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I have to admit, upon writing my post two weeks ago, I wasn't sharing the same excitement that the rest of the Sabres faithful seemed to find glory in then, but I honestly didn't foresee this team eventually playing the way they have in the past five games.
I guess I took the wrong approach to the post. While this team was obviously playing far and away better hockey at the time (more to the level they should have been playing all season), I felt that the focus was still more about "what everyone else is doing around you; their fates will determine yours."
I failed to mention the most obvious solution to success, something Lindy Ruff challenged his team with less than a week later: Just win the rest of your games.
In my own defense, I guess it would've been easy to just go out and say that. But realistically, who would have actually believed it? I remember not believing it when I read it in the Buffalo News that day. And if I could actually talk hockey to anyone on a daily basis down here in Texas, I'm pretty sure I would have found a way to incorporate Lindy's comments into a couple of jokes here and there.
But the team since has proved me wrong. They're doing all of the things I've bitched about them not doing since this blog started back in November. They've actually taken their own advice from weeks and weeks of frustrating post-game interviews and are now working for the solid 60 minutes -- Look what happens when you show up and give a shit once and a while.
It's a shame that the uber important showdown with the Capitals Tuesday wasn't the last game of the regular season. It would have been an extraordinary high to go straight into the post-season with, but beggars can't be choosers. Plus, that scenario wouldn't afford any time for Christian Ehrhoff to get healthy; and that guy is one of the more important pieces to the current puzzle. Now we just have to wait and see if this team can finish the job they started, without him.
It always seems like there's a setback in Buffalo though, with injuries or whatever it may be -- What would life be if we didn't have to hold our breaths once and a while? But this team is playing for each other right now, and it looks like they're having a hell of a lot of fun doing it. A characteristic I always saw with the Penguins throughout the latter half of the ten years I spent there.
So I really hope they can pull it off. As much as I've said in the past that this team would benefit greater in the long run from missing the playoffs, I'm still a true fan at heart. And April will be loads more exciting with the Sabres in them rather than not.
Year after year it seems that professional sports are going more the way of "the team that gets hot at the right time wins it all." In the NFL alone we've seen it 4 times in the last 7 years; with the Steelers, Packers, and twice with the Giants. When you look at the level the Sabres are playing at right this moment -- and the projected first-round playoff match-ups -- it isn't hard to think that teams like Buffalo could share that same fate.
Still, I'm not totally pumped. But I can't keep myself from becoming a little more curious [excited] as each new day passes.
Let's just make sure we get there, because the possibilities are endless once you're in.


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We, as people of the internet, all share one thing in common: typography. Regardless of job titles, geography, or language, the web is a typographic medium that has finally come of age. Foundations of typography, thoughts on how to design with it, and techniques/tools to use, design and improve your typography skills. You'll hear strange words like slugs, kerning, pangolins and grids. Whether you're new to the whole "font" thing or a seasoned typographic designer, there's something here for you.


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Thank you Estherville on behalf of the ELC girls' basketball program
I'm sitting at my desk making a to-do list for next week's trip to the Iowa girls' basketball state tournament. One thing I know that can wait no longer is a quick thank-you to all community members who have supported our team both emotionally and financially. No matter what happens in terms of the game, I know our student athletes will do their very best to represent our community as a whole.
It is times like these that make me appreciate how fortunate I have been to grow up in such a giving community and have the opportunity to raise my children here as well. I will make no attempt to single everyone out as the list would be longer than allowed in any editorial. But I do want to specifically thank our local business community that has been so giving both in terms of the support of this trip and our school district as a whole. In these economic times it is unbelievable to me how fortunate we are to have community-minded businesses that truly care about our kids and our schools.
I also want to thank all the students in our high school who spend countless hours to represent our community through the activities they choose to participate in. Not all participants are fortunate enough to receive the recognition of participating in a state tournament, but that does not diminish their efforts to represent both the school district and community alike.
Again, on behalf of all associated with our basketball program thank you Estherville for all your support and encouragement.
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Rapper Lil Wayne is adamant he did not mean to trample on the American flag during the filming of his latest music video.
The hip-hop star came under fire after footage emerged online showing him standing on an American flag during the "God Bless Amerika" shoot in New Orleans, La., over the weekend.
The incident sparked outrage among some people, who accused Lil Wayne of disrespecting his home nation, but the star insists trampling on the flag was an accident.
In a post on Twitter, he writes, "I didn't step on the flag on purpose! It's a scene in a video where the flag drops behind me and after it drop (sic) it's just there as I perform."
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I have been using the cut command a lot recently to shed extra data from large text files. I typically use cut with a specific delimiter by activating the -d switch and I thought that the -d switch was required. It turns out that -d is not required and by default -d actually defaults to the delimiter being a tab. When you need to have a tab as the delimiter for cut you simply don't specify the -d switch. Below I show a couple examples of a file trimmed down using cut with and without the -d switch as well as another way to convert tabs in a file to spaces which then will allow you to use the Linux cut command with the -d" " switch.


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Dr. Gourd is working on a project which will include the development of a course introducing forum theater as a tool for community-based teaching and learning as envisioned by Brazilian dramatist Augusto Boal. The purposes of this course are to learn to (1) facilitate forum theater, (2) use data collection techniques that allow students to understand issues from various community members' perspectives, (3) work as a team to develop a project and create a scene that represents issues relevant to a particular community, and (4) facilitate a successful forum theater event. Dr. Gourd's work with the I.C.B.L.S. will also allow her to become familiar with communities in the Puget Sound Region and to establish working connections within those communities.
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Nicole Hoover is using her time with the I.C.B.L.S. to create a new 2-credit service learning course to serve as a service learning practicum option for the University of Washington Bothell Education Department. Coursework will include a combination of after-school tutoring and group projects focused on designing a quantitative classroom activity and implementing it in a non-math course (i.e. social studies or science courses) at the 7th or 8th grade level. She will model the after-school tutoring component on her work within the Quantitative Skills Center, and anticipates that the class will enable University of Washington Bothell students to become familiar with the strengths and limitations of local junior high students, and to be able to design classroom activities accordingly.
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Does this scenario sound familiar? There are particular asset classes you think could benefit your clients and firm—different types of alternative investments, for example—but the harsh reality is that you're simply not prepared for the torrent of unstructured data that the custodians, asset managers or other keepers of the data for the funds in these categories are about to throw at you.
Rather than feeding you structured data that fits neatly within specified formats and into your back office system, their SOP is to provide unstructured data in the form of PDFs, Web pages or spreadsheets—all of which may require intensive manual processing on your part to convert into a format that your in-house system will support.
So, instead of adding this type of investment to your arsenal, you recoil at the prospect of increased manual processing and costs—and choose not to offer the investment option to your clients at all.
A simple solution? Perhaps. But for you, it's a missed opportunity. It means your firm is not providing clients with an array of asset choices that is as rich as it could be—definitely a drawback for you in a competitive marketplace.
There's now an innovative solution that turns unstructured data into structured data—automatically. That's because more and more firms are turning to data aggregation solutions that turn the old unstructured/structured data comparison on its head.
It's now possible to put in place a solution that uses artificial intelligence to take the unstructured data and convert it into a structured format that fits perfectly with your back office capabilities—seamlessly, transparently, automatically.
So you no longer have to pine for the perfect "structured data feed" that seems more and more ephemeral in today's fragmented investment world.
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The data aggregation technology to convert any type of unstructured data into usable structured already exists. It's being successfully used every day by firms with every conceivable type of back office system and configuration. Moreover, because it works automatically and reliably day in and day out, it's incredibly easy to use (practically effortless) for advisors and their staffs.
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Pardon the analogy, but the difference between the data aggregation solutions that are now available—and the "same old way" of handling data that is still very much in play today—is akin to comparing a sleek new, metallic refrigerator/freezer to the old ice boxes of yesteryear. It's the difference between letting technology run perfectly and noiselessly as it carries out its job day after day—and having the ice man carry a block of ice up four flights of stairs on a sweltering summer afternoon.
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It seems every time I return from Italy I want to watch "The Talented Mr. Ripley" to see if my Italy was as beautiful as the Italy in that movie.
In one of the final scenes of the movie Marge has coffee with Dickie's Dad at Caffe Florian on San Marco Square in Venice. That spot is still so beautiful (if you can block out the tourists). This young waiter was standing at the cafe and instantly I thought of the movie and how this "type" of young man has probably been working the Cafe Florian for the last 100 years.


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Work with anxious concern to achieve your salvation. It is God Who, in His good will toward you, begets in you any measure of desire or achievement. In everything you do, act without grumbling or arguing; prove yourselves innocent and straightforward, children of God without reproach (Philippians 2.12b – 15a).
The liturgical season of Lent gives us Christians the space to reexamine and ponder areas of our thoughts and actions that need repentance and change, both in terms of actions that we commit and in what we omit. As we reflect upon our lives in serious prayer during this holy season of penitential preparation for Easter, we discover where we need to refocus ourselves, in our search to conform our footsteps to those of Jesus Christ. We see in this passage from the Letter to the Philippians, excerpted from Vespers of the First Week of Lent (February 29th this year) that in any good we have been able to generate, it is God Who brings forth the fruit of achievement. It is God Who, in His good will towards us, generates even the desire to do what is good. He is the Source of the attitudes that He calls us to espouse here: innocence and straightforwardness. God calls us to think and act with a pure heart such that when all of our thoughts and actions come to light – in what we have done and in what we have failed to do – we will be shown as His sons and daughters, meriting praise for belonging to Him and deserving no reproach when following in His footsteps.
Christians have had to confront one threatening condition after another throughout their history, and sometimes several troublesome conditions at one time in ways that can be truly anxiety producing. In recent months, such threats have included severe governmental intrusion on fundamental human rights — most especially violating our freedom of religion and freedom of conscience — through the government's attempted "contraceptive mandate"; nervousness about the upcoming U.S. presidential elections; and an economy that has been the worst in decades for so many Americans. People often are tempted to become depressed and give into helplessness, apathy or even despair when times get so rough.
However, this passage from the Letter to the Philippians demonstrates to us as believers where our anxieties really should lie. We ultimately should not be anxious over the things of this world … We certainly must embrace our responsibilities, regardless of their difficulty, with genuine love for God, neighbor and self as a matter of justice and duty. However, we are called to demonstrate complete trust in God through self-abandonment, giving everything to our Lord into His merciful hands, asking for His Providence to come speedily to our aid, casting out all worry and fear.
This passage calls us as the followers of Jesus Christ to work with great urgency for our salvation and for the salvation of all people around us … We are not to presume that we indeed already have obtained this salvation. Rather, we are called to live completely in hope, entrusting our salvation to our Lord. God is the One who judges each one of us on our last day, and when we each stand in the divine presence of the Lord, we will not be able to proclaim anything but the truth at the time of our judgment. We will know with profound self-knowledge what judgment Jesus must render as His Light penetrates our entire being, and His perfect Truth compels us to be truthful. The real meaning of life is to prepare for this great moment in our history, by longing throughout life to belong forever to Him and by demonstrating this belief through a Christian faith that is sincere and active. Our lives are called to reflect Jesus and His Ways at every turn. As Blessed John Paul II said in his audience on 4 August 1999 concerning the Church's theological teaching on hell: "Hell is … the ultimate consequence of sin itself, which turns against the person who committed it. It is the state of those who definitively reject the Father's mercy, even at the last moment of their life." A person freely chooses to go to hell by refusing to work with anxious concern during his life to achieve salvation, even until the last moment of life denying that he needs the Father's mercy, made fully manifest through Jesus, the Son of God.
Remembering ourselves this message to the Philippians ultimately leads us to the primary questions of our missionary response ad gentes (ministering the Gospel to all people of the world) and in the New Evangelization (ministering to fellow Catholics): Do we have a burning desire to set the world around us ablaze with the fervor of God's love? Does our thirst to live out our Christian Faith generate hope-filled joy in our souls, such that we are contagious in our eagerness to live out the Christian life whenever and wherever the public meets us … in our churches, in our schools, at work, among our neighbors and around strangers, with the young and the old and everyone in between? Are we anxious daily to pursue our own salvation as well as to work for the salvation of the people surrounding us? Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, wisely stated in his February 17th address to the Vatican's Consistory of Cardinals that one of the main traits of an evangelist who communicates the Gospel — and who is always by nature a missionary — is that he must be a person of joy, for "joy is the infallible sign of God's presence." A person who is genuinely united in his heart with the will of God is always joyful, regardless of whatever anxiety may come.
Focusing with a proper anxiety on our salvation helps us to keep Saint Benedict's challenge firmly before us, "to keep death daily before one's eyes", knowing we will have to render an account on the last day of all we have done, or failed to do. We find this calling in the Rule of Saint Benedict 4.47, and doing so actually is referred in the Rule to being an "instrument of good works" … This makes sense if we think of such an attitude in light of "work[ing] with anxious concern to achieve [our] salvation".
It is important for us to look briefly for a moment also at the Greek of our passage to understand the nature of this anxiety, though (Phil. 2.12b):
μετὰ φόβου καὶ τρόμου τὴν ἑαυτῶν σωτηρίαν κατεργάζεσθε
metà phóbou kaὶ trómou tēn èautōn sotērían katergázesthe
When precisely translated, katergázesthe (κατεργάζεσθε) means "to work out, to render fit for something so as to bring results". But what results? Sotērían (σωτηρίαν) indicates our "deliverance, salvation from enemies, our future salvation – the sum of all benefits and blessings which Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy when Christ returns again". How do we work out our salvation? Phóbou kaὶ trómou (φόβου καὶ τρόμου) signifies "with fear/dread/terror and trembling," but this Greek is used to describe the anxiety of one who distrusts his own ability to meet all requirements completely for his salvation, but nonetheless he does his utmost religiously to fulfill his duty".
Today's reading challenges us to keep our minds urgently on what really matters: our own salvation and the salvation of each person to whom we minister – keeping our feet firmly planted on the ground even when the ground seems to shake with uncertainty. As long as we persevere, always depending joyfully on the grace of God, in the task set before us to fulfill our missionary responsibility ad gentes and in the New Evangelization, we will be Christ's Church. As Cardinal Dolan so aptly elucidates in reference to Blessed Pope John Paul II's encyclical Redemptoris missio, the Church does not have a mission; rather, "the Church is a mission". When we live out our Christian Faith in such dynamism with the help of God's grace, we will be able to trust in loving hope that God will honor our faithful obedience to Him on our last day and will grant us our eternal reward, saved forever in Him.
To receive the joy of Christmas, we must deny ourselves courageously, which enables us to bow low humbly to receive the Infant King from the manger of the cattle stall to the manger of our hearts. If our hearts are clean of any sin that would block His royal entry into the deepest secret of our heart, we will be all the more ready to receive our Lord this Christmas with the greatest of joy.
During the liturgical season of Advent, we are challenged to prepare worthily for Christmas as we await with joyful patience the coming of our Lord Jesus. The days of Advent thus embrace a certain penitential spirit, as we are reminded of a world obscured by darkness before the birth of the Christ Child. The Rule of Saint Benedict, for all of its liturgical richness, seems at first to be curiously silent concerning Advent and even Christmas. However, upon deeper examination of the theme of rejoicing (from the Latin gaudeo, gaudere "to rejoice"), we come to understand how authentic joy arises in a heart that first has suffered:
"His heart quietly embraces suffering and endures it without weakening or seeking escape. For Scripture has it: Anyone who perseveres to the end will be saved (Mt 10.22), and again, Be brave of heart and rely on the Lord (Ps 27.14) … They are so confident in their expectation of reward from God that they continue joyfully and say, But in all this we overcome because of him who so greatly loved us (Rom 8.37)" ( Rule of Saint Benedict 7.35-39, on the fourth degree of humility).
During Advent, our world waits, and the longer night hours overshadow us … but they have a purpose for the Christian faithful in helping us to await with eager and hope-filled expectation the coming of our Lord Jesus born anew at Christmas. Such waiting involves a patience that at its very root implies a certain suffering, but it is not without spiritual purpose or benefit as trials of patience increase our hope if we are brave enough to enter into them. Patiens comes from the Latin verb patior, pati meaning "to suffer" and is the first element in Saint Paul's great listing of the characteristics of love (cf. 1 Cor 13.4). Authentic love embraces a kind of long-suffering that endures over great lengths of time, and in that endurance, such suffering fortifies the one who is patient with an ever deeper love filled with hope. It is not a suffering without end as it leads ultimately to a great goal, the expectation of reward from God for hard labor and steadfast faithfulness in God. Such perseverance makes a fuller spirit of joy even possible, as the Christian realizes how God's power has given him the brave courage to overcome the challenge at hand. Perseverance is full of hope-filled joy, knowing in loving faith that God will provide. In faith, we see that He always has done so before, in trust we see that He sustains us now in our present suffering, and we come to hope that He always will do so in the future … even though current circumstances may tempt to despair (from the Latin, de| spes, "away from hope").
A world in darkness suffers profoundly without the Light of Christ. However, the darker candles of our Advent wreaths have been pierced this week by the coming light of Christ in this time of Gaudete (Latin, "rejoice"), and the rose candle has been lighted to signify the great hope that "the Lord is near to all who call upon him, who call upon him in truth" (Ps 145.18). In lighting the violet candle on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, by no means have we returned to a darkness absent of hope! Indeed, the rose candle remains aflame in eager, hope-filled, joyful expectation of the coming fullness of light to arrive upon the Nativity of our Lord, signified by the lighting of the white Christmas candle soon to be lighted at center.
In the Rule of Saint Benedict, the reference to joy is curiously infrequent, but one reference that is teachable to the present theme connects joy to the penitential spirit of Lent in one who awaits the joys of Easter. Saint Benedict writes on the observance of Lent:
"We urge the entire community during these days of Lent to keep its manner of life most pure … refusing to indulge evil habits and by devoting ourselves to prayer with tears, to reading, to compunction of heart and self-denial … so that each of us will have something above the assigned measure to offer God of his own will with the joy of the Holy Spirit (1 Thes. 1.6) … look[ing] forward to holy Easter with joy [gaudio] and spiritual longing" (RB 49).
Saint Benedict clearly understands here that for joy to be experienced in its fullness, suffering first precedes. Indeed, what makes prayer with tears, compunction of heart, and denial of self even possible is the hope that comes from embracing the joy of the Holy Spirit. We surely need the supernatural help of God's grace to be capable of growing in holiness through the trials of suffering, however Easter is near every Lent and promises to bring the superabundant joy for which Lent longs. The suffering found in the longing of Lent precedes the joy experienced at Easter, and such Easter joy will be diminished in one who truly has not embraced first the disciplined penitential spirit of Lent.
In the same way, the Christian who jumps immediately to celebrating Christmas without adequate spiritual preparation — embracing a certain suffering that comes from longing during Advent for the more profound presence of Jesus in his life — will shortchange himself of the even greater joy that could have been at Christmas. As Christmas quickly draws near, may we use these days genuinely to ready ourselves for the coming of our Infant King ever more deeply in our lives. In these last days of Advent, we have a prime opportunity to be brave in readying our heart as a worthy home for the Christ Child by celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation, casting away all obstacles to the Lord's Coming fully to us. To receive the joy of Christmas, we must deny ourselves courageously, which enables us to bow low humbly to receive the Infant King from the manger of the cattle stall to the manger of our hearts. If our hearts are clean of any sin that would block His royal entry into the deepest secret of our heart, we will be all the more ready to receive our Lord this Christmas with the greatest of joy.
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading … On Sunday also let all devote themselves to reading, except those who are appointed to the various functions. But if anyone should be so careless and slothful that he will not or cannot meditate or read, let some work be given him to do, that he may not be idle. (Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter 48)
In the Rule of Saint Benedict, the beloved Father of Western Monasticism emphasizes the importance of daily lectio divina, or sacred reading, as a primary means of growing in deeper intimacy with the Lord of Sacred Scripture. Sunday is a day even more particularly devoted to such a practice, for Sunday is the great holy day when we as Christian faithful should seek to encounter the face of God most of all in our Sabbath rest. God calls us to preserve the Sabbath as holy, a time when we seek to grow closer to God in communion with the Christian faithful, especially with our families and other loved ones whom we hold dear to our hearts.
Lectio divina is a slow, prayerfully meditative reading of the Bible, in a relaxed manner over a significant period of time (at least 30 minutes), in a place that is free from any distractions with the goal of growing more intimately close to our Lord through his Word. Praying through lectio divina is especially powerful in front of the Blessed Sacrament, where also we may encounter our Lord Jesus in his inestimable Love.
It is worth examining a selection of our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI's statements concerning this ancient monastic practice, which is said to have originated with Saint Benedict in the 5th century and Pope Saint Gregory the Great in the late 6th century, founded upon earlier Hebrew and Greek practices. Pope Benedict XVI has spent considerable time over the course of his pontificate catechizing the Christian faithful on the practice of lectio divina, even leading the people of God in such practice in select audiences over the past few years.
In his message to the youth of the world "On the Occasion of the 21st World Youth Day" (9 April 2006), our Holy Father urges the young to "become familiar with the Bible, and to have it at hand so that it can be your compass pointing out the road to follow. By reading it, you will know Christ. Note what Saint Jerome said in this regard: 'Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ'."
Benedict XVI highlights that lectio divina embraces a spiritual journey composed of four stages: Lectio, which is "reading and rereading a passage from Sacred Scripture and taking in the main elements"; Meditatio, a "moment of interior reflection in which the soul turns to God and tried to understand what his Word is saying to us today"; Oratio, when we "linger to talk with God directly" in direct dialogue with God; and finally Contemplatio, which "helps us to keep our hearts attentive to the presence of Christ" in silent contemplation. In this manner, our Holy Father emphasizes, "reading, study and meditation of the Word should then flow into a life of consistent fidelity to Christ and his teachings."
In his address to participants of the international congress organized to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation 'Dei Verbum' (16 September 2005), Pope Benedict shares that such "diligent reading of Sacred Scripture accompanied by prayer brings about that intimate dialogue in which the person reading hears God who is speaking, and in praying, responds to him with trusting openness of heart (cf. Dei Verbum 25). The beloved Pontiff then enunciates with great enthusiasm, "If it is effectively promoted, this practice will bring to the Church – I am convinced of it – a new spiritual springtime."
Anyone who has read Pope Benedict XVI's first two volumes of Jesus of Nazareth notices immediately that our Holy Father "does not only talk the talk, but he walks the walk" when it comes to practicing lectio divina. Both books are evidence of the immense fruit that transpires when meditating carefully on God's divine Word. These volumes comprise profound meditations on the Jesus of Sacred Scripture, in a living encounter where Pope Benedict succeeds in helping us to accompany him as he makes his personal search "for the face of the Lord".
In the first volume of Jesus of Nazareth, the Holy Father introduces to us to the use of canonical exegesis that, working hand in hand with the historical-critical method of examining Scripture, allows the words of the Bible open up to us as relevant in our modern day. We see that Jesus Christ is the "key to the whole" and learn from him "how to understand the Bible as a unity, presuppos[ing] a prior act of faith". In canonical exegesis, we "read … the individual texts of the Bible in the context of the whole", carrying forth historical-critical interpretation in an organic manner "toward becoming theology in the proper sense".
In historical-critical interpretation, what is sought concerns the "precise sense the words were intended to convey at their time and place of origin", but certainly the Word has deeper value than simply for that time and place through the course of our faith history. Benedict XVI elaborates: "The Scripture emerged from within the heart of a living subject – the pilgrim people of God – and lives within this same subject" (xix-xx). It is such methodology that guides our Holy Father in his interpretation of Jesus in the New Testament, a form of examination that trusts the Gospels that "the Jesus of the Gospels … is a historically plausible and convincing figure" (xxii).
Pope Benedict's approach finds deeper root in his earlier role as President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission when it released its landmark document in 1993 guiding the Christian faithful in its understanding Sacred Scripture, The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. Then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger highlighted in his introduction to the document that "each age must in its own way newly seek to understand the sacred books", but in light of its being human word and God's Word together, "in the singularity of historical events and the eternity of the everlasting Word, which is contemporary in every age".
Within this same document, the Pontifical Biblical Commission highlights the importance of the canonical exegetical approach, which had originated in the 1970s out of concern that the historical-critical method at times experienced considerable difficulty arriving at truly theological conclusions. Consequently, it was determined that the theological work of interpreting Sacred Scripture would enjoy more success "by beginning from within an explicit framework of faith: the Bible as a whole," interpreting each Biblical text in light of the entire Scriptural canon "as received as the norm of faith by a community of believers" in order "to arrive at a presentation of Scripture truly valid for our time", thus compensating for the weaknesses discovered in the historical-critical method.
The Pontifical Biblical Commission underscores a particularly important point for all Christians to keep in mind when seeking to interpret the meaning of Sacred Scripture: "It is the believing community that provides a truly adequate context for interpreting canonical texts. In this context, faith and the Holy Spirit enrich exegesis; Church authority, exercised as a service of the community, must see to it that this interpretation remains faithful to the great tradition which has produced the texts" (cf. Dei Verbum 10).
In other words, in order to arrive at the most authentic interpretation of God's Word, we must guard against the error of reading our own personal interpretation into the Biblical text (known as eisegesis) when it clearly is not consistent with the traditional deposit of our Faith. The Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches maintain that the Bible can be understood correctly only through the lens of Holy Tradition as passed down through the centuries.
May we ever seek to encounter our Lord more intimately through daily meditation upon His sacred Word, following the excellent example of our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI as he testifies to his vibrant faith in the Jesus of Nazareth series. His third volume on the infancy narratives on Jesus couldn't come soon enough! May these precious works of faith lead us ever more intimately in communion with God, giving us many opportunities to encounter the face of the Lord in Christ Jesus many times over!


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Even though the global recession is a difficult time to open a new business, a company that has a strong focus on product development and customer service can move ahead, particularly in a field such as UV. This is just the recipe that ColorGen Limited, a Suffolk, UK-based manufacturer of high quality UV curing ink systems for the packaging industry, is using to make its mark in the energy curable ink market.
ColorGen was founded in 2008 by a group of industry veterans, including chairman and director Alex Stevenson, managing director Mark Bowman, operations manager Kevin Green, sales manager Tony Martin and technical manager Clive Surridge, all of whom came out of Intercolor, another UK-based UV specialist that is owned by Zeller+Gmelin (ZG). While its beginnings, coming during the recession, were challenging, the company is now doing very well, selling 40 tons of ink per month.
"ColorGen has recovered from a 'rocky' birth after the split from Intercolor and ZG, and is now established as a reliable UK producer of UV flexo and letterpress Inks for the narrow web industry," Mr. Stevenson said.
ColorGen's leaders believe that true expertise is best achieved by drawing together the experience of specialist personnel, and as with most progressive organizations, the company regards its people as its key asset. Its managers and technicians have a long history of working closely with the packaging industry to meet it quality and service needs.
While ColorGen's primary focus is on the packaging industry, the company is also looking into newer technologies.
"ColorGen continues to focus purely on UV packaging for the narrow web market, but as part of my role we are actively investigating other possibilities," Mr. Stevenson said. "One field where I can definitely see growth coming is in the field of digital UV printing, which will benefit from the boost which will come when LED curing technology matures.
"I see a real future for this technology, and intend to get involved," Mr. Stevenson added. "I well remember trying unsuccessfully to push my previous companies into this direction back in 2001 at Labelexpo Chicago – no luck then, maybe I was just a little bit premature. Similarly with in-line printable RFID solutions – I reckon we jumped about 10 years too soon, and sadly weren't able to stay on that bandwagon. We also offer security inks, and have had some limited success with various bespoke devices, but again are not yet mainstream with this part of our business."
Through the company's association with Ashland Coatings, it is also a mainline supplier of speciality UV coatings and adhesives for the food industry.
The export market is another area for potential growth for ColorGen. "As the recession continues to abate, we plan to enter the export field, where I have established a demand for our products in several interesting regions," Mr. Stevenson said. "We are not actively exporting at the moment, due to the fragility of the various economies, but we are seeing signs that this position is definitely improving."
Outside of ColorGen, Mr. Stevenson remains active in the industry; he has been appointed a board member of the British Coatings Federation, and has also joined the BCF section of the Proskills Board, charged with steering the training and recruitment requirements of the coatings industry, in his case printing inks. Mr Stevenson clearly relishes the challenge of mentoring a new ink company.
"I am very much the old boy in the background available for consultation and advice," Mr. Stevenson said. "I reach 65 next year and feel physically and mentally great – retirement is not in my plan just yet."


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If you're married, dating, cohabitating or otherwise paired off with a significant other — it's crunch time.
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Here are some sweet things you can do for your boo:
1. It's February, and in much of the country that means winter weather. Wake up early, clear the snow and ice off their car, crank the heat and move it to a parking spot near the door so your sweetheart can step out of the house and right into a nice, warm ride.
2. Have a steaming cup of hot cocoa waiting in the cupholder, and maybe stash some chocolates in the console or glove box for a sweet discovery. (Better skip this one if you live in a warm year-round climate.)
3. Buy a car vase online that affixes to the dash, and place a rose or your valentine's favorite flower in it.
4. Fill up their tank with gas. Trust us: A full tank equals a full heart no matter who you are (plus, last time we checked, gas was still pretty cheap).
5. Take their car for a good professional wash and interior detailing — or if it's warm enough out, and you really wanna show you care, give it a good cleaning yourself. Nothing says, "I love you," like blotting unidentified stains out of upholstery.
6. Make a personalized Spotify playlist of love songs for them to listen to on their commute, while thinking about you. A little Marvin Gaye never put anyone less in the mood.
7. Go for a spirited drive in a sports car. Ford recently commissioned a scientific study showing that being behind the wheel of a high-performance vehicle registered an intensity rating far exceeding such amorous activities as kissing, salsa dancing … or watching "Game of Thrones.


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Let's see…where should I start? Picture yourself walking down the street one night. You slip on a few banana peels because you had a bad day and your vision is really bad because it's really dark out. One of the banana peels you slipped on was located on a crosswalk. So, you slip on it, and Dick Dastardly and Muttley from Wacky Races run you over from out of nowhere. It was that kind of night. The Knicks didn't grab the Bulls by the horns by any means, the horns went up their asses. This was probably the biggest basketball mindfuck yet. I really haven't seen a game so outlandish in my life. Special shit-covered confetti was released from the rafters because thank god that game finally ended after an elongated period of yet another valiant Knicks comeback effort, except, it didn't succeed in the end, but it almost did. Even without Derrick Rose, the Bulls still put the smackdown on the Knicks for a second time this season (and also those pesky RockLins). The first quarter was filled with grogginess. The Bulls went on an early 14-2 run in the first, until Carmelo Anthony broke the run by hitting a three with 5:39 to play in the quarter after missing 10 of their first 11 shot attempts. The "Good" J.R Smith hit a buzzer beater shot that was SO J.R, leaving the Knicks trailing 30-23 at the end of the first. Some progress was made in the beginning of the second quarter, but then the Bulls went on a 12-2 run to end the second. The Knicks trailed 54-39 at half. Then, the third quarter was basically just a reiteration of the previous two quarters in that the Knicks performance was sloppier than a food fight. However, that reoccurring valiant comeback gene did happen in the 4th quarter, but fell short. The 4th quarter was filled with loads of fun and rage, including a whopping 45 Knick points, a mini-brawl, technical fouls and insulting of the refs. The Knicks didn't lead the game once, but the fact that they got within 4 playing such chippy, sloppy, shitty basketball is amazing. Whitey Duvall would of dropped dead from singing so much if he saw all of the technicals. Here are some more notes and technicals:
- There were so many doses of "Hit The Road Jack" throughout the whole game. J.R Smith and Mike Woodson were the first victims of technicals. Then Carmelo Anthony was tagged with two techs for arguing, as well as Mike Woodson getting ejected for having two techs. I translated what Woody said on his second one: "SCREW THIS BULLSHIT. I'LL GO APE SHIT ON THE REFS, YOLO. LOVE YOU, REFS." Tyson Chandler was also ejected after getting into a mini-brawl with Joakim Noah and his hair bun (more on the shitty refing later).
- Speaking of Melo, he was trying to attack the rim relentlessly. He did make all of his free throws, going 8-8 from the line, but the Bulls defense was giving him a hard time getting to the line. Melo did everything he could to get to the line. As I said, Melo was ejected for arguing calls a couple of times. Both techs he received were for arguing over fouls made by Joakim Noah. Despite the absolute abominable refing (more on that later), Melo struggled mightily with his shooting. He was reverting back to 2011-12 Melo by arguing with the refs in transition instead of getting back on defense and it was filled with madness.
- Tonight was a total Feltdown. Once again, Raymond Felton's grim shot selection probably enraged everyone. I constantly say this, and everyone else does, but when Ray takes sharp aggressive drives to the rim, he succeeds in taking shots that would make him competent instead of settling for those horrendous long twos, making him highly incompetent, which he is at the moment. Ray must be cross-eyed or something. When will the day of better bulldog shot selection come? At this point, no one knows. But you know what's funny? When the Knicks were attempting their 4th quarter comeback run, Ray drove to the hoop with Joakim Noah right in his face and converted on a layup with less than 20 seconds to go. WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE GAME? Ugh…
- J.R Smith was the Knicks savior in the first half. Without his first half excellence, the Knicks probably would of lost by 15-20 points (I mean, they did deserve to lose by about that margin because of how flat-footed they were). "Good" J.R was around for most of the game until he fouled out. It's like he reversed scoring roles with Raymond Felton (sort of). I guess being active on Twitter all night does help you get a double-double (26-10).
- In what was by far his most quieting performance of the year so far, Tyson Chandler, before getting ejected, was limited to only one shot (not to mention, he made it) and 8 rebounds. The Bulls were covering the pick and roll lanes, Joakim Noah and his hair bun in particular, disabling the Felton-Chandler pick and rolls/alley oops throughout the whole game, making it literally impossible for Tyson to create shots. Then, him and Joakim Noah scuffled up in the paint after Jason Kidd converted a three. That got him ejected after getting into the scuffle with, as Bulls fans call him, Jo.
- Steve Novak healed from his un Michael Jordan-esque flu bug from yesterday, but he struggled from downtown. Just like the first game against the Bulls this season, the Knicks were creating great looks from three, it's just that Novakaine couldn't convert the opportunities.
- If Ronnie Brewer walked into a house party, while "Looking For The Perfect Beat" by Afrika Bambaataa was playing, the party attendants, b-boys and the DJ would stop and stare at him until he leaves, then the music would resume. I can't wait any longer for Shump N' Play to return.
- "What have you done for me lately?" asked Janet Jackson to Jason Kidd. "Eh, not much," says J-Kidd with confidence. "Just crashing the glass in the wee hours of the game." Recently, Jason Kidd hasn't been feeling like Ray Allen from the perimeter, although, he did somewhat break out of his three shooting woes, so he thought that providing assistance in the areas of rebounding would greatly help. 6 rebounds to tack along with 8 points and 3 assists was J-Kidd's decent stat line.
- Screaming at my TV was imminent. What was I screaming at my TV? "IN-SERT PRIGS, IN-SERT-PRIGS." I kept chanting that until Pablo Prigioni finally came in to replace the excessively bleeding cupcake man. Because Melo, Tyson, J.R, and Mike Woodson were all out of the game, Herb Williams took over, and had no choice but to be audacious by inserting a three, yes, THREE guard rotation consisting of Prigioni-Felton-Kidd-Novak-Copeland. Actually, when you think of it, that unit was a five guard rotation. It was something I thought would get trampled on by a herd of elephants, but surprisingly, it didn't. That unit withheld the Knicks in the 4th quarter, and almost made the most dauntless, gallant, epic comeback ever, but it didn't happen. Somehow, that unit got to within four points by the end of the game.
- I don't talk about referees often in recaps, actually, I don't think I have *checks other recaps.* But Zach Zarba aka an abomination of a referee/what kind of a name is Zach Zarba? must of learned from this guy's tutelage. Fans denounced the refs, and sarcastically cheered when a foul was called on the Bulls. It was that kind of night. There were a slew of stare-downs and techs, but this Spike Lee death stare/head shaking in disbelief at Zarba wins best stare-down, courtesy of our friends at The Knicks Wall. Cherish the moment, everyone, maybe.
- "YOU SUCK…YOU MESSED UP ASLHOHFASOIHYHAKSHF;ALSKF" *countless other insults are said.*
Despite the incredibly substandard refing, the Knicks played like crap throughout the whole game on both ends of the floor. In previous past, in the first meeting with the Bulls, the Knicks had to do everything they could do to get try and get through Tom Thibodeau's rock solid paint defense. Although the Knicks scored an extraordinary 45 points in the 4th quarter, it seemed like a 4 point blowout because of the first three quarters of awful play. Every time the Knicks tried to go on a scoring run, either Luol Deng, Marco Bellinelli (pronounced Belly-Nelly), Kirk Hinrich would halt the run and the Bulls would go on a blistering scoring run of their own. Hinrich almost got a triple-double, Bellinelli produced a carbon copy of the first meeting against the Knicks, and Luol Deng was complimenting Kirk Hinrich from the perimeter. Joakim Noah and Carlos Boozer were protecting the paint like a prized possession, preventing the pick and roll and alley oops from happening. You know why this game also sucked? Because Vladimir Radmanovic got 26 seconds of playing time. The refs weren't killing the Knicks' chances so much, it's just that the Knicks weren't converting those chances. Shooting 41% from the field and 30% from beyond the arc isn't what I would call satisfactory, more like sub-par in the gallows of an underground dungeon.
The world didn't end yesterday, but I think we can still say the phrase "Mayans" after a game like this. "YOU GET A FOUL, YOU GET A FOUL, YOU GET A FOUL, AND YOU GET A FOUL. EVERYBODY GETS A FOUL."
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Art exhibit features work from across campus
Monday, January 28, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
The Pittsburg State University Art Department is celebrating the wide-ranging talents of faculty, staff and friends of its galleries with an exhibit, "Collective Fusion II." The exhibit, in the University Gallery in Porter Hall, features works by members of the Pittsburg State University family from all across campus.
"There is a tremendous range of media, including paintings, watercolors, woodwork, weaving, fiber art, polymer clay, ceramics, photography and sculpture," said Gallery Director S. Portico Bowman. "The works themselves are spirited, energetic, engaging and funny -- in a good way."
Bowman said the gallery hosts the biannual event as a way to show how art touches the lives of many different people and does so alongside their other professional and personal pursuits.
The exhibit is free and open to the public and runs through March 13. The University Gallery is open from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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Annual, perennial herb, shrubs, generally bristly or sharply hairy
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves cauline, often with basal rosette, generally simple, alternate; lower sometimes opposite, entire
Inflorescence: cyme, generally elongate, panicle-, raceme- or spike-like, coiled in flower, generally uncoiled in fruit or flowers 12 per axil
Flowers generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals 5, free or fused in lower half; corolla 5-lobed, generally salverform, top of tube generally appendaged, appendages 5, alternating with stamens, sometimes arching over tube; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed, style generally entire
Fruit: nutlets 14, smooth to variously roughened, sometimes prickly or bristled
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, ± 2000 species: tropical, temp, especially w North America, Medit; some cultivated (Borago, Echium, Myosotis, Symphytum ).
Almost all genera may be TOXIC from alkaloids or accumulated nitrates
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Hydrophyllaceae [Olmsted et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Family description, key to genera by Timothy C. Messick.
Annual, perennial herb, generally strigose
Stem prostrate to erect, branched at base or above, < 5 dm
Leaves simple, 0.510 cm, generally smaller upward; all cauline (lower opposite, linear to oblong, upper generally alternate) or both basal (often in rosettes) and cauline (alternate, linear to oblanceolate)
Inflorescence: raceme or spike, coiled in bud, generally elongate in fruit; bracts 0many; pedicels generally 01 mm
Flower bisexual; sepals fused below middle, 210 mm in fruit; corolla 112 mm wide, all white or yellow inside tube
Fruit: nutlets generally 4, 13.5 mm; back generally with midrib, lateral ribs, cross-ribs, interspaces, generally tubercled, sometimes prickled or bristled; scar generally lateral (on side) near middle or base, sometimes basal (on bottom) or oblique (between side and bottom), sometimes on a stalk or short peg, generally ovate to triangular
Species in genus: ± 65 species: temp w North America, w South America
Etymology: (Greek: sideways pit, from position of nutlet attachment scar)
Reference: [Higgins 1974 Great Basin Natur 34(2):161166; Johnson 1932 Contr Arnold Abroretum 3:1102]
Fully mature nutlets critical for identification; intergradation common in some species groups; sect. Allocarya often treated as a separate genus; many species need further study.
Annual; hairs sharp, bristled, spreading
Stem ascending to erect, < 4 dm
Leaves cauline, alternate; lower 210 cm
Inflorescence bracted near base
Flower: calyx 48 mm; corolla 13 mm wide
Fruit: nutlets 34, 23 mm, triangular-ovate, covered with cobblestone-like bulges; tubercles 0; midrib, lateral ribs weak; cross-ribs 0; scar lateral near middle, along crest of keel, long, narrow
Ecology: Sandy, gravelly, or rocky slopes, creosote-bush scrub to pinyon/juniper woodland
Elevation: < 1800 m.
Bioregional distribution: East of Sierra Nevada, Desert
Distribution outside California: to Utah, w Arizona, Mexico
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text: Lochmacher 0 Posted August 30, 2009 I know they mentioned them as a future release, but why, then, are they not present on the existing career cards? If it's not still too late, you guys at FFG should include them in the heading texts along with the other races, with a note in the box that they will be present in future expansions. I would think having separate cards for the halflings would be slightly ridiculous. An errata chart or replacement cards would be both time and space wasted (having to check the chart for valid careers is counter to the whole reason you have the cards). Perhaps making things with the future releases in mind will help make the product more professional, polished, and playable, as that was the ostensible goal of a new edition? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Operator, Contractor Cited in NYC Crane Collapse
Officials say a crane operator and a contractor failed to inspect equipment and ran the rig unsafely before it collapsed at a New York City apartment tower construction site. Seven construction workers were hurt.
The city Buildings Department said Wednesday that crane operator Paul Geer and contractor Cross Country Construction LLC were each cited with five violations from the Jan. 9 collapse in Queens. Each faces at least $64,000 in fines.
The local crane operators' union president says many factors still need to be explored. Geer's phone number couldn't be found.
Cross Country Construction didn't immediately return a call.
Officials say Geer was trying to lift more than twice the crane's capacity when its arm fell.
The project developer and a site safety manager were cited with a violation apiece.


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Annual to tree
Leaves generally compound, alternate, stipuled; leaflets generally entire
Inflorescence: generally raceme, spike, umbel or head; flowers sometime 12 in axils
Flowers generally bisexual, generally bilateral; hypanthium generally flat or cup-like; sepals generally 5, fused; petals generally 5, free, or the 2 lower ± fused; stamens 1many, often 10 with 9 filaments at least partly fused, 1 (uppermost) free; pistil 1, ovary superior, generally 1-chambered, ovules 1many, style, stigma 1
Fruit: legume, sometimes including a stalk-like base above receptacle, dehiscent, or indehiscent and breaking into 1-seeded segments, or indehiscent, 1-seeded, and achene-like
Seeds 1several, often ± reniform, generally hard, smooth
Genera in family: ± 650 genera, 18,000 species: worldwide; with grasses, requisite in agriculture and most natural ecosystems. Many cultivated, most importantly Arachis , peanut; Glycine , soybean; Phaseolus , beans; Medicago ; Trifolium ; and many orns
Reference: [Polhill & Raven (eds) 1981 Advances in legume systematics; Allen & Allen 1981 Leguminosae]
Family description and key to genera by Duane Isely.
Annual or perennial herb from crown, glabrous to hairy; hairs sometimes forked at base, branches parallel with leaf surface, sometimes very unequal
Stem 0 or prostrate to erect
Leaves odd-1-pinnate; leaflets generally jointed to midrib; stipules membranous, sometimes fused around stem at stem base
Inflorescence: raceme, axillary, sometimes head- or umbel-like; flowers 2many
Flower bilateral; calyx 5-lobed; banner outside wings in bud, keel blades with small protrusion at base locking into pit on adjacent wing; 9 filaments fused, 1 free; ovary (and fruit) generally sessile, style slender, stigma minute
Fruit generally 1- or ± 2-chambered, often mottled, generally becoming ± dry; placenta on upper suture
Seeds 2many, smooth, compressed, ± notched at attachment scar
Species in genus: > 2000 species: ± worldwide (380 in North America, 94 in CA including many rare taxa)
Etymology: (Greek: ankle-bone or dice, perhaps from rattling of seeds within fruit)
Reference: [Barneby 1964 Mem NY Bot Gard 20:11188; Isely 1986 Iowa State J Res 61:157289]
Very difficult; both flower and fruit needed for identification; many good species appear similar; some species complexes need study. Taxa near province boundaries may appear in > 1 key. Varieties keyed under species for simplicity; species with vars. so identified in key. Fr length includes beak and any stalk-like base unless fruit body specified.
Perennial, ± coarse, ± fleshy; hairs ± 0
Stem ± spreading, 225 cm
Leaf 4.511 cm; leaflets 1123, 520 mm, obovate to ± round, tips obtuse or notched
Inflorescence: flowers 1025, early ascending, then sometimes reflexed
Flower: petals reddish purple, white- or pale-tipped, banner 1215 mm, keel 9.510.6 mm
Fruit ± ascending or spreading; body ± oblong in side view, bladdery or not, glabrous; stalk-like base 512 mm, tapered to narrow base; chambers ± 2
Ecology: Calcareous soils, generally among sagebrush, sometimes pinyon pine
Elevation: 14001850 m.
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Post-thanksgiving is always fun for me. I always like to take leftovers and make them into something new.
Here are some of the things we made from the leftovers of our Thanksgiving menu, in case you're looking for ideas.
Sotanghon (Mung Bean Thread Noodles) with Turkey Gravy, Turkey and Haricots Verts (and, oh yes, Calamansi)
Mung bean thread noodles are a favorite of mine. With them, you can prepare some of the fastest meals ever. You can also buy them in individual bundles, so you can make a little or a lot.
I always soak the noodles in hot water until they're al dente.
With this dish, I took some turkey gravy and thinned it out with a little water (you can also use turkey broth), added the noodles, scallions, leftover haricots verts, and soy sauce. My uncle brought me calamansi, Philippine lemon, from his garden, and it was such a treat to have that instead of lemon to squeeze over the sotanghon! Calamansi tastes like a lemon-orange to me. So delicious.
Curried Turkey Salad with Apples, Raisins, Candied Walnuts on Top of Arugula
My friend Ehryu posted on Facebook the following status: "just made turkey curry salad with celery, apples & raisins. This leftover is goooooood."
When I told her I'd like to put this on the blog, she wrote, "Throw diced turkey, apples, celery, raisins and some chopped scallions in the bowl, mix with some curry powder and mayo and voila! There you have it! Throw some chopped walnuts if you like extra crunch." So that's what I did. I put the turkey salad over some leftover arugula and used leftover candied walnuts.
Craisins would be lovely in this salad as well.
Tukey, Brie, and Cranberry Empanadas
I had brie leftover from my cheese platter, so I added it to the turkey and cranberry sauce to make empanadas from the leftover dough from Sergio's empanadas. These were nice, but the brie almost completely melted away, as it was triple creme brie (the good stuff).
If I were to do this again, I would probably make quesadillas, because they cook faster and the brie won't melt too much.
Serve with extra cranberry sauce to dip.


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The Navy has identified two Virginia Beach-based divers who died Tuesday during an underwater operation in Maryland.
Petty Officer 1st Class James Reyher, 28, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Harris, 23, died during a planned dive at an Army base in Aberdeen, about 40 miles north of Baltimore.
The divers belonged to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, part of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, said Lt. Nathan Potter, a spokesman for the command.
"Ryan and James epitomized the unsung hero persona of the Navy diver," said Cmdr. Michael Runkle, their unit commander. "We are fortunate to have had the opportunity to serve with them."
The Navy is investigating the incident but has released few details. Former Navy divers said it's obvious that something went very wrong at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Austin Fall, a retired lieutenant commander and diver with 24 years' experience, said the Navy trains its divers to plan for every scenario.
Fatal accidents involving even one Navy diver are rare, Fall said. "I've never heard of two guys at the same time."
Still, diving is inherently risky, he said.
"Typically, you are not diving in Caribbean waters where you can see clearly," Fall said. "Anything north of Florida this time of year is cold; it's dark. Everything you do is in the dark. If there is a malfunction, you have to try to correct it by feel, and because it's cold, it's like you're doing all of this while wearing thick mittens."
Reyher and Harris were diving at an underwater testing facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground. The spot is known as the Super Pond -- a 1,070-foot-long, 150-foot-deep pond on the banks of the Bush River that's used to shock-test ships and submarines.
Emergency workers were called to the pond around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, base spokesman Kelly Luster said. They found one of the divers dead; the other was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
The sailors' deaths mark the second fatal incident at the pond in as many months. In January, a civilian engineering technician died during a maintenance operation at the underwater test facility. Afterward, the facility commander ordered a "safety stand down" to allow personnel time to review operating procedures.
Officials have not said what the purpose of Tuesday's dive was.
Rob Rice, a former Navy diver and owner of Dockside Diving in Virginia Beach, said that Navy divers often wear a "hard hat" or helmet when diving in an area where there is construction or ships.
The divers will breathe inside the helmet like in a space suit, with air pumped in either from a tank on the diver's back or, more often, an air source above the water's surface.
Rice was a submariner and certified diver who joined the reserves in 2002. He helped with minor salvage and diving operations while attached to Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2.
He said the Navy has precautions in place to prevent accidents, including checks and double checks of air flow, air and gas mixtures and communications systems. The protocol is to pull divers up immediately if communications fail, and backup divers should be on the scene in case of trouble.
"The Navy diving I was trained in is probably the safest diving in the world," Rice said. "We went through very stringent training."
Harris, a native of Gladstone, Mo., enlisted in the Navy in June 2007. Reyher, of Caldwell, Ohio, joined in May 2008. Both passed through the Navy's rigorous diving school and were designated as Navy divers within a year of enlisting.
In January 2012, another Little Creek-based diver died during a training exercise off the North Carolina coast. Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Gallant was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12.
In December 2011, a Chesapeake police officer, Timothy Schock, died during a dive training exercise in Oak Grove Lake Park. An investigation found that two pieces of his equipment failed, and no boat was on hand when he failed to surface.


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When the Maryland men's basketball team won its national championship 10 years ago, it was uniquely different than a lot of those won during that era.
The Terps, who finished 32-4 in 2001-02, had no superstars on the roster, and three of the starters — center Lonny Baxter, guard Juan Dixon and forward Byron Mouton — were seniors, a rarity then and even more so now.
It was a collection of role players led by the gritty, veteran trio who weren't afraid to lead, and at times even overruled the head coach, Gary Williams.
"When you look back, the No. 1 thing that stood out was the makeup of the roster," said Johnny Holliday, the play by play broadcaster for the Terps since 1979. "There were no McDonald's High School All-Americans on this roster and there were no big superstars on the team going into the season.
"You had a group of kids that said, 'hey let's all stick together and maybe we can take this to a higher plateau. You didn't see a lot of senior starters on the rosters back then 10 years ago because they saw the bright lights of the NBA, and there are probably even less now. But that's what happened, and it was incredible."
Maryland fans are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Terps' 64-52 championship win over Indiana at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta .
There were many highlights that season from the team's unbeaten streak at home in their last season at Cole Field House to Baxter and Dixon rolling on each other on the court after the final victory.
But you can't forget the roles of Dixon, Baxter and Mouton.
By most standards, Dixon was considered too small to be a shooting guard and not good enough of a ball handler to be a point guard at most major college programs, but he became the sports' most accurate marksman his senior year averaging 20.4 points.
When the game was on the line, Dixon demanded the ball.
Baxter was basically a tweener, too. At 6-foot-8, he should have been a power forward but played center for the Terps. There were some who questioned his height, but never the broadness of his shoulders or his strength to carry a team. Baxter averaged 8.2 rebounds and 15.2 points.
Mouton could play guard or forward and averaged 11 points and five rebounds. He was a fierce competitor, and in a sense, embodied the spirit of the Terps. If they needed a big play block, steal or rebound, he could make it and fire up the crowd at Cole Field House.
They didn't back down from anyone, not even Williams. There were at least two times Williams wanted Dixon to come out of a game and Dixon waived him off. When Dixon once thought Williams had come down too hard on point guard Steve Blake, it was Dixon who told Williams to ease up.
You never forget Baxter asking for a substitute late in the championship game, but then telling Williams no once he got down to the other end of the court because the possession had become so important.
They had passion. Williams was in control, but he allowed them to lead. The Terps also were driven by their nemsis, Duke. The year before, Maryland blew a 10-point lead to the Blue Devils at Cole Field House in the final minute and then blew a 22-point lead in the first half to lose by 11 to Duke in the Final Four.
The choke label was applied.
"I think the turning point of that season came the year before when Maryland lost to Duke, and was knocked out of the tournament," Holliday said. "Those guys got together and made a pact about coming back and winning it all.
"By mid January, the Terps started on this 10 or 11 game-winning streak which included beating Duke at home, and Florida State and North Carolina on the road, and that's when you thought maybe this team could be something special," Holliday said. "Then they lose to N.C. State in the ACC tournament, and you go, 'oh, oh'."
That was just a small bump in the road for a team that was as tough mentally as they were physically, and they played their roles well.
Blake wasn't sensational , but he was more than efficient and played like Baxter and Dixon — as if he had a chip on his shoulder. Maryland had the man-child at power forward in sophomore Chris Wilcox, a superb specimen whose game was played above the rim.
The bench was solid with forwards Tahj Holden and Ryan Randle, and a great 3-point shooter in Drew Nicholas, who had the penchant for making big shots in big games.
The road to the championship wasn't easy as Maryland had to face Wisconsin, Kentucky, Connecticut and Kansas before beating Indiana. The Terps didn't just beat these teams, they crushed them beating Wisconsin by 30, Kentucky by 10, Connecticut by 8 and Kansas by 9.
That was an impressive run in the postseason against some pretty storied programs," Holliday said. "I remember how emotional it was for the players and Gary on that championship night. I remember how they were all crying, and I tried not to because I didn't want to get caught up in the euphoria, but I did.
"I also remember coming back home the next day and there were 10,000 people waiting for us," said Holliday. "As we're driving back on the bus, people were pulling over on the side of the road honking at us. There were helicopters flying over the buses and a huge crowd back at Cole. That was a great way to go out. It was a great time in Maryland sports history."
When the Maryland men's basketball team won its national championship 10 years ago, it was uniquely different than a lot of those won during that era.


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June 11, 1982 - February 23, 2013
Walden, NY
Jennifer Lynn Williams of Walden, passed away on February 23, 2013 in Pike County, PA. She was 30 years old. She was born in Newburgh, NY on June 11, 1982 to Michael Conklin Sr. and Shalda O'Dell.
Jennifer was a dedicated homemaker and an active member of the Orange Hose Ladies Auxillary, Walden Fire Company. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends.
She is survived by her husband, Lawrence "Jaime" Williams Jr. at home; daughters: Paige, Madyson and Hayden Williams at home; her parents: Michael and Shalda Conklin of Walden; brothers: Mark, Michael Jr. and Steven Conklin, of Walden; grandparents: Carl Jr. and Alda O'Dell and Robert Sr. and Nancy Williams; several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and many good friends. Jennifer was predeceased by her grandparents: Albert and Harriet.
Contributions may be made in Jennifer's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 27th, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, 39 Orchard St., Walden, NY 12586. Services will be held on Thursday, February 28th, at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Wallkill Valley Cemetery, Walden, NY.
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Nails: Diagnosis, Therapy, Surgery 3rd Edition
The thoroughly updated 3rd Edition of this highly regarded text continues to provide the latest therapeutic and surgical information on nail disease. A new signs-oriented section guides you to disease-specific information and simplifies diagnosis. The new, streamlined format includes bullet lists · cross-references · "Therapy" and Key points" highlights for easy reference · and full-color artwork throughout, as well as a larger page size that accommodates bigger photographs. In addition, many illustrations have been added to elucidate complex basic science.
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Green with Envy Over Treehouse
posted by: Ashley on October 28th, 2011
Being green is easier than ever, with more and more stores catering to an eco-conscious clientele. The new kid on the block is Treehouse , a hardware store plus more. This amazing store is located in the Westgate Shopping Center next to Central Market South. They specialize in carrying products that are easy on our earth, many of which are locally produced. I'm in awe of the broad spectrum of home improvement items they offer.
The first item to catch my eye was this super fun Woollypocket. . .you can grow anything your heart desires, indoors or out! It would be ideal for planting herbs in your kitchen or for decorative flowing plants (as in the image below). This modern take on growing indoor plants is available in multiple colors to match your style.
TreeHouse has everything related to building supplies and home maintenance, including the kitchen sink! Shoppers will find what they need from paint to plumbing, kitchen counters to cleaning products, and lawnmowers to pet toys. I was impressed by their selection of recycled glass, ceramic and terra cotta tiles. My favorites are the beautiful handmade tiles from Fire Clay.
Browsing around, I also found these sleek outdoor chairs from Pro Teak which would be a chic style statement on any deck.
TreeHouse just opened their doors on Saturday and are enticing patrons by giving away 1 FREE EcoBulb and 1 FREE bottle of Earth Friendly Parsley Plus cleaner. So get out there and Go Green!


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Kids Need De-Stressing, Too
We would like to think of kids as carefree creatures whose main obsessions are puppy dogs and rainbows. And yet, as anyone whose tear-stained 6-year-old has run home fresh from a playground insult knows, a kid's life has disappointments and worries that feel as all-consuming as any grown-up's. "Any situation we don't control can trigger anxiety and stress," says Beth Block, a marriage and family therapist in Austin, Texas. And kids have plenty of things that they don't control—mealtime, bedtime, exactly when to leave SeaWorld. The way to help your children cope with the slings and arrows of kid stress (and eventually teen and grown-up stress) is to restore some of that control. How? By teaching them simple self-soothing techniques that will help them to relax and regroup.
Here are six expert-recommended, kid-friendly ways for your child to shift out of meltdown mode, calm down after a tiff with a friend, or survive the college-application panic. (Big bonus: The techniques will work for you, too.)
The key to getting kids to use these de-stressers? Introduce them when things are cool, says Susan Kaiser Greenland, the creator of the Inner Kids Program, an internationally taught curriculum of meditation for children, and the author of The Mindful Child ($15, amazon.com). "If they learn how to use these tools when they're already relaxed, they'll be better able to pull them out and implement them effectively when they're stressed," she says. And that kind of power is sweet relief indeed.
De-Stress Technique: Meditation
Why it works: This very basic technique is based on a type of meditation called mindfulness. "It's about focusing on the body's physical sensations, as opposed to the mind's runaway thoughts and feelings," says Danny Dreyer, a mind-body educator in Asheville, North Carolina, and a coauthor of Chi Running ($16, amazon.com).
How to teach it: Explain it by asking your child to think of a snow globe. When you shake it, you can't see clearly, which is what happens to us when our mind is flooded with thoughts like "My best friend hates me" or "I'll never pass that test." When we pause, the feelings settle (like the snow in the globe) and we can focus. Have her close her eyes and concentrate on one physical sensation. Talk her through it: "Think about your feet. Can you feel them both on the floor? What are your toes doing?" Coach young kids to stick with that sensation for 5 to 10 breaths; older kids can go for a minute or longer.
Times to try it: For anger or anxiety when her routine is disrupted; anytime she's feeling overwhelmed.


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