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Pictured here are "eight members of an Amish sect who were ordered jailed by a Kentucky judge after they refused to pay fines for failing to affix orange safety triangles to their horse-drawn buggies."
And just why did they refuse to do so? According to The Smoking Gun, it was because "their religion bars them from wearing or displaying bright colors. Jailed for misdemeanor contempt of court, the inmates were provided dark-colored jumpsuits in place of the standard issue orange coveralls."
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Asian elephants are capable of remarkable cooperation and intelligence when faced with complex tasks, but they can't solve the problem of their endangered status without your help.
How do elephants remember the location of family members and of food and water sources? How do they interact with one another and with people in and out of their natural environments? With Dr. Joshua Plotnik and his research team, you'll work to understand elephant behavior and intelligence. You'll conduct noninvasive cognition research on elephants in captivity in Chiang Saen, Thailand, and help gain a deeper understanding of elephant behavior. The findings will inform wild elephant management and the development of strategies to mitigate human-elephant conflict that will put elephant needs on a par with those of local communities in Thailand.
You'll work up close with elephants, collecting behavioral data in experiments on cognition and helping to set up experiments, build apparatus, and prepare food; you may also assist mahouts (elephant caretakers) in their daily routine. You'll code videotapes for computer input and analysis. You may be involved in the collection and processing of elephant urine and dung for hormone analysis in a study looking at how environment influences stress in elephants. You'll also help with educational programs for students in Thailand and the U.S.
The project research team is currently conducting studies on elephant memory, cooperation, problem-solving, and reasoning.
Work with elephants to better understand and document their behavior and unique form of intelligence.
Elephants are endangered throughout their range. Thailand is home to only about 1,500 captive and 2,000 wild elephants. Elephants are widely regarded as one of the most intelligent animal species on Earth, but little evidence exists to support this. Most of what we know about elephants comes from field research in Africa, but little has been done experimentally to test how elephants think about their environment and about each other.
The more we learn about elephants, the more we can educate the public about the need to protect them. Studying elephant behavior also helps scientists to better understand the evolution of intelligence in nonprimates and to develop methods to mitigate conflict between humans and elephants—particularly as it relates to the encroachment of wild elephants on private land—that take into account the intelligence of elephants in the wild.
Findings can help people learn how to share land with elephants more harmoniously.
At the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation (GTAEF), a Thai nonprofit organization based in Chiang Rai, Dr. Plotnik is investigating elephant cognitive complexity by conducting experiments on memory, problem-solving, and cooperation.
The research site is in a small tourist town in the "Golden Triangle," the area along the Mekong River where Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet. An hour's drive south is Chiang Rai, home to Buddhist temples, markets, and other attractions. Hiking trips to nearby hill tribe villages can be arranged, along with talks on Thai culture and performances of hill tribe dances.
Thailand's weather is dry and hot in the winter and wet and humid in the summer. The research site where you'll be working is in the jungle where insects are plentiful. Volunteers are urged to wear insect repellent and sunscreen.
Thai culture is welcoming and hospitable, and Thais will often go out of their way to accommodate strangers. Buddhism is the predominant religion in Thailand, and Buddhist customs must be respected at all times. English is not widely understood, even in large cities, but project staff members are fluent in English and most restaurants have English menus.
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Working closely with the elephants and their mahouts, the research staff conducts a wide range of studies on memory, cooperation, problem-solving, and reasoning. You'll help with all stages of the research as you:
This expedition will also bring you up close to local culture as you participate in community activities and visit community development projects.In the evenings, socialize with your teammates and learn from experts about elephant behavior, elephant conservation in Thailand, Thai culture and language, and other areas of conservation, epidemiology, and entomology.
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Study elephants at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation.
Earthwatch scientist Dr. Joshua Plotnik is head of elephant research at the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation in Thailand and the founder of Think Elephants International.
You'll stay in a guesthouse within walking distance of the research site. Your room will be a single or double with a fan, air conditioning, and modern plumbing.
Most of your meals will be prepared for you in local restaurants, and you'll eat them at or near the research site or occasionally in a restaurant along with the research staff. Thai food consists of rice-based dishes with meat, seafood, and/or vegetables, or noodle-based dishes, such as noodle soup with meat, seafood, and/or vegetables or pad-thai style meals.
In the village of Sob Ruak, you'll find restaurants and stalls that serve Thai food, as well as a few that serve Western food. In addition, because the field site is on the property of the Anantara Golden Triangle Resort and Spa, you can visit the hotel's two excellent restaurants.
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This is a fantastic experience! Getting to interact with elephants and study their intelligence and behaviors increased my appreciation for these wonderful animals.
Thailand is a beautiful country filled with friendly people. Be sure to spend some extra time exploring either Chiang Mai or Chiang Ra.
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Commissioner Lyman explained that members of Congress from Arizona have been a roadblock to any progress on the settlement of the trust fund question.
Lyman said, "The feeling of the Navajo Nation is that we need to reach consensus, but the Navajo Nation has no historical connection with the trust fund. It was created by the State of Utah for the benefit of Utah Navajos."
Commissioner Adams complained, "The Navajo Nation makes demands over a small portion of a few wells in Utah, when they get 100 percent of hundreds of wells in other areas."
Commissioners wondered if area residents will file a lawsuit. Claims of mismanagement of the trust fund triggered the entire issue.
Comissioners agreed that Kenneth Maryboy should be the point man for the process, as he is a Navajo, a San Juan County Commissioner and a Navajo Nation Council delegate. Maryboy was not at the Commission meeting.
In other matters, the Commission verified that they completed an environmental assessment for a new county fairgrounds multi-purpose facility.
The verification will allow the county to move ahead with the development of architectural plans for the proposed facility.
Several years ago, Senator Orrin Hatch secured $380,000 for the county to plan the project, which could include an indoor arena and convention facility at the fairgrounds.
The high end of preliminary estimates place an $8 million price tag on the project. The plans can be drawn up first, said Commissioner Adams, "and then we see if we can find the money to build the facility."
Adams said the county hopes to "put our arms around as many needs as we can with one facility" and added that the project could include a Senior Center, indoor convention center and home for the Big Four Tractor Museum.
Commissioner Phil Lyman said, "I need to know more about the project. I'm not a big fan of expanding facilities. We are in a different situation than we were a few years ago. I want to know more before we hire an architect."
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• discussed a light pole at the fairgrounds that snapped during a recent wind storm. The county will test the remaining poles at the fairgrounds and may need to replace them.
• expects to complete the funding package and begin work soon on Phase 3B of the Lisbon Valley road. Work on the final leg of the project, Phase 4, could begin soon afterward.
Completion of the final two legs of the multi-year project will result in newly paved road along the entire stretch of road leading through Lisbon Valley.
Commissioner Adams praised the previously completed phases of the project and highlighted the work on Three Step Hill. Adams said, "It is unbelievable what they were able to do on Three Step."
• approved an updated personnel policy manual for the roughly 150 employees of San Juan County. The policy was previously updated in 2008.
Commissioner Bruce Adams said, "Sending the manual to every employee and expecting them to read it is like reading a Sears catalog. It is just not going to happen."
Human Resource Director Walter Bird explained that there will be a training meeting to inform employees of changes in policy.
Bird added that the new policies are more compliant with employment law.
• approved three new building permits for projects in Spanish Valley.
• approved a letter to the U.S. Forest Service in support of a project proposed by Kimmerle Mining LLC.
• discussed pending federal legislation that would reauthorize $600,000 a year for the next six years for the county to maintain roads used for school bus routes on the Navajo Reservation.
• discussed the project to pave the road from Monument Valley High School toward Oljato will begin soon.
• stated that the State of Utah is working with the Navajo Nation in a project that could result in the cross-deputization of law enforcement officials on the Navajo Reservation.
The Utah State Insurance Plan is involved in the negotiations.
Commissioners explained that the hope is to avoid a situation that occurred on the Ute Reservation in the Uintah Basin wherein the Ute tribe stopped cooperation with adjoining law enforcement agencies.


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I'm so SO grateful to everyone who welcomed me & posted their own thoughts. I thought I might respond with another blog post because of something Sagacious Hawk mentioned in the comments:
The first time I checked out an atheist book, God is Not Great by the late and great Hitchens, from the library I went to the self check-out, held it cover side down walking out the door so no one would see it, and casually hid it in my car during the ride home. And this was about 3 months after I decided I was an atheist.
I had a similar experience last week, although I decided to start with The God Delusion. Only the self checkout was, to my horror, not working. The librarian actually tsked & sighed (audibly) at me when I went to check it out. I mean, who even tsks anymore?!
I took The God Delusion home & operated under the delusion that if I put a couple magazines over it, the shiny silver cover would somehow magically disappear. Obviously, I am the smartest person in the world.
This lasted a day. Then my husband saw The Book (I am firmly in the Dawkins fan club, btw) & said, "So what, you're going full-blown atheist now?"
He's told me in the past that he's had nightmares in which I told him I'd stopped believing in God. Nightmares.
So, you know, no pressure or anything. I'm probably going to have to deal with this at some point.
But I can't get that phrase "going full-blown atheist" out of my mind. It carries a mildly sinister connotation to it that, in my heart of hearts, I actually identify with. (Probably because I'm a noob and still angry with religion and religious people.)
Like someone who contracts a disease that takes its victim in stages, I feel skepticism blossoming throughout my mind, demanding to be felt and recognized with an ever-increasing urgency. But unlike a disease, this is most definitely not a bad thing. I'm feeling something vastly more profound than any conversion or Holy Spirit baptism I felt in the past.
I'm reminded of a worship song that I used to sing (and thought that if I sang it loud enough, maybe raised my hands, it would actually feel true) that goes, "I am free to run/I am free to dance/I am free to live for you/I am free".
I know I'm going to face many challenges as I figure out my life apart from faith. I know that I'm going to have to gently break it to my husband that he's no longer married to a zealot. But for right now, I'm singing that song again. And this time I'm singing it to myself and for myself.
And it's kind of amazing.
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Belle, your "...lifetime message that says you are worth only as much as others think of you" reminds me of two ideas that rub against each other in thought-provoking ways:
1) I am what others think of me, and.
2) I do what will result in others' thinking of me as I think of myself.
To me the term Full Blown Atheist makes me think of Super Sayans, basically you get so sick of all the crap being forced upon your shoulders you just jump up to the next level and boom it becomes so much easier (eventually).
If you weren't a "full blown atheist" before, you will be a heck of a lot closer after reading that book. :)
I Salute you Kamela. I am in a simillar but opposite situation. I stumbled upon this knowlegde of free-thinking about five years ago, I stopped going to the sunday submission meeting four years ago, then I decided to embrace fully the free-thinking lifestyle. Now I have been born again for 35 years and been staunch evangelist/apostle for 10 years and been married for 5( now 8 yrs). Can you imagine the cries, curses, prayers and sympathies towards me and my wife. We are about to call it quits, divorce. She cannot stand me anymore, I only wish she could wake up and smell the coffee. But this is the price I ma prepared to pay not only for my freedom, but the freedom of my children. I have started to open their eyes. They no longer pray in my presence, they no longer pray over food in my presence. At least when they shall be old enough to swallow the facts as I would be presenting to them, it would not be be something new.
Sadly the deconversion of one party to a marriage does often result in divorce and outright shunning by the still religious parts of the family. Dan Barker (who is now co-chair of the Freedom From Religion Foundation) grew up as someone you'd hate to run into in public, badgering people to try to "save" them. He went through a slow deconversion, and lost his first marriage. On the plus side he was able to convince his parents and most of his brothers and sisters that god doesn't actually exist (he jokingly refers to the one still-religious brother as the white sheep of the family). [He tells this story in two of his books, "Losing Faith in Faith" and "Goddless"--I recommend both books even though they overlap a lot.]
One would think that something which ought to be a mere philosophical question ("did an intelligent entity create the universe?") would be a lot less important to people, but of course it's not the existence of god that's the core of the issue, it's what does this (alleged) god want from me. There was a fairly common type of believer a couple of centuries ago, who could look around them and see god surely wasn't doing much today, but they couldn't at the time explain the existence of life and the universe... so they posited a god that created things then took a vacation. Deists. They were (and are) easy to get along with because they didn't demand you live your life according to arbitrary dictates allegedly from god. With them the existence of god is truly an academic question.
Unfortunately, you aren't dealing with deists. No doubt, Kamela, that you have some very tough times ahead of you. But you will find you can only believe what you truly believe and cannot believe in a god just because it would be convenient if you did (which is one of the many stupidities of "Pascal's wager" as an argument). You could shut up about the issue, but that's very tough to live with when the people you are shutting up around are those you are closest to. (I for instance have no trouble not talking about it at work with people I really don't know all that well, but everyone I am close to knows I am atheist and they generally are themselves.)
from The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins:
I (RD) have already mentioned the American comic actor Julia Sweeney and her dogged and endearingly humorous struggle to find some redeeming features in religion and to rescue the God of her childhood from her growing adult doubts. Eventually her quest ended happily, and she is now an admirable role model for young atheists everywhere. The denouement is perhaps the most moving scene of her show Letting Go of God. She had tried everything. And then . . .
. . . as I was walking from my office in my backyard into my house, I realized there was this little teeny-weenie voice whispering in my head. I'm not sure how long it had been there, but it suddenly got just one decibel louder. It whispered, 'There is no god.'
And I tried to ignore it. But it got a teeny bit louder. 'There is no god. There is no god. Oh my god, there is no god:...And I shuddered. I felt I was slipping off the raft.
And then I thought, 'But I can't. I don't know if I can not believe in God. I need God. I mean, we have a history'
. . .'But I don't know how to not believe in God. I don't know how you do it. How do you get up? How do you get through the day?' I felt unbalanced . . .I thought, 'Okay, calm down. Let's just try on the not-believing-in-God glasses for a moment, just for a second. Just put on the no-God glasses and take a quick look around and then immediately throw them off.' And I put them on and I looked around.
I'm embarrassed to report that I initially felt dizzy. I actually had the thought, 'Well, how does the Earth stay up in the sky? You mean, we're just hurtling through space? That's so vulnerable!' I wanted to run out and catch the Earth as it fell out of space into my hands.
And then I remembered, 'Oh yeah, gravity and angular momentum is gonna keep us revolving around the sun for probably a long, long time.'
When I (Dawkins) saw Letting Go of God in a Los Angeles theatre I was deeply moved by this scene. Especially when Julia went on to tell us of her parents' reaction to a press report of her cure:
My first call from my mother was more of a scream. 'Atheist? ATHEIST?!?!'
My dad called and said, 'You have betrayed your family, your school, your city.' It was like I had sold secrets to the Russians. They both said they weren't going to talk to me anymore. My dad said, 'I don't even want you to come to my funeral.' After I hung up, I thought,
'Just try and stop me.'
Part of Julia Sweeney's gift is to make you cry and laugh at the same time:
I think that my parents had been mildly disappointed when I'd said I didn't believe in God any more, but being an atheist was another thing altogether.
Video of Julia Sweeney - TED Talks
I was the one who led my husband to Christ
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
(Or, in Dorothy Parker's words, "you can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think")
Stop beating yourself up over that. Unless you are some kind of super-hypnotist or Svengali, I doubt you could have led him anywhere he didn't want to go :)


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Hello everybody !!!
Given the code below:
package JavaLibrary1; import java.io.*; public class Print { public Print(){ System.out.println("HELLO");}; public static void print(Object obj) {System.out.println(obj);} public static void print() {System.out.println(); } public static void printnb(Object obj) { System.out.print(obj); } } //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// package chapter8ex3; import static JavaLibrary1.Print.*; class Foo { int x=9; // void print(int x){} (1) if a compile with this method its OK void print(){ print(x); //(2) gives complier error //JavaLibrary1.Print.print(x); (3) if Im explicit its OK } } public class Chapter8Ex3 { public static void main(String[] args) { Foo d=new Foo(); d.print(); print("HH"); // (4) it compiles } }
I have the following Q:
When I compile the code I get an error at line marked (2) with a message saying :
print() in chapter8ex3.Derived cannot be applied to (int) print(x); 1 error
The same call from method main() marked at Line (4) or at line marked (2) its OK
However if Im explicit as in line (3), it compiles.
If I change the name of the method print() from class Foo to printx() for example, the code compiles
I think it has something to do with the fact that print() and print(x) have the same name, even though they dont have the same args.
I looked up in JLS 7.0 and I found this under Shadowing 6.4.1:
A declaration d of a method named n shadows the declarations of any other methods
named n that are in an enclosing scope at the point where d occurs throughout the
scope of d.
But if this is true then line (1) should give an error but it doesnt !!!!
My question is: where in JLS or elsewhere this problem is dealt with ?


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The Webbys, to avoid the oppressive yada yada yada that can smother awards ceremonies, mercifully limit acceptance speeches to five words. So as Jerry Seinfeld gets ready to pick up his spring-like trophy Tuesday for Outstanding Comedic Performance, here's a humble suggestion for his thank-you note: "Master of my (web) domain."
Seinfeld is being honored for his often-hilarious online series, "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," which is exactly what the title implies. The show, with its Webby-friendly five-word title, goes a long way to proving Seinfeld remains a master not only of humor, but of the times.
Timing, in comedy, is everything – even for the man who made a fortune out of nothing: The Webby Award comes just days after the 15th anniversary of the final episode of "Seinfeld" – as well as during YouTube's first "Comedy Week" and smack in the middle of an online humor explosion. Seinfeld is both a fresh force in the breakout trend and an enduring influence across multiple platforms, a generation after his show ended with him cracking jokes from prison.
"Seinfeld" made it okay to fill sitcoms with characters who are selfish, antisocial and not necessarily likable – as we've seen with spiritual successors from both versions of "The Office" to "Louie" to "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" to "Curb Your Enthusiasm," the great exercise in comic misanthropy starring "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David.
Seinfeld has bounced from medium to medium since his television show ended, with "Bee Movie," his return to standup and his own admirable, if brief, attempt at TV producing with "The Marriage Ref." He didn't invent online comedy with "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," but he's added to the genre's quality and credibility. Seinfeld is smart enough to diversify, much like Will Ferrell whose "Funny or Die" site might prove his most important contribution to comedy.
The genius of Seinfeld's observational humor is that he sees comedy everywhere. He also sees there are plenty of places to make us laugh – and that's something.
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NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the worlds coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online. Anyone with Internet access can now explore undersea features and obtain detailed depictions of the sea floor and coasts, including deep canyons, ripples, landslides and likely fish habitat.
The new online data viewer compiles sea floor data from the near shore to the deep blue, including the latest high-resolution bathymetric (sea bottom) data collected by NOAAs Office of Coast Survey primarily to support nautical charting.
NOAAs ocean bottom data are critical to so many mission requirements, including coastal safety and resiliency, navigation, healthy oceans and more. They are also just plain beautiful, said Susan McLean, chief of NOAAs Marine Geology and Geophysics Division in Boulder, Colo.
McLeans division is part of NOAAs National Geophysical Data Center, responsible for compiling, archiving and distributing Earth system data, including Earth observations from space, marine geology information and international natural hazard data and imagery. NGDCs sea floor data have long been free and open to the public in original science formatting, but that often required the use of specialized software to convert the data into maps and other products.
"For serious scientists, the new viewer allows an important preview capability that will help speed data access and analysis. But its real power is exposing a new audience to NOAA data," said LCDR Dan Price, bathymetric program manager at NGDC. "I showed the new viewer to my neighbors and they were blown away by the detail and features revealed."
The new interface makes exploration easy and intuitive, using a color-shaded relief technique to depict bathymetric data and derived maps and models. For example, a user can zoom into Delgada Canyon, one of a series of deep canyons off the northern California coast between Fort Bragg and Eureka. The sea floor descends steeply from shallow yellows into dark blues and purples.
These are critical data for modeling coastal flooding, from tsunami to hurricane storm surge, said Kelly Carignan, a digital elevation modeler at NGDC.
NOAAs latest sea floor data, Office of Coast Survey gridded bathymetry data, are archived and displayed in the new viewer through an open source file format known as BAG (Bathymetry Attributed Grid), developed by the Open Navigation Surface Working Group.
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I am curious, in the following scenario, what kind of permission does a shell script or Java program has (owner/group/other)?
There is a script called
run.sh, and it in turn calls a Java program
a.java. The script and the java is owned by user A and have
-rwxrw-r-- permissions. When they were run by user A, which permission group do they belong to? Do they get the permission from user A as a owner?
And there is another user B, who is in the same group with user A. He execute
run.sh and in turn calls the Java program. Now what permission group do they belong to? Do they get the permission from user B as a group?
Maybe the program will try to write on a directory
/common/abc which have a permission of
drwxrw-r--, if the program have a permission of "other", it will fail.
A point to notice, is that they both use the expression
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The David Toms Foundation Shreveport Junior was named the Sports Event of the Year by the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau. The event, which will return to Louisiana in July, earned the 2013 P.R.I.D.E. Award in the Tourism and Sports Partner Awards category.
We are honored to receive this award and we would like to thank the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission for all their support, said Darren Nelson, AJGA senior regional director, South Central. This event was successful because of the tremendous support and dedication of the community.
In its second year on the AJGA schedule, the David Toms Foundation Shreveport Junior will be conducted again at Southern Trace Country Club in Shreveport, La., July 22-26. The 54-hole stroke play event will feature 96 of the nations top male and female junior golfers ages 12-18.
In 2012, Shreveport native and LSU commit Eric Ricard won the inaugural event by six strokes, finishing with a 7-under-par 209. In the Girls Division, Elizabeth Doty of Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., earned her first career AJGA win with a 1-over-par 217.


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Nearest Town: Malad CitySite Size: 475 acres
Highlights: Raptors, Shorebirds, Songbirds, Upland Birds, Waterbirds, Waterfowl
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Directions: I-15 Exit #13; ID 38 W (50 S St) through Malad City; zero odometer at stop sign at T intersection; turn R onto Bannock Rd; continue through town; pass stop sign and 4 way intersection; leave town; rd makes several 90 degree turns to the W and N; rd paved entire way; rd becomes W 1000 N (Upper St Johns); mi 2.6 stay R; mi 3.6 L at fork; follow "Sportsman's Access" signs; mi 4.4 stay R; mi 5.8 rd becomes N 3800 W; mi 7.6 rd becomes Daniels Rd; mi 14.4 follow "Sportsman's Access" signs; mi 17.7 enter reservoir parking lot.
Description: During migration, look for high numbers of waterfowl (Mallard, American Wigeon, and Northern Shoveler) and waterbirds (American Coot, American White Pelican, and Wilson's Phalarope). In spring, Sharp-tailed Grouse can be seen on leks nearby. Look for Osprey and Red-tailed Hawk (on power poles). A small Great Blue Heron colony in dead trees at northern end of reservoir can be found. The north end of the lake is the best place for birding.
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18th Season Premieres on a New Night
Wednesday, November 22 at 10:00pm ET/PT
MTV.com Premieres �The Real World: Denver Casting Special� on November 8, Sneak Peek at the Premiere on November 15, All-New Live Post Show Will Run Following Episodes of �The Real World: Denver� Beginning November 22
New York, NY, October 19, 2006 -- MTV premieres the 18th season of the hit reality series, �The Real World� on a new night, Wednesday, November 22nd at 10:00 PM (ET/PT), with 28 episodes from reality powerhouse Bunim-Murray. On Wednesday, November 8th, fans of �The Real World� can get their first look at the cast during the �The Real World: Denver Casting Special� on MTV.com. Also, a sneak peek of the season premiere with extra casting footage will be available on MTV.com beginning November 15th.
This season viewers will see the cast go from nightlife in trendy Mile High City to wildlife in the Rocky Mountains. While experiencing all the excitement that Denver has to offer, the roommates will also work with kids who were affected by Hurricane Katrina for their job at Outward Bound Wilderness. Working with Outward Bound Wilderness, a non-profit educational organization, will take the cast to new heights as they learn to scale mountains and live without the comforts of home. The roommates breakaway during the season, escaping on an Asian adventure to Thailand. However, all is not well in the house this season when clashes over race, religion and homosexuality come to a head. And tensions rise when quick hook-ups and inter-cast romances complicate matters.
Fans can check MTV.com now to view the trailer, cast photos and bios and on demand, get extended profiles of each roommate and watch casting footage not seen on the special and get to know more about the roommates. Cast members� music video playlists will also be available online after the on-air premiere.
MTV.com will also premiere the �The Real World: Denver Casting Special� on November 8th, a week before it debuts on-air. Each week, beginning November 22nd, viewers can get primed for the next episode with an exclusive sneak peek of every episode a week before the on-air premiere. Plus fans can join in on �The Real World After Show,� a live post show after select episodes. This hosted talk show will feature Real World alumni as weekly guests and call-ins from �The Real World: Denver� roommates. Viewers will also be able to call into the show and ask the guests and roommates questions.
On VOD, fans can watch �Kiss and Tell,� a look at some of this season�s most hasty hook-ups, as well as �House Tour,� �Mile High Club,� a special tour of Denver hotspots featuring interviews with locals who mixed it up with the cast, and �High Altitude/Bad Attitude,� a special extended trailer that mashes beautiful shots of Colorado wilderness with the most heated fights of the season.
MTV Mobile will run the weekly sneak peeks and other short form material from mtv.com and VOD on all carrier distribution partners (Verizon Wireless VCast, Sprint, Cingular, Amp'd Mobile and Helio), mobile will also offer Real World text-message sneak peeks, where users can sign up to receive weekly sneak peeks via SMS, as well as The Real World �Fact or Fiction� game, a weekly feature with Real World trivia questions sent via SMS. An online mobile boutique will have ringtones and wallpapers from the show available at mobile.mtv.com
Meet this season�s cast:
Alex, 22 � Houston, TX
Alex is the product of a recipe that includes a heap of cockiness, a dash of street smarts, tad bit of sensitivity and a whole lot of sex appeal. However, this over confident, Texan flirt does not lack passion. He holds many things close to his heart; such as, his position as Division I swimmer at ASU, his family, his women (yes, plural!) and his never-ending escapades at the hottest parties. Yet, he yearns to build credit as a mature gentleman. Will the Real World house be a place for Alex to grow� or regress?
Brooke, 24 � Nashville, TN
Raised by two clinical psychologists in a sheltered environment, Brooke is not your typical southern belle. She�s grown up to be everything her society averts. Admitting to be an extremely sexual person, Brooke ended a long-term, interracial relationship just prior to joining the cast of Real World to see if her dream of stardom could become a reality. One thing is for sure, life for this dainty-looking, self-assured, independent young woman is ready for all the challenges the Real World has to offer.
Stephen, 22 � Washington, DC
Stephen is a charmer who flies in the face of convention. Originally from Sacramento, Stephen attends Howard University in Washington, DC. A hardcore Republican conservative who is against gay marriage, Stephen can be quite outspoken, but also deeply religious. He�s extremely ambitious and loves to be the center of attention. He�s also an expert in persuasion and salesmanship. There�s no question that he will expect to be top dog at the house. The problem is his roommates are probably thinking the same thing about themselves.
Colie, 22 � East Brunswick, NJ
This sorority president is probably the strongest personality in the house. Her disciplined attitude comprises of making profound promises, keeping her word, and displaying a go-getter attitude. Colie�s constant need for attention (especially from the male kind) and her free-spirited nature makes it easy to label her as the typical crazy party girl. But those who care to observe would notice a softer heart. Colie will be sure to stir things up, contributing her own brand of unpredictability to the mix.
Tyrie, 23 - Omaha, NE
Raised by a father from a military background, Tyrie is the product of a strict and aggressive upbringing. That served as the main roadblock for a healthy father-son relationship in the family. While Tyrie searched for a safe haven, he found refuge in a gang. Today, Tyrie makes an effort to leave his past behind and remain focused and determined to succeed in life. Already renowned on his college campus for his sharp wit, passion for politics, and big heart, Tyrie is ready to take things to the next level.
Jennifer, 22 � Martinez, CA
Jenn has played the typical happy roles in her life as the cheerleader, popular girl and party animal. However behind this fun-loving facade, this Oakland Raiderette cheerleader yearns for emotional attachment. Her quest for real happiness stems from her inability to allow herself to be vulnerable, love and trust. Can the experience of being one of seven strangers help her find her softer side?
Davis, 23 � Marietta, GA
Davis is the typical blonde-haired, blue-eyed, frat boy. Or is he? Hailing from the south, his upbringing was steeped in conservative Christianity. There�s only one issue...Davis is gay. He first realized this in sixth grade, and came out to his mom a few years later. Not surprisingly, Davis� revelation was not received well within his family. Applying for the Real World was a big step for Davis. He�s spent most of his life afraid to show the world who he truly is, but now he�s ready for that to change.
�The Real World� launched the modern reality television genre, and is the longest-running reality series in history. Past seasons have taken place in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Miami, Boston, Seattle, Hawaii, New Orleans, Chicago, Las Vegas, Paris, San Diego, Philadelphia, Austin and Key West. The show debuted its first season set in New York City in 1992. Each season, the show brings seven young strangers to live together in a new city and rolls the cameras 24-7, witnessing as their lives intersect, their ideas are challenged, and their passions emerge.
�The Real World� was created for MTV by Jon Murray and Mary-Ellis Bunim of Bunim-Murray Productions and Jon Murray serves as the Executive Producer. Jim Johnston and Joyce Corrington serve as Co-Executive Producers of �The Real World: Denver.� Drew Tappon and Jacquelyn French are executives in charge of production.
MTV is carried locally in Denver, CO by Comcast.
About MTV Networks
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world�s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 120 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services � MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 95 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.
About Bunim-Murray Productions
Bunim-Murray Productions is the leading independent producer of innovative entertainment content. The company is widely credited with creating the reality television genre with its hit series THE REAL WORLD (now gearing up for its 17th season on MTV). Bunim-Murray�s other current programming includes ROAD RULES (recently completed its 13th season on MTV), REAL WORLD ROAD RULES CHALLENGE (MTV), THE SIMPLE LIFE (with its first three seasons on FOX), STARTING OVER (syndicated), THE REBEL BILLIONAIRE: BRANSON�S QUEST FOR THE BEST (FOX), and THE SCHOLAR (ABC). Bunim-Murray Productions is based in Van Nuys, CA. It was founded in 1987 by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim.
About Outward Bound Wilderness:
Outward Bound Wilderness offers over 500 wilderness courses throughout the year that emphasize personal growth through challenge and experience. For over 40 years, adventures have focused on inspiring responsibility, teamwork, confidence, compassion, and environmental and community stewardship. From scaling wind-swept mountain peaks to riding a surging river, wilderness expeditions range in length from 4 days to 3 months in length and are offered across the US and beyond. The nearly 6,000 teens, adults and families that attend Outward Bound Wilderness every year choose from a variety of activities including backpacking, canyoneering, canoeing, dogsledding, mountaineering, rafting, rock climbing, sailing, sea kayaking and snow boarding. Join Outward Bound Wilderness this year and carry away something you�ll remember for the rest of your life. To learn more, visit www.outwardboundwilderness.org or call toll-free at 866-467-7640.


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This tea's inspired by the souks of Marrakech. Open-air markets that fill the air with the smell of herbs, flowers and tagines. Among the whizz of mopeds and flashes of colour from pashminas, babouches, dresses and plates, this tea is usually served from silver teapots into glass cups.
To Brew: Allow 1-2 minutes brew time. Enough time foe the dainty fragrance of mint to come to life. Best enjoyed without milk.
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The middle classes, mansions and Mr Pickles
August 22, 2011 1 Comment
Last Friday's Telegraph published a couple of brief pieces drawing on a wide ranging interview with Eric Pickles. The Communities Secretary had a few characteristically pithy observations to make in relation to the ongoing debate over the future of the 50p tax rate and the alternative mooted by the Liberal Democrats of moving to a tax on high value properties.
The Telegraph reports that Mr Pickles:
… is determined to face down Liberal Democrat sensitivities and reduce tax for the middle classes. New taxes on more expensive properties are definitely not on the agenda.
"We as a government have got to understand that middle-class families put a lot into this country and don't take a lot out," he says. "It would be a very big mistake to start imposing taxation on the back of changes in property values."
Mr Pickles also goes further than some of his colleagues by insisting that the 50p higher rate of income tax should be scrapped for ideological reasons.
The Treasury is conducting a study to establish whether the new top rate actually raises much money, but the Liberal Democrats have said it is "cloud cuckoo land" to consider scrapping the tax at the moment. Mr Pickles expresses the views of many Conservatives when he says: "We always said it [the 50p rate] was temporary.
"We'll get an assessment at the end of this financial year as to how much money we've got [from the tax]. But you know I'm a Conservative, I like the idea of lowering taxation.
"I believe you get more tax revenue by lowering taxation because people work harder. I like people to keep more in their pockets for their family."
Elsewhere in the Telegraph he is reported as saying that:
"… a mansion tax on high-value homes could hit many ordinary middle-class families because of high property prices in some areas."
"People will suddenly find themselves in a mansion and they hadn't realised it was a mansion," he says. "If it is only going to be mansions, the kind of thing you and I would regard as a mansion, it ain't going to raise very much."
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SWA is launching in Addis a sneak-preview of the 2015 Progress Update, focusing on financing commitments: Mid-term review of progress against 2014 High Level Meeting commitments: Snapshot prepared for the Financing for Development Conference The third High Level Meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership was held in April 2014 in…
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This program, started in 1996 and provided homeowners a chance to invest in home improvements and qualify for property tax abatement for a total of 25 years. The program closed in 2004 for new applicants. All projects were to be completed by December 2007. Five (5) year and inspections are ongoing. For more information contact Patricia Robinson, 325-7426.
The Fairmount-Carlisle 353 Redevelopment Plan is designed to increase commercial and residential development in Northwest Independence by allowing tax abatements for redeveloped property. The Fairmount-Carlisle 353 Tax Abatement area, which is comprised of the Fairmount and Carlisle neighborhoods and portions of the Mt. Washington and Bundschu neighborhoods, is located in northwest Independence. The area is bounded generally on the far west along Brookside Avenue; the north the City of Independence/Sugar Creek border, on the east side Forrest Ave (north of Truman Rd.), and Fuller Avenue (south of Truman Rd.), south side is the Kansas City Southern railroad. View the Plan Area Map to see if your property is located in the tax abatement area, Patricia Robinson, Tax Abatement Administrator, 325-7426, firstname.lastname@example.com, for more information. The program closed in 2017 for new applicants.
The development area is generally bounded on the east by Ditzler Avenue and is located north and west of Mt. Washington Cemetery to the Independence city limits. Refer to the map.
The St. Clair Park Redevelopment Plan was established to facilitate the structural and economic revitalization of the Harrison and Mt. Washington neighborhoods to promote a high quality of life for all residents across Independence. In cooperative partnership with citizens and community organizations, the Plan is designed to stimulate the redevelopment of current housing and increase investment in new housing. The goal of revitalizing existing neighborhoods is essential in fostering a viable local economy, expanding the tax base, and supporting future redevelopment of existing business districts. The Plan permits property tax abatement for improved properties located within the revitalization area in accordance with state statutes. Property tax abatement of up to 100% on improvements is permitted for the first 10 years, followed by up to 50% abatement for the following 15 years. The abatement process will be similar to the Tax Abatement Program currently available in the Fairmount-Carlisle Redevelopment Area – Amendment 1.


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Report: Saudi Double Agent had British Passportإقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The double agent who infiltrated al-Qaida and helped foil a plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner held a British passport in addition to being a Saudi national, CNN reported Thursday.
The man was sent by Saudi counterterrorism agents into Yemen as a mole after it was learned that al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula was developing an updated model of the underwear bomb that failed to explode in a Christmas Day 2009 attempt.
CNN, citing counterterrorism sources, reported that the man grew up in Europe and at some point fell in with militant sympathizers who tried to recruit him for terror attacks.
It said that the Saudi man's British passport enhanced his value to the terror group, because he could travel without a visa to the United States.
But when he learned that a concrete terror plot was in the works, the man contacted Saudi counterterrorism officials from Yemen.
The Saudis then informed the Americans of the planned operation and let them know that they had succeeded in infiltrating the group, according to CNN.
The spy spent weeks with the al-Qaida affiliate, garnering sensitive information that was passed on to the Americans.
That intelligence allowed the CIA to launch a drone strike on Sunday that killed Fahd al-Quso, a senior al-Qaida operative in Yemen wanted for the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole.
A source working closely with U.S. intelligence agencies and the U.S. military also told CNN that the al-Qaida chapter in Yemen now has "a whole outfit designated to target the U.S. homeland."
The new details about the Saudi mole and the failed al-Qaida bomb plot come after U.S. spy chief James Clapper earlier this week ordered an inquiry into leaks to media about the top secret operation.
The internal review is being conducted across 16 intelligence agencies, as U.S. officials expressed fear that the disclosures could jeopardize future sensitive espionage work.
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I would like to learn about reverse engineering, but I'm little bit confused with many different assemblies. So to say... Let me explain!
Everytime I start reading assembly tutorial it states it is for MC8600 or x86 or some other CPU. I found here explanation why there is so many assemblies. And I found here and here some useful stuff about RE and assembly. Nevertheless, I'm still little bit scared that I will be learning assembly for 2-3 months, then take some "real-world" application and won't be able to do RE because I know, let say, MC8600 assembly and it's compilled on x86 CPU.
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BUFFALO, NEW YORK – 12 Jul, 2017 – OnCore Golf, the Buffalo, New York-based golf ball company has announced that effective immediately that OnCore Golf's ELIXR™ will become the official golf ball of the Chilean Golf Federation.
In the world of golf, after the USGA, R&A, and the PGA, country Golf Federations are the most important and influential of golf's governing bodies. They set the rules and structure for the game of golf for their members. Federations have a more important role in the assembly of teams entering Golf in the Olympics than any other governing body.
Announcing this significant partnership this past week, Chilean Golf Federation President, Felipe Bertin Puga, declared that the OnCore Golf's ELIXR™ will be the official ball played by all members of the Chilean Golf Federation – including worldwide play and any competition where the contestant is representing Chile. OnCore Golf will also provide golf balls to other Chilean golf organizations including Golf Action, Youth Golf and National Teams.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with the Chilean Golf Federation and clearly delighted that they have adopted the ELIXR™ as their choice for professional golfers requiring a high-quality tour ball," stated Keith Blakely, CEO OnCore Golf. "We also believe the competitive golfers of the Chilean Golf Federation, including OnCore staff member Filip Timmerman, will be making their mark in international competitions as a result."
OnCore unveiled their first-ever Tour ball—the ELIXR™ in March of this year. Their most advanced ball release yet, the ELIXR™ upholds OnCore's commitment to innovation and technology while diversifying the company's portfolio of golf balls to meet the needs of all player performance levels. Bringing together a unique mix of advanced materials and innovative architecture, the ELIXR™ delivers a great combination of exceptional distance, initial velocity, positive spin decay, accuracy, control and feel.
Player and customer reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and ELIXR™ made Golf Digest's 2017 Golf Ball Hot List.
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The Cameron University chapter of the American Chemical Society and the Wichita Falls-Duncan section of the American Chemical Society will present Dr. Bryan Shaw, Assistant Professor of chemistry at Baylor University. He will share the personal story of how he and his wife diagnosed retinoblastoma, a type of cancer, in their son after noticing something unusual in the child's baby pictures. The presentation, scheduled for Tuesday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 100 of the Sciences Complex, is open to the public at no charge.
During his presentation, titled "Digital Camera as Reflectance Spectrophotometer: Colorimetric Analysis of Leukocaria in 'Baby Pictures' of a Child with Retinoblastoma," Shaw will discuss the work he and his wife did in diagnosing retinoblastoma in his own child. He has shared this work with physicians, and the diagnostic technique has been adopted by the medical community.
Retinoblastoma (Rb) is a rapidly developing childhood cancer that forms in the retina and can strike from the time a child is in the womb up to 5 years of age. During flash photography, Rb tumors reflect visible light and cause "white-eye" or leukocoria. The diagnosis of Rb is frequently initiated by a parent's concern over such photographs.
With no quantitative definition or scale of leukocoria to consult, Shaw developed a diagnostic tool to quantify the hue, saturation and value (HSV) of leukocoria form by using more than 7,000 different photographs of a child with retinoblastoma in both eyes. He determined that different ocular sets of retinoblastoma tumors can produce different degrees of leukocoria. The resulting scale of leukocoria is useful in the clinical interpretation of a leukocoric image.
Shaw received his B.S. in biochemistry and biophysics from Washington State University and his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of California at Los Angeles. He performed post-doctoral research at Harvard University. In addition to research in leukocoria/retinoblastoma, Shaw conducts fundamental and applied research in several areas of chemistry, including the development of new molecular therapies for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease.
For more information, contact the Cameron University Department of Physical Sciences at 580-581-2246.
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We won't take sides in the pumpkin pie versus sweet potato pie or apple versus pecan debate. But pie is simply a must-have dessert.
For the harried cook, the dilemma is whether to make a pie or buy one. A 12-inch pie from Costco is hard to beat ... or is it? For the sake of convenience -- and those who are dough-challenged -- it's probably worth it. The pie yields about 12 slices, which comes out to about 68 cents per serving.
If you plan to make your own pie, you can make the dough three days ahead and refrigerate it or two months in advance and freeze it. Make the pies up to three days in advance.
We found recipes for two delicious pies -- an apple-pear and a pumpkin -- that guests will rave about and won't break the bank.
You can use store-bought crust or make your own. And, yes, it is easy as pie, and cost-effective, to make your own dough. It costs about $1 for ingredients for a double crust.
I rely on an adaptation of the Foolproof Pie Dough from Cook's Illustrated for nearly all pie crusts. It uses vodka -- yes, the kind that gets mixed in drinks -- to make the dough easier to roll. Trust me, it's a breeze.
Here are some surefire tips for making pies from scratch:
Have all the ingredients well-chilled, including the flour. Use water with ice cubes to keep the water cold. Cut the butter and shortening in pieces and stick them in the freezer to chill them. You can use all-purpose, unbleached all-purpose or pastry flour.
If using a food processor to mix the ingredients, place plastic wrap over the work bowl before putting the top on. This way the flour won't fly all over. If mixing by hand, cut in the butter and shortening using a pastry blender or two knives in a crisscross motion.
Mix the dry ingredients, then the fat and then slowly add the liquid. Add only enough liquid so the dough comes together and doesn't crumble.
To save a step, shape the dough into a disk -- not a ball -- wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate it.
Roll out the dough between pieces of plastic wrap or wax paper to make transferring it to the pie pan simple.
For a 9-inch, single-crust pie, roll the dough out to an 11-inch circle to allow for fluting a pretty edge. Or trim to the edge of the pan and make a decorative edge out of dough scrap s with mini cookie cutters.
To prevent soggy-bottom crusts, brush with beaten egg white before adding the filling.
Foolproof pie dough
Makes: One 9-inch double crust
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Total time: 20 minutes
If you do not have vodka, add 1 tablespoon cider vinegar and more water as needed. We cut back on the amount of shortening from the original recipe and got the same result: an easy-to-roll and flaky dough.
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
10 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 cup cold shortening
1/4 cup ice water
1/4 cup cold vodka (or more ice water as needed)
In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, process the flour, salt and sugar.
Add the butter and shortening and process until coarse crumbs form. With the motor running, drizzle in the ice water and vodka until the mixture just comes together. Do not overprocess.
Divide the dough into two even balls and flatten each into a 4-inch disk. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 45 minutes or up to two days; or freeze for two months.
-- Adapted from Cook's Illustrated magazine, November/ December 2007 issue.
Nutrition information:
313 calories (58% from fat), 20 grams fat (10 grams sat. fat), 26 grams carbohydrates, 3 grams protein, 235 mg sodium, 36 mg cholesterol, 9 mg calcium, .84 grams fiber.
Sugar & spice pumpkin pie with brandied ginger cream
Serves: 12
Preparation time: 35 minutes
Total time: 2 hours (not all active time)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup ice water
1 1/2 cups all-purpose or unbleached flour
10 tablespoons ice cold unsalted butter, cut into pieces
2 tablespoons vodka, optional
2 cups canned pumpkin
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
1 cup half-and-half
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon brandy or vanilla extract
3/4 cup lightly packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon freshly grated cinnamon stick (or 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Pinch freshly ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves (or a pinch of freshly ground)
1 cup heavy whipping cream or 2 cups whipped topping (regular or light)
2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon brandy or vanilla extract
To make the crust: Make sure all the ingredients are chilled, including the flour.
In a small bowl, stir the salt into 1/3 cup water until dissolved. Put the flour in a food processor and scatter the butter on top. Pulse until the mixture forms coarse crumbs. Add the salt water and pulse until the dough begins to come together in large clumps. Add the vodka, or 1-2 tablespoons of water. Shape the dough into a 1-inch-thick disk, wrap in plastic and chill for at least 1 hour or up to overnight.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a 16-inch circle. Transfer to a 10-inch pie plate, easing the dough into the bottom and onto the sides and gently pressing into place. For a traditional crimped edge, trim the overhanging dough to 1/2 inch from the edge of the plate. Fold the overhang under and crimp decoratively. Or trim just to the top edge. Reserve the dough scraps. Wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to overnight, or freeze for up to two weeks.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line the chilled pie shell with foil or parchment and fill it with dried beans or pie weights. Bake until the sides have just set and look dry, 16 to 20 minutes. Remove the liner and bake until the edges are lightly golden and the bottom is pale and completely dry, about 5 minutes.
Let the crust cool completely on a wire rack before filling. To make a decorative edge, reroll dough scraps and cut out 45 circles about 1 inch in diameter. Brush the top edge of the pie shell with beaten egg white. Overlap the cutouts around the top edge. Brush the circles with egg white and sprinkle with sugar.
For the filling: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk the pumpkin, eggs, egg yolk, half-and-half, cornstarch and brandy or vanilla. In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, pepper and cloves. Whisk the sugar mixture into the pumpkin mixture.
Pour the filling into the cooled piecrust. Bake until the pie is set around the outside but still slightly wet and jiggly in the center, about 1 hour. The filling will continue to set as it cools. Let the pie cool completely on a wire rack and refrigerate for at least two hours and up to two days before serving.
Whip the cream with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until it forms very soft peaks, about 2 minutes. Add the sugar, ginger and brandy or vanilla and continue whipping until it forms medium-firm peaks, about 30 seconds longer. Put a dollop in the center of the pie and spread outward, leaving a band of filling visible around the edge of the pie, or put a dollop on individual servings.
-- Adapted from Fine Cooking magazine, November 2008 issue.
Nutrition information:
334 calories (55% from fat), 21 grams fat (12 grams sat. fat), 33 grams carbohydrates, 5 grams protein, 230 mg sodium, 112 mg cholesterol, 69 mg calcium, 2 grams fiber.
Apple and pear pie
Serves: 12
Preparation time: 35 minutes
Total time: 2 hours (not all active time)
This pie has a great flavor combination: tart apples and sweet pears spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon.
Favorite pie crust for a double-crust pie
1 beaten egg white
1/4 cup applejack brandy or brandy, optional
1/2 cup dried currants or raisins
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
1 1/4 pounds tart baking apples, peeled, quartered, cored, cut into 1/3-inch-thick wedges
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 pound firm but ripe Bartlett or Anjou pears, peeled, cored, cut into 1/3-inch-thick wedges
2 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup half-and-half or heavy whipping cream
3/4 cup coarsely chopped lightly toasted walnuts or pecans
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Roll out half the dough and fit into a 10-inch pie plate. Brush the bottom with the egg white and refrigerate.
Mix applejack brandy if using, dried currants, fresh lemon juice and vanilla extract in large bowl. Let mixture stand 15 minutes.
Cook 3 tablespoons unsalted butter in heavy large skillet over medium heat until pale golden, about 3 minutes. Add apple wedges, ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg. Saute until apple wedges are crisp-tender, about 12 minutes. Add apple mixture, pear wedges and cornstarch to currant mixture; toss to coat.
Mix light brown sugar, corn syrup, whipping cream and remaining 2 tablespoons unsalted butter in heavy small saucepan. Boil over medium-high heat until slightly thickened, stirring until sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Stir in chopped walnuts. Add to fruit mixture. Toss to coat.
Transfer warm filling to prepared crust. Roll out the top crust and place on top. Cut slits in the top so the pie can vent. Bake 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees and bake until apples and pears are tender and liquid bubbles thickly, about 30 minutes longer.
Cool pie on rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
-- Adapted from www.epicurious.com.
Nutrition information:
506 calories (48% from fat), 27 grams fat (12 grams sat. fat), 58 grams carbohydrates, 5 grams protein, 208 mg sodium, 44 mg cholesterol, 48 mg calcium, 3 grams fiber.
Susan Selasky writes for the Detroit Free Press. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services


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Egypt with Mom, part 2: Should we go with a travel agent?
Everybody has their own unique style of travel, right? It's why people like to say, "If you travel well with somebody, you'll be just fine when you _____________." (Fill in the blank, really — "get married," "move in together," etc.)
For those playing catch-up, I recently got back from my first trip to the Middle East — two weeks with my girlfriend in Israel and Turkey, and two weeks in Egypt with my 75-year-old mom. This blog series is about the latter half of this trip.
Mom and I travel well together, but we do have different styles. I'm a backpacker — crowded bus terminals, on-the-fly decisions, hilarious amounts of discomfort and all. Surely if my mom were 40 years younger, she'd be into the comedy of 25-hour bus rides and dorm sleeping accommodations in gun-filled train station basements. But my mom isn't a backpacker, and while she doesn't need four-star hotels, she prefers to have a western toilet attached to her room.


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Here is the ACB's viewpoint on the Zimbabwe situation...what do you guys think...
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ACB comment on Zimbabwe and the ICC Cricket World Cup
Australian Cricket Board - 30 December 2002
The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) has reiterated that it plans to discharge its International Cricket Council (ICC) contractual obligations to play a fixture against Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe as part of the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup.
ACB Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland said Australia is scheduled to play six games in the World Cup preliminary round schedule in February and March, with five games in South Africa and one, on 24 February, against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city.
"Our long-standing position as cricket administrators has been that we will go to Zimbabwe unless there are safety or security risks," said Mr Sutherland.
"I was part of the recent ICC delegation which inspected safety and security issues in Zimbabwe and the ACB supports the subsequent ICC report finding that safety and security arrangements are appropriate."
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The Cameron University Alumni Association (CUAA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Aggie of Tomorrow Award and the Cameron University Family of the Year Awards. Students Tyler Blount, Lawton; Gilron Charles, St. George's, Grenada; Colten Kennedy, Elgin; and Jetta Trammell, Snyder, will each received the Outstanding Aggie of Tomorrow award. The Kinslow family of Lawton and the Stringham family, also of Lawton, will both be honored with the Family of the Year award. The awards will be presented during the CUAA's Aggie Family and Friends Awards Luncheon on Saturday, March 1, held in conjunction with CU ROCKS Homecoming 2014.
"The CUAA is proud to be able to recognize the impact our students and families have in the support of Cameron University," says Jennifer McGrail, Director, Office of Alumni Relations. "Like our alumni, they are a valuable resource and make Cameron what it is today. It is fitting that we recognize the contributions of the different groups that complete our Aggie family during our annual awards luncheon. "
The Family of the Year Award is a new recognition program that honors families whose members possess exceptional uniqueness, dedication and enthusiasm for their student(s) and Cameron University. Nominations were open to any family that is actively involved with Cameron University. It is not necessary for all family members to be Cameron students and/or graduates.
Nominations for Outstanding Aggie of Tomorrow were received from Cameron faculty and staff. The award recognizes well-rounded and successful students who epitomize the true value of a Cameron Aggie. Selection is based on three areas: academic achievement/honors, career-related experience and extra-curricular activities.
Blount, a senior elementary education major, is a Presidential Leadership and University Scholar (PLUS). She has taught English in China during a church mission trip, is active in Cameron's Student Oklahoma Education Association chapter, and served on the Baptist Cameron Ministries' Leadership Team.
Kennedy is a senior history major. As a member of the Comanche Battalion, Cameron's U.S. Army ROTC unit, he will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in May. His has served as president of the Student Government Association and the History Club and as the executive office of the Comanche Battalion. Additionally, he has been active in numerous student organizations.
A senior majoring in information technology, Charles is actively involved in Students of the Caribbean Alliance, Association of Information Technology Professionals, Association for Computing Machinery, Rotaract Club, International Club and intramural sports. He has attained numerous professional certifications pertinent to his chosen career field.
Trammell, a senior biology major, is a PLUS student who plans to pursue a career in the medical field. She is a member of Cameron's Health Professions Society and has worked as a volunteer at the Camp of Champs sponsored by Cameron's Department of Education as well as for a hospice provider.
The Kinslow family has been deeply engaged with Cameron since Carolyn Kinslow joined the staff as director of the Center for Writers in 1991. She completed her master's degree in behavioral science at Cameron in 1996. Two of the four Kinslow children, Philip and Rebecca, are Cameron graduates, and Philip is a Cameron staff member, serving as a research assistant in the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Accountability. Another son, Andrew, has taken classes at Cameron. Carolyn's husband, John, has also been a CU student, taking classes in creative writing. John and Carolyn are members of President's Partners and have also supported the university through donations to the Center for Writers and the university's general fund. In addition, Carolyn has been active in the Cameron chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the national interdisciplinary honor society, serving as president in 2012.
Carson and Jennifer Stringham are both Cameron seniors. Carson is an English major who is minoring in journalism, and Jennifer is a psychology major with a minor in family science. She will continue her Cameron education as a graduate student this summer. The parents of four children ranging from age 4 to 11, they are both active in a variety of campus activities. Jennifer works on campus for CU Be SMART and is president of Moms and Dads on campus. Carson is a member of three honors organizations: Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Tau Delta. He works as an English tutor in the Center for Writers and has served as bother a staff writer and copy editor for The Collegian. He is also president of Magic Lantern Film Society, vice president of Sigma Tau Delta and Moms and Dads on Campus, and a member of the Student Veterans of America and the Cameron Honors Program. Carson is a veteran of the U.S. Army who was twice deployed to Iraq. He was a member of the Oklahoma National Guard until 2012.
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Ice Breaker
Allan Miller, M.S. '97, joins an NSF expedition to Antarctica as a research fellow and education consultant. by Alex Meril '07
For some people, exploration is just a hobby. For Allan Miller, M.S '97, it's a lifelong passion. He's a licensed pilot. In 2003 he was a finalist to become an educator astronaut with NASA. And last December Allan joined an international team of teachers and scientists on one of Earth's ultimate ventures — a two-week research cruise to Antarctica on the Swedish icebreaker Oden.
The trip was sponsored by the National Science Foundation as one of the first activities for the International Polar Year, a global research campaign in the Arctic and Antarctic, and Allan went along as an NSF educator-researcher fellow.
"I was in the right place at the right time," Allan says modestly of his fellowship and of becoming a team member aboard the Oden. "I was always interested in exploration and going to the frontiers, whether it be space or one of the poles."
A year ago, Allan was teaching sixth grade in the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska when the NSF asked him and his family to move to the nation's capital for a year as part of the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow-ship. This program of the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education brings math and science teachers to D.C. for a year fellowship with federal agencies. Allan's job was twofold: he was a consultant on K-12 education and furthered his own professional development by bringing back what he's learned to Alaska.
Allan's role on the Oden expedition was primarily as an educator, using shipboard telecommunications to create journals, post photographs, and conduct teleconferences for K-12 classrooms around the country. He also served as research assistant, working alongside scientists from the United States, Sweden, and Chile who conducted a multitude of observations. One of the most interesting things he assisted in was the Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate Project, a worldwide effort to collect data that are being used to create computer models showing how sea ice is changing in relation to global climate change.
Allan's experience was enhanced by the friendships he made with the culturally diverse staff of teachers, scientists, and crew members. While on the expedition, he realized the differences between how the United States and the rest of the world feel about climate change. "The international scientists and teachers are ahead of us in their thinking," he says. "They're way beyond the stage of questioning whether or not worldwide climate change is really happening. They understand it's a human-induced problem that we need to find a way of dealing with."
While Allan says that the Oden expedition made him "reinvigorated as a lifelong learner," and opened his eyes to the natural beauty of the Antarctic region, he embarked on it as no stranger to international experiences. He worked with the U.S. biathlon team and in 1996 married Joan Smith, a two-time Olympic biathlete who competed in Albertville and Lillehammer. Allan has also taught in Russia, and was part of a team that helped develop student exchanges with the isolated city of Magadan, in the Far Eastern Federal District, which had been a transit center of the Stalinist labor camp system. In 1990 Allan started taking regular teams of students and teachers on exchanges and visits to study in Magadan schools.
Allan says his education as an exercise and sport sciences major in IC's School of HSHP was an integral part of his career growth. He credits ESS professor Betsy Keller for setting an example as the type of teacher he wants to be and associate professor Greg Shelley for giving him "a set of listening and communication skills that have been useful in every position I've had ever since."
When he is not teaching, flying, or dreaming of a trip to the stars, Allan's number one interest is Joan and their three children. This summer the family moved back to their home in Alaska, where Allan resumed his regular teaching position.
Of all of the remarkable places he's seen and countries he's lived, Allan holds Alaska close to his heart. "I love the snow," he says. "I'm much better when it's -20 degrees outside than when it's 80 degrees. I'm in love with Alaska."
The skies are clear there, too — which makes it a perfect place for stargazing.


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Last month, the French army's rapid advance into northern Mali and the timely deployment of troops from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) seemed to result in a swift victory over Islamist and Tuareg militants there. Equally important, however, was the Islamist and Tuareg militants' hasty withdrawal into northeastern Mali. With France planning to pull its troops out of the country as soon as March, Mali will almost certainly be turned into an ECOWAS trusteeship. The most likely upshot is not a neat end to the conflict but, rather, a migration of the problem into neighboring Niger.
Parts of the Tuareg leadership, which signed a power-sharing agreement in March 2012 with three jihadist militias -- al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ansar Dine, and the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa -- have already fled across the unguarded Nigerien border, where they will try to regroup. Given Niger's weak government structures, they also pose a serious security threat to the country as a whole.
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