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New Unified Communications Features Add Power and, Flexibility to Cisco Personal Telepresence Systems
This week at InfoComm, we unveiled enhancements to the Cisco TelePresence EX Series as a result of a stronger alignment with the Cisco Unified Communications(UC) portfolio. We added a number of UC features, enhanced security, and enabled intelligent network functionality to create an even more flexible, powerful and reliable desktop telepresence solution for knowledge workers and executives. These enhancements are made possible through the TE 6.0 software update, which affect the EX60 and EX90endpoints,and will be available in late Q3CY12 to customers with existing service agreements.
With the expanded capabilities of TE 6.0, we believe the EX Series secures its place as the market-leading personal telepresence products and will enable users to experience superior video and voice collaboration with colleagues, partners and customers. The new software integrates the EX Series more closely with the Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) to enable high-value telephony and UC features, including the following:
- Voicemail –EX60 or EX90 users get message waiting indicators and retrieve voicemail using Cisco TelePresence Touch 8user touch panel.
- Conferencing – Users can easily conference in other voice or video calls.Using CUCM to manage ad-hoc conferences, customers can benefit from one unified, scalable conferencing solution for voice and video.
- Shared lines for greater mobility –Among other capabilities, shared lines enables you to pick up a call on your mobile device and seamlessly transfer it to the EX system.
- Remote expert enablement – We added a programmable help button and incorporatedCisco Computer Telephony Integrationfor the EX series, which will help users appropriately manage video calls within a call center environment.
- Jabber remote call control –ThroughJabber on PC and Mac, users can command their EX series endpoints to initiate, hold, resume, end and otherwise control calls
Additional enhancements to both TE 6.0 and the recently unveiled TC 6.0 for multipurpose telepresence room systems include call encryption on endpoints registered to CUCM, andMedianet-enabled mediatracing and metadata capabilities that deliver better performance and provide higher security. A number of improvements to the Touch 8 user interface also translate to a better user experience: the new Touch 8 has improved number dialing, enhanced graphics and updated layout controls that make frequently used features more accessible.
TE 6.0 for EX Series delivers an unprecedented collaboration experience by combining the ultimate personal telepresence experience with the ultimate UC platform. Only Cisco can do this and we can't wait for you to test it out!Please share with us how you think it willchange the way you communicate.
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What's about Videomail on top of just Voicemail?
They are very good news and features. Sometimes It's very hard to follow the new updates of Cisco collaboration technologies because there is a lot of improvement. Now we should inform our customers:)


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Supersize vs Superskinny is a British television programme on Channel 4 that features information about dieting and extreme eating lifestyles. One of the main show features is a weekly comparison between an overweight person, and an underweight person. The two are brought to a feeding clinic, and live together for five days, swapping diets all supervised by Dr Christian Jessen.The show also featured Anna Richardson in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd series, who examined new methods to lose weight by trying diets she finds on the Internet, some of which have shocking side effects. For example, Anna attempted Laser lipolysis, which went drastically wrong and resulted in severe bruising. Also, she discovered Diabulimia and spoke to Isabelle Caro, a French actress, renowned for her underweight figure and anorexia campaign.During the first series in 2008, one feature involved Gillian McKeith, who tried to find a way to "ban big bums" in the UK. She tested out different exercises to tone the buttocks of different groups of ladies, and made a leader board for the most effective.
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Suspension And Steering Linkage Basics
Through the 1950s, all domestic trucks featured a ladder frame with leaf springs front and rear. These semi-elliptic springs arch below the framerails. The steering knuckles pivot on kingpins at each end of a solid axle beam. A truck's load capacity reflected its frame strength, axle beam size, steering gear, linkage stamina, spring load rates, and brake capacity.
Use of a beam front axle with a torque tube or Hotchkiss rear axle was common. Ford pickups through 1941 had a transverse leaf spring front and rear with a torque tube rear axle. (Radius rods in wishbone form lend support to the front axle beam and torque tube rear axle.) GM used semi-elliptic leaf springs front and rear with a closed, torque tube rear axle on 1/2-ton trucks through first-series 1955 models. When second-series 1955 GM models rolled from the assembly lines, the solid Hotchkiss rear axle with an open driveshaft became a mainstay for all American trucks.
By the end of the 1950s, the emphasis on ride quality and faster highway speeds demanded better handling. Automobiles had independent front suspension; rear link-and-coil suspension appeared on GM cars. In a bold initiative, the 1960 Chevrolet and GMC light trucks offered rear link-and-coil suspension and independent front suspension (IFS). Unlike GM passenger cars, the double A-arm front suspension used torsion bars instead of coil springs.
The use of torsion bars was not widely accepted. At the time, only Chrysler's cars used torsion bars with IFS. By 1963, GM light trucks adopted double A-arm front suspension with coil springs. Eventually, rear link-and-coil suspension would yield to a traditional leaf-spring layout. A front stabilizer bar, spindles with ball joints, a rear track or panhard bar and other passenger car features were present in GM's 1960 truck suspension-in a far more rugged form, of course!
Ford, Dodge, I-H, and Studebaker light trucks maintained their one-piece beam front axles for several more years. Ford broke ground in 1965 with twin I-beam front suspension. The twin half-axle system closely maintains the stamina and proven worth of beam axles.
These half-axles are offset, and their pivot points overlap. Radius arms support the beams fore-and-aft. Coil springs near each axle end replace conventional leaf springs for longer travel and improved ride quality. Maintaining conventional kingpins and spindles, twin I-beam suspension qualifies as independent front suspension but falls far short of the ride quality and efficient suspension geometry found in GM's unequal length A-arm truck suspension.
Suspension Wear
When inspecting a truck's suspension system, check out all pivots and moving parts. On vintage models, the axle beam must be true, not bent or damaged. Make sure the kingpins and spindles fit properly before checking the beam for straightness. Loose spindle bushings will distort the caster and camber readings. A bent or worn kingpin will also distort these measurements. Camber and caster angles are the best indicator of a beam axle's condition. (Learn more about caster and camber in next month's lesson.)
On kingpin suspension with leaf springs, the spring bushings and shackles are a common wear point. This also applies to rear leaf springs. Later trucks use rubberized spring bushings, which wear and deteriorate over time. Early chassis use bronze bushings at the leaf-spring anchor eyes and the shackle ends. Play, looseness, or deterioration is a sign of failure.
Check for kingpin play by jacking the truck up and placing the beam axle on safety stands. Grip the wheel and tire at 6 and 12 o'clock. Rock the wheel while looking inside at the spindle and kingpin area. (This usually takes an assistant.) Movement between the spindle and kingpin is an indication of play. Anything more than the slightest movement is too much. New pins and new, ream-fitted bushings should fit together with no perceptible play.
Ball joints on an IFS are similar to passenger car parts. The ball joints at the top and bottom of each steering knuckle are a distinct wear point. With a floor jack beneath the lower A-arm, vehicle weight will compress the spring and unload pressure from the spindle's ball joints. You can move the tire and wheel at the 6 to 12 o'clock position and feel for loose ball joints. Ball joints cannot be tested under coil spring load or when vehicle weight is on the tire.
Other wear points are the A- or control arm bushings, radius arm bushings (Ford twin I-beam), sway bar bushings, track bar bushings, and wheel bearings. Inspect leaf springs for misalignment or cracked leafs, loose U-bolts, worn rebound pads, a broken center bolt (which allows axle shift), and worn or damaged spring clips.
Steering Linkage Wear Points
Although steering linkage design varies between beam axle and IFS models, the steering linkage joints are of similar design. Steering linkage must pivot and allow for suspension movement. For this reason, tie-rod ends are of ball stud and socket design. Some pitman and idler arms use a ball stud and socket as well.
On older steering linkage, the joints at the drag link ends, or even the tie-rods, will have spring loaded ball cups. An adjustable plug sets a precise load on the cup tension spring. The steering arms or pitman arm have a ball head, which the cup halves capture-these joints, like all others, require periodic lubrication.
When checking for wear, a dry or semi-frozen joint may not show play. Sometimes, it is necessary to grease a linkage joint to force out dirt and debris before testing for play. A seemingly tight ball stud might become excessively loose.
IFS suspension has the most steering linkage joints. The centerlink or relay rod attaches to the steering gear's pitman arm. The idler arm supports the opposite end of the center link. On double A-arm suspension, the idler arm pivots from the right side framerail. The idler arm is a common wear item. Ford's twin I-beam steering linkage has a simpler "Y" design that uses fewer joints and does not require an idler arm.
When a beam axle model has the pitman arm moving laterally, a drag link or "short tie rod" connects the pitman arm to the steering arm at the right side spindle. A long, single tie rod connects the right and left steering arms. Another approach is the fore-and-aft moving pitman arm that moves a drag link. The drag link attaches to the left steering arm at the knuckle. A long tie rod connects the left and right steering arms.
Steering linkage adjustments include toe-in and centering the steering gear. Next month, our discussion will cover the fundamentals of wheel alignment. Steering linkage and A-arm adjustments are central to frontend alignment. Stay tuned!
What Did You Learn This Month?
Night School would not be complete without a quiz! Don't worry about your test-taking skills or grades. This is an open-magazine, true or false test. Clues can be found within the Night School text, photos and captions. Have a good month!
True or False Questions:
1. A beam axle with leaf springs is a strong, reliable frontend design. Load ratings reflect the beam size, spring rate, frame gauge, and the steering gear and linkage stamina.
2. Loose kingpin bushings and pins cause "kingpin shimmy." Worn ball joints can create a similar effect on A-arm suspension systems.
3. Ford twin I-beam front suspension uses semi-elliptic leaf springs, just like the 1964 and earlier Ford front suspension designs.
4. Frontend wander can be a kingpin issue. It can also be the result of loose leaf-spring bushings, worn shackles, loose tie-rods, or steering gear play.
5. Steering knuckle bushings on a kingpin front axle should be beaten in and out with a broad hammer. If the edges peen over, just straighten them out with a course file.
6. The idler arm on A-arm front suspension moves in unison with the pitman arm. The idler arm mounts to the right framerail. This is a common wear item.
7. Cutting coil springs changes ride height. It also alters the camber angle of the front wheels. If you lower a truck by this method, there will be less suspension travel.
8. If you need to remove a tie-rod end, beat on the end of the ball stud. This will knock the ball stud loose without damaging any parts.
9. Chevrolet and GMC light trucks first used independent front suspension in 1952. The trucks of the '50s benefited from this design.
10. Steering linkage on kingpin front axles is simpler and has less tie-rod ends than double A-arm front suspension. Ford's twin I-beam uses simpler steering linkage as well.
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The next immigration hurdle
It's not the inclusion of a pathway to citizenship that has immigration reform proponents worried — at this point, it's clear that this will be part of any deal Senate negotiators produce.
It's how difficult they choose to make it.
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The prospects of a bipartisan immigration deal improved dramatically with the weekend announcement of an agreement between labor and business on a visa program for low-skilled workers. But the real test will come after the Senate's Gang of Eight reveals the fine print of the entire reform package next week.
Nowhere is that more true than on the pathway to citizenship.
( PHOTOS: At a glance, the Senate immigration plan)
The arcane details and sensitive politics in the decision to go hard, soft or somewhere in between on the hurdles to legalization has so far been part of an under-the-radar debate, while attention has focused on sticking points such as the low-skilled visas.
But with the Gang of Eight taking another step closer to a deal, the balance it strikes on the path to citizenship details — including penalties, fees and requirements for legal permanent residence — now will be as consequential as any of the higher-profile issues. It will help determine both the political viability of the bill and how many of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants ultimately get a shot at citizenship.
( Also on POLITICO: Rubio: Reports of immigration deal 'premature')
"The sleeper issue in immigration reform is, do all 11 million people qualify for legal status or is it a fraction?" said Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change, a pro-reform group. "This issue is the potential deal-breaker in the whole mix. If the requirements are so onerous that only a fraction of eligible people can actually adjust their status and get legal, there will be a hugely negative reaction to the bill in the immigrant community."
The Gang of Eight has sought to make the pathway tough enough so that Republicans can convince their party that it's not amnesty — but not so onerous that they lose support from the left, and risk repeating mistakes from past reform efforts.
( See Also: Matt Wuerker on immigration)
Democrats are under intense pressure from the White House, labor unions and immigrant advocates to craft as clear of a path as possible to legal status and citizenship. That means no border-security benchmarks that must be met before undocumented immigrants can secure citizenship. No exorbitant fines and fees. And realistic requirements for proving work history, learning English and passing criminal background checks.


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Welding Merit Badge
Revised January 2019
Welding Worksheet
Requirements for the Welding merit badge:
- Do the following:
- Explain to your counselor the hazards you are most likely to encounter while welding, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, or lessen these hazards.
- Show that you know first aid for, and the prevention of, injuries or illnesses that could occur while welding, including electrical shock, eye injuries, burns, fume inhalation, dizziness, skin irritation, and exposure to hazardous chemicals, including filler metals and welding gases.
- Do the following:
- With your counselor, discuss general safety precautions and Safety Data Sheets related to welding. Explain the importance of the SDS.
- Describe the appropriate safety gear and clothing that must be worn when welding. Then, present yourself properly dressed for welding in protective equipment, clothing, and footwear.
- Explain and demonstrate the proper care and storage of welding equipment, tools, and protective clothing and footwear.
- Explain the terms welding, electrode, slag, and oxidation. Describe the welding process, how heat is generated, what kind of filler metal is added (if any), and what protects the molten metal from the atmosphere.
- Name the different mechanical and thermal cutting methods. Choose one method and describe how to use the process. Discuss one advantage and one limitation of this process.
- Do the following:
- Select two welding processes, and make a list of the different components of the equipment required for each process. Discuss one advantage and one limitation for each process.
- Choose one welding process. Set up the process you have chosen, including gas regulators, work clamps, cables, filler materials, and equipment settings. Have your counselor inspect and approve the area for the welding process you have chosen.
- After successfully completing requirements 1 through 5, use the equipment you prepared for the welding process in 5b to do the following:
- Using a metal scribe or soapstone, sketch your initial onto a metal plate, and weld a bead on the plate following the pattern of your initial.
- Cover a small plate (approximately 3" x 3" x 1/4") with weld beads side by side.
- Tack two plates together in a square groove butt joint.
- Weld the two plates together from 6c on both sides.
- Tack two plates together in a T joint, have your counselor inspect it, then weld a T joint with fillet weld on both sides.
- Tack two plates together in a lap joint, have your counselor inspect it, then weld a lap joint with fillet weld on both sides.
- Do the following:
- Find out about three career opportunities in the welding industry. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why the profession might interest you.
- Discuss the role of the American Welding Society in the welding profession.
Welding Worksheet
Feb 24, 2012 - mark balton
Thank you for finally coming up with a welding badge! I could have used this 38-39 years ago. Manufactures are in need of people in welding. Just to know a young man may have this training will make them more valuable. The requirement are good for scout aged boys. Great job!!Jul 09, 2012 - Gene Ramsey
Very very nice. Requirements very close to my lesson plans for my 8th grade technology students. This is going to turn some Scouts on. This badge promotes the learning of dicipline, concentration on task, thinking and observing. Also responsibility, as the result of their work will have implications to the persons having the use of what they make or repair.Very important addition to the badge opportunites for Scouts.Sep 25, 2012 - Bob Osterloh
As a scout I appreciate these merit badges online, however how can I contact counselors for merit badges.Oct 10, 2012 - kevin pearson
Check with your council. I am signed up as a welding and metal working merit badge counselor in the Fort Vancouver District. I have a small home shop and worked in the mechanical trades. I am not a great welder but I do know how to inspect a weld and have the equipment to weld and cut with.May 09, 2019 - Ethan Stovall
Being in the welding industry, this should be an Eagle required badge. This is a great trade that can be learned with minimal investment and has a high potential regarding salary and self employment. There is a high demand for skilled welders. Also, many welding shops started out as individual welders going into business for themselves.
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Vilsack announces temporary replacement for Pearlie Reed.
Pearlie Reed, a 35-year veteran of the Agriculture Department who worked in conservation and with black farmers, quietly retired on June 1, five days before Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Reed had chosen to leave his slot as assistant secretary for administration "for personal reasons." Vilsack wrote to staff saying he had encouraged Reed to stay on.
"I have full confidence in the talented departmental administration leadership team that Pearlie has helped to develop," Vilsack said in an unusual press release, saying his team will "continue important efforts such as cultural transformation and USDA's Blueprint for Stronger Service."
Reed said in the release, "It has been a high honor and great privilege to serve over the past three years" under both Vilsack and President Obama. "In retirement, I will continue to focus on conservation and public policy issues impacting socially disadvantaged farmers and communities."
An office under Reed's purview had been the subject of criticism in a May Agriculture inspector general audit report, though a department spokeswoman told Government Executive the IG report was not related to his departure.
On June 13, Vilsack announced to staff that Obama has tapped Gregory Parham, currently administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, as acting assistant administrator. Both Parham and Reed are black, and USDA has come under criticism for having too few minorities in leadership positions going back decades.
This month's departure marks the second time Reed has retired from the department, which he served during the Clinton administration, to return to his native Arkansas as a consultant.
Reed joined USDA in 1968 as a college student trainee with the Soil Conservation Service in Walnut Ridge, Ark. He was state conservationist for California from 1989-94 and state conservationist for Maryland from 1985-89. He held various positions in the Natural Resources Conservation Service, becoming its chief in 1998.
For two years during the Clinton administration, Reed acted as assistant secretary for administration and was appointed to head the Civil Rights Action Team by then-secretary Dan Glickman. That team's report included 92 recommendations that President Clinton ordered into effect.
Reed received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award, the George Washington Carver Public Service Hall of Fame Award and the USDA Silver Plow Award.
Reed joined the Obama administration USDA on May 21, 2009. In February 2010, just days before Obama announced a proposed $1.25 billion financial settlement of the long-running Pigford II discrimination lawsuit by black farmers, Reed traveled to Albany, Ga., to keynote a conference held by the nation's largest black farmers organization.
Later that year, he furthered Vilsack's civil rights agenda by signing several "affinity" memoranda of understanding on best workplace practices with employee groups representing women, blacks, American Indians, Latinos and Asians.
In January 2011, Reed joined Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan to address more than 300 senior executive service and other high-level employees to highlight USDA's cultural transformation initiatives and to emphasize diversity and inclusion.
The inspector general report that faulted a Reed-supervised office, dated May 18, was an audit Vilsack requested in April. It critiqued procedures used by the Office of Advocacy and Outreach to select grant recipients through a program for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. The IG preliminarily concluded that at least some of the 57 recipients under the Section 2501 Program "may not be the most meritorious and deserving applicants" for the grants intended to provide outreach, education and technical assistance.
The audit found that procedures for documentation and regulatory requirements had not been followed. "The selection of less meritorious applicants could negatively impact assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and could expose the department to unnecessary criticism and potentially even legal action," Assistant Inspector General for Audit Gil H. Harden told Reed in a memo. Reed was told the grants were being suspended pending corrective action.
In response to the memo, Reed wrote, "departmental management concurs with the facts, representations and conclusions" of the audit and was committed to corrective actions. Reed noted the director of the Office of Advocacy and Outreach was new to the job.
"During her short tenure she has begun assessing the technical skills of the current staff and identifying skills gaps," he wrote. "Recent outgoing transfers and incoming staff details have begun to close the detected skills gaps and create an experienced staff with which to administer the 2501 program."


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Slow Food Corvallis is collecting recipes from our events for you to enjoy. The recipes are organized by event. Enjoy!
Terra Madre Day 2014
Ecuadorian Dinner, September 2013
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Andrew Pham Cooking Demonstration Class, May 2012
Salad Rolls
½ lb pork loin
½ lb shrimp, shelled and de-veined
1 packet of rice paper
2 cups of cooked rice vermicelli (optional)
½ tsp salt
bowl or warm water (to wet rice paper)
vegetable ingredients (do not mix)
a bunch of cilantro, separated into single stems
several bunches of spring onion
2-3 cucumbers, peeled and cut into 4″ long batons
red leaf lettuce
pickled carrot and daikon (optional)
perilla leaves (optional)
bean sprouts (optional)
dipping sauce ingredients (do not mix)
¼ cup hoisin sauce
½ cup creamy (or crunchy) peanut butter
¼ cup light coconut milk
pinch of salt
1. Prepare the dipping sauce first. Heat coconut milk in a small pot. Add hoisin sauce and peanut butter. Simmer and stir until ingredients meld. Add water (1 tablespoon at a time) to reach desired consistency. Taste and adjust by adding sugar or salt as necessary. Set aside.
2. Boil 3 cups of water in a pot with salt. Add shrimp and stir gently until cook. Remove shrimp and set aside.
3. Add pork to boiling water. Cook thoroughly. Remove and let cool. Cut into thin slices. Set aside.
4. Roll the salad roll individually. Put 1 sheet of rice paper (2 sheets if the paper is too thin and breaks easily) on a flat surface. Brush it on both sides with water. Put vegetables, herbs, noodles, and meats on sheet. Roll up like a burrito.
5. Pour hoisin-peanut sauce into individual dipping saucers.
6. Serve salad rolls and hoisin peanut sauce with a side of Sriracha chili sauce or red chili paste.
This is probably the easiest and most fun dish to prepare. I usually eat these salad rolls with fish sauce simply because I almost always have some pre-made in the refrigerator. The excellent hoisin-peanut sauce with the coconut milk here is from my friend Thanh Tran. She also provided a list of optional ingredients: soba noodles, jicama, grilled chicken breast, Korean seaweed, toasted sesame seeds, and fried tofu.
The Japanese dashi-based sauce for cold soba noodles also makes an interesting alternate dipping sauce.
Cabbage and Eggs
½ small head of cabbage, discard the hard dense core, slice the cabbage thinly into shreds between one-eight and one-quarter of an inch wide
1 medium carrot, peeled and cut into mini batons the size of match sticks
3 Tbsp oil
egg mix, beat well in a bowl
2 large eggs
2 Tbsp fish sauce
This is not only the simplest dish in the book, but also one of the most subtly flavored dishes. The cabbage provides the sense of freshness and sweetness. The carrot gives the earthy counterpoint and color. The eggs bring creaminess and protein. The fish sauce simply transform all the other ingredients. I'd be very hard-pressed to think of another 4-humble-ingredients dish that has this much flavor and nutrition.
1. Heat oil in large pan or wok, coating entire cooking surface with oil.
2. Add cabbage and stir fry 5 minutes on medium heat, turning slowly and steadily to keep cabbage from burning
3. Add carrot and continue stir fry for 4 minutes.
4. Add egg mix and stir evenly into cabbage and carrot.
5. Cook until done. Test by tasting cabbage which should be soft with the main stems still having a slight crunch. Adjust with fish sauce for desired saltiness.
My mother often had to feed a family of eight on a few dollars a meal. This was her answer: a whole head of cabbage, a few eggs, and a carrot. Sometimes, I get choked up making this dish and remembering how hard she worked to feed so many of us on so little. I'll be cooking and eating this dish the rest of my days.
Eggplant Garlic-Chili
Mom's Favorite
1½ lb eggplant (aubergine), cut into thumb-size segments
5 cloves garlic
½ medium yellow onion, diced
3 Tbsp oil
2 Thai chili, finely diced (optional, increase to taste)
1 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp fish sauce
Traditionally, this dish is stir-fried in about ½ cup of oil or lard. Eggplant has sponge-like quality. It can easily absorb twice its weight in oil, and it takes a considerable time to cook. I use the microwave to reduce the cooking time by two-third and minimize amount of oil used. The flavor profile is sweet, salty, and spicy. The eggplant can also be thoroughly stir-fried until it breaks down completely into a mush.
1. Microwave eggplant on high for 5 minutes.
2. Heat oil in pan, coating entire cooking surface with oil. Sauté garlic and onion.
3. Add semi-cooked eggplant and stir fry on high heat for 3 minutes.
4. Add chili, sugar, and fish and continue to stir fry on medium heat for 5 minutes to allow flavors to meld, adding a little water as necessary.
5. Taste and add fish sauce or sugar as necessary. Serve.
Claypot Pork Spareribs
2 lbs pork spareribs, ask for strips cut roughly 1″ wide
2 Tbsp oil
2-4 cups of water
sauce mix
3 tsp coconut caramel (see recipe)
3 Tbsp fish sauce
½ cup of hot water
2 Tbsp garlic, crushed and chopped
1 Thai chili chopped (optional)
½ tsp cracked black pepper
Use a large pot, big enough to line all the spare ribs on the bottom in a single layer.
This homey dish can also be prepared with the two-fire method (see claypot fish recipe). The long simmer as described here will make the meat "fall off the bone" tender. For a firmer meat with the same flavor intensity, after step #6, take pot off heat and let cool to room temperature. Add ½ cup of water and simmer covered again until sauce reduces down to a thick gravy once more.
1. Trim off excess fat from ribs. Cut spareribs into individual bite size segments.
2. Heat pot with oil and lightly sauté the garlic. Remove from heat.
3. Put spareribs into pot, in a single layer. Add sauce mix.
4. Add sufficient water to cover spareribs. Bring to a boil for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to lowest possible simmer. Cover and simmer for 90 minutes.
5. Check frequently to make sure that fluid has not boiled off completely (and burning the ribs). Stir gently once.
6. When liquid has reduced to a thick sauce (roughly ¼ inch deep at bottom of pot), taste and adjust to preference by adding coconut caramel, chili, black peppers, and fish sauce, in small increments. Stir gently to turn and coat spareribs on both sides.
7. Add 1 cup of water and continue to simmer for 30-50 minutes, until nearly all fluids except for oils and thick gravy remains at the bottom of pot.
8. Skim off excess oil and serve.
Garnishes: cilantro, mint, cucumber slices
Sides: pickled cabbage (anything acidic)
Claypot Fish
Vietnamese ~ My Version
1 lb fish, cut into steaks pieces (preferrably whole fish)*
2 cloves of garlic, crushed and chopped
2 Thai chili peppers, cut in halves, lengthwise (adjust according to taste)
1-2 cups of water
sauce mix
3 Tbsp fish sauce
½ tsp cracked black pepper
3 tsp coconut caramel (see recipe)
1 cup warm water
Notes: Choose pot large enough so that all the fish pieces can be lined in a single layer at the bottom. If using filets or fish with low fat content like trout or snapper, add 3 oz of pork belly (sliced) into pot by laying pork under fish.
*Recommended fish are baramundi, tilapia, and catfish. Acceptable fish are trout, snapper, and grouper. Most similar white-meat fish with good fat content are ideal. For deeper flavors, use whole fish rather than filets.
1. Put ingredients into pot in the following order: garlic, chili, fish, and sauce mix. Add enough water to just barely cover the fish.
2. Bring to a boil on medium heat for 1 minute. Lower heat and simmer gently for 20-30 minutes until roughly ¼ to ½ cup of sauce remains in the pot.
3. Adjust sauce to taste by adding more fish sauce, chili, and/or coconut caramel (add in small increments and taste again). Simmer 2 minutes. Turn off heat and serve.
4. Optional: use 2-fires technique to deepen flavors. Let pot rest until it reaches room temperature (refrigerate to shorten time). Carefully, turn each piece of fish over. Add ¾ to 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil on medium heat and then simmer on low heat (about 20minutes) until sauce reduces to ½ cup once more. Plate, garnish with chopped spring onions (optional), and serve.
Sides: julienne green mango or green papaya
Pineapple chunks, pieces of fresh coconut meat, or sugar cane batons can be also be added to the pot for variety.
Fried Fish with Coconut Sauce
16 oz fish filets, boneless, cut into 3-4 oz pieces*
½ cup oil
¾ cup light coconut milk
½ cup bell pepper, sliced
aromatic mix
1 lemongrass stem, 6″ long, finely diced
1 cup onion, chopped
5 kaffir lime leaves, diced
2 Thai chili peppers, chopped
1 tsp garlic, crushed & chopped
½ tsp shrimp paste
1 Tbsp palm sugar
pinch of black pepper
1 Tbsp fish sauce
4 Tbsp water
*Although this Cambodian recipe generally uses catfish, almost any type of white meat fish will work. Some fish I've tried with good results are cod, snapper, grouper, tilapia, and baramundi.
1. Pour aromatic mix into blender or small food processor. Blend thoroughly until sauce is very smooth. Set aside.
2. Heat oil in a frying pan. On medium heat, fry fish pieces, 3-4 minutes per side depending on thickness of filets. Fish should have a nice golden crust with some whiteness showing. Set aside on paper towel to drain off excess oil (if possible keep warm in toaster oven or under heat lamp). Discard oil from pan.
3. Use same pan to simmer blended aromatic mix on low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant (3-5 minutes).
4. Add coconut milk and bell peppers. Simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Pour sauce into a deep serving dish. Arrange fish pieces on top and serve.
This rich and succulent dish goes well with fried morning glories or steamed vegetables.
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Dessert and Wine Pairing Event 2011
Pear tart with vanilla crème anglaise paired with Pacific Rim's Vin de Glaciere Riesling;
Orange custard with orange caramel sauce paired with Pheasant Court Winery's 2005 VICE Viognier Dessert Wine;
Chocolate torte with black cherry sauce paired with Carpenter Hill Vineyard's 2006 "Tango Red";
Blue cheese, toasted walnuts and fig truffles paired with Pheasant Court Winery's 2006 Maréchal Foch Port
Pear Tart w/ Vanilla Crème Anglaise
Pastry Crust:
1 ¾ cups flour
5 Tablespoons shortening
5 Tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
¼ cup sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
1 egg
3 Tablespoons ice cold water
Combine flour, sugar lemon zest into food processor. Pulse 10 1-second pulses to combine. Drop the shortening into the flour mixture in small dollops. Pulse 5 1-seconds pulses to combine. Add butter and pulse another 5 1-second pulses to combine. Mixture should resemble pea-sized crumbles. Add egg and water and mix until a ball forms (another 5 1-second pulses). Turn onto plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes or so to rest.
1-2 pears, halved and cores removed and sliced into 1/8" slices
¼ cup sugar
1 egg
¼ cup sugar
¾ cup ½ and ½
¼ cup pear flavored brandy
¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Beat eggs and sugar until light and pale. Whisk in ½ & ½ until combined. Whisk in brandy and nutmeg.
Roll out pastry crust into a 12 inch circle. Place crust into tart pan and remove excess crust. Bake in a preheated oven to 425°F for 10-12 minutes, until crust is set and starting to turn golden.
Remove crust from oven and layer in pear slices. Top with ¼ cup of sugar. Return to oven and bake for 15-20 minutes until pears are beginning to caramelize.
Remove from oven, gently pour custard over top and return to cooler oven (350°F) for another 20 minutes or until custard has risen and starts to turn golden brown. Cool on a cooling rack and serve with crème Anglaise.
Crème Anglaise
6 egg yolks
2/3 cup sugar
1 ½ cups hot milk
1 Tablespoon vanilla
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
2 Tablespoons rum
Whisk egg yolks and sugar in a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Continue beating until the mixture is light and fluffy and pale yellow. Slowly stir in the hot milk to prevent the sauce from curdling.
Heat over low heat and stir slowly. So not overheat the sauce, or the eggs will scramble. Continue to stir while the sauce thickens. It will be done when it coats the wooden spoon with a light creamy layer, thick enough to hold when you draw a line across the back of the spoon. Remove from heat.
Stir in the vanilla and rum. Refrigerate until needed.
Orange Custard w/ Orange Caramel Sauce
(adopted from Indian Home Cooking by Suvir Saran and Stephanie Lyness's Susan Aunty's Orange Flan)
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 ½ cups half-and-half
4 large eggs
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
2 tablespoons orange marmalade
Zest of 1 orange, grated
¼ cup orange liqueur, Contreau or Gran Marnier
Orange Caramel Sauce (see below)
Preheat the oven to 350°F. and remove all but the bottom oven rack.
Prepare a rectangular loaf pan by lining it with parchment paper.
Combine the condensed milk, half-and-half, eggs, cream cheese, marmalade, and orange liqueur in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour the custard mixture into the prepared loaf pan.
Put the loaf pan into a 11×13" baking dish and then put the baking dish into the preheated oven. Pour hot tap water to almost fill the baking dish. Bake until the custard is just set but still jiggles when shaken and a skewer stuck in about 1 inch from the edge comes out clean, about 1 hour. 25 minutes. Carefully lift the loaf pan out of the baking dish. Turn off the oven and let the water in the baking dish cool a little before moving it. Refrigerate the custard to chill completely.
To serve, run a knife around the edge to loosen the flan. Overturn a serving plate and remove the parchment paper. Cut the custard into slices, drizzle the orange caramel sauce over the top and serve.
Orange Caramel Sauce:
1 Cup sugar
¼ cup water
½ cup orange juice
2 tablespoons butter
¼ cup cream
Put the sugar and water into a heavy bottomed sauce pan. Bring to a simmer and stir until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil and cook until the syrup caramelizes to a deep brown (washing down the sides of the pan if necessary to keep sugar crystals from forming).
Remove from heat and stir in the butter. The caramel will foam up, so be careful and use a long handled wooden spoon to stir. Once the foaming has subsided, stir in the cream and then the orange juice. Return to heat and cook until reduced to the desired consistency.
Best Ever Chocolate Torte with Black Cherry Sauce
(Adapted from Hudson's Restaurant in Vancouver Washington)
Chocolate Torte:
12 ounces dark chocolate (I prefer Ghiradeli chocolate)
3 ounces butter (6 Tablespoons)
1 ounce brandy
1 ounce espresso
4 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup cream
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare a 9" cake pan by lightly buttering it, placing a circle of parchment on the bottom and then dusting the sides with flour and removing the excess.
Place the chocolate, brandy, butter and espresso into a microwave safe bowl and microwave on 50% power for 2 minutes, stir and heat again on 50% power. Stir again until combined. Heat again if needed. Let cool.
Whip the eggs and sugar until light and cream, about 10 minutes.
Whip the cream into stiff peaks.
Add the chocolate mixture slowly to the eggs and stir continuously until combined. Be sure to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl. Add the cream and fold in, being careful to NOT deflate the cream. Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake 45-50 minutes until the center is set.
Remove from the oven and cool to room temperature. Place in freezer and freeze over night. Remove from cake pan, remove parchment from the torte and then top with the ganache.
Ganache Topping:
8 ounces dark chocolate
1 cup heavy cream
Heat the cream and chocolate in microwave on 50% for 2 minutes. Stir to combine. Repeat if necessary. Cool slightly before topping the torte.
Terra Madre Day – 2011
Tomato Bredie
(This recipe is from chef Intaba. Our Terra Madre version was made with generous donations of beef from Northwest Naturals, Aetherton Farm, also known as Flying A Limousin, and Gathering Together Farm, tomatoes from GTF, and potatoes from Denison Farm.)
2 T oil
1 T butter
2 lbs meat, cubed (beef or lamb)
2 c diced onion
3 c diced tomatoes
1 t sugar
1/4 t cayenne
1/2 T paprika
2 t minced garlic
3 potatoes, cubed
tomato paste to taste—about 3 Tablespoons
salt and pepper
Heat oil and butter in large pot. Dry meat well, then brown on all sides. Remove from pan.
In same pan, brown onions, stirring often to avoid scorching. Add tomatoes, spices, potatoes and browned meat.
Lower heat and simmer, partially covered, until meat is tender. If you like, potatoes may be added later, to allow meat extra time to soften. Add tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste.
Peanut Sauce
(Also from chef Intaba. We served it with collard greens from Denison Farm.)
1T oil
1 onion, diced small
1 T minced garlic
1T minced or shredded fresh ginger
1 t ground cumin
1 t ground coriander
1 t ground cinnamon
1/4 t cayenne
1 c water
2 T tomato paste
1/4 c peanut butter
1 t sugar
1/2 t salt
Heat oil in a small saucepan. saute onion and garlic until soft. Stir in spices and cook until fragrant.
Add remaining ingredients and whisk together while bringing to a gentle simmer. Cook 10 minutes over very low heat. Check seasoning and adjust as desired.
Mesir Wat (Ethiopian Lentil Stew)
(This is a modified version of a recipe taught by Besu at the Sister Cities Ethiopian cooking class.)
2-3 medium onions –
1/2 cup cooking oil –
1 1/2 pounds red lentils
1-2 clove garlic
1 T fresh ginger
1 6-ounce can tomato paste
1/2 cup berbera red pepper powder
1/2 teaspoon cardamom
1 tsp salt
½ cup unsalted butter (or substitute oil for a lighter dish)
Cook onion in butter until well done. Add garlic/ginger mixture sautéing before adding lentils stirring for 10 minutes. Add water as needed and berbera seasoning stirring as needed. Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Berbera seasoning can be purchased at specialty stores (in Portland) or you can make up a batch of your own. There are several recipes available online. Here's an approximation of what we did at Terra Madre Day: ½ tablespoon of cayenne pepper, 2 tablespoons of paprika, and ½ tsp each of cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, and fenugreek. Our version was toned down for western palates; many recipes for Berbera reverse the proportions of cayenne and paprika, for a truly fiery dish. But this is too hot for most Americans, even those who "love hot food".
Futari (Tanzanian Coconut Squash)
(This recipe is from the old Africa News Cookbook—a great source of recipes from all over Africa! We used generously donated sweetmeat squash from Denison Farm.)
4 c pumpkin (or winter squash, yams/sweet potatoes, or a mixture)
3 T onion
1 T butter
Juice of 1/2 lemon (plus a bit extra)
1/2 tsp cloves
1 tsp salt
1 cup coconut milk (plus a bit extra)
1 tsp cinnamon
Split and seed the squash. Roast them at 350 for 30-45 minutes, until soft. Let cool till cool enough to handle; peel squash and gently cut into chunks.
Warm butter and fry onions. Add ground cloves, salt, coconut milk, and cinnamon. Warm for 5 minutes to blend flavors. Add into the squash and heat together while stirring. Just before serving, you can add an extra squeeze of lemon and an extra ½ cup coconut milk to heighten the flavors.
Ugali/Papa/Sadza (Corn meal porridge–this is a ubiquitous African staple which has a different name in each local language.)
White corn meal*
Measure three parts water to one part corn meal. Bring the water to a boil and add salt to taste. Slowly pour the dry corn meal into the boiling water, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon or whisk to ensure that it's smooth. After pouring in most of the corn meal, stir continuously, cooking 20-25 minutes until stiff. Add a little more corn meal if it's not thick enough. Eventual porridge should be stiff enough to pick up a piece with your hand and dip it in the sauce.
* White corn meal is a little hard to find in the US, but it happens to be available currently at Winco. You could possibly make this dish with yellow corn meal, such as polenta, but it would taste quite different.


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Cultural Series @ New Cumberland Library
Unearthing History with Stephen Warfel
Join the Friends of the New Cumberland Public Library as they open their 2013—2014 Cultural Series in Foundation Hall on Sunday, October 13, from 3:00—4:00 PM with Stephen Warfel presenting "Unearthing History: The Archaeological Discovery of a French and Indian War Fort in Shippensburg".
For over a century the location of Fort Morris, a French and Indian War Fort located in Shippensburg, PA, was disputed by citizens and local historians. Those attending the program will learn how a recent archaeological investigation, new documentary research, and geographic analysis were used to discover an important piece of town's heritage.
Speaker, Stephen G. Warfel, is a professional archaeologist who recently retired as the Senior Curator of Archaeology from The State Museum of Pennsylvania. In his "semi-retirement", Warfel has been contacted by numerous historical organizations, such as the Shippensburg Historical Society, to undertake archaeological investigations.
Warfel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from Franklin and Marshall College (1971) and a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from Brown University (1980). He is a past president of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology and has worked on Commonwealth prehistoric and historic period sites for the past 44 years.
Cultural Programs are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Contact the library circulation desk at 774-7820 for further information. No registration needed.


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From January, but hey, better late than never:
It remains a radical act to be fat and happy in America, especially if you're a woman (for whom "jolly" fatness isn't an option). If you're fat, you're not only meant to be unhappy, but deeply ashamed of yourself, projecting at all times an apologetic nature, indicative of your everlasting remorse for having wrought your monstrous self upon the world. You are certainly not meant to be bold, or assertive, or confident—and should you manage to overcome the constant drumbeat of messages that you are ugly and unsexy and have earned equally society's disdain and your own self-hatred, should you forget your place and walk into the world one day with your head held high, you are to be reminded by the cow-calls and contemptuous looks of perfect strangers that you are not supposed to have self-esteem; you don't deserve it. Being publicly fat and happy is hard; being publicly, shamelessly, unshakably fat and happy is an act of both will and bravery.
Thrilled as I am to be Shakesville's new resident fat-ranter, it's worth noting that Melissa was handling the subject quite brilliantly before I ever came along.


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Vanuatu Population: 277,5541 VISITOR FROM HERE!
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|Multiple waves of colonizers, each speaking a distinct language, migrated to the New Hebrides in the millennia preceding European exploration in the 18th century. This settlement pattern accounts for the complex linguistic diversity found on the archipelago to this day. The British and French, who settled the New Hebrides in the 19th century, agreed in 1906 to an Anglo-French Condominium, which administered the islands until independence in 1980, when the new name of Vanuatu was adopted.
A Y-shaped chain of four main islands and 80 smaller islands; several of the islands have active volcanoes and there are several underwater volcanoes as well
|Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 12,189 sq km
land: 12,189 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited
Size comparison: slightly larger than Connecticut
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|2,528 km
|Maritime claims:
| measured from claimed archipelagic baselines territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
|tropical; moderated by southeast trade winds from May to October; moderate rainfall from November to April; may be affected by cyclones from December to April
|mostly mountainous islands of volcanic origin; narrow coastal plains
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|manganese, hardwood forests, fish
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 15.3% arable land 1.6%; permanent crops 10.3%; permanent pasture 3.4% forest: 36.1%
other: 48.6% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|0 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|tropical cyclones or typhoons (January to April); volcanic eruption on Aoba (Ambae) island began on 27 November 2005, volcanism also causes minor earthquakes; tsunamis volcanism: significant volcanic activity with multiple eruptions in recent years; Yasur (elev. 361 m), one of the world's most active volcanoes, has experienced continuous activity in recent centuries; other historically active volcanoes include, Aoba, Ambrym, Epi, Gaua, Kuwae, Lopevi, Suretamatai, and Traitor's Head
|Current Environment Issues:
|most of the population does not have access to a reliable supply of potable water; deforestation
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Ni-Vanuatu (singular and plural)
adjective: Ni-Vanuatu
|Ethnic groups:
|Ni-Vanuatu 97.6%, part Ni-Vanuatu 1.1%, other 1.3% (2009 est.)
|local languages (more than 100) 63.2%, Bislama (official; creole) 33.7%, English (official) 2%, French (official) 0.6%, other 0.5% (2009 est.)
|Protestant 70% (includes Presbyterian 27.9%, Anglican 15.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.5%, Assemblies of God 4.7%, Church of Christ 4.5%, Neil Thomas Ministry 3.1%, and Apostolic 2.2%), Roman Catholic 12.4%, customary beliefs 3.7% (including Jon Frum cargo cult), other 12.6%, none 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2009 est.)
|277,554 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 36.11% (male 51,160/female 49,073)
15-24 years: 20% (male 27,559/female 27,939)
25-54 years: 34.74% (male 47,189/female 49,244)
55-64 years: 5.27% (male 7,327/female 7,297)
65 years and over: 3.88% (male 5,470/female 5,296) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 68.7%
youth dependency ratio: 61.6%
elderly dependency ratio: 7.1%
potential support ratio: 14.1% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 21.7 years
male: 21.3 years
female: 22.1 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.9% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|24.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|4.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-1.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 26.1% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 3.42% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|PORT-VILA (capital) 53,000 (2014)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.04 male(s)/female
total population: 1 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|78 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 73.4 years male: 71.8 years
female: 75.1 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|3.16 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|38.4% (2007)
|Health expenditures:
|5% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.12 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
|Hospital bed density:
|1.8 beds/1,000 population (2008)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 98.9% of population
rural: 92.9% of population
total: 94.5% of population
urban: 1.1% of population
rural: 7.1% of population
total: 5.5% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 65.1% of population
rural: 55.4% of population
total: 57.9% of population
urban: 34.9% of population
rural: 44.6% of population
total: 42.1% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|32.9% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|10.7% (2013)
|Education expenditures:
|4.9% of GDP (2014)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 85.2%
male: 86.6%
female: 83.8% (2015 est.)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 10.6% male: 10.2%
female: 11.2% (2009 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Vanuatu
conventional short form: Vanuatu
local long form: Ripablik blong Vanuatu
local short form: Vanuatu
former: New Hebrides
etymology: derived from the words "vanua" (home or land) and "tu" (stand) that occur in several of the Austonesian languages spoken on the islands and which provide the meaning of "independence" or the sense of "our land"
|Government type:
|parliamentary republic
| name: Port-Vila (on Efate)
geographic coordinates: 17 44 S, 168 19 E
time difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|6 provinces; Malampa, Penama, Sanma, Shefa, Tafea, Torba
|30 July 1980 (from France and the UK)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 30 July (1980)
|effective 30 July 1980; amended several times, last in 2013 (2016)
|Legal system:
|mixed legal system of English common law, French law, and customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Baldwin LONSDALE (since 22 September 2014)
head of government: Prime Minister Charlot SALWAI (since 11 February 2016)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister, responsible to parliament elections/appointments: president indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of Parliament and presidents of the 6 provinces; Vanuatu president serves a 5-year term; election last held on 17 September 2014 (next to be held in 2019); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually elected prime minister by parliament from among its members; election for prime minister last held on 11 February 2016 (next to be held following general elections in 2020)
election results: Baldwin LONSDALE (independent) elected president; Parliament vote - 46 out of 52 on the eighth ballot; Charlot SALWAI elected prime minister on 11 February 2016 with 46 votes
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral Parliament (52 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms) note: the National Council of Chiefs advises on matters of culture and language
elections: last held on 22 January 2016 (next to be held in 2020)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - VP 8, PPP 6, UMP 5, GJP 4, NUP 4, IG 3, GC 3, NAG 3, RMC 3, MPP 2, NIPDP 2, PSP 1, VLDP 1, VNP 1, VPDP 1, VRP 1, and independent 4; note - political party associations are fluid
|Judicial branch:
| .highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of the chief justice and 6 justices - 3 local and 4 expatriate); note - appeals beyond the Supreme Court are considered by the Court of Appeal, constituted by 2 or more judges of the Supreme Court sitting together judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court chief justice appointed by the president after consultation with the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; other judges are appointed by the president on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission, a 4-member advisory body; judges appointed until age of retirement
subordinate courts: Magistrates Courts; Island Courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Greens Confederation or GC [Moana CARCASSES Kalosil] Iauko Group or IG [Tony NARI] Land and Justice Party (Graon mo Jastis Pati) or GJP [Ralph REGENVANU] Melanesian Progressive Party or MPP [Barak SOPE] Nagriamel movement or NAG [Frankie STEVENS] Natatok Indigenous People's Democratic Party or (NATATOK) or NIPDP [Alfred Roland CARLOT] National United Party or NUP [Ham LINI] People's Progressive Party or PPP [Sato KILMAN] People's Service Party or PSP [Don KEN] Reunification of Movement for Change or RMC [Charlot SALWAI] Union of Moderate Parties or UMP [Serge VOHOR] Vanua'aku Pati (Our Land Party) or VP [Edward NATAPEI] Vanuatu Democratic Party [Maxime Carlot KORMAN] Vanuatu Liberal Democratic Party or VLDP [Tapangararua WILLIE] Vanuatu National Party or VNP [Issac HAMARILIU] Vanuatu National Development Party or VNDP [Robert Bohn SIKOL] Vanuatu Republican Party or VRP [Marcellino PIPITE]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|International organization participation:
|ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, IOC, IOM, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OAS (observer), OIF, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|boar's tusk with crossed fern fronds; national colors: red, black, green, yellow
|National anthem:
| name: "Yumi, Yumi, Yumi" (We, We, We)
lyrics/music: Francois Vincent AYSSAV
note: adopted 1980; the anthem is written in Bislama, a Creole language that mixes Pidgin English and French
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
|Vanuatu does not have an embassy in the US; it does, however, have a Permanent Mission to the UN
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
|the US does not have an embassy in Vanuatu; the US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea is accredited to Vanuatu
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This South Pacific island economy is based primarily on small-scale agriculture, which provides a living for about two-thirds of the population. Fishing, offshore financial services, and tourism, with nearly 197,000 visitors in 2008, are other mainstays of the economy. Australia and New Zealand are the main source of tourists and foreign aid. A small light industry sector caters to the local market. Tax revenues come mainly from import duties. Mineral deposits are negligible; the country has no known petroleum deposits. Economic development is hindered by dependence on relatively few commodity exports, vulnerability to natural disasters, and long distances from main markets and between constituent islands. In response to foreign concerns, the government has promised to tighten regulation of its offshore financial center. Since 2002, the government has stepped up efforts to boost tourism through improved air connections, resort development, and cruise ship facilities. Agriculture, especially livestock farming, is a second target for growth.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $723 million (2016 est.) $695.2 million (2015 est.) $700.8 million (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $773 million (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|4% (2016 est.) -0.8% (2015 est.) 2.3% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,600 (2016 est.) $2,600 (2015 est.) $2,700 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 67%
government consumption: 17.6%
investment in fixed capital: 28.6%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 37.3%
imports of goods and services: -50.5% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 67%
government consumption: 17.6%
investment in fixed capital: 28.6%
investment in inventories: 0%
exports of goods and services: 37.3%
imports of goods and services: -50.5% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|copra, coconuts, cocoa, coffee, taro, yams, fruits, vegetables; beef; fish
|food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning
|Industrial production growth rate:
|4% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|115,900 (2007 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 65%
industry: 5%
services: 30% (2000 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|1.7% (1999 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $175.9 million
expenditures: $201.3 million (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|22.8% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.7% (2016 est.) 2.4% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$129 million (2016 est.) -$82 million (2015 est.)
|$58.4 million (2016 est.) $45.6 million (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|copra, beef, cocoa, timber, kava, coffee
|Exports - partners:
|Japan 35.1%, Turkey 10.5%, Thailand 8.7%, China 8.2%, Venezuela 5.9%, UK 5.6% (2015)
|$366.8 million (2016 est.) $323.2 million (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, fuels
|Imports - partners:
|China 16.7%, Australia 14.6%, Japan 13.9%, Singapore 10%, Fiji 9.3%, NZ 8.3%, New Caledonia 5.2% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$251.9 million (31 December 2016 est.) $269.2 million (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$208.1 million (31 December 2016 est.) $190.9 million (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|$618.1 million (31 December 2016 est.) $563.1 million (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
|$22.7 million (31 December 2016 est.) $22.7 million (31 December 2015 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|vatu (VUV) per US dollar - 110.3 (2016 est.) 108.99 (2015 est.) 108.99 (2014 est.) 97.07 (2013 est.) 92.64 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|60 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|55.8 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|30,000 kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|89.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|10.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|1,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|1,008 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|200,000 Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 175,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 64 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
international: country code - 678; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
|Broadcast media:
|1 state-owned TV station; multi-channel pay TV is available; state-owned Radio Vanuatu operates 2 radio stations; 2 privately owned radio broadcasters; programming from multiple international broadcasters is available (2008)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 61,000 percent of population: 22.4% (July 2015 est.)
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|31 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 28
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 21 (2013)
| total 1,070 km
paved: 256 km
unpaved: 814 km (2000)
|Merchant marine:
| total 77
by type: bulk carrier 38, cargo 8, chemical tanker 2, container 1, liquefied gas 2, passenger 1, refrigerated cargo 24, vehicle carrier 1
foreign-owned: 72 (Belgium 1, Canada 5, China 1, Greece 3, Japan 39, Norway 1, Poland 9, Russia 7, Singapore 2, Taiwan 1, UAE 1, US 2) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Forari Bay, Luganville (Santo, Espiritu Santo), Port-Vila
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|Military branches:
|no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF), Vanuatu Mobile Force (VMF; includes Police Maritime Wing (PMW)) (2013)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|Matthew and Hunter Islands east of New Caledonia claimed by Vanuatu and France
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A new £500,000 fund to tackle the modern-day epidemic of loneliness has been announced by the Scottish Government for the first time.
The Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund will support different types of activity that will help people who are lonely or at risk of bcoming isolated.
Now the Voluntary Action Fund (VAF), which will distribute the money on the Government's behalf, is urging community groups and charities to apply for grants of up to £20,000.
Keith Wimbles, VAF's chief executive said: "The VAF has always believed its role is about more than just money. Increasingly we've become aware of the value of developing connections, trust, relationships, shared values and mutually beneficial support, so this fund is very much in line with our core values. Through the Social Isolation and Loneliness Fund, we look forward to supporting some of Scotland's most vulnerable people through building social capital to make a real difference to their quality of life."
The deadline for applications is May 20. Visit www.voluntaryactionfund.org.uk or contact VAF on 01383 620780.


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Consumer Tech Kicks Off DEMO Spring
AboutOne is designed to make it easier to manage your family life. Aimed at household information and memories, it lets you store your pictures, video, and text. The on-stage demo covered all sorts of things from managing your children's' artwork, to creating photo books from your pictures, to sending e-mail. It lets you store information like insurance contracts, as well as things like anniversary dates and gifts sent. AboutOne lets you send holiday cards directly and has a number of other automated features. Although the demo wasn't particularly focused, it seems to do a lot all in one place that you might use other services for; and I'm looking forward to trying it out.
ecoATM hopes to put up kiosks that are capable of recycling a variety of consumer electronics, and that will give users cash back for their old equipment. The company's CEO started with numbers explaining how bad the electronic waste problem was in America. He said the average phone was only used for 13 months, and only 10 percent are currently recycled. ecoATM lets you put the phone or other device into an "identification" slate, which then determines the device and sends out the appropriate cable. You plug that into the device and the machine then determines if the device is properly working. The ecoATM then decides how much it will offer for the device; and if you agree, it can send out cash for the device. It requires a driver's license (to deter fraud), and the company agrees it will destroy all data on the device. It's a great idea.
flyRuby is a platform that lets consumers charter a private jet as simply as you would book a commercial flight. It looks very much like any other airline travel site, but it has specific features for charter flights, like pictures of the actual jets that fly the route, for example. Obviously, it's a smaller market, but it seems simple and effective.
Manilla is a free personal account management service for consumers. The company says even though half of Americans pay bills online, 85 percent still get paper bills and statements. Manilla lets you connect your household bills, financial accounts, travel rewards, and subscriptions. It allows single sign-on to all your accounts; and lets you see your bills from the companies you have a relationship with in formats that look like the printed bill. These may include offers from these companies. The company just announced a public beta, as well as relationships with Comcast and Citibank. It looks very simple, but there are lots of bill-paying products available, so I would guess it will depend on how well it works and how quickly it can can sign up all the services you'd want.
NeuroSky (pictured above) makes MindWave BrainCubed devices, which effectively are headsets that measure your attention and similar things. The company said its technology will be used in a number of products for ADHD. But today's announcement was an educational bundle with 10 games, including those designed to help kids learn math and to focus their attention by playing games. I've seen a lot of brain wave demos over the year, but this looked fun.
PhotoRocket tries to be a simpler method of sharing photos. Bascially, you just select the photos you want to share, right click on them and choose a "share with PhotoRocket button," and the photos are shared. It adds a similar button to your mail. You don't have to log in; and the service automatically resizes the images. It can work with your images in multiple locations - from PCs to iPhones to Facebook, and can quite simply add photos from all these locations together. The service is in beta now. Although, of course, there are lots of photo sharing services out there, this does look easier.
Primadesk lets you collect all your personal content from various cloud services -such as Google Docs, Zoho, Box, Sugar Sync, Picasa, Flickr, etc. It is designed to let you manage all your documents across these services, search across the services, backup the data, and easily move content from one service to another. In each case, you can work in the UI of the various cloud services. It also works from various mobile devices. It's good to see all of this brought together, though I'm not sure it wouldn't be better if it was part of the broader services.
SocialEyes lets you have video conversations with lots of people simultaneously. The demo showed a conversation showing four people talking either individually, or in a group conference. It can connect to your Facebook friends, as well as with groups on SocialEyes itself; and includes features such as sending video messages to indivduals, or sharing YouTube or other videos. Now, I've seen group desktop video conferencing from other firms (notably Vidyo and recently Skype), but this looked quite good. It launched today.
CVAC systems (pictured above) showed what it called Cyclic Variations in Altitude Conditioning (CVAC): a pod that simulates higher altitude. The company showed studies indicating that people who live at higher altitudes live longer, especially for diabetes patients. They say the combination of exercise and altitude conditioning offers lots of health benefits and cited a number of medical studies. I'm skeptical.
In some quick "alpha pitches" for products that aren't ready yet, iCaR Systems talked about automated consulting systems, including developing online expert systems. InfiniWing talked about a dock for the MacBook called KloudDock. Another alpha pitch we saw was from Dvmmy who talked about creating an app to let people share offers with friends.
Overall, it was interesting to see a lot of companies talk about areas we've seen before - from bill payments, to photo sharing, to group video conferencing - but at the same time, they really focused on making these things much easier to use. I'm interested in talking a closer look at About One, Manila, and SocialEyes.
Originally posted to Michael Miller's blog, Forward Thinking.


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Review: PSU one of the region best
Friday, August 9, 2013 2:00 AM
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Pittsburg State University's academic strength, affordability, small size and "big-time feel" are all factors that help make it one of the best colleges in the Midwest, according to the Princeton Review. The education services company this week included PSU in its "2014 Best Colleges: Region by Region" list.
"We're pleased to recommend these colleges to users of our site as the best schools to earn their undergrad degrees," said Robert Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president and publisher. "We chose these as our 'regional best' colleges mainly for their excellent academic programs. From several hundred schools in each region, we winnowed our list based on institutional data we collected directly from the schools, our visits to schools over the years, and the opinions of our staff, plus college counselors and advisers whose recommendations we invite. We also take into account what students at the schools reported to us. Only schools that permit us to independently survey their students are eligible to be considered for our regional 'best' lists."
Bill Ivy, associate vice president for enrollment management and student success, said PSU's inclusion on the review's "Best-in-the-Midwest" list reflects a great deal of hard work by dedicated faculty and staff.
"Our faculty and staff remain singularly focused on providing students an outstanding academic experience in an exciting and supportive campus atmosphere," Ivy said.
The Review's Midwest region includes the states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Nationally, the universities chosen for the Review's regional-best lists constitute about 25 percent of the nation's four-year colleges and universities.
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The year begins with big ideas and lofty goals. Then without notice hours turn to days, days to weeks, and weeks to months until suddenly we are back where we started- at January 1st again- with not much accomplished. Life seems so temporal- because it is.
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Windows Phone developers Liquid Daffodil are back at making Windows Phone fans excited with their legion of apps including Cowlick! glƏƏk!, Cumulotweetus and Outsider. The latest one is called Locksider and we think Windows Phone 8 users are going to be excited.
Locksider is an app many people have been looking for: an automatic Lock screen wallpaper changer, offering high quality images updated on a regular basis. The app features numerous categories that you can choose from to suit your taste and the user has control on how often it should update your lock screen from once an hour to once a day. Don't want it to update at all but instead do it manually? You can do that as well by browsing through categories and force updating the lock screen image of your choosing.
The app has been submitted to the Store and should be available this week—we'll keep you posted. So far, it's working very well on our device and it looks great.
The app is part of a new initiative by Liquid Daffodil called 'Free 4 Fans' (F4F) and works like this:
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Indeed, that is a neat way to thank your audience and if Locksider is any indication, those other 7 apps that are coming down the pike should be some picker uppers.
We'll let you know when Locksider goes live in the Windows Phone Store. It will fetch for $0.99 or 5000 Cutter points. For now, you can watch our teaser video to see what it's all about!


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McLane Stadium groom's cake highlights this Baylor Proud wedding
You may have seen the photo above of the McLane Stadium groom's cake that was making the rounds online last week; even Yahoo! Sports picked up the story. But as magnificent as the cake was, that was only the beginning of the Baylor connections on display at this wedding reception.
First off, as you might have guessed, both the bride (Claire Jones, BSED '12) and the groom (Clint Baker, BBA '11) are proud Baylor graduates. In fact, they both come from families with green-and-gold blood; all four of their parents are BU grads as well, with Claire's father a longtime Baylor Regent and Clint's grandfather the co-author of Baylor's fight song.
Guests were awed by the groom's cake, of course; standing between 3 and 4 feet high, it was built to exact scale of the real McLane Stadium going up on the Brazos, complete with a working videoboard (actually an 8×10 digital photo frame, showing pictures of the happy couple).
The reception also featured an impressive ice sculpture of Pat Neff Hall, and representatives of the Golden Wave Band were on hand to play the fight song — a nod to both Clint's grandfather and Claire's time as a Baylor cheerleader. (The bride even joined some of her bridesmaids in cheering along with the band's performance.)
Sic 'em, Baylor brides and grooms!
You might also like:
* Baylor wedding ideas, from alums who have been there (Feb. 2014)
* Is this the most Baylor Proud wedding ever? (Jan. 2013)
* Baylor guys find creative ways to propose to their Baylor girls (Sept. 2011)


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A Staten Island high school football coach recalled in chilling detail Wednesday how he tried to save 15-year-old Nicholas Dellaventura as he lay dying on the playing field.
St. Joseph by-the-Sea coach Sean Cusick had just taken some freshman players off the field after practice into a workout room when he suddenly heard sirens blaring.
"I immediately ran outside and I see Nicholas laying on his back surrounded by all of his team members and one of their mother's who happens to be a nurse.
"So I'm really nervous and shaken up and I ran over as fast as I could to help. She says, 'I''m certified in CPR. So I dropped to my knees and prepared to do CPR on Nicholas, " said Cusick.
But he stopped because he could see Nicholas was still breathing.
"That is when I realized that he was coherent and his breathing was very labored. He couldn't speak, but he was coherent. He was trying very hard to breath. His chest was rising up and down very quickly."
We all called for medics and the [ambulance] arrived in two minutes flat " he said.
"There was no way that work out could have done that to him. He was running basic drills."
Earlier, his heartbroken aunt told The Post.the that her nephew had no pre-existing medical conditions,
He "was healthy and strong. That's why this is such a shock. There isn't a history of serious heart problems in the family. This was completely out of the blue," Jane Bernstein, 51, said on Wednesday.
Autopsy results are still pending.
"Nicky was really such an exceptional person, especially for his age. He was the sweetest, gentlest, kindest kid you could ever know. His siblings are the same way. Nicky was a big guy, he was huge, but he was just such a teddy bear inside. Everyone loved him. This is just horrible. This family has a strong faith in God and we're just praying for Nicky right now.
She added: "If you look at his Facebook page, so many kids are posting really sweet messages. And there is the same theme throughout all the posts. They say, Nicky you were the nicest kid I ever knew or Nicky you were like a big brother to me, we're all going to miss you so much. So that is all so surreal, we cant believe this. Just the other day he was here laughing and smiling and the next he's gone."
"He loved playing video games and absolutely adored football. He lived and breathed it. He would always watch the Jets, his favorite team, on TV. He was a very good student and he excelled in Math. He was a really smart kid," Bernstein said.
"Nicky was full of love. One day, he would have made a great husband and a great dad. We could see it in him. He was so much like his dad, a really great guy. He had so much potential. We love him so so much.
"We don't know why this happened. The answer is out there somewhere."
Greg Manos, 45, athletic director of St. Joseph's by-the-Sea HS and head football coach from 2002-2010, said the school followed state mandated protocol.
"We have things in place that deal with the temperature. The kids aren't out there in full gear. They are in shorts and t-shirts. There no heavy gear. We wait until 5 [p.m.] at night to start the practices when its cooler."