communication, he tells WebMD.
To concerned parents, Rosen says, "Don't try to secretly monitor or restrain you children's keystrokes. How long do you think it will take them to find a workaround?"
Instead, talk to them about new technologies, he says. "You can learn from your kids, and they will feel reinforced," he says.
At the American Psychological Association meeting here, Rosen outlined his team's computer-based surveys into the risks and benefits of social networking.
Such surveys only show an association between social networking and psychological tendencies, not cause and effect. And you don't know which came first: the psychological traits or the social networking.
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In one new survey of 1,200 teens and young adults, the more time spent on Facebook and instant messaging, the greater their online and real-world empathy, or ability to understand and relate to others' feelings.
David Carlson, PhD, an Oklahoma City psychologist who heard Rosen's talk, tells WebMD he has no doubt that social messaging leads to real-life empathy.
"I see a lot of kids reaching out to friends, showing a lot of caring, online. And that translates to offline," he says.
Another positive: "Facebook help teens to express who they are," Rosen says.
Preliminary results from two recent surveys involving 3,702 people of all ages suggest that people aged 32 and younger use Facebook as a communication tool, much like texting and phone calls, he says.
Online social networking can also make it easier for shy kids and teens to socialize by reaching out to others from a smart device rather than in person, Rosen says.
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In a 2009 survey of 1,030 parents, Rosen and colleagues found that children and teens that spent more time engaged in media (online and off) had more anxiety, more stomachaches, and more sick days from school.
In preteens and teens, time spent playing video games was also linked to poorer health, Rosen says.
The associations were true even after taking into account some factors that can affect health, including demographics, eating habits, and exercise.
In another ongoing, exploratory survey of 777 teens and young adults, Rosen found that spending more time than average on Facebook was associated with signs of narcissism, anxiety, and bipolar disorder on a standard psychological test.
In another 2011 study, 279 middle school, high school, and university students lost focus for an average of three minutes for every 15 minutes spent studying or doing another task.
And checking Facebook just once during the 15-minute period was associated with lower grades.
That's not surprising, he says, given that a recent survey by Wakefield Research suggested that 73% of college students can't study without some form of technology, and 38% cannot go more than 10 minutes without checking their laptop, phone, or other media.
Tips for Parents
Rosen embraces the TALK model of parenting: Trust, Access, Learn, "K"ommunicate.
"You have to start talking about appropriate technology use early and often and build trust, so that when there is a problem, whether it is being bullied or seeing a disturbing image, your child will talk to you about it," he says.
When talking with your kids, sit on the floor so you're on the same level, he advises. "Then, you talk for 5 minutes and they talk for 15 minutes," Rosen says.
Don't know what to ask? "Just ask what new technology they heard about this week. Chances are they have heard about something," he says.
Other tips:
1. Set rules and limits on technology use and behavior.
2. Ask the children/students for their thoughts and ideas about these rules and limits.
3. Set consequences for violations in advance. Consequences must be minor and then escalate if needed. Try behavioral contracts.
These findings were presented at a medical conference. They should be considered preliminary as they have not yet undergone the "peer review" process, in which outside experts scrutinize the data prior to publication in a medical journal.
SOURCES: American Psychological Association's 119th Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., Aug. 4-7, 2011.Larry D. Rosen, PhD, professor of psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills.David Carlson, PhD, psychologist, Oklahoma City. ©2011 WebMD, LLC. All Rights Reserved.


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"Yoga keeps you young". That is what my favourite yoga teacher once said in the middle of the class. I immediately thought of Madonna. She is close to 50 years old and does not look a day over 35, claiming that yoga has changed her life. She can still keep up with twenty-something year old dancers she hires to be in her music videos and live shows. Most people, myself included, probably did not expect Madonna to still be performing at the level she does by her current age. I am a ballet and contemporary dancer, so I started to imagine myself dancing into my fifties. In the past six years that I have been practicing yoga, I have given a serious thought to how it can affect the longevity of my career, as well as my life after I leave the stage for good. For me, yoga has become insurance for my body.
I attended my first yoga class around six years ago at my gym on a Friday morning at 7 am. I did not know much about it, but yoga was getting more popular by the day so I decided to jump on the bandwagon. I heard it was a good way to get centred and relieve stress. My job can be very stressful, so it sounded perfect. I walked into a room full of lit candles and a clear view through the window of dawn on the verge of breaking. The teacher instructed us to sit cross-legged and breathe deeply together. I remember feeling relaxed, and a connection to the people around me. We proceeded to perform sun salutations and poses that warmed me up, stretched me out, and engaged my muscles in a way that challenged me and felt very natural. When the class was over I went on with my day: an hour and a half ballet class and 6 hours of rehearsals. Usually on a Friday, after a whole week of working like this, my body would be extremely exhausted and sore. On this particular Friday I felt energized and got through the work day much easier. I knew I would be back in that yoga class the following week!
I started attending evening classes as well as in the mornings. The morning practice was a great preparation for my day and the evening practice was the perfect wind down after dancing hard for several hours. I was getting stronger in the muscles that were weak and improving flexibility in the ones that were tight. The more yoga I did the more I found my dancing improved. My approach to the art changed. I became much calmer and controlled, which resulted in a freer movement quality. My discomfort in the off hours also decreased. Less sore muscles and joints meant I slept better. It appeared that I had found a perfect cross training for dance.
The typical dance career ends between age 35 and 40, without a serious injury that is, and many dancers experience uncomfortable and painful retirements. Three of my most important male ballet teachers from my youth all have one thing in common: injury. The first, when I was 14 years old, was quite young. Had just turned 35 and was forced to retire from dance due to foot injury. He could demonstrate almost all the steps to the class but it was obvious that minus the pain he was in, he was still in his prime as a dancer and his career ended far too soon. The next year I had a teacher who was in his fifties and although he was very energetic and had the entire class hanging on his every word, he walked with a limp because of a bad knee from years of jumping. For my senior year in the ballet school I was taught by a white haired tyrant who could scream at young dancers for hours to get amazing results out of sheer terror. He often had to sit down because he had so much pain in his back. All three were principal dancers, leading men at the height of their careers, but experience a great deal of discomfort in their retired lives. Two serious demands put on male dancers are to jump continuously and to partner women. The latter entails a lot of lifting their partners over their heads. Jumping puts a lot of stress on the knee and foot joints, while partnering strains the back. Looking at these role models I had, I can't help but imagine myself with one of these serious injuries one day, either mid career or after retirement due to overuse. The idea of not maintaining an active lifestyle as I get older, or to not be able to chase my grandchildren around some day is terrifying.
I once worked with a choreographer who had an assistant. Her purpose was to warm him up every morning with yoga practice and to help the dancers with our approach to the material. She had a very serene and peaceful energy about her. Also, the way she moved and the things her body could do were unlike anything I had ever seen before. I was intrigued by her so I picked her brain every chance I got. She was close to 40 years old. She told me that she started doing yoga 13 years ago, and if she hadn't learned yoga and made it part of her life, she would have already retired. Instead she was still dancing beautifully, powerfully and youthfully.
A good friend of mine in Toronto, whom I dance with all the time, has recently opened a fitness studio. The mandate of the studio is for all of the fitness instructors to have a dance background, and for them to impart some of their dance training and fitness level as a result of dance onto non-dancers. The classes include ballet-based aerobics, pilates, personal training and yoga. All of us who work there are either retired dancers or still \dancing and have been trained in one or more of these aspects of fitness. Many of the clients in the studio are athletes or people who danced in their youth but didn't take it to a professional level, so they understand the importance of maintaining a healthy and active lifestyle. I already teach the aerobics (Ballet Boot Camp), which was developed by my friend, and I look forward to teaching yoga when I am fully certified. It has been a dream of mine for years to help others improve their health and quality of life through fitness. Exercise in all forms is great. Yoga however also has the meditation aspect. This makes a huge difference for active people by balancing and restoring the body and mind in a positive way.
Prolonging an intense career that relies on physical strength and endurance is reason enough for elite athletes to practice yoga. I highly recommend it to all my colleagues. To live an overall happy and healthy life and with the ability to remain active and fit into old age.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Head Coach Gregg Wilson is pleased to announce the signing of 13 new Gaucho men and 8 Gaucho women for next year's class of 2011. In February 2006 in his 31st season as UCSB head coach, coach Wilson won both the men's and women's Big West Swimming Championships. It was the 26th time Wilson took the championship plunge for the men, and12th time he has won the championship with the women. When asked about this year, Coach Wilson had this to say:
"This season was so much fun, between our athletes, our staff and recruiting, things just seemed to go right. This year we had an amazing group of freshmen come into our program who made such a positive impact. When recruits came on campus, I think they really felt there was something special happening on this team."
Wilson also added, "We just do not have the scholarships available that many of our competitors have, so what we lack in money we make up in hard work, dedication and commitment to one another. When we recruit, we tell the high school seniors that getting fast is important, but also becoming a part of the Gaucho family and learning how to carry their success as Gaucho on into their lives is just as important."
On the women's side the Gauchos have signed four girls to National Letter of Intents and received commitments from 4 others who already registered with UCSB and they are:
Courtney Bauer: Hayward, CA. Courtney swam for Mike Heaney of Walnut Creek Aqua Bears. She is a 24.2, 51.50 and 1:52.6 in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle respectively. Coach Higashijima on Bauer,
"Like her brother who is also a Gaucho, Courtney is tall and strong and we really feel like when she becomes a part of our women's training group, she is going to excel as a shorter distance freestyler."
Jessica Scwhalb: Ridgecrest, CA. Jessica is a product of Greg Jansen's Ridgecrest Aquatics and is another Gaucho legacy. Her sister, Jennifer will be a senior next year. Jessica will specialize in the distance freestyle events and help in the 400 IM.
Nika Tayrien: Paradise Valley, AZ. Nika swims for Greg Winslow of Sun Devil Aquatics. She is a talented middle distance freestyler with best times of 53.1, and 1:52.2 in the 100 and 200, respectively. Nika made huge drops this year and we were lucky to sign her before she really exploded. Coach Naya Higashijima had this to say,
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Cailan McLennan: Rancho Mirage, CA. Cailan swims for Chuck Riggs of Redlands Aquatics and will train in the sprint group with the Gauchos. Coach Wilson on McLennan: "Cailan is such a rookie as far as training and competing goes, that while she will sprint, her true potential is really unknown, so we look forward to providing her with many challenges so that we can find her strengths."
Katie Ure: Orinda, CA. Katie is a product of Coach Ronnie and Donnie of Orinda Aquatics. Katie will provide depth in the sprint freestyle events as well as the butterfly events. Katie's bests are: 23.9, 53.9, 1:54.78 50, 100 and 200 free, and 57.03 in the 100 butterfly. "You look at Katie and you see a really fast swimmer, but what many people don't know is that she is an extremely talented water polo player and has always trained for both. She will do both sports at UCSB, but will spend the majority of the year with the swim team and we are excited to see what she can do. "In my mind," said Assistant coach Kipp, "the parallels between her and Pat Cary are very similar as I expect her top make significant drops in time."
Carrie Cook: Placentia, CA. Carrie trained with Dave Salo of Irvine Nova Aquatics. Carrie is our third Gaucho Legacy this year as her older sister, Jennifer Cook, was this year's women's co-captain. Carrie will contribute to the breaststroke events for the Gauchos. Her best times are 1:06.25 and 2:24.88 in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. Carrie's other duties will include the IM and freestyle events as well. Coach Wilson on Cook: "It is great to have another Cook on the Gaucho team. Carrie is already committed to a high level of training and competing with Dave Salo at Nova, so we know that Carrie is going to add serious strength to our talented group of Lady Gauchos."
Naomi Jauanifard: Carmichael, CA. Naomi is a middle distance swimmer who specializes in the 100 back and 100 fly and swims for Brian Nabeta of Arden Hills.
"Naomi is not afraid of hard work because as a new swimmer, she has had no problems handling the work load of Brian's practices," said coach Kipp. "When she starts lifting and working on her physical strength in dryland workouts, I feel like we will see some major improvements."
Niki Schrakamp: Orinda, CA. Niki swims primarily the butterfly events for Orinda Aquatics under coaches Ron and Don Heidery. Coach Higashijima had this to say about Schrakamp: "Niki is a relatively unknown quantity for us right now. She has only been swimming a few years with Ronnie and Donnie so she is only scratching the surface of her swimming career. Her coaches speak highly of Niki and we respect Ronnie and Donnie very much, so we are going to see what Niki can do at the next level."


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When Sony explained that the upcoming PlayStation 3 safari-sim Afrika may never be released outside of Japan, this may have been what they were talking about: according to our good friends over at Siliconera, the game will see release in other Asian territories, only by another, much more awesome name.
Hence forth, the game will be known as Hakuna Matata, the Swahili phrase made popular by a certain warthog and meerkat in The Lion King. Unfortunately, there is still no word on whether or not the game will see a release in the North American, European, or Oceanic markets.
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While AIG CEO Robert Benmosche is heaping praise on his employees, he also took a little time today to thank you, America, his company's savior.
Less anyone has forgotten, the massive government bailout of AIG was a bit controversial. The insurance giant was pilloried, bus tours were organized to take angry citizens by the luxurious homes of AIG executives, and many never expected to see the government recover its funds. Taxpayer funds.
But today, that profit Treasury claims on the investment is now at $22.7 billion. And Benmosche, who was brought in as CEO after the fall, hasn't forgotten America's role in all of this.
"We are very pleased to repay 100 percent of all that America invested in AIG plus a total combined positive return — or profit — of $22.7 billion," Benmosche said in a statement. "On behalf of the 62,000 employees of AIG, it is my honor and privilege to thank America for giving us the opportunity to keep our promise to make America whole on its investment in AIG plus a substantial profit. Thank you America. Let's bring on tomorrow."
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Tammy Kelly adds variety to St. Patrick's Day traditions
St. Patrick�s Day is a holiday known for parades, shamrocks and all things Irish. From leprechauns to the color green, thousands of Irish Americans gather to share a �traditional� meal of corned beef and cabbage, or even Shepherd�s pie. Try these traditional foods a new way for a tasty variety.
For a twist on the traditional Reuben � a savory snack of rye bread, corned beef, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Russian or Thousand Island � I recently tried a Hot Reuben Dip. It was a great hit!
Hot Reuben Dip
1/2 pound diced corned beef (I purchased thick sliced at a deli counter)
1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese
1 cup drained sauerkraut
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon ketchup
(You can substitute sour cream and ketchup with Thousand Island dressing.)
1 tablespoon spicy brown mustard
Cocktail rye bread
Combine corned beef, cream cheese, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, sour cream, ketchup and mustard, and spoon into a greased, 1-quart baking dish. Bake at 350F for 30 minutes, until hot and bubbly. Serve warm with rye bread. (I slow toasted the rye bread so it was crunchy like a cracker).
Hometown Black-and-Tan Pork with Spicy Ale Slaw
1 bottle pale ale (Mother Earth Second Wind Pale Ale)
1/2 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 pounds pork tenderloin
1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 small sweet onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bottle stout beer (Mother Earth Dark Cloud Munich Dunkel)
1 cup packed dark brown sugar
1 cup honey
1 teaspoon minced peeled ginger
1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon minced peeled ginger
1/2 head green cabbage, shredded
2 medium bell peppers (red, orange and/or yellow), thinly sliced
2 carrots, cut into matchsticks or shredded
1 large sweet onion, quartered and thinly sliced
Prepare the pork: Combine the ale, five-spice powder, cayenne, salt and black pepper to taste in a large resealable plastic bag. Reserve 1/4 cup marinade for the slaw. Add the pork to the bag and mix well. Refrigerate 2 to 6 hours.
Make the glaze: Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until golden, about 2 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon each stout and brown sugar and cook 4 minutes. Add all but 2 tablespoons of the remaining stout, the honey, the remaining 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons brown sugar and the ginger. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring; lower to medium and simmer until reduced by half, 15 to 20 minutes. Whisk remaining 2 tablespoons stout and cornstarch in a bowl; slowly stir into the glaze and boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.
Preheat oven to 375F. Remove pork from the marinade and transfer to a baking dish. Bake until a thermometer inserted into the center registers 160F, 35 to 45 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board and let rest 5 minutes.
Make the slaw: Whisk the soy sauce, honey, garlic and ginger in a large bowl. Whisk in the reserved 1/4 cup marinade. Add the cabbage, bell peppers, carrots and onion and toss. Refrigerate until ready to serve, at least 30 minutes.
Slice the pork and serve with the slaw. Drizzle both with the glaze.
Note: If you can�t find the Chinese Five Spice Powder, substitute with 1/8 teaspoon each of ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground ginger and anise seeds.
Low-fat Shepherd�s Pie
(No one will ever know the difference.)
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 large carrots, chopped
1 pound extra-lean ground beef
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons no-salt-added tomato paste
2 teaspoons dried mixed herbs
1 cup fat-free, reduced sodium beef broth
1 cup frozen peas
2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 to 1 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 cup fat-free milk
1 tablespoon light butter
In a large pot on medium-low heat, saut� onions and carrots in canola oil until softened. Increase heat to medium-high and add beef; cook until no longer pink. Add Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, herbs and broth. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Add peas; simmer 5 minutes more. (If sauce is watery, combine 1 teaspoon cornstarch into 1/8 cup water and stir into beef mixture.)
Bring a large pot of water to boil. Add potatoes, reduce to simmer and cook until tender, about 15-20 minutes; drain. Add milk and light butter. Mash until smooth. Season if you like.
Pour sauce into an 11- by 7-inch baking dish and allow to cool slightly. Top with potato. Sprinkle with 1/3 cup reduced-fat cheese if desired.
Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.
Easy Crock Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage
3 pounds corned beef brisket with spice packet
2 carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
2 medium onions, chopped
1 small head green cabbage, cored, roughly chopped
2 cups apple juice
1 cup water
Put carrots and onions in a slow cooker, with corned beef on top. Arrange chopped cabbage around beef. Add apple juice and 1 cup water with contents of the spice packet. Cook on low 6 to 8 hours until the beef is tender. Serve warm.
(Un)Stuffed Cabbage Soup
2 pounds lean ground meat (or a pork/beef blend)
1 cup uncooked rice
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 medium onion, minced
2 tablespoons minced garlic (about 3 cloves)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup coarsely minced onion
1 cup thinly sliced carrots
1 cup tomato paste
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup ketchup
One 28-ounce can whole peeled tomatoes with juice
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 medium cabbage
1 bay leaf
Sour cream for topping
For the meatballs: In a large bowl, combine ground meat, rice, salt, pepper, cumin and onions. Form into 1-inch balls and set aside.
For the soup: In a 6-quart pot, sweat garlic in olive oil until white in color. Add onions and sweat until translucent. Add 1 1/2 cups water, carrots, tomato paste, brown sugar, ketchup and whole tomatoes with juice. Season with salt and pepper and simmer at a lively bubble for 10 minutes. Crush whole tomatoes with a potato masher or fork. Continue to simmer until carrots are tender, about 10 more minutes.
Transfer soup to a blender in batches and blend until smooth but not pureed. Return soup to pot. Remove cabbage ribs and cut leaves crosswise into 1/4-inch ribbons. Add cabbage to soup and stir. Add bay leaf and simmer over medium-high heat for 10 minutes more (the cabbage should be reduced in size). Thin with water to desired consistency. Add meatballs and simmer for 25 minutes.
Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with sour cream.
Tammy Kelly is director, Lenoir County Cooperative Extension Center, 1791 N.C. 11/55, Kinston, NC 28504. Reach her at 252-527-2191 or email@example.com.


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Abraham Briloff, Baruch Legend and Accounting Giant, Celebrates 90th Birthday
New York, NY – July 16, 2007– Abe Briloff ('37), Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Professor of Accountancy emeritus at Baruch College, celebrated his 90th birthday on July 19, 2007. The entire accounting profession should stand at attention and salute.
Briloff, who lives in Great Neck, New York, has been called "the most famous accountant in the world" and "the philosopher-king" of his profession. He has been an inspiration and a moral beacon to generations of students and practitioners. In the 1990's, he was among the very first to sound the alarm over self-serving and corrupt practices that damaged the integrity of accountancy, helped spawn the Enron debacle, and led, ultimately, to the reforms of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Abe Briloff has been a part of Baruch College since the 1930s when he was the prize pupil of the revered Emanuel Saxe. Briloff received his BBA in 1937 and was first appointed to the faculty full time in 1944. In 1976 Briloff was named Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Professor of Accountancy. He officially retired from Baruch's Stan Ross Department of Accountancy in 1987, but it was a retirement in name only. His writing and speaking continued and continues unabated; if anything, he became more active and more productive in his so-called retirement years.
Kathleen Waldron, president of Baruch College, recently said, "Abe Briloff is an institution. He continues to meet and speak with Baruch students, inspiring them to be critical thinkers grounded in factual analysis. He is an extraordinary man, teacher, accountant, and friend."
As his birthday approached, Briloff said, "My 90th birthday takes on particular significance because it corresponds with the 70th anniversary of my graduation from the City College School of Business. I came to the College in 1934 as a boy from across the bridge in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to study accountancy, which in those days meant journeyman bookkeeping. Then through the College and my mentor Emanuel Saxe, the universe of knowledge opened up to me."
During his long and fruitful career, Professor Briloff has authored several books and countless articles in scholarly and professional journals. His most important works include Effectiveness of Accounting Communication (1967), Unaccountable Accounting (1972), More Debits Than Credits: The Burnt Investors Guide to Financial Statements (1976), and The Truth About Corporate Accounting (1981).
His writings address a broad range of constituencies, including the educational, financial, and legal communities. The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Barron's have frequently cited his work. Newman Library Assistant Professors Rita Ormsby and Eric Neubacher, along with Professor of Accountancy Tony Tinker, are in the process of digitalizing Briloff's important articles. Along with videotaped interviews and commentaries, these will become part of a Virtual Abe archive that will preserve his work and legacy for the ages, while making it accessible to scholars the world over.
Accounting professor Abe Briloff with former students Arthur Ainsberg and Charles Dreifus.
Charles R. Dreifus ('66, MBA '73) is one of the very many students whose careers and values were shaped by their great teacher Abraham Briloff. In 1996, to honor his friend and mentor, Dreifus was instrumental in creating the Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Business Ethics. Since then, each year the Briloff Prize is bestowed on two students—one graduate, one undergraduate—and one faculty member who have produced books, articles, or essays that best exemplify the ethical issues that have concerned Abe Briloff throughout his life.
"He was—and is—my mentor," said Dreifus. "I owe a lot to him. He showed me a path for interpreting financial statements. Abe brought it to life vividly and dramatically." Dreifus noted that Briloff's contributions go far beyond conventional classroom lessons. "He has steadfastly asked accountants to hold themselves to higher standards," he said.
David B. Saxe, associate justice, New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, and adjunct professor of law at Baruch College (and son of the late Dean Emanuel Saxe), said, "Abe Briloff is perhaps the most distinguished public accountant of the 20th century and beyond. By virtue of his intellect, rectitude, and pursuit of lasting reforms in the public interest, Abe has transformed the profession of public accountancy."
According to Baruch College Fund President Emeritus Eli Mason, "Dr. Briloff has taught thousands of students at Baruch, and they remember his incisive instruction."
Though he is 90 years old and clinically blind, the remarkable Abraham J. Briloff continues to speak and write, publishing his observations regularly in Accounting Today and other periodicals. He never tires of reminding colleagues and his critics alike that the health of the free market economy depends on the integrity of its financial statements.
Baruch College, the alma mater that gave him intellectual life and sustenance, is never far from Professor Briloff's thoughts. A generous donor to The Baruch College Fund, he seldom speaks publicly without acknowledging his debt to and affection for Baruch. From the long-ago days of the Depression when Emanuel Saxe hired him, then a lowly sophomore, to do probate research for the princely sum of $6 a week, to the present, Baruch College has been both his home and his launching pad into the public arena.
Contact: Warren Schultz, Publicity Director, Baruch College, (646) 660-6124, or Lara Moon, Baruch College, Communications and Marketing, (646) 660-6093.


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Mongolia, historically Outer Mongolia, country located in north-central Asia. It is roughly oval in shape, measuring 1,486 miles (2,392 km) from west to east and, at its maximum, 782 miles (1,259 km) from north to south. Mongolia's land area is roughly equivalent to that of the countries of western and central Europe, and it lies in a similar latitude range. The national capital, Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian: Ulan Bator) is in the north-central part of the country.
Landlocked Mongolia is located between Russia to the north and China to the south, deep within the interior of eastern Asia far from any ocean. The country has a marked continental climate, with long cold winters and short cool-to-hot summers. Its remarkable variety of scenery consists largely of upland steppes, semideserts, and deserts, although in the west and north forested high mountain ranges alternate with lake-dotted basins. Mongolia is largely a plateau, with an average elevation of about 5,180 feet (1,580 metres) above sea level. The highest peaks are in the Mongolian Altai Mountains (Mongol Altain Nuruu) in the southwest, a branch of the Altai Mountains system.
Some three-fourths of Mongolia's area consists of pasturelands, which support the immense herds of grazing livestock for which the country is known. The remaining area is about equally divided between forests and barren deserts, with only a tiny fraction of the land under crops. With a total population of fewer than three million, Mongolia has one of the lowest average population densities of any country in the world.
The Mongols have a long prehistory and a most remarkable history. The Huns, a people who lived in Central Asia from the 3rd to the 1st century bce, may have been their ancestors. A united Mongolian state of nomadic tribes was formed in the early 13th century ce by Genghis Khan, and his successors controlled a vast empire that included much of China, Russia, Central Asia, and the Middle East. The Mongol empire eventually collapsed and split up, and from 1691 northern Mongolia was colonized by Qing (Manchu) China. With the collapse of Qing rule in Mongolia in 1911/12, the Bogd Gegeen (or Javzandamba), Mongolia's religious leader, was proclaimed Bogd Khan, or head of state. He declared Mongolia's independence, but only autonomy under China's suzerainty was achieved. From 1919, nationalist revolutionaries, with Soviet assistance, drove out Chinese troops attempting to reoccupy Mongolia, and in 1921 they expelled the invading White Russian cavalry. July 11, 1921, then became celebrated as the anniversary of the revolution. The Mongolian People's Republic was proclaimed in November 1924, and the Mongolian capital, centred on the main monastery of the Bogd Gegeen, was renamed Ulaanbaatar ("Red Hero").
From 1921 until the end of the 1980s, Mongolia was a one-party state closely tied to the Soviet Union. It received technical, economic, and military assistance from the Soviet Union and generally followed Soviet guidance in political and economic matters and in the building of a socialist society. However, beginning in 1990, forces for change in Mongolia ended the monopoly of political power by the communists in favour of free multiparty elections, coalition government, a new constitution, greater cultural and religious freedom with more emphasis on Mongol national traditions, a neutral position in international relations, and a transition to a market economy.
Mongolia can be divided into three major topographic zones: the mountain chains that dominate the northern and western areas, the basin areas situated between and around them, and the enormous upland plateau belt that lies across the southern and eastern sectors. The entire country is prone to seismic movements, and some earthquakes are extremely severe. Their effects, however, are limited by the low population density.
The mountains
There are three major mountain chains in Mongolia: the Mongolian Altai Mountains, the Khangai Mountains (Khangain [or Hangayn] Nuruu), and the Khentii Mountains (Khentiin [or Hentiyn] Nuruu). The Mongolian Altai in the west and southwest constitute the highest and the longest of these chains. Branching southeastward from the main Altai range at the northwestern border with Russia, the Mongolian Altai stretch southeastward for some 250 miles (400 km) along the Chinese border before turning slightly more eastward for another 450 miles (725 km) in southwestern Mongolia. The range—the only one in the country where contemporary glaciation has developed—reaches an elevation of 14,350 feet (4,374 metres) at Khüiten Peak (Nayramadlyn Orgil) at the western tip of the country, Mongolia's highest point. Extending eastward from the Mongolian Altai are the Gobi Altai Mountains (Govi Altain Nuruu), a lesser range of denuded hills that lose themselves in the expanses of the Gobi.
The Khangai Mountains, also lying from northwest to southeast, form a solid mountain mass near the centre of the country. The range's peaks reach some 12,000 feet (3,700 metres), with Otgontenger, the highest, rising to some 13,200 feet (4,025 metres) in the northwest. Characteristic of the Khangai are gentle slopes covered with fine pastureland. To the north the Eastern Sayan Mountains of Siberia lie along the border with Russia.
The alignment of the third mountain chain, the Khentii range of northeastern Mongolia, is southwest to northeast, extending into Siberia. The highest peak is Asraltkhairkhan, which reaches about 9,200 feet (2,800 metres), but, in general, maximum elevations are about 7,000 feet (2,130 metres). Ulaanbaatar lies at the southwestern edge of the range. The Da Hinggan (Greater Khingan) Range rises along and beyond the eastern frontier with China.
The northern intermontane basins
Around and between the main ranges lie an important series of basins. The Great Lakes region, with more than 300 lakes, is tucked between the Mongolian Altai, the Khangai, and the mountains along the border with Siberia. Another basin lies between the eastern slopes of the Khangai Mountains and the western foothills of the Khentii range. The southern part of it—the basins of the Tuul and Orkhon (Orhon) rivers—is a fertile region important in Mongolian history as the cradle of settled ways of life.
The remarkable Khorgo region, on the northern flanks of the Khangai Mountains, has a dozen extinct volcanoes and numerous volcanic lakes. Swift and turbulent rivers have cut jagged gorges. The source stream of the Orkhon River is in another volcanic region, with deep volcanic vents and hot springs. Near the northern border, Lake Khövsgöl (Hövsgöl) is the focus of another rugged region that is noted for its marshlands.
The plateau and desert belt
The eastern part of Mongolia has a rolling topography of hilly steppe plains. Here and there, small, stubby massifs contain the clearly discernible cones of extinct volcanoes. The Dariganga area of far eastern Mongolia contains some 220 such extinct volcanoes. Most of the southern part of the country is a vast plain, with occasional oases, forming the northern fringe of the Eastern (Mongolian) Gobi. The flat relief is occasionally broken by low, heavily eroded ranges. Several spectacular natural features are found in the Gobi region. Huge six-sided basalt columns, arranged in clusters resembling bundles of pencils, are found in the eastern and central regions. The southern Gobi contains a mountain range, the Gurvan Saikhan ("Three Beauties"), that is known for its dinosaur fossil finds at Bayanzag and Nemegt. In addition, the range's scenic Yolyn Am (Lammergeier Valley)—now a national park, with a deep gorge containing a small perennial glacier—is surrounded by towering rocky cliffs where lammergeiers (bearded vultures) roost.
Mongolia lies on a continental divide: rivers in the north flow northward into the Arctic Ocean, and those in the northeast flow eastward into the Pacific. The western and southern two-thirds of the country consist of interior drainage basins, in which seasonal or intermittent streams end in salt lakes or disappear into the stones and sands of the desert. In the northern regions, mountain torrents and streams merge into deep, well-developed rivers. In the southern areas—where there are only a few constantly flowing rivers—lakes, saltwater and freshwater springs, and wells draw on subterranean water supplies. The watershed that separates rivers that flow into the oceans and those that flow into the interior basins runs along the crest of the Khangai Mountains.
Northern Mongolia's drainage pattern is dominated by two river systems: the Orkhon and the Selenge (Russian: Selenga). The Orkhon, some 700 miles (1,130 km) long, is Mongolia's longest river and lies wholly within the country. It flows generally northward, joining the Selenge just before the Russian border. The Selenge drains northwest-central Mongolia before flowing northward into Russia and ultimately into Lake Baikal. Mongolia's third longest river, the Kherlen (Kerulen), runs south from its source in the Khentii Mountains before turning eastward and flowing across eastern Mongolia and into Lake Hulun (Mongolian: Dalai Nuur) in northeastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. The largest rivers draining into the Great Lakes region of the Mongolian interior are the Khovd (Hovd), which rises from the glaciers of the Mongolian Altai Mountains, and the Zavkhan (Dzavhan), which runs off the southern slopes of the Khangai Mountains. Other rivers east of the Zavkhan end in salt lakes or disappear in the Gobi. Generally, Mongolian rivers are swift with a steep gradient or are slow and meandering and prone to flooding in summer. For these reasons, as well as the unpredictability of precipitation, hydroelectric potential has proved difficult to exploit.
Many of Mongolia's lakes are salty, impermanent, highly variable in area, and without outlets. The largest and deepest freshwater body, Lake Khövsgöl, in the north, occupies a structural depression. Its only outlet, the Eg River (Egiin Gol), joins the Selenge. Other large lakes—all in the west—include the saline Lake Uvs, which is some 1,290 square miles (3,350 square km) in area, and the freshwater Lake Khar Us (Har Us), which drains into the saline Lake Khyargas (Hyargas). Lake Khökh (Höh), in far northeastern Mongolia and lying at an elevation of 1,837 feet (560 metres), is the country's lowest point.
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I am weary of leagues and am looking to hook up with 3.5 to 4.0 players to either play matches or perhaps just some hitting. I live in Fountain Hills but can travel in and around Scottsdale to play. I can usually play weekend mornings or some weekdays at 4:00 or a little later. If you're interested in hitting, please, give me a shout.
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Hey there.
I'm about 3.5 to 4.0, also looking to hit around and/or play some sets. I can do early mornings on any day. Weekdays would have to start at around 6am. Weekends could do 7 or 730am.
I'm sure there is are some public courts between us.
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[P]lenty of Wisconsin people say they need to make no apologies for their fondness for drinking.Don't forget the Rathskeller!
"I work 70, 80 hours a week, and sometimes I just want to relax," said Luke Gersich, 31, an engineering technician, who drank a Miller as he watched the Monday Night Football game at Wile-e's tavern. On a weeknight, he said he might drink seven or eight beers. On a weekend, it might be closer to 12.
In Wisconsin, people often say, there is always a bar around the next corner. But drinking is scarcely limited to taverns. A Friday fish fry at a Wisconsin church will almost surely include beer. The state counts some 5,000 holders of liquor licenses, the most per capita of any state, said Peter Madland, the executive director of the Tavern League of Wisconsin.
"We're not ashamed of it," Mr. Madland said. He said anti-alcohol campaigns were efforts to "demonize" people who simply liked to kick back and relax with some drinks.You can always collect hilarious quotes about drinking. People who drink lose track of how much and of how much looks like way too much to people who don't drink.
"It's gotten to the point where people are afraid to have a couple of beers after work and drive home, for fear they'll be labeled a criminal," he said. "At lunch, people are afraid if they order a beer someone will think they have a drinking problem."...
As for allowing minors to drink in bars with their parents, Mr. Schneider said the law simply allowed for parents to educate and supervise the youthful drinking. "If they're going to drink anyhow," said [State Representative Marlin] Schneider, Democrat of Wisconsin Rapids, "it's better to do it with the parents than to sneak around."...
In [bar-owner Mike] Whaley's view, the bar can be a suitable place for families to gather, especially when the beloved Green Bay Packers are on the television. "On game days, a buddy of mine will come to the bar with his 2-year-old, his 8-year-old and his 10-year-old," Mr. Whaley said. "He might get a little drunk. But his wife just has a few cocktails. It's no big deal. Everybody has a good time."
IN THE COMMENTS: Ron said:
Without naming posts, mind....has Althouse ever blogged drunk?No, name the posts! That's the interesting question. While I deny ever blogging -- or vlogging -- drunk (though I almost always have a glass of wine in the evening), I'd like to know, which posts seem most explicable on theory that I was drunk.
AND: The comments discussion leads to "Let's mix up that cocktail we call a Sarah Palin."
ALSO: Instapundit links to this post with the line "STANDING UP AGAINST THE BLUENOSES in Wisconsin," and that makes me want to add something serious. In the comments, there's some talk about why the New York Times is targeting Wisconsin. Palladian says:
Lol. Yeah, nobody in New York drinks.Thomas says:
Hell, maybe nobody at the Times drinks. Maybe if they did, they'd be better writers.
All the Times had to do was send someone into any of the bars near its HQ to write the same story -- I work nearby -- but someone managed to convince their boss that they had to get on a plane to write this story. It is no wonder the Times is on the verge of bankruptcy: they have refused to adapt to the times, no pun intended.But I think this part of the article is the real hint about why the NYT has focused on Wisconsin:
A coalition called All-Wisconsin Alcohol Risk Education started a campaign last week to push for tougher drunken driving laws, an increase in screening for alcohol abuse at health clinics and a greater awareness of drinking problems generally.The Times is responding to a movement to change our laws here in Wisconsin. And isn't it interesting that a huge federal grant -- aimed at "screening, intervention and referral services" and alcohol abuse -- is connected to a political movement to change the laws that apply to all of us?
The group, led by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, criticized the state as having lenient alcohol laws and assailed a mindset that accepts, even celebrates, getting drunk.
"Our goal is to dramatically change the laws, culture and behaviors in Wisconsin," said Dr. Robert N. Golden, the dean of the medical school, calling the state "an island of excessive consumption." He said state agencies would use a $12.6 million federal grant to step up screening, intervention and referral services at 20 locations around Wisconsin.
The NYT forefronts the law that lets parents supervise their own children. (When my sons were 19 or 18 or even 17 or 16, I could dine with them in a restaurant and we could all share a bottle of wine. Outrageous or civilized?)
Less conspicuous is this revelation: "Wisconsin law prohibits sobriety checks by the police, a common practice in other states." (The Times deserves some credit for noting that opposition to random checkpoints is considered by some people to be "an intrusion on Constitutional rights of due process.")
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Family bars are a mid-western tradition. I noticed this when I lived in Rantoul, Illinois many years ago. On a Friday night, the entire town would gather at one or two bars. The men would drink beer and watch TV. The women would dance with each other to the jukebox, and the kids ran around being kids. People there did not realize that this is not common in other parts of the country. Being raised as a Southerner, I was shocked to see this custom, but frankly now I don't see the harm in it.Miles from Kansas said:
Living in rural (Catholic) St. Charles County, MO in the 60s and 70s, the country tavern was the social hub of the community, and kids were always a part of that. There were games to play, as well has cheeseburgers and french fries, but kids were never allowed to drink beer. Nearly all those taverns, which had been around since the 1800s are closed now, and the area is no longer rural, or Catholic. It's a piece of history that should be recorded.MadisonMan said:
One of my favorite places to take my kids for Cheeseburgers is the bar closest to my house, the Village Bar. Their fries are great too! If they see someone drinking in the bar, so what?
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This design by Deviant Artist GalenaLarkin in artifact from this alternate universe. This illustration alone has inspired me to write a young adult series in which H.R. Giger eschewed participating in the Alien franchise and instead became the world's foremost teenage apparel designer. It would be like The Boxcar Children, but the boxcar is actually the hollowed-out skull of a dead insect god.


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Students create value between classroom, lab and the world outside
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Opportunities can crop up at any moment and in the unlikeliest of places, but they are also cultivated by forward-thinkers seeking to reap other-than-market-variety success.
Penn State students in several of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences' intercollege graduate degree programs and graduate student groups are doing exactly that — creating their own opportunities for professional and academic advancement, research collaboration and fund-sourcing, as well as getting out and having a little fun with some like-minded people.
"There have been collaborations and papers and huge projects that have come out of these sorts of gatherings, but you have to build the relationships before those things can happen."
— Rebecca Heinig, graduate student and president,
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Doctoral candidates Aliana Britson, Arkarachai "Chai" Fungtammasan, and Rebecca Heinig are presidents, respectively, of the Ecology Graduate Student Organization (EGSO), Genomix (the Bioinformatics and Genomics Student Organization) and the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Graduate Student Association (CGSA) — each of which is run by students for their own collective benefit.
"In a nutshell, we represent the students," Britson said. "Our primary mission is to be a representative of, and a resource for, the students."
"We got the idea after holding our first retreat," Fungtammasan said, "that instead of having just one event once a year, maybe we could start a club to organize similar things on a more regular basis."
"There were lots of great things going on around us, but we were concerned that graduate students were getting lost in the shuffle," Heinig said. "We wanted to give our students a voice."
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Through the Ecology Graduate Student Organization, Britson explained, students are represented "on all the committees for the Ecology program: the faculty committee, the programming committee, the curriculum committee; we have representatives in all of these areas to make sure that the students are engaged and so that any suggestions or concerns — requests for additions or changes to the curriculum, grievances or anything of that nature — can be addressed."
The group also raises and manages funds for sending members to research conferences to present their work and gain exposure, for bringing in well-known faculty for presentations and networking, and for organizing extracurricular activities.
"We manage the Frank A. Andersen Travel Award, which helps fund students' traveling to the conference of their choice," Britson said, "and we have also helped fund people through UPAC to go to conferences. We host a speaker series each spring where we bring in well-known faculty to present their research and network with students, and we organize a retreat every January or February — where we all spend a weekend in the woods in a cabin at Black Moshannon State Park — and a picnic every fall where we welcome our new students."
In addition, members of the EGSO pool their resources and experience to help each other find and apply for research grants.
"We have lots of students who apply for EPA STAR Fellowships or National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships," Britson explained, "and so we'll host a session so potential applicants can talk with the past recipients to see how they framed their proposals, what they think helped get them the awards, or — if no one is around for that — we'll have a larger, general session so we can try to point students in the right direction."
Like the EGSO, the Genomix club makes a point of hosting speakers from other institutions, and also organizes presentations by past members, workshops and seminars by bioinformatics and genomics (BG) program faculty, and an annual retreat.
"We hold a retreat once a year," Fungtammasan said, "where we showcase our research, get faculty and students to interact more with each other and learn more about each other's research, and have some fun together."
"We also invite guest speakers from outside the University to give talks about their research," he continued, "and we have student talks where recent graduates discuss their ups and downs in the program and what they're doing moving forward. We have seminars, too — several times a year — and professional development talks where we invite faculty members to present on topics such as how to give presentations, how to apply for postdoc jobs, how to make connections at conferences."
"Of course, most important," Fungtammasan said, "are the collaborations and the transfer of knowledge and experience from older generations of BG students to the present generation that happen in the context of the Genomix club."
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Graduate Student Association
The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Graduate Student Association also offers many of these same opportunities to its members — guest speakers, travel funding, grant-writing resources — and it arranges professional development and training sessions based on members' requests.
"We're bringing in people from outside academia to talk about job opportunities," Heinig said, "and we're having technology training to teach people additional skills they need to succeed; we generally feel like our members are pretty good at taking care of their research, and we need to give them something extra."
The group also organizes extracurricular activities, but with the common theme of being decidedly unacademic and non-scientific.
"We arrange trivia nights and other fun events for the students — activities to get people out of the lab and talking about non-lab things," Heinig said. "A lot of what we're doing here isn't just research — it's making connections, and that's hard to do that when people get cubbyholed at their computers; they're very focused and busy — which is good — but if you can get people out of their offices and into a different setting, a lot of times really great conversations can happen. There have been collaborations and papers and huge projects that have come out of these sorts of gatherings, but you have to build the relationships before those things can happen."
"It takes work to maintain that," she said, "but it's just as important as the work that we're doing in the classroom and in the lab."


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Not every guest on "The Tonight Show" can lip sync. Some of them play games with the host, Jimmy Fallon. Take America's Goofy Best Friend, Jennifer Lawrence. She showed up on Fallon's show on Thursday night to promote "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and wound up playing the game Box of Lies.
For those unfamiliar with the premise, the game involves the two performers sitting on opposite sides of a partition with a small window cut out. Then they select a box from nine arranged on shelves behind them. Each box contains an odd object. The player must then either tell the truth or lie about what they found in the box and the other performer must attempt to call them on their lie.
Lawrence and Fallon giggled their way through the game, which sort of made the whole production seem like something from a Jimmy Fallon slumber party. (Perhaps that will be the "Tonight Show" prime-time special?)
The wacky object included a Rubik's Cube in a Jell-o mold, a John Stamos action figure and an egg roll in a bird's nest.
What's most shocking about this is that even though both Lawrence and Fallon have done a fair amount of professional lying (a.k.a. acting), they were both pretty terrible at lying in this game.


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The White House is making plans to transfer more detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay despite the mounting political furor over the exchange of five Taliban prisoners for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, officials said Tuesday.
Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for the National Security Council, said the White House was "making progress on a number of additional promising opportunities" to transfer more prisoners and that officials were reviewing Yemeni detainees "on a case-by-case basis."
"While we do not generally discuss transfers before they take place, we are fully committed to implementing the president's direction that we transfer detainees to the greatest extent possible, consistent with national security and our humane-treatment policy, as we work toward closing the facility at Guantanamo Bay," she said.
Hayden said 17 inmates had been moved out of Guantanamo in the last 13 months, including the five former Taliban officials transferred to Qatar in the swap for Bergdahl.
The future of America's most notorious prison camp, and its 149 remaining inmates, has been in doubt since the White House announced the exchange May 31.
But President Obama, who has sought unsuccessfully to shut the U.S. military prison in Cuba since he took office, hinted strongly last week that he still intended to move more detainees out as the Pentagon winds down its war in Afghanistan.
"By definition, if we in fact are ending a war, then there's going to be a process in which some of those individuals are going to be released," he said on NBC News.
Exactly how remains unclear. Although Congress has allowed the transfer or repatriation of hundreds of detainees in recent years, angry lawmakers now are threatening to put up new roadblocks, even for the several dozen inmates approved by military courts for release back to their home countries.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is to testify Wednesday before the House Armed Services Committee, the first public hearing to focus on the transfer of the so-called Taliban Five to the government of Qatar, which helped negotiate the deal. Hagel is expected to face harsh questions on the administration's plans for future transfers or releases.
After closed-door briefings by senior administration officials this week, some Republican lawmakers said they thought the White House intended to release more prisoners at some point without seeking congressional consent, as in the Bergdahl case.
"There's some concern that this is a lead-up to letting them all go," said Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Santa Clarita), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
"I think it's a foreshadowing of their thinking," said Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), the GOP's chief deputy whip. "They've just released five. It begs the question: Do they propose to release more?"
Although Hayden said Obama remained committed to closing the prison, she said an interagency review board had begun to look at "whether continued law of war detention of certain Guantanamo detainees is necessary to protect against a continuing significant threat" to the United States.
"In this way, we will ensure that any continued detention is carefully evaluated and justified," she said.
Before a detainee can be released, the administration must obtain security and humane-treatment assurances from governments willing to accept him. That is in addition to a 30-day notification to Congress, which has barred bringing any of the men to the United States to stand trial in civilian courts.
The prison, created in January 2002 to hold foreign captives suspected of links to Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups, is part of a U.S. Navy base in southeastern Cuba. It held 770 detainees at its height.
Most of those remaining have been held more than a decade without trial. Among them are several charged with war crimes, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others charged with planning and aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The controversy over the Bergdahl swap has set the White House on its heels, putting administration officials on the defensive for a second week.
Obama "spent a lot of political capital releasing the Taliban Five in exchange for Bergdahl," said Charles Stimson, head of the national security law program at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, and a former advisor on detainee affairs to then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. "Now he's going to have to figure out a way to spend his remaining political capital on getting the rest of it done."
The fact that the White House didn't consult Congress as the latest prisoner swap was organized "makes anything else he wants to do at Guantanamo more difficult," Stimson said.
That challenge may have grown steeper Tuesday.
Josh Earnest, a White House spokesman, acknowledged that about 80 or 90 people in the White House, Pentagon, CIA and other administration agencies knew of the prisoner exchange last weekend, before members of Congress were informed.
Making a number of phone calls "around town" would not have been "a prudent decision," Earnest said.
Many lawmakers don't accept the White House argument that the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan necessitates the repatriation of prisoners, as is usually done after war's end.
A dozen Afghans are still held at Guantanamo: four slated for indefinite detention, four approved for transfer and four referred for prosecution by military tribunals.
"This absolute untruth that they are purveying, that these people are going to be released anyway, is absolutely false," said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has called for closing Guantanamo Bay but has emerged as one of the administration's sharpest critics on the recent swap.
"I want to close Guantanamo, but I want to put those people into a secure facility," he said. "That doesn't mean I want to release them back to commit more acts of terror."
Lisa Mascaro in the Washington bureau contributed to this report.


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Former Sharks director of rugby Bryan Redpath has accepted a role as the Premiership side's head coach © Getty Images
Sale Sharks have named Bryan Redpath as their head coach just a day after they confirmed he had been removed from his position as director of rugby.
Redpath's future at the club was in doubt when he was relieved of his post on Monday by following a disastrous start to the Premiership season that has seen the Sharks suffer seven straight defeats and notch just two bonus points. Chief executive Steve Diamond assumed responsibility for the first team but the club denied Redpath had been dismissed.
Initial reports suggested the Scot had been offered the role of backs coach but it has now been confirmed he has accepted the role of head coach with the club set to honour the four-year contract he signed when he made a high-profile switch from Premiership rivals Gloucester.
Diamond will remain in charge of the side for the remainder of the season but will work alongside Redpath, club owner Brian Kennedy, ex-Sale boss and former New Zealand coach John Mitchell and businessman and co-owner Ian Blackhurst on a newly-formed rugby strategy management board that "will meet regularly to devise and review the long term rugby strategy."
In a statement, Kennedy stressed the club's desire to stop the rot. "The priority of all the management within Sale Sharks is to get back to winning ways and secure our position in the Premiership," he said. "We believe we have the playing and coaching talent and structure to achieve this. Beyond this we must plan medium and long term to compete at the top of the game and this will be the remit of the strategy board."
Diamond explained the decision to restructure the coaching team yesterday, saying: "The situation is that after a lot of poor results we have asked Bryan just to take a little bit of time out, a couple of days off to reconsider what we are doing and how we restructure our rugby department.
"We want him to be involved moving forward. He is contracted for a long time after making a big move from Gloucester and we want him to be involved. We just need to get the balance of that right, and it clearly isn't right (judging) by our results, so we just want to change it around a little bit to make sure we get the most out of our resources in the coaching - myself, Bryan and John Mitchell."
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