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Jay-Z and Justin Bieber. Kanye West and T.I. John Legend and Prince.
Hosted by Queen Latifah, Sunday night's BET Awards promise to be a star-studded affair, and organizers say it will be packed with more performances than in previous years.
West and T.I. will make their TV comebacks on the show. West is set to perform, returning to the spotlight after keeping a low profile since last year's MTV Video Music Awards, when the rapper swiped the microphone from stunned "Best Female Video" winner Taylor Swift and declared that Beyonce should have won the award. T.I. will also return to the stage for his first televised performance since his release from prison in December.
Legend and Prince will receive special honors at Sunday's ceremony, to be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium. Legend will be presented with BET's humanitarian award for his work the Show Me campaign, which aims to eradicate poverty worldwide through education and health care. The artist currently known as Prince will be feted with musical tributes as the recipient of the network's lifetime achievement award.
The BET Awards honor the year's best in music, sports and film in 19 categories.
Jay-Z leads nominees with five nods, including best male hip-hop artist and two for video of the year, for "Empire State of Mind" and "Run This Town."
Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Trey Songz and Melanie Fiona have four nominations each.
Bieber, the tween sensation, is up for best new artist, while fellow tween star, Selena Gomez, is nominated for the Young Stars award.
Winners are selected by a voting academy comprising industry insiders and executives, music journalists and a group of fans randomly selected by BET.com.


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AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) - Austin-based movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse says it will get rid of plastic drinking straws from all company-owned theaters by the end of the month.
This includes theaters in Austin; Kansas City, Missouri; New York; Raleigh, North Carolina; San Antonio and San Francisco.
Some cities have banned plastic straws because they are often not recycled and wind up as trash in landfills and oceans. Starbucks and American Airlines have recently announced they will phase out plastic straws.
Alamo Drafthouse is the first nationwide theater chain to do so. The company says it plans on replacing plastic straws with corn-based, biodegradable straws.
"This makes sense," Alamo Drafthouse CEO Tim League said. "It's the right thing to do for the environment. And while the biodegradable straws are more expensive, they will still see savings."

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved White House international economic affairs adviser Michael Froman to be the next U.S. trade representative, sending him into the fray of two huge trade negotiations in Asia and Europe.
Froman, a longtime friend of President Barack Obama, has already played a major role in shaping U.S. trade policy over the past four years from his post in the White House.
Now he is moving from that behind-the-scenes work to a prominent role in Obama's Cabinet, where other big jobs will include managing difficult trade relationships with China and India and breathing life into moribund world trade talks.
"Mike is smart. He knows the issues. Very importantly, he has the trust of the president," former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, a Republican, said on Wednesday in a speech at the Wilson Center, a foreign policy think tank.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, was among the few to vote against Forman, citing what she called a lack of transparency in U.S. trade negotiations, a complaint many civil society groups have made in the past.
"Many people are deeply interested in tracking the trajectory of trade negotiations, but if they do not have reasonable access to see the terms of the agreements under negotiation, then they can't have real input," Warren said.
The Senate action came just days after Obama and leaders of the European Union launched talks on what would be the world's biggest free trade agreement, the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership pact.
Froman will now be able to preside over the first round of those negotiations, set for the week of July 8 in Washington.
The United States also is negotiating a free trade agreement with Japan and 10 other countries in the Asia-Pacific region known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact that it hopes to finish by the end of this year.
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Preserved Botanicals and Arrangements
Our goal is to give our customers the oppportunity to enjoy the advantages of a real, natural garden inside the home, the office, hotel, restaurant or commercial center in an ecological and economical manner. The preserved natural flowers, foliage and trees have many economic and ecological advantages over fresh cut and artifical alternatives respectively because they maintain their "just fresh cut" softness and color for many years without any maintenance (no water or light required). For this reason, our objective is to make preserved natural flowers, foliage and trees a world standard in interior natural decoration.
Interior designers (residential and commercial), florists, restaurants, hotels, wedding planners/consultants/brides, funeral homes, furniture stores. Our audience demands high quality product that will enhance their business with little ecological impact, while paying attention to budget.
Needs to have a flower. Preferably a rose. A combination of flower and plant/tree would be ok. The words need to be instantly recognizable - meaning stay far and away from 'fancy' script. We want it to have a feeling of luxury, class and permanence. The order of desire here is first modern then classic. No whimsy please. Keep the colors more neutral-I like the kraft paper look or a more vintage feel. If you feel your design is better suited with a background other than white would you kindly submit a duplicate with a white background? Will be used on website, banners for expos, letterhead, business cards, etc. There may be more work for the winner. My wife and I thank you in advance for dealing with us (otherwise nice people who don't know anything about the kind of work you do or what it takes to be good). Thank you.


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"It is soft, balanced and neutral on waves. It reacts immediately and the pressure can turn directly on or off. Nevertheless, it will bring you through the impact zone without any problem. The 2012 design offers an even more pure Manic feeling than ever! It will be difficult to find a better all-round sail for waves or stormy flat-water days."
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The Gaastra Manic has been a test leading sail since its introduction in 2005, and has built a strong reputation for its fantastically light handling, all-round wave appeal and great top end control. In 2011 the Manic received a fairly major (and successful) overhaul, which amongst other things reduced the luff length quite considerably. For 2012 Gaastra claim the focus has been on refinement rather than redesign.
For 2012 Gaastra have nudged another couple of centimetres off the luff and boom lengths, making the Manic even more compact. Gaastra claim only small changes from the 2011 model, which include a new panel layout and extra reinforcement to the foot and leech to improve durability.
With one of the shortest luff lengths of the group (402cm), the Manic sets on a 400cm mast. The boom length (163cm) is actually one of the longest, while the weight (up 0.1kg from last year's HD version) sits towards the heavier end of the group.
Gaastra continue to avoid the compact clew design that has become fashionable recently, and have kept things nicely simple with just one clew eyelet. As with last year's Manic, there seems to be a reasonable amount of tuning flexibility, although this year it sets with perhaps a slightly looser leech than last year's model. Less downhaul gives more bottom end power and a gruntier feel, while more downhaul gives a smoother top end. We did find that the draft is a little further back than the 2011 model, and it holds a little more on the back hand, so we were applying slightly more downhaul this year to get it to release and lighten up.
Tested on: Gaastra RD M 400cm
Size tested: 4.7m
Luff: 402cm
Boom: 163cm
Battens: 5
Weight: 3.61kg
Price: £499
Much to our surprise, despite only subtle changes to the Manic's design we actually noticed quite a big difference on the water in comparison to last year's model.
Over the past few years the Manic has established itself as one of the most manoeuvrable, lightest handling wave sails on the market, and even after a fairly major redesign last year those same characteristics were maintained. This year, however, we found the Manic to have changed character somewhat. On this 2012 model the power seems to have moved rearward and the leech seems to hold the power a little more. Overall, this gives the Manic a gruntier feel, but also a slightly heavier / less manoeuvrable feel in the hands.
The grunt and bottom end of the Manic have been improved, so in lighter winds it has a little more to offer than it did in the past. It also has a slightly firmer overall feel. However, the incredibly smooth top end and sharp, light handling are not quite what they used to be.
Ignoring for a moment how it compares with last year's design, it is still a very good all-round performer in its own right. In cross-on conditions it has enough stability and power to make it a fun sail to use, while in cross-shore riding conditions the compact feel and power point are nice for driving though turns on the wave-face.
To be fair, it's still a great all-round wave sail with respectable bottom end and top end performance, it just seems a little different.
Compared with the rest of this group, the Manic is a very good all-round wave sail, sitting pretty much middle of the group for all our descriptive criteria. The bottom end is an improvement on last year, but overall we can't help but feel that the Manic has lost a little of the magic that it had in years gone by with regard to its light handling and top end performance.


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Does having a high net worth or yearly income make a person smarter? The Securities and Exchange Commission seems to think so. Following the stock market crash that preceded the Great Depression, regulators decided that individual investors needed protection from fundraisers and other capitalists offering up risky investment opportunities. They wanted to protect those who could not protect themselves, while at the same time keeping the private capital markets open for so-called sophisticated investors. And, after 50 or so years of legal wrangling, the SEC codified the concept in the form of the "accredited investor." A person can be an accredited investor, as defined in Regulation D, Rule 501(a), in one of two ways. First, any person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with his or her spouse, exceeds $1 million (not including the value of his or her primary residence or deducting its mortgage up to the fair market value of the residence) is an accredited investor. Second, any person who earned more than $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or whose joint income with his or her spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of those years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same level in the current year also qualifies. How does the SEC protect accredited investors? Apart from anti-fraud protections, it doesn't. The definition is designed to protect everyone else. Generally, ordinary investors are protected by mandatory disclosures that must be made to them if a private company, fund or partnership wants to offer them investment opportunities. But the burden of disclosure is far less when an investment opportunity is being offered to an accredited investor. The effect of labeling certain investors as "accredited" is that non-accredited investors are almost entirely shut out of these opportunities. The SEC's "qualified client" and "qualified purchaser" definitions further limit those who are welcome to invest in private equity funds. A "qualified client" includes a person or company (i) whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with his or her spouse, exceeds $2 million (not including or deducting the value of his or her primary residence or its mortgage) or (ii) who has at least $1 million under the management of the adviser. A "qualified purchaser" is (i) a person with at least $5 million in investments, (ii) a family business with at least $5 million in investments, (iii) a trust formed by people falling under these first two definitions or (iv) a business that has discretion over at least $25 million in investments. Although the rationales behind the "qualified client" and "qualified purchaser" definitions are not necessarily rooted in protecting the investor, the definitions still act as a barrier between investors and opportunities. A registered investment adviser is less likely to take an investment from a non-qualified client because the adviser cannot charge carried interest on that investment, and a fund that contains any non-qualified purchasers typically is limited in size to no more than 100 investors. Thus, similar to the "accredited investor" definition, these classifications exclude those investors solely on the basis of net worth and/or investments already made. If everyone (or even a majority) who met these wealth thresholds truly was sophisticated enough to have the knowledge and experience that he or she could smartly evaluate the risks of these investments, then possibly the protectionism and exclusions would achieve their goals. But the news is rife with counter-examples. Bernie Madoff's investors were "accredited" and/or "qualified," yet they couldn't see the giant Ponzi scheme right in front of their faces. And a recent ESPN documentary detailed the myriad bad investments that have swallowed whole the massive salaries of some professional athletes. Time and again, we see that having a high net worth or yearly income does not necessarily correspond to investment savvy. The "protections" provided to all other non-accredited and/or non-qualified investors can be similarly misguided. The savviest investor in the world might not have the wealth, income or investment levels to freely choose his or her own investments. For example, the team of three 2013 Nobel Prize for Economics Laureates would need to each have at least $700,000 in preexisting net worth (or annual incomes greater than $200,000), or plan to win a Nobel prize again next year, in order for their respective shares of the $1.2 million prize money to qualify them as "accredited," let alone as qualified clients or qualified purchasers. The SEC's accredited investor definition does both too much and too little to protect investors, and its qualified client and purchaser distinctions further limit investment opportunities solely on the basis of wealth. These definitions even fail to protect only those who could afford to take losses on a risky investment because an investor's liquidity is not factored into his or her net worth determination. However, the recently passed Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act will loosen some of the SEC protectionism. The SEC is expected to pass new rules in 2014 that will allow ordinary, non-accredited investors the opportunity to "crowdfund" for equity in startups through certain Internet portals. It's a small crack in at least the accredited investor scheme, but most people still will be investing in a world where a certain wealth and income grants access to special rules that other investors cannot breach — no matter how smart (or not) he or she really is.
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The most important prevention step is to remain on groomed runs, resisting the urge to ski or snowboard through the trees during deep powder conditions, no matter how inviting the untracked powder looks. If you choose to ski or snowboard in the ungroomed, deep snow areas with trees, remember:
#1) A Partner:
It is critical to ski or ride with a partner who remains in visual contact at all times.
In many cases, some of the deaths which have occurred due to tree well incidents may have been avoided had:
a) the person been with a partner
b) the partner saw the person fall and
c) the partner was close enough to assist digging the victim out in a timely manner.
It does NO GOOD for your safety if you are under the snow and your partner is waiting for you at the bottom of the lift. If you have any question about what a "timely manner" is to assist someone in a tree well, hold your breath now as you are reading this and the amount of time until you need air is approximately how much time your partner has to help get you out of danger. Other factors such as creating an air pocket or the nature of how you fall into the well may extend this critical timeframe.
#2) Visual Contact:
Means stopping and watching your partner descend at all times, then proceeding downhill while he or she watches you at all times. IF YOU LOSE VISUAL SIGHT OF YOUR PARTNER, YOU COULD LOSE YOUR FRIEND.
#3) Carry the same personal rescue gear as backcountry skiers or snowboarders: a transceiver, shovel, probe,and whistle.
#4) If you are a skier, remove your pole straps before heading down a powder slope. Trapped skiers have difficulty removing the pole straps, which can hamper efforts to escape or clear and air space to breathe.
What If I Go Down?
a) If you are sliding toward a tree well or a deep snow bank, do everything you can to avoid going down: grab branches, hug the tree, or anything to stay above the surface.
b) If you go down, resist the urge to struggle violently. The more you struggle, the more snow will fall into the well from the branches and area around the well and compact around you.
c) Instead of panicking, try first to make a breathing space around your face. Then move your body carefully in a rocking manner to hollow out the snow and give you space and air.
Hopefully, your partner will have seen what happened and will come to your rescue within minutes. If not, experts advise staying calm while waiting for assistance. Survival chances are improved if you maintain your air space. Over time, heat generated by your body, combined with your rocking motions, will compact the snow, and you may be able to work your way out.
Trees & Tree Wells
Trees are an important and integral part of the natural Cascade mountain environment and exist in Northwest ski areas, predominantly in the ungroomed areas. However the incidences of skiers and snowboarders falling into snow wells created by trees has increased in recent years. Prevention of falling into a tree well is all-important because the odds of surviving deep snow immersion are low. For your safety, you should assume all trees have a hazardous tree well.
In an experiment in which 10 volunteers were temporarily placed in a simulated tree well, none could rescue themselves.
Experts who chart skiing injuries have documented a significant risk: suffocation after falling, often headfirst, into deep snow depressions around trees (tree wells) or even on open ground. Most tree well incidents have occurred at ski resorts in the western United States and Canada, though the same risk would be present wherever deep powder conditions are found.
Fortunately, the risk of falling into a tree well is completely avoidable. Unlike avalanches, which are difficult to predict and the danger is often not visible, tree wells exist in deep snow areas and only around trees – in simple terms, a tree well is a hole in the deep snow, which is clearly marked by a tree.
You can avoid falling into a tree well by avoiding skiing or snowboarding near trees in deep snow areas.
What Is A Tree Well?
Hazardous tree wells are generally found in ungroomed areas.
The low-hanging branches of trees may create a sheltered area around the base of the tree, where a well of loose snow with air pockets can form.
It is best to assume that all trees in deep snow have some depth of tree well. Usually there is no easy way to identify if a particular tree has a dangerous tree well by sight, because the branches often block visibility of what hole may exist.
Particularly hazardous trees appear to actually be the smaller trees or trees where the branches are touching the snow. The branches help form a canopy over the hole, inhibiting snow from filling in the hole around the trunk of the tree –thus the snowpack increases outside the branches, creating a deeper hole under the branches.
Click for more information on NARSID (Non-Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Death).


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- For breakfast and lunch not allowed to get wet, barefoot, bathing suit or shirtless. For dinner do not allow tank tops.
Informal restaurant with natural lighting offering a wide variety of international cuisine in its cold, hot and dessert areas. Includes the Italian Corner, American Corner, and GP Burger. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, where you can also enjoy a thematic dinner every night.


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Today marks the First Year Anniversary since Spice-club has been launched. Wow, it has been such an excited and terrific year. I would like to thank all of you who stopped by and left pretty much a decent encouragement note! Very Special Thanks to Sailu of TOI through I have met some talented bloggers and truly charming people in this virtual world.
Result, I ended up growing my RSS list in my reader. I appreciate your quality comments /suggestions and truly welcome your warm visit.
I have learnt a lot through out my food journey,visiting your blogs, improved my photography skills and technical stuffs.
Naturally I have been through some highs and lows, which have highly reflected in 127 posts. I have participated in many events, won prize, collected few bunch of awards, tags…
Big thank for my Husband who never ever followed any of my post. He has been the best food critic so far and even was bold enough to taste some of my creation before been captured by my camera. Finally few words in my language for my Dear family and friends…
Voila, un an que j'existe! Je tiens à remercier ma famille et mes amis de collège pour m'avoir encourager. C'est un vrai plaisir de pouvoir partager mes recettes avec vous virtuellement. Merci pour votre support tout au long de ce trajet.
Have a dose of little Mango Halwa on this special day. As this blog is for dummy and amateur, the complicated laborious halwa is created in microwave under 7 minutes for dummy!
Yield: Less than ¼ cup of halwa so please try to quadruple if you have a sweet tooth.
Tin Mango pulp: ½ cup – Can be replace with fresh mango pulp in season
Sugar: ¼ cup
Ghee: 1 tsp
Green Cardamon: 2 pods powdered
Nuts: 1 tsp broken into small pieces (totally Optional)
Mix the mango pulp and sugar in microwave safe bowl. Set the microwave for 7 minutes in high and cook, mixing every two minutes. After 6 minutes add the ghee and nuts and cook the last one-minute. Done you have a shiny mango halwa but only 3 tbps which is absolutely terrific!
The quantity yield only less than 1/4 cup approxim 3 tbsp + so feel free to quadruple or triple!
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This Halwa is reaching Mitr 's sweet series event, Thanks Myt to let me know!
A Toast to- another Year of blogging to come...


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Are you looking for houses for rent in Sibulan, Toril? A home is a serious investment for everybody, especially those who are thinking of preparing for the future.
However, there are instances when renting in Sibulan becomes more preferable than buying a home. And when it comes to this, there are a lot of choices. Condominiums are more appealing to singles. For those with family, though, a complete apartment is more suitable.
Whether you are looking for a condominium or a home in Sibulan, Toril, there are some practical things that you need to consider before choosing the right place. Check out some of these below:
If you want to be in the heart of Toril, you can find a home or condominium in rural places. Afraid of being late for the ninth time or hate walking long distances everyday? Choose a place that is near public transport or one near your work. If, however, you want something away from traffic noise and from the hustle bustles of the city, then a house in the countryside is a good choice.
When looking for houses for rent in Sibulan, you have to check the neighborhood to see whether it is safe. Condominiums have security alarms and cameras to defend your home against burglars. There are also guards within the building to provide added protection. If you're looking into an apartment, check the building and talk to neighbors. Other than burglars, you also have to ensure your safety against hazards like fire.
If you have children, you may need a playground or a garden. If you have a car, you will need a garage. If you are considering a condo, then you may find amenities in the place such as a gym. Sometimes, you will even find a salon, spa, swimming pool, and food loft. When it comes to apartment in Sibulan, Toril, start with the basic and then check if there are some special amenities that you may need.
Social Considerations
Among those that you will have to consider when moving to houses for rent are your neighbors. Having new neighbors in Sibulan, Toril mean expanding your social network and meeting new friends. However, you also have to check how your neighbors are – there are nosy neighbors and those that prefer to keep to themselves. Get a feel of your neighbors and see whether you'll enjoy your stay in your new home.
All these considerations should come into play as you select from the different houses for rent in a neighborhood of your choice.
A single unconditional situation will be the noise. You would probably want to come house to a dispel and peaceful residence, put your head in your pillow and snooze devoid of disturbance. uphold if there is a noise issue, most likely the neighbor's kids deed noisy music every of the time or perhaps the habitat is unquestionably near to a announcement spot. If that is the case, weigh your alternatives correctly.
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MU Extension Agriculture Connection (Session 10 of 13)
When: Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
This is a radio program that allow MU Extension Specialist in the area of Agronomy, Livestock and Ag Business to educate the public on current issue with the goal of providing listeners information to improve their agricultural operations.
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Andy McCorkill Dallas County MU Extension Regional Livestock Specialist provided a radio interview on an agriculture relevant topic in the area of Livestock.
Patrick Davis, email@example.com Extension in Cedar Countyphone: 417-276-3313
Chronic Disease Self-Management (Session 6 of 6)
When: Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, 10 a.m. to noon
This 6-week course meets for two hours each week, and is for anyone with a chronic health condition. Topics include dealing with difficult emotions, nutrition, physical activity, managing pain and fatigue, communication, and working with your physician. Participants set and report on goals each week.
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CARY, N.C. - The Bowdoin College men's and women's tennis teams will both open play in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III Championships on Monday at Cary Tennis Park in North Carolina.
The Polar Bear men (15-7) will battle NESCAC foe Williams in the first match of the day at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, May 21. The Bowdoin women (13-8) will have the last match that afternoon as they will face Emory at 3:30 p.m. Bowdoin is one of six programs to have both their men's and women's team qualify for the final eight in both tournament brackets.
Live coverage of all of the matches, as well as a complete schedule of matches, is available here.
About the Men's Team
The Bowdoin men kicked off their season with a challenging slate of matches in California and returned from spring break with a 2-5 overall record. The Polar Bears hit their stride once returning to the east coast, rolling off nine consecutive wins - the program's longest win streak in over a decade - and rising to a #9 ranking in the ITA Division III poll. During the skein, Bowdoin dominated doubles play, winning all 27 doubles points.
The Polar Bears saw their win streak come to an end in a May 5 loss to Williams (5-4), but bounced back in the NESCAC semifinals to take a 5-3 win against the Ephs. Bowdoin advanced to the NESCAC Championship match for the second time in school history, falling to Amherst, 5-2. Last weekend in NCAA Regional play, Bowdoin cruised to a 5-0 win over Baruch and took a convincing 5-1 win over Trinity (Texas) to reach the NCAA Quarterfinals for the second time in program history.
Bowdoin raked in a collection of All-NESCAC honors as a result of their fantastic campaign. Senior Oscar Pena and sophomore Samuel King jointly earned First Team All-NESCAC in Doubles while Pena netted a Second Team selection in Singles. First-year Kyle Wolstencroft was recognized as the league's Rookie of the Year while head coach Conor Smith was tabbed as the conference Coach of the Year in his debut campaign.
After splitting their first two matches with Williams this spring, Bowdoin will look to advance to the National Semifinals for the first time in program history. In the program's previous NCAA Quarterfinal appearance, Bowdoin dropped a 4-0 decision to Emory in 2002.
About the Women's Team
The Bowdoin women took a winding road to North Carolina, opening their season with a 4-3 spring break record in California. The Polar Bears won six of their next eight matches after returning to New England with their only losses during that stretch coming at the hands of Middlebury (8-1) and Amherst (8-1). The Polar Bears advanced to the NESCAC Semifinals where they suffered a 5-1 setback to Williams.
Bowdoin rebounded well in NCAA play, cruising to a 5-1 win over Wellesley to earn a rematch with Middlebury. The Polar Bears mounted one of the most dramatic comebacks in school history against the Panthers, rallying from a 4-1 deficit to stun the hosts in a 5-4 decision to advance to their second-ever NCAA Quarterfinal appearance.
In postseason honors announced by the NESCAC last week, junior Kellen Alberstone received First Team Singles recognition for the second-straight season. Sophomore Kate Winingham was named as a Second Team All-Conference selection.
The Polar Bears will play Emory for the first time in program history in the quarterfinals on Monday. The team has reached the final eight of the national tournament for the second time in school history. In its only other appearance in 2008, Bowdoin lost a 5-3 decision to Pomona-Pitzer.


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In his second outing of the spring, Orioles lefty Wei-Yin Chen struggled occasionally with his command Friday night, but overall he continued his progression for the regular season.
Starting in a 6-3 Grapefruit League win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chen allowed one hit and two walks in 2 1/3 innings. He gave up two runs (one earned) and struck out four. He threw 54 pitches, 33 strikes, hitting between 89 and 91 mph on his fastball, 73 to 75 on his curve and 79 to 82 on his slider – just slightly below his in-season marks.
"I felt good on my four-seamer and two-seamer [fastballs] today and it's OK on my changeup. I'm still working on my slider because it's not there, yet," Chen said through interpreter Tim Lin. "My slider was off today; it's always high. It makes me behind [in] the count all the time, so I should work on that."
The Pirates scored a run on Chen in the first that was set up on an error by catcher Jose Gil. The second run scored when reliever Tommy Hunter allowed a RBI single to Pedro Alvarez after Chen left the game in the third.
"I'm definitely on my schedule right now. Spring training is just about like adjustments, so I'm still working on that," said Chen, who was 12-11 with a 4.02 ERA in 32 starts as a rookie last year. "There are a lot of things I need to adjust. … I feel it is going to be a good year for me."
The Orioles, who are 9-2-1 in Grapefruit League games, scored three runs in the fourth for a lead they never relinquished. Jason Pridie and Trayvon Robinson had RBI singles and Travis Ishikawa had a RBI double.
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Space Test Experiment Gets Federal Grants For 2 LaunchesSOCORRO, N.M. May 10, 2012 – Dr. Andrei Zagrai and Dr. Anders Jorgensen will be flying another experiment into space in coming months – twice actually.
| A diagram of the soon-to-be-built instrument designed to monitor the health of space vehicles.
"Students are involved in all aspects of the project management," Zagrai said. "You won't be able to find a better opportunity to do really practical research."
Ben Cooper is a master's student who is advising the undergraduate team from the Mechanical Engineering Department. His research specialty is structural health monitoring and he is working with the Air Force Research Lab on his thesis.
"Just a year ago, I never would have imagined that I'd be working on an experiment that would be launched into space," he said. "We're learning the whole system and integrating all individual aspects into the payload. It's a challenge."
The student teams are designing a suborbital payload that will monitors how spacecraft structures behave during lift-off, space flight, re-entry and landing. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is in charge of overseeing commercial space flight, is especially interested in developing sensor technologies for spacecraft condition assessment and qualification for flight, Zagrai said. In fact, the FAA contributed a portion of funds for development of New Mexico Tech payload.
"This is very important for the development of commercial space transportation," Zagrai said. "Re-usable spacecraft will have to be recertified between each flight. That's when information on structural health is important."
| A diagram of the suborbital launch that will carry the New Mexico Tech experiment into space.
The monitoring system will measure how spacecraft structures react to a variety of elements, including temperature swings, radiation, the launch environment, and other elements.
A team in the Senior Design Clinic flew an earlier version of the monitoring system in April 2011. Tech electrical and mechanical engineering students have been involved in several other launches with Boston University and international partners. Zagrai said space transportation and structural health monitoring technologies require interdisciplinary collaborations to advance the science and engineering.
The "Structural Health Monitoring for Commercial Space Vehicles" payload will fly on a suborbital launch vehicle and a high-altitude balloon – the only of the 24 projects to fly on twice.
The balloon launch will give the Tech experiment several hours of exposure to very-high altitude environment – about 10 kilometers. The sub-orbital launch will reach above 100 kilometers altitude – well into space – but only last about 13 minutes, with only few minutes in space.
The two very different launches will use the same payload and produce different data sets for the Tech students to analyze, Zagrai said.
"This is real!" he said. "Very few nations have such opportunities to allow students to participate in real launch and real payload assembly. I believe we at Tech possess the unique capability to train the best of the best. We are making sure the engineers we produce are top quality – not just in theory, but in hands-on practice."
"New Mexico Tech is really one of the leaders and our plan is to be among the leaders in commercial space industry," Zagrai said. "This fits nicely with other activities in New Mexico. We are the 'Space State'."
In addition to the Spaceport, all three research universities offer degrees related to aerospace engineering, providing a pipeline of qualified technologists to the industries.
NASA manages the Flight Opportunities Program, matching payloads with flights, and will pay for payload integration and the flight costs for the selected payloads. No NASA funds are provided for the development of these payloads and, hence, the Tech team relies on internal research funds and FAA contribution for payload development. Other suborbital flight vendors on contract to NASA will provide flights after they have successfully flown their qualifying vehicles.
| Dr. Andrei Zagrai (right) works with former team members Abraham Light-Marquez (left) and Will Reiser. That team flew another iteration of structural health monitoring system in the spring of 2011. Light-Marquez is earning his master's this week. Reiser earned his bachelor's in 2011 and is pursuing another bachelor's in civil engineering.
Zagrai said this NASA program is indicative of the move from government-managed launches to commercial space programs. NASA provides funds to the launch provider so that researchers can put payloads in rockets and balloons.
The Flight Opportunities Program, part of NASA's Space Technology Program, is managed at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif. manages the payload activities for the program.
Sixteen of the payloads will ride on parabolic aircraft flights, which provide brief periods of weightlessness. Five will fly on suborbital reusable launch vehicle test flights. Two will ride on high-altitude balloons that fly above 65,000 feet. One payload – the Zagrai and Jorgenson experiment – will fly on both a suborbital launch vehicle and a high-altitude balloon platform. The flights are likely to take place in late 2012.
Flight platforms include Near Space Corp. high altitude balloons and reusable launch vehicles from Armadillo Aerospace, Masten Space Systems, UP Aerospace and Virgin Galactic.
Zagrai said NASA has not told him which vehicles will transport Tech's experiment, nor when the flights will take place.
In a press release, Michael Gazarik, director of NASA's Space Technology Program said, "NASA's Flight Opportunities Program leverages investment in commercially available vehicles and platforms to enable new technology discoveries. These flights enable researchers to demonstrate the viability of their technologies while taking advantage of American commercial access to near-space."
By Thomas Guengerich/New Mexico Tech


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OAKLAND - Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school.
"Safety is Caltrans' number one priority," said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty. "We are committed to providing the highest safety possible for our children as they travel to and from school in California."
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- Contra Costa County – $450,000 to install speed feedback signs and construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, bike lanes, and pavement markings on Canal Road between Bailey Road and Loftus Road.
- Palo Alto – $450,000 to install speed feedback signs, and construct raised medians, "bulb-outs" (expanded sidewalks at intersections), crosswalks, safety lighting, a channelized left turn lane, and bike lanes on Charleston Road between Middlefield Road and Alma Street.
- Santa Clara County – $450,000 to construct sidewalks, curb and gutter, curb ramps, driveway approaches, and shoulder and drainage improvements.
To date, the state and federal Safe Routes to School programs have awarded $472 million for safety projects around California's schools.
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To develop solid embedded applications you need good tools. Luckily, development tool suites are available from most uC vendors and other third parties. Some of these tools are free, some are free but have built in limits as to the size of code they can compile and some tool suites come with the purchase of a development kit. These development tool suites usually come with an assembler, a C or C++ compiler, a linker/code librarian and most importantly a debugger. For many uCs the most expensive item one needs to purchase is a programmer for the chip itself. You need some way of getting the code you develop onto the uC and in general a device programmer is how that is done.
Most development tools are manufacturer proprietary but some are based on GNU tools within an Eclipse environment. All of the development tools I have used recently have been powerful and robust.. I've yet to run into a situation where the tools have been limiting or buggy.
In terms of cost, things have never been better. The development system I bought for my digital color organ project cost $20.00 from TI (see Figure 1) and this included the device programmer, the development tools and a single target uC board. For my PIC projects I bought a device programmer for approximately $100.00 but the development tools were free.
The Microchip company which makes PIC uCs also provided a free TCP/IP stack that greatly simplifies any networking development efforts you may undertake. My recent projects have been based on the NetBurner development kit (Mod5270LC, $99.00) which includes a target board with network connectivity, power supply, development tool suite and even the cables one needs. The development tools from NetBurner get my personal recommendation as they provide an Eclipse environment for development and the ability to program their devices over the network and do remote debugging.
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Running back Maurice Jones-Drew isn't going to be making nearly as much money as a Raider as he was when he was with the Jaguars, but he will get a chance to do something that other teams weren't offering him this offseason.
He'll get a chance to compete for playing time, something he told Adam Schein of Mad Dog Sports Radio that he wasn't going to be given if he signed with some of the other teams that he spoke to before signing with Oakland. Jones-Drew said he narrowed that list of teams down to the Raiders, Patriots and Steelers and that he made his ultimate choice because of the opportunity to battle for carries with Darren McFadden.
"On the field, they're going to give me a chance to compete," Jones-Drew said. "A lot of teams had already kinda conceded that I didn't have anything left and all these different questions they may have had. Oakland's going to give me a chance. And they gave me a deal that shows that with incentives."
Jones-Drew also spoke highly and hyperbolically about the team's other offseason acquisitions, particularly when he said quarterback Matt Schaub can "definitely" lead the team to a Super Bowl. That's not going to be a particularly popular opinion, although it doesn't seem like that was necessarily Jones-Drew's top priority for his 2014 home anyway.


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MOSCOW – A record-breaking snowfall in Moscow has disrupted flights, created havoc on the roads, and forecasters say the storm will rage until Friday morning.
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Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane is located on the north side of Parnell Square at the top of O'Connell Street in Dublin 1. Here is some further information on how to get to the Gallery:
How to Get Here
View Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane on Google Maps.
PDF MAP: please click HERE
GPS address: 53.3540, -6.2645
Buses: 7, 11, 13, 16, 38, 40, 46A, 123 and many other bus routes pass close to the Gallery on O'Connell Street / Parnell Square. See http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/Your-Journey1/City-Centre-Bus-Stops/Parnell-Square-Bus-Stops/ for further information.
LUAS Red Line (tram): Abbey Street
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FRIDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Children with autism who were born either prematurely or several weeks late may experience more severe symptoms than kids with autism who were born on time, according to a new study.
These children also may be more likely to inflict self-injury, researchers found.
Although the reasons their symptoms are more severe remain unknown, the study suggested it may have something to do with what caused the children to be born before 36 weeks' gestation or after 42 weeks.
"With preterm and post-term babies, there is something underlying that is altering the genetic expression of autism," Tammy Movsas, a postdoctoral epidemiology fellow at Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, said in a university news release.
"The outside environment in which a preterm baby continues to mature is very different than the environment that the baby would have experienced in utero," she said. "This change in environment may be part of the reason why there is a difference in autistic severity in this set of infants."
The researchers examined an online database of 4,200 mothers with children with autism, ranging in age from 4 to 21 years. They grouped the children into one of four categories based on the timing of their birth: very preterm (fewer than 34 weeks' gestation), preterm (34 to 37 weeks), standard (37 to 42 weeks) and post-term (more than 42 weeks).
The mothers completed questionnaires about their child's symptoms. The study revealed very preterm, preterm and post-term children with autism had significantly more severe cases than children with autism who were born between 37 and 42 weeks gestation.
Although the study found a link between length of pregnancy and autism severity, it did not show a cause-and-effect relationship.
"Normal gestation age of birth seems to mitigate the severity of autism spectrum disorder symptoms, and the types of autistic traits tend to be different depending on age at birth," Movsas said.
For babies born late, the study's authors said prolonged exposure to hormones, higher rates of problems with the placenta and Cesarean section could play a role in the severity of a child's autism.
On the other hand, the study also revealed that very preterm babies show an increase in the mannerisms associated with autism.
Nigel Paneth, an epidemiologist at Michigan State, said that although autism has a strong genetic component, the findings indicate that something about pregnancy or the perinatal period may affect how autism manifests itself.
"This adds to our earlier finding that prematurity is a major risk factor for autism spectrum disorder and may help us understand if anything can be done during early life to prevent or alleviate autism spectrum disorder," he said in the news release.
The study was published online April 3 in the Journal of Autism and Development Disorders.
No one knows what causes autism. Other research published this week found that spontaneous genetic mutations and older fathers may influence a small number of autism cases.
According to recent figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 88 U.S. children has some form of the neurological disorder.
More information
The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke provides more information on autism.


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- perfect tour to introduce India
- Experience the street life of Delhi
- View The icons of India
India is one of the most exciting and rewarding travel destinations in the world. From the colourful and vibrant cities to its exquisite temples and superb scenery. The Golden Triangle Tour will take you through the heart of India travelling to Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. You will be taking in sights such as the Taj Mahal and the bustling bazaars of Jaipur.
• Delhi - Full day city tour of Old and New Delhi, Chandni Chowk
• Agra - Red Fort, Taj Mahal
• Jaipur - Fatehpur Sikri and the City Palace
Day 1 - Delhi
Once arrived in Delhi, a reprehensive will meet you at the exit and transfer you to the first hotel on the tour.
Where you will be free to relax for the rest of day either within the hotel or explore all that Delhi has to offer. Delhi is one of the major gateways into the country and combines the ancient and the modern beautifully.
Stay overnight in New Delhi
Day 2 - Delhi
After breakfast, You will be going for a full day city tour of Old and New Delhi. In Old Delhi you will visit the 17th century Jama Masjid and walk through the narrow, winding lanes of the colourful and bustling Chandni Chowk.
In New Delhi, You can drive past The Presidential Palace and also visit the 16th century Humayuna tomb, a precursor to the Taj Mahal.
Stay overnight in New Delhi,
Day 3 - Delhi - Agra
Leave Delhi after breakfast and proceed to Agra and check in to the next hotel on the tour.
In modern times, the city of Agra is a thriving carpet industry where you can also find leather workers, sandstone and marble sculptors, some of whom claim to be direct descendants of the craftsmen who had helped build the Taj Mahal.
Stay overnight in Agra
Day 4 - Agra
In the morning visit Taj Mahal, On the inner walls, jewel-like stones create beautiful designs in white marble.
During the afternoon you will proceed to visit Agra Fort, where the ageing Emperor Shah Jahan, imprisoned by his son, watched from a distance the fulfilment of his life's dream, the building of the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife.
You also have the option to visit the Taj Mahal on your own at sunset
Stay overnight in Agra
Day 5 - Agra to Jaipur
After breakfast you will drive to Jaipur, visiting Fatehpur Sikri En-route.
Fatehpur Sikri, is the deserted red sandstone city, It was abandoned soon after it was built when the local wells went dry and it remains today in much the same condition that it was over 300 years ago. It is complete with palaces and mosques and used to be a town larger than London when it was originally constructed. Now it is an extraordinary place to wander around with its buildings in near perfect condition.
On Arrival at Jaipur you will check in to the hotel and then be free to spend the rest of the day at leisure
In the evening you will be taken to Nokha House for a typically Rajasthani meal with a Rajasthani Family.
Stay overnight in Jaipur
Day 6 - Jaipur
Following breakfast you will proceed to visit the capital of Amber to see the fabulous Amber Fort. The fort overlooks the Moat Lake and ruins and remains are spread over the Aravali hills. En route to Amber Fort you will stop and see the `Palace of Winds, otherwise known as Hawa Mahal.
During the afternoon, you will visit the City Palace, which is an overwhelming complex of exquisite palaces, gardens and courtyards, decorative art and carved doorways. The palace museum houses collections of rare manuscripts, armory, costumes, carpets and miniature paintings.
Stay overnight in Jaipur
Day 7 - Jaipur - Delhi
After breakfast you will be driven back to Delhi, where you will then be free to spend the rest of the day at leisure for any last minute shopping, activities or simply relaxing within the hotel.
Stay overnight in Delhi
Day 8 - Depart Delhi
A representative will meet and assist you to transfer from the hotel to the airport for your flight back home
**NOTICE: There are currently restoration works taking place on the Taj Mahal until further notice
Superb holiday cannot fault anything. The agent SITA in India were second to none excellent service
Gillian Coggins reviewing Superior Golden Triangle (01-Nov-2018)
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With the most strikingly beautiful of settings, amongst green coconut groves and facing the golden sands just at the point where the Kalu Ganga River meets the Indian Ocean, the Avani Kalutara Resort is a stunning hotel property perfectly blending tradition and modern style. Mixing bold hues with softer, more neutral tones, the Avani Kalutara is characterised by its cool, chilled and laidback atmosphere, giving guests a good and relaxed vibe, ideal for winding down during their holidays in Sri Lanka. Polished wood floors, eclectic touches and modern decor make this a fabulous All Inclusive providing scenic views as the hotel only puts a narrow palm-dotted terrace standing in the way between guests and the sea. With a host of facilities for children and adults alike, at the Avani Kalutara guests are presented with a wealth of choice in terms of what to do. From indulging spa treatments to active water sports, tempting themed buffets and a la carte menus, at this fantastic resort you can truly have it all.
Lovely honeymoon hotel. Minimalistic hotel, spacious rooms, beautiful food with lots of choice. Staff very friendly and nothing was too much trouble.
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nice displays both then and now. as for the Mego stuff to get it all back again would cost a big fortune. espically on ebay .
Great post. Not much has changed, except the amount you get to spend on your toys!
Uh…one of those super-hero figures looks crooked.
LOL..!!! Way to stay true to your roots…!
Wow, young collector for sure…even had everything labeled on the shelf! My stuff was always a big pile in the floor at that age and I still have all the Mego's from then but they are thrashed beyond recognition — can't part with them though.
Reclaim your Megos. I did and I am a very contented man. All of life's problems seem a little easier to manage after you look over at a shelf full of Mego World's Greatest Super Heroes.
Man, you were really into everything Mego Batman! Wish I'd had your foresight but I still might have lost everything anyway. That is one valuable shelf full of stuff, though!
So… how do you dust everything?


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A fresh, vibrant green asparagus risotto to celebrate the best spring produce.
Green asparagus risotto is what I crave soon after spring's arrival in March. Mother Nature seems to drop more snow in late winter than any sane person would like, but that's no reason to believe that the vernal equinox doesn't in fact occur, right on schedule. And that means asparagus is coming!
Once the snow has melted a pair of busy cardinals usually appear right outside my window, getting their nest ready for…perhaps new carpeting?
All I know is that it's time to go back to eating food that looks and tastes of springtime, not the dark colors of a cold winter.
I've been getting happily reacquainted with one of my favorite cookbook authors, Marcella Hazan. Her basic risotto recipe is a standard in my cooking, but once I'd envisioned a particular very, very verde shade of green, I had to stray a bit from her method for making asparagus risotto, which calls for stirring and cooking the risotto with the asparagus for the whole cooking time.
Nothing wrong with that, but by the time the rise is done the asparagus has taken on a dull gray-green color. It's not exactly the intense, chlorophyll color of my springtime dreams.
I employed a color-saving culinary trick instead: blanch the asparagus, then puree the stalks immediately with a bit of parsley or spinach. This not only preserves the greenness, but really intensifies the flavor of the finished dish. I add the beautiful, tender tips to the risotto at the end.
Here are a few Marcella-approved tips for making classic risotto:
- Use a mild-flavored brodo, or light broth, as the cooking liquid; it will reduce and become more concentrated as it cooks down and becomes absorbed by the rice. A rich meat or even vegetable stock will overwhelm the delicacy of the risotto and become "distracting" to the balance of flavors.
- The type of rice used to make risotto is important. Special varieties familiar to cooks as Arborio, as well as Carnaroli and Vialone Nano, are all defined by short grains and the amount of starch surrounding the kernels. You can use any kind of rice (or grain, for that matter) in the method of risotto-making, but there's probably some Italian law ready to decree that what you have is a pot of boiled rice, not the true, creamy amalgamation of rice, broth, butter and Parmigiano known as risotto. Don't blame me! Italians can get testy on this subject.
- Finally, use the right pot to cook risotto. I almost always use an enameled cast iron casserole. Marcella advises that lightweight pans "are not suitable" because they will not retain heat at a moderate level. Moderation is key. A heavy 18/10 stainless-steel clad type of pan will work just fine.
asparagus risotto verde
Yield 4 servings
For brodo (optional – use 2 cups light chicken or vegetable broth diluted with 2 cups water if you'd rather):
- 1 peeled carrot
- 1 small onion, peeled and halved
- 1 small fennel bulb or 2 celery stalks; roughly chopped
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 very small ( less than 2-inches diameter) waxy potato, peeled and chopped
For risotto:
- 1 pound asparagus
- Handful parsley tops or spinach leaves
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ½ cup finely chopped shallot or onion
- ½ cup pinot grigio (or other dry, white wine)
- 1 cup Arborio, Carnaroli or Vialone Nano rice
- 4 cups brodo or light broth, as noted above
- 1/3 cup freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano or Grana cheese
- Fresh lemon juice from half a lemon
- Thinly sliced red radish, watercress and fennel fronds (optional) for garnish
- Make the brodo: put all ingredients into a large saucepan and cover with 5 cups water. Bring to a simmer; lower heat and cook 30 minutes. Strain the brodo into another pan and keep warm.
- To make the risotto: Bring a small pan of salted water to a boil. Trim off the bottom inch of the asparagus and discard. Cut off the first 3 inches of the tips; slice the remaining stalks into 1-inch lengths. Drop the tips into the water and cook 1 minute; remove with a slotted spoon to a bowl filled with ice water. Drop the chopped stalks into the boiling water and cook exactly 3 minutes. Immediately remove the stalks with a slotted spoon and put in a blender along with the parsley or spinach. Add a pinch of salt and ½ cup of the cooking water and puree until very smooth.
- Heat 1 tablespoon butter and the oil in a heavy pot over medium-high heat until the butter melts and sizzles (but doesn't turn brown); add the shallot and 1 teaspoon salt and cook it softened, 1 minute or so. Add the rice and stir to coat with the fat, cook until the rice begins to crackle, 1 minute.
- Pour in the wine, stir it around and boil until it's evaporated. Pour in 2 cups of the brodo; bring to a steady bubble (not a violent boil) and cook until absorbed, stirring frequently for 7 – 10 minutes.
- Add another cup of brodo, another ½ teaspoon salt and continue cooking until almost absorbed. Watch carefully at this point – the rice will be nearly ready when the grains have swelled in volume and the liquid becomes thickened. Taste the rice – it should be tender all around, and very slightly al dente at the core. Add more liquid if needed, ¼ cup at a time until you feel it's done. There should be some thick, starchy liquid still left in the pot. You might not use all the brodo.
- Remove the pan from heat and stir in the reserved asparagus puree, remaining butter and half the cheese. Stir in the lemon juice and taste the risotto for seasoning, adding more salt to taste if needed. Gently stir in the asparagus tips.
- Serve in bowls, topping each one with some radish, watercress and fennel fronds with additional cheese on the side.
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COLLEGE STATION (AP) – A forestry expert says the 2011 Texas drought weakened trees but dehydration was likely not why millions of trees died.
Eric Taylor is a forestry specialist with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service.
Taylor says in most cases trees that died likely were already stressed from environmental factors, such as overcrowding, age and compacted soil. Taylor also says inappropriate use of herbicides could have contributed to tree deaths.
Taylor says lack of water may be the trigger, but many trees likely died from excessive heat, insect damage and diseases.
The Texas Forest Service last December announced a preliminary estimate of up to 500 million trees killed by the drought. Crews have spent the last two months doing ground surveys for a more specific drought count.
Taylor's findings were announced Friday.
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West Virginia
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West Virginia
Berkeley County
Two mounds, one of stone, on the farm of Jacob McQuilkin, near Martinsburg.
Several large mounds on the farm of Dr. Whiting, near the preceding.
Stone mounds on the farm of B. F. Harrison in same neighborhood as the preceding (J. P. Smith, Sm. Rep., 1882, pp. 798, 799).
Boone County
Pictographs on a cliff at Horse Creek (Reported by John L. Cole).
Brooke County
Burial cave or grott on the Ohio, directly opposite Steubenville, Ohio, on what was known as the "Mingo Bottom" from a former village of Mingo Indians located here. An extensive collection of human skeletons, also pots, vases, etc., of earthenware, obtained here (Mentioned by an anonymous writer in Am. Jour. Sci. and Art, 1st ser., vol. 31 [1837], pp. 8-10).
Cabell County
Refuse heap extending for half a mile along the bank of the Ohio just above the mouth of the Guyandotte.
Three small mounds in a field half a mile above the preceding.
Traces of an inclosure and hamlet midway between Guyandotte and Huntington, on a bottom high above the greatest floods.
Group near Barboursville (Reported by P. W. Norris).
Fayette County
Ancient stone wall at Mount Carbon (Described in report).
Rock circle on Armstrong Creek, half a mile above its junction with the Kanawha (Described and figured in Report).
Eight mounds on Meadow River, a tributary of the Gauley (Mentioned by S. M. Campbell, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 441).
Ancient wall near the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, between Loup and Armstrong Creeks, 1 mile from their confluence (W. N. Page, Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 441).
Ancient stone work on Beaver creek (Account given by Mr. I. Craig in the American Pioneer, vol. 1, p. 299. Mentioned in Anc. Mon., p. 14).
The "Huddleston Enclosure" on the farm of Mr. A. Huddleston across the Kanawha from Mt. Carbon (Described and figured in Report).
"Rock etchings are numerous upon the smooth rocks near the principal fords of the river." (Reported by P. W. Norris).
Rock circles are found on nearly all the prominent bluffs, spurs, and high points of this region. (Described and figured in Report).
Gilmer County
T. M. Marshall reports mounds near Glenville. (Sm. Rep., 1879, p. 441.)
Hampshire County
Stone burial mounds on the eastern side of South Branch Mountain, about a mile and a half from the mouth of South Branch River at a point known as "Shinn Bottom," on the land of Chas. French. Explored. (Described by L. A. Kengla, Sm. Rep., 1883, pp. 868-872.)
Cemetery on an island in the South Branch of the Potomac River, discovered by a flood which washed out skeletons, pottery, fragments of bone and shell, and something like rude pipes of copper. (New York Herald, May 3, 1886. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, May 3, 1886. Reported in Mat. Pour l'Historie de l'Homme, vol. 3 (1886), p. 321.
Skeletons, pipes, bone, beads, etc., exhumed on Pancakes Island, 10 miles above Romney, by Mr. W. K. Moorehead.
Skeletons of gigantic size exhumed on farm of Mr. Herriot at Hanging Rocks.
Large mound on farm of Mr. Garrett Postares. (Reported in Baltimore Sun, Jan. 23, 1889. Also, American Catholic News, Feb. 27, 1889.)
Indian cemetery near Potomac River about 8 miles from Romney. Skeletons, earthenware pots, beads, arrow heads, etc., were found here. (Reported in Baltimore Sun, Dec. 25, 1888.)
Kanawha County
Pictographs known as "Calico Rock" on a bowlder 5 miles above Charleston. Figured by Bishop Madison. (Reported by John L. Cole.)
Mounds on B. H. Smith's farm 7 miles below Charleston. (Reported by John L. Cole and P. W. Norris.)
Ancient works near Charleston, mounds, enclosures, pits and stone cists along the Kanawha River from 3 to 8 miles below Charleston. (Described and figured in Report; one mound described and figured by Cyrus Thomas in Science, vol. 3 (1884), p. 619; also in the 5th Ann. Rep. Bur Ethn., pp. 53-58. See also "Cherokees in pre-Columbian Times," by Cyrus Thomas (1890), pp. 47-58.)
"Brownstown works," an ancient village site or refuse heap, and an earth enclosure on the site of the present village of Brownstown, just below the point where Len's Creek enters the Kanawha River.
The "Lens Creek Mounds," a number of mounds in the deep valley of Len Creek. One opened. Elk River Works, a circular enclosure with gateway, mound and interior ditch, one mile north of Charleston on the opposite side of the Elk River.
Small conical mound on the summit of a low pass over which ran an ancient trail, four miles up the river from the preceding.
Group of small conical mounds two miles above the last mentioned, and midway between these and the pass is another group of five mounds.
Enclosure near St. Albans in a horse shoe bend of the Coal River, two miles above its confluence with the Kanawha, and belonging to the farm of Mr. B. Inman. Conical mounds, graded way and rock heaps in the vicinity. (Described and figured in Report.)
"Clifton Works," village site and stone wall near the village of Clifton. (Described in Report.)
Lincoln County
Petrographs and an enclosure near Falls Mills, the latter on the land of Mr. Sikes. (Reported by George L. Bennet.)
Marion County
Ancient graves near Worthington. Explored. (I. Nutter, S,. Rep., 1879, p. 441.)
Marshall County
Grave creek and other mounds near Moundsville, twelve miles below Wheeling and at the point where Grave Creek unites with the Ohio River. (Jonathan Heart in "A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of N. Am.," by Gilbert Imlay (3d. Edn., London, 1797, pp. 296-304; T. M. Harris, Jour. Of a Tour to N. W. Terr., 1803, pp. 62-64, and also Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., vol. 3, 1810, p. 24; H. H. Breckenridge, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc., new. ser., vol. 1, 1818, p. 155; Dr. Doddridge, Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc., vol. 1, 1820, pp. 186-187; Thomas Nuttall, "Travels," 1821, p. 25; S. Morton, Am. Jour. Sci. and Art, 1st ser., vol. 6, 1823, pp. 166-168; Warden's Recherch., 1834, pp. 18-19; J. W. Clemens, Crania Americana, 1839, p. 221; Schoolcraft, Trans. Am. Ethn. Soc., vol. 1, 1846, pp. 369-420; also Hist. Ind. Tribes, vol. 1, 1853, pp. 120-124 and vol. 4, p. 118; Mem. Societe Royale des Ant. Du Nord, 1840-44, pp. 125-127; Tomlinson, American Pioneer, vol. 2, 1843, pp. 195-203; Squier and Davis, Anc. Mon., 1848, pp. 168-170; Townsend, Cincinnati Chronicle, Feb. 2, 1839; Chas. Whittlesey, Tracts of West. Res. Hist. Soc., Nos. 9, 33, and 44; M. C. Read, Am. Antiq., vol. 1, 1878-1879, pp. 139-149; J. P. MacLean, Mound Builders, 1879, pp. 91-105; Foster, Preh. Rac., 1881, pp. 190-192; Wilson, Preh. Man., vol. 2, 3d ed., 1876, pp. 99-103; Short, N. Am. of Antiq., 1880, p. 87; and Cyrus Thomas, 5th Ann. Report Bur. Ethn., p. 51.
Mound at Moundsville. (Reported and described in Washington Post, June, 1883. Noticed in the Independent (Waynesburg, Pa.), May 5, 1888.)
Circular enclosure of stone on the Ohio River bank below the mouth of the Kanawha, discovered by the falling in of the bank. (Brief description in Report.)
A stone enclosure at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers.
Old Indian works opposite Pomeroy (Ohio) at Mason City.
Mounds at Point Pleasant near the Mouth of the Kanawha River. (Reported by P. W. Norris.)
Five mounds on the high bottom lands of Gen. John McCausland on the south side of the river near the Putnam County line.
Rock heaps 3 miles below the above mounds on opposite sides of a ravine, on bluffs overlooking the river, on land of Peter S. Couch. Between these bluffs and the river are five mounds, all of which have been explored.
A mile below the preceding, on the other side of the river in an old cultivated field, were one large and several small mounds, and 3 miles still farther down the river on the Goshorn farm, a field on the high bottom is dotted with mounds, one of which is 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 7 feet high. Skeletons were found in all these that were examined. (Reported by Col. P. W. Norris.)
Six enclosures and a number of small mounds on the Beale farm, 7 miles below Point Pleasant.
Three miles below the preceding are several mounds from 6 to 20 feet high. The largest is on the farm of Judge Moore. (Reported by Col. P. W. Norris.)
The "McCulluch mounds," on the farm of C. J. McCulluch, 5 miles above the mouth of the Kanawha, on the south side of the river, on a sloping terrace. "The old war trail of nations" is said to have crossed the spur upon which it stands, just below it. (Reported by P. W. Norris.)
Petrographs, on the Miller farm, 3 miles above the mouth of the Kanawha River and near the ancient trail before mentioned. (Reported by P. W. Norris.)
Ohio County
Shell deposits at the mouth of Short Creek, 9 miles above the city of Wheeling. (Described by H. B. Hubbard, Sm. Rep., 1881, pp. 637, 638.)
Putnam County
Inclosure and mounds near Winfield on the second terrace, on the south side of the river, just below the town.
Ancient furnaces, 4 miles east of Hurricane on the farm of J. J. Estes. (Described by Col. P. W. Norris.)
Wood County
Mound surrounded by embankments on the Virginia side of the Ohio River, nearly opposite Blennerhassett's Island. (Noticed and figured in Auc. Mon., p. 175.)
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As "Game of Thrones" fans rejoice as the fourth season of the HBO series premieres, professional animator David Hollin has given them something to talk about with fan art that recasts pivotal scenes to feudal Japan.
Hollin, a 22-year-old Mountain View native, recently set the Internet abuzz when he posted his unique interpretation of "Game of Thrones" fan art. Reimagining key scenes in the series, which is set in medieval Europe, Hollin recast them as scenes in feudal Japan. He illustrated them in the style of traditional Japanese "ukiyo-e" woodblock prints, rendering a set of six highly authentic-looking illustrations that seem a far cry from typical television fan art.
Wondering if there would be interest in such illustrations from the "Game of Thrones" online community, Hollin said he posted a link to his images on a popular "Game of Thrones" fan page on Reddit. They went viral in a matter of days, spreading to other "Game of Thrones" pages, geek culture blogs, even anime and Japanese sites.
Hollin categorizes his work as "absolutely fan art," but also considers it "alternative art," or "art shift," in which an artist takes materials and reassembles them through a different lens, without using sight of the source.
Hollin said his favorite illustration in the series is called "Wedding Banquet by the River," which depicts the tense moments before a pivotal scene in the show's past season. It features many stylized Japanese characters seated at a feast, and a menacing traitor looming with a samurai sword while armed soldiers wait outside, in disguise.
"That was probably the most dramatic scene in the entire series so far, but if you look at fan depictions of it, it is always the carnage aftermath," Hollin said. "For me, the most powerful moment in the show is the moment right before."
Hollin explained that he wanted to illustrate moments in "Game of Thrones" that resonate with fans and spark recognition. But, if the highly stylized illustrations may not immediately evoke "Game of Thrones," descriptive captions under each illustration make the connection clear.
"If you've just watched the television show, the pieces should make sense," he said. "The caption is very important for them to truly be able to understand, especially if they don't have that much knowledge of Japanese culture."
Hollin argues that the link between the two worlds of his illustrations -- medieval Europe and feudal Japan -- is a natural one due to the similar thematic qualities they share.
"(Game of Thrones) reminded me a lot of Japanese classical literature and its recounting of historical time periods in feudal Japan," Hollin said of the books, which were his first encounter with the series. "A lot of manipulation going on, lots of intrigue, political maneuvering ... It almost read more to me like a samurai epic than a European knight tale."
Hollin has some experience in straddling two worlds --> he was raised bi-cultural by his Japanese mother and American father. He said that this exposure to cultural overlap influenced his choice to illustrate Game of Thrones.
"I originally had this idea floating in my head, of doing these pieces, just because I felt it translated so well," he said.
Hollin's "Game of Thrones" illustrations were a side-project. His full-time job is as computer animator at mobile game developer Industrial Toys in Pasadena.
At work, he creates Industrial Toys' newest game, called Midnight Star, animating 3D images. But Hollin also enjoys two-dimensional art, and with his "Game of Thrones" illustrations, he finds another artistic outlet.
"It is so different from what I am doing at work," Hollin said. "It is an interesting back and forth between work, which is a little bit more technical, and (the "Game of Thrones" illustrations), which is purely illustrative and just art."
Since the explosion of popularity of his side-project, Hollin recently opened an online store through redbubble.com, a Mountain View-based company, where enthusiasts can order prints of Hollin's "Game of Thrones" illustrations.
So far, Hollin said he has added two new illustrations to the original six. He has sold 165 prints, and counting, to customers around the world.
"A huge number of the of the orders are coming from Europe and Australia, which is really mind-blowing," Hollin said. "I am not a professional artist, so to have my work sold remotely like that is pretty crazy."
Hollin said he has no plans to continue illustrating scenes from the new season. For now, he is pursuing other projects and sees his "Game of Thrones" fan art as a completed set. Yet, he remains open to creative inspiration.
"There might be a second wave of people interested in the prints once the show is back on the air," Hollin said. "If I get particularly inspired, I may go back and do another one. So, we'll see."