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Mayor Coleen J. Seng will honor donors to the "Park-it-at-Woods" Campaign at a luncheon beginning at noon Thursday, September 9 at the newly renovated Woods Tennis Center in Woods Park near 32nd and "J" streets. Also attending the luncheon will be sculptor George Lundeen of Loveland, Colorado, a Hastings native who created two new sculptures for the park.
The Woods Park project began in 1992 with the development of a master plan. The Lincoln Tennis Association initiated the "Park-it-at-Woods" fund-raising campaign, with leadership from Sandy Hilsabeck and Marg Donlan. The campaign resulted in a public-private partnership, which raised more than $1.3 million for the project.
"I want to commend the Lincoln Tennis Association for focusing on the whole park and not just on the tennis facilities," said Mayor Seng. "Because of its leadership and the generosity of many donors, Woods Park is once again a showplace in the heart of our community."
Park improvements include a handicapped-accessible playground, six sculptures along a new walking path and an interactive "sprayground" to replace the aged wading pool. Tennis Center improvements include a new handicapped-accessible clubhouse, three outdoor tennis courts and a new landscaped entrance walk and plaza.
A citizens advisory committee is now updating the 1992 master plan to incorporate the recent improvements and possible future improvements to the 47-acre park.


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I'm an African-American woman from the Midwest, and through the years my hair has seen many incarnations. Plaits. Braids. Cornrows. Bone straight. Freeze curls. Loose curls. Even extensions. Every hairstyle represents some facet of my personality. Hair is my form of self-expression.
In "Good Hair," Chris Rock's navigates the complex maze of personal and societal pressures that African-American women wade through to tame their "nappy" manes to achieve "good hair," which implies beauty and acceptance.
Rock's film is half-comedy, half-documentary. The main storyline sheds light on two techniques that African-American women use to straighten or enhance their tightly coiled locks—the chemical relaxer and hair extensions, or weaves—while the other story thread focuses on the annual Bronner Bros. Hair Show in Atlanta and the expo's hairstylist showdown, the Hair Battle Royale. (The latter was the silliest and weakest part of the film.)
At moments, I couldn't stop laughing. Interviews with actresses, rappers, dermatologists and entrepreneurs highlight the absurd lengths women (and some men) go through for beauty. Hip-hop artist T-Pain winces about "the burn of the perm" and the scabs that can form on the scalp when the relaxer seeps into the skin. Actress Raven-Symone wiggles her weave to show that her hair is not really hers (although she paid good money for it). A salon owner breaks down the layaway plan she designed to make the $1,000 weave process more affordable for her clients. And actress Nia Long, hip-hop mogul Andre Harrell, rapper/actor Ice-T and some fellas from an urban neighborhood barber shop broach the delicate subject of intimacy and the weave-wearin' woman.
At other times in the film, I was educated. Rock travels to India to get the lowdown about the hair that is exported to the United States. There, he discovers that women have their heads shaved in religious "tonsure" ceremonies, after which the hair is washed, combed and bundled for transport in order to adorn the crowns of American celebrities and non-celebrities alike. And the Rev. Al Sharpton talks about the economics of hair products, a $9 billion-a-year industry of which only a handful of African-American businesses get a slice.
But during some moments of the documentary, I cringed. "Don't tell all our secrets, Chris!" I wanted to shout.
As entertaining as "Good Hair" is, I longed for more depth.
Because Rock is a comedian first and a documentarian second, he merely scratched the surface on certain issues. For instance, when Rock interviewed a chemist about the corrosive chemicals in a relaxer (which disintegrated a can of soda within hours, by the way), he explained that black women relax their hair to "look white." Yet Rock never delved into the historical account of why black women would pursue such a futile feat or whether that attitude persists 40 years after the civil rights movement. Neither the actresses nor the regular sistas at the salon cited "looking white" as the basis for their beauty regimen.
On the subject of workplace politics, Rock asked a group of female high school students for their opinion about the career prospects for women who wore their hair natural. A few dark-skinned girls with straight hair boldly asserted that a woman with natural hair would be perceived as less qualified than a sista with straight hair. The light-skinned girl sporting an Afro (perhaps she was biracial?) sat silent as her peers skewered anyone like her who would enter the workplace with a natural 'do. Again, Rock never challenged such a narrow mind-set, when a simple chat with a recruiter or a professional woman would've cleared up the matter. (I know that I'm not the only African-American woman who hasn't suffered career setbacks because of her natural hairstyle.)
These gaps make me all the more curious about Regina Kimbell 2006 documentary "My Nappy Roots," which is getting more press after she filed a lawsuit against Rock accusing him of copyright infringement and unfair competition and alleging that her film was the basis for "Good Hair." I'm sure that her film captures all the nuances of black hair that Rock glossed over or didn't address.
Poet/author Maya Angelou says in her silken voice, "A woman's hair is her glory." "Good Hair" left me feeling proud of the naturally curly hair I was born with and the beauty of knowing that I can do whatever I please with it to express my ever-evolving identity.

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Top IRS execs rack up big travel bills
WASHINGTON — Two high-ranking IRS employees were on the road so often in the past two years that they may have traveled more days than they worked, according to a report by Treasury inspectors released Tuesday.
And at least 15 executives traveled to another office — typically Washington — for more than half of their work days, raising questions about whether they should have been assigned to IRS headquarters in the first place, said the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
The inspectors are looking into whether the tax agency may have itself evaded taxes by failing to disclose the benefit of the travel on withholding statements for those employees. Under IRS regulations, travel expenses are taxable if the employee works at a location for more than a year.
The review is the latest in a string of reports critical of management failures at the tax agency, including the processing of tax-exempt applications for political groups and excessive conference spending.
The inspector general said agency's overall travel does not appear to be excessive. The 373 most senior executives spent $4.7 million on travel in fiscal year 2012, down slightly from the previous year. Most spent less than $10,000 on travel during the year. There's no evidence thus far that executives claimed reimbursements above the government rates, or took improper perks like suite upgrades.
But a number of executives took repeated trips to the same cities. In many cases, the IRS recruited managers for jobs at the Washington headquarters, but didn't force the executives to move to the capital, said Deputy Inspector General David Holmgren.
"To us, that's important," Holmgren said in a conference call with reporters. "There's nothing improper about staying the weekends and holidays, but when it was to the same location over and over again, it appeared those individuals may not have the proper or appropriate place of duty."
One executive — identified only as "Executive D" — spent 413 days on the road in 2011 and 2012, spending $283,491 on travel, according to the report. Almost all of that travel was to Washington.
The IRS contends that executive travel is necessary in an organization with 90,000 employees in 620 locations. "The employees best prepared to handle these demanding and complex jobs may not always live where the position is located and may not be in a position to relocate, necessitating some additional travel," IRS Chief Financial Officer Pamela LaRue said in a written response to inspectors. But she acknowledged that "long-term travel by a few executives represents an excessive expense we cannot sustain."
Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel must now personally approve any executive who travels more than 75 days a year on business, she said.


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Giancarlo Fisichella's first race for Renault provided the dream start as the Italian claimed his second Grand Prix victory in the opening race of the season in Australia.
Starting from pole, Fisichella led fellow front-row starter Jarno Trulli in his Toyota with a quick-starting David Coulthard bagging third at turn one in his Red Bull.
Trulli could not sustain his early pace, though, and fell back into the clutches of a charging Rubens Barrichello who forced his way through from 11th on the grid to secure second place.
Barrichello's Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher had been a casualty of the new aggregated qualifying system as a poor time in a rain-affected Q1 put him ninth on the grid and then an engine change incurred a 10-place grid drop. Insult was added to injury when the new engine went pop on lap 16.
A sterling charge was posted by the McLaren of Kimi Raikkonen. Having stalled on the grid, the Finn was forced to start from the pit lane and battled up to eighth place to claim the last championship point in a race that boasted four rookie drivers: Tiago Monteiro, Patrick Friesacher, Narain Karthikeyan and Christijan Albers.


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Three United Nations agencies today launched a new European Union-supported global initiative to address the root causes of rural gender inequalities and thus strengthen efforts to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
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At thirty, Olga Macz is a teacher and entrepreneur, and a force to be reckoned with. She leads a women's group in Campur, a small municipality in the mostly rural Alta Vara Paz department of Guatemala, which makes and sells organic shampoo. For many of the women, this is the first time that they are making their own money and making decisions.
Alphonsine Nyiranzeyimana, a farmer from Cyahinda, in the southern part of Rwanda, says that learning new farming techniques completely changed her life. She's not exaggerating. Today, Nyiranzeyimana is the leader of a farmers' cooperative and the yield on some of her crops has more than doubled. The agricultural sector accounts for a third of Rwanda's GDP and more than 70 per cent of Rwandan women are engaged in farming activities since their childhood. Yet, they don't have the same access to land, production inputs, finance or markets as men.
Leaving no one behind: Empowering Africa's rural women for Zero Hunger and shared prosperity - World
Gender gaps in agriculture in Africa are holding back progress towards ending hunger and must be urgently addressed, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's Director-General José Graziano da Silva said at a joint event with the African Union (AU) on the margins of the UN General Assembly.
Meet Kebele, one of the over 2000 women who benefited from the Joint Programme "Accelerating Progress towards the Economic Empowerment of Rural Women", who tell us the story of how thanks to the support received she has increased her income, but also improved the relationship with her husband.
Watch this short animated video to learn all about gender equality in small-scale fisheries.
Men and women often have different roles and responsibilities in society and therefore experience climate change impacts in different ways. This video shows what Colombia, Uganda and Viet Nam are doing to develop gender-responsive national adaptation plans for the agriculture sectors.
Testimony of a beneficiary of the FAO Millennium Development Goals MDG-1 Programme, which reports on her experience following her participation in a Farmer Field School and later as a Care Mother of the nutrition and home gardening component of the MDG1c programme.
Working closely with national stakeholders, through the RYM project on youth mobility, food security, and rural poverty reduction, FAO has promoted innovative pathways for decent youth employment and agricultural entrepreneurship in areas prone to migration. In particular, the project provided unemployed youth with training and equipment, helping them launch their own small agricultural enterprises, also by productively investing the remittances received form the diaspora.
For Cielo Gomez, every day is work day, starting with coffee 5:30 am. A mother of three, a wife, and now a coffee grower with her own land, it's a labour of love. Gomez and her family live in the municipality of El Tablón de Gómez, in the southeast of Nariño territory, Colombia.


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A winner was selected from 6 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
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Animation should show what the voice recording is saying... so when the announcer announces a phone number, would like to see an animated phone number appear.
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(Phoenix, Ariz. -- Aug. 26, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard commended new laws proposed today by Mexican President Felipe Calderon to fight cross-border money laundering that supports the violent drug cartels in Mexico.
Calderon announced he is proposing a new law that would ban cash purchases of real estate and other expensive goods costing more than 100,000 pesos, or about $7,650. He also proposed requiring businesses to report large transactions, including real estate, jewelry and purchases of armor plating.
"I am very pleased with today's announcement by President Calderon that he intends to strengthen Mexico's anti-money laundering laws," Goddard said. "As I told Mexican officials during my visit there in February, such changes are crucial to our joint efforts to crack down on the vicious cartels that have killed so many south of the border and smuggled so many drugs and people into our country. I urge the Mexican Congress to act quickly on these essential reforms."
Some estimates of the cross-border smuggling of cash to the cartels have been above $25 billion a year. In its four-year-old offensive against the drug cartels, the Mexican government has drawn criticism for not doing more to block the flood of cash that funds their criminal activities, including human smuggling.
"Today, more than ever, it is essential to act and have the tools needed to hit criminals where it hurts most, in their finances," Calderon said today.
Goddard said anti-money laundering techniques developed by his Office can help Mexican authorities bring actions against the cartels. Those investigative techniques were praised in a recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), which recommended adoption by the federal government. Goddard also noted that his Office's work in helping train more than 400 Mexican prosecutors should be helpful in enforcing the new laws and vowed to make such help available as long as it is needed.
For more information, contact Press Secretary Molly Edwards at (602) 542-8019.


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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Food and Flix + IHCC = Giada's Lemon Noodle Chicken Soup
The theme at IHCC is comfort food (food to warm the belly, fill the soul) so Giada's lemon chicken noodle soup is the star of my table at present.
Incidentally, the November movie selection at Food N Flixis Ramen Girl. While I planned a ramen noodle dish for this event, this bastard of a cold has ruined my plans, so I adapted the soup with a some cheap off-the-shelf ramen noodles.
In the movie, Brittany Murphy's character learned the heart and soul of the Ramen Industry was not just the materials (the noodles and vegetables and broth) but the passion and creativity brought forth in her preparation of a Ramen dish.
A clash of cultures…she did not speak Japanese and was unfamiliar with customs….but it didn't stop her.
Giada's lemon chicken noodle soup meets Ramen Girl.
Yeah, it works. It's comfort food.
For a slightly adapted Giada recipe, see the following link From Giada at Home, recipe can be found via Food Network HERE
Stop by I Heart Cooking Club and Food n' Flix. Fun places, both of them.
Stay healthy and enjoy!
11 comments:
- Debinhawaii said...
Great to put the two events together! ;-) I have that Lemon Chicken Soup tagged to make--it sounds perfect for whatever is ailing you. ;-) Hope you are feeling better.
- November 30, 2010 3:14 PM
- girlichef said...
Great innovation...especially when you feeling crappy, Tina! I'm so glad you found something comforting and hope that you're feeling 100% again soon :D
- November 30, 2010 5:04 PM
- Karen said...
I got the Thanksgiving cold too. I should have made some of this soup...sounds like a great fix for a cold. Hope you feel better soon!
- December 01, 2010 12:34 AM
- Pierce said...
Thank you all for your nice comments and very kind wishes. It is amazing how a little head cold can throw you off...I was a walking zombie for a few days but am on the mend - thanks!!
- December 01, 2010 7:39 AM
- Drick said...
glad to hear you are better, must have been the soup, and Doug's comfort... I have made many variations of chicken soup, but have never thought of a lemon version, must be interesting - my favorite soup when I am sick is a roasted chicken version full of antioxidants and jalapeno to get the head cleared...if only I could find someone to make it for me, right?....
- December 01, 2010 8:58 AM
- Velva said...
Soup is perfect when you are feeling under the weather. Giada's lemon chicken noodle soup looks really comforting. No doubt you will feel better after a bowl of this-
Hope you are feeling better!!!
- December 01, 2010 9:20 PM
- Le laquet said...
What is it that Nigella calls this kind of thing ... temple food - for when you need to feed and cleanse the soul. Looks yummy!
- December 02, 2010 2:26 AM
- Rita said...
Happy you are feeliing better. That soup looks amazing and healthy. Thank you for your comments. Now I am going to check out those sites.
- December 02, 2010 7:50 AM
- Joanne said...
Haha so much fun! Ramen is definitely comfort food to me. Reminds me of when I was little and sick and my mom used to make it for me while I curled up in bed. Sigh. Sounds delicious! hope you're feeling better!
- December 03, 2010 12:59 PM
- Pierce said...
Thank you all so much! I actually lost 2 pounds with this cold, I guess that is why...a method I do not recommend :-)
My mom would bring me ginger ale and homemade soup when I was a kid..so soup always helps!!
- December 04, 2010 10:45 AM
- Natashya KitchenPuppies said...
Definitely looks like the perfect food for a cold. Warm and noodley and comforting.
Great idea to pair them together too.
Hope you are feeling better!
- December 04, 2010 3:33 PM
Slow Cooker Potato Soup
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Happy New Year!!! Impressive dancing and fun old videos set to Uptown Funk. I'd definitely injure myself on some of these maneuve...
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The improved fourth generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate offers subtle exterior revisions and inside, the option of a fully-digital instrument cluster. Plus the driving experience has been enhanced with fresh engine-ware and the optional application of Mercedes' latest autonomous driving technology. As before, there's a practical 490-litre boot.
At its original launch in 2014, the fourth generation C-Class Estate boasted that it offered the largest boot of any C-Class station wagon yet made. That wasn't saying too much, the 490-litre figure being only 5-litres bigger than the previous generation model and still well inferior to apparently smaller, humbler station wagons. Still, buyers in this segment don't usually come looking for ultimate capacity. They want sophistication and class - which this improved MK4 model provides in spades.
As you'd expect, the handling of this estate variant is pretty much indistinguishable from the saloon model. The C-Class has for some time been, and will continue to be, a car with a clear focus on comfort and refinement - at least in its mainstream guises anyway. It was the first model in this class to offer the option of air suspension, though most buyers stick with the standard steel springs. As before, across the range there's a standard 'DYNAMIC SELECT' driving modes system - and you can add to that with optional 'DYNAMIC BODY CONTROL' adaptive damping. All models come as standard with 9G-Tronic automatic transmssion, which now features nine speeds and buyers certainly aren't short of engine options, with most still likely to want a diesel. There's a base 160hp 1.5-litre unit in the C200d. But most buyers opt for the 2.0-litre 194hp unit on offer in the C220d variant, which offers the option of 4MATIC 4WD. The entry-level petrol unit in the base C180 is a 1.6-litre 156hp powerplant, but ideally you'd stretch to the more modern, much perkier 184hp 1.5-litre engine installed in the C200 which features the brand's latest 'EQ Boost' technology using a 48volt on-board network with a belt-driven starter/alternator. When accelerating, 'EQ Boost' system can assist the engine with an additional 14hp, bridging the brief moment until the turbocharger has built up its full charge pressure. 4MATIC 4WD is optional. Mercedes has also developed a 2.0-litre 258hp version of this petrol engine for the C300 derivative. Beyond that lie only the Mercedes-AMG high performance derivatives. The first of these, the 3.0-litre V6 C43 4MATIC, now puts out 390hp, 23hp more than before. Beyond that lies only the V8 C63 AMG model, with a 4.0-litre V8 Biturbo engine offering either 476 or 510hp.
First the figures. The boot offers 490-litres of capacity with the seats in place and 1,510-litres all-up. Not vast then. Still, that's the same as an Audi A4 Avant, while the BMW 3 Series Touring only adds another 5-litres, so as load luggers, all three are reasonably dismal. The luggage bay measures 950mm in width and the rear seat splits 40:20:40 allowing longer items to be carried with two rear seats in use. A powered tailgate and hands-free access system are both offered as options and you can also spend more on a Cargo Package which includes adjustable rails to separate boot contents and an additional electric rear seat release button. On to the changes made to this revised model. The design of the front and rear lights is defined by clear-lined contours. On both the saloon and the estate, the bumpers have been re-styled both front and rear and the sportier 'AMG Line'-trimmed models get a sleeker front apron and rear diffuser. Inside, the alterations are more obvious, with the introduction - as an option - of the fully digital instrument display already familiar from the brand's E-Class and S-Class models, complete with touch-sensitive steering wheel buttons. This is complemented by now-larger centre console screens that can be either 7-inches or 10.25-inches in size, the latter format used for the top 'COMMAND' multi-media set-up that many customers will want.
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Nov. 14, 2003
Brandi Chastain, the biggest star to come out of the Women's World Cup in 1999, had to take a back seat in 2003 after suffering a broken right foot in the opening game of the tournament, causing her to miss the rest of the competition. After delivering the title four years ago with her game-winning, pressure-cooker penalty kick, Chastain was forced to the bench by a bone not any bigger than a Hot Tamale, and left wondering if she might have been able to add that extra something on the field that would have seen the team playing on the morning of Oct. 12 instead of the afternoon of the day before.
But that wasn't the only soul-searching that Brandi was forced to do in 2003. She also had a pair of personal traumas, losing both her parents--her mom Lark and her dad Roger--within seven months of each other. Her 2004 has also taken on a vastly different look with demise of the WUSA. Even after experiencing those setbacks, Chastain was the best cheerleader the USA could have asked for on the U.S. bench, constantly encouraging her teammates and giving support from the sidelines throughout the tournament. Now she's ready to leave that role behind and get back on the field to try to make the team for the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Center Circle: Looking back on the struggles of 2003 in both your personal and professional life, I can't help but be reminded of the Book of Job. Do you feel like you've this year has been one big test, perhaps the biggest test of your life?
Brandi Chastain: "I look at it being a different challenge. Each challenge I face, seems to be paramount to the challenge before. Hurting my foot was just another type of challenge, one my mom would have told me that I was fortunate to have the opportunity to face. Media types were talking a lot about this World Cup being the last time the veterans will be together. That could be true, but none of the players look at each game like the end is coming. So in that way, I am taking the games like I always have. I want to work hard, get better, contribute to winning and enjoy my team and the players and the places we are fortunate enough to travel to. There are so many more things about the process that I look forward to besides the winning."
CC: Looking back, was there one thing that got you through such a difficult year?
BC: "I think the memories of the good times. The lessons learned, and also possibly the hard times when my parents were there and they never let me give up. They always believed in me. And couple that with the support of teammates and my family all helped get me through it. I remember going back to my second knee surgery, I started to understand the idea that you just have to do things, to move on, to progress. You do things, that's just what you do."
CC: Clearly, your mom was a respected person throughout the entire Bay Area soccer community. What qualities do you think you got from her?
BC: "Hopefully, a few things; I am still working to perfect them. One was the ability to enjoy every situation. She could come into a room and immediately get to know everyone and have everyone laughing or smiling, or maybe getting them outside their comfort zone and get them to do something that is fun and interesting that they never would have been a part of before. That is something that my mom gave me; something that was perhaps her greatest quality. She also taught me never to take no for an answer if I really wanted to get something done. You have to try to find a way, to make people believe when they weren't believers. Not to be pushy, but the point was that if you wanted something bad enough, you would find a way to make things happen."
CC: What's your earliest memory of playing soccer?
BC: "It was probably signing up for my first team, the Quakettes. I got my uniform and my cleats and I wore all my stuff to bed. It was a red and blue mesh shirt and the socks were white with big blue stripes, kind of like the tube socks your dad would wear. They stretched over my kneepads."
CC: Having watched the team's last five matches from the bench, what was your overall assessment of the team's performance last month at the WWC?
BC: "Under the circumstances, with the venue changing to the U.S. and the pressure that goes along with hosting the World Cup, plus playing following a WUSA season which had never happened before, I thought the team did a good job of preparing themselves for the tournament. We had quite a few new players who had never been in an environment like that, and I thought they contributed a great amount to our team. If you had to assess the tournament overall, of course we were disappointed, because our expectations and aspirations were very high. I don't think any other team has aspirations as high to win everything we are a part of, but that's a part of what makes our team great. I think the Women's World Cup also gave us an opportunity to evaluate what type of team we have and the type of soccer we would like to play and need to play. It gives us another challenge for 2004."
CC: What do you think you could have added on the field that might have made a difference in the team's success?
BC: "These are hypothetical questions and answers. We'll never know what would have happened. I could have given some leadership in a vocal way and been a support system in the back. I could have helped encourage my teammates on the field, but other than that, those are questions that just cannot be answered."
CC: Other than the U.S. missing out on the final, what was the biggest surprise from the Women's World Cup?
BC: "I don't think this is a real surprise, but I was very impressed with Sweden's play in the final. They lost their first game to us and I felt they improved throughout the tournament even after taking that loss. They played a great game against a Germany team that really hadn't been tested too much in the tournament. That rivalry goes way back and I thought it was a very well played game. Everyone says that the semifinals are usually more lively than the final, but I thought the final was an excellent game of soccer."
CC: Having come up short in the last two world championships, are you worried about the team's chances of winning a gold medal in Athens?
BC: "I think our chances are as good as anyone. We have the talent and the support of U.S. Soccer. We have the facilities necessary for us to compete for a world title. That is always within our grasp."
CC: How much has the thought of retirement entered your head at this point in your career?
BC: "Not too much, really. Retirement only enters my head when other people talk about it. I was signing autographs at the SEC tournament last weekend and the only thing I could think about besides signing my name and talking to the kids was when I would be able to go get a kick around. I'll know when that time is, but I am more looking forward to the time I have left and improving during that time than when it will finish."
CC: What will 2004 represent for you?
BC: "I think it's a year of opportunity. The schedule next year is a little uncertain, and most might think uncertainty is scary, but I think it brings new opportunity and challenges. We have opportunities on the field to achieve something we have achieved in the past and want to get back to. The year will also give us an opportunity to bring back the WUSA."
CC: As a student of the game and an extremely well-spoken individual, what are the odds that we'll see you in the broadcast booth once you hang up your boots?
BC: "That's not my decision. It's just like making a team, the coach gets to decide. The producers and directors and network presidents get to decide who their talent is. I enjoy watching the game and talking about the game, but who knows if it will happen."
CC: Did you ever dream that you would, in fact, become a household name and be making the talk show rounds on a consistent basis?
BC: "No, but I always felt that I was doing good things, and when you do that, you get attention, but that wasn't ever the point. I always felt that good things would come out of soccer. It just always felt right."
CC: How does it feel to be one of the most well-known soccer players in the world?
BC: "It feels good. When you love something, you want to share it with people. So anytime you get that chance if you are recognized or whatever, it's a good thing."
CC: Do you ever get tired of the "Brandi! Brandi! Brraannddiii!!!!!" chants?
BC: "No, that's fun. What's fun about that is showing the kids that you are really no different than they are. You say 'hi' to them and talk to them and they get all crazy, but they get to know you for those few moments you had together and you give them the reality that it's possible to take women's soccer to the highest level. So that's the part I enjoy. I don't get tired of it."
CC: And finally, the question that all sports talk radio DJ's around the country would like to know: will the jersey ever come off again?
BC: "Like I've said in the past, if there's something good to be celebrated, it may very well happen."


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House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling and New Jersey Republican Scott Garrett, who chairs the capital markets subcommittee, raised their concerns about the regulatory regime for private equity funds in a letter sent late Thursday to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White.
"For these advisers, the SEC examination process has proven to be burdensome, costly, inefficient and inflexible," Hensarling and Garrett wrote.
"Subjecting this set of advisers to the examination process does not appreciably further the goals of investor protection or financial stability."
SEC spokesman John Nester declined to comment on the letter, which asks White for a written response to questions concerning the agency's examinations program.
The SEC previously did not have authority to regulate private equity funds, or other private funds such as hedge funds.
But that changed in 2010 with the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law.
The law required private fund advisers with larger sums of money under management to register with the SEC for the first time.
Amid concerns that some large funds could also pose systemic risks to the broader marketplace, Dodd-Frank also requires advisers of larger hedge funds and private equity funds to submit to regulators confidential data about their use of leverage and the makeup of their portfolios.
With this additional regulatory authority has also come more responsibility for the SEC, which must now conduct routine compliance examinations of private fund advisers for the first time.
Earlier this year, the SEC's former head of examinations said one of the agency's top examination priorities for 2013 was to conduct "presence" exams for private fund advisers that had just registered with the SEC for the first time.
Hensarling and Garrett questioned whether private equity funds actually pose any systemic risks to the market, and they also said they feel private equity funds need less regulatory scrutiny because only certain sophisticated investors with a net worth of $1 million, excluding their home, can even invest in them.
The SEC has already been struggling for years to keep up with examinations of registered investment advisers, and often only examines a small portion of them because of limited resources.
Unlike brokerages, no self-regulatory organization exists to help the SEC conduct routine inspections or exams of investment advisers.
Hensarling and Garrett said the SEC should better prioritize its resources by focusing on advisers who cater to less sophisticated, mom and pop investors.
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Head Coach Jerry Smith
On tonight's game:
"I am very proud of my team and their performance tonight. They played with good intensity and a great effort, which was what I was looking for most of all. I believe we were the more aggressive team and, ultimately, it was a hard-fought win with two special goals. It's not easy to come back in our sport but we've done it before and tonight was no exception."
On Pepperdine's goal:
"We made a defensive change for tonight's game that could have explained by Pepperdine scored so quickly. We moved Chioma Igwe from center back to right back and we hadn't had the opportunity to play with that scenario this week. We are still tinkering to find the best line-up and as I said in the beginning of the season, it was going to take us longer this year given our situation. But it was my decision to make the change and I believe our players were unsure of where to be at the beginning. But after that goal, it was all us and we played great."
On the importance of tonight's win:
"We're back on track now and our goal is to win the conference championship. Every conference game is extremely tough and you don't want to be 0-1 at the start of conference play. But what I told our players after our loss last weekend to San Diego was that the last time we lost our conference opener was in 2004 and we lost to San Diego. However, by the end of that season we won the conference championships and went on to the Final Four. We have a very determined group and that was evident with tonight's win."
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On Brittany Klein's goal:
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The death of the Sunday shows
The Sunday morning shows once occupied a sacred space in American politics.
Today, many influential Washington players can't even remember the last time they watched.
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The public affairs shows — "Meet the Press," "Face the Nation" and "This Week" — used to set the agenda for the nation's capital with their news-making interviews and immensely influential audience. Now the buzz around the shows is more likely to center on gossipy criticism about the hosts, notably "Meet the Press's" David Gregory, whose fate has become an incessant subject of conversation, most recently in a Washington Post story on Monday. Meanwhile, fans complain about the recurrence of familiar guests — Sen. John McCain again? — who simply relay party talking points that often go unchallenged.
( Also on POLITICO: NBC hired 'psychological consultant' for Gregory)
"For political junkies and those who just want to catch up, the Sunday shows still are relevant, but they're not the signature events they once were," Tom Brokaw, the NBC News veteran who briefly moderated "Meet the Press" in 2008, said in an interview. "I first appeared on 'Meet the Press' during Watergate, and it was a secular mass in Washington; the faithful never missed it."
Political veterans, congressional aides, former administration officials and longtime journalists all attested to the Sunday shows' decline. The programs are no longer the agenda-setting platforms of days past, they said. Instead, the broadcasts have become a venue for lawmakers to push familiar talking points and for talking heads to exchange conventional wisdom. Occasionally there is an interview or discussion that will make headlines — Vice President Joe Biden's endorsement of gay marriage, which preceded President Barack Obama's own announcement, comes to mind. But that has become the exception rather than the rule.
Not surprisingly, the few who adamantly insist that the programs are relevant are the hosts and producers.
"I do not agree that 'Meet the Press' is not what it has always been, which is a driver of the conversation," said David Gregory, the current host, echoing remarks made by ABC's George Stephanopoulos and CBS's Bob Schieffer. "Administration figures, politicians and candidates come to 'Meet the Press' because they know what 'Meet the Press' represents."
Increasingly, what "Meet the Press" and its competitors represent are still-powerful brands struggling to maintain influence in a radically changed media environment, where news consumption is more fast-paced and fractured than ever and "the news cycle" these shows used to command no longer really exists.
( Also on POLITICO: The missing Tom Brokaw quote)
Since the death of former "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert in 2008, there has been much hemming and hawing over the quality of the Sunday show hosts, none of whom have a reputation for tough interviews. Gregory has particularly suffered in the press; on Monday, The Washington Post Style section published what amounts to the latest installment in the host's rolling public relations disaster under the headline, "What's Wrong With David Gregory?"
Gregory doesn't put much stock in the criticism, saying, "If I could figure out why certain perceptions existed, I wouldn't have time to do my job."
But complaints about the hosts overlook a dire reality, which is that the changed media environment has dealt a severe blow to the Sunday institution itself. In an era of 24-hour news delivered through digital snippets, the historic influence of the weekend morning shows may now be irrecoverable.
The Obama administration has turned an especially cold shoulder to the programs. Past administrations would dole out key newsmakers almost every week. The George W. Bush administration frequently sent the likes of Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and others on the show in an effort to shape the national conversation.
"When I was at the White House and on the Hill, Sunday shows were either the exclamation point at the end of a week or the capital letter that began a new week. Today, they're part of the endless dot, dot, dots that are part of political coverage," said Ari Fleischer, the former White House press secretary. "There is so much news and so many outlets, even quality Sunday shows don't break through like they use to."
Journalists recognize the change as well.
"The news cycle moves so quickly and with so many diverse entry points for quality political news that it is difficult for the Sunday shows, as they once did, to 'drive' the week's political news," Jill Abramson, the executive editor of The New York Times, wrote in an email. "A week is now eternity, after all."
That reality has radically altered the way politicians use the Sunday programs. In the past, the platform was so influential that presidential administrations and lawmakers met nearly every week to strategically plan out appearances, hoping to impact the latest political or policy debate.
( Full media coverage from POLITICO's Dylan Byers and Hadas Gold)
"There was a time when everything would stop on Friday afternoon and Cabinet members and senators would gather around a table and say, 'Who are we putting out on Sunday?'" one former Democratic White House official said. "Now if you want to make news, you can tweet it, or you can call any number of outlets."
The options for influencing the news today are numerous: A politician can go on cable news, give a newspaper interview, stop by talk radio, hold a press conference or simply send out a tweet. And he or she can do any of those things on a Tuesday night or a Friday afternoon. The news will invariably percolate up the media chain — from the Twitter-chattering press corps to the front pages of leading news sites — and become fodder for next Sunday's roundtables.
Lacking for willing participants, the shows increasingly serve as a home for party spokesmen who seem to relish the national limelight. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) made a combined 38 appearances across the three shows in 2013.
Meanwhile, other lawmakers understand that while the Sunday shows are still a powerful platform, reaching a combined 9 million to 10 million viewers a week, they are no longer essential to their messaging strategy.
"A generation ago, people would go on Sunday shows because they thought it would set the tone for the week," said Alex Conant, the press secretary for Sen. Marco Rubio, who has made two appearances so far in 2014. "When we go on Sunday shows, it's more to talk to a big audience in a thoughtful way, rather than to generate Monday morning headlines."
That the Obama administration has been less proactive on Sundays may be a unique feature of this White House — "this president hasn't made great use of his Cabinet," the former White House official said — but it is also a byproduct of the new media environment. Obama's team has always put a premium on direct-to-voter messaging and, when it does do national media, often favors going outside the Beltway.


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I noticed that a thread has been started here about a book I'm writing, Galunker, featuring a rescued pit bull. There was praise, but also legitimate criticism, which the illustrator (Dula Yavne) and I have in fact addressed on Kickstarter as a result of feedback.
The thread is here:
The concern was that we were using the term "evil shelter". I've added lines to indicate that not ALL shelters are evil:
(NOTE: we're not suggesting that all shelters are evil, by any means. Only the ones that kill perfectly healthy pit bulls, just for being pit bulls. And these are unfortunately far from rare.)
(You can find this emendation on the Kickstarter site: http://bit.ly/galunker)
Important to note that the shelters targeted in the book are the kill shelters that contribute to the massacre of nearly a million so-called "pit bulls" every year. The ones that are approved of by PETA's president in this article:
I should note that I've added lines to the book's text as well, to clarify this:
Some shelters are wondrous; some shelters have worth;
Some sheltering people are angels on earth.
But this was a pound of the opposite kind,
A pound that you'll find was with Evil aligned.[/quote]
I certainly have not trouble with No Kill shelters -- in fact, I've devoted thousands of words to the promotion of this movement.
Please keep the comments coming -- we're VERY open to criticism, and the book is at a state in which it can be easily altered. The point is to save pit bulls, which we certainly won't accomplish if we divide the community.


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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has always maintained that electrical work should only take place on de-energized equipment. This idealistic goal hasn't always been practical or economical in the field and is routinely overlooked by electrical workers and their supervisors. However, the National Fire Protection Association's "Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, 2004 edition" (NFPA 70E) now gives OSHA a meaningful reference to categorize the risk associated with working on energized electrical equipment.
Categories of hazards range from Level 0 (little to no arc-flash risk) to Category 4 (high risk of arc flash). Each category requires workers to wear different levels of personal protective equipment (PPE) when working on or near energized equipment. Although the study of arc flash and resultant injuries is in its infancy, adhering to the requirements of NFPA 70E can make working on energized equipment safer for all workers.
OSHA and NEC requirements. Everyone involved in electrical "hot work" must study and learn about the requirements of NFPA 70E because both OSHA and the NEC require its use. The NEC's requirements in 110.16 are minimal, consisting of a vague arc-flash hazard warning label to be placed on switchboards, panelboards, industrial control panels, and motor control centers. While this label notifies personnel of the hazard's existence, it gives no indication of severity or guidance for protection.
OSHA's involvement is far more direct. They can issue citations and levy fines for non-compliance. Section 1910.333 of Subpart S states that "Safety related work practices shall be employed to prevent electric shock or other injuries resulting from either direct or indirect electrical contacts." It doesn't refer directly to arc flash, but by including "other injuries," it requires employers to understand its nature and the hazards involved and to protect their workers accordingly. OSHA has adopted the NFPA 70E standard as an acceptable means of compliance to meet this requirement.
Incident energy. Incident energy is one of the key terms in understanding any arc-flash hazard. NFPA 70E defines it as "the amount of energy impressed on a surface, a certain distance from a source, generated during an electrical arc event." The incident energy level is expressed in calories per centimeter-squared and is a measure of the heat created by the electrical arc.
The key numbers to remember are 1.2 and 40. Incident energy levels greater than 1.2 calories per centimeter-squared can produce second-degree burns. Flame-resistant garments are necessary for protecting yourself against possible burns caused by energy levels above 1.2. Arc-flash energy levels above 40 can be fatal because they're accompanied by a massive pressure blast and sound pressure waves, which produce projectiles. Clothing is available for arc-flash exposures all the way up to 100 calories per centimeter-squared, but it's useless against the force of the pressure blast.
Until more research is completed on how to reduce the danger of such blast waves, you should prohibit work on live equipment with incident energy levels above 40 calories per centimeter-squared.
Fault current levels and circuit length The level of arc-flash hazard at any piece of equipment depends on the level of arc-fault current and the time it takes to trip the nearest upstream overcurrent protection device. Your local utility engineer can typically tell you what the fault current levels are on the local distribution system and on the line side of the main service at a particular facility.
But be aware that these fault current values may be based solely on the impedance of the transformer that serves this particular building. In reality there are additional impedances upstream of the transformer that will lower this number. If these additional impedances aren't included in the utility engineer's calculations, the incident energy levels you calculate in the facility may be underestimated.
Low utility fault current levels and/or long circuit lengths can have a severe effect on incident energy levels. For example, Fig. 1 shows 400A RK1 and RK5 fuses protecting 10-foot and 400-foot feeders. This sample system has a fault current level of 50,000A. The high fault current levels make this system sufficiently robust to trip the RK1 fuse quickly, regardless of circuit length. As such, the resultant hazard levels in this example are relatively low.
So what happens when the fault current level is found to be lower? As shown in Fig. 2 on page C18, a reduced fault current level of 15,000A is sufficient to quickly trip the device that protects the 10-foot feeder. However, the 400-foot feeder creates even lower fault current levels and longer trip times, elevating the arc-flash hazard to a Category 3 designation. It's also worth noting that RK5 fuses have longer trip times than RK1 fuses, which raises incident energy and hazard levels to higher values as compared to the RK1 fuse.
Fig. 3 on page C18 shows the overall relationship between fault current levels for RK1 and RK5 type devices and incident energy levels. As the fault current in the system becomes weaker the incident energy gets stronger. This relationship holds true for other fuse types and breakers. As a rule of thumb, arcing currents that are greater than 10 times the rating of the device will trip within 1 cycle or less. Since arcing faults are typically about half the bolted fault current values, the fault current levels at each overcurrent device need to be more than 20 to 30 times the rating of the protective device to trip instantaneously.
For example, a 1,000A protective device will need to be installed in an electrical system with a bolted fault current level of 20,000A to 30,000A or more to trip within 1 cycle. A 400A device will require an 8,000A to 12,000A fault current level to trip as quickly. Fault currents lower than these factors will delay the opening of the device and cause the incident energy values to rise.
Electrical distribution systems located in rural areas tend to have low available fault currents and are described as weak electrical systems. In urban areas, where utility infrastructure tends to be much closer together, fault current levels tend to be higher, incident energies are lower, and protective devices trip faster, which results in reduced arc-flash hazards. This relationship between fault current levels and protective device ratings can help you better understand where greater hazards exist.
Pitfalls behind arc-flash labels. The recent popularity of NFPA 70E has created a market for arc-flash studies. The first step in any arc-flash study is gathering a large amount of specific data, such as protective device model numbers, feeder lengths, and fault current levels. This information is then entered into a computer software program, where the incident energy levels, PPE requirements, and arcing current information are all calculated automatically. All of this information is then printed on a detailed warning label, which is to be posted on each piece of equipment in the system (Fig. 4 above).
But these labels have problems. As soon as any single piece of input data changes, the label is no longer accurate. Short-circuit current levels in electric utility systems are continuously changing, and both electricians and maintenance personnel routinely replace overcurrent devices. Fuses are often changed from the originally specified RK1 type to the RK5 variety for cost considerations. Panelboards are upgraded or added to after spaces are renovated or more equipment is purchased. All of these changes greatly affect the arc-flash energy level at various points in the system and may easily turn a Category 1 into a Category 3 overnight.
Electricians should understand that labels created from a snapshot in time may no longer be accurate. In a perfect world, the arc-flash calculations would be recomputed from scratch each time energized work is necessary. However, the time necessary to update the study and the complexity of the calculations makes this virtually impossible.
Tables 130.7(C)(9) and 130.7(C)(11). At a minimum, field workers should carry with them a copy of Tables 130.7(C)(9) and 130.7(C)(11) from Section 130 of NFPA 70E. Table 9 outlines the hazard/risk categories (HRCs) for common tasks performed by electrical workers on a daily basis. Table 11 outlines the various HRCs associated with corresponding incident energy levels and offers a brief description of the types of PPE clothing that must be worn when working under these conditions. The Table on page C20 shows a simplified version of Table 11. Distributing these tables to all employees will provide workers with basic concepts of 70E and start their understanding of the various hazard levels they face in their daily work.
Using Table 9 eliminates the time and effort required to perform a full arc-flash study while still providing an adequate level of safety. An arc-flash analysis has been completed for each task listed in the table based upon the parameters listed in the notes at the bottom of the table. However, it's important to note that if the fault clearing times on the system you're working on are longer than what's specified in the table, then you should perform a full arc-flash analysis prior to working on the system.
IEEE Standard 1584. IEEE provided significant research to produce a set of arc-flash equations that are listed in Annex D of NFPA 70E. These equations are based upon research of experimental arc-flash tests between 208V and 15kV. The experimental tests performed by IEEE and equipment manufacturers note that it's extremely difficult to sustain an arc at 240V and below for more than two to three cycles.
These results led to the language of Section 9.3.2 in IEEE Standard 1584, Guide for Performing Arc Flash Hazard Calculations. This section of the document is very important to residential and small commercial contractors who are trying to understand 70E and comply with OSHA but don't have the budget necessary for outfitting all of their employees with PPE.
IEEE says that certain voltages and ampacities aren't considered arc-flash hazards. Systems rated below 240V-to-ground and below about 400A (125kVA) fit in this category. For all practical purposes, these systems can be considered Category 0. As such, residential electrical systems, small commercial 208/120V services, and the secondary of a 480-208/120V step-down transformer (112.5kVA or less) are defined as presenting little or no arc-flash hazard. Understanding this clause allows a contractor to avoid the costs associated with outfitting their employees in PPE yet still maintain a safe work environment that meets OSHA standards.
Pick Category 2. Understanding NFPA 70E and its terms and calculations can be a daunting task. Many companies have elected to develop their own procedures to comply with the requirements set forth in this standard. Whether or not they're fully compliant is a difficult question to answer.
The instinct to require your employees to use the highest level of protection at all times is natural, but it's not always feasible. Because it's so bulky and uncomfortable, Category 4 level clothing can slow productivity, and it's expensive.
Prevailing wisdom says that 85% of all arc-flash hazards fall below Category 2 levels, or 8 calories per centimeter-squared. Therefore, at a bare minimum, contractors should outfit their personnel with Category 2 level PPE. Going this route is not only more reasonable, but less expensive than other options. The cost to outfit a field worker with Category 2 arc-flash clothing is approximately $400. This is the optimal balance between minimal cost and reasonable safety precautions.
However, for work at more hazardous energy levels, one or two Category 4 arc-flash suits can and should be kept on hand. This again would be the most economical approach to providing adequate protection for those working on or near energized equipment.
Get the word out. Operating protective devices, testing for voltage, and installing or removing breakers are common tasks that offer the possibility of an arc-flash injury. That's why it's imperative that you and your workers understand the requirements of NFPA 70E as much as you understand the NEC. This means having a clear understanding of how various fault-current levels affect the HRC rating on a system.
Most contractors acknowledge that the calculations required by 70E are too complex for the everyday work environment. That's why it's recommended that the tables in Section 130 be distributed to each and every field worker and that each worker be outfitted with a minimum Category 2 PPE. Electricians' tools should also be reviewed to make sure they comply with 70E. Just simply knowing 70E guidelines will help reduce the number of arc-flash injuries.
Ayer is vice president of Biz Com Electric, Inc. in Cincinnati and is a member of the NFPA 70E Committee.
Sidebar: Don't Forget About Shock Hazards
For the last several years NFPA 70E has focused heavily on arc flash and its associated injuries. However, you shouldn't forget that 70E requires workers to be protected against electric shock, too. Remember, only a very low amount of current flowing through the human body is necessary to cause death or serious physical harm. While contractors are obligated to inform their employees of the dangers of arc flash and how to prevent them, shock hazard education shouldn't be overlooked.
Residential and small commercial projects of 240V or less involve little to no arc-flash hazard. Yet, by performing routine tasks like removing panel covers, checking voltage, and replacing breakers, they're still exposed to shock hazards. Make sure you use insulated tools and voltage-rated gloves when working on energized systems. Off-the-shelf screwdrivers, Allen wrenches, and socket sets aren't properly rated.


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Dried Chile Recipes
Harissa Recipe Provided by Chef Pawan Pinisetti
This recipe was provided by Chef Pawan Pinisetti. To learn more about the life of a chef in Vegas, check out his interview (click on the link to view):
"Here's a recipe of one of my favorite accompaniments when I'm eating Mediterranean food. This is a recipe I learned when I was in school (Culinary Institute of America, New York) and I've held onto it ever since. Hope you try it out and enjoy it as well.
Harissa, a spicy red chili paste, popular throughout the Maghreb, was created long after Islam occupied the Iberian Peninsula. Not until the 16th century and well after the discovery of the New World, did the rest of the Mediterranean accept the pepper as an edible and flavorful ingredient."
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How to Make Harissa
Harissa is a spicy paste that is used as a condiment in Northern African cuisine. I was first introduced to harissa when I was in elementary school.
I had a friend named Inès, who was of Tunisian decent. I went over to her house one day and I remember we strolled into the kitchen and she pulled out a jar filled with a dark red paste. She dared me to spread some on a piece of baguette and have a taste.
Of course, I accepted the challenge, and oh boy was it spicy! I don't really eat hot chiles, and I could barely handle it. The harissa did have an amazing flavor though, and after a tall glass of milk to soothe my taste buds, I went back for more.
When it came to eating harissa, I was definitely a lightweight compared to Inès and her family. I could barely handle a few bites, but they ate it the way Italians consume balsamic vinegar and extra-virgin olive oil. Harissa was eaten with bread as a starter, and mixed with meat and vegetables for main course.
Harissa is not only versatile, but also very easy to make. The main ingredients are garlic, and of course, dried red chiles. The final ingredient is time. Like cheese, the longer you wait, the stronger the flavors get and the yummier it is. So prepare a jar this weekend, and you'll be well on your way to making amazing North African dishes.
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- The Brandeis baseball team finished its February break trip to Florida with a winning record today as the Judges defeated Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 3-2, behind batterymates Kyle Brenner (Brookfield, Mass./St. Peter Marian) - who tossed a complete game - and Kenny Destremps (Mashpee, Mass./Mashpee) who hit the game-winning home run in the sixth inning. With the win, Brandeis returns north with a 4-3 mark, while the Engineers fall to 1-1. The game was part of the Russ Matt Invitational at Chain-O-Lakes Park in Winter Park.
Brenner, a rookie righthander, earned his second win and second complete game in as many starts this season. He scattered nine hits over nine innings, not allowing a run after the first inning. He struck out three and walked two. Brenner allowed just two base-runners in an inning three times after the first inning, helping his own cause in the eighth with his third pickoff of the season.
Destremps, a senior catcher, snapped a 2-2 tie in the sixth inning with his first home run of the season. The blast was the third of Destremps's career and Brandeis's fifth of the season as a team. He also scored the game-tying run in the second inning.
The Judges jumped on top with a run in the top of the first inning. Senior 2B Sean O'Hare (Southampton, Mass./Hampshire Regional) continued his torrid start with a lead-off triple and scored on a single by junior LF Nick Cortese (Guaynabo, P.R./Baldwin School of Puerto Rico). Rose-Hulman answered with two in the bottom of the first, however. CF Hank Akard led off with a double. Two batters later, 2B Andrew Benitez tied the game with a single. Benitez scored to put the Engineers ahead on 3B Bobby Newman's double, but Brandeis junior CF Chris Ferro (Walpole, Mass./Walpole) threw Newman out trying to stretch it into a triple.
Brandeis got the equalizer in the bottom of the frame. Destremps led off with a walk and stole second base. Senior RF Zach Malis (Merrick, N.Y./Bellmore John F. Kennedy) bunted him to third, and two batters later, junior SS Dom Schwartz (San Francisco, Calif./Lowell) singled in Detremps with his second RBI of the season.
Brenner stranded runners on second and third in the bottom of the second and sixth innings. In the second, he got a grounder to short to close out the frame. In the sixth, after Destremps had given the Judges the lead in the top of the frame, with both runners in scoring position and none out, Brenner induced a short fly ball to center, a pop to third and a lineout to right to avoid trouble.
The Judges are now off until March 11, when they return to Florida for the University Athletic Association tournament in Sanford, opening against Emory University.`


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Untitled (OMG totally...), 2017 is a unique contemporary textual painting on paper. The artist first creates a unique background atmosphere with matte spray paint and then meticulously hand-paints text in his material of choice, nail enamel.
Artwork is sold framed in solid wood with museum Plexiglas. Framed artwork measures 36 x 48 in.; paper measures 33 1/2 x 44 in.
Raised in Santa Cruz, California, Rusconi studied at Pepperdine University, and now lives and works in Los Angeles.
Rusconi's work is comprised of portraits, usually of those who make up and influence popular culture, ranging from musicians and artists, to poets and politicians. His first solo exhibition, American Boarders, was at the Stellan Holm Gallery in New York, which featured the world's top ten skateboarders. Other themes in the work include the use of language and text, as well as images that are circulating through the myriad of media that we are confronted with daily, from magazine covers to video news feeds.
The artist's fascination with the portrait has an obvious connection to the works of Andy Warhol, exemplified by Rusconi's earlier painting entitled Blue Katie, which is a play on Warhol's Blue Jackie. Rusconi was mesmerized as a young man looking at Warhol portraits at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York. When Arsenic Magazine asked about other influences, Rusconi responds, "Robert Rauschenberg, Chuck Close, Sol LeWitt and Ed Ruscha. Rauschenberg gave me the freedom to do whatever I wanted. Chuck Close reminds me of how relevant the portrait is and always will be. Sol LeWitt instills focus and Ed Ruscha allows humor to coexist with importance."
Rusconi's investigation and interest in the portrait begins with his own photo-based images as well as found or sourced materials. Earlier work was a digital screening process on Plexiglas layered with monochromatic photography. His work now is a process of hand applying nail polish onto Plexiglas. These paintings are often combined with an additional layer of Plexiglas with engine enamel and/or acrylic spray paint which allows for a shadow image to be projected on the substrate.
Rusconi's practice involves a concern with painting those around him, known and unknown. To him a portrait is not only the conveyance of likeness, but the subtlety of emotion and expression that's found somewhere between the light and shadow of one's face. Likeness and recognition is a concern, but essence is the primary focus as Rusconi approaches a subject. With most of his paintings, in observing the surface, one can see that it is comprised of a pattern that recalls the Benday dots of Roy Lichtenstein. Unlike Lichtenstein's use of the Benday dot, which is uniform in size, Rusconi uses different sized dots to create the illusion of convex and concave shapes on a two dimensional surface.
The latest body of work is comprised of approximately 100 text-based paintings on paper, which Rusconi also considers portraits. Words and or phrases captured in nail enamel and spray paint seem to take on unique personalities and are brought to life by their ambiguity and color.
Works by Rusconi are included in numerous private collections and public art institutions, including The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, The Jumex Foundation, The Batonga Foundation, The Castilla Foundation, The Carnegie Art Museum and Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts.


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Yellowcard Comes to St. George!
ON OCTOBER 12th at 7pm YELLOWCARD will come to St.George Dixe State College. Yellowcard is a pop/alternative rock band based in Los Angeles.
Some of their best known songs include: "Ocean Avenue," "Lights and Sounds," "Only one" and "Way Away" to name a few.
Tickets are $19.50-$30.50 Show Starts at 7:00 pm
Come and enjoy this great concert and support the Dixie State College 100 year Anniversary. See you there!


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Our environmental impact reduction journey began with a focus on climate and energy. As a company dedicated to science, we recognize the connection climate scientists have identified between human and business activities, and emissions are already having adverse impacts on our climate.
Fossil fuel-based energy is one of the leading drivers of climate-damaging greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the operation of commercial buildings and transportation are two of the leading users of fossil fuel energy. In addition, the usage of certain chemicals common to industry, such as refrigerants, contributes significantly to GHG emissions.
We have a responsibility to increase energy efficiency and reduce the GHG emissions across our operations. We imagine a future in which businesses can eliminate energy waste and produce all of their valuable outputs from clean, renewable, non-fossil fuel energy.
As part of our overall operations goal, we are committed to reducing our GHG emissions from our operations by 10% by 2015, compared to our 2006 baseline. Our efforts contribute to and support the climate protection goal of our parent company, Merck KGaA, who strives for a 20% reduction in its GHG emissions by 2020, below its 2006 baseline emissions.
As we grow the business, we will continue to explore and implement additional energy management and emissions reduction measures to further increase our operational efficiency. We believe this will help to strengthen our business performance, while benefiting our customers and communities in which we operate.
To achieve our energy and emissions reduction goal, we focus on several key areas: efficiency, clean energy, green power, green buildings, process emissions, and fleet and logistics.
To guide our efforts and monitor progress, we implemented an annual company-wide GHG inventory based on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol corporate GHG accounting and reporting standard. We publically report our actions and results via the international gold-standard CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project) process and in the Merck KGaA biannual Corporate Responsibility Report.
We work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our own energy use, as well as to enhance the energy efficiency of research and production processes.
Process emissions are associated with our product development, manufacturing and testing, and some emissions pose a particular challenge for us due to their greater global warming potential. We are focused on lowering process-related emissions through measures such as improvements to quality control processes. Since the program's inception, we have witnessed a greater than 66% reduction in process-related emissions normalized for production volumes. Our vision is to continue to reduce our process emissions while all together eliminating their existence in the future.
We account for mobile GHG emissions through our fleet of company vehicles, primarily used by our sales and service teams. Through an ongoing vehicle replacement program, our fleet is in the process of transitioning to more fuel efficient vehicles, such as hybrids, where appropriate. Across Europe, our fleet is powered by fuel-efficient, smaller-output diesel engines. We also have a growing number of vehicles that use biodiesel and compressed natural gas.
To further achieve emissions reductions, we have undertaken a mode shift project to identify select products on certain shipping routes that can be sent more efficiently by sea freight instead of being shipped by air. As we continue to evaluate our logistics for further climate-saving measures, we believe this will not only help to reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions, but also will support our customer needs as they seek more products and services with reduced carbon footprints.